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Zeno’s Paradox
Our love is constantly in motion
But it never seems to be moving anywhere
When I see the space between us
I divide it infinitely
But I’m a finite man I can’t travel across
an infinity of subdivisible points
I realize that it’s only a philosophical problem
But I’ve made it manifest in my heart
Every day I move a little bit closer
Waiting for you to call me to come over
I show you what I am by what I’m not
It’s in the logic that I get caught
Our lives are ruled by Zeno’s paradox
I define myself as moving closer to you
But at a given snapshot in space and time, I am motionless
But you can see me coming, though at each fixed point I’m still
Somehow I’m logically disproving the possibly of motion
And this may only be a philosophical problem
But it’s what I’m feeling here in my heart
Every day I move a little bit closer
Waiting for you to call me to come over
I show you what I am by what I’m not
It’s in the logic that I get caught
Our lives are ruled by Zeno’s paradox
Before I get to you
I need to get halfway there
But before I’m halfway there,
I need to get a quarter way there
Before I’m a quarter way there
I need to get a eighth way there
And so it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on…
And this may only be a philosophical problem
But it’s what I’m feeling here in my heart
Every day I move a little bit closer
Waiting for you to call me to come over
I show you what I am by what I’m not
It’s in the logic that I get caught
Our lives are ruled by Zeno’s paradox
Cadence
Looking at each other
Like we know each other
Knowing the part each other
Wants to blame
Setting fire to the
Parts of us that were
On fire and are
Now inflamed
Focus deeply on
the cadence of the way you tell me
That our walls are coming down
Deeper rhythms guide the
Spaces in between the times
We swim and when we drown
Endless hours spent in
Endless conversations
Knowing how this all would end
Raise a glass to all the
Walls we raised and shattered
Walls we’ll build and raze again
Focus deeply on
the cadence of the way you tell me
That our walls are coming down
Deeper rhythms guide the
Spaces in between the times
We swim and when we drown
I never figured out just what it was I wanted
When we started out together on this ride
And after all this time the only thing I’m hoping
Is together that we’ll make it out alive
The clock is striking midnight
The hour’s close at hand
And that’s all you’ll get from me
Focus deeply on
the cadence of the way you tell me
That our walls are coming down
Deeper rhythms guide the
Spaces in between the times
We swim and when we drown
Bridges
Inside of these poses lies a truth
Rivers carved out in our youth
You can’t see them anymore
I know what to look for
Bridges between now and then
Lead us between why and when
The bridges they burn
Stand on the shoreline, watch you drown
A Raven Ophelia sinking down
Holding your gaze as it goes dim
Both of us knowing you can swim
Bridges between now and then
Lead us between why and when
The bridges they burn
The bridges they burn
The bridges they burn
Stain
Fourteen hours and maybe six years ago
I overthrew the truth
You saw me coming, you encouraged the flow
Together we moved so smooth
Not now, there’s nothing but friction
These days I have other addictions
You may have figured out by now that I’m broken
And I walked away but you remained
And I think of you when I think about the mess that I’ve become
I spilled the wine but you wear the stain
Severed lipstick, painted runes on my guitar
Among the signs that you were here
Empty seat beside me at an empty bar
Close my eyes and I disappear
Another day, another year, I don’t count anymore
Wondering if it was you that I was looking for
You may have figured out by now that I’m broken
And I walked away but you remained
And I think of you when I think about the mess that I’ve become
I spilled the wine but you wear the stain
Other lights are circling around your star
I’ve stopped thinking I’ll ever know who you are
You may have figured out by now that I’m broken
And I walked away but you remained
And I think of you when I think about the mess that I’ve become
I spilled the wine but you
I spilled the wine but you
I spilled the wine but you wear the stain
Tapestry
All of the colors and all the shapes
Swirl in a tempest around me
Fillings in edges, escaping through cracks
Making another inquiry
Opening windows
Wrapping round lives
Spiraling into a shape
It’s only through your eyes
I see the rich tapestry woven inside
Out to the corners and all through this life
Reflecting itself in your eyes
Deepening focus, enhancing the lines
Spreading out over the boundaries
Touching the meanings, revealing the truths
Affecting the rhythms profoundly
Sit on the doorstep
Awaiting the time
Uprooting all of the fear
It’s only through your eyes
I see the rich tapestry woven inside
Out to the corners and all through this life
Reflecting itself in your eyes
Exploring the margins, undoing the seams
Unraveling all that’s behind
Trapped in the open
Expanding the cage
Delivering all that was asked
It’s only through your eyes
I see the rich tapestry woven inside
Out to the corners and all through this life
Reflecting itself in your eyes
Coast of Nebraska
We’ll go swimming off the coast of Nebraska
We’ll make love in the snowy Philippines
We’ll eat dinner atop mountains on Atlantis
You’ll love the authentic Atlantean cuisine
I only want to take you places we can never go
I only want to be seen with you by people we can never know
Our love is impossible, it just can’t exist
But while we’re here, let’s forget about that, just look out the window
and let’s enjoy the scenery
Let’s go dancing on the surface of Mars
Catch a movie in Brigadoon
Here, my dear, and nowhere else, my love for you is true
I’ll shout it from the Dark Side of the Moon
I only want to take you places we can never go
