My hands are trembling
And my eyes are on fire
This house is crumbling
Left brain, left out, on the wire

You make me happy
You magnify my better half
You make me certain
Though all I have today is your photograph

My past is perilous
But each scar I bear sings
Monuments to where I have been
And melodies to where I am going

When will I see you again?
Still-life can only go so far
I need you in front of me
Saying my name
Saying to me...
"I want you the way you are
You, the way you are"

You make me happy
You magnify my better half
You make me certain
Though all I have today is your photograph
You make me happy...

by Incubus (from Alive At Red Rocks)

This party is old and uninviting

Participants all in black and white

You enter in fullblown technicolor

Nothing is the same after tonight

If the world would fall apart

In a fiction worthy wind

I wouldn't change a thing

Now that you're here

Yeah, love is a verb here in my room

Here in my room, here in my room

You enter and close the door behind you

Now show me the world as seen from the stars

If only the lights would dim a little

I'm weary of eyes upon my scars

Pink tractor beam into your incision

Head spinning as free as dervishs' whirl

I came here expecting next to nothing

So thank you for being that kind of girl

That kind of girl...

I found a line and then it grew

I found myself still thinking of you

I felt so empty and now I'm fine

But still it's burning, when will you be mine?

Too much of the same stories in our lives

I think it's time for change, don't you?

Too much of the same stories in our lives

(I think it's time for us to walk away from here)

Stories in our lives, we keep them all inside

Look at me still in your mind

Our memories so intertwined

Well you broke through and found your way

And so did I no need to stay

The same old picture, tried and true

Been through there, let's look for something new

Too much of the same stories in our lives

I think it's time for change, don't you?

Too much of the same stories in our lives

(I think it's time for us to walk away from here)

Do you remember lying on the beach so late at night

Do you remember running through the sprinklers that night

Do you remember all the songs that I have wrote for you,

All the songs that I have wrote for you

(For you)

I remember, the way you made me feel when I was with you

I remember, the smile that always brought me back to you

That look in your eyes, I never thought that this could be untrue

Too much of the same stories in our lives

I think it's time for change, don't you?

Too much of the same stories in our lives

(I think it's time for us to walk away from here)

To get up and walk away

would be too easy
So stay and stand your ground,

just watch your mouth with me
On the back of every right

there's a wrong looming

So here you and I should tread as soft

 as these razor blades for boots will let be
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes
Have you ever tried to balance on that beam
And if you ever tried to step in my shoes
They'll never be quite as soft as they seem

(Thought) Unabashed honesty would be ideal
But a prophet did once say

that honesty is a lonely word
So where do we go from here... abandon ship now
My problem is you make me melt and I don't want to be frozen anymore

Have you ever tried to step in my shoes
Have you ever tried to balance on that beam
And if you ever tried to step in my shoes
They'll never be quite as soft as they seem

Have you ever...have you ever tried to
I have never...I have never tried to
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes
Have you ever tried to balance on that beam
And if you ever tried to step in my shoes
They'll never be quite as soft as they seem

No, You're not the first to fall apart
But always the first one to complain
You better get careful or you'll compromise everything you are

The world is a drought when out of love
Please come back to us
You're all of the above
I'm making a choice to be out of touch
Leave me be he said

Leave me here in my stark raving sick sad little world

I've never had unpaid confidantes
It's more than I would care to explain
But I have an open door policy when it comes to blame

The world is a joke when out of love
Please come back to us
You're all of the above
I'm making a choice to be out of touch
Leave me be he said

Leave me here in my stark raving sick sad little world

In my fantasy I'm a pantomime
I'll just move my hands and everyone sees what I mean
Words are too messy
And it's way past time
To end in my mouth

Paint my face white and tried
Reinvent the sea
One wave at a time
Speak without my voice and see the world by candlelight

I ain't afraid to let it out
I'm not afraid to take that fall
But I have found beyond all doubt
We say more by saying nothing at all

