SEEING RED

open up your mind, you'll

see a million miles, and

open up your heart, don't

fill your tongues with lies, 'cause

deep within your brain, there's

things you can’t explain, just

look inside your mind, there's

space outside of time

take me at my word

this life can be absurd

i’d make it plain to see

if it were up to me

it’s hard enough to live

without something to give

can anybody say

they’re happy every day

take me at my best, you’ll

see my like the rest, i

counted all the ways, you

stuck around for days, i

cannot take the lies, you

draped across my eyes, i

crossed the sea of green, you

cut me at the seam

take me at my word

this life can be absurd

i’d make it plain to see

if it were up to me

it’s hard enough to live

without something to give

can anybody say

they’re happy every day

take me down the long road

take me down the long road

take me down the long road

take me down the long road

and when i’m seeing red

i know it’s in my head

look back at all the times

when things were fine

and i wished i was dead

they said it’s plain to see

that something’s wrong with me

i guess that’s why they took me down

into room three by three

THE SEA

across the sea of green

there lives a girl 

there lives the love of my dreams

i’ve never met her 

but i hope she’s serene

and that’s she’s always eating

peaches and cream

i’ve never met her

but i’m worried you see

that she won’t know or

recognize that it’s me or

that she’d leave me 

at the drop of a pin

i’ve never met her

but i love her so

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

across the sea of green

there lives a girl i’ve never met

but haunts me in my dreams

i'd never hurt her

never want to be obsene

when will i meet her

when will i see her

i’ll never know, i’ll never know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

no no don’t i know, oh no i don’t know

across the sea of green

there lives a girl i’ve never met

but haunts me in my dreams

i'd never hurt her

never want to be obsene

when will i meet her

when will i see her

i’ll never know, i’ll never know

ROADS

down by the sand lives a man

living out the back of his van

it’s all just a part of the plan

a road’s not always well lit

a road’s not always straight

but roads can lead you back home

when you’ve gone and lost your way

he wasn’t always like this

when his path had just began

but walking down the long road

turns a boy into a man

traveling distances along

turns a boy into a man

tell your mother, tell your sisters

but they may not understand

over mountains, rivers, cities

roads will lead you on your way

take a trip to lose yourself

but be careful not to stay

took all the pain and the lies

i stripped them from my family ties

the ones that were weighing on my mind

i just up and left them all behind

a road it may be distant

a road may be unsafe

but roads can lead you from a path

that you ought not to take

i wasn’t always like this

but i had a choice to make

‘cause walking down the long road

meant i had a price to pay

traveling distances along

turns a boy into a man

tell your mother, tell your sisters

but they may not understand

over mountains, rivers, cities

roads will lead you on your way

take a trip to lose yourself

but be careful not to stay

the mountains full of villains 

the rivers full of slime

take time to choose the right path

take time to steel your mind

if darkness should surround you

when death hangs in the air

remember what i told you

and don’t despair

traveling distances along

turns a boy into a man

tell your mother, tell your sisters

but they may not understand

over mountains, rivers, cities

roads will lead you on your way

take a trip to lose yourself

but be careful not to stay

traveling distances along

turns a boy into a man

tell your mother, tell your sisters

but they may not understand

over mountains, rivers, cities

roads will lead you on your way

take a trip to lose yourself

but be careful not to stay

RELEASE

take me home

or put my bones in the ground

so i can finally get peace

all of my friends

are from the wrong part of time

we can’t get a release

we can’t get your attention

we don’t get your respect

all the good thing are taken

we’ll take what we can get

come on over

in your red satin gown

i want to see you tonight

the days been long

my head has been beaten down

so i won’t put up a fight

i won’t pull down the curtains

i won’t turn out the light

i’ll just put on my favorite song and

you’ll tell me it’s alright

DREAMS

there's something we can't see

there’s something wrong with me

take trips all on my own

make friends with fallen foes

tip-toed across the sea

held vigil silently

crept back but i can’t seem

to shake these awful dreams

out west the fallen sun

shines down on everyone

burns holes into their eyes

tongues black from all the lies

they sing a toast to health

built shrines to show their wealth

crept back but i can’t seem

to shake these awful dreams

this city never sleeps

cries from these crowded streets

the warden of the east

the belly of the beast

my friends all left this town

couldn’t stand its awful sounds

i try to sleep

but i am haunted by my dreams

NOMADS

i've lived a thousand lives

i’ve told a million lies

i tell them all the time

‘cause i’m just passing by

take everything, then i call it home

i take everything, then i call it home

i take everything, then i call it home

i take everything, then i call it home

and when we drink the wine

and we’re feeling fine

that’s when we both align

until the end of the time

take everything, then we’ll call it home

we’ll take everything, then we’ll call it home

we’ll take everything, then we’ll call it home

we’ll take everything, then we’ll call it home

i don’t want to work ‘til i’m old

i don’t want to work ‘til i’m old

i don’t want to work ‘til i’m old