prolong the pain
he
might as saw it as illusion
but
pointing to the door, she made it seem so very clear
wanting him to
go.
a head filled a mind of solution
but wanting even more, she finds her
silence in arrest
a picture long ago
by the time he has
forgotten
his dignity begins, a message of reality
a matter near
to him
he sees the anger and the good
call him out by name,
begin again the remedy
then it's clearer days
prolong the pain
ten
thousand miles right thru the heart of it again
prolong the pain
what
may have been before you know will live again
you know, you know
will live again
and it's easy not to see what matters
when you
haven't got to dream at all
mr. simple
mr. simple got a big old house and a family
parks
his car beside his 30 foot family tree
he holds no secrets
he's
got a dirty book, what a mockery
with the fear of god in his
veins
don't stop me, no you can't stop me
but it ain't that simple
no it ain't that
simple
if you're gonna walk on air
mr. simple's got an
attitude full of accolades
throws his point of view like an atom bomb
or
a hand grenade
falls in love every chance, got the pride of god
you
gotta hate
coursing thru his veins, don't stop me
no you
can't stop me
'cause it ain't that simple
no it ain't that
simple
'cause it ain't that simple
if you're gonna walk on air
mr.
simple has a numbered bed and a crucifix
counts the days on end with
a mindless game
and an i-v fix
'cause it ain't that simple
no it ain't that simple
'cause it ain't that simple
if you're gonna walk on air
good
saint jane
tale of good saint jane
she was made in may
to
a forgiving man
on a lucky day
me and jane were strong
she
was fair and long
but she had higher graces
mine were less than
tasteless
there she goes
there's another million saved
there
she goes
give your thanks to good saint jane
will you come down,
will you come down again
will you come down again this time
jane
she cared a lot
she even sold our car
earned her weekly wages
pissing
over pages
don't need me i guess
fact she could care less
still
i can't forget her
even though she stole my leather
H2O
feeling the air, a taste of
pain
the words unclear
feeling the water rushing in
then ice
appears
every time he breaks into this pack of lies
but it's only
him he hears
and then he listens, it's the same
let water heal
your eyes again
let the water heal your life again
maybe it's
something he would die for
to drown his sorrow
maybe it's
something left to kill
and pay tomorrow
every time he finds
another hole inside
but it's only a lie
and then he listens,
it's the same
let the water heal your eyes again
let the water
heal your life again
and then he listens, there's no change
let
the water heal your eyes again
let water heal your life again
feeling the air, a taste of pain
the words
unclear
feeling the water rushing in
then ice appears
every
time he breaks into it
every time he lives another
every time
wakes up to it
every time he finds another
angel
call
to your bishop
call to your waiting savior if you're free
pack up
your old tricks
take all your earthly treasures if you're free
wait
by the front gate
covet that temple
holding in silence
holy in
mind
a picture of your life
firmly against you
a page now
unfolding
a secret that night
a fallen example further from
sight
an act of contrition
a path so divine
the vow soon is
whispered
never we lied
an angel in waiting
be you tonight
turn
to the second book
turn to the world you've taken if you're free
give
up that blackened curse
follow the path you've taken if you're free
stone
upon a sacrificial vow said
for quiet sake
would rather not to be the past he'd soon forget
his
father taught religion to the men who prayed
but mother stole all he
possessed from his hands
somewhere beyond his means
as he
waves his hands
every chance the bottom fell
maybe the silence
he received was more than pain
but the same repentant faith is more
than he will bear
now remained unto the sky under heaven
a trinity
of conflict only unto men
he found it hard to see the light
through
the backs of his hands
every chance the bottom fell
every chance
the bottom fell
stone
if salvation is only believing you can
live that lie
'cause if the worth of a man is only weighed in dollar
signs
me i've finally found my heaven
a saving grace of only
time
how it changed his point of view
every chance the bottom fell
every
chance the bottom fell
every chance the bottom fell
every chance
the bottom fell
waiting (on a
wrong)
envy is on at 7
murder is on at 9
forget about
the reasons
leave your shame behind
they call it easy livin'
the
sum of a worthless pride
but if you could be there you'd be bigger
than christ
you seek the first big weapon
you seek to define
your life
take a big drink
shit tastes better with wine
when
you can't turn that red light on
will you convince yourself you're
waiting on a wrong
