Leaked photo shot in the dark
on a resolve to make a change
i've fought that feeling for
strange markings of a coming of age
no couple, shifted and awkward
could give love a better name
no blessing lifted from the clouds
could commandeer its aim
we all owe wait forever
what are, what are the uses of a man?
am i useless to try to understand
that we are no uses of a man?
tomorrow whatever today was
will seem sawed off and ashamed
no sight worth keeping but
the evidence of every struggle we made
a reciept wrote for my soul
a receipt to delay
a receipt to do more
than completely revoke
the shame upon your name
shame upon your name
the shame of your certainty
we all owe wait forever
what are, what are the uses of a man?
am i useless to try to understand
that we are no uses of a man?
we trifle, we fail, we tire
we feign desire
not for the sake of our hearts
not for the sake of our hearts
all for the sake of remaining the same
and pasting what's fallen apart
we all owe wait forever
what are the uses of a man?
am i useless to try to understand
that we are no uses of a man?
who'll
figure time from an hour glass?
who'll
sink or swim under moniker?
mouthful
without an explanation
who
but your own will take the bait
to
keep the extra weight off
running
out of bold declarations
melded
in the family way
it
arouses self-deprecation
but
no edge-wise word left to say
and
where all your appetite comes from
that
you will never know
who'll
figure time from an hour glass?
who'll
sink or swim under moniker?
mouthful
without an explanation
who
but your own will take the bait
to
keep the extra weight off
running
out of points of contention
to
the tune of mouthing off
in
the middle of all you mention
so
delicious, lifeless and soft
and
lacking the perfect shape
and
lacking in every way
but
running out
who'll
figure time from an hour glass?
who'll
sink or swim under moniker?
mouthful
without an explanation
who
but your own will take the bait
to
keep the extra weight off
on
a whim we've been waiting for
rising
up with the tide
we
are inched and then pulled in
leavin layers behind
no
influence on our behalf
without
interruption
a
brand new season has begun
we
have all summer ahead of us
no
need to rush ourselves
we
have all summer ahead of us
no
begging for divine help
this
overture is gonna write itself
and
we have all summer ahead of us
must
have hit on a nerve somewhere
threw
you into a mood
now
you're warming up to ideas of
drawing
life in the nude
i'll
take my time discoverin'
every
detail of yours
that
comes to light when we're together
we
have all summer ahead of us
no
need to rush ourselves
we
have all summer ahead of us
no
beggin for divine help
this
overture is gonna write itself
and
we have all summer ahead of us
i've
been stuck in this city
when
frost bit through all my plans
i couldn't imagine it heating up
but
now as i dig my feet in
and
plant myself in the sand
i'll
stick in a moment that never stops
no
more anticipation
we're
in the prime of life
with
all the pleasures of losing our time
we
have all summer ahead of us
what
lost ancient exacts a mondern bend
to
the charming where our options end
it’s the winter solstice of redundancy
fulfilled by never evolving
purification
in another land i missed the telephone ring my
name
had
i been there it would have been the same
the
last time i seen her was the first time too
in
between all the things she said came true
we
harvest day, we worry night, the oracle writes
our
souls
evicted and so our skin turns white
our
myths aligned between a honey moon
by
the long count it will begin and end soon
purification
all
of our preminitions have been off
criticism
dreams up a silent movie
the
underwater fringes of our great city
is
it an error rhythmic as we breathe
is
it exactly what we need to see
purification
brought
up wasteful and unprepared to brace for
a
day that's a suprise hadn't come quicker
when
that feeling is leaking from the ceiling
your own negligence is tough to ignore
ease of mind
never
may come again
for
as long fidelity
is
holding up the line
all
at once i had to say goodbye to my pedigree
all
at once i had to say goodbye to that luxury
reputations
and stiff negotiations
ration off the values we fought against
flee
the city, in search of cheaper living
but
freedom and a bargain are opposites
ease of mind
never
may come again
for
as long fidelity
is
holding up the line
all
at once i had to say goodbye to that luxury
all
at once i had to say goodbye to my pedigree
once
i learned by picking up the pieces of the past with
scissors
not
now
once
i lived for waving from the window of my father's
error
not
now
once
i'd move mountains of goodwill to get away from who
we are
ease of mind
never
may come again
for
as long fidelity
is
holding up the line
all
at once i had to say goodbye to my pedigree
all at once I had to say
goodbye to that luxury
stare
right into the sun
long
and hard don't turn your back on
one
you should not act on
if
you even glance off even once
and
you can never expect as much
to
burn a hole clear through your mind's dawn
all your dirty daydreams will be gone
stare
right into the sun
when
you think you all have learned your lesson
and
burned in the impression
you
better pray you learned it right
cause
if you don't you're gonna find
all
the grieving and the groveling
you
done will not award another one
your
chance will be gone
what
will you do when your answers will have turned away?
rave
night and day
creators run amok inside of the
mind that holds belief
Running devil circles inside the mind that holds
belief
and that man goin' round for our name
knocks the myth of and legend
of the same
who we belong to
decision and distraction they
must all be made for me
unloyalty to action colored,
whipped and spat out free
wedded to a trail of tears
with no purpose our spirits
adhere
but to belong
i cursed my own caretaker,
then in love began to cry
and pulled apart the shades
to show the people passing by
my soul is peace-claiming
dove
flying free to a jailor above
for he belongs to me
the
sum of the old world holds no worth today
the
placeholder froze in the present decay
the
sum of the old world holds no worth today
milestones
breed from each other
passing
as pure legacy
beating
your chest with your guns at the ready
wholly
convinced its unique
you're
becoming none but a composite of
time
and ego and fluff
milestones
meld into sense of direction
tracks
laid for covering up
the
sum of the old world holds no worth today
its
placeholder frozen in other's decay
the
sum of the old world holds no worth today
made
up of memorabilia
now
you're unable to die
your
nina your pinta your santa maria
afloat,
no land in sight
now
without any warning
now
without any care
now
with no landmark to compass
we decide what we heir
priorities
and who's are number one?
priorities
and who's are number one?
priorites under the gun
thy
kingdom and thy will be done
priorities
and who's are number one?
you
got the air of a young amelia earhart
courageous
and telling as a watchdog's bark
yours a wedding veil where ours is a shroud
watching
from the ground
propellar
one
land one sea
how
i long to be
stowed
away in your airgoing dream
i'll
reveal in earnest i'm a dangerous man
i let the act push further than i
understand
my
standards are doubled, my canary sings
flapping
metal wings
propellar
one land one sea
how
i long to be
stowed
away in your airgoing dream
to
cross
to
cross...
The Atlantic!
an equal opportunist
it's
skywritten
our
inscription trailing behind
a
world we're never meant to find
propellar
one
land one sea
how
i long to be
stowed
away in your airgoing dream
the
rounded edge
in
soft focus
bears
no grit
to
do justice
do
justice
unto
your well beneath
i run to
for
replenishing
but
if we don't see each other the same way
the
only option left for me will be backing away
all in the promise of letting go
your
well being's the only thing
i'll
make part of my own
any
living secret
every
part of me grown green and tall
but
your own well being
trumps
it all
the
lengths I go
to
keep distance
pledge
a quick
tongue
bitten allegience
to
the grace to the warmth
the
support and hope
all
you've made available
but
if we don't see each other the same way
the
only option left for me will be backing away
all
in the promise of lettting go
keeps
the book you've closed open