In my fantasy no such thing as time
Minutes bleed into days
Avant garde
Show me your heresies
And I'll show you mine
We only speak in pantomimes on this carpet ride

I ain't afraid to let it out
I'm not afraid to take that fall
But I have found beyond all doubt
We say more by saying nothing at all

In my fantasy you look good entwined
In my hair and skin and spit and sweat and spilled red wine
You're my deep secret
I'm your pantomime
I'll just move my hands
I promise you'll see what I mean

i can't lose anything
so what's left is mine
and I'll win this time

consolation day
i'll make up a way
i'll know now just what to say

when i'll get away from you
wait and I'll be begging

when i'll get away from you
i'll pull you down

i saw it all again
fading memory became clear to me
i try but I can't say
that I'm yours for good
support me you said you would

when i'll get away from you
wait and I'll be begging

when i'll get away from you
i'll pull you down

awake and dreaming
I'm only sleeping

Find me here
and speak to me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
you are the light
that's leading me
to the place
where I find peace again

You are the strength
that keeps me walking
you are the hope
that keeps me trusting
you are the life
to my soul
you are my purpose
you're everything

And how can I
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this

You calm the storms
and you give me rest
you hold me in your hands
you won't let me fall
you still my heart
and you take my breath away
would you take me in
take me deeper now

And how can I
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this

Cause you're all I want
you're all I need
you're everything
everything

And how can I
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this

Can you feel the tension in the air?

Assuring you once again I’m there

You break my trust, you break my heart... I break your fall.

So I lied, don't say you've done the same without a smile upon your face.

Cause once you've but tasted of this fruit that lay, a serpents swayed your ways.

Which brings me to my next thought, walk these roads as crooked as they be.

So I lied, and so we lie.

Can you feel the tension in the air?

Assuring you once again I’m there.

You break my trust, you break my heart... I break your fall.

So I lied, this time I face the sky without a smile, without a trace.

And I don't just see blue I choose to. with still no sign of you.

Which brings me to my next thought, don't be fooled by the cunning ways of the truth.

So I lied, and so we lie.

Weakened knees, belong to those who find it hard to believe, but so intrigued.

By the thought of someone, somehow, meeting their needs...

by the thought of someone, somewhere, meeting our needs.

Without tension in the air.

Assuring you once again I’m there.

You break my trust, you break my heart... I break your fall.

I will dig a hole
Save my pennies for a rainy day
I will dig a hole
Savin pennies for a rainy day
I'm not scared

I will build a wall
Sensing trouble from a mile away
I will build a wall
Saw it comin from a mile away
I'm not scared
 
Try wearin' your insides out
I don't even try, I know I have seen the best I'll have
I don't even try

I will just play dumb
I won't hear a single word that's said
I will bite my tongue
Never sing another song again
I'm not scared  

Try wearing my insides out
I don't even try, I know I have seen the best I'll have
I don't even try
Now they want to take my chances
I don't even try

Clouds are comin'
Air get's heavy
Looks like trouble on a rainy day
Sun starts sinking
Can't see my shadow
Looks like trouble on a rainy day
Holes uncovered
Walls will crumble
All spells trouble on a rainy day

Met my match today
Felt the blood rushing and mingling
A curious and enigmatic thing
Spiders in my dreams
Synchronicity weaves like a web
When you were meant to be a meal

I want you bad
I understand why they say high school never ends

Never act my age
You can tell by the lines in my smile
That I have been around for awhile
So, insecurities
Are about as useful as trying
To put the pin back in the grenade

I want you bad
I understand why they say high school never ends

This isn't coincidence
There's no such thing
This isn't, no

I want you bad
I understand why they say high school never ends…

Hotshot walking up and down the block
I like it how her mini-skirt keeps crawling up
She turns boys into toys winning all of their affection
She gives me such a shock, baby I am no exception
I always get too shy each time she gives me the eye
I got it bad but it's getting worse I can't deny...

