Once
I admit it, whats to say, yeah
I'll relive it, without pain, mmm
Backstreet lover on the side of the road
I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, I pray

Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah

Ohh, try and mimic whats insane, ooh yeah
I am in it, where do I stand?
Oh, indian summer and I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket so determined discreet, I pray

Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah

You think I got my eyes closed
But I'm looking at you the whole fucking time

Ooh, once upon a time I could control myself, yeah
Once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah, yeah
Once, upon a time I could love myself, yeah
Once upon a time I could love you, yeah, yeah, yeah

Once (4x)
Yeah, once, once, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Evenflow
Freezing, rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again
Oh, feeling maybe he'll see a little better set of days, ooh yeah
Oh, hand out, faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, ooh yeah
Oh, dark grin, he can't help when he's happy looks insane, oh yeah

Evenflow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
Oh someday yet, he'll begin his life again, life again, life again

Kneeling, looking throught the paper though he doesn't know to read, ooh yeah
Oh, praying, now to something that has never showed him anything
Oh, feeling, understands the weather of the winters on its way
Oh ceilings, few and far between all the legal halls of shame, yeah

Evenflow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh he don't know, so he chases them away, yeah
Someday yet, he'll begin his life again
Oh whispering hands, gently lead, lead him away, him away, him away
Yeah, woo, ah yeah, fuck it up

Evenflow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh he don't know, so he chases them away
Oh someday yet, he'll begin his life again, yeah
Oh, whispering hands, gently lead, lead him away, him away, him away
Yeah, woo, uh huh, yeah, yeah, mommy, mommy

Alive
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy, was nothing but a...
While you were sitting home alone at age 13
Your real daddy was dying
Sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked

Ohh, I, Ohh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, Ohh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive

While she walks slowly, across a young mans room
She says, I'm ready, for you
I can't remember anything to this very day
Except the look, the look
Oh you know where, now I can't see, I just stare

I, I'm still alive
Hey I, but, I'm still alive
Hey, I, boy I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, I I'm still alive
Ooh yeah, yeah yeah yeah, oh, oh

Is something wrong she said
Of course there is
You're still alive she said
Oh, and do I deserve to be
Is that the question, and if so, if so
Who answers, who answers

Oh I, Oh I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, but, I'm still alive
Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Why Go
She scratches a letter into a wall made of stone
Maybe someday another child won't feel, as alone as she does
Its been two years, and counting, since they put her in this place
She's been diagnosed, by some stupid fuck, and mommy agrees, yeah

She seems stronger, but what they want, her to be is weak
She could play pretend, she could join the game, boy
She could be another clone, ooh, whoa, ah yeah

Why go home? (4x)
What you taught me, put me here, don't come visit mother
Sting me

Whoa, ooh
Why go home? (4x)
What you taught me, put me here, don't come visit, mother, mother yeah
Why go home (7x)
Whoa

Black
Hey, ooh
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me, as her body once did
All five horizons, revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed, has taken a turn
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I now she gave me all, that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have, all been washed in black, tattoed everything

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands, cradle broken glass
Of what was everything?
All the pictures have, all been washed in black, tattooed everything
All the love gone bad, turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all that I'll be, yeah

Uh huh, uh huh, ooh
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody, else's sky, but why?
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

Jeremy
At home, drawing pictures, of mountain tops
With him on top, lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V, and the dead lay
In pools of maroon below
Daddy, didn't give attention, oh, to the fact that, mommy didn't care

King Jeremy the wicked, oh ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today (2x)

Clearly I remember, picking on the boy
Seemed a harmless, little fuck
Ooh, but we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast
How can I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting, ooh dropped wide open
Just like the day, oh like the day I heard
Daddy didn't give affection, no
And the boy was something, that mommy wouldn't wear

King Jeremy the wicked, oh ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today (3x)
Woo(14x)
Try to forget this, try to forget this
Try to erase this, try to erase this
From the blackboard

Jeremy spoke in class today (2x)
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in (2x)
Jeremy spoke in class today
woo (29x)

Oceans
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
Glide me towards
You know somethings left
And we're all allowed
To dream of the next
Oh, ohh the next, time we touch

Oooh (4x)

You don't have to stray
The oceans away
Waves roll in my thoughts
Hold tight the ring
The sea will rise
Please stand by the shore
Oh, oh, oh, I will be
I will be there once more

Oooh (4x)
Uh huh, oh yeah (2x)

Porch
What the fuck is this world
Coming to you didn't
Leave a message, at least I
Could've learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could
Be my time, 'bout you
Would you hit me, would you hit me?
Oh oh oh, oh whoa whoa

All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle
There ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place

Left the porch, left the porch
Oh, oh, oh
Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, lie beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a-just one day
I know, when I would not ever touch you
Hold you, feel you, ever nold, never again
Yeah (12x)

Garden
She don't wander in, don't wander in here, she
She don't wander in here, don't wander in here

The direction of the eye, so misleading
The direction of the soul, nauseously quick
I don't question, our existence
I just question, our modern needs

She don't wander in, don't wander in here, she
She don't wander in here

I will walk, with my hands bound
I will walk, with my face blood
I will walk, with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden of stone, yeah

After all is done, and we're still alone
I won't be taken, yet I'll go, with my hands bound
I will walk, with my face blood
I will walk, with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden of stone

I don't show, I don't share
I don't need, yeah what you have to give

Oooh, I will walk, with my hands bound
I will walk, with my face blood
I will walk, with my shadow flag
Into your garden, garden, oh

I will walk with my hands bound
I will walk into your garden, garden of stone

I don't know, I don't care
I don't need you for me to live, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh
Uh huh huh (8x)

Deep
On the edge, windowsill
Ponders his maker, ponders his will
To the street below, he just ain't nothing
But he's got a great view, and he sinks, the needle deep, yeah
Ooh, can't touch the bottom
In to deep, yeah, can't touch the bottom

Oh, on the edge of a know-nothing town
Feeling quite superior, the aged come
To the sky above, he just ain't nothing
But he's got a great view, and he sinks a burning knife deep, yeah
Ooh, can't touch the bottom
In too deep, yeah, can't touch the bottom
In to deep

On the edge, of a christmas clean love
Young virgin from heaven, visiting hell
To the man above her, she just ain't nothing
And she doesn't like the view
She doesn't like the view (2x)
But he sinks himself deep

Oh, can't touch the bottom
In too deep, yeah, can't touch the bottom
Can't touch the bottom
Deep, yeah
Oh, yeah, the bottom, yeah (6x)

Release
Father, ooh, oh, oh
I see the world, feel the chill
Which way to go, windowsill
I see the world's on a rocking horse of time
I see the verse in the rain
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

Oh, dear dad, can you see me know?
I'm myself, like you somehow
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
I'll hold the pain, Release me
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now
I am myself, like you somehow
I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
I'll open up, Release me
Release me (3x)
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh