you took me by surprise
I never saw you coming
then what I saw behind
your eyes set my soul humming

the briefest glowing light
flashed across the heavens
if I had watched for signs
I might've seen it shining

as soon as I could breathe
I wondered what I'd seen
could you have been a star
meant just to shine for me

and now the sky is lonesome
and now my souls not humming
your light has passed me by
I never saw you coming

Unfinished Songs

Comet

you left me a long time ago
I guess I didn't know
and now you're gone for good

I thought we were solid rock
I found out we were not
just brittle rotten wood
and now you're gone for good

your love was fading fast
you knew we couldn't last
you tried to tell me so
somehow I didn't know

my head was in the sand
I didn't learn to be a man
and now my head is in my hands
and I wish that I had known

you left me a long time ago
I guess I didn't know
and now you're gone for good

Head in Hands

I don't know what to say

I don't understand

I feel confused
why don't you

this wasn't part of the plan

how can you
how can you
how can you
turn away

how can you
how can you
how can you
turn away

How Can You?

I'm on a railroad heading
by all accounts to heaven
and I won't ever see this place again

hop on the ride's exciting
everything's so inviting
and every passenger will by your friend

you dropped your satchel
but don't look back
we've anticipated everything you lack

the car is overflowin
I hear the whistle blowin
somebody tell me is a stop ahead

I feel acceleration
but no exhiliration
the ground below is shrinking
am I dead

the whistle's shreiking
above the speaking
a thousand voices saying
yes

there is no destination
we're long past my salvation
and I will never see your face again

hop on the ride's exciting
everything is so inviting
and every passenger will be your friend

Railroad to Heaven

I can't swim
flood the valley
I can't swim
bring the rain
I can't fly
jump the building
and leave the chute
inside the plane

and I can't sing
anyway
anyway

and its not about my limitations
and its not about my lack of skill
its about will

Will

go ahead and do what you wanna do girl
I'm about to walk away from you
gonna let you have it your way
hope you're not expecting me to stay

I'm about to take a long vacation
girl I've just about lost my patience
well you talk about a waste of time
everyday you change your mind

and every hour increases the pain
I'm going mad from the strain
everyone stares as we drown in the rain
can't we part ways ball and chain
can't we part ways ball and chain

so go ahead and do whatever you do
I'm about to turn and leave you
now you're always gonna have it your way
I won't even hear you if you ask me to stay

go ahead and do what you wanna do girl
I'm about to walk away from you
gonna let you have it your way
hope you're not expecting me to stay

its been bittersweet
friction releasing heat
beauty skin deep
cold heart
cold feet

and every hour increases the pain
I'm going mad from the strain
everyone stares as we drown in the rain
can't we part ways ball and chain
can't we part ways ball and chain

Ball and Chain

so you're gettin kinda sour on me
hang up the phone
turn on the color TV
signing papers and you really don't care
hang on a second
third in line behind the screen

eyes wide and both hands on the wheel

something sweet behind the bitter peel
I can still remember how you feel
haul me again against the keel

so you're gettin kinda sour on me
hang up the phone
turn on the color TV
signing papers and you really don't care
hang on a second
third in line behind the screen

eyes wide and both hands on the wheel

Eyes Wide

brown corduroy is so un-sci-fi
but I'll shoot my laser pistol
round anyway
and I hate those damn commercials
for the super-super
and its crossing my eyes
cause its too much TV

brown corduroy is so un-sci-fi
but I'll shoot my laser pistol
round anyway
and I hate those damn commercials
for the super-super
and its crossing my eyes
cause its too much TV

and its too much TV

Birmingham to Pakistan
SLC to Neverland
remotes are glued into our hands
we have to see
what happens next week
same time
same station
where's my motivation
we don't even have to move
around the globe
we're losing our minds

around the globe we're losing our minds
same time
same station
same everything
we don't have to move
use the loo
or leave the room

around the globe we're losing our minds
cause its too much TV

I zip up my hoodie
for the first time this week
bleach-stained and holey
and I'm reaching for the door
my hands shake
pull the brake
I can feel my body quakin
I don't see myself escaping
cable guy has got me

whats that in my pocket
the remote
what will I do
and I'm looking back and forth
from the master to the door
suddenly I'm mad as hell
and I ain't gonna take it no more

Birmingham to Pakistan
SLC to Neverland
remotes are glued into our hands
we have to see
what happens next week
same time
same station
where's my motivation
we don't even have to move
around the globe
we're losing our minds

Too Much TV

call me a cab
call me a cab
to deliver me
to the airport

get on the plane
fly through the sky
screaming
out the window

and even when you're
miles away
and I can't ask you
how you've been
I'll be thinking of you
I'll be thinking of you
I'll be thinking

call me a cab
call me a cab
to deliver me
from the airport
to the hotel
with my baggage
and tip the belhop

call the police
call EMTs
to deliver me
from the hotel
in a coma
to the table
and tip the driver

even when I'm far away
and you can't ask me
how I've been
I'll be thinking of you
I'll be thinking of you
I'll be thinking of you
thinking of you

I'll be thinking of you too

so call me a cab
call me a cab
call me a cab
call me a cab
call me a cab
and tip the driver

Tip the Driver

oh I'm on fire
and you hold the lighter
oh I'm burning up
and you lit my heart

oh I'm all in flames
and you poured out
the gasoline

oh la-da-da-dat-da-da
as you lit me up
and you mumbled
hey I'm sorry
as you cut

oh la-da-da-dat-da-da
as you lit me up
and you mumbled
hey I'm sorry
as you cut

oh I'm on fire
and you hold the lighter
oh I'm burning up
and you lit my heart

oh I'm all in flames
and you poured out
the gasoline

oh I'm on fire

and la-da-da-dat-da-da
as you lit me up
and you mumbled
hey I'm sorry
as you cut

Theolus