Song lyrics of ‘live from
the house of conversation’
1. Another Lost Day
The right kind of time in the wrong kind of place
From the dragfoot floors to the lonely little space
Behind the slots that block the view as the buttons click away
It’s shaping up to be another lost day
The hero takes the bar where the asian cooking lays
When the lady walks in he finds another reason to stay
And send his loud and empty voice for another echo around the room
It’s shaping up to be another lost day
Yeah walking the lonely path
You just want to break the chain
Somewhere along don’t you realize
It’s all looping back again
The young crook rounds the corner as the light begins to wear
Runs as if he can make it then lets his hands into the air
As the cops land upon him, everyone will get their share
It’s shaping up to be another lost day
In the darkness comes the fumble as the lonely music plays
The search for answers stops to rumble and begins the come-what-may
I can finally watch no longer, all the souls for which I pray
Looks like it might have been another lost day
Yeah walking the lonely path
You just want to break the chain
Somewhere along don’t you realize
It’s all looping back again
There’s no reason to expect a change
No reason to give up hope
Then again what could I know, just been sitting here the while
‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ sings the poor man’s lullaby
Humming out of the corner with his fists a-swinging high
He’s just burning for another lost day
Yeah walking the lonely path
You just want to break the chain
Somewhere along don’t you realize
It’s all looping back again
Yeah it’s all looping back again
2. Little Calm
Through the sparse and still trees
In the white and the grise there’s a silence that helps me breathe
Deafening grind of the gears
In the space between the ears I can tumble through all my fears
Oh oh oh
Wishing that I’d feel it, pushing to pull through it
Oh oh oh
Hoping that I’ll see it, long enough to get it
A little calm before the fight
In the bold of the night every fiber stretches to feel
Alive and broken in
Across the palm’s tender skin is a steely grip on the wheel
Oh oh oh
Wishing that I’d feel it, pushing to pull through it
Oh oh oh
Hoping that I’ll see it, long enough to get it
Hurried words and grey lines
In the flesh around the spine there’s a tension that’s grounding me
The thoughts of the monkey brain
Around the world and back again… the confusion is easy to see
Oh oh oh
Wishing that I’d feel it, pushing to pull through it
Oh oh oh
Hoping that I’ll see it, long enough to get it
3. Shots of Light
Look in the mirror, check my hair
Pocket my key and take the stairs down to the street
I see the markings of despair
On the sidewalks and in the square, it don’t look good
But there’s a glimmer in the pall
Under the writing on the wall, the shots of light
While I wonder where the lines are
How much more there is to take
Never so hard to draw the beauty
Never been so much at stake
In the disrupt of times like these
We can get lost among the things that might be true
Behind the mask that blocks your face
All this fear wants to erase the happy you
While I wonder where the lines are
How much more there is to take
Never so hard to draw the beauty
Never been so much at stake
How to change the tune, how to leave your room
How to make a case for your survival
Telephony pings, online shiny things
Tired of just being happy I’m alive
Underneath all the bricks and bones
Everyone longs to have some hope to pull them through
At the end of Main Street in the park
Where the kids drink in the dark, they’re doing shots of light
While I wonder where the lines are
How much more there is to take
Never so hard to draw the beauty
Never been so much at stake
4. Reason and Rhyme
To all my friends and neighbours, I got a song to sing
About this fabulous species, thinks they know everything
So listen up close, it won’t hurt but it might sting
But we just can’t say right now
So come on out creatures, you the humbled and the bruised
There’s a spot on the curb for each of us fools
We’ll be ready to stand when we get the new rules
But we just can’t say right now
Ain’t nothing so simple, when you shovel into it
We’re building up from the rubble, or we’re at the top of the split
We’re blowing out little bubbles, or we’re in a pile of shit
But we just can’t say right now
The saints of the sinners lost some of their shine
And their guilty companions been abandoned in time
It’s a slap-back from the founders of reason and rhyme
Oh the truth comes out in the end
Yeah we’re hammered with headlines, as we’re speeding along
We’re so convinced we’re right, we’ve forgotten what’s wrong
If you ask me compassion is the sign of the strong
Oh the truth comes out in the end
Now my fellow conscious citizen, take a seat on the stand
In the name of your honour, you can raise your right hand
