I WILL STILL BE
LAUGHING
Doorways open up and close
More ways to a punch line
There all laughing at your clothes
Standing in the lunch line
You're the talk of the town
First you're up and you're down
It's a cycle i've found
It always comes around
But, I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
Air raids in the afternoon
The children are playing
Switchblades cutting red balloons
No one hears you praying
And it comes back to you
All the things that you do
Will come looking for you
Will come looking for you
But, I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
Doorways lead to other rooms
Always leave you lying
They stand in a strangers tomb
Didn't know you were dying
And you rise and you fall
And you wait for the call
Your watching the walls
Your watching the walls
But, I will still be laughing
Yea, I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
CLOSE
Almost gave up yesterday
Almost made it to the top
Short of dying just the other day
Fell sure of picking up a mop
If it's the thought that counts you can always count on
me
I think about it all the time
It's going to hit me like a bolt of white lighting
Here it comes my piece of mind
Cos' i'm close
So close
So close
I'm close
So close
So close
Just fallen short of proving it
Just a hair from the truth
A little shy of improving it
But here I come, i'm coming through
Pretty soon i'll gonna shed this skin i'm wearing
I've been keeping it inside
No one cares just how you got there
No one cares how hard you tried
But your close
So close
So close
Your close
So close
So close
I've known you forever
We complete each others thoughts
Ain't like we never got in trouble
It's just we never gotten caught
And if you got a secret
It's in me you can confide
If we ever get split up
I'll always be on your side
Cos' we're close
So close
So close
We're close
So close
So close
SEE YOU LATER
I guess I'll see you later
Sweet manipulator
And how I thank you dearly
For helping me see clearly
Yes sir, no sir, let me go
Sir I don't even want to know
Sir i've had all I can take today
But I found out so long ago
It don't matter if it shows
And it's up in the air tonight
Yes, it's up in the air tonight
And now your anticipating
That nostalgia's waiting
And with your social statement
Boxed up in the basement
Yes mam, no mam, let me go
Mam, I don't even give a damn
Mam I suppose i'll stand another day
I put my practice, by my plans
I hope this flight it never lands
And its up in the air tonight
Yes, its up in the air tonight
Cos' I got all night
Lie here on the floor
I got all night
Just like the night before
So make it soon
And I guess i'll see you later
I guess i'll see you later
NO TIME FOR WAITING
Its enough
To make you stay
Its enough
To make you go away
But you don't understand
How i'm feeling
You don't understand
No, no
Its enough
To make you sick
Its enough
To make you want to quit
But you don't understand
How i'm feeling
You don't understand
My mind
Its sad when you can't cry
It all comes down to time
Keeps flying by
Time keeps telling me
There's no time for waiting
For the river to wash into the sea
And when I reach some understanding
I'm gonna let it wash all over wash all over me
Its to much to make you say
That you always wanted to be this way
But you don't understand
This feeling
So why do I even try
Sad when you can't try
It all comes down to time
Keeps killing time
Time keeps healing
I've no time for waiting
For the river to wash into the sea
And when I reach some understanding
I'm gonna let it wash all over wash all over me
But I know one day you'll see
The person I wanted to be
And there is no time for waiting
There's no time for waiting
Can't find the time
There's no time
BLOOD INTO WINE
Nothin' happened
Its just two people passing through
Hearing voices in my head
Hope they never lie to you
Why does something
Always gotta be up with you
Whatever I do isn't enough
For someone like you
Passing through you all the time
Turning blood into wine
Turning blood into wine
Who will forgive me
Who's to say if its right or wrong
And you wont see me
In a light that shines on me
And how come something's always gotta be up with you
Pack up my feet but the nights get long
Do you think about me too
Turning blood into wine
Passing threw you all the time
Turning blood into wine
Three more days
And you'll be hanging on the line
And if the ask ya how i'm doing
Just tell 'em that i'm fine
Staying out all the time
Just turning blood into wine
Blood into wine
Blood into wine
LIES OF HATE
You make me fall from lies of hate
You make these walls strong lines of your face
