The muscle and bone - they encase my heart but never touch my soul.
I'll save that for the water and its shore, fear makes friends with joy.

And I'll march slowly and I'll neve

perfectly

Turn down the headlights and look my way.
We'll tell our parents the best of things no matter how awful they seem.
The sickness of a family.
Trace your eyes, wake and retrieve,<

devil_on_my_side

There's beauty inside - there is beauty inside
The darkest of nights - the black and red lights
This spring has been frozen - the gods have been chosen
They dance in their blood

all_right_for_now

Us there - the snow is already so thick
You wrote your name across my street
And I remember how the letters look lying there melting
And I can see the star on top of the awkw

without_panasos

It's never felt so hot within these walls between the cracks
As we forget our manners days slow down and I relapse

Dear Dad - I'm having trouble feeling sad
Your words fi

all_things_ordinary

I've seen those eyes. I've watched them close at night.
And you breathe in and you breathe out again.
Sister's coming over and I'm afraid to tell her secrets that I know.
Painti

100_ships

100 Ships
recorded before Designing a Nervous Breakdown
released in April 2000 on a 7"" by Devil in the Woods magazine

Well I know feeling strange - sometimes you're feel

till_we_earned_a_holiday

You're standing off the white church and you're pitching me three words
It yells a name falling off of - off my list of names
Those crashing lights, life is just like that - it's easy

shu_shabat

Blood on the walls the curtain calls
You waited there for no one at all
To the pine and oak trees that stand by your house
And they keep on blowing south to protect you through

i_believe_that_the_end_of_the_reign_of_terror_is_soon_near

(Print the Lyrics)

released on the Vagrant Record's compilation Another Year on the Streets

Clothes make the man and looks
I am nothing but books and heart
W

emma_discovery

Sound mixed in with discovery
Found an ancient landmark to call home
For this cold war my voice gets dry
Place problems on a shelf to sit and die
Sent off my letter, a sta

the_d_in_detroit

Feeling the time peel away at my life again.
As memories combine, not sure where I've ever been.
'Cause it's the D in Detroit which scars me to no end. I'll count to ten.
When l

sweet_marie

Sweet Marie, there's a hole where your heart should be
And on the hill she's begging for a harmony
Sweet Marie, there's a hole where your heart should be
And on the hill she's b

the_day_i_met_marie

Imagine a still summer's day
When nothing is moving,
Least of all me.
I lay on my back in the hay,
The warm sun was soothing.
It made me feel good ...

T

hart_crane

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Stay in the house close all the windows
Now you're searching for fire
Some will say as others are l