Just six years old - blank slate of knowledge
Fisher Price by my side
Abbey Road serving as soundtrack
Mean Mr. Mustard as my guide
Had so few cares or worries
With John and Paul to lead the way
For all I knew at that stage of life
The sun would come out every day
Musical findings
Constant remindings
Of who I was and where I used to be
Musical findings
Pleasant rewindings
So many varied shadings of me
Best friend and I out on the highway
No particular place to go
Road map deficient except for some music
To keep us in the flow
I stumbled across that old favorite album
Was somehow stashed away
A Small Victory - a huge reminder
Of a long lost yesterday
Each tune I hear serves as a snapshot
Of days that have passed
A musical passport for when
Life moves too fast
Don’t need no photos
To serve as my looking glass
I measure my life by bars and staffs
Last day of classes
Time to rewind and reflect upon
the past four years
I turned on some Fishbone
As was my custom
And kicked back with friends and beers
Had no idea what the future offered
And we could hardly care
With Lemon Meringue blasting in the background
Had all we needed right there
When I met you
It seemed everything was laid out perfect
Nothing to do, but to let it come in stride
What could I do to ensure that you could
fully be trusted?
Nothing to do, but to strap on for the ride
And let it crash and burn
Perhaps I’m just too trusting
Of everyone to see the basic truth
It seems that no one can stop lying
Kick the bullshit in the tooth
Shut down this double standard booth
Open for business is the sign that reads
Across your forehead
You’re selling mind tricks
And I’m the latest buyer
Whatever is this game that
You continually insist on playing?
The only thing that you are playing with is fire
And fire will surely burn
Trust me - I am trusting in you
Please stop all of this lying
What are you trying to prove?
I find myself becoming cynical about you
Seems that all you ever do is bitch and moan
Trust is so integral to everything we do
But it seems you’d rather lie and be alone
is that your goal?
Looking back now, I see all the
other paths left unchosen
Makes you wonder what’s behind the other door
But I realize there’s nothing wrong with the
choices that I’ve made here
The only thing I would change about my tour
is that I went with you
Perhaps I’m just too trusting
Of everyone to see the basic truth
It seems that no one can stop lying
But we must keep on trusting
If we ever want to see the truth
I guess we’ve got to keep on trying
To kick the bullshit in the tooth
And shut down this double standard booth
Lock it away before it starts to take control
It’s better this way
So just crawl back into that hole
Walk fast
Leave my footsteps behind
And block out that sound of me calling you
Talk to me
There’s so much that’s left unspoken
Your silence is fear
What if all your thoughts are broken?
Labeled vindictive
I stare into your eyes
And watch for a sign that you care for me
Why can’t you see that the choice to be happy
Is no one’s but our own?
It’s insanity to insist that you’d rather be with
Someone wrong than alone
Take a chance
Before you are dearly departed
This is our last dance
But the music hasn’t started
Walk fast
Leave no time for regrets
After all, we just met...
The conversation had long grown stale
But neither one was quite ready to bail
They wore each other around
like worn and tattered shoes
Why turn the page on yesterday’s news?
Increasingly obvious that things weren’t right
Both parties refusing to see the light
Without a single way to salvage this game
They both lined up to shoot the next frame
Keep fighting the battle
Keep settling for less
Keep waiting for someone else to clean up your mess
Keep upping the ante
Keep writing the check
Keep dealing your cards from the bottom of the deck
Impossible to tell when it started to end
Both hearts broken, but neither will bend
Backs against another as they lie awake in bed
Hoping tomorrow won’t bring the same dread
Staring at the ceiling
Trying to reclaim that feeling
But try as you might you can’t go backwards
Sometimes we grow apart
Looking for some answers
Searching for second chances
But try as you might you can’t go backwards
Sometimes we grow apart
Keep fighting for nothing
It’s all that you’ve got
Keep building your property on a barren lot
Keep upping the ante
Keep writing the check
Keep dealing your cards
From the bottom of the deck
Yeah, you think you’re so impressive
And I really must agree
Cause I’ve never met someone who’s
So insistent on completely annoying me
And you swear you’re so endearing
You make sure to tell us every day
And the only reason that we’re even here
Is cause we’re much too kind to say
Leave me alone
We love you lots
We love you really lots
Leave me alone - you’re annoying
Leave me alone NOW
And it’s always the same story
It’s never you - just someone else
And yet you clap your hands
and think that we’ll just be there
We’ll make sure to wear our bells
And it seems you’re always trying
At least to varying degrees
To make it seem like you’re
Thinking on the same wavelength
Won’t you just disagree
or just leave me alone?
Leave me alone
Won’t you leave me alone?
Won’t you get out of my face and just
Leave me alone?
They say you should forgive
and you should forget
But I’m only willing to forgive
I know that I should just let all this die
But I’m just dying to let live
If only I could fight it
If I could let it go
If only I could write it off
To loss of self control
Letter finely crafted - ready to send out now
Telling how I feel
I know that I should just burn this up
But when was I to listen?
I so want this to be real
I never seem to listen to myself
It seems my mind is always fighting
The state of my romantic health
Needs some better lighting
But here’s where you come in
And soothe the storm that rains inside me
I know it would be a sin to let you go
Now that you’ve found me
Now that I’ve found you
It’s been three years now
Seems I’ve gotten nowhere
in this cat and mouse chase
The fact that I still am trying
Is the terrible disgrace