she calls me from the cold/just when i was low/feeling short of stable/and all that she intends/all she keeps inside, isn't on the label/she says she's ashamed/and can she take me for a while?/can i be a friend/we'll forget the past/but maybe i'm not able/and i break at the bend.../we're here and now/will we ever be again?/'cause i have found/all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade/away.../again...

I feel like I'm waking up for the first time. I see life through new eyes, and I couldn't be happier.

I feel like life is starting all over again.

I suppose I should start at the beginning. Perhaps, I'll think of it as a little survey to be filled out.

Who? Jeffrey Nero Hardy

What? Good question. Not even I know.

Where? Another good question. Wherever you go, there you are.

When? Last Saturday. Didn't you watch?

Why? I felt like it...?

How? Mr. Mustard, in the study, with the rope. I'm done with these stupid questions.

I don't really care for the summaries, so I'll tell you the story the way it needs to be told.

Once upon a time, there was a group of people that needed to be beaten. I showed up. The end.

Oh? You expected a long and poetic story? Damn...where's my manners?

I'm not the person you'd expect...and I'm not the person you thought you knew either. The fact is...I'm not exactly anything you'd expect. You're best off not even thinking much about it, and just kind of accepting what you see at face value.

Not. I fooled ya, didn't I?

I don't expect to walk in here and be regarded as some sort of bringer of peace and harmony. If I knew the answer on how to find that, I would've done it by now on a global scale, and certainly not for the NWA first.

I can't give you answers. The answers you're looking for I can't even find myself. All I am is just one person.

Well...actually you're two.

Shut up, man.

You realize that it's ironic you're telling me to shut up, right? I mean, you're one guy with two personalities. For you to tell me to shut up, would be telling yourself to.

Listen...I'm trying to introduce my--ourselves. Do you mind?

Not at all. Continue. I'm quite amused.

That's Willow.

Willow The Whisp...get it right please?

Sorry. That's Willow The Whisp. My alter ego and the sole reason I can't think straight. I'm tormented by a second personality. I'm a fun guy to take home to meet your parents. I'm having a nice conversation with your mom, and bam...he shows up.

That only means I'm fashionably late. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have showed up at XPlosion, period.

Don't get me wrong...I would've been there anyway. Shannon's my best friend, Shane and I are close...hell, Matt's my brother, and I love Lita like a sister.

Incest is best, Jeff.

You're sick, you know that? Sick and twisted.

I know...that's why you keep me around. At least I'd do the things you'd never do, Jeff. We're a package deal.

Thanks for reminding me.

So let's do this on our own, buddy...just like always.

I'm not here to entertain your machinations, Willow. I'm here to help my brother and my friends.

Yeah...and I'm here to be Jiminy Cricket.

You're so negative.

I am the negative personality. At least that's how the last shrink described me. You know, if I didn't scare them off, they'd commit you by now.

I'd be a lot of things without you. Sane's a great start.

Sanity is overrated.

So is being on time.

You're such a pill.

Can I get on with this now? They've been sitting here, waiting for me.

By all means...I'll sit around and wait for you. See that dark recess in your noggin'? That's where I'll be. Text me!

I'm not joking...that was a conversation I had with myself...I think. They say that multiple personalities don't often know the other one exists. Sadly, mine leaves his mark everywhere in my life. I sit alone in this trailer, and his work is seen in the occasional Aluminummy, the song or two...and his masterpiece...the Volcano. His personality rears his ugly head, and my relations are destroyed.

I wonder how I'm still breathing after all of this.

she drinks 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 between/never really known/a killer for a saviour/til i break at the bend...

Please don't ask me what I'm going to do here, because even I don't know. Don't ask me how I'll play a part in this war, because I'm not sure. All I know is that I'm here, and I'm going to make sure I do the right thing...

...if the right thing is made crystal clear.

it's too far away for me to hold/too far away/guess i'll let it go...