Happier


Quick kid quips so harsh n cynical
Touches stricken
Cold n clinical
What a transformation to behold
But I don't like this new, I like the old

It's not the words that make it final
You've said such things before to rival them
But it's how you say them, now that's changed
Cold but sympathetic, all the same

You'd like to convince me that I'll be better off

So you go on
And I'll never be happier
I'll be happier
You go on, yeah, you go on
You'll be gone n I'll be happier

Shoot me with your rubber bullets
Your finger's on the trigger, pull it
I know you want the suffering to end
And so, it is forgivable my friend

It's all to convince me that I'll be better off

You go on
And I'll be happier
You go on
And I'll be happier
You go on, yeah
You go on
You'll be gone n I'll be happier

Say what you mean, what you mean
Is you'll be happier without me
Without me
Without me, oh

You won't convince me that I'll be better off

So you go on and I'll be happier
I'll be happier
You go on n you go on
You'll be gone and I'll be gone
You go on and I'll be happier
You go on and I'll be happier
You go on, you go on
You go on and I'll go on
And I'll be happier
(you go on and I'll be happier
You go on and I'll be happier
You go on and I'll be happier

Hope for the hopeless

Stitch in your knitted brow
And you don't know how
You're gonna get it out
Crushed under heavy chest
Trying to catch your breath
But it always beats you by a step, all right now

Making the best of it
Playing the hand you get
You're not alone in this

There's hope for the hopeless
There's hope for the hopeless
There's hope

Cold in a summer breeze
Yeah, you're shivering
On your bended knee
Still, when you're heart is sore
And the heavens pour
Like a willow bending with the storm, you'll make it

Running against the wind
Playing the cards you get
Something is bound to give

There's hope for the hopeless
There's hope for the hopeless
There's hope
There's hope
There's hope

There's hope

Last of days

Something causing fear to fly
Rising like a dark night
In silence
Traveling like a broken boat
Heading for the sky
And I'm an island

I watched you disappear into the clouds
Swept away into another town

The world carries on without you
But nothing remains the same
I'll be lost without you
Until the last of days

The sun is in the east,
Rising for the beasts
And the beauties
I wish that I could tear it down,
Plant it in the ground to warm your face

I built myself a castle on the beach
Watching as it slid into the sea

The world carries on without you
But nothing remains the same
I'll be lost without you
Until the last of days
Until the last of days

Through walls and harvest moons
I will fight for you

The world carries on without you
But nothing remains the same
I'll be lost without you
Until the last of days
Until the last of days

Liar, liar

Liar, liar
You’re such a great big liar
With the tallest tales that I have ever heard
Fire fire
You set my soul on fire
Laughing in the corner as it burns
Right between the ribs is sinking in

Oh, the sirens sing so sweet and watched the sailors go down
Oh, you don’t do me in siren song
Yeah, anyone would drown
Anyone would drown

Sick and tired of this mad desire
Fluttering aside me like a hawk
Wire wire
Got my hands on wires
Will heaven help you when I get them out?

Right between the ribs
You’ll feel it then

The sirens sang so sweet and watched the sailors go down
Oh, you don’t do me in siren song
Yeah, anyone would drown
Anyone would drown

All the ships go down
Following the sound
All the ships go down

Oh oh the siren sang so sweet and watched the sailors go down
Oh oh you don’t do me in siren song
Yeah, anyone would drown

Lifesize

We stood so tall we caught a plane
by the wing and held it
Until we found it a place to land
We layed across the ocean wide
Bridged the gap in record time
The people traveled across and kissed our hands

All for love we become

Larger than lifesize, wondersome
Great in the eyes of someone
Larger than lifesize we become
Great in the eyes of someone

We smiled so bright the sun went down
Rose above the maddening crowd
We lit the streets with the sweetest glow
We held the globe and made it turn
Wandered through the universe
The men of science observed through telescopes

All for love, we become

Larger than lifesize, wondersome
Great in the eyes of someone
Larger than lifesize we become,
Great in the eyes of someone

Larger than lifesize we become
Larger than lifesize we become
Great in the eyes of someone

Near to you

He and I had something beautiful
But so dysfunctional, it couldn't last
I loved him so but I let him go
'Cause I knew he'd never love me back

Such pain as this
Shouldn't have to be experienced
I'm still reeling from the loss,
Still a little bit delirious

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
'Cause though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on
Yet, I'm better near to you.

