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Stunt
j hayes
i'm here to help to heal the burn
i'm here to entertain the thought
that things are just as they were
bless us, we've never wanted more
than to trade you for a simple life
and curse you when it's gone
where the hell were you while i was away
i once knew someone i'd pull stunts for too
i'm left here thinking and breathing harder than i used to
am i still writing to reveal
there are things that i have kept from you
when time is never time at all
fill your head with air instead
because even green leaves fall
if you can wait just one minute more
everything you're looking for
may be going, but in the end it's coming around
i once knew someone i'd pull stunts for too
now i'm left thinking and breathing harder than i used to
oh well, at least i'm not alone
write it all down note to self
wife and children, perfect health
oh well, at least i'm not alone
i pray...get us all out of this place
and far away, back where it's safe
from the rain, why don't you brake
when everyone is falling from the wieght
but you, why don't you brake
if nothing else
speak only of what you know
if no one seems worth listening to
you're better off alone
not another word
j hayes
i swear
not another word until i know you've been heard
quiet
though self reliant like you've been here before
timeless
how i'd like to be without knowing we're not
arms out
with our feet on the ground
and our heads in the clouds
we throw ourselves into the fire
i don't care
not another word until i've heard you explain
how some experience love
without the pain and the confusion that can lie in its wake
some say
everything's just there to be taken away
i swear
i see it all in the smile on your face
we throw ourselves into the fire
i'm singing
in my sleep i'm dreaming of you
i've been thinking
start beleiving it's true
and i'll beleive in you
your silence tears me from the ground i'm holding to
if only they could see what i see too
i'm so overwhelmed i can't hide it
i feel like i'm flying like i thought only you could do
everything disappears, as the ground fades away
first glance, a last chance all over again
all of this wasted
hesitated too long to make it up to you
with nothing left to lose
oh no, here we go
we throw ourselves into the fire
for now...
read the writing on the wall
she said, my friend
for now...
there's nothing better left to do
she said, my friend
for now
Lost Liberty
jhayes
out of the corner of my eye
i saw a man at the bar
with a tatoo of a girl
dancing topless on his arm
he was sitting with a monkey
who was eating sour grapes
while pissing, watching porn stars fucking
sitting on his face
he was caught by surprise
when the monkey raised his fist
so he put him in his car
and drove him off a cliff
he was walking in a daze
he was walking in a line
he was bleeding from his teeth
he was bleeding from his eyes
with an itchy trigger finger
and an imaginary friend
cursing human nature
he's unprepared and in demand
he then got to thinking
which has long since been denied
out of sight and out of mind
like everything he left behing
there he goes, walking out to sea
(to give it a try again)
there he goes, head held high then down on me
(gasping for air)
there he goes, as the tide takes him away from here
to where, we'll never know
for we've become bored to tears
by the fears that we've ignored
and i'm afraid that i might like it
but we won't know unless we try it
he finally found his head
though he found it hard to find
he found with his sister
passing gas to pass the time
he found it when he visited his brother doing time
though he couldn't even forces himself
to look him in the eye
last July he was arrested
for holding up the whole damn town
though he once tried to escape
but got caught digging underground
his mother love another
his father had deceased
in a car wreck last december
and was forever thought to be
somewhat obligated to the scene that he created
last winter when his son survived
to live a life sedated
now he's dancing with the devil
they're dancing in the rain
hiding the excuses that he used to hide the pain
there he goes, walking out to sea
(to give it a try again)
there he goes, head held high then down on me
(gasping for air)
there he goes, as the tide takes him away from here
to where, we'll never know
for we've become bored to tears
by the fears that we've ignored
and i'm afraid that i might like it
but we won't know unless we try it
some things never change, everthing else eventually does
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epoch
j hayes
quit asking questions
nobody knows
please hurry up
come in out of the cold
how can you tell when you're growing old
i can't take it anymore
can you get what you want and regret it
lied to - cheated on - stolen from - and betrayed
still everything seems so unexpected
the more things change the more they stay the same
my admiration has its limits i'm sure
why is self discipline not celebrated anymore
your prized possesions would save you if they could
everyone's a winner, i'm a sinner, but I've heard it before
go ahead
prove me wrong and wake the dead
why spend time wishing when we just waste it all instead
patiently waiting for a painless end
cursed to relive all our mistakes over and over again
how many of us can one trust at first glance
you can't take chances on things
you need to see to believe
if it takes only one to ruin it all
save everything or set yourself free
do you know what you want
this escapes me
thoughts betray me
why don't we all give it a shot
with our cares to the wind
as unrelenting
and just as tempting
as fate can be
i'm surprised we're not all giving in
though i confess...
i believe
that you could be anywhere
i'm afraid to think
that you're most likely anywhere but here
Triumph
j hayes
if you need to think for a second
breathe for a second, it's okay
if you feel you may regret it
live and learn, you'll soon forget it all anyway
go on thinking there's nothing out there
don't we have so much more to fear
go on thinking there's nothing out there
as for me, everything i think i need is nextto me right here
though i'm still screaming...
will i ever feel this way again
with your name on my mind for days on end
as the floods come rushing in
i'm hlding breath, sure to be caught by surpise when she says...
if i saw you alone would i call out your name
or rather run through darkness, silence, pouring rain
i seem to be dreaming all over the place
but right now, you seem to mean everything to me
oh no, what if there's no one out there
who sees anything i see
oh well, if there's no one out there
to tell me in latin whatever will be will be
i'll just keep screaming...
will i ever feel this way again
with your name on my mind for days on end
as the floods come rushing in
i'm holding my breath, sure to be caught by surprise in the end
i'll never say that I'm not good enough for you...
...but you are
somehow i'm here and you ended up there
so much room for error, with no in-betweens
well, i'll feast for hours and try not to exchange
the secrets i've kept for the ones i've betrayed
i've given up on getting out
i don't know what the hell i'm talking about
how can you listen to a word that i say
trial in error, we all fall down in a way
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