Ten
Once
I admit it, what’s to say?
I relive it, without pain
Backstreet lover on the side of the road,
Got a bomb in my temple that’s a-gonna explode
Got a .16-gauge buried under my clothes. . .I play
Once. . .upon a time, I could control myself
Once. . .upon a time, I could lose myself
Oh, try and mimic. . .what’s insane?
I am in it, where do I stand?
Indian summer and I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket, so determined discreet. . .I pray
Once upon a time. . . I could control myself
Once upon a time. . . I could lose myself
Once upon a time. . . I could love myself
Once upon a time. . . I could love you
Once. . .Once. . .Once. . .Once. . .hehehehehehe, aw, once
Evenflow
Freezing, rests his head on a pillow made of concrete (again)
Oh, feelin, maybe he will see a little beeter set of days (aw yeah)
Oh head down, faces that he sees time again aint that familiar
Oh, dark grin, he can’t help, when he’s happy he looks insane
Oh, evenflow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don’t know, so he chases them away
Oooooh, someday yet, he’ll begin his life again, life again, life again
Kneelin’, lookin through the papers though he doesn’t know to read
Prayin, now to something that has never shown him anything
Feelin, understands the weather of winters on it’s way-he-yeah
Oh, celing, few and far between all the leagal halls of shame
(chorus)
Alive
Son, she said. . .have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy
Was nothing but a. . .While you were sittin, home alone @ age 13
Your real daddy was dying. . .sorry you didn’t see him
But I’m glad we talked
Oh, I, oh-ho I’m still alive, hey-yea-yea, I, oh I’m still alive
Oh she walks slowly, across the young man’s room
She says, I’m ready for you
Oh, I can’t remember anything to this very day
‘Cept the look, oh the look, oh you know where
Now I can’t see, I just stare
Oh, I, oh-ho I’m still alive, hey-yea-yea, I’m still alive (x2)
Is something wrong she says?
Of course there is
But you’re still alive she says
Oh, do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so, if so, who answers, who answers?
Chorus
Why Go
Oh, she scratches a letter, into a wall, made of stone
Maybe someday another child
Won’t feel, as alone as she does
It’s been 10 years, and counting, since they put her in this place
Oh, she’s been diagnosed, by some stupid fuck
Reminds me of me
Why go home? Why go home? Why go home?
Oh, she seems to be stronger
But what they want, her to be is weak
She could play pretend, she could join the game
She could be another clone
Why go home?Why go home?Why go home?
Why’d you come here, you put me here, don’t come visit mommy dear
Mother, Mother, why go home?(x8) Aw, why?
Black
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were lay spread out before me, as her body once did
Oh, all five horizons revolved around her soul (as the earth to the sun)
Yeah, all the air I’ve tasted and breathed, has taken a turn
Ooh-ho, and all I taught her was. . .everything
Ooh-ho I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands, chafe beneath the clouds, of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black
Tattooed everything
I take a walk outside, I’m surrounded by some kids at play
I can hear their laughter, so why do I sear?
Oh, and twisted thoughts they spin, round my head, I’m spinning, oh, I’m spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass, of what was everything
And now the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything
All the love gone bad, turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all that I’ll ever be
Yeah, oh, hoo
I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life
I know you’ll be a star
In somebody else’s sky
But why, why, why can’t it be, why can’t it be mine?
Jeremy
At home. . .drawing pictures. . .of mountain tops. . .with him on top, lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a “v”. . .the dead lay, in pools of maroon below
Daddy didn’t give attention, to the fact that Mommy didn’t care
King Jeremy the wicked, ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today (x2)
Clearly I remember pickin on the boy, seemed a harmless like fuck. . .
Oh, but we unleashed a lion, knashed his teeth and bit the recess lady’s breast
How could I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left. . .ooh, my jaw left hurtin, eyes wide open
Just like the day, like the day I heard
Oh, Daddy didn’t give affection, oh, and the boy was something that Mommy wouldn’t wear
King Jeremy the wicked. . .ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in. . class today (x2)
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in (x2)
Jeremy spoke ion class today
Try to forget them (x2), try to erase them, from the blackboard
Chorus
Oceans
Hold on to the thread, the currents will shift
Glide me toward you know something’s left
And we’re all allowed to dream of the next time we touch. . .
You don’t have to stray two oceans away
Waves roll in my thoughts
Hold tight the ring. . .The sea will rise
Please stand by the shore. . .I will be, I will be there once more
Porch
What the fuck is this world, coming to
You didn’t leave a message, at least I could’ve learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield this could, be my time by you?
Would you hit me, would you hit me?
All the bills go by and initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain’t gonna be a middle anymore
And the cross I’m bearing home
Ain’t indicitive of my place
Left the porch(x2)
Oh Oh Oh
Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say
I could not take, just one day
Iknow when I would not ever touch you, Hold you, feel you, ever hold you
Never again, Yeah (X12)
Garden
She don’t wander in here. . .don’t wander in here, she
She don’t wander in here. . .she don’t wander. . .
The direction of the eye, so misleading
The direction of the soul, nauseously quick
I don’t question, our existence
I just question, our modern needs
I will walk with my hands bound
I will walk with my face blood
I will walk with my shadow flag
I will your garden, garden of stone
She don’t wander in here. . .Don’t wander in here. . .
Don’t wnader in here. . .
After all is done, we’re still alone
I won’t be taken, yet I’ll go. . .
. . .with my hands bound
I will walk with my face blood
I will walk with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden of stone
I don’t want. . .I don’t care. . .
I don’t need. . .Yeah. . .Need to live. . .
Deep
On the edge, windowsill
Ponders his maker, ponders his will
To the streets below, he just ain’t nothin,
But he’s got a great view
Can’t touch the bottom, in too deep yeah
On the edge, know-nothing town, Feeling quite superior
The aged come, to the sky above,
He just aint nothin, but he’s got a great view
Can’t touch the bottom, in too deep, yeah
On the edge of a Christmas clean love,
Your virgin from heaven visiting
To the man above her, she just ain’t nothing
She doesn’t like the view,doesn’t like the view, doesn’t like the view
But he sinks himself deep
Can’t touch the bottom, in too deep
Can’t touch the bottom, Can’t touch the bottom
In too deep
Release
Father ooh ooh
I see the world, feel the chill
Which way to go, windowsill
I see the world on a rocking horse of time
I see the birds in the rain
Ohhh… Ohhh…
Oh dear Dad, can you see me now?
I am myself, like you somehow
I’ll ride the wave where it takes me
I’ll hold the pain. . .Release me
Oh dear Dad, can you see me now?
I am myself, like you somehow
I’ll wait up in the dark, for you to speak to me
I’ll open up. . .Release me. . .
Release me (x3)
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