Collective Soul

Lack of knowledge has a source (oh boy) Still my thoughts must run their course (oh yeah) And they do Does my memory comfort you While your eyes see me through Well it's 10 years later and still I haven't a clue Oh I'm crying Caution breathes a lonely breath...

I can say this life is Much better today Everything turns right if Wrong gets in the way Yeah I've got the feeling It's something I find hard to explain See I wasn't looking But girl I'm glad I fell in your way Then she says oh boy, oh boy Count your lucky...

We steal to lose every colour From the sky Then crawl as a child While the shadows burn our eyes We know there's no longer shine On this burned out rainbow Lately it seems we've been chasing What times resolved Maybe something means nothing here After all W...

Never even thought to cry When I heard you say good-bye Never said where you were going There's no laughter in the air Only silence everywhere And so much left unspoken Since you've been gone I haven't been the same I wish that I could see Who's to blame Choru...

n these lazy days I barely see myself through I lay here comfortable My thoughts wrapped around you I've got a lot on my mind It's always you every time You're all that I know When the sun goes down You're all that I know When the sun comes Rising like the de...

Complicate this world you wrapped for me I'm acquainted with your suffering And all your weight it falls on me It brings me down And all your weight it falls on me It falls on me Hold me up to those whom you've deceived Promises you break you still believe An...

Another day newspapers say Life what'd you do to me I'm always here, you're always there Hope that's my company Yeah stars have only so many wishes though They can't tell what we already know See I'm just gathering all my eyes can see through I'm bearing wit...

Oh I'm newly calibrated All shiny and clean I'm your recent adaptation Time to redefine me Let the word out I've got to get out Oh I'm feeling better now Break the news out I've got to get out Oh I'm feeling better now Oh I'm happy as Christmas All wrapped t...

You pushed me down For all the world to see I guess that's your price for My loyalty So while you're tasting the sin And swallowing the pain Don't look at me to take your blame When you're willing to render To the guilt you concede When truth is your reason T...

I think her gun's unloaded now. I guess tomorrow will be after all? Who made me judge and jury here? It seems I'm bearing witness to her fall. Chorus: I don't know why she cries to me. (she keeps her pain as company) 'Cause it's only time before we all must B...

Yeah you want to 'Cause you say so 'Cause you need to Yeah you need to need to I don't want to I don't have to But you've got to Yeah you got to got to Could you stay in line Do you follow what I say Can you read my mind Then off where you lay Feel the water...

Down by the sea I think I saw (yeah yeah yeah yeah) Our love dissolve So plant a little seed Soon it starts growing Shed a little light Then you'll be glowing Hear a little tune Then you'll start singing Give a little love Then love will start breathing Out...

Been thinking a lot about my ways Guess I'm trying baby Been searching out a way to say Guess I'm sorry baby This time I give all to you It's time I prove something to you So I'll lift you up and hold you near Warm your heart and calm you fears See I don't wa...

Resonate tones of saving grace Separate from the gods of hate Alleviate all our doubting ways Congregate to more loving days A collection of peace where we could live A collection of hope for us to give A collection of words that mean we care A collection of...

Now I've taken the side Of a beautiful calm Can you see this disguise Fading to a resolve And there it goes my innocence While gathering up a compliment And here I lie with words to swear There's something more than The world out there Hesitation compounds I...

Hey baby are you listening I've batten all the hatches down I've taken all of your prescriptions but no remedy I've found [Chorus:] Counting the Days (yeah) Until some freedom can scream my name Counting the Days (yeah) Until the gods break these chains. hey...

All the words that I want to hear Are distorted by your weaknesses and fear And your lies that I push away I might accept them on your good self pity day All of your sadness is crowded in my head All of your madness is crowded in my head And the peace t...

Who's gonna be my savior now that I've learned to believe Who's gonna be the answer To all of my questioning Well I hope I'm not lost But I think that hope is now distracting And the words that secure a thought Are now faint whisperings Who's gonna wear my cr...

Took a walk to a caution scene Guess I crossed the line somehow And if I lost some of your hope I'm sorry for the folly was all mine And I don't ever really understand All the things we say But I try to anyway anyhow For what's in a day of a dandy life For wha...

Why drink the water from my hand? Contagious as you think I am Just tilt my sun towards your domain. Your cup runneth over again. (Chorus 1) Don't scream about Don't think aloud Turn your head now baby Just spit me out Don't worry about Don't speak of doubt...

I never ever can remember All the things that go bump in the night Quietness uncovers, betrayal now hovers And my comfort level's not quite right Well I'd love to stay and evaluate But my torture can't wait It seems I'm..I'm losing ground Welcome all to my di...

