Before the war he surrendered his heart
She let her guard down and laid down her arms
They left the lights on but strangers came by 
Knocks on the door, late at night 

They had the best of intentions
Even with church blessings 
They didn’t have a clue
No one plays by the rules 

How long can this hold down, we’re under attack 
He’s so aggressive, unable to process honest discussions
She can’t tear down his trojan heart 
She’s unable to process secret discussions without burning down fences 

Sharpening their tools 
They don’t know what to do 
Someone has to lose 
Rather not play the fool 

They had the best of intentions
Even with church blessings 
They didn’t have a clue
No one plays by the rules 

Sharpening their tools 
They don’t know what to do 
But someone has to lose 
Someone had to lose

Shy Passion

Trojan Heart

Oly - Trojan Heart

I don’t want to die right now
I’ve got no one to leave behind
I just want to go to Dreamland Hotel
Book me a room tonight

My girl left for The Everglades
She said she was losing her mind
Here I sit by myself all alone
Book me a room tonight

At the Dreamland Hotel I’ve got a room with a view of the pool and
There’s lots of pretty girls
Smoking and drinking and laughing and singing tonight

I’ve never been good at being in love
Sooner or later they run
I keep my enemies as close as I can
Rick - Tonight we’re having fun

At the Dreamland Hotel I'm gonna
Cause no one knows your name
But I’ll buy the champagne
We can toast to my pain
Sign your name on the line and we’ll have a good time

Find yourself with four strange walls
Forsake all the people that you know so well
If that’s the way that you feel tonight
Follow me down to the Dreamland Hotel

At the Dreamland Hotel 
I’ve got a room with a view of the pool and
There’s lots of pretty girls
Smoking and drinking and laughing and singing tonight

At the Dreamland Hotel I’m gonna
Cause no one knows my name
But I’ll buy the champagne
I’ll give a toast to your pain
Sign my name on the line and 
We’ll have a good time

Follow me down to the dreamland hotel

Dreamland Hotel

I had a dream a Denny’s moved to town
Moved to town in my hometown
In my hometown, in my hometown

I got robbed by a sweet little girl
She needed money so she could take a whirl
She could take a whirl, she could take a whirl

Dreams are dark things that live beneath your eyes
Sometimes I can’t tell the truth from the lies

I had a dream Saint Johns was on fire
We did what we could but we couldn’t save the spire
Couldn’t save the spire, couldn’t save the spire

The poodle lady traded me a pencil for a flare
I turned and looked back but she wasn’t even there
She wasn’t even there, she wasn’t even there

Dreams are dark things that live beneath your eyes
Sometimes I can’t tell the truth from the lies

I had a dream that my dad wasn’t dead
Strung under a birch, not spread out on a bed
Spread out on a bed, spread out on a bed

I saw a ghost in John’s backyard
We breathed some gasoline but we didn’t get far
Didn’t get far, didn’t get far

Dreams are dark things that live beneath your eyes
Sometimes I can’t tell the truth from the lies
Sometimes I can’t tell the truth from the lies
Sometimes I can’t tell the truth from the lies

Denny's Dream

I wouldn’t know what it’s like
To not feel too much
And I’m thinking about the day
When I call you don’t pick up

I wouldn’t know what it’s like
To have to live without you
But I’m gonna find out
Before the year is through

Your pain tears me apart
It leaves busted on the ground
Like something no one would ever want
Your pain tears me apart

I went to the doctor and she said
I'm dying son could we make amends
I said I’m lost and lapsed again
I could use you my friend

Now you’re quaking in your bones
You were always strong enough to be alone
Ain’t nothing in this world could make you whole
There’s nothing left you can control

Everybody’s dying all the time
We’re five lemons in a lime
You will have to say goodbye to everyone you love
Or if you’re lucky they’ll say goodbye to you

Your Pain Tears Me Apart

Its friday night I'm stoned again  
And cold as an airplane
I look into your window I wonder what you'd say
It was something about your grandpa 
there's voices in the street
Spirits trickle through the rocks 
purify the meat


When I dreamed of you
You were close as sin
And if you dream
Will you dream
Me home again

I wake into your darkness night 
there's fire in my throat
The distance between you and me is whiter than a ghost
And in the mornings car horn sun 
your boats all disappear
So you stay in bed way past noon 
until the coast is clear


When I dreamed of you
You were close as sin
And if you dream
Will you dream
Me home again

Whiter Than A Ghost

Built weak and born to fail
Can you send me something in the mail
Send me something take me off right now

Camels and Coors are my guys
One laughs while the other cries
Is there a door prize tonight?

