Songs are listed alphabetically
CASTLES
Album: Waves, track 1
Sinners can be saints but jesters can’t be kings
Knocking down the gates to a castle you don’t need anyway
You have to let your garden grow
Just water it with oil and hope
At least you’ll know why the flowers are dead
I guess I’ll play some songs on my stereo
If it’s only water under the bridge, why do you keep bringing it up?
Poisoning the well that you drink from can’t be smart
Destroying your crops and destroying your walls is a futile thing
You have to let your emotions grow
Just nurture them with arsenic and hope
At least you’ll know why your heart is dead
CHARLATANS
Album: Waves, track 7
We were gone for a while, standing on a bridge
Decades ago when we had everything to win
And now that the wisdoms settled in
We’re coming for everything, yea we’re coming for your skin
Cuz now we know…
We’re not the only who’ve been treated this way
All my guilt and shame is where it needs to be and I
I don’t think their actions changed, but we’re old enough to say something
I finally see where all the guilt should lie and maybe now
I know who I am, I know how I’m supposed to be
I wish it were that easy, but my sky was falling down for so long
And all my silly fairy tales and dreams, were sabotaged by charlatans
To them, no, it doesn’t mean a thing
I know who I am, I know how Im supposed to be
But everything is hard when you’ve been staring at a wall for so long
I really think I can change the world
Now that wisdoms settled in, and I know that I can win in the end
CLEVER FOOLS
Album: Waves, track 4
Featuring Andy Jackson of Hot Rod Circuit
The clever man who plays the fool, a foolish women doesn’t see it
Sitting in this room, thinking what I’ll say to you
Can you soar faster than you sink?
Can you see you in the mirror while you contemplate your sins?
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I stand by my decisions, I’ll take them to the grave
I thought it would be fun, maybe you’re just betting safe
Now your egos bruised, no more time to kill, I don’t need your help watching time stand still
The clever man who knows no rules, I never thought I’d see it
Sitting in this room, knowing what I’m doing to you
Do you feel faster than you think?
Do you think your man is satisfied with all the places he doesn’t know you’ve been?
Maybe, I’m afraid or insensitive
We were really not meant to be, chalk it up to a life lesson that I did not need
Maybe next time I’ll see the sign, and learn to walk away
Your stories contradict your actions, it’s written on your face
HALFWAY
Album: Waves, track 2
Theres a path I used to know thats eroded over time
Still, the feelings in me yea, I sense it once in a while
It’s been some time since I’ve been down like this
I’ll try to keep the flames at bay, some animals don’t respond to cages
But what do I know?
I only know the things I’m longing for, the things I’ve never had before
Back here on my own
Starting over cuz what you said
Is tearing me right into pieces
Meet me halfway, meet me halfway ready to go
Back here on my own
So alone and ever frightened
But after all the things you said
Meet me halfway, meet me halfway ready to go
HIGH BY THE BEACH (cover)
Album: Waves, track 6
Original version by Lana Del Ray
Lookin’ at you looking at me
I know you know how I feel
Lovin’ you is hard, bein’ here’s harder
You take the wheel
I don’t wanna do this anymore
It’s so surreal, I can’t survive
If this is all that’s real
All I wanna do is get high by the beach
Get high by the beach, get high
All I wanna do is get by by the beach
Get by, baby, baby, bye bye
The truth is I never bought into your bullshit
When you would pay tribute to me
All I wanna do was get high by the beach
Get high baby, baby, bye bye
Lookin at you lookin’ at me
I know you don’t understand
You could be a bad motherfucker
But that don’t make you a man
Now you’re just another one of my problems
Because you got out of hand
We won’t survive
We’re sinkin’ into the sand
Lights, camera, acción
I’ll do it on my own
Don’t need your money, money
To get me what I want
Lights, camera, acción
I’ll do it on my own
Don’t need your money, money
To get me what I want
KILLBOX
Album: Waves, track 3
Picking daisies from the grass
I still remember everything – the deli on the corner
The way it felt to turn onto that winding road
I collapse and my chest drops through the floor
Hold my breath…
After all is said and done
I still feel like the race ain’t over
The stories told and my time is done
I’m pretty strong. But I don’t think that you understand the places I have been
Another morning on this grass
Whats the cost of being here when nothing heres worth fighting for?
Give it some time, let moments pass
Plot these accusations. Soon I’ll just be sleeping on the floor
Hold my breath…
WATCH WHAT I CAN’T DO
Album: Waves, track 5
Breath in deeply, I know you’re on the edge
But you’re seeking consolation while you reconcile the dead
And I’m on it… til Im not. And I’m honest… to a fault
Yea I hate being a slave to this, restrained by this. I just hope I don’t get caught
I’m trying to give you everything you need
And I’m doing everything I can, impossible as it seems
And I know you don’t get it. I don’t mean to be dramatic
But this life you want to lead, it starts with me. You just can’t be everything
Sink me slowly, I’m barely on the bridge
We’ll start to sink and lose everything if you can’t control your edge
And I’m focused… til Im not. But I’m dripping and distraught
For all my stupid calculations to get misread when I’m really not at fault
Watching all the stars in the sky go out, while Im grabbed by the undertow. It takes my far away
I’m trying to focus but I don’t really know what that means
My wallets missing – probably locked away with my keys