Expansive Heart
landscape static (still
except for hanging limbs)
all streams just die right where they begin
everything is fallow even weeds choke
all the cells are bankrupt because the sun went
broke
and if an aspect won't rot of its own accord
cruel hurricanes cleave like avenging swords
bleak old landscape still except for drifting ash
one glance shocks my heart like a plane crash
expansive heart
transform this land
expansive heart
placing what was really always mine
into my hands
my home is loud bright and broad like god revealed
dense clouds drench 50,000 rolling fields
all its animals fuck with superhuman vigor
and die in time to fertilize the deep woods
my home is alive with war and peace and birth and
death
its rhythm gives cue to tidal waves and babies breath
old sailors drink vov on the freezing coast
and sing the praises of the land that they love most
Will Alone
one day down a
thousand
years to go
some people think they
cannot move when they get tired
but they should be more like a horse
acquire steadiness by inches blood and time
and let it push each simple step
well now its will alone
when there is no way
else to move
oh yeah its will alone
so i give thanks and
walk along
i know its peace i want
and nothing else will do
but peace eludes me like a ghost
so should my body fall
from crawling through the mud
then i will reach it with my teeth
one day down a
thousand
years to go
New Fist
i tried to see you
but the sun got in my eyes
and i'm never gonna get what i wanted from you
because i wanted you to fill a hole in my life
i'm going sane, i'm going sane straight sane
and all the walls that used to block our trust
are falling down and this debris can only reconcile
us
i tried to touch you
but my hand got in the way
because i wanted to swallow you alive in a
bite size piece with a side of your soul on a plate
am i imperfect
do i have flaws that slow me down
yes i was the one with the manifold brain
burning up my life but everything is turning all
Persistence
(Sung by Jeremy plus Doug, Kevin, Jesse, and Jaime)
some people say that meaning is dead
and there is nothing left to do
about the way we've ended up
but i persist and say they are wrong
one confused little creature
reaches out and tries to have the sun
it keeps on getting burned
but it won't ever learn
its numb from all the damage that's been done
do not say that we are safe
our home town is filled with
bitter drunks building guns
do not say that we are lost
persistence could change even this
persistence is a burning sun
so you've got some problems
i've got some too, what do you expect me to do?
what do you expect me to do
we've sown our seeds in sand
and poisoned all our wells
and taken council with a pack of fools
but brick by brick we should reverse it
we are here to do more than die out
we won't need anything
but the subtle will to peace
