Audible Sigh All lyrics by Bill Mallonee. Goes Without Saying failure, she's a new found friend, you let her sleep on the floor and when you rise to check out, well she follows to the door and if you listen real close, there's the audible sigh if you look real hard, you don't question why cloth of life is torn, cloth of life is fading so much more, yeah it goes without saying yeah it goes without saying it goes without saying and all of these distractions, and the worship of the buck somewhere I think we gave out, at a club called "The Outta-Luck" and it was deeper than the blackness, that all the blacktop holds we're starving for an omen, and the spaces, they're wide open cloth of life is torn, cloth of life is fading so much more, yeah it goes without saying goes without saying yeah it goes without saying cloth of life is something, yeah where you begin cloth of life is something you can wrap yourself in keep a candle in the window, keep a fire on your hearth keep a prayer on your lips, keep some hope in your heart cloth of life is torn, cloth of life is fading so much more, yeah it goes without saying yeah it goes without saying yeah it goes without saying Any Side of Anywhere think I recognize the place, but the furniture's rearranged yeah we always stumble in here under a different name I've panned this river for 7 odd years, her secret hills I've mined yeah with my chip on my shoulder and my axe to grind we're throwing these wishes in a cold November sky but they hover in the corner of the ceiling of my life you make the call if there is a call to be made at all any side of anywhere, I'm too at home in this big nowhere any side of anywhere, that's OK by me any side of anywhere, I offer up... here's my new defense any side of anywhere, welcome to my new residence yeah these paths they are straight and true, much truer than our hearts yeah where everything is symbol out here, or you're in the dark tangled routes and intersections where circumstance collides the only thing that keeps you going, and it's the last thing on your mind you make the call if there is a call to be made at all any side of anywhere, I'm too at home in this big nowhere any side of anywhere, that's OK by me any side of anywhere, I offer up... yeah here's my new defense any side of anywhere, welcome to my new residence sometimes you could wish for more, but these gears they keep on locking you don't think much about what you deserve when it's just the beer that's talking this stage is a confessional, so you kneel and then begin you cross yourself those three times and step into this skin you make the call if there is a call to be made at all any side of anywhere, I'm too at home in this big nowhere any side of anywhere, that's OK by me any side of anywhere, I offer up... yeah here's my new defense any side of anywhere, welcome to my new residence Extreme North of the Compass extreme north of the compass december skies looked gray and joyless the world awaits in barren splendor for someone to stir the embers we are sinking into numbness welcoming it like an old friend and my confidence is crumbling like a house of cards again is that the darkness you inhabit? well it's a blanket 'round your shoulders all this vexing of the spirit always wake up feeling colder so... colder like a friendship never nurtured like a lover long forsaken like a liar who can no longer tell when he's telling the truth or faking or...faking or...faking or...faking Resplendent yeah, I remember the dark clouds raining dust for days on end blew all the earth out to California and just left us here with the wind in desperate times you know everybody's part but it's your own lines you're like to forget 'til what you were meets what you've now become grins and says, "hey, haven't we met?" lost my first born that winter and my wife on the first day of spring and so I poured my sweat into the earth to see what that harvest would bring and I remember howling fury just like a plague of locusts Egypt's punishment for sins of pride is that now what has come over us? how much of this was meant to be? how much the work of the devil? how far can one man's eyes really see in these days of toil and trouble? honey, we're all resplendent yeah honey we are all thrift store I'm like a wino with a $20 bill yeah forever and eternally yours and I can make you promises if you don't expect too much yes and I will run the distance if you'll please, please excuse my crutch how much of this was meant to be? how much the work of the devil? how far can one man's eyes really see in these days of toil and trouble? how much of this is failing flesh? how much the course of retribution? my, my how loudly we plead our innocence long after we've made our contribution Starry Eyed she said with all seriousness, "I'll take no more of this this violence runs too deep, deeper than these brutal streets." I see it in that back alley heart, I see it in those concrete eyes sure, I believe in brand new starts, but we're so good at telling lies if I could put my finger on it, maybe I could show it to the door name or frame or describe it, what are we hanging 'round here for? and the light keeps pouring down, some prayers are made without a sound what does it feel like to be found, when you're lost in here? and those old places you once knew, and the new ones you're running to if you arrive there a bit confused, you'll be starry eyed I believe the whistle just blew, it's coming into focus, coming into view we're princes and paupers, we look the same, we sally forth in this sad parade my position is all too clear, I'm bringing up the strategic rear see the gutter it was once my home, but that was when I was all alone if I could put my