Straylight Run

I'm tired. Cynical and broken, but wiser. Heavy with a sense of resentment, but i used to be so much different, I used to have so much faith when I started. You knew that I always meant it. I knew I could make a difference, I struggled to be heard and then fin...

And oh, the awkward ways, That you recoil when I get close, And oh, the awful grin, That greets me when I know I'm wrong, So down on hands and knees, Choking, gasping, dripping spit, I just can't make good on any of these promises, Then he asked me, What does...

What it was wasn't my fault If i would have known But who could have known Cameras and the kids Candids and the kindling (?) We're fighting them off They've done it again What did her friends say Who was involved Oh call it all off Cause i should have known b...

Taking up my time again (taking up my time again), More than I can stand (more than I can stand), Coffee and the conversation never ends when... All I really need to find (all I really need to find), Is one short clever line (one short clever line), To pi...

Cover your eyes And reach into your ears Pull out what you've heard And replace it with anything Add to your body Well take some weight Cut it and fill it in Whatever it takes Aaaohh To be some sort of beautiful Phony and frightening Some sort of beautiful Pho...

Damage control, There so thoroughly modern, We'll tell you how it goes, It's not a serious problem, So... You can get convinced, That we can get convinced, But either way the truth is bound to get twisted, You can't take a break when the pain of the world is...

Oh, say. Can you see what they're saying when they're not around you? Soft lips, Strong words, Black metal bars on windows. It gets ugly. Oh, it gets ugly. She clutches my hand like she's praying while the TV buzzes. Soon we leave home. Let the dead bury the...

When the sun came up, We were sleeping in, Sunk inside our blankets, Sprawled across the bed, And we were dreaming, There are moments when, When I know it and The world revolves around us, And we're keeping it, Keep it all going, This delicate balance, Vulner...

Tear it out of these open pages, Women and kids of all ages, Millions of men with blank faces, Italicised lies, headlines, bold type Living lives just like deer in headlights, Terrified, blind, and wait to die, I wonder when they'll come get me, I wonder when...

Here in this yellow room blocking the screaming Sounds from the stage There's silhouettes passing by in the doorway I pay no mind You're half dressed and star struck Will they pull you out Will they bring you back We both know it's coming You aren't the first...

I don't have the time I don't have the time Gonna get away too fast Gonna get away too fast I don't have the time I don't have the time Get up, go ahead and find a way to be happy When the pigs keep running And their feet keep kicking up dirt When the dogs k...

I don't want this anymore Don't wanna wanna give anymore Don't wanna be... Don't wanna be stuck here I am... We are not moving ahead I don't want this anymore Don't wanna wanna give anymore Don't wanna be... Don't wanna be stuck here I am... We are not moving...

I never to meant to make it any worse What have I done? What have I done? I didn't know then and I still don't know now Two years have gone by Two years have gone And I know it hasn't been easy on you Voices are pulling in every direction I know it hasn't been...

In those days, I was a train wreck. I was lost in a sea of alcohol, irony, and unbridled self pity. There were so many words I had to write, Confessions on my mind. I designed them and delivered them with reckless abandon. My tightly coiled, regressed, frustr...

Taking up my time again, The one thing I can't stand, The coffee and the conversation never ends when All I really need to find, Is one short clever line, To pinpoint my disgust it's always just too much or not enough, And I'm overwhelmed. So I'll keep it sim...

Everything has got a sense of permanence attached to it, sucks you in and feeds you until finally you're used to it. And now you're so dependent. Now you're so defensive. Now you're finding reasons why they're all wrong. So in love with all your vices. You can...

It takes more time than I've ever had, Drains the life from me, Makes me want to forget, As young as I was, I felt older back then, More disciplined, Stronger and certain, But I was scared to death of eternity, I was saved by grace, But destroyed by naivet...

So Later that year, the bodies came home, To Dover wrapped in flags and lined up in rows, With no one to see and no one to know, They had to keep morale from getting low: And the voice inside my head just repeating, "This is not the way we were told that it w...

Somewhere past the fields. Past the reeds and evergreens she sleeps. My bright eyed, holy child. That dream of mine come to life. My sad and sweet soulmate. Mile after mile of crumbling roads spread across this nation just like veins. They keep moving me thro...

And all our sins, Come back to haunt us in the end, To hang around and tap us on the shoulder, And smile silent, It's all implied, You'll die trying to live this down, You might as well forget it, Still I'm convinced, Wondering what if is the worst thing there...

