**All lyrics written by Brandon Albright unless otherwise noted**
Hope and Glory
She moans and I know there's something going on inside,
Something I can't give her, but I try to give her one last call.
I can't deny these feeling that are burning deep inside.
This is where all hope and glory dies.
She's gone before I fall.
I know she's never coming back this way and I know too late
That the farther you get from your destination, the farther you have to go
To get back home.
I wonder why she's lying there
And I can't help but cry to see her torn in pieces on the floor.
No tape can save us now.
I know she's never coming back this way and I know too late
That the farther you get from your destination, the farther you have to go
To get back home...
You go down the waterfall, (I want to be the one you turn to when the fire burns your eyes,
but don't cross that bridge. the one you're calling when the waters falling down and you can't see.
Home, you know, ____________I want to be the one you see when all the world is so unclear,
is where the fire burns because And I'll be waiting till the fire burns)
I know she's never coming back this way and I know too late
That the farther you get from your destination, the farther you have to go
To reach your Hope and Glory.
I know she's never coming back this way and I know too late
That the farther you get from your destination, the farther you have to go
To get back home.
Void
Please leave all emotion at the door as you cry, as you cry there on the floor.
And you arm yourself with the silence, the silence is your sword.
And I'm void of the feelings that brought you here to me.
And the tears have left me swollen, and now I'm fighting to breathe.
Cut yourself to relieve the pressure, as you bottle up your pain.
As the bruises start to heal now, all the hidden scars remain.
Underneath, full of emptiness, being numb to the vacancy.
And I'm void of the feelings that brought you here to me.
And the tears have left me swollen, and now I'm fighting to breathe.
As you bury me under guilt and grief and watch as my eyes bleed life.
The shower floor has felt my pain and in turn gave me a heartbeat.
The doubt is gone but the fear remains,
Can anybody hear me?
And I'm void of the feelings that brought you here to me.
And the tears have left me swollen, and now I'm fighting to breathe.
As you bury me under guilt and grief, and watch as my eyes bleed light.
Nice Guy (I Will) (by: Brandon Albright and Troy Dowling)
I know things that could not say to me.
Rhyme and reason have left in disbelief.
You think you know but I can't tell if you really do.
When things get old and rust it's time for something new.
I know things that are buried deep in your past.
In the race of life, you know the one who'll finish last...
I will.
I know things that you would not tell your friends.
Draw the curtain, the red velvet now descends.
A figure of speech is all that I can offer to you.
Running in circles and chasing mirages to see this through.
I know things that you would not show the world.
You sit and wonder who'll battle the thunder when life's unsure...
I will.
The show is ending and everyone is taking their bows.
I shouldn't stay in the wings hidden from the crowds.
But I will.
Alive in the Water (by: Cameron Steele and Troy Dowling)
Lead me on to a place that can't be found.
Lay me on a raft, push me out to sea.
Wave goodbye as I slowly drift away.
Watch me disappear in the deep blue sea.
Here I am I'm heading nowhere,
Wind and waves dance all around me.
Stuck between the sky and ocean,
All my life I've never felt so free.
I'm alive in the water.
I look up and the moon smiles down on me.
It paints a masterpiece only I can see.
The wind blows my raft to paradise.
I ride on it's back while it sings to me.
Here I am I'm heading nowhere,
Wind and waves dance all around me.
Stuck between the sky and ocean,
All my life I've never felt so free.
I'm alive in the water.
Here I am I'm heading nowhere,
Wind and waves dance all around me.
Stuck between the sky and ocean,
All my life I've never felt so free.
I'm alive in the water.
I'm alive in the water.
I'm alive in the water.
Smile for Me
This shroud of darkness covers everything I see.
The walls are closing in and I can hardly breathe.
The pills you feed yourself give temporary highs.
The mask I'm wearing is a permanent disguise.
So please smile for me.
Wipe away your tears and make believe
That we're sitting there in the framework of our house,
Dreaming of what the future holds.
Looking at the city lights, No walls to block the cold.
Waiting for the light to change a shade of red.
Waiting for you inside my head.
The floor is sinking and I'm splitting at the seams.
We've got to find this bug before it gets to me.
So please smile for me.
