Start Again Tomorrow

In my reflection all I see
is a face of a man that doesn't look like me
There are no traces of a smile
but I'm moving on -- regretting's not my style

It's no mystery how I wound up here, but I have to wonder still
What would it feel like if I said "screw the fear" and let fate do what it will?
I'll start again tomorrow.

So once again I end up here
on a roundabout of love that ends in tears
I'm sorry you had to be the one
that was standing by to see me come undone

And I suspect it's no concillation to you, that I know I've caused you pain
and that I learned from all that we've been through, and it wasn't all in vain
It wasn't all in vain
I'll start again tommorrow.

I taste your tears they're streaming down
I speak but nothing's spoken
I feel release as it spins round
Yet still your heart is broken

I don't know what else to do
but start again tomorrow
I'll start again tomorrow.

Put up with Me

I just don't know how I got here
I barely know how I can breathe
I feel my fear is like a bracing arm around me
and I walk around trying to believe

You hide your face so I can't see you
Your comfort's shaking like a leaf
and I keep trying to get some space around me, baby
cause all I really need is some relief

And I know - I'm a fool not to see what's around me

I see your face in every mirror
Stand behind me as I brush my teeth
You want to give me, the love I don't deserve
And all that I can think of is retreat

I look inside myself to find the answers
and all I ever get, is the same old lies
and I know, I know, that you are the one for me
but I just can't bring myself to recognize

I wish I were contented
I wish that I could see
I wish that I could blow this all away from me

CHORUS:
So why do you put up with me?
So why do you put up with me?
why do you put up with me? (x2)

I see myself for the first time
and I wish I hadn't opened up my eyes
there's too many things in this life being placed before me
that I don't have the sense to recognize

I close my eyes
hoping that I won't realize
the things I do to you
the things I do to myself too

Might be best if I am not around to find
Find out all the things that you've got weighing on your mind

BRIDGE
I can't even take
A girl in my eyes
Who wants to know more about me
Then I can safely advise
And I know
I know it's not that easy
I wish I could believe,
I wish that I could see

CHORUS (x2)

Girl

Meet me down by the waterfall tonight
Come walk with me -- you set me free
Lie with me here -- the sky is so clear
Gaze at the stars -- tiny diamond scars

Girl of the light
You shine so bright
Girl of the sun
You are the one for me

Sleep by my side -- stay all night
Whisper my name -- I'll never be the same
Don't go away -- I'm hoping that you'll stay
If you must fly -- dance through the sky

Girl of the light
You shine so bright
Girl of the sun
You are the one for me

Fall

Don't laugh at me, little girl
You're falling faster than you climb

So don't fall down, fall down
And I will follow
So don't, fall down, fall down
Away from me

This house of cards you built
Has come down all around you
And those who loved you turned away

But don't, fall down, fall down
And I will follow
And don't, fall down, fall down
Away from me

Wake from your holiday and
See through a saddened eye and
Stop looking up and you will find
Find your far away

So don't, fall down, fall down

(interlude)

So broken now, little girl
It's time to find another way

So don't fall down, fall down
fall down, fall down
fall down, fall down

Just for Now

Come lay beside me
and close your crying eyes
I feel you breathing
I know that we've been down

Just for now
Please allow this

Let me pretend
that you aren't about to leave
just hold me now
deceive me
please stay tonight
then go free
go free

if you are going
I'm best not knowing why
we reached such great heights
now who will break my fall

Just for now
Please allow this

Let me pretend
that you aren't about to leave
just hold me now
appease me
please stay tonight
then go free
go free

Rewind

You pulled away from me
How did it come to this?
Another classic mis-step
A shot that's bound to miss

A careless little move
A song of deepened sighs
Spiraling too fast now
Too late to revise

Rewind, go back
I'm here again off track
Rewind, undo
I'm here again on cue

What if we agreed
to go back to the start
Our two souls floating
together yet apart

What if we could stop
and put it in reverse
Simplicity in your smile
Your eyes without the hurt

Rewind, go back
I'm here again off track
Rewind, undo
I'm here again on cue

Would it be worse if there was nothing to give?
So locked up inside, no reason to live
Would it be better if we never knew
the bitter sweet ache that we've just been through?

Rewind, go back
I'm here again off track
Rewind, undo
I'm here again on cue

Something I Don't

Hear those birds chirping over there?
Must be they know something I don't
Hear those people laughing without a care?
Must be they feel something I don't

Won't you help me feel?
Won't you help me know?
Won't you help me find out the right way to go?
Won't you help me see?
Won't you help me learn?
Won't you help me find out the right way to turn?

Strangers bustling - racing for the prize
Must be they see something I don'.
Tear-striped faces saying their goodbyes,
Must be they have something I don't

Won't you help me feel?
Won't you help me know?
Won't you help me find out the right way to go?
Won't you help me see?
Won't you help me learn?
Won't you help me find out the right way to turn?

Childhood Places

It feels so cold today
Knowing that you're going away
I know you need to go, but I wish you'd stay
All my senses collide

I know I've got to bend
You keep on saying this is not the end
I know no matter what you are still my friend
I just want to be where you are

And I need you

You are the highlight of my day
You make my smile not go away
And if I could I'd have you stay
I can't ask that of you

So, I will remember you
When I'm looking 'round at smiling faces
I will remember you
in childhood places

I was a sorry guy
So far gone that I didn't realize
Then you came into my life and you helped me fly
I don't want to come down

I know it's your turn now
To find out what your own life will allow
I'll live without you, I just don't know how
I'll take it one breathe at a time

And I need you, I need you

You are the highlight of my day
You make my smile not go away
And if I could I'd have you stay
I can't ask that of you

So, I will remember you
When I'm looking 'round at smiling faces
I will remember you
When I'm trying to fill the empty spaces
I will remember you
in childhood places

North Aurora

Walking these streets at night
My head is feeling tight
I feel the world around me press

Walking by your apartment
I see you in your window
Getting dressed

I walk around like this alone at night
I see your face up there and know that it's not right
And now I

I end up on your block once more
A fleeting memory of kissing up against your front door
I see a light on and I wonder if you're there
You asked that I go away; is that fair?

My love I try

And I know that it's not right
For me to want to be here with you tonight
And I know

Love, why can't you stay with me
Love, why did you fall out of love with me
And constantly push me away

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know it

Baby you just don't know
What you mean to me, you
You push me away
But I find myself coming back time and time again

If just for once you could know how I feel
My life without you just doesn't seem real
I know, I know, I know,
But I can't even walk away, I wish I could

I wish I could walk away
Let you go your own way

I wish I could, I wish I knew
I wish that you loved me too
I wish that I didn't feel
The way I feel tonight

The Good Life

Sha la la la (hehe)

The good life is not for me
Don't need to "buy one get one free"
I would rather wait longer in line
Pay a little more for good imported wine

I can live without fourty different choices
Would rather call my bank and hear real voices
Rolling back prices to virtually free
No, the good life is not for me

Don't need a V8 to get me there fast
Don't want a digital trail of my detailed past
I'll take my chances with my security
I could live without the shit that's on TV

Don't need to be protected from terrorist harm
I'll stick with small expensive vegetables from my local organic farm
Don't need others to die in the name of liberty
No my friends, the good life is not for me

No, the good life is not for me.