OXYGEN

Peel it back
You were there
On the ledge
One misstep
Mortal weakened and wasting away
But you climbed out again

Roll on, go fast and fly
Rocket away and leave me to
Wonder here, go past and fly
I'll wave as you go spinning by

Breathe it in
The oxygen
Fills you up
For hammering
Rivals and colors and roads
Through the fields
That rise up to the gods

BABYLON

That morning you first saw life
Flicker by in the blink of an eye
That time you can't forget
When the streets didn't look so wet…
Fault line now change turns on a dime
Like it or not this world isn't kind

This was my babylon, and now
My fields are burning
You took my Avalon, and still the world keeps turning

So you tell me you got this call
Now your world don't mean
Nothing at all
Lightning stricken in your home
Now you're that much more alone

No rhyme, no explanation here
All our tragic days as volunteers

Guilty of desperation
Witness reincarnation

SHELTER

You never had a shelter over you
You better get some shelter over you

This is the life of the man in control,
Says no one can touch me
Tie up the lamb,
Sacrifice with a smile,
To satisfy me

You never had a shelter over you
B/G VOCALS - SHELTER ME, THE SKIES COME DOWN
You better get some shelter over you
B/G VOCALS - ENDS WITH YOUR LIFE
WE ONLY SURVIVE

I took control, or so I thought, from the man - where he couldn't find me
So what's all this noise
(B/G VOCALS SAME LINE) HAMMERING INSIDE MY HEAD
IT'S THERE TO REMIND ME

You never had a shelter over you
B/G VOCALS - SHELTER ME, THE SKIES COME DOWN
You better get some shelter over you
B/G VOCALS - ENDS WITH YOUR LIFE
WE ONLY SURVIVE

We only survive
We're only surviving
We're only surviving

You never had a shelter over you
B/G VOCALS - SHELTER ME, THE SKIES COME DOWN
You better get some shelter over you
B/G VOCALS - ENDS WITH YOUR LIFE
You never had a shelter
You better get some shelter

We only survive
Here I come

SHOVE

THis place is abused
This place is a fight
We've got to get through to the other side

It's good to be young
It's grand to grow old
We meet in the middle and the time is gold

You showed me these things
And hung from the railings
And screamed about the change
That moment is near, but you've disappeared

You were going to shove me
Through the forgotten door
You were high above me, you said

So what happened to you
Is your gallery closed?
Did you think in the end you would be exposed?
Your rock was the truth, it's anchored upon
That special way that you led me on

So look for the living and read the message
And come back into view
You wanted to stay, and I never knew

ANESTHESIA

I suspect that you're following me
And the truth is I'm equally cold
And beyhond, how empty I feel
The words aren't coming

On the surface it all seems the same
Sitll enjoying the view from the back
But now I'm hopeless and eaten away
You've taken it from me

Give me your anesthesia
Feeding into humming veins oh
Leave me your anesthesia
Welcome to this dreaming shade

I admit I was never defined
And my vision was so uninspired
"Nothing new," the reviewers returned
And now you've come for me

Give me your anesthesia
Feeding into humming veins oh
Leave me your anesthesia
Passing into this dreaming shade

I keep coming back
As this fades to black
Guess I'll lay down somewhere here

3 FACES

Call it a name, call it what you want
I see in your face when you begin
To disintegrate inside
Save it for your friends

It's time to step into the telling light
Where you once crept
What do you really stand for anyways
Now we're gonna see

What is your name
Where do you go
You're still the same
3 faces show

Enough of your talk, oblivious, spoiled, mentality,
Wasted youth and great epiphanies
Smug and safe ignore your history
Sink in the mud and gasp, "What mystery!"

LIFT YOU UP

The sound of children's play awakes
It's yesterday unfolding again
Too many things behind locked doors
Light a candle, see which one to wish for

I can't lift you up,
I can't get you
No one in your soul,
No one to be found
You want to believe and you don't understand
And it's killing me

Her voice is shaking on the phone
When she cries I can't say a word
God, fill her up and make her whole
If I could only give her what she prays for

 

ON THAT DAY

On that day when I lay down,
Let you walk all over me
I will hear what you say,
See the error of my ways
And the world will be designed
So I can perceive it
And my feet will fall in line,
I'll surely believe it

When you tie me up
You can wind me up
On that day I give up oxygen for you
You can pull me in,
On that day I kneel down before you

Immodest me, so naive,
I thought that we could be set free
I'll understand, when you command,
That's the only freedom you'll ever need
And my sole humanity,
My hallowed refinements
Just a product of the man that sketched me in

Stripped of trust and honesty
My stinging eyes can't find the sun
You will never have me hanging
Helpless on your silver tongue


MAGNIFIED

I used my city key
Cold people looked so pretty
The things you see
When you put your gun away

High on the tower walls
The angels waved because
They knew that I had found
The silver chain of love

So what if your God is sleeping?
What if he can't make the scene OK?
Are you gonna lay down brother
Live forever down in the fold?

I had a fleeting glimpse
I heard every wish
I was the L.A. Quadraphonic wave

So like a drug to me
The little honesties
Connect the people
There are no strangers here today

I'm everyone, anyone
I can see inside
For all this time
Yours was mine
We are magnified

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