Song Lyrics

When Something Burns This Bright


A Cold Rain

A cold rain
Is coming down
The black day
A life senselessly downed
I hide my pain
Down in the winter’s ground
A cold rain is falling down harder now

hey…

And when this season comes around (hold it back, hold it down)
It looks so meaningless this time around
And though it’s full of life and sound
I try, but I can’t feel it

The dark hours
Are coming too early now
The cold rain
Is falling down again
But now my hopes
They rise up with the sound
A brighter day is coming around the bend

hey…

And now this season’s back around (and all the world is full of sound)
It’s so much easier this time around
And though some questions still remain
I’m glad that I can feel it

hey…

And now this season’s back around (and all the world is full of sound)
It’s so much easier this time around
And though the road winds out ahead
I’m glad that I can see it



Gone


Another dream interrupted
The clock is screaming my name
Crawl into the shower
Another mindless day
And on the drive more news of crime and war and pain
Some people call it the daily grind, but it numbs my mind, whatever name

You can try and call me, I won’t be home
Got my cell phone off, and I am gone
Tell me you’ll come along
On a holiday for two, don’t give a damn where we’re going to
Just as long as it’s me and you

My mind is caving to atrophy
My thoughts rush to escape
I can see people talking to me but do not hear what they say
Right now I feel if I disappeared no one would even know that I came
Think I’m gonna make good on that prospect here and slip away quietly

You can try and call me, I won’t be home
Got my cell phone off, and I am gone
Tell me you’ll come along
On a holiday for two, don’t give a damn where we’re going to
Just as long as it’s me and you

Sitting by my side, with the radio on as the road unwinds
Life is gonna be so fine
And who knows? We may just take this road right down to Mexico
Hide away in some deserted cove

You can’t tell me the thought hasn’t crossed your mind
I can’t be the only one
Say you’ll come, say you’ll come

And tell all the world you won’t be home
Turn your cell phone off and let’s be gone
Tell me you’ll come along
On a holiday for two, don’t give a damn where we’re going to
Just as long as it’s me and you



Blindsided

Is this eight days or a thousand days?
So much to say, so far away…
Is there a way to explain this?

And I know I was drunk as hell
When I latched onto you that day
Although you thanked me later

I wish that I could rewind
Somehow land back in my shoes
Unexpected as you came
Just how could I have known

That I’d be blindsided
Blindsided

And I know as yet it is undefined
Although something was aligned
That made me run to find you

And sometimes I just have to laugh
At the way you make me smile
In all this conversation

I wish that I could rewind
Somehow land back in my shoes
Unexpected as you came
Just how could I have known

That I’d be blindsided
Blindsided

And now you say that you will come my way
And I am looking toward that day
Throw down the blinds and confines

It still feels so atypical
I never do this kind of thing
Amazing spontaneity

I wish that I could rewind
Somehow land back in my shoes
Unexpected as you came
Just how could I have known

That I’d been blindsided
Blindsided



Celestial

In the back of your mind, I know you still expect me to come back
In the back of your head, I know the wheels are still turning and unchecked
It might be hard for others to see what you’re doing, but not me
I’ve known you too long, I will not fall prey to these tricks and I will resist

The pull of the moon that draws me to you like a fool
And in the cusp of the moon I see you sitting, smiling, waiting for me

What happened between us has nothing on what Venus did to Mars
I count the stars and the sun as my witness
You’re not the seductress; I’m not the warrior in your clutches
Trading trust for your beauty or your cunning or your love…
‘Cause there is none

What god given right do you have to my life?
So much power without choice, without love
I know it’s not right but you’re all I can think of
Since two wondrous words fell from your mouth that winter’s day
Before your teeth bit your lip and you smiled the snow away
“Forget this,” you said. I forgot how to feel
Forget this I will, I’m forgetting but still

It’s the pull of the moon that draws me to you like a fool
And in the cusp of the moon, I see you sitting, smiling, waiting for me

What happened between us has nothing on what Venus did to Mars
I count the stars and the sun as my witness
You’re not the seductress; I’m not the warrior in your clutches
Trading trust for your beauty or your cunning or your love…
‘Cause there is none

You know there never was love in the end
Just a simple choice to lead a friend into temptation
Validation of the lies that I never told you
I never meant to deceive you
Now you think you’ve made me need you
I don’t need you

