These washed-out greys and blues
Become the dreariest of hues
When I look up at the constant rain
It paints the landscape one again
The windswept city heaves a sigh
At all the rain clouds passing by
And thunderclaps in all the peoples’ minds
Eclipse the hope of better times, better times

All this rain, this dreary atmosphere
It calls my name, I want some daylight here
All this rain, this dreary atmosphere
It calls my name, I want some daylight here

These washed-out greys and blues
Become the dreariest of hues
And all the colours seem to wash away
And all emotion falters, like today
The jaded poet heaves a sigh
At all the dreary people passing by
As thoughts of inspiration crowd his mind
But then are all extinguished by the time

For a good man
One might possibly give his life
To be remembered in the end
For a villain
One might possibly give a damn
Depending on the circumstance

We are all convicts
Numbers without names
Those who have seen the light
Can see the balls and chains
But there is a power
Beyond these concrete walls
A higher purpose
To anyone who calls

In a moment
I might possibly have the strength
To call out once again
To the poet
Who might possibly give an ear
If I stop with my demands

To anyone who calls
We are the ones who initiate the fall
We are the ones who call beyond these walls
And I know that there is hope for all

When the shackles
One might possibly have endured
Are broken and forgotten
Love resembles
Quite possibly all the things
That we had never thought could exist

The city is a minefield
People swallowed up behind the wheel
Tearing up the urban fabric
As evidenced by cracks in the pavement

Gridlock is warfare
Fierce competition against the enemy
Each one, the sole commander 
Of a lumbering, gas-guzzling SUV

Oh-oh, oh, ooh oh oh oh oh
Oh-oh, oh, ooh oh oh oooh
Oh-oh, oh, ooh oh oh oh oh
Oh-oh, oh, ooh oh oh oooh

Pedestrian casualties abound
Every day, fewer are seen
As they slowly die away
Disappearing in a puff of gasoline

Forget the damned motor-car
And build the city for lovers and friends

One week to go and I don’t know if I can
Take the torch alone, on my own
One more goodbye and I will have to leave
Before I start to cry, this is goodbye

I’m undecided, I don’t know where to run
But ready or not, here life comes, here life comes

I am running round in circles
Under water, over hurdles
I did not want to leave my life behind
But I can’t reverse time
I am standing at the threshold
Waiting for my life to unfold
I will never know if I am
Ready or not, so here life comes

Let’s play charades so I won’t have to say
I’m gonna miss this place, let’s pay charades
I’m leaving town with one hand holding on
The other in the air, yeah, you take care

I’m at the starting gate, ready to run
Because ready or not, here life comes, here life comes

We live in excess of the things we’ll never need
And we will regret this when the world falls to its knees
We are the poorest when it comes to sympathy
‘Cause we live in excess of the things we’ll never need

Not everybody wants the good life
What’s the good life anyway?
Settle down and find a good wife
House and job with lots of pay
Automatic tinted windows
On the Cadillac you drive
Who’s to say you’re at your best
If you need these things to keep your ego high?

You’ve put razor wire on the chain link fence
You built around your heart
Bulletproof glass to keep you safe
And keep you in the dark
You don’t trust no one
You’re a self-made man, oh yes you are
It’s too bad you didn’t make yourself
With an ounce of compassion

News flash on the radio
As you step in your car
Category five just hit
The southern tip of Myanmar
But it makes no difference
Traffic’s blocked and all you see is red
It’s too bad you didn’t make yourself
With an ounce of compassion

Evacuate, we’re running out of time so hurry up
It’s not too late to gather up your things before the flood
Another day, just waiting for some other help to come
It’s not the same when all that you can do is turn and run

Please excuse my ignorance, but how
Can a world get through the challenges now?
Please excuse my ignorance, but why
Does the world just stand and pass them by?

