Consolation Prize

Well the truth is, I was blinded by your smile

And the truth is, I wanted you too much

For the truth is, I was baffled for a while

Because the truth is, I really thought it was love

So go ahead take it all

It really doesn’t mean all that much to me

Go ahead take it all

With your deception and your lies

Go ahead take it all

Just know you’re never gonna get the best of me

Take it all – it’s your consolation prize

I was stupid, I can own up to that

But the truth is, I still wouldn’t take it back

I was foolish, to think you would love me the same

But the truth is, I’m just as much to blame

So go ahead take it all

It really doesn’t mean all that much to me

Go ahead take it all

With your deception and your lies

Go ahead take it all

Just know you’re never gonna get the best of me

Take it all – it’s your consolation prize

I step aside and let you walk

And let you take whatever you want

Go ahead take it all

It really doesn’t mean all that much to me

Go ahead take it all

With your deception and your lies

Go ahead take it all

Just know you’re never gonna get the best of me
Take it all – it’s your consolation prize

Uncertain

I can’t see ahead for my past mistakes

I can’t make progress with no steps to take

I seem to be stuck in a vast unknown

Unsure of where I’ve been and unsure of where I’m goin

I want to fast-forward to the end of my life

Just to make sure it all turns out right

Then I want to rewind and start over again

Knowing all I know now that I didn’t know then

But life’s not a show I can see in one day

Life is uncertain, and it’s better that way

I can’t see ahead to a future event

I can’t make progress with a clouded intent

I seem to be stuck in a murky ordeal

Unsure of what I think and unsure of what I feel

I want to fast-forward to the end of my life

Just to make sure it all turns out right

Then I want to rewind and start over again

Knowing all I know now that I didn’t know then

But life’s not a show I can see in one day

Life is uncertain, and it’s better that way

Yeah, life’s not a movie, with the end guaranteed

To be viewed in slow-motion or at super high speed

Life is more like an ocean, take one wave at a time

Be content with not knowing what’s beyond the horizon

There’s no way to fast-forward to the end of my life

Just to make sure that it all turns out right

There’s no way to rewind and start over again

Knowing all I know now that I didn’t know then

Life’s not a show I can see all in one day

Life is uncertain, and it’s better that way

All We Ever Have

What if now’s eternity and this is all we have

What if there’s no light ahead and there’s no turning back

Would we be willing to live this life over again

Repeating our destiny in a circle without end

Our shadows dance across the line

Weaving in and out of time

Until we’re buried in the ground

All we ever have, all we ever have is now

What if hell is suffering we can’t numb with a drug

What if heaven’s only found by never giving up

Are we doomed to wander on the earth

With no sense of place or feelings of worth

As our shadows dance across the line

Weaving in and out of time

Until we’re buried in the ground

All we ever have, all we ever have is now

If heaven is real and faith is true

Then it’s here and now inside of you

For our shadows dance across the line

Weaving in and out of time

Until we’re buried in the ground

All we ever have, all we ever have is now

Torn Asunder

You said, you’d stay with me through the night

Then you said, you’d stay for the rest of your life

But then you said, it’s time you needed to move on

That’s what you said, now I hear your voice

but you’re gone, gone, gone

And I’m torn asunder

By your lies echoing in my head

I feel the thunder

Rumbling through my bones from the words you said

I’m torn asunder

I said, I wanted to hold you tight

Then I said, would you please be my wife

And you said, you’d promise to be true

But then you said, you’re sorry but now 

you’re through, you’re through

And I’m torn asunder

By your lies echoing in my head

I feel the thunder

Rumbling through my bones from the words you said

I’m torn asunder

Is there a way to trust again

To rebuild a life left in ruins

Is there a way to mend a heart

Haunted by words in every part

That’s torn asunder

By your lies echoing in my head

