Everyday that you survived this year
Doesn’t make dyin’ any less severe
Another new year’s day has past
Are you gonna make this resolution last
I’m gonna make mountains of hills and no one’s gonna break my will
Alone I’ll stand with conviction but it’ll be hard because I never stand still
This year maybe I will
It’s the little victories in life
That make it all worthwhile
It’s just a combination of grace and style
That I missed the big one by a mile
Another broken heart set free and one more casualty
But there’s still hope for romanticizing dopes as long as there’s still breath in me
I might be someone you recognize and you trust in wholeheartedly
Or maybe I remind of a bad man who you fell in love with so foolishly
Maybe your life ain’t what you wanted
it to be
Little victories in life
That make it all worthwhile
It’s just a dead lull and space in between
Don’t try and figure out what it means
I don’t mean to sound ungrateful and unsung
I’m aware of all the big wars that have been won
I’m just savouring the satisfaction from the last little thing I’ve done
I’m just lookin’ out for number two
How ‘bout you
It’s the little victories in life
That make it all worthwhile
It’s just a combination of grace and style
That I missed the big one by a mile
Ridin’ down the street
With a character named love
Together we travel with ease
And we keep our chins up
Nothing in this world is gonna to shake
us up
I used to let pain invade and ruin my life
But that was before I changed
Now I can stop it on a dime
Now I paint the town
All I wanted was to paint the town
Going out, I just want to let me feelings
out
Life’s not the only bitch
There’s not a woman I loved that let me off without a hitch
I’m trodden down
I’m familiar with the dirty ground
I know the place that it starts
When the feeling through my body ends up to one part
My unbreakable heart
I can imagine things that most people can’t even dream of
I can make a mess out of livin’ that nobody can clean up
It’s not funny when you only feel good when you’re so fucked up
You can make love to me and tell me that you really care
But if you are lying through your teeth when you want me
I won’t be there
Life’s not the only bitch
There’s not a woman I loved that let me off without a hitch
I’m trodden down
I’m familiar with the dirty ground
I know the place that it starts
When the feeling through my body ends up to one part
My unbreakable heart
I always knew that we’d end up apart
But I listened to my heart
Instead of my intuition
I know it’s a shame that we didn’t stay together
But I’m glad we ran away together
Even for only just a little while
The memory will make me smile
You can act mad and you can be abrasive with me
I heard every single word you said
But none of them mean a thing to me
Anymore because I sense there’s something more
Outside of our life together
Remember what I said about intuition?
If I could begin my whole life again
I’m sure I’d still find my way to you
I’ve no regrets and am just happy that I met you
Cause next time I’ll know I’m just being a fool
If I fall in love with a girl like you
You taught
You taught me
A lesson in dying love
Big boats are hookin’ to the dock
People watch them haul in what they brought
Engine oil colors swirl rainbow red
In the cool waters of the riverbed
Sick dog lies dying on the pier
No one does notice he was lying there
He hears a song in his head as he dies
And then he closes his eyes
White waves are raging on the bay
He watched the sun go down on another day
No final wish for a longer life
One twice as long but only half as nice
Daylight, don’t go
You left more behind you than you’ll
ever know
It’s hard to see, see without light
But I’m in love with the night
Thinking over how everything was
He gets a feeling like a longing buzz
Memories come back, but time never does
White lights are glowing on the shore
A dog’s life in the cold dark night lost forever more
Nobody hears him as he slips into the sea
He made a splash, it’s the end at last,
He was all he will ever be
Thinking over how it could’ve been
If you sit and think as the tide rolls in
Long enough the sun will rise again
I went down to a grave by the edge of town
Over by the ocean in the inlet sound
And what I found was my name on a stone
Of a man who died exactly on the day
I was born
I won’t live in this life like I’m made of stone
That’s damnation and it almost put me out
It all came down to me and a razor and the edge
And somehow I got out
But that ain’t nothin’ that I really
want to talk about
Cuz I’m sweet as the dogwood tree
That shaded me from the sun
And I will be there when the rain comes in
And that’s hard weathered livin’
I went up to a hill and I almost got a thrill
From being up so high and all without pills
And I’m amazed at that how up and walking now
With a lightened burden and my head is
in the clouds
If I have changed I was hoping I’d had made that separation
Between wrong and right
I’ve been out of my head once too often
And I got used it, and I’m not alright
I’m just holding out for some changes
in the afterlife
I’m clean as the whistle blows
No more powder up my nose
And I have always walked that knife
On the sharpest side of life
Danger in my ears
Danger in my eyes
Danger that true love might die
I went down into hell
It went down so well
I don’t know the reasons why
That I
Didn’t die
If I get back up on my feet again
I swear I’m gonna leave alone everything I should
If I get tempted I’ll just hold on to a piece of that emptiness
That I knew it would bring to me
If I took the opportunity
To be everything I used to be
Now when I look at me I grin
Cuz there’s a change in the weather tonight
And I’m giving up this hard weathered life
This used to be my escape
But now it just makes my heart break
How’d it go so wrong?
And why do I keep movin’ on in this direction
I thought by now I’d find some the truth
I just want some proof
That there’s nothing left for me to
do
This used to be my only plan
But I always get off track because of a woman
Chris, I want to believe
My life’s in someone else’s hands
And I am depending on those hands
To lift me up
So I can understand
Why I do the things I do
And I am going where I go
I just wanna know
Do I still have a chance?
