God Shaped Hole
So long farewell good-bye
I’ve got wars still left to fight
Tooth and nail, eye for an eye
If love’s revenge, you’ve got it right
And there’s been far too little grace
From people claiming to be saved
All God’s children spewing hate
Digging graves and saving face
I used to always pray I wouldn’t wake the next day
Still feeling like my body’s left my soul betrayed
But God don’t make mistakes
It’s no mistake that I was made
And you don’t know what you don't know
All our hearts a God-shaped hole
I’m so far from perfect
Still don’t admit my own defeat
And my doubt’s my greatest defect
All my fear is crippling
I wish I wasn’t always quiet
When I needed to speak up
I wish my words were always gentle
When I spoke about love
Shame still hums aloud like a ghost under ground
Why am I most lonely when I’m standing in a crowd
Of people of the faith
I hope someday that could change
‘Cause you don’t know what you don't know
All our hearts a God-shaped hole
Tell me
How’d you make it look so easy
Kick me while I’m down on my knees
Praying for the strength to love you
Like he loves me
Tell me
How’d you make it look so easy
Kick me while I’m down on my knees
Praying for the strength to love you
Like he loves me
Hang Love to Dry
I’ve got a problem with making it work
I’ve got so many words, and I just wanna be heard
But she’s gone, she’s gone
She’s gone
And I’m but an author of books made of her
Each story’s the same, but the endings get worse
I try to write about love, but love has written me off
Yeah, I’m gone
She’s here then she’s not
Yeah, she does what she wants
She comes and she goes
Yeah, she’s overexposed
And the limelight has swallowed her whole
She likes to pretend like she hasn’t a soul
But she rolls in like thunder, chilling my bones
And the worst part of being is being alone
The worst part of loving is letting go
Yeah, the worst part of loving is letting go
I don’t like to promise, so I promise I won’t
There’s a story behind me that you don’t wanna know
Love is kept best with eyes shut, mouths closed
I don’t want it all, I just want to scrape by
When she took my hand I kissed my heart good-bye
Yeah, it’s gone, it’s gone, yeah
My father’s an oyster and my mother’s a pearl
He swallowed her up before she saw the world
And she’s gone, she’s gone
But he couldn’t keep her when she started to shine
Now she’s another man’s treasure, the apple of his eye
I wanna find love, keep love, hang old love to dry
I wanna find love, keep love, leave old love behind
Man in the Moon
I feel like I just woke up
Took you for a dream that might swallow me up
You can’t stomach the guilt the same way you can heartbreak
And my hallelujah sits naked beside me
God gave me hands to pick you up
God gave me feet to walk you home in the dark
Everything changes while I stay the same
If God’s grace is shameless then why do I feel
Oh if God’s grace is shameless then why do I feel
So goddamned ashamed for the way that I feel
I feel like I love you, does that make it true
I’m just one more slip shy of going too soon
And I wish that I could be the man in the moon
‘Cause the further I am, the better I can
Watch over you
I know I talk too much when I’m on that awful stuff
Am I high or in love, which one’s harder to stop
Is this real or a fantasy I’m making up
I’m always too much or I’m never enough
Said I’m always too much, or I’m never enough
Locksmith Hands
Try your luck
A guilty man pleads innocent and she’s still got a grudge
A penny in a wishing well won’t buy you real love
Padlock heart
Locksmith hands and ambience for wishing on the stars
I think that we could teach each other who we really are
I think I wanna let the walls fall
I think I wanna swim the deep end
I think I wanna let my heart race loud enough for you to hear it
I think I wanna be your muse
I think I wanna be your burden
Forgive me for what I might do
I never really mean to
Spill your guts
And I’ll clean up the mess you make and take you home to rust
And I’ll sleep on the couch and dream about forbidden love
Give her up
You're just a frame, the painting’s hanging on my bedroom wall
And I don't need new wounds, but I am always slow to draw
The Ugly
Stale poetry grows like weeds in a garden
I planted with seeds from the devil
Won’t cease
What a curse he’s put on me, emotional lobotomy
It would bother me, but now I don’t feel anything
What a martyr I am, with my face in the sand
A white flag in my hand
Oh I am what I am
A coward on his knees, but I’m convinced that I am free
I can stop, just wait and see
Just have faith in me
Just one more drink, a sedative so I can sleep
I don’t get high, the high gets me
And it comes violently
Don’t ask me why I do this
Why I put you through this
Redundant inconsistency
I believe I have a soul
But it’s so far from my body
And still she seems to love me
The good, the bad, the ugly
I clipped an angel’s wings so that she’d stay with me
And still she looks at me like I’ve got everything
I hear you crying baby don’t you love me
And weren't you thinking of me
The night you did the ugly
The ugly, the ugly
Snow
Carry me somewhere beyond myself
What a pleasant sort of hell
Not even time could tell where it ends
Does it ever end
What a selfish way to die
My skin holds my bones too tight
One more line and I’ll survive
Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it snow
I’ll get better over time, but for now
Leave me cold
Carry me, I never wanna come back down
What a way to let this out
A breath short of life itself
Nothing to give a fuck about
Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it snow
I’ll get better over time, but for now
Leave me cold
Oh baby let me go
Leave me cold
I’ll get better over time, I’ll get better over time
I’ll get better, I swear I’ll get better x2
In the midst of winter, I saw an angel in the lights
Was it you
Was it you