LETICIA (single)

i was in the shadow using up my time / tangled up in thought of what to do with mine / until the midnight hour when a lowly demoiselle / came into my tower / upon the bed she fell / as a flower in the cold / a marigold as lovely as could be / long it has been now / but i won’t soon forget the vow she made to me / when she said / i don’t know anything of where you’ve been / but i’ll give you all to help me feel again / feel again / everything i own to make me feel again / even then / i would get you more to make me feel / like a bird unfettered of her cage / when the siren came / she called my name into the silent summer’s eve / and in the moment’s end / i caught her when she gave a broken smile to me / and she said / i pray to find you every now and then / when the numb takes hold and i can’t feel again / feel again / everything i own to make me feel again / even then / i would get you more to make me feel / real again / every drop inside to make it real again / even then / i would drain the world to make it real ///

MALIBU (single)

you’re beginning to look just like a photo / i haven’t seen you move in days / malibu ain’t too far can we go? / it might as well be a million miles away / what are your reasons for the icy shoulder? / you haven’t taken me in days / i’m yours should you come but four feet closer / i might as well be a million miles away / you’re beginning to look just like a photo / i haven’t seen you move in days / malibu ain’t too far can we go? / no, no ///

STRANGER (single)

you gave a warning / i hit the ground / i cut the corners to stay around / but like a stone you’re rolling over me / and over all the ruins of our masquerade / and over all the tombs of every heart you slayed / and through the barricade your keeper laid for you / and you’ll go on your own way / fly to paris / take a train to london town / settle down / where your heart’s away from danger / i’ll go on my own way / underground and hide away in hollywood / understood / to love you i will be a stranger / i played the numbers / i fought the truth / i piled up the wreckage to black out the view / but in the morning i’ll burn the whole thing down / and through the ashes i will get to rolling too / far away to breathe a breath of something new / and when i find it i’ll be waiting there for you / for you / and you’ll go on your own way / fly to paris / take a train to london town / settle down / where your heart’s away from danger / i’ll go on my own way / underground and hide away in hollywood / understood / to love you i will be a stranger ///

WHITE SUMMER DRESS (single)

i’ve been drinking too much and it’s raping my health / but it passes the time when you’re bored with yourself / and grow tired of the way everything seems to be / when there’s drawbacks among everything that you see / and i’ve come to the conclusion at 25 that i’m sort of a drag but my nature is kind / and a wise woman showed me that’s all you need / at the end of your days but it’s hard to agree / when there’s so much inside and too much to say / and a need to be better with each passing day / and they’re looking at me / and there’s nowhere to hide / yea i’m cool on the surface but burning inside / i’ve been thinking ‘bout her everyday since i left / come to think of it i haven’t quit since we met / and i know that this kind of talk’s overdone / and everyone seems to be bitching ‘bout love / but i guess there’s a reason / i don’t feel ashamed / used to be rather fearful of seeming cliche / but i’m anxious and tired of thinking so much / and before i black out i remember your touch / and i’m dreaming of you in a white summer dress / in the middle of winter when all is a mess / and you’re looking at me with your steel colored eyes / yea i’m cool on the surface but burning inside / i’m burning inside ///

HIRAETH (EP)

“UPSIDE”

the calm is quite divine to an oh so busy mind that’s never still / but the blood and dirt and rain are moving like a wayward train along the hill/ and the power of the landslide is ever mighty strong / but it’s hard to see the upside when you’ve been down so long / let it take me there / a thousand miles of vacant air between us now/ and here alone i lay / and i’d take her any way that she’d allow / and i wonder where does all the grace hide / i need to find my own / but it’s hard to see the upside when you’ve been down so long / oh the power of the landslide is ever mighty strong / and it’s hard to see the upside when you’ve been down so long / tell me where does all the grace hide / i’ve gotta find my own / but it’s hard to see the upside when you’ve been down so long ///

