Challenging a God- The petals fall and I am left alone. How could you remind me of someone I never knew at all? I tried to crawl into your graceful arms. How could you deny me, when I am the one with the faith to fall? Just tell me Im clear. Just tell me I'm near. Why wasn't I worthy enough for your time? I was worthy enough for your side, wasn't I? I lay awake in constant pain, knowing I could be okay in your wake. The crow calls. The bell tolls. Why couldn't you accept me with all of my faults?

My Redemption- Tears run down your arms like diamonds. I'm wondering when; When Lord is it gonna be MY turn? Well, I hope it comes soon. Cause I've got a lot of things to say to YOU. We'll just get this off your chest. This is Redemption. "Take my hand and hope that it lasts forever."/ "I'll be here when you need me the most."/"Just be honest, kiss her." This is my redemption. False accusations acquired statements on Saturday morning. Made me feel a little less than adequate. I've walked on miles and miles of pavement just to find out that this is the way you abandon me. (Cheat on me) "I'm wondering when she'll know what its like to be on the receiving end"..I don't think we can talk this over. You've done too much damage to my composure. Take a deep look into my eyes, and tell me what you find. This is my redemption.

Silhouette- Breathe in the footsteps of imagination. Are you really talking to God? Does she answer all your prayers? Does he help you connect the dots? Whispers of strong belief fall harshly upon this cities ears. Nobody here is listening. Nobody here cares./ And She's walking the footsteps of a complete and total stranger on the corner of Central and Cherry st. Can you believe? Well this side of town can get a little bit hectic. I bet She'll be taking the bus tomorrow. Don't forget to kick up your heels in that dress while I carry your silhouette. These cigarettes are wet and so are the matches. She sleeps in Heaven all day long, while I break a sweat and take a lash of tongue. Well if he needs sacrificial promises, I swear that I won't offer this. I'd prefer a route of blaspheming honestness and thats true. "God, man that is true blue" And I don't have to go if I don't want to.

I Feel Like- "Let's try again" I say "Let's start this over. Can't we leave every little meticulous detail from our past behind us?" It's like every time I bring this up you just try and change the subject. "Baby girl, I need this more than ever. Did I tell you yet today how much I loved ya?" I feel like we're leaving us behind. I feel like you never really cared enough, at all, to say goodbye. I feel like we're running in circles. How long will this take to get over? Hopefully not as long as I remember. Re:member? A hometown sky where the Summer dies. A young boy holds on to a telephone pole to keep his balance. Getting sick with lack of reassurance. "Well, hold your breath till the stars flash around your irises." You are not making any sense. Do we really have to do this? Every time I see you it's like were off to battle, and I won't wait for this. I won't stand for it. I feel like you left us far behind. Maybe I never really cared, Brain up and left, I've lost my God Damned mind because we have been running in circles. So turn your tail/tale and say goodbye.

Goldenrod- I took a step in the right direction. I did my best to make amends, I did what he wouldn't. But that wasn't enough for you, was it? If that's how I was feeling, well then, it was only during the first months of things. Now it's changed. My head is still teeming with these words I didn't understand. I held my breath when the moment called for me to talk about this. I couldn't bare to even share a word of it's fragile existence. I know you say.. You're always saying how much I've changed. Well, we're always changing. "Not that that's not ok" I know you say "If it wasn't that fast paced" you'd be "All for it"/ My head is still teeming with these words I couldn't comprehend. How could you speak these things to me? How could you speak these lies and breathe? I've seen a lot of jealousy, but I've never seen so much selfishness in my life. Been nothing but good to you from the start, done nothing but let you sleep in my arms. Done nothing but sit here and fall apart. Do you notice this, my love? /Even if thats not ok I know you say. "If it wasn't this fast paced" you'd be "All for it"/ My head is still teeming with theses words I'll never hear again..

