Anthems of a Mended Heart
Anthems of a Mended Heart
- 3000 Lines of Defense
- Paint Yourself Crazy
- When I Die
- Two Birds sittin’ on a bridge
- Mum song
- Talent is a torture
- Monument
- Astral Planes
- In a body that is cursed
- The Devil
- End of the world
- Where sleep is king(and we are his children)
- Jack’s song
- Kiss on both Eyelids
3000 lines of defense.
putting up 3000 lines of defense
away with the insecurity
off with all the fears.
2000 lines of weaponry
aiming 2000 lines of weaponry
rid all your useless intentions
off with your point of view.
you people never learn
you people never learn
you will never learn
1000 lines of weakness
erasing 1000 lines of weakness
burning up your blue prints
we refuse to start from the bottom.
2 lines of intrusion
confronting 2 lines of intrusion
don’t want your contemporary anatomy
we’re cuttin all you people down .
you people never learn
you people never learn
you will never learn
follow your dreams baby follow them home
wake up so early to get on the road
be a deal breaker to show em your horns
don’t cower to leaders just brush all em off
make a decision without all the guilt
thats how revolutions have always been built
paint yourself crazy with ideas and show
our children that visions always have room to grow
and if we don’t make a change now
we’ll always just complain about
how unhappy the world we live in has got
so take a step forward to stick out
of the crowd
light up a fire in the eyes of the dull
enlighted the people who have always been shunned
tell all the strangers too they’re invited to walk
out of their sleepy jobs and into a world of hope
make a decision without all the guilt
thats how revolutions have always been built
paint yourself crazy with ideas and show
our children that visions always have room to grow
When i die
burry me with the white flowers
underneath the root lines
in the field.
with the smell, with the smell
of a bonfire
burning wood a top this
cold dark earth.
in the sun, in the sun
we will rise
in the sun , in the sun
we will shine we will shine.
when i die
burry me with my arms out
stretching wide across
the empty dirt.
with the weight,with the weight
of a feather
burry me with the weather
of southern, peaceful lust.
in the sun, in the sun
we will rise
in the sun, in the sun
we will shine we will shine.
when i die
burry me somewhere near
just so i can hear
your prayers dear.
with the heart, with the heart
of a lover
weeping simple disclosures
of unfair fairwells.
in the sun in the sun
we will rise
in the sun, in the sun
we will shine we will shine.
When the sunlight hits your wings
i wait quietly to hear the song you sing
it just a song it doesn’t have to mean anything
when the sunlight hits your wings
Morning sunlight starts to break
the tyny cracks in the cold nights face
brush the sleep off with the early rays
i’ll sing a song babe every single waking day.
When the sun sets the sky catches fire
we sit higher than any bird on any wire
but looking down the cars that more, the time it takes
to do the silly things we do for heaven’s sake.
When the sun sets the clouds bloom in gold
i miss it every time we are on the road
but for the love of light i wish we could follow it
i really do babe, but lets just sit.
i know i haven’t always been the easiest to tame
and when it comes right down to it
ive always been a pain
but you taught me well how to love
and live and give all that i can
im just not very good at saying thank you
that you always understand
so when the last star in the sky is no longer lit
and all the artwork that me made
becomes yet another myth
you will always be the loving blood
and every one heart beat
that gave me life and keeps me full
of everything i need
this is just my way
of saying thank you
for being my rock.
We fall between the cracks of our quiet episodes
and we always seem to get stuck when its important just to talk
and everyone always tells me that they know how i feel
but they have no idea how i struggle just to breathe
talent is a torture disguised in pretty words
i guess i have to thank all of you people in the world
who have made me want to die, hi.
its imperative for us to keep our burning will
and never to forget the truth that taught us how to feel
so when we get stuck between those cracks in the middle of a storm
i hope you know i see in you a greater strength ive never see before
wake up and put your uniform on
hardshell hat and heavy duty gloves
and please be careful darlin
building bridges is a brave man work
you know one day you’ll be in history
people will walk upon the steel you mold
things like these they just don’t fall apart
no matter how fragile and how old
and our children will cary on
what you started here today
and i know everyone involved
will have nothing but good things to say
about the monument you built for them
don’t worry there its an easy job
and ill be home before you know
all i need is my kerosine torch
with your love i cant go wrong
from where i stand i see the sun come up
across the water it filled my soul
i tell you dear the bridge is strong
someday people will see what i saw.
