copper regret lyrics
stanley place
drive down that dead end street it's where we used to live no revelation
there railroad tracks at the cul de sac the shopping carts and the furniture
barricades never did derail that train twisted metal and the broken frames
so were we thankful that it never happened here or did we wait for that
disaster drinking beer on the sofa on the rooftop of the upside down it's
all upside down it's all do you wish for tragedy just to see it happen here
or do you smile in a sigh of relief when your friend wakes up in a hospital
room no time for remorse now it's all been broken down a penny saved they
call a penny earned and we never learned that lesson there that year leaving
pennies on the railroad tracks as a flattened copper regret upside down
it's all upside down it's all driving down that dead end street it's where
we used to live
clearer
do you feel burned by those words now well what did you expect? the progress
of this world your logic circumspect yet what you read goes up in flames
i see you yearn for better times can't empathize you can't see see it through
their eyes you can't empathize see it through their eyes you can't this
type twist those words now through the knowledge that you learn it's never
clear that prior views color all things you do you speak it sounds familiar
now well it's no wonder how they never burn simplistic terms you understand
it keeps your footing firm you're grounded in cynicism never wears thin
see it through their eyes you can't empathize see it through their eyes
you can't
trajectory
don't we have to look back now to someone else live up to wish that scar
would heal somehow covered over a thousand times moved on from those left
behind but there's always someone to pick up where you left has that path
been taken one too many times maybe you'll cross mine and i'll smile knowing
that you got the last one on us this time don't we have to look back now
ripped off a thousand places with a smile on your face and we were right
behind you waiting for the payoff
skipping stones
when i looked across the ice cold and glassy skipped a stone so many times
to break the surface never reached the other side found rounded rocks on
the shore line this is my last time to ask you now justify your actions
out of time answer to your question wrong this time i watched the water
stand still cold and glassy wintertime skipped a stone across the ice just
scratched the surface it seemed to reach the other side lost in winter white
i find this is your last time so ask me now justify your actions out of
time answer to your question wrong this time you thought you found the answer
you're wrong this time i'm not who you wish that i would be you're not who
i wish that you would be
carnival nostalgia
i laughed with him no tears in his eyes always wore a grin was a nice disguise
he looked like any other and these hands won't ever cover can't see inside
he looked like any other never did realize but i heard those fists they
did fly do we ever know myopic vision has transformed this show into a carnival
nostalgia for this task bury your memory with the dirt on these hands i
laughed with him he snapped like that did he hurt his friends golden silence
grins he looked like any other of our friends and i hear it's typical these
days do we ever know myopic vision has transformed this show into a carnival
nostalgia for this task bury your memory at last
