Through Ether & Time

Give me the mad ones, the sad ones
the ones who’ve got nothing to lose
If you break the ranks
I would step out of line next to you
Cut all your ties and talismans now
The stones that you carry aren’t charms
they’re just holding you down
You swear that you’re fine
but it sure doesn’t show in your face
Trying to steal time and still just a slave to the days
We all have our passion and poison to share
And the deepest of needs
To know somebody cares
 
I am reaching out to you through ether and time
I damn all the doubts that cloud my mind
To bring me back home
 
You’re standing in awe
Drunk and slackjawed from the fight
Nailed to the wall a picture of two birds in flight
Souls will prevail love over ember and wave
These days it seems like your own life’s the one that you save
 
I am reaching out to you through ether and time
I damn all the doubt that clouds my mind
To bring me back home
Home to you

In All That We Might Find

There’s a dirty face kid on a K-Mart pony
A cherry Icee laying on the ground
It looks like blood spilling out of that cup
With the blue light special coming down
A burnt out trailer and the siren sings
A crazy porch lady’s got a rat on a string
Screaming at the kids that trample her flowers
Running with their capes and Superman powers
The rain’s coming down on my windshield now
I’m thinking on my childhood days
It all just seems like a dream somehow
I woke from and it slipped away
Nine to five, the daily grind
Trying to raise these kids of my own
To give a full share of my heart and my time
And somehow make this house a home
 
I miss the days end soft embrace
And the stillness of our minds
When a sense of mystery remained
In all that we might find
 
Well they cut down a thousand pines
And built up a hundred homes
Then called that place A Thousand Pines
Like some kind of twisted joke
In the age of information the screens of isolation
Bathe us in a cool blue glow
The network imperfection the lack of real connection
Has left us feeling more alone
 
I miss the days end soft embrace
And the stillness of our minds
When a sense of mystery remained
In all that we might find

Fire to Metal

You left the last day of summer
You flew the first day of fall
The sun cast no shadow
But your light revealed
The color and the beauty of it all
 
I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t harder
Watching the days bleed into the nights
The edges I swear they’re growing darker
But the center of your sparkle heart
Is burning bright
 
And tonight it’s fire to metal
 
You are the only thing that saves me
When it all proves too much
There is no greater pain or consolation
Than the memory and phantom feeling
Of your touch
 
And tonight it’s fire to metal

Rust of Age

The rust of age interrogates
my best intentioned man
Speaks a truth, the lie of youth
Confessed by force of hand
 
We all must face our grave mistakes
Of body, mind and soul
But I believe I’ll take the dirt
And leave behind the hole
 
The branches cracking in the night
The weight of falling snow
Can you believe the irony
The strength that lightness shows
 
We all must face our grave mistakes
Of body, mind and soul
But I believe I’ll take the dirt
And leave behind the hole

The Heart That Aches to Open

All these people on the sidewalks
In the cafes and the shops
Dark sunglasses, talking cell phones
Seem so busy and assured
So assured of where they’re going
Where they are and where they’ve been
Me, I’m driving, going nowhere
All alone I envy them
I see beauty in the battle
And the struggle to victory
Fate’s as blind as faith and justice
It takes more than sight to see
 
Here’s the heart that aches to open
Longs to draw you safely in
I will be here through the madness and the glory
Until the end
 
All these lovers bent and broken
Searching for a place called home
All our treasures spent and stolen
Left us nothing but alone
One last sunset slowly sinking
The sweetest, saddest of goodbyes
Shared together a lifetime waiting
For the walk into the light
 
Here’s the heart that aches to open
Longs to draw you safely in
I will be here through the madness and the glory
Until the end

Until We Both Believe

You fear your friends may fail you
Or that you’ll fail all your friends
Everything you’ve held to
Has released you in the end
But you keep putting faith in
The things that you don’t see
Sometimes you’ve gotta fake it
Until you can believe
 
You keep your garden secret
A mad shadow in your heart
In a crowd you’d never speak it
What you profess alone there in the dark
But you keep putting faith in
The things that you don’t see
For now you’re gonna fake it
Until you can believe
 
And a line so fine was drawn for you
Upon this heavy page
A way to trace what won’t show thru
Yet still reveals a name
 
From creek to stream to rivers edge
We walk the cedar line
Someone cleared the path ahead
Of timber, stone and vine
So we’ll keep putting faith in
These things that we can’t see
We won’t have to fake it
When we both believe

Our Roadside Prayers

Fires on the roadside
Prayers for the damned
You with your mouthy red bouquet
Tear me from the tether
Lay my body on the sand
The tide will lift and carry it away
 
Oh I fear that I may fail you
Though I pray it isn’t so
I did the best I knew to
Please forgive me before we grow too old
 
You’re a stunning clever beauty
With a knack for breaking down
My spirit soars and crashes to the ground
The gift that I have given
Is more than just a name
It will bless and curse you just the same
 
Oh I fear that I may fail you
Though I pray it isn’t so
I did the best I knew to
Please forgive me before we grow too old

The Days of Caution

Can I unring this bell
Whose tone so cruel and clear
I’ve come to know it well
Though still refuse to hear
My love for you breaks me
With beauty, wit and speed
Disturbs my sleep and shakes me
It stirs my fear and need
 
The days of caution rise
And lift themselves to show
Surrender in our eyes
And a hunger in our soul
 
A ghost glow in the darkness
Is a guiding sapphire hue
A voice to cure the blindness
A trick of light to you
I feel my body spinning
Though straight ahead I stare
The end is the beginning
There is grace enough to spare
 
The days of caution rise
And lift themselves to show
Surrender in our eyes
And a hunger in our soul

A Prism of Grace

When you’re smashed like a glass
At the foot of a bride
Wrapped up in silk
But still broken inside
A prism of grace
Where the pure light divides
I’ll be there waiting for you
 
No need for excuse
No time for denial
When this ruthless truth
Has been ours for awhile
When the wind speaks your name
And you walk through the fire
I’ll be there waiting for you
 
I can’t pretend
To know what to say
Silence says more than our words will today
With your hand in mine
Right here where we lay
I’ll be here waiting for you

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