You Should Know

I wanna say this like I’ve never heard it said before Gotta say it in a way you’ll keep forevermore I know you feel it now Radiating through my skin But when you start to forget I wanna draw you back in

Romantic metaphors all just seem so overplayed And anyway I lose all the words When I see your face I’m so unspoken and overdue And you deserve, you deserve to hear the truth

You should know I think about you everyday You should know You’re the smile upon my face You should know And I should be the one to say I love you, I love you oh – a million ways

And when we’re walking through The starlight and the smog You stand in the spotlight of my thoughts And you made me laugh so much I forgot To let you know what’s going on in my heart

You are the only one I want to know better You bring me so much joy it just gets better And I can’t break away from the love I feel So I know it must be real

I'll Be The Same

Watching you love her
Makes my head hurt, makes me wonder
What she’s got that I don’t
And when I know, how will I recover?

Any given reason’s bound to take me down
Any way you piece it I don’t have you now

And I’ll be a star without a constellation
A solitary light without a designation
Like a memory that fades
When it loses its place
I’ll be, I’ll be the same

Just an old picture speaks a thousand words
On how you miss her
It’s love poetry that’s not for me,
Oh why can’t you forget her?

And I’ll be your broken record all alone
Singing the same broken hearted notes
Like a memory that fades
When it loses its place
I’ll be, I’ll be the same

Let Me

Oh babe, if I could just touch you
You wouldn’t want me to stop
And oh darlin’
When you gonna let me know you?
When you gonna let me show you?
I won’t stop

And I
Can’t help the way I think about you
Can’t help - You know what I wanna do
Don’t speak just get a little closer to me
I need you to let me
Show you what I’m feeling for you

One thing that’s always come easy for me
Is knowing what I want
And I knew since the day I met you
I had to get you
You’re all I want

Don’t wait another minute
Come on and let’s get in it
No need to speak, Just make me weak
And if you wanna know me
Oh then you better show me
What you’ve got goin’ on

Lying Love

I know you haven’t said goodbye
And I know I’m the one you hide

I’ll stay on my own
This isn’t what I need
You can find me when
You’re ready to come clean

Ooh – You are the one I wake to
The one I break to enough
Can’t go on with your lying love
What I give is real, what I give is pure
How should I feel when I’m so sure
I’d be a fool to care about you
Anymore

Hinted at my thoughts that night
Like a splinter in your mind

Why do I let you lead me on
Try to make it right but it’s so wrong
You know what I need to hear
But you just take what you want
And keep your silence, Dear

It's Not Me, It's You

You’ve seen the drive in my eyes
Made you run for your life
Scared I would run you over, lover
Standing next to me you feel too small
And you can’t deal with that - Not at all

You wanna go – Go
I don’t need you, Baby
I don’t know – No
How we got tangled up in the first place
So do – Do whatever you want to
It’s not me, it’s you
Babe, it’s not me, it’s you

You see I get what I need
Never have to ask a man - please
You don’t like it even so you’re leavin’
Standing next to me you feel so-so
And you can’t deal with that
No – No – No

All I asked was for your love to fuel me on
I’ve give you just the same
We could’ve been so strong
But you’re so fragile Babe, you can’t help
Breaking down – down - down
You wanna find the girl
Who’ll give you back your crown

Don't Stick Around

I’ve been known to outstay
The good in a situation
I’ve been known to tell ‘em
It’s better the devil you know
I’ve been known to crush some hearts
When mine was being broken
So maybe it’s better you don’t stick around
Oh don’t you stick around

I’ve been known to lose my mind
When life gets too depressing
I’ve been known to shake apart
And take this - I’ll take this outside
I’ve been known to explode
Make a big impression
And maybe it’s better
You don’t stick around
Oh you don’t stick around

Hey hey - Down a dirty twisted road
Baby - Should know better but you don’t
Hey hey - Love a fire, take it home
Now anything, anything else
Would feel so cold

I’ve been known to stir up
A room that gets too quiet
I’ve been known to whisper
Those words you won’t soon forget
I’ve been known to get you
So hooked on it honey
So maybe it’s better
You don’t stick around
Oh – don’t you stick around

