Lock Me In

Lock me in
Lock me in
You win
I’m done
It’s been fun

Guess I’m so slow
Actions take a toll
And I’m sorry
But really
What have you done
Make me feel the one

Didn’t notice
Disappearing this
Feelings hidden
Uncover them
No, okay
I’ll be alone
I’ll be a friend
Lock me in

I won’t run
Maybe a glutton
Pain will leave
Won’t it please?

Understanding
Connecting
Not good enough
What’s the fuss
Got my trust

And I’m sorry
But really
What have you done
Make me feel the one

Got my trust
Got my trust
Lock me in
And I’m sorry
For you
And I’m sorry
For me

All It Is...

Once again I’m walking down that road
Looking for love but it turns up cold
And what’s the use for more?
I’ve got friends that I adore
And all it is will hurt in the end
Love isn’t looking to comfort or amend

And baby it’s a world of pain
I’m done with what I can’t gain
Got to be satisfied with my mind
Satisfied with what I find
Easier said than done
Like pulling the trigger of a gun

I don’t want money
I’m not looking for power
I just looked for something in your eyes
But all I ended with was a sigh

And all it is will hurt in the end
Love isn’t looking to comfort or amend

And all
All it is
It will hurt
Yeah, in the end
And all it is will hurt in the end

Loveless

What can I do
Not to hurt you?
I’ve been hurt, so have you
Scared to walk this uncertain path
But we all love and want it back
You won’t stand on this earth without it
It’s going to confront you regardless
Loveless
Oh, hardly

Dirty little town
Dirty little thoughts
Love, hate, love, hate
All are mixed with the southern cross
Hate the man, hate the boss
It brings the hate to all you’ve lost
Born again baby
Blooming like a flower
Feeling some feelings that you thought were gone
Loveless
Oh, hardly

I am different than you
You’ve loved, been burned
And now are running
I searched for love
Wanting that comfort
We’ll suffer through
And this little town constrained my view
I wanted out, maybe I still do
But the one place I didn’t look
Brought me to you
Loveless
Oh, hardly

Shine Down

I couldn’t even crawl
You held my hand walked me from wall to wall
Eight long months you held me near
Then one summer day was washed by your tears
The time comes for me to stand
I figure out words and the war among the world
I’ve come to understand the love for a man
I still haven’t figured out all that I can
But before I even made it to the halfway mark of where I am
Something drastic, something unplanned
You took a path I didn’t see
Your light was gone and I wouldn’t believe
And I blamed me

Disappointment, sigh of regrets
Page of notes in my head
Of all the things I should have said
Could have been, should have been
That last moment was time to amend
For all the times we were apart
You still gave me what made this heart
So where you are now
Oh, it all shines down
It all shines down

I know that you know
My love was yours
But this was a lesson
A lesson to be learned
All the moments that are yet to be spent
Aren’t meant to be saved for some bigger thing
So I’ve learned don’t lose it all
Waiting, planning, canceling your thoughts

You still gave me what made this heart
So where you are now
Oh, it all shines down
It all shines down

I know that you know
My love was yours
But this was a lesson
A lesson to be learned

Corporate 101

It’s all corporate bullshit
I’m all tied up in it
Step down a little further
Got to push the higher ups a little higher up
You’ve become the rung they step on
The backs of the bruised is a sturdy one

Step, step, step
Stay in line
Push, push, push
Get your arms up high

Nerve endings cut for the numbing
Blank-eyed stare from the drone, drone, droning
It’s time to say this is what sells shit
And step, step, step in line
How much did you sell today?
Oh, well that’s fine
Keep doing better
Make the sell like your life’s on the line
You know it’s already mine

Step, step, step
Stay in line
Push, push, push
Get your arms up high

Money is the shackles the world is in
Corporate control cause you all want to be them
When your back is no longer bruised
You’ll be the one stepping
Get a little push from the fresh blood towing
Towing that line

Step, step, step
Stay in line
Push, push, push
Get your arms up high

Something

Just to feel makes it hurt the most
Oh, they say you love it then let it go
Coast to coast and back again
Driving my thoughts to the other side
I guess I fucked up real bad
So I try to let these thoughts die
I’ve already dug myself into a hole
Might as well drop them in and bury it all
It’s not that easy when you’ve taken that long fall
And maybe there is a ray of light
Something real, something true, something coming from you

This could become a real living hell
Figure out what I’m trying to tell
Love this, want that, oh it’s something I can’t have
Or I could, but it doesn’t want back
Oh, can’t you give me
Something real, something true, something coming from you

I’m not asking for rules
I’m not asking for perfection
But I’m not asking for cruel
Just something coming from you

It’s not that easy when you’ve taken that long fall
And maybe there is a ray of light
Something real, something true, something coming from you

Helping Hand

Now that I’m floating free
I can clearly see
All you people are pulling a load
And I hear the cryin’ of Tom Joad
Wondering did we learn
Don’t keep a good man down
Helping hand might help him up
Let it run over when you feel the cup
No machine will keep him down
I’m taking my lessons so I’m not tied to the ground

Rearview mirror shows you waving back at me
You’ve got to reach out and touch
I can barely save me
It will be hard to be your crutch
I’m driving way out of town
The grindstone keeps you unhappy with a frown

Yeah, don’t keep a good man down
Helping hand might help him up
Let it run over when you feel the cup

I know you understand
Rearview mirror shows you waving back at me
Might help you up, helping hand
I know you understand
Rearview mirror shows you waving back at me
Might help you up, helping hand

Got To Really Try

I’d like to just see that smile you have for me
Or maybe it’s not, but like a photograph
It contains good memories
It’s got me hoping for a future with more of the same
Maybe a connection even deeper than before
Without shattering the picture before it develops
We don’t know how it will end

The light breaks into a million pieces
I watch from my window in silence
Thinking I only make it what I want it to be
I ask myself why do I get caught in between
Now I’ve got to really try
To keep you in my life

I catch myself
I’m thinking it could be a great romance
Pessimism always creeps to my brain
How could this be
It’s not right for me if you can’t see

I write it all down from an ink pen
Get it out of my system, get me clean
I wake up the next day
It starts off black and white
Then my thoughts color it bright
This is my new life
It’s starting over again
Now I’ve got to really try
To keep you in my life