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1. Brand New Opposites

When the ink is dry
or at your death-bed
you can damn your poison words

It seems you have run out of regard
for moralistic ideals
Just turn your head
when confronted with the truth
and hope that your new life
is all that you wished for

Adjusted the definition of loss

Is it just coincidence that it fits so well here?
Restitution comes passing through
and it won't even walk through the first door

Face north and greet the cold that times your pulse
North, directionally outright, straightforward
Face north and greet the cold that times your pulse
North, truest of all points
Points, that you have failed to make

2. Meridian Summer

Saved by reputation of a boyhood
spent with something missing inside
Deny this as a reason,
a liberation and the ill effects

Write it down in a book of lost hopes
but on this page is me
running through setting fire to everything

Passed on a set of values
bastardized by anger
repressed and pushed aside
Pushed aside a generation
This demon seed has become a family trait

Write it down in a book of lost hopes
but on this page is me
running through setting fire to everything

It has been said before
face the cold that times your pulse
North, directionally outright
straightforward
Restitution passing through once more
Hope your new life is what you wished for

Victimized with restraint
passive is bitter to the taste

It has been said before
face the cold that times your pulse
North, directionally outright
straightforward
Restitution passing through once more
Hope your new life is what you wished for

3. Confessions Of A Lesser Known Saint

Down the path of resistance
I find myself stumbling
Through my wants and my failures
Weaker than the thrill
Temptations attack our loyalty
Both the idea and institution
An equation of emotion
Too thick for calculation
But in the solution 1 and 1 are 3

So when you see me pass me by
(crossed my fingers
wish that you won't notice)
Even red letter days still end with night
In sleep we remain hopeful

Pay back to February
And heavy eyelids see plots unfold
To movie endings
Searching a bed room ceiling
Finding subtleties, finding flaws
But never answers
For what you did or what you do
I know the past still stings
But deafened ears waste apologies

So when you see me pass me by
(crossed my fingers
wish that you won't notice)
Even red letter days still end
With night and dreams
To wake and find another
So go to sleep
Turn off your ringer
(just close your eyes)
Afraid of what is left to find out
Until the daylight drips
In our eyes in sleep
we'll remain hopeful

There is nothing left to say!!!

4. Off Parting Sound

Farther off the course,
it seems we are drifting
grab at anything just
to call ourselves back home
This sea is furious

She has lost patience and thus
we will sip now from our early graves
We built the craft and chose
the course farthest from suffering

Sleep now with proud hearts
and with dreams to wake
should we weather this day

Shall we brave against
the unknown obstacles set on our way
or give her up to where the winds may lead?
It seems the easy way

Moments from sinking
monument gray faces
are the weary from the strain
our wills give way to hunger
is the sacrifice too great?

As men do tired minds wander
Can our course now be changed?
My captain, we are taking on water

This ship has run aground
We have risked this shallow channel...
drowning off parting sound

The breath of Christ in me
with every toss of the waves
I've found that there is so much more to this
Comfort still gets in the way
Somehow, at the end of this
with every wind at my sail I'll touch ground
When my comes in..

"If only tired bones were made of wood"
we could say
"we could give up this endless task"

Despite the rising tide
the weather-worn ship
remains steady and upright

Set out in search of greater things
and we nearly lost our way

The breath of Christ in me
with every toss of the waves
I've found that there is so much more to this
Comfort still gets in the way
Somehow, at the end of this
with every wind at my sail I'll touch ground
When my comes in...

5. To My Last Breath

Summer with the lights out finds me
in my parent's basement
watching bedroom movies
Pictures and holidays hang in the hall
Guided by memory

Where we stand is where we'll jump from
It doesn't seem so far from finding common surface
and to still retreating hearts

Once choice turns two aside
A direction thought in common
A passing glance serving as a makeshift alter
Whispering, we confess

Where we stand is where we'll jump from
It doesn't seem so far from finding common surface
and to still retreating hearts
From the playground to my last breath
doesn't seem so far from finding common surface
and to still retreating hearts

Keep hoping for movie miracles
The windows are frames
and the scenes can change
I would have had to kiss you
at the drive-thru window
if they had their way

Where we stand is where we'll jump from
It doesn't seem so far from finding common surface
and to still retreating hearts
From the playground to my last breath
doesn't seem so far from finding common surface
and to still retreating hearts

6. Engine

Still sufficient in depending on you
depending on each other.
Engine noise whispering
through half asleep startled by
startled by headlights and loose
startled by loss pavement

As Illinois goes rushing by
I'm too tired to even try
Where will the sun come up
where will the sun come up for us today?
Turning bad days into better nights
Waving smoke out the window
catch my hand against the background of night
Dragging fingertips through constellations
When we make the last turn
when we make the last turn for home
we know half the battle is through

Still sufficient in depending on you
depending on each other
Engine noise whispering through

7. Vicki...Is This A Compromise?

It begins with a process of denying anything
that happens to you is your fault
Place blame, blame on anyone but you
Turn a blind eye as if consequence
somehow escapes you

Let your guard down for just one time in your life
would you let sincerity move you?
How does it feel trying not to drown
swimming a sea of regret
with your past bearing down upon you?

Selfish in nature, given into impulse
I've lost so much from hurting others for my gain
No way to justify, no more excuse
Begging forgiveness is a custom
I've embraced for too long

Let your guard down for just one time in your life
would you let sincerity move you?
How does it feel trying not to drown
swimming a sea of regret
with your past bearing down upon you?

Begging forgiveness from lips
that hold hatred for me
Slip a small blade between tissue and frame
Keep this as my first souvenir of your trust
Shameless damage of the skin and bone
No recourse
Wounds of character are what is killing me

Let your guard down for just one time in your life
would you let sincerity move you?
How does it feel trying not to drown
swimming a sea of regret
with your past bearing down upon you?

8. Binder

Find myself thumbing through pages...
When reason sleeps
our minds will change

9. Calendar Year

Remember our worlds much younger
focused on the goal and not the risks
More years go by and the less we notice
living in fear of any consequence
What is compromised?
Settling for security
"It could be worse" as life's philosophy means
that nothing will be any better
Trading ambition and our own confidence

I will not be measured by days
Bound for nothing
I will decide my own fate
Our expectations match the sky
but our reservations block the light
Here it comes again

First to the punch
they will decide limitations by which to abide
Define achievements by whose standards
No fear of living beyond the lines
A revolution against apathy
I will decide what progress means to me
These rules that bind me
I will change...ignite this spark into a flame

I will not be measured by days
Bound for nothing
I will decide my own fate
Our expectations match the sky
but our reservations block the light
These days excitement comes in turns
when apprehension lets me slide
Here it comes again....

10. Matches Under Bridges

Bite my lip for asking the question
"Which one of you will take up our cause?"
Selfishness bonds us like blood
Now suffer through arrows and slings.
My success is measured
by how much you and yours will gain
My pleasure, your pleasure
Rewards seem that they are yours to take

Can't you see this part of me
is something that I share with you
but this greed for what I love...
This is nothing if it's not for you

Promise me, don't fail me
When hands are tied and my eyes are closed
your faith is my resource
Does being brainwashed make it true?
What changes have you made
to show me that you know how I feel?
I'm not asking for thank you's
just asking for civility

Can't you see this part of me
is something that I share with you
but this greed for what I love...
This is nothing if it's not for you

Don't fail me when hands are tied and eyes are closed
Your faith can steady my stride when weak legs fail
You say this all comes in time but this time is wrong
If all of this is nothing then I'm content with
nothing







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