Now tell us all again, how you’re doing all that you can
Oh the truth comes out in the end
From the one life I’ve lived, comes one thing I’ve learned
It’s that we ain’t gonna change, unless something starts to burn
With the luck of the ancients, we’ll all make the turn
And we’ll carry through somehow
Take control of the arms, that’s connected to your heart
Take the moment the guts find the courage to start
A little breakdown be the shakedown, make your feet do their part
And we’ll carry through somehow
So long to the old way, bonjour reality
The right to think different is the mark of the free
What a beautiful conundrum, cut out for you and me
And we’ll carry through somehow
5. My Good & Noble Friend
Life has been kind, it's how you see it I find
You take away from it what you bring
Meet you at five, we'll drink to being alive
And you'll untangle the state I'm in
My good and noble friend
You've seen me aching when my full brain is breaking
And you helped me somehow find control
All things being said I've got a much clearer head
Than in Toronto a decade ago
My good and noble friend
In these times when my mind races about
Close my eyes, let the words come tumbling out
And come back to the moment we're in right now
Hear me complaining, with your peaceful explaining
You say it could always be worse
I know you're right and by the end of the night
You'll have me laughing until it hurts
My good and noble friend
In these times when my mind races about
Close my eyes, let the words come tumbling out
And come back to the moment we're in right now
Over the years the ring gets worse in my ears
As my memory loses how and when
Long as my heart ticks like it did at the start
Well you can count on me ‘til the end
My good and noble friend
In these times when my mind races about
Close my eyes, let the words come tumbling out
And come back to the moment we're in right now
6. Stations
Headlights pan the lonely windows
Paudie's little eyes are closed
Momma flipping through the channels
Stations roll the hours away
William drives to the break of day
Songman singing hallelujah
While the living goes on
And the river runs through
Don't the gentle lines fade
In the face of what's true
Waking from his childhood fears
Paudie looks across the living years
Memories float away behind him
The colours of his first tattoos
Momma's sorry IOU's
Windbreaker flapping at the harbor
While the living goes on
And the river runs through
Don't the gentle lines fade
In the face of what's true
Takes a lifetime of searching inside
Comes the day you see nothing to hide
Cry for all the love you find
Coming through the diner door
A face he recognizes from before
Slowly sits down beside him
While the living goes on
And the river runs through
Don't the gentle lines fade
In the face of what's true
7. Everything Will Work Out Right
All you see is raining
You say you’ve missed the point of going on
We are all subject to it
Clean off my proverbial plate
Everything that we must do
I won’t pretend to know the answers
A long, long way from me to you
Hope it gets a little closer
You’ll find your place
As it’s described in dreams
You’ll tire, this I know
But oh… It seems such is life
Everything will work out right
Crazed for lack of passion
Take my tears, for I know well
It’s scary going back to weed the past
Forgiveness is a process
It’s almost like dying
To wake up in a state of simple bliss
All the truth I know’s in here
At the heart of conscience
You’ll find your place
As it’s described in dreams
You’ll tire, this I know
But oh… It seems such is life
Everything will work out right
You’ll find your faith
As it’s described in dreams
You’ll tire, this I know
But oh… It seems such is life
Everything will work out right
8. Seven Billion Little Points of Light
I walk from the front porch, on down to the stream
Let the sun on my shoulders shake the doubt from the seams
In an age of connection, we’ve been living the dream
Like we thought it would always be
Now I sit here and ponder how the party’s gonna end
If the link to each other is gonna break or gonna bend
How the key to the future is being dropped in our hands
And it’s all up to you and me…
And these seven billion little points of light
I run with these feelings, as the current takes hold
The wind in the blue sky says I’ll never grow old
It’s amusement and wonder that charges my soul
And holds me inside the flow
Well your weather predictions say it’s more of the same
And your status quo status is the name of the game
You can hide in the shadows where you take all your blame
But you can’t shake the subtle glow…
Of these seven billion little points of light
It’s the pressure of opportunity
Take a good long look around…
Up in the darkness, in the dancing of the stars
As you strain to consider how we made it this far
Does the truth of our smallness help you out of control
Or remind you of anything..?