Expendable- She said she wants to move to Boston. Well sugar thats your choice. We've spent weeks not talking and I long to hear your voice. Lately you're all thats in my head. Hearts beating off beat cause I'm so nervous. Cause I know I will be letting you go to where ever it is you feel comfortable. You're in his arms, I'm too damn tolerable. Am I just expendable? She said she wants to fly to Paris. Well, Sugar, make up your mind. When you go girl, to where ever, I won't feel left behind. Lately you're all thats in my head. Glossed lips in a broken picture frame. I won't be the one left to blame. I said you're driving me crazy. I said you're killing me easy. I said you are so silent lately. Are there things that you cannot say? Did that cat finally catch your tongue? When the words should flow out steadily you've got racing thoughts and folded arms. Lalala trembled "oohs" and "ahhs" off. like I fired multiple shots at the wrong queen of guts. She's got all the right rhymes and right stops. I am Learning to fall out of LOVE. So let this go.

Heather Maine- Sweet purple girl from another world, Maine to be precise, golden eyes and words of pearl. Take a break inspiration, and effective combination. O Muse you bring thy light, through complimenting conversation. I could wish for an Angel and it wouldn't even compare. I'll take this higher if you fuel my fire. If you desire I'll sing to you at night, until I get stronger. What's one year longer? We'll learn to catch our breaths without wasting a seconds time. With so much promise girl, you could be star you know you deserve to be. If you keep believing even when no one else understands. Just don't give up on this yet, Love, I'll back you the best I can. Forget what the crowds may say. You'll always be my "Little Miss Sunshine" I long to hear your words when it seems like nothing ever works. My head is so distracted it feels like I'll never learn. Don't be afraid, for come midday I'll be on my way. Just to see your pretty face turning my way. I'll know it'll be A-OK. "And she is beauty. And she outshines the stars." My heart is beating though it feels like we're just too far apart. This time, tonight, we're fine.

The Wishful Starz- You're hurt, I know. But it wouldn't hurt to smile now after all the things you've said. After all that you've been told, by me, every single night since we've first met? And I hope that you decide cause I've been dying to get this right. Your lips on mine. I'd break out right now. If I wish upon a star will you show me how? Of course I don't want you to go. I should've brought that pack of smokes to buy me some extra time. Say your name and start to choke. Can't even look at you. You know I'll get stuck and wind up making this big mistake I'll love. and I just want to get this right. I don't want to mess this up. I've been waiting for you to say everything you hate, so I can correct this thing. "What's left us laying on the floor?" "What's left us lounging in the dirt?" We don't belong like this. After all that we've wrote?

Live and Let Down (The Mock Wedding)- I'll tell you that I don't like the color of the drapes hung up in the living room. Then you'll say my opinion doesn't matter, as flattery has never been one of my best suits. It only makes a difference cause it's you. I won't disappoint anymore. I won't let you down. I have put up a gate (What have I done?) in the court of Winter's wake. Everybody makes mistakes. How can I be the only one? You laugh this off in my face. I'll tell you that you're all I've ever wanted from the start. You'll say "Pull your self together." Then you'll say that I'm crazy for the most part. Well my medication could not have put that better. Then you'll say that my head is screwed on backwards and my affections never mattered. "Is that true?" It only made a difference cause it's you.

"He who conquers the left side: Conquers the world, Chief"- 2 Summers ago I would have never known. To tell the truth I would've lied to you. Well I tried for you. You sent me back a lovely stack of letters I wrote that were obliged to you. I fucking tried for you. This song is cursed. Each lines rehearsed, these words disperse: pick up your breathing. Is your heart beating? I've never been happier. This worlds reversed in the absence of her. I'm breathing cause my heart is beating. I'm painting myself out of every picture and I'm running on pure apathy. I am wasting my life playing as the pitcher when I could be batting like you've never seen. You've never seen./ "why don't you just stop?" I'm trying everything that I can just to keep you THIS interested. I've used up every deep breath that I own and this arsenal of words is getting low. I fear that, my Dear, we're getting just a bit too old for these games that you play. I know what you're thinking, what you're saying to all your friends. "If it didn't make a difference then, why would it make a difference now?" / I've found my way to second base (you know what I'm talking about) and third is just around the bend. I can almost taste it. If It doesn't make a difference now, how will it make a difference then? You've never seen.

