Directional:
View. A different view
I'm quite through
Think I'll go outside and
Run around 'till I fall down
But my feet are bound
But I look around me
Tall shadows whisper
What I used to be
I know. Hear it every day
I'd like to run a little further
I'll find my way

You. A different you
Direction's skewed
Your skills aren't
What they used to be
It's not the same
(but it's new terrain)
But it looks the same
When I was a boy
Getting lost was such a joy
I know. Hear it everyday
I have a compass
The map should show my way
Maybe I'll find what I'm looking for
Say, maybe I'll return
It'll be on my front door....

Clockwork:
A monster used to chase me
I used to jump from the top of my stairs
I used to sit in the rain on
The wet leaves
On top of the shed roof,
(if my mother knew)
The clock on the wall has a good time
With my time
The brainstorming rainstorm
Is on its way
The pale color of the door that's seen
Everything before
But just from only one side

No warning, History rears its ugly head
(stepped on its tale)
Still running from what I chase
The lesson learned has come so frail;
The clock has fallen and the
Cukoo's calling
And the blackbirds congregate
And shuffle their wings
I'm on the wire and they call me a liar
But this time I'm going to sing

Big words escapefakerapeescape
Just how I feel

My textureless history I store
In a textured bag
(it's painted real fine)
Your serious laughing, infectious clapping
Still a seat behind

Let's get to the root of the matter, I
Have no roots
No matter, I'll grow my own
Quitting is easier, time is greasier
Slipping from the metronome
Big words bad time
Yeahyeahyeah

One Day:
Weave through the tall grass
Jab me, let me know that I'm still alive
Last trip the boy will be taking
Everything from here is crazy
But I know one day I will
live and wonder
She will learn to walk all over again
They will gather once again and pretend

Did you think that one day it would
come to this?
Sitting in a stranger's chair
Staring at the white-washed walls
Waiting for the inspiration
The invitation to leave this place
Hoping there's a better space
To occupy my fall from grace

They will gather once again and hide
Over hear. Same as it ever was
I've never been through this before
Tell me I'm wrong and keep me here
Am I wrong? I am wrong

Keep me in the tall grass
Jab me, the one still sitting in the chair
First trip the boy is still taking
Run and hide but pretend
you're exploring

Weirdguyhaus:
Well, I was in the house
Planning my way out hello society,
Welcome me
I wore a name tag, it said
"Hello, My Name Is"
Do you like me?
let's scrape dead birds
From the ground
Let's strip and try to swim the sound
Let's steal from the lost and found
I've come unwound

And I try

Well, I was in the house
Planning my infatuation
I've got to try, (yeah, I'm the guy)
I'd like to like you. I just might go off
Do you like me?
We'll rip the wings off a fly
We'll go to church and tell a lie
Eat candy panties 'till we die
That's just not right

And I try. alone every day

Kettle:
I write, fingers cut, same blood as yours
Can't make it flow, but I know
A stunted way to grow and I scream
And the kettle screams, I'm so sick of it
And I want to go home (but I'm home)
I want to hear you feel it

Bad half of each of me
Hey, heard you downstairs
I want to catch you in the kitchen kissing
And holding hands when walking
And the kettle screams, I'm so tired of it
And I want to go home (but I'm home
And you should breath it
Say it like you mean it

Years together alone
Life together alone

Steal truly happy lives
Please last. Please try
I know they don't last
No I lie
I want pictures of you crow's-feet joyful
To hear you laugh across the house
Till it's painful
Then the kettle screams, you're so tired of it
And you want to go home, but your home
You want to hear you feel it
Say it like you mean it

Skeleton Man Dance:
Necessary food for the little ones
Can't create when I'm under these guns
Feed me lies I'll throw up all over you
Lies come true, Don't like what I do
Skeleton man sit in the corner
Skeleton man dance, that's an order
Lies come true
Thin just like you
Substantial meat to stick to my ribs
Where's my top hat and bag of tricks
I'll perform every stunt that I know
Familiar ground begins to show
Skeleton man sit in the corner
Skeleton man dance, that's an order
Lies come true
Thin just like you

Strain:
Tellmewnflwospwgrrmtirhzslqiato*&$%#@!

