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Who The Hell I Am
When you hear me say that something is about to change
Then it will, yes it will
When you hear me say that life will bring me better days
Then it will, yes it will
Who are you to say that I could never climb the highest mountain?
Who are you to say that I could never swim the deepest ocean?
Who are you to say that I could never fight and make it happen?
Well I don't think you know
Who the hell I am
Who the hell I am
Nothing you can say will ever shut me down again
No it won't, no it won't
Nothing you can say will hold me like a ball and chain
Said it won't, no it won't
Cause, who are you to say that I could never climb the highest mountain?
Who are you to say that I could never swim the deepest ocean?
Who are you to say that I could never fight and make it happen?
Well I don't think you know
Who the hell I want to be, I want to be
Well someday soon you're gonna see, you're gonna see
Who the hell I am
Give it time
Who are you to say that I could never climb the highest mountain?
Who are you to say that I could never swim the deepest ocean?
Who are you to say that I could never fight and make it happen?
Well I don't think you know, no, no, no
Who are you to say that I could never climb, cause I'm not falling
Who are you to say that I could never swim, cause I'm not drowning
Who are you to say that I could never fight, cause I'm not stopping
And someday you will know
Who the hell I am
Who the hell I am
Who the hell I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be, yeah
And someday you will know
She's Into You
She loves taking the stage, stealing the show
Every location is a scene
That stars the drama queen
She loves driving her car out in the rain
Splashing the puddles to the kerb
A hundred Ks in third
And she is into you, into you
She's into you like nothing else
Cause all she talks about, talks about
Is how is a love she's never felt
Since chilling out with you around is all she wants to do
It's obvious, obvious
She's into you
Yeah, she's into you
She loves crackers and dip, hummus preferred
Served with some camembert or brie
And chamomile tea
Oh, and she loves dancing to jazz, singing along
All of the lyrics have their moves
Though they're rarely sung in tune
And she is into you, into you
She's into you like nothing else
Cause all she talks about, talks about
Is how is a love she's never felt
Since chilling out with you around is all she wants to do
It's obvious, obvious
She's into you, do, do, do, you, do, do, do
You, do, do, do, do
She's into you, do, do, do, you, do, do, do
You, do, do, do, do
She's into you
She is into you, into you
I'm telling you so, oh
If there's one thing about this girl you really need to know
She is into you, into you
She's into you like nothing else
Cause all she talks about, talks about
Is how is a love she's never felt
Since chilling out with you around is all she wants to do
It's obvious, obvious
She's into you, do, do, do, you, do, do, do
You, do, do, do, do
She's into you, do, do, do, you, do, do
She's into you, yeah, into you
She's into you
Colour Me In
What would you say if I couldn't be the guy that I often am
What would you say if I couldn't do the things that I often can
Everything has left me vacant
Everything has gone
I'm just an outline
I'm just an outline
I'm just an empty space tonight
Blank on the outside
Blank on the inside
Stuck in a world of black and white
I'm just an outline tonight
Colour me in
Colour me in
What would you do if I couldn't brave the rest of the night alone
And what would you do if I couldn't fight this apathy on my own
Help me find a new perspective
Help me back to life
Cause I'm just an outline
I'm just an outline
I'm just an empty space tonight
Blank on the outside
Blank on the inside
Stuck in a world of black and white
I'm just an outline of myself
But I've become somebody else
So bring back the colour
Bring back the colour
Colour me in
Cause I'm just an outline, yeah
I'm just an empty space tonight
Blank on the outside
Blank on the inside
Stuck in a world of black and white
So what would you say now
What would you say now
Say it to me, yeah
What would you do now
What would you do now
Be what I need, yeah
Cause I'm just an outline, tonight
Colour me in
Colour me in
Colour me in
New York Tonight
Caught in the havoc of peak hour traffic
And lost in a world of my own
Staring at strangers and dreaming of places
That I've always wanted to go
Can you book me on the next flight out of here?
