All the love and pain and frustration
That have wasted so much of my ink
Now rest in the greasy suds
In the bottom of my kitchen sink
God's Answering Machine 05/04
So desperate to be taken seriously, I forgot how to laugh
Wanting bad to speak so brilliantly, I forgot how to talk about the weather
Never sure if I'm easy to forget, but I bet most of them try
So much depends on how we first met, whether I fell apart or help it all together
Hi God, I got your answering machine again
It'd be nice if you'd call back every now and then
I'm beginning to wonder if we're even friends
Or if you're just another long lost buddy from way back when
So talented at procrastination, I can put off putting off
Naive concern for this great nation, why can't you just come down here for the day?
Never sure of who is on my side, or of what side I'm on
So many things to which I can't abide, why's it been so long since you had something good to say?
Hi God, I got your answering machine again
I was wondering if you'd tip me off just before the end
There's a few people I'd like to offend
I try to be a good person, but its so hard to pretend
Edge of the World 06/04
I'm sitting on the edge of the world
Waiting for it all to unfurl
Looking out and feeling like I just dont fit
That may sound sad to you
But if you saw things the way that I do
You know there's no better place to sit
Than on the edge of the world
Maybe I Should 05/03
Maybe I should shut up, maybe I should scream
Maybe I should pinch myself and hope that it was all a dream
Maybe I should run, maybe I should hide
Its not any fun living life on the outside
Another year I've betrayed, but that's OK, at least I'm living
Another person walked away, but it taught me to be forgiving
I only hope you're here to stay, I only hope you're here to stay
Maybe I should trust, maybe I should just accept
But to be betrayed by lust is something I've come to expect
Maybe I should quit, maybe just nod and smile
Maybe I should sit and ponder this for awhile
Another year I've betrayed, but that's OK, at least I'm living
Another person walked away, but it taught me to be forgiving
I only hope you're here to stay, I only hope you're here to stay
Celeste 08/03
Pacing, tracing your face with my finger
Wallowing, following these thoughts in my head
Waiting, hating the way that they linger
Crying, trying to say what needs to be said
Writing, lighting another cigarette
Drinking, thinking of who you could've been
Bleeding, pleading for a miracle yet
Healing, feeling its all so mean
I dont know what went wrong, and its all I can do
To give you my heart in this song, and hope it reaches you
