Lyrics

Lyrics

Album : Anchor

Before It's Too Late

There's a girl standing, with her back to a neon sign

in a bar that I've been to, so many times

and a drunk man is sizing her up

like he ain't seen a woman in a century

this town feels so empty, so empty to me

so I'm movin' on forward I'll go

I ain't been to Kansas or Colorado

I ain't been to Washington State

there's love for me somewhere

and I'm gonna find it before it's too late

everybody grows up to be a cynic in a city like this

so I'll be on the road, clinching my fists

hauling my secrets across the state line

looking for beauty to hard to define

headed west from independence

with answers to find

so I'm movin' on, forward I'll go

I ain't been to Tuscon or Sacramento

I ain't been to any great lake

 there's love for me somewhere

and I'm gonna find it before its too late

this town is a black hole, too many women cursing my name

could get a job at the factory and stay just the same

but I'll be leaving and I don't how soon

before I start believing there's work here to do

So I'm moving on, forward I'll go

I aint been to Memphis or Montechio

I'll travel the United States

there's love for me some where

and I'm gonna find it before it's too late

I may not find it today

but there's love for me somewhere

and I'm gonna find it before it's too late

2. God Vs. Evolution

In the evening time I feel alone

by the morning that old feeling's gone

and hopelessness is replaced by that hangover I'm having

Well I've left a few of these stones unturned

and I don't know what hurts the worst

not knowing or finding out what lies beneath it aint worth grabbing

but if we all feel just the same well I guess I can't complain

there's probably someone going through much worse than me anyways

the curse of thought and consciousness being self aware through all of this

damn god or evolution, whichever you believe in

I've been feeling like an old oak tree

burdens, like limbs hanging heavy on me

I wish someone would cut down some of this weight that I've been bearing

but you and I, we both know the drill

mouths to feed, promises to fill

so excuse me for these thoughts and all these feelings, I ain't been sharing

but if we all feel just the same well I guess I can't complain

there's probably someone going through much worse in different state

the curse of thought and consciousness being self aware through all of this

damn god or evolution, whichever you believe in

I walked one night through Harvard Square

and I looked around at all the people there

and thought long and hard about the fact

that I could even thank about it

cuz without this curse of consciousness

the act of love could not exist

and beauty would have no part in this cold world that we all live in

but if we all feel just the same well I guess I can't complain

there's probably someone going through much worse in different state

the curse of thought and consciousness being self aware through all of this

thank god or evolution, whichever you believe in

3. Ways of Love

I've heard the voice of reason, I've heard it calling me

saying "don't you run to quickly, toward that which you cannot see"

been living, season to season my excuse is that I feel free

but no  plans and all this time can make you ache for company

can't you see I am a stranger just like you to the ways of love

it takes a pair to discover where it lives where love comes from

I'd like to find out more about it, maybe then I could become

a resident instead of a stranger, to the ways of love

I understand the voice of God

is just my conscience catching up

if I end up listening I might have much better luck

well I've been  sitting here alone trying to find somewhere to go

but as far as I can tell I need someone to let me know

can't you see I am a stranger just like you to the ways of love

it takes a pair to discover, where it lives where love comes from

I'd like to find out more about it, maybe then I could become

a resident instead of a stranger to the ways of love

4. Heartless

hanging from a noose I tied the knot myself

I'm not dead but I'm dying

the punchline of a joke  laughing all the way to hell

when you speak to me you're lying

but if you know me better than myself

you've got a funny way of showing me a sign

I'm all yours, you're not quite mine

brokedown in the heart of Tennessee and I'm starting

to think I've been outsmarted

cuz you're pretending to know me well but I believe you've got it wrong

starting to think you might be heartless

but if you know me better than myself

you've got a funny way of showing me a sign

well I'm yours, you're not quite mine

now i'm hanging from a noose I tied the knot myself

I'm not dead but I'm dying

now i'm the punchline of a joke  laughing all the way to hell

when you speak to me you're lying

but if you know me better than myself

you've got a funny way of showing me a sign

I'm all yours, you're not quite mine

5. Nobody to Blame

she's dusting off her dress

she said "I need to rest a while

I've been racking up the miles on these runaway shoes"

she said "it's hard to be the best and I'm sick of standing single file

I've just been in denial of how much I really use"

it's always been a game pin the needle in the vein

trying to cope with all this shame I don't even need a name

I'm just another hopeless case with nobody to blame

well she found herself a jumpsuit

and some friends she could relate to well

she said "another spell in prison just might do me good"

