Category Archives: The New Colossus

Beg, Steal, and Borrow

Live for life
So light the lights

Broken, it seems
Are you here for my dreams?
Well you can’t have them too
They’re locked away forever
It’s cold here inside
But I know where they hide
No, I won’t fall in line
You won’t troll my endeavors

Endeavors, endeavors
My heart’s in a hole
Will you fetch it for me?

Broken, it seems
Are you here for my dreams?
Well they’re not keeping time
And it’s falling apart
It’s cold here at bay
But I know where they stay
No, I won’t fall in line
You won’t troll my endeavors

Endeavors endeavors
My heart’s in a hole
Will you fetch it for me?

We’ll fall to the ground
with the weight of the sorrow
We’ll sing to the sound
of the now greying morrow
To keep your heart now
I shall beg, steal, and borrow
What I gave you today
Just might hurt you tomorrow

To keep your heart now
I shall beg, steal, and borrow
And I hold your gaze now
But tomorrow
Will you still love me?

The Wrong House

Traveling with what withstands
Silently from heart to hands
And I know and I know I was breaking down
And I know and I know I can never break down again

How I stood when I was stronger
Can’t hold these walls up any longer
And I know I don’t know anything any more
And I know I don’t know anything any more

Help! Winter’s taken years from me
Help! Don’t drive another nail in
Help! This coffin’s made of my intentions
How did I wander in to the wrong house?

One divided by a stranger
There’s nothing left but a remainder
And I know and I know there was nothing there
And I know and I know there was never anything there before.

Face to face with the remainder
Life rolls by and calls me a stranger
And I know and I know there was nothing there
And I know and I know the goals are empty again

Within my dreams it seems forever black and white
Any childhood prayer I had I sent up with my kite
And I know they don’t fly anymore
And I know the kite is touching down again

Nautical Miles

Have we found a sign of life
to kill us when we’re done?
We seem to die much quicker
when at port for way too long
I haven’t seen the reasons for
This burial unsung
We seem to die much quicker
when at port for way too long

So pack up your bags boys
There’s something we must do
From Lindburg to Newark we’ll look to the sky
Do you think they will want us?
And how will we get there?
From Newark to Zurich
Is 5,000 miles

Below we all thought
That a fall was a’comin
But purpose revives us
Our spirit renewed
We broke from the gate
But this dark horse had hurdles
We kept on runnin’
With our broken leg

So lets pack up our bags boys
There’s something we must do
With a wink from the gods
We’ll make it to the coast
And a caravan trails us
With friends so supportive
On a tour that now drives us
Thanks to our gracious hosts

Below we all thought
That a fall was a’comin
But purpose revives us
Our spirit renewed
We broke from the gate
But this dark horse had hurdles
We kept on runnin’
With our broken leg

Scars Forever

Now that we’ve crossed those bridges
Where can we run?
We look behind us
And we all tore them down
Once I thought you were sincere
But now I know you
Better than ever
Scars forever

Now that you’ve shown your hand
Your desperate round
Your colors ran
And I can’t help you now
And I thought the signs were there
But you were sleeping
Don’t scream at the sky
the sun sets on you now

Refrain:
You take care of yourself and your black heart
And sell me down the river
Sell me down the river
Sell me down the …

As you twist in the breeze
Hung out to dry
The writing thunders
And no one here is blind
Once I thought you were sincere
But now I know you
Better than ever
Scars forever

Refrain:
You take care of yourself and your black heart
And sell me down the river
Sell me down the river
Sell me down the…