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Burn This Guitar

Would you burn this guitar

Stop all the songs

Silence my voice from singing

Set my souls' desires on overdrive

So they just disintegrate from spinning

Because I have made a huge mistake

Out here on my own

I'm the soldier in the quicksand

And I am gasping for air

But if I just stop struggling

Maybe you could find me

You my love

My great escape

Pull me out of here

Pull me out of myself

Take me home with you

Sit me down and tell me to just shut up

Tell me stories all night long

About yourself

'Cause I want to know

Everything about you

'Cause I'm sick of myself

All my hopes and glories

I'm consumed by my ego

And still unable to say 'no'

Ya but I'm still moving forward

Though I have no destination

Wherever I end up I pretend

That it's where I wanted to go

It's like Cassady and Kerouac

Neil Cassady I am

All messed up by my existence

Ya and why the hell I am

N' do I deserve this?

No I don't think so

So would you do me a favor baby

And burn this guitar

Pull me out of here

Pull me out of myself

Take me home with you

Sit me down and tell me to just shut up

Tell me stories all night long

About yourself

'Cause I want to know

Everything about you

Baby everything about you

My great escape

But then you said the point is

That there 'aint no point at all

And there is no destination

'Cause we are all just on our way

And maybe the only hope

I have for my ego

Is to let my guitar

Stay right here in its way

Yea, maybe the only hope

I have for my ego

Is to let my guitar

Stay right in its way

Pull me out of here

Pull me out of myself

Shatter Me

You've got some kind of chip

On your shoulder

You've got the world on your back

Walkin' around like everbody

Owes you something

Like your some kind of something else

But you've been building this wall of

Denial for so long now

It seems there ain't no turning back

But soon enough it's gonna come

Crumbling down

And then your gonna know what it feels

Like to be by yourself

'Cause I will not

I will not let you

Shatter me

I will not let you

Shatter me

Ya think you've been fooling me

By saying you're OK

When inside you I know

There's so much anger

You can't even walk straight

So don't come crying to me baby

When you finally decide

It's time to get some help

'Cause I've been trying

To help you for so long now

I have sacrificed enough of myself

And I will not

I will not let you

Shatter me

I will not let you

Shatter me

You may think I'm being greedy

Well for once this might be the case

But I'm a bondafide

Independent superhero

And I will tell you

Your truth right to your face

I tell you the truth right to your face

I will tell you the truth right to your face

You will not

I will not let you

Shatter me

I will not

I will not let you

Shatter me

Back In Love

What you gonna do now

That you've seen the real me

Crying out my eyes for you

Trying to hold on to some sanity

Smile ear to ear

But I'm packin' a thousand watts

In case I need to see my way

Clear out of here

In and out

Back in love

Always in and out

And back in love with you babe

So what you gonna do now

That you've seen the real me

Crying out my eyes for you

Trying to hold on to some sanity

Ya what you gonna do now

Love me for the rest of my life

Love me 'till I'm strong enough

Love me for the both of us

Come on can you love me

For the both of us

In and out

Back in love

Always in and out

And back in love with you babe

Everybody all together now

Tell me your stories one by one

I wanna hear who's been there

And back again

I wanna know has anybody ever won

Against love has anybody ever won

In and out

Back in love

Always in and out

And back in love with you babe

You

Who else would listen

Would listen so hard

To hear when I'm scared

In this love so strong

You

Have stayed

You

Have found a way

Into me

Who else could trust

Could trust with abandon

Me with this desire

That has known no home

You

Have stayed

You

Have found a way

Into me

It can't be easy being you

Always behind the camera with eyes

That blue

And I know your age don't match

Your bones

And I know how small you get when I

Leave home

Always wondering where I am

Who I'm with and if I'm going to call you

You

Have stayed

You

Have found a way

Into me

So I asked you to come

And you just came

I asked you to understand

You smiled and said Okay

I asked you like the road

And you said

You said

I love you..I love you..you stayed

All For Me

It's time to take it easy

Time to go slow

Time to let my soul rest

Ya and let the clock go

I'm gonna let the clock go

Hanging on my front porch

Sun in my eyes

Perfect iced coffee

Smiling all over my insides

Oh I'm smiling all over my insides

All for me all for me

All for me today's all for me

Where nothing could go wrong

It's just me and my heart

Just watching' the world spin along

We're watching the world spin along

But these little things seem so big

And life is moments endings don't exist

And all I thought I knew has come undone

I know that I'm at my best

When I'm dumb

It's all for me all for me

All for me all for me ya

Now the day slips

Stars show their light

I'm thinking it's crazy

That the moon shows up every night