What happened between us has nothing on what Venus did to Mars
I count the stars and the sun as my witness
You’re not the seductress; I’m not the warrior in your clutches
Trading trust for your beauty or your cunning or your love…
‘Cause there is none



Your Imaginary Friend

You hit a rough spot in life, you’re reaching out for what’s beyond
And how convenient to find, invisible man with a magic wand

You heard he made your kind, you thought that he saved your life
And taught you how to do what’s right
The lunacy and myths of superstitious minds
And I wish you would understand

Your imaginary friend
Will not be there for you in the end
The conversations that you had
Existed solely in your head
I’m sad to say, your friend is dead

You do not know what you have, you’re thinking that life will carry on
But nothing’s left in the end, whenever your last breath is gone

You wasted all your time, you wasted all your life
Playing the part you thought was right
Another pointless day, another empty night
Chasing faulty dreams of flight

Your imaginary friend
Will not be there for you in the end
The conversations that you had
Existed solely in your head
I’m sad to say, your friend is dead

You think that he’s here to help you through, believing the lies that comfort you
As much as you’d like to pretend, you’re not gonna find out in the end…

You wasted all your time, you wasted all your life
Playing the part you thought was right
Another pointless day, another empty night
Chasing faulty dreams of flight

Your imaginary friend
Will not be there for you in the end
The conversations that you had
Existed solely in your head
Your imaginary friend
I’m sorry to have inform you, man
But your friend was never there

You wasted all your time, you wasted all your life



On Your Feet


I know that it’s hard on you
Kicking down doors in tiny shoes
Hoping not to have to choose between them and this
Crying yourself to sleep
Blaming yourself for being weak
When really it only speaks to your strengths when you steal a kiss
And return false promises

And I don’t wanna be the one to hold you down
When you’re fighting to stand up
On your feet for the first time
You say you’ve fallen in love but that might not be enough
To keep your intents in line
To make up for all you’ve left behind

I wanna be near you
I wanna be laying by your side, be the last thing that your eyes light before you sleep
But when the morning dawns
Will you rise up with the sun, or will you stay for all the wrong reasons here?
Blanketed by fear?

‘Cause I don’t wanna be the one to hold you down
When you’re fighting to stand up
On your feet for the first time
You say you’ve fallen in love but that might not be enough
To keep your intents in line
To make up for all you’ve left behind

Two steps forward, one backwards, moving on
Always moving on
So you’re a moving target, still I could have you at my will
But to have and want are not the same
And you seem to have to want to stay
I know it’s hard, but no regrets
This won’t be easy, how could it?
When absolutely no cut’s clean
It’s gonna bleed

But I refuse to be the one to hold you down
When you’re fighting to stand up
On your feet for the first time
You say you’ve fallen in love but that might not be enough
To keep your intents in line
To make up for all you’ve left behind



Keeper

Please don’t throw it at me like that
You can’t tell a lot by looking at a photograph
You don’t know her, you don’t know me
And it’s more complicated than the surface can reveal
Looks can be deceiving and these images could lie
The truth is buried deeper inside…

Don’t say “keeper” like that
Can you see behind the
Picture of a happier moment?
Don’t say “keeper” like that
I can’t see things like that
It only serves as a reminder

And though I came here seeking solace
I can't escape the feeling that I'm just as far away
And when I'm back from Minnesota
I wonder if we'll manage to recapture any part
It’s always hard when almost turns to maybe, maybe not
It doesn’t come to nothing without cause

Don’t say “keeper” like that
Can you see behind the
Picture of a happier moment?
Don’t say “keeper” like that
Why do they have to say that?
As if I need to be reminded

Now that I'm back in California
I've stuffed the photographs so high that they don’t come to mind
I think they’re better in that closet
Filed away with other memories of former times
Images are captured, but life moves on from that place
The evidence is nothing to erase

Don’t say “keeper” like that
Can you see behind the
Picture of what is, what is not
Don’t say “keeper” like that
Things can change just like that
It only serves as a reminder



In Your Grip

You’ve got me in your grip
So stop me, before I slip
Too far
Into a tangled web I can’t find my way out of
You’ve got me in your grip

