Braid Album

alcohol superhero
cry on demand
tell me again
you sound like violence
and i feel a fight

please don't go why so defensive?
happens so
wakes the senses
intenses


burning up the frame
can't hear a thing
soul has skipped


sounds like rain's
no match for water
but it's nothing
i can't hear

action: gravity gives it away
(and proximity)
and when you add electricity
a motion light give it away
everyone watches as
i do it again
rain and even sliding glass
i wished times before
now i hear a door


hit the floor
i swear i'll stop
if only tonight
i don't stand motionlight
(tristabrand don't tempt me)


i'm in the house
i'm on the couch
i'm speechless in the arms
of gravity

all thoughts imperial
regarding questions hypothetical


1.i'll give you the longest kiss
2.i'll give you perfect pitch
then we won't shake anymore
irony is crying
"this is paramount"


he cries when he yawns
she cries when he yawns


talk desensitized


this is paramount
this is cassini's division

turn the keys i spin the wheels
if you know how a person feels
you wouldn't make this so hard for me
i'm afraid of everything
wish you had something more to say
behind the wheel i can't stay awake
pass your house or take a coffeebreak
just adult desserts for baby cakes


blame me baby
i'm afraid of everything


there's something wrong with the boy's head
i don't believe what the doctor said
i'm sure one day he'll come around
but he's so quiet now
and when all this talk is over
about how i never spoke
then goodbye mr. good humor
now i'm just your joke


you made me can't you see?
i'm afraid of everything


and all the little come-ons
they were all just run-ons
and when i think of your arms
i forget what street to turn on


and the door slam
it's such a safe sound
i know where i am
i put my keys down
i put my eyes down
wonder why is it
i lost my courage and
passed your exit...

you said
take everything
i can't give it back

i've got a half shirt
i've got a whole heart
not cool
but off to a good start
you've got a sweatshirt
with a sainthood.


and i'll wear it out
while we're out
you can't help me now i'm so sorry
if things get carried away.


now i feel a little insane
and there's nothing here but time
and it's killing me to stay
and i can't go back
cause there's nothing left


feels like your choking me

barely alive on 2 AM airline
my past is just the places i've passed
the windows were tinted
my eyes were half shut
my focus is fragile
if my heart is a glass


here lies the ruins of a little known author
there go the ashes of a dying dream
it's hard to sit down
when your hometown is a greyhound
now i'm exhausted and
there's no time to sleep


i'm gathering leaves from
a once beautiful tree
which no one else will have
the chance now to see
or climb


it burning miles at a time
it's mine is mine

choked up and stupid
I juggled jokes
And tripped on your toes
thought you laughed
at a longshot
lined in rows of roses


ten seconds
and a glance
are yours
in the glass
I pour slow


Hey honey hold me
(I'm a baby
slow and steady
I'm an immobile mobile)


I've found a new way
to manipulate fire
fire
it makes the house grow


Hey honey hold me
(I'm a baby)

ave niagara
queen of water
fire's daughter
the ultimate author
follow the current
erode it
i rode it
and wrote it
down on looseleaf paper
oh river
oh lay color
on bodies of matter
our bodies matter
the colors scatter
down our legs
into the sand
what a combination we make
(i kind of like you a lock)
with some determination
the heat from our hearts
will freeze out the lake


you have eyes you can unlike but can't hide


with the flow comes rise...


ave niagara
keep on fallin
woo woo the spectators
pre-convert those water haters
look for something greater
let me be your float device
let me do your swear work
cause kisses aren't contracts baby
and these days neither are words


niagara
sugar even odd smiles are in this season

if i was in a band
this would end


yours is a diary
that i've been dying to read


you've been skimming the surface
and i've been saying essays
so i talk novels to your short plays


you came out of nowhere
and caused a collision
but it will take more to break the engine


if i was in a band
this would end


the lights were dim
when i cut in


it was a three day moment
a simple affirmation
and so i guess congratulations


to come out of nowhere
and set sail a friendship
now i've got a reason to be sarcastic, caustic lipstick


i am a car and you do want to crush me too
i do have a steel heart to crush you steal my heart

strawberry ann
switzerland
straddles the line
between his and mine

we'll keep honor
we'll keep on her
with basically
tactical signs of life

in burning a candle
we'll burn our hands off
for your side
if we're so clever
if we're so ever wanting leverage
then how come i'm crying
eleven feet from your bedside
let me inside

you can always come over
and I can always miss you

all over what happened late tonight
our eyes in the moonlight
with our lies

so give me a chance and I
promise i'll make it all
alright
give me a chance and I
promise we'll make it all
worthwhile
give me a chance and I
promise I can make you
smile
did I make you smile

and is there peace tonight
cause if everythings a fight
then everything is nothing
but nothings important

you can always come over
and I can always miss you

1:15 began with a phone ring
i heard i stirred but I wasn't hurt
tonight's lines are yours to keep
go back to sleep

and that's wonderful
when your world at it's worst seems bearable
is it no so terrible to stay
and terrible to say
why won't you change
and walk into the rain
where we love to splash and play
it will be here forever
while everyone's so convinced
theyknow everything is true
all I believe in is you


it was a wonderful puddle that I played in
and I was so young when it hit me
in no one you can believe


but that's terrible
when these evil white lies make hysterical
habit forming beautiful
I miss my friends
they live next door
but insincerity is so hard to ignore


it was a wonderful puddle that we played in
and at two and a half we hit back


isn't that wonderful
that as they gather round our grave
to splash and play they'll say
why'd you have to change


and walk into the same
where the dirty rain drains
you're gone in the morning
while everyone is so convinced
they know everything is true
all i believe in is you.

