Swirl Formed in liquid, pushed out still dripping A world was thrown before my eyes Now paint a picture, crayon stick figures With blue haired people, purple skies- Swirl With acclimation, comes deep resentment I'm forced in a structure I can only oblige Integral termoil, It's time to decide Choose my victims, draw my lines Formed in liquid, pushed out still dripping A world was thrown before my eyes Paint a picture, crayon stick figures With blue haired people, purple skies Can this be the end that I've forseeen A glass thats half full is half empty Formed in liquid, pushed out still dripping A world was thrown before my eyes Paint a picture, crayon stick figures With blue haired people, purple skies Take a piece of me Take a piece of me Take a piece of me and watch me bleed Take a piece of me Take a piece of me Take a piece of me if it's what you need Sprung Monkey Index Things Are Changing Another year is passing, Another year is changing Was it just numbered time? And as the winter thaw sets in And we prepare for spring time As we hold our children so tight And now the sun is out The ice has all but melted Awarm feeling inside starts to grow But it seems somewhat hotter then we last remembered Now inside something else starts to grow My concern, my skepticism, my fear They say record breaking heat A record we didn't want to break I'm now aware of many things But I can't change your mind Now the heat of the summer It hits just like your head against the pavement It's been a long year They say record breaking heat Those records we didn't want to break I'm now aware of many things But I can't change your life Nature's crashing I don't believe Time slips by and still no one see's it I just wonder what's going on If your last word is going to be sorry, Say it now so I don't worry, I just wonder what's going on Sprung Monkey Index Believe Everybody wants to believe in something Something that fills them up inside Everybody wants the answers to questions To all the questions that fill them up inside Oh, I just want to believe..... Can you hear me, can you see me, what's inside of me Oh, I just want to believe..... If my life it has a purpose, help me to believe Oh, I just want to believe..... Can you hear me, can you see me, what's inside of me Oh, I just want to believe..... If my life it has a purpose, help me to believe Everybody wants to find the circle The line of truth that has no end Because so many nights I've slept with the feeling of empty And I say, right now I'm ready to believe Oh, I just wanna believe..... Can you hear me, can you see me, what's inside of me Oh, I just want to believe..... If my life it has a purpose, help me to believe Oh, I just want to believe..... Can you hear me, can you see me, what's inside of me Oh, I just want to believe..... If my life it has a purpose, help me to believe Who am I? Why do I live? Why do I die? Who am I? Should I care about my soul? Where it might go Should I care? I feel love with my friends I feel love in my songs If I could just hold love then all the answers might come If we're all children of God and we just turned away A lack of belief A world without faith It's time we turn back around Because we've all been smashed through the rigors of life We've got values misplaced of what's wrong and whats right It's time we turn back around To what we know is love Sprung Monkey Index Reluctant Man Oh reluctant man who's afraid to touch the world Why are you hiding? What is the base of all your fears? Do you find yourself in a cold, cruel world? Dark and desperate Scared and lonely Selfish man who never gave to anyone else What are you holding? Is it worth the price you pay? 'Cause your eyes they see just what you want to see And I hope they're not staring blindly at me Cynical man who looks so hard to find a doubt Can't you see the truth you're mutilating by what you're fabricating Oh destroyer man knocking holes right through the heart It's feelings that we're made of It's feelings you're afraid of You never cared before Now you fight for so much more There's no excuses now I can see you're breaking A boy once in his youth Now a man must face the truth Well there's no excuses now I can see that you're breaking Consider this Break down the walls Break down the walls Break down the walls Cause I can see a better place Now I can see a better place for you Yeah I can see a better place for you They're coming to see And you're running to hide Suppressing your emotions deep inside So that the angry man can now control your world He's not above the killing It's time for you to show yourself Sprung Monkey Index Segunda The streets are filled with routine today I can see it in their faces, I Couldn't even chisel a smile to greet a stranger When our eyes caught passing But your eyes they turn away, Oh could it be from shame or pity, But I know inside what it