The highway sounds They stand tall Not near the mountains At least I don't hear the crows call Calling near the sea The only lakes here are the greats up north But I won't even catch a glimpse Until age 16 MJ hit his peak Near the house I slept in for 3 years Before I moved for the first and only time to the east I kept my head high I'm sure I didn't like leaving all the friends I'd ever had I wasn't even 5

It sends shivers down my spine A lesson learned Enlightening concepts About the southern state of mind You tell us more than we want to know Through sights Supercilious lights My house on fire Because I can’t live dark She mutters in her sleep Tells me to leave But yet I am strong enough To stay hidden behind The walls of reality That cringe my own trust And still I must get on with my life And still I can’t be all right Despite what you say Until you realize the harms of the past That basically shut down an entire race

Get off my back I've been trying to see straight Like you laughed about how much time I hate nothing and dread the worst Smoke signals air the coffee place I never set in two years ago I'll never go there for the caffeine Have you ever been striving to tell me Why you opened up your eyes While these words were torn apart and grimly glued back together? Only time will tell if you were right And I was wrong before Before we gaze upon the mirror I'll stay away from the nicotine That stains your mouth at the top of your lips I hoped you'd eventually see straight But that was already hard to believe You've got your head up in the clouds Not worse than drinking yourself to death Or even close to the weed that stinks your breath Have you ever been striving to tell me Why you opened up your eyes While these words were torn apart and grimly glued back together? I don't think so Only time will tell if you were right And I was wrong before Before we gaze upon the mirror I don't think so

I wander into the forest Of her own desired dreams In a living sense of memories For a shattered own belief I shed skin into dark light To help fight to defend My mind from being cursed Upon hours of months depressed (Radio): We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate. A full moon rises above my head Light shinning over my body The gleaming signs I won't understand Unless I endow myself a rest Life cancels out itself Wait for it to do the math Only if I had known this earlier might I be a happier man Fear was provoked years in advance No way I'm coming forth No way I'm going back (Radio): We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. I sit tight against the wall Painted lustrous behind my back Restless beyond belief Yet dormant at best My former broken belief Was fixed once again Not for the better But only for the worse Radio: The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. An early sun rises above my head Light shinning over my body The gleaming signs I hope to understand Like a familiar eerie mist Life cancels out itself Wait for it to do the math Only if I had known this earlier might I be a happier man Fear was provoked years in advance No way I'm coming forth No way I'm going back (Radio): The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people......... You don't hate, only the unloved hate, you're not the unnatural!

The sun beats down on the neck of a brighter day Years lost in pure knowledge Of being prolonged And why might the question of death Circle the heavens above my bed And how might they figure out Why really I'm sad? Days Frost years of silence Between me and you Never lost in expectations Frowned for months in your head Leave me be in the recess of your predicted world No longer am I the brain of molding and manipulation Just another saga in the story of you Let me take back the words Spat brilliantly True hours of pain Through eyeing a world I tried forgetting Let me frolic through the world Of your predicted eyes Days Frost years of silence Between me and you Never lost in expectations Frowned for months in your head Leave me be in the recess of your predicted world No longer am I the brain of molding and manipulation Leave me be in the recess of your predicted world No longer am I the brain of molding and manipulation

Kicking it back Winter '014 I never came to my house Until the clock hit three You were always on my mind From the most recent point in my life And I've never made it this far I've only made it to second base And life crumbles before your eyes You've got to take what it gives you I'm only trying to play modern baseball Not american football And don't give me a reason To left me hate on you And I'll try to play nice So you'll notice me too I'm only trying to play modern baseball Not american football

What's more awkward than showing up late? To a gig you planned weeks in advance? You try and pig out some answers While I figure out what's going on Call it quits Cause you know I'm gonna save you now I bring the thunder And the forest comes crashing down Live wise, live free Don't let me down Call it quits Cause you know I'm gonna save you now I bring the thunder And the forest comes crashing down Live wise, live free Don't let me down The hummingbird better soothe the skin For I keep getting all weird looks Like you never planned that out in the first place Oh well I must have never been sure Why? Why you would leave me? Out to dry? Call it quits Cause you know I'm gonna save you now I bring the thunder And the forest comes crashing down Live wise, live free Don't let me down Call it quits Cause you know I'm gonna save you now I bring the thunder And the forest comes crashing down Live wise, live free Don't let me down

Waves go flashing the surface Dreams pour out for hours Life never surprises The weeks kicking back of the days we won't forget Time cures all the errors Thought by leaving the past open I found my lost note book by the sink It kept rumors only meant for me Don’t leave what’s expected Don’t hide what they all hate Show your true colors always Make sure you’re all good too

Held it on the top of your fingertips Just between the gasp of air We march to the files we bonded to Age fourteen and a half Cars collide at the end of the drive And let's bury our minds in the guilt and shame of a good friend He indirectly led us to his pit of despair Maybe as a cry for help Let's not forget All our laughs, and all our time spent Let's not forget The simple mistakes can always be fixed But maybe we're simply unlucky And all words can do is harm what's there My friend, my friend I'll be waiting here With a hand-full of frames That you'll never figure out Maybe it's the parlance Maybe it's the confab for you I'm never letting go