Release Date: October 21, 2003
Label: Drive-Thru Records
1. As You Sleep
close your eyes, and i will be swimming
lullaby's fill your room, and i will be singing
singing to only you
dont forget ill hold your head
watch the night sky fading red
but as you sleep, and noone is listening
i will lift you off your feet, ill keep you from sinking
don't you wake up yet, cause soon ill be leaving you
soon ill be leaving you, but you won't be leaving me
in the car, the radio leaves me searching for your star
a constellation of frustration driving hard
singing my thoughts back to me, and watching heartache on TV
but as you sleep, and no one is listening
i will lift you off your feet, i'll keep you from sinking
don't you wake up yet, cause soon i'll be leaving you, soon i'll be leaving you
but you won't be leaving me
don't forget i'll hold your head, watch the night sky fading red
but as you sleep, and no one is listening
i will lift you off your feet, i'll keep you from sinking
don't you wake up yet, cause soon i'll be leaving you
soon i'll be leaving you, but you won't be leaving me
2. Space
Home, is this a quiet place where you should be alone?
Is this where the tortured and the troubled find their own?
I don't know, but I can tell this isn't you, your cover's blown
But oh no, don't you dare hang up this phone
Hey, Give me space so I can breathe
Give me space so I can sleep
Give me space so you can drown in this with me
In this place
The lonely escapade in outer space
There's no anecdote for irony, You say
that you have,
when you know,
That you don't,
and you say,
that you can,
When you know,
that you won't
Hey, Give me space so I can breathe
Give me space so I can sleep
Give me space so you can drown in this with me
Hey, Give me space but I can't breathe
Give me space but I can't sleep
Give me just one inch I swear that's all I need, oh
These battered walls and TV screens
Sometimes they make me want to scream
Ahhh
Hey, Give me space so I can breathe
Give me space so I can sleep
Give me space so you can drown in this with me
Hey, Give me Space but I can't breathe
Give me space but I can't sleep
Give me just one inch I swear that's all I need
3. Down
Let's get drunk
You can drive us to the harbor
Wish upon a star but
Do you know what stars are?
Balls of fire, burning up the black space
Falling from the landscape
Exploding in the face of God
Let's get crazy,
Talk about our big plans
Places that you're going
Places that I haven't been
Build my walls up
Concrete castle
Keep this kingdom free of hassle, yeah
Yeah
Yeah
I hear sound echo in the emptiness
All around but you can't change this loneliness
Look what you've found, I've fallen down
Taste the saline rolling down your cheekbone
Tell me that you're alone, tell me on the telephone
Feel your heart it breaks within your chest now
Try to get some rest now, sleeps not coming easy for a while, child
Child, yeah
I hear sound echo in the emptiness
All around but you can't change this loneliness
Look what you've found, I've fallen down
Down, down
Down, down
I hear sound echo in the emptiness
All around but you can't change this loneliness
Look what you've found, I've fallen down
Look at what you've found, I'm falling down
Look at what you've found, I'm falling down
4. Only Ashes
piece by piece, and bit by bit
i'll break this down for you, real slow
but i can't whisper all of this
and i can't seem to let this go
so i'll watch the matches, turn to ashes
i'll watch the matches, turn to ashes
i can tell its your turn, i smell the sulfur so clear
and fire's a beautiful sound
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground
yeah we're only ashes
part and part and inch my inch
you'll have your mile when its through
incinerate whats left of this
and torch the part of me that's you
so i'll watch the matches, turn to ashes
i can tell it's your turn, i smell the sulfur so clear
and fire's a beautiful sound
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground
yeah we're only ashes
i can tell it's your turn, i smell the sulfur so clear
and fire's a beautiful sound
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground
yeah we're only ashes
5. Me And The Moon
Its a good year for a murder
shes praying to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger
there's no tears, cause hes not here
she washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner
but soon they'll be coming, to rush her away
no ones so sure if her crime had a reason
reasons like seasons
they constantly change
and the seasons of last year
like reasons have floated away
away with this spilt milk
away with this dirty dish water, away
seventeen years, and all that he gave was a daughter
"it's me and the moon," she says
i got no trouble with that
but i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"it's me and the moon," she says
and it's over, but it just started
the blood stained the carpet
her heart like a crystal
shes lucid and departed
a life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away
away with these nightmares
away with suburbia
shakedown away
you marry a rule and
you give up your soul til you break down
"it's me and the moon," she says
"i got no trouble with that, but i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die"
"it's me and the moon," she says
but what do you say we go for a ride?
what do you say we get high?
