Cool Light Moon:

Cool light, cool light moon when it hits me in bed, 
all the love when it’s swimming in the cool light,
cool light moon never hit me again, all alone with a million 
ways to fall asleep and find that dreams are not the same as when 
the world seemed all ahead of me, 
and I’d be gently lulled to sleep by the roar of a distant train. 

I’m nothing more than a second glance on a mirror’s edge
and a soft smile just as I turn my back
to an overture of a simple life, 
and now it’s playing me out with the band.
I wish I could take a couple days to think through it all,
but I’d just end up back where I am.
Holding on to a fragile heart with a yearning for the past.

Cool light, cool light moon when it hits me in bed, 
all the love when it’s swimming in the cool light,
cool light moon never hit me again, all alone with a million 
ways to fall asleep and find that dreams are not the same as when 
the world seemed all ahead of me, 
and I’d be gently lulled to sleep by the roar of a distant train.

Building a World for Myself

Cool Light Moon

I Notice a Flame:

I notice, I notice a flame above my head
in the moonlight when I’m settling in.
I know this, I know this ain’t all that I can say,
but I have to start filling it in.
I have to hope that heaven knows my name,
and someday I’ll go back to find the hidden vividness.

But oh, I’m not scared, 
I’m just hiding out ‘cause I feel the pressure.
It don’t make sense,
after all these years you’d think I’d get it off my chest. 
No, instead I’ve become a nowhere man.

I’m not ready for the world to fall down on me, 
but if it’s all the same to you I think I’ll just stay in bed today.
But if, if I’m destined to fade out and end up lonely,
then I guess I’d better start dreaming again. 

I met a kid, 
looked after him the wrong way in all the years that I did.
He grew up too quick,
never took a chance on all the dreams in his head.
Cool light, fill him with a peacefulness tonight.

I’m not ready for the world to fall down on me, 
but if it’s all the same to you I think I’ll just stay in bed today.
But if, if I’m destined to fade out and end up lonely,
then I guess I’d better start dreaming again. 
I guess I’d better start dreaming again….

I have to hope that heaven knows my name, 
and someday I’ll go back to find it’s all the same.

I’m only just a man…I’m only,
I am just a man and I am only...
I guess I’m...finding myself in this place again,
but if I...If I’m destined to fade out and end up lonely,
then I guess I’d better start dreaming again…
I guess I’d better start dreaming again…
I guess I’d better...dream again.

I Notice a Flame

I Notice A Flame

Gone With the Wind:

I’m here again.
A year later, I’m still the same little kid.
I never got free, not how I’d like to be.
I’m stuck in my head.
Got a little tough skin, but I’m still made of sand.
I want to be the man my loved ones say I am.
I’ve got a friend, 
and he’s brave and courageous and he looks like me.
But see, he got away, didn’t he?

My god, he was gone with the wind,
he got farther than I’d ever been.
So I made a run for my life,
I swore I’d never lose touch with my better side.
Oh, he got yes, I got no.
I’m just a rumor with nothing to show.
My god, he got it right, he got free,
said he’d be on the other side waiting for me. 
He was gone with the wind,
my god, did he go.

Worn at the tread.
I’ve got a thick skull but I’m just a thin little thread,
and I’m tied up to everything. 
I’m past my thresh,
I try to sit back but I keep getting stretched,
‘cause I’ve got to be a man.
But I’ve got a friend,
And he can deal with anything that breaks my back,
‘cause he’s who I really am.

And my god, he was gone with the wind,
he got farther than I’d ever been.
So I made a run for my life,
I swore I’d never lose touch with my better side.
Oh, he got yes, I got no.
I’m just a rumor with nothing to show.
My god, he got it right, he got free,
said he’d be on the other side waiting for me. 
He was gone with the wind,
my god, did he go.
I’m still in my bed,
I got the day off ‘cause I called in sick.
But see, I’m better than ever, man, 
‘cause I finally read 
the little note left for me by my friend,
and he said I’ve always had it in me
to do everything to be a man, but to still be a kid.
And I found my way, didn’t I?

