1. Flower Song
2. Ready to go
3. Sleeping Stars
4. Are the Angels pretty?
5. The Sea so blue
6. Everything's calm
7. How can I make her smile again
8. Lungfish
9. I am a Jet Pilot
10. Wait
11. When She Walks in the Room
12. Lovesong #8
13. Bad Screenplay / Bad Karma
14. Phantom Song
15. Death is a warm Glove
16. Leaving you

Flower Song

The morning light
Came unexpected
The flowers are
Still asleep
I watch them open up
Their faces
& smile at me

For today I won't be the one
I won't be the one to turn away
Today I'll trade
This heart shaped blade for a kiss

Ready to go

I'm ready to go - I'm not
Waiting for someone to say
Stay you could make me sad
Cause everybody's sad these days

I'm ready to ask for you
If I could speak I'd say
Stay you could make me sad
&everybody's sad these days

Are you sad - no not us
We are just confused by love

The cars go so fast & the planes
Crossing the sky going somewhere
I'm ready to go anywhere

Sleeping Stars

The sun shows the lines on your face
& delicate traces of doubt
The delicate traces of trouble
Love doesn't come without

Let's do like the sleeping stars
& not waste our lights
Up in the blue skies
But wait for the night
Wait for the night to shine

You keep asking me questions
& I don't know what to say
Give me some time to get over
The life I gave away
Give me some time to accept that
Yesterday's ghosts are dead
I promise I'll gladly forget them
When I can have you instead

Are the Angels pretty?

Did you know where you were going
Can you see where you are
Is it really a cool place to be
Is it like you expected it to be
& are the angels pretty?

Did you meet somebody
You have not seen in a while
Send a letter if you can & let me know
Did you keep your secrets
Or leave them at the door
& are the angels pretty?

How pretty are they?
Are they prettier than pretty?
So pretty that it hurts
& makes you close your eyes
Or just good looking?

Did you have to tell them
Or did they know everything
The black you spread
& could not wipe away
The kiss you did not give
The word you did not say
& are the angels pretty?

The Sea so blue

The sea so blue
I watch the children play
& all the bad things
they will do are far away
I watch the dolphins
As they're passing by
They wave their tails
& I can hear them cry

Channel the pain
Focus your solitude
Right through your veins
So free & unsubdued
Don't share it with the ones you love

I hear the waves
I hear them moan & sigh
They tell me that I'm going to be
A cloud up in the sky
Or maybe even not its hard to say
Here comes the wind
to blow the clouds away

Everything's calm

My weakness is a flag
I wave it to impress you
Your kindness is a tool
Use it if you have to
But please accept excuses
As long as they sound true
Everything's calm but my heart

When I wrote down my wishes
There was something I forgot
There's something that you mean to me
But I just don't know what
& everything depends upon
Whether you are here or not
Everything's calm but my heart

Here's to the one I'm looking for
As I stare into her eyes
I see her staring back at me
She smiles & so do I
Cause we both tend to see a bit
Of truth in every lie
Everything's calm but my heart

How can I make her smile again

I count the faces
As they are floating by
Some of them look at me
Some of them cry
But all of them
Are soft & pale & dead
So I'm waiting for the sad sweet face
That I can't forget
& how can I make her smile again

I found out
That I had to join the parade
Now that I hold you
It's a little late
You must be dead I know
'cause that's how cold you are
& every time you kiss me
You leave a little scar
How can I make you smile again

She said she loves me -
I'm sweet enough it seems
If blood was black
& if my hands were clean
I would just go to sleep
& laugh at sorrow
I would just go to sleep until tomorrow
& I could make her smile again

Lungfish

Lungfish
Are you cold tonight
So deep under water
So far from daylight

Blind boy - blind love
Blind mirror - blindfold
Too blind to see
The one you hold

So you go down where the rocks are bare
The lights go dark
& all you do is stare
You can't fill this room with your laughter
You can't fill this room
With your breath
You can't close your eyes
When you sleep

Lungfish - you sink
Like a stone to the ground
You scream but you don't
Make any sound

I am a Jet Pilot

On my way up I see
Planes tumbling down
Sinking into the clouds
Without making a sound
I wonder why & as I look around
I'm all alone

