Tether

Time to fold up all your clothes,
the nights have gotten colder,
the bell within the tower tolls,
and we have gotten older.

Spin to let the years unwind
back through where we’ve been.
All the things we left behind
will not be there again.

Pass the places you have stayed,
for none of them have found you.
And now that youthful skies have greyed,
their shadows will surround you.

Chorus:
And so you want to leave this town forever,
well, we can do it together,
any time between now and whenever.
And you say you’re tethered to this town,
and the weather just brings you down,
and if you just keep hanging around,
you’ll never be free to touch the ground.

Time to sever all your ties,
they only serve to hang you,
the moment that you realize,
there’s nothing left to cling to.

Feel your feelings fall away,
the strain is getting stronger,
and tattered threads of yesterday
won’t hold us for much longer.

Leave the very way you came,
and everything that’s bound you,
in case you don’t come back the same,
I’ll tie myself around you.

Chorus Repeat

Bridesmaid

I was laid back sipping Dom,
waiting for my beer,
watching you across the lawn,
girl I almost shed a tear.

Cause I have yet to see you smile,
you don’t have much to say,
and once they’re set to walk the aisle,
you’re after the bouquet.

I don’t know what that’s about,
this is no time for dismay.
It makes it hard to check you out,
with you looking that way.

Everyone’s in black and white,
but you’re feeling blue,
if you come with me tonight,
I’ll see what we can do.

Chorus:
Cause I know it’s not your night,
you’re not the one who’s dressed in white,
but hey baby it’s alright,
we’ll make it ‘til the sun’s in sight.
And I know it’s not your day,
but we can do it anyway,
dance to what the DJ plays,
“Electric Slide,” well that’s okay.

Bridge 1:
I don’t have no diamond ring,
and I can’t buy you anything,
I just have this song to sing,
and some time to kill.

Toss out those borrowed dreams,
they look a little tight.
Put away your faded schemes,
and step into tonight.

Everything’s so nice and fake,
and we can eat for free,
for dessert there’s chocolate cake,
and afterwards there’s me.

We don’t need a lasting bond,
if everything stays new,
leave the priest to speak of God,
some things he just can’t do.

The flower girls are crying,
the cameraman’s at bay,
when all eyes are on the bride,
that’s when we slip away.

Chorus

Bridge 2/Outtro:
Girl don’t you know
there’s no reason to frown,
put the cake in the trunk
and we’ll get out of town.

Quiet Aggression

Yeah I saw the way you ruled the scene
with your denim walls and splattered jeans,
it seemed you couldn’t ask for more
as you sat there calmly on the floor
with your suitcase and a tambourine,
and that Chinese girl who can’t stay clean,
and you both keep staring at the sky,
but won’t say a word when I ask why.

And when your best friend came up dead
you flashed me a look that said,
“if there were no disease
we’d all die from depression.”
I know you think “what’s mine is mine,”
and you keep running short on time,
but do you have to grieve
every time I ask you a question?
I can’t stand the eyes that hide
your quiet aggression.

Chorus:
When you passed me and I looked back
I thought I caught the slightest grin,
and every time your lips crack
you act like you’ve confessed a sin,
and then you ask me for some hard facts
but tell me, where should I begin?

Bridge:
You complain that sunny days
make it hard to see,
and when it rains you try to blame
our foreign policy.
But every time I tried to change the world
the world changed me.
That’s maybe why you and I
see things so differently.

Well I see you got a new recruit,
who walks around and hands out fruit,
they say he came to town last week,
and uses words like ‘magnifique’
as he brags about his thrift shop suit,
it cost ten bucks and looks real cute
when he wears it with a paisley tie,
but he won’t say a word when I walk by.

And when your family went in debt,
you lit up a cigarette,
and said, “I hope these
are worth more than prevention.”
The cure you seek is hard to find,
when you can’t seem to leave your mind,
but I can’t believe
you’re not aware of all this tension.
I can’t stand the eyes that hide
your quiet aggression.

Chorus 2:
When you passed me and I looked back
I thought I caught the slightest grin,
and every time your lips crack
you act like you’ve confessed a sin,
and then you ask me for a take-back,
but tell me where does all this end?

I can’t stand the eyes that hide
your quiet aggression.

Garbage Day

I’m trapped beneath the heavy skies,
and my memories are laced with flies,
everything keeps piling up,
and garbage bags are not enough.

The mounds I make as I grow old,
becomes to much for me to hold,
the help I’ve sought has come too late,
and my body can’t stand the wait.

Chorus:
There’s nothing to say about today,
the ground is wet and the sky is gray,
and I can’t wait for garbage day
to come haul all this trash away.

I’ve kept my victories close by,
and never left a piece behind,
but in the end they’re all just crumbs
of a war that can’t be won.

And I don’t have the strength to fight
the shadows through another night,
the hours crash without a sound,
and all my medals just hold me down.

Chorus2:
There’s nothing to say about today,
the sky is wet and the ground is gray,
and I can’t wait for garbage day
to come haul all this trash away.

I lose with every piece I gain,
the moments never feel the same,
the world is destined for decay,
and garbage men can’t save the day.

Chorus Repeat