Push Me  
 

Push me I want to go under

Push me I want to go under

See the silence pass over my eyes

Breathe in water

Breathe in water

Push me I want to go under

I’m flesh and blood with a ghost to lose

I’m a toothless grin in polished shoes

I want to go under, I want to go under

Push me I want to go under

Push me I want to go under

Set fire to your idle thoughts

Dance on your front lawn

Set all you hold captive free

Set all you hold captive free

Bow to none but the fearless child

Bow to none but the fearless child

Push me I want to go under

Push me I want to go under

I’m the wolf howling outside his den

I’m the fish that just won’t be hauled in

I want to go under

The words that you dare not speak

The fruit that you should not eat

Let yourself go under

The music only you can hear

The beast that whispers do not fear

Let yourself go under

Let yourself go under

Bow to none but the fearless child 

New Black  

Down there where we dare not go for fear of no return

Down there where we’ve been told only shadows grow

Light stands on its head in a mirror of alpenglow

As women tend to the furnace of their hearts

Children swim beneath the surface

Spring breaks with feathers flashing in an endless display of courtship

Banners are strung across the hallways and over doorways

While merry guests come and go they come and go

Wonder how we’re gonna pull the stars from the stripes

Seems the new black is this constant shade of white

Yes up here where we spit and swear but truly lack the style

Trees line the hills waiting to join their brothers splashed with red in a lifeless pile

Our benefactors sipping coffee on the corner of every street

The river sparkles a perfect purple, yellow, blue, and green

Wonder how we’re gonna pull the stars from the stripes

When every doctor’s washing windows in this transitory life

Morning come lock the door let’s retire to the fields

Nightfall lay your sweet sleep over me

Shh hush now, don’t disturb their dreams

Shh hush now, big mama's watching her tv

Mary come I’ve the devil round for tea

Anna come it tastes sweeter when there’s three

Shh hush now, don’t disturb their dreams

Shh hush now, big mama's watching her tv

Wonder how we’re gonna pull the stars from the stripes

When every doctor’s washing windows in this transitory life

Wonder how we’re gonna pull the stars from the stripes

Seems the new black is this constant shade of white

Seems the new black is this constant shade of white

Seems the new black is this constant shade of white

Seems the new black is this constant shade of white

Sugar  

Pushed a letter

Under your door

Explaining all the things I should be sorry for

Baby you’re just too good to me

Rolled in this morning

Sore head in tow

But you just can’t stop you’re smiling

Because love is the only way you know

Baby you’re just too good to me

My mind is always troubled

My pockets are just the same

But the you wrap your body around me

And then you call my name

Baby you’re just too good to me

I’ve felt the flame and I’ve felt the cold

And I’ve thrown myself at a wall of stone

But how you glitter, how you glitter

So won’t you give me your heart to hold

Baby you’re just too good to me

Baby you’re just too good to me

Some people only make you feel alone

And some people only make you wish you were alone

But you walked in with your back to the door

And it’s the little you’ve said that speaks so loud

Baby you’re just too good to me

Baby you’re just too good to me

Baby you’re just too good to me

Wake Up 

Wake up

Wake up

Shed the warmth of your slumber

The spells you’ve been under

Every bruise is a story to tell

Get dressed

Get dressed

Pack not what you need but the dreams that you seek and all else will take care of itself

Jump off

Jump off

The streets you’ve been living embellished misgivings let the sun and the wind push and pull

Stand tall

Stand tall

There’s none that can show you the path that’s below you is for one and for one alone

Let go

Let go

Don’t misconceive that the hour to leave will knock and wait at your door

Blow through

Blow through

The veils and the mirrors the surface that glimmers hold no weight during your last stand

 

Wolf Ahead, Tiger Behind 

No use in waiting for the sky to offer light

Grace will be granted to the one’s that dive into the night

No use in keeping cards up your sleeve

You stare at those threadbare when you are yet to leave

What the hell are you waiting for

The king to bow and open the door?

Hands are full but you reach for more

What the hell are you waiting for?

Should you find your colour running in the pouring rain

Don’t be the one that said I waited for a hand but it never came

Sitting cross legged by the side of the road

Luck’s been and gone and hope’s bearing too big a load

What the hell are you waiting for

The queen to drop and break your fall?

