Possession
Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide/ voices trapped in yearning, memories trapped in time/ the night is my companion, and solitude my guide/ would I spend forever here and not be satisfied?/ and I would be the one/ to hold you down/ kiss you so hard/ I'll take your breath away/ and after, I'd wipe away the tears/ just close your eyes dear/ Through this world I've stumbled/ so many times betrayed/ trying to find an honest word to find/ the truth enslaved/ oh you speak to me in riddles/ and you speak to me in rhymes/ my body aches to breathe your breath/ your words keep me alive/ And I would be the one/ to hold you down/ kiss you so hard/ I'll take your breath away/ and after, I'd wipe away the tears/ just close your eyes dear/ Into this night I wander/ it's morning that I dread/ another day of knowing of/ the path I fear to tread/ oh into the sea of waking dreams/ I follow without pride/ nothing stands between us here/ and I won't be denied/ and I would be the one/ to hold you down/ kiss you so hard/ I'll take your breath away/ and after, I'd wipe away the tears/ just close your eyes...
Wait
Under a blackened sky/ far beyond the glaring streetlights/ sleeping on empty dreams/ the vultures lie in wait/ You lay down beside me then/ you were with me every waking hour/ so close I could feel your breath/ When all we wanted was the dream/ to have and to hold that precious little thing/ like every generation yields/ the new born hope unjaded by their years/ Pressed up against the glass/ I found myself wanting sympathy/ but to be consumed again/ oh I know would be the death of me/ and there is a love that's inherently given/ a kind of blindness offered to appease/ and in that light of forbidden joy/ oh I know I won't receive it/ When all we wanted was the dream/ to have and to hold that precious little thing/ like every generation yields/ the newborn hope unjaded by their years/ You know if I leave you now/ it doesn't mean that I love you any less/ it's just the state I'm in/ I can't be good to anyone else like this/ When all we wanted was the dream/ to have and to hold that precious little thing/ like every generation yields/ the new born hope unjaded by their years...
Plenty
I looked into your eyes/ they told me plenty/ I already knew/ you never felt a thing/ so soon forgotten all that you do/ in more than words I/ tried to tell you/ the more I tried I failed/ I would not let myself believe/ that you might stray/ and I would stand by you/ no matter what they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you/ until my dying day/ until my dying day/ I used to think my life/ was often empty/ a lonely space to fill/ you hurt me more than/ I ever would have imagined/ you made my world stand still/ and in that stillness/ there was a freedom/ I never felt before/ I would not let myself believe/ that you might stray/ and I would stand by you/ no matter what they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you/ until my dying day/ until my dying day/
Good Enough
Hey your glass is empty/ it's a hell of a long way home/ why don't you let me take you/ it's no good to go alone/ I never would have opened up/ but you seemed so real to me/ after all the bullshit I've heard/ it's refreshing not to see/ I don't have to pretend/ she doesn't expect it from me/ Don't tell me I haven't been good to you/ don't tell me I have never been there for you/ don't tell me why/ nothing is good enough/ Hey little girl would you like some candy/ your momma said that it's OK/ The door is open come on outside/ no I can't come out today/ it's not the wind that cracked your shoulder/ and threw you to the ground/ who's there that makes you so afraid/ you're shaken to the bone/ and I don't understand/ you deserve so much more than this/ So don't tell me why/ he's never been good to you/ don't tell me why/ he's never been there for you/ don't you know that why/ is simply not good enough/ so just let me try/ and I will be good to you/ just let me try/ and I will be there for you/ I'll show you why/ you're so much more than good enough...
Mary
Mary walks/ down to the water's edge/ and there she hangs her head/ to find herself faded/ a shadow of what she once was/ She said "How long have I been sleeping/ and why do I feel so old/ why do I feel so cold/ my heart is saying one thing but my body won't let go"/ With trembling hands she reaches up/ a stranger's flesh is offered/ and I would be the last to know/ I would be the last the let it show/ I would be the last to go/ Take her hand/ she will lead you through the fire/ give you back hope/ and hope that you won't take too much/ respecting what is left/ she cradled us/ she held us in her arms/ unselfish in her suffering she could not understand/ that no one seemed to have the time/ to cherish what was given/ and I would be the last to know/ and I would be the last to let it show/ I would be the last to go.../ Mary walks...
Elsewhere
I love the time and in between/ the calm inside me/ in the space where I can breathe/ I believe there is a/ distance I have wandered/ to touch upon the years of/ reaching out and reaching in/ holding out holding in/ I believe/ this is heaven to no one else but me/ and I'll defend it as long as I can be/ left here to linger in silence/ if I choose to/ would you try to understand/ I know this love is passing time/ passing through like liquid/ I am drunk in my desire.../ but I love the way you smile at me/ I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near.../ I believe.../ I believe/ this is heaven to no one else but me/ and I'll defend it as long as/ I can be left here to linger in silence/ if I choose to/ would you try to understand/ Oh the quiet child awaits the day when she can break free/ the mold that clings like desperation/ Mother can't you see I've got/ to live my life the way I feel is right for me/ might not be right for you but it's right for me.../ I believe.../ I believe/ this is heaven to no one else but me/ and I'll defend it as long as/ I can be left here to linger in silence/ if I choose to/ would you try to understand it/ I would like to linger here in silence/ if I choose to/ would you understand it/ would you try to understand...
