"Distractions"

I hear you in the quiet I feel you in the pain I find you when I lose myself But I don't want to change I curse you in confusion And hide from you in shame I shift in discomfort When you call my name [chorus] I've got excuses I've got distractions They leave me blind I sit here useless Split into fractions To have it my own way But I'm losing time You break me out of bondage You rip apart the chains But I crawl back to emptiness So I can hold the reins It's easier to stay down Instead of climb the heights I'm happier, much happier Just living my own life [chorus] I've got excuses I've got distractions They leave me blind I sit here useless Split into fractions To have it my own way But I'm losing time If there's a way out Why am I not moving If there's a way out What am I doing? All the things that I desire Everything that I've acquired Do I count it all Do I count it all As loss [chorus] I've got excuses I've got distractions They keep me blind These things are useless They're all distractions And I can't run this race Until I've left them all behind

"Lonely Tower"

You stand, a lonely tower Below a clouded sky Tall and proud and fading Cracks running down the side We stand outside your walls Trying to get a glimpse inside But you'll protect your sanctuary Until the day you die [chorus] So much pain, I'm sure Feel the rain, on the stoney walls you build Rusting and distrusting Till the space inside is filled You shout, atop your tower To every corner that'll hear your cry But you speak in rhymes and riddles In cacophonous lullabies Falsities and fabrications You put honey over all your plagues Open up and feel the restoration In knowing we all fall the same [chorus] So much pain, I'm sure Feel the rain, on the stoney walls you build Rusting and distrusting Until the space inside is filled [instrumental] [chorus] So much pain, I'm sure Feel the rain, on the stoney walls you build Rusting and distrusting Till the space inside is filled You won't stand forever Though you barely stand at all You won't stand forever Who'll catch you when you fall?

"Free (All Or Nothing)"

A gift I once acquired Now blurry and obscured In my hands, or so I could understand But now I'm not so sure [chorus] Free, take it Free, take it And I will set you free Free Free To you I give my life As long as you give yours to me A love that dwells inside me That's shown itself on skin But if all I've known, is all a show Then what is left within? Filthy rags Stain these hands All along I thought I had a plan I don't understand [chorus] Free, take it Free, take it And I will set you free Free, take it Free, but wait it's Only yours to keep As long as you give all to me Have I been fed lies all my life I'm losing hope, I'm losing sight I stand here divided In the blurring lines You say you've made a way it's Just two paths of pavement One is wrong, the other's right I can't read the traffic signs [chorus] Free Am I free? Am I free to ask the questions Till I find out what I need Am I free Am I free To you it's all or nothing All or nothing Would you give me something Will you give me something?

"Sprout From the Pavement"

I didn't realize
That this is all there was
Cast aside, and though I tried
I can't help feeling this inside

I didn't realize
That this could hurt so bad
Severed ties and aching cries
From something that was never mine

Do I just need a little time?
Oh, give me just a little time

[chorus]
Not often that you find someone
Who makes you believe
The sun still hides in cloudy skies
Behind a wall of gray
So why is it I'm left behind
A traded memory
The sprout from out the pavement
Now won't even look my way

I overanalyze
Did I do something wrong
To make you go, I miss you so
For one who gave me so much hope

And though I knew you a short time
It hurts without you in my life
I need just a little time
Oh, give me just a little time

[chorus]
Not often that you find someone
Who makes you believe
The sun still hides in cloudy skies
Behind a wall of gray
So why is it I'm left behind
A traded memory
The sprout from out the pavement
Now won't even look my way

I know what you are to me
A light that shines so brilliantly
Not a word I left unsaid
Not a word I left unsaid
Feels like you're discarding me
And all I know is I don't want the
Light to leave me
Your light to leave me

[chorus]
Not often that you find someone
Who makes you believe
The sun still hides in cloudy skies
Behind a wall of gray
And you, that light that breaks through
But now won't shine on me
The sprout from out the pavement
Now won't even look my way
My sprout from out the pavement
Why won't you look my way?

"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

"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