Refuge

I'm seeking refuge
From everything I've seen
It's gonna take a lot of shelter now
To bring me back the hope I need
I'm seeking refuge
Something tells me all I need is time
Not a thing anyone else can do
To bring me back the faith that once was mine

It's time to lay it all down on the floor
When you got nothing left to lose
Been so long since I felt this way
Sometimes it's just handed back to you
Sometimes it's just handed back to you

Some people gotta preach their view
Some people just drink their wine
Some people give everything they got
'Til they reach the end of the line
In the deep dark cave of this night
I'll give you the warmth of my hand
Never thought we could come this far
Tell me love must be the plan

Don't forget the times you were on top of this word
You held it so close in the palm of your hand
Don't let that sorrow creep deep into your soul
Just try to search and understand
Just try to search and understand

So I'm seeking refuge
Giving up on the glory and the gold
Just looking for a loving hand
For a little peace that I can hold
And I'm seeking refuge
I see it in everybody's eyes
So hard sometimes to face the truth
When you've been a fool all your life
When you've been a fool all you life
And I've been a fool all my life
And I'm seeking refuge

The Road

I'll leave it all up to you
If you want to take your hands from the wheel
There's nothing left here I can do
I'm not the one who's gonna show you what to feel
But I've seen the battles you have won
And the battles you have lost
You won't be outdone at any cost
Me I had to go halfway 'round this world
To realize I had a home
To see who the hell I was in this world
Feel what it's like to be alone
Well the harder I try and the more that I know
There's just some things inside that won't let go

So just bring me hope and life and love and everything
And the pain and the fear and the danger that life can bring
Then bring me peace and your smile and your heavy heart
And sit right down here next to me darlin'
Let's not tear this one apart

I see your face across this room
And I'd be lying if I say you don't move me
But it's gonna take some time
For me to climb out of this tomb
It's gonna be one hell of a journey
Three cheers for the fork in the road
I prayed to God it never'd be me
Which way to run, which way to go?
Is there any such thing left as being free?
I'll send these words out into the night
And I'm gonna wait for an answer
I have learned to bend so well
in the wake of all this fright
I stand here now like a dancer
What are these things to come?
I want you to tell me what's gonna be
'cause I've seen too many things come my way
To sit here and watch them walk away from me

So just bring me hope and life and love and everything
And the pain and the fear and the danger that love can bring
Then bring me peace and your smile and your heavy heart
And sit right down here next to me darlin'
Let's not tear this one apart
I'll leave it all up to you

Alomar

He hands me the keys to his heart
And says they're getting kind of hard for him to hold
Well I know someday he's gonna need them
So I keep them in a box where no one knows
When my land was flood, yours was drought
And man that could have killed us all without a doubt
So you said, "I'll try fame, yeah, I'll try that,
With the flow and the shove"
But I hope your heart makes it back to the land of love
I hope you make it back
I hope you make it back
I hope you make it back, sometime, babe

For these are the diamonds of our modern life
When it's just 'fill me up, make it fast, and get it right'
Well, it leaves me without an ounce left to fight the fight
And I wonder for you

Some are gold but you can still blow them away
Some are kind of tarnished but you use them anyway
And some are so beautiful they've got nothing to give
Well there's someplace in his eyes I know that I can live
And when he's finally lonely and longs to be free
When the dog's got his heels that's when he'll call out to me
Ten thousand miles and the words still come through
"With my sky and my shore I will wait for you"
Yes, I'll wait. I'll wait for you, hell yes
I'm gonna wait for you babe

For these are the diamonds of our modern life
When it's just 'fill me up, make it fast, and get it right'
Well, it leaves me without an ounce left to fight the fight
And I wonder you
I keep wondering 'bout you, babe
Is it easy for you?
Is it easy for you, Alomar?
So easy for you

