Story.

Both feet on the pavement

Hallelujah cause we made it

Tell the world about our lives now

Brother, we will keep chasing

It takes me back to the water

Never will forget how I lost her

Stared into an empty pool now

The time it took to move on from

Those nights we lay awake

Felt the heavens start to shake

Started losing my religion now

Sometimes to bend, you've got to break

Barely stumbled through July

Remember when I made you cry?

Bared my soul to another now

Because you wouldn't take a lie

Last night I was dreaming

That we were swallowed in the evening

Time stopped for a story now

One I'm still trying to believe in

Running.

Behind the windshield

Straining his eyes against the light

He is running to find her

For this is their song

"Have you seen her?" he asks

She is behind the glass

Turns to see him coming

Forever searching for the barefooted girl

Lanterns.

The sky above your house is hopeful tonight

Shy stars behind streaking clouds

And the lampposts near and far

Along the streets, between the trees

"Hello", "Hello", they murmur

Lanterns floating in the dark sea

But they too see my shadow

Should I tell them?

If.

Under the desk

Take me back

These summer winds

Are shaking petals

Take me away

Oh, to zero

Funambulism.

Ah, so we're dealing in hundreds and thousands now
But still thirty-eight is so imposing

Simple solution number one
Throw away the broken rubber band in your pocket

Streets.

Leaden bones
Threadbare heart
Swollen eyes

Crack this window to stay alive
Picture your figure in the dying light
Exploding with glory as it fades into night
He sits on your shoulders, head so high

Reach for the sunset, little one
You whose journey has just begun
Watch these others who walk on the run
In a pulsing city where all hearts beat as one

Forever April, forever July
Forever running, forever to find
Forever stretching from the inside

Midnight.

And tomorrow is a never day

Oh love, just go to sleep

But my soul wanders the dark streets

And traces the Golden Gate railings

To leap from the crust of this earth -

Pine St.

But I could never show you

The inside of my home

The stairwell lights are broken

The stairs, they're almost gone

(From Pine St. by Cold War Kids)

Alone.

What are these thoughts? Turn away

Maybe Dalí will save my sanity

What are these voices? Turn it up

Maybe Sainsbury will save my silence

What are these fingers? Turn them tightly

Only You can save my soul

Memo.

This is for the ones
With a four-letter curse stamped on their foreheads
This is for the ones
Whose only hiding places are in the biggest of crowds
Shake the dust.

Handwriting.

Her handwriting was elegant in a messy way.
It looked like no other; it wasn't easy to read
But with it she wrote the most aeonian words -

Golden.

And the dawn peeks through the curtains
This golden fire of my soul
Weighs just as heavy on my shoulders
Is just as precious to the one who fans the flame
Waking up,
Time to follow the sky.

Shivering.

Fever makes summer seem ever so near.

Repeat.

And if I turn up the volume,
If I scream along,
Will you hear?
Will you come home
And stop this pain tonight?

Canopy.

And I sleep under your stars -

And I sleep under your stars;

Emanate.

Your echo is there

Beneath the streetlamp

It is your light

Cutting into the deep twilight

You emanate

Smiling at me

At everything

At nothing at all

You look at the ground and realize

You're at home

Here I am behind the glass

Are you there?

Are you there?

Name.

Scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?
Did you get to be a star?


- From "Name" by The Goo Goo Dolls