The distance between the messages gets to me.
Even though you can't see me,
Know that I am right here,
And I don't want to hurt you.

I want to be your blanket.
When you're scared, you can run to me and hide beneath the sheets.
Too far away to feel your hands,
Though I've traced them in my sleep.

I know everything is harder without family,
So you can lean on me.

Let yourself depend on someone other [than you].

I don't want to take a step back now, while we're so close.
Though the distance is hard on me.

Hypothetically, if we name this thing that we're feeling-
Would you be able to let me help you up?

You said, "maybe, I dunno".

The distance between the messages gets to me.
Even though you can't see me,
Know that I am right here,
And I don't want to hurt you.

We could be stable, despite our insecurities.
You've been a positive change in my life since I met you.
So for now, I'm not going to over-think you.

I know that we're both tempted to over-analyze.
But if we're both living in the future, we'd probably miss something we'd like.
Just try not to squeeze too hard, and also not to pull away,
There's a balance to remember.
Trust yourself and trust each other.

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Distance Between

Lyrics:

Call it in the air.
No one knows where we'll land.
But I hope by the end of it that you'll still be my friend.
I love you, but alone that's not enough,
Because there's "love" and then there's "love"
And I'm so slow to understand.

You reach out, and I avert my eyes like a quiet thing.
Just for tonight.
I'm so tired all the time.

Why do I feel this?

It's a shame to live without.
But you've got more questions than I have got answers.

I'm not mad.
Maybe just little sad to think of how we drifted.
But I know that soon enough we’ll both be better.
Hurt like this don’t last.
It don't last forever.

Call it apathy,
A passive sort of preservation.
You got what you need from me.
You finally dropped the pretense and then you walked away.

Call it in the air.
(No one knows where we'll land.)
But I hope by the end of it that you'll still be my friend.
I love you, but alone that's not enough,
Because there's "love" and then there's "love"
And I'm too slow to understand.

For you I really tried, but maybe I'm just broken?
I haven't thought enough to figure out.

If I can't say the words, even after all this time,
I don't want to think of what it might say about me.
Maybe your friends were right.
Maybe I am just an asshole.
I won't be the one who gets to decide.

At some point in time, the situation changed,
and ever since then I've been trying to find a way back in.
But you don't believe me, and you don't trust me anymore.
That's fair. I guess you're right.
I haven't done enough to prove that I can be reliable.

I'm maybe just a little sad to think of how we drifted,
But I know that soon enough we’ll both be better.
Hurt like this don’t last.
It don't last forever.

Call It In The Air

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Evolution

Faultline

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Sky Blue

Brian and I both like this old Iris album (Wrath) so we figured we'd cover a song from it.

Appetite (IRIS Cover)

A cover of the song "Backchannels" by the band Shearwater.

Backchannels (Shearwater Cover)

You go. I'll go
Neither one of us has to believe
Sanctimonious
And I'm sure we wouldn't be the first
Just take a look around
This place is full of unconvincing actors

Is it for the best if you keep it in?
When you keep it to yourself, does it build and build?
Do you call it "love" when you're pushing it?
Hold on. We're getting closer now

We don't choose what we want to feel
None of this is what I want to hear
I don't recognize what was my home
In a slow motion moment, everything goes

But you push your way through, and I let you
I always do
The two of us, we sang the song
We said the words
Now please don't go

Then again, who am I?
If you go, then maybe you would be better off
I don't know
Do you know?
If you do, then just decide and let me know

If I'm being honest, I haven't given everything
I've kept a lot to myself
I've shown a selfish kind of love
I'd promise you to change it, but a promise isn't everything
Given where I started, is it anything at all?

You tell me
I'll let you make the call

Pacing
Waiting
Hoping against hope

If we love each other, why do we fight this way?
Oh please God let there be more
All I see is in the wind and blown away

Moment

Featuring Aaron Sharpes on the danny-carey-simulator

The Pot (TOOL cover)

Released on the 16th of August, 2011 
All music by Brian Vaughn and Karl Ridgeway 
Mixed by Karl Ridgeway 
Drums on "Kiss From A Rose" by Aaron Sharpes

Mad World (Tears for Fears Cover)

Eon (Celldweller Cover)

Passive (A Perfect Circle Cover)

Judas (Lady Gaga Cover)

Preacher

Coil (Opeth Cover)

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Rainbow, I haven't seen you in a while.
And I don't know where you go when you're gone.
She hides it well, under background noise.
I've never wanted to see the sky torn apart before.
Is that where you are, so far away?
You're just a memory of better days.
Step out after the rain.
The sun is going to shine again.
It's not over yet, but I feel fine.
After the storm there's a silver lining.
It took me a while to recognize that the sun's still shining after you're gone.
I don't know what happens next for me.
I've been down for a while.
I'll figure it out.
If this sounds like an empty song then maybe you never understood in the first place.
I'm not angry, but I do wonder why-
after all the places that we've been-
it had to end this way?
It just don't seem right.
And you know me.
It's going to keep me up at night until I find an answer,
If there's any to be found.
I'll just keep wondering what wasn't good enough for you.
And yeah it's nice to say that this is not the way you wanted things for me to be.
Rainbow, I haven't seen you in a while.
Is that where you are?
So far away?
You're just a memory of better days.

Rainbow

Stupid in my love.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Roll the windows down but keep the thoughts inside.

Barely alive.
A machine adds the time.
Just kiss my eyes and pull the trigger.

If it falls apart, it wouldn't be the first time.
Turn the TV on and keep the thoughts inside.

You say you know the end is near.
Not even the burnouts still show their faces here.

I'm barely alive.
A machine adds the time.
Just kiss my eyes and pull the trigger.

Oh, you got me good.
I could write a list of the things I miss but you got me good.

When I'm old and tired-
When I forget why you're not with me-
When my mind just wanders on a loop like there's nothing left to think-
When my friends are all dead or living in a home-
When I can't remember what I did that made you go-
You'll be living off the interest in some California town,
With a king sized bed and a bag of chips and the same four TV shows on loop.
Yeah, I know you.
Even after all the years I doubt that you will change.
You only changed when I wanted you to stay the same,
And not just look the same.

There's no songs I can write to recover the time.
I abandoned my home on the West coast.
I don't think you even tried.
There's nothing I could buy now that I have more money than time.
Now that the skies are on fire.
Surely it's a fucking sign.

Pull

Pilotless Drone is composed of Brian Vaughn and Karl Ridgeway.

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