The Hush Sound

Facetiously fiction when Albrite was bitten
While kissing the girl of his dreams on the lips
When I was watching, when I was clocking
Seconds to minutes, their lips locked like digits
On safes unsafe mainly due to ticking contents
When I was watching, timer tick tocking

Don't open the safe is unsafe

No you won't disarm my heart
No you won't disarm my heart
The last gift youll ever get from me
Is the combination or the key
No you won't disarm my heart

The dial was rusted, vintagely constructed
To carry out thoughts of a small scale destruction
I saw this one coming, there's no use in running
Safe in the distance, ignorantly witnessing
Everyone scatter as I had a vision
A regret, you might say
A worry, you might say

Don't open the safe is unsafe

No you won't disarm my heart
No you won't disarm my heart
The last gift you'll ever get from me
Is the combination or the key
No you won't disarm my heart

You were a child who was made of glass
You carried a black heart passed down from your dad
If somebody loved you they'd tell you by now
We all turn away when you're down

You want to go back to where you felt safe
To hear your brother's laughter, see your mother's face
Your childhood home is just powder-white bones
And you'll never find your way back

And when you're gone, will they say your name?
And when you're gone, will they love you the same?
If not, that's okay
If not, that's okay

You are broken and callow, cautious and safe
You are boundless in beauty with fright in your face
Until someone loves you, I'll keep you safe
But like them, I will give you away

And when you're gone, will they say your name?
And when you're gone, will they love you the same?
If not, that's okay

And when you're gone, will they say your name?
And when you're gone, will they love you the same?
Oh when you're gone, we won't say a word
But you know, that's okay
Don't you know, that's okay

Shackles and chains, get in the way and I'm locked in the gardener's gate
Where everything grows and no one should go where I've gone
I won't come back

How can you dream in the doorway, without ever going in?
How can you dream in the doorway
Without making excuses and drawing conclusions, you're at it again

I am not your concern
The world will still turn when I'm not around
Rely on me and you'll fall
Back's up to the wall, someone let me out

It's all sinkin' in
I'd probably just swim if I could
But I can't so I'm just hangin'
On and on, just let me go
You know it won't be long before the lights are out

How can you dream in the doorway, without ever going in?
How can you dream in the doorway
Without making excuses and drawing conclusions, you're at it again

I am not your concern
The world will still turn when I'm not around
Rely on me and you'll fall
Back's up to the wall, someone let me out

With no intention of consoling you
I was controlling you
I'm letting go of you

With no intention of consoling you
I was controlling you
I'm letting go of you

I am not your concern
The world will still turn when I'm not around
Rely on me and you'll fall
Back's up to the wall, someone let me out

I am not your concern
The world will still turn when I'm not around
Rely on me and you'll fall
Back's up to the wall, someone let me out

I, I, I am not your concern
The world will still turn when I'm not around

Why do you sing to everybody but me? Why do I let it go on?
You know that you've got such a music box song in my head all day long
Fell for a girl with wild eyes, dressed in satin and lace
Oh but she's just an empty diamond mine with a moan across her face

I can love you much better
If you can't see it, you're blind
I can love you much better
Oh you know someday I'm gonna make you mine

You are the daydream in my eyes, there whenever I wake up
But the colors never crystallize, and I never get enough
Why do you kiss everybody but me? I just sit back and watch
Oh but one day soon I'm gonna grab you by the collar
And kiss you all I want

I can love you much better
If you can't see it, you're blind
I can love you much better
Oh you know someday I'm gonna make you mine

I can love you much better
If you can't see it, you're blind
I can love you much better
Oh you know someday I'm gonna make you mine

(Guitar and piano solos)

I can love you much better
If you can't see it, you're blind
I can love you much better
Oh you know someday I'm gonna make you mine

I can love you much better
If you can't see it, you're blind
I can love you much better
Oh you know someday I'm gonna make you mine

I can love you, I can love you, I can love you alright
I can love you much better
And you know someday I'm gonna make you mine

In the backseat of a car
In the corner of a room
In the shadows where I hide from you
Do the hospital bed crawl
Do the terminal yell
And the violently alone I feel

Well hey, you're the only thing I wouldn't change
In this place, it's strange to say
You're the only angel I ever gave away

In an alleyway way downtown
There's a lurker making rounds
Keeping track and keeping tabs on you
And he likes the taste of blood
And he loves the way you love
And that's just what he wants from you

