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i will haunt our children in their sleep
until they believe in me
a name you don’t speak (a million sheep)
forget my face (to count to sleep)
and all these dreams
of when we were young
I was all alone on the street
You are always alone with me
The rain falls down slow (the aching in my gut)
It soaks our clothes (I’ve had enough)
We were so young
When were we so young?
When We’re Forty
I wrote you a song
And another one my dear
For when you’re off at school
Or I’m stuck right here
I’ll never be famous
Or have my name up in lights
But atleast I’m a star
Atleast in your eyes
Every song that I’m singing
Every word that I’ve said
You sing back to me
When I lose my breathe
And you sit there on the couch
And you look me through my eyes
As I smirk back through words that
I’m singing tonight
You ask me “mike how’re you doing”
And I replied with a lie
“shan, I’m doing much better
but not here tonight
my head is a mess
and my life is one too
but I’m doing pretty good at
hiding that from you”
til you see through my careless
gaps in my speech
and you sit me back down
and dissect whats wrong with me
I’ve always been good at
Telling you white lies
But you’ve been so good at
Finding whats inside
To me I hope you know you mean the world
To the world your just another tambourine girl
So I keep myself to myself, from myself
I keep myself to myself to myself
Old Names
She’s keeping her hands busy
She’s keeping her mouth shut
She moved out of the country
To the city to find true love
She’s keeping his head busy
He’s keeping his mouth shut
He got down on his right knee
She said it was way to much (fuck you I hate you so much)
And we all stay the same
We all stay the same
We’re moving with the crowd
Forgot our own names
Ships sail into mountains
Planes fly back to see
We’re questioning our own faith
With these facts of history
Ships fall off of mountains
Planes fly back to sea
We’re switching our eyes with our mouths
Cause we speak before we even see
A ring, a cross to bare
Forgot our old names
She’s keeping her head busy
She’s keeping her mouth shut
She moved back to the country
When the city was just too much
Will I?
Another day out
Never got one in
A clutter of words that I’m thinking
And if I go to sleep tonight I’ll die
You keep me in check
I say “there’s nothing left”
My head over water so I can catch my breathe
If you go to sleep tonight you’ll cry
So we stay awake keep each other warm with lies
Your piercing eyes
They don’t say a thing
I’m sitting on your porch I’m wondering
If you go to sleep tonight will i?
A million words
Are stuck in my head
Repeat them to me when I can’t find my breathe
We both fell asleep tonight by our sides
We tried to stay awake but we both lied
Don’t Go
Don’t go to sleep tonight with that prick in your thighs
You know you never solved a problem that way
You can sleep and sleep and sleep
Til yr skin meets yr eyes
Til they point to the back of yr brain
And I hate you see you cry and I am here by yr side
Cause you were always there for me
So I wrote you this song
For when yr home or I’m gone
Hopefully one day you’ll see.. don’t go
It’s the second time now cause the first did no good
And I’m singing for help not for thanks
Just cause you caught it doesn’t make it yrs
So please let that fish out of your tank
And swim on yr own for a minute or so
And then please some swim with me
Cause I hate to see you go through this all on yr own
A fish all alone at see… don’t go
And you never gave up
Said “enough is enough!”
With all the Mike that you went through
And I put you through a lot and I never forgot
All the help from me to you
And a favor is favor for a favor in return
So I can try and return that now
And i know that it’s late but you know what they say
Better ever then never at all…..so don’t go, alone.
Their Song
I know what the world does to me
And I’m too old
To start dreaming a new dream
And you beautiful you know what you do to me
Glazed eyes, black out, on your porch, with me
I can’t wait for you to show
I’ve been waiting for too long
Far too long
And I guess by now it shows
I’m writing less for the people
And more for their songs
More for their songs
The meaning all is gone
And all my words, all slurred and broken
From the tip of my tongue are better left unspoken
And all I do
Is to get back to you
Or get back at you
Untitled
Stick a match
Match a suit
God, I can’t blame this all on you
It was just as much my fault
As I blindly didn’t see
Cause I’m stubborn and I’m bitter
And for the time I thought I loved her
For the time I thought I loved
All those god damn blue eyes girls
So sit back, and sit down
Cause tonight we’ll hit this town
We’ll hit it harder then I ever thought I would
We’ll go out and scream loud
And pretend we still hang out
We’ll pretend we’re still playing on that old school playground
And a fall out should never land this hard
Oh god I swear to god that I will miss her now
And a fall out should never land so hard
Oh god I swear to go that I will make her proud
You were you
I was me
How could I never ever ever see
That our fights were just as small
As any fight could be
Over a girl she broke your heart
And she tore my head apart
And she wasted both our times
As she slept through weekend stars
And I’m so sorry it had to end
L.D. I’m sorry we’re not still friends
I’m so sorry we never spent those night
That we always swore we’d spend
And I’m doing my best to mend these years
I’ll do my best to hide my tears
I’ll do my best to help you through this
I hope to god we’ll see this through
Please don’t forget me
Cause you know down here we wont forget about you
And I swear
You’ll never leave my mind
And please please please
Don’t forget me
Chicken Little
Do you want to watch the stars die
As the sun rises
In the wake of the morning light
Lay on the hillside in the grass
And watch the dew build on our bags
Stay awake all night by the fire
Keeping you near by my side
Til the lights about our heads and we can all walk away
Clouds are crashing blocking out the moon above our heads
The sky is falling, cover your head
Stars are falling burning out the moon into the ground
Watch your step, on the way down
Clouds are faded into the grays of the bags under our eyes
And we can finally sleep tonight
Take the overdue rest that we’ve been promised
All this time
So take the night from the sky
And wrap it right around our shoulders as we walk home
And this is your goodbye
Please don’t befriend me cause I’m gone
Crowd around my bed, hope that I awake
Breathe, breathe at the top of your longs
Breathe for me, as I rest in piece
If waking ups a waste of time
I’ll stay asleep and not waste my time
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to let you down, again
Home
I used to write you songs every night
When we used to fight and scream all the time
Now I am done with this bitter act
If home is where you make it welcome me back
Do you remember when we didn’t talk anymore
As you sobbed and sobbed on my bedroom floor
And I don’t want to ruin this again
So come on darling hold up your head
You know I hate to see you in this kind of light
With yr eyes dryed up from staying out all night
And your pictures they fell down with the wallpaper
And notes I was so scowled for writing to her
And yr praying to the bottom of the bottle
And I’m praying you would come to see me soon
My mind was made up when I was in Chicago messin around
My mind was made up when I first met you
I hate you have to leave
Promise you wont go and forget me
My mind moves to fast for my heart to speak
So take with you everything in 15’s
Here We Go
Here we go again
Anther day comes as this last year came to an end
Here we go again
Your tongue in is cheek and your hand pressed in my hand
Cause I miss you
And you know that
We’re laying out cold on the fence
And you miss me
You never came back
Theres more to do when theres less to defend
All I do is to get back to you
Here we go again
Another bad decision made
Another night spent up from sleep
Another dream I didn’t dream
Of you laying here with me
Another day spent all alone
Another week to wish you back
Another love I never loved
For a love I never had
Obvious
I can pretend that I don’t know what you are doing
I can pretend I’m not alone what am I doing
You left me long ago I wake up to nothing
If I thought that love was worth it I’d hang onto something
She said “don’t be so obvious
There is no more us
Love left me”
But do you, do you miss me?
She said “I miss you every day
But if I said that, that would make you stay”