Mother and child I'm such a man for a short while And promises be The world just spins faster than me And all of your friends, I hear are whispering I think you left me for the government And all of your friends, I hope are listening I wish you'd stop wastin...

With the faces I now wear It's only proof my thoughts Have become impaired And the courage I shall build Stands at distance still Everything is physical Everything takes precedence Everything's admissible Everything is evident And this comfort I've...

Feels like a new regime All hail to the soul machine Feels like what I taste Always better than yesterday Feels like sweet sixteen All sugar and nicotine It feels like ready go I'm full throttle while the fluids flow I said it feels like it feels like feels...

In my silence I would love to forget But restitution hasn't come quite yet And with one accord, I keep pushing forth I stretch my heart to heal some more It used to be all I'd want to learn was wisdom, trust, and truth But now all I really want to learn Is fo...

Drowning to discover I'd swim but then why bother? Wrestled with decisions And fools with their opinions One fine morning I'll awake to sleep some more To define my premonitions Last judgment and conditions I'd have to dig in my emotions Then relinquish my de...

Color me any color. Speak to me in tongues and share. Tell me how you'd love to hate me. Tell me how you'd love to care. Well I just want to shake us up. Let's mingle And make it well. Come together now. Yeah let's gel. Clothe me in any fashion. Glitter...

Time, you've had more than your share of mine I'm a criminal with no crime Sing like a bird that is now released Like an angel with clip-on wings Yeah nothing that's etched in stone See I'm already who's already gone Love's a joke, love's a tease Love's a ca...

Hey you give me no choice I entertain by the silence That you created by noise Hey I'm flirting inside I need the floor opened up For the scream I'd now love to shout I can't convey I can't relate to the thoughts you now Generate I can't contain I can't expl...

She moved south as a child She moved it from the Jersey Shore Said she remembers the ocean But she don't recall much more She lived a contagious youth Still she swears she has no past She said she don't take love 'Cause that high it never lasts Welcome to he...

Giving me cause so I may yearn Giving me words so I may learn I want more I want more Giving me thoughts that I may keep Giving me dreams so I may sleep I want more I want more Still all I need is love So give me more Giving me calm to fall into Givi...

Yeah you give up some days When the tears they must flow But God is always your strength The only strength that you know Now everything starts to fall in place As you wake just to crawl Still you say good morning after all Yeah you stand just to fall Still y...

Somebody told me about a worn out distraction That I had let slip away Then it comes back and rides my shoulders And burdens me every new day Well I'll just sit here like a slow burn out And try to figure out how to do without you Who's going to straighten m...

Congratulations, oh baby I'm back again I'm loaded down with my god and my medicine I know wisdom is change So why can't you function that way Here I am flaunting my self control 'Cause happiness is more than a kiss you know I'm activating all your promises...

Wake up to a new morning Got my babe by my side Now I won't yield to new warnings 'Cause I got my piece of mind Who could bring me heaven When heaven's already here? No more living in darkness Now that love lights my way I don't need any new changes To make...

Complicate this world you wrapped for me Im acquainted with your suffering And all your weight, it falls on me It brings me down And all your weight, it falls on me It falls on me Hold me up to those whom you decieved Promises you break, you still bel...

Well I took a little ride through the pouring rain To think about the casualties of your exchange Cause what you said ain't what you do You know you live by the words you choose Was it him, was it me Were his lies easier than my truth to believe Well I took...

Summer it never leaves your face You've got the sunshine Bright-eyed California Cotton candy taste Yeah Hollywood You know I love you more Than one man should Yeah Hollywood Kiss me kiss me good Oh pretty stars They love to sparkle for you You've got that h...

Poetry of politics and lost entities Government is loneliness on this we agree High are the angels and low I decree Love only burns when fueled by belief Home, welcome home Take a little walk, take a little walk right through our Home, this is home Take a lit...

There once was love thrown into your room But you never knew A calendar of days just for you But you never knew, never knew no And the truth that you'll find will always be The truth you hide So how do you love, how do you love When your angels can't sing, an...

I'm out of my head And it's not the way that I wanted to feel This loneliness and dread gets your attention, makes us real I'm going nowhere and it's slowly sinking in I don't stand a chance Until you get me out of here I just don't have the will to pretend I...

Sure we know the problem lies With some insecurities But we'll never see eye to eye As long as our tongues are tied And we'll never be seen as one Until we find love In a moment it could happen We could wake up and be laughing In a moment it could happen We c...

The walls came up as the thoughts went down To the hush of disparity I'm sure you know the problem lies With some insecurities But we'll never see eye to eye As long as our tongues are tied And we'll never be seen as one Until we find love In a moment it could...

I'm sleeping to encompass myself I wake up then distribute what's left With my anger well defused The link to love I now may choose With my heart no more abused The link of love I now may use I'm sleeping to develop myself I wake up then rel;inquish wh...