Wipe away your tears and make believe
That we're sitting there in the framework of our house,
Dreaming of what the future holds.
Looking at the city lights, No walls to block the cold.
Waiting for the light to change a shade of red.
Waiting for you inside my head.
And though we don't know what the world will throw our way.
I will stay and love you till our dying day.
Please smile for me, wipe away your tears and make believe.
Please smile for me, wipe away your tears and make believe.
Please smile for me, wipe away my tears and set me free.
Tell Me That You Love Me
Watching the world roll by, I'm sitting in the rain.
Soaked to the bone, I'm afraid, Where do we go from here?
Empty words keep falling from a mouth full of deceit.
Feet that don't fill these shoes make me feel complete.
Why can you promise me forever with a smile, then walk away?
Why can you promise me the world and sigh to yourself?
Empty words, broken glasses flooding the floors, with your truth.
Crossed fingers trying to undo what you've done to me.
One more ride before we're through.
Why can you promise me forever with a smile, then walk away?
Why can you promise me the world and sigh to yourself?
You, giving all you have to give.
I, won't be satisfied with the life you live.
You, living in your web of lies.
I want to know
Why can you promise me forever with a smile, then walk away?
Why can you promise me the world and sigh to yourself?
Why can you tell me that you love me with a smile, then walk away?
Why can you promise me the world and sigh to yourself?
Watching the world roll by...
California (Thanks for Nothing)
"I'll call you when I know just what I want, and I don't know how long I'll be.
But don't think that this means that I don't love you" were the last words she said to me.
Now my heart has been inside my throat for two weeks and a day.
And every time the phone rings I have one more reason to say,
Thanks for nothing California. Thanks for nothing California.
You told me that happiness was a choice. Then you chose to break my heart.
But it only hurts when my eyes are open and when I'm in the dark.
Two years ago I might have sworn that life could not get better.
But now I know by sad experience that you can't live your love through letters.
Thanks for nothing California. Thanks for nothing California.
Thanks for nothing, thanks for nothing California. Thanks for nothing California.
I never nightmared I could feel this way.
I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
But you have made me feel this way.
Thanks to California, you have changed.
Thanks to California, I'll save my name.
And I owe a debt of gratitude to the girl who stole my solitude.
For all the pain you put me through, I thank you California.
I thank you.
More Today
The 8th of December I auditioned for the rest of my life.
My head was spinning and my heart it was beating to the music of the night.
I want to be with you night and day, night and day.
Last thing you see before you close your eyes and first thing when you wake.
I want to be with you right away, right away.
And kiss away the tears that fall because of fears that you might break,
into two, when you're blue, I want to be there to catch you.
When you feel you're falling from the weight that you've been called on
to carry up this hill that seems impossible to scale (I'll catch you).
In the middle of the night when you're drowning in the fight,
and you're sick and tired of all the voices inside your head that don't belong.
I want you to know what you mean to me.
I need you to know you can cling to me.
I want you to know how I need you....but,
You can't understand how I need you.
How I'm empty when you're not around.
I don't mean to scare you when I say,
Girl I'm feeling that I love you more today.
And everything that you mean to me seems to be
Augmented daily by the presence of that smile that just won't quit.
I'm begging you run away with me, stay with me.
And teach me all the things that make you who you are cause girl, you're it.
You're the one, moon and sun. You're every song that I've ever sung.
You're the breathe that fills my lungs, the reason I've come undone,
the answer to my every prayer, and I want to thank you...but,
You can't understand how I need you.
How I'm empty when you're not around.
I don't mean to scare you when I say,
Girl I'm feeling that I love you more today
I realized that there's more to this life I've been livin'
There's life, then there's living the life you've been givin'
A life of quiet desperation.
I want a life of a thousand tender yes's.
You can't understand how I need you.
How I'm empty when you're not around and how it's hard to breathe.
I don't mean to scare you when I say,
Girl I'm feeling that I love you more today.
You can't understand how I need you.
How I'm empty when you're not around.
I don't mean to scare you when I say,
Girl I'm feeling that I love you more today.
Narcissus is Smiling
Narcissus is smiling down on you today.
I see his teeth shine through the clouds.
He must be so very proud of you.
But boy you just don't understand.
