1. THE THIEF

A new wind will blow through everything
Through everything I know

I was looking into every car hoping that someone
Might see and look back
I knew I let it out too far
I watched it go
I couldn’t get it all back
Slowed it down below a waltz
Where there was hardly any sway or grace left
It was so slow you could see my faults,
Every solitary step and misstep

Down like a leaf in the long grass I lay for hours
The thief made off but not with everything
There was a glow still under the ashes
The past was getting ready to let go
If a new wind would blow

Walking into every room in the aftermath
The place felt haunted
By all the things we didn’t do
And the memory of what we wanted
Slowed it down below a waltz
Where there was hardly any sway or grace left
It was so slow you could see all my faults,
Every solitary step and misstep

Down like a leaf in the long grass I lay for hours
The thief made off but not with everything
There was a glow still under the ashes
The past was getting ready to let go
If a new wind would blow


2. CAPTIVE

I wanna be held captive
Forget the way I acted
It’s just I’m out of practice
And distracted

Hold me to this thing darling
And bring a ladder we’ll climb to the rafters
As long as there’s a view to look to
Fence me in and keep me close to you

I wandered for a long time
I forgot my light
You threw me a lifeline
Pulled me out of the dark night

Hold me to this thing darling
And bring a ladder we’ll climb to the rafters
As long as there’s a view to look to
Fence me in and keep me close to you

There will always be a lamp lit
Look how far the light is casting
In the soft and steady you can see it
Glowing with a feeling
This feeling

I wanna be held captive
Look at the way I acted
I’m just so out of practice
And distracted


3. NEW LONELINESS

There is just one apple on the tree
It isn’t like I hoped it’d be
Yesterday when there was still you
I looked and I swear that I saw two
Maybe a wandering white-tailed deer
Came in the night to make it even more clear
And left me just one, a Spartan no less
To remind me of my new loneliness

There is just one oar leaning against the wall
What of our plans for paddles in the Fall?
With the reeds grown high in a winding maze
We were to follow old waterways
Maybe a hovering dragonfly
Will rest on a cattail and wonder why
There is no clamouring at the shore
Of two in a canoe with each an oar

There is just one pillow on the bed
Where a solitary someone lays her head
And a stack of books meant to be read aloud
Closed and dusty, awaiting a crowd
Maybe a spider in a high corner
Keeps his tiny eye on the still mourner
And waits for the other to slip under the cover
And relight the dark candle lit between lovers
And replay the melody made by two lovers


4. ONE MATCH

If I only had one match left
Would I try to light a fire under you?
If I could only say one thing
Would it be what I’ve been wanting to?
Every time I close the gate
I wonder if this is enough
If I only had one match left
I would try to light it between us

If we only spoke with our minds
I would never look you in the eye
Cause I think I might’ve heard somethings
You told me even if you didn’t try
All the thoughts that we’ve been pondering
I think that they’d add up to be enough
If we only spoke with our minds
Our lips might find a way to say so much

Oh little fire sleepy in the coals
Open up the door see a flame unfold
Stoke with words you say and the way you say them
Little fire awaits for you to get close to him

If you only want to stay safe
And tucked under the covers of your bed
I would tell you that I knew what it was like
And of the dreams that I’ve been living in instead
And those times I close my eyes
And wonder what we could do with this love…
If I only had one match left
If I only had one match left
If I only had one match left
I would try to light the fire between us


5. CARELESS

Woke up
In my head I heard your voice saying something
Deep in the fog that was covering me
You said, “Why don’t you call or at least call
Back sometime?”
And I fell back to the past
And the grace that I lacked
Blind in the praise that was smothering me
Now I’ve left it so long, coasting along
I know I was wrong

Maybe my carefree has been careless
Maybe the story was half true
All the words that I’ve held too close to my chest
Are calling on me now to get through

So I thought maybe I’d call and that would be all
Clear out regrets that were hovering here
But how could I get to a place that’s so distant now
Back then I knew right away and still I didn’t say
Under my breath I was muttering
And from the start I gave just part of my heart
And now I see what I did
What I did

Maybe my carefree has been careless
Maybe the story was half true
All the words that I’ve held too close
To my chest
Are calling on me now to get through

I’ll be hollering out the words that I meant to use


6. WASHINGTON

I didn’t go to Washington
Instead I swept the floor
The only things I’ve ever done
You can’t see anymore
I knew there would be magic
But I turned at the last chance
These idle hands are staying scared of
Making any plans

Cause the fire needed tending
And the windows are so wide
Sometimes I feel I’m in the world
When I’m looking from inside
I will pack down the snow,
Make a path to the road,
And I’ll think of the long ride
I hope you don’t need snow tires
Through the Pennsylvania night

