Blast the Message

saw it on a poster hanging in the record store 
we had to go, the first tickets sold 
picture all the fan roar when the house lights went low 
it blew our minds, hoped the month would fly 

blast the message, we've been waiting, we will follow 
blast the message, we will take it all to heart 

tell us in the front row, tell us through our radio 
we need to know, it was meant for us 
heard it through a club door, heard it from a friend who swore
it made him cry, he wouldn't tell me why 

open up the sky
let us see your face
need some sun today
and someone to praise 


Green Grass End
 
just what's on your mind my blue little girl
have you been worn down by what you must prove
how did you find out that it wasn't just you
you should not lose

so many things you never knew
it all will break in spite of you
but it won't last
lay in the grass it feels so free
it's just a dream but so are we

there's a quiet song on my stereo
doesn't make me feel like three years ago
there's only so much love you can squeeze from one song

i never felt so free and true
must be something just you can do
only time has passed
i'll never look the other way
i'll beat a path one of these days

it's a green grass end to a cruel cold day
it's a green grass end to a cruel cold day

i hear your voice, it's all i have
if i can feel your power, it's all right, yeah

it's a green grass end to a cruel cold day


Saving Made Up Worlds

rival birds from another troop have landed on the fence
in our hometown field
but if we sneak quietly through the ridge of trees 
we can rush the door
and save our fort

just another day's work done

one day the tribe will play
saving made up worlds
believing in what they're saying
one day the tribe will go
find out that war is real
oh what a bum deal

climb the hill like a mountain man making sure to cover tracks
never looking back
but if we weave gracefully through the guarded weeds 
we can cut them off
and save the world

just another day's work done


Say Goodbye
 
i had a dream that i could hold you
some things go to my head
it won't be easier to mourn you
until the fire is dead

no you won't be lonely
and no you won't be sad
and no you won't want to cry
i'll say goodbye


Mystified

with all that there is to know, now
with all that there is to see
i feel like i don't know nothing
and nobody can know me

when i look around, it's so deep and wide
i get mystified 
i get mystified

as soon as the leaves will fall now
as sure as the snow we'll see
i feel more and more each day now
that time has been racing me

what's the matter with the meaning?
decide to ride the wide feeling and you let it go
it takes a lot longer than you know, stronger as you grow
so let it all come inside your mind
i can tell you that love, love is high
i can tell you that love, that love is high
we can tell you we all belong inside
so stand up and mystify your mind


I Wonder
 
i wonder love i wonder 
which way will we fall 
does our future sun shine bright
or are we headed for a letdown 

baby can we wander 
past the keeping wall 
through the blurry fields of time 
into the unknown 

will we be together baby 
after yellow turns to grey 
will we live to see that day 

i wonder 
i wonder


I See Tomorrow

i don't want to go outside
if the sky will say your name once again
i've been feeling desperation
for some preservation of my soul

oh no
i don't want to know
what you think about me now

like a bird in flight i can't hear you
deafened by the wind i see tomorrow
i feel like grieving
the way we are killing love

i don't want to go outside where the people stand
wrapped in hateful glares
they don't seem to know what love is
or they are above it
or just don't care

oh no
i don't want to know
what goes on inside their minds


Pile of Stones

i'm sitting on a pile of stones i never threw
you're standing across the way
and you only hold a few.
you start throwing wild aiming at my head
i'm dodging all the while
soon you'll have none left

i wish it wasn't true 
cause i never took a shot at you
you swear I haven't grown
i still got a pile of stones

you gather round an army of witches and advice
to fill your cup with sour grapes 
and drink you through the night
you pity my few diamonds and laugh about my life
i wouldn't trade them for your dreams
whatever gets you through the night

i'm growing tired of making your breaking news
you spread my name round town like a barking dog
out of respect i keep your name off of my lips
so take a tip and focus on the positive


World is Bright

you had a hand it was a hand
that pushed you along, now it's gone
it used to hold you to the sky
you turned around to find that
days were lost and years had gone
has the garden come up dry?

one last chance, one more try
to make it right
you will climb, the sun will shine
the world is bright

inside a place of many things
that never bring imagining
you held the key to secret rooms
i know somewhere in your mind
ghosts in wait hope to find
there's a key that works on you

turn your mind on
grow your hair long
sing your own song
it won't be wrong
the world is bright


High Hopes

got your high, high hopes 
but now you're high for the right source 
fears collide and nights are dark 
but now it's time to brighten up 

don't ever let them bring you down

got your high, high hopes 
but now you're high for the right source 
wind is warm, stars are bright 
just close your eyes and imagine all 

don't ever let them bring you down 


Our Season Has Come

my love
our season has come
it's dark but days will grow long
how can we polish a stone
that has been dull for so long

last night i had a dream that you cried
then i came running by
holding the sun in my arms
oh what a strange sight it was

i woke
my breakfast was cold
we spoke
the message seemed old
too many lives passed me by
hell bent on living this time

ten times the weight of ten earths combined
strapped on my shoulders now
testing the strength of my heart
oh what a true test it was

i've shown i have some faults of my own
but someday i'll make it back
but will we know
if we don't share the morning glow

our season has come
our love will be done