a cracked mind

[v1]

Wake up in the middle of the day

didn't know I was sleeping

I'm tuned to the wrong frequency

alone in my delusion

everyone else in unison

sharing some hidden reality

I see a woman falling into the void

but somewhere the laugh track is echoing

[chorus]

this is a sign of a cracked mind

floating away from reality

the shimmering eyes that you once loved

the hands of a thief stealing over me

this is a sign of the last straw

floating away with my sanity

if you stab me to death with my broken heart

how can I bleed? Will I still bleed?

[v2]

look up can't believe the clock is right

didn't know time was drifting

I'm lost in a foreign future past

searching for the meaning

everyone else seems so alive

vulgar and bright and seething

I see their faces full of joy

but somehow I just hear screaming

[chorus]

[bridge]

How could the voice that soothed, now strike fear in me?

How could the touch that thrilled, bruise my body?

The face that I love I now despise...

How could those eyes... be... the same eyes?

Are those yours eyes?

Were those your eyes?

I once loved those eyes

[chorus]

Don't

[[Sweeping ballad ala the old days]]

Don't say you love me til you know me

Don't say you love me til its sure

Love isn't just a silly game, girl

Love can be hard work and a chore

Don't say you love me til you know me

Don't say you love me til its sure

Love isn't instant,

it takes time, girl

its not just your feelings,

its much more

Til you've face my indecisions

and my lack of inhibitions

til you've met my every part

Til you've seen me cross and lazy

being stupid, acting crazy

I don't want you to give me your heart

People take love much too lightly

falling for every pretty face

I think that love should be forever

something that can not be displaced

Maybe we have different definitions

Maybe I overthink it all

But I've seen love turn into madness

I've seen love destroy the soul

Til you've seen my ugly side

and held me while I've cried

I don't think love could start

Til I know you in and out

and I've overcome my doubt

I just can't give you my heart

Don't say you love me til you know me

Don't say I'm sent from above

I know you're feelings are exciting

but infatuation isn't love

Rose Petal Rain

[v1]

i took the symbol

of your undying love

i crushed your blossoms (crushed your blossoms)

i smiled,

and threw them from above

[C]

a spray of emotion

and the panic of the moment

in drifting of the scarlet droplets

i made

a rose petal rain

[v2]

you thought you owned me

you thought i was for sale

i guess i showed you (guess i showed you....)

when i made the flowers hail

[c]

a spray of emotion

and the panic of the moment

in the drifting of the scarlet droplets

i made

a rose petal rain

[B]

[[super speeds up and gets progressively faster and louder]]

what will you do now?

how will you manage?

lost your investment...

guess you'll refinance...

don't understand it

thought you'd control me

break it, you buy it?

[[SLOWS DOWN]]

not with my heart...

NOT WITH MY HEART...

[c]

a spray of emotion

and the panic of the moment

in the drifting of the scarlet droplets

i made

a rose petal rain

Olvidado

No me olvides si no regreso
No me olvides si no me ves

Porque solo vivo en tú miente y corazón

No me olvides o siempre seré olvidado

Dont forget me though I cant come back to you
Dont forget me though you cant see me anymore

I only live in your thoughts and in your heart

Dont forget me or Ill always be forgotten

No me olvides si no regreso
Dont forget me though you cant see me anymore

Porque solo vivo en tú miente y corazón

Dont forget me or Ill always be forgotten

forgotten

olvidado

forgotten

olvidado

forgotten

Gray

(v1)
Midnight in London
Eighteen ninety three
tucked away from prying eyes
worshiping beauty

I was so earnest
you were so pale
as I fingered dancing curls
with a trembling exhale

I earned your laughter
with some offhand witty phrase
and you crept into my blood
with your opulent gaze


(chorus)
No one could see what you had hidden away
stashed in your closet, painted to betray
your gilded armor was to cover the decay
and I watched those blue eyes I adored fade to gray


