Table for two. She said she’d come. Table for two. I’ll wait for her. You get free, dessert. If she doesn’t show. If she doesn’t show. The studio is sparkling. For the first time in months. You made your bed. She’ll lie in hers. At least you get some sleep. When you sleep alone. When you sleep alone.

Juniper compared me to a Beatles song I don't know which, But it sounds so meaningful I'm thinking "Love Me Do," Or "I've Got to Get You In My Life" Because Juniper smiled for the first time Juniper, says she don't fall for, That old luck and astrology Says it's the most absurd, Thing she's ever heard, Says 'we make our own destiny' Juniper is rooting for the underdog Makes me wonder, If that's what she keeps me around for She loves my mix CDs, For all my mixed emotions Because Juniper's, Not going through the motions Juniper, says she don't fall for, That old luck and astrology Says it's the most absurd, Thing she's ever heard, Says 'we make our own destiny' She's an antique watch, But her hands are stuck Half past five o'clock, Always dressed to the nines. She'll mix black and blue, Get away with it too, Hides her one tattoo, That's only meant for my eyes. She will dance around, To not a sound, Her feet off the ground, Her hips will write a symphony. She's not one to adapt, Keeps her suitcase packed, Case she's leaving fast, She's not meant for captivity. So I'll cherish the memory in my mind Of when Juniper smiled for the first time

This kettle wasn’t meant for the stovetop, The wires and the plastic they melted You almost burned the house down Your first time with a fire extinguisher, Sprayed the kitchen down just to be sure I laugh about it now The carbon ruined my favorite toaster, I’m just glad that you were not hurt It scared you half to death Didn’t drink tea for a solid six months, I’m not sure how we managed wake up We did it somehow. We did it somehow That kettle wasn’t meant for the stovetop, The wires and the plastic they melted I almost burned the house down The flames they scorched a portion of the wall, Never made the call to our landlords It scared me half to death You were sleeping off in the next room, The screech of the alarm it awoke you You came in running fast When you found me I was complete wreck, You crushed me in your arms worried sick I think about it now. I think about it now Nostalgia's got me scared to death. Nostalgia's got me scared to death Nostalgia’s got me. Nostalgia's got me scared to death. Nostalgia's got me scared to death Nostalgia’s got me. (I’m not sure how I manage to wake up No I’m not sure how I manage to wake up. I do it somehow, I do it somehow. I do it somehow, how do you do it now?)

When does a human, become a person? When their ideas, are truly their own When they realize they are living? Wonder if they’re deserving? Or the day, they realize they’ll die. But these ideas are not my own They are not mine. They are of a child’s mind And some days, I see you in the garden Picking fruits before the Autumn, Not knowing yet That good things, Will come just if you let them Haven’t, quite yet learned that lesson But give it a matter of days When will this person, Come to adulthood? What sorts, the boys from men? When they realize we're imperfect, But we are still deserving Of forgiveness, they can give But these ideas are not my own They are not mine. They are someone else’s lines I trust that, our father he will mould you He will teach you all the values, That he taught me So one day, When our lives are in their Autumn We will plant some trees for others Whose shade we will never see. I am human. But am I a person? Am I important? Am I deserving? Can I reach forgiveness? With all these imperfections? I am a human. No, I am a person But these ideas are not my own.

Ground is flat, sea is rough, Sky is deeper than we know. But you are edges, you are curves. And in my sheets, you are colors, You are shapes, you are lines. And in your hues, you’re my muse. In your corners, I would hide, Where your shadows and light collide. In my bloodstream, on my skin, There your colors, let you in. I forgot ’til we met, How to see the simple things. Like how your edges, come to curves. Do you mind if I write, so I don’t forget, Where you end and I begin? In your corners, I would hide, Where your shadows and lights collide. In my bloodstream, on my skin, There your colors, let you in. Where your edges, and my edges, align. Where your edges, and my edges, align.

Lover please don't age again Couldn't stand the thought, Of you growing old without me Can you try to make it stop? Can you try to make it stop? I have broken every clock Couldn't check the time, Without the ever-present reminder I had to try to make them stop. I had to try to make them stop Those who ignore history They are truly blessed, To live out their lives repeating All the things that they once loved. You're the thing that I once loved History books line my shelves With each spine I crack, It's the ever-present reminder That each page takes you away. I am doomed to not repeat I know you, are my history Cause I know you, From my history books

Listen close ‘cause I, Don’t want to whisper louder Lest my words bend like, Light through a glass of water I am drawn to you, As if I’m a barfly And this city is, My favorite neon sign I know you’re a bird Or so I’ve heard Now I’ve got your ear, Will you pay attention? I will burn this nest, With the best intentions If given the choice, I will sink nor swim I will fly to you, Before this winter ends ‘Cause if you’re a bird Then I’m a bird

