"How Far Shallow Takes You"

236 E. BROADWAY
it seems so tough sometimes when you face a day with back to back conflict.
when you get pushed around you might stand your ground, might end up on your
back, but... when you fall do you benefit and talk about it? when you fall
do you get back up with your head above you? when you fall...? i choked back
tears last night sitting alone in a restaurant, thinking. how did i get so
low? how did i manage to sink to the bottom?
 
 

ON THESE DAYS...
every thing's stagnant, inert and i feel so far away. i've got so much more
to accept, i've got so much more to say, i felt sullen and depressed with
thing i needed off my chest. i've go so much more to accept i've got so much
more to say. i was beat up by the pictures in my mind, i saw heat and fire
come to take your place, walked thought brilliant light on my way to see you,
i can't move at all with my feet in quicksand. if you went a million miles
away i would be sitting here wondering what to say. i've seen the out come
and i'm hoping that it never ends
 
 

SELF APPOINTED LEADER
did you think that i was blind? did you think i couldn't see? did you think
i'd just dismiss your betrayal so easily? sick and tired of your negativity.
sick and tired of your contradictions. you should understand in order to make
change more than just words and ideologies are needed, you've gotta be down
to earth, so get it through your head. nobody appointed you any kind of
leader. and to think i once trusted you, i used to call you friend. i can
forgive but i can't forget, i won't be hurt by you again. you've got it in
your mind that you've been appointed as some kind of leader.
 
 

BEAUVILLE
i heard your invitation so i got up to bat and i swung real hard, i think i
knocked out the lights when i look back because you had no idea where i was
coming from . i think i heard your shell break and i could feel your pain.
i had the nerve to put up a fight when no one else could reach inside to you.
here you go this is yours a piece of mind a sort of restitution
 
 

WHAT TO DO (Original Version)
something's on my mind but you know i'm find sit around out here and think.
do you even know what's going on? cause I sure don't have a clue with you
anymore. some thing's change sometimes that's right, it's me and maybe i'll
use this wasted space this time more and more efficiently. do you even know
what's going on? cause i sure don't have a clue with what to do with you
anymore.
 
 

THE MEND
it's time to think about vital parts and values to start to focus my
attention on what makes me happy. advice and tips on some better way's to
keep a friend straight from your pretty face to make a point of making
contact. i want to share things with those i care about, i've got so much in
me. i want to soak up what's pouring out from those who care about me. i'm
certain this time i'll make the change, i'll at least try.
 
 

REIGN ON YOUR PARADE
fractured life your silence heard. it's what you didn't want what other
didn't see. painful past you'd rather die than try to explain how it hurts
inside. don't you think their future's filled with dire problems? you clench
your fist you close your eyes. don't point the blame you might find yourself
the same. you terrify you dare deny this poor kids life there's not much more
to identify when something's wrong the end is near there's not much more that
i can do. you took it all their innocence left behind with scars and shameful
tears it doesn't need to be this way it seems that it will never go away
 
 

SUDS
this bridge is falling down and just like it was before, it's bad, and i made
it recur. crossed the bridge and it caught my attention, an ocean, diluting
frustration. so i smashed it down in search of contentment, i fell down and
into the ocean but now i am wet, shivering wasted and i recognize my
degeneration. i can see so clearly now that i am searching for simplicity.
i can face the problem now as i look into the mirror i don't hate you. as a
crutch when i am dependent, i reach out and it won't reject me. like a
blanket when you need warmth it surrounds me but it still feels cold. i can
face the problem now that i am searching for felicity. i can see so clearly
now. when i look into your eyes i don't hate you.
 
 

NOTHING NEW
another dollar fifty another ride on the bus the seat left alone is still
warm the person next to me talks to me as if he knows me but that's ok i
don't mind i look out the window while he talks on i do the usual try to
figure out what these people do. in their own solitude some seem so plain
some seem so lonesome lost depressed and true it's all inside of you.
wandering and waiting all your life for something new to change you but it
all seems to turn in circles nothing's new finding and learning all you need
is something to guide you nothings stimulates no inspiration
 
 

BURYING YOUR PAST
you used to shine like a diamond all the time but now you forgot all your
dreams forgot the times that you had gravel in your knees and i raised you
back to your feet and now you're watered down there's nothing left burning
inside so many times i fell on my face and you lifted my spirits back to
place i hope the pieces are all around the puzzle of you burying your past
and if that perfect smile isn't the perfect lie you're faking again wake in]
the morning bleeding from my back and dying because you neglect your heart i
have so many emotions, passions burning in my heart.
 
 

NAKED
it seems so hard to find a decent place outside with no need to hide you can
speak your mind you can be honest and you don't have to pretend you could
brave the day and wear a naked face but why do you loathe all your friends?
making cracks at their expense if you choose a reason why it would probably
make you cry while you fight with the still small voice inside. you can read
me like a book, i guess there's nothing to hide. there is nothing to hide
 
 

LICENSE FROM A CEREAL BOX
it seems every time we're driving down the trans-canada #1 the traffic's
growing worse everyday it doesn't really help when there's a bozo at the
wheel slowing down cutting people off i don't think it's funny. hit the gas,
hit the brakes, in a traffic jam i think i'm late for work got your license
from a cereal box you don't know how to drive you're just a fucking jerk, it
never fails getting on there's always something going wrong a lot of cars a
lot of smog (well, not as much as l.a.) it's pretty hazy when a blowout in a
tire becomes such a big desire for idiots to watch, slow down it makes me
crazy. think you know how i feel what i need is a new automobile like the
game spyhunter i could enjoy anyone who would annoy set the missiles seek
and destroy.
 
 

STAND AND DELIVER
where it all began cause i don't even know but the shit keeps piling on top
you don't make amends and i don't understand and you don't even really know
me. someone's holding on to me i think i really should calm down i can feel
my adrenaline running thought my veins and blood. sometimes you can lose
control and they don't understand they take you for a ride and then they
want to hold you hand. you fought you screamed and they don't even know what
you really have in store you hear all the shit and you don't fucking care
you just have to ignore where it all began cause i don't even know but the
shit keeps piling on top you don't make amends and i don't understand and
you don't even really know me. someone's holding on to me i think i really
should calm down i can feel my adrenaline they feed you full of shit that
you already know they take you for a ride and then they want to hold your
hand.
 
 

OK
i break the bones to pieces in my hands my clenching fingers, were you the
same all along? did i just get bored? why did i push you away? i still sit
plagues with questions, your actions, your intentions, why couldn't you just
talk to me? was it that i just couldn't smile anymore? tired of keeping it
inside so i failed at you and now i pass out every night i associate the
worst things with your face and i know you're at a loss from what you threw
away i just wish that you had left my innocence. even now i still wonder
how you are truly concerned that you're well even though you put me through
this because i see that it's better off this way when i think that it is
right and i know that i'm ok.
 
 

TOGETHER
hard times and getting harder still but together we can make it through
these days hold on and take hold of this hand we turn to each other to
find strength there's nothing that we won't beat together there's nothing
that can stop us. help me, help me face my fear because i don't want to
have to walk alone and i make this promise to you to stand by you support
you to never let you down.
 

THINGS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME
one day i went out my door two men grabbed em by the throat mixed up with
another guy couldn't fight they were way too strong beat me down threw me
in the trunk what the fuck is going on? why do things like this happen all
the time? they took a left , then a right, hit a bump, the other day,
walking down the street four men carrying bags of cash ran me down and then
they lost a bag and i was happy until the cops showed up.
 
 

BONUS TRACK (MY FEELINGS)
i have a problem with my feeling if only you knew how i felt.
 
 

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