The World That We Made A plastic bag blowing in the breeze Just a reminder of how we used to be We’ve shed that skin It’s time to be what we should have been They’re only people if we Say they’re people and we Choose to let them exist In the world that we made Avoid the kiln don’t let yourself take shape Deny the creature you were made You can always say you’ve changed And be the creator of what you became They’re only people if we Say they’re people and we Choose to let them exist In the world that we made Push them down in the mine Light the fuse, they’ll be lost to time Re-write the books, give the land a re-birth Then it’ll be like they never walked the earth They’re only people if we Say they’re people and we Choose to let them exist In the world that we made She Is There Streetlights reflecting off the water I see her hiding behind the car Before my keys bring it to life I see her face stopping my heart One of these days, I swear… She is there She is always there Everywhere I find her there Headlights reflecting off my rearview She is closer than she appears Yet she tells everyone a story That like her, will follow me for years One of these days, I swear She is there She is always there Everywhere I find her there I should have never opened the door But I was alone and you were there And now you’re always there She is there She is always there Everywhere I find her there Pests No one sees you crawling through the cracks Show your fangs and stick up your hair So long as you’re somewhere else No one really cares No one wants you around No one wants you around I hate that I have to clean you off my shoe No one wants you around Crawl back to your nest the filth from which you came Shitting in the same place you eat Your sunken eyes tell me you’re already dead But you came to spread your disease No one wants you around No one wants you around We all hate to even say we know you No one wants you around You’re foaming at the mouth Can’t you see what you’ve become You’re foaming at the mouth You’ve been left by everyone you love No one wants you around No one wants you around I hate that I have to clean you off my shoe No one wants you around Beauty for Ashes It’s not easy to admit This weakness makes me sick Admitting what we are Means death is never far Always on the precipice Of losing everything Always on the precipice One decision away The dog that succeeds Is the dog you choose to feed What keeps us up at night Is that we keep them both alive Always on the precipice Of losing everything Always on the precipice One decision away There is glory in dying if you die to live again There is glory in dying if you die to live again Always on the precipice Of losing everything Always on the precipice One decision away Curvature of the Earth Broken glass and four letter words Tears that flow into your eyes Nights that never lead to dawn Sirens that precede the lies Dry fire threats Burn everything to the ground Cracks in your armor Are waiting to be found Stand out on the corner Holding your signs saying nothing at all Going through the motions Just to end up torn apart All the words will disappear As they blow past deaf ears No seeds will be sewn Just wandering through the unknown If your aim is off If your aim is off The longer you go The farther away you’ll be The truth can make me sick But the lies are enough to kill Someone Get Me Out of Here I’ll crawl into any hole Cause feeling worse is better than feeling bad Drowned my memories in the ocean And my sorrows in the branch But they float to the surface with all the other trash Someone get me out of here I’m never going to learn how to swim If I can only float for a little while longer Sooner or later we’ll all be washed away Someone get me out of here You’re so good to me You’re so good to me In spite of what I do to you I’m just ready to come home Someone get me out of here It’s a Strange World, Isn’t It? The devil promises you everything The devil promises you everything There’s only one little thing you gotta do And you can do what you want to He tells you what you want to hear He tells you what you want to hear And when you believe the lies It’ll only cost your soul Just bow down, this can all be yours Just bow down, this will all be yours It’s only one little thing you gotta do And you can do what you want to He tells you what you want to hear He tells you what you want to hear And when you believe the lies It’ll only cost your soul It’s a strange, strange world It’s a strange, strange world This place where we live Isn’t it? He tells you what you want to hear He tells you what you want to hear And when you believe the lies It’ll only cost your soul A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Driving home alone You gave me something you should have kept It wasn’t mine to take I don’t wanna be something you regret We opened the book We read the last chapter first We never learned the story Doing things in reverse Neither of us have anything to show We’re just a little different than we were before You should’ve asked me for something more Before you made me walk out your door I walked in the door Heard the phone ring I knew what you would say I let you tell it to my machine Neither