Tomorrow Never Comes

They say tomorrow never comes
And that yesterday is something that we cannot change
But still I’m always trying to prove them wrong
As I walk into another day with you

When we first met we were alone
And we both had been for some time
But something always seemed to be on your mind other than me
I never seemed to be able to be with you

And waiting for you is like waiting for the sun to set again
When you know it never ends
And now it always seems like all we need is one more day
For all this to be done and we don’t feel as though we’ve got to run

They say the past will never change
And that the future’s never sure
And that the present’s all we have
They’ll never be anything more

And I can’t change your mind 
And I can’t make myself pretend I’m not in love
And everything I do and say will never be enough
And tomorrow never comes

I never could accept the way things were
And now I can’t pretend I know it never ends
If I knew then what I know now 
I probably could have seen it from the start
Before it fell apart

And I can’t change your mind 
And I can’t make myself pretend I’m not in love
And everything I do and say it’s never enough
And tomorrow never comes

Tomorrow Never Comes

After the Rain

The sun's finally rising
After the rain
And things can finally settle
as you come back again

A new day is coming
Gone is the storm
it's time to come back inside
and start moving on

And when this is done
We'll watch as it all falls down
After the rain we'll still be 

Hanging around

Please don't remind me
mistakes have been made
won't you stop your crying
let those tears fade

The sun's finally rising
After the rain

After the Rain

Scars Blossom

Waiting for tomorrow is no way to spend today
Talking around in circles never knowing what to say
Looking for the treatment to the things that make you bleed
The ugly part of healing is the part you know you need

	When the tides roar against you
	You never know just what they’ll bring
	But when the winter storm is over
	Scars blossom in the spring

Praying for forgiveness don’t help to make things right
It’s just a useless gesture to get you through the night
It’s time to roll your sleeves up, dive into the mess
Sometimes you gotta let things get worse before you know what’s best

	When the tides roar against you
	You never know just what they’ll bring
	But when the winter storm is over
	Scars blossom in the spring

It’s time for you to walk outside from where you’ve been lurking
The pain you feel means something must be working
Your injuries will someday heal themselves completely
But no one said it’d be easy

	And when your journey comes to an end
	I hope that it’s worth everything
	And when the winter storm is over
	Scars will blossom in the spring

Scars Blossom

No Such Thing as Enough

Everything you told me was a lie
and everything you do just wastes my time
Everytime I see you I know it's gonna be rough
There's no such thing as enough

You never even tried to be my friend
Everybody told me this would end
I did my best here but now it's just too much
There's no such thing as enough

Because you're a bottomless pit of attention - You're an endless stream of guilt
You're borderline sociopathic - I guess that's how you're built
You oughta be locked away somewhere - Because you're messed up in the head
So baby come to bed

Everything you say just brings me down
When I need you you're never around
You come over drunk at night and break all my stuff
There's no such thing as enough

Because you're a bottomless pit of attention - You're a bitter poison drink
This relationship is built on quicksand - And now it's gonna sink
You're an egomaniacle psycho - Who forgot to take her meds
So baby come to bed


No Such Thing as Enough

Breakthrough

A		G				C	B	Bb
You think that you've got all the answers
You think that you've been through it all
You build up walls around youself to soften the blow
But all the while you numb yourself to everything you have

	F	G	C					F	G	E
	Everytime you think you're close you fall back a step or two
	You say it's different now, but I don't have time for your breakthrough

You're blaming everyone around you
You're gonna make it count this time
Every story that you tell makes you the victim somehow
But you're the only common theme so don't you give me that line

	Everytime you think you're close you fall back a step or two
	You say it's different now, but I don't have time for your breakthrough

You say they upped your medication
I think it still won't be enough
Cut the nerves, protect yourself from humanity
Crawl back into your pillbox, leave the deep side of the pool for us

Cause you know you'll always drown

	Everytime you think you're close you fall back a step or two
	You say it's different now, but I don't have time for your breakthrough

Breakthrough

Striking distance

	Em	Dsus	C9
	There must be something 'bout the way that she moves
	That lets me know she's gonna breakdown real soon
	The way she gives a slow and bitter sigh, or looks out from the corner of her eye
	Lets me know to keep just out of striking distance

Bb	F	G
And she knows I know - And we pretend that it's alright - and I know it's not

	She says she hates the way I always interfere
	And I can see that it is time to stay clear
	I try the best I can, to let her know that I understand
	She's not the only one with problems around here

Bb	F	C	G
And she never lets the fact that she is crazy slow her down - I guess that's just her way
And I never know what she'll do next, so I just stick around - And that's okay

F	G	D
She could turn it all around in an instant - but it wouldn't be the same
We could both have just stayed out of striking distance - but we went our separate ways

	She called me up a year ago to ask how's things
	She's healthy now, but much less interesting
	Living in suburbia, she traded scripts for all her other drugs
	And now she lives far away from striking distance

Striking Distance

Kipp McLeod is a musician, songwriter, author, husband and father. He has been producing and marketing independent music and books for the past ten years. His previous work includes the books Sophist (2001) and Desert Rat (2005) and the albums Reflections Along the Pali (2004) and Washed Ashore (2010). Kipp lives in Hawaii with his wife Stephanie and his daughter Samantha, where he continues to write and perform his music.

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