Got a suitcase, passport, nothing planned all year
I could crash and burn, but I don't care
It's never felt so right
Fly me to New York tonight
Everyone tells me to go where my heart leads
But doubt that I'll follow it through
Well, when I arrive in the heart of Manhattan
A postcard will break them the news
Can you book me on the next flight out of here?
Got a suitcase, passport, nothing planned all year
I could crash and burn, but I don't care
It's never felt so right
Fly me to New York tonight
Well the journey begins when I buy the one way fare
And I'll fill in the rest of the details once I'm there
I'm as free as a bird and a bird is born to fly
So fly me away tonight
Can't believe I've booked the next flight out of here
Got a suitcase, passport, nothing planned all year
I could crash and burn, but I don't care
It's never felt so right
Fly me to New York tonight
Fly me to New York tonight
Fly me to New York tonight
Beautiful You
I owe you a song
The song you deserve
A beautiful melody
With beautiful words
Life becomes beautiful
When you do the beautiful things that you do
Life becomes beautiful
Beautiful you
I complicate life
It complicates me
But you give me oxygen
And teach me to breathe
And life becomes beautiful
When you do the beautiful things that you do
Life becomes beautiful
Beautiful you
Beautiful you, you, you
Life becomes you, beautiful you
I can't write the song
The song you deserve
You mean more than melodies
You mean more than words
Cause life becomes beautiful
When you do the beautiful things that you do
Life becomes beautiful
Beautiful you
Life becomes beautiful
When you do the beautiful things that you do
Life becomes beautiful
Beautiful you
Bubblewrap
Was it just a joke or did you mean the words you said
Lately every undertone has held a bitter edge
We could laugh it over
But I've had enough and I'm about to break
About to break
Give yourself an ego boost and try to shoot me down
Either I can bite my tongue or serve it back around
Well, I don't like the options
Cause I've had enough and I'm about to break
So, b-b-b-b-b
Bubble wrap my mind
Bubble wrap my heart
Bubble wrap my dreams before you shatter them apart
And handle me with care
By holding me upright
And marking me as fragile on the package of my life
Bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, B-b-b-b-b-bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, yeah, yeah
Sticks and stones and broken bones, it's just an empty rhyme
Words will never hurt me but they'll kill me over time
I can hide the bruises
But I've had enough and I'm about to break
So, b-b-b-b-b
Bubble wrap my mind
Bubble wrap my heart
Bubble wrap my dreams before you shatter them apart
And handle me with care
By holding me upright
And marking me as fragile on the package of my life
Bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, B-b-b-b-b-bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, yeah
So bubble wrap my soul
Bubble wrap my hope before there's nothing left at all
Just handle me with care
Cause no one wants to break
B-b-b-b-b
Bubble wrap my mind
Bubble wrap my heart
Bubble wrap my dreams before you shatter them apart
And handle me with care
By holding me upright
And marking me as fragile on the package of my life
Bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, B-b-b-b-b-bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, yeah, yeah
B-b-b-b-b-b, B-b-b-b-b-bubble wrap me
B-b-b-b-b-b, yeah
Sooner Or Later
How long have I been in a coma
Living as a person with no persona
How long have I sacrificed everything I am out of fear?
And how long have I been an illusion
Adding to the haze of the world's confusion
How long have I censored a million mixed up words you should hear?
Sooner or later, sooner or later
I'll fit the pieces into place
Sooner or later, sooner or later
You'll see the triumph on my face
I will be wiser, I will be stronger
More than the little boy you knew
Later will be here soon
Later will be here soon
How long have I run from rejection
Searching for my worth in a misconception
How long have I waited to sing my anthem out loud and clear?