If you’re over the worst part and you’re ready to fly
If you sit on this park bench and you just wanna cry
These are confusing times, friend… but it’s just you and I
Who can turn around everything…
With these seven billion little points of light
Yeah these seven billion little points of light
All these seven billion little points of light
9. The Tunnel Of Hurt
Lights gone out in the tunnel of hurt
No signs to shake the signs of the end
Driving out into the dark
Where the stars break your heart at the seams
So hard to travel lightly when you’re clinging to the road
And the meaning of the meaning of your being
When you carried on so far
You see how naked we are without our dreams
Lift your eyes up from the horizon
Keep that low, low spirit out from underneath the tires
With a slow hand steady, don’t you make no fast moves
Let the roll, roll heavy as she goes
And you’ll ride out of the tunnel of hurt
No the words, they don’t come easy
In the quiet of the fight
Just looking for a warm place to settle in
All your thoughts got too tangled
To even give in to a good place to begin
And that’s when I’m ripped asunder
So I call out in the night
Or at least that’s what I do in my head
Cause I don’t always get answers
And I know I ain’t lacking for friends
Lift your eyes up from the horizon
Keep that low, low spirit out from underneath the tires
With a slow hand steady, don’t you make no fast moves
Let the roll, roll heavy as she goes
And you’ll ride out of the tunnel of hurt
In the absence of my compass, I can’t figure what’s worse
With time I take my chances with the pain
Howling wolf begs the question
If the canyon or the cold will get me first
Lift your eyes up from the horizon
Keep that low, low spirit out from underneath the tires
With a slow hand steady, don’t you make no fast moves
Let the roll, roll heavy as she goes
And you’ll ride out of the tunnel of hurt
10. Back Then
I met the old me on the stairs
He somehow knew to meet me there
The crushing silence on the train
We ride again
I couldn’t say but I assume
You would have loved this little room
I let my heart fall to the floor
I need it no more
Rain off the ocean hits the trees
The trail is empty but for me
Some time ago let go the sun
When things came undone
Of course you’re with me everywhere
I run my fingers through your hair
For losing you I’m not to win
Let sadness begin
As now I look back on the end
Sometimes things don’t make any sense
Or well they don’t but then they do
Time passes it’s true
We let the story write itself
And now the box is on the shelf
Though losing touch is nothing new
Back then I had you
11. So Courageous
I know this steely feeling
The bolts of self control
Fall in, my arms and legs and
Stay straight, my curious soul
If I was not so hostage
To all my dreams and goals
I wouldn't have to be so courageous
We made a break from cover
Out to the shore we run
Falling beside you lover
I am the chosen one
If I had less inhibitions
If I was twenty-one
I wouldn't have to be so courageous
If I was not so hostage
To all my dreams and goals
I wouldn't have to be so courageous
I wouldn't have to be so courageous
12. Stand Here Alone
Up from the ground, only nature surrounds
Only infinite wisdom from a blue sky come down
I could stand here alone, I could never come home
As the birds look upon me for the virtues I'm known
But it's only a game, for the love that remains
Is a wishing well yet to deplete
And to manage my hurt, leave it out in the rain
Where I can't set it up for defeat
Careful and true, living in thoughts of you
There is infinite loving that ignores what is through
Can a piece of mind grow when it never lets go
Is this time being wasted, could it be that I know
It's the 'never too late', and the 'best that i can'
That remove me from the new things I've learned
With our love on the stake, it's the wick in my hand
That might never be dry enough to burn
13. The Price Of Gold
Crickets creak from the edge of the road
The bonfires light the way
The DJ's rhyme gives the people time
So long to light of day
Behind the eye of a hundred bold
The headline not will say
The price of gold-- the left untold
The poor who left to pay
And tick tock tick goes the baby in the stroller
Wick walk quick in the rain
Ring ring ring goes the telephone line
When the stranger call says your rent no paid
Lord, hold my heart like a little bird
While big man make his choice
Poor like me never known his words
For never known his voice
Lord, strong my legs when the feet must stand
The balance that must come
Walk this world of the common man
Until we all must run
And tick tock tick goes the baby in the stroller
Wick walk quick in the rain
Ring ring ring goes the telephone line
When the stranger call says your rent no paid
Simple man have a simple plan
Arise with the rising sun
14. Allez Allez
I came out of the jungle under a steady rain
There were blood trails behind me, and a knife through my brain
And it was on the brilliant river that I ran upon the truth
Where my fault stood beside me, staring out of my cocoon
There is always a reason these things go like they do
I was weeks at the roadhouse, I took shots to kill the pain
I awoke to the lessons I was bound to learn again
Didn't time overtake me, unburden me it's true
I came around a sort of corner, I reached out for things I knew
Now and then came a whisper, but sometimes it screams at you
Through the changing of seasons, I march despite it all
Under cover of darkness, I listen for the call
And it's wonder and torture with every hill I take
What a fortunate soldier, clambers over his mistakes
All these thoughts I consider, as I swim back into the fray
The tattoo of my decision, lead me on to judgement day
15. Pixels
How your white dress glows
In my soundless dream
Tousled in the sun
Perfect as it seems
I can't hold you in
Memories of your face
I might keep them all
But I'm all out of place
Fiery in the night
Fading in the day
Precious frames we shared
Shading out to grey
Time just serves to show
Beauty doesn't change
Resolution dies
But little bytes remain
Angel... nothing more to see here
Nothing but the pixels
Tearing me apart
Angel... nothing left to notice
Details out of focus
Cluttering my heart
16. It's Hard To Know
I’ve been standing round
letting things that I made up get me down
and been overwhelmed by little fears
cause it’s hard to know what’s going on here
I’ve been hurting such
that to comprehend is sometimes too much
though I know that someone’s gotta steer
though it’s hard to know what’s going on here
what’s there more to say
that in a century will matter anyway
as the notes of normal disappear
well it’s hard to watch what’s going on here
oh we’ve all been cheating death
underestimating every precious breath
on account of what’s becoming clear
well we oughta know what’s going on here
I’ve been thinking of you
feeling all the years that’s falling way from view
and I’d grab the phone to call you my dear
but it’s hard to say what’s going on here
