I woke up 
in a pool
Surrounded by windows
transparent but dirty
and
bruised
how did this all start?
I used to 
be nobody's 
fool
I'm not a good leader but
I follow my own rules


The bubbles have left the champagne
I'm alone, 
But I drink it anyway
Drive me home, Drive me home
Oh how I'm smiling
now I'm smiling

I don't do well under supervision
You handed me matches, surprise, I lit them
I don't sit still
I ripped out my stitches
And I don't know why
I don't know why

The bubbles have left the champagne
I'm alone, 
But I drink it anyway
Drive me home, Drive me home
Oh how I'm smiling
now I'm smiling

STITCHES (DEMO)

Static on the radio
Is anybody listening anymore?
Cleaning myself up to see you later
Before the forming crater collapses like a lung
And it's a long way down

It's only been 2 weeks
And i’m still not finding sleep
I’m wired

Call the cops on myself
Feel my pulse 
speed it up
Metabolize fluoxetine
Hug the walls, bite my lip 
Call the nurse for a sedative
And I promise I’ll behave, okay?  I’ll behave

It's only been 3 weeks
And i’m still not finding sleep
Wide awake 

Its already been 4 weeks
and the chemicals make it so hard to stay present on days when they loosen my sleeves
They tell me that I’m going home, but don’t say when

DONT SAY WHEN (DEMO)

OOH OOH OOH AH AH AH

Climbing to the top
No low hanging fruit for me
I feel a tug and break time is over
No daydreams
Or I’ll get the whip again
No one even asked what my goals are

My work is everything
Is it worth anything?

Monkey doesn’t comprehend just does
wouldn’t know if it’s a bomb or a bathtub
You bite once they make sure you never do it again
You agreed to the terms 
When do I go home?
Please send me home

I help meet your bottom line but I don’t get the emails
Too busy harvesting exploitation - I never take vacation
Under your opposable thumb the cattle get a false reprieve
Productivity wanes when I’m distracted by this chain

GET BACK TO WORK

In labor we’re all the same

CHAINED MONKEYS' MISERY

Here comes heartache on the breeze
Can't watch you pump more quarters in that broken down machine
Happy is expensive but anxiety is free
and you can never go home again

You can never go home again

They say he didn't feel a thing
Just took a bath then lit a match and went to sleep
Time is expensive but eternity is free
and you can never go home again

You can never go home again

I know I'm small
next to this cold indifferent space
buried in the dirt
cursed the wind against my shirt
Watching shadows pass over the moon

silver ghosts flicker across the screen
The principles are wasted trading barbs behind the scenes
Opinions are expensive but it's all the same to me
and you can never go home again

We can never go home again

Home Again Home Again

Wading out to sea
Weightless in saltwater
Moonlit panic giving way 
to muscle failure
Treading figure eights
Growing waves

Blind
Compression, hypothermia
hyperventilation
A touch of revelation
I’m not alone out here

A hungry mouth is never still
Unsatisfied and curious it comes 
I didn’t see the pattern of the swells 
Pulling pulling 

Bone and tendons float away
Endorphins, bleeding,
Painfully awake
Slow dark shapes

Pull me down
Pull me down beneath the waves

Can you swim?

Out To Sea (DEMO 2)

I woke up 
in a pool
Surrounded by windows
transparent but dirty and bruised
how did this all start?
I used to be nobody's fool
I'm not a good leader but
I follow my own rules
How did this all start?

The bubbles have left the champagne
I am alone
But I drink it anyway
Drive me home, Drive me home
now I'm smiling

I don't do well under supervision
You handed me matches, surprise, I lit them
I don't sit still
I ripped out my stitches
I don't know why
I don't know why

Stitches (Louder MIX)

ruddy becomes alabaster
Worn as leather thin as paper
Cuts and scrapes all linger longer
Blank calendars

All burned away
Nothing more than anecdotes
Watched you choke 
on the parts
that you can’t 
swallow 

Dry pills
Dry pills

Cups of coffee, cakes with candles
Faded pictures, tablet splitters

All filed away
Endless hours of sturm und drang
Watch me cough 
Walk the plank
But I can’t remember where I left the boat
Goodbye, Mom
I’m in the air with Daedalus
entropy
Jagged pieces
you can’t swallow 

Dry pills
Dry pills

Closer to the sun
I'm moving on

Dry Pills (Sharp Mix)

Don't Say When (Sharp Mix)

Don't act so shocked that it's lost
The big parade, the plans you made are a wash
and even though they never were
You've now another pot to stir
There's still a bit to learn from what you bought

You folded
You folded
to protect you from harm
You folded
You folded
like a chair on the lawn.

So find a mask to hide behind
add, subtract and multiply the ways and means that so divide the  
balance of our daily lives
It's not the way you say the words
it's all the action of the verbs
It's not the way you say the words
it's all the action, it's all the action

You folded
You folded
like a chair on the lawn.
You folded
You folded
at the first sign of alarm

add, subtract and multiply
add, subtract and multiply
the ways and means that so divide
we add, subtract and multiply

You folded
You folded
to protect you from harm
You folded
You folded
like a chair on the lawn.

You folded
You folded
You folded

King Stick

Folded (Basement Demo)

One guy fumbling with instruments and recording equipment.

Beast Four

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