So frustrated
That something (so) complicated
Could hang over my head
On my first day back
And already i'm treading on unsteady ground
So strike me down or check me out

So elated
That this soul so understated
Could be making eyes at me
But first I'll be
Another innocent victim looking for some
Sense of sympathy

In the middle of a state
The sorry story of a star
That goes "here's my heart"
It's a start
And if anything, we haven't seen everything

In the middle of a stage
There's a girl and a guitar
But there's your car
Have we forgotten who we are?
We haven't seen anything

So I'm told that Chicago's cold
Can't be cool as california
For the first time ever
I feel severed yet smooth removed
If you approve then check it out

To what do i owe this attention
I'm only half of the reflection
And the conversation goes
Oh, nevermind (oh, nevermind)
To what do I owe this tension
If deception's fine
Then this is divine

Divine define divine

On my first day back
And already I've settled on
My weak front

never did much to restore
my self-confidence
and you said i should have more


i was only kidding when i said
blind date
sitting in your car
you got angry and hit my arm


dashboard hugs from drunk boys


got angry and hit the dashboard
i didn't want to talk about it
you didn't want to hear about it


stare at the road i'm honored
there on the road my solemn word
stare at the road i'm honored
stay in my blood too long
i'm there on the road and honored
fear of the road my solemn word
it stayed in my blood your honor
too long


said you liked hugs from boys
but i never saw them
i never saw them
but i knew they were there

let's go undercover
like young lovers should
cause I can kiss you better
then this letter could
and you say

at least under
these covers
I listen to you
And all this music about you
I hope it finds you smiling again

till never begins
or till forever ends
I'll still be lost in poetics
or lost in the mail
can nobody tell you
these guys have a passion for fashion
but are sincere like a statue
and if you have to choose
I am gonna lose
I always do
we always do
nostalgia is drunk
and frustration can be gorgeous
but can i keep my mouth shut

(I listen to you
And all this music about you
I hope it finds you smiling again
till never begins
or till forever ends )

cause sometimes gorgeous can be frustration
when your life is nothing
but an honorable mention
on a radio, on the radio.
maybe i'm a baby
but i think it's time to grow.
you're everything i live for
-ever got shorter.
i'll know on a radio better
I'm a quitter than a starry
tortured soul

the lips I kissed now shape songs of sadness
hold me dear when I'm away
and I'll know when I hear your name
even if I have to sing it to myself.

wake up
and dry your eyes
cause you've been dreaming of mourning
you can't disguise it
I've got a picture we can doctor right up
"So what" you sigh "alright" I reply

get up
I got a feeling
we've been staring at the ceiling too long
and downstairs there's a party going on


and it's your number she goes
"please drive faster."
spoken like a champion
oh no, disaster.


wait up, we got to a hospital groove
and here's some bad news
carrying a crutch
on you crush
gotta hurry boys
we've got a lot to lose


we've got a lot to loosen up
and you know that we can take it
cause we're so tough
a one and a two and the red light out of you
oh vein contusion or two


and it's your number she goes
"please drive faster"
spoken like a champion
oh no, disaster.


code blue I want you
cold blue emergency room
some buckle some bloom
when I want you


wake up wait up wake up
don't you know you've plenty of your life to lose


carrying a crutch
on you crush
gotta hurry boys
we've got a lot to lose


we're getting number
we go "please drive faster."
spoken like a champion.
oh no, disaster.

you're better untouched
it's better I never knew you
and I want nothing to do with this


and you never made up your mind
and I never changed mine
you know


you're emotionless
and filled with chemicals
to kick you up and down
and bring you to the ground


(a likely story
the pain is temporary)
I'm glad to see you go away


stay where you are
if you want to stay
and I can't be what you want me to be
so you can do what you want to do


(a likely story
the pain is temporary)
I want nothing to do with this
If everyone here was my friend


you can't remember the last time
you had such a bad time


and you never made up your mind
and I never changed mine
you know


left with so much to decide
inside you're dying
you're emotionless
and filled with chemicals
to kick you up and down
and bring you to the ground
(a likely story
the pain is temporary)
I might as well speak to the back of your head
i'm glad to see you go away

club starlight
where your eyes
round brown and shine
darted out for the dimes
in world record time
now it's time to give it to them

it's a new dream
it's constant it's madly it's everything to me
as the sun set on the set
on the set ready set go
go make a mess of the mystery
of your perfect love history


and everyone knows your name
and everyone knows we're the same
you're lucky to be alive


little bee stings and little happenings
they're all just silly things
they never made our scene interesting
they never made it into a movie screening


so hey love
she darts in and out for the drinks tonight
she misses your eyes at club starlight
she'll be back and blue in the summertime
together we'll ride wherever and forever


and you think you're insane
a somebody else in a cruel game
you're lucky to be alive
and everyone knows your name
and everyone knows we're the same
you're lucky to be alive


we're sick
and we'll stay sick
in this city
at least you'll keep your distance
but keep me around
our heads in the clouds
both feet off the ground.