I've got softer eyes than you
And I've got a better view of you
You're looking at the ocean while I'm staring at a wall
You can't be worth everything
I feel

I'm the only one counting the minutes that you're late
The only one believing in your word so I'll wait
For a happier ending or for the rest of my life
Cause I was born on attention
But the attention of your wife

I'm sorry mom
I didn't know that dad, he was a bad man
Dad, I was three years old
When you made my mother cry alone

The first day I was home
I kept relief upon my life
I'm not sorry you couldn't see
The point was to be free

The first day
I told myself to go to sleep
Without thinking of you
The point was to be free

I said goodbye
To reasons you gave me
To feel like shit

Say goodbye so I won't have to
Say you'll cry so I won't have to feel like I'm the only one
It's all the same as beautiful if you can make me say she's beautiful
It's a soft sort of hi
A never spoken goodbye
And a squint to ask why
I need you to leave

The pictures you find, they might be mine
Don't hold onto them please
I might need to see you and me

Beautiful city off the lake as long as we
Don't turn around and see the scrapers off the ground

You taught me that mountains were made of life
Not like the lights we see at night
That block the stars of the east
Through pollution we don't have
Off the ocean
In Hawaii

We wrote a story I'll never lose

I'm so good at the same things
Everytime I meet her
For the first few weeks at a time
I open up my mind
And give away the pieces she wants to keep
And I keep the rest to find for the next time

Abigail are you hurting
From hanging on my wall
I see how the swing set carries your baby eyes and softer skin
You're wonderful
Hold onto the chains so you can swing around
And smile like I surprised you
You'll never touch the ground

Loving your life but holding back
See how things change and how I react
I already know that we smile different
I already know we don't have a chance
For forever

Do you ever wonder
How many people on the street
Holding hands
Don't want to touch
I already know that we smile different
I already know we don't have a chance

For forever

It was easy for you to go for someone else
About a week after we were through you went for someone else
You were sorry we were through
And you told me, I still loved you
Explain what you do
It's just something that you're used to

Don't change your mind
Just because you feel bad
I'll be ok
And better without you

You are the stars that I couldn't see through the city
When I looked up I saw lighted smoke
I walked to the rocks of Lake Michigan
A white sail for a star where have you been

You'll see an entrance collapsing on me
Without simple words
You'll choke up
And regret not saying a thing

It's not that we're absent minded
It's that your mind is absent of me
Bring me times when we're not lying down
To pull me towards you

Mom, I think you're hurting now
Are you ok, are you ok
Mom, I think you're crying now
Behind those eyes you can see life pass by

And I'll stay with you now
As you would with me
And I'll always love you
But I can't let you be
Gone

I'll set you free with smiles of me
You want to see like when I was three
You held me up as I high as you could
You never let me down
I never thought you would

Who's going to stop my love for a while
Who's going to break my heart while I smile
Who's going to say it's all for the better
Simple thoughts I've simply tried
Waking up shaking I'm fucking tired
To see if you can go through this
I'd rather not see you again

So, you found your way around me
You, you found your way without me

It's not here Shane though it's new
We can fall apart like we do
Mountains and tall trees
Open land that you haven't seen though it always
It comes back to you

We've got cell phones and computers
And airplanes that get us there sooner
Though it never feels like home
And Chicago is where I've got to go

It's not here Shane though it's new
With the ocean, a turquoise blue
Dolphins and sailboats
Mariachi sombreros singing four part harmonies to you

We've got tequila, mixed margaritas
And the sunset to romanticize fevers
Though it never feels like home
For better or worse, it's where I've got to go

You're going to say that it's alright
Come back to your home
Where you're not alone
We're all just waiting

To get off the phone

Soft white, 25-watt bulb under a lamp shade and a window so old
It's freezing, so cold outside
Wrapped up in blankets
One hand free to write
All about you
It's all about you

A tall glass of water never keeps my throat from drying
When drying there is hope that I can't soothe
Without seeing you
It's all about you
I'm all about you

It's morning
I never thought I'd sleep
I can feel a piece of paper somewhere near my feet
I must've kicked it as I rolled around
Maybe from dreaming, dreaming that I found
You're all about me
Well I'm all about you

I didn't have a daisy for you
I didn't have an ocean near my apartment like I wanted to
But I had a vision meant for you

I didn't hang a picture on my wall
Showing the Adirondack trails that we hiked last fall
But I felt the winter in my room
Without you to call

I didn't feel like smiling when I woke up
Anymore like we did before, when we believed in love
Sleep like an angel recovering from
A hard night of trust
A hard night of love

Will you dance with me even though I'm slow at picking up the moves that everybody knows
Will you take my hand and hold it tight just in case I slip because I think I might
Well you can't see the insecurities that I hide behind my sleeve
As I sit and wait, and I hesitate, I might never see if you'll dance with me
Will you dance with me

Will you dance with me
Well I know that you won't if I never ask

I'd like to break your smile into millions of pieces
So I can see what you're smiling about

I've taken chances before
I've seen her walk out of my door
And I'm not sure what you think about me
I've taken chances before
And I'm not sure that I want to fuck this all up

