License
To Confuse
I’m not attractive today, I’m not a sight for
sore eyes
I'm not an Adam or Eve, I'm just a nervous young thing
Hear my voice strain as I sing, my will won't bend and then
break
The crate will break and I'll fall, I couldn't help it at
all
I’ve got a license to confuse, what do we got to lose?
A license to confuse
I guess I got what it takes to help me make this mistake
It took a while but I learned, it took a twist but I turned
And now its clear that I’m blind, another mountain
to climb
Another distance to fall, I couldn't help it all
I’ve got a license to confuse, what have you got to
lose?
A license to confuse
I shouldn't sound so forlorn, regret the day I was born
‘Cuz here I am and I've been, I only need a few friends
My hands are sweating all day like I've been letting me
down
Like I've been letting me slide, just some nonsense on my
mind
And the license to confuse, nothing I can use
Bust it, build it for a year
Here's my license that's my right
Careful
Drop your guard, I’ll get to know you
Simon says it's time to move
And God only knows I think about you
‘Cuz its never time to show and prove
It's never time to show and prove
Hiding all the time destroys me
Never know what's right to do
I only needed to feel a balance
I just want to do right by you
Sitting safe beside the truth
Beside you
Watch out for my bullshit
Everybody's got it
Careful as a soldier we're so strong
Begging my new teacher
Thought you'd never reach her
She's standing there in front of you
It's twice as hard to fool us
It's twice as hard to fool us
Careful as a soldier we're so strong
Careful as a soldier we're so strong
Magnet's
Coil
I’ve gotta find a way to loosen up
I'm wound tighter than a magnet's coil
The longer I try to keep my mouth shut
The sooner little brain is gonna boil
And if you turn back just to fuck me up
I'll cut you loose and watch you fall
It feels good just to bitch about it
Scratch that itch until it bleeds
But I don't really wanna lose you
But I can't play the silent game
‘Cuz when I talk the silence follows
You never say what's on your mind
If you laugh to see me so defensive
I'll know I've made another enemy
Nobody wants another mirror on their fears
I guess that's all you are to me
But I don't really wanna lose this
Does it all depend on me?
It's always personal between us
You won't say what's on your mind
What's on your mind
What's on your mind
Not
A Friend
I'm not a good friend, I'm not a friend at all
It's never resolved, I'm nervous when you call
My words are limp, and my mind is dry
I try to be polite, but I feel like I'm stuck for life
I follow my heart, it leads me far from you
No matter how close we are, I'm far, far away
I have too much now to fill my day today
I'm not a good friend, I'm not a friend at all
I don't need obligations to our crippled conversations
I’d never tell you, it’s something you should
know
I'm not a friend at all, oh, please let me go
Somehow I don't trust you
I don't trust myself
And I may never forgive you
‘Cuz I can't forgive myself
Somehow I don't trust you
I don't trust myself
And I may never forgive you
‘Cuz I can't forgive myself
Don't break my stride
Don't break my stride
Don't break my stride
Don't break my stride
Not
Too Amused
What was that you just said?
That didn't make any sense to me
It's not the way I see it, man
I'm almost tired of listening to you
Why do you tie me up with words?
The way your eye shifts makes me wanna go
Black-jawed living room couch professor
When will you be through with me? I'd like to know
Everywhere I go I feel it
But I won't talk, I won't get stuck with you
Everyone's so lonely I dig it
But I'm afraid I can't share this with you
So don't make me your captive
I don't feel like talking your shit
I nod my broken head
I'm not too amused with humans
Dreams
In my dreams I react as my true self
And I learn humility
Twisted moral planes
As real as circumstance, each night I dance with primal
urges
Pornographic scenes
That always start as they are ending
In my dreams I walk with my true friends
We discover secrets; we run through our lives
Everything is twisted like abyss
To the past and distant future
I'm prepared for some big show
Tried to arrive but I moved too slow
Something's wrong when someone died
Then I opened up my eyes
Something's wrong when someone died
Then I opened up my eyes
Skull
There is history in this place
There are dragons to be chased
And though I don't know who you are
An easy flow and a strong, a strong heart
And the charm in the way you hide
Gently take my skull for a ride
And I don't know who you are
But I know what I would like you to be
A one-night stand under stoned persuasion
But a joy that I can't hide
Gently take my skull for a ride
We can never ever go too far
The pain we can't escape at least will wait
So let's go quickly, no we go slow
Let's go chasing dragons through the snow
Kindly take my all
And give me all you have
Gently take my skull for a ride
Take and shake your soul
But never lose control
Gently take your skull for a ride
Got
It
I don't quite get it, but I know you’ve got it
I don't care if nothing else goes my way all day
I'm taking your morning warmth with me out into the day
And I don't care if nothing else goes my way all day
I think I can stay here a while with you
You make me feel much better
Scared indeed to be without
Storm renders compass useless
Unwanted to be here
I feel the end of something
Everything before us is hopeless
Everything before
I don't quite get it, but I know you’ve got it
I don't care if nothing else goes my way all day
I'm taking your morning warmth with me out into the day
I don't care if nothing else goes my way all day
S.
