Please Don't Go

Little wanderer
with your hands in your pockets
do you ever write things down?
I bet you don't write a note
when a picture's worth
a thousand I told you so's
Little traveler
with your head in your maps
do you ever make a sound?
I bet you don't sing a note
when a song is worth
a thousand please don't go's

So please don't go away for long
you might never make it home
there's nothing wrong
with wanting you for myself
well I've heard it all
even if you never
get the chance to sing
you've had the chance to fall
so please don't go

Little warrior
with your fingers outstretched
you've got plans to take over the world
don't you know
its not control that we seek
it's the seeking that makes us whole
Little girl, little girl
with your see through smile
say you've got no time for change
some change slowly

chorus

You're runnin' round town
like you're crashing on a freeway
well ever since you left
you've been acting like
you never had your way
I know it aint right
to bring this ship down on you
so don't gox3

chorusx2

Heart of Gold

She had a dream
that her life was over
her heart of gold
never got her nowhere
(got her nowhere)
so baby just stay there
Coffee shop girl
drew me in so shy
and i believed her
lie for lie, I believed her
well now I'm leaving her behind
you speak so soft
but you lie so loud

Well I'm on your side
well why'd you have to lie
I'm not leaving 'til you're right
right where you belong

You're telling me you've got
three weeks left to live
well you're breaking my heart
I cannot watch you die
Iv'e been there
one too many times before tonight
You're telling me you've got
nothing left to give
well I guess I was wrong about you
and now the lights lead me home
from your house on sandy bank road
you speak so soft
but you lie so loud

chorusx2

she had a dream
that her life was over
her heart of gold
never got her nowhere
(nowhere)
so baby just stay there

chorusx2

The Beach Song

Picture me in an empty room
piano plays 'cause I only sing the blues
when she's over, now she's over
Picture me when I've got something to say
she says that I'll always be that way
when I'm older, now she's older
well she promised me
she'd build a boat for the sea
well here I am
I'm standing alone

I'm in love with you she said
so I'm building a boat for the ocean
with floors of blue and walls of red
it can take us through
if we want it to
so we'll sail the sea like she promised me

Another day in another life
the sun and moon come out
just to fight the sky
for a love song meant for everyone
Another day and I've got nothing to show
so I'll sing the songs
that I've sung before
such a bold tune for a cold moon
well I promised you
I'd write a song for your blues
well here I am
I'm singing alone

chorus

Build up these walls around us
like an ark our fears will save us
they'll save usx2

chorusx2

I'm in love
pray our fears might save us now
we'll never make it home

Call a Cab

Holding up a sign that says
I'm only here for one thing
you've been second guessing
on the days I'm gonna cave in
I mark the calendar
for dates I have no faith in
I'll mark you too
you better move
you've got to move your hands

I've had harder days
showing you your own ways
you've got to move your handsx2

Tasteless compliments
are tasteful complications
mouths full of chemicals
are fit for confrontation
you've got to realize
there's no such thing as aces
that's what you'd get,
that's what you'd get
if you were patient

I've had harder days
showing you your own ways
you've got to move your handsx2
Whenever you leave
it seems that I stay here
asking you,
how its gonna be

Your hands above your head
won't need an explanation
just keep them high enough
to hold a conversation
two's always company
but three's a population
we've got to move our hands
but what's our motivation?

chorus

Keep me tied about your finger
for you might lose me
hold me tight against the thieves
(the thieves)

chorusx2

Feet (over) Feat

Once it's over
they say you'll never get it back
now moving forward
never seemed that hard of a task
well I know your young (i know your young)
but I feel like an anchor on an airplane
and this might be wrong (this might be wrong)
but I'm not bringing you down
am I bringing you down?
you wanted everything
well there's some things I need
before I give you anything

Such a lonely place to be
when we're walking feet over feat
did you even notice me?

