Katydid

Why don't you tell me what's wrong, baby
I'll do all that I can.
And if it's about where we're headed, maybe
You've got the wrong man
Cos I can see for miles when the sun is up
But it's midnight and I can't see at all
It's so hard
And I can't think at all
It's so hard
And I don't think we're working out
If you ever've got the time, darling
Why don't you give me a call
I just want to say I'm so sorry
I never knew it all
It's alright
We're still stupid and we're young
Love is blind
It was words that really stung

So Ashamed

Look at this, darling, I’m so ashamed
I’ve broken the last of the old window panes
The world will hate us, but it’s not our fault
The country we live in’s been taken apart
Oh yesterday was a great day
It pulled me from the otherworld
Oh yesterday was a dark day
There’s nothing to be told
Sanity is a long ways away
Surrounded by their crooked ambling aims
I’m turning off my eyes to the world
In hope that the past will return

Fireflies

I don't think much will ever come of it
It's just that nothing ever does
We always go out with high expectations
And then the sun sets, and I start thinking, cos
The red and the yellow, and the black and the blue
It might sound kind of shallow, but colors, they're all I ever knew
The fireflies are coming out, the cicadas are quieting down
These summer nights are like walking through
A hiding place a child found
The amber glow of the windows as we pass by little homes
People talking in their living rooms
They must feel so very much alone
All these sterile rows of parchment houses and paper trees
I don't know if you'd suppose that when dawn hits everybody sees?
The red and the yellow, and the black and the blue
It might sound kind of shallow, but colors are all I ever knew

Night Will Come

I wake up everyday
To shed my dreams and go away
"I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep" again
Soon yeah night will come
And we’ll run right through those lonely streets
Soon yeah right we’ll be
Til there’s no one left to see
Despite their claims I’m well aware
Of how much you seem to care
‘Bout little things like compromise
Whispered carefully while you pry
So I won’t try it til it gets dark again
I'll just sit back and watch the webs you spin
Yeah we’ll fool each other tonight
And it won’t be out of spite anymore
Soon yeah night will come
And we’ll run right through those lonely streets
Soon yeah right we’ll be
Til there’s no one left to see

Lost The Fear

There are roads all around us with so much to say
They stretch out in back like today, today
I’m tired of looking to see where they lead
I’m gonna pick one just so I can see
But here comes the catch
To bring me back where I began
I’m never turning round again
Come on, throw the latch
Across the door and hold it tight
I’m never going back for anyone
There are paths all around us and so much has been said
The sky is listening; its face is getting red
My soles are wearing thin and all I ever knew
Was your pretty voice and now that’s vanished too
There’s no more wandering to be had round here
Yet thanks to boredom I’ve finally lost the fear
But here comes the catch
To bring me back where I began
I’m never turning round again
Come on, throw the latch
Across the door and hold it tight
I’m never going back for anyone

I'd Hate To Leave You

Look at this little town,
With the graveyards in the center,
With angels on the markers in the dark
And you understand what I
I mean when I say that I'm heartless just like flint
That never sparks
I'd hate to leave you
(I'd love to leave you for good)
I'd hate to leave you
(I'd love to leave you for good)
Look at the dense-lit sky
With people gathered outside
Waiting for the services that night
And afterwards they'll sing
Sing about the days that try our rights
Do they realize that everyone's to blame
And we sit back and act like we're ashamed
When really there's no end
To the ignorance to fend off
That puts them all against the rain

Sonnet

The warmth of summer is a knowing father
The lies I told you didn’t really matter anyway
The end is further than you said before
So we’ve got plenty in store for you yet
We’ll go to the devil’s tree
And tear it down to see what’s underneath
We’ll dive into the rabbit holes
To see those other worlds
We’ll ban all mirrors and calendars
So we won’t age
There’ll always be a place
Where we can wash away our sins
Oh, you look so pretty, and full of fear
So let’s make distance into a little game
We’ll go into the city and disappear
Nothing will ever be the same aside from our first names

Oh Quiet Night

The headlights of a car
Sweep the bedroom walls
The icing of the stars
Makes it seem like the world is ours
And we dissolve
Beneath the covers
While snow blankets everything
In forgiveness.
Tonight I have found
That honesty is the only way that's sound
And so I will proceed
To be only truthful in my deeds
Oh quiet night,
Why don't you stay forever
We can easily become friends,
You and I.

Sleepwalk

Just a little sleepwalk
Through your dreams
Is all I need
It would tell me
What I need to do
To win you
Just a little sleepwalk
Through your dreams
Is all I need
And it would leave me
And I would know who you are

Stay Awake

Just stay awake
Long enough
To see the crippled sky
Fade in to white
Don’t say a thing
Unless it means that
Everything will change
For the better
Can you stay awhile
Until the tide recedes from sight
And I can come back home from nine to five
Now there’s nothing left
Except for the empty house
We need to leave before
We’re swallowed up in time

Sunol

I went here when I was just
A tiny wisp of what I am
The owls are singing, I must
Sing along with them and find out
Where I began, where I began
My memory's kind of hazy, my Sunol
But I was young and you were old
You were filled with emptiness
Like lies were flames that turned to dust
You're an empty kiss that never satisfies
Loose lips sink ships, but I'll survive
I'll watch the East Bay disintegrate
You've never been given any time to appreciate
What you mean to me, Sunol
My memory's kind of hazy, my Sunol
But I was young and you were old
So why don't you tell me what you know?
Give me some direction, where should I go?

I Don’t Wanna Love

There’s only one thing left to do
And that’s to climb those stairs to the top floor
And see you with another
Go to the roof and look up at the late afternoon
It sets
Like a moth in the darkness
Til it hits the ground
Til it hits the ground
Cos I don’t wanna love you
I don’t wanna love you or anyone
I don’t wanna love
I don’t wanna love
“Let everything come to you
It’s all a matter of fate
And no matter what you do
I’ll be there to appreciate
And as the sky falls down
I’ll be over you
It’s not a matter of timing girl
It’s the gift to make things new"
What a beautiful lie