We don’t articulate debate communicate about
what’s in our minds our brains our veins
and still our heart complain
and i know i know i know we think the same
but some days we are in different astral planes.
so we go about with open hearts and open minds
and hope for the best to follow us and just we really don’t
expect to be a perfect thing but hope that we can
just exist peacefully.
so we got it all down to making love our of simple parts
of our days at work we try not to sound so unsatisfied
but the truth really lies in the times that we are apart
nothing good ever comes when we forget to feed
each other’s hearts
i used to tell you that i love you
as soon as you would fall asleep
but i don’t think you ever saw dear
the saddest thoughts that that would bring
i am a woman who cannot survive on fiction
though i fight i swallow most my pain
ive always been easily defeated
by my weak heart and swore to never do again
i do admit i am easily discouraged
but i am trapped in a body that is cursed
i carry all the waste people have left behind here
just trying hard to not grow older from the pain.
from pain
as i always do again
i used to tell you that i love you
as soon as you would fall asleep
i knew you couldn’t hear me whisper
but i would still think you were just ignoring me
i am a woman starved of caring
and ive always had to stand up for myself
you are my life support and only friend
and in my life, no one’s ever been this way.
i do admit im more sensitive than others
but my reasons have always haunted me
i carry all the waste people have left behind here
just trying hard to not grow older from the pain
from pain
as i always do again
i woke up this morning our of breath
with death calmly sleeping right on my chest
i just out of bed and said
go away go away
i ain’t never seen nothing so scary and dark
pulled myself right out of his claws
but he followed me where light walked with me
go away go away
and he said
you ain’t got nothing coming to you child
no you ain’t got nothing coming to you child
so follow me where the sleepless lie
oh follow me into the wild
so i ran in the shower to baptize myself
figure the devil wont follow me there
but what do i know he’s standing right here
go away go away
no spiritual healing will hurd him away
like bee stings my eyelids turning all gray
next thing i know he’s holding my hand
go away go away
when the end of the world finally comes
there’ll be no one to listen
all my words will erase what ive made of my existence
i walk alone all the time
down a street of busy people
i think i may be invisible
they wont look at me at all
and ive never felt so bad
loving something so much
pushing me away
when the end of the world finally comes
there’ll be no more music
what ive built will burn down slow slow
its the same when you die all the things
in your life just stop at once
so can you give us something else to live for
Where Sleep is King (and we are his children)
we will write we will write our own stories
we will write we will write our own sleeping music
we will write we will write our own sweet memories
we will write we will write our own breathing songs
hey don’t forget about us
when you’re out there on your own
i wait here patiently
so come back come back come back home
in our bed in our bed we are so closely fitted
in our bed in our bed we shape shift into one single thing
in our bed in our bed we share our favorite stories
in our bed in our bed where sleep is king and we are his children
in the car in the car we speak one mind rules us both
in the car in the car we drive for days to get to shows
in the car in the car we see the world through one set of eyes
in the car in the car where we have made a home for us.
Its hard enough to be alone all day
morning comes and they leave me again
but what can i do, i can’t get out
im locked in
Its hard enough to be alone all day
morning comes and they ignore me again,
and again
but what can i do
i can’t get out
im locked in
im locked in
like a kiss on both eyelids
your wonderful and safe
like a sailing ship in the middle
of a dead calm sea you’re far away
like a moth to flame
i attatched myself to you
and i grew a giant spider
inside my head just for you
i fell so hard
i fell so hard
i cant get up
im addicted to your sweetness
wont you give me some more
i would like to be the one
to write your favorite song