You and I have something different
And I'm enjoying it cautiously
I'm battle scarred, I am working oh so hard
To get back to who I used to be

He's disappearing
Fading suddelly
I'm so close to being yours
Won't you stay with me
Please

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
'Cause though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on
Yet, I'm better near to you.

I only know that I am
Better where you are
I only know that I am
Better where you are
I only know that I belong
Where you are

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
Though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
'Cause though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on
Yet, I'm better near to you.

Yet, I'm better near to you

New heights


You are a thunderous thing,
Wondrous king
The face of a marvelous God,
It's deep in your eyes
Come here, oh closer to touch
Never enough
Let me climb under your skin
Oh let me in

From your lips, a precipice
I hang on every word
Height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them high?
Keep them high?

The calm of the turbulent seas,
Fallen to sleep
And when the troubles arise,
We would hold on tight
How can a body contain,
Something so great?
My shell may suddenly burst
Out will come, birds

From your lips, a precipice
I hang on every word

Height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep these..

Height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them high?
Keep them high?

We will find a way
We will find a way
We will find a way
Yes, We will find a way

We are height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them..

Height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them..

Height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them..

Height and seeking
Oh, we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them high?
Keep them high?

Rangers

the paths have been crossed
the crumbs are gone
and the way and the way is lost
melancholy phantoms eye our skins
poisoned apples falling with the wind
hear the sigh of the trees
those who enter here never leave

and the rangers stream
out of their cabins
they are the hunters,
we are the rabbits
but maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want to be found

further in and on we go
sightless creatures tugging at our clothes
cutting through the twilight, sword in hand
strangers once, united against the land
at the sound of the bells
they’re pulling paper lanterns from their shelves

and the rangers stream
out of their cabins
they are the hunters,
we are the rabbits
and maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want you tracking us down

the rangers stream
out of their cabins
raising their muskets,
flashing their badges
but maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want to be found

let’s keep hiding, all quiet-like
they’ll keep seeking but they won’t find us
let’s keep living our quiet lives
you and I
you and I

and the rangers stream
out of their cabins
they are the hunters,
we are the rabbits
and maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want you tracking us down

the rangers stream
out of their cabins
raising their muskets,
flashing their badges
but maybe we don’t want to be found
maybe we don’t want to be found

Swan song


Wretched, look at me I've lost it
Melting on the table
In parking lots and markets
I can't help it
I love you like a starfish loves the salty water
Like a selfish daughter

Yet I wrote the words to this swan song
The author of the wrong
And I said what I said and I meant it
But now, I regret it

Foolish, how was I so careless
Pawning off my treasure, the envy of an heiress
Now my dollars are crumbled in my pocket
How can I reclaim it?
What if someone's got it?

When I wrote the words to this swan song
The author of the wrong
And I said what I said and I meant it
But now, I regret it

How could the world have turned so ugly
I am dying
Could you touch me again?
Touch me again, yeah

When I wrote the words to this swan song
The author of the wrong
And I said what I said and I meant it
But now, I regret it

The beacon


You say your time has come
You're tire of waking up
Don't be obscene,
I can't conceive of
Living without you
You say you drag me down
No one should want you now
I start to cry,
You kiss my eyes and say
I'm not allowed to

Burning beacon in the night
Can't feel its heat or see its lights
That single solitary guide
It must get lonely there sometimes

You were a child forgot
Lessons of love untaught
Now no embrace can quite replace
The one that never found you
I was raised tenderly
All that was taught to me
I will apply,
Your parents tried
But they didn't know how to

Burning beacon in the night
Can't feel its heat or see its lights
That single solitary guide
It must get lonely there sometimes

Let me stand by you
The honor is mine
Let me stand by you
Loneliest light
Loneliest light
Loneliest light

Burning beacon in the night
Can't feel its heat or see its lights
A single solitary guide
It must get lonely there sometimes