Gasoline And Thunder

Our summer was fireflies, and gasoline
A road trip, the magic breeze
No problems, no sense of time
Our summer was endless
Our summer was fine

Our summer was a blanket, and moonlight
Your car radio, as we lay there
Next to each other, on a hill
Our summer was sublime
Our summer was sweet

I've got a hole in my favourite sweater's sleeve
From the night I got too close to our fire
I still get a little lost, when I hear that stupid song
We heard played at least a hundred times
I didn't take as many pictures as I said I would
But my old jeans still smell like gasoline

Our summer was cheap wine, and a hotel room
Sharing a shower and a bed
And the bright lights, outside our window
Our summer was passion
Our summer was heat

Our summer was phone calls, every now and then
My mother's voice, saying simple words
The faces, of old familiar friends
Our summer was laughter
Our summer was tears

I've got a hole in my favourite sweater's sleeve
From the night I got too close to our fire
I still sit and cry, when I hear that song we danced to
While pretending we wouldn't have to say goodbye
I didn't take as many pictures as I said I would
But my old jeans still smell like gasoline

Our summer was thunder, our summer was rain
Our summer was a  lover's embrace
Our summer was cheap meals, and slow songs
Our summer was endless
Our summer was love

I've got a hole in my favourite sweater's sleeve
From the night I got too close to our fire
I still get a little lost, when I hear that stupid song
We heard played at least a hundred times
I didn't take as many pictures as I said I would
But my old jeans still smell like gasoline

The Tide By Two Moons

When you call me, to find out where I am
You'll hear my phone ring, from across the hall
I left it on my dresser, with the letter wrote for you
Telling you the truth that I denied

When you miss me, know that I regret
I couldn't tell you, because I knew you'd understand
I couldn't bear to break your heart, when you realized
That leaving was the best thing I could do for you

I'm pulled down and spun around
The tide by two moons
Everything was out of place it seemed
Somewhere outside the world I've known
I hope that I might find
Something I could finally call life

When you wonder, if you did something wrong
You gave me so much, I never deserved
You did your best for me, I know that you did
I'll come back sometimes if that'd be alright

I'm pulled down and spun around
The tide by two moons
Everything was closing in on me
I've lived inside a sheltered place
Scratching at the walls
Never sure if I would ever bring them down

You had always hoped that when I'd leave
I wouldn't go far
I would be a moment's drive away
It wasn't you I ran from
It was the faces in that town
The person that they thought
That they once knew

I'm pulled down and spun around
The tide by two moons
What I need, and what I leave behind
You know I cannot carry on
Content to live a lie
Slowly breaking both of us apart

Kissing Cowboys

I spent a summer kissing cowboys
I didn't want to go home
I said "Leave me in the country,
Where I don't have to sleep alone"

I was seeing a selfish city boy
He never loved me, he just made me his toy
I was tired of his games, and his sad, pretty face
And the way that he sighed and said I belong in this place

He had a lot of money, he would always buy me things
I'm sure if I had asked him, he would have given me a ring
I didn't want his presents if I was still alone at night
While he went out and fooled around in the glow of neon lights

So I packed a bag of clothing,
Took some money and some wine
Found some arms to keep me company
Undressed under the moon

And I spent a summer kissing cowboys
In the sun and in the night
They were the sweetest lips I'd tasted
In my dull and empty life
The summer I spent kissing cowboys
Filled my heart with something new
I felt passion and desire
That I had never felt with you

The longer that I drove the bigger my spirit became
I pulled over just to breathe a breath and I carried on again
There was something running through my veins I couldn't hold it in
And I found a young hot thing or two who showed me how to sin

I let them take me all apart
And I let them put me back
And no matter how many kissed me
I always kissed them back

And I spent a summer kissing cowboys
Beneath the clouds, beneath the stars
And I didn't miss that city boy
In the back seat of my car
I spent a summer kissing cowboys
It wasn't love but it was good
They didn't want to keep me
Their arms always understood
The summer I spent kissing cowboys
Filled my heart with something new
I felt a tender touch
That I had never felt with you

Sailing Out To See

I feel like there's nothing for me here
I don't know what ground to walk on
I think there's a storm being woven
But I find that I don't mind the thunder
I might sit with the rain a while
Just to give it some company
It must get awfully lonely
I hope that it doesn't mind me

Is there a dream waiting for me
Floating out there on its own
Hoping for someone to find it
And hold it so it doesn't drown
I hope it holds on till I reach it
With no way to send word ahead
Maybe it's waiting for somebody else
I hope that it doesn't mind me

I'm sailing out to see
What might be in store for me
Carrying nothing to offer
To bargaining merchants or kings
Maybe all of what I am
Isn't everything that I'll be
Just waiting for the right wave to sweep me
To my destiny