“QUITE LIKE YOU”

speak your bleeding heart help me understand / i’d do the same if i weren’t the way i am / but i’m gonna love you madly until my life is through / nothing’s ever shaken me quite like you / quite like you / i found you long ago in a haunted town / where the phantom people use each other to talk about / and there between the darkened lies i knew that it’d never be / until beneath a darkened sky you felt every part of me / i’ve felt the hurricane and the fallout too / but nothing’s ever shaken me quite like you / the earth is breaking up and i’m falling through / but nothing’s ever shaken me quite like you / speak your bleeding heart help me understand / i’d do the same if i weren’t the way i am / but i’m gonna love you madly until my life is through / nothing’s ever shaken me quite like you / i’ve felt the hurricane and the fallout too / but nothing’s ever shaken me quite like you / the earth is breaking up and i’m falling through / for nothing’s ever shaken me quite like you ///

“THE MESS I’M IN”

what is it now about the winter time that’s always had it’s way / and has to feed upon the decency of what we made that day / but instead of losing myself in wondering where you’ve been / i’ll be picking up the pieces / waiting for you to make a mess again / i hear them now / unwholesome thoughts are dancing inside my head / with two left feet / how are you now crashes into who’s inside your bed / but instead of killing myself and wondering where you’ve been / i’ll be picking up the pieces / waiting for you to make a mess again / i miss your voice / the way it bends the air and makes it feel like home / it haunts me now / but i wouldn’t dare dream of asking it to go / so instead of / hanging my head because of the mess i’m in / i’ll be picking up the pieces / waiting for you to make a mess again ///

ANGELINE (EP)

“ANGeLine”

Angeline is a pretty hostess / at the chic tavern just up the road / and one night i said maybe could i take you out sometime? / Angeline why did you say no? / was it my tone or the timing or the cheeky clothing i wear? / like i’m headed to an open collar funeral / Angeline i bet you’re headed home / when your shift is over to a guy who knows / how to work you over ‘til you can’t control yourself / and i’ll be headed to my wretched cave / where the rats and the roaches got me tied in chains / and i guess i’m happy that you’re never gonna see this place / my queen, Angeline ///

“PHANTOM”

let me out / you only let me in so you could string me up / like a violin and play me like a song / something that you called, hallelujah / let me out / you only keep me so you can breathe me up / when the air is thin / deep and everlong / ‘til you feel the calm come into ya / i was a fool to think that you were ever mine / i’m just a phantom in the opera of your mind / let me out / i’ve been trapped inside for so long now / an angel of the music in your head / i sail the river red running through ya / i was a fool to think that you were ever mine / i’m just a phantom in the opera of your mind / forever in these halls i shall remain / the keeper of your truth and all your pain / floating, falling in your sweet anticipation / i was a fool to think that you were ever mine / i’m just a phantom in the opera of your mind ///

“ON THE FLOOR”

when the lights go down in the city / getting real low / settling in my room i’m unnoticed / when the still comes in through my window / letting me go / i feel a calm come over me on the floor / on the floor / where the rats all come away clean there on the floor / where the children all stomped and screamed straight out the door / well i find myself on my knees / begging please / when the lights go down in the city / and everyone goes / to their room / walking the trail to dreamland / when the lights go down in the city / something is roaring / and i find myself waiting to believe / on the floor / where the mice call shots in the corner that’s where i’ll be / where the crickets come home and sing their symphony / well i find myself on my knees / begging please / on the floor / facing the things i’ve door here on the floor / where the years have gathered and run that’s where i’ll be / well i find myself on my knees / begging please ///

“VICE”

jesus christ you’re full of shit / you took a vice and titled it a phase / simple shades of black and brown / the only way you see the town these days / faulting the underpin / caught in a roundabout / you’re looking outside in / and i’ve never been one to speak out / but haven’t you had enough for one night? / where did your graces go? / well i think you’ve had enough for one lifetime, my friend / then again what do i know? / haven’t you had enough for one night? / where did your graces go? / well i think you’ve had enough for one lifetime, my friend / then again what do i know? / then again what do i know? ///

“EVERGREEN”

lady of the evergreen / what have i to offer you? / a bed of ice / a fire in june / useless as a desert moon / to feel your love i would give / all the earth and water in my yard / not enough? / do forgive me / lady of the evergreen / what have i to offer you? / a mouth of lies / a song so true / you could swear that i was two / to feel your love i would give / all the earth and water in my garden / not enough? / do forgive me ///

