KUDZU [2011]

 

“Daft”

The speed with which we choose to speak

Radar-clocked and out of control

A throttled invitation towards unease

These bitter bits we bite down on

Maybe I should hold my tongue

 

What a stupid thing for me to say

What a stupid way for me to be

What a daft being I have been

What a stupid supposition

 

Please forgive if it is acidic rhetoric

But I don’t feel alkaline, out of line

Maybe it’s you whose skin is bruised so easily

My words won’t stop your heart

Maybe I should hold my tongue

 

 

“Made To Break”

Go, I won’t stop you

Those days are gone

All you ever said was, “I don’t know”

We were made to break

Don’t stop, don’t stop

 

Wisdom evading

I hear you saying the same things

Reoccurring spells that could last forever

A tug of war for more

What less could you want

 

We were made to break

We were broken all this time

 

 

“Triggerfinger”

And we might be able to put out all our fires

But only if that’s the only thing that we desire

And all our eyes were peeled for warning signs that never came

And the meek made mild are the meek gone wild, they’re one and the same

 

Tell me I’m wrong, Tell me I’m right, All night long

But in our face could be the fame of fallen grace

 

And the shots fired ring ’round the world in silence

And they put a dent in the very heart of our innocence

Public pathology and casual casualty, the study of our time

 

I don’t want to be a part of the human race

It’s a race we’re losing every moment of every day

And I don’t want to close my eyes and wish it were another way

 

 

“Teknology”

There’s no accident that can’t be fixed

There is no slip of the tongue, travel in time machines

And erase all the mean things

Conveyor belts that carry us, from our births until we’re dust

The galaxy at your finger’s tip

Communicate in broken bits

 

Analog analogies, simply get lost at sea

The moment that is your life, married online to binary wives

And I don’t mean to alarm you, but missles falling from the blue

No need to worry, those bombs are smart

They’ll never blow us apart

 

 

“For What It’s Worth”

You have been there thick and thin

You have been right there when

No one else would step in

Time and time and time again

Don’t you tell me you’re afraid

I won’t believe you

You say you’re tattered and you’re frayed

I’m counting on you – and you on me

 

For what it’s worth, I’ve always loved you

 

We have been here before

We have passed through these doors

Needle’s eye we have strained

Our souls may rearrange

That doesn’t mean we’ve changed

It just means we’ve questioned

What it is that makes us tick

Not denying progress

 

 

“Made To Break”

Go, I won’t stop you

Those days are gone

All you ever said was, “I don’t know”

Don’t stop

 

Wisdom evading, I see you saying the same things

Reoccurring spells that, perhaps could last forever

A tug of war for more

What less could you want?

 

 

“Stepping Stones”

It used to be so simple, I like you maybe you like me

Maybe we can see where we can go

Around the world in 80 days or maybe more who knows

I’m gonna need a boat if I’m gonna show you the whole world across every ocean

I’m just one man, but I feel like none

If I could make a difference I’d make just one

Just because you breathe doesn’t make you…

Just because you bleed doesn’t make you human

 

Don’t lay down

You’ll stay right here

Forever and ever

Don’t lay down

You’ll stay right here… forever and ever

 

In one door and out another sometimes in this life we have to share our lovers

With someone else who maybe needs them more

Or maybe we’ve been bested at love and war

Maybe I’m not the one for you

And maybe I’m just here to see you through

The wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong look in your face

I’m gonna make a different difference

 

To be inhuman is to be unbroken

 

 

“Devil Through The Walls”

The Devil may want me to do bad things

My ears are open, I am listening

 

The belief in something good brings with it something wicked

An open vessel, an open mind

The wicked and the wise

They whisper from behind

The beauty of a timeless fear

A dark character to blame for the guilt that is on my hands

Believe in one, believe the other

 

 

 

NEXT STEP BACKWARDS [2006]

 

Death By Luxury
Caviar and sushi bars and golden spoons
The rich keep getting richer and the poor must learn to cope
All your friends surrounding you with their diamond knives
Circling sharks with rows of sharpened ruby daggers

Don’t let it get in the way of the party
The best of the best
Don’t settle for anything less

The company you seek and keep will define you
Motivations can’t escape some questioning
Champagne chandeliers, sparkling grins from ear to ear
All the world’s an oyster and you are the pearl inside

Out On A Limb
Oh my friend I hate to see you this way
And as I empathize I don’t know what to say
I know you don’t see it now
You’ll feel better somehow
After the fall you’ll walk away

Why can’t it be simple?
Why can’t we just love one another just like we love ourselves?

