Lyrics – Watching. Waiting. Wanting.
1. Pendulum
The pulse in my ear has gone
A cold drip of fear
And I’m feeling alone
Once in a while we might as well rest
Waiting for this mess to clear
Please calm this conundrum
We ride along the pendulum
So find a way
Serenity find a way to get on
Maybe we’ll find a way to get on
Serenity find a way to get on
2. What Is Left
What do you say
To someone who won’t appreciate
A skillful word or two?
Can we repair
A vacuous expression in the mirror?
And have you lost your mind?
Hands intertwine in a bind
A circuit on the decline
Simplify your design
‘Cause once the excitement shuts down
What is left to sustain the mainframe?
Our gilded age
The gift of ubiquitous wisdom
We all provide a voice
A fingertip
Can conjure up an instant reward
But who could have the time?
3. Where We Begin
Wherever you may find yourself
One day
It’s the dawning of our construction
Chaos in balance on a point
Correlation within destruction
A microcosm in the void
Where time expands in all direction
We form a familiar space
Through collision and coalescence
We are, we are, we are
The air in your lungs
The dust in your skin
The embers of sunlight
Where we begin
Scattered through stars
Far, far away
Wherever you may find yourself
One day
A heart beat
The echoes of laughter
The world shares a knowing smile
The first taste of youthful affection
Invincible freedom of time
But the humbling loss of a loved one
Cleanses our clouded mind
A reflection of what came before you
The more we mature
The more we’re the same
4. Unforeseen
Two feet walk a crowded street
Of souls who’ve all been hollowed out
He looks down for solid ground
He knows just when you
Start to belong everything feels wrong
Time can hustle you straight out of a job
Save face, spend money, want more?
Like your friend before
I’ll show you the door
But he won’t go down without a good fight
And I’m sad to watch him try
The world will spin and eat from within
And that’s when he said
He cracked a smile and said to me
Fuck peace of mind
I’m never givin’ up the ghost
Until the day that I die
I’ve still got my seat at the table
Until the day that I die
I won’t give up my ghost
As a drudge to the unforeseen
The wheel burns in calloused hands
A wanderer without command
He kneels down to spark the ground
A glint, so helpless
How he wants, how he needs to see
Obedient walls are drawing in
Foul taste, smoke from his war
Leaks out from each and every pore
5. If Time Could Save
Warmth is the water
Melted away
Where summer stays longer
And inside I’m under covers
Patients listening on a
Bed of eggshells in a hallway
If only time could save
Spots in a folly keep winding me
All around, around, do what you do believe
‘Cause now it’s gone astray
Gone away, gone away
Why-y-y-y?
Courtesy and fallen leaves and memories
Lost within a vacancy of a dream
I’m finding that it’s hard to read
The fleeting message in what we portray
If only time could save
And if I don’t have desire
Who would I be?
A troubled man, a man who tries to defend
That nothing’s gone astray
Gone away, gone away
Why-y-y-y-y?
I’m finding that it’s hard to read your mind
I’m finding that it’s hard to say goodbye
Warmth is the water melt away
Where summer stays longer
And inside I’m under covers
The patients are listening
The restless are whispering
So speak to me, speak to me
6. Protective Soul
A screen in front of me
Is coloring my sound waves again
Read to reach, standing on my knees
And I’m blessed by one obsession
White bread American
Losin’ all faith in charity
Safety needs from humanity
A protective soul
It’s my right to own
They should know
I’ve got a good reason to hold you up close
When you are near
One thing is true
That’ll never do
Let’s make this clear
I’ve got a good reason to hold you up close
My chest invested
Explosive with fear
My senses rested upon yours
Now let me remind you
Whoever is in charge
I won’t let go
Trust I invite a fight
They should know
7. Need To Know
This information’s need to know
I’ve been a part of something rogue
These vivid dreams that I’ll never show
A feeling in the dark below
It seems that I could stand to reason here
It seems that I could find a reason to forgive
Forgive away my sins
Day after day means nothing new
Feel the stark infected wounds
This empty space ‘tween me an you
Build a bridge that links
Leads us right on through
Because I could stand to reason here
Because I could find a reason to live
Live my life again
8. Rightfully Mine
Somewhere I know
There’s a world where things make sense
And I’m a resident
A promise gets taken to bed
This time it’s all in our head
Where cords won’t tangle in knots
And hope is never lost
Two kids act out in a dream
But not so easily
A cool breeze opens the door
And I leave
Yeah a lot can happen
In just one day
But what about year-to-year now?