It's not a play on words, I just haven't seen the sun since Sunday It's not a metaphor, It's just been really rain And the skies are dark, It's been nothing but overcast lately Who'd've known, April showers could be so depressing? So I will plant some seeds, For both you and me, And maybe something good, Will come of this rain So let the gardens flood, And these seeds be drowned in mud And maybe we can learn, To make light of this spate "It's not choice," you say, "That my head feels like it's drowning When I leave my bed, The weight of the world it surrounds me. And my thoughts are dark, And I haven't been eating much lately. Who'd've known, I'd be the one to disappoint me?" So I will plant some seeds, For both you and me, And maybe something good, Will come of this rain So let the gardens flood, And all I love be drowned in mud And maybe we can learn, To make light of your pain. "I think you're jaded," I said "Seeing through a shaded lens." "I think you are the jaded one," She said, "my little optimist, I bet you think that daylight is The natural state of things Not that which displaces dark You take it for granted Love, you're needed like water is But I'm a waterfall The whole world feels your benefit And I'm just beautiful So love you be the blinding sun And I'll keep wearing shades And be useless as the moon Beautifully ornate."

You are endless As far as I can tell I stare longing I am helpless And so you bring me in I do nothing You are wine-red Drunk upon your lips You invite me As I give in, I give up Sometimes waiting, is too much work You are open And free for all to see They enjoy you I am empty Your tide it pulls me in I do nothing I see visions A boy upon your shores He looks happy First impressions, they make or break When you met me, I was weak

If you come to, It wasn't ‘cause I woke you, You must've drifted If I lose you, It wasn't ‘cause I meant to, I can't talk backwards But in my fictions, I never fail to mention That I blame you If you had to lace up my shoes, Could you blame me? If you need help, You’ll have to send an email, And I'll get back to you In the next day, Gives me time to think, So I don't say what's due If that sounds harsh, Know I can’t speak backwards. I’m repeating myself I’m used to cycles, And never making progress. Onward and upward! I'm drawing straight lines, Between you and I, They just keep going No starts or ends; No line segments. They go their own way When I hurt you, I tallied up my virtues. Do they matter? ‘Cause hurt people, Hurt other people, Can you blame them? When in doubt, You need love, I hope you find some My "one in a million," There's seven thousand of them. I hope you find yours When you move out, I hope that you move downtown, Where the lights are You've always loved them, I never could sleep through them. I hope they find you How many boyfriends, Does it take to change a light bulb? It's too dark to count I've burned my hands, And now it is their turn. They'll figure it out I'm drawing straight lines, Between you and I, They just keep going No starts or ends; No line segments. They go their own way

It's springtime in New Orleans again Even though it's only January tenth. ‘Cause in my home city, It's well below freezing It's in the single digit degrees And here it's over sixty My girl down here is so warm She’s giving something To look forward towards 'Cause back home the girls, They are so cold And I'm not looking forward to home ‘Cause that's three months That I'm not in her arms This city I love will be gone in my life But then again so will I When it all has returned to the sea Will we swim to safety? I was watching some learning TV They were talking about A mouse's heartbeat And I realized our life's Not measured in time But in, 'pound pound pound' repeat At least that's what I learned the week ‘Cause each day I learn something new Like how many men Have been to the moon I've seen a tiny percent of this tiny planet And they've seen it all in their view I want to see all too This city I love will be gone in my life But then again so will I When it all has returned to the sea Will we swim to safety? Tell me will you swim, swim with me?

Aurora, Aurora I’m looking at you So you know that I know What I want to do ‘Cause I know you live by your resolutions But you needn’t fear ‘Cause I have the same ones Aurora, Aurora I need you to trust That what I am feeling is clearly not love And I don’t know most things But I do know this Aurora, Aurora's so damn attractive I’m singing a ditty, I’m humming a tune To a girl who sings So much better than I do I’d serenade her but I’d just get critique From a girl who knows All the proper technique That I never bothered to learn Aurora, Aurora stop looking at him Like he holds the answers To life’s great questions And I know his answers Are as good as mine But he has your attention And he has your eye Aurora, Aurora I keep saying your name In hopes you will hear This sick-sweet refrain I claim no truths But I’m damn sure of this: Aurora, Aurora's so damn attractive I’m singing a ditty, I’m humming a tune To a girl who sings So much better than I do I’d serenade her but I’d just get critique From a girl who knows All the proper technique That I never bothered to learn I’m doing some research, I’m making a list Of the prettiest songbirds That I have witnessed And I’m bending the rules So that your name can fit You might not be the best But you’re surely top ten I hope that sounds pleasant, I mean no offense I mean that sincerely As a compliment Of the hundreds of thousands Of birds that exist I’d much rather hear Your species’ anthem.

