BARRIERS
Stand against barriers
Through cruel hallways
Up against barriers
In every day
Give me another shot
Come and let me hear you talk
Glassy eyes I look like chalk
Call a word and hear it mocked
The hands of the clock
Night is a barrier
In dark hallways
Lights in the barriers
In every way
Show me fantastic lands
Come pick through little sands
Just what is out of my hands
Like the world I just go around, man
Test the barrier
Daylight ever come
Up against the barrier
So I take some
Time to throw my life away
Feel it slipping every day
All they see is down in pain
Give it to me let it reign
Through the dark window pane
Up against the barrier
The daylight ever come
Up against the barrier
So I take some more man gonna take some more man
Up against the barrier
So I take some more man gonna take some more
THE
TURNING
Sand on the beach beats a hole through my hand
Hands of the clock stand where I have to walk
All the way around
Turn upside down
Just look around to the turning
Everything inside is burning
Sign on the wall that I don't understand
It's just a part of a dream that I had
Feet on the ground
Head in the sound
Just look around to the turning
Everything inside is burning
Water so cool that its thoughts seem to soothe
Some things are real that I don't have to prove
Now you are learning
Rome now is burning
Just look around to the turning
Everything inside is burning
Just look around to the turning
Everything inside is burning
OTHER
WORLDS
Action in the ways I see today
Hold me back into the world where I can stay
Go away so I can see you in my eye
The world is a panic lost in time
(Chorus)
Other worlds for us to find
Leaving all these things behind
Sun is fire in the sky
Burns a hole into our lives
I look into the eyes of my disguise
There you are waiting for my cries
Hide in darkness staying out of sight
Flashing feelings cloud the night
(Repeat chorus)
Knowing when I'm going to fall
I try so hard to do it all
Flames surround this dream I'm in
Suddenly it never ends
(Repeat chorus)
TRANSFIGURATION
If you see my birds flying
On your way past people crying
Give them all a wave and tell them
That I'm going to save some time for them
If you pass me in the square
Just pretend that I'm not there
Just reach over into my pocket
Take the paper and written on it's what to do
It's up to you
Ah, ah, ah
Transfiguration
Hey hey
If you think I'm taking too long
Just imagine that I'm gone
Everybody wants to sleep but
Sleep is something they must keep from getting into
You know
And I know
Playing cards who can't pretend
But only you would remember when
Close our eyes and see each other
One last time and you know my mother said it's true
That it's up to you
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Transfiguration
Hey hey
Ten thousand different things to be
It's impossible that's all
If you decide which one you want
They'll help you if you fall
Transfiguration
Hey hey
If you see me trying to swim backwards up the stream
Remember I'm the only one who only had that dream
If you jump into the water and try to swim but then you
sink
Try not to look behind yourself, just have yourself a drink
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Transfiguration
Hey hey, hey hey...
DON'T
LOOK DOWN
Don't look down...
As we begin to travel mysteries unravel
Control just seems to twist around
Follow me and oh that sound
Don't look down
Never find that key somewhere
So fire ties your walking stick
It served me well but now it's gone
Changing shape and end is long
Don't look down
Don't look down
Get the strangest feeling
Til both become the ceiling
I'm closer for you
You're closer to the secret I'm revealing
Don't look down
We go back to a time when
Things weren't quite so numbered
Like ashes in the air I'm being scattered everywhere
As we begin to travel the mysteries unravel
Control just seems to twist around
Follow me and oh that sound
Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down
COLD
RAIN
I walk in cold rain
With my telescope in my hand
I had to go 27,000 miles with this cane
Now it's broken into pieces
So little time remains
I hear these voices in in the air
And I know they're just repeating
The language of the land
And the sky that I survey
I'm reciting all the verses
Prayin' straight from the book beside my bed
It's different now I'm here
