LAWN DOGS

You'll lay the outline.
On the couch now, wasting your life.
"Never say never."
Out in the fall weather we shout it.
You won't forget the sea and the moon.
I will forget it.

Woah now, slow down.
Catch your breath and heed the sound.
I am waiting for my chance to say...

"So sad to say, your son was lost when you left."
Without you home.
"So sad to say, you lost it all when you left."

Festooned and marooned on an island.
Every man is an island, and every woman a grave.

We were walking by the water.
Day by day we'll come out.
On the surface, you seem stronger.
Every day is ours now.


CHUPACABRA

You smell like snow somewhere in Colorado.
Cold sweat on white sheets. At last, you're fast asleep.

Two seats on a plane somewhere in East L.A.
The sea at our feet. The tide will rise to meet us.

If you stayed away, then I'd be okay.

You fill your glass with pain, and drink it down and say,
"I'll be far away. So far away, one day!"
You can pack your bags and leave this town,
but I won't let you down.


A bridge and a glow in Portsmouth, Ohio.
The streets followed me.
At home at last we'll be.

How can I reset it now?
Fast! every second counts.
Tick tock! The clock never stops.
How can I reset it now?

You stay away. Far away. Don't ever come back.

How could I lie when I said to you, that it's gonna be alright now.


SIBERIA

I'm anxious tonight, and you're making sounds like animals, and suddenly, the lights seem better off.
Slight changes in tides from moons up so high, and instantly all progress is lost.

I've been waiting. Been contemplating...
It's better you know it before it comes true.
And I've been thinking our time is wasting.
It's better, you know this true.

So watch me fade away into the dark of my own heart. And that's the way it is.

Always a bride's maid, never a bride. For your sake I hope heaven and hell just won't know how.
I'm wide awake. I can see the space between you and I and happiness is equidistant now.

I've been waiting. Yes, I've been praying. It's better you know it before it comes true. I've been taking some time away from you. It's better, you know this is true.

So watch me fade away into the dark of my own heart. And that's the way it is.

There's got to be some way out. Got to be something. Got to be some way out of this place in my life.

What the fuck? I said "Goddamn!" Help me, Jesus!" Give me your hand. Just between us; Art is useless. Help me, Jesus! "I said Goddamn!"

Just in time, now she's mine. Just in time, Valentine. She was yours, now she's mine. Just in time, my Valentine.

So watch me fade away into the dark of my own heart. And that's the way it is.


MOMENTARY SILENCE

Right when the room goes empty, you're asking,
"How could this happen to me?"
As crazy as it may seem, this isn't happening.
So brief were your words, and lacking common sense.
A fresh outlook on your world; "You get what you give."
It's amazing, this place, where we're all so close, but
get so far.
One day, my darling, you'll go far.
Until then, can we just make it to the car?

And this is who we are...

We're not facing the fall that's separating us all.
This is the last call.

Lights out. Don't turn away. My lips are sealed, and I'll never...

This time I'm out of time. Make up your mind.
I can't let go.


GREEN EYED JESUS

Maybe this isn't the way I wanted to go. Baby, this isn't the way.

Green eyes breaking the mold. Fast hearts racing away.
Green eyes bringing you home. It's too much to walk away.

Break the world into pieces. Hang out with Jesus.
Make the rain stop. Just stop caring at all.


DRIFTS GET DEEPER
(translated: some french sections to english)

So long, goodbye.
So long, so wrong.

Life is a relay.

We are... We're so insane.
And we can't relate.
We're so scared.

The sound is so sustained out on the Sophie River.
Out on Vesuvius. Mt Vesuvius. The sound out-arms us all.
Life is a relay.

Why so soon?
We surf the Suvian.
Why too soon?
We surf the Suvian.
The soothing signs are safe.

We are... We're so insane.
And we can't relate.
We're so scared.

The sound is so sustained out on our Sophie River.
Out on Vesuvius. Mt Vesuvius. The sound out-arms us all.
Life is a relay.

You know, you're right.


BECAUSE GOLD LOOKS GOOD ON THEIR SKIN

I walk down the street, and everywhere i look, it says,
"Sell yourself, and buy me."
She said, "i like how that sounds, but that girl's
so sleazy."
I never said this would be easy.

Walk away. This time it's not worth trying.
Walk away. This time it's not worth dying.

It's only a dream, but i'm not asleep.

So much to say after the murder.
It's what's in my head.
It's what's in my bed.

Someone is never coming back.

In spite of falling short of the right sentence.
Let's walk away, and talk away this distance.


GENTLE MEANS RICH, GENTLEMEN

With the coming of the dawn we'll see what the tide will bring.
When you wake up in the morning you'll see that you've got
every moment of your life to breathe.
Don't pretend that your eyes have seen,
when you've never done a thing in your life.

Don't wait until time runs out.
Say what you want to say, what you need to say.

Even if we scream and shout about everything,
there's no bad news today.

Today is a day as good as any other
for the tide to carry us out to sea.
Far away, distressed, avoiding rescue.
Maybe then I'll sleep, as bad as that may sound.



THE WORLD IS READY (FOR ITS CLOSE-UP)

I have this dream...

I'm on a plane that's crashing to sea.
From the window I watch it all go down.
From the window I can see the ocean approaching,
but I'm not leaving, no, I'm not going, yet.
You're there, all alone.
I'll be so glad to be home.

When you stood in the light I could see it in your eyes
that things we're changing.
The record playing was speaking your mind.
And it said, "1, 2, and onward and through to the 3, 4,
to the only open door,
and scream, "never again!"

I could be running like water. Like cold rain down your body.
Like son to father. Like mother, like laughter.
These days will be cold and grey, and plain, but I'll stay.

The world turns, but just turns away.


ABOVE EAGLES

Why wake with the sun, when we can sleep the day away?

I'll take complacency over decency any day, anyway.

Follow my lead. I beg and plead.
Just wait, you'll see. We've just got to be free.

Follow what you say. Make it what you said.
Practice what you preach.

The waves wash over our souls.
From nights of rum and wine.
The sun is waving the contrast.


CURRENTS

(Instrumental)


ORDINARY PEOPLE

Die for nothing, like ordinary people.
Stand for something, or everything is wrong.
Try hard for redemption, no one gets a sequel.

When you lose that hand-full of grams,
will it go up or go down?

Here is a link to our Velocity Weekly article from February.