pardon my english
watch your mouth, they're listening. imagine what they're thinking when i speak my mind. i'm falling, you know it. god-damn i'm not a poet. i'm sick of metaphors, will you please kiss me? what do i know, what do i care.if you'd ask me i am happy going anywhere. forgot my opinion. i'm sorry, start again. is it hot in here or is it just you? what do i know, what do i care. if you'd ask me i am happy going anywhere, or nowhere. i'm starting to think, "maybe i'm not complete without that someone." i'm wishing on stars on my ceiling, the real thing is long, long gone.

home
imaginary lines hold me to my story of how i live and what i've learned. i wonder, "what's the point of singing, saying what i meant to mean when they won't understand." forget about the lies coming through the lines, screaming of your insecurities. the truth is in your eyes. start this fire so i won't have a place to call my own. who or what are you to tell me everything i need to know. imaginary lines still want to hold me back from where i've been and what they heard. i wonder, "what's the point of feeling anything but apathy when they won't understand." forget about the lies coming through the lines, screaming of your insecurities. the truth is in your eyes.

winter welcome
learning, leaving, driving, seeing for a chance to make the grade in failing fashion. winter's faster. listen for the right to breathe here. listen for the closest end to pain and passion. we'll outlast them. "willing welcome," fortune tells them, "why'd you run away?" days are coming when miles are nothing. nothing's gonna fly my way. i'd fly but my wings are clipped. in this game you had me whipped. where nothing's broken, where nothing is fixed. holding my breath until you're through, holding my tongue but not for you. i think it's funny i'm singing this for someone who's not real. why you ask me why. why i said goodnight. goodnight, tonight.

two plus three
clouded lies fill the skies. what to do, i can't see you. doesn't this hurt you too? televise, compromise your views. hide your eyes so they can't tell you what to say and do. i've been meaning to tell you this distance is terrible, but i can't remember happier times. better things to come, as i grow older i get strong. lift this burden from my chest and i'm at my best. trade a mile in for a minute of your time as i begin a faster lyric to this song and sing it over and over. i've been meaning to tell you this distance is terrible but i can't forget your eyes. running out of words to say. i don't wanna hear your excuse for me today. everything's fine waiting in line, at least here i have my own mind. but it's not what i want, no, nothing's what i want now. so i guess that i'll just live

take my time
i'll cross my heart, uncross my fingers for you to hear two words i say. nothing i do really matters, you won't listen anyway. but i can hope and i can't breathe. i can't see why you're screaming at me. don't scream at me. maybe i can't see the difference in your smile in my mind, but i sure as hell won't forget. for the moment, i can take my time. what's the point in leaving after standing in line. if the whole world falls around me, pins me down, my arms behind me--there's my moment to shine. i thought that i could now forget you, but i didn't have a clue. i thought the stupid games were over, but i didn't count on you. so now i hide and now i flee. now i hope you're leaving me, just let me be.

selling silence
i'm selling silence from yesterday. don't tell him you need this, you want to stay with me. why don't you just stop and take a look around you. is there anything that you really wanted? the killing you're making just crossed that line. it's over, your fake tears just compromised your life with me.

all music/words © 2003 tms