Hands are full but you reach for more

What the hell are you waiting for?

No good just ticking every box

Nor sitting back whilst love is forever lost

Dreaming up a wolf ahead and tiger behind

Will only burn both ends of the line

What the hell are you waiting for

The king to bow and open the door

The queen to drop and break your fall?

What the hell are you waiting for?

When you find the pack starts circling 

don’t let in, don’t let in

When the cracks start reappearing 

don’t let in, don’t let in

When the jester keeps on laughing 

don’t let in, don’t let in

When the faithful keep on leaving 

don’t let in, don’t let in

Take My Hand 

Take my hand

Cut the ropes that hold us to the ground

We don’t belong here

No we will not grow here

Take to the sky

Take to the first rays of light in the morning

Your face is the loveliest I have ever known

Your eyes are the most reflective of any soul

Take my hand

The Prophet  

Close your eyes

Count back from ten

Dissolve your tired ways

Jump the fence

Open your mind

Step through the chalk

Another life another chance

And I would change it all

The prophet likes to smoke his joints above the corner store

Where blessings can be bought and sold and your hope will be restored

You think you need to leave this place with a salvaged soul

But you were born in heaven you’re just fishing for fools gold

So set free your body

And dance away your burdens

Get up to the second floor where miss liberty awaits you

Well I am looking down now from my outer space

The sunny side is smoking while the dark side is ablaze

Lift the visor from your eyes let the truth burn its place

When you walk in empty handed you will leave just the same

Just close your eyes

Step through the chalk

Dissolve your tired ways

Jump the fence

Angels Place

Oh we’re in trouble now

All dressed up with no of way of getting around

All of you kids better run for that bus

The cops are bored and aren’t looking for much

I fell in love when I was eighty-three

To an older girl who cast her shadow over me

She taught me to lick the dinner off her plate

Leave the dishes and get up late

I knew your face

When it was young and empty

But that was a different place

The water so filthy

Walking around in just our bare bones

Through this babbling conversation of telephones

Tell all the priests not to waste their time

I’d rather burn than be buried alive

What will they feed him when we go

Bursting truth or inflated hope

Bursting truth or inflated hope

I knew your face

When it was young and empty

But that was a different place

The water so filthy

I kissed your face

When it was long and dirty

But that was a different place

Our thoughts so murky

I never knew what to do when the tears came rolling down your face

A mere mortal sitting in an angel’s place

Tricks in My Eyes  

Diving out the window

Soaring through the air

The party keeps on swinging

The clouds all disappear

Throw light on the subject

Before reaching for that sword

Your saviour might be watching

And pull you all aboard

I feel your eyes upon me

I know you are there

Mingling with the shadows

Trying to draw me near

I’ll promise you just one dance

Before bidding you farewell

I’ll promise you just one dance

Before bedding down in hell

Boy where do you think you’re going

Let’s stay where the sun don’t rise

I thought I saw them from ships come jumping 

Must be that medicine playing tricks in my eyes

Must be that medicine playing tricks in my eyes

I don’t mean to disappoint you

Amid the uprising swirl

But come around at night time

The truth, the truth it will unfurl

Did I take you by the hand?

Do you see what you choose to see?

Oh come around at night

Take one dance with me

Boy where do you think you’re going

Let’s stay where the sun don’t rise

I thought I saw them from ships come jumping 

Must be that medicine playing tricks in my eyes

I thought I saw them from ships come dancing

Must be that medicine playing tricks in my eyes

I thought I saw them from ships come searching

Must be that medicine playing tricks in my eyes

Black Mama 

How she came
With a gaze of steel
So they're drawing their pistols
To put a hole in your name
Now she's walking toward you
Wind in her dress
And your serpent tongue flickers
Hissing yes
She's going to haunt you
The curse of ideals
You'll beg her for mercy
You'll plead for more
The town is a whisper
Sweat on your brow
The righteous are bent
While holy men bow
She's going to haunt you
She'll finger your soul
You'll beg her for mercy
And you'll plead for more
She's going to haunt you
She'll finger your soul
You'll beg her for mercy
And you'll plead for more