Once a week I spit it out Monday I receive Once a week without a doubt Monday hard to believe Once a week I give it up Monday never shows Once a week
Take a look outside your window And tell me what you see Does everything look fine to you? It seems the air is a litle hazy And the grass is much too
Running blind and out of breath But in the wrong direction I don't recall or recognize My own reflection Locked myself in a cell I can't breach My key
[Music - M. Geimer / Lyrics - T. Leonard] So safe within this cozy little cell No risk at all throwing coins into a well I lust for gold, but shutter
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There's an aura around you I'm captivated by your eyes I can't believe that i've found you Why am I so starry eyed? I once lived with honor Followed codes
You love the righteousness you feel That no soul was lost to make your meal You challenge everyone's ideals You're sure to let your won congeal How blessed
I look into a sea of blue in your eyes And see a full and swollen moon Resplendent in a stormy sky I look through your gaze, its source is pure and uncorrupted
Why do we loan ourselves to the things by which We will never be repaid And feel consoled by tomorrow When today has been profaned Confused by choices
Heard enough for today Guess I'll turn and walk away A leaf that's turned golden brown The slightest breeze will bring me down In safety mode system
I was set loose as a child To find my way out in the wild Fell asleep inside a cage And woke up in middle age I felt like I was living a lie And had
Woke up all alone, a bed that's cold and sterile With nothing of my own Bombarded and explored by faces unfamiliar Intrusions uncondoned Cruel thoughts
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I arise from sleeplesness invited by the wind It lifts me up from loneliness and greets Me as a friend It beckons me to walk alone beneath the Nighttime
The words you say they break me Conversation takes me to a new low Can't cope hide me, false hope remind me Say no more, for your words they cut me like
So, you think you've got me figured out Studied every detail now you know me inside and out But do you see me as I am or as you want me to be? Do you?
[Music & lyrics - P. Craddick] I am weighed down by this pain I am blackened by this stain But I can't complain We have to choose and deal with the rest
In spite of earnest dreams we're broken In spite of arrogance we're humbled For all these stubborn minds we compromise Through all of the rose gardens