STORY’S END LYRICS

Story’s End

Oh, what a slow descent

Now we’re fading in

To the story’s end

Right back where we began

Over ocean waves

We are thrown to fate

Til there comes a day

When they carry us away

But I couldn’t love you more

If I tried

No, I couldn’t love you more

But I try

Oh, these thoughts keep me awake

In the dust, we’re a flake

All this endless space

Now my heart just starts to race

Turn the lights back on

And my favorite song

And I’ll sing along

But I couldn’t love you more

If I tried

No, I couldn’t love you more

But I tried

Oh, what a slow descent

Now we’re fading in

To the story’s end

Right back where we began

I’ve got everything I need

Come here, tell it to me

I’ve got everything I need

Come here, tell it to me

In time it will be

I know it will be better

Shades of Blue

You can’t have time

Without a number

You can’t feel hurt

Without a flame

You can’t overcome

Unless you’ve suffered

You can’t take it on and be the same

But maybe it just is either way

You cannot fight without a purpose

You can’t be chill dissatisfied

With And there’s no love like a mother’s

And now it’s my time to

And God I hope this life is good to you

Just wait it’ll be OK

All the while will pass the days

And you’ll belong to everything you do

As we fall through shades of blue

It’s true

You can’t have dreams

Without a slumber

You can’t fill words with empty space

You can’t have shame without desire

And you’ll want it

And you’ll wanna stay

But baby, it’s just motion either way

Just wait it’ll be OK

All the while will pass the days

And you’ll belong to everything you do

As we fall through shades of blue

It’s true

Sorry I Was Yours

Sorry about the cold

Sorry about the winter

Sorry I forgot

Sorry you remembered

Sorry for what I yelled

Sorry I have no filter

Sorry for every promise I ever made on that last day of December

I felt car sick

You slamming on the brakes

The bridge and tunnel traffic

Till we were free… of the city

Maybe it’s a flood

Maybe it’s the desert

Maybe it’s the crickets that I’m hearing

Maybe it’s a concert

Standing in a crowd

Standing in a canyon

Standing where the rainbow ends and the pain begins

Where you took my heart for ransom

I felt lovesick

Holding onto you motorcycle

Swerving through the traffic

I felt so alive

Knowing we might die

Thinking that was fine

It all felt so contrived

Sorry I was yours

Sorry you were mine

Tricky

You’ve got that look in the morning

You’ve got that look in the night

You want it all, you can’t have it

I know you know reasons why

It gets tricky; I surrender

Now I’m swallowed up in rose pedal thorns

I can’t have… I can’t have… I can’t have it

Like it never was

There’re a hundred different plays you could work out just right

It gets complicated man, just don’t fuck up my life

I’ve got that look in the morning

I’ve got that look in the night

I want it all, I can’t take it

You know I know reasons why

And it gets tricky I remember

Now I’m swallowed up and torn by the fall

I can’t have… I can’t have… I can’t have it

Like it never was

You ask the universe, you ask

Be conscious of the curve

But what’s pressing like a carbon print is anything but love

There’s a hundred different plays you could work out just right

It gets complicated, man

just don’t fuck up my life...

There’s a hundred different plays we could work out tonight

But it gets complicated, man

Just don’t fuck up my life

Never Thought I’d Feel New

Never gonna be the type to wait for the postcards

Don’t wanna be that far

From wherever you are

And I never thought I’d be the type

With a dog in a backyard

But now here we are

Here we are ….

I never thought it’d come true

I never thought I’d feel new

Chasing tunnel visions

But I never see the light

I’ve got to get out of my mind

I turn on the television to drown out all the cries

I’ve got to get out of my mind

Did you ever think that you were the same?