He hasn't dreamt of a White Christmas for years Because he knows the grass It is much greener in southern hemispheres He must be a very confused bird Because at the first sign of snowfall he'll spread his wings And up and fly north I am sick of this Missouri winter, ‘Cause I'm Mr. Heat Miser She is the oddball of her family She spends three quarters of the year Living under palm trees But, when the solstice has come and gone She will run to home like a winter hare Camouflaged in the snow Will I give up Kansas in December, And resign as the Snow Miser? What I'd give for her touch (What I'd give for his touch) To freeze in her cold, winter clutch (To melt in his warm, summer love) I'd suffer a feverish cough (I would burn just because) She's (he's) too much It's too much to ask of a girl (boy) Who has spent One year and some change As my other half, my polar opposite I only fear that the Autumn will come And just like in Springtime The seasons will fall And they’ll sunder our love We’ll never compromise with one another Without help from Mother Nature This Southtown will be, Yours to make a winter My sacrifice to Mother Nature

Since the eclipse I found beauty in that which Will always exist I have stared at the sun Though it’s stared down at me I have never once Offered my eyes Like a prayer from a pagan To the king of the skies I am worshiping her As constant as heavenly spheres I will rise, and set on you I will rise, and set on you She is pulling on me, Like the tide from moon As it pulls on the sea I will happily float I'm safe in her waters, I'm already home So if I wash ashore I'll just have to wait For her tide to restore I am trusting in her Comme le marin fait confiance à la mer I will rise, and set on you She will rise and set on me, too

I can watch the sunrise By my own damn self I’m falling asleep But you're not there to help Now I'm seeing colors That we rarely see While you enjoy his arms And his company I suffer through sore eyes And these aching limbs My body says it’s too late, It’s not used to this And I’m just as detached As you claim to be It’s not the same sunrise Without your company Your room was the palace of Eros, In many ways. I fell for you Though I couldn't see your face But my doubts always, Consume me whole Now the tides have shifted, I’m Psyche and you’re Eros I can count Apollo’s horses On one hand As they soar through horizons Over far off lands And I can trust that from his lips I’ll hear no lies ‘Cause unlike you I know that I can trust the sky I swear your bed was Delphi 'Cause I breathed in fumes And I saw things that don’t exist, I wish were true I begged the goddess Carpo, Would this summer bring A ripened fruit Of newfound possibilities? Your bed was the palace of Eros, In many ways. I fell for you Though I couldn't see your face But my doubts always, Consume me whole Now the tides have shifted, I’m Psyche and you’re Eros My sleep alone, Is like a curse from Aphrodite But could this box, Contain seeds from Persephone? And from this seed, Maybe a love can grow But I refuse to sleep, So I guess I will never know You flew so fast, I sometimes doubt if you exist One night you were mine, And now you are his I guess my inhibitions Got the best of me The box is gone, I lost my chance for you, to wake me.

Julian, you're critically endangered Despite my best efforts Are you alright? Are you alright? Are you alright? Can you stay, happy, healthy, stable, When chemically unable? You try so hard, you try so hard, You try so hard. Julian, can you give life meaning, When work ethic is fleeting? Will you work ‘til you're old? Work ‘til you're old? Work ‘til you're old? Would you find, you'd prefer to idle, And let life pass you gentle? Are you wasting your life? Wasting your life? Am I wasting mine? Julian, can you choose your actions? Or is life reactions? Would I do the same? Would I do the same? If things were the same Candle wax, is dripping on your hands From burning at both ends You're burning too bright, Burning too bright, burning too bright Julian, would your friends still love you, If they saw things that I do? I will not tell, I will not tell, I would not tell. Tell me true, do they make you happy? Or are they distracting? From loving yourself, loving yourself, Loving yourself

I knew what it was to have a home Back before innocence had flown Long before I had dreams of South I bleed with the memory of fountains In the last few years this has become A ghost town of lost acquaintances And I roam from one, Ghost town to the next This has become my life in present I never knew I’d miss this home All of our adventures in the woods We were young, And were vulnerable to change It’s become the epidemic of our age In the last few years this has become A ghost town of lost acquaintances And I roam from one, Ghost town to the next This has become my life in present Tears of joy spew from this lonely orphan Down the Mississippi Towards New Orleans And congregate in the Atlantic Ocean Spring fed from the City of Fountains City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains

Lovely girl won’t you please stay ’til morn? I’ve held you in contempt, Nevermore ‘Cause the one place you belong Is in my arms And without your sweet embrace, I shan’t be warm I wish I spoke more languages To say again without repetition ‘Cause there’s only so many ways For me to say: “Linda favor de pasar la noche” Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me. Lovely girl will you please stay the same? Need something in life That doesn’t change In seven years this frame will be renewed That’s seven years I’d like to spend with you Each night as I'm dozing off to sleep I’ve been known to forget everything When I wake and see you in my bed I'll fall for you again, stronger yet Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me.

