"Wattershed"

I'll stick to the mailman
I'm pinned against a pot plant
I'm sick of all the sun-tan
oily with the ray-ban

take that to the bank and call it a check
masked without a weapon

I'm skinny as a spit pan
dealing with the shit plan
just another rock band

take that to the man
and call it a check
trapped within a contract

hey there boy while you were catching the black widow
the rest of us were watching melrose
I wanna swim in the wattershed
I wanna listen to the flowerhead
I lost a gallon and still I bled
I keep on thinking I get ahead

pissed at all the disc jam
pissed about the 5-ham
pissed about the green state
I miss it and I can't wait

hey man, can't you tell it's still a problem?
see you at the devil's tower

"Exhausted"

I'm not around that much
running exhausted and lost
if it could be undone
will it have costed?
it's taught and lost

blowing away we stray, wilted
insuited, at fault
what if the day had stayed in bed
these baubles we've brought
at fault

after the bliss has long ended
this caution this fault
give me a breeze that's long winded
accosted adult arrested

The Colour And The Shape (1997)



"Doll"

you know in all of the time that we've shared
I've never been so scared
doll me up in my bad luck
I'll meet you there

I wish I never had taken this dare
I wasn't quite prepared
doll me up in my bad luck
I'll meet you there

"Monkey Wrench"

what have we done with innocence
it disappeared with time
it never made much sense
adolescent resident
wasting another night on planning my revenge

one in ten
don't wanna be your monkey wrench
one more indecent accident
I'd rather leave than suffer this
I'll never be your monkey wrench

all this time to make amends
what do you do when all your enemies are friends
now and then I'll try to bend
under pressure
wind up snapping in the end

one in ten
one last thing before I quit
I never wanted any more than I could fit into my head
I still remember every single word you said
and all the shit that somehow came along with it
still there's one thing that comforts me
since I was always caged and now I'm free

don't wanna be your monkey wrench

"Hey, Johnny Park!"

come and I'll take you under
this beautiful bruise's colors
everything fades in time it's true
wish that I had another
stab at the undercover
was it a change in mind for you

it's impossible
I can't let it out
you'll never know
am I selling you out
sit and watch
your every mood

your eyes still remind me of
angels that hover above
eyes that can change from blind to blue

now that I've found my reward
I'd throw it away long before
I'd share a piece of mine with you

"My Poor Brain"

real life is so hard
we hide in the stars
that's where our heads are
my head and your heart

this is a black out
don't let it go to waste
this is a black out
I want to detonate

when you are so far
I'm falling apart
lose all my sonar
you jam my radar

sometimes I feel I'm getting stuck
between the handshake and the fuck

you've got me on guard
I've got my head start
my head and your heart
the same in the stars

sometimes I wish that I could change
I can't save you from my poor brain
o.k.

"Wind Up"

I have a choice between the bat or the belt
each time I hear about the hand you've been delt
spare me confession
it's confession you sell
maybe I'll fall behind
but I don't mind
because I'll catch up

I want a song that's indelible
like manimal
I hope you never see me wind up

will I be happy on the back of the shelf
will you be happy when we're sharing a cell
spare me your questions since you know me so well
someday you'll realize
that I get shy and I choke up

what is wrong with this animal
I'm terrible
I hope you never see me wind up

farewell my sweet paramania
my only promise is that I'll never tell
keep you at a distance from the things that I felt
I'll bite the bullet
take the beating
until I take it back anyway
what was I supposed to say?

"Up In Arms"

the rain is here
and you my dear
are still my friend
it's true the two of us
are back as one again
I was the one who left you
always coming back
I cannot forget you girl
now I am up in arms again

together now I don't know how this love could end
my lonely heart
it falls apart for you to mend

"My Hero"

too alarming now to talk about
take your pictures down
and shake it out
truth or consequence, say it aloud
use that evidence race it around

there goes my hero
watch him as he goes
there goes my hero
he's ordinary

don't the best of them bleed it out
while the rest of them peter out
truth or consequence, say it aloud
use that evidence race it around

kudos my hero
leaving all the best
you know my hero
the one that's on

"See You"

these notes are marked return to sender
I'll save this letter for myself
I wish you only knew how good it is to see you

these steps I take don't get me anywhere
I'm getting further from myself
one this is always true
how good it is to see you

I'm done resenting you
you represented me so well
and this I promise you
how could I end up in the hands of someone else