“ONE OF US”

how come you never come out? / out from wherever you hide / if you’re to be one of us now / then leave this all behind / light up your glow and lay out your clothing / carefully on the berth / lace up your heels / and gracefully feel your way out across the earth / now love / why don’t you come out / out from wherever you hide / welcome, you’re one of us now / i hope you enjoy the ride / isn’t this fun? / here in the sunlight / out of that old corral / your mind is safe / for it’s miles away / from that old rationale / but now the doubt / is wringing you out again / slowly but don’t you fear / wrong it may feel / but darling it’s real / and there’s no turning back from here / now love / why don’t you come out / out from wherever you hide / welcome, you’re one of us now / i hope you enjoy the ride / now love / why don’t you come out / out from wherever you hide / welcome, you’re one of us now / i hope you enjoy… / you would have enjoyed the ride / how come you never came out? / out from wherever you hide / you could have been one of us / but now i must / say goodbye ///

EL DORADO (album)

“HILLS OF HOLMBY”

a penny for your thoughts / i’m sorry i can’t offer more / a cup of coffee in this town is about all i can afford / so i stay inside and gather up what little pride that can be found / and yes i’m well aware that when you die money ain’t shit / but i’m alive and while that’s true i’m out to find some more of it / so that when she comes / i might have some extra funds to take her out / and i’ll pretend to shine like the headlights in the night / crawling down the hilltops of holmby / treat you like a queen / live a mile outside my means / not worrying about what may befall me / a penny for your thoughts / i’m sure that you expected more / after all you saw my moving pictures all those years before / but that was just a dream / a friendly ghost that doesn’t seem to know it’s place / and yes i’m well aware that when you die it’s who you love / that carries on past all this petty nonsense that i’m speaking of / but i’m still in repair and it’s a big old wold out there for me to taste / and i’ll pretend to shine like the headlights in the night / crawling down the hilltops of holmby / treat you like a queen / live a mile outside my means / not worrying about what may befall me ///

“GREEN-EYED BEAST”

on the tv screen is a creepy scene / there’s a man who looks a bit like me looking right at me / and further more quite a troubadour / got a song ‘bout a river that’s bigger than the castles of london / he seems quite proud and barely blinking / must be something to be the talk of the town / your mind’s too loud i can hear you thinking / the truth is that i’ve got a hard time turning it down / oh my my mother mary sang of the green-eyed beast and the numbers game that’ll break your knees and leave you limping alone / but the jealousy creeps up on me like the walking dead on an empty street / in a city that really couldn’t feel much further from home / well i feel much more than i did before / love, hate, paranoia and a sense that i’m getting older / older and bitter / and further more there’s a carnivore called envy and it’s hiding in the pages of a magazine / this whole damn race is over-laced / and all strung out on promises made in the round / the walls are high and out of place / the truth is that i’ve got a hard time tearing them down / oh my my mother mary sang of the green-eyed beast and the numbers game that’ll break your knees and leave you limping alone / but the jealousy creeps up on me like the walking dead on an empty street / in a city that really couldn’t feel much further from home ///

“I’M NOT LISTENING”

i heard that call from the golden city / it isn’t far and it isn’t pretty and it cuts me down to the floor again / though i hear that’s good for you now and then / i took my spade and left this town / dug my grave into honest ground / and the creatures here got a lot to say / about the ones they loved that got away / so i tell my tale about you babe / and they tell me set her free / and the tell me let her go / but i’m not listening, no / i heard his name on the television / it ain’t the same one you’ve been kissing but it cuts me down to the floor again / though i hear that’s good for you now and then / i took my spade and left this town / dug my grave into honest ground / and the creatures here got a lot to say / about the ones they loved that got away / so i tell my tale about you babe / and they tell me set her free / and the tell me let her go / but i’m not listening, no ///

