Nothing Gold Can Stay

hit or miss

the needle on my record player
has been wearing thin.
this record has been playing
since the day you've been with him.

no more long rides home
no more of your station.
i didn't like it anyway...

remember the time we wrote our names upon the wall?
remember the time we realized thriller was our favorite song?

have i waited too long?
have i found that someone?
have i waited too long to see you...

maybe it's for the best.
maybe it's not for anything.
it wouldn't be so bad
to take this right from me.

how many times i've tried.
it's simple to you...so simple to lie.
blatant mistakes of your design. 

it never snows in florida

distance means nothing to me.
it only makes me want to see you longer.
my words just like a mentioned kiss
with every letter they are growing stronger.

days go by.
feelings, they go on.
unfortunately, without you
it will never snow in florida.

it's best to take your time
conversation cuts like glass.
i'm the calm before the storm.
i'm the second before the crash

i've been between myself for days.
i'm the hero of the year. 

3rd and long

pick up the pieces that i've left behind
i woke up today feeling older
and never so much better
i know i talk in circles.
i never wanted to avoid your conversation.

you see yourself in my eyes.
another day has passed us by.
the more time i spend,
the less i see of you.

i'll never take it back
your voice is like an angel
guiding over every move i make
i'll never want it back
the direction that you've gave me.
nothing can replace what i've gained.

time grabs me by the shoulders.
no one know how it feels to move over.
i know i'm still far from you
and it feels like i'm still far from home.

my name is a disappointment.
i only disappoint myself.
if only i could hold this moment
kept from everyone else. 

you've got a friend in pennsylvania

my heart is pumping
for one reason.
maybe it's my imagination,
but it's true.
it's all in your hands.
i no longer
have this on my shoulders.

oh no,
it must be something i said.
love is another word for regret.
you know,
it must be part of my plan.
it's never too late to understand.

and i
wanted it to be
something more than
just another run-around for me.
and even though...
i'm glad that i'm finally free.
all that's left for my life
is now up to me.

and i
walk around for days
and i
only see you in my dreams.

wait for me like i've waited for you. 

the blue stare

your eyes,
the blue stare surrounds me.
they only make you stronger still.

feeling this way
won't get you anywhere.

your hands,
they offer me to hold them.
lips kiss,
they trick me into showing them.
but sure i want to, still.

i'm loud,
as far as i can tell.
fast times, fast rides, fast cars
could take me down
to the direction,
the reflection that you bring.
i've bee scared too long
to show you how i feel. 

2's and 3's

i sat and stared at the sky.
i knew i'd find myself there again.
i wonder how else to cope with the air.
the air that brings me this luck.
i'm unlucky...that's just me.
seems what used to be has changed.

i feel it coming again,
i feel it coming with the wind.
i feel it coming again,
i feel it breaking with the waves.

and i know,
i won't feel it again if i just played along.
"stupid games are for stupid people"
and they end just like a song.
a song with no beginning.
a song that has no meaning.
just like this one... 

tell tale heart

don't tell me
what it's like to love someone.
a different song for a different girl.
and to think i might be wrong.

tell tale heart again.
words like these won't win
these words and hearts.
you would come over to talk,
we'd act like there is something to say...
i've learned that time can heal your wounds.
but the reminder of a scar will stay...

stay,
right here, right by me.
stay,
the flame has died,
down. 

that winter of '95

do you remember when we
used to talk on the phone for hours,
or just kill time by
counting stars before we went to sleep?

do you still think i'm funny?
do you...still think i am?
well, at least to one of us.

sometimes i get a little out of hand.
i've made so many friends, so many plans,
a million people and too much time
that i don't have.

the joke's on you...i don't understand myself. 

passing time

what a waste of a day.
such a waste of time.
i'd never admit to say
that the fault is mine.
i'm never too far away.
i'm never too close behind.
these songs are my way
to keep you in my mind.

too close is too far away from you.
you are the one and only sign.
why did it take so long, so long for me to come to?
all i needed was time.

too stubborn, too ignorant, too crazy about you.
i didn't know love was blind.
to say this world was made for us.
i never knew, i never tried.

how can we make it through today
without thinking about tomorrow?
one heart is enough to save.
sit back and watch it all go. 

broken sound

i wake up
something more than what i'm supposed to be
something more than i have meant to show.
how was i supposed to know
that i've wanted, and i've waited.

and i can be the one
to show you that life's not simple enough.
and i can be the one
to tell you i've held this back for too long.

and my heart aches...
these feelings i've held inside for you.
and my heart aches...
how can I stop the pain? 

never sometimes

well i never wanted
it to be this way with you.
so broken-hearted.
look at all the things
we've been through.
sometimes i,
sometimes i can catch up with your words.
you're hard to follow,
so hard to follow.

tragic,
to realize that you talk to much.
so tragic,
to realize that you're far too gone
to say you're wrong.
sometimes i,
sometimes i can catch up with your words.
you're hard to follow,
so hard to follow.

tie the rope around me once more.
i might bend, but i won't break.

take this timeout
to find yourself.
take this timeout to learn. 

the goodbye song

last year was one of our better years.
in a life full of separation
it's ok to second guess.
just as long as you remember she's gone...

in the bright of day
it might seem like the stars are gone.
they never leave,
they come back when the sun moves on.

it's over now.
you watched me as i turned around.
it's not why, but how
the light is on.
i'll come home now.

i feel it's been such a long time
since her eyes have met with mine.
i feel it's been such a long time
i'm glad you've made up your mind.
it's hurting me from the inside.
if i only had something to say.
maybe if i prove that i'm right.
will it still be safe to stay?