1. Detroit River
2. Feeling What I'm Thinking
3. Slur
4. Lucky
5. Nervous Reaction
6. Plastic Wings
7. Postcards Across The Atlantic (instrumental)
8. Living It Up
9. Taking On The Consequences
10. Round 2
11. I Hate You When You're Sleeping
12. Dragging My Feet
13. Trying
14. Alcohol, Women, And Misery
21. Drinking Tonight (hidden track)
Detroit River
side by side all night. i never held someone
so tight. even if i knew you'd break my heart in two i'd stay with
you tonight. you make all my problems turn and run away. you
know just what to say. i never want to fight, to scratch the paint
off this perfect night. i just want to get to know the private you,
to get inside of you. by this riverside i offer you my heart, please
don't tear it apart. ...and it's all because of you i do the stupid
things i do. ...and it's all the same to me. be who it is you
want to be. just when you're through please come back to me.
Feeling What I'm Thinking
hard to keep myself satisfied... and keep my head
straight. i can feel the boredom creeping in. i keep writing
to stay occupied... these words on paper. what do i do now?
staring at this letter that i'm going to send. the days drag on like
they'll never end. dozing off in the car while i'm thinking about
you. take a breath in, let out a sigh. i'll keep trying till
the day i die. sometimes things happen to take forever. right
now this is how i'm feeling. you're the one i'm thinking of.
hard to think with this noise... and it's getting louder. three pictures
of her is all i have. i must keep myself poised... and keep my head
up. the music stops and i've lost my frame of thought.
Slur
the lights go down now. i'm one thousand
miles away from you. my only thoughts now are one thousand smiles
i took from you. this room is such a lonely place without the presence
of your face. i dread the thought of every minute i spend without
you. i can't sleep without you snoring. i can't speak without
you ignoring every word that i slur with a grin. cause what's a drunken
word without a wasted ear to take it in? late nights and too much
smoke is starting to catch up with me. my voice is almost broke,
you're the only thing that gets it out of me. it's been six weeks
now since i drank the night away with you. now i'm drinking by myself
to try and keep my thoughts away from you. i can't sleep without
you snoring. i can't speak without you ignoring every word that i
slur with a grin. cause what's a drunken word without a wasted ear
to take it in? i'd drive all night on three hours sleep to make sure
you last another day. the things we do somehow just make my life
complete, and i know you'll make my bed someday.
Lucky
when i saw you standing there it was crystal clear
to me that it just wouldn't be fair for you to be stuck with a guy like
me. when i saw you yesterday in my shirt that doesn't fit it was
crystal clear to me that you were meant to wear it. every time i
think of all the things we did (hanging out all day, trying to get drunk).
i just want to know how i became the lucky one? when i was just growing
up luck would never cross my path. i'd break a mirror under a ladder,
in the path of a black cat. i never learned how to be smooth, the
only F i got in school. i can't believe you talked to me after you
watched me play the fool. every time i think of all the things we
did (hanging out all day, trying to get drunk). i just want to know
how i became the lucky one? when will it be forever? what was
i really thinking? i wasted time wondering why, when we could've
wasted that time drinking. it will take more than a letter to patch
things up this time. i only hope i'm lucky enough to win you back
again as mine. every time i think of all the things we did (hanging
out all day, trying to get drunk). i just want to know how i became
the lucky one?
Nervous Reaction
disheartened on this piece of paper. covered
black and blue in ink. twirl my fingers through my hair. bite
my nails to the quick. think so hard it makes me sick. breaking
out, breaking down. envelopes and photos i could send her.
licked, stamped, and sharing what i think. i pretend i don't care.
i don't want to deal with it. think so hard i want to quit.
agitated and restless, i'm shy and upset. high strung and timid.
so excited i'm shaking.
Plastic Wings
i head due north on plastic wings. five hundred
miles an hour. dwelling on all the little things. my weakness
is your power. can't stand to feel my heart. a lonely drum
beat droning. how can we be apart? stripped down to late night
phoning. i'll have to learn to fight the lonely nights. it
just doesn't seem right. a toast to you and me above the sea on this
miserable flight. can't stand to see your face. your picture
just betrays me. can't stand to see this place. this room annihilates
me. your memory cuts like a knife. you scarred my brain forever.
am i doomed to a lonely life? i hope one day we'll be together.
i'll have to learn to fight the lonely nights. it just doesn't seem
right. a toast to you and me above the sea on this miserable flight.
it takes all i have to give to live through every day without you.
i curse these wings for flying me away from everything that i know is true
in you. miss you so much i hate you.
