Slow down kid, you’re living to angry, you’re living to mean
The world won’t make sense at fifteen
You’ll roll your sleeves and hide your heart
But you’ve come a long way from the start

It’s funny what can change when you’re twenty four
Staring into the eyes of a stranger wanting more
She’ll keep you close, but it’ll be hard to tell
If it was your or her that fell

At twenty seven, you’ll start to dream
You’ll start questioning what everything means
You might even get a tattoo
But you’ll let your heart guide you true

When you reach the end, you’ll crack a smile
You’ll look into her eyes and realize it’s all worthwhile
The journey and the memories that were made
Knowing that none of it will ever fade

So slow down kid, it's not your time
Just work on the reason, find your rhyme
Stay true and walk the line
For one day too, you will shine

The measure of a man is judged by his actions
Not by the way he walks, nor by the way he talks
For many are guilty of infractions
But to me that is no shock

Reflection is a virtue, that few understand
I don’t like the person I see
The hurt caused for the upperhand
All the pain and all the misery

The ones I love have turned to strangers
Bad habits and fever dreams
I continue throwing myself into danger
As if I know what it all means

Maybe I should have put up a facade
Let these feelings continue to linger
Allow myself to corrade
Yet you replaced me in anger

I’ve gotten good at hiding the guilt on my face
A cold should has become second nature
You felt as soft as lace
You were meant for someone much greater

If you were a ship in the sea
Then I would be your anchor
Holding you down from where you belong to be
So sell the ship, go and find a banker

Her voice echoed behind me, down the hall
I was too ****** to turn and look
I was too ****** to walk, so I crawled
Crawled myself into a nook

I stayed there and sheltered myself
Thinking about the wrongs I’ve done
All the foolish ways I wreck my health
Then I gazed to the rising sun

I want the strength of my father, but the love of my mother
I want to be free, free from the questions they ask
I’m a liar, I’ll lie to the face of a lover
Then I’ll hide, hide myself behind a mask

It seems like I’ll always be looking kin
So drop me a line or leave me a verse
I’ll wait here until then
And pray that I’m not a curse

I’ll sit and write a line or two
Filling my head with an empty muse
While all I hear is I miss you
Is it from my mind or the drugs I abuse

I reach out to you, to find a needle
It’s not a fair exchange, but it eases my brain
It forms a cloud over all the evil
The rain that follows is my life trickling down the drain

Ask a question for which I have no answer
Yes, me feet freeze and my mind stays cluttered
My heart skips beats and sometimes flutters
I must admit I am no planner

It happens when my eyes are set
When the world behind me disappears
When my vision becomes clear
I’m sure my face is full of sweat

Somehow she makes time disappear
An hour can feel as small as a minute
So much so as if there’s a time limit
I wouldn’t believe you if you said it’s been a year

The sun reflects all things bright
That’s why her smile can brighten a room
That’s why the flowers still bloom
She could outshine the sun, the way she reflects light

Be careful now, she’s hard to impress
But if she pulls you close
You’ll feel as if you overdosed
She’s the summer breeze in a winter’s dress

I have this dream each night
It’s you and me on a beach in Sandusky
You guide me along the shore, closer to the sea
I know it’s all wrong, but it feels right

We’re born to breathe, then to live and die
I can’t help this feeling of needing more
Yet every time I question what for
I was born to grow, to give and fly

So rest your weary eyes upon me tonight
Let the burning embers of the fireplace warm your heart
I’ll tell you where I been, right from the start
Keep me company until the morning light

The mountains and the trees, the rivers and their streams
They all seem so far away from me
I glance at your eyes, and I know I’m where I need to be
I open my own and realize it was never a dream

Pretty is the sun hitting the grain
With a sparkle from fresh morning dew
A sign I needed exactly in queue
I rest my head against the moving train

I listen for the silence in between the steam
Perhaps a train is too simple for those of greed
I pay no attention tucking away a freshly signed deed
As I dream of a little house by a stream

I wait day and night for your return
Surly I could find another
But how much ground would I have to cover
Our feelings are still yet to burn

So I’ll build for you a house on a strong cornerstone
I’ll place a picket fence of white and paint the shutters blue
I’ll plant fields of lavender, all for you
What do you say? Let’s stop spending our days alone

Pretty is the sun hitting the grain
With a sparkle from fresh morning dew
Pretty is the way she says “I love you”
I rest my head on the bed, what more could I gain

It’s a different night, but darling it’s the same fight
Tried and true, beaten and blue
We’ve exalted all our options, filling ourselves with toxins
Fearful of expectations, blind to considerations

You smile and change the verse
You say patterns lead to a curse
You do this all on your own
You cast me aside like stone

So instead I’ll make my own rhyme
With promise that I can deliver
Promises spent with my time
Promises that could fill the river

Now, now we’re on the same page
For we were reading the same book
It was just too much too overlook
Now, now we’re back on stage

Darling it’s the same fight, just a different night
Beaten and blue, tried and true
We fill ourselves with toxins, while exhaling all our options
Blind to considerations, fearful of expectations