Call It Like It Is

When all your deeds go undiscovered

Cross all the boundaries and lines

False alarms and distant sightings

Fuel the fire, feed the tide

I could wait forever

And you could let me down

The sooner one delivers

The louder it resounds

You don’t call it like it

Call it like it is

You don’t call it like it

Call it like it is

You’ve never had the perfect timing

I’ve never used the best of words

But all together satisfying

You fold your scope in twenty firsts

I could wait forever

And you could let me down

The sooner one delivers

The louder it resounds

You don’t call it like it

Call it like it is

You don’t call it like it

Call it like it is

CLOSE

Look around, all eyes on you,

I found myself lending mine too

Move left and right through corridors,

You'll try to hide, escape applause

And I'm not sure you see just how influential

You can be, cause to potentially

Disturb the ordinary,

I can't wait till I am very

Close

Close to you

Black and white is what you live by

But that’s alright, colours that clash can thrive

In and out weaving the corners

You'll try to hide, blend to the walls

And I'm not sure you know just how undisguised

You are to most untrained of eyes

In spite that mine have just seen you standing

I cant seem to wait on being

Close

Close to you

Close

Close to you

Costumes

I saw the big machines

And the evergreens

Standing side by side in my dreams

And the candidate

For the consulate

Speaking words to which I relate

No I don't see a difference

No I don't see a difference

Between the words I say

And the lines I break

By the actions that I take

Well should we integrate

All the wasted space

In your honour's resting place

Or can it be concluded

That the costumes suited

And the stage was set for play

No I don't see a difference

No I don't see a difference

Between the words I say

And the lines I break

By the actions that I take

No I don't see a difference

No I don't see a difference

Between the words I say

And the lines I break

By the actions that I take

Derail

Did we incentivise

Or over encourage at times

The oncoming change?

Of all that we see and know

By the burdens we tend to bestow

On the innocent faced

Half of a lifetime

And most of my trust

And all of the exits

Have sealed shut

Was it well nourished,

The need to cut off all your ties

To purpose and heir

With all that’s been said and done

The weight of a conscience becomes

Too much to bear

Half of a lifetime

And most of my trust

And all of the exits

Have sealed shut

From the beginning

I knew all too well

That anything on track

Must derail

ENDEARING

Just a shame, such a shame

To waste your nights and days

Just a shame, such a shame

To be starting where I came

When I was welcomed,

Walking through an open door

What else could I feel

But blessing

Disguising inescapables

And sand in my shoes

Just a shame, such a shame

To waste all your nights and days

Just a shame, such a shame

That I pay for his mistakes

You were welcomed,

Walking through an open door

What else could I do

But stand in

Sand, dissolving hollow shore

Accept and excuse

You are welcome

To fall back on your word next time

I’ll hide from the truth

That building

On broken irreplaceables

Leaves space to improve

Epitaph

You couldn’t see past all the smoke

Screening the problems one by one

Til they dissolve

Into nothing more than grains of sand

Forming the grounds on which I stand

Oh I’m sure you meant well

Hope you’re satisfied

Know that in the corners

I still see you in my eyes

I couldn’t get past all that dust

Settling on the lids that conceal, cover up

Consolations of an epitaph

Read aloud by those less apt

Oh I’m sure you meant well

Hope you’re satisfied

Know that in the corners

I still see you in my eyes

All the greens have wilted

Only reds remain

Know that in the skyline

They’ll be writing out your name

France

I’m moving back to

When we had a plan

I trusted, knew who held command

I, I’m moving back to France

You’re headed westward

Bound for better things

I’m guessing, shedding broken skin

I, I’m moving back to France

How a surface scratch

Can permeate

Or a blinking light

Can lead you straight

Oh I’m moving back to France

Shifting, changing

Caving witness stands

Are kneaded, sifting through my hands

I, I’m moving back to France

How a surface scratch

Can permeate

Or a blinking light

Can lead you straight

Oh I’m moving back to France

Crafting, shaping

Moulding boundless sand

To towers, try to understand

Why I’m moving back to France

Glass Stones

Whisper into the night

To hide those things you feel inside

The distance we’ve travelled is shown by the lights

But are the things we’re doing right

Convinced us that we’re all the same

Concealed by calling out our names

It seems as though nothing’s changed

The only thing we fear is pain

But it’s hurting now, it’s hurting now

Maybe we’ll find a way to slow it down

It’s hurting now, it’s hurting now

Maybe we’ll find a way to work it out, to work it out

Protecting our order our lines

We’re only sold the songs that rhyme

Indifferent and soon realise

We only buy the things that shine

Convinced us that we’re all the same

Concealed by calling out our names

It seems as though nothing’ changed

The only thing we fear is pain

But it’s hurting now, it’s hurting now

Maybe we’ll find a way to slow it down

It’s hurting now, it’s hurting now

Maybe we’ll find a way to work it out, to work it out

Start Again

So where are you moving?

The boxes are filling up with your clothes

And it’s beginning to show

The heads she keeps turning

Send your stomach churning

And she’s getting cold

And it really shows

But how can she let you in

When you’re not willing to start again

The mirrors have shifted

The dice, where they’re swinging hang low

Blocking the window

But the radio’s humming,

And the engine keeps running along

To carry you home

But how can she let you in

When you’re not willing to start again

And how can you start again

If she never lets you in

SUNBURN

Collecting dust, standing still

Feel free to move at your will

All alone, here I am

Bleeding from my hands

Because I took too long

And she’s already gone

To my head

Through my heart and lungs

I’m just scared

Because it feels like we’ve succumbed

To building rust

And aimless skills

By all means climbing hills

I’m in a rut, filled with sand

Maybe I’ll flip and start again

Because I took too long

And she’s already gone

To my head

Through my heart and lungs

Up those stairs

Climb all of my concerns

Is it fair

That we always turn and run

In the end

A scald will always burn

Sunburn

The sun burns my skin

Sunburn

The sunburn colours me in