It’s rude to stare, I know
But I can’t back down now
Our eyes are locked
In a struggle between pride and privacy
I can’t take much more of this
You’ve caught me off my guard
It’s not that fair
Oh look, made you look, I win

I want to look away, want to look away but why can’t I?
I want to look away, maybe I’ll wait till you pass me by

Don’t stop, keep walking, just turn your head away
I don’t want to be the one to break this, one to break this
One to break this

It’s quite a childish game
To play with children in the street
A pair of eyes
That you seem convinced to conquer
I can’t take much more of this
You’ve caught me off my guard
It’s not that fair
Oh look, made you look, I win

Oh, I’m absolutely crazy
About you, well I mean it’s
Two AM and I am
Staying up to write because I cannot fall asleep tonight
Too much, too fast
Flirting with danger every time
Hold me close again
I want to feel the rhythm of your heart beating against mine

I’ve done this waltz before
Played this game of cat-and-mouse
I just feel like I should
Take a stand and tell you I’m a starry-eyed lovestruck fool

I, I have something, something to tell you
You’re my, my best friend, I would not want to
Leave behind our friendship in the name of romance
But it’s tearing me up, I’m falling in love, I’m absolutely crazy

Oh, I’m absolutely crazy 
About you, well I mean we’re
Holding hands and I am
Ten feet in the air, you know I love it when you take me there
Best friend, more than?
Flirting with you is a struggle
I’m afraid, I must say
Of shattering the “I can talk to you about anything”

Yesterday seemed so nice now that we’re under siege
I hear the dripping rain and the screaming bombs disturbing the peace
The man across the street is hanging his shirts in the breeze
Just another day in the life of the Middle East

They say we don’t belong here, and I’m wondering
Where I can go that I wouldn’t be seen
And I don’t understand why they can’t use their words
Just another day living life at the very worst

So don’t send your infantry
It won’t mend the tragedy
Just pray we realize
That we shouldn’t have to keep living a day in the life

Don’t spend your time with me
It won’t mend the tragedy
Just pray we realize
That we shouldn’t have to keep living a day in the life

A price is on his head and they come
Running toward with burning torches
And eyes, eyes that see
In disguise, eyes

The fires shine like desert sun on
Bridges that burned, and everyone
Is surprised, all our lives
Paradise is here

Long live the free republic, people sing
In the rain, and
Citizen, now how do you do?
I’m quite alright now thanks to you
And I, I’m happy to be alive

A price is in the beds as people sleep
And catch disease
In the night, fever’s high
A battle cry tonight

You want a revolution, here it is
On the streets, the city weeps
As the sword takes control
Now you know

Hey you, yeah you, yes I’m talking to you
I can see you keeping tabs on me from around the corner
And you are so disciplined in what you do
I wonder what it’s like to be a security camera

I bet you get awful lonely watching everyone go by
Without a chance to look them in the eye
It’s not your fault, you’re misunderstood
Like everybody else that we don’t take the time to get to know well

You’re just a lonely heart like
Anyone who needs compassion
I’ll try my best to smile and wave
If it’ll make you feel alright

Feel alright by the exit light
Feel alright on and through the night

So I think it's time for a simple song
Straight from the heart
Just some words that rhyme, it shouldn't be too long
Yeah, that's where I'll start

'Cause everything around me seems to constantly degrade
I can't live without saying something that'll make it change
What's with all these people that are living in the moment
I see that what you're doing is a major component

Of the breakdown of society
It's just our selfish nature saying 'to hell with community'
Take down individuality
'Cause living your life really shouldn't be
All about me

The information age hasn't helped at all
It's torn us apart
The products of laziness and urban sprawl
It's a detriment to art

I listen to my iPod almost every single day
Then sit at the computer, posting comments on MySpace
Download a few songs and watch a pirate DVD
In the comfort of my bedroom that I never leave

Oh, let's get away
To my island, I found it today
Come, jump in the canoe
We'll have a good time, just me and you
I see it up ahead  
Past the horizon, beyond the riverbed
Take a look out behind
The lives we once led have done their time

Rise
Up to my island, where my inspiration lies
Rise
Out of the stagnancy of our mundane lives

