I’ve been stuck inside of my mind For quite some time just asking “Why?” It just seems like I’ve heard it all before I don’t even know how to talk like myself anymore She came up through the water and said “Let’s keep this our little secret If you let me in your mind we’ll make heads roll And I will let you in this body if you let me in you in your soul” She was leading the way She said, “Boy, you better behave.” And she said, “Baby, what’s there to lose? You know we’re diggin’ on the same tunes Come on, let yourself be seduced You know I could be your muse.” Sitting back staring at burning beached wood Sipping on something soaking up the moon Walking from the water a dark silhouette She come up to me and wraps her arms around my neck And she says, “Patience, honey, feel it when it comes Taste it, close your eyes, stick out your tongue.” She was leading the way She said, “Boy, you better behave.” And she said, “Baby, what’s there to lose? You know we’re diggin’ all the same tunes Come on, let yourself be seduced You know I could be your muse.” Sittin’ back in awe at the way that she moves As word jump from her tongue into my brew Crawling toward me lit up by the moon Throws her hair back, starts to laugh and hums me a tune “Drink it down honey taste the sound. Touch the colors hear ‘em all around” She was leading the way She said, “Boy, you better behave.” And she said, “Baby, what’s there to lose? You know we’re diggin’ all the same tunes Come on, let yourself be seduced You know I could be your muse.”

Well get back. Don’t let her lead you on like that and Gettin’ down its never what it once was I bet well I’ve been thinking too much lately Back before you were after each other But hearts will turn and now you’re just chasing her Well I’ve been thinking lately I’ve been thinking about you too much, baby. Did I not get you off? Did you not fall in love? Did we not have fun? Did I not make you come enough? Aw, baby, you once said That I was the best That you ever had and you think of me when you’re with him? (Did I not get you off?) Well kick back. Go out and find you something new I know you know that she was never the only one for you Gettin’ down will never live up to what we used to do And I thought I could give you it all I hope that what you want is what you got Did I not get you off? Did you not fall in love? Did we not have fun? Did I not make you come enough? Aw, baby, you once said That I was the best That you ever had. Do you think of me when you’re with him? (Did I not get you off?) Well I’ve heard your dirty talk (Did you not fall in love?) I know what makes you hot (Did we not have fun? Did I not make you come enough?) You told me your most inner, deepest thoughts Baby, were you faking? (Aw, baby, you once said) I know the sounds that you make (That I was the best) As you give and take (That you ever had and you think of me when you’re with him?) I felt your body shake, can you feel my heart breaking?

She thinks of me when she drinks She tells me things that I so badly want to believe And sometime after 2AM, I never hear from her before then So baby, drink and think of me Tell me things that you don’t mean Keep me in mind any time you get lonely And I’ll stay up late just in case you need to talk for a bit ‘Cause right now from you I’ll take what I can get So string me along Keep me hanging on and Baby, drink and think of me Do you keep me with you when your party’s going on Or do you only think of me when all your other options are gone? ‘Cause I don’t mind It all suits me just fine So baby, drink and think of me Tell me things that you don’t mean Keep me in mind any time you get lonely And I’ll stay up late just in case you need a place to lay your head ‘Cause right now from you I’ll take what I can get So string me along Keep me hanging on and Baby, drink When you awake do you regret anything? Are you afraid that I just may read in too deep? But don’t you worry about me. I’ll play it cool I may be naïve, but I’m not a fool I won’t take it too serious, if that’s what you want It’s getting late now, and you’re probably drunk So baby, drink and think of me Tell me things that you don’t mean Keep me in mind any time you get lonely And I’ll stay awake just in case you need to come crawl into bed ‘Cause right now from you I’ll take what I can get So string me along Tell me anything at all to keep me hanging on and Baby, drink

I know it’s kinda creepy but you swayed so sweetly I just wanted more and more And though we hadn’t met yet I pictured biting your neck And making you mine forever I just want you over and over I wanna put you on a loop So tell me that you want me Tell me that you need me Tell me that you love me Baby, I love you too And it feels all too real. Aw my love for you I’d kill And my crest is your silhouette Before it I’ll kneel Only your sweet cruelty can command me Never again will we part The epitome of our art As we leave the era of being lonely Here we wait with bated breath Its only a pound of flesh And here we stand on ceremony I want to love you I want to love you I want to feed you, take care of you I want to eat you down to the bone I want to feel you and carry you I want to wear your skin around I want to love you I want to love you I want to breathe you I want to feel you I want to breed you I want to steal you I want to love you I want to love you