Sooner or later, sooner or later
I'll fit the pieces into place
Sooner or later, sooner or later
You'll see the triumph on my face
I will be wiser, I will be stronger
More than the little boy you knew
Later will be here soon
Later will be here soon
I'm almost ready
I hope that you're ready
Cause sooner or later
I'll fit the pieces into place
Sooner or later
You'll see the triumph on my face
I will be wiser, I will be stronger
More than the little boy you knew
Later will be here soon
Later will be here soon
Later will be here soon
Later will be here soon
I'll fit the pieces into place
You'll see the triumph on my face
I'll fit the pieces into place
You'll see the triumph on my face, yeah
I don't want to be in a coma
Living as a person with no persona
I don't want to be an illusion
Adding to the haze of the world's confusion
I don't want to run from rejection
Searching for my worth in a misconception...
The Way Life Goes
Over the summertime
You often crossed my mind
And I would have called if life didn't move so fast
Then out of the blue I heard
A tragedy had occurred
I broke down and cried and asked myself why
This is the way life goes
This is the way life goes
I could have tomorrow
I could have a hundred years
Maybe I won't
Cause any given moment
We can think we have it all
Next thing we don't
This is the way life goes
This is the way life goes
Wish I could let you know
Your name is still in my phone
I'm keeping you there so I don't forget that
This is the way life goes
This is the way life goes
I could have tomorrow
I could have a hundred years
Maybe I won't
Cause any given moment
We can think we have it all
Next thing we don't
Yeah, we could have tomorrow
We could have a hundred years
Maybe we won't
Cause any given moment
We can think we have it all
Next thing we don't
See, this is the way life goes
This is the way life goes
This is the way life comes
And this is the way life goes
Crying Out For Love
Love, love, love
Crying out for love, love, love, yeah
Walking through a sea of faces
Each another face without a name
Every glance a different story
Every story more or less the same
Everybody's crying out for love
Living to be loved, dying to be loved
And everybody's looking for their chance to feel complete
We're digging deep below and searching high above
Crying out for love, love, love
Crying out for love, love, love, yeah
Every man and every woman
Black or white or any shade between
Straight or gay, it doesn't matter
Any faith we do or don't believe
The one thing that we can't deny is
Everybody's crying out for love
Living to be loved, dying to be loved
And everybody's looking for their chance to feel complete
We're digging deep below and searching high above
Crying out for love, love, love
Crying out for love, love, love
Well, everybody's crying out
But what if everybody answered back?
Everybody's crying out for love
Living to be loved, dying to be loved
And everybody's looking for their chance to feel complete
We're digging deep below and searching high above
Crying out for love
Crying out for love
And everybody's looking for that chance to feel complete
We're digging deep below and searching high above
Crying out for love
I'm crying out for love, love, love
You're crying out for love, love, love
We're crying out for love
Broke
Spent the weekend inside
Spent it all to myself
Cause I couldn't afford spending anything else
I copped another parking fine
And couldn't pay the rent on time
The Mastercard is soaring high
Cause I'm so broke
Pulling back on the costs
Cutting bills to survive
Given up on the car, too expensive to drive
Some stranger stopped me on the train
And asked if I could spare some change
I almost begged him for the same
Cause I'm so broke
Someday I'll do much better
These days won't last forever
I'll live them out for all they're worth
Cause I'm not defined as someone
Based on my annual income
I'm far from broken, I'm just broke
So broke
Trying hard for some work
Trying harder for cash
Trying hardest to keep what I'm losing in tax
Cause after this financial year
The bulk of it will disappear
At least I've got a cool career
While I'm so broke
Yeah yeah, I'm sure I'll cope
Yeah yeah, I won't lose hope
Don't care, that I'm so broke
Fourteen Hours
It's the travel, it's the distance, it's the timing
When your sun sets and your clouds fall, mine are rising
But don't hesitate to call
I'll talk any hour at all
Even though I'm living fourteen hours behind
Well our watches aren't exactly coinciding
When your moon hides and your stars fade, mine are shining
When I should be counting sheep
I'm missing you more than sleep
Even though I'm living fourteen hours behind
Just to hear the sound of your voice
Floating across the sea
Seems to make me question the choice