Yes, let's build a wall
To block the sunset, so we won't see it fall
Look to the other side
And wait till morning so we can see it rise

All we'd ever need
Is right here with us, now ain't that sweet
All alone out on the sea
Ain't such a bad thing when it's just you and me

The emptiness surrounds me
It’s hard to keep my calm
An army of illusions
Waits till I become
So intoxicated
With a poisoned tongue
They’re waiting for the moment
To detonate the bomb

This army has won
I’ll only be a memory
After this is done
Till I can fight back on my own

It’s not what I expected
There’s nothing here at all
Superficial kinds of things
I’d rather not recall
With them or without them
Either way I fall
I’m hanging on to substance
Although I know it’s wrong

This army has crawled
Under my skin, so deep within
But not for long
Because I won’t fight back on my own

So get out, get out
Get out of my head

The quietness surrounds me
I’ve never been so calm
The army of illusions 
Has disappeared and gone

She's depressed and all alone
Got no friends at school, and it's not much better at home
She's crying out to You
Just relies in God, and asks 'What would Jesus do?'

Just push, it'll all work out
Just push, without a shadow of doubt
Just push, you're gonna make it through
Even if eventually you'll need someone to push for you
Can you hear me now?
Just push, yeah it'll all work out
Just push, and keep your faith alive
Even in the face of all that makes you want to lose the fight

She likes to stay home by the pool
'Cause going out means being judged and ridiculed
Looking up at clouds and airplanes in the sky
Helps to comfort her, and take off her disguise

Push, have you got the will
To push, stop standing still
Just push, you'll make it in the end
Even if you need to pick yourself up and start again
Are you serious?
Just push, you're gonna get through this
Just push, you know the end is near
Step into the light and surrender all of your fear

Won't somebody show a little love?
Won't anybody show a little love?
Won't somebody open up and show a little love?
Won't somebody show a little love?

She faces challenges of faith
Attacks from enemies she knows she should embrace
Well it's not easy when everyone's laughing
So take a deep breath and just pray till something happens

A little slice of paradise would be nice
Summer nights, I'll roll the dice once or twice
And if, enticed, I fall to vice by your eyes
I'll pay the price with bitter lies and goodbyes

Look at the sky, the northern lights are so bright
You and I are side by side and it's alright
One of these times I'll get it right if I try
Try to rise out of the lies and goodbyes

Never stop moving, never drop or lose your faith
When everyone's abandoned you, know that I'm standing true
To put a smile on your face
Never stop moving, never drop or lose your pace
I like you just the way you are, I'll never be too far
To pull you back in the race

I'm satisfied, no bitter lies or goodbyes
I paid the price, and now I find I'm alright
It's paradise, but so unlike the last time
No more vices punctuating my life

Distraught and dejected, with no courage left
You put your head on my shoulder and you wept and you wept
If there's anything that I can get through to you
Don't lose heart, don't lose heart

Because I like it that way...

I'm sitting on the side road
Don't really have any place to go
I'm thinking that I'll stay here and set up camp tonight
Traveling is harder
When you're walking down the narrower road
Suprises waiting just beyond your line of sight

Roads are everywhere
Winding 'round in circles
One path will take you there
Binding you to one goal
Finding your one-way road
Ain't hard, but you've all been told
That it's harder to believe
That you'll stay with it

Unexpected changes
In the landscape of my spiritual life
Mirror tribulations that I'll have to fight
My shoes are wearing thin now
But I'm nowhere near the end of the road
I guess it's true what they say, all things have a price

Na na na na na na na na na ...

