SECONDS
Witness?
No time for a witness
White light in the distance, out there in the stillness
Faded from a cry of forever to a whisper of never,
but it helped me remember crawling on my hands and knees,
falling like a cut down tree in the backyard of my daddy’s house,
Red Rover, ‘til the moon spilled over the willow,
counting satellites in Acadia with the ocean’s song for a pillow,
and the Milky Way for a cradle,
where I made a vow that the only thing I’d ever need,
was open wide in front of me,
and the only life I’d leave behind was full of love before my time was through,
in a second or two
Wasted on the road to replacement
White lines on the dashboard from Miami to Graceland
Breakdown over Gunnison Canyon
Two nights in the backseat, until we left it abandoned
Held out for another season
Sold out
Couldn’t find a reason to face me
Didn’t take too long to replace me
Had to sing that song to get over on a red dirt girl out of Yuma,
with a one-eyed dog in a trailer and a dealer named Montezuma
Said he knew ya.
‘bout the only thing I didn’t see was laying right in front of me
and the only life I left behind that ever flashed before my eyes was you,
for a second or two
Good lie...
Witness?
Can I get me a witness?
Ten years in the shadow of the light of forgiveness
Staring in the other direction,
one ear to the heartbeat of my own resurrection
Wired to a lightning rod
Still waiting for an act of God to ignite me
Shouldn’t take that much to excite me
Didn’t take that much
when the only thing I’d ever need
was open wide in front of me
and the only life I’d leave behind
was full of love before my time was through
in a second or two
WHERE BELIEVERS DON'T GO
Light me up fast, shoot me down slowly
My roller coaster crashed
Monday morning train is Daddy's big secret
He's off the track again, saying
Hate me, love me, or carry me home,
where the high boys know me and believers don't go
If I had the money, I'da bought you some fun
Now, hate me, love me, or carry me home
Gentleman Sublime has gone to write verses
He couldn't buy a rhyme
He wrote himself a dream that never quite ended
He never found the time, to
hate me, love me, or carry me home,
where the schoolboys own me and believers don't go
If I knew the words, I would'a written you some,
like "hate me, love me, or carry me home."
I heard the screen door slam, but I never saw nothing
I couldn't bear to look at them
I spun the wheel again, put it all on temptation,
and she didn't change a thing, so,
hate me, love me or carry me home,
where the bad girls show me and believers don't go
I might've found somebody, but I lost me someone,
who would take me, love me and carry me home
CLIMB
Send me a signal, show me a sign
Tell me a riddle and I'll tell you mine
Gonna hold on to this feeling inside
and never let go of you
Stake your position, cover your back
Your apprehension is under attack
Better lay down with your honor intact
and never let go of me
Strike my igniter, burn down your wall
Nothing shines brighter than stars when they fall
Wanna love you by the light of them all
and never let go of you
I might be a rebel, I might be a prince
I might be the devil
Do you wanna dance?
Better hold on to this dizzy romance
and never let go of me
Here on the ceiling, everything’s fine
Blood turns to water, and water to wine
If you don’t believe me just climb, climb, climb
Hit the ground running, don't miss a turn
Keep the lie coming, don't say a word
Better hold on to that promise you heard
and never let go of me
Feed your desire, swallow your pride
Strung on my wire, wasting your time
trying to break free of this temple of mine
Never let go of you
Here on the ceiling, everything’s fine
Blood turns to water, and water to wine
If you don’t believe me, just climb, climb, climb
Enter my sinner, tell me it all
Nothing is cleaner than tears when they fall
Gonna drown you in the river, then I'll
never let go of you
DIAMOND MINES
Pistols and rags are coming over the hill,
looking for something to kill
You gotta do what you will
Missiles and flags are getting ready to fly,
and I don’t need to know why,
long as you let me inside
diamond mines
Isn’t that what you told me?
Diamond mines
Firing line
Diamond mines
Isn’t that what you showed me?
I keep my silence and you loan me a life,
three hungry kids and a wife,
something to sleep through the night
I drop my pennies in a jar by the bed
You keep a gun to my head
Still, I believe what you said
Diamond mines
Isn’t that what you sold me?
Diamond mines
Hiring line
Diamond mines
Isn’t that what you owe me?
You eat your secret to keep it concealed
Unlock your jaw, swallow it whole, soul revealed
Laid down my body to cover the odds
Paid off in blood, caught in the flood, cursing the gods
I rip my share from the soles of your shoes
I confess I'm confused,
but I got nothing to lose
Diamond mines
I don’t care what it costs them
Diamond mines
Mine, mine, mine
Diamond mines
I must be pretty awesome
IS ANYBODY THERE?
Mr. Denial is stealing a white limousine
Alone in the back ride a rocking horse king and his queen
Make up your mind, is it really a crime to be only half mad as you seem?
Nothing and All with a whole lot of days in between
Mystery Child sneaks up to the Unicorn King
Hops on his back for another immaculate fling
What does it matter she weeps in the saddle for such an unnatural thing?
A tear in the hand is worth more than a horse on the wing
Now she cries
Is anybody listening?
How she cries
Does anybody hear how she loved him?
How she loved him
Mama sighs, is anybody there?
Misery Queen on her elbows and knees by the lake
fixed at a pool on her unrecognizable face
So misconstrued was the man in the moon for the light he spilled onto this place
Caught in a mirror that only a cloud could erase
Now he fades
Is anybody looking?
How he fades
Does anybody see how he loved her?
How he loved her
Mama stares, is anybody there?
Mr. Denial is lying a while on the bed
All of those secrets still running around in his head
Chased a mirage to his one car garage with a finger held up to his head
Why could he never put three words together instead?
Shall we pray?
Is anybody listening?
Now we pray
Does anybody hear how we loved him?
How we loved him
Mama cries, is anybody there?
Now we sing
Is anybody listening?
How we sing
Does anybody hear how we love you?
How I love you
Mama smiles, is anybody there?