And the Lightning Strikes

You've seen the damage alive in my life.
You've cried right along with me while I've wept.

So even if I have trouble walking straight,
I hope you'll still walk by my side.
Taking each new step together.
Even if I can't see what's worth looking forward too,
I hope you encourage me to keep walking
Because where I've been is too bad to go back,
And where we are is not good enough.

It's a painful journey, this life we live.
We might not get a chance to make things right again.
So for now, let's just sit here with each other.
Let's forget the pain and the journey.
Put hope in my heart.
Love me anyway.

I want to hold you so tightly the pain goes away.

Metaphorically Speaking

It lays in pieces on the floor and everyday I step around the broken glass.
Barefoot, I taunt the shards. Cut me. Cut me.
Too afraid to scrape the bits into the trash, forever gone, it lays there.

Tomorrow I might manage.
Tomorrow I might let it go. Maybe then I'll walk without looking down.
But I know better than that.
Tomorrow will be just like today and it will still lay in pieces on the floor.
Too afraid to scrape the bits into the trash, it lays there.

It's a metaphor for what I want.
I want it to pick itself back up. Put itself back together again.
But it doesn't.
It lays in pieces on the floor and everyday I step around the broken glass.

Tomorrow I might manage.

Penny for Your Thoughts

What do you get when you toss a coin into a fountain?

Do you get whatever your heart most desires?
Do you feel instant peace rising from within you?
Do you understand more about the world around?


I tossed a coin once...

My heart desired, but didn't get its wish.
Peace rose from within and left my body.
I understand less about the world now then I ever have.

I tossed a coin once and now I have an empty pocket.

Do Not Fear

I'm stronger than I lead myself to believe.
I'm stronger than I lead myself to
I'm stronger than I lead myself
I'm stronger than I lead
I'm stronger than I
I'm stronger than
I'm stronger.

Social Institutions

when the weight of the world becomes a little heavier
from my average day to day
i try to look to others to help with my burdens.
but others can't help lift this heavy load
it's mine to bear.

Just Another Endless Night

this bottle is my only friend
it blurs the lines
keeping up this happy face
slowly ticks the time

you're there livin loud in the streets
while i'm in here alone
softly my lonely heart beats
now that you're gone

take another
make it last
use them all and forget the past

time keeps ticking and i can't wait
your voice to wake me from this dream
maybe i should leave it all to fate
perfect, or so it seemed

take another
make it last
use them all and forget the past

now i'll go
don't you worry
takin' my last breath
before you figure out you're sorry

change your story
cuz no one will believe you

take another
make it last
use them all and forget the past

take another
make it last
use them all and forget the past

i need to forget the past

Tie a Noose around the Old Oak Tree

You gave me a ride home, I gave you my heart
You gave me a smile and laughter followed, I gave you my body
You gave me a reason for waking, I gave you my spirit

You gave me an excuse, I gave you redemption
You gave me a lie, I gave you trust
You gave me nothing in the end while I gave my everything.


this time, I've got nothing to say.