means to be a man, Don't have pity for me Well don't have pity for me Well don't have pity for me Well don't have pity for me, cause' I'm not sorry The professional people running to their holes To their borrowed buildings To their borrowed spaces Minutes early everyday Well you wouldn't want to miss your own funeral Sitting back in your big old chair Sliding down your first cup of coffee And then you glance at the sign on the desk that says awful empty man, Don't have pity on me Well don't have pity for me Well don't have pity for me Well don't have pity for me, cause' I'm not sorry Let's take a walk down a back street Are you afraid of who or what you might meet, Well your mind it holds the demons but your attitude creates them Must everything be judged by material equations Added up by A one dimensional man who thinks this world is his market What can I make, What can I take And you Have pity for me Sprung Monkey Index Elevator Boy I'm an elevator boy Just trying to get to the top And I'm like curtains drawn in a window You'll never see too much I'm not a puppet on a string Ready to move where you guide me, A toy without a mind can't you see me dancing like a fool Well I'm scared but it's my fears that will take me, Lift me, send me Cause I'm an elevator boy Just trying to get to the top of life And I'm like curtains drawn in a window You'll never see too much of me I'm not a needle in your arm taking you higher and higher Trading all your dignity for a moment in time 'Cause I believe, that someday you'll hear me Yeah someday you'll see me shining in lights As you take something from me Money buys things, but it can't buy pride And you break a big part of me Well someday you'll see me shining in lights As you take something from me Money buys things, but it can't buy pride As you break a big part of me Well someday you'll see me shining in lights I will not stop 'till I reach my dream And I'll climb as long as it's inside of me With it all before my eyes it's all I see Oh I will not stop until I reach- 'Cause I,m an elevator boy I'm an elevator boy I'm gonna get to the top.... Sprung Monkey Index Lines To the left you have A young man whose never really cared about nothing To the right you have A man who spilt his blood to make a difference I said a difference Well these are the lines by which we play These are the lines that we have made And now you have One who embraces life with adoration Not expectations And too bad you have one who'll take a life without a reason I said no reason Well these are the lines by which we play Well these are the lines that we have made Well these are the lines drawn everyday These are the lines by which we all are made Floating, falling, drowning in the grey Oh I wish I could serve up a solution By these extremes we all are victims Just floating, falling, drowning in the grey Is where you don't believe A patterned life accordingly A cry for help is just a silent scream And now you have a man who's lost control To all his vices and devices And still we have one who resonates All the beauty one can encompass Well try and take it Well these are the lines by which we play Well these are the lines that we have made Well these are the lines drawn everyday Well these are the lines that we have made These are These are These are Well these are Sprung Monkey Index Saturated So fragile, a young mind being molded Impressionable as they decipher the world A living portrait of what you've painted Don't underestimate the mind of a child Cause it's amazing just how they soak it up Oh resentment in a young man's mind Well he didn't just fall out of a rain cloud Coarse vigor preceeding a landslide A rigid walk by way of his wounds It's amazing just how we soak it up Oh it's amazing just how we soak it up Eyes now closing as the fists come crashing down The young child in the corner sits wondering Oh What have I done? Oh what have I done? It's amazing just how we soak it up Oh it's amazing just how we soak it up Is life a lesson of learning Is life a lesson we've been taught Is life a lesson of learning Is life a lesson we've been taught It's amazing just how we soak it up Oh it's amazing just how we soak it up Oh it's amazing.... Just how.... We soak it up.... We soak it up.... We soak it up.... Sprung Monkey Index Right My Wrong I've got a point to make Yes I've got somthing to say Try to right my wrongs of yesterday But people holding on to their anger Behind the eyes it's hatred Scars, how long they take to go away Well hear me I can't believe you're sorry I can't believe your sorry It's just another word I've heard you say Now that I've pushed aside my feelings You're back again to try and steal them Why won't you just go away? Time can't erase all that you did to me, What you did to my mind What you did to my mind Nothing can erase all that you meant to me, Was it all in my