Broken Back

I knew you made your decision
When you got the place downtown
Just like you made your decision
When your Dad wasn’t around
There’s 2 ways never to be like him
And one means sticking around
You choose the other - Never settle down

Hey now, no religion
No ties, and no commitment
Are you free? Is your heart lighter than
When you loved me?
Hey now, nothin’ on ya
And in a few years nothin’s gonna
Hold on to your broken back

There’s 2 ways never to lose
And 1 is never to try
Never let anyone down
And never see them cry
I guess it’s your decision
And you’re doing what you think you can
I think you’re being so blind
But all I can do is try and understand

Hey now
It’s you who’s all alone
Hey now
Your pretty face has come and gone
Hey now
Tell yourself it’s what you wanted
It’s too late to turn around
Hey now, hey now

What You Don't Know Now

And I don’t need your money
And I don’t need your time
I don’t need anything that
You can give that comes at a price
You say sit down - Don’t talk
Sit down - I’ll walk
You can call it pride
But I’m not gonna sell you my life

I worked too hard
To get to where I am today
And I care too much
To let you stand in my way
And I worked too hard
To get to where I can say
You can take it or leave it
Or get out of my way

And I wonder what made you think
You could shut me down
Made you think I’m not the kind of person
Who could figure things out
I wonder what made you think
You could shut me down
I guess it’s time for you to know
What you don’t know now

And I don’t need your questions
And I don’t need your doubts
Cause I know what I’m doing
And I’m sure of that now
Go on and tell me - I’m wrong
Tell me - I’m gone
This is what I believe
Even if you don’t see it

I worked too hard to try to
Make you understand
And I care too much
To just give up if you can’t
And I worked too hard
To learn to trust my own voice
To be fearless, I’m not afraid
To fight for my choice

Maybe I went a little bit crazy
From the way you try to keep me down
Don’t underestimate me
I broke through your ceiling
And I feel so free now

Come In

Come in to my empty space
I’ve been waiting to know your face
And I don’t mind if we stay up all night
And I don’t mind if
We stay the rest of our lives

Come in to this restless mind
Give me love to live inside
And I’ll be home every night
Just say you will shine a light

I’ve been searching all this time
For these pieces you hold
Hold in your eyes
I’ve been running wild, unsatisfied
Just hoping we’d collide

Come in to this weathered heart
Think I’m ready to start
To build a little world
Like the ones I’ve seen
A little world of you and me

So rush in like fools rush in
Like tidal waves crashing
Like gravity - It’s meant to be
Rush in, rush in
Come in - Come in, Come in

Saying Goodbye

I remember word for word what you said
The jacket you were wearing
As my heart was tearing
Oh – I remember the minute
And the day of the week
You were saying goodbye
Saying goodbye to me

I remember how I sunk down inside
But I kept on smiling all the while
And I remember I wanted to tell you
How I feel - Desperately
But you were saying goodbye
Saying goodbye to me

And it’s too soon, And it’s too long
I’ll be here, And you’ll be gone

I remember once I had this dream
That you came back this way
Said you were finally here to stay
Then I remembered it was just a fantasy
And you were saying goodbye
Saying goodbye to me

When It's All Been Done

My hair was tangled and matted
From nightmares I tumbled for you
My heart was wild and frantic
And automatic for
Anything you put me through

I was safe in my lonely obsession
For impossible situations
And you, you were too

When it’s all been done will we ever have love?
When it’s all been done
Will we ever – ever – ever
When it’s all been done will we ever have love?
When it’s all been done
Will we ever – ever – ever
My eyes were widened and panicked
From visions I had of the truth
My mind was rambling and manic
From adding up all the logical
Reasons I fell for you

I was safe in my calculations
For working you out of equations
As stuck on myself as I am stuck on you

The only truth that ever exists
Is the passion I feel when we kiss
And the only thing that ever is real
Isn’t what we say, but how we feel

Yes You Will

It wasn’t long ago all the dreams I know
Only haunted my days
And I couldn’t see it, couldn’t believe it
Any other way

And all the while, time flying by
Till I decided, I had to try
And then I found the strength inside
And it’s got me reaching high because

If you want it -Yes you will
If you need it - Yes you will
Take it on and find out
It was in you all along - Yes you will

You know they like to say
You’ve got a long long way
To go before you see the day
Call me inconsistent
Tell me I missed it
But I’ll question
Every word they say

Cause people talk
It doesn’t matter
Let them talk
Let it blow right past ya
In the face of doubt
Know what you’re about
And let them all
Fall to the ground

Take a chance take a chance
Take a chance now
Take a chance take a chance
Take a chance now

Living A Lie

I'm losing track again of how this all began
To crumble from a dream into promises I can't keep
Losing all my friends, guess they got sick of me
And I can't blame them, cause I agree.