You're now thirsty Walking in the desert all alone You're now searching Lost in isolation from your soul from the bullets you bite to the pain you request You're finding them harder to digest When the answers you seek Are the ones you destroy Your anger's well...

Wait just a second now Love's easier Lost than found So learn baby learn It's time to up and turn the other way Yeah peace baby peace It's past time to release and fly away Once I was down and couldn't see Then love lifted me Yeah love; it was love I believe...

The sky now divides To bring you back into the fold Welcome home Still my need to recognize Any comfort you may show Only grows Guess I'll learn to accomodate While my heart just sits and waits Maybe God you found Maybe is all that you can offer now...offer n...

All around me I see what weakness has made Too much tomorrow I think I'll take all today Am I a poison, Am I a thorn in the side Am I a picture, perfect subject tonight I don't need nobody I don't need the weight of words to find a way To crash on through I d...

Had a thought but it hurt So I let it go I let it go See I don't need these verses Laying down their blues on me today I'm never here alone I thought I heard some angel say You'll never be alone I know I heard my father sing I'm never here alone I'm never h...

I've got the sun and its seasons Giving days only wanting to please But I hear rhyme with no reason Spilling words that mean nothing to me I'm not wanting more Promises and beliefs I'm just waiting for Someone to hear this heartbeat I've got a soul and devot...

leave the cage wide open I give no words of caution dear So when you're done revolving I only ask your presence here So in the morning when I slow And the sun soon explodes I need the world to be controlled And in the evening when I leave I need a reason to b...

Here I lie motionless Catch me if you can My properties of no defense So, strike at your command But, don't bring me down All right Don't bring me down Cause there's a purpose For this night Save me come tomorrow Lead me to my urgency See I'm no more or less o...

I waltzed around you Seven times Only to become A melody you never sang I'm not the one Oh I'm not the one Clouds of thought you Filter through Never to reason While patiently your world Still bleeds Who shall be the one? Oh I'm not the one 

Got a photograph of a smile Taken way back when we could smile Now this plane will take me Where I don't know Maybe Tokyo 'Cause there's no memories over Tokyo And there's no hurting over Tokyo Got a photograph of some tears Taken presently with more tears N...

There she stumbles Falling to her knees I think she tripped on reality I have witnessed Tragic comedies That's the world in which she leads Well I would walk a million miles To give her all that she needs But she would walk a million more To do what she beli...

She said good day boy, are you ready to shake I said I love noise and this life that it makes See I have a line though it's subject to change I once had a thought but then I gave it away Yeah sooner or later I'll be perfect to stay She said good night boy, a...

I've got a memory of nothing new I've only memorized all thoughts of you I'm pushing all tomorrows Gotta go, gotta go, gotta get you back I'm pushing all thoughts forward 'Cause you are the one day That tells me that someday I'll get whay you choose You are t...

Precious Declaration Hitched a ride to the peaceful side of town Then proceeded where thieves were no longer found Can't crash now I've been waiting for this Won't crash now I found some encouragement Precious declaration reads Yours is yours and mine y...

Should I thirst for knowledge Can I beg you for some water Should I fight your battles Can I rest upon your shoulders I hope I'm able to ride out this storm So come on Gabriel and blow your horn Reach, Reach out to me Can't you see I need you to save me Yeah,...

Change will come Change is here Love fades out Then love appears Now my water's turned to wine And these thoughts I have I now claim as mine I'm coming home Change has been Change will be Time will tell Then time will ease Now my curtain has been drawn And...

Are these times contagious? I've never been this bored before Is this the prize i've waited for? Now with the hours passing There's nothing left to insure I long to find a messenger Have i got a long way to run (x2) Yeah, i run Is there a cure among us? From...

Call you up in the middle of the night Like a firefly without a light You were there like a blowtorch burning I was a key that could use a little turning So tired that I couldn't even sleep So many secrets I couldn't keep Promised myself I wouldn't weep One m...

Soon a man will kneel to pray Soon the light will burn the shade And with the sweet, the bitter fades So take my heart and take your place Cause I will be your faults And I will be your rights And I will watch over you like a satellite Soon reason will have...

Push me to the left, hold me to the right I never know where to go Burning that trail to the promised land You're moving on out of control Well I don't want to be some puppet on a string And I don't want to learn of things you can't explain And I don't want to...

Today she dresses For the change she's facing now And the storm that's raging A safe haven she has found She doesn't care What the prophets say anymore For the love she had She has no more So she gathers rain Yeah she gathers rain To rinse away all her guilt...

She said that time is unfair To a woman her age Now that wisdom has come Everything else fades She said she realizes Shes seen her better days She said she cant look back To her days of youth What she thought were lies She later found was truth She said her...