but i'm so tired of days that feel like the night
"it's me and the moon," she says
and i got no trouble with that, but i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
i am a butterfly, i am a butterfly, i am a butterfly
6. The Runaway
if you ran to the end of the earth
i would catch you and you would be safe
if you fell down the well
i would bring you a rope and take all the pain
all the pain, all the pain
that you hide from me everyday
if youre missing i will run away
i will build a path to you
if you're missing i will run away
because I find myself in you
if i woke up alone i won't stop till i'll find you and you are with me
cause by now, i know you better than you know yourself
and i know what you really need
what you need, or i need
but either way this is where you should be
here with me, or ill bleed so much that you wont believe
if you're missing i will run away
i will build a path to you
if you're missing i will run away
because I find myself in you
you better not, you better not run
you better not, you better not run
if you're missing i will run away
i will build a path to you
if you're missing i will run away
i will find you
i will find you
i will find you
7. Ruthless
This is the only lonely picture
waiting on my floor
littering my shore
this is the last true burning letter
given to a girl
written by a boy
living in a world created to destroy
but if i built you a city, would you let me
would you tear it down?
but there you go for the last time
i finally know now what i should have known then
that i could still be ruthless if you let me
but there you go and i'm not done
you're waving goodbye, well atleast youre having fun
the rising tide will not let you forget me
forget me
this is your ghost that kneels before me
razers on her tongue, a body full of oxygen
it wont be the last time she'll ignore me
the thinning of my skin, without the strength to go
the winter's setting in, to cover you in snow
but if i built you a city, would you let me
would you tear it down?
but there you go for the last time
i finally know now what i should have known then
that i could still be ruthless if you let me
but there you go and i'm not done
you're waving goodbye, well atleast youre having fun
the rising tide will not let you forget me
forget me
forget me
forget me, yeah
ill raise towers and climb them
rivers and walk them
oceans to drown in
you won't make a sound in
but there you go for the last time
i finally know now what i should have known then
that i could still be ruthless if you'll let me
but there you go and i'm not done
you're waving goodbye, but atleast youre having fun
the rising tide will not let you forget me
...forget me
8. She Paints Me Blue
Tonight I watch the lights go out in your house
Wondering how I could get so deep
And you could still get to sleep
In vain I blame my trembling on the cold air
And I can't hide that I relied on you
Like yellow does on blue
And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue
Atlanta started raining on me
And teenage love was underground
Tonight I break the surface
Atlanta started raining on me
But no young girl was claiming me
And naming me
And destiny get nervous and
And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue, again
And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue, again
Atlanta started raining on me
on me
Atlanta started raining on me
on me
9. Break Myself
I'm on fire
And the day is feeling hopeless
You'd see me burning but the burning's turning smokeless
Soon I won't feel at all
No
It's electric the neon hurt inside your phone call
The layered sadness and the madness it revolves
Bringing down the walls where you found her
No
Well, I'm willing to break myself
To shake this hell from everything I touch
I'm willing to bleed for days my... reds and grays
So you don't hurt so much
And now I'm static
As your sky is turning purple and gray
I'm learning that the further that I crawl
The farther that I fall, is that ok?
No
And you're in pieces
As your world becomes a rainstorm
You've got no shelter I'm a thousand miles away
If you survive the day
You say your leaving
You say your leaving
Well, I'm willing to break myself
To shake this hell from everything I touch
I'm willing to bleed for days my... reds and grays
So you don't hurt so much
So you don't hurt so much
Never again will we fire this gun
No never again your the only one
No never again but you're already gone.
I'm willing to break myself
I'm not afraid
I'm willing to break myself
I'm not afraid
I'm willing to break myself
I'm not afraid
Well, I'm willing to break myself
To shake this hell from everything I touch
I'm willing to bleed for days my... reds and grays
So you don't hurt so much
So much
So much
So much
So much
10. I Won't Make You
I'm under attack again my dear, I'm in the way
Got no resolutions, no clever anecdotes to say
And still if I yell at the top of my lungs will it be the same?
I'd fly you a flag, I'd bury this pen into my veins
I wanna feel for you tonight
But I won't make you
I won't make you
The telephone number I got for you says nobody's home
The best thing I can think to do right now is leave it alone
And you had an apology in your mailbox since last July
It's funny when you find the words to say you find no reply
I wanna feel for you tonight
But I won't make you
I won't make you
Scream my name just one more time
But I won't make you
I won't make you
And it's been hours now
To be here like this
And just to lay you down
And just to taste your lips
And just to keep me up
God I'm tired of sleeping
And just to lay inside you
And just to know this feeling
I wanna feel for you tonight
But I won't make you
I won't make you
Scream my name just one more time
But I won't make you
I won't make you