I didn’t go, I said no, I said no when you asked
The only things I’m feeling
Are the empty minutes pass
The sun came up and moved around
It’s down behind a cloud
I didn’t go to Washington
And you’ll be almost there by now


7. LATE BLOOMER

Oh late bloomer the rumours were true
You know I checked your ID when you left the room
I didn’t want to see it coming,
I showed off my heart
Now there’s a scar in the shape of a question mark
Oh late bloomer the rumours were true
Scattered leaves are all that’s left of you

I never thought I’d be the marrying kind
It was nothing to be always left behind
From the ship that would sail with everyone on it
I said ‘give me the land,
I know what I want and where I’m wanted’
But you came in whistling ‘I’ll go if you’ll go’
And I was waiting around to play like an old piano

And honey I couldn’t see
The trouble sleeping down deep
Where these lights won’t go
I couldn’t see the trouble underneath
I set my sights on what was alright
My will didn’t know,
Where these lights won’t go
I couldn’t see the trouble underneath

Who knew it would be you through the wall
Listening in to a voice on a call
And hearing the strings and a shoot ‘em up show
Little did I know then what little did I know
Long before listening forever
Was shot down before it was ever delivered

And honey I couldn’t see
The trouble sleeping down deep
Where these lights won’t go
I couldn’t see the trouble underneath
I set my sights on what was alright
My will didn’t know, where these lights won’t go
I couldn’t see the trouble underneath

Oh late bloomer the rumours were true
You know I checked your ID what was it I knew?
I didn’t want to see it coming,
I showed off my heart
Now there’s a scar in the shape of a question mark
Oh late bloomer the rumours were true
Scattered leaves are all that’s left of you


8. THE CITY

The city was too late for us
I got there and you wanted to get away
The city was too grey for us
We slept through the blue skies
Under clouds of the duvet
And the streets were all to straight for us
A parade of nobility seen from above
But the city is to blame for us
And what was our love

The city makes you make a fuss
It’s places to meet up under the light
The city’s got its stake in us
It’s keeping receipts of our hello’s and our hi’s
And everything is made of dust
From the backs of the comets
To the little street mice
The city takes so long to get quiet
And lust wasn’t sleeping that night

Before we knew it we knew it was right
Before we blew it I didn’t know that we might
And now it’s somebody’s story
And I’m not sorry that it’s mine
Before we knew it we were out of time

The city says ‘oh if I could’
But the rain-soaked battered view makes you not sure
Am I walking in your neighbourhood?
I was just driving by the rained-out streets
Where we once were
And even though it’s way too late
Time seems to have stopped still where we stood
You ran back in and you’re somewhere in the city
You’re somewhere in the city
And I hope you’re good 250


9. SILVERADO

Hey what about me
When can I tumble like old Neil,
Ass over heels?
When can I float above the road
To see how that feels?
Who made these promises
To raise the hopes of dopes like us?
We should know by now but when it comes to dreams
We’re suckers still
When it comes to dreams we’re suckers still

Hey what about me
When can I skip across the dust of my own moon?
When can I wave goodbye to a planet laying in ruin?
When they’re handing out the start command
I’ll be an old confused earth bound man
The price was right but it came too late
This engine’s fueled on sour grapes
My engine’s fueled on sour grapes


10. THE MARBLE IN YOUR EYES

You said ‘everything sounds right’
I say ‘everything is beautiful.
I’ll get to see you tonight
And wake up to your smile.’
You said ‘everything sounds right’
And it made me more in love with you
And I think that we just might
Watch this grow awhile

And in your deepest sighs
That say ‘words cannot do justice
To the way I feel inside’
A golden light is coming through
The marble in your eye

In the morning sun will rise
The first light hits a disco ball
And we’ll try to tell the time
By the scattered patterns on the wall
And I’ve never been so scared
I never cared that it could get away
Are we gonna do this baby
Say ‘everything sounds right’ again ok?

In your deepest sighs
That say ‘words cannot do justice
To the way I feel inside’
A golden light is coming through
The marble in your eye
Let it make its way around the room
And we’ll try to tell the time


11. IT WILL SAIL

I think it’ll float
I think it’ll sail
We may take on waves
Hit a gale
But considering this love
Most everything
Says I think it’ll fly
And I think it’ll sing

There’s a cat on the bed
And a leak in the roof
And I’m pretty sure now
That we don’t need more proof
We’ll patch it with credit
And we’ll pay it on time
Take the helm from me sailor
Take us out of here tonight

Never, never, never
Give up on it
You never know
Wherever you are
You‘ll always be
Surrounded by love