[intro]

Nose against the window,
see the sun outside.
Solitude within, though
nowhere else to hide.

Strangers pass the place, they
hurry down the street.
Close the blinds and face away,
and endlessly repeat.

[flute solo]

Nose against the window,
see the sun outside.
Solitude within, though
nowhere else to hide.

Strangers pass the place, they
hurry down the street.
Close the blinds and face away,
and endlessly repeat.

[outro]

Window

[intro]

Summertime
sixteen
been on my mind
say what I mean
break a bond
break a heart
then move on
and restart

[piano solo]

Share a year
with someone new
the quiet fear
it isn't true
what's this about
where's it from
so drag it out
the time has come

[voice solo]

Simply friends
then something more
we pretend
and we ignore
there's something wrong
this isn't right
we don't belong
one winter night

[flute solo]

So long ago
there was only you
until my soul
was split in two
no malintent
this isn't blame
but now I'm bent
to do the same

[outro]
[outro]

Villain

[quiet intro]
[loud intro]

Cast your doubt
so we can get it out of the way
and I'll be moving along
Got no time
for why and how and only okay.
'cause I'll be proving you wrong

[solo]

One two three
I'm free of your foreshadowing.
see me as I'm making a mark
three two one
I'm done with underestimating
gonna hit it out of the park

[solo]
[bridge]

All caught up?
You thought you had me all figured out,
but you ain't got a clue.
Watch me go,
I know what I've been talking about
and what I'm gonna do.

You'll see my name
electrifying over the streets,
and you'll be walking below.
Fortune, fame,
it's all the same, I'll have it complete
and you'll have nothing to show.

[solo]

(bridge)
There's always another day
for starting to make a change
It's only a small delay
I know if I keep hoping, things
are going to go my way

Someday soon
you'll clue into the questioning
testing my emotional health.
Sing my tune
or ruin your own, and second-guessing?
Keep that shit to yourself.

[solo]
[bridge]

(quiet)
Ten years down
the road, I know I've only started
only holding out for a sign
When we're bound
for breaking ground, the hardest part is
waiting for the stars to align

(loud)
But have no fear
It's clear to me I'll be it all
I call it how I know it'll be
From there to here
It's barely just a little more
I'm sure before I know it, you'll see.

[outro]

Ambition

[intro]

Fight the monsters in your mind.
I'll be waiting here beside you when you rise.
When the war is won, you'll find
I'll be waiting when you open up your eyes.

[bridge]

Every hour passing by
makes it harder - get me far away tonight.
Dawn is drawing on the sky.
Come there with me, run into the morning light.

[bridge]

I don't care what you decide.
You can't go, I won't allow it, be all right.
So I will stay here by your side,
and when you wake up, I'll be waiting,

I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting,
I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting,
I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting,
I'll be waiting, I'll be waiting...

[outro]

Exhaustion

[intro]

Day by day, it's getting darker,
hardly any air to breathe.
Don't say anything, be smarter and depart
for her land of make-believe.

[bridge]

One by one, she dodges questions,
guesses flying through the air.
Keep on running from confession,
always pressing on, hoping no one is aware.

[bridge]

Step by step, she shuffles onward
always gazing straight ahead
won't turn back to what is gone, move on,
and embody the facade instead.

Step by step, she shuffles onward
always gazing straight ahead
won't turn back to what is gone, move on,
and embody the facade instead.

[outro]

Facade

[intro]

take the late train far away from home
filled with people feeling all alone
he pays the fare, he's going nowhere
and he'll get there on his own

he leans his head against the dirty glass
sees the trees and streets and people pass
leave the station, in resignation
no destination, but he'll get there fast

[bridge]

she packs her baggage, leaves it all behind
finds a train departing overtime
and soon the city's gone, she's got her headphones on
projects a calm, pretending that she's fine

out the window, she can see the tracks
parallel forever, front and back
they're cutting through, the perfect view
of green and blue, until it fades to black

[bridge]

across the platform, there's a passing train
paused a moment in the pouring rain
and for a time, their eyes align
and in the shining light, it's all okay

he sees perfection in her pretty face
she looks at him, her heart begins to race
they share a smile, but in a while
they're making miles to another place

[outro]

Train

[intro]

When I shed my mortal skin,
and descend into the earth,
weigh my days not by my sins,
but what my stay was worth.

[piano solo]

Sum my stumbles, fumbles, flaws,
append endeavors unbegun,
take mistakes and aches I've caused
and all the damage done,

then my family and my friends,
every influence arrayed,
and unearth each word I've penned
and composition made.

[bridge]

Balance all the beauty built
against the times I'd try and fail,
both my greatness and my guilt,
and tell the world my tale.

[outro]
When I die, recite my story,
all that I aspired for.

Weight

[intro]

This can't last forever,
whether you know it now or not,
and whatever you forgot
will find its way to you

[bridge]

The truth will cast a shadow,
but you had no hope escaping
take a look at what is shaping
up and staying true

None of this is real, you're in a dream
And one by one, they'll notice what you're up to.
Every string is tearing at the seam,
but in between, it seems to be enough for you

[bridge]

None of this is real, you're in a dream
And one by one, they'll notice what you're up to.
Every string is tearing at the seam,
but in between, it seems to be enough for you

[outro]

Doubt

[slow intro]
[fast intro]

can't keep quiet, time to tell you the truth
can't keep hiding what you already knew
can't sleep, night and day dreaming of you
I do, I do, I do

making me better since we met long ago
lately seems like we've been starting to glow
I'll be by your side wherever we go
hello, hello, hello

[bridge]

heart aflutter, flood the sky and the sea
add your color, make it fuller and free
everything other will cease to be
except for you and me

[bridge]

so no more holding in what I want to say
can't control the words I have to convey
take my soul and let's get carried away
today, today, today

kind of wonderful, watching it grow
under sun and starry spring out of snow,
time goes faster, ever after in flow
hello, hello, hello

[outro]

Hello

Instruments:
Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Piano, Theremin, Drumset

jamesmayr