How The Lonely Keep

 

Wisher-

I walk faster but it always catches up to me

We talk all night never saying anything

I am all that’s in my way

Do you ever feel the same

Miracles don’t exist in us

We just wish ourselves away

I’m not right this way

Removed and so ashamed

 

Just A Failure-

When a.m. rolls around

All the cool kids are coming down

It’s a shame that they don’t feel well

Being themselves

Let go the things i never had

I’d been holding on

This time i’ll disappoint the past

Prove repetition wrong

I’m just a failure feeling better than i ever have

If this is life i’m ready to live

It feels so good to feel again

The air is inviting you and i

To get out for a while

At last I understand why

I’m just a failure feeling better than i ever have

If this is life i’m ready to live

 

Dark-

You’ll be the first flight out of Dallas

you’ll leave but never get away

from the color you swear that your life takes in this town

cause scenery is just a shade

you live in regret

it hurts to know how much you’ll miss

i want to make it feel alright

hold you through the dark tonight

so what if now is all you have

live as if you never knew what it was to lose

honestly have you ever been honest with yourself

or are you someone else’s point of view

you live in regret

it hurts to know how much you’ll miss

it’s what you expect

that leaves you such a mess

one day you’ll learn

no place will make you happier

are you someone else’s point of view

 

Not All Bad-

I barely know you from a stranger

but i’m here now as a friend to tell

nothing is quite as hard

as you’ve been on yourself

just stay here

couldn’t we all use the company

when days don’t last

couldn’t we stand to hear someone say

we’re not all bad

let’s catch a movie

something to make us laugh again

let’s stay out all night

go everywhere we don’t

live while we’re alive

and take the world for more

when the sun is coming up

and we’re still hanging out

it’s never been so nice

to have someone around

who believes in love

let’s not make it home tonight

cause days don’t last

 

Miss Louisiana-

I’ve been twice on the highway

Back to texas with heaven behind me

It’s a shame on our anniversary

We’ve nothing left to celebrate

Darling, i can’t replace you

I have to keep on moving

Or i get lost in all i’m losing

I stay drifting through my head

With the static you left

Give me closure

It’s all i want from you

 

Watching, Wasting, Waiting-

Watching you taking your time

Wasting mine just waiting on you

Misery might keep me hanging around

If you’re never gonna let me live this down

Every train i take stops the same place

Right where you are

It’s been a long time but i hear

You don’t wander far

From lonesome hours at the bar

Call to ask me why i never come around

When are you gonna let me live this down

i was tired of lying alone for you

So I became a desert to your raining

Finding myself in the sun

I became a desert to your raining

Cause i don’t want to be the one

Watching you taking your time

Wasting mine just waiting on you

You always keep me hanging around

You’re never gonna let me live this down


City By The Sea-

I’m a thousand miles from home

Sleeping in my clothes

Living like i never had before

Where the city falls into the sea

I try and make myself believe

That I matter here

But I’m lonely losing sleep

If only i could feel less indifferent

Maybe i could be more existent

I’m dreaming hopelessly

In a city by the sea

It’s taken me so long

To sing a simple song

I don’t belong

On the rooftop late at night

Writing songs about my life

Praying day will break

Before i close my eyes

I wish i had a little more to miss

Than friends that don’t exist

In a town that felt like scars across my wrists

 

Maps-

I don’t mind if we never make it to where we’re headed

As long as we don’t end up here

We need to find our own way

Believe in something we have made

We’re making good time

Remember where we were last year

Driving all around this tired town

Looking for something to do

And telling ourselves

So many times i’ve dreamt of normal life

Seeing her at night and what it must feel like

To wake up in my bed no ringing in my head

Yeah it’s been some time

If we stop now we’ll never know

What the world could be

Where this could go

Called home to say i’m doing better

Think I finally may have myself together


Pillow Fighting-

If these candles don’t burn out before you make it

Let’s blow them out in celebration

Of a bad, bad year

You faded to lonelier places

And i can’t find you there

You pillow fight and flirt

Thought you’d never get hurt

There’s so much blood down on the ground

Come down, come down

 

Sunday Parking Lot-

I heard the news states away

You were fairing through white sleep

Collapsed outside the restaurant

Couldn’t dry my eyes at the thought of you

Went to visit you in a hospital room downtown

You barely saw me

Spent the afternoon falling

Fall apart

You knew better than to give up

I only wish that i had

Lately i’ve been thinking

Everyone here is leaving

Me alone

To wait my time to go

Maybe i should go

 

How The Lonely Keep The Lovely-

Somewhere in between

Here and the window pane

Life escapes

I stay hoping things will change

It’s been weeks since i’ve seen the sun

And we become colder in the valley

Nothing is real to me

Everyone is gone

Said they couldn’t stand to see

How the lonely keep

The lovely things away

In the confidence of friends

I don’t think i’ll be well again