James Parm

Take what's left,
Spin it upside down,
Captured in a moment
That you don’t have now
You don't have now
You don't have now
And follow me to the sun

Take what's left,
Spin it in the air,
Living for a reason
They don't have here
They don't have here
They don't have here
And follow me to the sea.

If it floats high above
Orbiting the sun
If it takes all its time
Burning all its lies
If it gives everything,
Whatever's left is mine

You just wait
You just wait
You just wait
You just wait.

I’ll sing you a song from the front line,
I’ll sell you my soul for a lead coin
Don’t have a god? Doesn’t matter
Don’t have a gun? Doesn’t matter
I’ll give you a taste of a goodbye,
I’ll save you a kiss, I don’t know why
You know how it ends? Doesn’t matter
You wanna pretend? Doesn’t matter

Some tired, bitter crow
Who sold you long ago,
Who promised something else…
Something about true love
Something about true love
Something about true love

I’ll paint you a rose in the night sky,
I’ll build you a home in the summertime
You don’t wanna live? Doesn’t matter
You don’t wanna give? Doesn’t matter
I’ll bury the bones in the backyard,
A picture to frame of the old car
It ran out of gas? Doesn’t matter
You thought it would last? Doesn’t matter

Some tired, bitter crow
Who sold you long ago,
Who promised something else…
Something about true love
Something about true love
Something about true love

But God,
I can’t esape,
This is my home now…

I’ll sing you a song from the front line,
I’ll sell you my soul for a lead coin
You don’t wanna live? Doesn’t matter
You don’t wanna give? Doesn’t matter

Tell me creature in the night
Is the child made of clay?
Does he whisper out of sight
In the coming new age?
All who hear him are destroyed,
All connections torn away,
Coded signals in the dark
Making Jack of Dried Clay.
As he wipes away the dust,
As he sinks into decay,
As an engine made to rust
Takes the final man away.
Well alright, alright, alright

You've noticed, by now,
You've noticed, we're just going around and around
You've noticed, we're just going around and around,
You've noticed.

Tell me what I oughta say,
Spitting diamonds in the dirt
Carefully disposing of
Every creature formed of hurt
When she calls is it a ghost
With a heart like a gun
Tied backwards to the earth
Spinning deathly round the sun?
Make the most of what you are
Just before your final spark
Just beyond your final thought
Silent whispers in the dark
Well alright, alright, alright

You've noticed, by now,
You've noticed, we're just going around and around
You've noticed, we're just going around and around
You've noticed, yeah

Tell me is this what you say,
That the earth has shot it's lungs
If destruction is your name
And the final chord is strung
If the final war is won
If we've reached our final day
If the child in your heart
Turns to Jack of Dried Clay
Well alright, alright, alright

You've noticed, by now,
You've noticed, we’re just going around and around
You've noticed, we’re just going around and around
You've noticed, yeah

Darling, I’m trying to be something,
But dreams are made to be broken,
It seems, be all you can be, yeah.
But Darling, I’m blowing little kisses,
While you left me in the open, to bleed,
Saying, “Be all you can be”, yeah

Darling, I’m trying to be something,
But dreams are made to be broken,
It seems, be all you can be, yeah.
But Darling, I’m blowing little kisses,
While you left me in the open, to bleed,
Saying, “Be all you can be”
Be all you can be
Be all you can be, yeah

You’re dead meat,
You’re dead meat,
You’re dead meat…

Darling, I’m trying to be something,
But dreams are made to be broken,
It seems,
Be all you can be
Be all you can be
Be all you can be, yeah

You're in the watchtower at the back of my mind,
And I'm stuck doing time
Airplane shadows in the sunshine,
Crash into mine

Yesterday's sorrows aren't worth a dime,
We've left them behind
But you're in the watchtower at the back of my mind
And I'm stuck doing time

And everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you

Sucking out poison is part of the charm
With you in my arms
Getting so angry don't know where to start,
Shots in the dark
Feeling so tired but I can't seem to sleep,
Life on repeat
But sucking out poison is part of the charm
With you in my arms

And everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you

But you're in the watchtower at the back of my mind,
And I'm stuck doing time
Airplane shadows in the sunshine,
Crash into mine
Yesterday's sorrows aren't worth a dime,
We've left them behind
But you're in the watchtower at the back of my mind
And I'm stuck doing time

And everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you
Everyone is dying to meet you

There go my gal it’s always the same,
When she comes around
She take no time throw clothes on the ground
Screaming out my name

Well if you wanna go,
Baby rock and roll,
There’s something else inside,
But it’s gonna take more than that,
It’s gonna take more than that,
It’s gonna take more than that.