I feel the thunder

Rumbling through my bones from the words you said

I’m torn asunder

Starting Over

No more looking over my shoulder

No more watching my world fall apart

I'm starting again from where I am

Starting again, this time I’ll follow my heart

No more blown over by every breeze

No more walked over do as you please

Gonna take a stand with my own demands

No more passed over down on my knees

No more, I’m starting over

No more counting costs and adding losses

No more waiting as my dreams slip away

It's time to begin from where I end

Time to begin living forward today

No more blown over by every breeze

No more walked over do as you please

Gonna take a stand with my own demands

No more passed over down on my knees

No more, I’m starting over

There’s a saying I heard one time before

Keeps replaying, cuts me down to the core

No mistaking, it comes from a genius of sorts

Doing the same thing always gets the same results

So I’m starting over, I’m gonna be bolder

No more blown over by every breeze

No more walked over do as you please

Gonna take a stand with my own demands

No more passed over down on my knees

No more, I’m starting over

Lie to Me

Lie to me, you know what I want to hear

So lie to me, whisper in my ear

Tell me you love me, say you’ll always be true

Make empty promises, of what you’ll do

Just lie to me

Lie with me, you know the touch I need

So lie with me, pull me close, hold tight to me

Let me feel you, pressed against my side

Rub into me, like there’s nothing to hide

Just lie with me

Now here I go again, just like before

Behaving desperately, I sell myself short

Don’t want the truth, it’s out of my comfort zone

Deception’s better off than being alone

So lie to me, just like you mean it

As you lie with me, it’s not demeaning

If you lie to me, I will receive it

As you lie with me, then I will believe it
So just lie to me

Good Intentions

The blind leading the blind, it happens every day

For we’re all blinded by the absent-minded 

need to look a certain way

The spec found in your eye hides the log bound in my own
And we're all beaten by the spec retrievin' 

efforts we have blown

When good people cause good things to fall away

When good things cause good people to go astray

That’s when we know there’s more

This world has in store than good intentions

We get pulled below by our own evil desires

We’re all haunted by the things we’ve wanted and 

what our greed inspires

We’re easily deceived by the passions of the heart

And fooled into thinking our sin isn’t stinking 

as it’s tearing us apart

When good people cause good things to fall away

When good things cause good people to go astray

That’s when we know there’s more

This world has in store than good intentions

They say the road to hell is paved

that no one gets through life unscaved

We lose ourselves along the way 

with good intentions

When good people cause good things to fall away

When good things cause good people to go astray

That’s when we know there’s more

This world has in store than good intentions

Free and Uninhibited

Climbing up the side of the mountain, I noticed how the river runs

Freely down the side of the mountain, free and uninhibited

Climbing up the side of the mountain, I noticed how the trees grow tall

They grow tall on the side of the mountain, free and uninhibited

I want to run, I want to grow, I want to fly, I want to soar

I want to be, I want to live

I want to make my mark on this big, old world

Free and uninhibited

Climbing up the side of the mountain, I noticed how the eagles fly

They soar high above the mountain, free and uninhibited

Climbing up the side of the mountain, I noticed I was tired and worn

So I slept on the side of the mountain, free and uninhibited

I want to run, I want to grow, I want to fly, I want to soar

I want to live, I want to make my mark on this big, old world

Free and uninhibited

When I went down the side of the mountain, back to the world I live in

I know I’ll soon be missing the mountain, but I can always go back again

Where I can run, where I can grow

Where I can fly, where I can soar

Where I can be, where I can live, where I can make my mark on this big, old world

Free and uninhibited

Where I can be, where I can live, where I can make my mark on this big, old world