My god, he was…

My god, I was gone with the wind. 
I got farther than I’d ever been.
Yeah, I made a run for my life, 
and now I swear I’ll always shine through as my better side.
I got yes, I got no,
and now I’ve finally got something to show. 
My god, I got it right, I got free.
Now I’m here on the other side shooting the breeze.
I was gone with the wind.
My god, did I go.

Gone With the Wind

Gone With The Wind

Stay the Night:

I’m waiting all the time on a spark,
‘cause I crave a new sense of direction.
But it always comes around in the evening,
when I’m sitting, thinking all by myself.
And I’m begging it to stay ‘til the morning,
so tomorrow I can chase all these visions.
But they always seem to fade when i wake up,
so i’m holding out for something to…

Stay the night...stay the night.
Stay the night...stay the night.

I’ve been learning it all the hard way,
that I'm a different kind of man when the sun goes down.
I’m meeting myself in the darkness,
and I’m giving in to all of my demons.
And it’s dangerous to live like that,
when I'm breaking down more than I’m building.
I’m tossing on the waves of my moonlit dreams,
scared that it’s all gonna…

Stay the night...stay the night.
Stay the night...stay the night.

Hole in my heart
plagued with ill fantasies.
Am I damned to fall to my acedia?
Well, I cannot yield. 
Why should I?
The notes of a song
cried out into the wind, 
following my feelings, my philia.
The words come and go,
such a shame.
It’s all in my head,
and it’s all in my heart.
Will you stay to hear me out?

Stay the night…

Stay the Night

Stay The Night

Taking off Running:

Running.
Falling under fire,
an arrow through the archways.
Screaming, “it’s all out on the table now.”
Losing.
Reeling from my choices.
Calling all my ghosts, and saying,
“I won’t be back, so don’t wait up for me.”

Feeling my, 
feeling my hair passing over 
the back of my shoulders.
And I’m moving my,
moving my hands through the wind
on the waves of my sin.
If I lose,
if I lose sight of the city, then I...
well, well, well, well, well…
I might not see it again.

Fading.
Pouring over rain
that came back every day to see me,
always waiting by the window.
Naked.
Running from a lie
for the twinkle in my eye to save me.
I’m still just a boy, but I know the dangers.

Feeling my, 
feeling my hair passing over 
the back of my shoulders.
And I’m moving my,
moving my hands through the wind
on the waves of my sin.
Seeing my,
seeing my colors come through
with the city in view.
If I lose,
if I lose sight of the city, then I...
well, well, well, well, well…
I might not see it again.


Feeling my, 
feeling my hair passing over 
the back of my shoulders.
And I’m moving my,
moving my hands through the wind
on the waves of my sin.
Running from,
running from everything else 
to build a world for myself.
When I find,
when I walk up to the doorway, then I…
well, well, well, well, well…
I might just see myself in.

Taking off Running

Taking Off Running

Where Are You Going, Sweet Thing?

Where are you going, sweet thing?
I held your picture
like I did every time you’d slip away for the night.
Are you thinking back on what never came to be?
Well, it’s a cruel world.
Why are you running, dear child?
Can you really choose what you take
or leave behind?
And is it dreams or demons
that eat your heart alive?
Tell me, now....

Oh, tell me how…
Things change for a long time.
Things change for good.
But you’ll always have a place in my story,
and it’s a blue world.

Don’t be a stranger, sweet thing.
‘Cause a younger boy
has got his hands through the mirror,
reaching for a moment.
And the moon never saw you any different
when you fell asleep.
Tell me, now...

Oh, things change for a long time.
Things change for good.
I’ve still so many lessons to learn,
but it’s a fool’s world.

Oh yeah, oh yeah…tell me, now.
Things change for a long time.
Things change for good.
I’ve still so many lessons to learn,
but it’s a fool’s world.
And it’s a blue world.

Where Are You Going, Sweet Thing?