Angel

It's a lose-lose situation
Somebody hand me a gun
I can't run away and I can't fly away
So I'm just standing my ground
He's out on the street tonight
Sometimes I feel him close by
And I want to pull him through
The eye of this hurricane
But I know I can't even try
Anything to find my heart
Anything that can be found
There's and angel of mercy calling my name
And turning my world upside-down
Don't talk to me about love gone by
Don't bring me words of peace
Somebody's running through my blood tonight
And he's gonna get the best of me
So I'll stand and I'll shout and say, "It's unbelievable;
I've hid my heart from nearly everyone"
Let the waves break over me this time
I'm on my face from this hit and run
Anything to feel the sound
Anything to feel your face
Tell me sweet fortune, are you just fooling around
Or are you making me wait?
Walk on and walk proudly
We'll make it there eventually
I wont be far if you lose me
I'll be right here
I'm going down for the last time I know
I've said my peace to my fighting brain
Got one more step, it's not too far to go
'Til I reach the eye of this hurricane
They say you've got to walk the walk
If you're gonna talk the talk
But I swear, I don't know the first thing
But how can I lie here
When my soul is on fire
And there's a storm down in New Orleans?
Anything to find my heart
Anything that can be found
There's an angel of mercy calling my name
And turning my world upside-down
Just walk on and walk proudly
We'll make it there eventually
I won't be far if you lose me
I'll be right here
Talking with this angel

Anything In This World

If you're walking through this world alone
You might learn to love the solitary life
Call it what you will
Do with it what you like
Well I heard you were crying
Such a shame no one saw you were falling apart
I've been running in the shadows to get to you
I've been dancing with an ache in my heart

If there's anything in this world I could want
I just pray to Heaven above
If there's anything in this world I might need
Might be your love

Got these plans swimming around in my head
Got these dreams swimming around in my soul
They flaunt me they fake me they love me they forsake me
But they don't keep me from the cold
So I opened up my heart
And tried to let everything come rushing through
Now I'm stopped here in my tracks
All for the beauty of you

If there's anything in this world I could want
I just pray to Heaven above
If there's anything in this world I might need
Might be your love

See all these books on my shelf
I've searched page after page
For the key to this pain in my heart
For the door to its cage
Well let's not fool ourselves
We're not right, but we're not wrong
And to find what you truly need
Is to know you've had it all along

If there's anything in this world I could want
I just pray to Heaven above
If there's anything in this world I might need
Might be your love

Mission Beach

Mission Beach seems so far away
I can't believe it's out of reach
We have strayed away
Mexico where the funny waters flow
There's a risk when you get too close
I think we blew up a miracle

I thought that we were too tough
To let the world rough us up
Now all I need when I think of you
Is some kind of miracle to pull me through

I miss you too much to speak of
Each day gets a little bit more
So I'm writing the words of my feelings for you
Wondering what I do it for

You'll play Dylan's, "Maybe Someday"
And think of the distance we are embracing
Well I'm older now and far more weighted down
With the dreams you saw me chasing
You don't know what you want most
So San Francisco will hold you for a while
I'll stay on the east coast
And try to live this lifestyle

But everyone here lives for themselves
They play their own songs
I think they live within a shell
Of their narcissistic hell

I miss you too much to speak of
Each day gets a little bit more
So I'm writing the words of my feelings for you
Wondering what I do it for
I miss the world that we stood for
I miss running at the speed of light
I miss the music we lived for
I miss you late at night

I can feel the tide coming in
On Mission beach
Now the waters are white and they're dangerous
It's an angry sea
at Mission Beach

All That I Know

Somewhere there's beauty and somewhere there's clarity
Shall we deny this fire between you and me?
I know we are trying to shut off our memories
Lightning strikes twice can't you tell, it's shaking me?

All that I know is in your eyes
And all that I'm asking for is a piece of your time
All that I do is all around you
It's not a lot to know
But I can't speak my mind

Sooner or later we'll find what we're looking for
Was I surprised when I found you at my door~
Still we are stationed so far from the world that is true to us
Standing like statues believe me it's meaningless

Crazy

How do I know the things you say?
How do I know this love will last?
How do I know the fire in your eyes
Is not something that's gonna pass?

I looked inside you
You looked inside me
You said,
"It's gonna make us crazy"

How do I know this road is the right one?
Or if I'm walking the right way?
How are my actions justified
Within the games we play?

I looked inside you
You looked inside me
You said,
"It's gonna make us crazy"

How do I know the things to say?
Or the right words to use?
How do I get through another day?
Or keep on doing these things I do?

I looked inside you
You looked inside me
And you said, "ahaaaaaaaaa!"

It's never enough, never enough,
Just to be here with you
Never enough, never enough,
In fact it's close to nothing at all
Never enough, never enough
Just to be here with you
Never enough, never enough
To be here with these four walls