Well hey, you're the only thing I wouldn't change
In this place, it's strange to say
You're the only angel I ever gave away

I don't want your shining eyes
Darling don't you be polite
I'm not like all the other boys
I won't take a no
I'm soaking in your cinnamon
I've taken more than I can give
Without you I'm alone
So I'll never let you go

Hey, you're the only thing I wouldn't change
In this place, it's strange to say
You're the only angel I ever gave away

The weight of days lost holding you down
You'll look for me but I won't be found
The bluebirds flutter in my chest
How they want to sing
You'll have to break me open to hear anything

Before the world dies at my door
I'll break the sky
For you and I are going nowhere
Kiss goodbye a dozen times before we get there
Why do I need anyone else
When I can break the sky myself?

Won't be haunted by dreams I've deferred
Won't set my heart frozen in amber
The love you always seem to find is syrupy sweet
One taste and you've made up your mind
Too ripe to eat

Before the world dies at my door
I'll break the sky
For you and I are going nowhere
Kiss goodbye a dozen times before we get there
Why do I need anyone else
When I can break the sky myself?

Fear will hold you back
If you believe in that
Fear will hold you back
If you believe in that
Fear will hold you back
If you believe in that
Fear will hold you back
If you believe in that

I'll break the sky
For you and I are going nowhere
Kiss goodbye a dozen times before we get there
Why do I need anyone else
Why do I need anyone?

I'll break the sky
For you and I are going nowhere
Kiss goodbye a dozen times before we get there
Why do I need anyone else
When I can break the sky myself?

Escape into the eerie night
In the dark, I'm out of sight
Shadows on the alley wall
Are dancing like a lovers brawl

North, south, east and west
Foreign land is right and left
Don't let them see you cry
I didn't know which way was home
Ten degrees without a coat
Don't let them see you cry, see you

I don't want to love you if love leaves me this cold
I don't want to love you if love is this alone
I don't want to love you if love leaves me this cold
I don't want to love you if love is this alone

Silence couldn't stop the sound
The news and gossip got around
A whisper here, whisper there
I do but don't know why I care

North, south, east and west
Foreign land is right and left
Don't let them see you cry
I didn't know which way was home
Ten degrees without a coat
Dont let them see you cry, see you

I don't want to love you if love leaves me this cold
I don't want to love you if love is this alone
I don't want to love you if love leaves me this cold
I don't want to love you if love is this alone

Eyes hang from the sockets of our faces
You said no and I don't think I can take it
This car's caving in
Rains on in the city traffic puzzle
Shifting pieces just like my stomach
We're both so upset
Lovesick and sick of it
We're both on the same page
Don't feel the same way
Rains on in the city traffic puzzle
Shifting pieces just like my stomach
We're both so upset

I don't want to love you if love leaves me this cold
I don't want to love you if love is this alone
I don't want to love you if love leaves me this cold
I don't want to love you if love is this alone

The snow won't stick to the weeping willows
The cold air won't blow open the windows
You've made it through the storm this far
You can do this, dear, it won't be hard
Well, the snow won't stick to the weeping willows

There will be tomorrow
The sun will light a sea of sorrow
Tonight it set and took our friend
If I could do one thing, I'd bring him back
Snow won't stick to the weeping willows

Summer was painted on our skin
And those secrets hidden
In our childish lips
They'd die for a kiss

Fall was always left in your eyes
Just a fleck of yellow light
Like the sunrise
Like the twilight

Summer was painted on our skin
And those secrets hidden
In our childish lips
They'd die for a kiss

There will be tomorrow
The sun will light a sea of sorrow
Tonight it set and took our friend
If I could do one thing, I'd bring him back
Snow won't stick to the weeping willows

Summer was painted on our skin
And those secrets hidden
In our childish lips
They'd die for a kiss

Fall was always left in your eyes
Just a fleck of yellow light
Like the sunrise
Like the twilight

Summer was painted on our skin
And those secrets hidden
In our childish lips
They'd die for a kiss

La da da da, la da da da, da da da
Carousels make laps each night
Like drunks we spin until we're sick
Creepy clowns from one horse towns
Can make their livings on a trick

Night covers all our tracks
To break some fragile backs
So we tell some lies
And then we hide from light

One night I fell asleep and woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't, but now I see

That the shadows kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stirred above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun

