1. Nice To Know You
etter than watching Gellar bending silver spoons
Better than witnessing newborn nebulaes in bloom
She who sees from up high smiles and surely sings
Perspective pries your once weighty eyes and it gives you wings
I havenīt felt the way I feel today
In so long itīs hard for me to specify
Iīm beginning to notice how much this feels
Like a waking limb, pins and needles, nice to know you
Goodbye, nice to know you
Goodbye, nice to know you
Deeper than the deepest Cousteau would ever go
And higher than the heights of what we often think we know
Blessed she who clearly sees the wood for the trees
To obtain a birds eye is to turn a blizzard to a breeze
I havenīt felt the way I feel today
In so long itīs hard for me to specify
Iīm beginning to notice how much this feels
Like a waking limb, pins and needles, nice to know you
Goodbye, nice to know you
Goodbye, nice to know you
So could it be that it has been there all along?
2. Circles
You saw me lost and treading water
I looked pathetic
I looked as helpless as a stinger without a bee
But underneath my presentation, yea
I knew the walls were coming down
And the stones that fell were aiming away from me
Hey what would it mean to you
To know that itīll come back around again
Hey whatever it means to you
Know that everything moves in circles
I saw you standing in my headlights (blink, blink, blink)
I thought Iīd run you down for the weight you left on me
Instead I pushed rewind, reversed and drove away
And seeing you disappear in my rearview
Brought to me the word reciprocity
Hey what would it mean to you
To know that itīll come back around again
Hey whatever it means to you
Know that everything moves in circles
Round and round we go
Who wouldīve known itīd end so well
We fall on and we fall off
existential carousel
3. Wish You Were Here
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here
I lay my head into the sand
The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it
Iīm counting UFOīs
I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here
The worldīs a roller coaster and I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care but my hands are busy in the ai
4. Just A Phase
I am bottled, fizzy water and you are shaking me up
You are a fingernail running down the chalkboard I thought I left in third grade
Now my only consolation is that this could not last forever
Even though youīre singing and thinking how well youīve got it made
Who are you? When will you be through?
Yea itīs just a phase...it will be over soon
Yea itīs just a phase...yea itīs just a....phase
Call it womenīs intuition, but I think Iīm onto something here
Temporaryism has been the black plague and the Jesus of our age
I know I must sound opinionated, maybe biased and quite possibly jaded
But sooner than later theyīll be throwing quarters at you on stage
Who are you? When will you be through?
Yea itīs just a phase...it will be over soon
Yea itīs just a phase...yea itīs just a....phase and Iīm waiting for it to be over too
5. 11 AM
Seven a.m.
The garbage truck beaps as it backs up
And I start my day thinking about what Iīve thrown away
Could I push rewind?
The credits traverse, signifying the end
But I missed the best part
Could we please go back to start?
Forgive my indecision
Then again, youīre always first when no oneīs on your side
But then again, a day will come when I want off that ride
Eleven a.m.
By now you would think that I would be up
But my bedsheets shade the heat of choices Iīve made
And what did I find?
I never thought I could want someone so much
Cause now youīre not here and Iīm knee deep in that old fear
Forgive my indecision
I am only a man
Then again, youīre always first when no oneīs on your side
But then again, a day will come when I want off that ride
Twelve p.m. and my dusty telephone rings
Heavy head up from my pillow, who could it be?
I hope itīs you
6. Blood on the Ground
I donīt want to talk to you anymore
Iīm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue everytime you come around
Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground
Hand over my heart I swear Iīve tried everything I could
Within all my power two weeks and one hour
I slaved and now Iīve got nothing to show
Oh if only youīd grow taller than a brick wall
From now on Iīm gonna start holding my breath
When you come around and you flex that fake grin
Cause something inside of me has said more than twice
That breathing less air beats breathing you at all
I donīt want to talk to you anymore
Iīm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue everytime you come around
Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground
Hand over my mouth Iīm earning the right to my silence
In quiet discerning between ego and timing
Good judgement is once again proving to me that itīs
Still worth itīs weight in gold
From now on Iīm gonna be so much more wary
When you start to speak and my warm blood starts to boil
That seeing you is like pulling teeth
And hearing your voice is like chewing tin foil
I donīt want to talk to you anymore
Iīm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue everytime you come around
Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground
High fives to a better judgement
By saying less today I will gain more
Low twos to you my fickle friend
Who brought the art of silent wa
7. Mexico
You could see me reaching
So why couldnīt you have met me half way?
