Just some lyrics for my solo project Mundane Continental. www.myspace.com/mundanecontinental
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All Smiles (2006)
I took a drive down south
With a picture in my mind
And the hand written letter addressed to me she left behind
Those bright blue eyes
Tend to occupy my time
On the phone and away from it my thoughts are left with her
She was the same girl I knew many years before
She was all smiles when I saw her
She was the same girl I knew many years before
She was all smiles when I saw her
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Circumference (2006)
Last night I forgot what you said
We could go over this until we’re dead
The words go out my mouth and in your ears
To your brain and turns to lies
This could go on and on and down and round
The circumference of our lives
Day breaks, what will me make of our lives?
We can put it back together if we try
The light goes up and down and breaks the plain
And shatters to a million stars
The light comes out your eyes and through your voice
And reflects who you are
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Dirty Apes & Erica (2001)
Maybe we can make amends
Or maybe I could make some sense
If I tried
Was it that I was too shy?
Or was it that I didn’t try, enough
For you?
If you could just think, think things over
If you could just think, think things over
Now what you said it made some sense
But at the time it made no sense
To me
Watching films at the picture show
About dirty apes who just don’t know, about you
But I do.
We’re walking no ones taking over
We’re swinging, swinging, swinging over the edge
But wee wee
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Dirty Apes & Erica (part two) (2001)
I’d really hate to brake this to you
But its so hard to micro manage
Five point five billion people
From nowhere in particular
I’d really hate to brake this to you
But its so hard to micro manage
Five point five billion people
From nowhere in particular
But maybe I, I should just let it go
And walk away
And let something good in my life
Just walk away again
Maybe I, I should just let it go
And walk away
And let something good in my life
Just walk away again
Breathe in
Breathe out
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Fall Fall Down (2001)
The light shines across the lake
The shadows are faded images
Of what we once saw and were
But now they’ve torn down your pier
But now they’ve torn down our pier
Across the lake the ripple of gentle waves
Remembers two young two loving
People as they danced
Around the awkward silence
As it was to fall
Fall, fall, fall down
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Lincoln (2005)
I’m riding with Miss Bright Eyes tonight
My seat’s locked and buckled, ready to take flight
I move my hands to gesture just what I’ll say
But I don’t know what to think, my mind’s running away
We’re on our way to the Modest show
And I don’t even think, even think she knows
I’m stealing glances at the ceiling and floor
But I don’t know how to feel and I don’t know where to go
Let the music swap begin
Because I’ll never see you again
Miss Lincoln, Nebraska
You make me turn and you float in my mind
You always say that the weather’s divine
In Lincoln, Nebraska
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The Moon Over Astoria (2007)
The moon is over Astoria
The town is harvesting the tide
Life is fine in Astoria
But your lies are reflected in your eyes
Come back home to me
Instead of fighting monsters in the sea
Come back home to me
Instead of throwing rocks into the sea
The moon is over Astoria
The clouds are scattered in the sky
Life is fine in Astoria
But your lies are reflected in your eyes
Come back home to me
Cause it where you want to be
Come back home to me
Instead of fighting monsters in the sea
Come back home to me
Cause it where you want to be
Come back home to me
Instead of throwing rocks into the sea
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Precipitate and/or Evaporate (2007)
I wish I could come down
Under the jet stream and down to the ground
I float as I fall to the sea
And I’ll drift away eternally
As I sink into the sea
Plankton and fish will surround me
As I fall to the floor of the sea
I will fight away the creatures that confront me
I’ll find my way to shallow ground
And I’ll drift to the shore and the life I found
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Right to Lose (2004)
If I had to choose between me and you I’d lose
Everything and everyone and all the places that I’ve gone from my mind
And I said who cares and you cried
And I said who cares lets not fight
If I had to choose between me and you I’d lose
All the chances to be civil were found and won, lost and surcome to a lie
And I said who care and you cried
And I said who cares who was right
And all that I said, was don’t forget to write
But now your brother’s dead, and the jokes just don’t seem right
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Running Away (2007)
We’re getting older there’s a world to see
But as far as I’m concerned you can do it without me
Trees turn to plants and plants into wood
And wood into paper baby its no good
Its getting cold with the frost and the snow
With the ice on the ground but not as cold as you
I can see my breath as I speak out loud
It floats in the air and falls on deaf ears (too soon)
And you keep running, running away
Running away from the boring summer days
And you keep running, running away
Running away from a winter thats mundane
But the springs okay
We’re reborn in the rain
But the springs okay
We’re reborn in the rain
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(Singer) Near Miss Coordinator (2006)
I see blue and green emerging from the TV
Screen flashes and sings, then takes a bow at the final scene
Light and words seep through, through waves with wings to find
You find it untrue, (but what you say are) transmissions of what you can’t undo
If I could run away, away from the things you say
To bring me down, down to the shore to drown
Your pain and sorrow, when you come around tomorrow
I’ll be patient and waiting, waiting for the past right now