Candy lips that taste too sweet
Were sour in the summer heat
As the night fell I heard church bells
Say it's time to leave

Out on the town we went
To carry out missions
Neither you or I would ever know sunlight

One night I fell asleep and woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't, but now I see

That the shadows kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stirred above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun

In the night light, we still shine bright
In the night light, we still shine bright
In the night light, we still shine bright
In the night light, we still shine bright

One night I fell asleep and woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't, but now I see

That the shadows kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stirred above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun

You are made of sugar, milk, and molasses
Oh little darlin' you'll attract all the bees
You are the gazer, you are the attraction
Takes a little vanity to know what it means
I know it cause you wrote it down a hundred times
But you say that you're doing just fine

Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, tonight you're giving up

I asked a question, give me an answer
You'll say the word and I will disappear
You're running fast but you can run faster
Heels to the dirt, gonna make it clear
I know it cause you wrote it down a hundred times
But you say that you're doing just fine

Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, you know you'll never find it

Say there's something better
But today, there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, tonight you're giving...

Darkness, you can't hear me
I will try to draw you near me
But in the morning you will wake up alone
And when your body breaks
Even the hummingbirds will feel the earthquake
You'll sing a song of your heart's complaint
Sing it loud, sing it clear, oh sing so I can hear you
Then sing it soft in my ear
Take it all or take half, pull me down in the grass
I'll go anywhere with you

Say there's something better
You don't see it, you won't find it
Say there's something better
You're behind it but you won't get it

La da da da da da, la da da da da da

Say there's something better
But today there is a cold moon rising
And you wanted something better
But tonight, you know you'll never find it

La da da da da da, la da da da da da

Say there's something better
You don't see it, you won't find it
Say there's something better
You're behind it but you won't get it

You are the dark ocean bottom
And I am the fast sinking anchor
Should I fall for you
You are the scar on my tissue
That I show all of my new friends
Should I show you me
Should I show you me

All we need is a little bit of momentum
Breakdown these walls that we've built around ourselves
All we need is a little bit of inertia
Breakdown and tell, breakdown and tell

That you are the rain on the fire
Deep in the trees, when no one was looking
Should I speak of this
Should I speak of this
You are a mirage in the distance
That defies the heat of the desert
Should I believe in you

All we need is a little bit of momentum
Breakdown these walls that we've built around ourselves
All we need is a little bit of inertia
Breakdown and tell, breakdown and tell

These rules are made to break
And these walls are built to fall
These rules are made to break us

These rules are made to break
And these walls are built to fall
These rules are made to break us all

All we need is a little bit of momentum
Breakdown these walls that we've built around ourselves
All we need is a little bit of inertia
Breakdown and tell, breakdown and tell that you are
Breakdown and tell, breakdown and tell
Breakdown and tell, breakdown and tell that you are

As we sift through the hour glass
We realize that an hours passed
And not a person here is innocent
We're both as guilty as a sin

It must have rained all through the night
The tires just couldn't grip right
So I took another long sip
And wiped away my chapped lips

This is how it ends
We believe every lie and say we'll be friends
How long will it last
Before we scratch all the scripts and we rework the cast

As the hour met the minute hand
We kept racing through this foreign land
With no direction or a telephone
Together we were all alone

That's when the puzzle was finally pieced
We compromised until our bodies seized
To some we seem like colder creatures, well
We were warm until we went to hell

This is how it ends
We believe every lie and say we'll be friends
How long will it last
Before we scratch all the scripts and we rework the
Cast the first stone
Let's pretend that we don't have a
Past, the worst one
Forbid, forget, forget that you exist

Cast the first stone
Let's pretend that we don't have a
Past, the worst one

You are the lighthouse, the seamark
The tempest created this tide
I'm pulled to the black silver ocean
Where the current and the heavens collide

You are the brick
I am so unpredictable
Led by the current away
Your solid stage is so necessary
To save all those who stray

You are the navigator who never could lead
We were lost in the silver sea
I was the ship who was too proud to ever sink

I am your thought, but the water is amnesia
My name is on the tip of your tongue
My image is slipping
But your memory is gripping it
This is my breath in your lungs

You are the navigator who never could lead
We were lost in the silver sea
I was the ship who was too proud to ever sink

Echo, my voice is an echo
Of places I don't know
And stories I've been told

Echo, we all are connected
A lighthouse, a voyage
for history's sake
Would you please take notice

