Awake

[Intro: Samples from the film "The Dead", an adaptation of James Joyce's short story from his book, Kate Morkan & Mary Jane (Helena Carroll & Ingrid Craigie)]

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning, and for what?"

"Well, isn't it for the honor of God, Aunt Kate?"

"I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane."

[Verse 1]

Six o'clock and the siren kicks him from a dream

Tries to shake it off but it just won't stop

Can't find the strength but he's got promises to keep

And wood to chop before he sleeps

[Chorus 1]

I may never get over

But never's better than now

I've got bases to cover

[Verse 2]

He's in the parking lot and he's just sitting in his car

It's nine o'clock but he can't get out

He lights a cigarette and turns the music down

But he just can't seem to shake that sound

[Chorus 1]

Once I thought I'd get over

But it's too late for me now

I've got bases to cover

[Chorus 2]

Melody walks through the door

And memory flies out the window

And nobody knows what they want

'til they finally let it all go

[Keyboard Solo]

[Bridge]

The pain inside coming outside

The pain inside coming outside

The pain inside coming outside

The pain inside

Come outside

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

So many ways to drown a man

So many ways to drag him down

Some are fast and some take years and years

You can't hear what he's saying when he's talking in his sleep

He finally found the sound but he's in too deep

[Chorus 1]

I could never get over

Is it too late for me now?

Feel like blowing my cover

[Chorus 2]

Melody walks through the door

And memory flies out the window

And nobody knows what they want

'til they finally let it all go

But don't cut your losses too soon

Cause you'll only be cutting your throat

And answer a call while you still hear at all

Cause nobody will if you won't

[Outro: Samples from the film "The Dead", an adaptation of James Joyce's short story from his book, Kate Morkan (Helena Carroll)]

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."

"I know all about the honor of God, Mary..."

"I know all about the honor of God, Mary..."

"I know all about the honor of God, Mary..."

"I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane."

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Animation breathes a cloudless mind

Fascination leaves the doubting blind

Until the circle breaks and wisdom lies ahead

The faithful live awake

The rest remain misled

[Pre-Chorus]

Some will transcend spinning years

One as if time disappears

[Chorus]

Innocence faded

The mirror falls behind you

Trinity jaded

I break down walls to find you

[Verse 2]

Callow and vain

Fixed like a fossil, shrouding pain

Passionless stage

Distant like brothers

Wearing apathetic displays

Sharing flesh like envy in cages

Condescending

Not intending to end

[Pre-Chorus]

Some will transcend spinning years

One as if time disappears

[Chorus]

Innocence faded

The mirror falls behind you

Trinity jaded

I break down walls to find you

[Bridge]

Beginnings get complicated

The farther we progress

Opinions are calculated

Immune to openness

Beyond the circle's edge

We're driven by her blessings

Forever hesitating

Caught beneath the wheel

[Chorus]

Innocence faded

The mirror falls behind you

Cynically jaded

The child will crawl to find you

[Instrumental Outro]

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Falling through pages of Martens on angels

Feeling my heart pull west

I saw the future dressed as a stranger

Love in a space-dye vest

Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding

A pool in the shape of a heart

Beauty projection in the reflection

Always the worst way to start

[Breakdown 1]

[Sample is Julian Sands from the film "A Room With A View."]

"But he's the sort who can't know anyone intimately, least of all a woman. He doesn't know what a woman is. He wants you for a possession, something to look at like a painting or an ivory box. Something to own and to display. He doesn't want you to be real, or to think, or to live. He doesn't love you, but I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms. It's our last chance... It's our last chance..."

[Verse 2]

Now that you're gone I'm trying to take it

Learning to swallow the rage

Found a new girl I think we can make it

As long as she stays on the page

This is not how I want it to end

And I'll never be open again

[Breakdown 2]

[Sample from "The Trouble With Evan," from the Canadian series "The Fifth Estate."]

"...I was gonna move out...ummm...get, get a job, get my own place, ummm. But...I go into the mall where I want to work and they tell me, I'm, I was too young..."

[Sample is Jim Hill from a news commentary about the OJ Simpson freeway chase.]

"Some people gave advice before about facing the facts, about facing reality. And this is, this without a doubt, is his biggest challenge ever. He's going to have to face it. You're going to have to try, he's gonna to have to try and uh, and, and, and get some help here. I mean no one can say they know how he feels."

[Sample from the Conan O'Brien show.]

"That, so they say that, in ya know like, Houston or something, you'd say it's a hundred and eighty degrees. But it's a dry heat. In Houston they say that? Oh, maybe not. I'm all mixed up. Dry until they hit the swimming pool."

[Sample from "The Trouble With Evan", from the Canadian series "The Fifth Estate."]

"...I get up with the sun... Listen. You have your own room to sleep in. I don't care what you do. I don't care when. That door gets locked. That door gets locked at night by nine o'clock. If you're not in this house by nine o'clock, then you'd better find some place to sleep. Because you're not going to be a bum in this house. Supper is ready..."

[Bridge]

There's no one to take my blame

If they wanted to

There's nothing to keep me sane

And it's all the same to you

There's nowhere to set my aim

So I'm everywhere

Never come near me again

Do you really think I need you?

I'll never be open again

I could never be open again

I'll never be open again

I could never be open again

[Outro]

And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend

And I'll never be open again

And I'll have no more dreams to defend

And I'll never be open again

[Instrumental Outro]