You’ve put it out there for all the world to see
And out of your mouth even you can’t believe
You’ve gone and done it now
You can’t take it back somehow
The hurt in your heart can take a bow

After the Math
Corralled canals and spirits that bend
Broken homes and people might not mend
Levels tested through, through and through again
30 wall of water pouring in

Agony awaits those who wait
And day by day feels like a day too late
1 + 1 is great, but thousands saturate
Any sign that help is on the way

30 wall of water pouring in
All this dirty water staying in
Holding in the sin, and all this sufferin’
30 wall of water pouring in

Blackholes trying to communicate
The future living in the dark age
Fueling all the rage, decency gives way
But somehow we will stand great

Sugarcoat
Oh I just don’t know
Oh just where I’m gonna go
But getting there is half the show
I don’t know just where I’m gonna go
I want to find a little piece of mind

You just don’t know
We’ve always known
Let’s be polite

And I don’t, I don’t want to find the truth
‘Cause it just might hurt
And all I ever did was try to level with you
But you want sugarcoat

All in all, all that I can do is what I do
But it’s never enough
All you want is a watered down version of the truth
And sugarcoat

Oh I just can’t see
Oh just where your gonna be
Without good ole fashion honesty
You may never know just who truly are
But everyone around has a pretty good idea

Don’t you be polite

The Weaker Man
A widow of the blackest kind
I don’t know if I can refuse
What I need to leave behind
Have strength not to lose to you

What did-did-did-did cha do to me?
Oh yes
I don’t remember anything past your lips

I can’t wait to see you on my plate
I will devour everything in sight
I don’t know how long I can go
I’ve given all I can

There’s blood in my veins, girl
But cells in my brain
How come the outcome is still/always the same?
The black widow of the blackest kind
Can render the weaker man blind

Love And Be Loved
It’s been too long since you’ve gone away
I don’t know if I’ll ever leave this town again
That empty feeling isn’t here to stay
It subsides just a little bit with each passing day

Your deep eyes drag me down and I see

The feeling of love replaced with a love lost
Shouldn’t overshadow what once was
It doesn’t replace your heart at love’s cost
To be in love is to learn of loss

Love and be loved or just be

You’re Gonna Hate Me
You’re gonna hate me for what I’ve become
You’re never going to forgive me for what I’ve done to you

All you ever wanted was this
C’mon, c’mon

No, I don’t know what I did

The Damage Done
It doesn’t really matter
I’m not mad
I can’t be
I didn’t agree
With how you went about things
But when do I ever do
A little disappointed
I’m not comfortable
So I eliminate
I wish you the best
And I hope it works out

Listen to the Burn
Is it all for naught?
For this little shot in the dark
Can we ever do our best?
Is it ever good enough to rest?
Each day – takes me – to the next…
But, I won’t sleep, no, I won’t sleep
Until we mark me in our history
[oh, we turn and we turn]

I know just how
Just how I died
Can it be known
Was I alone
On this little marble that we call home

You gotta make a name for yourself
Your birthright given one wasn’t earned
All those unmentionable souls are a lesson learned
You gotta do what your soul tells you to do, listen to the burn…
And we turn and we turn
Forever and a day it seems longer than that
‘Cause we turn and we turn

Narcissistic
You, you hold the cards and you don’t even know it
It’s a silly little world when a dumb little girl holds power over men
Oh, there’s something you must know before I fold
I love myself oh so much

I don’t know, I don’t know why I love myself so much

You giving me looks across a room
Oh, I can divert them like a mirror blinding you with brilliance
No, I won’t let you succumb to my ways
You simply won’t deserve me
‘Cause I love myself too much
To let you do to me what you do to everyone else