springtime comes too late
winters colder than the last
blue skies overhead
become so quickly overcast

cold wind against my window
press my face against the glass
ambitions always too high
my hearts desires too vast

stop the rain
even i cant stop the rain

fall comes too quickly
summers shorter than the last
bad days go on forever
good times go by too fast

sometimes i know the truth
sometimes im not so sure
sometimes i think im satisfied
most times i ache for more

stop the rain
even i cant stop the rain

02  shame  [top]

daddys little girl
sweet innocent face
spreading her secrets
all over the place

using every ounce up
though lifes only just begun
oh girl
what have you done?

shame, shame
wild, unchained
on your knees again

shame, shame
lost again
still trying to forget

with arms wide open
legs up in the air
you take what you can get
anytime, anywhere

not looking for forever
just to last you through the night
how can something so wrong
feel so right

had so many lovers
wore the scarlet monogram
they only use your body
you say you just don't give a damn

shame, shame
wild, unchained
on your knees again

shame, shame
lost again
still trying to forget

it doesnt mean a thing
you're only having fun
say it another thousand times
you might believe it yourself

shame, shame
wild, unchained
on your knees again

shame, shame
lost again
still trying to forget

03  for a moment  [top]

for a moment
i feel the warm summer breeze
i hear the birds distant melodies
for a moment

for a moment
i feel i could reach the sky
like i could just spread my wings and fly
for a moment

for a moment
the night parts to day
i forget feeling any other way
for a moment

take me in your arms
make this moment last
take me in your arms
do it quick, do it fast

for a moment
i am lost in the song
i forget anything ever went wrong
for a moment

for a moment
the clouds part, the skies clear
i forget you were ever here
for a moment

for a moment
the gray sky turns blue
i can almost forget about you
for a moment

take me in your arms
make this moment last
take me in your arms
do it quick, do it fast

for a moment
i could turn water to wine
i forget how your body felt on mine
for a moment

for a moment
i dont miss the taste of your lips
or the way that you moved your hips
for a moment

for a moment
i feel like you're already dead
we fucked so hard we broke the bed
a lost moment

take me in your arms
make this moment last
take me in your arms
do it quick, do it fast

with nothing left to give
and nothing left to take
im laughing at all the places
where i used to ache

04  the way things go   [top]

the sun still rises
the sun still sets

whats now your everything
one day you'll forget

im sure theres a reason
i just havent found it yet

oh, thats just the way things go
oh, thats just the way things go

and dawn is still golden
and dusk is still gray

dont try to change the world
no one wants that anyway

oh, thats just the way things go
oh, thats just the way things go

i thought i was a wise man
i still can't see
i tried to change the world
but the world changed me

05  last dance  [top]

no more shall we meet
our paths will never cross again
the wind stole the words away
goodbye my friend

watching the wind blow softly
through your hair
thinking of all the good times
we used to share

this our last dance
no second chance
this is our last dance

just turn and walk away
and dont look back
and let these memories
slip through the cracks

who says two wrongs
dont make a right
hang on to whatever false hope
helps you sleep at night

this is our last dance
no second chance
this is our last dance

06  forget  [top]

there was a time when you were starry eyed
and the whole world lay naked at your feet
but now the sun has grown cold, as your eyes my darling
and you cursed the stars that we should ever meet

...and you'd just rather forget

i remember when we laughed all night
and we danced like fools in the rain
holding hands, exchanging whispers
touches spoke of the sacred and profane

...and you'd just rather forget

so tell me is it better with no one around
has the silence caused your nightmares to cease?
i would stand at your door, stop this deafening roar
cut my tongue from my mouth
if it gave you but a moment of peace

...and you'd just rather forget

why even try at all?

like a gerbil on a wheel
like a court ordered appeal
ive been running,
running in circles

why even try at all?
ive been running,
running in circles

07  down  [top]

when the clock says your time is done
when you cant go on, and you've just begun

when your worst fear has come true
when your last chance has run out on you

ill be there

to kick you when you're down

when your train has reached the end of the line
when the rooster crows for the third time

when you've bitten off more than you can chew
when the one you love turns their back on you

ill be there

to kick you when you're down

dont look to me for the answers
i dont have any
dont look to me for hope
i dont have any
dont look to me for compassion
i dont have any
i gave at the door

08  wish you dead  [top]

well there's a time and a place for everything
give or take a few
well there's a time and a place for everyone
but there's no hell deserving of you

you go and wilt the freshest rose
you go and taint the purest gold
in the light of your eyes
even the sun grows cold

with all my heart
wish you dead
with all my soul
wish you dead

its a mad, mad world
we live in
its a mad, mad world

you can't be forgiven
how do you go on living?
how can you be so imhuman?
how can you be so cruel?
the worst of all fates
is still too good for you

all this time
still no answer
to my prayers
to my prayers

with all my heart
wish you dead
with all my soul
wish you dead

all this time
still no answer
to my prayers
to my prayers

bring a flood
to wash the filth away

all this time
still no answer
to my prayers
to my prayers

09  is this what you wanted?   [top]

i never could
give you what you wanted
i never could
find the right gifts to bring

i never could
quite make you happy
i never could
do much of anything

is this what you wanted?
for me to play the fool?
is this what you wanted?
for me to hurt like you?

i never could
find the right words
i never could
stop you when you cried

i never could
catch you when you fell
i never could
but i always tried

i never meant to hurt you

is this what you wanted?
for me to play the fool?
is this what you wanted?
for me to hurt like you?

10  searching for the cure  [top]

one step forward
two steps back
the best defense
is the best attack

jesus always let you down
didnt answer one single prayer
the priest, he never listened
your own blood never cared

if god loves his children
why this unspeakable crime
the phoneline's always busy
call back another time

searching...
searching for the cure
searching...
searching for the cure

with that cold blade
you said farewell to your past
its like that man King said
thank god, free at last

if i said i believed in heaven
it would be a lie
but whenever i think of you
i cant help but try

searching...
searching for the cure
searching...
searching for the cure

higher than the doves fly
across the clear blue sea
at the rainbows end
is where you'll be

paradise

11  used to be  [top]

dressed like a whore again
crawl on the floor again
you're begging for more again
for how it used to be

still trying to find the taste
still trying to find the place
still trying to win the race
the way you used to

just like it used to be
before the gravity
just like it used to be

dressed like a homecoming queen
face of the prettiest thing
just like in a magazine
demanding affection

standing tall and proud
feel your head in the clouds
thinking there's no way down
back to solid ground

just like it used to be
before the gravity
just like it used to be

12  river runs wide  [top]

the feeling catches you
claws at your spine
just when you'd thought
you'd left it all behind

twisting and turning
awake in your bed
no way to stop
the demons in your head

bury your thoughts
deep inside
the river runs deep
the river runs wide

flowing downstream
scream with flailing limbs
cant reach the shore
you never learned to swim

but that was then
and this is now
and you'd stop all of this
if you only knew how

its all over now
you hardly give a shit
it only hurts
when you think about it

bury your thoughts
deep inside
the river runs deep
the river runs wide

flowing downstream
scream with flailing limbs
cant reach the shore
you never learned to swim

13  worlds away  [top]

tears of rage
tears of pain
things will never ever
be the same

you turn your face
swallow your pride
he only hurt you
on the inside

night becomes day
and day becomes night
no matter what you do
you just cant get it right

and it seems so far away
it seems like worlds away

you've gone too far
you can't turn back
always, always
looking back