She lifts her skirt up to her knees Walks through the garden rows With her bare feet, laughing And I never learned To count my blessings I choose instead To dwell in my disasters Walk on down the hill Through grass grown tall and brown And still it's hard somehow To let go of my pain On past the busted back of that old and rusted Cadillac That sinks into this field collecting rain Will I always feel this way ‒ So empty, so estranged? And of these cut-throat busted sunsets, these cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary If through my cracked and dusted Dime-store lips I spoke these words out loud Would no one hear me? Lay your blouse across the chair, Let fall the flowers from your hair And kiss me with That country mouth so plain. Outside the rain is tapping on the leaves To me it sounds like They're applauding us, The quiet love we've made. Will I always feel this way So empty, so estranged? Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said "Do your best, destroy me. You see, I've been To hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me." There's a lot of things that can kill a man There's a lot of ways to die Yes, and some already dead That walk beside me There's a lot of things I don't understand Why so many people lie Well, it's the hurt I hide That fuels the fires inside me Will I always feel this way So empty, so estranged?

Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Somewhere in her smile she knows That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how You're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around, now it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows And all I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how

Let's get down to business To defeat the Huns Did they send me daughters When I asked for sons? You're the saddest bunch I ever met But you can bet before we're through Mister, I'll make a man out of you Tranquil as a forest But on fire within Once you find your center You are sure to win You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot And you haven't got a clue Somehow I'll make a man out of you I'm never gonna catch my breath Say goodbye to those who knew me Boy, was I a fool in school For cutting gym This guy's got 'em scared to death Hope he doesn't see right through me Now I really wish that I knew how to swim (Be a man) You must be swift as a coursing river (Be a man) With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon Time is racing toward us Till the Huns arrive Heed my every order And you might survive You're unsuited for the rage of war So pack up, go home you're through How could I make a man out of you? (Be a man) You must be swift as a coursing river (Be a man) With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon (Be a man) You must be swift as a coursing river (Be a man) With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

Do you remember how this first begun? Teeth were white and our skin was young Eyes as bright as the Spanish Sun We had nothing we could hide Now my dear we are two golden leaves Clinging desperately to winter trees Got up here like a pair of thieves While the sirens blare outside What's left to say When every word's been spoken? What's left to see When our eyes won't open? What's left to do When we've lost all hope and What's left to break When our hearts are broken? But sometimes... Do you remember how this started out? So full of hope And now we're filled with doubt A dirty joke we used to laugh about But it's not funny anymore I fear I choke unless I spit it out Still smell of smoke, Although the fire's gone out Can't live with you, but I die without What's left to say When every word's been spoken? What's left to see When our eyes won't open? What's left to do When we've lost all hope and What's left to break When our hearts are broken? But sometimes... What's left to say When every word's been spoken? What's left to see When our eyes won't open? What's left to do When we've lost all hope and What's left to break When our hearts are broken? But sometimes...

Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway Today is another day to find you Shying away I'll be coming for your love. OK? Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two So needless to say Of odds and ends But I'll be stumbling away Slowly learning that life is OK. Say after me, "It's no better to be safe than sorry." Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two Oh, things that you say. Yeah. Is it life or just to play my worries away? You're all the things I've got to remember You're shying away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me)

Swinging in the backyard Pull up in your fast car Whistling my name Open up a beer And you say, "Get over here And play a video game." I'm in his favorite sundress Watching me get undressed Take that body downtown I say, "You the bestest." Lean in for a big kiss Put his favorite perfume on Go play a video game It's you, it's you, it's all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you Tell me all the things you wanna do I heard that you like the bad girls Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew They say that the world was built for two Only worth living if somebody Is loving you Baby, now you do Singing in the old bars Swinging with the old stars Living for the fame Kissing in the blue dark Playing pool and wild darts Video games He holds me in his big arms Drunk and I am seeing stars This is all I think of Watching all our friends fall In and out of Old Paul's This is my idea of fun Playing video games It's you, it's you, it's all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you Tell me all the things you wanna do I heard that you like the bad girls Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew They say that the world was built for two Only worth living if somebody Is loving you Baby, now you do Now you do Now you do Now you do Now, now you do Now you do Now you do It's you, it's you, it's all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you Tell me all the things you wanna do I heard that you like the bad girls Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew They say that the world was built for two Only worth living if somebody Is loving you Baby, now you do Now, now you do Now you do Now you do (Now you do) Now, now you do Now you do Now you do