Postcards Across The Atlantic
(instrumental)
Living It Up
it seems like you want me to be someone.
i think i'm just another nobody. you can dress me up and send me
on my way, but you'll never get the kid out of me. i know that i'm
not half the man that you thought that i should be, but one day i hope
you'll see. there's no way that one hundred of your books could be
equal to one hundred things i've seen. a new stage in a new world
every night and one thousand midnight highway dreams. i know that
i'm not half the man that you thought that i should be, but i've traveled
even further than their narrowed minds can see. i know that i'm not
half the man that you thought that i should be. there's more to my
life you'll see. i know that i'm not half the man that you thought
that i should be, but i've traveled even further than their narrowed minds
can see. i know that i'm not half the man that you thought that i
should be. can't you realize that i'm just me, the real me, that's
all i want to be.
Taking On The Consequences
It's funny how things change, and affect the things
you do. Taking a big chance, and i'm taking it on you. now
i'm standing, feeling like i should have thought things through before
i spoke. everyone messes up sometimes, you've got to keep your chin
high. don't let it bring you down. i'm taking on...the consequences.
sick of everyone, and i want to be alone. the best times of your
life can be the worst ones too. now i'm standing, feeling like i
should have thought things through before i spoke. everyone messes
up sometimes, you've got to keep your chin high. don't let it bring
you down. i'm taking on...the consequences.
Round 2
finally worked up the nerve to say a few words
to your face. you were always on my mind, now you're on your way
up to my place. first time we met i lost my breath before you ever
said a word. now in a crowded room you're the only voice i even heard.
love is a battle with no reward. to win is only temporary like everytime
you get the last word (you may have won this time, but next time we'll
see you gets the last word). six months into it now and things aren't
quite the same. you know too much about me and we both grow tired
of one another's games. but we let it slide and buckle up for a bumpy
ride. even though we grew out of love you never grew out of being
by my side. love is a battle with no reward. to win is only
temporary like everytime you get the last word (you may have won this time,
but next time we'll see you gets the last word). what went wrong?
is it time for us to just move on? you were my purpose for holding
on in this cold, hard life. now you're my reason for throwing in
the towel. someone had to stop this bloody fight. you were
my purpose for holding on in this cold, hard life. now you're my
reason for throwing in the towel. ...someone had to stop this stupid,
dirty, ugly, messy, bloody fight.
I Hate You When You're Sleeping
sometimes i wish that i could climb inside a cave
and die. seems i can't get anywhere no matter how hard i try.
is there something deep inside me striving to explode and set me straight?
or am i just another hopeless victim who will never know his fate?
i don't know if i missed the bus to the right place, but i'm wrong again
and that always seems to be the case. when will i figure out just
what i need to get my head out of the past? i don't know why i dwell
on all the stupid shit i've ever done. instead of living i'm just
shutting out everyone. i rot away inside these pages, talking only
to myself. the demon that's inside me rages, preying on my mental
health. i don't know if i missed the bus to the right place, but
i'm wrong again and that always seems to be the case. when will i
figure out just what i need to get my head out of the past? i just
can't, get myself, out of this rut i fell into (i need to stop wating my
time, sending my brain to outer space. before i start to lose my
mind i better find my place).
Dragging My Feet
so many hours of wasted time and all the people
passing by. patiently, i don't know what i'm waithing for.
i'm not even sure i know you anymore. paved my way on concrete, daydreams
of another time. what's lost is always mine. i lost my hat
along the way and i know i've been beat up for the effort. i can't
drink this one away, it comes back through the songs i play. i remember
that time. innocence is lost through time, you can hate me if you
want to. waking up with my laces tied together, i promise it will
get better. and what seems like wasted time may wind up being the
best days of my life.
Trying
i can't remember the last time i felt this bad.
and i didn't mean to throw it all away. i wanted to leave but knew
that i should stay. it's the day after and i'm feeling sorry for
myself. now i know the problem and i'm going to have to face it one
day. turn around, it's in my eyes. i'm going to try.
i can't remember the last time i felt this mad. i can't believe i'm
acting out this way. what was i thinking? i let you push me
away. let's stop moving backwords and start running faster.
forget the past when we broke down and start building us back up now.
Alcohol, Women, And Misery
scared to death of the telephone. cringe
at the thought of ever being alone. i've got quite a lack of vertebrae
to say the words that i know i have to say. i'm burned out on your
digital voice. i wish i didn't have to make this choice. sometimes
i wish i could fade away with you. just me and you in a padded room.
were we doomed right from hello? if it's all my fault i guess i'll
never know. where did all the good times go? if it's all your
fault i guess we'll never know. i didn't want it this way.
when will the timing be just right? i know i'm running away.
i'm scared of being right. i didn't want it this way. when
will the timing be just right? i know i'm running away. ...i
hope you catch me soon.
Drinking Tonight (hidden song)