choir book
1. "beneath the balcony" - iron & wine
music, meth, a hero begging change
his sword across his knees
and how he prays to find a man to blame
for every sleepless night he spends
and for every well that he warned me of
but wound up falling in
2. "the noose" - a perfect circle
so glad to see you well, overcome them
completely silent now
with heaven's help
you've cast your demons out
and not to pull your halo down
around your neck and tug you off your cloud
but i'm more than just a little curious
how you're planning to go about making your amends
to the dead
3. "day old hate" - city and color
so let's face it, this was never what you wanted
but i know it's fun to pretend
now blank stares and empty threats
are all i have, they're all i have
so drown me, if you can
or we could just have conversation
and i fall, i fall, i falter
but i'll find you, before i drift away
4. "the city" - the dismemberment plan
sometimes i stand on my roof at night
and watch, as something seems to happen somewhere else
i feel like the breeze will pick me up and carry me away
out and over this iridescent grid
up and away from the bar fights and neon lights
out and away from everything that makes me what i am
and i really tried, i tried with all my might-it made me crazy
to try to figure out what it is i’ve done wrong every time
when everything i love, everything i hold dear
heads out sometime
and all i ever say now is good-bye
5. "binary" - brave saint saturn
blessed are the meek who shall inherit
the throes of death for all their merit
the right to stumble, to fail and perish
doomed are those who hold and cherish
i tried to steal the moon from the sky
you hide behind your broken wings
your dreams are all for better things
and in the dark we climb this slope
'cause the bravest thing is always hope
6. "my life without me" - neverending white lights
i wasn't strong was i, strong was i?
hey, what went wrong there?
we held on when they let go
tonight we crawl to everyone
to save the things we never had there
they can't save a dying light
i had blamed everything on everyone
i had prayed for everything, for everyone
and we're only only
7. "dream brother" - jeff buckley
there is a child sleeping near his twin
the pictures go wild in a rush of wind
that dark angel he is shuffling in
watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled
the love you lost with her skin so fair
is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair
her green eyes blew goodbyes
with her head in her hands
and your kiss on the lips of another
8. "so beautiful" - pete murray
and all the clothes that you wear
and the colors in your hair
shouldn't change you
now you tell me why it's so
you're bigger than mighty joe
at least you think so
god my fingers burn now
when i think of touching your hair
you have changed so much that i don't know
if i can call you and tell you i care
and i would love to bring you down
plant your feet back on the ground
9. "rough hands" - alexisonfire
all my bones are dust
and my heart's sealed with rust
these hands will always be rough
i know this won't count for much
(two people too damaged too much too late)