hours eat the days
waiting for it's dark veil to fall
and the wine uses it's legs
to run with open thought

let's open up the cage
to see if this young bird can fly
and take this empty stage
before we say goodnight

and don't give us away
cause we can make it work
for another day in this light
if all we need is change
let's make change today
to keep us doing fine the rest of our lives

actions make the waves
beating swollen shores
and this water paints a page
much too blurred to understand

cause we should act our age
walking paths circular
and these rings make a cage
around these wings that should be free

so don't throw us away
cause we can make it work
for another day in this light
if all we need is change
let's make change today
to keep us doing fine the rest of our lives
if all we need is time
to change these stupid ways
we could be just fine
and all need is this change to make it work
you've got to believe

we started this so long ago
young and innocent
we began to grow
then time ticked by
leaving us cold
now we feel the weight

but we can make it
if we're strong enough
we've got to stand up and fight
cause we're strong enough
it doesn't mean we have to be one
but we're strong enough

big man
where did you run
outside behind the trees
hiding your tongue from me

strong hands
holding your gun
your flesh is hot
like it covers the sun

you can say
anything you want to say
you can think
anything you want to think
but you can't put
your weighted things on me

you stand
so tall
but the bigger you are
the farther you can fall

and you think
you've tried so hard
but your silent tries
they've all missed the mark

every truth he told you
must have been contrived
with every word he sold you bitter wine

and he always looked after himself
and bottled up everything else
inside or up on a shelf by itself

all in the name...

his father was a soldier
taught him how to lie
made him feel much older than his time

and to always look after himself
and bottle up everything else
inside or up on a shelf by itself

and i see it
all of the boiling heat

it's all in the name of nothing...

lace your shoes
double knots
tie them tight

you'll be running
from this
all your life

born from light
raised on hope
open wide

somehow slipped
scraped it's chin
lost it's stride

you never prepared yourself for this
lost in the thought of it's catalyst
now we have grown
we've grown tired

cause love laid down

and you say
that it's over
and you claim
that we're older
but you don't know me anymore
and you sure can't see it

love laid down

cap this pen
close this book
shut it's eyes

you stay there
i'll stay here
we'll be fine

love laid down
can't you lay it down

i feel your heat
and it's making me feel better
won't you just come
it will ease your mind

cause you keep all of your stress
in a ball
you keep all your frustrations in...

cause you keep doing it wrong
you keep doing yourself wrong
why don't you just release yourself...

here you come again
with all your staggering potential
you look good again
how long has it been?

the last time we met
you were the one on top
and i was the boy
who couldn't stop myself

now my mind is white
like your questioning eye

i could give you my world
but you'd just tear it up again
i could open these shades to let the light
burn these empty halls
because i may bend from time to time
never breaking
but lines of reason
always get me into trouble

you're here in my head
can't get you out
of my weakened mind
and i never thought
i was that strong
never thought that i was...

the only way to fly
is to lift your feet and float away
only in your dreams will you try

and the only way to dream
is lay down and close your eyes
focused on the silence as you breath

then you may just find
all those pieces you've lost in time
there in your mind

the only way to be
is to be everything
you've ever wanted to be before

the only way to see
is all of this
for what it really is

then you may just find
all those pieces you've lost in time
and if you wait until
the moment's right
you may just wind up all alone

we are reborn
over and over again

the only way to speak
is to shut your mouth and use your eyes
with hands in your pockets where they've been

the only way to breath
is with your mouth open wide
pulling air from the sky

then you may just find
all those pieces you've lost in time
cause we are all alone...

keep on driving the car
turn the radio up
to drown what little bit is left
of this dying conversation

maybe it's best
not to test fragile walls
i'll just leave
bad enough alone

cause i know it takes time
for you to bleed your soul
and depend on me to just wash it all away

so, let's just forget
we never really talked about it
and all of our songs,
they don't have to end this way at all
let's just stop

and you walk away
cause you've sold all of your world...