Circle
There are two of us talking in circles/ and one of us who wants to leave/ in a world created for only us/ an empty cage that has no key/ don't you know we're working with flesh and blood/ carving out of jealousy/ Crawling into each other it's smothering/ every little part of me/ What kind of love is this that keeps me/ hanging on/ despite everything it's doing to me/ what is this love that keeps me coming/ back for more/ when it will only end in misery/ I know too many people unhappy/ in a life from which they'd love to flee/ watching others get everything offered/ they're wanton for discovery/ Oh my brother my sister my mother/ you're loosing your identity/ can't you see that it's you in the window/ shining with intensity/ What kind of love is this that keeps me/ hanging on/ despite everything it's doing to me/ what is this love that keeps me coming/ back for more/ when it will only end in misery...
Ice
The ice is thin come on dive in/ underneath my lucid skin/ the cold is lost, forgotten/ Hours pass days pass time stands still/ light gets dark and darkness fills/ my secret heart forbidden.../ I think you worried for me then/ the subtle ways that I'd give in but I know/ you liked the show/ tied down to this bed of shame/ you tried to move around the pain but oh/ your soul is anchored/ The only comfort is the moving of the river/ You enter into me, a lie upon your lips/ offer what you can, I'll take all that I can get/ only a fool's here.../ I don't like your tragic sighs/ as if your god has passed you by well hey fool/ that's your deception/ your angels speak with jilted tongues/ the serpent's tale has come undone you have no/ strength to squander/ The only comfort is the moving of the river/ You enter into me, a lie upon your lips/ offer what you can, I'll take all that I can get/ only a fool's here to stay/ only a fool's here to stay/ only a fool's here...
Hold On
Hold on/ Hold on to yourself/ for this is gonna hurt like hell/ Hold on/ Hold on to yourself/ you know that only time will tell/ What is it in me that refuses to believe/ this isn't easier than the real thing/ My love/ you know that you're my best friend/ you know I'd do anything for you/ my love/ let nothing come between us/ my love for you is strong and true/ Am I in heaven here or am I.../ at the crossroads I am standing/ So now you're sleeping peaceful/ I lie awake and pray/ that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll/ see another day and we will praise it/ and love the light that brings a smile/ across your face/ Oh god if you're out there won't you hear me/ I know that we've never talked before/ oh god the man I love is leaving/ won't you take him when he comes to your door/ Am I in heaven here or am I in hell/ at the crossroads I am standing/ So now you're sleeping peaceful/ I lie awake and pray/ that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll/ see another day and we will praise it/ and love the light that brings a smile/ across your face.../ Hold on/ hold on to yourself/ for this is gonna hurt like hell
Ice Cream
Your love is better than ice cream/ better than anything else that I've tried/ and your love is better than ice cream/ everyone here know how to fight/ and it's a long way down/ it's a long way down/ it's a long way down to the place/ where we started from/ Your love is better than chocolate/ better than anything else that I've tried/ oh love is better than chocolate/ everyone here knows how to cry/ it's a long way down/ it's a long way down/ it's a long way down to the place/ where we started from...
Fear
Morning smiles/ like the face of a newborn child/ innocent unknowing/ Winter's end/ promises of a long lost friend/ speaks to me of comfort/ but I fear/ I have nothing to give/ I have so much to lose/ here in this lonely place/ tangled up in our embrace/ there's nothing I'd like/ better than to fall/ but I fear I have nothing to give/ Wind in time/ rapes the flower trembling on the vine/ nothing yields to shelter it/ from above/ they say temptation will destroy our love/ the never ending hunger/ but I fear/ I have nothing to give/ I have so much to lose/ here in this lonely place/ tangled up in our embrace/ there's nothing I'd like/ better than to fall/ but I fear/ I have nothing to give/ I have so much to lose/ I have nothing to give/ We have so much to lose...
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
All the fear has left me now/ I'm not frightened anymore/ It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh/ it's my mouth that pushes out this breath/ and if I shed a tear I won't cage it/ I won't fear love/ and if I feel a rage I won't deny it/ I won't fear love/ Companion to our demons/ they will dance, and we will play/ With chairs, candles, and cloth/ making darkness in the day/ It will be easy to look in or out/ upstream or down without a thought/ and if I shed a tear I won't cage it/ I won't fear love/ and if I feel a rage I won't deny it/ I won't fear love/ Peace in the struggle/ to find peace/ comfort on the way/ to comfort/ and if I shed a tear I won't cage it/ I won't fear love/ and if I feel a rage I won't deny it/ I won't fear love/ I won't fear love/ I won't fear love...