1. SHINY EYED BABIES

I had a shiny-eyed baby
That fell out of my womb
I kissed her hello, I kissed him goodbye
And that's how we go from cradle to grave

I had a shiny-eyed baby
That never spoke one word
He smiled for happy and she cried for sad
And that's how we go from cradle to grave

If I had an umbrella
I'd shield myself from these God people
Telling me that I'm a big bad sinner
I know I made a mistake
Will it help if I get on my knees and pray?
Will it give me a clean slate?


2. WAY TOO LONG

Oil spill out by the docks
What color were those feathers before?
Oil up to my ankles, sticking
Swallowing tar and I am sinking
Consequences way too much
My capillaries look like big black gloves

I've held this secret for way too long

Rainbows glisten on sand
They lure me in close until I gag
Every inch of skin ripples, twitching
Inhaling toxic gas I'm choking
Glazed by a layer of slick
I'm latched to the hull of a dirty ship

I've held this secret for way too long

And it's squeezing all the air out of this
Goddamn cave I live in
And it's squeezing all the air out of this
Goddamn cave I live in

Oil spill out by the docks
What color were those feathers before?

And it's squeezing all the air out of this
Goddamn cave I live in
And it's squeezing all the air out of this
Goddamn cave I live in


3. DRY

I'm dry like a candlewick
And you suck hot wax leaving
Trails in your throat
Find some matches
And light me up
I'm still dry

I'm dry like a candlewick
And you suck hot wax leaving
Trails in your throat
Find some matches
And light me up
I'm still dry

Can't find a switch to turn me on
I'm choking at the bottom of my libido
Curse the first creature who realized
That the stick slides into the hole

Pole dancing all day long
Under the mandate of survival instinct
Hungry eyes and restless lips
Choking thighs and senseless hips

I'm dry like a candlewick
And you suck hot wax leaving
Trails in your throat
Find some matches
And light me up
I'm still dry

I'm dry like a candlewick
And you suck hot wax leaving
Trails in your throat
Find some matches
And light me up
I'm still dry

Midnight scares me
Not the ghost or ghouls
But the sound of flesh
As it drips and drools
The monster's waiting
In lace and perfume
Oh, cut me loose from this
Nightmare noose

The goosebumps crawl up my spine
How can something so lovely contort my mind?
Go blame it on my chastity, prudence
But really, it's futile
I'm the one with no place to hide

God give me the power to say no
God give me the power to say no
God give me the power to say no
God give me the power to say no
God give me the power to say no

I'm dry like a candlewick
And you suck hot wax leaving
Trails in your throat
Find some matches
And light me up
I'm still dry

I'm dry like a candlewick
And you suck hot wax leaving
Trails in your throat
Find some matches
And light me up
I'm still dry


4. IN GOD WE TRUST

Deep creases hide your face
Hide the grease and the taste
Taste of fluid in lace
Lucid, falling from grace

No stories come out of your mouth
When your time is out
Children run out of your house
With no father tongue

Close your eyes and pretend
Ghost stories have an end
End your bet with your friends
All good men are long dead

No stories come out of your mouth
When your time is out
Children run out of your house
With no father tongue

Center of attention
Waiting to sell
For a piece of paper
In God we trust
Waiting for a climax
From the hand that's
Crawling up your

Center of attention
You won't sell your
Soul only your body
They're just fingers
Crawling on your nipples
Groping for your

Center of attention
Waiting to sell
For a piece of paper
In God we trust
Waiting for a climax
From the hand that's
Crawling up your

Center of attention
You won't sell your
Soul only your body
They're just fingers
Crawling on your nipples
Groping for your

Center of attention
Waiting to sell
For a piece of paper
In God we trust
Waiting for a climax
From the hand that's
Crawling up your

Center of attention
You won't sell your
Soul only your body
They're just fingers
Crawling on your nipples
Groping for your

Center of attention
Waiting to sell
For a piece of paper
In God we trust

In God we trust
In God we trust
In God we trust
In God we trust
In God we trust
In God we trust


5. I'M STILL HERE

When you dream of me, is my hair brown
Is my skin soft, are my veins concealed?
When you think of me, does it sting
When you think of me?

I still love you in my heart
And slowly as the words come out
Close your eyes and listen dear:
I'm still here

My right side is twisted, numb, dead, distant
You can feel my ribs as you lift me
Though it may seem that I've gone
And what's left is just a shell
Well listen close, and save your tears

I still love you in my heart
And slowly as the words come out
Close your eyes and listen dear:
I'm still here
I'm still here

I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here


6. DEAD HORSE

This dead horse is done being beat
It won't move no more, won't even lift its feet
One big city full of dust and sleet
Wailing sirens lure us to the edge of defeat

One by one I watch our love unbind
Countless promises turn into lies

This dead horse is done being beat
Lifeless eyes gaze into the deep
Down below, where elephants sleep
A silent stampede waiting for the exit strategy

Gotta call a paramedic for our ailing souls
But we get lost fighting on the way to the phone
Would you remind me why I feel so cold
Wrapped up in a love that's grown so old?

