IF ONLY I COULD FLY

If only I could fly amongst
the birds in the blue sky, for months
the thought alone has been itching like a flea.
Maybe I could try just once
and if I can't get quite high enough
at least I know my soul won't hit the sea.

I've been staring at this picture
wondering if I'll ever miss her...
It hurts to know my heart cannot decide.

If only I could swim through waves
without needing air for days.
I'd have gales n' fins and see all my fishy friends.
Maybe I could try just once
and if I can't hold my breath long enough
at least I know my soul won't float ashore.

I've been staring at this picture
wondering if I'll ever miss her...
It hurts to know my heart cannot decide.
But maybe if I tried my luck
I might not end up quite as stuck.
I could go down but not without a fight.

If only I could live on dry land
and know I won't sink through the quicksand
that seems to want everything I am.
Maybe I could try just once and if I'm...
If I'm not quite strong enough,
at least I'll go knowing I gave my all.

I've been staring at this picture
wondering if I'll ever miss her...
It hurts to know my heart cannot decide.
But maybe if I tried my luck
I might not end up quite as stuck.
I could go down but not without a fight.

Without a fight.

Without a fight.

BITTERSWEET

I saw your name
in fluorescent lights above the center stage.
I saw your face,
a silhouette shrouding open space.
I thought your kind
was not allowed near the human mind.
I'm wrong, I'm blind,
a foolish move to think you ain't alive.

A foolish move that I just had to find.

I heard your steps
creaking floorboards and all the rest.
I felt your breath
with goosebumps all up n' down my neck.
I hope as the evening comes
you'll be gone, you'll be gone just like the sun.
But I know I'm wrong.

You're bittersweet but haunted.
You fantasise and flaunt it.
I cannot be the only,
the only one who takes you home.

I felt your skin
pressed to mine in a sudden whim.
I held your sins
with deep regret from knowing where they've been.
I know you've been here before
Don't say it ain't so, don't say it ain't so.
I held your sins...

You're bittersweet but haunted.
You fantasise and flaunt it.
I cannot be the only, the only...

You're bittersweet but haunted.
You fantasise and flaunt it.
I cannot be the only,
the only one who takes you home.

The only one who takes you home.

FALL ASLEEP

Fall asleep my love,
and wait for the silence to greet you there.
In your dreams you're high,
you're free from the flaking release you bare.

You are burdened and it's apparent to me.
You are hurting, fighting for your beliefs.
So damn certain you can't show your own teeth.
Closing curtains on yourself just to breathe.

Fall asleep my child,
you're free from denial, said you're free from me.
In your dreams you're high
and oh so devine, set you free from me.

You are burdened and it's apparent to me.
You are hurting, fighting for your beliefs.
So damn certain you can't show your own teeth.
Closing curtains on yourself just to breathe.

Just passing the time, keep on holding the line,
'cause I tried and I tried and I tried.
I saw what you hide in the darkest of lights,
it'll work if you just close your eyes.

Please don't fight and grieve.
Please don't, you're strong, you'll see.
Please don't fight and grieve.
Please don't, 'cause I believe.

You ready now? You're beatin' down,
Your chest still bursts, the best, the worst.

Fall asleep my love,
and wait for the silence to greet you there.

SUZANNE

Suzanne what’s the plan today?
Should we sit at home or go outside and play?
I don’t mind, just make up your mind soon.
'Cause the sun's going down
and its already past noon.

Well I’ve got a bucket full of shells and sand,
We could build a sand castle to put our memories in.
When its full we’ll watch the tide roll in
and watch it wash away our promises.

Suzy run along with me,
I’ll teach you the ropes
and one day you’ll tie your own swing.
I can show you the world
and it won’t cost one damn thing.
Just promise me to make no promises.
(after this one)

Well I’ve got a bucket full of shells and sand,
We could build a sand castle to put our memories in.
When its full we’ll watch the tide roll in
And watch it wash away... Watch it wash away...
Watch it wash away our promises.

Suzanne what’s the plan today?
Should we sit at home or go outside and play?

DEEP OCEAN BLUE

Deep ocean blue, I sail through you forever more.
I'll never I hit the shore as long you're flowin'.
Trapped in eyes that fill the skies with total bliss.
What could come of this? I will never know.

What are you doin'
and how do you do it?
Why does a single look from you
always knock me out?

A soft cool breeze under the trees, I left you there,
without a care of what I was doing.
But I came back to and saw that you were lying there,
without a care, I laid down too.

I said, what are you doin'
and how do you do it?
Why does a single look from you
always knock me out?

What are you doin'
and how do you do it?
'Cause I wanna know, wanna know,
wanna know right now.

What are you doin'
and how do you do it?
Why does a single kiss from you
always knock me out?

What are you doin'
and how do you do it?
'Cause I wanna know, wanna know,
wanna know right now.
 

BE KIND

Be kind, I'm the one that's gonna fall.
Stay blind, don't see through every flaw.
Maybe I am a bastard, a fool, a fraud.
So sleep, feel, breathe and indulge.

You sacrifice your time,
I sacrificed all of mine.
You beat the walls to say,
"Pain is pleasure this time"

Break down,
find you're not the only one who wears a frown.
Make a sound... Oh, darlin',
I know you want to go away, be alone
and stay as far from home as you can.
So go... Just go alone.

I tremble at your words,
you swore I was a better man.
But I tell you now my friend,
you've now said all that you can.

You sacrifice some time,
I sacrificed all of mine.
You beat the walls to say...

You sacrifice some time,
I sacrificed all of mine.
You beat the walls to say
"pain is pleasure this time".

I'll hold you to your words again,
say your worst! Show me you can!
Tear apart the light you see,
dispose of the man in me.

And I'll sing happy songs all night long,
‘til you breathe all the air from my lungs. 

And I'll sing happy songs all night long,
’til you breathe all the air from my lungs. 

And I'll sing happy songs all night long,
‘til you breathe all the air from my lungs. 
From my lungs.