Roll down the car window
And stick your hand out

This is all life is
Multiple things rushing passed
Our bodies
You can’t really catch it
But you can ride the feeling
And…
Yeah, it feels pretty good

Kind of like an acoustic guitar
That makes you smile
When it’s sunny outside
Perfect day on the lake
Let’s go

What drives our bodies
Where do we exactly find “motivation”
And in turn how do we translate it
I don’t really want to wait forever
To find out what I’m meant to do

You see, I come with a manual
But like most people
I’m too stubborn to even read it myself
Life doesn’t have instructions
So therefore
Nor should I

Roll down the car window
And stick your hand out

When praying mantises mate
They mate for life
The male dies

We’ve never made love
I want it in the most cliché form possible
To be special
Like if I made a time line of my life
I’d put an important thick hash mark
On the date in time where we got lost

The female mantis is always bigger
That’s how I feel, believe me this is no fat joke
But I think of you as this big important part of my life
So often times, I seem small

I want you to remember it
So if we don’t work out
And you meet someone else
It’s difficult to think about
But when you two have ***
I want you to break up with him soon after
And come back to me and say
“I didn’t feel special”

After praying mantises mate
The female quickly eats the male
****** cannibalism

That’s how special I want it
I want you to devour me
I want this to be the last act
I do as a living human being
Loving you

if I
never drove those roads
Answered the late-night phone calls
Sat and watched the stars
Just to feel human again
Or took walks at night
Just so our footsteps would match

If I
never sat up worried at night
Because somebody wasn’t okay

If I
never played my guitar for you
I wouldn’t think about you every time I play it
Where you sat
What you said to me when I was done
It escapes my mind how something
Can just crumble and fall to the ground

It’s laughable now but
If I
never fell asleep
Well of course I’d be tired
But I’d still be sane
You’re within my sight
When I close my eyes
When I turn off the light

“If” is a word that makes us think
About the past
And what could’ve happened
What would’ve
Or what should’ve happened
If a “if” was a wish
And a wish was a want
And a want was a need
Then I could dream happily
Only if…

I shook hands with God

We made the ocean warm and cold
The waves crash like lightning
Earth rose from the sea
Jagged peaks and flat fields
Tree roots ***** into the dirt; fixated
Spreading branches like arms
dropping leaves like tears
Changing colors like emotions
We were wild man
We made this world
We had fun

Puzzle pieces of beasts
fur, feathers and stone
Some took to the sky
Others laid on the oceans bottom
And a man, adam, who ruled them all
We looked from above
Amazed how they grew
God didn't see euphoria in me
So when i wasn't looking
...so he decided to make you

And you were beautiful
On the 7th day god rested...
But we danced
We jumped on the moon
Laid in craters
I poked my fingers through
this deep black sheet of nothingness
Illuminated bright white light
I called them stars

We jumped
Fell fast from the sky
Wind through our hair
Wind through our bodies
Deep breath in, lungs filled with life
I let out everything I could
And we stopped so softly
upon a mountain of air
Holding hands floating through waves
I called them clouds
We were wild man
I made a world for you...with you

...and God gave you free will
Even though i made things
You chose to leave
dropped you down from heaven
so you could be yourself
God said you and Adam were perfect
I had to agree....

God wasn't looking
I took the form of a serpent
Tricked you and Adam with fruit
Opened your mind like you opened mine
God threw you out of Perfection
Making you and Adam roam the world
Nothing you grew would produce
But you were
.....together

God kept me in this shape
To Always crawl on my belly so you can step on my head
I told him i needed a home
He said, "Lucifer, I give you fire!"
...and here i am
With millions of other people
Who got scared because they lost control
We chose this fire

I shook hands with God Today

You see,
What I hear is loud music
But if you turn it down this house is filled
With conversation and laughter
When you take that away
You can almost feel the good vibes
Weave themselves in-between connecting rooms

I’m coming down from my high
But the drink in my palm will pick me back up
And If that doesn’t work
Then I’m just happy to be where I am

Flashes in the corner
People holding on to memories
Still portraits of how they’re feeling at this very moment
It’ll be something fun to look at in five years

If you carry a party foul attitude when you walk in
Might as well slap and kick yourself out
There’s no room for that amongst friends
There are so many people in the world
And if everyone acted as such…
Then we really wouldn’t get that far

So come on in
Think of that welcome mat
As a hug
Instead of something you wipe your feet on

The front door
Is a high-five or a handshake
From a good friend you haven’t seen in awhile

Oh my God
Yes
There it is
A signal of hope
For all hungry travelers
Those golden arches
Beaming within the night air

It’s enough to make those weak of heart cry
Burst into joyful tears
Open at 2 o’ clock?
They must’ve known we were coming
Thank you, for the all night drive through
Pupils glazed like donuts
Donuts donuts donuts
McDonalds should serve donuts
Back on track
Big mac
Impending heart attack
The pit that is my stomach
Cannot be satisfied
Throw in about
Five McDoubles
Chick nuggets
And fries….
Mountains upon mountains of fries…

Excuse me,
I need to fall asleep now

Light the match
Against the side of my jeans
Let me see your face with
Darkness pouring around

I see how long this match is
Time breathes in seconds

I remember the eyes
Green like you’re excited to go on an adventure
Make note the smile
It feels like I have plenty matches inside me
I am burning from this slow radiant smile
Feel the hair across my arm
Breathing into my shoulder like you were
Transferring what oxygen you had left into me

The match is going out
You’ll vanish into darkness
I want to pour out that warm radiance you filled me with
Let it spew all over and ignite me
Burn fabric and flesh
Lighting the way for you
In this dark lonely dungeon
To me
I am a match
The sight of you struck me so quick
I sparkled for a moment
Then burned