The Chasing Amy State of Mind- What happened to "Mr. Potential?" What was all that skipping class for? What happened to my dreams? What about my fantasies? What happened to growing old with each other? Some things have changed but that won't stop me. We're racing the clock and you've got the car keys. We'll shine so bright that we'll burn this city and leave. What happened to perseverance? A lot of things have changed around here and you're growing distant. What happened to best friends? What happened to holding hands? What happens in the end makes all the difference. It's just like you said " Build up some confidence." Now I'm standing proud and I'm sick of playing pretend. What happened to conversations lit up by that fire place of yours, with no complications? What happened to these details that held us together, through thick and thin, like pen writes on paper? What happened to all that time I spent alone with you writing stories of contradictions? What happened to 5 years? What happened except tears? What happens if our story turns out to be FICTION? I want you to feel comfortable in my arms again. And I miss the way your kiss touched my lips.. again... Please taste my lips again.

Oathkeeper- Well before we call this off let's just wrap our heads around it. Because I know we can pull this off if we put our hearts into it. Baby, don't blow this storm out of proportion. Even though we're sitting in silence doesn't mean we're out in the open. You can't deny this. So let's try this. I fall asleep and there you are. In my dreams you stole my heart. I'll never rest easy again till you're safe within my arms. I made a choice and I'm not giving up on that today. There's no chance in Hell that I'd throw this all away. I'll tell 'em how much you mean to me. I don't care how much it seems to be cliche. I am pleased to be the one that you need.Cause I'm needing you just like I'm needing the air. Did you really think that I would just turn and hide? Like I wouldn't mind leaving my girl behind?

Real Far Away..- Open sky butterfly drifting on an alibi. The murky night is coming and we're seconds late from scoring, swimming at that private lake. Oh the Sun is fading like a fleeting moment. We'd both run through the ghettos hiding out in parking lots. Marks my favorite moments working out our hearts and tongues. Oh, to be young. Those fairy wings must be such a heavy burden on your will to sing, the melodies that have haunted dreams of men for centuries. Centuries and Centuries of hopeless things. Oh the stars are only Suns that are burning at just too far. Away from headaches, petty arguments and cars. I'll wait in my yard till we find the courage to run away. Could we please get real far away? "When all else fails and when in doubt. Hold your head up high. Cause you may never get another chance to prove yourself." they say.. For that? Why would I even stay?

Train Dodger- Amazing Grace, I've heard your sweet sound a thousand times before, and I'm bowing down to second place. Though no one said this was a race. Your just a green eyed snake and a fake. Did you really think you could make us feel the way you wanted us to? We won't this time. We can't this time. So let's get a few things straight. I'm not standing here to watch you dive out of planes. I'm not one for dodging trains. Say it's strange, I may be Brave but I ain't dumb. Call it back, I've had to witness all the hearts you've lost and won. Say your innocent but you're not fooling anyone. Sit on your porch and stare at all the passer-bys' who hide you. No one else notices the changes in the air pressure, Not like I do. So sit alone and groan about the fact that you didn't get your way this time. Tell me Sir, what are the pros to being a professional asshole? You'd cut off the entire worlds tongue just so you wouldn't hear what the majority of us have to say? We have to say "We won't this time! We CAN'T this time!" Anyone?

The Point Of Great Romance Novels- You tell me that you never thought this was worth it. You're lying.. I know you're lying.. You say that you're "Oh SO Lonely" I hate to say I told you so. But I told you so. I'll stay and wait for you to wake up. I'll state my point so we can change up the end of this story. These aren't the words that I wrote. Maybe you'll be here in the morning. It's worth a shot for some hope. Till death do us part, I'll always be by her side and you know I can explain why. Cause I'm so in love with her and no matter how far we are she'll always be in my heart. I will not rest till my foot is against the gas. I will not rest.