I only want to be seen with you by people we can never know
Our love is impossible, it just can’t exist
But while we’re here, let’s forget about that, and let me you why
Somewhere, somehow
Anytime but now
We’re on vacation from reality
I think I wanna go home
We’ll sip cocktails on the Great Wall of China
Re-enact Waterloo
And we’ll keep grasping at whatever’s left to grab on
And keep faking our “I love you”s
I only wanted to take you places we could never go
I only wanted to be seen with you by people we could never know
Our love was impossible, it just couldn’t exist
But it was beautiful and magical and a nightmare of color and light
We went swimming off the coast of Nebraska
We made love in the snowy Philippines
Plural of Me
Visions of her spread out across the pale morning sky filled with
Colorful tapestries ripe with all that I could capture
As we sat alone on the edges of oceans
just hoping that nothing was real
There’s more to the both of us than we ever let the other see in the light of day
She was the plural of me and I made her go into her own private world
Without her I’m rooted here, Blissfully free
Of what I’ll never know
My hairs have been graying, my vision is failing but some things I’ll never unsee
Not things I that treasure or things that I cling to, but things that define all that I’ll never be
Secrets and lies and the failings I leave in my wake as I float through the waves
She was the plural of me and I made her go into her own private world
Without her I’m rooted here, Blissfully free
Of what I’ll never know
Imagining her life as she makes her way though the world living all of the
Dreams that I had for her while I stand wondering if I had done something to save her from herself that those dreams would blossom into
a life it seems that I’ll never see
She was the plural of me and I made her go into her own private world
Without her I’m rooted here, Blissfully free
Of what I’ll never know
Of what I’ll never know
Of what I’ll never know
The Revisionist
Leading, Sculpting, Opening Wide
Chalk Line Drawings always lied
Revelatory, Marrow deep
Mandatory, Secrets keep
I never believed a word you said
I never believed a word you said
Exercises, Reality
Shady Prizes, Mortality
Execution, Falling Down
Evolution, Run aground
I never believed a word you said
And now you tell me that
I am the one who will learn to tell the story
I am the one who will own the story
I never believed a word you said
And now you tell me that
I am the one who will learn to tell the story
I am the one who will own the story
Deep convictions, Solitude
Creating fictions, Fate renewed
Tired
Alarm goes off at 6 o’clock and I just lie in bed
Shut my eyes and push this hangover out of my head
Kids will miss the bus unless I kick them out the door
Why is everything in life just such a fucking chore?
Moldy food and unpaid bills are piled on table
TV’s blasting static, looks like they cut off the cable
Water heater’s broken, looks like I won’t get a shower
How can anybody function at this motherfucking hour?
Chug my coffee, start my car, and pray that it will drive
Once the caffeine kicks in, it reminds me I’m alive, but
Oh my god I tell you I’m so fucking tired
I’m so fucking tired, I’m so fucking tired
I know I’m whining but
Oh my god I tell you I’m so fucking tired
And Jesus Christ it’s only Monday
Accident on the interstate and I’m running out of gas
Some dickhead bastard cuts me off, he can kiss my fucking ass
Punch the clock at 8:15 for a job I don’t understand
Life is pretty shitty when you’re working for the man
I’m broke, my wife left, I’m getting fat, l guess I’m pretty numb
These are first world problems, I know everybody’s got some and
Oh my god I tell you I’m so fucking tired
I’m so fucking tired, I’m so fucking tired
I know I’m whining but
Oh my god I tell you I’m so fucking tired
And Jesus Christ it’s only Monday
40 years of experience and all that I can say
Is whatever life can give you, it can take it all away
Life beats the shit out of you
Sing it with me now
Life beats the shit out of you… guitar!
Clock out, drive home to the bar, the place where I fit in
My misery gets easier with every slug of gin
I make it home, blackout drunk, sit in my bed and cry
My alarm goes off at 6 and I wish I would fucking die
Somehow I’ll get my ass up and do like I’m fucking told
Fighting back is futile and I feel so fucking old
Oh my god I tell you I’m so fucking tired
I’m so fucking tired, I’m so fucking tired
I know I’m whining but
Oh my god I tell you I’m so fucking tired
And Jesus Christ it’s only
Yeah Jesus Christ it’s only
Jesus Christ it’s only Monday
Let’s Burn the White House Down
Sometimes I feel like overthrowing the government
Not for any reason other than disturbing the status quo
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down
I don’t really care just who is living there
Let’s burn the White House down
Every generation needs its own revolution
And frankly ours is long overdue
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down
I don’t really care just who is living there
Let’s burn the White House down
Dismantle the crypto-fascist military industrial complex
The American Experiment has failed for the last time
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down
I don’t really care just who is living there
Let’s burn the White House down
I don’t have an alternative
I don’t know how to run a country
All I know is how to destroy
And that may be enough for me
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down
I don’t really care just who is living there
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s tear down the patriarchy
Feed the rich to the dogs
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down
I don’t really care just who is living there
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down
Let’s burn the White House down