Every question's coming clear
Yeah I found so many places
That I don't know where I'm at
Came right on every story
And now I can't come back
And these voices in the aisle
And I know they're just repeating
The language of the land
And the sky that I survey
Everywhere I have to go
Is so very far away
Away
Yeah, so far away
Too far away
I get these voices in my head
But I know they're just repeating
The language of the land
And the sky that I survey
Everywhere I have to go
Is so very far away
I walk in cold rain
I got my telescope in my hand
I had to go 27,000 miles with this cane
But it's broken into pieces
And so little time remains
I walk in cold rain
I walk in cold rain
Cold rain
I walk in cold rain
Cold rain falling down
I feel the cold rain falling down
I feel cold rain falling down
IN
THE FOREST
Ah come on now won't you tell me how you feel
Black and white explaining that my eyes are all but sealed
Sentimental memories call you back to your life
But a vaguely clouded window pane destroys my views tonight
Come on baby do like me, a cat on the prowl
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Wanna live in the forest baby, yeah
Now I don't wanna hear it if you're telling me your lies
I wanna leave the city and a million staring eyes
All the leaves surrounded brought up in a sea of green
I've got a pain inside my heart now can't you see babe
Do like a cat, say meow
All right now
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
I wanna live in the forest baby
Not a lot of miles to take me
Out here to the forest baby, yeah
Well come on out into my forest
Out here they're gonna all ignore us
In the middle of a brand new day
I wanna love you mama, yeah
As many times as a I can
I wanna see this town explode without a sound
Cause no one else would come around, yeah
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Wanna live in the forest baby
Not a lot of miles to take me
Out here to the forest baby
Oh out in the forest
And she's white and black
They can't call me or turn me back
This animal's wild and he roams where he wants
Don't care about the people cause I can't hear 'em talk
Out here in the forest
Out in the forest
BACK
TOGETHER
Watching shadows fall across the floor
And the wind blows wild
Step outside into the night
Step outside myself for awhile
It all comes apart but then my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could I ever
Put it back together
The yellow truck slows to a halt
Now come the dogs it don't matter
Walking all alone down a one way street
Best time I ever had
It all comes apart but then my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could I ever
Put it back together
I watch the shadows fall across the floor
And the wind blows wild
Step outside into the night
Step outside myself for awhile
It all comes apart and my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could I ever
Put it back together
(repeat)
OTHER
DAYS AND DIFFERENT PLANETS
You try to think but you find your head full
Time slips into the hands of the wrong people
(I know you know)
Crashing, howling something's coming at you
(You know I know)
Turns to go when you don't want it to, yeah
She turns her head and never tells you who
I'm moving fast so I'm unveiling
The many ways that I am failing to see
(I can see you)
Feeling like two people I can't be
(You can see too)
So many things that got away from you, yeah
Turns to go when you don't want it to
Try to speak with so many voices
They cloud the space with so many noises
I know you know
Other different days on different planets, yeah
Turns to go when you don't want it to, yeah
The girl with silver eyes is calling you
So look into the sun it's shining blue
WALK
THROUGHT TO THIS SIDE
Walk through to this side
I'm sinking on the pale light
Drawing breath in from thin air
When I think about a place I'm there
Walk through to this side (repeat)
You stand on a tightrope
You take it where you're no one known
The evening sun is dripping fire
Your tears are burning to your side
Walk through to this side
Walk through to this side
Walk through to this side
Yeah, the music's comin' down
No one is around
Got the doors open wide
Come on inside
Walk through to this side
Been waiting such a long time
I'm gone travelin' everywhere
I turn around but you're not there
Walk through to this side....
