01 Marching Bands Of Manhattan

If I could open my arms 
and span the length of the isle of Manhattan, 
I'd bring it to where you are 
making a lake of the East River and Hudson 
And if I could open my mouth 
wide enough for a marching band to march out of 
they would make your name sing 
and bend through alleys and bounce off other buildings. 

I wish we could open our eyes 
to see in all directions at the same time 
Oh what a beautiful view 
if you were never aware of what was around you 
And it is true what you said 
that I live like a hermit in my own head 
but when the sun shines again 
I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in. 

Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole 
Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound 
But while you debate half empty or half full 
It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown (4x) 

Your love is gonna drown (4x) 
Your love is gonna... 

02.   Soul Meets Body 

 want to live where soul meets body 
and let the sun wrap its arms around me 
and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing 
and feel, feel what it's like to be new 
cuz in my head there's a Greyhound station 
where I set my thoughts to far off destinations 
so they may have a chance of finding a place 
where they're far more suited than here 

I cannot guess 
what we'll discover 
when we turn the dirt 
with our palms cupped like shovels 
but I know our filthy hands 
can wash one another's 
and not one speck will remain 

I do believe it's true 
that there are roads left in both of our shoes 
but if the silence takes you 
then I hope it takes me too 
so brown eyes I'll hold you near 
cuz you're the only song I want to hear 
a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere 
where soul meets body 
where soul meets body 
where soul meets body 

and I do believe it's true 
that there are roads left in both of our shoes 
but if the silence takes you 
then I hope it takes me too 
so brown eyes I'll hold you near 
cuz you're the only song I want to hear 
a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere 
a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere 
a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere 
a melody softly soaring through my atmosphere. 

 03.   Summer Skin 

Squeaky swings and tall grass 
the longest shadows ever cast 
The water's warm and children swim 
and we frolicked about in our summer skin 

I don't recall a single care 
just greenery and humid air 
Then Labor day came and went 
and we shed what was left of our summer skin 

On the night you left I came over 
and we peel the freckles from our shoulders 
Our brand new coats so flushed and pale 
And I knew your heart I couldn't break 
Cause the seasons change was a conduit 
And we left our love in our summer skin

 04.   Different Names For The Same Thing 

Alone on a train aimless in wonder 
an outdated map crumbled in my pocket 
but I didn't care where I was going 
Cause They're all different names for the same place. 

The coast dissapeared when the sea drown the sun 
I knew no words to share it with anyone 
The boundaries of language I quietly cursed 
And all the different names for the same thing. 

There are different names for the same things 
There are different names for the same things... 

 05.   I Will Follow You Into The Dark 

Love of mine some day you will die 
But I'll be close behind 
I'll follow you into the dark 

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white 
Just our hands clasped so tight 
Waiting for the hint of a spark 
If heaven and hell decide 
That they both are satisfied 
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs 

If there's no one beside you 
When your soul embarks 
Then I'll follow you into the dark 

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule 
I got my knuckles brusied by a lady in black 
And I held my toungue as she told me 
"Son fear is the heart of love" 
So I never went back 

If heaven and hell decide 
That they both are satisfied 
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs 

If there's no one beside you 
When your soul embarks 
Then I'll follow you into the dark 

You and me have seen everything to see 
From Bangcock to Calgary 
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down 
The time for sleep is now 
It's nothing to cry about 
Cause we'll hold each other soon 
The blackest of rooms 

If heaven and hell decide 
That they both are satisfied 
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs 

If there's no one beside you 
When your soul embarks 
Then I'll follow you into the dark 
Then I'll follow you into the dark

 06.   Your Heart Is An Empty Room 
Burn it down till the embers smoke on the ground 
And start new when your heart is an empty room 
With walls of the deepest blue 

Fall fades how it ages when you¡¦re away 
Spring blooms and you find the love that's true 
But you don't know what now to do 
Cause the chase is all you know
And she stopped running months ago 

And all you see is where else you could be 
When you¡¦re at home out on the street 
Are so many possibilities to not be alone 

The flames and smoke climbed out of every window 
And disappeared with everything that you held dear 
And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need 
Cause you knew you were finally free 

Cause all you see is where else you could be 
When you¡¦re at home out on the street 
Are so many possibilities to not be alone 

And all you see is where else you could be 
When you¡¦re at home there on the street 
Are so many possibilities to not be alone 

