You Don't Have To

Sometimes I say the wrong words
Sometimes you're unsatisfied
Too often I leave you crying
Too often you're not by my side

Sometimes you want me to hold you
Others you cringe when I try
I know that no man is perfect
But there are those closer than I

You tell me you know I'm what you're looking for
You tell me you'll give me all that you have in store
But every time I go to walk out the door
You don't say you love me anymore

When we're good it shows I'm fated
To ever be stuck on you
But when we're fighting I hate it
Please just don't tell me we're through

You tell me you know I'm what you're looking for
You tell me you'll give me all that you have in store
But every time I go to walk out the door
You don't say you love me anymore

(break)

You tell me you know I'm what you're looking for
You tell me you'll give me all that you have in store
But every time I go to walk out the door
You don't say you love me anymore

'Cause it's in your smile in your eyes in everything you do
It's in the way I'm undeniably smitten by you
It's in the way you said that love makes you soar
You don't have to say one word more

In the Gardens of Tuileries

Too much time spent surviving
To remember how living's done
Too much deep sea diving
Trying to avoid the burning rays of the sun

But I am a movie star
Hollywood waits on my last hanging word
But I drive a freshly detailed sports car
And mine is the slickest voice you've ever heard

Too much time spent wishing
Scars and pills out of existence
Too much turning and twisting
Square pegs through circular holes in resistance

But I am a movie star
Hollywood waits on my last hanging word
But I drive a freshly detailed sports car
And mine is the slickest voice you've ever heard

Like a train it hit me
In the Gardens of Tuileries
The real me is flawed
And I am alive

I am alive
I am alive
I am alive

But Tonight

Where each new wave crashing
Is a tick of the clock counting down the seconds
Until promise and precision splash over our toes
Rinsing off the sands of previous defeats

We’re stuck in a world where we’re still apart
So let’s bury ourselves alive in our hearts
Self-delusion perfected to the point of an art

But tonight, all that’s here is our
Bodies against the glow of the neon light
And it’s hard to resist that charm in your eyes
When you know everything’s just right

I’ve been scanning the stars
For some kind of clue
That will lead me to your arms

But they have nothing to offer
When you’re away
And their shimmer is blurred

But tonight, all that’s here is our
Bodies against the glow of the neon light
And it’s hard to resist that charm in your eyes
When you know everything’s just

Right before I go
I suddenly lose control
And I can’t hide these shakes
Any more than I can stand to watch this unfold
But even so

Tonight, all that’s here is our
Bodies against the glow of the neon light
And it’s hard to resist that look in your eyes
When you know that it’s on

Tonight, all that’s here is the
Perfect knot tied tight in the shape of a heart
And it’s beating off key, but it’s all that I need
To keep from falling apart

I’m falling apart without you here

Weakened

Knock me down off my high horse
Because you know real life just isn't real enough
When everything's green and blue
And the stars still shine and I never met you

Whose mistake was it that led me to you
My time is fleeting and I can't move from this room
The only door here is locked from the outside
My hands are cold and I'm falling for you

Weakened by your grasp, I force a smile
Forget that I'm drowning in futility
My aching head pounds firmly in desperate deceit
Just to keep from realizing what's happening to me

Now I'm still falling for you, my dear
Isn't it funny how the ground's still nowhere
To be found. I've looked everywhere but wait
What's that I see in your eyes?

Weakened by your grasp, I force a smile
Forget that I'm drowning in futility
My aching head pounds firmly in desperate deceit
Just to keep from realizing what's happening to me

11:11 and Stars

These sheets still carry your scent as I write
We're the poster children for innocence in spite
Of the illustrations left across our necks


Fingers, lips and eyelids all frozen in fear
Although it's your love that's gotten me here
It's this guilt that's left me in the worst of wrecks

So hurt me, love, please make me bleed
'Cause you're the only one who knows what it is I need
And you know it's like you say

We could live here in your bed together
If only circumstance allowed
And time would break and fall away
As we sleep we are one right now
We could wish on 11:11 and stars
But all that I could ever need
Would be right here wrapped inside my arms
With a lock that came without a key

Smiling has never felt as wrong as it does
When I'm at home again and nothing is as it was
And the marks left across skin are all but gone

All I've got now is a photo and a piece of your heart
And the stomach pains I get whenever you and I are apart
I wish I knew how you could be so strong

We could live here in your bed together
If only circumstance allowed
And time would break and fall away
As we sleep we are one right now
We could wish on 11:11 and stars
And all that I would ever need
Would be right here wrapped inside my arms
With a lock that came without a key

I could live here in your grasp forever
If only circumstance allowed
And time would break and fall away
As we sleep we are one right now
We could wish on 11:11 and stars
But all that we would ever need
Is carved right here inside our hearts
In the perfect wound that never bleeds

Dear Amanda

Dear Amanda, I've grown six inches
Since first I saw your form.
My clothes don't fit and I have to bend over
To even walk through the door.

Dear Amanda, I've news for you:
It seems I've grown some more.
I've thrown out my belts and unlaced my shoes,
But I feel as I'd just been born.

My blood is electric, and I'm thanking you.
My wires are burning, I hope yours are too.
I hope that you know you're my battery.
I'll keep you charged if you come with me.

Amanda no longer do I have need for glasses.
I can see straight from here to the moon,
And I can see you counting days in your window.
We can't meet one second too soon.

My blood is electric, and I'm thanking you.
My wires are burning, I hope yours are too.
I hope that you know you're my battery.
I'll keep you charged if you come with me.

You see, it's like this: Earth is a balloon,
And I'm currently lounging on Saturn.
With my feet on the rings, I'm able to write
Using the sun as my lantern.

My blood is electric, and I'm thanking you.
My wires are burning, I hope yours are too.
Dearest Amanda, you're my battery.
I'll keep you charged if you come with me.