There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all But of all these friends and lovers There is no one compares with you And these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something new Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop And think about them In my life I love you more Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop And think about them In my life I love you more In my life I love you more

Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? And can he do to you the things that I do? Oh no, I can take you higher Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, Baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my skull At night, I wake up With the sheets soakin' wet And a freight train runnin' Through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire

He hasn't dreamt of a White Christmas for years Because he knows the grass It is much greener in southern hemispheres He must be a very confused bird Because at the first sign of snowfall he'll spread his wings And up and fly north I am sick of this Missouri winter, ‘Cause I'm Mr. Heat Miser She is the oddball of her family She spends three quarters of the year Living under palm trees But, when the solstice has come and gone She will run to home like a winter hare Camouflaged in the snow Will I give up Kansas in December, And resign as the Snow Miser? What I'd give for her touch (What I'd give for his touch) To freeze in her cold, winter clutch (To melt in his warm, summer love) I'd suffer a feverish cough (I would burn just because) She's (he's) too much It's too much to ask of a girl (boy) Who has spent One year and some change As my other half, my polar opposite I only fear that the Autumn will come And just like in Springtime The seasons will fall And they’ll sunder our love We’ll never compromise with one another Without help from Mother Nature This Southtown will be, Yours to make a winter My sacrifice to Mother Nature

Lover please don't age again Couldn't stand the thought, Of you growing old without me Can you try to make it stop? Can you try to make it stop? I have broken every clock Couldn't check the time, Without the ever-present reminder I had to try to make them stop. I had to try to make them stop Those who ignore history They are truly blessed, To live out their lives repeating All the things that they once loved. You're the thing that I once loved History books line my shelves With each spine I crack, It's the ever-present reminder That each page takes you away. I am doomed to not repeat I know you, are my history Cause I know you, From my history books

Let's get down to business To defeat the Huns Did they send me daughters When I asked for sons? You're the saddest bunch I ever met But you can bet before we're through Mister, I'll make a man out of you Tranquil as a forest But on fire within Once you find your center You are sure to win You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot And you haven't got a clue Somehow I'll make a man out of you I'm never gonna catch my breath Say goodbye to those who knew me Boy, was I a fool in school For cutting gym This guy's got 'em scared to death Hope he doesn't see right through me Now I really wish that I knew how to swim (Be a man) You must be swift as a coursing river (Be a man) With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon Time is racing toward us Till the Huns arrive Heed my every order And you might survive You're unsuited for the rage of war So pack up, go home you're through How could I make a man out of you? (Be a man) You must be swift as a coursing river (Be a man) With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon (Be a man) You must be swift as a coursing river (Be a man) With all the force of a great typhoon (Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

Since the eclipse I found beauty in that which Will always exist I have stared at the sun Though it’s stared down at me I have never once Offered my eyes Like a prayer from a pagan To the king of the skies I am worshiping her As constant as heavenly spheres I will rise, and set on you I will rise, and set on you She is pulling on me, Like the tide from moon As it pulls on the sea I will happily float I'm safe in her waters, I'm already home So if I wash ashore I'll just have to wait For her tide to restore I am trusting in her Comme le marin fait confiance à la mer I will rise, and set on you She will rise and set on me, too

I knew what it was to have a home Back before innocence had flown Long before I had dreams of South I bleed with the memory of fountains In the last few years this has become A ghost town of lost acquaintances And I roam from one, Ghost town to the next This has become my life in present I never knew I’d miss this home All of our adventures in the woods We were young, And were vulnerable to change It’s become the epidemic of our age In the last few years this has become A ghost town of lost acquaintances And I roam from one, Ghost town to the next This has become my life in present Tears of joy spew from this lonely orphan Down the Mississippi Towards New Orleans And congregate in the Atlantic Ocean Spring fed from the City of Fountains City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains, City of Fountains

Do you remember how this first begun? Teeth were white and our skin was young Eyes as bright as the Spanish Sun We had nothing we could hide Now my dear we are two golden leaves Clinging desperately to winter trees Got up here like a pair of thieves While the sirens blare outside What's left to say When every word's been spoken? What's left to see When our eyes won't open? What's left to do When we've lost all hope and What's left to break When our hearts are broken? But sometimes... Do you remember how this started out? So full of hope And now we're filled with doubt A dirty joke we used to laugh about But it's not funny anymore I fear I choke unless I spit it out Still smell of smoke, Although the fire's gone out Can't live with you, but I die without What's left to say When every word's been spoken? What's left to see When our eyes won't open? What's left to do When we've lost all hope and What's left to break When our hearts are broken? But sometimes... What's left to say When every word's been spoken? What's left to see When our eyes won't open? What's left to do When we've lost all hope and What's left to break When our hearts are broken? But sometimes...