“Well speak of the devil,” she says as I walk into the room “How are you baby? We were just talking about you.” To myself I think, “Oh, I’m sure you were” Though, it was probably about how she is ready for this to be over I don’t know if it’s somebody else or just the idea of someone Maybe she’s just fallen out of love, ready to move on Either way it feels like she’s already gone She leaves me here like a fool hanging on And I’m only saying what everyone is thinking What everybody else already seems to know So tell me how long have I been leading myself on How long have I been chasing your shadow Every time I walk into a room All conversation stops like a record player scratching off And every time I leave my ears begin to burn I know that they’re all talking about me but I never hear a word And god it seems lately like everyone knows but me Nobody says a thing. All I hear is whispering And I don’t want to be paranoid And I don’t want to be naïve And I don’t want to be with her if she don’t want to be with me And I’m only saying what everyone is thinking What everybody else already seems to know So tell me how long have I been leading myself on How long have I been chasing your shadow And I know that you still love me and You just can’t tell me to go and If I was stronger I would just leave on my own And I don’t want to be the one to make you miss out on anything And I don’t want to be with you if you don’t want to be with me And I’m only saying what everyone is thinking What everybody else already seems to know So tell me how long have I been leading myself on How long have I been chasing your shadow

Taken back by the way you carry yourself Your look, your taste It’s like no one else Can your eyes love, and if my heart can see Then forgive me if I stare ‘cause I wear it on my sleeve Take from this what you will Do with this what you want Inside of you I feel, I want to hold your heart Hand to hand, head to chest Here with me lay down to rest Close your eyes and dream we’ll forever be I can’t see myself with anyone else You have become my angel, for you I fell You always seem to see straight through me Your eyes alone bring me to my knees You make it hard to breathe whenever we touch I love the thought of forever and us So much Just thinking to myself how I’ve fallen for you it seems Flirting with the idea, though I’ve been a fool for lesser things I wish that I could say everything inside of me But you’ll just have to wait until it brings me to my knees So I bite my lip and mind my tongue I cannot say the things that I want But under my breath I’ll tell you this I’ve never had a sweeter kiss I touch my hand to your face I bring you closer this way Close your eyes and dream we’ll forever be I can’t see myself with anyone else You have become my angel, for you I fell You always seem to see straight through me Your eyes alone bring me to my knees You make it hard to breathe whenever we touch I love the thought of forever and us So much

We, living today, are not the past of this world. We are living today as the present and as the future of humanity. We are a generation that wants love, peace and unity in a time when we need these things more than ever. And we must begin now to change this world. To change the way that we think and the things we believe. If we could only stop the momentum of the hate that is pouring out into all the corners of the world, if we could stop all of this separation and realize this is our world. A world where we are not defined by the color of our skin, by the sex we were born of or the nation we were born in. Where the measure of a man is not based on his obedience to others but instead his willingness to give himself to others. We are not the past of this world. We do not need to live by all that has been set in place before us. Since the beginning of man we have strived for growth and knowledge. Our obsession to want to understand this life has taken us down many different paths With many different ideas and beliefs. But today we have the knowledge to give us the direction and the answers that we need. And those of us who want peace must stand up against these hate-filled ideologies, the tyranny and oppression that is taking place all over the world. We are not our past and we have the power to change the path of our future. Those of us who have already lived our lives, those of us who know what we want for the future of our lives, those of us coming up, who are still growing, searching for the meaning of our lives: together, none of us made the rules of this earth and we do not have to be satisfied with these ways. We must not be satisfied with these ways! We must make this plea to the world to give this world’s future a chance. A chance to survive. A chance to progress. We cannot remain divided! We must to sever from ourselves and the strings that pull us from the hands that tie us to these old ideas that create division. We must stand up now, together, with each other and for each other as one. Separation is the root of hate and true evil of this world. Not a god or a devil! And this division amongst men will be the destruction of this world. We cannot remain divided over such things. No one on this earth should fear punishment for the pigmentation of their skin, or for the area of the world in which they were born or how they identify themselves. No one should fear these things, not from any other human, from any government, not from any God! We are not our past. We do not need words of hate, rules and punishments written thousands of years ago by men in such a primitive time and with such primitive views. These persecutions were never just, and have no place in our way of life and our minds of reason. We are better than this! We could someday be that influential civilization: an inspiration to the rest of the universe. We cannot go back to walking around with our knuckles dragging the ground! We are not our past! We are the present. And we are the future. We can no longer be a world that takes authority as truth, and faith as fact. We cannot continue to accept these antiquated ways for the sake of tradition. We do not need separation! We do not need race, religion, and greed. Why can we not be one race? A race of humans! Why can we not be one religion? A religion of love! Where we are all gods. No one human lesser or greater than the other. Where we worship each other with love and compassion. We do not need greed! Why can we not share all that this world has to offer? Imagine nations as one! A world as one! One race of humans! One religion of love! We are not our past! We are our present! We are our future! And Our Future Begins Now!

