"Yelling At A Deaf Man"

I've been caught
Reaping what I've wrought
Walls are falling at my feet
Begin to see a different me

Can't see clearly
But I'm holding on so dearly
To the things I understand
Write myself out of the plan

I've fallen harder
Than I ever imagined

[chorus]
You've caught me
Now the two of us can see
This is further down the road
Than I thought I could go
You told me
Not sacrifice, but mercy
And yet I'm yelling at a deaf man
Yelling at a deaf man

He's been lost
Touching answers in the dark
Starting to believe it
Though he can't yet see it

Along comes me
Like a self-sustained disease
No, I'm not the one who saves
Putting people in their graves

I've fallen farther
Than I ever imagined

[chorus]
You caught me
Now the two of us can see
This is further down the road
Than I thought I could go
You told me
Not sacrifice, but mercy
And yet I'm yelling at a deaf man
I'm yelling at a deaf man

Have I
Really blown it all this time
Can I
Do much more to set it right
Have You
Heard the sightless souls who cry
Can You still breathe Your life
In the places that I've helped to die

I've been yelling at a deaf man
Yelling at a deaf man
Yelling at a deaf man
But it's not too late for Your hand

"The Artist"

Paint yourself as the hero
Paint yourself the queen
In your made-up world that you've designed
Where illusions reign supreme

Speaking your own language
Some dub irrationale
Then throw out words that cover all
It's time you took a bow

Because this show of pride is getting old
But when the curtain's down, the stage is cold

[chorus]
You make it look like an art
The way you write a different story
Than the truth laid right before me
Show your true face, then tear it all apart
You won't find the ending
When it's you that's left pretending

Paint a scene inside your mind
Then draw it out over time
Conclusions, conclusions, they're all just delusions
You've written line by line
Apologetic poetry
To settle your own mind

Demanding that I play your rules
But I'll save the stage you built for fools

[chorus]
You make it look like an art
The way you write a different story
Than the truth laid right before me
Show your true face, then tear it all apart
You won't find the ending
When it's you that's left pretending

Take your fake high road
That you cleared for yourself
Cut away the truth, and you won't need any help
Hurl your sweetened lies
From the safety of your land
But I won't go
Cause I know
There's no getting out alive
In your world of sinking sand

[chorus]
You make it look like an art
The way you write a different story
Than the truth laid right before me
Show your true face, then tear it all apart
But you won't find the ending
When it's you that's left pretending