Signs of Life
Midnight
Downtown strip
You stand outside
Illuminated in the neon afterglow
You’re alone
But you don’t want to go home
Waiting for something to happen
Don’t care what it is
Because whatever happens
You need to prove to yourself
You still want to live
You’re just looking for signs
Looking for signs of life…in the night
Cut the cord
And pull the plug
Everything that was
Is now undone
You've been disconnected from love
Searching for a signal
You’re on the street
Nervous to every eye you meet
Staring at your reflection
You see a stranger's face but you’re alone
Nobody remembers your name
But that’s alright
You don’t feel like yourself
You’re just looking for signs
Looking for signs of life….in the night
Three o’clock in the morning
The night is dragging on
Vampires fill the alleyway
Trying to find one more victim before dawn
You know a lot of people but you don’t have any friends
You can’t pretend
You need something real
Side step the in-crowd
Down the backstreets
Crossing between shadows and light
Desperation is the local currency
Hope is bought and sold in the night
Feeling messy but looking pretty
Trying to find the soul of a city
Your eyes are dark but the lights are bright
You’re just looking for signs
Looking for signs of life…in the middle of the nightDownward Spiral
You’re a wandering star
An empty rain cloud blown by the wind
You want to get out
But you always step in
You’re a fast car
Speeding down a dead end street
A stranger every time we meet
Too much to drink
In the middle of the day
Step outside myself
Into a downward spiral as I slip away
Take me down
Take me low
Take me down
Don't take it slow
Don’t worry baby
There’s a lot farther I can go
Push me off your cliff
Lets plunge into the unknown
I’m spiraling down
Don’t leave me alone
What do you do?
When the fairy tale doesn't come true
You’re surrounded by make believers and soul stealers
The hope I clung to so tight
In the end
Wasn't strong enough to last through the night
The music is playing
But the dance is ending
Soon you’ll be back to that familiar place
Check your mirror
To fix the smile painted on your face
Take me down
Take me low
Take me down
Don't take it slow
Don’t worry baby
There’s a lot farther I can go
Push me off your cliff
Lets plunge into the unknown
I’m spiraling down
Don’t leave me alone
I’m remembering things
I never knew
Give me everything I want
Don’t make me choose
Tell me what I want to hear
Tattoo my mind with your lies
Drinking wine in your broken temples
I’m drunk on your vanity
Don’t turn me away
You've got me on my knees to pray
Save me…you were gonna be the one to save me
I’m in a downward spiral
But I’m enjoying the ride
I’m a wandering star
A water-less cloud drifting in the wind
Every time I try to get out
I always step back in
Take me down
Take me down low
Take me down
Help me lose control
Push me off your cliff
I'm spiraling out of my soul
Looking for light
Searching for a soul
I've been digging in the mud
Trying to find gold
My hands are dirty
Clothes are torn
I swallowed my pride
But it tasted like scorn
Inky Blackness…
Inky Blackness
Capsized in a toxic sea
Tossed into the waves
Grasping for some levity
My lungs are heavy
Getting hard to breathe
Sinking like rusty iron
Into the endless deep
Inky blackness…
Inky blackness
Silent whispers in the night
Telling me everything will be alright
(Don’t believe it…don’t believe it)
Counting stars from the bottom of a well
A mouth full of secrets with no one to tell
Walking a tightrope in the dark
Everyone wants a brand new start
But I've got stains upon my heart
Inky blackness...
Inky blackness
Earth Shaker
Shake beneath your feet
You hear a symphony
Every time she speaks
She lets you feel strong
Even when you know you’re weak
She takes you in to her home
Like a stray dog on the street
The more you have
The more you need
She’s everything
You want to be
Let it all go…let it all go
You've got to lose yourself
And let it go
Earth shaking
Will breaking
Bring me to my knees
Lose all self-control
You’re the sweetest sadness in my soul
You’re telling her things
You don’t want her to know
She opens a window
Into your soul
She gives meaning to your life
She makes you doubt
Everything you believe
She touches you softly
Like an evening breeze
She leaves you begging
Down on your knees
Let it all go…let it all go
You've got to lose yourself
And let it go
Earth shaking
Will breaking
Bring me to my knees
Lose all self-control
You’re the sweetest sadness in my soul
Shake...Shake...Shake it up
Shake...Shake...Shake me up
You’re ready to make a deal
She’s got you spinning like a roulette wheel
Working up your nerve
You’re going to gamble your life on her
It’s the future to win
And your past to lose
You placed your bet
Now it’s time to choose
Shed your skin
To begin again
You’re going to prove
This love you have is true
Let it all go…let it all go
You've got to lose yourself
And let it go
Earth shaking
Will breaking
Bring me to my knees
Lose all self-control
You’re the sweetest sadness
The sweetest sadness in my soul
Soul Parade
Breaking every window
In your pretty glass home
You've been tearing yourself apart
At the seams
Don’t believe everything
That you see
Lift your eyes to the sky
The love that you need
Comes from above
Open your fist and receive
Get so high
Just to feel so low
Speed kills
But I love your thrill
Don’t say no
I’m not letting go
I need you
More than you need me
Take me captive
So I can be free
The air is heavy
Your soul is growing thin
You feel hollow
Caught in a tailspin
The night is complicated
And your miles away from sleep
The feelings in your heart
Rush to your head
Filling you with thoughts
Too dangerous to keep
Give me something I can feel
More than I can touch
Nothing they can steal
Get so high
Just to feel so low
Speed kills
But I love your thrill
Don’t say no
I’m not letting go
I need you
More than you need me
Take me captive
So I can be free
Lose yourself
And gravity
Burn your landscape
Reinvent your possibilities
Dreams take shape
Transcend reality
Lift the curtain
To the secrets you've hidden
Graffiti painted on your heart
Dressed in shadow and light
Wrestling with angels and demons in the night
Fear and faith on display
As you litter the street with your soul parade
Get so high
Just to feel so low
Speed kills
But you know I love your thrills
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