I want passion. I want to be a man of action I want to breathe, I want to feel I want to know that all of this is real I want to live I want to see just what this world’s got to give I want to go out and conquer it and spin it on my fingertips I want to die sometimes only to see just what it’s like I want to know where my mind will go or do I even have a soul I want answers to questions instead of merely theories and suggestions I would love to believe that there is more to this than just selective randomness So you dabble in witchcraft looking for something more than the aftermath Of the afterlife when this world is over ‘Cause you just can’t seem to make sense of anything anymore And you should be seriously considering on giving up on any and all religion It’s responsible for far more war than anything to ever come before And I would no longer stand on the shoulders of the world I won’t believe she’s damned I’ll take the weight up off of her If we could all pretend to forget the theories and beliefs we’ve conjured And throw our faith to the hands of the world and each other I want my virtues to control my ways Who I am and the things that I say Only to be overcome when truth has undone my tongue I want to write, I want to speak and dream I want the foresight and the wisdom to lead Ideas that will change the world with a pen and not a sword We need passion We need to be a world of action For every word to leave our mouths not go unheard or hit the ground We need strength and gravity We need minds of reason and understanding To save this world with our lips and spin it on our fingertips And I would no longer stand on the shoulders of the world And I won’t believe she’s damned I’ll take the weight up off of her If we could all pretend to forget the theories and beliefs that we’ve conjured Throw our faith to the hands of the world and each other I want virtues to control my ways Who I am and the things that I say Only to be overcome when truth has undone my tongue I want to write, I want to speak and dream I want the foresight and the wisdom to lead Ideas that will change the world with a pen and not a sword

My head on the bar and for my glass I slowly reach out I’m looking down and my tux is looking wore out Talking again to the drink in my hand but it’s not listening Where I’m at I can’t really tell I think I’m at a bar in downtown at a hotel (in downtown Alahota) But I can’t really be sure of anything anymore Signs of the night I had before I’m missing buttons on my shirt and there’s lipstick on my collar I wish I could say that it was cool but I really feel like a fool And I know I’m putting on hold who I want to be and where I’m going But for right now this is what I gotta do And it won’t take long but it won’t be soon And I swear I’ll be back but for now this is where I’m at I take a drink and I ask for more People walk by and they just ignore The smell of booze and the lack of shoes on my feet Five o’clock casts a shadow on my face The color of my eyes suggest I stayed out way too late The tender at the bar makes a remark as to how much I’ve had to drink I close one eye and I see how much I got a little I close the other and I down the rest And it may be a cover but I’ll take another and tell myself I’m the best And I know I’m putting on hold who I want to be and where I’m going But for right now this is what I’ve gotta do And it won’t take long but it won’t be anytime soon And I swear I’ll be back but for now this is where I’m at Before you go on questioning my motives I know that it’s all wrong in case you think I haven’t noticed But if my memory serves me correctly I tried love once before And I know I’m putting on hold who I want to be and where I’m going But for right now this is what I gotta do And it won’t take long but it won’t be anytime too soon And I swear I’ll be back but for now this is where I’m at

There was a time when I lost my mind You were all that I could think of I had to lose what I felt for you So I got myself a little drunk But it wasn’t enough I needed me some love So I stumbled on down the street And I fell through the door and I heard a big roar As if everyone was waiting on me And I knew this was right where I want to be Down at the bar where we sit and talk About whatever’s on our minds And we have a few laughs and we put a few back And we all have a damn good time We sing the songs and you sing along And everybody’s glad that you came To the best damn place to get away Where everybody knows your name Well I ain’t got me a honey and I ain’t got any money And when I do I just blow it all on beer And I drink ‘til I’m out and I don’t worry about Where I’m gonna be in a year ‘Cause I know I’m gonna be right here Down at the bar where we sit and talk About whatever’s on our minds And we have a few laughs and we put a few back And we all have a damn good time We sing the songs and you sing along And everybody’s glad that you came To the best damn place to get away Where everybody knows your name Down at the bar where we sit and talk About whatever’s on our minds And we have a few laughs and we put a few back And we all have a damn good time We sing the songs and you sing along And everybody’s glad that you came To the best damn place to get away Where everybody knows your name

As crazy as it sounds I can’t make her stay I know you take one look at me and say, “Damn, how could she leave?” As crazy as it seems Well she ripped out my heart Thank god she left my liver ‘Cause if I couldn’t drink I’d just sit around and think About how much I miss her Well I’d like to thank god for alcohol And the 99 bottles of beer on my wall And for always feeling good ‘Cause I got me a bottle She says I’ve got a problem She says I drink too much Well I guess that I do The problem is you don’t drink enough Well it’s not what you think I only like to drink I’ve been to AA Yeah baby, it’s not for me Well I’d like to thank god for alcohol And the 99 bottles of beer on my wall And for always feeling good ‘Cause I got me a bottle Well I’d like to thank god for alcohol And the 99 bottles of beer on my wall And for never feeling down ‘Cause I got a liter of Crown Well I’d like to thank god for alcohol And the 99 bottles of beer on my wall And for always feeling good ‘Cause I got me a bottle Well I’d like to thank god for alcohol And the 99 bottles of beer on my wall And for never feeling down ‘Cause I got a liter of Crown