but she fell into the wrong group

and when she got out began to sell

she said "this well, it runs much deeper than I thought it could"

and it will always be the same pin the needle in the vein

trying to cope with all this shame I don't even need a name

I'm just another hopeless case with nobody to blame

they found her in her car

with a needle in her arm today

don't know why I'm surprised always knew it'd this way

cuz it's always been a game pin the needle in the vein

trying to cope with all this shame but she deserves a name

we all deserve a name

6. The Truth

In  a parking lot past the county fairgrounds, I whispered to her

with all the sweetness that I could muster

"I'm in love with a red headed woman I met on the fourth of july

now the days turned to night and I'm leaving you"

There's no way to explain how I feel without hurting somebody somehow

I've been on the end, that you're sitting in and it's hell when you hear it out loud

the feeling you feel, the emotions are real can't hide 'em so let 'em out now

I can't keep livin' a lie that's why I told you tonight

I hope the truth can feel better somehow

her eyes they widened and her voice it  heightened and she said to me

"yeah I knew, but I chose to ignore it

cuz I've loved you for years, but it fell on deaf ear, cuz all that you love

are your ideas and how you explore them"

Well I thought things might change, maybe I could explain

that we were meant for each other or something

but I've been lying to myself, and its felt like hell

and I realize it was all for nothing

there's never been a way to explain how we feel without hurting the other somehow

we've both been on the end that we're sittin' in and it's hell when you hear it out loud

the feelings we feel, the emotions are real can't hide 'em so let 'em out now

I can't keep living I lie, that's why I told you tonight

I hope the truth can feel better somehow

7. Ain't no Saint

In the darkness there's a light and surely I can see it

but it's so far away that I can hardly reach it

I ain't no saint cuz sinning's easy it's easier to do

no one's a saint cuz sinning's easy it's easier to do

I've been loved and left and loved again left money on the table

left all I've known and where I've been just to see if I was able

I ain't no saint cuz sinning's easy it's easier to do

no one's a saint cuz sinning's easy it's easier to do

 that wicked wind will blow across your face until it haunts you

it's easier to let it find a home

and resistance ain't an option when you're weaker and it wants you

it'll find a way to swallow you up whole

so in the darkness there's a light and I know that I can reach it

 it's so far away but I swear that I can reach it

I ain't no saint cuz sinning's easy it's easier to do

no one's a saint cuz sinning's easy it's easier to do

8. Civil War Song

Digging up civil war bullets, in the front yard

there aint a part of me, that's not in love with you

it's hard to believe, we were ever torn

i tried to secede and a battle was born

but i was only afraid, you were trying to save

a union, you believed in by going to war

the history books won't get it right

they'll be some people who believe i had a reason to fight

but the truth is changing is hard and i just needed some time

reading through letters we wrote, from the battlefield

they painted pictures of nightmarish scenes, and casualties

its hard to believe, we were ever apart

i was weaker without you, you'd won from the start

you marched down to the ocean, lit up every emotion

for the good of the union, for the good of our hearts

and the history books won't get it right

they'll be some people who believe i had a reason to fight

but the truth is changing is hard and i just needed some time

the truth is, changing is hard and i just needed some time

9. Anchor

You can get high on speed, booz and weed

or the false feeling of freedom

God or the look in the eye of the one that you love

but coming down's the hardest part

of any living that your doing

but every now and then

every now and then

there's gonna be an anchor, there's gonna be an anchor

its gonna make its way to the bottom of the ocean and hold you down

there's gonna be an anchor, there's gonna be an anchor

you better find a way to live or else you're gonna drown

you can get high on hope or go up in smoke

or find the last piece of the puzzle

hitch a ride to the top of the world and let it all go

meet the girl of your dreams or find out what it means

to feel enlightenment all around you

take a trip to another dimension, trace the patterns real slow

but coming down's the hardest part of any living that you're doing

but every now and then

every now and then

there's gonna be an anchor, there's gonna be an anchor

its gonna make its way to the bottom of the ocean and hold you down

there's gonna be an anchor, there's gonna be an anchor

you better find a way to live or else you're gonna drown

Heaven don't help any body

and hell is hungry all the time

every now and then

every now and then

there's gonna be an anchor, there's gonna be an anchor

its gonna make its way to the bottom of the ocean and hold you down

there's gonna be an anchor, there's gonna be an anchor

you better find a way to live or else you're gonna drown