You can’t outrun the storm but you can try to get away
You and I were born to be alone so let’s not wait

There’s no witness when you’re on your own
See there’s a lawn that ain’t been mowed
Up all night in a real bad zone

Won’t you let me take you to the end
Rest in the back suckin on wind
Lie to me and tell me it’s all good

You can’t outrun the storm but you can try to get away
You and I were born to be alone so let’s not wait

Riding in my car singing songs about the devil underground
There’s something going round
These ugly sins abound
Come on let’s blow this town 
Let’s blow this town right now

We can’t outrun this town but we can try to get away
You and I were born to be alone so let’s not wait
You can’t outrun the storm but you can try to get away
You and I were born to be alone so let’s not wait

Stormtown

See the child too small to be a slur
Just a speck of dirt in an old cold town
See him punt a ball into the wood
And throw the first punch just like his old man could

He set the rope factory on fire one night
And took the van to the treatment center after school
His hearts on fire with a head full of revenge
He takes brass knuckles from the saints with the silver tongues

I’ve been out so long I think I need to renew
Grab your bible beans and follow me through
I’ve been out so long I think I need to renew
Can you take me back
I ain’t got a home

There’s an old dread when I see them mountains again
I see my old friends on the like the lost milk carton kids
Who really lost, those who should’ve left or those who did
I should’ve stayed when I had something left to give

I’ve been out so long I think I need to renew
Grab your bible beans and follow me through
I’ve been out so long I think I need to renew
Can you take me back
I ain’t got a home

But it’s so hard to say, we were all the same yesterday
We couldn’t find love and we couldn’t get away
But I see you now and I’ll never forget
What made you good and what filled you with regret

I’ve been out so long I think I need to renew
Grab your Bible beans and follow me through
I’ve been out so long I think I need to renew
Can you take me back
I ain’t got a home

See The Child

I'd like to say a little prayer for you
But only if you want me to
Id like to say a little prayer for you

There's so much that I wish you knew
There's so much that we've been through
I'd like to say a little prayer for you

If you want me to I'd be with you right now
If you would allow I'd be right by your side
But I know that's not your style
I know it's been a while
But I'll be with you until the end

There's some shit I need to say to you
But only if you'll hear it too
There's some shit I need to say to you

There's so much that I wish you knew
There's so much that we've been through
I'd like to say a little prayer for you

And If you want me to Id be with you right now
If you would allow Id be right by your side
But I know that's not your style
I know it's been a while
But I'll be with you until the end

Prayer For You

Jesus is dead
Forever and ever amen
Jesus is dead
Forever and ever amen

I woke up with dark designs
On my mind again
Would you like to take a ride
To  the other side my friend

Someone stole your god I know
I just want you to see the truth
I loved you and I made you cry
The night that you slept in the everglades

Jesus is dead
Forever and ever again
Jesus is dead
Forever and ever again

I woke up in between
A nightmare and a melody
I can't sleep I'm so tired
My mind is filled with birds and wires

Cigarettes are silent signs
All survivors now have died
Will you disappear black smoke
I just want to see my dogs again

Jesus is dead
Forever and ever again
Jesus is dead
Forever and ever again

Jesus is dead
Forever and ever amen
Jesus is dead
Forever and ever amen

Jesus Is Dead

O Sailor Poor Sailor
How long you’ve been gone
When you’re out in the water and thinking about home
O Sailor Poor Sailor
How long you’ve been gone
I'm searching my heart for the wreckage I love

If you’re seeking adventure and treasures unknown
Like the smell of ambergris and the shine of the gold
They have long since faded and theirs sorrow in me
That runs deep in the words of the songs that you sing

O Sailor Poor Sailor
How long you’ve been gone
When you’re out of the water and thinking of home
O Sailor Poor Sailor
How long you’ve been gone
I'm searching my heart for the wreckage I love

I look out the window at the shape of the moon
I throw a log on the fire and it crackles in doom
There’s a storm in your future, it’s gonna take you away
And I’ll watch the waves crash for the rest of my days

O Sailor Poor Sailor
How long you’ve been gone
I'm searching my heart for the wreckage I love

O  Sailor

John Silver sat on a park bench
To count the stars between here and the end
He walked down Main
Seeking amends
He passed a stranger in the street
He knew was not his friend

John Silver sat down to eat a meal
Felt the cold wind of the hard winter still
He thought he knew 
Where she was living now
Just a leaf on a little tree arrested on a house

John Silver got up from his perch
Went to go light a candle in a church
He said a prayer 
For every one of his sins
And that’s the last thing he did

And you never did pay attention
To the kid in the back of detention
With his back up against the wall
And you could always find a reason
To stay warm when it was freezing
If you make somebody warm tonight
If you make somebody warm tonight

John Silver

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