finger on it, maybe I could show it to the door name or frame or describe it, what are we hanging 'round here for? and the light keeps pouring down, some prayers are made without a sound what does it feel like to be found, when you're lost in here? and those old places you once knew, and the new ones you're running to if you arrive there a bit confused, you'll be starry eyed there are places you call holy, there are places you'll call hell once they start to look the same, who could break the spell and the light keeps pouring down, some prayers are made without a sound what does it feel like to be found, when you're lost in here? and those old places you once knew, and the new ones you're running to if you arrive there a bit confused, you'll be starry eyed Could Be A Lot Worse a kiss for the miles to drive, a prayer for when it rains one shot of perspective, a couple more to kill the pain when all the best metaphors, are hitting to close to home when all the best metaphors, are bleeding from your bones i'm gonna die a failure, but to happiness awake you can go to sleep in hell, and wake up at heaven's gate think of all that we missed today, that lay right before our eyes think of all that fades away, in our hard-pressed compromise and this is dangerous terrain, we're attempting to traverse and it's a cryin' shame, but it could be a lot worse so you proceed with caution, though you're mumbling in the dark and that one shot of perspective, has finally hit your heart faith, she's a whistling train, running hard in the dark and hope is like a thing untamed, gonna lay to waste your heart love is a little bit of God, there for all to know love's the everlasting arms, that never do let go and this is dangerous terrain, we're attempting to traverse and it's a cryin' shame, but it could be a lot worse and it's a cryin' shame, but it could be a lot worse a lot worse a lot worse Good Luck Charm yeah, just where did it start, this breaking of your heart? yeah, and where did it go south? you're looking down in the mouth of a ride that had just begun when the lap bar came up yeah and, sweetness, it was bone dry at the bottom of the cup yeah death, she wears this strange perfume when you're traveling the white lines yeah stumbles in here under a different name almost every night and we're all cracked and crumbling, just like that old sidewalk and i suppose this must be the place, where the walls went up you make your smile a different way to cry when the truth that they've been selling you is just another fine lie yeah the candles on the inside, they are flickering out with the things they don't tell you about can you hear the bells? can you hear the alarm? can you give away your life, like a good luck charm? this is where it started breaking your heart this is where it started, this falling apart you make your smile a different way to cry when the truth that they've been selling you is just another fine lie yeah the candles on the inside, they are flickering out with the things they don't tell you about yeah with the things they don't tell you about yeah with the things they don't tell you yeah the things they don't tell you about But Not For Long given what you want, given what you need given what you get, given what you have to bleed I can bleed some more, and I will not mind and I will not curse, yeah and mean it most of the time given all I am, Lord, kill these grand pretensions falling way too short, with all my best intentions moving much too fast, last chance on the line so you learn to lie, it's a little easier every time and innocence, there goes an old friend she tries to show herself now and again since you can't take her along sure you'll miss her, not for long set the world on fire, and hope you make a killing set the world on fire, die in burning buildings innocence, there goes an old friend who tries to show herself now and again yeah I remember you from way back when innocence, there goes an old friend since you can't take her along sure you'll miss her, not for long breaking down and going wrong I'm going so wrong Nothing Like A Train Brenda, Joshua, and nothing like the rain to bring you down Joseph who are nothing like a train to take you far away mentioned in the last I'm leaving here without a sound verse of "Nothing Like yeah, should have been gone yesterday a Train" are Bill's it was the diamonds, I remember wife and two sons. yeah, right there behind your eyes I'm captured once again and seen through honey, your camera never lies nothing like the leaves 'round your front door and the stages and the pages, you've been in love before and the things you feel inside these bones and those that won't leave you those that won't leave you those that won't leave you alone you can map the lay of the land yeah, you can describe the sad terrain let us survey all the borders yeah, but it all still looks the same when you find there's nothing special yeah, about that big hole in your heart 'cause everybody's got one with precious little time to talk about it nothing like the leaves 'round your front door and the stages and the pages, you've been in love before and the things you feel inside these bones those that won't leave you those that won't leave you those that won't leave you alone here's another song for Brenda yeah, another tune for Josh and Joe another postcard from the highway my God, where do these days go? nothing like the leaves 'round your front door and the stages and the pages, you've been in love before and the things you feel inside these bones those that won't leave you those that won't leave you those that won't leave you nothing like the leaves 'round your front door and all the stages and the pages, yeah you've