Friday, January 14, 2011

"Clarity"

Wake up
Look at the world outside these walls
No sound
In the crater surrounding you

Eyes wide
The subtleties sing beyond the window
Front door
And you could be miles away from here

[chorus]
And it all looks clear
And it all looks clear
And it all looks clear ahead (x2)

Start out
Searching for more than just a moment
Stay close
You could find meaning here tonight

Don't fight
Clarity comes with humble guidance
Branch out
And show the whole world without fear

[chorus]
And it all looks clear
And it all looks clear
And it all looks clear ahead (x2)

And we know it's no better
Holding life by just a thread
If you're not going to take it and mean it
You know you'd be better off dead
Look in the mirror and wonder
If the fire's still hiding in your head
Don't you worry about it
Don't you worry about it
Because it all looks clear ahead

Thursday, January 13, 2011

"Misfortune Tellers"

People look at you through their crystal balls
And tell your every move
Giving insight in spite of their blindness
Telling you what to choose

Step out of this self-fulfilling prophecy
It ain't the future, just a way to hold you down
When everyone's so set on what they think you're gonna be
Block out the useless sound

[chorus]
Our eyes can't see a thing
No, our eyes can't see a thing
But your hands can make
A difference, they can shape
Just who you are
And that's nothing they can tell you

People say that they see right through you
Know your every move
Before you thought or plotted any action
They're already predicting what you'll do

And don't it feel just like a cage
When you're puppetted by chains
The power of your choice constrained
And you're feeling the pain
Of never knowing who you are
Never knowing who you are

[chorus]
Our eyes can't see a thing
No, our eyes can't see a thing
But your hands can make
A difference, they can shape
Just who you are
And that's nothing they can tell you

So long since you've seen a trace of dawn
Caught under the current of people shouting what they want
Tell me who you're going to be
Tell me who you're going to be
Not in the lines they've drawn, but beyond what they can see
'Cause they can't see

[chorus]
Their eyes can't see a thing
No, their eyes can't see a thing
But your hands can make
A difference, they can shape
You have the power to change
And that's nothing they can tell you

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

"In The Waiting"

This catatonic state
This deconstructing plague
The stars are falling down
And leaving ashes on my face

The days are growing long
And the nights are getting old
Why did you have to leave me here
I'm feeling stranded in the cold

Wake up
There is work to be done here
Wake up
The rest has yet become clear

[chorus]
Don't you give yourself away
In the waiting, my love
In the waiting, my love
Don't you reattach the chains
In the waiting, my love

Neons lights and gold
The sparks, they fill the air
A convuluted dream becomes
Another gilded nightmare

Wake up
I thought you knew you don't belong here
Wake up
By the dawn you may just disappear

[chorus]
Don't give yourself away
In the waiting, my love
In the waiting, my love
I've made another way
In the waiting, my love
Just keep waitng, my love

Lay down the pain
There's glittered glass inside your veins
Restitch the seams
It's a long way out of nowhere
On the wings of unfulfilling dreams

Just keep waiting (just keep waiting)
Just keep waiting

'Cause in the waiting
You'll see the need for what's worth saving
To fly beyond the fallen pavement
Don't give it up, my love
Have patience

Saturday, January 8, 2011

"Fairytale"

Her eyes are glued to the pages
She lives in a world of lines and phrases
In a place where all her dreams are true
It's not reality, but it'll have to do

'Cause outside she's cried
Felt the pain of being lied to
Can't decide who she really is
Though she's tried to

[chorus]
Love is not a fairytale
It's a real life story
That you've been written in
You're living in it
Don't give up hope
When the tears start pouring
Don't put up your walls
There's a happy ending to it all

Her life's been torn into pieces
They bend and break her, folding the creases
Is there any other choice to make
But to leave it all and run away

To a place where she can get what she deserves
A place where she can love and not get hurt
A safe haven for all that she's craving
It's not a fantasy
Just not right now, you see