Give me a word Give me a sign Show me where to look Tell me what will I find Lay me on the ground Fly me in the sky Show me where to look Tell me what will I find Oh, Heaven let your light shine down Love is in the water Love is in the air Show me...

Tangle up your twisted tongue, it's simple. Mesmerize your everyday, it's simple. Hey, hey, can't you see? Love is all that you should need. Hey, hey, can't you see? Ease your troubled mind. Let love seek and let love find, it's simple. Ease your weary soul....

Overseas through the air Touched your heart down with care All the thoughts left behind Soon will catch you in time Well, if I could, you know I would Let salvation reign on you So, won't you push away All this pain that you've been through Yeah, Sister don't...

I'm starting to feel loopy Your dizziness consumes me Jesus don't speak English But I do think I understand The rhyme and the reason Of a goody good gentleman If I were one I swear I'd still be tasting your skin The sky tonight is gracious To rain on me your...

Morning like this Make me feel like I never could float Glimpses of peace Portray all that you never could show I'm not weakened by the fears That you have applied See I'm now learning in these walls That you have supplied Slow Slow down boy Slow down to cont...

Beggar's description Of what I've been missing Exploit your position Don't think I didn't listen Hey I hope you're feeling A little better now Success is so tragic Pain is your gadget Your tongue's just lashing Just bitching by habit Hey I hope you're feeling...

Has our conscience shown? Has the sweet breeze blown? Has all the kindness gone? Hope still lingers on. I drink myself of newfound pity Sitting alone in New York City And I don't know why. Are we listening To hymns of offering? Have we eyes to see That love...

There's a way to carry on To push me out then place me back where I belong There's a way to make anew To resurrect the wishes that I wish for you I'm going on and on I'm going' for the norm There's a way To say what you say There's a way To say what you sa...

The hour has begun Your eyes have now opened To a world where madness craves To a world where hopes enslaved Oh, Ill tremble for my love always Your windows, opened wide Your innocence takes flight To a world where madness craves To a world where hopes ensl...

There floats our conversation Like clouds in our minds We leave an open invitation To this world we've denied If I turn around Would that be my fault If I turn around Would that be my loss Feel the raindrops of impression Stinging from above What the price o...

Whenever I taste honey from your lips It's a moment of purpose only you can give Whatever I hear whatever I may see Whatever my cause, dear, I know you'll believe Cause you're beautiful my love when I close my eyes yeah you're beautiful my love under heaven's...

Who have I left to please? Take what you've yet to seize. No more questioning 'Cause love is what love should be. Unveil to me all that you want me to do. But why should I stop bearing allegiance to you? See, I don't believe in The sorcerers or the preachers....

Shut your mouth My mother said Don't saddle me With selfishness Do you feel your tongue quivering It's moments like these I revel in Your conversation never sticks 'Cause no truth in you exists Yeah you bite before you lick I love ya 'cause you're such a pri...

Something's going wrong inside of you Burdens bearing down and seeping through Well, I don't want to bleed anymore for you And I don't want to breathe any hatred too Sitting while you world just floats around Now you want to move 'cause it's crashing down Wel...

Welcome All, welcome all, welcome all my friends welcome all, welcome all, welcome all again Welcome all again!! Waking the day all seems in order, Sweet wine to taste, the world's now starting Yeah yeah yea I've got the mountain foreground. Yeah yeah yea I'...

Imagine again I lean a little closer just to breathe you in Words are in bloom They wake me with their meaning and their Thoughts of you I can't give you Treasures that only men have made But what I can give you No one can ever take away Twisting the day I a...

She's a picture perfect child Of innocence. Searching out in childlike ways For knowledge. Now she's questioning her mother Yeah she's questioning her father Yeah she's looking for the answers To the problem now confronts her. Do you know where the sun goes...

Give me a moment Got to get this weight up off my chest Don't feed me sorrow Pain is a poison I digest Find yourself another soul to hold You think, you thought, I know Off upon my journey I must go To where the river flows I'll give you answers To the quest...

In the air I'm tasting your perfection Forgive me dear for my misdirection As I crawl beneath this torture you adore I fall face to face with my scars you've ignored So tell me why it don't feel the same Tell me why I've got to feel this way Yeah you leave, y...

All around the world Everywhere I go No one understands me No one knows What I'm trying to say No one understands me They look at me when I talk to them And they scratch their heads They go what's he trying to say But you, you speak my language Yeah you, you...

And you said we would be golden when we grow old and you said we'd never be broken when we grow old [CHORUS] But if a river can dry to dust I guess the angels we learn to trust can fly away Like a mountain can lose it's peak I now know a heart can change it'...