Of where I would rather be
It's the travel, it's the distance, it's the timing
When your sun sets and your clouds fall, mine are rising
But don't hesitate to call
I'll talk any hour at all
Even when today is your tomorrow
Call the cell phone by my pillow
I will answer, never mind the time
Even though I'm living fourteen hours behind
The Way I'm Missing You
Didn't mean to make you mad
Didn't want to start a fight
Could have talked it through today
But you vanished overnight
It's not about the keys you took to drive away my car
It's not about the things you purchased on my credit card
But it's all about the way I'm missing you
As for where to send this note
Well, it only took one guess
Searched the phone book for their name
Stumbled on your new address
But I'm not trying to track you down to drag you back with me
I'm don't want to make you someone you don't want to be
Cause it's all about the way I'm
Missing you, I'm missing you tonight
'Missing you' is missing out of sight
Missing you
If this ended up in court,
We know who would win this case
But I'd rather loose it all,
Just to prove it when I say (when I say)
That it's not about the keys you took to drive away my car
It's not about the things you purchased on my credit card
But it's all about the way I'm missing you
So come back missing you
Cause I am missing you
Come back missing you
Just come back, cause it's
All about the way I miss you
It's all about the way I need you
It's all about the way I'm missing you
Freakin Emotion
A round of applause and a pat on the back to you
You found my address, but I'll fill in the cryptic clues
Although I'm sure you love me dearly
This letter should spell it out more clearly, clearly:
I don't need this freakin emotion
Give it to someone else
If you think being with you is the best I can do
Then it's overrated
Spare me from this freakin emotion
I'm hitting the breaking point
I won't give into the lie that you need me tonight
If you want to see me, see me in your dreams
In your dreams
Well, find it obnoxious, but give me the chance to leave
Find it offensive, but give me the space to breathe
Now put two and two together
Discover that I'm returning never, ever
Cause I don't need this freakin emotion
Give it to someone else
If you think being with you is the best I can do
Then it's overrated
Spare me from this freakin emotion
I'm hitting the breaking point
I won't give into the lie that you need me tonight
If you want to see me, you can't see me
Cause I don't need it (no no no), I don't want it (no no no)
I don't need it (no no no no...)
I don't need it (no no no), I don't want it (no no no)
I don't need it (no no no no...)
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
I don't need this freakin emotion
Give it to someone else
If you think being with you is the best I can do
Then it's overrated
Spare me from this freakin emotion
I'm hitting the breaking point
I won't give into the lie that you need me tonight
If you want to see me, you can't see me
Cause I don't need this freakin emotion
Opposite Day
It only took an envelope to seal your point of view
It only took a postage stamp to voice the mind of you
But fifty cents of stationery has torn my heart in two
Though I'm still trying to figure things out
It gets harder and harder to do
If you leave, then you leave
But it's torturing me
And the kick is too harsh to ignore
But if you ever regret what you said
Then I'll let you hold this as your claim:
It was opposite, opposite, opposite day
I guess we saw the saga coming from a mile away
Your minimal communication said all you can say
I want you here, but what's the point if you don't want to stay?
If you're still trying to figure things out
Then I'm not gonna stand in your way
If you leave, then you leave
But it's torturing me
And the kick is too harsh to ignore
But if you ever regret what you said
Then I'll let you hold this as your claim:
It was opposite, opposite, opposite day
Opposite, opposite day
So I'm not gonna stand in your way
No, I'm not gonna stand in your way
If it's opposite, opposite day
Opposite, opposite day
Leave, you can leave
Cause it's torturing me
And the kick is too harsh to ignore
But if you ever regret what you said
Then I'll let you hold this as your claim:
It was opposite, opposite, opposite day
Opposite, opposite day
But if you ever regret what you said
Then I'll let you hold this as your claim:
It was opposite, opposite, opposite day
It only took an envelope to seal your point of view
But I hope we can figure things out
Day After Day
What am I to say that won't evoke the pain
That never seems to go away?
Words are hind to find when nothing comes to mind
But echoes of an empty promise
Like 'I'll always love you', or 'I'll never leave you'...
