Right Beside

i thought that i'd be above it all
and you told me you knew the way
i'd never learned how to feel like that
separate from all of my pain

my back broke your fall
and ended it all

i looked down for an end to it
and you, right beside, looked away
from skin black and blue, that i got from you
and still wear today

with eyes open wide
you let the dream die

right beside
and you live
and i die

i tried to pull myself through
betrayed by my faith in you
pushed into what's left to be
you're all that's left of me


Open Wide

hello, can you hear me?
don't turn away
i really have something to say

you don't have to tell me
i know that i've been hiding behind this facade
but everything hurts beyond

just a few words here and then you can go
i just thought you might wanna know

that while i've been hiding,
been thinking of you
and nursing a heart black and blue
and i wanna give it to you

if you could see it, you'd run and hide
if you could feel it, you'd want to die
i'm open wide

hello, are you listening?
is it coming clear?
can anything make you care?

well, maybe i'm not what you think i could be
but maybe i hide that too
my power over you

if you could see it, you'd run and hide
if you could feel it, you'd want to die
i'm open wide

i don't know what else to do
fall on my back into you
is there a way you could see what this could all mean to me?


One and All

i know what i need and i can't give you what you want
if you want anything at all, then what i give will have to do

i know i'm the air you breathe
i know you live life through me
but is that living after all?

i've been away for far too long to recall what it's like to live
until there's only love without, there can be no peace within

please wash it all away
nothing has really changed
and i'm not the first to feel this way

if you don't understand now, you probably never will
but take a look around

they've killed our prophets once again!
before the story had been told
as i wait here for the end, am i really all alone?

if you don't understand now, you probably never will
but take a look around

they've killed our prophets once again!
before the story had been told
as i wait here for the end, am i really all alone?

hold me now, i'm falling, falling
only isolation calling
how can i feel like i did, when you are not the same?

is there anyone alive?
can't you all see what's been done?
did anybody hear them say that we're lost in yesterdays?


Resin

sleeping through the changing seasons
wandering in a daze
nothing's clear today

been held under by my reason
what did i once say?
nothing's clear today

when will i see your face?
open my eyes!!
what can be dealt within
if it's all a dream?

boundless visions
endless sorrow
long for the unseen
why the mystery?

climbing up and falling down and throwing it away
nothing's clear today

when will the resin break?
open my eyes!!
what can be dealt within
if it's all a dream?

useless definition lost
unable to weigh the cost
eagerly i go astray from every sign that points the way

as i try to recall who i am
understand where i have been
staring out to greet the truth
nothing's ever gonna break on through


Nothing Left

don't try to save me if you can
'cause i will only fall again

i know this don't have to be the last
but so many in the past

so lay me softly, say goodbye, and walk away

in this fossil that you see
is all that i could never be

i gave my entire life away before it was even mine
now i have nothing left inside to call my own

through the darkness i can see the fading shades of rage in me
anger soothed the tortured brain
nothing left to feel but pain


Red Longing

what would it mean if i was there?
would you welcome the fear?

how does it feel under the spell?
are you happy in hell?

isn't it real?
can you deny you won't be home for a while?

is it raining?
i'm dancing 'round 'neath the tears falling down
guess the sun is crying for another star

in the mirror, do you see an image that's cut from somewhere else
and pasted where you are?

in or outside
nowhere to hide from what's calling your name

left with no choice
you and the voice are one and the same

is it raining?
i'm dancing 'round 'neath the tears falling down
guess the sun is crying for another star

in the mirror, do you see an image that's cut from somewhere else
and pasted where you are?


Eventide

left on a high
spun 'round and 'round
came down and chased the kids away

lost in the low
opened your eyes
you saw it all was all you saw

count every step across the fire
in case you see the other side
we're only here within the past
enchanted by the eventide

so know you've lost that ancient stare
now your eyes won't watch your back
the vision offers no reply

and all the children have their dreams
you are left from them it seems
the evening pulls you from both sides

count every step across the fire
in case you see the other side
we're only here within the past
enchanted by the eventide

if you can feel the turning tide             up and down
you left your body long ago                  and 'round and 'round
                                             a broken wave
                                             was all you found

when you believe you're well upon your way   back and forth
the tide is pulling down, you know           and side to side
                                             enchanted by the eventide


Seven Years

i hear you call,
hear you call across the gray

and see it far,
see your face so far away

am i supposed to deny myself the pain
and pretend i've not been wronged?
and if i don't, and i bury it within
next to the anger that burns inside of me?

i hear you call,
hear you calling out for help

and see you fall,
see you falling to your knees

here comes the rain again to foster my disguise
and wash away the blood and tears
to lift my veil and then look you in the eyes
will only serve to reassure my darkest fears

i see you hide,
see you hide behind a grave
and see you lie,
see you lying in the grave

and even when i cannot see your face, the feeling doesn't change
how did i let you fall away, and leave me here this way?

and i feel it coming through, but i'm holding onto you
and i know it's slipping by, 'cause i see it in your eyes

and i feel it coming through, but i'm holding onto you
as you slowly disappear, and i face an empty mirror




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