The Kid:

Damn, we’ve gone pretty damn far
wouldn’t you say?
Ever since we got loose from the chain,
running free doesn’t guarantee
we’re getting close to something solid, anyway. 
Wait! Here’s a safe house.
Please, can we stay?
Don’t you ever feel a little bit estranged
when you look into your window,
but you can’t find a familiar face?

Slow, please don’t forget where you came from.
Brought up by the spitting image of your heart and visage
who gave everything 
to pave the way for your maiden voyage.
And no, this ain’t carefully plotted out on pages.
You gotta be a little bit crazy 
if you wanna go out and face this.
The world hits like bricks,
but you roll with the hits,
then you have a couple drinks and just laugh.

Oh, the kid is a bonafide trooper,
he’s a live and living superhero.
Fighting his fight, and running by fear 
‘cause he knows what it’s like.
The kid is an incandescent song 
of what it’s like to be set free.
‘Cause you gotta start really living,
not just making a living.

Right, but this madhouse is hard to just shake.
It’s gonna take more than a commonplace quake
to keep all of these new days
from burying my youth days.
Go, why not just push full speed ahead?
Maybe it’ll stand me in good stead
to take over my own world
so I can say I made it in my head.


Slow, please don’t forget where you came from.
The comfort of loving arms and broken hearts,
that tested your boundaries
and built you your sanctuary.
And no, this ain’t carefully plotted out on pages.
You gotta start swimming in the deep end, 
walking without weakness.
The world’s got your back,
so keep your eyes forward, 
and don’t you dare forget to laugh.

The kid is a bonafide trooper,
he’s a live and living superhero.
Fighting his fight, and running by fear 
‘cause he knows what it’s like.
The kid is an incandescent song 
of what it’s like to be set free.
‘Cause you gotta start really living,
not just making a living.

When you gonna start really living?
When you gonna start really living?
How about you start right now. 
What time could be better?

You’ve gotta be a little bit crazy
if you wanna go out and face this.
The world’s got your back
so keep your eyes forward,
and don’t you ever forget to laugh.

The kid is a bonafide trooper,
he’s a live and living superhero.
Fighting his fight, and running by fear 
‘cause he knows exactly what it’s like.
The kid is an incandescent song 
of what it’s like to be set free.
‘Cause you gotta start really living,
not just making a living.

Oh, when are you gonna let yourself be free?

The Kid

Until I Feel the Sunrise:

Damn, this is the best night of my life.
I’m so glad to be here,
welcome out to my world,
guess it took me long enough to find it
and i don’t ever wanna go.
‘Cause I’m right here in the center of
a million ageless dreams,
and none them are mine,
but all of them could find me, anyway.

I made a phone call to
all the people that were true to me
and asked them if there’s
color where they are.

God, does it feel strange
being so vulnerable,
but I can’t keep living in a bubble
with all the ghosts of my mistakes
telling me I’m still the same.
I could just put my fist through the mirror
so I could shatter through
to a place where I can fly over all this madness
and be alone just to feel the sunrise on my face.

Yeah, I’ve got the keys to this city
and sometimes I’m a little bit tempted
to lock myself inside and let it overgrow.
‘Cause I’ve got nothing but time to see
this life for what it’s worth.
I’m building an empire on this old dirt.

I wrote a love note to
all the heartbreakers and almost loves
and asked them if it’s
raining where they are.

God, does it feel strange
being so vulnerable,
but I can’t keep living in a bubble
with all the ghosts of my mistakes
telling me I’m still the same.
I could just put my fist through the mirror
so I could shatter through
to a place where I can fly over all this madness
and be alone just to feel the sunrise on my face.

I’m gonna fly like an angel.
I’ll fly right into the face of danger
‘cause I’m capable of
being anything and fighting any battle,
since my loved ones stand on my side
and say I’m able.
I’ll fall right out my bed and into a story
where I watch my world from outside of my body.
And nobody can touch me, 
but anything could change me.
Time is on my side.

God, does it feel strange
knowing I can’t be the same…
Hell, I'm just gonna be so much better
than I could ever dreamed when I was
back there in my room 
thinking life’s too dangerous
But now i fly up to feel 
the sunrise on my face.

