The Enemy I Know
I’d like to know
when you’re out there on your own
and you cast your eyes back home
am I in black and white or color?
do you know?
when you left me there alone
I came away from it too old?
and you don’t like the way I am now
yes, I’ve grown
and like the liar radio
your mind creates a status quo
and I’m the non-stop news
I am the enemy, the enemy, I know!
and like the tv on the wall
your mind creates a static crawl
and I’m the non-stop news
I am the enemy, the enemy, I know!
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
where are we now?
do we give up and disavow?
or tunnel through the shit somehow?
I think I’m moving on and living this out loud
I’m still alive!
I learned to live and have some pride
your suffering can not be mine
no, not this time
and like the liar radio
your mind creates a status quo
and I’m the non-stop news
I am the enemy, the enemy, I know!
and like the tv on the wall
your mind creates a static crawl
and I’m the non-stop news
I am the enemy, the enemy, I know!
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY
Among Monsters
some got high enough to lose their ground, lose themselves
some unkind enough to injure others when they fell
who do we help up, and who do we leave?
is flat-on-the-floor just the place some need?
do I live among monsters?
I feel afraid
are we safe?
are we safe?
can you imagine a world where you feel okay?
I don’t want to be the only one out on the ledge
but I will do it if a single ray of light is shed
but, where is the line here, and why is it me?
put in your new eyes today and let’s all see!
do I live among monsters?
am I the same?
are we safe?
are we safe?
can you imagine a world where you feel no hate?
do I live among monsters?
I feel afraid
do I live among monsters?
I feel afraid
do I live among monsters?
am I the same?
do I live among monsters?
don’t say my name!
Anywhere (From the Nameless Bride)
how’s your ego doing?
tell him I say hi
tell him I skipped town with my life in tow
I’m living way outside
how’s the fire burning?
how’s the sense of pride?
tell him I said best of luck forever
from the nameless bride
I would know you anywhere
I’d know your eyes
you remain familiar like the tissue healed from bites
I would know you anywhere
I’d know your lies
forever familiar like the history of the age-old fight
how’s your ego doing?
all these miles away now
all I see is hope
sometimes pressure and relief
are hostage in the same ol’ boat
I may not be ready
I may not be well
but I am sick and tired of the sameness
you propel - we’re not the same!
I would know you anywhere
I’d know your eyes
you remain familiar like the tissue healed from bites
I would know you anywhere
I’d know your lies
forever imposing like the history of the age-old fight
how’s your ego doing?
give me one reason to stay
give me one reason to try
if this is all there is
let’s wave goodbye
I would know you anywhere
I’d know your eyes
you remain familiar like the tissue healed from bites
I would know you anywhere
I’d know your lies
forever imposing like the history of the age-old fight
how’s your ego doing?
tell him I say hi.
Tuxedo Means Wolf (Redux)
some of our eyes don't see the same
and our senses lead the brain
we don't answer to a name
we are the kind that can't be tamed
no one's learning anymore
I know, I know
no one's coming up with ways for us to grow
it's a culture without guts
a culture without us
and I, for one, am never dressing up
I saw two crows the other day
they were all business and no play
when they were done they flew away
they were all black; the sky was grey
no one's learning anymore
I know, I know
no one's coming up with ways for us to grow
it's a culture without guts
a culture made of lust
and I, for one, am never dressing up
we are the wilderness, my child
everything new comes from the wild
don't be so timid and so mild
cut through the trees and run a while
cut through the trees and run a while
everything new comes from the wild
July's Revelations
I saw the way their anger made me
someone I didn’t want to know
nineteen and living in a daydream
(I wish I’d known then, but no)
I see the anger in our distance
I might have engineered a bit
two ways of looking at the same thing
(I wish it hurt less when I slid)
if I call you, can you hear me? Or do you only hear yourself?
if I call you, can you hear?
you don’t have to hold with my expectations
you don’t have to be just what I need
you don’t have to hear July’s revelations
you don’t have to live in fear of me
you don’t have to make one of us a liar
you don’t have to have to be somebody else
I don’t want to hold your feet to the fire
I just want to hold on to myself
New York is nothing but a past life
But I come and blend in with the rest
We laugh and talk about the old days
(I wish I remembered less)
I don’t forgive with any ease now
I’m living with too many scars
I know you’ll never understand it
(I wish your heart weren’t so hard)
if I call you, can you hear me? Or do you only hear yourself?
if I call you, can you hear?
you don’t have to hold with my expectations
you don’t have to be just what I need
you don’t have to hear July’s revelations
you don’t have to live in fear of me
you don’t have to make one of us a liar
you don’t have to have to be somebody else
I don’t want to hold your feet to the fire
I just want to hold on to myself
hold on to myself.
