knew what they liked

lo and behold
life delivers another blow
what we all want we don't know
we laugh at memories
we live in the joke

so i've been told
i love you by so many girls
their love turned to stone, turned to gold,
turned to memories i can't focus on

'cause in the heat of the moment they're dizzy
but when their heads on straight they fly away
know what they like and they don't like me

what does a crystal ball show
if i knew would it help me let go
are you a burn, are you gold
are you a memory i can't focus on

the words you wrote confused me
did you lie or did you change
loving you was so easy

what compelled you to walk up to me
the day we spoke
loving you was so easy

have you ever went back to the way you were
have you ever woke up crying my name
loving you was so easy

'cause back then i swore you loved me
but for whatever reason you flew away
you knew what you liked and you didn't like me



Knew What they Liked

nights

hey have i given all i've got
hey have i given all i'm supposed to give
hey will i get to be your star, will i ever
hey are you listening

when i say i'm giving up the fight
wrong is right
hey we're never very far but we never
hey, we're never listening

love, i know a different word
i've thought have i given all i'm supposed to give
hey, we never leave on the lights
it's left out of our nights

and nights
the sky and air are black
fear is held back
bright are our lives 
to whoever's listening
to the lights
the reflection on your face
you're glowing 
and you don't even know it
like you don't how much i miss the nights



Nights

crapulence

servitude
and the wonders wasted wanting you
never will slavery seem so sweet
but i'm running now
godspeed little feet

time will change most everything
this vice endures in its perfect form

so sure of something
so ridiculously nothing
a younger boy was i
so excited to be outside of time
now there's no reform
no turning my back on the warmth

lady help me
lady kill me
i've been decieved 
by the wine



Crapulence(alternate version)

Bitter And Sweet

you have my love

it's such a lovely day
but i can't help feeling down
'cause on the burners of my mind
is all the shit wrong with my life
daily de ja vu, reminders of you
the day still whispers your name

you have my love
aint that enough
maybe not, i'll try and get some more
you gonna love me baby
you gonna love me back
other half is really all i lack

i found you the other day looking down
i said what's a boy like you see there in the ground
lift your head up

you have my life 
aint that enough
tell me no, i'll try and get some more
you gonna love me baby
you gonna love me back
loving you was really all i had



You Have My Love

blue

let me tell you something about me
i really love you though i don't care too
much for this life
having you was nice

but you left my heart with holes, more than some
the parts i gave to you are gone
we're not gonna start it up again
and i can't stop crying

and though it's not the same way
i still think of you all day
the hopeful flickers though it drives me mad
wanting something i can't have

daydream of the old you and i
but where does all this space come from
going through the motions i'm numb
and i've lost my drive

lady you helped me through hard times
but you left me even worse off when you died
a lesson learned in less than due time
how i hate this life

Blue

i never shared, i never cared

i never shared, i never cared
world's got problems so do i
counterpart cut up your heart
now everyone gets served a slice
of the dish we've all been waiting for
but you should have it all
and be warned

i heard that loving a music man
aint all it's supposed to be
probably trade the hundred songs i wrote
if i could only treat you better
and put the music down
up late, up early
you don't live here anymore
in solitude now more than ever
i have discovered what companionship is for

i never shared, i never cared
world's got problems, so do it
but i still fantasize
now you live across town
near where i used to when you found . . .

I Never Shared, I Never Cared

Crapulence

what's left to do

our show ended on a good note
though we both went home alone
with nothing to think about
except everything else
now what's left to do
except walk the hundreds of miles
back to you



What's Left to Do

thin blue lines

what of a dragon that's slowly gnawing on the roots
a colossal tree of which our stars are its shining fruits
when meanwhile we stay where is home
in the waves of our own echoes
and look on in wonder at all of the places we cannot go
without our thin blue lines

perched up on the wires watching the scene below
yelling at our lives we fly off the handle
and the sun is still shining its light as is the wind of the world
blowing around all of the little lies that we tell ourselves
about these thin blue lines

*dana