Until I Feel the Sunrise

Until I Feel The Sunrise

What’s Gone is Gone:

The day the world went colorblind,
I hit a hundred in my car. 
Driving on the other side of the road
so I could cover up the yellow lines
and be at peace with myself.
All the windows down
so i could feel the future rushing in.

I’m finding
this highway never slows down for me.
I’m finding
this world just keeps going…

On and on. 
I can’t believe it’s almost gone
and what it feels like to be wrong.
I guess I have to face it soon 
that what is gone is gone,
but I always try to live between
hanging on to the good old songs.
I guess it’s time to figure out
that what is gone is gone.

And what is here is here.
I had to say it all,
wrote a letter about my independence
on the bathroom wall.
Thinking if I told everyone,
that we could once and for all
switch places with our obligations
and free fall.

I’m finding,
how to ride all the waves between the calm.
And i’m finding,
this world just keeps going…

On and on. 
I can’t believe it’s almost gone
and what it feels like to be wrong.
I guess I have to face it soon 
that what is gone is gone,
but I always try to live between
hanging on to the good old songs.
I guess it’s time to figure out
that what is gone is gone.

I’m finding what’s gone is still
completely alive and real.
I’m built from everything that’s gone,
but I’m still here.
I’m still here.

On and on. 
I can’t believe it’s almost gone
and what it feels like to be wrong.
I guess I have to face it soon 
that what is gone is gone,
but I always try to live between
hanging on to the good old songs.
I guess it’s time to figure out
that what is gone is gone.

What's Gone is Gone

Sticks and Stones

I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’ve got no one to blame but myself
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know

A nervous vacation
Think of everything I love
Until I’m swallowed numb in anguish again
There’s always tomorrow
But that’s just a cycle of never standing up to myself
Dear god, forgive me
I have taken way too much for granted
Sacrificed my mental state for my cost of living
I’m working for a balance
But I’m so afraid of change
And here I’m 
Letting all my time fall into the comfortable
Wondering why the years run together, alas

I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’ve got no one to blame but myself
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know

The wine is temptation
And the belly of the beast is both a famine and a fest, my friends
If living is borrowed,
Then I’ll have to make it all up as I go
But I’m through letting all my time fall into the comfortable
Wondering why the years run together, alas

I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’ve got no one to blame but myself
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know

All my visions come in waves
Strung out for days
Letting the pain wash through me
To cut me down in my place
Fighting for grace
I’m on fire with love
But I’m the one caught in the blaze
I sing for everyone,
But how can I be heard through a window pane?
I’m so invisible
Something is trying to get out

I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know
I’ve got no one to blame but myself
I’m lost, I’m losing everything I know

true colors

I'm Lost

Face the wall
Make yourself at home here
Take the call
No fun in being alone
Stop and go
Anything I want, I want it my way
Don’t forget that
I’m just living in my head space

Daddy, would you say I’m losing?
Momma, would you say I’m trying?
Daddy, would you say I’m foolish?
Momma, would you say I’m wasting way too much of my time?

Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
But if seeing is believing, then waiting is a waste of our time

Fill this paper with anxious thoughts
Buying into doubt
I’m complacent to a fault
With patience running out

Daddy, would you say, “go chase it”?
Momma, would you say, “get right”?

Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
But if seeing is believing, then waiting is a waste of our time 

My rain won’t fall
My sun won’t shine
My pain won’t clear my clouded mind
My rain won’t fall
My sun won’t shine
My pain won’t clear my clouded mind

Get tough
Got to be ready to be going the distance
Living and making something real of existence
Covered in color until your heart is a prism
Bending all this light that shines through
Know that I would never leave you or doubt you
Just wait until the world has found who lives behind those eyes
You’ll be alive in the center of a million daydreams
Feel the love flowing into your bloodstream
I can taste it

But my rain won’t fall
My sun won’t shine
My pain won’t clear my clouded mind

Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
Heaven is a place that I’ll believe in when I see it
Oh, my rain won’t fall
My sun won’t shine
My pain won’t clear my clouded mind
And my rain won’t fall
My sun won’t shine, won’t shine
But if seeing is believing, then waiting is a waste of our time
And if we’ve already found it
Then maybe it’s all in our minds

