widow
words j.k.
music j.k.
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all my time i spent
the widow said as she bent
giving what meant everything
and all my company
are memories whispering
down by the forest
down by the forest

all the time in the world
is yours, she said as she went
with her thoughts on her dreams
i hardly knew you
yet i packed all i valued
and followed like
dust in the wind

 can you give me sanctuary
 when the babbling brook
 runs dry?
 can you give me understanding
 when there's nothing left
 to try?

what about your brothers
and all you had for lovers?
did they blow away like candles
in the night?
i saw you begging
on the day of the wedding
she don't wander by herself
where are
your sons and your daughters?

 can you give me sanctuary
 when the babbling brook
 runs dry?
 can you give me understanding
 when there's nothing left
 to try?

all my time i spent
the widow said as she bent
giving what meant everything
and all my company are
memories whispering
down by the forest
down by the forest
down by the forest


i'm alone
words j.k.
music m.t. s.m. j.k.
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far from washed away
five steps from yesterday
lonely lonely's gone away
deep down in disarray
all the hope that's gone today
breathing life in eloquence

don't feed me
i won't wash away

all the world is dancing
and i'm alone
leave me alone
i'm alone

all the world is dancing
and i'm alone
leave me alone
i'm alone

deep down in disarray
no one to carry me
freedom feeding everything
bring down the enemy
reap the seeds that seem to be
breathing breathing life in me

don't feed me
i won't wash away
don't feed me
i won't wash away

all the world is dancing
and i'm alone
leave me alone
i'm alone

all the world is dancing
and i'm alone
leave me alone
i'm alone


mary
words j.k.
music j.k. s.m.
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you can't tell me
anything at all
all your knowing
will never stand, it'll fall

but i've tried you see
and it's time to move along
you can't poison me
if i'm never here at all

you don't know mary
she's never bothered you
you don't know mary
she's turned her back on you

so much that's said
has fallen on deaf ears
you don't know how far
inside the darkness spread

but the truth, it lied
as it wandered to your soul
she don't know about knowing
you need to let her go

you don't know mary
she's never bothered you
you don't know mary
she's turned her back on you

she won't be held down
she won't be around long
she's gone of to wander

you don't know mary
she's never bothered you
you don't know mary
she's turned her back on you


never
words s.m. j.k.
music s.m. j.k. m.t.
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you never want to stand
you never want to free fall
you never want to rise
you never want to walk
you never will fly

you never saw the way
you never ask the giver
you never took a chance
you never did ask
you played your own game

i stood quietly
i believe, i believe
and it still won't free me
from his arms you cannot see
it's too late, it's too late,
it's too late

you never want to run
you never want to fight back
you never want to move
you never want to stick
you never want to try

you never want to climb
you never want to reach it
it's just out of sight
you say you've got rights
and you think you're the same

i stood quietly
i believe, i believe
but it still won't free me
from his arms you cannot see
it's too late, it's too late,
it's too late

i stood quietly
i believe, i believe
it still won't free me
from his arms i cannot see
it's too late, it's too late,
it's too late


bated
words j.k.
music s.m. j.p.
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on bated breath i wait
and the scent i smell
anticipated death from
the windowsill
beg the rains flow
give the wind your will
pray the gods you serve
get their greedy fill

pass the cup you spill
at the demons will
unwanted speech did preach
through the fishes' gill
but the boughs quaked
and the waters flowed
and the stones you threw
stood up to tell

i wondered the state
of the cross, and again
i wondered the state
of the cross, and again

derived to find if i'd
open wide my lips
and touch your
burning fingertips
that honey you've fed me
but you've led me
to my grave
Monday did show
that the city'd glow
the ashes rose up high
and the rains did flow

i wondered the state
of the cross, and again
i wondered the state
of the cross, and again
and again


milk & honey
words j.k.
music j.k. s.m. j.p.
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all the pictures
spread as they fell
and the light came in
to dark to tell
but you shied away
just a little to soon
you could've tried again
couldn't you

 i thought it was you
 but you knew
 but you knew
 i took it from you
 but you knew
 didn't you?

memories lapse
when they're asked to
you could have recalled
couldn't you?
but your memory
faded a little too soon
and the light had gone
when you left the room

 i thought it was you
 but you knew
 but you knew
 i took it from you
 but you knew
 didn't you?

 i thought it was you
 but you knew
 but you knew
 i thought it was you
 but you knew


seven
words j.k.
music j.k. s.m.
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in a moment he steps away
and the grin on her lips
fades away
and the silence
to her is golden
as the plan that she makes
out of fear

a sixpence of holdings
leaves her wallowing
and her thoughts plead
today is the day
but the strain on her needs
is what's strangling
not needed, not wanted,
not dear

it's not enough,
no not enough at all
not at all
it's long enough
she says, to fall
long to fall

travel down her frown
to find the thoughts of
love pondering
justifyingly covering
the weak
her Galahad has
just been wandering

perhaps the steel
softens his fall
but we all see
his fists rendering
against his will
and back again
no longer just a
bad day simmering

it's not enough
no not enough at all
not at all
it's long enough
she says, to fall
long to fall

so she lands and he smiles
it's over for awhile
and the grasp of his love
leaves her gasping for air
for air


brainiac
words j.k.
music s.m. j.k.
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i saw the light as it shone
you grabbed my soul as it moaned
we were standing alone

we left well enough alone but it
turned around and followed us home
there was nothing easy to say

i need a change
i want something new
take me the same way
i took you

i saw the light as it shone
you grabbed my soul as it moaned
it was never something
i wanted to throw away
then the wheeze from the
serpent drivers grabbed a hold
through the different guises
drying out, weeping eyes
of sanity

