I have felt so low I'm still searching for clouds in this reminiscent basement I have felt so old That I'm finding gray hair on this tired heart And I'm still stuck in my own ways There's no progress without failure You will fall to your own knees But achievement isn't reached without making your own keys I'm still searching for my lost keys Will you always dwell on a broken reflection? Or will you shatter self doubt and find a new direction? Stay true to all you have Move ahead with no remorse They will try to persuade you But don't join the stagnant course

Sometimes I just can't help but sit and stare At this bottle capped bar in a dim lit glare While the T.V. blares white-collar lies to a drunken working class They're all lined up and glued into place Trapped under coats of a phantom glaze I can't help but feel the same We drove twenty miles for the corner booth Surrounded by Elvis, Monroe and Ruth Morning Hangovers drowned in coffee and conversation We made names to bands that would never exist Jotted down lines clad with jean jackets These days will fade, but the ink will stay and I wouldn't change a thing We will always be the underground my friends Until a sundown sets on each of our own ends But until then let's enjoy these fragile times I can assure you that the honor is all mine We sit in dive bars with acoustic guitars We drove, it didn't matter how far Those nights were ours If fortune and fame are all that's passed this phantom glaze If being alive means killing all the vivid dreams Then we're already dead We will always be the underground my friends Until a sundown sets on each of our own ends But until then lets enjoy these fragile times I can assure you that the honor is all mine

A constant battle worth admiring the stomach turns, these guts they burn, an ulcer impending These thoughts are perspiring a sudden drip that makes me sick, infinite scenes unwinding I've found that power can mean weakness We're all taught that happiness can be bought and sold I've learned that strength can be found in meekness I don't have to change the world I just wanna help you through it I am nothing, I am no one Does it make me a lesser person? And it may seem strange, but I don't want to change Most people look the same with richer blood running through their veins Let the leaders of the world compare manhood and spew swill We'll still be out here unknown jumping and dancing to the rhythms we call home And it may seem strange, but I don't want to change Most people look the same with richer blood running through their veins But I'm content being irrelevant to your front page nonsense Instead I'll keep my pace just outside your race to ignorant success

I heard you found it now Don't let it burn you down There's a change in the breeze Complications and frustrations leave them all with me See I'm in comfort here in this lonely place 'cause I'll never make you feel this way I said my last goodbye it was all a lie am I still in the same place In case you were wondering the sunset fades but these thoughts of you keep lingering I killed the time and now its getting hard to see I could show you this heart but that would never make you stay I'll never understand this feeling I'm a prisoner to this sanctuary It's the only place I feel safe I fear I'll never make my great escape There's a longing for a new life these simple changes will never suffice I know you're out there trying like hell not to be a disappointment to yourself There's no escaping this life Well I'm here waiting In case you were wondering the sunset fades but these thoughts of you keep lingering I killed the time and now its getting hard to see I could show you this heart but that would never make you stay A fearful grip, a sinking ship, this distant mind keeps drifting I haven't had these thoughts for years A blurry face haunts me tonight I hope I stop dreaming I never learned to swim through tears In case you were wondering I sank your photograph down to the bottom of the sea Your words struck my chest It's getting hard to breathe I could show you this heart but that would never that could never make you stay

I'm looking to invest in a new kind of glue a mental adhesive not tried but true something strong to keep this train of thought from derailment and flames far too hot I once thought I had my fate by the reins but then I woke up feeling lost and quite drained They say that life is what you make of it a tired soul with unaccomplished goals to remit I'm trying to find some piece of mind among the fractured pieces of my mind and these galaxies of useless thought that plague me will you be my navigation across these seas of my own deceit? my shining beacon to the east How long will I be frozen here like this? These old cells are frosted down the the nucleus I won't wait for spring to help them thaw I need the heat and the beat from our covalent bond If I reach for the stars and only make it to Mars would you still want to share this orbit? If you look to the sky will you try not to cry when you see our constellation? I'm trying to find some piece of mind Among the fractured pieces of my mind and these galaxies of useless thought that plague me will you be my navigation across these seas of my own deceit? My shining beacon at my feet

Six years of traveling this lonely highway with a feeling that just won't disappear procrastination and a routine destination offer hinder-some comfort year by year and I can't say why I'm still here Do I let go of these memories and dreams? A desire that we shared when we were seventeen and keep this routine that's numbing my mind we only have so much time I've got this flame deep down inside of me that seems to be burning me alive a frequent flash turning embers straight to ash before explosive ideas can thrive can i really even say that I tried? Do you recall all the shouts and the screams? the emotion that was felt in a once so tight-knit scene lets bring back the sound of the songs we've loved for so long I'm so tired of feeling bored, dumb, lazy, and wrong I've got this flame deep down inside of me that seems to be burning me alive a frequent flash turning embers straight to ash before explosive ideas can thrive Can I even really say that I'm alive? Is there a spark still in your heart? Don't let go of the things that truly make you fall in love

We found something that made us strong we gave the air from our lungs to a song we wrote words to match the notes sang from our chest to the rasp in our throats A wrench tossed among the spokes the fall of a mighty oak there's still room for branches to grow and a story in rings to be told Let's make light of this mess and break bread to all of us blessed though these scars won't quite heal, it felt good to get this weight of my chest So thanks for the times we've shared you gave the beat from your heart to the snare we waged war on our vocal chords so that the peace in our minds could restore It's not hard to get stuck in the past even as memories break like glass but you can't succumb to the hold so let's break free and share what's gold Lets make light of this mess and break bread to all of us blessed though these scars won't quite heal, it felt good to get this weight off my chest we can still talk in depth of the places that we haven't gone yet brother I'm alright now, but I can never forget