Climb Maybe I'm not as smart as I thought As I come back down Entertain the sun Beg it to go on Don't leave me all alone down here Cause I don't have a doubt That I am without A way out of this And I climb This wasted time I've been in And I find I change my mind Again you win Can you take the ashes that I've burned At your expense Cause I can't tell you why All the things that I haven't thought to ask you for I am at the end I cannot pretend That everything's OK this time And I climb This wasted time I've been in And I find I change my mind Again you win I can't walk away from you I can't deny what you say is true I can't understand everything you do Still I can't walk away And I climb This wasted time I've been in And I find I change my mind Again you win When I climb When I climb When I climb Lifehouse Index Fairytales Sandcastles He says he looks in the mirror And he can't tell anymore Who he really is and who they believe him to be And he says he walks a thin line Between what is and what could be And he's getting closer To something he can understand Cause there's a crack in his plastic crown And his throne of ice is melting He climbed his ladder There was nothing there And now it's a long way down It's a long way down On and on and on he goes dancing on the grave Of what he thought was still alive On and on and on he goes Dancing in mansions made of twigs And castles made of sand He says his head is filled with Cartoons and fairy tails And he's trapped inside a dungeon of dolls With smiles on their faces He's built a pretty cage His shows on a beautiful stage With candy coated prison bars And chains that look like jewelry Cause there's a crack in his plastic crown And his throne of ice is melting He climbed his ladder There was nothing there And now it's a long way down On and on and on he goes dancing on the grave Of what he thought was still alive On and on and on he goes Dancing in mansions made of twigs And castles made of sand On and on and on and on he goes on and on On and on and on and on he goes on and on Cause he lives inside Of fairy tails and castles now And there's room inside For false expectations and illusions Cause there's a crack in his plastic crown And his throne of ice is melting He climbed his ladder There was nothing there And now it's a long way down It's a long way down On and on and on he goes dancing on the grave Of what he thought was still alive On and on and on he goes Dancing in mansions made of twigs And castles made of sand On and on and on he goes dancing on the grave Of what he thought was still alive On and on and on he goes Dancing in mansions made of twigs And castles made of sand On and on and on and on he goes on and on On and on and on and on he goes on and on On and on and on and on he goes on and on Lifehouse Index Fool Seems my own arrogance has knocked me off my feet again When you know I'm crawling to you as fast as I can First teach me to walk And then I'll learn to dance for you Like an honest clumsy clown Tripping along the way Cause I am reaching for you But my arms aren't long enough And I am running to you If I could go a little faster And I am crying to you But I can't hear my own voice And I am waiting for you And trying not to fall asleep now Cause I am clumsily dancing away this fear I am stumbling closer to you and I am Tumbling over my pride I will be a fool for you What are you thinking as you look down on me Are you frustrated with my inconsistency Or intrigued that I can find the will to get back up or Maybe all of this is simply amusing Cause I am reaching for you But my arms aren't long enough And I am running to you If I could go a little faster And I am crying to you But I can't hear my own voice And I am waiting for you And trying not to fall asleep now Cause I am clumsily dancing away this fear I am stumbling closer to you and I am Tumbling over my pride I will be a fool for you Cause I am clumsily dancing away this fear I am stumbling closer to you and I am Tumbling over my pride I will be a fool for you Cause I am clumsily dancing away this fear I am stumbling closer to you and I am Tumbling over my pride I will be a fool for you Lifehouse Index Goodbye Take you ??? and slow down Drown your sorrows in a bowl of pain now You've got the confidence You have the smile Fool everybody even yourself for awhile So take your suffering And be done with you I am sorry I can't come there with you So pack your pain in a suitcase full of lies I guess this is where we say goodbye Oh I'm so complicated I was so torn Between two lies don't ??? You said you're growing up and what you became I think I changed into a different version of the same So take your suffering And be done with you I am sorry I can't come there with you So pack your pain in a suitcase full of lies I guess this is where we say goodbye ??? Was the last time you bring me down Nothing's the same Now that you're not around Everything has changed Now that you're not around So take your suffering And be done with you I am sorry I can't come there with you So pack your pain in a suitcase full of lies I guess this is where we say goodbye I guess this is where we say goodbye I guess this is where we say goodbye Lifehouse Index Take Me Away This time what I want is you There is no one else Who can take your place This time you burn me with your eyes You see past all the lies You take it all away I've seen it all It was never enough It keeps leaving me needing you Take me away Take me away I've got nothing left to say Just take me away I try to make my way to you But still I feel so lost I don't know what else I can do Cause I've seen it all It was never enough It keeps leaving me needing you Take me away Take me away I've got nothing left to say Just take me away Don't give up on me yet Don't forget who I am I know I'm not there yet But don't let me stay here alone I've seen it all And it's never enough It keeps leaving me needing you I've seen enough And it's never enough It keeps leaving me needing you Take me away Take me away I've got nothing left to say Just take me away Take me away Take me away Lifehouse Index Take The Weight Of The World Too tired to fold my hands And throw them at your feet Let me stay here for awhile I don't want to go There's nowhere else to go away for me So take the weight of the world Off of me for awhile Be my peace Be my light Be to me the hiding place tonight You take away everything I have known Everything I can not have And all that I want All that I need is waiting here So take the weight of the world Off of me for awhile Be my peace Be my light Be to me the hiding place tonight Lift me up to where the angels fly Lift me high to meet you there again It's all I need It's all I need So take the weight of the world Off of me for awhile Be my peace Be my light Be to me the hiding place tonight Be to me the hiding place tonight Lifehouse Index What's Wrong With That How did I end up here Closer to nowhere In the middle of nothing and I'm One step back from where I was Spinning in circles Gets old after awhile And you say if I fall I will Fall straight into your arms And should I trip over my feet And if I start to slip I will Slip right onto my knees Into the center of your hands Cause maybe Someday I could learn to trust you And just stop thinking with my head Cause maybe Someday I could learn to let go I lose control but tell me what is wrong with that Why do I have to know everything And why does everything always have to make sense Why do I always have to have you figured out Cause I just want to take your hand And you say if I fall I will Fall straight into your arms Should I trip over my feet And if I start to slip I will Slip right onto my knees Into the center of your hands Cause maybe Someday I could learn to trust you And just stop thinking with my head Cause maybe Someday I could learn to let go I lose control but tell me what is wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that Cause maybe Someday I could learn to trust you And just stop thinking with my head Cause maybe Someday I could learn to let go I lose control but tell me what is wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that What's wrong with that Lifehouse Index Winds Of Change In the still of the night it shines so clear And the comfort of finding it here And as I walk the night gets colder And I know that I don't know And it seems as I get older My life goes over In the winds of change I guess nothing turned out like I planned Everything's sure to fall out of hand And it takes a lot to find it And it takes a lot I know To believe that there is meaning Inside this moment In the winds of change As it turns you upside down As confusing as it seems Keep your head high and your feet on the ground And turn and chase your dreams In the winds of change Lifehouse Index

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