Heaven

Forty days on a second wind,
Falling in forty years only second hand
Do I really not remember the taste of living without care?
Floating blue in my reverie, 
Bleed away crimson red rain of apathy
Nothing moves without intention
And I’m frozen still in place

I feel I can’t believe the world I live in
I fear I can’t believe a word I’m living
Nothing’s the same, 
I’m reaching towards a feeling
I’m in my head, 
Don’t mind me, I’ll be dreaming

Am I lost to a melody, caged and tamed?
Are my hands not my enemies?
And are my shortcomings forgiven?
All my love, I’ll give away
Hide at home in a hollow haze, half asleep
Pull a pen through an empty page
I am burning with intention
Set the fire, fan the flames

I feel I can’t believe the world I live in
I fear I can’t believe a word I’m living
Nothing’s the same, 
I’m reaching towards a feeling
I’m in my head, 
Don’t mind me, I’ll be dreaming

I want to know how it feels again 

Love, you keep my fighting spirit alive

Second Wind

I’ve got no more words to say about it
I’m just living with all my thoughts in a vacuum
No more sadness drenched in an obscura
Hiding in the narrow walls of my bedroom

Time was misleading
And I’ve had a back and forth
A trail court with no verdict

Love called
And I won’t fail to answer it
No bleeding heart was ever spared
Hope was a fleeting fantasy
I want the real thing

Colors make their way into my conscious
Living is a choice I traded too often
I could spend a lifetime in this moment
Breathing life into everything that’s important

Anyway, everything has changed
I’m floating with a new lease on life
Free of my crimes and my burdens

Love called
And I won’t fail to answer it
No bleeding heart was ever spared
Hope was a fleeting fantasy
I want the real thing
Love called
And I won’t fail to answer it
No bleeding heart was ever spared
Hope was a fleeting fantasy
I want the real thing

Love Called

Patient as a stone in the garden wall
Each voice is a season passed
Longing for the last
Shattered in the glass
Two ends of a telephone 
Waiting for a call

I’m so afraid I’m attracted to misery

I’ve got the weight of my world on my shoulders
And I’ve got the fangs of a wolf tearing into me
I’m airing my fears in a room full of silence
Now all of my dreams have escaped in my memories

Pacing through a fog
Old forgotten song
Lean back in the car crash
Sinking through the grass
Burning off the gas
Peace find me if ever I’m waiting too long

I’m not as tall as my shadow in front of me
Has made me seem

I’ve got the cloud of my life looming over
And I’m staring right back at the sky wishing for rain
I’ve gotten used to a life full of comfort
But nothing is feeling familiar to me anymore

Things are bound to change
Things are bound to change
Wade into the strange
God surrenders fate
To a lifetime filled with pain
Save my name

I’ve got the weight of my world on my shoulders
And I’ve got the fangs of a wolf tearing into me
I’m airing my fears in a room full of silence
Now all my dreams have escaped in my memories
I’ve got the cloud of my life looming over
And I’m staring right back at the sky wishing for rain
I’ve gotten used to a life full of comfort
But nothing is feeling familiar to me anymore

Weight Of My World

Allow me to introduce you 
To the harrowing cloud of darkness
That picked a plot over your front lawn
So every time you walk outside
Casts shadows on the peace you try to find
The beast is living in plain sight
So you set afire your fortress
But the wind blew all the smoke back in your eyes
And you wonder why you always lose

But hey, it’s not your fault
You went off spinning in a feeling
But you got lost
Oh, what’s left but a broken heart?
All alone in a dream
Left your garden to overgrow
You can’t burn your way out of this
Learn to love from inside out
And you’ll find love from inside out

Careful how you move
Don’t go in anger
And pull apart the pretty things about you
Fly your true colors
Or you’ll fall right on back
To someone telling you how to live
And nothing could make you feel so bad

