Numb/Dumb

I stay awake 'til 3 AM 'cause it stops my brain racing
I've been accused--and am guilty of--excessive over-thinking
Time is running far from me
I can't catch up and I can't see
What's going on right underneath my nose

Exhaustion is the default and I'm numb
Exhaustion is the default and I'm numb

I didn't go to college 'cause I don't know what to do
Every word I say has the potential to be misconstrued
My thoughts pop out before I think
My only clue's your surprised blink
I've gone and stuck my foot right down my throat

Being indecisive doesn't make me dumb
Being indecisive doesn't make me dumb

Sitting on a hill
The sun struggles through the clouds
The rain starts pouring down
And I'm numb
Daylight starts to dim
I wonder where I've been
The universe is still
And I'm home

Nothing Left (To the End of the World)

Wandering in an endless daze of city lights and haze

Searching for what can't be found or explained
It's a hopeless quest but you're trying
You'll look until there's nothing left

To the end of the world if that's what it takes
To the depths of the sea, 'til time's been erased
When the ocean stops breaking, when the planet quits shaking
I'll be waiting at the end of the world

The familiar becomes a blank memory
All you know is what used to be
Nothing static, everything changing
Of normalcy there's nothing left

To the end of the world if that's what it takes
To the depths of the sea, 'til time's been erased
When the ocean stops breaking, when the planet quits shaking
I'll be waiting at the end of the world


The moon has been darkened, no stars in the sky
The cities are burning as planets collide

(repeat chorus)

Contentment

Making breakfast after work
Realized we're out of milk--
Manage, we will
Lazy, lying in a chair
Running fingers through your hair
And time stands still

Four days out on the road
No rush to get back home
Driving through a mountain pass
Taking the train downtown
Never lost, just turned around
Making this trip last

Doing homework, fighting sleep
Cost of loans is getting steep
Many bills to pay
Writing songs and going broke
Lucky neither of us smoke
We'll break even someday

Rhythm

The bass is pumping
The keyboard humming
Guitars are wailing
Everything feels all right
Everyone's on key
Everyone's on beat
I think this is the night

Leave the terrestrial behind
And join the atmosphere
Lost in a timeless moment
The world is blindingly clear

Blasted to a spiritual plane
Free from all other constraints
A place where nothing exists but the rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm

Play until fingers blister and bleed
Voices are hoarse, can't feel the keys
Gonna need just a second to breathe
And stop

Phoenix

Approach the city and the stars fade

Blanketed in an orange haze

And I wait

One more day has passed on by

One more day I didn't try

Still you wait

And I wait

Hoping things actually change

And you wait

Hoping things remain the same

And we wait

Really wanting the same things

It's all up to us

And we've given up

Trains rock by on darkened track

Bringing those on their way back

And they're gone

I've been away for three long days

Enough time for the world to change

Moving on

And I waste

One more second of my life

And I wait

One more minute has gone by

Still I wait

And I find that I have died

It was long ago

And I didn't know

Disconnected

You're supposed to be the one

Who sticks with me when they're all gone

You walked out, I'm not surprised

I'm just irritated that you lied

And I've tried, yeah I've tried to get through to you

You're like a steel vault, there's no breaking through

Too often I've apologized

You say you forgive but now I realize

You will never, ever compromise

Guess it's time for me to say goodbye

'Cause I've tried, yeah I've tried to get through to you

You're a dead-bolted door, there's no getting through

So much for unconditional

You've only caused additional pain

For now I give up on you

I can't make you feel what I need you to

I've tried, yeah I've tried to get through to you

Words fall on deaf ears, there's no reaching you

Independent

I'm not trying to seek attention
This is something I've got to mention
I'll say this without pretention--
I can't deal with convention

If there's a box, I'm outside it
About the man--I've got to fight him
Intention's not to start a riot
But one small boy took down the giant

Independent
No intention
Four dimensions
Comprehension

Not just a face in a crowd
Wandering--not lost--I'm found
Contradictions seem to abound
Impossibilities confound

Complexities

Indigestion
Recollection
Misdirection
Realization