I used to be a different man
‘til I put of my hopes in a rock’n’roll band
Call me naïve
But I still have faith in rock’n’roll’s
healing hands
Breaking Ties
When me and my old friends were walking
Down the road
I never thought we’d be this far
Friendships fail or jus grow stale
Or Bottom Out
Some will leave and some never get out
We stay close to the people we trusted
Said goodbye to the people that lied
Some of them will hold onto you and
Some of them will break ties
It’s easy in this life
Some are ever patient or maybe they’re just too slow
They never seem to get that break up-down
It’s like their life wheel’s spinnin’ but their tire’s gone
Some were right and some of them were
wrong
We get changed by the people we’re close
Get embittered by the people with spite inside
Some of them will run over you
And some will be by your side
It’s even in this life
We got drunk
We got high
Oh Lord it makes me wanna cry
We got older
We said goodbye
Oh Lord I guess that’s breaking ties
That’s the road I’ve taken
That’s the load on my back that’s breakin’
We got out just in time
There’s no way that I’m killin’ mine
‘Cause I’ve always walked that line
I’m good at killin’ time
Lately you won’t see me anymore
You said I’m a fool with love
Cuz I’m not sure
Which one is in doubt
And who is left without
As good company is walking out the door
You try tellin’ me it doesn’t work
And tryin’ only seems to make it worse
So leave and say good-bye
And take a breath and wonder why
Inside of you you know its not the first
time
Thank you for the kindness to let me go
This kind of love recedes and doesn’t grow
Where would we be
I guess we’ll never see
Who is all alone and who is free
Freedom always has its price to pay
And I get paid by freedom every day
You conscience never leaves
That’s what I believe
As long as you look at yourself
Off the pane of your window
Through the trees that the wind blows
I’m kind of restless in my heart
That kind of restlessness that breaks your soul apart
And it might be easier
For someone else to tell us who is crazier
Is it you or is it me?
Or does everyone have a restless heartbeat
Don’t ask me to respond
When that love is long gone
And I won’t bother asking you how you feel
Cuz I’m doin’ fine
And all I’ve left behind
Was everything that was hopeless
For something real
What’s real to me is something I just learned
That heading straight for you I had to turn
Cuz I don’t want to crash
But I don’t want to dash
The hopes that you might return
Off the pane of my window
Through the trees that the wind blows
I’m kind of restless in my heart
That kind of restlessness that breaks my soul apart
And it might be easier in time
Everything you thought was wrong is fine
And you open up your chest
And find another restless heart like mine
So I won’t have to bleed alone
To restless hearts like ours belong together
She woke from out of bed
He looked into her red eyes once
More for for the last time
As streams of water hit her face
They made her more awake
And her eyes went clear for the last
time
They never saw it coming
Or they would’ve tried
Cuz its only something that you think of
When you’re tryin’ to get rid of
The lie that you’re gonna live forever
So trying to feel
The road under the wheel
Cuz it spinning just as fast as the lightning
They never went anywhere near
They both disappeared
15 years in common
Gone in one day
Life flashed outside the window
Won’t be the same way
Again
He is rolling up his sleeves
And he’s falling to his knees
Cuz he’s pushed himself right up to the limit
And life and death
Spin such a complex web
Its no wonder that we all get caught
up in it
Why do we need each other when we both get down
I’ll be around
Chorus
Why hopes have to get up so high?
Why do you give it all you give it all you got just to try?
And then it’s gone in one fell swoop
Does it make it any easier?
When it’s gone before you ever said good-bye
Yes, it’s gone before you ever said
good-bye
Chorus
I could see for miles and miles out into space
I just couldn’t stand to see a night going to waste
I was stayin’ on the eastern shore
I couldn’t sleep and I wanted to be outdoors
So I lied to my lover and said I’d be right back
I am just going to watch the sun rise
I could see a miracle today
It’s the first time in my life that I felt this way
I played guitar underneath the moon
I thought I’d wait and the sun would be up soon
And when the morning light had settled in
I could start my whole life all over
again
Maybe I could change my luck
When the darkened sky lightened up
But it was the day that the sun never
came up
I want start a new day
Just driving away
Try to find a place where I belong
I been lookin’ so long
And I’m tired of feelin’ all alone
I just want to see that gold sun rise
Maybe that would be enough
To lift my spirits up
But it was the day that the sun never came up
It’s raining down sorrow
I’m standing in the rain
I was all wet a while ago
I was hoping that would change
Now it’s dripping down my back
It follows me through every one of my tracks
When sorrow encumbers you
Your hopes go down the drain
Rain
Wash it away
Don’t’ come when I’m sleeping
Come when I’m awake
If only a little rain
Was all it would ever take to be
Alive less painfully
Rebound Road
I was rich but I ended up poor
I ran out now I am wanting some more
I got a message out from these times
You got yours, I’m still looking for
mine
It only hurts for a little while I’m told
On that rebound road
There ain’t nothin’ you can do or say
You go your way, and I’ll find mine
some day
I’ve been hashin’ out all my mistakes
My only hope is the chances I take
I’ve got to make it out on my own
But it is so hard when you don’t have
a home
But I’ll be patient for a little more a while
God, I’m such a patient child
I played my cards wrong
I’m out, you win, I fold
I’ll be waking down that bumpy rebound
road