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Girl/Boy

She fell for him before he was ready
He danced with her anyway

Now he's gone, now she cries
Alone, she is unwise

A secret meeting, a broken pact
A realization of what, before, he lacked

Oh joy, he loves her, and she him
Who faltered when the light was dim

There's a girl who acts like a boy
There's a boy who acts like a girl
And when the girl loves the boy
Nothing else matters in the world

He finds out what makes her laugh
She takes some but leaves him half

They make plans, what they will do
When the month is up, when the month is up

The silence was deafening
As higher powers tried break the bond and ring

Now he laughs, now he cries
He's torn, he wonders why

The silence was deafening

1990

I'm singing songs from 1990
Everyone is in 1990
When I go back to 1990
I want to stay in 1990

I was born in 1990
Germans reunited in 1990
Happy Land burned in 1990
The Web was started in 1990

Hole in the Wall

You found a hole in the wall
And you crawled right through
You found a hole in the wall
And you crawled right through to me

I was happy, I was sad
I was sorry, you were mad
Never again, I'm forever
When I told you, you were glad

I need you to see
How much you mean to me
I need you to understand
This wasn't meant to be

I need you to stay
I'll come and visit you someday
But until then I must run away

Run away

Friction

All I see of her is
Flat fake fiction
And when I touch her hand
All I feel is friction

I Buried the City in My Backyard

Work at a computer
In an office score stories high
Subway sardine commuter
Stop and ask yourself why

Cookie cutter houses
Line the street on which you reside
You don't make any choices
Let big brother decide

Always something to get done
Never time to slow down
Always running some errand
Always going downtown

I buried the city
In my backyard last night
Put them out of their misery
Put them out of the light

Honesty and Broken Trust

Honesty and broken trust
Make up the world in which we're thrust
Peace and war, love and lust
Man will always fall to dust

One Point in Time

Opportunity is knocking at your door
Will you answer any more
I was also there
At one point in time

What the world gives you, it's not fair
Don't you wish that you didn't care?
Lucky for us it's only
One point in time

Look at the stars, you're so small
Forever is the longest fall
It's amazing that we're
Just one point in time

Elevator

He was standing in an elevator
Waiting to go up
But his mind was going down
He'd finally had enough

This was the final journey
He was going to make
Losing touch with reality
And everything that was fake

The floor seemed to drift away
He leaned against the wall
Looking below, he wondered
How could he let this befall?

Elevator man
Why'd you operate this way?
Everybody knew
This would happen one day

Up and down all day
Day in and day out
It's no wonder
His mind is wrapped about

He made it to the top
But is he still alive?
Eyes rolled back, no response
Elevator man has died

Elevator, elevator
Take me to the sky
Elevator man,
Are you afraid you'll go too high?

Elevator, elevator
Take me to the sky
Elevator man,
Are you afraid you're going to die?

Oh, elevator...

Mirror

Look in the mirror
Is it still you that you see?
Look, look deeper
Do you see anybody?

Some are afraid of the dark
But you won't come into the light
Did they not tell you? It's a sin
When you look in the mirror, does that make it right?

Look in the mirror
It's been you all along
Look, look deeper
Why did everything go wrong?

Oh, How

How you gave me that thing so real
And how I took it away
On that fateful Wednesday morning
You were tired and I was alone

How you started to peel it back
And how my words were brine
How your ire cut me deep
And how you stitched up the wound

How I told you my darkest secret
And how you already knew
How I tried so hard to conceal it
When it was already clear

How I want to fall in your arms
And thank you for everything
Words are not enough to describe—

Talk

Talk to me
What did I say?
You're silent
But you talk every day

Talk to me
What was it you said?
I see your lips move
But it's all in my head

It's all in my head

This hole in my heart
Won't be filled by you
I need something bigger
I need something new

This hole in my heart
Is aching for more
I need a God
That's what I've been looking for

What I've been looking for

You talked to me
And the secret came out
I was afraid
That it wouldn't work out

You talked to me
Said "it's okay,
You're just acting normal
I don't feel betrayed"

You don't feel betrayed

This hole in my heart
Is healing up fast
It's been too long
Since I found something that lasts

This hole in my heart
Is just what I needed
To realize
That it was God-depleted

It was God-depleted
It was God that I needed

You didn't run off
I'm glad you stayed
You didn't get mad,
Or call it a mistake

Nothing changed
As you can see
I talk to you
And you talk to me

You talk to me

The Sun Still Sets

The sun still sets when you're dying
And it doesn't care at all
The wind still blows when you're crying
Drying the tears on your cheek

And you don't want to know
If you'll die young or old

The young man shudders at thought of
Growing older
Age comes unwanted
Undaunted by your rebuke

And you don't want to know
If you'll die young or old