Apr 1
2009
Don’t Hold On To A Fantasy
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I thought by now you would realize
that I have been trying to find
something I left behind.
Hold on to what you think you’ll need.
Don’t hold onto a fantasy.
I will bleed if I meet with something sharper than me.
I will break; all it takes is one more careless mistake.
Time only willing.
Everyone looks happy when they’re fast asleep.
Cuz in our dreams we cling to things that we could not keep.
Oh why can’t you see it in my eyes
that I have been trying from the start.
When I gave you my heart?
I will bleed if I meet with something sharper than me.
I will break; another look from you is all it will take.
Time only willing.
Apr 1
2009
Long Way Down (I Got Burned)
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I got burned,
you had control.
I’ll hand it to you honey,
you can rock and roll.
I got lost in those innocent eyes.
I never thought that I’d get taken by surprise.
I signaled for a taxi, but above me instead,
angels grabbed my shirt and pulled it over my head.
When the punishment ended we were high above town.
You know without those wings it’s a long way down.
I got served. I got pwn3d.
My friends are telling me
that I should have known.
You need some time honey, that’s okay.
I’ve got a couple chords that I’ve been meaning to play.
Apr 1
2009
One Specific Face
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The sky is of the deepest blue
It seems as though it’s all brand new
Baby, you’ve got to help me
The sea is of the deepest green
Unlike anything I’ve ever seen
Baby you’ve got to help me
Of all the people who are living in this place
I had to fall in love with one specific face
I’m lost although it’s hard to see
I feel there’s nothing here for me
Baby you’ve got to help me
All of the things that we will never do
All of the words I’ll never say to you
All of the places we will never see
All of the songs you’ll never sing to me
Apr 1
2009
Tied To An Anchor
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“Try another rope or use the chain.
Make sure that knot won’t slip again.”
Is this what it takes to learn from my mistakes?
With slack unfolding,
my breath was holding,
tied to an anchor.
I thought I was right but I was betrayed:
One step forward was the ocean, one step back was the blade.
Is this what it takes to learn from my mistakes?
What was once me,
cast in the sea,
tied to an anchor.
Oh yes that was me, but I disappeared,
into the deep while everyone cheered.
All of my doubt and all that I feared:
tied to an anchor.
Apr 1
2009
Left For Dead In A Record Store
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Left for dead in a record store.
A white heart bleeds upon the floor;
everything is broken.
And the friends that you thought you knew,
left the scene, they were scared to do anything.
Beaten, broken, black and blue.
Open your eyes because you’re beautiful.
I cannot describe the falling snow.
I know their kind:
they are scared and want to make you blind.
All the things that you overheard,
every whisper of every word,
hit you hard when your guard was down, and wrecked you.
Apr 1
2009
Jump In The Water
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Baby weren’t you told that playing
with matches is gonna get you burned?
It’s something that I thought you should have
been taught and by now you should have learned.
The clear blue water invited me and I just couldn’t wait.
When I dove in I forgot how to swim and by then it was too late.
I’m drowning – You’re on fire – Jump in the water, and save us.
Oh if you’re hurting inside and it just won’t go away.
Don’t try to hide it and ignore it and pretend that you’re okay.
The flames grow hotter and higher and hotter and higher, too hot too take.
The water it gets so cloudy and cold that your body starts to shake.
There’s a place right here in my heart that I’m saving just for you,
and I’ll try to survive until you arrive because that’s all that I can do.
I’m drowning – You’re on fire – Jump in the water…
Why don’t you jump in the water? Jump in the water!


