Rewind the time to the cold New Year
Where the only sounds that I would hear
Were the melodies resonating through the air where they hung
And pops rambling stories at the top of his lungs
Engrossed all hours by the studious stare
Cured by EtOH and the LCD glare

But something awakened in me when you came into frame
A lightning strike resetting life was nature's own game
Now I dream deeply at night because my mind is at ease
No more minuscule ruts that I've failed to appease
But every so often the wakeful state returns
And in flows every thought - 'til my tired brain churns
I feel every fiber and my soul goes heavy
The thoughts, still flooding, have broken the levee

I've never learned, never earned, never yearned for such affection
But the storm winds howled and pushed this direction
Every thunderous thud echoing from my chest
When I plan what to say, but don't know the rest
When I look at your face and see the life in your eyes
Nothing else could leave me so revitalized
The storm has passed, but an angel descended
So begins a new story that has not quite yet ended

We’re finally on a beautiful day, but I think you’re in denial
That I traveled further in my sleep than you in waking miles
The heat on my skin gives me real eyes – I realize even more
My every sensation is proclamation of what my mind longs for

We often think our days are spent living well above the stem
Yet the instincts guide us, all else beside us, when we remember them
The ones who showed us parts of life we’ve never seen before
Adrenaline surges with subconscious urges to open up new doors

The paradox is that we never question it, yet claim we’re in control
Yet I often feel too far gone to deal with playing another main role
Don’t hold me to it, because I can’t prove it, but you’ll eventually see
That I control the universe just as much as it controls me

If my path leads astray at the end of the day, I still keep peace of mind
Because way out there is a universe where they’re exactly what I’ll find
‘Til then, I’ll not question and accept the world as it comes
An infinite life makes a single existence, and it all reverts to one

Ariose, the voice called from a great beyond
A reality divine, yet clandestine to simple senses
She said, "I'm yours to find, though you must look"
With every passing moment, every rolling minute
All these sweet entities become memories
Of a time once nearly forgotten
A time where the clouds went to war
Those great cumulus columns
Cascading and crashing in a conveying clutter
In the end there remained only us
For we could withstand anything, she said
Our love reaching above the highest trees of our forest
And through that canopy where little light penetrated
The nights where we spent overlooking the trees
Lit only by the fire of our burning desire
To remain as one in a world so divided
We promised to stay inseperable
'Til the tides rolled away - and stayed
'Til the winds no longer could carry the weight of your melody
'Til the light of life itself no longer luminesced
And all our memories ceased to be
I've long sense forgotten the taste of air
Or the sight of music - the sound of color
But her ipseity will forever be imprinted in my mind's eye
And while I've broken my vow, I will mend the remnants
I'll return to what was our existence
Meet me there, my revered, my treasured, my shining light
For soon, we are undivided once more

Meet me under the stars
Where the cul-de-sac circles at the end of the road
Just under that street lamp that no longer works
Together we'll run away for a night just between us

The white-capped waves reaching out towards us
Before dragging bits of sand back to the horizon
We'll wander along the edge bonding the whole way

The lights from the town will be at our backs
While the constant crashing waters will give us rhythm
Until the dawn comes and we return to our abodes

It'll be the best night that never happened.

There I stood
Staring at this marvelous structure
It towered beyond the sky and faded into the darkness above
Brilliant circuitry illuminated from every crevice in every building
All around me the city seemed quite alive
Flashing, blinking, glowing - yet abandoned
All aside from myself, were gone
This powerful cerulean and neon green that lit up through the dark
Shined only upon myself and itself
Every shadow was my own
I awoke to find this fact true
As I was the city
And so long did I exist - the bright glow would as well
Did I exist in this glowing town? Or did it exist in me?
Until I dream again, only time will answer that question

"Life doesnt make sense. The strongest fall before me and all I can do is wait with a helpless stare - feeling all the pain and wishing I could take it all away."

