from Red Eye EP
1. JUMP
only lovers would be such crazy fools
to jump through fire knowing they’re bound to be burned
cuz it’s faith and it’s not
it’s running around with your eyes closed
it starts on the ground
it’s getting up although you’ve fallen before…
if you’re gonna jump from heights so very far up
in the sky, you best be warned
there’s a lot they don’t tell you about taking chances
know what you’re doing it for…
crazy maybe but it might be what you need
you stumble forward, praying you stay on your feet
In time, you may fall
The blood on your hands might scare you
And if faith’s where you start
It’s gonna hurt like hell til you’re out of the dark…
if you’re gonna jump from heights so very far up in the sky you best be warned
there’s a lot they don’t tell you about taking chances
know what you’re doing it for…
“I want the sun, but it’s blinding me”
flying to high, that’s all you’ll see
so take the low points in stride
make a place right inside
to keep you safe when you fall
2. TROUBLE
said I wouldn’t write love songs
cuz I’ve never been in love
said I’d never take the chance again
cuz the pain is just too much
round and round in circles I’d go
til I’m dizzied up inside
little thorn in me I can’t get out
and I think I know why…
cuz it’s you and the trouble
you bring when you’re near me
and the thoughts I keep fighting that tell me I’m crazy
cuz the sun only shines
when our voices collide
and the rest of my days are empty…
Sometimes I think about the distance
Might be enough to fill the sky
But I open my eyes, and there you are by my side
Unaware of the storms that you’re sending my way…
it’s the trouble
you bring when you’re near me
and the thoughts I keep fighting that tell me I’m crazy
cuz the sun only shines
when our voices collide
and the rest of my days are empty…
You never could see
The way I try to drown you out
Harder than you think
Cuz I can feel every bit of you
Hate every bit of you now…
3. CASUALTIES
Bit by bit they fall away
Colors fading, turn to grey
Memories untouched until today…
So dig it all up and bury
The precious delights you only
once enjoyed and then proceed to
throw it all to waste so you carry
nothing but the memory
of all the times that pass you by…
These are all the casualties of time
What’s present now will fall behind
Memories become the part that aches…
So dig it all up and bury
The precious delights you only
once enjoyed and then proceed to
throw it all to waste so you carry
nothing but the memory
of all the times that pass you by…
4. HOME
bells chime six, gotta be quick
the day’s more than halfway through
there’s so much left to do
I’m still young but they don’t care
the clouds will come filling up the air
with the scent of sadness
you can be 25, at the peak of life
84, couldn’t ask for more
still it stays…
so gather all your happy thoughts
save them up for a later cause
you’re gonna have to be wise with what you choose
and one by one the weight will drop
this bag of stones will fail you not
as you pave the road that leads to home…
weather’s fine but the rain is near
there’s really not much left to fear
if you can stand it
voice is hoarse but I will scream
burning holes, tying up strings
they can’t hold me…
so gather all your happy thoughts
save them up for a later cause
you’re gonna have to be wise with what you choose
and one by one the weight will drop
this bag of stones will fail you not
as you pave the road that leads to home…
then you’ll find you’re out of luck
again and again, you say
“left or right, who gets to decide which way you fall?”…
so gather all your happy thoughts
save them up for a later cause
you’re gonna have to be wise with what you choose
and one by one the weight will drop
this bag of stones will fail you not
as you pave the road that leads to home
5. MINE TO HOPE
No midnight vigil, potion drunk
Will change conversation once begun
You are the longest that I have been faithful in heart…
You are blind to what you cannot see
I don’t take chances so I stay clean
Still I give in to these games I play with myself…
So leave me now, leave
I look better in pieces
No horseman or doctor can put me together
Taken and spoken for
You are no longer mine, mine to hope…
Pages grow thinner, our story ends
Not much in the middle, we’re still just friends
So with a heart full of friendly thoughts I send you off…
So leave me now, leave
I look better in pieces
No horseman or doctor can put me together
Taken and spoken for
You are no longer mine, mine to hope…
Let’s skip the pleasantries
Don’t waste your words
No need to concern yourself with me
Turn you head so you don’t see me cry
I’ll shed my tears but wipe them dry
I’ll make it so easy to say good-bye…
6. CONFESSIONS
the ants were everywhere
but you could only stare
into the sun til it turned black
and you were left reaching
you were blind, unkind
understanding no problems of mine
callous pirate
you took the only girl who ever loved me…
and you’d say
words are the bitter end to every love
you threw the chance to fix it up
so the more you lose the more you trust
the instinct that you have to run
and herein lies your true confession…
trouble fills the air
but I can only stare into
my childlike reveries, still in play
and so our days go by
we’re fighting just to pass the time
still in my head you’re perfect, so unlike yourself…
Then I’d say
words are the better part of every love
the power to call the whole thing off
so the more I lose, the more I trust
the instinct that I’ve found to run
and herein lies my true confession…
and we’d say
words are the bitter end to every love
we threw the chance to fix it up
the more we lose, the more we trust
the instinct that we have to run
and herein lies our…
now we say
words are the bitter end to every love
we threw the chance, we lost it all
so now we choose to take the trust
try it out with another love
in hopes of finding our redemption…
