kiss, kiss
feel bare skin
know bare bliss
whisper promising words that hiss
like the snake that made the silly boy and girl
wander towards the tree and give that apple a whirl

hiss, hiss
feel bare skin
know bare fire
experience burning desire
like the bush that was aflame all night long
telling the man where to go so he wouldn't be wrong

kiss, hiss
fire, desire
lets eat the apple from that tree
and listen to the bush that's on fire

it's quiet, but there's still a sound I can't hear
I've been listening for days
but it doesn't seem to come in clear

like the dust that dodges my hand in the air
I can't quite grasp it, but i know it's there

is this the sound of indifference--
will I ever know?
or is this dust from the days
I refuse to let go?

it's quiet, but I'm tuning up my ear
this silence unearths these dusty tears
I can't crack through it, or even let it be
I let the silence dismantle me

It's a droor that just keeps going on
it's all the words I can't fit into a song
it's the untold story
of all the pages we couldn't write
it's the words that keep me up at night

it's the song that can't be sung
it's a battle on my tongue
it's a tribute to the days and nights
I spent cold without your hand in sight
it's the words that say we threw our fight

it's silence.

I've given up hope of salvaging you
of salvaging everything I knew to be true
to be true, well that's foreign to you

so go to your quiet place
where you used to lay
gaze at the stars for hours
and be okay

I'm sick of your smile 'cause I know it's fake
so how about you ******* cry instead of getting baked
I'm done with caring and believing in you
because it hurts too much to hold on to what you let slip through

so go to your quiet place
where you used to lay
gaze at the stars for hours
and be okay

you sleep sound while I'm haunted with memories
and you ran away 'till there was nothing to say
you left it open ended, you strung me along
that's exactly what made me write this song
you need to know that it's not okay
to wish away every word you used to say
you used to

so go to your quiet place
where you used to lay
gaze at the stars for hours
and be okay

well talk to me, I'd listen intently
you know there's nothing you could say
that would push me away
just put down that cigarette
put down that beer
put down all the things that get rid of your fear
embrace the pain, don't push it away

so go to your quiet place
where you used to lay
gaze at the stars for hours
and be okay
without me

savor the last memory
as it haunts my tired mind
I can taste it on my tongue
and I can see it in your eyes
I can see our slow demise
the fire flickering off your face
blowing ashes and embers
burning down whats our to take
savor the last memory
as it wakes me from my sleep
wisps through the air
I can feel it in my hands
but when i look, nothings there

the water splashes and rolls
dipping my feet in the wonderful waters
the sun reaches out to me
and warms my skin
the birds dive and float
in the brilliant blue
the only problem is
that when i see my happiest place
I'm sitting there without you

my eyes are the stars
they are the past in the present
and it's the past that allows
these eyes to see
those ocean eyes gazing back at me.
and I thank God for my past
and all the **** i went through
because without it
I wouldn't see those ocean eyes
that ocean blue