Oh what I'd give for the days, my brother
When the world didn't cause so much pain
Bring back all the journeys with one another
Before the feelings all drove us insane

I can still see all of us running
Through the fields with swords in hand
Little did we know what was coming
Would leave us all trying to understand

Please take me away from this
I don't want to feel this life anymore

And I've fallen into a hole
I'm losing all of my control
Go back to the place where pain was gone
I honestly felt safer when I was back at home

Time changes everything around us
How bad I wish that it wasn't true
An identity formed from just trust
Will leave you stranded back without a clue

Please take me away from this
I don't want to feel this life anymore

And I've fallen into a hole
I'm losing all of my control
Go back to the place where pain was gone
I honestly felt safer when I was back at home

Get me away
Take me back home
Get me away
Take me back home

And I've fallen into a hole
I'm losing all of my control
Go back to the place where pain was gone
I honestly felt safer when I was back at home

Kneeled just behind the horizon like the setting sun
Falling in my waking hour, I wait upon my destroyed ground
Ever-wandering and watching behind me as the moon starts to rise
Its mental isolation deprives me of everything; all is temporary

A storm is coming from the distance, just like the one prior
When friend and foe alike desecrated that of which was so dear
Overpowered by the growing hunger for indulgence that wells inside
Only to be defeated in the end by the ultimate reality of life itself

And here I watch, a humble guest at this mortified event
This alliance between brothers broken in the midnight hours
I confine myself from the vehemence of the onslaught
It's time to leave this bloodshed to a higher force

So unearthly in presence, yet I feel right at home
In a place where only the most vivid dreams could see
Its isolated nature beckons me through
Exploration has always been my habit so I feel welcome
And when the limits are my mind, it welcomes me even more
Nearly perfect in altitude with the opaque below
The life grows constantly, for the callow sit in the foreground
With trailing plants climbing to the highest of the trees to form bridges
Why does this nature hold such allurement?
Because it is unfathomed, unscathed by any hand other than my own
But as much as I long to return, the images of lucidity will not
What felt so absolute now feels so astray
The harmony must cope with my absence as I must cope with its

I can see the stars shining
I know you see them too
Lighting up the pathways in the sky
Leading from me to you
For far away are we truely?
Or is distance just in mind
Are we all falling victim
To life's unique design
I want to experience love
Because this here is a drug
It's addiction is pulling me in
Causing my mind to flood
With a mood that makes talking my amazing chore
And eyes so bright that they light up the night and make me enjoy life even more
The ability to talk for hours on end
And yet my mind will not cave in
Where loving is a hatred
Of time passing and fatigue
How I wish that it would go slower
And tiredness would let me be

Around noon it's going to be a full moon
Running in the dark while the sun sets soon
Take my hand and I'll lead the way
Through the meadow where the night is the day
Fireflies dance along as we listen
To the harmonious sound of the crickets and wind
The stars' reflection off the water will glisten
It adds to the perfection of a night that won't end
Playing in the midnight meadow sun
A place and time where troubles are undone
Climb in the lone tree and stare at the sky
I could stay in this place until the day I die
Guided by the lights of our shadows in the dark
They'll tell stories of us like the rings on the bark
How could a place be so hard to find?
You need look nowhere, just open your mind
The sun starts to rise, but the day starts to end
We'll race into the horizon of tomorrow and start all over again

I can recall so clear that sunny day in June
Little did I know that my life would change so soon
The most amazing girl my eyes would ever see
Came out from nowhere and sat down next to me
We sat there really close talking for quite a while
That's when she looked up at me and showed her pretty smile

And now
I sit and wonder why I didn't ask that day
How could I have been a fool and let it slip away
There's not a moment that the thought will let me be
The day there at riverside will never ... leave me

She told me all about the people in her town
I said it sounds like fun she said well come on down
We can cook out, have fun, and stay up really late
I said well honestly that sounds really great
She told me all about how she lived nearby
How I wish I could have known that lie

And now
I sit and wonder why I didn't ask that day
How could I have been a fool and let it slip away
There's not a moment that the thought will let me be
The day there at riverside will never ... leave me

The last day we camped I went back to the riverside
I joined her sitting there and we said our good-bys
She said there's something from you that I really need
I want you to be able to come and find me
And I truthfully don't live anywhere near your town
But find me where I truely live or my heart will surely drown
I put my hopes up high and began to really look
I hope that maybe someday I'll find what she took
She took my heart away and I know without a doubt
Finding her will be my only safe way out
It's been so long ago all but one memory has died
And that's the one of the girl I met at riverside

And now
I sit and wonder why I didn't ask that day
How could I have been a fool and let it slip away
There's not a moment that the thought will let me be
The day there at riverside will never ... leave me

The day there at riverside will never ... leave me