Sooner or Later Eight long years in a Bangkok prison They tore the hands right off of the clock I thought for sure you had drifted off to heaven With a pack of straights and a fifth of scotch It must have torn you apart when you lost her I bet it broke you like a wave Where you slept on a cold bed of plaster Reaching out for the one you could not save Sooner or later We all hit the wall I've never seen the wisdom in a bottle I've yet to find the mystery of a drink But i've seen my fair share of sad eyes and trouble The lives of men like blood down a sink Ain't my way to lay blame or pass judgment We're all struggling through the world we're living in I don't follow down the path of my dead hero's My dead hero's are only dead in the end Sooner or later We all hit the wall I reach for you right there where you're standing You've got your feet so close to the edge I can't tell if you're falling or landing With your head thrown back and your arms outstretched We have a point at which we will be broken We all have a price at which we will be sold Sometimes we think we are strong as brick and mortar Most times we just need someone to hold Sooner or later We all hit the wall Enough I won't say that I told you so I won't say that you should have known But you should have known A room filled with mirror and skin A room filled with mirror and skin They will trade flesh for gold to pay for their sin When will enough be enough Milk to the mouth of the weak Milk to the mouth of the weak Eyes won't see, ears won't hear, the truth we won't speak God sees the heart of a man God sees the heart of a man But the heart is the one thing you don't understand When will enough be enough I won't say that I told you so I won't say that you should have known But you should have known Teeth Best take care my dear my darling Best be wary of the snares Though the road may appear golden There are pitfalls lying there I gladly made way for your glory I clearly cleared the path for you I just hope that you still know me When your time out there is through Even the sweetest of saints show their teeth sometimes Well they will cram your nose with cocaine And pack your head with lies With every taste of bitterness A piece of sweetness dies They cover you with roses And fill your cup with wine While they're offering you riches They'll be stealing your ass blind Even the sweetest of saints show their teeth sometimes I toil from dawn to twilight Just my sweat to quench my thirst I'll be last here on the breadline While you dine in comfort first It's the same old tired story In the end it don't mean a thing We see many go unworthy While the worthy go unseen You can piss and moan your life away Just waiting on that train You'd do well to just start walking Because you'll get there just the same Even the sweetest of saints show there teeth sometimes Green & Gold At the center of nothing, in the middle of it all I was waiting for your love to come around But you were lost to another in a world of green and gold And I was digging in the earth for skin and bone That's how it goes sometimes That's how it goes We were dirty little children but we did not seem to care The clothes we wore were torn, they were frayed and threadbare We stole our every pleasure in the space between the need Raised our heads high enough to find a way with which to leave That's how it goes sometimes That's how it goes I saw a broken, black umbrella, just like a fallen new born bird Lying in the street just as useless as a song gone unheard Somehow I knew it would be you to chew the fattest plum You left the skin and seed here for me when you were done That's how it goes sometimes That's how it goes Six Black Birds I opened up my mouth to speak Six black birds flew out of me Three for faith, one for truth One for fear and one for you I am frightened, I am frayed All I want is to escape This world's pain and hatred too Take my refuge within you Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up Stop dragging me down The names and faces on the wall The lost and found, the human sprawl Blood and bone, you piss and moan You can't leave well enough alone So keep it simple, keep it light Don't make us think or feel tonight Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up Stop dragging me down I opened up my mouth to speak Six black birds flew out of me Three for faith, one for truth One for hope and one for you The Cut I don't mean to be so angry Truth be told I am just scared Lashing out at anybody That has the bad luck of being there I would do most anything To sooth this fevered brow I'd do what it takes to bring Bring you back here to me now Well my big ol' heart is hurting I have shut down like a mill On my hands and knees and crawling I'm sinking ever lower still I have done my level best To keep this all in check But I trail the heels of trouble Just like a siren trails a wreck Goodbye to my old friend I wear this shiny band of copper Around my wrist till it turns green Reminds me of the place I falter And the envy within me I have lain open the cut Sucked the poison with my mouth Turned my head with both eyes shut I spit it out down to the ground Goodbye to my old friend Now Again Come to me you fragile thing And lay here by my side Hold your breath, hold your tongue And look into my eyes Can't you see I'm offering More than a lover, more than a friend You don't have to be afraid To let somebody in What you've got is what you give away You're feeling now, feeling now again I'm confined by space and time It's a distance to be bridged The threat of loss will tease and taunt And get you where you live Memories are luxuries Imprisoned in my mind The sweet sad scent of your sacred skin Is all you left behind What you've got is what you give away You're feeling now, feeling now again Frame to Finish I muster up the strength to steel myself against the cold Bitter wind that has no care for where it blows I took the hand of a stranger and I looked into her face It was flush with fear and the slightest touch of grace From frame to finish I'll see you through From the tempest wind and torrent rain, I'll shelter you You might just find that i'd reach to touch your pain On the chance that you might reach for me and do the same The hunger in your eye says more than anything I could say All my words mean nothing anyway So let's walk on and leave these broken things behind Strewn and scattered here for someone else to find I've never been the kind of man whose worth was in his wealth I have always taken comfort someplace else That don't mean I won't provide a special place for you Made with my two hands and built on love and truth Burn I've seen the parties up on the hill That fascination holds no thrill Just people talking about what they've done And what they're gonna do Money, power, sex and fame All in all it's still the same And if you do not play the game They've no desire to know you I'm gonna light a fire I'm gonna watch it burn The big machine has always tried To control us and divide With MTV style advertisement Numbing out our brain You can turn it off but it's still there Big machine is everywhere Time to show them we don't care And set it all to flame I'm gonna light a fire I'm gonna watch it burn Lay your kindling down with mine Set the spark flying It seems this garden has overgrown With brittle thistles and the thorns That tear at us and leave us worn We are reaping what we've sown Come on, grab the match with me Strike it once and we will see A burning light for you and me That leaves us fertile ground Hanging On I fixed the hinge Stopped the squeak That kept me from a dead man's sleep I kicked my shoe Across the room To watch it fly and startle you I saw a smile that you tried to hide And the tension broke for just awhile I am gone, I am gone But I'm hanging on My feet are bare The floor is cold My eyes just stare and my face looks old I step outside For one last drag I think about the chance I had The lights they shine in green and red Reflected where the streets are wet I am gone, I am gone But I'm hanging on I know someday I'll rise above But for now I'm fine just thinking of How it could be Just you and me Still hanging on