Lifeline - 2007

Fight Outta You

They'll look you in the eyes and stone you,
then turn and disown you.
Don't you let em take the fight outta you.

They'll walk all over your name
till they find someone else to blame.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

Secrets hide their lies
inside hidden allibies.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

They put the world on a hook,
it's worse every time I look.
Don't let em take the fight outta you.

I would rather take your punch
than not give you a shot.
I'd rather find out who you are
than who you're not.
Should've known better than to mistake business for love.
Should've known better than to mistake a fist for love.

It will be in your ?on? until you're not
needed any longer.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

Don't believe the headlines,
check for yourself sometimes.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

The lies you live become you,
the love you lose, it numbs you.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

You say that you've arrived,
that's just a high class bribe.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

I would rather take your punch
than not give you a shot.
I'd rather find out who you are,
than who you're not.
Should've known better than to mistake business for love.
Should've known better than to mistake a fist for love.

There's always someone younger,
Someone with more hunger.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

They'll say you're one and only
They'll straight up leave you lonely.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

Like a transplant patient
waiting for a donor.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.

Like a half empty balloon
after a party in the corner.
Don't let it take the fight outta you.



In The Colors

When your whole world is shaken
from all the risks we have taken
dance with me into the colors
of the dusk

when you have awoken
from all the dreams broken
dance with me into the colors
of the dusk

the paths we're walking on
crumble behind us
but if we leave now they will
never find us
and if this crazy world spins itself
down to dust
i want to be with you
in the colors

when you again start hoping
with your arms wide open
dance with me into the colors
of the dusk

and all will be right
dancing like water with the light
dance with me into the colors
of the dusk



Fool For A Lonesome Train

It's late and i can't sleep
i've made promises i can't keep
cobblestones and broken bones
has a kingdom but he's got
no home
last night is still ringin' in my head
like that lonesome whistle in
the rain

i'm a fool for a lonesome train

the lifetimes we've left behind
with strangers
promises and lies both have
their dangers
i just can't be wrong enough
and i can't hide for long enough
so far away but i still feel
your pain

i'm a fool for a lonesome train
i'd try to say good-bye
but i never got your name
i'm a fool for a lonesome train

i'm a fool for a lonesome train
i'm your fool for a lonesome train
i know it sounds crazy but i'm
painfully sane
i'm your fool for a lonesome train



Needed You Tonight

My every breath is a prayer for you
you know i'm waiting there for you
i'd rather learn to live with you
and suffer
than to see you in the arms
of another

but now my heart aches a little
now my heart breaks a little
i lie awake in the middle
of a cold empty room
with one light
i needed you tonight

i am not your tool
or your born again fool
i'm not in the mood
to serenade sorrow
there was a time
that i could get by
but this was once upon a lie

my heart it aches a little
my heart breaks a little
i lie awake in the middle
of a pain with no end in sight
i needed you tonight

violin is my instrument of choice
it recognizes the pain in my voice
you're the are in
are we gonna make it
you put the 't' in i just can't take it

my heart aches a little
my heart it breaks a little
i lie awake in the middle
of a cold empty room
with no light



Having Wings

I heard a street singer
play a song i knew
and it brought me
closer to you
i heard a street singer
play a song i call my own
it brought me
to my childhood home

life is a blurry eyed heavy hearted
whirlwind of a storm
some things just hurt too
much to cry
memories are like shadows
the light won't make disappear
i still see you smiling
with your eyes

did you go back from
where you came
if i get there
will they have my name
if they don't i'll only
have myself to blame
for all these things
true happiness is having wings



Say You Will

Baby say it's all right
if it takes all night
we won't have to be alone
if you say you will

like marie antoinette
said to louis xvi
man i think we're going down
our chances are slim and none
and i'm afraid slim just left town

now you've had me hanging
all on your line
but i know all too well
love ain't nothin' but
a worried mind

i love you like
a candle loves a flame
like a crying man
that has no shame
when you hit me i feel no pain
like the last days that remain
say you will



Younger Than Today

You and i were looking at
old pictures yesterday
sitting in disbelief at
how time slips away
both at a loss for words to say
knew we'd never be
younger than today

foolishness protected us
from the world outside
they could never come between
us but we knew they'd try
we remembered living as
if there were a way
to forever be younger than today

never looked at anything
you didn't care to see
i was the one who wouldn't
let you leave
even though it was clear
you couldn't stay
had to try to be
younger than today

as we parted you
reminded me i'm alive
to remember when the stars
danced just for you and i
may the shimmer of summer
always light your way
and make you feel
younger than today



Put It On Me

She eats nectarines with honey
spends her daddy's money so easy
she cuts cherry pie
while she looks you in the eye
so easy
the innocent naiveté of
hairless cheek
the politics of generosity
make me weak

there's an assassin out to get me
and they claim that
she's never missed
the one with an ex-lover
whom she claims
to have never kissed
we turned at twenty paces
for love is a duel
and we stood still as stone
i can't imagine that
this is in the best interest
of flesh and bone

i've been living in the city
for much too long
there's a neon sign in my mind
flashing right and wrong
i can't afford your company
i spent my money buying time
i was lost out in the desert while
you were busy swimming in wine

you put it on me
then left me lonely



Heart Of Matters

I've heard all of your parting lines
can only say good-bye
so many times
before you know you have
nothing to show
for your pain
sorry's a word you just can't
seem to find
does it ever enter your mind
i am in doubt you are
about to change

you can't just say i love you
you have to live i love you
i will forgive every time
but the last

i wish i could find a way
to sing the life back into you and i
but now i am afraid
it is just too late to lie

if your heart isn't in it
if you have nothing left to give
won't you go on and let me live



Paris Sunrise #7

(Instrumental)



Lifeline

Life is too short to wonder
Who's gonna make the next move
And will it slowly pull you under
When you've always got something to prove

I don't want to wait a lifetime
Yours or mine
Yours or mine
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline
Your lifeline (x4)

You say that I misheard you
But I think you misspoke
I hear you laugh so loudly
while I patiently wait for joke

I don't want to wait a lifetime
Not yours
Not mine
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline
Your lifeline (x4)

It's a crime with only victims
We're all laid out in a row
And it's hardest to listen
to what we already should know
I could hold out for a lifetime
Yours or mine
Yours and mine
Can't you see me reaching for your lifeline
Your lifeline (x4)