One Straw (Please)And, if it’s trueBaby, I’m the one in love with youAnd I guess that I’ve been all my lifeAnd I know, and I’ll tryAnd I love you more than those other guysCause you mean the world to meYou’re exactly what I needBaby, I’m waiting for you to stop shaking and come closer to […]

Meaning is sometimes hard to spotIt begins with the flickering of cigarettesIn the darkness of a dorm roomSsomewhere in the suffocated mid-westBut if this is real then I was mistakenAnd if there is truth then why can’t we find it?But beauty comes to those who have been waitingFor something that is bigger than themselvesBut this […]

Emily, sing something sweet for meI want to feel the warmth inside your heartEmily, sing something sweet for meI need to feel those words out of your mouthEmily, sing something, pleaseI want to face the life behind your eyesEmily, sing something… something… something sweet

You contrast and compareBetween the busy ones and the ones who don’t careUntil there is no oneThat you really knowSo I drift through these daysOf appointments and promises madeThey will all end up brokenAnd quickly replacedWeeks are slow, days drag onEven practice and parties seem longbut I find myself goingI guess there’s nothing to do, […]

My grandfather’s name was MoonBecause his eyes were bright and roundAnd no amount of time or liquor could dull themMy grandmother’s name was JoyBcause it spilled out of her heartAnd bathed her precious children in its warmthAnd there was happiness in lifeBeyond the sorrow and the painBut how they ever found it I cannot explainI […]

I dreamt of a fever,one that would cure me of this cold, winter-set heartWith no heat to melt the frozen tears and burnt with reasons as to carry onInto these twisted months I plunge without a light to followBut I swear that I would follow anything if it would just get me out of hereSo […]

The drunk kids, the catholicsThey’re all about the sameThey’re waiting for somethingHoping to be savedWell I have been happy the past couple daysJust thinking of the women who’ve taken your placeAnd every night I think I certaintly won’t ever sleep sober or aloneAnd then suddenly it occurs to meI’ve slept alone before youAnd so I […]

I wanted to come visityou waiting in the springtimeWhen the leaves changeI wanted to come visitYou waiting in the springtimeWhen the leaves changeThe ground outside is beggingFor that newness that surrounds usAs we dance back through the screen doorIn the sunlight of mid-AprilBut the glow won’t stop the smilesThat are spreading on our facesAs we […]