mind? Was it all in my mind? What came so easily Just tore apart my life It blew in fast just like a haunting breeze Now I'm left with why Sprung Monkey Index Man How does it feel when it comes down to yourself? And how does it feel when you look back on your life? And tell me how does it feel when it comes down to yourself How does it feel as you try to close your eyes? And how does it feel when it comes down to yourself? Does it feel like a freight-train running fast down upon your fragile life? Tell me how does it feel when it comes down to yourself? Because now no more I feel pain inside as I try to close my eyes But no Suicide or submission it's a problem a condition Suicide or submission it's a problem a condition Suicide or submission it's a problem a condition Suicide or submission it's a statement my decision Suicide or submission it's a problem a condition Suicide or submission it's a statement my decision "Cause I've never had nothing much to say I just struggle for belief in such a hectic place Something to believe, in life again to pick me up from my distraction Be that loving friend Suicide or submission it's a problem a condition Suicide or submission it's a statement my decision Sudcide or submission it's a problem a condition Suicide or submission it's a statement my decision 'Cause I've never had nothing much to say I just strugglefor belief in such a hectic place Something to believe in, in life again to pick me up from my distraction Be that loving friend But no, you never fuckin' came So I just take it like a needle in the arm Like a slap on the ass from you mother's cold hand Down bleeding wreckage of the lonly Who have lost all hope and will to live To love, to care, to feel anything So I just take it like a needle in the arm Like a slap on the ass from you mother's cold hand Down bleeding the wreckage of the lonely Who have lost all hope and all will to live To love, to care, to feel anything All along it was a lie A foolish, foolish man Because I believed in you You said it's ok, that everything's ok, but it's not You said it's ok, that everything's ok, but it's not You said it's ok, that everything's ok, but it's not You said it's ok, that everything is A ok, but it's not But it's not But it's not But it's not But it's not It's all a question of what you believe in Right or wrong But it's not! Sprung Monkey Index Push Who are you and what drives your needs Is it what's inside or is it what you see Playing partners just a distraction Demoralizing attraction How can I just close my eyes and pretend not to see? But the lines draw quickly It took time to see through all your twisted thinking Now it's all about push! The words you use, you plant like seeds Into their hearts to get what you need Cruel to fool those who might want you Filling up the holes deep inside you How can I just close my eyes and pretend not to see? But the lines draw quickly It took time to see through all your twisted thinking Now it's all about push! Take a step back so I can see your face 'Cause I'm not really sure who you are today I Take a step back so I can see your face 'Cause I'm not really sure who you are today The way you play The way you play You see it's all so fragile feelings Beacuse they change what's in your mind Uplifting degrading it's not what you hope to find Because the measure of a man is what's in his heart not in his bed The way you play Sprung Monkey Index Good Times All packed up heading for unknown We had egg ranch rolling, blowing down the road A bat against the head, fighting in the streets Lump got the bump, the old man just got bent Brand new town, brand new face to meet We're hungry, tired, haven't showered in a week Well pulling on in to the hotel, motel, roach ridden', dirty old shoe smell But at least a warm place to close our eyes 'Cause when I'm out on the road There's no place I'd rather be Than with my friends just having fun I'm talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Now on through Little Rock next thing the tire popped Oncoming freeway, pig truck, now we're fucked With the thunderball totalled we had no where to go So we jumped on a plane in time for the next show 'Cause when I'm on the stage There's no place I'd rather be Than with my friends having fun I'm talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Good times Good times Good times Good times I'ts the way you feel when things are right Both hands holding on real tight The crowd is there to lift you high Like Superman you could almost fly A certain feeling when the sun goes down And having all your good friends around The good times never seem to end When your on the road and you're with your friends I'm talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times, good-times Talkin' bout good times Good times Talkin' bout good times! 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