It doesn't bother me to say That my faith isn't what it was only seven days ago And when you left me to wait With seasick daydreams of a cold atlantic coast I did as i was told We all have to be patient There's nowhere else to go Everyone clings onto something that they know That they know And you can find me in my bed Somewhere past the mission...Learn More

I hung up the gloves The day be your own pet broke up And wondered if you knew An army of white girls Dressed like jemina pearl Steps in time with you No one ever told me how unlucky I was The peroxide in your hair And your hundred-yard stare Made the world your joke The lips that kissed me raw Were wrapped around a straw Rail whiskey, diet...Learn More

The lights go on They call your name A circus tiger, you pace the cage So far from home Sold for parts You fixed your teeth, they broke your heart Just don’t let me die in L.A Success is safer from far away Don’t let me die in L.A Too young to play your greatest hits Feign your ignorance, pray for bliss Alone again Too high to move At the edge of...Learn More

Did you come to watch me wither Or blow open into splinters Now i'm trapped inside your amber for life See, i've waited long enough But somehow i haven't earned it yet Staring right into the montrose harbor lights Montrose harbor has a face Alison is on the beach again There's a song stuck in my head From the bottom of lake michigan If you knew...Learn More

If I stay up for days without sleep And choke down black coffee to get through the week If I thrash all night and pour sweat through my sheets I’ve just been looking for you And if I go out walking alone Cozy up to the first “open” light I see on I’ll laugh the loudest so nobody knows I’ve just been looking for you If the devil makes me do it His...Learn More

Each summer turned to fall Vanilla scented candles Degrees hung on the wall He never called He never calls Your wilted muscles flexed On cherry cough drop mornings When you could see your breath Did you pray that there’s something left? Gather pieces of this mess and build a life from scratch Did you keep your windows clean? Waste your time with...Learn More

I wanna count it out in dog years I wanna wear it inside-out I was such a pretty mess With your belt around my neck I'm never gonna live this down I never wanna meet my neighbors I don't think they know who I am 'cause every time we call the cops They just kiss and laugh it off We'll sleep through it if we can No one tells me anything Anything at...Learn More

I used to know the score Apple cheeked and summer born A blatant disregard for everyone who came before There’s streets that i don’t walk down anymore If you’d seen me at my best Heart pounding out my chest These kids will pick at our remains until there’s nothing left There’s names i’ll only say under my breath If i needed a reminder When i...Learn More

Sometimes the air’s so clean, it almost makes me choke It’s like there’s just no other way Another gardener to paint the lilies gold It’s no reason to celebrate So when you’re begging me to sing the song you know In voices I can’t imitate I think I finally found a punch line for this joke I think I found a way to stay...Learn More

Anyone can join a party The trick is knowing when to leave Half the sun on the horizon Is all the evidence we need I've been trying to meet you Floating open and free Cresting up and crashing down Take me back to the beach Were you practicing your writing? Twisting knots in the breeze? Make your friends come and find you Challenge your...Learn More

Went crawling down the hallway to my hotel room Re-opened some old wounds You're picking at my buttons, tugging at my boots It's so easy for you She lives in new york She knows how to wait She's on a mission, like always The words she typed were kitchen knives stuck in my back The best I ever had For every kiss of lipstick on your cigarette We...Learn More

Virginia - the people's champion '92 The whole world hides from you But what can you do? The dawn of a golden age of suffering He loves you, doesn't he? But what does it mean? And no one ever told her The weight of our world rests upon her shoulders A spine that stands so quietly A perfume that still lingers and reminds me That she's gone A...Learn More