Birds in the Attic (2011)

1. White Bird

Whisky and cigarettes you’re such a mess
I cannot lie, I must confess
I fell in love with you long ago
But now these feelings have gone cold
Who you were once is no longer who you are
My angel you have fallen far

There was a bird that circled over me
It did it’s death dive and begged “feed me”
Oh white bird what have you heard
That brings you to me, what do I deserve

Memories like photographs
Framed to preserve the past
But life’s short, the end’s coming fast
Life’s short, the future’s here at last
Who you were once is no longer who you are
My angel you have fallen far

There was a bird that circled over me
It did it’s death dive and begged “feed me”
Oh white bird what have you heard
That brings you to me, what do I deserve

2. I'll Be Wating

Like a hero in the sunset you fade away
My love I long for you to stay
But I’ll be waiting
I’ll be waiting

In the end I understand why you must go
I just hope that while you’re gone that you know
I’ll be waiting

While you’re gone I’ll live like nothing’s changed
But it’s hard when I know I won't see you everyday
I’ll be waiting
I’ll be waiting

I’m lucky to have love in my life
So I’ll wait for the day when I can sleep at night
I’ll be waiting

3. Get It Out

There was a lady with a baby who told me that I
Told me I was a fool
Who knew she knew me better as she knocked me
Knocked me off my stool
She kept walking and a talking and she left me there
Left me there in the room

Dusted myself off and got back up off of
Back up off of the floor
Left to right one in front of the other till I got to
Got to the door
O mirror mirror hanging down at
Down at the end of the hall

Oooooooo, what you say
Come what may, at the end of the day
Oooooooo, weed it out
Scream and shout, got to get it out

Stared at my reflection in the mirror waiting
Waiting for some truth
Soon came to realize it wouldn’t show me anything
Show me anything new
Stuck in a rut, suffocating just a waiting
For something to pursue

Oooooooo, what you say
Come what may, at the end of the day
Oooooooo, weed it out
Scream and shout, got to get it out

Affinity, epiphany, turn my
Turn my life around
Thank you to the lady with the baby who put me
Put me on the ground
The answer to my prayers was to have no
Have no answer at all

4. Off The Deep End

Trek up the mountains, to get out of town
Won’t look back, I won’t fall back down
Into the webs of the city, the garbage in the streets
With broken down buildings like everyone you meet
Cause when the wind comes through this place
It steals hopes and dreams and leaves them all to mourn
About what could have been and will never be
I’m on this journey cause I still believe

Gone off the deep end, into the sea
Walk the plank, into my dreams
Fall from the stars, land on the clouds
Frighten the people with your sounds

Over the mountains in the new city
With hopes of green grass and girls that are pretty
Where the birds sing about sidewalk lemonade
Where the kids haunt the boogeyman and make him feel afraid
But to my surprise, I’d been here before
I felt like I’d come back in through the out door
And as I shake the bars to my rusty cage
I see the world can be a prison can I make the change

10. Like A Phoenix

Like a phoenix I will be
Born from the ashes of the old me
A new life, one of clarity
Hindsight to the story
Detour ‘round the enemy
Like a phoenix I will be

I’ve let far too many red balloons escape
I’ve forgotten how to grab them.
I don’t want to loose any more graces
I don’t want to stumble again.

Second chances come around
Opportunities lost now are found
But what comes up, must come down
Storms brewin’ so far as the eye can see
Answer to the dry land’s plea
Like a phoenix I will be

Phoenix rise up from the dead
Don’t misunderstand what was said
There’s a monster living in my head
Sap collects along the bark of a tree
Gravity’s the one controlling me
Like a phoenix I will be