I can't keep shining like a sparkler on the Fourth of July
Home alone again I toss and turn at night
Oh, I can't keep smiling like there's nothing to hide
I'm giving all I got to give so what do I get
For living a lie

Nightmares come and go and swell up in my soul
Blinking back the tears, talking loud so I can't hear
Voices in my heart that never got me anywhere
But if this is the trade, them I guess I don't care

Do do do—do do do do do
Do do do do do do oo

Loving You More

It’s true, I’m always the one leaving first
My heart stuffed in my purse, while he’s yelling out for more
They wanna call me a heartbreaker cause I’m always on the move
It’s not that, it’s just I can admit when I lose

So don’t tell me I’m damaged goods to you
Don’t tell me you’re worried what I’ll do
It’s better I know right now that you’re not sure
Save me all the years of loving you more

And it’s fine, Everything goes up and then it comes down
And I’d just as soon leave town, than cry myself to sleep
Yeah it’s all right, there’s no trouble meeting someone new
And it’ll be all the same when he ends up just like you

And I might end up old and alone
Never having a real good home, wouldn’t that be a shame
But is it worse than staying with his kids
All the domestic benefits, watching him just drift away? No…

I Don't Want To

I don’t want to think you’re beautiful
Don’t wanna remember you when you’re not around
Just the thought of it’s getting me down
Love, love’s too unsound

I don’t want to have things in common
Don’t want to lose a single night’s rest
Just the thought of it’s so depressing
Love, love’s always a mess

Somebody please save me form these patterns I’ve been running in
From these deathtrap dead ends, From the means to the ends
Somebody please change things, seems I’m not above it myself
I merely live to tell, it’s not going well

I don’t want to struggle to let go
Don’t want to find a way to move on
Just the thought of it’s – all wrong
Love, Love’s too far gone

Well you found me, crouching, hiding
Disillusioned of everything
Don’t ask me to believe, oh no no
I don’t want to, I don’t want to, I don’t want to

The Scenic Route

The dream was compromised long ago
But it’s too late now, we can’t go home
I’ll stay with out as it gets dark
We’re a family now where we are

And it’s hard as they said it would be
And it’s hard as we never believed
And it’s hard as they said it would be
It’s harder

I’ll earn enough tonight, owe less tomorrow
There’s no straight path for us to follow
But we’re gonna be alright
The long hours keeping us apart
Don’t know the persistence of our hearts
We’re gonna be alright

It’s the same day in a different year
We’re taking the scenic route through our worst fears
But in this black hole we’ve made a start
We’re walking slowly but we’re making marks

And I don’t know if a slow train’s coming
We get lost and we get wondering
We get hopeless, we get down
We gotta turn this thing around

Beautiful Dreamer

Your currency is poetry
So what have I?
In my dreams I'm as rich as a queen
And through my lens I paint you
In fathoms of golden threads
You have much more than me

I'd give anything to be such a vision to you
Wanna get in your head
That's where I'd be closest to you

Beautiful dreamer, show me your world
I can go with you, deeper than any other girl
Starlight, fireflies, mountaintops or riversides,
I can give it to you
Show me the picture and I'll embody every hue
Beautiful dreamer I want to be someone to you
The girl of your dreams, and
The one that you tell them all to

You energy flows into me, now what am I?
Just the wind dropping seeds at your feet
And should you stay I'd shroud you in blankets of cover
Deliver you everything you need

I'd give anything to be such a vision to you
Wanna get in your head
That's where I'd be closest to you

Beautiful dreamer, show me your world
I can go with you, deeper than any other girl
Starlight, fireflies, mountaintops or riversides,
I can give it to you
Show me the picture and I'll embody every hue
Beautiful dreamer I want to be someone to you
The girl of your dreams, and
The one that you tell them all to

