01. ADELAIDE

i close my eyes
and drift away
to a far, far better place
i fall asleep
and leave you here
in the twisted sheets of love
oh it's been a scene
since you and i
have stopped talking
so all i do is dream
of a city in the south
a place i'll go to
adelaide
i'll take you with me
when i go down to
christmas in the summertime
adelaide
adelaide
i'll take you with me
when i go
day after day
you say a dollar saved
is a dollar earned
and i
count the clocks
in our house
and add up all our silence
oh you've got a lock
and i can't find
the key to your heart
let's take a plane
and leave this on the ground
and fly down to
adelaide
i'll take you with me
when i go down to
christmas in the summertime
adelaide
adelaide
i'll take you with me
when i go
how long has it been, baby?
how long has it been?
i close my eyes
and drift away
adelaide
i'll take you with me
when i go down to
christmas in the summertime
adelaide
adelaide
i'll take you with me
when i go


02. FLASHES

i walk above myself somewhere inside
the house of infinite judges
calling their computer
evangelist
sycophant
who feed upon the masses with their smiles:
smile
why should i believe their lies?
as they hide in their disguise
in the land of freedom flashes
let your mind experiment
we are learning to forget the deception that you’re seeing
i watch the television
airways of apocalypse
i am conditioned to
children with machine guns
in the richest land a man with aids begs in front
of a hospital of broken dreams
why should i believe their lies?
as they hide in their disguise
in the land of freedom flashes
let your mind experiment
we are learning to forget the deception that you’re seeing


03. SILVER LINING

what about me
what about you
are we on our own
i won't call you anymore
and i'll find a silver lining
i know you loved me
back when we were friends
back when i was cool
before i broke some rule
now you've moved into another place
but i miss you still
as i always will
and then you say to me
you can't deny
there's something here that makes us hurt
and you say, isn't it love?
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
and i won't call you anymore
and i'll find a silver lining
in my own black little cloud
maybe i was proud
maybe you were proud
the way we talked it out and walked away
like ghosts in the day
i have nothing new to offer you
you're my own best friend
and i'll say again
as you said to me
you can't deny
there's something here that makes us hurt
and you say, isn't it love?
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
and i won't call you anymore
and i'll find a silver lining
in my own black little cloud
i'm alone
yes, i'm all right
i know that i can make it through this night
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
and i won't call you anymore
and i'll find a silver lining
in my own black little cloud
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
and i won't call you anymore
and i'll find a silver lining
yes i will
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
and i won't call you anymore
and i'll find a silver lining
yes i will
yes i will
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
so what about me
what about you
are we on our own
will we find a silver lining
will we find a silver lining
will we find a silver lining


04. THIS LIFE

i’ve been working hard
for seven days a week
and i’ve got my heart
that’s about all i keep
you see i know what i can really do
i’m gonna keep my head
see things through
turn this life into something real
this life
turn it into gold
the life
turn it into something i can hold onto
everyone has an alibi
reasons why they never took a chance
i can’t remember mine
see i let go of that dance
you see i know what i can really do
i’m gonna keep my head
see things through
turn this life into something real


05. DISTRESS

in a sun drenched balcony asylum
he waits for shadows to change
thinking of wonderland allison
and how she spiked his mind that day
dinner served he stared blankly at
a plate of madness and fate
and his roll of the dice unraveled
one night in a room padded distress
and simple pleasures like speaking now
have all ended
alisons’ endless smile horizon
a future ghost angel was she
and he walks in circles aimless
searching for serenity
and his roll of the dice unraveled
one night in room padded distress
and simple pleasures like hearing now
have ended
he lives in a detention cell
his mind smoke screen down, down
and grasping her mirrored image
yearning she shines like roses
and his roll of the dice unraveled
one night in a room padded distress
and simple pleasures like seeing now
have all ended
his roll of the dice unraveled
one night it a room padded distress
and simple pleasures have all gone now
it’s all ended


06. COAT OF ARMS

pale the mighty ripple that falls down on me in the evening
i’ll soon be at the end of a long list of feelings
that i keep holding onto
looking back
wondering how on earth will my heart stay intact
if it’s never going to be easy
pale the weight of a heart
who gonna help these hands
cover the place i stand
compared to all the strength you impart
and cover me in arms
in a coat of arms i’ll wear
pale the weight of a heart
who's gonna keep me standing
keep me standing strong
compared to all the strength you impart
safe outta reach from harm
to face the things gone wrong
seems to me it’s life that never moves along like i think it should
then again it’s too much thinking that’s never done me good
so i keep building onto
this house of mine
that i carry with me
almost, almost all the time
and if it’s never going to be easy
chorus
strength is all i need
chorus