The lightning smiles, the thunder laughs, and it heals you.
The lightning smiles and shows it's teeth while the monster lurks beneath
and it steals your breathe because
Deep beneath my skin,
Hides away my sin.
Buried deep beneath the surface of these scars remains a man unknown to the world.
Covered, calloused, and forgotten by the world that he once loved, he stands alone because
Narcissus is smiling down at you today.
I smell his breathe from miles away.
He has been so awful nice to you.
But he'll only lead you half the way.
Lightning smiles, the thunder cries, he's lost you.
The lightning smiles and shows it's teeth while the beauty hides beneath,
He wants you back because
Deep beneath my skin,
Hides away my sin.
Buried deep beneath the surface of these scars remains a man unknown to the world.
Covered, calloused, and forgotten by the world that he once loved, he stands alone because,
Narcissus is screaming down at you today, today, today
Deep beneath my skin,
Hides away my sin.
Buried deep beneath the surface of these scars remains a man unknown to the world.
Covered, calloused, and forgotten by the world that he once loved, he stands alone because
Narcissus is singing down at you today.
Freedom is a Freeway
Drive, drive with me, drive with me to another state of mind.
Mind your feet, watch them bleed, as you discover who you are.
You are wanted, you are wanted in this place you've come to fear.
You are wanted, you are one among the one's that want to...
Feel the wind in your hair
Nothing but air between you and what could set you free.
Freedoms a fallacy, a farcefor those who know that
Freedom is a freeway.
One, one too many, one too many changes stole away your youth.
Youth is precious, now you've left us with a hole you need to fill.
You are wanted, you are wanted in this place you've come to fear.
You are wanted, you are wanted, just remember why you're here.
Feel the wind in your hair
Nobody there to tell you what you think you deserve.
Freedoms a fallacy, a farce for those who know that
Freedom is a freeway.
Out of your head, into open waters that you've come to dread.
Your gift horse is black and blue and bleeding from the mouth as you
Scream at the top of your lungs
Watching the sun go down on all your broken dreams.
Freedoms a fairy tale, a farce for those who know that
Freedom is a freeway.
Feel the wind in your hair
Nothing but air between you and what could set you free.
Freedoms a fallacy, a farce for those who know that
Freedom is a freeway.
Glamour Boy
The picture stands suspended, frozen in time.
A cold and cruel reminder of my selfish crime.
The roses just as lovely, the birds sing happily.
A song to fill my garden, and fuel my sanity.
And if all consequence were gone today,
What color story would your picture say?
Glamour boy
The picture stars to crumble, no longer see myself.
The man within the frame now resembles someone else.
You stand there judge and jury, I'm not your enemy.
The painter holds the fault here, Immorality.
And if all consequence were gone and cold,
What color painting would your picture hold?
All excess brings it's own punishment.
The strokes of Basil push you to the edge.
Paint my Life.
I stand here bruised and broken.
A hollow empty shell.
The painting starts to bleed now,
Inside my living hell.
And if all consequence were gone today,
What color painting would your picture say?
All excess brings it's own punishment.
The strokes of Basil push you to the edge.
Glamour Boy!
Paint my Life.
Paint my Life.
The Tide (by: Cameron Steele)
The tide invites itself in, washes up the things I've made.
The sun runs away.
The wind, it scares the leaves to a place they've never seen before.
I thought you said you'd stay.
And I thought it mattered.
I thought you'd leave the world behind.
And now the leaves are scattered on the ground,
And I still wait for you to shine.
I don't care about love, It never did that much for me.
I don't care about luck, the game was much too easy.
But I don't care about life, If it's not with you.
The tide invites itself in, washes up the things I've made.
The sun runs away.
The wind, it scares the leaves so far they'll never find their way home.
I thought you said you'd stay.
Give me one good reason, Why you act the way you do.
Cause now the leaves are scattered on the ground,
And I still can't get over you.
I don't care about love, It never did that much for me.
I don't care about luck, the game was much too easy.
But I don't care about life, If it's not with you.
Promises are like raindrops breaking on a tin roof.
Drowning out all the voices in my head.
Hold me now and tell me everything will be ok.
The tide invites itself in, washes up the things I've made.
The sun runs away.
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