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Terms ( 2008 )
Hold on
To your memories
You can open your eyes now
And watch them flutter in the wind
Open up the window and let them in
Open up the window and let them in
Its hard to recall the details
When they pass with the time
But I’ll never forget the way you looked
When I peered up to your eyes
When you opened the window and let me in
Now open the window and let me in
Cause I can read you like a book
With the jokes you hide between the lines
And despite all your honest looks
Its so transparent when you lie
And let it go like a little drop
And let it fade
Soon enough it will disappear
Just like the ghost you dreamt the night before
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B-Sides___________________________
Black Box (2006)
Well my past is kept in a little black box
That is buried and locked
And I’ll never see anyone again
Thats buried in that box
Cause those tiny remarks
And those pieces of paper
And those goddamn pictures will only remind of when
I’ll never see them again
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Bloody (2002)
Here she comes, comes right over that hill
There’s a glow to her, that melts away my chills
There she is, she’s right above my head
She could speak but doesn’t need to say anything at all
She’s walking away, she’s walking away from me
She’s off into the west and another day is done
And now this day has come
As I stare into the setting sun
The clouds will roll along
The childern will run around
But now this day has come
As I stare into the setting sun
The clouds will roll along
Tomorrow will come around
But still, but still this feeling remains
My heart is as red and as bloody as it’ll ever be
But still, but still this feeling remains
My heart is as red and as bloody as it’ll ever be
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Come Home (2003)
Whether I was walk this road alone
Its been several days since you have been gone
You don’t ask me what I see
I don’t ask you what you do anymore
And what we say is besides the point
Whether I weather this storm alone
Is up to you if you want to come home
I told you what I want
You told me how you feel
Our thoughts got all mixed up
Now we don’t have any idea
What can we really do
What can we really say
Can we mean the things we thought
We forgot to say yesterday
I don’t know
Whether I weather this storm alone
Is up to you if you want to come home
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Don’t Expect Any Help From Me Now (2002)
I was standing at the five and dime
Hanging around just to pass the time
Cars were passing and I went to meet the ground
And no one was around except you were just standing there
Looking down at me
How much further can I fall?
Looking up at you I was all dressed in black
Looking down at me I was flat on my back
A smile greeting but cold eyes behind your face
But I wasn’t the only one who was down
How sick are you now?
How sick are you now?
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I Let It Go (2005)
When I was growing up
The days were long but not short enough
I used to jump white fences and walls
And nearly reduced myself to nothing at all
At the end of our street
Where everyone used to meet
Was a graveyard and a park
You said that death was just the start
Life wasn’t meant to be lived in pain
When there’s no one left to blame
But this paper heart of mine
Has been torn up a thousand times
But I will get back on my feet
Because no one will do it for me
And I will walk to the front of the line
For broken heart disease one more time
And I know lost my head
And god knows I’ve got no soul
And I really fuck up my rhythm
With you a long time ago
But I let it go
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Industrial Air (2002)
When I left that town I left apathetic people all around
In a washed and used up town
Where would I go to next?
Across the sea and out of this mess?
I know it’s go to be better than this
Industrial air came up to meet and engulf us all at the top of a hill
In a washed and used up town
Where would I roam to next?
A foreign land I know even less?
I know its got to be better than this mess
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Shame Wears Long Sleeves (2005)
Sometimes its better not to be alone
But instead with people you feel comfortable with
And those people aren’t necessarily your friends
Because you’re afraid what you might do in the end
I guess the past doesn’t mean a thing
Car rides, books and video games
And by now everyone’s forgotten about it
And by now no one really gives a shit
I’m afraid that the shame that you’ve seen is unclean
Its unspoken, unwritten are the lines that will draw
My red eyes are unseen by your cold eyes
Today, yesterday, today, there’s no tomorrow
Today, yesterday, today, there’s no tomorrow
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The Sky Sings the Blues (2006)
I can’t wait this long, I can’t wait forever
I feel gravity’s pull elongating my soul
I reach for the sky I just can’t control it
The sun beats me down and back to the ground
The wind sweeps the trees, the leaves fall below it
They fall to the ground in yellow and brown
I reach for the sky I just can’t control it
The sun beats me down and back to the ground
The sky sings the blues, the baby blues
The sky sings the blues, the baby blues
The sky sings the blues, the baby blues
The sky sings the blues, the baby blues
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Wash. Ave. (2005)
Six thirty is too early
To wake up in the morning
To drive over to your house
To drive over to your house
In the name of
In the name of
In the name of what?
In the name of
I took a drive down Wash(ington) Avenue
The parking lot’s on the right side
Is this even worth my plasma
There’s no coffee and dead cigarettes
In the name of
In the name of
In the name of what?
In the name of
Just where are we going?
That’s exactly what I said
One fly was high and is now dead
He lived three days in the basement
In the name of
In the name of
In the name of what?
In the name of
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