Perfect Distraction

opposite ends attract
the tendency is to relapse
and start again
waking up slowly
transient figures
walking in circles
and sleeping in
and secrets lie hidden
inside picture frames
as silhoutted figures slowly fade.

left me searching for the perfect distraction
lessons learned in war, so easily forgotten.

find an excuse
in innocence of youth
and everybody's searching for the truth
watch it all blow up
into familiar scenes
and it starts to get to me
warns of the unseen
and years gone by
we could have wasted
should have loved the ones we hated
should've known where my place is

left me searching for the perfect distraction
lessons learned in war, so easily forgotten.


The City

i got away easy,
i could leave this place behind
slinking further from the city
to the place i live inside my mind

we could take some time for the future
we could waste a phase or two
turn against the flow of traffic
and do the things we love to do

the rhythm of your heart
with every passing beat
traced the softly glowing outline
of another mountain peak
and the whole scene looked like the backdrop
of the city where you once lived
and the strain in every word that was spoken
made me feel like it was my heart that was broken
like it would've been, had you gone away.

that face you see in the concrete
ain't the one you saw before
but the people who surround you
they only want to see it more
you stroll the streets
i fall behind
your hands are safe
but not in mine
the sparks of fire
the flare seems gone
dreams of life so near now wrong.

had you gone away i'd miss you
but time is running out
i keep standing up but i can't
i can't stand out
over you.


Roll on December

roll on december
screaming to the top of the world
gotta get the hell out of here
next stop's ten thousand above

the drive just aint that smooth anymore
the road's just not how i remember it before
the light, the image still a mile a way
still i know that i'll see you at the end of the day.
in the distance growing stronger
life goes by and the days get longer.

time goes by and the days get longer
december comes and we wait no longer.

Sweetest Addiction

i saw you believe me
all alone in a room no one was there
distant spaces
inviting hate for what's not fair.
and fear of failure grows inside
the hearts of men untold
and i think to myself
"how the hell is life so cold?"

sweetest addiction
i know when life is crashing down.

i found you surrounded
by lies and cheats all troubled minds
misfits, pill pops
never thought that i'd see you blind
now you stare me in the eye
words like hypocrite untold
and i think to myself
"how the hell is life so cold?"

sweetest addiction
i know when life is crashing down