I've been released
bailed for fee
Up and out on parole
into your custody
You've the loving and the know-how
to rehabilitate me
from a sad reoffender to a happy man indeed

And I feel, I'll fly or surf the break when I'm in your arms.

I do believe, 
believe you me
For I have been saved from drowning
in the deep blue sea
You've the loving and the know-how
to resuscitate me
From a dead man sinking
to a swimming one that breathes.

And I feel, I'll fly or surf the break when I'm in your arms.

Tell me the one about the turtles
talking the rain
You know, the one that made me love you
just before you said your name
Then do a dance that looks like flying
and put it down in paint
Let's never talk about. your boyfriend
I don't mean to be a pain
You're so much better than the others
And I mean everyone
And I'm no longer glum

And I feel, I'll, fly or surf the break
I'll be happy to ride your wave
And I feel
Feel like I like
Feel like I love you when I'm in your arms
Feel like I love you when I'm in your arms
Feel like I love you when I'm in your arms
I feel fine.

Glum

Been a while since this cover up smile failed me
and I start swilling 'round the taste
Hung around like a hooker in town, well maybe
keeping it hidden's a mistake

Always, almost crying.

Hard to drive with your tears in your eyes
seems my resolve's a prison they've escaped
Keeping hold causes damage untold and it feels like
all of my promise has been raped.

Always, almost crying.

I'm relieved every breath that I breathe, calmly
without a shiver or lip shake
Tears born to be shed and cheek-worn, they must find
just being swallowed such a waste.

Always, almost crying.

Almost Crying

The phone rang in the bath and I held the line to hear you
make a move, you're disturbing the water line
Breathe in sighs.
Your number's mine to dial, day or night, forever dialling mine.

I am lost, please guide
I can only hear the crackle of a broken line
You can call the same old number 
Im available to talk
Whether telegram, or signals made of smoke...
Even semaphore tonight.

When you see that the incoming call is me, now you'd
sooner hide and deny me the right to speak
I just breathe
Your number won't receive calls from me, and you're never dialling me

I am lost, please guide
I can only hear the crackle of a broken line
You can call the same old number 
Im available to talk
Whether telegram, or signals made of smoke...
Even semaphore tonight.

One of these nights, I'll actually dial the numbers that I type into my phone

I am lost, please guide
I can only hear the crackle of a broken line
You can call the same old number 
Im available to talk
Whether telegram, or signals made of smoke...
Even semaphore tonight.

I'd do anything tonight
Just to speak with you tonight
Start a fire
Shine a light
Even semaphore tonight

Semaphore

Gonna need a better reason
Getting vague like the seasons, he said
It just keeps raining all the time

Gonna need a new direction
Need to bounce like reflections, he said
But I am dull and do not shine

I need to find a line that makes me feel sane
But I'm so unwell I just keep moaning and wailing, 
Like, ooh, yeah.

Gonna need another minute
Getting nearer to the finish, he said
I better ready my best smile.

I need to find a line that makes me feel sane
But I'm so unwell I just keep moaning and wailing, 
Like, ooh, yeah.

Bounce

See here in my arms there's no need to hide.
There's nothing to fear at all
I will guard I will guide, every inch of the ride
I'll be right underneath when you fall
And I don't mind having to carry you home
you're welcome to sleep on my knee
I'd feel better I guess if I could call you my own
but you don't see the same thing in me

Hey - I'll be your ride.

See here in my mind I've nothing but prayers
I'll see you again when you leave
I was the one there to hold back your hair
there to lift you and ease your feet
And I'd beat down the man that's holding your heart
The injustice is worse than defeat
You're deserving of more than your dream's best surprise
Do you feel you're deserving of me?

Hey - I'll be your ride.

Saw it there in your eyes, by chance caught a stare
like to think you were looking at me.
Could my ego survive the rejection, denial
when you tell me there's nothing to see
I don't know too much but I know what I like
Like to know what it is that I feel
Know you'd like to get lilies from some guy with no brain
Would you accept a bunch from me?

Hey - I'll be your ride.

Be Your Ride

I'm taking 5 to 20 minutes of my life
Did I just remember that I'm happy I'm alive
Forget the older version of myself
All of the vacant spaces left along the shelf

Love, give me a little more
cause if left to my devices, I am sure
I'd never find. I am blind.
There's a gap you fill.

I've seen the pictures of the wedding, is there time,
since it's not yours, to make you want to be my wife?
I'd tell you "I do", and drag you down the aisle
if you think you'd like to let me linger for a while.

Long just a little more
to arrive by invitation to your door
or better still, you'd knock at mine
there's a gap you fill

Loved, never more
than a canvas meant for me, I saw you draw
It's hard to find, but you are mine
there's a gap you fill.

It's your shape
It's your size
Now I find there's a gap you fill.

Gap You Fill

Always half a day away
Half a day away at best
4am and I'm awake
watching TV for the deaf

Given half a chance
Life's enough to bowl me over
Like an, avalanche
Dig me up when it's over

If you can see the depths to me
Like windows in the sea.

I say when the morning breaks
nothing of the night I've had
Today's just another day
The only days I seem to have


Given half a chance
Life's enough to bowl me over
Like an, avalanche
Dig me up when it's over

If you can see the depths to me
Like windows in the sea.

I watch the land slide down the mountainside
Do I stand a chance against the avalanche.

Avalanche

Hey, I swore the now would never drag me down, and I
look around, from the flat of my back on the lowest ground
and there I found the sky can fall and air can muffle your sound.
Help me out. Give me calm in my arm so I can wrestle the doubt.

My Lord, I tried. Tried to dismiss what I can't forget.
I confess, I am down and I'll be there until I've left.
Until I've left.

One day I'll die. Flow from my fear like a tearful eye
Not quite tonight. Fix my eye on the ride, not the curb or roadside
Steer and drive, out on a road with no decipherable signs
It's never been alright. I am the kind to always fail. Every time.

My Lord, I tried. Tried to dismiss what I can't forget.
I confess, I am down and I'll be there until I've left.
Until I've left.

Hey I'll be gone
Hey I'll move on

I get to reason with my loneliness
It won't leave me alone.

Be Gone

Look to the road from the wayside, you've got nothing but your clothes
Lucky thumbs hitching free rides leave you stranded when they go

And it feels a little like the world has stalled
Will I ever leave at all?

Another year, I'm here, I'm not alone but I'm still broke,
watching everybody come and go
I've a fear I'm nowhere near, just a year more old.
Watching everybody come and go.

A heavy load, where do you hide? You can't buy your own abode.
You're on the curb, in the blindside. Will you be there when you're old?

And it feels a little like the world has stalled
Will I ever leave at all?

Another year, I'm here, I'm not alone but I'm still broke,
watching everybody come and go
I've a fear I'm nowhere near, just a year more old.
Watching everybody come and go.

The price to ride, is just that little bit too high.

Why do I find they all leave me behind?
Side of the road, begging strangers for rides.
Why do I find I am always denied and broke?

Broke

Sleeping all day in a dream where I am always awake
in a world where I can bend before breaking
This aint what it seems.

Drifting away like the calm before a war
its not over, coming back for more from me, so far
this aint what it seems

Where I'm waiting around
I heard such a similar sound say,
I'm one of life's, little oversights

Christ am I tired of time and shine a light in my eyes
I'm too asleep to drive, but don't wake me,
this aint what it seems

Where Im waiting around
I heard such a similar sound say,
I'm one of life's, little oversights.

This aint what it seems.

Oversight

I did a little stint on The Talent Factor - I know all four chords.

Evan Littlejohn