Free and uninhibited

Don't Grow Weary

You say not to worry and do not be afraid

But all I see is misery and messes I have made

You say to have courage and stay within your plan

But when I feel my pain is real, and I don’t understand

That’s when you say, you’ll lead the way, and I can hold your hand

Just don’t grow weary in well-doing don’t give up and do not faint

For things will change eventually if you keep marching straight

Don’t be dismayed or lose your way or hang your head and cry

Just look to me, and you will see everything will be all right

You say to remember good things you have done

But when I try, I’m blank inside, and I can’t think of one

You say to refocus on what I know is true

But I can’t get my heart and head to agree on what to do

That’s when you say, you’ll lead the way, and I can follow you

Just don’t grow weary in well-doing don’t give up and do not faint

For things will change eventually if you keep marching straight

Don’t be dismayed or lose your way or hang your head and cry

Just look to me, and you will see everything will be all right

All I will ever need to hear is written in your word

For you say not to run in fear but to stand on what I’ve heard

And don’t grow weary in well-doing don’t give up and do not faint

For things will change eventually if you keep marching straight

Don’t be dismayed or lose your way or hang your head and cry

Just look to me, and you will see everything will be all right

Fodder for My Pen

It was clear to see I loved you from the start

You took advantage of me and trampled on my heart

You kicked me down when I was head over heals

But it’ll come back around, and you’ll see how it feels

Another charade, a play of smoke and mirrors

Another escape, a mix of whiskey and tears

There you go, breaking my heart, but then

I know, it’s all just fodder for my pen

So here I go, a new empty road lies ahead of me

Now here I go, filling a blank sheet on the page

Here I go, running away from my destiny

There I go, leaving my life on the stage

Another charade, a play of smoke and mirrors

Another escape, a mix of whiskey and tears

There you go, breaking my heart, but then

I know, it’s all just fodder for my pen

It’s such a shame, another near miss in the dark

In a foolish game, another traverse to embark

Another charade, a play of smoke and mirrors

Another escape, a mix of whiskey and tears

There you go, breaking my heart, but then
I know, it’s all just fodder for my pen

All You Ever Get

When you’ve got history nothing can ever be 

just the way it is

When your light is cast through a lens of the past 

the view is distorted

When you’re a long way from home and 

all you’ve ever known

Is one more f*ing thing that’s gone

You find all you ever get

Is another sob story repeating itself

is another fine mess made with somebody else

Is a new scenic picture, now ripped in half

is a broken addiction –

What you needed so bad

Is one more to chalk up to yesterday

is one more reason to run away

But when you’re frozen in place, by mistakes you’ve made

there’s no fighting chance

When you’ve tried to flee, but your worst enemy 

is your own advance

When you’re tired of being all alone, and sentiment is 

the twighlight zone

And you swear your heart is made of stone

You find all you ever get

Is another pretender with ill-intent

is another big spender when you’re already spent

Is a new dance partner in a masquerade

is the next candy-flinger along a parade

Is one truth bender after the next

is one to remember you’d rather forget

So when you can’t move forward and you can’t go back

When you can’t get away and you’re on the wrong track

When you want to fly up but you’re stuck on the ground

When you want to be right but there’s no one around

You find all you ever get

Is another sob story repeating itself

is another fine mess with somebody else

Is a new scenic picture, now ripped in half

is a broken addiction –

What you needed so bad

Is one more to chalk up to yesterday

is one more reason to run away

Until you wake up one morning full of regret
And you realize that’s all you ever get

Jaded

I used to think life was a song, but the music’s flat 

and the rhythm’s gone out of my mind

I used to think the future’s bright, but the sun has set

taking the light away with it

I used to think time’s on my side, but the moment went 

out with the tide left me behind

I used to think love was a jewel, but the ring pronounced 

me as a fool so full of it

Well I’m not the girl I used to be 
when I was full of hope and possibility

The magic’s lost and my rainbows have all faded

I’m not the girl now who can dance 
out in the rain of circumstance

The clouds are dark, my heart is barricaded, and I’m jaded

I used to feel the chords I strum, they played with me 

when I was young, they’re quiet now

I used to feel simple and pure, but now I’m reckless and 

unsure how to handle it

I used to feel light on my feet, when waltzing to my own heartbeat 

was stilled somehow

I used to feel my faith was strong, but now I’m crying 

all night long, so deal with it

For I’m not the girl I used to be 
when I was full of hope and possibility

The magic’s lost and my rainbows have all faded

I’m not the girl now who can dance 
out in the rain of circumstance

The clouds are dark, my heart is barricaded, and I’m jaded

I used to pray please save me from the empty person I’ve become

I used to pray when I believed there was a way to rescue me

But I’m not the girl I used to be 
when I was full of hope and possibility

The magic’s lost and my rainbows have all faded

I’m not the girl now who can dance 
out in the rain of circumstance
The clouds are dark, my heart is barricaded, and I’m jaded