When does a human, become a person? When their ideas, are truly their own When they realize they are living? Wonder if they’re deserving? Or the day, they realize they’ll die. But these ideas are not my own They are not mine. They are of a child’s mind And some days, I see you in the garden Picking fruits before the Autumn, Not knowing yet That good things, Will come just if you let them Haven’t, quite yet learned that lesson But give it a matter of days When will this person, Come to adulthood? What sorts, the boys from men? When they realize we're imperfect, But we are still deserving Of forgiveness, they can give But these ideas are not my own They are not mine. They are someone else’s lines I trust that, our father he will mould you He will teach you all the values, That he taught me So one day, When our lives are in their Autumn We will plant some trees for others Whose shade we will never see. I am human. But am I a person? Am I important? Am I deserving? Can I reach forgiveness? With all these imperfections? I am a human. No, I am a person But these ideas are not my own.

It's springtime in New Orleans again Even though it's only January tenth. ‘Cause in my home city, It's well below freezing It's in the single digit degrees And here it's over sixty My girl down here is so warm She’s giving something To look forward towards 'Cause back home the girls, They are so cold And I'm not looking forward to home ‘Cause that's three months That I'm not in her arms This city I love will be gone in my life But then again so will I When it all has returned to the sea Will we swim to safety? I was watching some learning TV They were talking about A mouse's heartbeat And I realized our life's Not measured in time But in, 'pound pound pound' repeat At least that's what I learned the week ‘Cause each day I learn something new Like how many men Have been to the moon I've seen a tiny percent of this tiny planet And they've seen it all in their view I want to see all too This city I love will be gone in my life But then again so will I When it all has returned to the sea Will we swim to safety? Tell me will you swim, swim with me?

You are endless As far as I can tell I stare longing I am helpless And so you bring me in I do nothing You are wine-red Drunk upon your lips You invite me As I give in, I give up Sometimes waiting, is too much work You are open And free for all to see They enjoy you I am empty Your tide it pulls me in I do nothing I see visions A boy upon your shores He looks happy First impressions, they make or break When you met me, I was weak

I can watch the sunrise By my own damn self I’m falling asleep But you're not there to help Now I'm seeing colors That we rarely see While you enjoy his arms And his company I suffer through sore eyes And these aching limbs My body says it’s too late, It’s not used to this And I’m just as detached As you claim to be It’s not the same sunrise Without your company Your room was the palace of Eros, In many ways. I fell for you Though I couldn't see your face But my doubts always, Consume me whole Now the tides have shifted, I’m Psyche and you’re Eros I can count Apollo’s horses On one hand As they soar through horizons Over far off lands And I can trust that from his lips I’ll hear no lies ‘Cause unlike you I know that I can trust the sky I swear your bed was Delphi 'Cause I breathed in fumes And I saw things that don’t exist, I wish were true I begged the goddess Carpo, Would this summer bring A ripened fruit Of newfound possibilities? Your bed was the palace of Eros, In many ways. I fell for you Though I couldn't see your face But my doubts always, Consume me whole Now the tides have shifted, I’m Psyche and you’re Eros My sleep alone, Is like a curse from Aphrodite But could this box, Contain seeds from Persephone? And from this seed, Maybe a love can grow But I refuse to sleep, So I guess I will never know You flew so fast, I sometimes doubt if you exist One night you were mine, And now you are his I guess my inhibitions Got the best of me The box is gone, I lost my chance for you, to wake me.

Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway Today is another day to find you Shying away I'll be coming for your love. OK? Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two So needless to say Of odds and ends But I'll be stumbling away Slowly learning that life is OK. Say after me, "It's no better to be safe than sorry." Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two Oh, things that you say. Yeah. Is it life or just to play my worries away? You're all the things I've got to remember You're shying away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me)

It's not a play on words, I just haven't seen the sun since Sunday It's not a metaphor, It's just been really rain And the skies are dark, It's been nothing but overcast lately Who'd've known, April showers could be so depressing? So I will plant some seeds, For both you and me, And maybe something good, Will come of this rain So let the gardens flood, And these seeds be drowned in mud And maybe we can learn, To make light of this spate "It's not choice," you say, "That my head feels like it's drowning When I leave my bed, The weight of the world it surrounds me. And my thoughts are dark, And I haven't been eating much lately. Who'd've known, I'd be the one to disappoint me?" So I will plant some seeds, For both you and me, And maybe something good, Will come of this rain So let the gardens flood, And all I love be drowned in mud And maybe we can learn, To make light of your pain. "I think you're jaded," I said "Seeing through a shaded lens." "I think you are the jaded one," She said, "my little optimist, I bet you think that daylight is The natural state of things Not that which displaces dark You take it for granted Love, you're needed like water is But I'm a waterfall The whole world feels your benefit And I'm just beautiful So love you be the blinding sun And I'll keep wearing shades And be useless as the moon Beautifully ornate."

