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Yesterday's Blast

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Happy As a Clam

Everything Will Be OK (A Message to the Youth of Today)

You Are the One

Air (What's On Your Mind)

Misery Love's Co.

My Hero (Whistler's Song)

Talk About Your Great Depressions

So In Conclusion...

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Happy As a Clam

How's it hangin?
What are you doing with yourself?
Wait a minute
Let me add your number to my cell
It's just a shame that there's so little time
To reminisce about the great successes of our prime

But who's to say
That our best years are behind us
After all, advertisers constantly remind us how important we are
the best is yet to come, but may cause bleeding, leakage and bizarre behavior

what do we really want, what do we really take, what are we really trying to do?
how do we show our love, how do we rise above the lies to see the simple truth?

I don't know, I'm just running on the wheel
Oh, I'm cerebral, so I think to avoid the way I feel
Sometimes and sometimes not
My instincts don't kick in 'til I've exhausted every thought
But don't get me wrong I'm happy as a clam
When I remember to remind myself I am

Everything Will Be OK (A Messsage to the Youth of Today)

It's hard to win when you're a quitter
It's even harder when you're all bitter
But don't you believe for an instant
You're not in the running
No matter how distant

The finish line appears
You can leave your darkest fears behind you

It's hard to be good in a world full of sinners
When in Berlin, like an icon said "Ich bin ein Berliner"
But you know that temptation is a temporary impulse it won't last; it too will pass

I don't always follow my own advice, that doesn't mean that I'm not right

Sometimes it's hard to admit what the truth is
Cause we tend to take refuge in convenient excuses
And all that gets us, call it a trend
The sad sinking feeling that we'll do it again

So make all your mistakes and then make sure that you learn something from them
And everything will be ok

You Are the One

Every night you are in my dreams
And when I wake up you are by my side
When I think of what you've given me it fills me up inside
With excitement and fear

Some people need a crowd to thrive, some need solitude
Some of us just want the world to spin according to our mood
That would be sweet

I am sorry that I'm selfish now and then
you know more than anyone how thoughtless I have been
But every time I'm about to fall, you put out your hand
And I'm a thankful man

Every night before I go to sleep, I lie awake and wonder what it means

Honey, from my heart, you know it's true - as simple as it seems - you are the one

The woman of my dreams

Air (What's On Your Mind)

What's on your mind?
What's in your heart?
Who's got your back?
When trouble starts
Don't take too long to respond
Your bodyguard may soon be gone
Life is short, it's a mortal sport

What's going on?
Who's in control?
What do they know that we don't know?
I watch the news
I go online
I'll get the truth some other time
The years pass by, the past don't lie

So celebrate what you've learned today
Progress was made
The only thing a memory will do is fade

Which point of view would you apply?
The glass half full or the glass half dry?
I see the glass and I want to scream
But that's just me, I can be extreme
Don't assume the worst
Get all the details first

And when all hell breaks loose
You might be prepared
But in the end the only thing you need to live is air

What's on your mind
What's in your heart

Misery Love's Co.

I'll stop blaming you for my misery
If you stop blaming me for yours
Just imagine all the possibilities
Once we've settled our old scores

But let me count the ways you let me down
First of all, you're not around, secondly, you lie to me
Third, what's the word?...consistency

Everybody sees the shape we're in
No one here is fooled by the joyless grins
But how'd we get from there to here so fast
Today's malaise used to be
Yesterday's blast

Let's forgive and forget
My ego can't afford any more regrets

I should have grown up a long time ago
Me and everyone I know

What do you say we give it one more try
One final score before we ride
Off into the sunset, with our heads held high
Our heads held high

My Hero (Whistler's Song)

I see you in the distance
Or is it just a ghost?
I'm trying to get perspective,
But I guess I'm still too close

You used to be my hero
Maybe you still are
Maybe you can't help it
Even in the darkness, your shadow reaches far

Some things get taken from us
Some things we let go
Sometimes our failures teach us lessons
Sometimes we refuse to grow

I remember when you walked out
Said you needed to be free
I was shattered, but you came back
Said you returned for me

But some things you just can't come back from
No matter what, it's a fact
Sometimes second chances just delay us from choosing a different path

I'm thinking of the time we went up North
Out walking in the woods
The leaves were turning colors
My hero casting shadows on the ground where other legends once stood

(And some things get taken from us
And some things we can't control
And that which doesn't kill us
Damn sure take its toll)

Talk About Your Great Depressions

Let's see which prescribable malady this turns out to be
I'd like to fix myself but I'm all thumbs psychologically

I've seen things I can't explain like a monkey conducting a choo choo train
That's just the beginning he was whistling his theme song and grinning

I'm not going to lie to you, I've been desperate a time or two
Once back in 004 I almost quit expecting more

Woe is me, woe is you
Whoa, why are we so blue?

Talk about your great depressions we could use a few more sessions
I could pencil you in
In the meantime take your medicine

Let's see which describable calamity has made me me
One time when I was four I got lost in a grocery store
(They found me in the frozen foods
I was shaking in my shoes)

I've seen things I had to explain on a cardboard square with a vague ink stain
I'm not going to lie to you I envied the simian riding the Soo Line.
It seemed like he was doing fine, nothing weighing on his mind, whistling old lang syne

Talk about your great depressions, it's a national obsession, it's a natural progression (unnatural selection), yeah they love to keep us guessing, you'd think we'd learn our lesson, we're not wantin but we're stressing
OUT

So In Conclusion

Here we are
And isn't life a funny thing
We go so far
but no one tells us what to bring
We choose a path and then we change our minds
We want the truth and settle on the first thing that we find

And then there's love
You can't explain it in a song
But when it's real
it hurts and heals and turns us on

Have you ever felt like a loser
Have you ever felt like a star
Have you ever been on the edge of the brink
Of understanding who you really are?
How did it feel?

So in conclusion,
We all know the pattern has its flaws
But there is beauty, and everyone's accountable because

We are here
And isn't life a precious thing?

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