[chorus]
Love is not a fairytale
It's a real life story
That you've been written in
You're living in it
Don't give up hope
When the tears start pouring
Don't put up your walls
There's a happy ending to it all

You're alive and breathing
Can you feel your own heart beating
Stay right here
It won't always be so clear
Out in the light of day
But please don't hide away
You won't find anything there anyway

[chorus]
Your life is not a fairytale
It's a real life story
That you've been written in
You're living in it
Don't lose hope
When the tears start pouring
Don't put up your walls
There's a happy ending to it all

Thursday, January 6, 2011

"Ignite"

Burning
Out
Learning
To live without
The spark
That gave me life
In the dark
Beneath the knife

[chorus]
Feels like I'm doing fine
Far from the battlelines
Confined
Safe from the cold of night
I've lost the will to fight
Ignite
Ignite

Distant
From all I know
The instant
I let it go
Confusion
Is my own fault
Delusions
Still unresolved
Still undissolved

By your light (your light, your light)

[chorus]
Feels like I'm doing fine
Far from the battlelines
Confined
Safe from the cold of night
I've lost the will to fight
Ignite
Ignite

[bridge]
I need a fire from inside
To wake me up
Spark into flame
And give me life
Ignite

[chorus]

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

"Be My Anchor"

Fighting the tides again
Let them wash over
Limp on the shore again
My body pitched over

Call it what you will
The storms that I'm facin'
Catching the air and still
I've got no foundation

[chorus]
Be my anchor
Cause I know I don't want to drown
In this world of wind and waves
That try to toss me all around
Be my anchor
Cause I know that I get torn
Like the sails tied to a ship
When I go crashing through the storm

I'm all choked up again
Coughing up dirt and sand
Down that old road again
A path I never planned

Cleaving to my own breath
That's caught in my throat
Believing that my washed up life
May be my only hope

[chorus]
Be my anchor
'Cause I know I don't want to drown
In this world of wind and waves
That try to toss me all around
Be my anchor
'Cause I know that I get torn
Like the sails tied to a ship
When I go crashing through the storm

Watch me go down
The captain of my own life now
The hope I found
Seems so far away from me now
Send out a beam of light
Or clear direction, just as bright
I don't want to
No, I don't want to drown

Be my anchor
Be my anchor
Be my anchor

Monday, January 3, 2011

"Better Man"

I've been a better man before
And there are better days to see
I've made a mess of all I know
There's always more that I could be

[chorus]
I believe in a better man than me
In a man that I have yet to be
I believe there's a way out of defeat
'Cause I believe in a better man than me

I've been a better man before
But I still sway so easily
Sometimes you take time lying on the floor
To be sure there's more you want to be

Oh God, I know there's more in me

[chorus]
Cause I believe in a better man than me
In a brighter day I've yet to see
I believe I can look beyond defeat
I'll look ahead to a better man than me

[bridge]
'Cause I believe in a man
Who left the world with holes in his hands
Of all the things that I can't do, I know he can
So I believe
I believe in that better man

[chorus]
I believe in a better man than me
In a man who stands for more than I could be
I believe, I believe, I believe
That there's hope for who I am
Because I've seen a better man
Yeah, there's hope for who I am
Because I've seen a better man than me

Sunday, January 2, 2011

"I Can Tell The Future"

I can tell the future
Because the future's been told to me
Days ahead of chaos and desparity
But the future's not the end, you see
'Cause the clock itself will cease to be
And time will be no more

But before
There will be great light
At the end of a fight
That the world's been dying for

The end of war
And the end of night
Where we'll shine so bright
I have a glimpse of what's in store
'Cause You told me

So I can tell the future
Because the future's been told to me
Days ahead of chaos and desparity
But the future's not the end, you see
Though the clock hands try to wrestle me
'Cause I'll stand with You in victory
And time will be no more
And time will be no more
Time will be no more