i need a change
i want something new
take me the same way
i took you

i need a change
i want something new
take me the same way
i took you

i would've got away with it
if it wasn't for you
meddling kids


where i stand
words by j.k.
music by j.k. m.t. s.m.
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i've got an accidental superhero
who arrives on cue
and he says why don't i save you
why don't i rescue you
my maverick wine here
has got to be the notion
my maverick wine here
has got to be the potion

and i laughed as she walked away
cuz' i knew there would be
no more days of lying or
crying at all
as she turned
as she walked away
her eyes looked through me
as they seemed to say
come my way
come my way

come my way, come my way
you no longer need to stay away
come my way, come my way

and she moves like a dove,
but i get this feeling that
she's circling above, and she's
waiting... and she's waiting
for me to pass away
pass away

pass away, pass away
you no longer need to stay away
pass away, pass away

and they know where i stand
and i stand alone
and now i'm waiting, waiting
for you to call me home

call me home, call me home
you no longer need to stay and roam
call me home, call me home
call me home


useless
words j.k.
music j.k. s.m. m.t.
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understand this i
never hoped, never felt dealt
the way i should have been
under the stars of good

i cannot hope, cannot feel
cannot cope, cannot deal
through this preemptive strife
life

i will not die
i'll shed my skin
all the blood was spilt
from innocence

and i pray and i beg
don't find me so useless
so useless

understanding through
all the views you seem to prove
new waves of jealosy
from a newborn sea

wade the wake, wade the mire
from down 'til the steeple spire
forever life seems to be
a little eternity

i will not die
i'll shed my skin
all the blood was spilt
from innocence

and i pray and i beg
don't find me so useless
so useless

and i pray and i beg
don't find me so useless
so useless

i will not die
i'll shed my skin
all the blood was spilt
from innocence

and i pray and i beg
don't find me so useless
so useless


sometimes
words j.k.
music s.m. j.p.
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i got your message
it screamed aloud
your dancing and your singing
gave it a shroud
we all may have laughed
as they dragged us down
now all the clear is mundane
with a broken, crooked crown

sometimes
i don't feel your love
sometimes
i can only hope to stay alive
sometimes
you come and take me away

i feel like the chatter
cleared my head
but always your ways
left me better off for dead

the chance of reason shook
away the way
now all is a sunday
for a man who's lost his way

sometimes
i don't feel your love
sometimes
i can only hope to stay alive
sometimes
you come and take me away

don't lean back too far
as the colors fade to gray
don't breathe in too much
or the weight will blow you away

do you give a little in?
all that's left is sometimes right
your happiness danced away
far away...
to the distance in the twilight

sometimes
i don't feel your love
sometimes
i can only hope to stay alive
sometimes
you come and take me away


jade
words and music by s.m.
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i knew the way to get her
was to let her know
that i didn't want her
don't let it show

i knew i could not stop her
her mind was slow
she hoped i couldn't see her
when her tears would flow

now she's long gone
does she know the way
maybe she's wrong
but she likes the jade

and the walls of berlin
couldn't stand the hate
her walls are iron
and i cannot wait

now she's long gone
does she know the way
i know she's wrong
but she likes the jade

now to say i'm sorry
for my heart that's free
is to live in a silence
that's killing me

now to say i'm sorry
for my heart that's free
is to live in a prison
just you and me


hope
words by s.m.
music by s.m. j.p.
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with the princess i would
leave the city gate
she and i would go into
the fields and wait
for the sky to dusk turn dark
and feed the moon
a knight could only hope
light would not come soon

the land looked weary as we
walked over the tombs
of the dead of age and
those killed in the wombs
only darkness could hide
the guilt of day
the guilt of those who did
their best to look away

so let the darkness
earn us light
and give us day that
wants no night

as we crossed a bridge
i noticed her despair
almost hidden by the
beauty of her hair
she was the only one
that i would ever love
could we only live to
see the sun above

so let the darkness
earn us light
and give us day that
wants no night

so let the darkness
earn us light
and give us day that
wants no night

the girl and i would run
faster every day
where two are gathered
there is always a way

so let the darkness
earn us light
and give us day that
wants no night

so let the darkness
earn us light
and give us day that
wants no night


brother
words by s.m.
music by j.k. s.m.
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st thomas and an old man walkin'
and he tells him
go your own way, be your own stay
don't matter what they all say
in the middle of a fire
you feel the need to run
the only way to make it
is to stand like a stone
all alone

st thomas and a middle man walkin'
and he tells him
take it day by day
never see the grey
no one know how the cards'll lay
it's a crisis of my time and my
spirit, i have no energy
creativity only flows, i suppose
when the desert runs dry

brother
don't you see my hands are holed
can you reach out for my side
touch me
stop doubting just believe
thomas looks alot like me

st thomas and a young man walkin'
and he tells him
live the good life
find a good wife,
don't think about the dream
the clock hangs like a thief
on the wall, like punishment
for what i want, for what i need,
and how far away it is from me

brother
don't you see my hands are holed
can you reach out for my side
touch me
stop doubting just believe...

st thomas and a dead man walkin'
and he thinks
i'll go my own way
never have to pay...

brother
don't you see my hands are holed
can you reach out for my side
touch me
stop doubting just believe


minoleum
words j.k.
music j.p. s.m.
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are you weary
do you no longer lay down
winter comes slowly
to reach me through the down

 save me
 i cannot save myself
 vaguely
 i don't remember how

drop down my deary
to reach me where I fall
you never did know me
or care at, care at all

so i did a little dance
as you walked away
and you smiled at me
and you smiled through me
and you smiled, smiled
and innocently
looked away

 save me
 i cannot save myself
 vaguely
 i don't remember how

 save me
 i cannot save myself
 vaguely
 i don't remember how

 save me
 save me