Fireweed

After all the flames
In the morning
Quiet ashes fell
For hours and hours
And in the morning rise
We planted our skin
Like a seed in the ground

So we dug ourselves a hole
We planted all our skin
Like a seed in the ground
To grow again

Where the fireweeds grow
Where the fireweeds grow
Where the fireweeds grow
 

Tracy's Waters

Oh I got a feeling
And it's shaking in me now
I don't know the reason why

Oh I got a feeling
And it's burning in me bright
Burns me a hole straight through all of my heart

So I went down to the riverside
And I lay down there for hours

And I jumped into the rivers hands
As it washed away our hearts

And it shines so bright
And helps me to measure when there ain't any light
And it shines so bright
And helps me to measure when there ain't any light

Beijing

Woke up in Beijing
And someone else's arms in me

Through someone else's life
That I'm not sure belongs to me

It was the sound of a city
Speaks to me
It was the sound of a city
Sang me a song
For the lonely moments

Through someone else's eyes
Strangers they don't look like mine
Through someone else's words
Just to take a break from mine

It was the sound of a city
Speaks to me
It was the sound of a city
Sang me a song
For the lonely moments
 

Wooden Arms

I wish I'd be in your wooden arms
That swallowed me into a thousand dreams
And help me close my woolen eyes
That weep just like a willow tree

I wish it would be in black and white
But at least i will sleep in your wooden arms tonight
In your wooden arms
 

Traveling Salesman

Deep
Deep in the tallest glass
A man lost its way
69 chardonnay

Sitting beside
There lays a traveling man
He fell from the skies
Selling some peace of mind

A man
Swimming with sharks in his glass
Can't find his way
Confessed to the empty space

The traveling salesman
Fills in the gaps
Sells him the tools
To measure into the dark
Ain't he divine
Selling the distance between us and the sky
Selling the distance between us and the sky

Ain't he divine
 

Big Bird in a Small Cage

There was a house halfway 'round the world
And I was invited in for a small taste of gin

There was a hallway a thousand birds long
But the biggest one of all was in a cage too small

I asked the caretaker ‘cuz he was their maker
He looked at me and laughed took another sip from his glass

He said ‘open up your ears and hearts
You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song’

That we all love to sing along
To the sound of the bird that mourns

Well we rolled into town and the sweet New Orleans
To the Apple Barrel bar it was a hole in the wall
The ceiling weren't tall and the floors filled with grime
But the sound that you would make would just warm their hearts

Well it was quarter to 12 and the boys walked in
They got their black suits on and the songs would begin
You open up your ears and hearts
You put a big bird in a small cage and it’ll sing you a song

That we all love to sing along
To the sound of the bird that mourns
You put a big bird in a small cage and it will sing you a song

Man Like You

I knew a boy that was swallowed by the sky
By the flashing lights

I knew a man that got lost in the big dark blue
And came out alive

I knew a boy I knew a man that looked a lot like you

I knew a time you could stand still beside
Never rushing by

I knew a place you can go for your head to explode
Into peace of mind

I knew a time I knew a place that felt a lot like you
I knew a boy I knew a man who looked a lot like you
Just like you

I knew a friend that would hold on to the flames
Keep them from burning you

I knew a smile like that could see through all of the stones
That the world had thrown

I knew a smile I knew a friend who looked a lot like you
I knew a boy I knew a man who looked a lot like you
 

Where the Wild Things Are

Life sings a heavy song
I put my wolf suit on
And I howl all all the night
I run around and lose lose my mind
To where the wild things are
I go where the wild things are

I take a boat all year long
And there's monsters that are chasing me all day long
But I ain't afraid of where the wild things are
I go to where the wild things are
There I'll be king of them all
Where the wild things are
 

Machinery of the Heavens

Gotta keep on waiting for the morning hours
Watch them running by to where they’re going

Cuz when you're upside down those nuts and bolts feel awfully strange
Are crowds of moments feeling all the same

Are you tired in the morning do you shout out loud
Gotta keep on running when you're down
Gotta get out

Gotta keep away from all those empty hands
That suck up all your love and all your cares

Best to trade it all in for those old dancing shoes
And get rid all the weight that has been holding you down
Keep your toes from tapping on the ground

We didn't know to go from here
No we didn't know to go from here
No we didn't know to go from here
Cuz it all felt wrong
So we best be moving on
You better get out

In a crowd of people looking for a spark to catch
To put back in our mouths to set a flame

Cuz I didn't know what to say to you
No I didn't know what to say to you
No I didn't know what to say to you
I was just about to pack it in

But then I heard the news you that’d be here soon
And I sang ah ah ah
You brought it back to me
You gave it back to me

Close to Paradise

Were getting close to paradise every moment of the day
 
Yes now were getting closer and closer
 But not close enough
Were getting closer and closer
 But not close enough


Wake in the mourning the sunshine burns
Cause you’re far from what you thought you were
Your walking faster and faster but the days they an’t slowing down
Don’t you wish you could be there right now

 
 Yes now were getting closer and closer
 But not close enough
Were getting closer and closer
 But not close enough
 To paradise were promised there
 To paradise were promised there

Hey lovely people down there let’s fill that hole up in the sky
Don’t be afraid to care I’m sure you’ll find yourself there
Hey lovely people down there let’s fill that hole up in the sky
Don’t be afraid to care I’m sure you’ll find yourself there

I’m sure you’ll find yourself there
When you’re down hold on hold on
I’m sure find yourself there
When your down hold on hold on
I’m sure find yourself there
Close close to paradise

Slip Into Your Skin

Slip into your skin and spend the night
Get outta mine
Walking in streets at dark
Where the lamps are the sunshine
For the trees
Oh for the trees