But I'm a jet pilot
I listen to the sound of my engine
& not to the song of the siren
I'm a jet pilot
I listen to the voice from the tower
& not to the voice in my head

This aircraft has eyes like open doors
People have faces that I should ignore
They keep creeping in -
Got to close these doors
Got to keep control

Sometimes it feels like nothing holds me
A puppet on an broken string
Feel like floating out into open space
Feel so free it makes me sing
On my way down I hear my own voice call
It calls my name
But it can't stop the fall
There is no end to that fall
There is no ground

Wait

She can fly away I know
She's got wings I can't break I know
All I can do is wait
For the breeze to blow
Blow her away like a dream and so
I just wait

Does she know I still can recall
Her feathers flowing like waterfalls
Some of her feathers
I hold in my hand
While the rest rolled away like the sea & the sand & the sun

All I can do is wait
For the breeze to blow
Blow her away like a dream & so
I just wait

She's a bird she will fly away
& leave a message
But have nothing to say
Blank paper blank nerves so fray
A bare room & bare ground to lay
Lay me down

When She Walks in the Room

When she walks in the room
Then you know
Why your date says it's late
Time to go
And you know you can't leave
You must stay
Till her laughter has drifted away
So you talk to the walls
Always know
Cause they've seen it all
And heard it all before
And your fair weather friends
Fail to speak
They're so afraid still waters run deep
And they don't understand
Or perceive
That you can't see the woods for the trees
Christmas trees you were sure
Weren't the sort
To build up your hopes
Then sell you short
Yeah to build you up
And sell you short....
All your life you were taught to believe
Then a moment of truth - you're deceived
all the wine in your life's all dried up
now is not the time to give up?
Like the soft paper cup that you squeeze
So you take this and that and then some more
And you make your way through the door
You make up your way through the door

Lovesong #8

No plans today but time
For love to come alive
So happy that you are
My sweet & pretty wife

& not just what I say
But what I really mean
Is what you get - & who I really am
Not who I might have been

Both our bad dreams
Packed into a bag
Nailed to the bedroom door
For me & you
To see & think about
& smile

Unsafe & unprotected
From darkness, wind & snow
You hold the lamp & I will
Hold your hand as we go

Bad Screenplay / Bad Karma

Shoot me down
Like a pigeon - I'm dying to fall
I'm loosing my love
'Cause you don't love me at all
& loss is a drag
But love is divine
& between loss & love
Is a very thin line

Are you ready to shoot?

Shoot me down
Like a useless star in the sky
Miss me forever
& kiss me goodbye
Blame it on bad sreenplay or bad karma
- All I know is:
Death is a friend
When you're ready to go

Are you ready to shoot?

& when I bite the dust
I'll save some for you
I'm going straight up to heaven
But I won't take you

Are you ready to shoot?

Phantom Song

A scorpio by my side
A black sign moving
Black are his eyes
Black must be his soul
Black as a martyr's face
Color of coal
Somebody smoked my paper-wings
So I must fall

A phantom in my bed-I'm not afraid
A ghost to guide me home-I'm not afraid
Two hands to hide my face-I'm not afraid
Now that I know my sign
I'm not afraid at all

A phantom in my bed
No cross at hand
But hope to give away
& charms to trade
& in return he makes
The colors fade
& brings back beauty
Long ago mislaid

The promises I broke were promises he made
Im not to blame & so I'm not afraid
To fall & hit the ground-Im not afraid
To wake up from this dream
Im not afraid to fall

Death is a warm Glove

Love's not pure
& love is sweet
Love's insecure
& love is need

Love's not dope
You cannot smoke it
Love was hope
Before I broke it

Love's not a rose
You cannot pick it
It's not a hose
You cannot lick it

Death is a warm glove
Once it fits you can't take it off

Love's not pure
& love is sweet
Love's insecure
& love is need

Leaving you

Can you see me
I'm standing at the gate
I call a friend & say
I know it's late but
You see I'm so confused
I need a place to stay
I hope he understands
I'm on my way

I'm leaving you

& this is you
Without me by your side
This is the future
Blank but open wide
& if I had a plan
I'd give it to you
I would give anything
For something new

I'm leaving you