“EL DORADO”

the coloring of the world around is better seen when the lights are down / and there’s a haze in the atmosphere but he’s a fine navigator here / and she’s aware wouldn’t dare have him turn away / but honey now do allow me the chance to say / that i’m only getting half of you and that’s a lonely place to be / he said i’m sorry / that’ll have to do cos it’s the only way for me / to turn water into wine for them to swallow / and burn hotter than the fires of el dorado / and so it is that his hunger sways / between the muse and the love he makes / and though it’s warm in the heart of this / to his home he’s an arsonist / i don’t need you to bleed for me to stay / but honey now do allow me the chance to say / that i’m only getting half of you and that’s a lonely place to be / he said i’m sorry / that’ll have to do cos it’s the only way for me / to turn water into wine for them to swallow / and burn hotter than the fires of el dorado / the silver lining’s hiding deeper down / so speak your mind i’m only here for now / she said i’m only getting half of you and that’s a lonely place to be / he said i’m sorry / that’ll have to do cos it’s the only way for me / turn water into wine for them to swallow / and burn hotter than the fires of el dorado ///

“LIKE THE MOVIES”

i figured by now that you’d found another / who will walk you to the promenade / who ain’t that funny but he dresses nice / and never has you thinking twice / about how much you’re on his mind / i figured by now that you’d found another / who at least would help to pass the time / and that you did or so you said / and in your room he laid his head / about where i used to lay mine / i’m in a cave with only candlelight / but what the hell did i think it’d be like / maybe like the movies / but really just the end / when he meets her right back / where it all began / that used to be a big field / but now it’s hard and dry / for people who need healing / just like you and i / it’s funny how i fight to keep you closer / knowing all too well just what that means / there’s so much there to see and hear / to duck and dodge and hope and fear / my god have we learned anything / i’m coming home but only for the night / but what the hell did we think it’d be like / maybe like the movies / but really just the end / when he meets her right back / where it all began / that used to be a big field / but now it’s hard and dry / for people who need healing / just like you and i ///

“OUT HERE”

hear that ringing all around / the changing winds are singing out again / and though it burns i feel somehow / i’ll find you in the end / i came out here in search of something / hiding in the disarray / and lord i know it ain’t for nothing / apollo guide my way / my spirit’s high and so am i / the weather’s nice and i’m doing fine my dear / but the peace i feel when you’re around / is something that i haven’t found out here / i haven’t found out here / if a wish to me were given / i’d want my head and heart to be / lovers with the strength and willing / to carry me / my spirit’s high and so am i / the weather’s nice and i’m doing fine my dear / but the peace i feel when you’re around / is something that i haven’t found out here / i haven’t found out here / the calm i feel when you are near / is something that i haven’t found out here / the peace i feel when you are near / is something that i haven’t found out here / but my spirit’s high and so am i / the weather’s nice and i’m doing fine my dear / but the peace i feel when you’re around / is something that i haven’t found out here / i haven’t found out here ///

“UP NORTH”

hey now go ahead and take your time / and i promise you that i’ll take mine / drive to the corner of fifth and main / with a moon rock baby and go insane / i’ll clench my teeth and fall in love / with whoever i happen to be in front of / when the day burns out the night is mine / until the lady up north pollutes my mind / and now all of the people they look like you / but don’t look at me the way you do / or the way you did i should say / and i lose my grip and i’m on my way / hey is there anybody there with you / i hope it isn’t so but i hope so too / it’s contradictions of this kind / that help put the reason inside my rhyme / i clench my fist and have one more / like i did last night and the night before / when the day burns out and all is mine / until the lady up north pollutes my mind / and now all of the people they smile like you / but don’t smile at me the way you do / or the way you did i should say / and i lose my grip and i’m on my way ///

“100 MILLION YEARS”

for the rest of us it’s all the same / wandering a road without a name / guided by these ideas that we hold / slaving for what is left behind / for a sort of prideful peace of mind / that you carry like a suit of gold / but hey that doesn’t mean it’s all / for nothing if you find / nothing is how it seems / hey why don’t we have a ball / and raise our glasses high / to the new regime / heavy is the passing of the time / when a legacy is on the line / then again who really gives a damn / one hundred million years from now / every word we fought to speak aloud / will be lost among the fall of man / but hey that doesn’t mean it’s all / for nothing if you find / nothing is how it seems / hey why don’t we have a ball / and raise our glasses high / to the new regime / tell me what will we speak of / one hundred million years from now / tell me who will we speak of / one hundred million years from now / but hey that doesn’t mean it’s all / for nothing if you find / nothing is how it seems / hey why don’t we have a ball / and raise our glasses high / to the new regime ///