But hey, it’s not your fault
You went off spinning in a feeling
But you got lost
Oh, what’s left but a broken heart?
All alone in a dream
Left your garden to overgrow
You can’t burn your way out of this
Learn to love from inside out
And you’ll find love from inside out

Love, learn to love, learn to love
Learn to love yourself
Love, learn to love, learn to love
Learn to love from the inside out

Well, no one sings for the comeback kid
Who gave up in the middle
And you can’t build your world
On these old rotting pillars
Of what you hate
And your mistakes

Love, learn to love, learn to love
Learn to love

No, it’s not your fault
You went off spinning in a feeling
But you got lost
Oh, what’s left but a broken heart?
All alone in a dream
Left your garden to overgrow
You can’t burn your way out of this
Learn to love from inside out
And you’ll find love from inside out

Love From Inside Out

I was only just passing through on my way
Trying to keep from making such a fool of my name
But that’s a long, long time ago
And darling, I love you

If the mornings were longer
And I didn’t have to leave you every Sunday
I just want our own house
I could keep you close all the time
Darling, I love you

Thank you for showing forgiveness to me
Patience when I’m rambling on some crazy idea
Love when I can’t show it to myself

Now the walls have come down
I feel more like myself
I could never laugh like this with anyone else
In short, it’s a good, good life
And darling, I love you

Little Love

Forty days on a second wind,
 Falling in forty years only second hand
Do I really not remember the taste of living without care?
Floating blue in my reverie, 
Bleed away crimson red rain of apathy
Nothing moves without intention
And I’m frozen still in place

I feel I can’t believe the world I live in
I fear I can’t believe a word I’m living
Nothing’s the same, 
I’m reaching towards a feeling
I’m in my head, 
Don’t mind me, I’ll be dreaming

Am I lost to a melody, caged and tamed?
Are my hands not my enemies?
And are my shortcomings forgiven?
All my love, I’ll give away
Hide at home in a hollow haze, half asleep
Pull a pen through an empty page
I am burning with intention
Set the fire, fan the flames

I feel I can’t believe the world I live in
I fear I can’t believe a word I’m living
Nothing’s the same, 
I’m reaching towards a feeling
I’m in my head, 
Don’t mind me, I’ll be dreaming

I feel I can’t believe the world I live in
I fear I can’t believe a word I’m living
Nothing’s the same, 
I’m reaching towards a feeling
I’m in my head, 
Don’t mind me, I’ll be dreaming

Second Wind (Alternate Version)

I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart

Leave right now
Been sitting still to appease my doubt
But I’m not going to wait for life to show up at my doorstep
I’m too close to something real to fold and fade into my boredom
Live right now
I’ve been letting my hair grow out
Because I love being me when I’m not afraid to be
Living my dream so full of color
I could throw of all the covers and scream
This is my time now
This is my time now

And I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart

I’ve given more than just love to this
Born of my heart, it is
Built on my harder days
But time is ticking on, that’s no secret here
It’s just been the strangest year
But fear is no longer welcome in my mind

I know what I want
But habits die hard
I’ll water the seeds
Send roots through my feet
To grow with the sacred tree


Leave right now
Been sitting still to appease my doubt
But I’m not going to wait for life to show up at my doorstep
I’m too close to something real to fold and fade into my boredom
Live right now
I’ve been letting my hair grow out
Because I love being me when I’m not afraid to be
Living my dream so full of color
I could throw of all the covers and scream
This is my time now
This is my time now

And I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart

Keep going on wasting
I’m not wasting a moment
I’ll be showing my teeth 
Even when I’m weak

No mind filled with thorns can be crowned as king
The sword returned to its sheath
A war won with silent peace

When I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart

Leave right now
Been sitting still to appease my doubt
But I’m not going to wait for life to show up at my doorstep
I’m too close to something real to fold and fade into my boredom
Live right now
I’ve been letting my hair grow out
Because I love being me when I’m not afraid to be
Living my dream so full of color
I could throw of all the covers and scream
This is my time now
This is my time now

And I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart
I’m marching to the beat of my heart

Jared Auble

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