When i had something to say
well the only words I need
are that its better off this way (this way)
you wanted everything
well there's some things I need
before I give you anything

Such a lonely place to be
when we're walking feet over feat
did you even notice me?
Did you even notice
we're better off this way

Now that you've opened up your eyes
the truth might save our lives
feet over feat we cross the line
oh we cross the line
we'll get it right this time

chorusx2

Wake Up, Ride a Bike

Get a grip on yourself
she says she's lost her way
so they'll kiss to new beginnings
'cause who needs a glass
when lips can do the same thing
look what she gave away
just from exchanging names
I'm watching all the moves she makes
while she smells like coffee
dressed up for a cheap date

How could he want to
feel the way her body moves
when she's with me?
Well I'm losing sleep
I'm losing everything
she ever gave to me

Take a look at her now
she's got it all worked out
and I'd love to write a love song
but I can't hear the words
when all she does is sing along
she wants to move today
get bored in a different state
I'm watching all the moves she makes
while she smells like coffee
dressed up for a cheap date

chorusx2

Look what she gave away
just from exchanging names
well I'm moving on, I'm moving on
she wants to move today
get bored in a different state
well I'm moving on, I'm moving on

chorusx2

People You Know

Little wanderer,
with your head in your hands
say you've got no place to go
well here I am, here I am
saying that its different than before

Little traveler,
with your feet over feat
say you've got one out the door
well here I am, here I am
saying that you'll never make it home

So please don't go away for long
You might never make it home
There's nothing wrong
with wanting you, wanting you
for myself, for myself
you might never make it home
no you'll never make it home
to the people you know

Hi.

apples to ashes

Inside your point and clicking industry

You overlooked the heart in me

This is why we'll leave

Signed...
the young machines

High Hopes

I miss you most in the morning, when a day without you has just begun.
And all the simple things do nothing, but help the stars chase away the sun.
I know this is hardly what we asked for, but I'll thankfully make it much more.
And even if the dawn goes slowly, another night sleeps; left my own.
And all the pillows - they do nothing. I guess a comfort is with you alone.
I know this is hardly what we asked for, but I'll thankfully make it much more.
I know that I'm nothing. I'm trying to be something. If ever I am, then I...
I promise you'll still be, and you always will be mine. You'll be mine.
- Time and Distance, A Promise


"what if i woke up happy? what if everyday ended better than it started?"

I have a feeling tomorrow (today) is going to start great and end incredible.

Grilled Cheese ;)

I came to the conclusion (doing laundry) today that I own too much flannel. I feel like Al Borland. But then again he was pretty cool and had an impressive selection of flannel. He was always optimistic and cheerful. I think its the shirts. I'll keep them around.

All I Can Offer

I can't begin to compete with you
and everyone knows
I know you know it, too.
It's a complicated fear
that grows with every year
and it's walking on it's own, finally
All I can offer are farmer chords,
these simple rhymes and you painted in words
You can sing this when alone
or whistle it through your teeth
and it will feel like home
no matter how far you'll be
from my lonely arms outstretched
just beyond your reach
singing "ooh, baby, please..."
-Ben Gibbard, Farmer Chords


"... it will feel like home, no matter how far you'll be"

I bounce in the club so the ho's call me Rocky

Don't Judge Me

1. free beer and basement shows don't mean you've made it
2. girls that have fun vs. girls that make fun
3. you pushed my hand away
4. rule # 6578: never leave your liquor unattended
   
5. human heater
   
6. I'm always hungry
7. don't eat peanut butter
8. people aren't buying it = no hours
9. in a mexican kind of way
10. wings beer and grandpa
11. get up get clean
12. shave vs. no shave
13. it's what you do not who you were, or what you wear, or where you've been so do something
14. I'll shave now
15. you are my sunshine
    

The way I see it:

You wake up next to me. I have a morning coffee. We stare past each other. My stomach hurts. This isn't the way it used to be. This isn't the way its supposed to be.
You're a neon light and you're too bright for me.
I pick you up in my truck. You turn the music up. We stare out the windows. My stomach aches. This isn't the way it used to be. This isn't the way its supposed to be.
You are a neon light and you're too bright for me.
You change your color now. On the way back to your house. We care so much. "Bumblebee, I'm hungry" Your stomach hurts but you miss me. So this is the way it will be.
You're a neon light and you're too bright for me.

