matt

The Kids Don't Stand A Chance

Broken, I was
At its best it's in your head
Everything was going well
Until that stupid trend

The cold can't kill us
Just bends us into shapes
And tells us to go
Where we wouldn't think

Back out east to New York City I will go
Way down Forsythe I will follow you
Oh, I will follow you

Oh, You're the best that I've got
Why can't you see
When I'm twenty three
Nothing I say will matter to anyone
Oh, why can't you see
Oh, you're just for me
As fucked up as it seems
We'll make it out safe
And we'll both leave

Oh, you wrote me a love note
But what does it say?
This brew's got me asking
This brew's got me asking
No.

Oh, You're the best that I've got
Why can't you see
When I'm twenty three
Nothing I say will matter to anyone
Oh, why can't you see
Oh, you're just for me
As fucked up as it seems
We'll make it out safe
And we'll both leave

When I'm Twenty Three

Mother Mary says to me
"Why am I awake, is this real at all?
Gold and Green with Silver Screens,
We know we mean everything to you"

So, I'll elate my precious time
And we'll become a different kind of true
So kick me once or drop me twice,
Whichever it'll be so nice for you

Oh love, Oh love
Tell me everything you do

Mary, Mary
I'm confused by you

You're used for good,
You're used for wrong
I know I won't be here long with you

I will play a different song
When you are not upon my tongue this week.

So, I'll elate my precious time
And we'll become a different kind of true
Kick me once or drop me twice,
Whichever it'll be so nice for you
For you
For me

Mother Mary

Silent Night, in your empty room 
Alone, too still
But still too soon
To break up and make up
The ways that we'll take off
To sell our souls.

If I was cursed, would you joke about it?
Like it's not so much a big deal as narcissism
I can't write, I can't speak,
I need you to hand me everything
Because I'm strung up on the love that I've made up
That I've made up

When I'm broke, is it you that'll give me shelter?
When I'm stoned, would you slap me out of it
With force? 
'Cause I know you can't seem to care less
When I'm gone, would you look the other way
And pretend it's not so bad?

Silent Night In Your Empty Room

How I wish that you were here
To keep me on-path between my ears
The flashes and the cracks will all grow cold
But I'll still love your greens and golds

What will it take to step outside
and scream that you're in overdrive?
Once more, I don't know where you're going
Us and them?
It's us for I, and I don't need no alibi
For once I can see where we're going,
Where we're going

Grow my vines and tell me lies again
And when we're done having fun we'll send
A postcard or some letters to the men
Telling them how we'll be back again

To find the lies and compromise 
The way we see ourselves, the way we see ourselves
as glass and rings, we ain't these things
Let's value all ourselves, let's value all ourselves

Trees Will Stay (4x)

Trees.

I can't read minds
But sometimes I try
And although you're in love with Pierre,
I guess I'll just sit right here

The concrete feels fine
Up and down my spine
But I'll get my chance to shine

So take your time
and I'll sit in line
To hope you're mine
Until our silent decline

Kick me, I wanna feel that boot
Slam square into my jaw
Corrode the waste from my face and replace it with his grace
And give me all your old plates, my friend.

Purloin my mind
You seemed so kind
You'll miss outright
My audible incline

Pierre

The year that you're awake
Is just the time it takes to hide your old mistakes
So hollowed out to where you know just what I mean
We're drinking gasoline like we love it

So shell out,
Don't doubt
What you heard just must be true,
It was born from me and you
But the matter of the fact is we're too far gone to tell

(swim back to shore, go back for more than what you bargained for)

So take it all like dope in stride,
Be sure to cure your appetite
It's everywhere you go
It's everywhere to go
Your misters and the misses say
It makes your mind fade away
It keeps you up at night
That's only true in light
and light flows on within and without you
But the matter of the fact is the UV's hard to see

Will you wait for me stay?
Or will you desert me again?
Will you stay

Matter Of The Fact

"Come in", We'll say
and the bands will play
Their scripts of love for us
Light up at the top of the stairs,
You stare at me and say "What can we be?"

It's so, it's all I know

The strings all sing
and make the fling something to marvel in
Gin-breath thinks twice, before the wife
Just as he draws his pipe
"Thyme, have you got a light for me?
I'm ripe in where I ought to be."

Oh, it's all we know
What will we take to show?

Thyme

It's been a while since we were in the same room
But it don't feel like I ever left you
For a while we took our time to fan the signal
We both know how abysmal this can be

(but can you bear with me?)

It came to me within a dream, I swear it
Apostles on your neck, just where you'd lay them
Make me sharp, make me clean
Make me something less obscene

Forever hoping to be in your next scene

Bear

and when the rain came down, 
it washed us all around
and when the ship fell through,
we made another two
out of wood we knew would rot
on the beach to our new spot
we were given all the glory left for God
forgot

we'll meet in the Trees
you'll grow the Leaves for the Tea

When The Rain Came Down

The year that you're Awake
Is just the time it takes
To hide your old Mistakes
So hollowed out, to where you know just what I mean
We're drinking gasoline like we love it

So, shell out
Don't doubt
That what you heard just must be true
It was born from me and you,
But the Matter of the Fact is,
We're too far gone to tell

(Swim back to Shore, Go back for More. Then, what you Bargained For)

So, take it all like Hope in Stride
Be sure to clear your appetite
It's everywhere you go
It's everywhere to go
Your Misters and your Misses say
"It makes your mind Fade Away"
"It keeps me up at night, It's only true in Light"

And Light flows on within and without you
But the Matter of the Fact is,
The UV's hard to see

So will you wait for me to stay? or will you desert me again?
Will You Stay?

Cycle Comes Complete
I've been Judas, I've became Crete
Many Souls to Need,
Compared with Souls that Hold Me
"Don't Forget Where You Came From",
Back when the Sun don't Shine Much
Targets on our back but we Wear them Well

I've been a Hermit, I know it's true
Thought it was Worth it, Said "it's all for you"
But now I see, it's for We

Been to have Strange Dreams, it seems
That my Ceilings were not as High as Me
Reform Madness, Exhale Sadness
in all the forms of 'Friends' it may have shown itself as

It's just a tad Overwhelming,
But it's Worth it in the End

I said "He's worth it", I know now that's not true
Became this Hermit, but, babe, this Ain't For You
Found out I'm Worth It.
It's within Me, I thought I hurt them, 
But Now I'm Free

matt

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