Both Sides

I don't mind the slowdown anymore
I don't mind the sound of my shoes on your floor
Don't mind sellin' out or playing cover songs
Just as long as friends and family sing along

I don't need more money or a faster car
Don't need a magazine to call me a superstar
I'm gonna take this little house and make a home
And then I'll never have to face my nights alone

Because in my heart I hear you speak
On my face, I feel you breath next to me
Two by land by air by sea
That is how it's supposed to be now
That much I can see now

I'm pulling loaves of bread down from the shelf
How rare it is that I stay up past twelve
In the backyard, we are going to start a garden
If that don't sound mighty good I beg your pardon

Because in my heart I hear you speak
On my face, I feel you breath next to me
Two by land by air by sea
That is how it's supposed to be now
That much I can see now

If they don't love us we don't need 'em
Let's find our own brand of freedom

I don't mind the slowdown anymore
I don't mind the sound of my shoes on your floor
Anymore, anymore

A small town and a little oasis, where my big dreams were gonna take me places
I would make bets with the rising sun and tell him all I'd done
Late night walks into Lindbergh park and sometimes I'd kiss a girl even after dark and I never had to shout
Because I could hear my thoughts out loud
I just want to make you proud

Little Falls you're a small town honey
Rich in love but not in money even if I change my tempo I'm not gonna let go of everything you meant to me
Little Falls you will stay my home, and if I move on when I am full grown I will still make bets with the rising sun
Like I did when I was young

Not all my memories are good though, but I wouldn't change them if I could no
Big smiles and ridiculous laughter I will fold that in
and remember where I begin
You are my next of kin

Little Falls, you're a small town honey
Rich in love but not in money even if I change my tempo I'm not gonna let go of everything you meant to me
Little Falls, you will stay my home, and if I move on when I am full grown I will still make bets with the rising sun
Like I did when I was young

I'll see you on a main street, I'll see you on Broadway because there is always room for two
I'll see you on a main street, I'll see you on Broadway because there is always room for you

Little Falls, you're a small town honey
Rich in love but not in money even if I change my tempo I'm not gonna let go of everything you meant to me
Little Falls, you will stay my home, and if I move on when I am full grown I will still make bets with the rising sun
Like I did when I was young

Before you’re here I’ll make you up
Inside my mind my future love

Its taken so long to feel what I say
But its never been about me anyways
You look me in the eyes and I’m brand new
There’s only one thing that's left to do

I’ll bring you home all wrapped in white
You’ve got my nose and your mother’s eyes
Sneak into the room and I watch you sleeping
Every little moment sure feels fleeting

If I’m not ready dear God can you hold me steady?
Because the weight in my arms isn’t heavy
But to see this face I’ve waited all my life

You whisper secrets in my ear
Of pirate ships and dragons here
I’m lucky to be in your world

Now in my life, I am just a fraction and half
Of my joy comes from your reaction

If I’m not ready dear God can you hold me steady?
Because the weight in my arms isn’t heavy
If I’m not ready dear God can you hold me steady?

Before you’re here

I guess I never really set sail
Never gathered my possessions in a knapsack and tossed it over my shoulder
I guess I've never really let go
Of all this crazy world

I've been searching for an echo
A sound that hits my ears like raindrops on a Saturday morning
But I'm a forest in a meadow
In all this crazy world

Please don't show me pictures
Of the man I used to be
'Cause those days are just my fiction
Beautiful con artistry

I've never lived my life in pretend
I've never made my decisions like a portrait in an art museum
I'm too concerned with the reaction
Of all this crazy world

Please don't show me pictures
Of that man I used to be
'Cause those days are just my fiction
My beautiful con artistry

I guess I never really set sail
Never gathered my possessions in a knapsack and tossed it over my shoulder
I guess I've never really let go
Of all this crazy world

A strong baritone echoes through the church
You thought this would help you, but it just made things worse
Hot dog and a Pepsi, 4 dollars in change
You chew through it so swiftly, that you don't taste a thing

And what is warm can be again, you're just like a fire, blown out by the wind
What is warm can be again, you're a whole book of matches, only one has been spent

So baby wipe that still sad look off your face before your dreams start boarding that train
I know your pride has a miserable taste, but you best get swallowing

We talk about justice, we talk about pain
And then we buy greeting cards when we don't know what to say
And time is a soldier, it just marches on
Gotta look toward the future because the past is all gone

And what is warm can be again, you're just like a fire, blown out by the wind
What is warm can be again, you're a whole book of matches, only one has been spent

So baby wipe that still sad look off your face before your dreams start boarding that train
I know your pride has a miserable taste, but you best get swallowing

You gotta wrestle with your best self
Not just to manifest in someone else
We might find a heaven in this dark hell

And what is warm can be again, you're just like a fire, blown out by the wind
What is warm can be again, you're a whole book of matches, only one has been spent

So baby wipe that still sad look off your face before your dreams start boarding that train
I know your pride has a miserable taste, but you best get swallowing

