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I See How It Is
02:32
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Didn’t have to think twice
Came down to not second guessing those hunches
Came to know when it’s right
Though I admit I have had all my moments
Never giving it up
Made a pact with the one counterpart to my life
It’s difficult to describe
It’s getting easier now
A certain love
Between us
I get it now
I see how it is
Didn’t have to think twice
All the sudden colors looking more brilliant
Never more sure this is right
Then is then
Now is now
Abundance more than enough
It’s difficult to describe
It’s gotten easier now
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Sense Of Humor
03:15
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I can’t explain it to them
Don’t know what they’re gonna say
And so I shudder to think
When the feedback comes to ring
Try not to panic just yet
It’s all part of the routine
Still feels demented no less
What could they want with me
I’ve had a taste of my own medicine
Not always a treat
Though I’ve been working on more than myself
I’ll be the first one to tell you that
I’ll never be replaced
I know it in my heart
It’s got to be this strange
Evident from the start
Everything is absurd
Best just to laugh it off
Although a grain of salt
May not be quite enough anymore
It’s still romantic to me
In a certain kind of way
Will go down nevertheless
As the darkest comedy
And I’ve been trying to convince myself
Twilight of a dream
Here comes shining from the brighter side
Now I think it’s finally sinking in
Don’t ever lose your
Sense of humor
Won’t be replaced
I know it in my heart
It’s got to be this strange
Evident from the start
It’s best just laughing it off
Because everything is absurd
Although one grain of salt
May not be quite enough anymore
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Blame
03:09
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Mentally can’t wrap my head around it
Physically I’m all bent out of shape
Future could be brighter than imagined
Be a help or get out of the way
I’ll take the blame
If you take your place
Well I’ll take my time
It’s nobody’s to waste
I know that I’ve been here before
And if it’s all the same
Then can anyone help
Can anyone else
There’s nobody else left here to
Blame
Yesterday I had a dream about it
I know exactly what it means
Really is no other way around it
Fabric is not stronger than it’s seams
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Circulate
02:39
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Hey
No dancing to the DJ
They won’t put down their phones
This lot on some kind of mission
Some people cannot be left alone
Murphy’s Law in the next room
Open with Quest For Herb
Now everybody’s moving
Matt Gray still knows every word by heart
Slow burn
Billowing
Your turn
Meet me at the front
Rotation
Circulate
Cloud burst
Right before it’s done
Post show throw on Transmission
Tempo is taking hold
Maybe I should write it down
To say no one wrote a song as good as Love Will Tear Us Apart
Cultural demolition
Never was set in stone
In the midst of repetition
Subtle changes manage to occur
Starting to permeate
A shifting paradigm
And always taking place
In a race against time
I wouldn’t hesitate
The work is never done
In a continuous race against time
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All kidding aside
Life is good no paranoia
Ringing through the head
Suddenly halts to an end
Fingers through the hair
Anything to ease the tension
Be that as it may
Tide is churning from within
Hard to imagine
What’s deep beneath the surface
Sorry for yourself
Only defeating the purpose
Hard to imagine
What’s deep beneath the surface
See for yourself
Without defeating the purpose
Oh what a shame
Such a good waste of the dawn light
Bleeding into day
No time better to begin
No defeating the purpose
Hey
Time for us all to pivot
It will be worth it
Even when you’re in the midst of it
Never be perfect
You’ve got to pivot
You know that
Now it’s time
Time for us all to pivot
You know it’s worth it
Even when you’re in the midst of it
Never be perfect
You’ve got to pivot
Even when you think you’re above the
Creatures of habit
Caught up in traffic
Now that you’re getting in front it
Perfect
Pivot
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6. |
Eternal Youth
02:29
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What a dream
High definition
Focused on another use
A belief or premonition
Begging time to reach a truce
Yearning for
Eternal youth
Through and through
Searching for
That fountain
Good intentions
Through and though
A release of inhibitions
Equalizer of the truth
A belief or premonition
Begging time to reach a truce
Fact of the matter
