Kairos
1 - Bones
and fill it up with dancing skeletons
break the rules,
and bones, your bones,
your bones …
We rode all day and night,
Embarcadero, Caballero let your dragons fly
The wheels are turning now....
Cowboys come and cowboys go
Leaving broken cars
For the reservoirs oh no oh no
A gang of kids and a gang of bones
turn your sidewalk curb
to a wave of gold, oh no oh no
Rails and fools
just fool enough to forget gravity
Scrape your shoes
and bones your bones your bones.
We rode all day and night,
In Capitola, California 1995
We cope until we die,
In Camarillo, anti-hero, let your eagles fly
The wheels are turning now....
Cowboys come and cowboys go
Leaving broken cars
For the reservoirs oh no oh no
A gang of kids and a gang of bones
turn your sidewalk curb
to a wave of gold, oh no oh no
2 - Soldier
Soldier
why you crying for me?
Soldier
why you fighting for me?
Don't go breaking your back,
Don't go on the attack,
Don't go where you cannot come back.
Soldier
why you crying for me?
Soldier
why you fighting for me?
Don't go breaking your back,
Don't go on that attack,
Don't go where you cannot come back.
Soldier
why you fighting for me?
It's hard to forgive when
there's a knife still in her back
and she's not supposed to care
he put it there,
he put it there.
And you know she's got a head man
she can argue like a queen,
For so long he tried to fool her
She's clearer now
She's clearer now
Now he's coming back to haunt her,
says he only wants a life,
though he says it's to protect her
She’s walking out
She’s walking out
So forgive her if it takes just
a little time to let it go
But she can’t, and she will not
shrug it off
And she can’t and she will not
shrug it off
No she can’t and she will not
shrug it off
No she can’t and she will not
shrug it off
She’s walking out, yeah
She’s walking out, yeah
4 - All That We Feel
I found your glasses here this morning.
You left them on the porch last night.
I wondered how long you’d been driving,
how long you’d gone without sight?
How long will I miss you?
How long until you remember I’m always there?
How long now you're gone?
All that we feel we can feel from afar.
How long till I’m with you?
How long until you remember I’m always there?
How to wait that long?
All that we feel, we can feel from afar.
I found your coffee here this morning,
getting cold by the TV light.
I wondered how long you’d been sleeping,
how long you’d have to go all night?
How long will I miss you?
How long until you remember I’m always there?
How long now you're gone?
All that we feel we can feel from afar.
How long till I’m with you?
How long until you remember I’m always there?
How to wait that long?
All that we feel, we can feel from afar.
5 - Fall From Grace
Will you feel
Will you see
Will you touch
Will you kneel
Will you love
Will you deal
Will you get what you wanted?
Yeah
Will you hurt
Will you heal
Will you give
Will you steal
Will you kiss
Will you leer
Will you get what you wanted?
Yeah
Will you dress your wounds
with worn out sweaters,
never tear the lace?
Will the blood write out
a scarlet letter,
as we all fall from grace?
all fall from grace
all fall from grace
as we all fall from grace
Will you fight
Will you run
Will you stray
Will you come
Will you dare
Break it down
Will you get what you wanted?
Yeah
Will you snap
Will you break
Will you bolt
Will you hate
Will you fuck
Will you shake
Will you get what you wanted?
Yeah
Will you dress your wounds
with worn out sweaters,
never tear the lace?
Will the blood write out
as we all fall from grace?
all fall from grace
all fall from grace
all fall from grace
6 - Valhalla
The ending is impending
We're cleverly pretending
And everyone is crazy
so pretty and in love
We sing Valhalla . . .
We're anxious and we're waiting,
Valhalla . . .
Authentic and frustrating,
Valhalla . . .
But everyone is crazy
especially in love
We sing Valhalla . . .
Did you see the sky get red last night?
Did you live your life at the speed of light?
Then sing Valhalla . . .
7 - Unambiguous Love Song
I’m so sorry for that song I wrote
The one with sadness in every note
The one you heard and it made you cry
Cause you thought I was sad inside
I wasn’t sad I was just insane,
holding on to a runaway train
more desire than any pain
on the way to lovely you,
Lovely you
Lovely you
Yeah you...
I took some pills and I drank some wine,
but never wanted to go back in time.
I wanted you and I wanted fire,
to keep on burning with this desire.
I wasn’t sad I was just insane,
holding on to a runaway train
more desire than any pain
on the way to lovely you,
Lovely you
Lovely you
Lovely you
Yeah you...
And if I’m kinda stressed out
It isn’t cause I checked out,
I’m only trying to ride out
the bedlam that’s always in my head.
Lovely you
Lovely you
Lovely you
Yeah you…
8 - Cogitate
You don’t even know you’re wrong.
You had it in your memory,
and now it’s gone gone gone,
now it’s gone.
And when you see too long,
you erase those memories,
and they’ll be gone, gone, gone,
then they’re gone.
We’re already on our way to gone.
And when you’ve lived too long,
you read through your diary,
but it seems wrong wrong wrong,
it’s all wrong.
The story of your life,
a new set of memories,
the old ones gone gone gone,
the old ones gone
We’re already on our way to gone.
9 - Damned If
There are some friends who
saw you poison the well.
And it's true
things were not going well.
But I'll be damned if
they understand
till you couldn't stand up
And I'll be damned if
they understand
why you drank
from the bitterest cup
Come and drink
with us all and make up.
Could you foretell
Every farewell
Would you still want to know?
Cause it's true,
It won't change where you go.
But I'll be damned if
they understand
why you drank
till you couldn't stand up
And I'll be damned if
they understand
why you drank
from the bitterest cup
Come and drink
with us all and make up.
We will be damned if
we don’t understand
how to drink and make up...
10 - Dream of Waking Up
I drift in cinematic skies,
as I fall asleep,
I see the image lighting up
like a silver screen.
Every morning I come back,
back from brilliant scenes,
where you’re shining in my dreams,
Yeah you’re shining in my dreams.
On that Atlantic City night
when you promised me,
You gave away the smoke and tears
Now we’re breathing free.
Every kiss was a gamble,
Every hand was free,
Now we’re winning in our dreams
Yeah we’re winning in our dreams.
Every message is burning,
Every medium’s cool
But you know, I wouldn’t have it
Any other way.
Every thought is a crossword
Every laugh is a song
And you know, I wouldn’t have it
Any other way.
And then you left your passport home
so we drove all night
Half the city was still asleep
as you slipped inside.
Every border we’d break down
Every night get lost
And they’re jealous of our dreams,
Yeah, they’re jealous of our dreams.
Dream of waking up
11 - Eleusinian
And holy water
You keep some secrets
For your sons and daughters
But you wonder why
The town is broken
The river is dry now
There are no wise men
For two thousand years
Every winter was cold
These months of darkness
now damage control
Left the souls of the dead,
in a parking garage,
then we drove them away
with the sign of the cross
12 - Count It Out
We're the sum of all our thinking
all our loving, all our drinking
till it's gone
We're the sum of every hour
adding bricks onto a tower
till it falls
till it falls
We're the sum of every lover
all the lost and then recovered,
and it shows
We’re the sum of all our longing
all aversion, all belonging
then we go,
yeah, then we go
Count it out
All the time you have,
take it all
We're the sum of variation
evolution and temptation
as we fall
as we fall
We’re the sum of conversation
every silent aspiration
as we go
as we go
We're the sum of our repression
all our doubts and every question
but we know
we don’t know
We're the sum of all our feeling
all declaring, all concealing
We're the sum of all our laughter
all before and ever after
then we go,
yeah, then we go.
So before you go
Count it out
All the time you have,
take it all