"At The Close"

Life is a light
Growing dimmer over time
Until we close our eyes

And all these moments
We're trying to hold onto
Like evanescent fireflies

When we all end the same
We go the way we came
Right back into the unknown
And we call it home

And we insist
We all want to die
Like a hero, like a saint

But seldom think
Of the strokes that take us there
The pictures we all paint

When we all end the same
We go the way we came
Right back into the unknown
And we call it home

So where are you gonna fall
When it all ends
When you end it all
So where are you gonna fall
When it all ends
When you end it all
And there's not another slate
To wipe clean

When we all end the same
We go the way we came
Right back into the unknown
And we call it home

"Every Day, Everyone"

I see the beams from miles away
Another life that's taking place
Events, resentments and mistakes
Mistook for commonplace
And I see it every day

And I'm waiting for the light to come
For someone to acknowledge what I've done
Doesn't everyone?
Doesn't everyone?
So confused what I'll become
Holding tight till I go numb
Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?

So close, and yet so far away
Another lesson on display
That I have more than just a say
I can choose it every day
I can choose it every day

And I'm waiting for the light to come
For someone to acknowledge what I've done
Doesn't everyone?
Doesn't everyone?
So confused what I'll become
Holding tight till I go numb
Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?

Oh, I've got every excuse in the book
But I can't take one look
In the mirror and expose the problem
And I've got every reason to be
A bitter tragedy
But doesn't everyone?
Doesn't everyone?

"The Starting Line"

Airplane, flies by
Bright lights in the night sky
Flash red, flash white
Passing by my line of sight

Awake, tonight
Out here, no time
There's no streetlights
Only the faintest glow of life

Why does everything that make me feel alive
Keep me from really living
All the things that keep me up at night
Keeping me from sleeping
It's such a strange duality
That every breath is killing me
That everything I take I'm giving

Hiding, my eyes
Escape to my mind
I can't rewind
Go back, change time

But I can live
Like today's the starting line

Why does everything that make me feel alive
Keep me from really living
All the things that keep me up at night
Keeping me from sleeping
It's such a strange duality
That every breath is killing me
That everything I take I'm giving

"The Deepest"

A love I'd never known before
And haven't known since
That met me down the road
When I was at a distance

When I was at my darkest
You loved me the deepest
When I was at my darkest
You loved me the deepest

A love, unconditional
That hasn't been since
It met me down the road
When I met it with resistance

When all was at its darkest
You loved me the deepest
When all was at its darkest
You loved me the deepest

Now love only comes
With the least of persistence
When I take up a mask
When I'm dealing in opposites

And I've tried
Tried till it hurts
Tried giving it up
It only gets worse

I've asked for a hand
I've rejected the same
I've given the finger
Pointed the blame

Because I'm sick and tired
Of the prayers that lasted years
Of the actions carried out
When they didn't reach your ears

Yeah I'm sick and tired
Of trying to purchase love
Charming and haggling
When it still won't come

So what am I gonna say
On that day
When no one believes me
Will you take my case?
When my account only sounds
Like a list of complaints
When no one believes me
Will you take my case?

All of the world is telling me
That love is earned
If you want it, have to give it
All of the world is selling me
Love is earned
But I don't believe it, cause I've seen it

When I was at my darkest
You loved me the deepest
When I was at my darkest
You loved me the deepest

"You Be The Guide"

I can't deny
The journeys of my eyes
Where they have wandered
Along with my mind

I can't deny
That it always feels
Like a battle I'm losing
Like it's only uphill

Where will I draw the line this time
Will I walk it religiously or really decide
Oh, grace like a wave wash over these eyes
You be the guide

I can't deny
The kind words I've spoken
In exchange for a smile
That I've kept as a token

I can't deny
The empty, the shallow
The ruse of respect
It's leaving me hollow

But you fill me up
Somehow

Where will I draw the line this time
Will I walk it religiously or really decide
Oh, grace like a wave wash over these eyes
You be the guide
You be the guide
Wash over these eyes
You be the guide
I can't deny
I can't deny
You
You be the guide

"The Dawn Is Waiting"

It's no mistake
That you feel this way
Do you remember every
Step that paved the way?

You closed off your heart
And surrendered to dark
Now you're wondering
Where is the light?

