Highgate Criminals
(V1)
Is this what you planned
some hyper sentinel torn by real men
is this what you planned
some highgate criminal in a foreign land
and this is where we stand
failed but brighter as the east sky lights us
I can't believe you said
ten years on a lifetime gone and I'm not in
(Chorus)
I know you're lost
I know you're dreaming ways out of this
I know the cost
and it feels like my heart stopped beating
(V2)
Don't give away your hand
tournament's gone wrong and you're just in the stands
some bow to the demand
just well-fed criminals and they don't understand
(Bridge)
I gave it all for this treason
and watched as they stole the last light
you stood you smiled watched them leaving
and said let's just have a good night
Love Moves On
(V1)
Inside these April strings
the break apart of so many things
can you guess we disagree
on your final words and the humidity
(Pre-Chorus)
So say you want me one more time
say you want me more than life
(Chorus)
Say you're leaving never to be found
choirs are singing let's have another round
'til you're gone
and love moves on
(V2)
You'll miss the moon at night
your mother's voice on the other line
I promise you I'll kiss her goodbye
because you were stained and you were shy
(V3)
I can't explain the fear
that comes around when you're not here
the ghosts of grace all disappear
you bring me back to those honest years
Daylight
(V1)
I'm just a little bit tired
lay me down lay me down
waiting for you to desire
oh the sound oh the sound
you leave here breathless and high
where'd you go where'd you go
hours feel like days in the night
all in good time all in good time
(Pre-chorus)
Tell myself a lie and not to fear it
tell myself again but no one hears it
(Chorus)
Daylight come to me I'll be waiting
wide awake for you to take this burden
say it's alright say it's alright
I don't want to wait for time to heal the way
the way I feel tonight
(V2)
I'm just a spark in the crowd
leave me out lead me out
all of your kingdom for sleep
is falling down oh the sound
(Pre-chorus)
Tell myself a lie and not to fear it
here I go again it's my heart beating
(Bridge)
It rushes over me in waves
like phantom verses we once sang
in congregations of the empty
The First Time
(V1)
I'm not in it for you
it's all about the thrill of the chase
'til nothing remains
just that break in the hour where your heart used to lay
and you fall so I remain
with the games I play
I love to take the blame
(Pre-Chorus)
I know you want me to
I know you want me to
I'm not waiting here for you
(Chorus)
I'm in love with the first time
it's all I want you for
since you gave it up
I don't want you anymore
(V2)
Come back to the fight
it's all about the thrill of escape
some only survive you say
just by madness they lost on some sunny day
another falls so I remain
captain of games
and I fake it once again
Trinity
(V1)
I found you by the 17th
lie you told before you came to me
where the restless boys and pretty girls
sing in darkness to a drunken world
when the lights come up it's never clear
if you stayed too long or why you're here
where the restless boys and pretty girls
fall behind the ones they love and disappear
(Chorus)
Someone here will take you home
the line's as long as your car is cold
don't look at me like I'm alone
I played that game a long time ago
(V2)
She left you by the fall that year
gave you six months now to clear your head
with the restless girls and pretty boys
you fall behind the ones you love and you disappear
(Bridge)
Don't you ever stay too long
see the seasons change and your loves move on
stand and watch the stories fold
out on Trinity wrapped in my coat
Gold and Hymns and Hell
(V1)
Frame yourself with stories to tell
you're made of gold and hymns and hell
girls believe you're something new
girls don't know what I told you
whiskey leaves you cold at night
downtown when the autumn's bright
left for many loves untrue
I don't care what you do
(Chorus 1)
If you want it I can take it I don't mind
all the years you wasted for this borrowed time
I don't care if this is where you want to be
you fell for me
(V2)
Tame your words so you will sell
they're made of gold and hymns and hell
left in lines of age and dust
drawn through years of violent trust
pull your arms in closer now
against my heart in a brilliant sound
think you've got this figured out
you think you have the answers now
(Chorus 2)
If you want them I can take them I don't mind
all these years are wasted so just borrow mine
you don't care if this is where I want to be
you fell for me
(Bridge)
Am I what you thought I'd be
in your 15-minute misery
your words fail like promises I made
to light my own
(V3)
You say you've got a story to tell
it's made of gold and hymns and hell
Peachtree and Vine
(V1)
This city used to be easy
I was a kid in a candy store waiting for the phone to ring
this used to feel like dreaming
I was the head of the corner gang waiting for the fight
to make me the king make me something
(Chorus)
Steady now hold the line
we've come to far to give up the fight
there's no time for sad goodbyes
each time I fall down and live this lie
on Peachtree and Vine
(V2)
I welcome you to a nightmare
where I'm the last in the handout line waiting just to dull the pain
this used to feel like flying
I was the one with the chance to soar hanging in the pouring rain
just makes the madness feel good
(Bridge)
There's some trick here that I don't know
I'm in the fast lane running
the fast lane running
and I'm running slow
Ghost Signs
(V1)
Beside the black tire tracks
all the gothic wrecks
you've hidden well so far
lies he says
lies you say
this time I'm walking with you
(Chorus)
Left by the side of the old mill road
choke another down if you want to go
listen for the steps until they slow
feels like flying
out here the stars are broken glass
they shine in your eyes and I lose the rest
listen for your breath until the last
feels like dying
(V2)
In the garden by the stairs
Ledford Street in smoky air
you've tricked me well so far
leave me now
leaves fly down
this night won't end well for you
(Bridge)
We call the time
you say these ghost signs
are in your head and screaming loud
you can't pretend it's over
(Outro)
Ghost signs are in the air
if you care if you care
Girls for Every Hour
(V1)
All hell has come on like a lightning flash
I take the ones I like I leave the rest
since you can pick and choose then I am last again
and this scene dictates we're losers in the end
(Chorus)
All with me now
stand before your reason drags you down
all with me shout
somewhere someone's cheating on you now
(V2)
Such a tragedy you're down in golden flames
I believe in breaking hearts without a name
since you can pick and choose I'll take you on again
but these wild nights shine in parking lots and bitter ends
(Bridge)
There are girls for every hour
there are secrets in this town
I keep mine close
there are lies you ought to know
good ones die and Moreland grows
I keep mine close
(Outro)
You have girls for every hour