Afraid of change
I can love a routine so skillfully
Yeah a lot can happen
In just one day
To revolutionize a grown man
And I’m ready to roll the dice
We, we haven’t yet found
The words are swimming down
And I can’t spit them out
And I, I hope you’ll understand
I have a little plan to be more than a statue
No sense in waiting now
‘Cause I see you in a crowd
They say timing’s everything
And this time it feels right
So stand aside
I’ve come to claim what is rightfully mine
I’ve come to claim what is rightfully mine
So stand aside
They say timing’s everything
And this time it feels right
9. Rocketship
Space
You know I need it
We are a memory
Of stars collided into one
And as a friend I’m confident
That what you said is what you meant
But it’s not the case
So bombs away
I’m bound to be comin’ after
A sleepy sense of violence
Watching, waiting, wanting
Like two brothers we compete
But soured by greed
From your envy
Realize
I’ve spent enough time
Just listing to caution
Watching, waiting, wanting
In how many ways can you undermine the truth?
Good faith gone astray
So bombs away
Space
You know I need it
And with a rocketship
I leave you watching, waiting, wanting
We are a memory of jealousy
10. From The War
A generous voice says don’t move too fast
And my hands I hold a sphere of glass
Nature must contain the consequence
‘Cause you give me no confidence
Know they always want more
Make a break for it
Free yourself from the war
The message is now
Make a break
A zealous voice can provoke a fight
And galvanize a man to change a life
Inhibition slays the populace
And you give me no confidence
Know they always want more
Make a break for it
Free yourself from the war
The message is now
Make a break
Retribution keeps them wanting more
Free yourself from the war
11. A Touch Of Red
Always longing for a memory
Of better times that seem so right
But they fade away
A distant sight
And now the view of my surroundings
Is tainted by a touch of red light
Can’t look away
Bounded by an old mythology
A father figure knows what’s right
I can’t break away
From all this senseless murder of my mind
Inventing answers false security
A brimming confidence I feel right
Ignore the pain
Disagree and you’re an enemy
Cynicism drives our apathy
Just one measured dose of empathy
Don’t look away and feel the pain
Deep inside
Running into unknown territory
Lurid inform reality
Losing faith in my humanity
But I walk away
And feel no pain
Stirring deep inside
I can’t deny
Broken hearts and wounded thoughts
Echo eternally
An empty embrace
Uncovers a feeling of loneliness
Longing for a memory of time gone by
A feeling that never was assured
Running ahead
This is the last time I fall
I can’t live a lie
Watching, I’m waiting for a compromise
Realize a folly of a word or two
I’m stalling for an answer to our problems
An education, a vindication of generations
Seeking the truth
Truth
12. End Of The World
Awaken cold
A flashing beckons me
Hope reborn
Ignited on the screen
Friend of old
The one remaining link
Lonely soul
In an ashen field
A ring of nascent fire
Sears through every avenue
Insatiable and grave
A sphere clothed in radiance
Filled with possibility
Ignored and set aflame
I’m witnessing the end of the world
Vaguely beautiful
A silent film beheld by one
Set sail for a runaway
A thrilling trek from home
Last chance to get away
An absence of commotion
Some say it’s a benefit
A feat to call your own
Take heed of our promises
The empty words
Soften up the blow
A message on the wire
Speaks in clues of nothing new
Addled and untamed
An unrelenting reverie
Of selfish immortality
The rest can share the blame
I’m witnessing the end of the world
Vaguely beautiful
A reckoning reduced to none
