Song Lyrics

A Place with the Demigods Drain the Sea Eighteen The Story of The Paradox Thai

Drain the Sea

I'd love to watch the way they dream
In the sights of the western machine
While I keep in time with a magazine
Blind of all that horror brings
Give me a paper cut
I know they'll bleed
Drain me of all of that comfort that we seem to be needing
How long? Gotta wonder
How long 'til we drain the sea?

Astronauts may be blasting off
Saying "lets not be the last to leave"
Morality was a diaper
Now we piss on everything we see
Building, remaining
Death down-right entertaining
Chain-bound, we've gotta breathe
So? We keep on, we keep on
We keep on breeding
Say a prayer for our demons
How long? Gotta wonder
How long 'til we drain the sea?

Our strength is held in the barrel of a gun
'Til our sons say "hey, this could be fun"
And the lost souls drowning in the fish bowl
Lay their schools to waste 
Come to think, maybe they never got laid
But we ignore the warning signs 
'Til the blood is dry 
And the neighbor's fence is sky high
So, maybe we are to blame
But we blame the video games
I say
How long? Gotta wonder
How long? Gotta wonder
How long 'til we drain the sea

I'd love to watch the way they dream
In the sites of the western machine
While I keep in time with a magazine
Blind of all that horror brings

Eighteen

Sometimes I wanna run through the tall grass
Let it touch my feet 
And take me back to where I wanna be
Out in my back yard or over at the farm
Building forts and throwing sand 
And teddy never left my hand
Building forts and throwing sand
And teddy never let my hand go
And sometimes I tire of just sitting around here
Wondering why and thinking all the time
Of when a day was a lifetime a year a century
And  I never thought I'd ever live to be eighteen
No, I never thought I'd ever live to be eighteen

And I remember when life shown brightly
And I remember what it felt like to be free
Yeah

And oh, how exciting when we traded crayons for cursive writing
Kindergarten felt so far away
Teachers, and busses blackboards 
And story time will live a happy life down in my memory
But it feels like I'm leaving something behind
I'll trade "no cares" for sensibility 
But I'd rather turn back time
Yeah, I'll trade "no cares" for sensibility 
But I'd rather turn back time

˜Cause I remember when life shown brightly
And I remember what it felt like to be free
Yeah, I remember when life shown brightly
And I remember what it felt like to be free

And sometimes I wanna run through the tall grass
Let it touch my feet 
And take me back to where I wanna be

The Story of The Paradox

Why stay here now?
Leave fate to pull me through
Keep regret behind my eyes 
And wait for the new?

Song same
Comes now
The story of The Paradox
Leave none to hold the weight and I'll fall off

Calming now
Settle down while the children fight
Who's first?
Hold your tongue
Wait your turn 
Hatred burns
While the Ice Cream Man sells us souls
And the shape of a life is just the empty cone
The empty cone

So, why stay here now?
Light the way of passers by
Mold silver around the clouds when rain falls down?
When rain falls down

A Place with the Demigods

I lay awake at night singing songs that are not mine
Is my pen broken from misuse? 
Please tell the truth 
I know that you can hear me
'Cause I can hear you
The needle raps around the disk
Drawing sweetness from your lips
Will my mediocrity persist?  
I don't know why and I don't know how it came to this

Phil, you know, we've got a real situation
Counting on you to sing me into life
Phil, you know, we've got a real situation 
Counting on you to sing me into life

Saints and demons taint my bliss
With copperheads and candy sticks
I'd fight 'em but it make me sick so I just wander around
I just wander around the shit
Oh, where did all the heroes go?
The power ate the glory long ago
Another fool brought to the thrown wit big eyes, small thighs, but no soul

Phil, you know, we've got a real situation
Counting on you to sing me into life
Phil, you know, we've got a real situation
Counting on you to sing me into life

The moppet has a shaky hold on a fortune she'll never really own
Blinded by the light and doing what she's told
A product of this sickly mold 
Give me clean air, green grass
A six-string, a fist full of cash
And a place with the demigods
I want a place with the demigods

Lines grow bold but the mystery lingers
As my comfort burns between my fingers
If the spotlights chose to shine my way
Would I feel the pull of the chords of fame and slip away?

With the demigods

Thai

Soiled hands of a weary excavator
Seems I've over-drawn
Makin' plans for the music maker
They said it won't be long
'Til the stars line up for you
Make all your distorted dreams come true
Thoughts of the morose kind
As calm fills the ecstatic mind
Pick your fights
The bottom dollar
Is that what you wanna do with your life?
Pick your fights
The bottom dollar
Tell me, is that what you need just to get by?
To get by?

I've got a gentle breeze carving ecstacy in my mind
I count one, two, three, I'm gone
Thought I loved this place
Now I can't stay long
Stail and entoxicating
Make room for the two-headed baby
He's got eyes for me
He's got eyes for me
He's got eyes
I say
Pick your fights 
The bottom dollar
Is that what you wanna do with your life?
Pick your fights
The bottom dollar
Tell me, is that what you need just to get  by?
To get by?

Sing softly to me
And take these strides in over-drive
What consitutes a good time?
Well, you may get drunk 
You may get high 
Is that what you need to feel alive?

I got dragged by my hair to the corner of make-it or break-it
I lost my pigtails back at the first "you'll never make it"
I got dragged by my hair to the corner of make-it or break-it
I sold my soul to a man with a suicide plan
Got a la la loaded gun in my hand

Pick your fights 
The bottom dollar
Is that what you wanna do with your life?
Pick your fights
The bottom dollar
Tell me, is that what you need just to get  by?
To get by?