Secret Code

I caught your secret code
It was traveling low beneath the conversation
But I've had my nose to the floor
Ever since I caught wind of your motivation
And how you think you're sneaking up on me
Creeping up on me

How the tides have changed for you and me
Our story has reversed so perfectly
Now you're here on your knees
And irony never felt so sweet
I can taste your heart between my teeth
You're crawling back to me
Oh, you should be

I saw you move in slow
You were slithering so in all your desperation
But I've had my eye on the door
And I won't fall prey to your orchestration
And how you think you're sneaking up on me
Creeping up on me

Once upon a time I tried to convince you
Not to throw my love away
You were so unkind, I stayed inside and
Cried the night into the day
The tables have turned, and I have learned
What I wish I'd known so long ago
Love isn't blind, it wears disguises

Propeller (Prelude)

They say things shake down naturally
Still we’ve all got our own opinions
You’ve every right to your uncertainty
And me to my convictions

But if it’s true that we all remain
Traumatized at some childhood age…
Then I’ll just have to do better
Propeller

My Mistake

I knew a man, said he wouldn’t
Make any promises he couldn’t keep
At the time it sounded good to me
I understood him wrong
And that is why I stayed
Guess how many promises he made?

Truth be told it didn’t surprise me
When all was said and done
Truth be told I always misinterpret everyone
The cruel cruel world is always waiting there when I wake
Coolly pardoning me my mistake

I had a friend said she only thought the best of me
I fell for that easily
Thoughts couldn’t compensate for the way she spoke
My blind believing was the joke

I could’ve known, should’ve had my head out of the clouds
Even so, the faith I had in you left little room for doubt
And I alone built you up and I will take the falling out
I alone built you up and I will take the falling out

I Don't Want To

I don’t want to think you’re beautiful
Don’t wanna remember you when you’re not around
Just the thought of it’s getting me down
Love, love’s too unsound

I don’t want to have things in common
Don’t want to lose a single night’s rest
Just the thought of it’s so depressing
Love, love’s always a mess

Somebody please save me form these patterns I’ve been running in
From these deathtrap dead ends, From the means to the ends
Somebody please change things, seems I’m not above it myself
I merely live to tell, it’s not going well

I don’t want to struggle to let go
Don’t want to find a way to move on
Just the thought of it’s – all wrong
Love, Love’s too far gone

Well you found me, crouching, hiding
Disillusioned of everything
Don’t ask me to believe, oh no no
I don’t want to, I don’t want to, I don’t want to

Impatient

What kind of a person gets attached to someone who’s not around
It’s torture I’m seeking flying a hope that bound to come crashing down
Your words are like bones you throw to me I make a broth and I am appeased
But it leaves me weak, it leaves me week

The longer I am without you the wilder my mind becomes
In just 24 hours I am many times in and out of love
Nothing that’s certain exists for me I’m caught between doubt and fantasy
And it’s got me beat, it’s got me beat

I can only sustain so long I’m impatient to know what I am waiting for
I can only relate so far and it takes everything, then it takes more

A ridiculous situation must be telling of its participants
Good sense can be evading leading to these sorts of predicaments
But despairing and tearing myself into pieces increases my suffering
Oh it’s killing me, it’s killing me

And it gets me wondering how important I am to you
I don’t ask for much still you can’t make due
And I’m left considering why I shouldn’t just leave
What’s it to you

A Long Silence

You wanna know if we’re breaking up, if I’ve had enough
Well I have, but I’m still in love with you
You wanna know if you should go, you probably should go
Even though, I’m gonna miss you the second you’re gone

It’s a long long silence – we’re good at those – It’s a long long silence

Live and learn
I’m trying, you’re trying
And we are dying just to make this go
Crashing burning we are running low

You wanna know if we’re over it, can we forget the whole thing?
And we can, it’s not worth losing you
You wanna know if I’m angry, we’re both sad and angry
And we know we’ll have to do better than this

I can’t see your side – I’m blinded by the tears
You just pass me by – you never feel me past your fears

All Of The Things

I am as always searching for the alternative
That makes what is best for us not feel like this
They don’t call it a cycle for nothin’ – when there’s no secret door to be found
And at best we’ll have a second time around

