Syd & Mary
What is the best way of reaching you?
How can you talk from the other side?
As the bus took you away,
what was the last thing that you thought?
Only the crazy leave their mark,
all of the rest just slip away
On spinning wheels of a bicycle
I got a message that you can't repeat
Only the crazy leave their mark
All of the rest just slip away
I've got a question for you anyway.
I ride a bicycle everyday
They might forget you when you're gone
So while you're here you will be heard
Who will remember how to talk?
So raise your voice, you will be heard
They will forget you when you're gone,
so raise your voice, you will be heard.
They will forget you when you're gone,
so raise your voice, you will be heard.
The Lie
I know it would be a lie, If I say I'll give love a try
Cause baby there's no guarantee, With anything to do with me
Empty of the love we shared, And nothing left to show I cared
So have my body if you want, It's just the flesh that I currently haunt
But under the covers you disguise me, you disguise me
There's no cause to get upset, what the hell did you expect?
I told you from the very start, of the cavity that they call my heart
If innocence is all we've left, it's subdivided and sublet
But I will always be up front, only when you confront me
But under the covers you, disguise me you disguise me
Without sound, you take it, you take it, you take it, you take it
Without sound, you take it, you take it, you take it, you take it
It's an inside bet, it's one that you'll take with no regrets at all
'cause it's just dumb luck, right time, right place, you'll take it anyway
I recall the love we had, and when the good outweighed the bad
But that scale is easy to tip, and into misery we slip
But I will always be up front, only when you confront me
But under the covers you disguise me, you disguise me
Action/Reaction
I
I was so sure,
I was so, so sure that I was gonna find you
from out of the crowd, from the throngs of strangers
into my loving arms
But where did you go?
With no hesitation I let go of the rope
Cause I'm for dreams and honest action
Stop reaction, stop reaction
I
I was so sure,
I was so, so sure that I would be the chosen
From the trance of the drum, the intoxication
of a lovely thought
To bring the ritual into every moment
of this frightful life
Cause I'm for dreams and honest action
Stop reaction, stop reaction
I
I was so sure
I'd done everything down to the detail
With the horns and the mask, the unholy host, Alpha to Omega
But I wasn't faster than fire
and wound up in crutches with a story to tell
But I'm not one to shirk from danger
although it's a frightful stranger
You find a way to test yourself
because you can't rely on no one else
If pain is fleeting then character's forever
and a dose of the latter will suit you better
If you're for dreams and honest action
just relax and let it happen
Seveneight
Have you ever felt like an outsider?
You can't cry on a cold shoulder
That's the only thing that you find
Forever on the outside
Fright flies right through you
Worse than it's ever been
Arms stretched wide, wider
Open for anything
Have you ever felt like an outsider?
You can't cry on a cold shoulder
That's the only thing that you find
Forever on the outside
To foresee collapse
Suspicion everywhere
You forsake the chance
of disappointment
Who do you know When can you trust if it's safe to go home
Or choose to decide in a humble retreat over a hopeless fight
I get tired of this
Keeping my guard up
Keeping at arm's length
I've not the strength for it
Have you ever felt like an outsider?
You can't cry on a cold shoulder
That's the only thing that you find
Forever on the outside
My Nemesis The Cheese Grater
I've tried to avoid it But I've got a secret
It's in your best interest But I'm not gonna tell you
Because my words have the strength to tear you down, put you out,
give a little shout now
And when I choose to ignore that part of me and see it through
I can't hear you
You left a crippling mark on my body
Became a contagious scar, it isn't easy to see
But I give you credit for that part of me
That freaks with every fleeting urge to mount her
At every indiscreet encounter
In over my head, cause I've got a problem
How far is too far? I'm not gonna tell you
Because I've only myself to blame for such carelessness
haunting every caressTo breathe it out or to keep it contained in my solitude
I can't hear you
You left a crippling mark on my body
Became a contagious scar, it isn't easy to see
But I give you credit for that part of me
That freaks with every fleeting urge to mount her
At every indiscreet encounter
No I won't apologize for the things that I may say
in the darkness of night or the heat of a fight but
I won't keep it all locked away til it builds to a boil
and bursts in a great big ball of hate
You left a crippling mark on my body
Became a contagious scar, it isn't easy to see
But I give you credit for that part of me
That freaks with every fleeting urge to mount her
At every indiscreet encounter
Caught in a Well
I can cause a bit of a stir
The rippling effect of an idle finger
With just a wave of the hand
It's back to the devil's work shop
Here's mud in your eye
Raise the glasses, shattering
Another wave of the hand
And it's back to the devil's work shop
And I can finally figure out
where it is that the hurting stops
oh, caught in a well now
Basement 98
You know you're pushing me up against someone else's wall
So cruel the craftsmanship, erected from failures and love gone wrong
It's just stop and go
I'm watching you from a very great height
but I'm closing in fast, no drawstring detaches
But you're rolling your eyes back and bearing your teeth wide
to take a big bite, straight out of my pride
There's a time and place for everything, anything, everything strange or wrong
But I'm ill-equipped for the challenges, left and right, all the time
Your love is the parachute strapped upon my back, but you know that I
I'm spinning out, I'm spinning out, high above, falling down, so out of control
I'm watching you from a very great height
but I'm closing in fast, no drawstring detaches
But you're rolling your eyes back and bearing your teeth wide
to take a big bite, straight out of my pride
It's stop and go
Sea of Tranquility
Suffering. Why do you suffer by yourself?
There's more than enough to go around
Are you entitled to your frown?
Why do you wear it like a badge?
You think you got it so bad,
You think you got it so bad…
Wide awake. Wide awake talking on the phone
Because you can't stand to see the face
Although you don't have much to say
You keep on talking, talking…
Solo amio. The patterns they are so stupid
But I guess we’re only human
On baited breath you await my response
but there's no way to answer
You'll get used to the sound of my voice
It's that unnerving clatter of teeth that shatter
Trying to be graceful while handling rejection poorly
Overstate the obvious in a reckless show of honesty
Tied in a noose in the back of your throat
It's no wonder you choke, it's no wonder you suffer
Solo amio, you see the patterns they were so stupid,
but I guess we're only human
On baited breath you await my response
but there's no way to answer
You'll get used to the sound of my voice
It's that unnerving clatter of teeth that shatter
Why are you so frightened
I thought you knew the answers
You know better than me
Just continue typing
Looking at your fingers
You're no better than me
Lost in a wash of eyes grown dim
from gazing into the screen
A sea of tranquility, amused so easily
you fit the mold the a T.
Why don't you get some sleep?
The Miscommunication Age
Can you say that again? You're breaking up
It's a static hurricane standing in the same room
They put pictures in the dictionary
'Cause what they convey is more descriptive
than a thousand words
Over wires and waves
We can navigate
Still we fail to mean what we say
Too ashamed or afraid
And so we paint pictures on the walls of caves
'Cause there's nothing we say that we can't
miscommunicate, in this godless, unbearable age
When your feet lose the strength to stand
You strike up the band
Strike up the Band
STRIKE UP THE BAND!!!
THERE'S NO OTHER TIME THAN NOW, HEY!
LET IT ALL
[undiscernible gibberish]
YOU WILL BE HEARD!!!