Like mother like daughter

And your poor father

Or your delusions of grandeur

The karma is going to take control

So I guess I should thank you

You see, there’s nothing I can’t do

And you gave me the will

And I will

Chasing tunnel visions

But I never see the light

I’ve got to get out of my mind

Turn on the television to drown out all the cries

I’ve got to get out of my mind

Powerlines

Here you are November

No one ever has to say

I can show you what I’m feeling if you look this way

I know you’ve been living somewhere in between

What you had envisioned

What is happening?

Lift me up

I’ll lift you up

Over powerlines

Lift me up

I’ll lift you up

Over conscious minds

Anytime

It’s been longer than I can remember

Swimming waters deep

I can tell you what I’m thinking

If you let me

I know you’ve been living somewhere in between

What are you really wanted

And where you thought you should be

Lift me up I’ll lift you up over powerlines

Broken ties… that’s where the difference lies

See I don’t wanna miss a thing before it’s realized

And your tendencies

No, they aren’t lost on me

But I hope you know you are deserving

Lift me up

I will lift you up

Over powerlines

Lift me up

I’ll lift you up over conscious minds

Oh anytime

Nathaniel

Nathaniel, come lay your head on my shoulder

Looks like you’re tired of being you

One you is wide eyed looking for danger

While one you is waiting for life to resume

And those songs about living wear me out

And the sound of what could’ve been is loud

I still hear it when the record turns around

Nathaniel, you came here to sell all your stories

Sad that no one is buying them now

Your worst fear that someone might think you were boring

With your touch

Your vision

And your sound

And the songs about heaven, bring me down

While the mirror ball spins above the crowd

See your smile flash each time it turns around

Turn around, you’re all alone

All the time, where’d it go

Feeling light

Start to float

Into air

Into smoke

Nathaniel, come lay your head on my shoulder.

Be Careful What You Want

Eyes are shut tight in the daylight.

It’s the wintertime.

Makes me lazy.

Through your white lies

Watch you come alive

But the silver lines

They get hazy

Be careful what you want

Let the time pass

By the 4th glass

I say everything, but I won’t remember

Keeping steadfast

Remember nothing lasts

Like the pouring rain

I forgive her

Be careful what you want

Everything Is Fine (My Loves)

Mood swings and bad dreams

You push, you plea then I scream

But I follow your breaths into the patterns of your sleep

And oh, how it puts me at ease

My baby

And I break like the sound waves

And I don’t mean what I say

But if you follow the footprints into the depths of my psyche

Then maybe you could see

You could see

But we don’t have to talk for hours

We can walk in silence through the trail of flowers

There was never a day I doubted

I was always so sure about it

That everything is fine

And everything will be

And you are the best thing that happened to me

We watched a car chase on the TV

We saw fireworks, but now flames are blazing

Just follow your shadow of who you were to who you’ll be

And when the night falls

You will see your beauty

We don’t have to talk it over

We can find our luck in a field of clovers

Your convictions are getting bolder

See that’s the thing about getting older

And everything is fine

Everything will be

And you are the best thing that happened to me

You would spin around till you fell down

Built a fortress, wore a crown of dandelions

You’ll find your peace, your locks, your keys

Good friends are everything

Look for them

And we don’t have to talk for hours

We can walk in silence at the trail of flowers

There was never a day I doubted

I’ll always be sure about it

That everything is fine

Everything will be

And you are the best thing that happened to me

Change Is Coming Soon (Green Butterfly Sequel)

Can you see it now the tea leaves start to settle

Fortune teller pic your number on a square

I’m getting tired and time feels like it’s fading into headlights, foggy mountain air.

All I ever wondered was was if

i could make the most of this

and see it through

But every time you’re near me

I can see it clearly

Who I am; what I can do

Oh, green butterfly

Change is coming soon

Did you feel me crumble?

Did you come alive?

Are you dreaming?

Are you satisfied?

The calm before the evening news

Porch light flickers

Magnolias bloomed

All I ever wondered was if

I could make the most of this and

See it through

But every time you’re near me

I can see it clearly

Who I am; what I can do

Oh, green butterfly,

Change is coming soon