waiting on a wrong
waiting on that wrong
it's
easy to see you need it
but you'd be the first to cry
the bigger
the beating the more you fall in line
but who needs a
complication
it's just another hill to climb
just turn on that
station
i hear those babes are fine
this arrow
in your empty garden
where your flowers
haven't found the rain
how you felt that winter
and the rays of
light that fell from grace
will you answer that this ground
wasn't meant for me
will you answer all in innocence eventually
in
a fainting moment
through the mist on your window pane
how you
saw that image
and the image that you tried to erase
will you
answer that this anger wasn't meant for me
will you answer all in
innocence eventually
this arrow
straight into your heart
found
another weakness
that halo
fell onto the floor like so many other
secrets
this life you lived on yesterday
just a second more to
witness
this life you gave tomorrow
in your empty garden
where
your flowers start to wilt away
how you felt that summer
and the
rays of light that drowned your face
will you answer that this
ground wasn't meant for me
will you answer all in innocence
eventually
lean on me
lean
on me when your legs are gone
think of me when your thoughts have
turned
dream of me when you sleep at night
believe this time
worship
me when your faith is gone
drink from me when your well is dry
sing
to me when your throat is tired
believe this time
i'm not
about to say those words
i'm not about to sell regret
i'm not
about to turn my back on humanity
and this soul we've lived
the tides
this is all i'll ever be
as
part of my belief
and i'll make the best i can
for the tides
why
you take it all away
why you take it all away from me
should i
fear what i might see
to awake the wakening
while i sleep i feel
again
for the tides
why you take it all away
why you take
it all away from me
now the tide begins to breathe
and the
water deepening
how it takes them all away
from me
wash these hands
well i'll be the
hero
the right from wrong
save the sinners, break the strong
this
country so far away from home
and i'll be the criminal
the
jury, judge
wash these hands
the pain and blood of so many lives
so
many lives
sweet sister agnes said a prayer
for the boys in
normandy
when the day would end they'd fall to their knees
sweet
brother jesus saved their souls
to lie in a bed of leaves
as the
moonlight falls upon the killing fields
as they fall to their knees
to
end this war
well i'll be the hero
the right from wrong
save
the sinners, break the strong
this country so far away from home
and
i'll be the criminal
the jury, judge
wash these hands
the pain
and blood of so many lives
so many lives
sweet jeremiah
played guitar
for the boys in 64
how they waited for so long to
hear his voice
sweet marilyn she found her home
in the boys of
44
how they waited for so long to see her face
for so long to
hear her voice
to end this war
and i'll be the hero
and
i'll be the criminal
and i'll be the hero
and i'll be the criminal
so long
you talk about the weather
as
if a change in atmosphere will do any good
with your indecision
your
perfume and the window
two faces, eyes locked on the door
with
your honesty only undiscovered
well i love the way you said you
were all about change
you could take that karma
though you waited
so long
you walked for miles between it
the passion so
misunderstood
served you own advice in your hesitation
complacency
and placement
it framed an hourglass all your own
now you found a
home in your new disfigure
well i love the way you said you were
all about change
you could take that karma
your beating pulse
took race
could you stand that pace
could you see it
no you waited so long
why you waited so long
with your fist behind your back
the fear slowly tied on
well i love the way you said you were all
about change
you could take that karma
your beating pulse took
race
could you stand that pace
could you see it
no you waited so long
oh why you waited so long
with your fist behind your back
the fear slowly tied on
no you waited so long
oh why you waited
so long
though you never cared for less
the years slowly made on
it's not me
i took my hands away
to see another face
the echo of my own life
a man in front of me
a
baby in his arms
the bastard of my own child
this land so strange
this land so strange
this land so strange
it's not me
i took my hands away to see a broken face
the
marriage of my own wife
she fell in front of me
tears upon the
floor
deserving of her own pride
this land so strange
this
land so strange
this land so strange
it's not me
i took my
hands away to see my youngest son
a victim of his own mind
dying
in front of me and the answer that i found
it was easier to say why
i
took my hands away and everyone was gone
everything that mattered
how
loss came over me
i'll be better in a day
i didn't need them
anyway