Juniper compared me to a Beatles song I don't know which, But it sounds so meaningful I'm thinking "Love Me Do," Or "I've Got to Get You In My Life" Because Juniper smiled for the first time Juniper, says she don't fall for, That old luck and astrology Says it's the most absurd, Thing she's ever heard, Says 'we make our own destiny' Juniper is rooting for the underdog Makes me wonder, If that's what she keeps me around for She loves my mix CDs, For all my mixed emotions Because Juniper's, Not going through the motions Juniper, says she don't fall for, That old luck and astrology Says it's the most absurd, Thing she's ever heard, Says 'we make our own destiny' She's an antique watch, But her hands are stuck Half past five o'clock, Always dressed to the nines. She'll mix black and blue, Get away with it too, Hides her one tattoo, That's only meant for my eyes. She will dance around, To not a sound, Her feet off the ground, Her hips will write a symphony. She's not one to adapt, Keeps her suitcase packed, Case she's leaving fast, She's not meant for captivity. So I'll cherish the memory in my mind Of when Juniper smiled for the first time

She lifts her skirt up to her knees Walks through the garden rows With her bare feet, laughing And I never learned To count my blessings I choose instead To dwell in my disasters Walk on down the hill Through grass grown tall and brown And still it's hard somehow To let go of my pain On past the busted back of that old and rusted Cadillac That sinks into this field collecting rain Will I always feel this way ‒ So empty, so estranged? And of these cut-throat busted sunsets, these cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary If through my cracked and dusted Dime-store lips I spoke these words out loud Would no one hear me? Lay your blouse across the chair, Let fall the flowers from your hair And kiss me with That country mouth so plain. Outside the rain is tapping on the leaves To me it sounds like They're applauding us, The quiet love we've made. Will I always feel this way So empty, so estranged? Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said "Do your best, destroy me. You see, I've been To hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me." There's a lot of things that can kill a man There's a lot of ways to die Yes, and some already dead That walk beside me There's a lot of things I don't understand Why so many people lie Well, it's the hurt I hide That fuels the fires inside me Will I always feel this way So empty, so estranged?

Swinging in the backyard Pull up in your fast car Whistling my name Open up a beer And you say, "Get over here And play a video game." I'm in his favorite sundress Watching me get undressed Take that body downtown I say, "You the bestest." Lean in for a big kiss Put his favorite perfume on Go play a video game It's you, it's you, it's all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you Tell me all the things you wanna do I heard that you like the bad girls Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew They say that the world was built for two Only worth living if somebody Is loving you Baby, now you do Singing in the old bars Swinging with the old stars Living for the fame Kissing in the blue dark Playing pool and wild darts Video games He holds me in his big arms Drunk and I am seeing stars This is all I think of Watching all our friends fall In and out of Old Paul's This is my idea of fun Playing video games It's you, it's you, it's all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you Tell me all the things you wanna do I heard that you like the bad girls Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew They say that the world was built for two Only worth living if somebody Is loving you Baby, now you do Now you do Now you do Now you do Now, now you do Now you do Now you do It's you, it's you, it's all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you Tell me all the things you wanna do I heard that you like the bad girls Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew They say that the world was built for two Only worth living if somebody Is loving you Baby, now you do Now, now you do Now you do Now you do (Now you do) Now, now you do Now you do Now you do

Aurora, Aurora I’m looking at you So you know that I know What I want to do ‘Cause I know you live by your resolutions But you needn’t fear ‘Cause I have the same ones Aurora, Aurora I need you to trust That what I am feeling is clearly not love And I don’t know most things But I do know this Aurora, Aurora's so damn attractive I’m singing a ditty, I’m humming a tune To a girl who sings So much better than I do I’d serenade her but I’d just get critique From a girl who knows All the proper technique That I never bothered to learn Aurora, Aurora stop looking at him Like he holds the answers To life’s great questions And I know his answers Are as good as mine But he has your attention And he has your eye Aurora, Aurora I keep saying your name In hopes you will hear This sick-sweet refrain I claim no truths But I’m damn sure of this: Aurora, Aurora's so damn attractive I’m singing a ditty, I’m humming a tune To a girl who sings So much better than I do I’d serenade her but I’d just get critique From a girl who knows All the proper technique That I never bothered to learn I’m doing some research, I’m making a list Of the prettiest songbirds That I have witnessed And I’m bending the rules So that your name can fit You might not be the best But you’re surely top ten I hope that sounds pleasant, I mean no offense I mean that sincerely As a compliment Of the hundreds of thousands Of birds that exist I’d much rather hear Your species’ anthem.