 07.   Someday You Will Be Loved 

I once knew a girl in the years of my youth 
With eyes like the summer of beauty and truth 
But in the morning I fled; left a note and it read 
Someday you will be loved 

I can not pretend that I felt any regret 
Cause each broken heart will eventually mend 
As the blood runs red down the needle and thread 
Someday you will be loved 

You¡¦ll be loved, you¡¦ll be loved 
Like you never have known 
And the memories of me will seem more like bad dreams 
Just a series of blurs like I never occurred 
Someday you will be loved 

You may feel alone when you¡¦re falling asleep 
And every time tears roll down you cheeks 
But I know your heart belongs to someone you¡¦ve yet to meet 
And someday you will be loved 

You¡¦ll be loved, you¡¦ll be loved 
Like you never have known 
And the memories of me will seem more like bad dreams 
Just a series of blurs like I never occurred 
Someday you will be loved 

You¡¦ll be loved, you¡¦ll be loved 
Like you never have known 
And the memories of me will seem more like bad dreams 
Just a series of blurs like I never occurred 
Someday you will be loved 
Someday you will be loved 

 08.   Crooked Teeth 

It was one hundred degrees, as we sat beneath a willow tree, 
Who's tears didn¡¦t care, they just hung in the air, and refused to fall, to fall. 

And I knew I¡¦d made horrible call, 
And now the state line felt like the Berlin wall, 
And there was no doubt about which side I was on. 

Cause I built you a home in my heart, 
With rotten wood, it decayed from the start. 

Cause you can¡¦t find nothing at all, 
If there was nothing there all along. 
No you can¡¦t find nothing at all, 
If there was nothing there all along. 

I braved treacherous streets, 
And kids strung out on homemade speed. 
And we shared a bed in which I could not sleep, 
At all, woo, hoo, woo, hooOoOo. 

Cause at night the sun in the tree, 
Made the skyline look like crooked teeth, 
In the mouth of a man who was devouring, us both. 

You¡¦re so cute when you¡¦re slurring your speech, 
But they¡¦re closing the bar and they want us to leave. 

And you can¡¦t find nothing at all, 
If there was nothing there all along. 
No you can¡¦t find nothing at all, 
If there was nothing there all along. 

I¡¦m a war, of head versus heart, 
And it¡¦s always this way. 
My head is weak, my heart always speaks, 
Before I know what it will say. 

And you can¡¦t find nothing at all, 
If there was nothing there all along. 
No you can¡¦t find nothing at all, 
If there was nothing there all along¡K 

 09.   What Sarah Said 

And it came to me then that every plan 
Is a tiny prayer to father time 
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU 
That reeked of piss and 409 
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself 
that I¡¦d already taken too much today 
As each descending peak of the LCD 
Took you a little farther away from me 
Away from me 

Amongst the vending machines 
And year old magazines 
In a place where we only say goodbye 
It stung like a violent wind 
That our memories depend 
On a faulty camera in our minds 
And I knew that you were a truth 
I would rather lose 
than to have never lain beside at all 

Then I looked around at all the eyes on the ground 
As the TV entertained itself 
Cause there¡¦s no comfort in the waiting room 
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news 
Then the nurse comes round 
And everyone lifts their heads 
And I¡¦m thinking of what Sarah said 
That love is watching someone die 

So who¡¦s going to watch you die? 
So who's going to watch you die? 
So who's going to watch you die? 

 10.   Brothers On A Hotel Bed 

You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I¡¦m not who I used to be 
No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise 
The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw 
Something he was not looking for both a beginning and an end 
But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize 
When he catches his reflection on accident 

On the back of a motor bike 
with your arms outstretched trying to take flight 
leaving everything behind 
but even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete 
in the city where we still reside. 
And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea like navy men 
Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides 
like brothers on a hotel bed 
like brothers on a hotel bed 
like brothers on a hotel bed 
like brothers on a hotel bed


 11.   Stable Song 

time for the final bout 
rows of deserted houses 
all our stable mates highway bound 
give us our measly sum 
getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly 

starting out with nothing but crippling doubt 
we'll rest easy (justified) 

suffered a swift defeat 
i'll endure countless repeats 
the gift of memory's an awful curse 
with age it just gets much worse 

but i won't mind 
i won't mind 
i won't mind 
i won't mind


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