‘Cause everybody needs somebody
To hold on
Oh everybody needs somebody
To hold on
When you’re feet are leaving the groud
Leaving the ground
Leaving the ground
Leaving the ground

Be the blanket for my bones
Be a place that I call home
Slipped into your skin and spent the night
‘Cause I feel like a different man
I feel it when I’m with you
When I’m with you
When I’m with you
When I’m with you

Giver

Where talking’s like walking on broken glass

No need to threat I’m in the same hands as you

One of these days I’m gonna meet my matchmaker too

Weight of the World

I got my feet knocked off the ground
I got my head knocked off my feet
I tried to swallow all of the world
And now I’ve gotten in a little too deep

And now I’m falling towards the sky
I don’t know how and I don’t know why
But I got the weight of all the world
I better not let go of the rope

Oh what am I suppose to do?
Am I suppose to let go of all of you
Am I suppose to fall back to the sky
or keep on rising for a while
and she said
ohhhhhhhhh
ohhhhhhhh
ohhh ooooooooooooo
oohh ohhhhhh


I think im falling down
Right back to the very ground
I couldn’t hold it anymore
I think that’s what I was asking for

I think this might just hurt
Oh I don’t see how I can change my hurt
I was carrying the weight of all the world
I think I’ll get what I deserve

I got my feet knocked off the ground
I got my head knocked of my feet
I tried to swallow all of the world
And I think I got in a litlle too deep

I think you know where I have to go
I think you know what I deserve
Here comes the weight of all the world
and its coming straight for me

The Storm

Found himself onto the road
The dust up to his nose
Put that anchor down
To find a place where he could go
‘Cause he was looking for the shelter from the storm
He was looking for a place that you could call your own
Kept on now walking past the signs you used to see
Kept on getting used to dropping anchor in the sea
‘Cause you’re looking for the shelter from the storm
Looks like news that storm is coming closer every day

(Chorus) Oooooooooooooooooooo

Found himself  into a town
The roads where paved with gold
(chorus) All the roads where paved with gold
Eyes wide open shutters closed
(chorus) Eyes wide open shutters closed
Just waiting for my time to know
(chorus) Quarter to twelve it’s time to go
The sun was hiding underground
The rain was falling upside down
(chorus) And the clouds were turning red like flames
Oh ‘Cause I’m looking for the shelter from the storm
‘Cause she’s getting closer every day

(Chorus) Oooooooooooooooooooo

The storm is getting closer every day (bis)
Every day
 

Luscious Life

Sweet old luscious life
Celebrate your dreams
When you are awake
Doesn’t it taste so sweet
Like it’s growing on all growing the trees
Whou ou  haaaaa
Growing on the trees

When you picked me up off the ground
I’ll slowly turn you from a frown
Sweet old luscious life
Hahahaaaa
My seet old, my sweet old…
Luscious life!

You taste so sweet
When you are free
My sweet old luscious life
You taste so sweet to me

Hold time no need for a moment of the day
I celebrate
I need, I need you today

What’s a minute of the day
To celebrate
To let it be
To feel so free

In the sweet luscious life
For a minute of the day
You turn so sweet
You taste so sweet
Oh you taste so sweet
When you are so free

Drifters

We are drifting away
Farther everyday
Soon will have nothing to say   
Will be too far away

Too far away
From where we started today
Will be too far away
Cause we are drifting farther every day

But I will remember
Even if iam drifting far awau
But I will remember
Even if I fading all away

I dipped my hands into the sea
I pulled the ocean over me
And as the tides swallowed all the shore
I couldn’t find you anymore

were the great drifters
were the great drifters
we are drifting away
we are drifting away

Man Under the Sea

I was hiding underneath the sea
I was looking there for me
To be a better man
To be a better man
I was hiding underneath the sea
I was looking there for me
Just me the fish and the sea
Just me the fish and the sea
Oh cause the music was so much louder there
Ohhh ohhhh ohhhh oohhhh
Ohhhhh ahha ahhhha hahhaha

Just me the fish and the sea
Just me the fish and the sea
Hiding from all your apathy

I was born a noise machine
Made of steel I was born to peal
Just gather round all our family round
And scream a noise and leave the ground
I was so happy there under, under the sea

Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea
Under the sea

The Great Escape

Bad day looking for a way home
Looking for the great escape
Gets in a car and drives away far from all the things that we are
Puts on a smile and breaths it in and breaths it out
And he says bye bye
Bye to all of the noise
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do do
Hey child things are looking down
That’s ok you don’t need to win anyways
Don’t be afraid just eat up all the grey
Don’t let yourself fall down


Singing
Do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do do


Bye bye bye to all of the noise
Bye bye bye to all of the noise
Bye bye bye to all of the noise

Bad days looking for a way back home
Bad day looking for the great escape
Bad day looking to get rid of the noise
Bad day looking for his way back home

Sleeping Beauty

She walks beneath the skylines of
 High-rise plasticize

He talks and looks for all the signs
Of Broken dreams
In this new machine

He chews her apple down to the core
Stopping just before
Thinking of sleeping beauty

She spews her venom to the floor
And opens up the door
 Thinking plastics duties

Thinking of sleeping beauty chains
To her plastic duties

Thinking of sleeping beauty chains
 To her plastic duties

Thinking of plastic duty
She my sleeping beauty

Bright Shiny Lights

Oh those bright shinny lights
There shinning so bright
Casting a shadow
On all the simple things you used to own
Casting a shadow
On all the simple things you used to own

Oh those bright shinny lights
There shining so bright
Blinding the simple man
Oh what a sorrowful sight
Blinding the simple man
Oh what a sorrowful sight

Oh those bright shinny lights
There shinning so bright
There casting a shadow
Oh what a sorrowful sight
There casting a shadow
On all the simple things we used to own
There casting a shadow
Oh what a sorrowful sight