A Place That's Cold

 I will dream of a place that's cold

Where the pace of time slows comfortably

Like the chilly molecules

And my neighbors have nothing to prove

And they drink good drinks, and listen well

Because the roads are closed

And words pass with clarity

Like the vast view 

When the leaves have fallen from the shrubs and tree.

Because it’s hot out here

And the fires of hell won’t prevail against heaven

But they’re doing their work in my hometown

And it’s hot out here

So I’ll dream of a place that’s cold

World's On Fire

I want so much to be successful

I want so much to be secure

I want so badly to be happy

I want so badly to be pure

So I use you or I leave you

Cause you're the means and I'm the end

And so I call the poor the blessed

But I call the rich my friends

Woe to we who build our nests on high
And fill our treasure chests with someone else's gold
Woe to we who pass the injured by
Me and my brothers and my neighbors
Watch from the living room as the world's on fire

Make You Stay

I don’t have that much to give
Not as much as you would take
If you need all the world to live
You cannot give yourself away

I am tired in the morning
I am tired in the night
I don’t have the strength to take on more
I don’t have the strength to fight

We’re both broken cisterns darling
Bleeding out in our own ways
Will you find the strength to leave me
Or will I find the strength to make you stay

You feel weighted by an anchor
You feel frightened out at sea
And all you demons as they whisper
Wear a face that looks like me

I am tired in the morning
I am tired in the night
I don’t have the strength to take on more
I don’t have the strength to fight

We’re both broken cisterns darling
Bleeding out in our own ways
But I will find a way to love you
I will find a way to love you

We’re broken cisterns
We’re broken sister

I will find a way to love you
I will find a way to love you