Paradise

I'll justify while you supply,
Every excuse, as you tighten the noose,
That surrounds your life and all within,
But I'll excuse your every sin.
It's just how I am and how you are,
With every new day is another new scar.
We break ourselves as we waste ourselves,
On each others bones thinking of our homes.
Because now we're lost looking for paradise,
I see a glimpse of it looking in your eyes.

The Toll

There are so many songs I could sing,
And so many feelings they bring.
I gave it all just to hear your voice,
But you couldn't make that simple choice.
Like a dry desert wind you bit my soul.
And this little man couldn't pay the toll,
That gains entry to your mind.
All those memories so sublime.
But now it's time to erase,
Start over with a clean slate.
Climb down the mountain I scaled for you,
Begin another day, start something new.

Words to Say

When she walks away
He loses the words to say
He's filled with rage
As she turns the plank page
Looking for love letters
She thinks maybe it's better
But he's crying out so loud
As she's walking on a cloud
Sending the rains down
Covering that small town
They both had never left
They both learned to accept
When she walks away
He loses the words to say
Maybe on a different day
It would have gone a different way

Over the Edge

She went over the edge for me,
And I know she did it just to see,
How big an impact she could make,
How much breaking my heart could take.

She proved to me she could be herself,
She refused to collect dust sitting on a shelf,
Like a lonely book I'd never read,
She'd rather be falling, she'd rather be dead.

Yeah she went over the edge for me,
She just wanted to swim in the sea,
Feel her body pull her below the waves,
Like the weight of my heart as I turn the page,
In that book I'd never read,
Until it was too late; only remembering the words she'd said.

She made the jump I could never take,
She died herself, refusing to be fake.

When the Rains Come

Somewhere out there is the moon,
Chased by an angry sun.
Somewhere out there is the right girl,
Waiting for a love not yet begun.


And when it's cloudy the rains pour,
Falling against her long hair.
Somewhere out there is the right man,
Waiting to take her away from there.


It might be hard waiting for so long,
Remembering the words to a forgotten song.
But I know she'll find him, with enough time,
She'll be all right when the rains come, yes she'll be just fine.

Flight

She tears his heart as she boards that flight,
A boy left in the shadow of a man.
The sea separates and complicates,
The feelings they both once had.
What's time when you're still young?
She'll stare into the sun,
As that bird takes her far away,
To a place she'll want to stay.
Should she return or will her heart still burn,
For the feelings he left her with.
A memory of the perfect kiss.
She tears his heart as she takes to the sky,
You know he doesn't want to say goodbye.
But life's like this and she can't afford to miss,
What might be right, so she boards that flight.