been in love before and the things you feel inside these bones and those that won't leave you those that won't leave you those that won't leave you alone won't leave you alone won't leave you alone leave you alone Paralyzed it's all over, it's all over too soon I knew it when you walked in that cold room sooner or later we all do what we must yeah sooner or later it comes down to trust it's all over, you walked into the night i've been crying on the inside most of my little life so those weren't diamonds in your hands yeah little bits of broken glass on the golden sand you can sharpen up your best spin, you can lie through your teeth but you can never see the hurt in the press release is that me? is that you in the fading light? it's hard to see the victims at the impact site any available witnesses who saw all with both eyes? is that you? is that me, paralyzed? it's all over, there's no explanation all that's left is a messy clean up operation sooner or later we all become what we chose yeah sooner or later if the truth be told you don't have to say anything when each glance is a chapter with the verdict written in your eyes I'll take it at face value is that me? is that you in the fading light? it's hard to see the victims at the impact site any available witnesses who saw all with both eyes? is that you? is that me, paralyzed? is that you? is that me, paralyzed? is that you? is that me, paralyzed? She Walks On Roses we've got a skeleton closet, we've got a dreaded disease I been looking high and low (looking high and low) for my skeleton key and they say that pride is the chief of sins well I know all of his deputies (I know all of his deputies) I'm well acquainted with them yes, she walks on water yes, yes she walks on sky yes, yes she walks on roses yes, yes she walks on by she gotta brand new ache, she gotta brand new crutch got a brand new scar (got a brand new scar) take a lifetime to cover it up and this ground is barren, honey, this place was dry that's a long, long time ago (long, long time ago) 'til I looked in your eye yes, she walks on water yes, yes she walks on sky yes, yes she walks on roses yes, yes she walks on by everybody got a secret, deep under the ground you can take it out once in a while (once in a while) when there's no one around you can grab for it all, yeah with your list of demands or you can come as a small child (come as a small child) yeah with your empty hands yes, she walks on water yes, yes she walks on sky oh, yes she walks on roses yes, yes she walks on by yes, she walks on water yes, yes she walks on sky oh, yes she walks on roses yes, yes she walks on... bye Hard Luck and Heart Attack clouds break for a moment when you're coming off desolation and Frisco's your appointment, you're the way you were before trying to gaze east but with no one to depend on and the blisters on your feet yeah from coming down the mountain your friends won't let you down but friends they're not the refuge you're tearing up the town with a hip flask of red wine scrawling visions buzzed in that five and dime notepad saving them just because the angels seemed so sad a ticket from the coat-check girl her words and flesh, they're laughing taking down her number on that lipstick-stained napkin sainthood for anyone yeah, who knows you lose it to save it a prayer for everyone who's ever been out on the pavement a sound inside of me as I'm falling through the cracks hard luck and heart attack of hard luck, yeah, and heart attack arms around me if I'm going through the ceiling service stations of the cross yeah the doctors, they need healing things clear for a moment when you're coming off desolation between nothing and the atonement it all bleeds behind your cadence a ticket from the coat-check girl her words and flesh are laughing taking down her number on that lipstick-stained napkin sainthood for anyone yeah, who knows you lose it to save it a prayer for everyone who's ever been out on the pavement a sound inside of me as I'm falling through the cracks of hard luck and heart attack of hard luck, yeah, and heart attack of hard luck of hard luck of hard luck, yeah, and heart attack Your Part Of The Story yeah, you get to tell your part of the story yeah, you get to live it for better or worse yeah, your lips were alluring and slightly moist so let's kiss away our part off the curse we've been dragging our dreams across the asphalt and pavement try to speak of the gift yeah and the one who gave it but it's hard to distinguish to the untrained eye yeah, this thing that you love (this thing that you love) but it's taking your life nothing feels as good as holding you again breath and whisper pressed up against the skin and oh, that sweet caress we're so familiar with sooner or later, yeah, it comes down to this yeah it's all just gift that you're living with we've been digging through notebooks some empty some full yeah and mapping the caverns of our little skulls i've been trying to find something you might need maybe a little... a little goodness in me nothing feels as good as holding you again breath and whisper pressed up against the skin and oh, that sweet caress we're so familiar with sooner or later, yeah, it comes down to this 'cause it's all just gift that you're living with good people have sent me these cards and letters say "we love what ya' do", 'spose it makes feel better but you can't carry the weight when you're so unstable you let us sleep in your beds, yeah, and eat at your table nothing feels as good as holding you again breath and whisper pressed up against the skin and oh, that sweet caress we're so familiar with sooner or later, yeah, it comes down to this 'cause it's all just gift that you're living with