Really something


I'm working on my forward thinking
Working on my self control
Process this ugly mess
And figure out how to make it whole

Choke down a bus ride to the city
Chase it with a trip to the East Side
It seems like over time
I'll get so numb that I won't mind

Some days I actually forget
That this is really something
One look from you and that is it
This is really something
Being hard is hard so sick of it
This is really something good
This is really something good now

Running in my head


If I had a dime for every question
I could buy myself a band to keep the answers in
When the house you rent was getting painted
I thought this out and wrote it down and mailed it

When I think of it, it makes me crazy
And if I hear from you
You know it will amaze me
I'm gonna take a train across the river
And when I see your face I've got a message to deliver

Without a thought you carry on
And I'll be the last thing on your mind before too long
You said you'd always love me as a friend
But you left the water on instead
You left it running in my head

I've been taaking this from you for much too long
When my train gets in I'll call you on the telephone
But before I go can you just tell me
Did the coffee tea and paperbacks mean anything?

Without a thought you carry on
And I'll be the last thing on your mind before too long
You said you'd always love me as a friend
But you left the water on instead
You left it running in my head

I went to the train to get my ticket
And I laid myself out on the tracks derailed it

Sick inside


I only spoke to you that way
To get it through your haggard brain
That I could be so much more
I could be someone that someone would adore

(chorus)
Seems like a long time since I felt good
Good enough to not want to cry
Do you know better now?
Well so do I

The hardest thing is knowing when
I should draw the line and not give in
To all of your tired ways
It's like i've got a second job that never pays

(chorus)

I feel so sick inside I know it's wrong
But I just can't bite my lip and go along
(repeat)

Signing my name


Showing your self
In an unusual way
I understand you now
Your secrets safe and sound

Minding my own
Business is not something new
But it takes some self control
Not that you would know

(chorus)
I'm my own man now it's easier
Climbing the staircase wondering what's to see

My oh my how
This does turn things quite around
Tomorrow will be
Here before you know it dear

Signing my name
In through the window you peek
I'm fixing my mistakes
Is this all that it takes

(chorus)

So discreet

I see a swallow perched in front of me
Laughing with her eyes so sullenly
The I see a truck go down the way
No delivery for me today

There's a man upon a little bike
That makes him feel so big he can't decide
If he should give up scraping both his knees
For the sake of being so discreet
So discreet

Before I know it I am far away
The swallow looks so small she can't complain
I don't remember which warm house is mine
So I choose the one whose love is fine
Love is fine

Solace


I've lived this day a thousand times it won't go away
And all I can see are the eyes of people I will never be
And it makes me I'll the way
You love me still

I can't decide if You're the missing piece buried in my mind
Immersed in sand I try to reach try to take Your hand
And it makes me I'll the way You love me still

I think back to the days I was around
And it brings me down to a place I've never been
I think back on a picture of a child and dream awhile
All the more I miss Your perfect ever shaking heart

Solace came with a drop of blood and a taste of shame
When You took my turn You struck a match and You let it burn
And it makes me I'll the way you love me still

I think back to the days I was around
And it brings me down to a place i've never been
I think back on a picture of a child and dream awhile
All the more I miss Your perfect ever shaking heart

Sweeter than me

Yesterday morning when you told me
That you have never felt this lonely
I saw the sadness in your eyes
You told be how you feel disguised

Confiding in me about the sleepless
Nights that you cannot seem to keep this
Hurting buried in your dreams
You're facing darkness twice as deep

You're much sweeter than me by far
You're much stronger than me
You know you are

Look up at the floral pattern cuurtains
In picking them out you were so certain
Now there's indecision in your eyes
You're finding comfort thinking twice

You're much sweeter than me by far
You're much stronger than me
You know you are

By leaning in your windowsill
You show me all I need to know
Wheather you see summer winter or fall
When I look at you I see them all

Sit down at the table with your jewelry
Remembering each and every story

You're much sweeter than me by far
You're much stronger than me
You're much sweeter than me by far
You're much stronger than me
You know you are

The boy who stopped the world

Don't think you could stop it now
I'd like to see you try somehow
Realize that it puts it all on you
There's nothing you can do

Right now you're sick and tired
You're feeling sad, feeling uninspired
But the clock just won't slow down
Like it gets it kicks pushing you around

Maybe in the morning it won't be
Quite as bad as it seems

The fact that you can't change
The speed of sound, the rate of age
Is an understatement to
A state of mind you're not used to

You'd be forever known
As the boy who stopped the world
And made it his own

Right now you're sick and tired
You're feeling sad. feeling uninspired
So I pray for you my friend
That you'll fall down
You'll give in

The kindest days

You right in front of me
Now I can clearly see
All Your greatness
But it separates this
From what I ever heard
You've been holding me like a bird
In Your heart and
You've kept it guarded
Now that i clearly see
You standing next to me
My loneliness has finally found an ending

(chorus)
I can't believe
That You're such a part of me
And after all this time You got through
With Your loving ways
And these have been the kindest days
That I've known since I met You

So I will say again
All I have ever been
Is walking backwards
Chasing after
Things that will never be
Able to carry me
Anywhere but to the ground below me

(chorus)

Oh a love that gets underneath my skin
It goes in and shows me the things I've been missing
All I know is I want it now
I think about the days when I won't feel pain

(chorus)

The patron

If I seem just a little bit out of touch do you
Think it could be because of you?
Underneath real blood and deep conviction is
Another point of view
You cound down the days 'till the addiction gets a
Foot into the door
(You want what you got but you don't know)
All this time you see no end
You know no feeling anymore
(You got what you want but you let go)

Polish up your final campaign
Give a title to the way you're moving in
To stake your claim

You feel faint you say you can't control your tone
You don't know what I mean
(You want what you got but you don't know)
You never seem to have a problem finding time to
Meet your needs
(You want what you got but you don't know)

Talk about pretentious
Can you tell now that you've left us out to dry
But you can't ever tell me why

All rise here comes the patron
His cause can't be mistaken
His eyes are turning red
'Cause he don't fit in

Talk about pretentious
Do you know now why you've left us out to dry?
So next time you see me
You'll know now how to greet me
Just remember days go by but so do I