In the state where I remain
I don’t want to think about how
All of the things that we fought
Cause we thought it would matter
Now are gone

Days have passed quickly, searching for some enlightenment
As you remain similar, when we met, when I left, and now
In reflection it’s still so unsettling that it took me so long to believe
The sooner I can let go, the closer I am to what I really need

And why why why must this all amount to some lesson that
I was too stubborn to try try try to spare myself
I’ve lost so much time

All Of The Things

Stop acting like this isn’t what you wanted
You’ve been pushing me away for so long
Then I let go, then you know you
Don’t have the choice anymore

And your mourning for me, well, I see right through it
You know if anyone could, it’d be me
Even your apologies come with defenses
And nothing new… that’s nothing new

Secret Code

I caught your secret code
It was traveling low beneath the conversation
But I've had my nose to the floor
Ever since I caught wind of your motivation
And how you think you're sneaking up on me
Creeping up on me

How the tides have changed for you and me
Our story has reversed so perfectly
Now you're here on your knees
And irony never felt so sweet
I can taste your heart between my teeth
You're crawling back to me
Oh, you should be

I saw you move in slow
You were slithering so in all your desperation
But I've had my eye on the door
And I won't fall prey to your orchestration
And how you think you're sneaking up on me
Creeping up on me

Once upon a time I tried to convince you
Not to throw my love away
You were so unkind, I stayed inside and
Cried the night into the day
The tables have turned, and I have learned
What I wish I'd known so long ago
Love isn't blind, it wears disguises

Denial Of Glory

I’m exhausted of the vacancy
I’m as restless as the winter sea
And you have nothing for me

I’m as fickle as the Northern wind
Leave me to my desperate emptying
Cause you have nothing to put in

I have cried for days wishing there was
Someone I could tell – I’m afraid
I realize I am alone, I realize I am alone, I realize I am alone

I’m as reckless as a hurricane
Move to kill the things that stay the same
I am the only one to blame

Fold my wings, I am not deserving
Fold my wings, I am not deserving
I realize I am alone, I realize I am alone, I realize I am alone
I am alone

These Sort Of Ideas

I saw a man waiting to cross the street
Of you you you he reminded me
He was squintin in the sunlight, he was fightin the good fight
I could tell – just like you, dear

And the strength in his face made me say to myself
Maybe I’ll have a baby one day

But I know you little more than that man
And not all I know suits me just right
These sorts of ideas can’t be built upon the look in your eyes
So for the time being, I’ll just see you later tonight

I saw a man playing a dad on TV
Of you you you he reminded me
He was holding their little hands tight, he would gladly lay down his life
I could tell – just like you, dear

And the love in his face made me say to myself
Maybe I’ll have a baby one day

Silly girl, you can’t ever tell him that sometimes you see him this way
Stupid girl, you keep it all in and you’re likely to drive him away

Good

You solve me when I’m a mess
I couldn’t live with less
Still I’m so grateful for you
You said if I were anyone else you’d leave
I guess it’s good I’m me
And I’m so thankful you’re you

I’ve got a lot of sad stories
They’re all mostly true
Give or take my perspective, I know it takes two
And there’re a lot of sad stories I’m sorry they’re true
I hope I can still be good for you

You were late for work again
Cause I got stuck in my head
Please forgive me, I get hung up on you
You said you’ll come back for me
I guess that’s what I need
Do you know I’d do the same for you

I’m reluctant to tell you anything that could make you feel bad
Still I want to tell you every thing cause you’re the best friend I have

Let It Go

I thought that you’d be happy for me
You know I wanted this for us
I know I had to leave, but I thought I’d come back being enough for you
Thought you might come around
I’ve seen it happen on TV
You always take me back down, there’s someplace in you I can never reach

Guess I should let it go
I know by now that it can’t be about me
I do the best I can
And you’ll see what you want to see
But you will never understand me

I thought that I’d be angry still
I was going to live off of the steam
And it worked until all my righteousness fell apart at the seams
Thought I was broken once
And I might never be complete
And that what’s done is done – all the hurt is buried down so deep

Time goes by and I realize I’ll be the only change
I’ve stopped asking why – there’s no real resolve in blame