Undead- You can scream at me all you want my Dear. Disgust on your brow, such a piercing stare. I lay still as dust pulling the bugs from my hair. Yet even in death there is love in the air.. I rot away and find the best excuses to stay locked up in the house. Out of fear that I might rise up and cause mayhem in this town. You say I waste my life away. So why not the afterlife too? But I'll always love you even when my skin paints blue. I took a vow and held on to my word. Though my lips were dry as pavement my brain was undeterred. I took what we had down to the grave, now I've brought it back! Unleash the Damned! Speak the Phrase on this book! We'll make a pact.. Well I can still feel no matter how much you call me a Zombie. Undead I may be but that doesn't stop me from trying. You can kill me with words. It'll take more than that just to stop me. I will take your heart back because I am a Zombie. Do you know how hard it is just to hunt for you? No eyes. No ears. No nothing but hope. Just endlessly, blindly searching, for something that may not exist at all. I can't sleep. I won't sleep. It's impossible for me to sleep and I can't stand it at all.

Black Sheep the Martyr- You were born a loner, scarred in reds and browns. Black sheep, you tired so hard to win their hearts but no one came around. Crying in the back of some funeral pack you try to figure this out. Your screams were heard as the word across the world, yet no body came about. Where would you be without sound? Now, where would you be without sound? No one ever said you were the milk man's kid. But you knew something was wrong. Tried to define some 4 letter words cause your heart pounded this song. "Have you ever tasted Love my son? Well you can use my shoulder as shelter till you get older." Read the dictionary daily. Purple ink stained the page. You underlined every single word you read that helped to explain your pain. Crying in the back of some broken down shack you tried to figure this out. Your screams were heard as they echoed cross the world. Still, nobody came about. "Well, how will I know if my feet have touched the ground when there's no one around? How to repent? To shed this woolen wolven's gown, the disguise you found. I can understand your frowns better than anyone else. "Well, I'm around"

Onward and Upward- Try to imagine a kid built with parts from a scrap pile, complete with artificial emotions. Going through the motions must've been pretty damn hard for him. Wouldn't you agree? To his creators he'd say "You'll see, I'm meant for more than fighting in anti-gravity."/ Please don't take my purpose away. What did you think I'd say, If not just fly away? Talk about the loneliest of sorts, a machine with a heart and parts soaked in a strong sense of justice. These people are just biased, try not to let it get to you. "They don't love you and they never will. So focus on your mission at hand." Yet "Without your conviction and a stand you could never protect them." Well tell me how is this fair? Tell me how I am listening to you right now, like I didn't figure things out?! I felt a little bit more human just now.. With a conflicted mind, or full hard drive. (whichever you'd prefer) Makes no difference to me anymore. Even if I fly, there's another lie to cover up the "truth" of what I am really made for. I see the world through mechanical eyes. Though my memories must be genuine, I refuse to change my mind. I cannot annihilate my own kinsmen while I save the ones who banished them. When I feel this way its like the wires said that I could. You made me so perfect, Father. You made me so good. "How does it feel to be used?" Does not compute. Cannot compute. My purpose to serve as whatever you would want me to, leads to you don't want me. Cause I'm just a copy of the things you loved. Can I be loved? Maybe this A.I. is perfect, and maybe it's just the circuits. You say I am working. But these feelings seem real enough and I'm feeling broken. Abandoned and lost, my feet find the surface. This world left behind has been paying with interest. I'm astonished to say the least. What I'm feeling for them must be pity. No it's more than that, that seems too petty. I'm starting to see these people could need someone like me.. So I pick my chin up and steer my gaze up. Cast aside all selfishness for the moment. A burning fire is growing higher in the pit of my engine, it sharpens my vision. I'll take away the fear that we've made. I'll hold up this town: my strength alone, my burden now. Raise up my fist and make a wish. I am NOT a coward. My jets erupt screaming "Onward and Upward!" / I'm floating beyond the atmosphere. I can't stay another day. I've fulfilled my fate and saved the day.. Though cast away. And I am never coming back. Ill just keep floating beyond the debris that's here. Forever Floating..