One by one I watch our love unbind
Countless promises turn into lies
Guilt trips open flood gates
Go on and wring me dry
I just wanted to be happy

If I had any sort of patience
I'd sit here waiting for the dawn
When you come walking out of silence
Out of the fog of my infatuation


7. BATTLE CREEK

I went down to the battle creek
The things I saw there were amazing
Bones never looked so real before
I believed they were there
But now I'm sure

I'm sure

I was down by the battle creek
The sheer numbers were startling
Death never felt so real before
Always knew it was there
But now I'm sure

I'm sure

Oh my daughters, oh my sons and lovers
Did I raise you to harm one another?
Or did you learn it from someone else?
Did you pull it from someone else's hands?
And when you slip into blinking red
Do you blame it on God or on your fellow man?

Oh my daughters, oh my sons and lovers
Did I raise you to harm one another?
Or did you learn it from someone else?
Did you pull it from someone else's hands?
And when you slip into blinking red
Do you blame it on God or on your fellow man?

I returned from the battle creek
But my heart did not make it back with me


8. UNTITLED

If you love me please fess up and tell me so I know
I'm not alone curled up on top this icy bathroom floor
If you need me call my name and help me understand
Why all I hear are voices in my head

They tell me I'm the guilty one
They tell me I'm the one done wrong

They tell me I'm the guilty one
They tell me I'm the one done wrong

I'm suffocating in my haven
Locked inside your iron maiden
Please won't you just raise your voice?
I need to know I'm worth an ounce of pain


9. SUNSHINE

The other night dear, as I was sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried

I'll always love you and make you happy
If you would only say the same
But if you leave me to love another
You'll regret it all someday

You once told me you really loved me
And no one else could come between
But now you've left me to love another
You have shattered all my dreams, dreams

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you


10. DEMOCRATIC CHORALE

(Instrumental)


11. SKIN

Needle point dancing over pale skin
Tailspin into ecstasy that loves me like I never will
Show me how to navigate harsh relationships
That poke me, prod me, castigate a mistake I made long ago

When I come home cold and tired I hide in my room
When I come out there's a witch hunt waiting to burn

My tiny little lies pile up sky high
When I tie knots in the facts, cobwebs tear apart
Light shines on who I was in the past
And how things never last, the curse is cast
Pills swallow me whole, life left in a hole
I wanna go home

A tiny dose relieves this pressure building up
Get inside me. Warm my veins, an unrelenting lullaby
Nodding off, the world melts in a rainbow
The glow is blinding. It cripples me into a puddle on the floor

When I come home cold and tired I hide in my room
When I crawl out there's a witch hunt waiting to burn

My tiny little lies pile up sky high
When I tie knots in the facts, cobwebs tear apart
Light shines on who I was in the past
And how things never last, the curse is cast
Pills swallow me whole, life left in a hole
I wanna go home


12. BEING HUMAN

I imagine your dead body lying in my bed
And I note the details why you had to go
You never liked the thought of being human anyway
Death is one more option to explore

Blinds cover the window
Alone in a room
Where moss grows on a temple
Too smooth to shoot
One life full of adventure
Spring flowers in bloom
Now smile, pick up your pieces
There's nothing to lose

But it feels like pain
With no justified gain
How does one stay sane?
Crushing waves of shame
Swirling down the drain

I imagine your dead body
I imagine your dead body
I imagine your dead body

When you look down on my body
Do you want to come home to me?
When you look down on my body
Do you want to come home to me?

I imagine your dead body lying in my bed
And I note the details why you had to go
You never liked the thought of being human anyway
Death is one more option to explore


13. TOOTHSMILE

Oh, here it comes
And I'll do what I have to
To keep it from here
Oh, here it comes
And I'll do what I have to

Seeping into my nervous system
Chemicals fighting
Playwrights toying with my basic functions
Ink drops crying

They never stop
They come on long-legged horses
Joust their lances in my eyes
And I will rot
Screaming behind my thick hair
With a toothsmile on my face

Oh, there you are
You feel so poison loaded
Every nerve is broken
Oh, there you are
You feel so poison loaded

Barriers crumble from a hive of crime scenes
Buzzing inside
Warriors lost in the seam of ethics
Sputtering demise

They never stop
They come on long-legged horses
Joust their lances in my eyes
And I will rot
Screaming behind my thick hair
With a toothsmile on my face

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand

(Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand)

They never stop
They come on long-legged horses
Joust their lances in my eyes

(Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand)

And I will rot
Screaming behind my thick hair
With a toothsmile on my face

(Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand)

They never stop

(Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand)

And they won't stop

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand

Darkness curls around my hand
Takes every morsel in command
And pulls me to the quiet land
Where consciousness dissolves like sand