Amazing Grace

(alexander)

Well, i can see that you are gone
You're here with me but you are gone
It's a matter of time
'till you can catch up with your mind
And you're gone

There's nothing i could do, you're gone
It just caught up to you, you're gone
Woke up in a place one day
Apathy in your way
Now you're gone

You're gone
It's the time
You're slipping into shade
You're gone, you're defined
Now you're left alone to fade

For everyone concerned, you're gone
The point of no return, you're gone
One day you're gonna find
You're just a memory in someone else's mind
And you're gone

(alexander)

You have reached
A number and a name
But i am gone
And won't be back again
If you wish
To leave a word or two
Here it is
You know what to do
Speak your mind, save yourself some time
That's what machines are for
But i'm not here anymore, i'm not here anymore

Had a friend
Who had a lady fair
Took his own life
Just to prove he cared
Now her and her new man
Yes, they're doing fine
On everything
He generously left behind
The note he left said, "save your breath"
"don't ask me what for"
I'm just not here anymore

Once upon a time
As the story's always told
The people bowed and prayed
Around a calf of gold
Now the weeds are taking over
Where the garden used to grow
Some things a man can conquer
Some things he must let go, some things he must let go

I have ruled
Over a cup and spoon
And i conclude
That the kingdom's doomed
And i have schemed
I have waited and prayed
Had my dreams
Attractively displayed
So if it's your time, speak your mind
That's what regimes are for
But i'm not here anymore

Once upon a time
As the story's often told
The people bowed and prayed
Around a calf of gold
Now the leaves are taking over
Where the flowers used to grow

I'm not here anymore

(smith)

Well i ain't no man, no i ain't no man
I can run and i can hide, fool the best of them
I can tell you a story, you'd believe again
But you'd see right through me, cause i ain't no man

I left you home on a sunday carrying my pride
But the lord he only knows when a man must die
Don't you tire of my holding onto you my friend
I'm only holding on to something 'cause i ain't no man

And i have tired of my youth, and i am tired of my mind
I have tried to think it through, tried a million times
Your generosity has shown me that my only plan
A setting sun without a morning, 'cause i ain't no man

Well i ain't no man, no i ain't no man
Well, i can run and i can hide, fool the best of them
And i can tell you a story, you'd believe again
How many times do you have to show me
That i ain't no man
How many times do you have to show me
That i ain't no man
How many times do you have to show me
That i ain't no man

(smith)

A letter of acceptance, from an old forgotten friend
A little piece of history, you thought you'd never see again
Like the broken plymouth, and the boat with the hole
It was a sticky situation, and you knew you had to roll
Well you knew you had to roll

A finger under your conscience, pullin' at your skin
You broke your standing record, when you let her in
Like the girl from the past, and your secret tryst
You wouldn't wanna let it go, with the flick of the wrist
Well, the flick of the wrist

But it's broken, final
Leather, vinyl, die dee die

(alexander)

You are my poison ivy
You are my disease
You are what i must walk through
To get to what i need

You are my vaccination
You're my cheshire cat
You are my situation
And i give thanks for that

But it seems like we've come a long way
(yeah, yeah) seems like we've come a long way

You are my irritation
You're under my skin
You are my, you are my reminder
Of where i shouldn't have been

But it seems like we've come a long way
(yeah, yeah) seems like we've come a long way

I know what this is
I've been here before

You are my poison ivy
You're my fleur de lis
You are what i must cling to
To get to what i need

(alexander, naydock)

"charge admission and rope me off"
She said, "i do believe i see income here"
Eight hundred and seventy pounds
From a thyroid condition, and one room bound, but

Beyond these walls
She screwing off with friends at work, and
Beyond these walls
She tells the guy she dates he's a pompous jerk again

She longs for normalcy
So she's worked some kinks into her reverie
Friends'll bug you and lovers fail
All that's human fills an intricate daydream sail, but

Beyond these walls
The mundane hints of rhapsody, and
Beyond these walls
Are faces and aquaintances and reasons for a routine

A rich imagination
And self-depreciation
She plays for laughs and
Eases the trials of isolation

Where she reclines alone
Her breathing labored, she begins to roam
Another wonderful active climb
In a beautifully crafted paradigm

Beyond these walls
A laugh with friends and awkward dates, and
Beyond these walls
She's overworked and running late, and
Beyond these walls
A wealth of situations makes for time away in daydream
Time away in daydream