I'd like to break your smile into millions of pieces
So I can see what you're smiling about

Fishing boats and passengers not saying a word for hours
Seagulls singing and ducks drifting backwards
It's the scenery that they love to catch

They don't have to throw it back in the water
It's the only constant for any photographer

Fishing boats and passengers not saying a word for hours
A mirror-lake image reflecting clouds and faces
There's only so much time before this all erases

What's the point of taking you along
To a new place where you don't belong
If I called you, there's nothing you could say
That would make me happy I spoke to you today

It's not going to get easier by making yourself so scared
It won't get easier by making yourself so scared
You already know how long it takes
To see the reasons your heart breaks

What's the point of taking you along
To a new place where you don't belong

Dive in
The water is empty of sin
And you know it's cold
But you'll get used to it you're told
Open your eyes
The waves are weaving by your side
And take a breath
Wipe your nose and comb your hair back
Now go back under
You've made your choice, a brand new start
And you're feeling younger
To find it whole you broke each part

We're all so proud of you
We're all so proud of you
We knew you'd know what to do
When the time was right, you knew it too
We're all so proud of you

I think I'm gonna to sail to Spain
I think I'm gonna to take the long way around
Float on the ocean for a while
Until I touch down on solid ground

Cause Spain's got Flamenco
And Spain's got Picasso
But Spain, it don't got you
It don't got you

I think I'm gonna drive to Oz
I think I'm gonna take the long way around
Try to find my piece of mind
Cause Oz don't got sunshine all the time
And Oz don't got Malibu
But I'll be just fine
Cause Oz, it don't got you
It don't got you

The Emerald City
It don't got you

It's not an absence of liking of all of those around
It's not an insult that's hiding while you're looking down
It's just the fear of relying on someone new

To be alone was your choosing
You've had other things to choose
You walk around with your head down and poetry to use
You never stopped to consider healing your bruise

Oh city, how have you been
I'm just wondering when you'll let me in
I'll be waiting around, just waiting around

Oh city, how have you been
I'm still wondering when you'll let me in
I'll be listening around, just listening around

Switching faces on you
I'm scared to miss you but excited too
For a new friend wherever I am
I don't want to keep myself in one place even if I can

What's the deal with finding people all over again
I understand why it's comfortable to stay with your first friends
But if I had, I never would've known
What there's to see
There's no mistakes in wanting to leave

But of course I'll miss you
And I'll keep missing more
Everytime I go away
But I've got to go now
Because I'd love to stay

Jealousy comes straight from my pride
Your beauty leaves me sometimes
I'm tricked by my own loss
What I lost was nothing to lose
I've still got my own heart
I've still got my own shoes
To run away from you
To stay away from you
You don't have anything I really want
You can't keep up with me
Your thoughts are all over seen
The only thing destroying me is jealousy
Jealousy
I've still got my own heart
I've still got my own shoes
And I'll wear them all night or as long as I have to

I must've woken up on time
Guess I got some sleep last night
Well it's been months since I could say that and I'm still not sure it feels right
I couldn't cry when I saw you or smile about being through
Well I had nothing left to express to you
Besides goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Besides goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

It's almost time to grow old
To have those memories you never told
To listen to the wind passing through the summer sky
And on its way to winter cold

But before you get there tell me one last tale
Of something that you're proud of and something that you failed
As much as I perceive, as much as I believe
We have to sail your memories one last time before you leave

It's almost time to find peace
To look upon the faces of your friends for relief
To hold your lover's hand and say the first thing on your mind
I would've waited here forever for one last time with you

A brave one a mother
A brave one a teacher
A true love of others
Your heart
Your greatest feature

Words will only sound strong enough if I can say them the right way
I've been so patient now
Can you not hear me say

It's brought on by friendliness
It's captured and uncontrolled
I'd like to love you but I'll dream instead
You'd like to love me but prefer a good friend

Well open up your eyes
And take a look at me
Focus on what you might be missing

Is it brought on by friendliness
It's captured and uncontrolled
I'd like to love you but I'll dream instead
You'd like to love me but prefer a good friend

It's brand new to me
It's all I can see
When I close my eyes
And wish myself to fall asleep
Oh what I don't know is what you think at this time of night
As I'm holding my breath
Are you holding another real tight

Oh what can I do when I'm thinking of you
When I'm going to bed
I need something new from you

It's brand new to me
It's all I can see
As I open the door
And picture your clothes all over the floor
Oh what I don't know is what you think at this time of night
As I open my arms up for you baby
Are you holding me off and blocking the site

Oh what can I do when I'm thinking of you
When I'm going to bed
I need something new from you

Those running look stressed
Those sitting look blessed
While the mothers and fathers hold their daughters and sons

It's a good day for peace
What helps is the view
From the park and it's leaves
A smile becomes you
You're on my side

You're on my side, you're on my side, you're on my side
And you
You're on my side, you're on my side, you're on my side

Through each season there are reasons
For making it through
And the heat after winter
Reminds us to wake up
And the frost that is lost
Becomes the dew that we sleep through
For whatever it costs
Our heart makes us want to again

You're on my side, you're on my side, you're on my side
And you
You're on my side, you're on my side, you're on my side