She makes me,
Forget my name

Little Miss Evil got a way with people
She's got them under her thumb, wrapped around her finger
I get a shaky leg when she sees me staring at her
I don’t know what to do, baby I can only shiver

She makes me,
Forget my name

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna burn in hell with you
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna burn in hell with you
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna burn in hell

Hotshot walking up and down the block
I like it how her mini-skirt keeps crawling up
She turns boys into toys winning all of their affection
She gives me such a shock, baby I am no exception
I know a lot of girls but she’s one of a kind
I'm gonna burn in hell but not without her by my side

She makes me (yes she does)
Forget my name
She make me (yes I do)
Forget my name
She makes me, oh
Forget my name

They won't see
The fire you have lit inside of me
They look up to the stars
And wonder where you might be
They look up without realizing
That they're standing right there in the palm of your hand
I can't explain or understand
I just love you

It's common knowledge
That you've been dead for a while
It's well known that the cross is only a burden
With pains and trials
But then again how come my shoes are so light
How come I can walk for miles
And still just love you

So I think I'll stay
Caught up in a silent prayer
I believe in silence
Our hearts speak the same word
So why don't we just walk along
The shoreline with a silent song
Cause I believe in silence
Our hearts speak the same word

We have to prove
That our love is real over and over again
But let them think what they want
I know it will never end
Because I know where it began
And my heart still pounds twice as fast
Whenever you walk by
Cause I still love you

So I think I'll stay...

Up in the middle of Tokyo
I hit hydro
Whenever I let my mind go
It’s like psycho – suicidal
Baby love it when I cut it like an animal
Once again – it’s primetime – kamikaze
That policeman tried to rob me
That policeman is afraid of me
But, he will never take away my dignity

Someone take this glass away
I’m not myself again
I’m someone else again

Come on, here we go….
Shalala – here it comes again!
What a crazy life!

Up in the middle of Cali
In an alley
Makin’ love to the teenage lady
Ya can’t fade me
But don’t hate me
She look just like Marsha Brady
I kinda laugh when these girls try to play with me
I told my ex-girlfriend, stay away from me
I got a new girlfriend, and she’ll kick your *ss
I kinda wonder how long this kind of shit can last

Someone take this glass away
I’m not myself again
I’m someone else again

Just bring it….
Crazy….

Up in the middle of yo face
What a disgrace
You a trik-*ss-b*tch
How my d*ck taste – motherf*cker
No, aint nobody feelin’ you
And I aint goin’ back to prison over killin’ you
What?!

I’m the type o’ n*gga that’s built to last
You can f*ck my b*tch
I put my foot in your *ss
Still, I don’t giva f*ck
I just keep f*ckin’ and smokin’
I’m bruised not broken

Shalala…

Sometimes things just seem to fall apart
When you least expect them to
Sometimes you want to pack up and leave behind
All of them and all their smiles

I don't know
What to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things things will look brighter
Maybe, Maybe, Maybe

Sometimes people surprise you
And people surprise me
But I guess thats the price we pay
For wanting so badly

I don't know
What to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things things will look brighter
Maybe, Maybe, Maybe

Sometimes...Sometimes...Sometimes

This is my December this is my time of the year
This is my December this is all so clear

This is my December this is my snow covered home
This is my December this is me alone
And I
Just wish that i didnt feel like theres something i missed
Take back all the things i said to make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that i didnt feel like theres something i missed
Take back all the things i ever said
And I..
Give it all away just to have somwhere to go to
Give it all away to have someone to come home to

This is my December these are my snow covered trees
This is me pretending this is all i need
And I
Just wish that i didnt feel like theres something i missed
Take back the things i said to make you feel that
And I
Just wish that i didnt feel like theres something i missed
Take back all the things i ever said
And I
Give it all away to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away to have someone to come home to