SMOKERINGS
Smokerings drift in the wind
Looks like they're never comin' back again
A sideways street til we reach the end
Wishin' all the while that I never been
Feelin' like the leaves that'll blow by fast
Makin' me think nothin' ever lasts
Reflection in a shade of grey
Now I don't remember why I ever stayed
Dark clouds are movin' in
Dogs howl out in the wind
Smokerings drift over me
Smokerings they're dreams
Ice cold kiss on a cold steel rail
Like all of the signs that I watch fail
You told me that you never wanna change your place
Just another story that you can't erase
Dark clouds are movin' in
Dogs howl out in the wind
Smoke rings drift over me
Smokerings they're a dream
Smoke rings drift in the wind
Looks like they're never comin' back again
A sideways street when the fall steps in
Wishin' all the while that I never been
Dark clouds are movin' in
Dogs howl out in the wind
Smokerings drift over me
Smokerings they're dreams
IVY
You're climbing down fast
Down where no one can see
Your eyes in the moonlight turn white to blue
Don't think I really wanna know where you been
Just want you gripped tight around my skin
I said Ivy on the wall
I know the way that you creep and crawl
There's a dark haired girl on the mattress and there's
A room suspended in the air
Echos screamin' through my empty soul
And when it melts in your mouth
Well then I just don't know
Ivy on the wall
I know the way that you creep and crawl
I said Ivy on the wall
And in your eyes I can see it all, all
Wake up in the morning
It's another time
Blood red rain on the window pane
Oh I know I gotta let you go
But you know I don't believe it
They tell me it's all over
I said Ivy on the wall
I know by the way that you creep and crawl
Ivy on the wall
And in your eyes I can see it all, all
GREY
DIAMOND DESERT
Windshield frames a picture of the night
Cold driving desert highway line
Road keeps twistin' slow so I know
Recognize the diamonds flashing by
Nothin' I fear, could touch me here
Oh Lord, it won't change
I seen the way they turn the talk around
And all the children goin' down
Ya gotta move along until you're gone
Ya gotta leave this ugly town
But the words they said, don't leave my head
Oh Lord, it won't change
Oh Lord, it won't change
It won't change
I never thought the night would find me here
Black raindrops washed away with drunken tears
I live another lie in every mile
One wasted day, one million wasted years
Better keep on goin', it's the only thing I know
Oh Lord, it won't change
Oh Lord, it won't change
It won't change (4x's)
NIGHT
COMES CREEPING
Yeah
Day breaks and I don't care
The kiss of light upon the stairs
Comin' to the doorway but there's nothin out there
Time stopped within my mind
Same as all the rest behind
Everything has changed while I was sleeping
(chorus)
One day you'll find
She's of another mind
And it won't be long
Until the night comes creeping
Loud voices fill the sky
Strange faces in her eyes
And I'm the stranger now, but I just don't know it
The circle closes up too slow
Shinin' in translucent glow
It's darker now cuz that's the way she sees it
(chorus)
Next train to outerspace
But of her love there is no trace
The world just turns to silver when you're alone
A different way to bring you down
Falls apart and hits the ground
Take it from me you said
So you take it with a trembling hand
(chorus)
Ten million directions comin' off and comin' on strong
These roads run together in my mind's eye
All I'm leaving behind is a river run dry
I'm not stealing your vision, you're just blind
INVISIBLE
LANTERN
Locked in this darkened room
A timeless view
Showin' up under everything in sight
Can't escape my mind, I just let the shadow
Right through my soul
But I got illumination on the street
Just a flash of confusion when we meet
My invisible lantern
It's my invisible lantern
An anxious echos throught the door
Shoes on the floor kickin' in my eye
To all my friends I'm crazy and I'm shut away
They don't care abut anything I say so
I take my illumination to the street
Just a flash of confusion when we meet
My invisible lantern
It's my invisible lantern
Heavy warm lights shade me from the thoughts that try to
creep into my c-c-c-consciousness
Transparent wheels always make me feel
Like I've never been in the right dimension
The girl I feed you through these dreams dissolves with
a touch
Cuz nothin's life is seen
I imagine myself outside with you
And everyone's whisperin' oh it's true
That I got illumination on the street
Just a flash of confusion when we meet
My invisible lantern
It's my invisible lantern
My invisible lantern
SUBTLE
POISON
Subtle
poison slips through my veins
A dark cloud inside of me
It hovers slow til you finally know
I'm waiting just to set it free
Whoa the walls are closing in right on you
What are you gonna do now
The walls are closing in right on you
What did you think I would do now
Hey, come on
What I wanted still evades me
A black fog behind me
I think it will be over my shoulder
Pushin' me so very near
Now the walls are closing in right on you
What are you gonna do now
The walls are closing in right on you
What did you think I would do now
Hey, they're closing in right on you, yeah
Subtle poison slips through my veins
A dark cloud inside of me
It hovers slow til you finally know
I'm waiting just to set it free
Well the walls are closing in right on you
What are you gonna do now
