Once
Evenflow
Alive
Why go
Black
Jeremy
Oceans
Porch
Garden
Deep
Release
Wash
Dirty Frank

once

 
 I admit it...what's to say
 I'll relive it...without pain
 backstreet lover on the side  of the road
 I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
 I got a .16 gauge buried  under my clothes...I play.

 once upon a time I could control myself
 once upon a time I could lose myself

 oh try and mimic.. what's insane
 I am in it...where do I stand?
 indian summer I hate the heat
 I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
 I got my hand in my pocket so determined discreet...I pray.

 once upon a time I could control myself
 once upon a time I could lose myself
 once upon a time I could love myself
 once upon a time I could love myself

 once x3
 
 

even flow

 
 Freezin', rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again
 Oh, Feelin' maybe he'll see a little betters any days
 Oh, head down, faces that he sees don't look it ain't that familiar
 Oh, girlfriend he can't have when he's happy looks insane, oh yeah

chorus :
 Even flow
 thoughts arrive like butterflies
 Oh, he don't know
 so he chases them away
 someday yet he'll begin his life again
 Life again

 Kneelin', looking through the paper though he doesn't know to read
 Prayin', now to something that has never showed him anything
 Oh, feelin', understands the weather or that winters on its way, yeah
 Oh, ceilings people fall between all the legal halls of shame

 chorus
 Whispering hands, carry him away
 him away, him away
 yeah! Woo !  oh yeah yeah
 
 

Alive

 
 son, she said
 have I got a little story for you
 what you thought was your daddy
 was nothin' but a....

 while you were sittin'
 home alone at the age thirteen
 your real daddy was dyin'
 sorry you didn't see him
 but I'm glad we talked...

 I...I...I'm still alive (3x)

 oh she walks slowly
 across a young man's room
 she said I'm ready...for you
 I can't remember anything
 to this very day
 'cept the look...the look...
 now I can't see,...I just stare...

 I...I...I'm still alive (4x)

 is something wrong she said
 of course there is
 you're still alive she said
 do I deserve to be
 is that the question
 and if so,...if so...
 who answers?
 who answers?

 I...I...I'm still alive
 I...I...I'm still alive
 I...I...I'm still alive
 I...I'm still alive
 yeah yeah yeah yeah
 
 

Why go

 
 she scratches a letter
 into a wall made of stone
 maybe someday
 another child
 won't feel as alone as she does
 it's been two years
 and counting
 since they put her in this place
 she's been diagnosed
 by some stupid fuck
 and mommy agrees

 why go home?
 why go home?
 why go home...

 she seems to be stronger
 but what they want her to be is weak
 she could just pretend
 she could try the game
 she could be another clone

 why go home?...

 what you taught me
 put me here
 don't come visit
 mommy dear
 
 

Black

 
 Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of plain
 Her legs spread out before me as her body holds still
 All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
 Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

 Oooo, and all I taught her was everything
 Oooo, I know she gave me all that she wore
 And now my bitter hands shake beneath the clouds of
 what was everything
 All the pictures sent all been washed in black
 ...tattooed everything

 I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by some kids at play
 I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?

 And twisted thoughts that spin round my head, I'm spinnin'
 Oh I'm spinnin', how quick a sun can drop away
 And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything
 All the pictures sent all been washed in black
 ...tattooed everything
 All the love gone bad turned my world to black
 Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all that I'll be yeaheah
 Uhuh...uhuh...oooh

 I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
 I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky
 But why, why, why can't it be...how can I be more?
 
 

Jeremy

 
 at home
 drawing pictures
 of mountain tops
 with him on top
 lemin yellow sun
 arms raised in a V
 dead lay in pools of maroon below

 daddy didn't give attention
 to the fact that mommy didn't care
 king jeremy the wicked
 ruled his world

 jeremy spoke in class today
 jeremy spoke in class today

 clearly I remember
 pickin' on the boy
 seemed a harmless little fuck
 but we unleashed a lion
 gnashed his teeth
 and bit the recessed lady's breast

 how could I forget
 he hit me with a surprise left
 my jaw left hurtin
 dropped wide open
 just like the day
 like the day I heard

 daddy didn't give affection
 and the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear
 king jeremy the wicked
 ruled his world

 jeremy spoke in class today
 jeremy spoke in class today

 try to forget this...
 try to erase this...
 from the blackboard.
 Jeremy spoke in class today.....
 