07. SPIRAL

a frozen celestial mother
raises a child of stone
teardrops at a daughter lost
when she tasted the needle alone
a naďve angel you were
my faded polaroid serene
on a carousel of endless time
now that you’re gone
i see the sadness
i know it was wrong
a desire for madness
she feels nothing but this emptiness
it’s a far cry from innocence
and neon street smacked friends
see she sold her soul cheaply scheming
and now that you’re gone
i see the sadness
i know it was wrong
a desire for madness
she feels nothing but this emptiness
and the shallow promises they lie
exhaling for the last time
tell me was it worth it
to desert this life, to desert this life


08. SOMETHING TRUE

i’ve always wanted to think
that life has more to it than this
that wishes do come true
yes they do exist
just depending on how you look at it
if i believe in everything
am i a fool?
i’ve got my heart depending on something true
sometimes innocence and play
soon get up and they walk away
when the struggle of
growing up becomes
more to us than we can take
if i believe in everything
am i a fool?
i’ve got my heart depending on something true
as i look back on all the things i have wished
i realize that i have gotten all of it
if i believe in everything
am i a fool?
i’ve got my heart depending on something true


09. RIVERWIDE

riverwide, river deep
you're always calling me to go
guess i'll maybe build a boat?
i think i know
out of the sky onto the sea
outside the rain and down again
guess i'll maybe understand?
i think i am
never push the river
you can hold the river down
push the river for all your worth
take a turn and run it 'round
why so unforgiving?
river
climbing clouds up from the trees
i wanna bring the stars into me
then i'll have to let them go
i think i know


10. SURESHOT

hey sure shot i got one thing to ask
why don’t you come round here a while
i need someone to talk to
you being the first one in line
all you have to have here is a spine
i needed someone to rescue
i get a visual fright
when i think of how you lassoed me in
if you have to kick it baby
do what you need to, what you need
come on slow down
this rides a runaway train
i’ll give you something to cry about
i needed something won’t give it to me
won’t you baby?
i hear you asking questions
it seems you like to talk a lot
i come deliver, won’t you?
you shouldn’t have to lie about it, no
a good time i should’ve ruled out
come to find you lie a lot
dropped out of a sickness
you’re deluded
and if you have to really think about it, this isn’t gonna last very long now is it?
chorus
does she interest you?
she’s so fine
divine under heaven
her courtesy is wise
she’s so interesting
she’s so
chorus


11. WINDOWS

i have to laugh at inside terror
to survive another day
the trying, the selling of my soul and my fall from grace
you see the darkened streets reigning gamblers are dealing insecurity
and i am tempted to
painting everything invisible
creating a simple life
walking by the open windows keeps me from cement angels
walking by the open windows keeps me from going outside
stepping through the mirror shared
cutting me like sickening fire
i know the tools to break into the danger zone i’ve created
and i am tempted to
painting everything invisible
creating a simple life
walking by the open windows keeps me from cement angels
walking by the open windows keeps me from going outside
if the water falls right into you
if you have to know what you’re gonna do
to get out
it’s the waterfall you have to do
if you need to say what they put you through
to get out
if you have to know what you gonna do
if they have to see what they put you through
to get out


12. ISLAND

did you even see it coming to an end?
this kind of thing can tear you in half my friend
so let’s keep raising our hands up to the air
let’s see what kind of answers come from up there
cause it won’t be the last time you hold your hands up
no it won’t be the last time you hold your heart in your hands
your heart in your hands
you think there’s no day or night since he’s left you
it’s the never ending pain that gets to you
but you know that, no it won’t be the last time you hold your hands up
no it won’t be the last time you hold your heart in your hands
your Heart in your hands
those rosy misty stains hear how she’s cryin
that golden peace you want feels like its dyin
you don’t which way you should be going
so you take cover
and you hold on till there’s peace around here
if you need someone
if you need to know your way out of here if you need to know what’s right
if you need someone yes i will be here through worst of your nights
if you need to arms to hold you at best
if never been one to close out a friend
if you need to know there’s an end to this mess
i will be here so you don’t second guess


13. HEART IN YOUR HAND

did you even see it coming to an end?
this kind of thing can tear you in half, my friend
so let’s keep raising our hands up to the air
let’s see what kind of answers come from up there
cuz it won’t be the last time you hold your hands up
no, it won’t be the last time you hold your heart in your hands
yeah, your heart in your hands
you think there’s no day or night since he’s left you
it’s the never-ending pain that gets to you
but you know that, no, it won’t be the last time you hold your hands up
no, it won’t be the last time you hold your heart in your hands
yeah, your heart in your hands
those rosy misty stains, hear how she’s crying
that golden peace you want, feels like it's dying
you don’t which way you should be going so you take cover
and you hold on till there’s peace around here
hold on and hold on till there's peace around here
around here, around here, here, here...
if you need someone
if you need to know your way out of here
if you need to know what’s right
if you need someone, yes, I will be here through worst of your nights
if you need two arms to hold you at best
i've never been one to close out a friend
if you need to know there’s an end to this mess
i will be here so you don’t second guess
if you need, yeah someone, i will be here
if you need, yeah someone, you know, i will be here
if you need two arms to hold you, you know, i will be here
if you need to know that there's something, you'll ache out of here