Soup
I like saying yes and watching you take
I don't need to sleep or eat, I smoke a thousand cigarettes
These days are so nurturing
When you're gone I'll eat and sleep away
My days again
Crazy people are right on, crazy people are right
Crazy people are right on
You're shit soup
And I'm in the reflection booth
Two glass eyes behind
Cheap sunglasses move
Stained-glass gazebo
I really don't know
Our futures are so separate
Bespectacled and desperate
It's not my job to undo
The dying prophecy of you
It's not my job to undo
I like saying yes and watching you take
I don't need to sleep or eat, I smoke a thousand cigarettes
These days are so nurturing
When you're gone I'll eat and sleep away
My days again
Crazy people are right on, crazy people are right
Crazy people are right on
They're so off they're on
They're so off they're on
They're so off they're on
They're so off they're on
They're so off they're on
They're so off they're on
They're so off they're on
They're so off
Give
Up
Burn out, man
Typically bitter
Find me locked into the vicious cycle
Find me trapped and scared simple
Money, money, money
Money, more money
The helpless slob in his dead-end day job
Helpless slob in his dead-end day job
I'm reaching every goal
Maybe a girlfriend under control
An easy target and drag-down anchor
The co-dependent self-styled nightmare
And it's a shame ‘cuz I really don't care
I drop it off but I leave it hanging there
Rebound
Heart-broken and attractive
A sad, sloppy mess
Lookin' for approval
And easily impressed
Beware they say, but why would I listen?
I need to know what I've been missing
I'm no one you can trust
All little-boy lonely with curious lust
Confusion turns me upside down
Lost as quickly as I'm found
But soon enough it turns around
On the rebound
Call it fate or true love, never forced romance
Fell into a new love
Maybe perfect love by chance
Beware they say, but why would I listen
When it feels this good?
No one lives their life
Doing all the things they say they should
Confusion turns me upside down
Lost as quickly as I'm found
But soon enough it turns around
On the rebound (X4)
Mystery
Man
Earnest little lover, little mystery man
Nothing thrills you like denial
There's nothing wrong with the need to please
And children know no shame
Baby on your bended knees and she'd love to play your game
She's a curious girl easily swayed by your force of will
Empty to be filled with the hunger for more
What if time denies you, the key to your fulfillment fails?
Around the world again on a boat that sinks as it sails
Stand shoulders above her
Pick her up when you love her
Rub it right when you use her
Need it so bad you abuse her
But don't leave her alone ‘cuz soon she'll be tasting
The sweet unknown
If it feeds her candy she'll follow it home
Make your claim, she's legally yours
When she shares your name
But don't lose control ‘cuz you'll scare her away
Go on beg her to stay
Temptation
Tide
Close my eyes
Feel the fire
Overwhelming fear and desire
(so hard for you to stem the tide)
Wavering heart, the flames growing higher
(grab your bottle get your coat and hide)
Lose what I have
To test new water
My mind is awash 'round the thoughts of her
(so hard for you to fill my eyes)
So much at stake, can't stay awake
(temptation for me and for you)
Drifting off
(out with the tide)
Dreams come so easily
Filled with wasted fantasy
We're together until the tide
(so hard for you to stem the tide)
Time enough to quell the day
(test the water, there's the place, fill your heart)
Tide's going out, here I am to stay
(temptation tide)
Drama
Mine
Close the Venetian blind
Shut out the light and say goodbye to you
Soon I can see right through
You're sitting here talking to
Real eyes, pools of blue
Making what you say the rule
You make me dream of broken tools
I need the Dramamine
To be as crazy as your scene
I know it's not a dream
Don't know what you're telling me?
It's like wasting everything
On someone else's dream
It's like wasting everything
On someone else's dream
Seems pretty crazy to me
Seems pretty crazy to me
Seems pretty crazy to me
Together
Or Alone
It was never my intention
To blindly feed the boy/girl game
I know romance isn't everything
But I'm obsessing just the same
Because today I don't feel worthy
You seem so beautiful and strong
These unsure hands could never soothe you
Too afraid of doing something wrong
And this confusion wears me down
Until I feel like a nervous stranger
And could I help you grow? I guess we'll never know
Set up for a let-down
These things happen all the time
And I'm not longing to explore it again
I'm too scared of what you'll find
And this confusion wears me down
But I'll smile when I'm with you
‘Cuz there's so much we could do
Together or alone
I'm not afraid of being alone