No one is watching so why do you act like a fake
You make me crawl from lies of hate
You wake me up from lines that separate
And when you shine
I know how to find out
About how to get out of it
How to get out of this chase
How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place
You make me fall from lies of hate
And when you shine
I know how to find out
About how to get out of it
How to get out of this chase
How to find out about
How to get out of it
How to get out of your space
How to get out of it
How to get out of it
How to get out of this place
How to find out about
How to go on without
Living the lies of hate
DRAGGIN' THE LAKE
Sent on a mission to find out
just how much shit one man can take
Went to the river to swim upstream
but got dragged into the lake
You're wide awake
But still you're dreaming
The pride it takes
It has no meaning
Am I still here
Can you see me
Please say yes
Can you hear me
Please say yes
When you watch over me
I am blessed
Now that your all grown up
your not so self assured you'll never know
Who do you answer to
when no ones hanging around to let it show
Your wide awake
But still you're dreaming
The pride it takes
It has no meaning
Am I still here
Can you hear me
Please say yes
Can you heal me
Please say yes
When you watch over me
I am blessed
Your old enough to know better then to expect a thing
Take care of yourself
you should know not to depend on anyone
Can I still hear
Can you feel me
Please say yes
Can you hear me
Please say yes
When you watch over me
I am blessed
NEW YORK BLACKOUT
When you chew my ear off
Try to let me know
You will never get another piece of me
Cos' in a new york blackout
Things go kind of slow
And you miss the things you never thought you'd see
There's still so many things I want to be
Sometimes I just don't even want to sleep
In a new york blackout
Its so hard to see
All the angels that are looking after me
The lies bounce off the water in your eyes
And the dead lift there heads and come alive
And I may never escape this darkened city
But still I try to find you in this blackout
Where its warm inside
And always open late
And the doors to hell look just like heavens gate
And you never know
What going on inside
Till you step out in the cold and seal your fate
You might just stop in and say hello,
But you have much more important places to go
Make sure you let everybody know
And I may never enlighten this darkened city
And still i'm trying to find you in this blackout
In a new york black out
You might think i'm gone
But i'll wake up on the front steps of your door
THE GAME
My friends wife she plays the game
Plays it with me all the time
Makes me feel pretty good, I guess
Hey, that's a pretty dress
But you shouldn't
Have no you shouldn't have
Let me know
No, you shouldn't have
Really shouldn't have
Let it shown
Oh, play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Oh, play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Don't you want to play the game
If I were a renegade
Can you walk a county line
Well I have to cross it now
I got yours and you got mine
But you shouldn't have
No, you shouldn't have
Let it go
Oh, play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Oh, play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Don't you want to play the game
Jealousy is just a game
It ties you up and wraps around your brain
It makes you feel like you might hurt yourself
Ah, make you feel insane
Ah, play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Ah, play with me
Don't play with me
Don't play
Don't you want to play the game
CRADLE CHAIN
It's a shame you're not here
On the cross in my ear
Hearing things loud and clear
Come outside have no fear
And clear the smoke
Get some fresh air
Someone waits
Someone cares
In the broad light of day
Trouble seems so far away
At the top of the day
When the reign sways
Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The child that remains
Nothing's lost, take these chains
Take them away
Please don't ask me how I am
A little tired
A little scared
I'm not amused
Not upset
Don't need a leash
I'm not your pet
So loosen up
Feel the breeze
Let me hear
Hear you breathe
It's better than
Bitter now
When you breathe I love that sound
But you know I'll look after you like no one
Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The child that remains
Nothing's lost, take these chains
Take them away
If I die before I wake,
Light a fuse, bake a cake
I don't mind if I go, make it quick, don't be slow
But you know I'll remember
You like no one
Lose the cradle chain
Give it up, give it a name
The smile that remains
Will take these chains away