I don't know which wind to follow
I left my map back at home
It wouldn't have helped me anyway
All of the names were wrong
My compass seems to be broken
It just spins around and around
It seems that I'm stuck on the sea for a while
I hope that it doesn't mind me

I think there's a war being forged
Somewhere back on dry land
Each morning I ask how it's going
The birds never seem to know
I think there's a storm being woven
Around me like quilted arms
I find that I don't mind the thunder
I hope that it doesn't mind me

I'm sailing out to see
What might be in store for me
Carrying nothing to offer
To bargaining gypsies or queens
Maybe all of what I am
Isn't everything that I'll be
Just waiting for the change of the breeze
To bring me to my destiny

I never get tired of the sunset
Standing out at the helm
Thinking maybe tomorrow
I might find something
Sometimes I stay there till morning
Laying out under the stars
Smiling and waving to the moon
Hoping it doesn't mind me

I'm sailing out to see
What might be in store for me
Carrying nothing to offer
To the wealthy folks that I meet
Maybe all of what I am
Isn't everything that I'll be
Just waiting for the change in the weather
To bring me to my destiny

Is there a dream waiting for me
Floating out there on its own
Hoping for someone to find it
And hold it so it doesn't drown

Much For Regret

I haven't got much for regret
And I haven't got much for pride
But I've got a thirst for a kingdom
That a queen could hide behind

I've known a little bit of romance
I've known a little bit of lust
And I've got a thirst for a kingdom
That my heart could hide behind

Tell me what you see in the sunlight
Tell me what you see in the shadows
Tell me what you see in the window
That you've sealed against the stars

Tell me what you see when you're dreaming
Tell me what you see when you're scared
Tell me what you wish they would say to you
When you wanna be someone else

I've known a pretty simple life
I've known some pretty simple people
And I've fallen into some mazes, and I
Still don't know how I got out

I haven't got much excitement
But I've got a hell of a lot of indifference
I've got a lot of amazing ideas
But I've got too much time to care

Tell me what you see in the empty room
Tell me what you see in the corner
Tell me what's hiding under the bed
Waiting to tear apart your heart

Tell me what you see when you're dreaming
Tell me what you see when you're scared
Tell me what you wish they would say to you
When you wanna be someone else

Tell me that it all makes no difference
But I'm gonna keep breathing in
Tell me it doesn't make sense in the end
But I wasn't curious anyway...

Tell me what you see in the sunlight
Tell me what you see in the shadows
Tell me what's hiding under the surface
Waiting to tear apart your heart

Tell me what you see when you're dreaming
Tell me what you see when you're scared
Tell me what you wish they would say to you
When you wanna be someone else

Catcher (Unfinished)

Unfinished

Go ahead and shoot me
I'll catch your bullet with my brain
No wasted ammunition
You won't have to shoot again
Go ahead and fire
I guarantee you'll hit your mark
I'm just standing still here in the dark

There have been kisses
That have made my lips feel warm
I have walked in circles
That made my feet tired and worn
Sometimes there are nights
Where sleep comes without rest
There are truths to which
Nobody will attest

I have been a burden
To everyone I know
I have numbed my body
Lying naked in the snow
And in the silent echoes
I let red rivers flow
To the mud where they
Will find no place to go

Go ahead and stab me
I'll stop your dagger with my chest
My blood will warm your fingers
In the long winter rest
Go ahead and lash out
I guarantee you'll hit your mark
I'm just kneeling down here in the dark

The Earth Waits For Me

When I awoke this morning
I was bleeding from my chest
I knew that by nightfall
They'd be laying me to rest

I wrote one final letter
Even though nobody cared
I read it aloud to an audience
Of specks of dust and air

And now the wind knows my secrets
The soil has heard my desires
The stars have witnessed me crying
But they can't see my tears
From their palace
In the sky

When I left my house just before noon
I knew that I wouldn't be back
So I didn't lock the doors,
I didn't close the window latch

And my footsteps took me to heaven
And my heartbeat took me to hell
And all of the thieves and the kings told me
I had nothing of value to sell

So now the wind knows all my secrets
And the soil has head my desires
Though the stars may have witnessed me crying, I know
They can't see my tears
From their palace in the sky

I talked on the phone to my lover
Said I was going to die
And to me my lover said nothing because
There was nobody there on the line

So now the wind knows all my secrets
And the soil has head my desires
Though the stars may have witnessed me crying, I know
They can't see my tears
From their palace in the sky

And when they bury me deep
To my soul the earth it will speak
For it has heard all that I've said
And it has been waiting for me

The earth it's been waiting for me...
The earth it's been waiting for me...