You could see me bleeding
And you would not put pressure on the wound
You only think about yourself...you only think about yourself
You better bend before I go
On the next train to Mexico
You could see my breathing
But you still kept your hand over my mouth
You could feel me seething
But you just turned your nose up in the air
You only think about yourself...you only think about yourself
You better bend before I go
On the next train to Mexico
8. Warning
at your eyes girl
Be otherworldly
Count your blessings
Seduce a stranger
Whatīs so wrong with
Being happy
Kudos to those who
See through sickness
When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Donīt ever let life pass you by
I suggest we
Learn to love ourselves before itīs
Made illegal
When will we learn?
When will we change?
Just in time to
See it all fall down
Those left standing...will make millions
Writing books on the way it should have been
When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Donīt ever let life pass you by
Floating in this
Cosmic jacuzzi
We are like frogs oblivious
To the water
Starting to boil
No one flinches
We all flow face down
When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Donīt ever let life pass you by
9. Echo
Thereīs something about the look in your eyes
Something I noticed when the light was just right
It reminded me twice that I was alive
And it reminded me that youīre so worth the fight
My biggest fear will be the rescue of me
Strange how it turns out that way
Could you show me dear...something Iīve not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
Thereīs something about the way you move
I see your mouth in slow motion when you sing
More subtle than something, someone contrives
Your movements echo that I have seen the real thing
Your biggest fear will be the rescue of you
Strange how it turns out that way
Could you show me dear...something Iīve not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
10. Have You Ever
To get up and walk away would be too easy
So stay and stand your ground, just watch your mouth with me
On the back of every right thereīs a wrong looming
So here you and I should tread as soft as these razor blades for boots will let be
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes
Have you ever tried to balance on that beam
And if you ever tried to step in my shoes
Theyīll never be quite as soft as they seemed
(Thought) Unabashed honesty would be ideal
But a prophet did once say that honesty is a lonely word
So where do we go from here...abandon ship now
My problem is you make me melt and I donīt want to be frozen anymore
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes
Have you ever tried to balance on that beam
And if you ever tried to step in my shoes
Theyīll never be quite as soft as they seemed
Have you ever...have you ever tried to
I have never...I have never tried to
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes
Have you ever tried to balance on that beam
And if you ever tried to step in my shoes
Theyīll never be quite as soft as they seemed
11. Are You In?
Itīs so much better
When everyone is in are you in
Itīs so much better
When everyone is in are you in
Ooooh..............Are you in?
Itīs so much better
When everyone is in are you in
Itīs so much easier
When seafoam green is in fashion
Ooooh..............Are you in?
Are you...are you...........
Everybody in...........
12. Under My Umbrella
When I close my eyes
I can see for miles
Thereīs comfort in my dark seat
And chaos in the aisles
These eyes are not your eyes
And these eyes are not the color that
Your arid eyes might be
No, I was not around
When those eyes of yours decided so
I refuse to kneel before the sights you choose to see
When I close my eyes
I remember how to smile
Under my umbrella
Iīm and accomplished exile
These eyes are not your eyes
And these eyes are not the color that
Your arid eyes might be
No, I was not around
When those eyes of yours decided so
I refuse to kneel before the sights you choose to see
If this is right, Iīd rather be wrong
If this is sight, Iīd rather be blind
13. Aqueous Transmission
Iīm floating down a river
Oars freed from their holes long ago
Lying face up on the floor of my vessel
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Two weeks without my lover
Iīm in this boat alone
Floating down a river named emotion
Will I make it back to shore
Or drift into the unknown
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Iīm building an antenna
Transmissions will be sent when I am through
Maybe weīll meet again further down the river
And share what we both discovered...
Then revel in the view
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
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