17 and you were feeling so invincible, every day is feeling just like it's a miracle 
Everybody's telling you you're beautiful 
Sun rose and it would set upon your command, not a single thing you wore was ever secondhand 
Everybody's making sure you’re beautiful

But now there ain't nobody raising up your atmosphere 
Taking pictures on the beach until the world gets clear 
Ain't nobody telling you you're beautiful 
Ain't nobody gone and begged you to run away 
Making promises and worshiping your majesty 
Ain't nobody telling you you're beautiful 

So you gotta prove it

Got asked out 17 times a week, breaking hearts and you didn't even have to speak 
Because you were so damn beautiful 
But then, then the years passed by and all the seasons changed, everybody moved on but you 
Never really turned that page 
Convinced this was a mountain you would always be queen of

And the saving grace in it all is that we can still change 
Even the towers of ancient Rome could be rearranged 

But now there ain't nobody raising up your atmosphere 
Taking pictures on the beach until the world gets clear 
Ain't nobody telling you you're beautiful 
Ain't nobody gone and begged you to run away 
Making promises and worshiping your majesty
Ain't nobody telling you you're beautiful

So you better prove it

Mama's cookin' in the kitchen
And our stomachs have eyes
We take a seat at the table
As the sun splits through the open blinds

And Dolly's barking from the front yard
She wants to come inside
We got a sweet suspicion that these are good times
And that our sunrise will come
And that our goodbyes are never gone

Feel that rhythm let your mind let go
Pickin' upon the subtle signals of your sight
The selfish disconnected all the things we had perfected when the wind changed with all its might
I think we better learn sometime
I think we better learn sometime

Now we're walking through the courtyard
And leaves roll over out shoestrings, so
We speak of family and love
The only true things
We hope that vanity is dead
The queen says off with its head
And we can lay under the clouds saying that we can be proud of the men we became
And now the sunrise is still gonna come
And that our goodbyes are never gone
Never gone
Never gone
Say yeah

Feel that rhythm, let your mind let go

Do you see that wall
Knock it down
And do you see my face
I'll always be around

It's a mess sometimes, living our own lives
Rather stay in bed, be someone else instead
And the dividing lines, between wrong and right
How they blur with time, like a noble crime in hindsight

I wait for my opinion, but I can see both sides
And when the room is spinning, I can see both sides

All the wickedness, that I can't confess
How it bends and peaks, just like an LCD screen

And when the room is spinning, I can see both sides
I wait for my opinion, I can see both sides

And the writing on the wall
Is that there's no new information here at all
So read your magazines, and don't look at the ceiling

It's a mess sometimes, trying to analyze
Keeps you up in bed, when you should sleep instead
And the ferris wheel was it ever real
Being young and brave, and seeing the whole skyline

I wait for my opinion, but I can see both sides
And when the room is spinning, I can see both sides
But please do not mistake me, I'm still on your side
I'm still on your side

I called you from a payphone out of Dallas
You told me my opinions were invalid
Saying I was too far from home to have a say
You ask me what it is that I am seeking
I told you if I knew that I would seek it
It's easier to find what you want when you know what you don't

And I've seen this town before
It comes up promising like the sunlight
Before it closes all it’s doors

Tell me all the finer points I'm missing
Explain to me the nuance of your industry
But afterwards, I'll still be inside my own head
Your words are only useful on the upswing
In a downward spiral, they are overwhelming
A dead letter and a sideways rush of blood

Been counting all the money in my pockets
I'm old enough to know what not a lot is
Sleeping on the couches of friends who are already married

And I've heard this song before
The man who gives his life to something
That doesn't exist anymore

Tell me all the finer points I'm missing
Explain to me the nuance of your industry
But afterwards, I'll still be inside my own head
Your words are only useful on the upswing
In a downward spiral, they are overwhelming
A dead letter and a sideways rush of blood

And the clock goes
Round and round
The years are adding up and then they're counting down
In my head
As if I were better off instead

I called you from a payphone out of Dallas
You told me my opinions were invalid
Saying I was too young, I was too far away to have a say

Mama's cookin' in the kitchen
And our stomachs have eyes
We take a seat at the table
As the sun splits through the open blinds

And Dolly's barking from the front yard
She wants to come inside
We got a sweet suspicion that these are good times

And that our sunrise will come
And that our goodbyes are never gone

Feel that rhythm let your mind let go
Pickin' upon the subtle signals of your sight
The selfish disconnected all the things you had perfected when the wind changed with all its might
I think we better learn sometime

Now we're walking through the courtyard
And leaves roll over out shoestrings
We speak of family and love
The only true things
I hope that vanity is dead
The queen says off with its head
And we can lay under the clouds saying we can be proud of the men we became

And that our sunrise will come
And that our goodbyes are never gone

Feel that rhythm let your mind let go
Pickin' upon the subtle signals of your sight
The selfish disconnected all the things you had perfected when the wind changed with all its might
I think we better learn sometime

Do you see that wall
Go ahead and knock it down
And do you see my face
I'll always be around