Moving in slow like the smoke from your cigarette, Every step a closer's a step that we both will regret, Keeping a tally, but who can keep track? Your overreacting is taking me back to a time better left alone, Holding onto the phone, Holding onto this gl...

So please be honest What's it mean Now what have you done Cant it just be another risk you're running tonight It's simple soaked and always on my mind I'm dying We got these lives to lead Cut it out Dont think about it Cut it out Dont think about it Not now...

Doing like you said Taking deep breaths Keeping my cool Counting to ten On my own again Trying to keep my head clear Go for walks away from here But i know I am still alone still alone Like the day i was born Born in Brought into this world Still alone still...

You just can't relax, And you can't rely, On anyone for anything, So you make your complaints, And all everyone's let you down, You just cant, Ever win, Convinced there's a war on, It's always everybody versus you, Convinced that your critics are watching, And...

Take it to Manhattan cause i don't want it Sell it to someone who cant live without it You made it for the masses It passed unnoticed Death somewhere in Kansas Now I've had it up to here With I've had enough of all of these songs Of self imposed unhappiness Sa...

Living in fear because the world is cold And hope might be coming but you never know. There are dead end streets around every turn. And a road map too beaten up, torn, and burnt to read. Dead weight carried on for miles and miles. And someone's telling jokes...

You know You can be The first of This century To bleed through To find truth To know what You should do You know It could be Anything Sometimes (sometimes) You might find (you might find) A crack or (a crack or) A fault line (a fault line) But dressed down (bu...

The music floats like smoke. Now it's here, now it's not. It's disintegrating, vanishing, replaced before it's gone. There's another band in line, and another one behind them. All with eager eyes. So desperate to be whatever you need. I want to point the fing...

My window pane was leaking glass Cut my arm Then you laughed I jumped from just one story high And now I'm stuck here till i die Now I'm stuck here till i die Now I'm stuck here till i die Don't you remember me? I swear i knew you when i knew You were there w...

Taken in context, It's not a bad thing, But when you start to pick it apart, It gets so depressed, It's that sort of thing, That makes you think too much, It's that sort of thing, Makes you lose your objectivity, So if you made it, Just be glad that you did a...

All the boys voices cracking, Oh, the moaning half tones, Come summer time, We're all the same age here, All the tension and the terror, Thin limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling, And I'm going straight to hell, All the possibility and promise just, Weighs on me...

We'll wait in line for most our life Get out, get in, get on with it We always hurt the ones we never really love We always think we're all alone We're always wrong We're always wrong The words we say Take different shapes We'll live and die With all the...

I'm gonna hide out all night Close my curtains Dim my lights I'm gonna lay here alone Close my eyes And wish for home The last time that i saw you This is the end of This is the end of The last time that i saw you This is the end of This is the end Your face i...

Replacing old dreams with flattery from new loves, A hurricane self help into this evacuation from this. You never meant to, You never meant to... Call me... Call me... I'll answer... Do you think that this could work out? Do you think you could come around?...

Well, I am just guessing. I'm doing my best to make some sense out of senselessness. I'm talking to my wife, I'm drinking too much wine. I'm working on words, music, and melodies. This is the best, this the worst. I am the last, I am the first. I'm placing bla...

I'm gonna wait and watch the world die. I'm gonna wait and watch it die. Once again, the time is right To look to the past with clear hindsight. To kick yourself for doing what you're told. To smoke up all your medicine, To piss off your last few friends, To...

Took a long time just to find you there I knew i said a lot but you didn't care I tried hard to sell myself You just laughed and brushed me off Then one day you smiled and said my name I went back home And nothing's ever gonna be the same And who could ask for...

And I've got you on my mind Seems i almost always all the time And its soft secure and fun In the fading summer sunlight And your hands on the wall Off the edge of the bed say All that needed to be said Your body beneath me rising and sinking We'll never leave...

Some of us are born And then some of us are born again Some of us are scared to death And some just don't believe in it Something's always wrong There's a line An idea i cant get behind No one knows whats right Some try Some just try to find a king They say Wh...

Oh my name it ain't nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side. Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries...

Your name here, Believe me it's not what you think, Wish what you want, It's all the same to me, Well, not really, But anyway, Its just there's nothing so simple, Nothing so silly, Nothing so mundane, Go east on Sunrise Highway, Turn left at Carman's Avenue,...