"Show & Tell and Hide & Seek (Part One)"

I just saw you the other night
I could see... you were done up in disguise
a painted smile across your face
in a red dress and showing off your legs
but I know all about your schemes
I know who and how you've been impressing

Every new arm that you hold
only hides what your pills can't control

You're disgusting but I adore you
you're a liar but I admire you
cloudy eyes but still beautiful

Have you seen me across the street?
would you want to come look more closely?
a painted smile over my mask
with colorful memories from years passed
have I ever caught your eye,
in a panic, reciting my white lies

In every new bed that you sleep
is another bottle poured into me

You're deceiving but I just need you
you're an addict but I must have you
almost gone but still just enough

I'm alone and you're a mess
beneath the grime, I see your loveliness
I'm alone and you're a mess
against my skin, can you feel my cowardice?
I'm on my own and you're such a mess
within your soul I could hide my loneliness

If it's our words that are failing
then our movements could save us
when it's our hearts that are fleeting
the snow will control our demons

"Familiar Rain"

***This is super old but I still like it. A rare short little diddy***

She's never seen quite the likeness in me
I've never seen such thievery in her
no longer the late night robbery
just leaving me under her diamonds to burn

She's never seen quite the likeness in me
I've never seen such a detailed scheme
no longer the day time surgery
just leaving me under her scalpels to dream

I've never seen quite the beauty in her
she's never seen such honesty in me
no more adventure or mystery
just waiting on signals or a cue to leave

"The Still Point of a Turning World"

I was once fond of sleeping
I was once your wind
you were once the words I printed on my skin
this had once felt like oceans
you were once at ease
I had once believed what's written on our bodies

I've been lying here on the floor
by the fire, cause I need its warmth
to embrace me, as I try to sleep
but there are some missing parts
color dreaming, the skin from your arms

If for once I am still, please just let me sleep
it's all the fantasies I've been missing

Let me go... out on a limb here
there's a chance I set this in motion
I was told... the coast would be all clear
this is lasting no more than a moment

Let me go... out on a limb here
there's a chance the stars could be shining
on my long... walk to elation
not that you need to know where I'm hiding

It was pouring down rain
when the sun showed his face
the glistening streets
shown a mirage unto me
you were there smiling wide
dressed in that way when you were mine

It's just heat and the rain
I told myself to look away
the deceiving clean streets
shown a mirage unto me
like a lake in the sand
I couldn't help but reach out my hand

Here it goes... a chance to remember
when you were... so full of laughter

Let me go... out on a limb here
there's a chance we could have made it
I will hold... true to my promise
I will soon be making some changes
it is my... goal to feel nothing
I will not be the one who's affected

I've been lying here on the floor
by the fire, cause I need its warmth
to embrace me, as I wait for sleep

And for now I am still, please do not wake me
it's all the memories I've been missing

"What We Have Here is a Dreamer"

There is a sorrow here, unlike anywhere else
there is misfortune here, extending past myself
there is a stolen heart everyone could confess
there is a loneliness

I think I've gotten her out completely
I've written her down in clever words
tied into melodies
At least I'm letting it go finally
it only took two with clever names
helping to see clearly

How long can this last, are we stuck in the past?
I cannot breathe and I need your faith in me

There is a sorrow here, that's not planning to leave
there is such disdain here, in the words we speak
there is a heavy heart for everyone to repress
there is this emptiness

I hope I've gotten it out honestly
by raising a glass to honor him
trying to breathe easy
At least I'm taking this all more lightly
my insides were all such a mess
tied up so tightly

How far can this go, will this help us to grow?
I'm on the fence and I'm losing balance
I'll keep my promise if you will forget this

Someday now my eyes
will spark some new life
my hands be untied

And without a need
or reason to speak
some room just to breathe

"I'm Frozen and You're Dead (And I love You)"

The ice was breaking under feet
breathing too heavy, loudly cracking with each word I speak
the streets were soaking where I sleep
veiling splices of two lives passing in such harmony

The clouds were scattered perfectly
making a mural, slowly drifting in the summer night
the color scattered brilliantly
painting portraits of lifetimes passing in the evening sky

The leaves were falling silently
autumn mosaic, softly building 'round our warm embrace
our voices speaking quietly
writing novels for two lives passing that have been replaced

The wind was blowing violently
losing my balance, we were smiling at these soaring heights
the Earth approaching rapidly
defining moments of lifetimes passing behind hopeful eyes

I was frozen in time
all the hands she could hold and she still took mine
she was there in the morning and I've been feeling fine

I was frozen in change
even if it's too late, it's for the best in my case
I spent more than a lifetime waking to your lovely face

I was frozen in love
all the women I've had and she was finally enough
should I decide to live a lie or face my fears from above

I've been frozen in death
all the memories we've made were only dreams in my head
now I'm finally waking up to see the world turn again

"The Perfect Sleep"

I saw the wreckage from that night somewhere in hindsight
there were no stars in the sky or in his vacant eyes
I picked up pieces off the street that were left unseen
on such a dark night, "God" must have been fast asleep

We placed a cross on the fence to be shared with friends
we'll be asking questions and making amends
like anyone will hear our words, only the free birds
"everything happens for a reason" sounds absurd

So close to home on a late night, early in the new year
were there flashes behind those eyes, or time enough to fear?

We placed a cross on the fence where a lifetime ends
baring a name we all know given by closer friends
from under a frozen winter sky, so gray and so wide
"it was just his time" will be the lie to ease their minds

Forever dressed in such class from a life less tired
I don't want to accept that your time has expired
but maybe you are finally sleeping the perfect sleep
"in a much better place" is all that I believe

Will we look the same emerging from the flames?
the ashes of our bodies gathered and thrown away
will we meet again, will I see you as a friend?
with the proof of our lives scattered and blown away

Please take my hand, show me what's been planned
or is what we are the end of everything?
please tell me more, that's worth hoping for
does what we see in dreams have some meaning?

"Par Voie de Mer"

I will take enough to last me years
I'm sorry but it's impossible to work here
I'll take sharp enough knives if all goes wrong
to carve my thoughts into what I'm floating on.
You have enough problems, no need to fix mine
I'm sorry to waste so much of your time
you may keep everything of ours
I'll find a muse in the stars.

Maybe it's just that I have grown cold
maybe I've lost sight of all my hands used to hold
let the waves wash over me, I will try my luck at sea
I just wanted to be something ... but it's time
to be moving on, to accept all that's wrong.

If you make it out alive and alone
may the calmest seas keep you afloat
should the current send you drifting
may the sun shine bright to keep you from freezing.
I'll be on my own floating out to sea
out towards the setting sun and smiling
longing to see the stars more clearly
thinking of you when the sharks come to get me.

Maybe it's just that I've become tired
maybe I've lost hope in all that had me inspired
let the ocean embrace me, I will have more luck at sea
you just wanted to help me ... but it's time
to be letting go, to give up all that I own.