Echo, my voice is an echo
Of places I don't know
And stories I've been told

Echo, we all are connected
A lighthouse, a voyage
For history's sake
Would you please take notice

Echo, my voice is an echo
Of places I don't know
And stories I've been told

Echo, we all are connected
A lighthouse, a voyage
For history's sake
Would you please take notice

Echo, my voice is an echo
Of places I don't know
And stories I've been told

Echo, we all are connected
A lighthouse, a voyage
For history's sake
Would you please take notice

My apologies dear
For all my mistakes
And Im sure to make more
Cause I forget to enjoy
The small things in life
I just let them slip by

Forgive yourself, cause I took pictures
Of everything that you've been missing
Now I wont feel so bad
Forget the past and repeat it all
Ill take some pictures for myself
Now you wont feel so bad

Why must I stay here
When my friends have left
And waved me come with
I have lost all of them
Theyre prints in a box
When my memory stops

Forgive yourself, cause I took pictures
Of everything that you've been missing
Now I wont feel so bad
Forget the past and repeat it all
Ill take some pictures for myself
Now you wont feel so bad

La la la la, la la la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la la, la la la la

The tides changed
It's time to go home
The waves said I should go
The wind began to blow
And the water got tall
And thats when I went home

My mind changed and then I let go
The pain said I should go
The wind began to blow
And the water got tall
And thats when I went home

Going back to the boat
With fresh oars, I will row
Going back to unknown
This SOS will never reach the coast

The tides changed
It's time to go home
The waves said I should go
The wind began to blow
And the water got tall
And thats when I went home

Used to dream until I stopped writing fiction
Alright, well thats not true
Maybe it ended when I ended competition
Because Id always lose, always lose

My therapist could never classify conditions
Alright, what's wrong already
My pharmacist had better fill up my prescriptions
Here just take two of these and call me in the morning

Oh, oh, oh, wont you carry me home
Its the last time in life that Ill ever try
Oh, oh, oh, wont you carry me home
Its the last time in life that Ill ever try

The streets were flooded and in the tides were pessimists
So I just dove right in, I felt at home
I felt alive, I felt that I fit in
So Ill just keep dreaming, dreaming

Oh, oh, oh, wont you carry me home
Its the last time in life that Ill ever try
Oh, oh, oh, wont you carry me home
Its the last time in life that Ill ever try

Wait for the wind to blow
Cant carry myself, cant carry me home
On my own will
Can't let you go just yet
Cant bury myself, cant carry us both
On my own will

Oh, oh, oh, wont you carry me home
Its the last time in life that Ill ever try
Oh, oh, oh, wont you carry me home
Its the last time in life that Ill ever try

Dear, you left too soon
Went to the next room
If you haunt me,
I'll sing for you

How the hinges move
Connecting me and you
Is a door way
That you're knocking through

We walk down a dock
And the water is cold
You want me to
Escort you

How I'd love to go
Swim with you in death
But my heavy heart
Won't let me tread

I must stay
On the shore
I am young
My blood is warm
I can take you this far
Now, my love, we must part

When blood and youth were warmer
We breathed summer like the sweet air
We found each other like a mirror
We were so optimistic
It was so easy to be
We we're young and naive

Can you pull down the dawn?
It's been so dark since you've been gone
And we've been begging for the morning to come
We were so optimistic
It was so easy to be
We were young and naive

We'll be fine in the morning
We'll be fine in the morning
It's getting late so we must sleep
We'll see you in the morning, Eileen

Like the light was all I had
I struck the book with my last match
The candle burned so soft and slow
I felt the warmth and felt its glow

Salt tasting tears
They roll off of my lips
One for each day I'm inside this house, it's a trap
One I can't quite escape so pretend it's the place that I love

Won't let it pass me by again
Won't let it pass me by again

The grass was clipped
The summer sun
Was beating down on my front yard
All the boys and girls would laugh
I'd watch them through the curtain's crack

Place all your bets and watch me lose
The life that I got but never used
Dream every night that one will come true
But only bad ones ever do

Won't let it pass me by again
Won't let it pass me by again

My heart beats way too fast
To let regret sit in my lap

Won't let it pass me by again
Won't let it pass me by again

(Won't let this pass me by again)
Won't let it pass me by again
(Won't let this pass me by again)
Won't let it pass me by again