The walls are closing in right on you
What did you think I would do now
WINDOWS
Yeah, oh
You count every word I say
Over again you might find a way
Seven verses to magnify
Drop the feathers you will never fly
Tapestries of black and gold they're crying
Looking through the windows I am watching you
You as you go by
Turn on a wave of fire
Your pale skin cant turn any whiter
Grab a wheel sing a bitter tune
Never stops to forget you've seen
(repeat chorus)
Walk along a lonely mile
Saw a bird falling at my feet
Crawling like a wounded child
Moving farther out of reach
Don't wanna be alone, no
Come on, come on, come on
You count every word I say
Over again you could find a way
Seven verses to magnify
Drop the feathers you will never fly
(repeat chorus)
BLACK
SUN MORNING
When the daylight shines
I'm gonna see your face
Whoa yeah
Can we go back to the moments that we held before
Now I'm movin' inside to the place beyond the door
You said son it seems its time you wait
Trip into the hazy shadow crawlin' down his face
Now you can do it, don't let it slip right through
Don't let the maddest peek pick a part of you
Walk away in the dark
Too much prayin'
Too strange to sleep
Come down to my house baby
There's things you wont believe
Black sun morning
Coming up to greet the dawn
Black sun morning
Coming up to greet us all
To greet us all
Oh should I go or stay if I hear lies
I feel them burnin' me in the back of my eyes
And I see it all the time
Visions scarin' me inside
Half a simple day and night
Should I stay or should I hide
(chorus)
I
can see in her eyes
Lyin' above her
Shout it out if I'm left out
Call it now
I feel it slippin'
Through my fingers
I feel it slippin' away, away, away
(chorus)
FLOWER
WEB
Stare into the empty space here in front of us
Storms crowd your daydream scene what will you find
We're not alone when it's the two of us
Sleep comes to haunt the hours passed behind
When you put your head into the flower web
When you put your head into the flower web
And the world will change into a fog of butterflies
Within our reach and in our sky
Sorry that we couldn't find the time to cry
When you put your head into the flower web
You put your head into the flower web
Right now
Inside the empty space here in front of us
Storms crowd your daydream scene what will you find
We're not alone when it's the two of us
Sleep comes to haunt the hours passed behind
When you put your head into the flower web
When you put your head into the flower web
And the world will change into a dark and withered night
Around our head and in our sky, sky, sky
Sorry that we couldn't find the time to cry
When you put your head into the flower web
When you put your head into the flower web
When you put your head into the flower web
When you put your head into the flower web
END
OF THE UNIVERSE
It's a one-way ride to the end of the universe
Please leave your mind at the back of the plane
Golden dreams that you can't imagine
Never awaits you inside your brain chill today
Ten million miles behind you will find
Orange circles of a southern sunrise
Reflected through a blackened haze
Clocks are stopping behind the clouds
Appearing only to your gaze
Timeless echoes of green
With shifting seas in silhouette
Sudden flash of the brightest sun
And it hasn't even happened yet
It's a one-way ride to the end of the universe
Please say goodbye to the back of the plane
There'll be screams like you can't imagine
Never awaits you inside your brain chill today
Ten million miles behind you will find
Run around your sun god
And I'll paint you all in time
Catch baby dinosaurs and see how well they ride
There are wonders you have seen
With your lover and yourself
Greeted by obscenities like a working chosen elf
It's a one-way ride to the end of the universe
Please say goodbye to the back of the plane
Golden dreams that you can't imagine
Never awaits you inside your brain chill today
Ten million miles behind
You will find
Orange circles of a southern sunrise
Reflecting through a blackened haze
Clocks are stopping behind the clouds
Appearing only to your gaze
Timeless echoes of green
With shifting seas in silhouette
Sudden flash of the brightest sun
And it hasn't even started yet
It's a one-way ride to the end of the universe
Please say goodbye to the back of the plane
There'll be screams like you can't imagine
Never awaits you in side your brain chill today
Ten million miles behind
You will find
What you will find
WHERE
THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
All right now
Push against the wooden table
A sliver cut no trace of pain
I lose its image as it blurs away
I feel the rope as it slowly frays
(Chorus)
You never know where the twain shall meet
You never know which one stays
Keep aware of the trap that snares
And which one stays
Statue people move like dripping water
It's a nail into the cracking ice
You sleep with thoughts of a coming day
I drag behind on a frozen chain
(repeat chorus)
Which one stays
So I'm down but I don't know what way I'm going
So very long and it doesn't matter where this has gone
Slide a coin into the magic light machine
Watch a story that is never free
It takes a toll and it melds you wise
Keeps you alone nearly all the time
You never know where the twain shall meet
You never know which one stays
Keep aware of the trap that snares
You're never gonna know which one stays
Which one stays
Which one stays
