thinking, that's all

play your hand. don't play it off. don't play that game. out of touch. there is no pride in seconds lost. first cello suite. i know i'm late. what do you care. stop dragging feet. we can't go back for seconds lost. smooth the sheets. no one was here and never will. wind your watch for seconds gone. drive by don't stop. hate wins don't stop. guilt won't let you because you let it. because you lost.

claire

one chance to show your face. this one shot all you get. pass by your one good thing. lift your head back shoot and chase. never hear you laugh like that, so full. not since you were nine. learn your restricted ropes. paint a cross on your left hand. one good thing signed away and with it your only hope. attention focused on today. so quiet slip behind my back. unsettled, severing always severing old ties. one last good-bye may last the rest of your life. one way trip can work both ways and loose ends kept untied make better friends. the things you buy may someday leave you. can you say full ride? i can still see you around.

call it in the air

leave home today. escape your region. it's in your head, keep moving on. become your dad. live unquestioned. it's in your head, nostalgia is death. choose starlight. no way to retrace. it is gone. choose star bright. no way to retrace. it is gone. no way to retrace all your good days add them up. it is gone. none of you knew any more then. leave it here. it is gone. can't depend on honest answers from dependent hands. won't accept an honest answer from an open hand. say the words and i sign off. starlight star bright.

digits

pay attention. stop paying for regret. fossil resources all used up. make the best use of your time. you could be on to something. too skeptic too tired to care. they all seem to know at once. sweet muse left me all alone. there's only my weight left. euthanasia could be the greatest gift. wait outside your house to come back out. edge said it best. save the long car ride home. don't leave the house today. nothing lost but still nothing gained. no possibilities. all wasted all gone over. life means i hear my ears ring one more day. you all see right through at once. sweet muse, she won't be around today. things that i could not say. are you through yet. are you gone yet.

you're on and off

phase in phase out. cross your heart crash burn and fall. under cushions hide the change. so no one knows. just be careful who you tell. i really want to care when you say : "i'll change that". i just don't feel a thing when you say: "we'll get there..."

world is static

the longest time away. think last time the friends we made. the longest time away. best friend is too cheap to stay. of course i'll go with you, not every day i get to. of course i'll stay with you, how often. pictures tell so much. they remind me often. your voice brings back so much... situations. between the money and your every move, acceptance. between the money and your every move. we both know things never change. we both know static prevails. take a seat at your request. five years i'm still there. the longest time away, my friend.

in the same room

fingers in, listen what voices say. you always wrote for me, ego. risk worth taking risk worth leaving. seems i'm still afraid to promise. too big to stop too big to hold on to. trade up for the fast ride. trade your friends. train passes us. pulling your teeth you push away. cancel plans, cancel them all. check your breath for cold and hold on. please hold on. no pictures left to burn good-bye to. the smell of ash and white walls blank. phase passes us. horizontal lines and button up. the drawers of paper all say one thing. like music boxes custom made. time passes us.don't move. be still. be silent.

anderson mesa

don't leave without intentions of ever coming back. vacation. you take them if you wanted you'd ask them. alone i'm outside. red sky, i wait there. snowfall above me. so new yet fading. graveyard. run around or jump the fence. don't leave without intentions of ever coming back.