Do you believe that the moon shows up

Every night

So to always live in wonder

And to always be a child

To never take for granted

All the love that's in my life

Oh look at all the love in your life

All for me all for me ya

All for me ya all for me

Fighting Chance

You go to sit down at this table

And everything looks fine

Until you go to put your arms down

And you realize that one of the legs

Is a little too shy

So your bending over now with your

Folded up matchbook

Going to try to steady yourself

And then the waitress comes and

Puts your coffee down

You just spill it all over yourself

But if this is as hard as it gets

You've got a fighting chance

So you think to yourself I'll start

My day over

Ya starting right now

Then you pick up your to-go cup

You got for free

You feel a familiar hand on your shoulder

Turn around and it's your ex

Smiling like she never left you

For your best friend three years before

You think what now all of your weight

On the door

But if this is as hard as it gets

You've got a fighting chance baby

So you push off ya toward

Your apartment

On the corner above that liquor store

And your 28 days away from a drink

Life is testing you more than you've been

Tested before

You are the bravest

Newest person I've met

All of the answers are in you

Even if you haven't

Had the questions yet

You are the bravest person

Newest person I've met

And if this is as hard as it gets today ya

You've got a fighting chance

I know it's hard

Your skin against this city

With all your old friends at the bar

So if it's any consolation to you

I think fragile suits you

Selfish Side

Never ending

Endings I make up

My head is a dangerous place

Cause I can think myself

Out of anything

Change

Comes slow

I hate slow

Rest

It's a concept

Rest when your dead

Rest when your dead they said

So I will rest

When I'm dead

Ya cause my feet feel

Like the tightrope I walk

Ya it splits sanity at the "i"

And the self I've been obsessed with

Well I just found out

That's just my selfish side

Ya it's just my selfish side

And you

You listen to my all

All of my guts in my words spill over

Into a great

Big landfill of lies

That I've creates so I don't feel like I'm over

Ya cause my feet feel

Like the tightrope I walk

Ya it splits sanity at the "i"

And the self I've been obsessed with

Well I just found out

That's just my selfish side

Ya it's just my selfish side

So I'll leave it all on the beach

In the winter...

Marie In The Middle

Marie is dancing

With her red boots on

She's dancing in the clouds above my

Head

With no music on

Mare in the middle

Three came before

Two came after

Life was loud

And they were poor

On the rock

In front of her house

We'd play king of the world

And Marie in the middle

Always came last

Until the sun it came burning

And it set her soul on fire

Until the fire it went raging

And there was no way for her to survive

No way to survive

Tired

Tired of life's frustrations

You know Marie turned away

Until she captured the drug

That would take her to an early grave

Until the sun it came burning

And it set her soul on fire

Until the fire it went raging

And there was no way for her to survive

Marie in the middle

No way to surive

Then her son

He wrote a card

To say good-bye to his mom

And we were all transfixed

By the boy in the tie

Wearing shoes made for men

And it said

Marie is dancing

With her red boots on

She's dancing in the clouds

Above my head

With no music on

Let's Fly

It's three a.m.

I've got the moon in my window

I take the 55 to Lakeshore Drive

And your city stretches out

But I am breathing

Anticipating feelings

I'm going through the motions

Of how I plan to save you

I'm gonna save you from yourself

So I need you to

Open up your arms now baby

N' climb on my back

Give me what you can for now

And I'm gonna give I'm gonna give

You I'm gonna give you three times

That

Cause you are what I've been waiting for

I dreamt our face beautiful years ago

N' I promise I will never leave your side

So come on baby

Let go n' let's fly

Ya you run in and out

And you stop when you open

Your mouth

You want but refuse to take

All this love I've been putting on

Your plate

Ya 'cause I'm not scared

And I am not afraid

So deny me all you want baby

'Cause the truth is

I see myself in your eyes

I need you to

come on open up your arms now baby

N' climb on my back

Give me what you can for now

And I'm gonna give you three times

That

Cause you are what I've been waiting for

I dreamt your face beautiful long ago

N' I promise I will never leave your side

So come on now baby

Let go n' let's fly

Thinking

I keep thinking

I see you

When I'm sleeping

I dream you

My head's as heavy

As the weight of my body

Your silence

confuses me

What I want

Is an explanation

What I need

Is to be released

Because part of me

Is still holding on to you

Because part of me

Likes to feel defeat

So what if this whole the one thing

Is really real

And I screwed it up

To keep myself away

Because somewhere inside me

I still believe

that I don't deserve

To be loved this way

What I want

Is an explanation

What I need

Is to be released

Because part of me

Is still holding on to you

Because part of me

Likes to feel defeat

I keep thinking