I’m left here at the brink
And I’ve been led to drink
From this
So you should let me drown or pull me out of the water
I’m unsure where I stand

I bring this on myself
Today this song became about you
I bring this on myself
I set it all up…

You’ve got me in your grip
So stop me, before I trip
Too hard
I’m at the ledge you say you don’t want me to fall in
You may not have control

Suspect that I was right
When something burns this bright
So fast
It passes on before you know where it came from
It hurts me to pull away

I bring this on myself
Today this song became about you
I bring this on myself
I set it all up…



Innocence

I wish the warning read like writing on the wall
A simple sign to show the way around this all
It seems my tendency to trust in what appears to be
I’ve praised false idols behind love’s temple walls
For what it’s worth I took each step with cautious feet
Reflected at each turn on where we ought to be
I needed nothing more than to believe you belonged in my arms
A dream I clung to desperately

In a sense, we’ve come much further than we expected
In a sense we are much stronger now
But I don’t know how to be proud of settling for just to settle down
With the same sweet soul who moved me once
When I was half punch drunk
Now I’m running out of luck with
Innocence

It should get easier each time this judgment’s served
Instead I’m just as scared and even more unsure
And though I won’t be leaving as naïve as how you found me
Fuck lessons learned, I want my time returned

In a sense, we’ve come much further than we expected
In a sense we are much stronger now
But I don’t know how to be proud of settling for just to settle down
With the same sweet soul who moved me once
When I was half punch drunk
Now I’m running out of luck with
Innocence

It might be wrong
To place the blame on me too long
It belongs in that safe black box of clues
Cause when the wreckage is gone
The flight recorder can be turned on and all the evidence reviewed
It’s you, it’s gonna be coming back to

In a sense, we’ve come much further than we expected
In a sense we are much stronger now
But I don’t know how to be proud of settling for just to settle down
With the same sweet soul who moved me once
When I was drunk
Yeah, we are much further than we expected
In a sense we are much stronger now
But I don’t know how to be proud of settling for just to settle down
With the same sweet soul who moved me once
When I was half punch drunk
Now I’m running out of luck
As time tests my trust in
Innocence



The Only Song

Can’t find the words to explain it, just what this means to me
And there’s been time to examine the waves of thought inside my mind

Some songs were written for nothing, failed diagnosis of my life
What does the world think of one who doesn’t know, doesn’t see what is there?

So what do… so what do I need with these words?
They’ve led me off the ledge before
Don’t want to… I don’t want to stand there anymore
I’m slowly backing away

Some lines are born of frustration, but that is not the case right now
I’m in a space where it feels right to be alive, to feel at home

So why should… so why should I avoid these words?
Just because they betrayed me before
No need to… no need to feel afraid of this
I’m slowly finding my way

The coming of the light of day
And you deserve those songs
I feel this light is going to stay
I’ve found a place where I belong
I do not want to force the words
And because nothing’s wrong
No underlying sadness now
And this could be the only song… the only one I need

I want to give you something, some of these drifting thoughts of mine
I know, though it’s just a fragment, there’s cause to hope, and cause to dream

And why should… now why should I avoid these words?
Don’t feel like I’m lost again
No need to… there’s no need to feel afraid of this
I’ve finally found my way

The coming of the light of day
And you deserve those songs
I feel this light is going to stay
I’ve found a place where I belong
I do not want to force the words
And because nothing’s wrong
No underlying sadness now
And this could be the only song… the only one I need
And this could be the only song… the only one I need



Bleed on TV

War is on channel twelve
Listen close, you might hear the shells
Exploding live
Or see the fires burning in the night sky
Twenty-four hours a day
You can’t turn it off, you can’t get away
From the live coverage of the crimes

Wolf Blitzer’s makin’ bank and
Larry King is being frank
I’m leaving this shit tonight

Because I’m free
Yeah I don’t need to be force-fed, I’m not another mind to bend
No I’m free
And I don’t need your war fatigue, don’t need to see these people bleed on TV

Fox Five News at Ten
Special coverage of the dead
And an interview with a local hero’s widow
Stay tuned for a special edition with firefights through night vision lenses
And satellite views straight into your living room

BBC’s filming scenes for a new reality series
It’s “While You Weren’t Out in Baghdad”
Get the fuck out of my head

Because I’m free
Yeah I don’t need to be force-fed, I’m not another mind to bend
No I’m free
And I don’t need your war fatigue, don’t need to see these people bleed on TV

And the reason to be sure
Is a better understanding of the world
‘Cause it’s all a stage, or so they say
But who’d have thought that one day
There’d be ratings wars over wars we wage?