(v2)
Midday in London,
Eighteen ninety five
the gavel crashed straight down
in an eloquent nosedive

your father reddened
but we never felt the shame
the wind was hot with whispers
they dared not speak its name

I can't remember
how I used to make you smile
you ask me not to try
you'd like to cry for a while


(chorus)
No one could see what you had hidden away
stashed in your closet, painted to betray
your gilded armor was to cover the decay
and I watched those blue eyes I adored fade to gray


I couldn't see what you had hidden away
stashed in your closet, painted to betray
your gilded armor was to cover the decay
and I watched those blue eyes I adored fade to gray

The thing I never meant to be

I can't believe the person I've turned out to be
five years ago I'd have slapped my own face
it seems impossible that this was deep inside all along

I hear you say
you didnt raise me this way

(Chorus)
I never meant to be your sworn enemy
I never meant to be the thing that you despise
and I
I never meant to be anything to embarrass you
but I can't change
The things I never meant to be

bridge:
sometimes in life you find yourself travelling down a path
but you don't know how you got there

how can you make you way back to the place you were
when you can't retrace your steps?

and don't think that I don't notice the sudden silence that's stolen
the air now that you know
now you know
The wrinkles outline the empty space were once you use to smile at me
You use to smile at me

Scrap Time

[verse 1]
can i tell you it hurts to be on your list
just another of a thousand items that you have to do
i can see its true

you fill up your life with so much shit
that when i call it always goes to voicemail
just another fail



[verse 2]
can i tell you that i cry when i'm all alone
sitting around just waiting for your call
but it doesn't come at all

and my friends all tell me to just move on
to find another lover who won't leave me singing blues
but i just want you

[chorus]
i want to be more
and i want to mean more
yes i need to be more than 'drop off the laundry and go the store'

Why do I take
oh why do i take
why do i take
why do i take your scrap time?

why can't i mean
why can't i mean
why can't i mean
as much to you as you mean to me?

i just can't stop
i just can't stop
i just can't stop
making my heart long to be with you

so i will keep on
i will keep on
i will keep on
savoring scrap time with you

[verse 3]

Katharine

Tears fall from his blue eyes
like a pouring rain from a clear sky
Tears fall down to dry dirt
making rivers on her brown shirt

She doesn't know how to stop him
He doesn't know when he should
She's thinking "why's life uncertain?"
He's thinking, "damn, life is good"

And then the tears fall
His tears fall
The tears fall
His stubborn tears fall

She walks through the city
like a lost child on the playground
She walks on his eyelash
if she falls in then she might drown

She doesn't know how to tell him
He wouldn't listen if she tried
Her heart is full of confusion
His heart is full of pride

And then the tears fall

His tears fall
The tears fall
His stubborn tears fall

[MUSICAL INTERLUDE]

He takes her into the bedroom
He has ideas of romance
She doesn't know how to love him
He doesn't know that she can't

And then the tears fall His tears fall
The tears fall
His stubborn tears fall

Take you in

I'll take you in
for a while
while the sun shines
while the bird sings

I'll take you in
with a smile
then I'll toss you out
when you're nothing

and I will break your heart
rip it from your chest
throw away the rest
but I will keep your broken heart
put it on a shelf
save it for myself

I'll take you in
with a smile
give you answer
to your questions

I'll take you in
for a while
then I'll leave you in the darkness
without protection

and I will break your heart
rip it from your chest
throw away the rest
but I will keep your broken heart
put it on a shelf
save it for myself

Second Chance

Second Chance

I see you searching for a reason to stay
looking for answers in books, songs, and therapy
there are no words that can change what I've done
I searched for answers in the arms of someone
else

I still love you
can you believe me when I say that its true
I still love you

I see you searching for clues in my eyes
for signs of love
or a way to detect a lie
can you forgive me for what I have done?
I earned this letter in the arms of someone
else

But I still love you
can you believe me when I say that it's true?
I still love you

I see you searching for a reason to stay
I only have one thing to say

I still love you