1. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

I have waited
Dined on ashes
Swung from chandeliers and climbed Everest
And none of it's got me close to this

I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?

We've been good
Even a blast, but
Don't you feel like something's missing here?
Don't you dare

I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?
Stand up and face the bright light
Don't hide your eyes
It's time

No umbrellas
No sunglasses
Hailing Hallelujah everyday

I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?
Stand up and face the bright light
Don't hide your eyes
It's time



2. PROMISES, PROMISES

I'm only twenty-three for
Another hour, give or take,
I'm a fan of yours
And I need a good mistake

I'm not a sinner, a preacher
All I have is slight of hand
I do magic tricks for
All the boys in the band

[Bridge]
Baby could I be
The rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me..
Hand me the bat

[Refrain]
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give into this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises..
No promises, no promises

I've never done this before
Promises, promises,
I'm enjoying the illusion
And the things my body says

Now you see me, now you don't
Oh, how well you disappear
What are you running from
And may I interfere?

[Bridge X2]
Baby could I be
The rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me..
Hand me the bat

[Refrain X2]
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give into this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises..
No promises, no promises



3. FRIENDS AND LOVERS

I'm a ne'er do well
Running out of black gold
It's high time I pulled over
And walked around a while

I've seen the porcelain shell
Your exoskeleton
And I feel like we walk well together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers

If asked of me I would
Gobble them to bits
The things that wall us off from
Where we belong

What's wrong with you is good
for what's wrong with me
and I think maybe we should stick together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers
We are friends and lovers

Abandon all the bones
We've got to pick
They'll only weigh us down and
We are better than that

If they all throw stones
Start a collection
Of everything we're not
And won't be-cause

You should never have to defend
(never have to defend)
Being friends and lovers
Being friends and lovers (oh)
Being friends and lovers



4. THIEVES

You're happy all the time
I just don't understand why I can't be happy too
Your smiles are salt in the wound
A slap upon a back that's been toiling in the sun

When will I get mine?
Or must I be a god-fearing, white american?
Oh everything is fine
As long as you're a god-fearing, white american

Why should the thieves have all of the fun?
Selling us water by the river, they don't speak for everyone
I'm ready to run and you're making me crawl
Selling me water by the river, they don't speak for me at all

The man about the town
The beauty queen, the paragon of civilization
But shadows cling to us all
Even those convinced that they're sheltered and immune

When will I get mine?
Or must I be a god-fearing, white american?

Why should the thieves have all of the fun?
Selling us water by the river, they don't speak for everyone
I'm ready to run and you're making me crawl
Selling me water by the river, they don't speak for me at all



5. ISADORE

Erica and her Isadore
Climbed aboard a balloon
I want more than this kite will soar
I've set our sights on the moon

You can't just leave, i've given everything
I can't believe you're taking everything
You're taking everything
Oh...

It's not who you were
It's who you are
And we've come this far lover
No, I won't rest
Until the world
Knows the name Isadore

Blinded by their unbridled height
Our lovers turned dissolute

You can't just leave, i've given everything
I can't believe you're taking everything
You're taking everything
Oh...

It's not who you were
It's who you are
And we've come this far lover
No, I won't rest
Until the world
Knows the name Isadore
Knows the name Isadore

Then with eyes wide, a splintered sight
There's just one parachute
Goodbye Erica now I see
That my worst fears were in tune

It's not who you were it's who you are and we've come this far lover
No, I won't rest until the world knows the name Isadore knows the name Isadore
Won't rest until the world knows the name Isadore



6. THE ORIGINAL

I only go where I'm wanted
You go only where you want
I aim to be more like you
There is a ghost in my house
Rattling handles on every door
Show us an open window or two
Would you?

Doors are starting to close
And you drew a rose my, my
Your mind it is original, oh
You're a skeleton key, opening me,
My, my; your mind it is original,
Girl you're the original
Always were
And always will be

The flowers of adaptation
Unfold and lovingly alarm
You effortlessly ring that bell
Your stripes are yours and yours only
The bow ideal of rare birds
And now I am under your spell
Oh, under your spell

Doors are starting to close
And you drew a rose my, my
Your mind it is original, oh
You're a skeleton key, opening me,
My, my; your mind it is original,
Girl you're the original
Always were
And always will be



7. DEFIANCE

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh

You almost had me there
It was the batting lashes that gave you away
You're bold beyond repair
And there's an absence today
Of defiance
Our most awakened inclination
And your elegant aberration

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Something's happening
When all the rebels and devils have come to not
But hear your sirening
And who would un-ring, oh, your bell?

Defiance, our most awakened inclination
Defiance, your most elegant aberration

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh


8. IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES

I was lost but now I am found.
A line was crossed, a vessel run aground.
The boy has gone, let's grieve and let him go.
He left at dawn, but it's a new day don't you know?

In the company of wolves I sat in silence observant and afraid

He was there with the eyes like glowing embers the man you see was made.

I was lost but now I am high.
It helps to know serenity from ennui.
Something's wrong, something's wrong, when it all remains the same.
So face the fire, come into your name.

In the company of wolves I sat in silence, observant and afraid.
He was there with the eyes like glowing embers, the man you see was made. Ohhhhhooo..

Even I can't recall how many days I had been out there for
but when aurora's lights cease to shine, I was alive, I think, for the first time.
Infinity it falls, in feathery folds but she bites like loveless eyes,
And with her belly full she called this rite of passage, it was the longest night of my life.

It was the longest night of my life.



9. SWITCH BLADE


I keep getting attacked by
The girl in the black hat
The girl in the black hat.

I can't find any shade but
I'll be swayed as long as
I've got a switchblade.

I keep getting the eye from
The girl in the thigh highs
The girl in the thing highs.

With irises of jade are built
To persuade and they're
Swift like a switchblade.


Switchblade, switchblade
They're swift like a switchblade

Nobody wears it like you anymore.
Nobody wears it like you anymore.


Light like a feather
Bright like a dying star.
Cut those together
Girl that is what you are.
Wild eyes forever
Built to punish and persuade.
I like together
But all I got was a switchblade.


So just gimme the facts
Who's the girl in the black hat
The girl in the black hat.

I can't find any shade but
I'll be swayed as long as
I've got a switchblade.

I think of getting a rise
On all the American thighs
Her American thighs.

She got her black hat
And irises of jade
And I got a switchblade.



10. ADOLESCENTS

I'm feeling out of bounds, out of bounds
I'm running out of time, out of time
I know there's no such thing as either of them
But its doesn't make me feel any better

Out of sight, out of mind
Out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time
We're out of mind
Out of mind
Out of mind
Yeah, yeah

I’m feeling overwhelmed, overwhelmed
It’s getting out of line, line, line
I know I’m not alone
Just adolescents, you and I
It doesn’t make me feel any better

Out of sight, out of mind
Out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time
We're out of mind
Out of mind
Out of mind
Yeah, yeah
Out of sight, out of mind
Out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time
We're out of mind
Out of mind
Out of mind
We're out of mind
Yeah



11. TTOMORROW'S FOOD

I know you vie for the good ol' days
And with less of us around, we were a cinch to sway
Does it feel like it's the end of the world
Well maybe it is, but when was it not,
Cause it's true, me and you
We are all tomorrow's food today

There's no such thing as the good ol' days
The older we all get, the better we all were
There's no such as the end of the world
(but just in case!) You'd best batten down and button up
Cause it's true, me and you
We are all tomorrow's food today