Cut throat, tongue tied, dream girl on my mind,
Scrape me off the ground
Drunk dive, no mind, two lines on the bed,
When she comes around

Well if you wanna go,
Baby rock and roll,
There’s something else inside,
But it’s gonna take more than that,
It’s gonna take more than that,
It’s gonna take more than that.

There go my gal it’s always the same,
When she comes around
She take no time throw clothes on the ground
Screaming out my name

Well if you wanna die,
Baby big surprise,
Welcome to the club,
Everyone’s inside
There’s nothing left to fear,
So grab yourself a beer,
But it’s gonna take more than that,
It’s gonna take more than that…
Don’t ask me what you need to know,
You need to look inside your soul,
There is a constellation sewn,
For you to love inside yourself

I'm picturing a record spinning
It's kinda hard to tell which one of us is winning, now
But if you break my heart I'll know that it's you
You say if it breaks your heart
You know that it's true
Love

True love
True love
True love

And clear as crystal, and bright as the sun
If all the world is captured, if all the wars are won,
What good is it now?
I told you but you seem to forget it
I was waiting but you left already
Well if I take my time would you say it’s too late?
If we hurry along, whose the mistake?
Well if you break my heart, I'll know that it's you
You say if it breaks your heart
You know that it's true
Love

True love
True love
True love
True love
True love
True love

And clear as crystal, and bright as the sun
If all the world is captured, if all the wars are won
What good is it now?

No more grey skies, true love is in her eyes
I see shining back again like no other, no other
No more grey skies, true love is in her eyes
I see shining back again like no other, no other

Scraping out your name and with
Every memory stained I am
Trying to re arrange I am
Trying to re arrange.
Lighting up some fuze from a
Final burning muze I am
Going out the same way I’m
Going out the same

Well like my brother I’m strong,
I don’t need anyone.

Breaking down some wall I had
No need for at all I can
See an open plain I can
See an open plain.
Taking in some light I am
Finally in your sights I
Believe that we can change
I believe that we can change.

Well like my brother I’m strong,
I don’t need anyone.
For your sake I’ll sing along,
But I don’t need anyone

Scraping out your name and with
every memory stained I am
Trying to re arrange I am
Trying to re arrange.
Lighting up some fuze from a
Final burning muze I am
Going out the same way I’m
Going out the same way I’m
Going out the same

Down that street on and on,
Every daughter and son,
In every creature’s own soul,
The strength to let it all go

My past is growing and future's getting smaller
I'm running faster but the world's getting farther
I never thought I'd make it this old without a moment of rest
Still searching for death
And I've been doing my best.
My past is numbered and I keep it in line
I drink it backwards with a tall glass of wine
I tell the new girl she didn't mean that much to me, anyways
Still living that daze, but hey ain't it the craze?
I'll never tell my friends exactly how I feel
They've never understood and I know they never will
We're all alone in there, dancing in our own little rooms
I drink a gallon to swoon
So I can howl at the moon
Swim along the lagoon
Sing my own little tune
What the fuck am I doing?

The past is over and the future's never here,
The present waiting for my head to get clear
Sometimes I see it and you know I gotta smile, it's true
She's always good to you
She always good to you
She always good to you, ain't she babe
She always good to you, ain't she babe
She always good to you, ain't she babe

Johnny’s got a good plan,
Trying to make amends,
But something is a big surprise,
Crying as he’s wondering why
Give him some reasons,
Wild-eyed with too much fun,
Now giving her a dead stare,
And tortured as the summer comes.

I’ve been bullshit most of my life,
(I can tell that you are, not like all the others)
I know I know I know
I didn’t take my own advice,
(They may think that you’re strange, I know just what you mean)
I know I know I know
It was my choice yeah you’re right,
(I can tell that you think, you’re not like the others)
I Know I Know I know
When I left you there that night,
(This may feel like a dream, but I’m real)
I know

Johnny’s got a good plan,
Starting to make amends,
But something here has gone awry,
Twisting on the inside.
Servant to the old rules,
Receiver to the full moon and,
He really wants to know the truth,
But it’s burning in the winter sun.