Listen close ‘cause I, Don’t want to whisper louder Lest my words bend like, Light through a glass of water I am drawn to you, As if I’m a barfly And this city is, My favorite neon sign I know you’re a bird Or so I’ve heard Now I’ve got your ear, Will you pay attention? I will burn this nest, With the best intentions If given the choice, I will sink nor swim I will fly to you, Before this winter ends ‘Cause if you’re a bird Then I’m a bird

There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all But of all these friends and lovers There is no one compares with you And these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something new Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop And think about them In my life I love you more Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop And think about them In my life I love you more In my life I love you more

Lovely girl won’t you please stay ’til morn? I’ve held you in contempt, Nevermore ‘Cause the one place you belong Is in my arms And without your sweet embrace, I shan’t be warm I wish I spoke more languages To say again without repetition ‘Cause there’s only so many ways For me to say: “Linda favor de pasar la noche” Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me. Lovely girl will you please stay the same? Need something in life That doesn’t change In seven years this frame will be renewed That’s seven years I’d like to spend with you Each night as I'm dozing off to sleep I’ve been known to forget everything When I wake and see you in my bed I'll fall for you again, stronger yet Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me, And everybody else Lovely, you are lovely to me.

Ground is flat, sea is rough, Sky is deeper than we know. But you are edges, you are curves. And in my sheets, you are colors, You are shapes, you are lines. And in your hues, you’re my muse. In your corners, I would hide, Where your shadows and light collide. In my bloodstream, on my skin, There your colors, let you in. I forgot ’til we met, How to see the simple things. Like how your edges, come to curves. Do you mind if I write, so I don’t forget, Where you end and I begin? In your corners, I would hide, Where your shadows and lights collide. In my bloodstream, on my skin, There your colors, let you in. Where your edges, and my edges, align. Where your edges, and my edges, align.

Table for two. She said she’d come. Table for two. I’ll wait for her. You get free, dessert. If she doesn’t show. If she doesn’t show. The studio is sparkling. For the first time in months. You made your bed. She’ll lie in hers. At least you get some sleep. When you sleep alone. When you sleep alone.

This kettle wasn’t meant for the stovetop, The wires and the plastic they melted You almost burned the house down Your first time with a fire extinguisher, Sprayed the kitchen down just to be sure I laugh about it now The carbon ruined my favorite toaster, I’m just glad that you were not hurt It scared you half to death Didn’t drink tea for a solid six months, I’m not sure how we managed wake up We did it somehow. We did it somehow That kettle wasn’t meant for the stovetop, The wires and the plastic they melted I almost burned the house down The flames they scorched a portion of the wall, Never made the call to our landlords It scared me half to death You were sleeping off in the next room, The screech of the alarm it awoke you You came in running fast When you found me I was complete wreck, You crushed me in your arms worried sick I think about it now. I think about it now Nostalgia's got me scared to death. Nostalgia's got me scared to death Nostalgia’s got me. Nostalgia's got me scared to death. Nostalgia's got me scared to death Nostalgia’s got me. (I’m not sure how I manage to wake up No I’m not sure how I manage to wake up. I do it somehow, I do it somehow. I do it somehow, how do you do it now?)

Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how Somewhere in her smile she knows That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how You're asking me will my love grow I don't know, I don't know You stick around, now it may show I don't know, I don't know Something in the way she knows And all I have to do is think of her Something in the things she shows me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe and how

Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone? I got a bad desire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? And can he do to you the things that I do? Oh no, I can take you higher Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, Baby, edgy and dull And cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my skull At night, I wake up With the sheets soakin' wet And a freight train runnin' Through the middle of my head Only you can cool my desire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire

If you come to, It wasn't ‘cause I woke you, You must've drifted If I lose you, It wasn't ‘cause I meant to, I can't talk backwards But in my fictions, I never fail to mention That I blame you If you had to lace up my shoes, Could you blame me? If you need help, You’ll have to send an email, And I'll get back to you In the next day, Gives me time to think, So I don't say what's due If that sounds harsh, Know I can’t speak backwards. I’m repeating myself I’m used to cycles, And never making progress. Onward and upward! I'm drawing straight lines, Between you and I, They just keep going No starts or ends; No line segments. They go their own way When I hurt you, I tallied up my virtues. Do they matter? ‘Cause hurt people, Hurt other people, Can you blame them? When in doubt, You need love, I hope you find some My "one in a million," There's seven thousand of them. I hope you find yours When you move out, I hope that you move downtown, Where the lights are You've always loved them, I never could sleep through them. I hope they find you How many boyfriends, Does it take to change a light bulb? It's too dark to count I've burned my hands, And now it is their turn. They'll figure it out I'm drawing straight lines, Between you and I, They just keep going No starts or ends; No line segments. They go their own way