Open your eyes and see it
It's waiting outside, it's all around
You're waiting, waiting to see it
Open your eyes, it's all around

Heavy, the days
How they weigh
When you're piling it on
The guilt and the shame

If it didn't burn
Then you'd never learn
But if you don't let it heal
It's all that you'll feel

Put the past where it belongs
Put the past where it belongs
And see the dawn
It's waiting

Open your eyes and see it
It's waiting outside, it's all around
You're waiting, waiting to see it
Open your eyes, it's all around

"Traffic"

Press your lips to mine
Or hold a finger to them
You can build a bridge or block the way
When all is moving forward
And all we are is stuck
There's something in the way

Why don't you say it
Make it real
And let it live
In the distance if just for a while
And recollect the miles
I won't let it
Let it steal
The hours from my day as I wait
In the traffic we create

Dashed and solid lines
Mark the pavement we pass
Are they guiding or dividing the way
For so many reasons
I want to cross them all
And try to find our own way

Why don't you say it
Make it real
And let it live
In the distance if just for a while
And recollect the miles
I won't let it
Let it steal
The hours from my day as I wait
In the traffic we create

The traffic's fine
If you are by my side
The traffic's fine
When you are by my side

"Doldrums"

There were warning signs
Two warring sides
Each with banners held high

With locked-on eyes
And fists at sides
Their lips concealing lies

The history is certain
The lines already drawn
We're only here a little
We're already gone

A peal of thunder
And it split the sky in two
And I wonder, who are you

The weight is pressing under
As the atmosphere is too
And I wonder, where are you
Where are you

The history is certain
The lines already drawn
We're only here a little
We're already gone

I can't
I can't keep living life
On both sides
I can't
I can't keep living lies
When it's black and white
It's black and white

"Demolition Man"

When nothing from your lips but negativity
A tunnel to your heart is where it's taking me
From the outside, the outside it is plain to see
I don't need to take that journey

Nothing to offer
To profit, to build up, to honor
Your words always send to the ground
You're tearing down

When loving looks like dust in all the air you breathe
Filth that hangs, but never adding anything
Sticks to me, sticks to me and it's clinging
Like a moth drawn to the light you're masquerading

Nothing to offer
To profit, to build up, to honor
Your words always send to the ground
You're tearing down

I don't care how nice it sounds
If it drowns love out
I don't care how nice it sounds
If it drowns love out
We all drown it out

Nothing to offer
To profit, to build up, to honor
Your words always send to the ground
You're tearing me down

"Synchronize"

Stop
Don't
Tell me that you hear me
That you're seeing clearly
Stop
You
Haven't seen the places
Walked the path of faces

That I
That I
Have had to climb

There's
No
Way to make you see it
You'd just have to believe it
I
Can't
Carry this alone now
Wait for you to show how

Can you enlighten
Can you enlighten me
You are dividing
You are dividing me
A little over time

Tell
Me
How to recognize it
Until we're synchronizing
The same
Voice
Commanding the crowd
Carry it now

Can you enlighten
Can you enlighten them
You are dividing
You are dividing them
I can see the lines
A little over time

"Why Can't I Fall Asleep?"

I close my eyes in vain
My blood is rushing
Like a river
I know you feel the same
Cheeks are blushing
You, the giver

Give me peace of mind

This arid insomnia
My dry eyes are searching for more
This barren insignia
Dead to me like the bones in the morgue

I really want to hear you
My ears are gilded
Rusted over
I want to be near you
Can you rebuild it
You, the rower

Lead me to the shore

This arid insomnia
My dry eyes are searching for more
This barren insignia
Dead to me like the bones in the morgue

And this is not the way I came
This is not the way I came

This arid insomnia
My dry eyes are searching for more
This barren insignia
Dead to me like the bones in the morgue
Dead to me like the words that I've stored

"Hot Air Balloon"

If it was for justice I would be dead
A world full of fire contained in my head
Burning parts of me alive
I always wanted to see survive
Booked a flight and took to the sky instead

But love, sweet love
It holds me down
Keeps my feet
From leaving ground
Love, sweet love
That holds me now
It keeps me

If I was your savior where would you land
Perhaps in the cracks dividing my hands
And there's the part I try to play
But even mountains get swept away
Reduced to dust trying to understand

But love, sweet love
It holds me down
Keeps my feet
From leaving ground
Love, sweet love
That holds me now
It keeps me
Sound

Yeah love, sweet love
It holds me down
Keeps my feet
From leaving ground
When I'm caught up
In a sea of clouds
It keeps me
It keeps me singing

"Wildfire"

All it takes is one voice
To change the world
A whisper in the crowd
Just waiting to be heard

All it takes is an idea
To set the course
And with love at the helm
It's a driving force

Going against the grain
Are you tired
Are you tired of being the same

This is my heart and desire
I want to see love erupt like a wildfire
I'm tired of all this hate
Fate that we've decided
I want to see love ignite it

All it takes is a decision
To right what's wrong
And knowing there are other options
Beside the present one

Going against the grain
Are you tired
Are you tired of feeling the same

This is my heart and desire
I want to see love erupt like a wildfire
I'm tired of all this hate
Fate that we've decided
I want to see love ignite it

This is your heart
This is your heart
This is your heart
This is yours