But we’re still free
Yeah free to choose to by your news
Succumb passively or refuse
And I’m free
Yeah free to change the frequency
Turn the radio dial and scream

Pick up another number, Ted
Maybe CBS has one to give
Cause I am free



Colorblind


I was half-crazed on that cloudy night
And as I stumbled through the puddles, in and out of street lights
I noticed the moon softly reflected in
A diamond of rain as it fell from the heavens
I looked up and screamed, “Hey what’s it going to be?
Are you gonna cheer up or let your pain down on me?”
And I stopped dead in the shadow of an old man

He shook his head and said, “When the sun leaves the sky red,
The eastern side already abides by the colors of the moonlight
And between the two horizons we spend our days where we’re often undecided.”
It’s like she was taunting me, through these stranger’s teeth, she said,

“I can’t promise you I’ll make up my mind tonight
For you there exists nothing between black and white
And in this world of grays and burnt carmine shades
A simple conclusion’s nothing more than a disillusioned leap of faith”

The man washed away, I couldn’t see far
And in my shortsightedness I found my way into a bar
I ordered a beer, it was quarter to three
I looked around at the people drinking, they were all busy staring at me
I thought, “My god, what the hell’s wrong with this place?
I gotta get my hands on a packed suitcase and take off for Nevada,
Leave the rain in this fucking state”

I bet the people there don’t swear about the weather
And if we were there we’d probably still be together
But no sunshine on my face is going to tan the trace
Of her words on my skin tattooed in the blackest shade of gray:

“I can’t promise you I’ll make up my mind tonight
For you there exists nothing between black and white
And in this world of grays and burnt carmine shades
A simple conclusion’s nothing more than a disillusioned leap of faith”

Was the world deceiving me, leading me to believe in you?
And this world you’re leaving me in Technicolor’s so untrue



Something


There’s something that I never told you long ago
And though it’s been a while I think you ought to know
I see that it’s a scary place inside my head
When I’m divulging what I think I might have said

Maybe I should

There was a day not far away I tried your line
But then I lost my nerve and now it’s hard to find
I don’t intend to leave a mess inside your mind
But to ignore these thoughts I think I would be blind

Maybe I should

I can’t help wondering what might have come about
Despite the fact that circumstances won’t allow
Maybe I’m better off to keep this in my head
I’d rather have a friend than have a mess instead

Maybe I would



You & Me

Sometimes it’s so easy to lose yourself in this big, big world
And my, my, oh aren’t we greedy, always needing the prettiest pearls?
Everything we do, everything we say, it’s said and done so that someday
We might look back and be amazed
By all the precious little things on display, or locked up tight inside a safe
Hey, are you gonna take ‘em to your grave?

But you and me, we’ve found this love that we can’t stop
Let anybody try to tell us what we have not got

I’ll be talking about
You and me
And what we’re gonna see
Talking about
Me and you
And what we’re gonna do

Slip on down to the riverside after midnight
See the starlight unzip the sky
Bare skin on sand, holding hands
Laying back on the promised land and feeling so high
Nothing we could say, nothing we could do to make this feel any better with you
I can see right through, right through, time

And all the moments still to come as the lines on our faces are drawn
We are too tight, intertangled in love
With our feet in the water, our heads far above

Yeah you and me, we’ve found this love that we cannot stop
Let anybody try to tell us what we have not got

I’ll be talking about
You and me
And what we’re gonna see
Talking about
Me and you
And what we’re gonna do, yeah,

You make it real, Love, where we’ve come from, are going to
You make it real, Love, love does yes it does, yes and
You, you make it real and you won’t stop, please don’t stop and
You, you make it real, and you know that it’s true… this love I have for you, what else could I do?

Talkin’ ‘bout you…
Talkin’ ‘bout me…
Talkin’ ‘bout you, with your big brown eyes
Lookin’ at me, still mesmerized
With you, after all this time,
Well you’re so damn fine, so glad you’re talkin’ about us, too



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