Fuel - Sunburn

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I wanted to feel something

To be something

To see something

 

I wanted to find

One thing that was mine

And leave this behind

But I can't find my way

To get far away

And bury these days

 

Fantasy

Once reality

Becomes such a parody

 

If I could find

One thing that was mine

I'd leave this behind

But I can't find my way

To get far these days

 

If shining

Or if shaking

It's reality faking

 

If I could find

One thing that was mine

I'd leave this behind

But I can't find my way

To get far away

And bury these days

 

 

Bittersweet

 

Seven sins of wantonness and

everything that's good is gone

Sell it all for glory from peers

Silicone priestess scratch the back and

twists the knife to bone

Kick against the pricks and scrape the shins

 

I'm the enemy in the enemies now

 

Chorus:

Swallowed the pill

Drank to the fill

All these things I carry now

In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now

 

Try to hold the world there sinking,

swimming in a paper cup

Try to own the one beneath the skin

Held up to the flame 'till singing

skin begins to draw and tuck

Never told there's a chance to win

 

What couldn't be, wouldn't be now

 

(chorus)

 

Hold your hands up to the sky and try

so hard to rise above

But everything is beating down

(chorus)

 

Shimmer

 

She calls me from the cold

Just when I was low, feeling short of stable

And all that she intends

And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label

She say's she's ashamed

And can she take me for a while

And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past

But maybe I'm not able

And I break at the bend

 

Chorus:

We're here and now, but will we ever be again

'Cause I have found

All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade

Away again

 

She dreams a champagne dream

Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper

Lavender and cream

Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her

She says that love is for fools that fall behind

And I'm somewhere in between

I never really know

A killer from a savior

'Til I break at the bend

 

(Chorus)

 

It's too far away for me to hold

It's too far away...

 

Guess I'll let it go

 

Jesus or a Gun

 

Walk away, I walk the wire

And my fields are burning in the flames

Feel my way, blind in the mire

Struggling from your voice inside my head

 

Chorus:

But now everything's trying to drag me down

But I'll rip the sky from the ground

But tell me who's my saving one

Jesus or a gun

 

Stripped away my last desire

Nothing comes and nothings sent away

Happiness I couldn't hire

Struggling from these thoughts inside my head

 

(chorus)

 

All that's safer falls from my favor

When it's over who will cry for me

 

It's safe to say I don't desire

Everything you push inside my head

And I reject it until I'm dead

 

(chorus)

 

 

Sunburn

 

The sky was dark this morning

Not a bird in the trees

And silence hung suspicious and anxious

Like a blanket covered scream

 

And you were gone

You were not there for me

And I cursed the sky and begged the sun to

Fall all over m

This life's not living, baby

Living ain't free

If I can't find my way back to me

Let the sun fall down over me

Let the sun fall down

 

All my friends are searching

Quiet, desperatly

Look into their eyes you'll see the faithless crying

Save me, save me, save me

 

And what are they to feel

And who are they to be

And what am I to do with, do with me, but let the sun

Fall all over me

This life's not living, baby

Living ain't free

If I can't find my way back to me

Let the sun fall down over me

Let the sun fall down

 

Until my eyes cry out

'Til my head is free from doubt

'Til my lungs sigh right out

'Til I'm wiser

 

Let the sun

Fall all over me

This life's not living, baby

Living ain't free

If I can't find my way back to me

Let the sun fall down over me

Let the sun fall down

 

New Thing

 

Take me out alive

Take me out it's all so stale

Give me another life

Excuse me if I tried and failed

 

And don't mind if I fall

It's not that far at all

 

Chorus:

I got a new thing, its so inspired

It's not the real thing, but it's for me

Because the real thing I don't desire

So it's the new thing I choose for me

Denial comfort me

 

Built the gallows high

You gave me plans and silver nails

The architects of pride

But I'm the one you're hanging now

 

And don't mind if I fall

It's not that far at all

 

(chorus)

 

And don't mind if I fall

It's not that far at all

 

(chorus)

 

It's Come To This

 

And I found my head uncrowned and all life's sweet necter flowing down

the cracks and seams wasted on some petty little prayers

And I

reached up for despair but I was well below that cherished stage

and all my mangled hopes all songs unsung

 

Chorus:

I fear I've wasted all my sun

I fear I've wasted all my time

Everything is faded

Smiles are fabricated now

I fear I've wasted all my sun

I fear I've wasted all my time

Held my eyes too closed for too long

 

And I ran out through the streets in hopes that I might find it there

but all my buildings stared back at me tenantless and bare

and I

reached up for the sky, but it always seemed so far away

transcendent thoughts you gave lie atrophied and broken

 

(chorus)

 

And I sat when I should have stood; swallowed when I should have spit

until now I only recognize me in pictures taken long ago

and

all the changes simply haunt and never go away

a friend will tell when I hit hell, I may not feel the change

 

Held my eyes closed for too long

Held my eyes closed for too long

 

Just before I go don't you offer any sweet advice because

where were all your shoulders when I needed them so long ago

and

now with legs weak and weary from this silly dance

with a suitcase full of memories, I pack my bags and slowly drift away

 

Song For You

 

It's all I want

It's all I needed now it's through

It all comes back to you

The only one

The one I needed I abuse

More color for the bruise

So I sing this song for you

There's nothing left for me to do

Goodbye dear one

Venus I thought you'd bless me too

So selfish to presume

So I sing this song for you

And I hope that what is true

Will find a way to you

I sing this song for you

Venus never showed the way

The stars would not be sold

Heaven stole the light of day

And we were never told

So dark the day-

So much for life, for life and love

And now it's done

The color always changes hue

Bright to black and blue

So I sing this song for you

And I hope that what is true

Will find a way to you

I sing this song for you

So I sing this song for you

There's nothing left for me to do

 

Ozone

 

I wanna make her go

I wanna make her come

I wanna push her away

Don't wanna feel no pain

Don't wanna feel no shame

Don't wanna feel this way

I'm so alone here

Why must I be

I'm the one she calls ozone baby

She waits alone for me to come down

But I want to fly like a silly angel

Aim for the sky, straight into the sun

I wanna make her feel

I wanna make it real

I wanna give her away

She wanna keep me here

She wanna hold me dear

She wanna make me stay

She's so alone here

She don't need me

I'm the one she calls ozone baby

She waits alone for me to come down

But I want to fly like a silly angel

Aim for the sky, straight into the sun

My sun, on you, burning, singe you

Confined, inside, rot from my lies, sucker

I'll only hold you down

I'll only steal your crown

I'll only make you cry

I'll only break your pride

And eat you up inside

Why should you even try

I'm so alone here

Why must I be

I'm the one she calls ozone baby

She waits alone for me to come down

But I want to fly like a silly angel

Aim for the sky, straight into the sun

 

Hideaway

 

Hideaway, take me now

I cannot face another round

And I'm flipping through these pages

For a name to tak my place

Close my eyes, wish that I could find a place

To hideaway

Troubled days cloud my eyes

Stole the sun from my skies

And in this darkness I am tossing, turning

Lying wide awake

Hold my breath, wish that I could find a place

To hideaway

Hideaway, take me now

I cannot face another round