Over in the distance
The city gives and emerald glow
And looks as if it's calling me to come on home
But in between, the darkness
Uncertainty and probable death
Valleys and disaster suck out all the hope

It doesn't matter
Exactly what I say here
Because the words that I just said
Flew right up over your head
Try to focus
Try to look beyond the rhyme
Although I know it's easy
Just to clap your hands in time

Here it goes, here it goes
This is the part you will remember
Because the backbeat is going strong
And everybody sings along

Throw your hands up
As the band begins to play
At least soak in the music 
As the meaning starts to fade
Crank the volume
Feel the bass begin to pound
Oblivious to everything
But that incessant sound

Sing along...
Sing along...
The more you sing along the less you think about the song
The less you start to think the more the crowd begins to
Sing along

What a pleasant change
I'm standing in the rain here
Waiting for my train to come
I know that this is strange
But my life's been rearranged now
I've taken what I've claimed and run
Shuffling my feet
I'm trying to retain heat
As I glance up and I read the sign
A couple minutes late
But I'm willing to wait here
As long as it'll take to arrive

This isn't a protest
This ain't a revolution
It's just a selfish act of faith
To prove to you that I'm okay
This ain't a protest
This ain't a revoluton
I guess I'd best be on my way
Before I lead myself astray

I'm looking down the track
The train is rolling in fast
And everyone gets on their feet
There's nowhere to sit down
So I guess I'll stand around
And try to get a window seat
What a pretty sight
I'm looking through the night
And the scenery is white as snow
Strengthened by the light
But someday I just might be
Strong enough to fight on my own

I'm leaving all behind
Nothing I say can change my mind
I'm leaving it all behind
Leaving it all behind...

Nothing they say will ever make me change
I'm half crazy throwing it all away
Forget my sense and reason
I'm thinking this is treason
But in my mind, I know I'm fine
And it's all gonna be okay

This place we've found
This place is a part of me
This place we've found
It's my Gethsemane
This place we've found
This place is the heart of me
This place we've found
It's my Gethsemane

What happens when yesterday is over?
Hearts are getting colder
And what happens now, as we're getting older
The world's upon our shoulders

You gotta go hard or you gotta go home
Let His praises be known
And the grace we've found goes something like this
Protection from all evil that exists
Go hard or go home

My Gethsemane's there, showing me somebody cares
My Gethsemane's strong, it's my will to hang on
My proverbial tent, it's my hope when I'm spent
I'll live and I'll die but I'll never forget

Father, I'm your son
Without you I am numb
I need you, I need you
To sustain me through this
What's done can't be undone
But I'm forever on the run
I need you, I need you
My Gethsemane proves this

So call me primitive
Call me juvenile
Just because I've got my head in the clouds
Doesn't mean my feet aren't still on the ground
You see, you're limited
Why don't you stay awhile?
We could talk about dreams
And read between the lines

It's because I've chosen not to choose
It's because I've chosen to refuse
Your advice, I don't need to get
My reality checked

You think I'm out of line
You think I'm out to lunch
Just because you've got your head in the sand
Doesn't mean you can't try looking ahead
You've got a narrow mind
It doesn't help you much
Well, I don't know if you dream
But who am I to judge?

I don’t need to get my reality checked
I don’t need to get my reality checked
I don’t need to get my reality checked
Open your mind; you’ll be surprised with what you find inside

You make me feel like a Broadway musical
Hit the lights, take a seat for an hour or so
Sit back, enjoy the show
You keep it real like the Broadway musicals
Every night, take a seat by the orchestra band
We'll watch it all again

Somehow, I feel it now
A rush from within
Fill my heart with happy thoughts
A heart made of tin

Broadway musicals, I have found
Have a way of brightening the mood
Broadway musicals, I have found
Have a way of making me think of you

I saw you walking down that Broadway Avenue
After dark, not a care in the world on your face
You just lit up the place
You're radiating all your Broadway happiness
Everywhere, and my heart skips a beat when you're near
I hope I made it clear

My life is flashing before my eyes
Or maybe it's just the neon lights
Of this high velocity urban life

I don't know what I've been doing wrong
We haven't talked in far too long
If I get away, will you come along?

In a place called Solina
Yeah, that's where I want to stay
Just a run-down hick town
Every time you turn around
The neighbours smile and wave

I can't relax in this atmosphere
I need to get myself out of here
Cause my prayers and questions nobody hears

I hear your voice and I touch your face
There's something special about this place
Such a calm that cities cannot replace