of us have anything to show We’re just a little different than we were before You should’ve asked me for something more Before you made me walk out your door Did I really look that sad? Is blue the only color you had? If I really looked like that I don’t know why you’d ever wanna look at me Neither of us have anything to show We’re just a little different than we were before You should’ve asked me for something more Before you made me walk out your door Enemy Inside the Mirror Hand in her pocket Someone’s hiding something History repeats herself What’s real cannot be seen So long as there’s angels above You can hold to hope The enemy is inside the mirror The enemy is inside the mirror Pictures lie in pieces Everything means something Showing you what comes next If your eyes are opening You can’t be put back together On your own The enemy is inside the mirror The enemy is inside the mirror Dress yourself up Then try and kill yourself One moment at a time The memory is inside the mirror The memory is inside the mirror Marine Layer Burns Under the invisible moon Gravity pulls you to the dark Dead on your feet A ghost you’ve hired to play the part Curated thoughts and roles You’re not the first to hate by design There’s only one lie It’s as old as time This won’t last forever This won’t last forever Slow motion funeral You watch from afar so proud The evil behind you Just disappears into the crowd Define everything without light Only by the shadow they cast Floating down from the sky Everything you’ve made turns to ash This won’t last forever This won’t last forever How dare I refuse to accept your terms How dare I dream to see you burn This won’t last forever This won’t last forever David Lynch’s Cigarettes David Lynch sits in his workshop blowing smoke rings on a cold Los Angeles night Down below is a sea of creatures scurrying from mistakes to regrets Brake lights like algae light up the sea floor But the water is not safe to drink This ocean does not support life, it only drowns you I sit quietly, staring at his box of cigarettes, fighting the urge to ask for one I don’t want one, but I do, and I know I’ll wish I hadn’t asked A cough breaks the silence and the skies part and the stars fall The air is not safe to breathe The sky will not raise you, it will merely take your breath away He turns the radio up, a man tells us, through a little speaker that the city is burning This is not news to us, no more than the sun rises in the morning Until ashes fall like snowflakes of another time Fire is cleansing everything underneath its black soot The smoke is not a warning, the smoke is what will kill you A Story We Hate to Tell She pulls into the garage and closes the door She lowers her eyelids one last time If she’s being honest, she died some years ago It was just the pills that kept on all the lights He’ll pretend to grieve But be silently relieved It’s a story we hate to tell For all of us who knew them well We all lie and say we didn’t see the signs We only think about ourselves He pulls into the drive and opens the door All the pain she couldn’t take now is his alone to bear Love is everything, but sometimes not enough No matter what you know, you can never be prepared She killed him too that day When he laid her in the grave It’s a story we hate to tell For all of us who knew them well We all lie and say we didn’t see the signs We only think about ourselves There Is No Such Thing as a Good Person The pain comes in where the love pours out Everyone’s looking to push their way inside Taking your confidence, leaving you their doubt Knowing you’re exposed, there’s no place to hide Nobody’s good Nobody’s good Nobody’s good Not even me Kill while you can, you know time runs out Steal anything, fill the hole inside Destroy everything, you still face the doubts You’re exposed, there’s no place to hide Nobody’s good Nobody’s good Nobody’s good Not even me No one but one We were born the same No one but one The struggle is all in vain No one but one You can’t cause me pain No one but one Nobody’s good Nobody’s good Nobody’s good Not even me I Know People Who Know People Let me pick up the name I just dropped I need you to know I need you to know all the people I know But I don’t know nobody But I don’t know nobody Worth knowing but you Let me walk back the things that I just said I need you to know I need you to know all the things that I know I don’t know nobody I don’t know nobody Worth hating but me Don’t you wanna be someone other than you? I know I do Don’t you wanna be someone other than you? I know I do The Proposal It’s nothing fancy, I bought it at a discount store I’ll turnaround for a moment as I walk out the door It’s a symbol, of a promise, I will make to you It won’t be easy, but we both have to start anew I wanna I can’t Marry you These last few months haven’t been the best Why don’t we try to salvage any pride that we have left? I know if you would be my wife things would turn around Are you hearing anything that comes out of my mouth? I wanna I can’t Marry you I’m ashamed to even tell my own reflection Without you here, I have no sense of direction As desperate as I may be I couldn’t help but make one last plea I wanna I can’t Marry you