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Whateveryouare
On the Radar
I used to be no one, now I’m on the radar • A shadow on the wall • Couldn’t recall my name • But something had to change • She used to walk right past • She used to stare right through • Wasn’t sure who I was with • But I just got the thing • She knows me, she give it me alright • She give me her that smile • I saw it in her eyes • She knows it, it’s a matter of time • She’s waiting for my line • And later her number will be mine
Whateveryouare
Why can’t you stand still? • You make your random walk til nothing can find you • Is it over that hill? • Or is it further still? • You’re blind when you run • Late for a party, you don’t know where it’s happening • They see you but you’ve gone • You get there and it’s done • All the time you try to catch their eye • They pass you by and youre nowhere • Every time you die you wonder why • Is it me, is it them, is it something • I haven’t done, I havent tried • Is it why I find you chasing flies, you grasp at skies • Everything, I can’t find you • Wherever you, whatever you are • You scratch and you pat • Perhaps you buried it, the wind took the marker • I’d laugh but its sad • Now where is it at? • Look at you run • Give the chase down the street, you’ve forgotten the reason • If fate had give you a gun • You’d have killed everyone • You put a rat inside a box • And let the walls of the box recede to infinity so it’ll never stop • Remove the walls and watch the rat recede further and further inside • Until it’s free, then it dies
My Doppelganger
It’s late, he’s out there in the street • Must keep an eye on him but he’s so discreet • He gets in and rearranges things • Not just the house but in my mind he’s been • Someone’s screwing around with • Taking things apart in my • Breaking things in half in me • Tearing up the dead wood • Burying the old blood • Someone’s screwing around with me• Can’t sleep, I’ve stayed awake for weeks • Have to protect myself from that smiling freak • I’ll smoke even though I don’t • The caffeine makes my body twitch and jolt • You and me right here, right now • You and me, doppelganger • Someone’s here at this midnight hour, man • Someone’s here and I’m not alone • He’s starting to look a little bit like me
Invisible Walls
You’re always off somewhere • Forever looking at something else • You’re not really listening • I can never get you to myself • If I could only distract you • I could break these invisible walls • I’m looking right at you • But tonight I’ll lose you behind closed doors • If I walked away • Never saw you again • Would I feel the same • If I heard your name • Would anything really change • I could almost touch you • But for two or three prospects in my way • They pour themselves on you • Though they didn’t know you yesterday • If I had something to say now • I guess I’d still keep it to myself • Save for a rainy day • When I can get you to myself • Won’t be long before I can go home
Are We Alone
Phone call, old friend • Invited out, excuses made • Plans for the night we can’t escape • Next time • And insulate or isolate ourselves • Shut out everything that’s not us • Door locked, handle tested, blinds drawn • Are we alone? • Curtains twitch, just checking, all clear • Are we alone? • Fire lit, wine poured • TV on, we snuggle up • Heart beating on your back • Arms wrapped tight around your waist • Warm and quiet, locked down • And we’re safe • Twigs snap, leaves rustle, something comes • Are we alone? • Monsters outside, switch off the lights • Are we alone now? Are we alone?
Nine Lives
About this dream that I had • I’ve said nothing at all • I was with another girl • While you cried in the hall • And it only got worse • Because she looked just like you • I couldn’t help but laugh • When you’re cracked, you’re so cute • And we’ve used our nine lives • And we’ve broke our good luck charms • Nothing can stop this now • Move along, move along • Recall that time we were at • That party back in ‘09 • The one at Tom and Anne’s house • It’s been preying on my mind • That guy who cut his own jeans • The one you thought was so swell • I think about him a lot • I think that you do as well • Suit yourself, but I’m going to get you • I’m going to get you nothing at all • Skip to 2020 • An older and calmer man • You’re doing well now I see • And I’m your biggest fan
Plato's Cave
I’m in a space, it’s out of place • I’ve got no frame of reference • I’m all cut up, communicide • Electric fingers spreading outside • They come back to my home • And flicker on my wall • The shadow’s dance of death • For the passing of old truth • We’re nailed down and can’t get out • Can’t look around and we don’t ask • We take our bread, our blue and red • Yellow and black direct to the head • The pictures on the wall • Are all I ever know • We take it as it comes • We need it to grow • I wanna see humvees blaze in the desert • People walking in lines to get lost • I wanna see airplanes falling in cirlces • I wanna see Jesus nailed to the cross • The message sent to represent • But what was meant? Anyone’s guess • A choice between what others have seen • But you and I only get the smokescreen • It’s fastfood for the brain • We don’t care anyway • The colour and the shape • Is all that makes our day • I wanna see marches face off the army • I wanna see windows shattered to dust • I wanna see upturned police cars on fire • Edges of progress turning to rust • We wait, we wait and then we wait • Again we wait for men to say • What we can know today • We watch but should be seen • We learn what they would teach • Nothing except this lie • Listen to man in sky • Nothing is true • Nothing discerned from anything • Though our lives will still unfurl • Your kiss could stop the world • We broke our hearts • From that to this
At the End of Another Road
When you feel like there’s nothing here • Like you’re going home and you go alone • Do you do as I do? and run • Get out the way • You don’t know where • It doesn’t say • To see what? Whatever’s there • Go home, however dark, however cold, however far • And if the light’s on and someone’s there • Don’t run, where would you go? • To the end of another road • Because I’ve been there • There’s nothing there • When you wake up do you want to hide • You could pass through walls at the speed of light • And you can’t find something to hold • Don’t go looking for gold • At the far end of another road • Because there’s nothing there
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