By the numbered ivory tower Fall right into the open sea Where they wait for me Fourth age coming, tide returning, light Dripping from the broken tree Bring brave men to their knees Wear your honor, not your armor I've no visions, scales from my eyes Fein to search such hard earned love and Oh, this leaving mind and body With nobody turning us...Learn More

Had you birthed your boy right here And you set him on that hill Left alone you know he’d turn out still A man set on his course Dry eye and bitter voiced You say he's bound to change You’re bound to live that lie Here starts the day we mark his trials by fire As sure a heart beats in your chest There was never something there Oh mothers, your...Learn More

On through the fog now, down to the shallow river bed My paws they ache and I, I’ll wash this fever from my head Foul beast he tricked me now, no more a hunger in his gut My deeds have filled the mouth that conned these open eyes to shut Oh no you never do me any favors- just draw me a line Oh no you never do me any favors Along the mountainside,...Learn More

Old ties to hold us while we're swinging No lines to help define the meaning Of a ship to surely drown Weak heart much better for the breaking False start toward a prize that's worth the taking And a call you hear it now But oh, they don't see it as it's so And they will never throw their stones- So don't you dare leave it alone Love lost (did...Learn More

Laura knows my name She's gone, baby she's gone I won't take the blame She's gone, she's gone At night, when you sleep Pray the shepherds keep- The child (Annie waits for me)...Learn More

[Verse] There's always been a buzz, the locusts swarming up From underneath our guilty feet A giant underground, with a castle for a crown An ancient fast asleep [Chorus] But there's a voice in our ear, and a crack in the mirror A passage left out of the psalm Oh lonely fortress! (Aaahhh!) [Verse] Well the word it spread through town And the word...Learn More

[Verse] Dig a pit and put your bones below Let your body lie alone Find the words to send by telegraph With an epitaph in tow [Chorus] Who's got the time To live their life before they die? You've got some nerve Leaving your words behind Words behind [Verse] Set your ship to reach the farthest shore Where your fathers weep no more Carve your name...Learn More

Mother, please don't stare Settle down and comb your hair She was blind, but now she sees She was blind, but now she sees Mother watch your step And wash your hands Close your eyes and count to ten She was blind, but now she sees Mother please (3x) Oh mother me I'm my father's daughter Don't go digging graves where there's another Put the shovel...Learn More

You drink from Widow’s cup Always on the cusp of real love You hide from shadows fire Always in desire for real love Once I felt I understood like hands laid soft on a box of wood Built from summer pine My visions fade from black to red While a spirit haunts this empty bed from time to time This bone cannot be set, this choice I can’t regret For...Learn More

When it’s time to go You’ll return to your makers, and they’ll turn to face you Your mind machine starts to glow You are lost on the others, with your letters and numbers Hands above and hands below, they want to know, want to know Barrows and Barons, the province of man Quiver of arrows, they build up the land Super computer and General...Learn More

Left a alone a seed to sadness grows Burrows down where thoughts may hide And break up in your cellar floor And let the water pour, inside Fill your cup with all the ash and bone Digging down to see her eyes And though the archers bow may bend A lie that’s never told, begins Abide with me my son And sing a life that’s done Help for helpless ones,...Learn More

Throw your wishes in a well and hope they come back up Chase the echo down a rabbit hole and find your songs of love Close your eyes and let the stars begin again Throw your voice away until the end You can find her body in the garden now, her days are long Patience has a way of stretching out a shadow cast in stone God may speak his mind, but he...Learn More