Less Than One Dollar a Minute Baby!

This is fact not fiction For the first time in years.

Two people told me today that I seemed sad (depressed). I don't feel noticeably upset. Maybe it's the winter and the lack of color in my skin. I have a lot to look forward to in the next month. It's about time this cd gets finished. Over a years worth of work coming together, finally taking shape into something I can see and hold.
Everything has come full circle.
I am right back where I started last year but I am better, faster, stronger. I have learned from my mistakes and the mistakes of others. I have learned that who I am does not consist of the choices I have made but the choices I will make. Slow and steady wins the race.
I will not be afraid to try again.
I will not be alone.
I will not be afraid to be alone.
I will not be ashamed.
I will have the things I need.
People will begin to see me again.
Just take me out of my case and press play. I can be the light in your room or in your car.
I can get you home.
I can be your background. I can be your energy. Turn me up until I burn out.





If you feel discouraged
That there's a lack of color here
Please don't worry lover
It's really bursting at the seems
Absorbing everything
The spectrum's a to z

Choose A or B. A? or B?

We're strange allies
With warring hearts
What a wild-eyed beast you be
The space between, the wicked lies we tell
And hope to keep us safe from the pain.


1. My day consists of peanut butter and jelly (strawberry) and not talking to you.
2. To shave or not to shave?
3. Real issues.
4. Can Eddie Murphy actually sing?
5. I wonder.
6. Jewel Cases
7. The New Frontiers
8. Hey! Jealousy
9. Apparently your brain is a muscle.
10. Plans
11.

Richard Avedon

absolutely incredible. i can't stop looking

I Miss Paris Hilton's Pink Sweatshirt

Cheer up Buttercup.
I'll sleep on your side tonight.

Dance Dance Revolution

"siccck bell-bottoms bro!"

Haiku

Outside in the cold

You have a home in my home

Make your bed inside

i think we take ourselves too seriously
i fell a lot today,
a ninja kicked my ass.

a thousand times

I am alive
I am alive
and that is the best that i can do

Halos

When your new eyes meet mine.

so please forgive what I have done
no you can't stay mad at the setting sun
cause we all get tired I mean eventually
and there's nothing left to do but sleep

"Of course it's your decision,
but just so you know,
if you decide to leave,
soon I will follow"

so I'd like to make some changes
before you arrive
so when your new eyes meet mine
they won't see no lies
just love.
just love.

I will be pure,
No, no, I know I will be pure.
Like snow- like gold-
like snow- like gold-

I'm ready now, I'm ready now

Favorite Band Right Now - Favorite Song Right Now

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

Eat Sleep Team

Fuck you both.

Good Afternoon

2:25 AM

I can't fall asleep because for two years, your voice (every night) said goodnight. Now I only hear the sound of a space heater and instant messages. I know you have a new life. I see you smile for the camera. I am awake wondering who (now) is taking the pictures. I guess I am just hurt and confused and lonely. Where are you? Who are you with? Why don't you care? Maybe I can meet you again sometime. In your ice skates and your green eyes. It's about timing. "Winter was never really our season." It's funny you said that because winter made me fall in love with you.

Life happens.
Its timing.
Like I said.

Have you been here before?

My day consists of pumpkin pie and talking to you.
Lock me up and hand me the key.
I like this prison for now.

Head vs. Heart or Headache vs. Heartache

She did and she does and she'll do it again...

and again

and again



and again.

People You Know

I couldn't feel my hands, but it was all worth it.
I tried to call, but you never answered.

Day Slow

Am I becoming the person I fear the most?
Love (for you) must be enough to keep the day slow. Keep me thinking in slow motion.

I never wanted to hurt you. I'm sorry.