Paper Thin:
My attic is so full of life
Why won't they come and Play with me?
Bakcyard. Tree fort.
Want to let them in
But they're not my friends
Sometimes the ash grey mask will suit me fine
The moon is ignored only with the day
The sun is prettiest just before it goes away
Giants in a small world
Forever was just one day
Never really dawned on me
Such short-lived history
Everything I had never stayed
Now the house is so empty
Put me in the chest my ventriloquist
Sometimes living in want is not so bad
Best friend I ever had

Live Like You:
It's hard for me to think when I am cold
I'm learning what it's like for me to grow old
I wish I could live like you
Sleeping in my shoes
With so much left to do

Go ahead, tell me to free my mind
It's amazing what you can't do
When you don't try
I wish I could live like you
Sleeping in my shoes
With so much left to do

Uproot blow away
New shoot sun ray
Don't stay another day

Country Monkee:
It's been said:"keep your head"
My therapy is a wooden shed
Gave an inch and you took my yard
Now the mowing is twice as hard
I guess that's o.k. but next time
Just stay away
True, I'm selfish, they'll not bother me
Don't know where I keep my favorite tree
This is my day here
Ask when it's not so clear
Call me when the lines are down
I won't be around
Never took that second look
Find the trail that leads to the hollow nook
Double back
Back on track
Stack my apples in a weathered sack
I'll come across it if it crosses my mind
I'll come across it should I try to find

Keep the peace but end the race
No more starch and a lot more space
Tell me you're coming
That makes two
Run and hide
Away from you
Never knew your needs required
Constant I.V.
Never knew your needs required
Constant me
I'm not your food for thought
Can barely feed myself
What is lost can be regained
Just look high on the shelf
One one at a time and we roll along
Yeehayipyippy

Winter's Dream:
I just dreamed what it's like for
Me to be dead
My icy body sunk in a black lake
With the leaves swirling around me
The fall can leave such a bad
Sting in the water
My dream ended my life because
No one stays for the winter

All these dreams never really
Meant that much to me
Always brings a hand of security

My life was spared because
It was only a dream
Suffice it to say, the water
Was not as cold
As the vision is old
God, why can't things live when
It is freezing?
Ironic when I'm forced to my cave
When It's my favorite season
I don't want to freeze
Something is missing

Shellfish:
This has nothing to do with you
I know where I'm going Sunday
Windmill fish; I'll move
When the wind moves me
I'll make a roadway from the shells
(from my shells)
I'm shellfish and not ready for you
Because you're not ready for me
I'm not ready for me, ever feel that way?
Maybe the treasure will be full of people
And we'll share our lives one day

This has nothing to do with you
I'll walk blind if I want to
Maybe I'll take a trip where all I see
Is blue and white
Make a boat of paper and wax
Just enough to get there
(I won't want to return)

Discovered lots of clues but not the chest
Not the X. Still looking for the X

This has a lot to do with you
Here's the note I never wrote
Preoccupation has paid its price, but...
Believe me all of this has made me
Sick as well
I'm shellfish, I'm in the ocean
I can't hear you
I don't know what I know anymore
I'm not ready for me, ever feel that way?
Triangle that consumed us like
All those ships at sea

What price to be opened? I'm drowning I'm
Breathing I'm living I'm dying I'm frowning
I'm smiling I'm laughing I'm crying
I'm shouting I'm screaming I'm happy I'm
Dreaming my nightmares are leaving It's dark
And I'm tired the pain is receding I'm guilty
For happy the cloud will not catch me I'm
Falling again I can't let water in

I can't build a boat to return
(I guess I got what I asked for)
And I'll cry when I'm glad
Because it's not what I'm used to
Well, here's my blue and white
(not that different than when I started)
I don't know, I'm still young
We'll make pirate hats and rule the sea
I'm shellfish
Jellyfish point of view
I'm in the ocean I can't hear you
You've found the X, don't ever worry
Be happy
And we'll dream of a day
Much like today...

[Message edited by ebertfan92 on 07-30-2006]