I’ve been bullshit most of my life,
(I can tell that you are, not like all the others)
I know I know I know
I didn’t take my own advice,
(They may think that you’re strange, I know just what you mean)
I know I know I know
It was my choice yeah you’re right,
(I can tell that you think, you’re not like the others)
I Know I Know I know
When I left you there that night,
(This may feel like a dream, but I’m real)
I know

I, I know you go with someone else now,
I know you go with someone else now

Burning ships are piled to the sky
As a dead breeze carries our words like knives
To the centre of a concrete gate,
Littered with the ruins of our failed escapes.
“Easily the strongest of us all”
Spoke the wearer of the mask to the concrete wall.
There's never been an easy path,
Even as the sand shapes the hourglass,
Even if the first really do come last
Lord knows the sun is burning fast.

Are you afraid of the big bad wolf
Standing naked in the rain at the edge of the wood?
At the centre of a pitch black mine,
Only in your heart are you doing time,
Gotta use your claws if you're gonna climb,
Sign away your life on a deadline.

Honey I told you there'd be days like this,
I know it's hard getting over it.
Throw those dreams in a wishing well
And I promise I'll never tell

Honey I told you there'd be days like this,
I know it's hard getting over it.
Throw those dreams in a wishing well
And I promise I'll never tell

Johnny’s in the backyard playing with snow
Maybe he’s got the right idea, who knows?
Be the man that you wanna to be
People gonna open up, you’ll see.
I’ll go out and stand in line
To all the places you like
It’s christmas time and the snow is here
The lights are bright and the glass is clear
In the space inside I can see the imperfections
In the rooms inside I can feel the imperfections
In the space inside I can touch the imperfection

This is why I’m alive

If you don’t love anything,
Well you can love the sun
And I don’t mind if you need a sec,
To let the water run
Cause everyone’s got their heart in check,
I’m just a lonely pawn
I know the king’s got my move set,
Another loaded gun

Funny how we can all end up here,
Nothing matters babe,
At least we got that clear.
Heaven and hell need you, don’t cha know?
But earth is dying babe, dying to let you go.
She’s dying to let you go.

How does it look from the other side?
Will you tell me when you arrive?
Cause I’m a ghost underwater here,
I’m just waiting for the low tide
And if you give me one more chance,
Will I burn you in romance?
And if I give you one more chance,
Will you steal the life out of my hands?

Funny how we can all end up here,
Nothing matters babe,
At least we got that clear.
Heaven and hell need you, don’t cha know?
But earth is dying babe, dying to let you go.
She’s dying to let you go
She’s dying to let you go
She’s dying to let you go

I am the evil,
I am the evil under frozen ground
You don’t have to mention,
Don’t have to mention, doesn’t matter anymore
Follow the cables,
Follow the cables to the underground
Falling for evil,
Falling for evil doesn’t matter anymore
Thought I met you in a past life,
Cause I miss you almost every night,
Guess I’m ready
Trynna make it that fast life,
But I’ll meet you in the middle of a fucking dead road.
Some signs gone screaming through my head, right,
Trynna say that I know that you wanna,
I know that you wanna
I know that you wanna

I am the ruler,
I am the ruler of the lost and found,
You don’t have to mention,
You don’t have to mention doesn’t matter anymore
Won’t you come near me?
Won’t you come over to the unknown sound?
Falling for evil,
Following cables to the underground
Thought I met you in a past life,
Cause I miss you almost every night,
Guess I’m ready
Trynna make it that fast life,
But I’ll meet you in the middle of a fucking dead road.
Some signs gone screaming through my head, right,
Trynna say that I know that you wanna,
I know that you wanna
I know that you wanna

I’m a dying star,
In a land fill
In a factory line,
I remain still.

And you can use me up
You can use me up

I’m a regular
In a damp hell
I’ve been given life
In a cold cell

And you can use me up,
You can use me up

There’s a reason why
All the others try
To recollect
From the foreign tide
If you listen well,
There’s a song inside
If you listen well,
There’s a song inside

If you’re so fast,
Then why you last?

I’m a little tipsy,
Oh my darling do you feel me?
Oh your kiss is where my heart lives,
Oh your kiss is where my heart lives.

I’m a little fucked up,
Would you give me some space yeah?
Would you leave me out the photo?
Would you grab me when it’s time to go?

I’m a little mixed up,
Oh my darling would you give up,
Oh my darling would you quit it?
Oh my darling give me something