Here’s the way it is
And nothing better
Once it all makes sense
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Curveball
03:04
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Place in time
Close enough
Took this hard
Chalk it up
Not my month
Closing off
Open up
Off and on
Keep in mind
Takes its toll
Hope to regain some control
Not myself
Dozing off
Waking up
Off and on
Filling my lungs
Biting my tongue
Biding my time
Now it’s all gone
Spilling my lungs
Biting my tongue
Biding my time
Now it’s all gone
I know needless to say
I’m not the only one this way
How was I supposed to know
It’d end up this way
Give my best
All my love
Everyone who suffered loss
One and all
Takes its turn
An awful lot
Off and on
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8. |
Granted
03:49
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I can’t turn on the waterworks
Because they won’t turn off
Trying not to make the same mistakes
And be a better man than I was
There could never be another one
I’ve never said it out loud
It’s never easy to talk about
Large part of the love that I was
Handed
Hanging
By a thread
I can’t help
I don’t want to take you for
Granted
Could happen to anyone
Really been taking it hard
I tried to get out in front of it
Was no stopping the weight that back-swung
And it could happen to anyone
I’ve had it happen too much
When I was facing the brunt of it
Took stock of the love that I was
Well I’ve never felt that weight before
Doubt I could again
And then another round came crashing down
Doubt I could have planned this out
I wept
Nervously broke down
I admit
Distress
My mind was spinning out
Anguish
That I slept off
What I could bare
In mind
That weight
Kept sinking
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Enjoyment
04:04
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I used to know that one
Had it once and now it's gone
Only want honesty
Unsure of what it will do to me
Caught in between trust and belief
That rarely offered much release
Are the constant questions coming to an end
Not for me to say
Had to loosen up
Won't get everything you want
Only want honesty
Preparing for what it would do to me
Coming to grips in disbelief
Outside ourselves it often leads
Where the obstacles could be coming to an end
We want a life of enjoyment
With no more aggravation
At the end of the line
It is not for me to say
When I sing my song
They said now it won't be long
Got Sade on repeat
I'll be relying on muscle memory
Harder than you or they may think
I'll channel that one frequency
With outside pressure coming to an end
Tried to keep true to form
Don't care what they think
Much better off inside the comfort of life without fear
Hoping to give you more
From what I can see
Much better off between the final place and right here
At the end of the day it is not my place
If it is what it was then it's not for me
When push comes to shove on the final take
At the end of the line
It is not for me to say
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Humility
02:49
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Life in my head
Couldn’t hear a word they said
Lost in myself
Only time would tell
If substance remains
When everything else fades
Caught in the wind
And blinded by the glitz
Humility always seems to look good on me
What’s already all within was too hard to see
That said
The ever growing id
Needs doses of shame
To keep the ratio the same
Practice maintained
Letting go of pain
Best out of ten
Time and time again
Humility always seems to look good on me
What’s already all within was too hard to see
Humility always beats constant vanity
An idea that always seems too far out of reach
So come on
Die ego die
On the road to victory
Sinking low
Riding high
Lesson in humility
Wow
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11. |
Benchmark
03:44
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I built a bench
Little place for you to rest
Left a space to stamp our names
Nothing getting in the way
Your own place to sit and breathe
Partially in the sun
Always half in the shade
Never too warm
I did what I could
Made this for you
See what I can do
Was always meant to
You know how much it means to me
Did what I could
I’ll see what I can do
A small memento
Together
Endless
Together
We can’t go wrong
Together
We’ll make it
Together
We can’t go wrong
Together
We’re in this
Together
We can’t go wrong
If I can
I will
If I could do it all again
Then I would not change a thing
If I could do it all again
I would
If I could give you everything
I would
I make it my life’s work to promise you
This is your place
Can I be
Just one small planet in your orbit please
If I can
I will
If I could do it all again
I would
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