You gave it all when you were something small
On the ball and flying off the wall
Bright eyes never meant to find
what is left after the gold mine's gone dry 
and your memories all play in black and white
Surely nothing is worth the wait
It's only meant to make your heart ache
Hourglass sand buries best laid plans
Do what you can before the old man chains your hands
leaves you dreaming of the day it all began
Can't believe what your mind is making
Living inside a long goodbye
Sooner or later's over, it's time to let it go
Feast your eyes on the hardest thing you'll ever try
Growin' old
Compromise never made you wise
it only cut you down to your size
It's all a game that never plays the same
A crying shame with no one to blame for the way
you can't win you'll only lose eventually
Can't believe how much time has taken 
The stranger in the mirror sighs
Sooner or later's over, it's time to let it go
Feast your eyes on the hardest thing you'll ever try
Growin' old


Growin' Old

Whudduwino
broken, hollow
Building ships just made for sinking
Born to follow
trip and wallow
Whudduwino about winning
She was finished
a spittin' image
untier of every last loose end
We collided
I was reminded
Whudduwino about living
No, there could be nothing more wrong between
her and me trying to make a feeling
It's hard to manage
this love of damage
It serves me right when I start thinking 
Born to pity
She gets in me
but whudduwino about giving
No, there could be nothing more wrong between 
her and me trying to see the meaning
These words don't seem to ever help anything
when we're trying just to keep it beating
It feels alright, but whudduwino
Read my mind, I told you so
Yeah sometimes her high's my low
It's alright, but whudduwino
Whudduwino
how to let go
when you find what should be missing
Take this worthless
sense of purpose
Whudduwino about being
No, there could be nothing more wrong between 
her and me trying to make a feeling
These words don't seem to ever help anything
when we're trying just to keep it beating
It feels alright, but whudduwino
Read my mind, I told you so
Yeah sometimes her high's my low
It's alright, but whudduwino


Whudduwino

Evil people make it their way
Better believe it ain't what they say
Hollow machines bred for building a war
Finding the seams and taking what's yours
Camera says it won't lie
Tells me right into my eyes
Better I don't know why
every bullet's in disguise
If I had a right mind
I would blow it all goodbye
instead of playing good guy
on the losing side
Blood on the breeze, spinning yarn in your head  
It's not what it seems and it's worse than they said
This hallowed decree you're expected to heed
was built on deceit by liars and thieves
Inhibited mind's eye
Blinded by the hate it finds
Never ask yourself why 
gentlemen don't ever die 
I wish I had a dime
for every fear I left behind
just to play the good guy 
on the losing side
I keep looking for the bright side of empty
I keep looking for the bright side of anything
but nothing ever seems to let me get the shit off my mind
I keep looking for the bright side of empty
I keep looking for the bright side of anything
but nothing ever seems to let me get a ride off my mind


Good Guy

Finite pleasure and it's all mine
Contentment is the perfect crime
Won't wait in line for the joyride
I'm already on the other side
When I abide, I guess it feels alright
God only knows why
Lost to the 99 percentile
No chance of going out in style
This coincidental love of what you hate
still can't rise above the emptiness of fate
When you add it up and nothing's left at stake
Remember why you can't deny 
that look in your eye longs for goodbye 
Down to dead-ends and fallen-out friends
Remind me again what's a better defense
Full speed ahead, nothing left to be said
It was mine to mend but I burned it instead 
And I sleep alright
with reasons that don't rhyme
What does it matter
They're all so easily shattered
Can't quite remember what it felt like
exchanging conscience for denial
Meanwhile I'm making for the next life
with no misgivings in my sight
When the price of love is more than you can pay
When the rising sun no longer takes the bait
And you can't find yourself no matter where you stay
Remember why you can't deny 
that look in your eye longs for goodbye


Bridges Well Burned

I take my licks looking for kicks
treading backwater, I'm the dissolver
Want more than I find
I've got nothing but time 
and a burned-up X-ray mind 

That shines a different kind of light
People say it ain't quite bright
that I might be alright 
if I can l find something more to being

Say my heart needs a head start
if'n there's trouble I can find double
Of course I'm feeling fine
I've got nothing but time
and a reason that escapes my mind

I can spend a life
proving everything wrong right
or I can be my sacrifice
to the gods of all I call mine
Willing to be destroyed 
Alright

Never a fair fight
Swingin' with all of your might
Leaving tomorrow behind
but first I'm taking what's mine

Burnin' up sticks, blowin' down bricks
Let it all crumble under my rumble
Inside I'm a crime
I've got nothing but time
until we find the morning light

I could spend a life
proving everything wrong right
or I could be the sacrifice
to the gods of all I call mine
Willing to be destroyed 
Alright


Willing To Be Destroyed

Feels like lightning  
hits every time I'm walking your line
Something 'bout the way 
I lose when I play a perfect game
Swirling in thought
lost in the sauce, not feeling your pain
Red-handed caught
tie me up in knots and school my brain

How could I know you were
just like a dirty word
one I never heard 
The lesson I didn't learn
Just like a song you were
stuck in my head at first

Maybe been blinded
hoping to find a look in your eye
Invisible shades of gray 
don't help me see it your way
Coming up naught
my guilt could be bought if my pride can be saved
Wish I'd forgot
to want what you've got hidden away

How could I know you were
just like a dirty word
one I never heard 
The page I couldn't turn
left in my eyes to burn
down the whole world

Every time you call my name
Come falling like a sunny day rain
Never reveal your plot
Lines get crossed while I connect dots

Wishing you well on your way
Watching your tail lights fade away

All that matters is made
mine's the only heart that breaks
learning what you have not
Lines get crossed while I connect dots


Graham Gregorich