 

oceans

 
 hold on to the thread
 the currents will shift
 guide me towards you
 know something's left
 and we're all allowed
 to dream of the next
 of the next time we touch..........

 you don't have to stray
 two oceans away
 waves roll in my thoughts
 hold tight the ring...
 the sea will rise...
 please stand by the shore...
 I will be...
 I will be...
 there once more........
 
 

Porsh

 
What the fuck is this world
Running to, you didn't
Leave a message, at least
I Coulda' learned your voice one last time
Daily minefield, this could
Be my time, 'bout you?
Would you hit me?(2x)
Oh oh oh...oh whoa whoa...ow...

All the bills go by, and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle, there ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch (2x)
Oh oh oh...
Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, walk beside me
I just need to say...

Hear my name, take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand, lie beside me
I just need to say
I could not take a-just one day
I know when I would not ever touch you Hold you
...feel you...in my arms...never again...
Yeah... (12x)
 
 

Garden

 
the direction of the eye
so misleading
the defection of the soul
nauseously quick

I don't question
our existence
I just question
our modern needs

chorus :
I will walk...with my hands bound
I will walk...with my face blood
I will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden
garden of stone

after all is done
we're still alone
I won't be taken
yet I'll go...

chorus

I don't show...
I don't share...
I don't need
what you have to give...
 
 

Deep

 
on the edge
windowsill
ponders his maker
ponders his will
to the street below
he just ain't nothin'
but he's got a great view...
can't touch the bottom in too deep
can't touch the bottom

on the edge
know-nothin' town
feelin' quite superior
the aged come
to the sky above
he just ain't nothin'
but he's got a great view...

can't touch the bottom in too deep
can't touch the bottom in too deep

on the edge of a christmas clean love
young virgin from heaven visiting...
to the man above her she just ain't nothin'...
she doesn't like the view
doesn't like the view
doesn't like the view...
but he sinks himself deep.

can't touch the bottom in too deep
can't touch the bottom
can't touch the bottom
deep...
 
 

Release

 
I see the world feel the truth
which way to go windowsill
I see the words on a rocking horse of time
I see the birds in the rain

oh dear diane can you see me now
I am myself like you somehow
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
I'll hold the pain release me

oh dear diane can you see me now
I am myself like you somehow
I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
I'll open up release me
release me
release me
release me
 
 

Wash

 
Oh please, let it rain today
This city is so filthy, like my mind in ways
Oh, was a time, like a clean, new taste
Smiling eyes before me, inches from my face
Wash my love (2x)
Wash my love, yeah...
 

Sin to sell, buying just a need
Just who planted, all the devils seeds
And what the truth, and the truth that lies at home
It's on the inside, and I can't get it off, yeah...
Wash my love (2x)
Wash my love, yeah...

What's clean is pure, but hey, I'm white on the outside, though I stray
What she don't know today, might kill us both tomorrow, bring it back someway
Bring it back, bring it back, back to the clean form, to the pure form
Wash my love (8x)
Ooh...
 
 

Dirty Frank

 
Dirty Frank Dahmer, he's a gourmet cook, yeah
I got a recipe for famous ankle soup, yeah
Wanted a pass, so she relaxed...
Now the little groupie's getting chopped up in the back
I Got a cupboard full of fleshy fresh ingredients
A very careful at the same time quite expedient
Eats meat, a release...
Bus driving's harder on your head than on your feet
Dirty frank (4x)

Keeps it clean, a keeps it copaseptic
A little boys and girls, their heads are all collected
A not crazy, a per se...
Just a little strange, when he gets hungry
City, state, your town, he will continue
A stadiums, tiny clubs, every venue
His bus, your trust...
There goes another turned into crust
Dirty frank...a Dirty Frank, yeah... (2x)
Yeah...oh, watch it...

Why that dirty Frank was a bad mother...Shut your mouth!
Hey man, I'm just talking about dirty Frank

Middle of the night, we're stopped, the freeway shoulder
A Frank's shoveling to bury the leftovers
They're sunk, he's drunk...
Now he's gonna drive, I'm hiding in my bunk, oh...
The band all knows, we're too afraid to mention
Don't want to be part of frank's luncheon
A-lose weight, a-be safe...
Where's Mike McCready?
My god, he's been ate!
Dirty frank...a Dirty Frank, yeah... (2x) } (2x)
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, yeah }

Cook 'em, just to see the look on their face... } (10x)
Just to see the look on their face }

Why that Dirty Frank was a bad mother...Shut your mouth!
Hey, I'm just talking about Dirty Frank

Dirty Frank...a Dirty Frank, yeah... (2x)
Dirty Frank (8x)
OK, I think that's enough...

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