One stone overturned and I've got a whole quarry to go
Thirty seconds go by and I've still got three life sentences to serve
I've got so much to do with no one to help me
So this goes out to whatever is trying to **** me
You better do a better job next time
Because I'm at my limit

I was stuck without a paddle
In loves pool
My legs grew tired of treading water
My arms became weak and floppy
Like an old mans ****
My hopes of finding land were washed away in the swift currents beneath my feet
I was done for
A goner for sure
But as I was slipping into the deep
With my arms stretched out toward the dying sun above me
Everything went dark
A hand pulled me out
And onto a raft made of wilting roses and dying romance
I glanced into the eyes of my savior
And saw it was you
You pulled me out before I could drown
And when you looked back at me
The roses started to bloom once more
And I realized something both equally horrible and magnificent
That no matter how hard you try to hold on
Sooner or later
Broken hearts mend
And you either move on
Or you sink forever with those rocks in your pocket

There was a story my uncle told me once
About a girl who had more problems than a flower by the highway
He told me she had the name of an animal
But he couldn't remember what one
This girl had a fire inside
That everyone envied
So they called her names and pushed her around
And tried dousing her flames with the waters of doubt
"You can't do that" they would chant
"Try as you might, you'll never be that"
So she left, took the next bus outa town
Packed her bags and followed her dreams
Of making it big, and one day being on the silver screen
She was dead set on rocking their world
By showing them that they couldn't tie her down
She was the hand that was going to shake the world

And if you head east
But not quite to the coast
You can find her out there
Even to this day
Living her life out loud
And making sure that everyone knows it

I've stopped feeling
That's not true
I feel alone.
The roaring flames of my soul
Have been reduced
To dying sparks on the damp ground.
Music is just sounds to me now
And my favorite things
Are now just a simple way
To pass the time..
Until what?
Until I'm happy again?
Until the day I die?....
You might as well ask
A bird why it flies
Or a road where it goes
Because the answers aren't there
As much as I try
I can't find them
So I lay down
With my head towards the sky
And I scream at the heavens
Until I give up
And just die

The room is moving all around me
Walls pushing in and out
Lights become a fairy tale blur
My thoughts are rising into the sky
And I'm falling
Or flying
I don't know if I'm going up or down
But I'm going just the same
Starlight shoots past me
As I race into the abyss
Nothing can stop me now
I'm going too fast
I grasp the hand that's pulling me
And I pull harder
Purple grass
And a thousand suns
A pillar of fear stands before me
Curtains of cosmos fill each window
I hear the voices
Of everyone I've ever known
Singing in harmonic choir
And then it comes
A magnificent yell
From atop the mighty peak
And the voices stop
Time stops
It's time to choose
In or out
Now or never

Left foot
Right foot
Back to the daily routine
Up and down this road I go
Wanting to go further
But I don't

Left foot
Right foot
I'm thinking about jumping
Not from a ledge this time
But into your arms
But the distance is too far

Left foot
Right foot
I'm coming to see you
To convince you to take me
So you can finally see
What I'm all about

Left foot
Right foot
You stopped looking my way
I don't think you know
What you do to me

****

I could tell you I love you
But where the fun in that?
I'd rather we keep playing this game
The one you don't know we're playing
I could show you the rules
But there aren't any
I could teach you how to play
But I'm a terrible teacher
And even though you are clueless
You are still totally winning
But I'm not a poor sport
And there's a chance that I'll win
That we'll both win
Because you see my dear opponent
I'm pretty good at board games