History goes to show your absence only grows
With every letter that I send
Seconds pass away as hours turn to days
And though I've heard it said before
To let bygones be bygones
I'm not letting go of this love, no no
No no no
Cause day after day and time after time
I find myself watching the window
Knowing that year after year
The flowers will fade away
But the longing for you just gets stronger
Nights are getting cold and days are wearing old
With nothing but the thoughts of you
Photos on the wall remind me of them all
So coping isn't all that easy
Yet I'll always love you
And I'll never leave this to be, no no
No no no
Cause day after day and time after time
I find myself watching the window
Knowing that year after year
The flowers will fade away
But the longing for you just gets stronger
Day after day you know the clocks are turning around
The clouds roll on over as the sun settles down
But as yesterday vanished, so tomorrow is grace
Day after day
What am I to say that won't evoke the pain
That never seems to go away after
Day after day and time after time
I find myself watching the window
Knowing that year after year
The flowers will fade away
But the longing for you just gets
Stronger and stronger and stronger
Tell me, what am I to say that won't evoke the pain
That never seems to go away?
Words are hind to find when nothing comes to mind
But echoes of an empty promise...
Won't Lock Up At Night
You can come and enter unannounced
Cause I have kept it open house
Although the risk of theft is high
I'd give up anything
Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah
I'm thinking we know what the trouble is
You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah
You're thinking of you, of you, of you
So I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night
And I won't switch off, I won't switch off the lights
Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah
I'm thinking we know what the trouble is
You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah
You're thinking of you, of you, of you
Rates are high for electricity
And yet it doesn't bother me
As long as you can see the light
I'd fork out anything
Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah
I'm thinking we know what the trouble is
You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah
You're thinking of you, of you
So I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night
And I won't switch off, I won't switch off the lights
Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still watching
I'm still waiting for you
People stop and stare
They call me a hard-headed optimist
But I don't care
Still I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night
And I won't switch off, I won't switch off the lights
Cause I'm still thinking, I'm still thinking you you, yeah
I'm thinking we know what the trouble is
You're still thinking, you're still thinking of you, yeah
You're thinking of you, of you
So I won't lock up, I won't switch off
I won't lock up, I won't switch off
I won't lock up, I won't lock up at night
Won't lock up at night
Way Back When
Come take a trip down memory lane
Back before our lives had changed
Back before complications
We'd watch the sunset in the park
Drink tequila after dark
Count the stars until dawn
And in the summer we'd sleep with a beach towel on the sand
In autumn we'd meet for a soy chai latté somewhere, somewhere
And it takes me, takes me back
It takes me way back when
You'd make me, make me melt away
So hold me, hold me close
Hold me close again
And take me, take me way back when
We used to score the front row seats
To B-grade movies every week
Two for one on a Tuesday
We'd walk for hours in the rain
To find our favourite takeaway
Then call a cab to drive us home
And in the winter we'd dry near the open fireplace
In spring we'd just ride 'til the roads turned into nowhere, nowhere
And it takes me, takes me back
It takes me way back when
You'd make me, make me melt away
So hold me, hold me close
Hold me close again
And take me, take me way back when
Take me way back when we laughed and when we cried
And everything between
When everything was you and me
And everything was how it should have been
So, take me, take me back again
Take me, take me way back when
Hold me, hold me close
Hold me close again
And take me, take me way back when
Every thought just takes me, takes me back
Takes me way back when
You'd make me, make me melt away
So hold me, hold me close
Hold me close again
And take me, take me way back when
Insane
Would you say it's strange that it all could end this way
With your future engraved in the past
Cause it gets to me when I think that you would leave
When the best parts of you were with me
Do you think who I am is insane
To pursue you again and again?
Well, I've given my best
But it seems I'm only wasting my breath
Cause you're cutting my throat like a knife
When you think I'm too wrong to be right
While I still forgave every single stab you made
It's the wounds I find hard to forget
And yet my life would bleed if it meant that you'd be free
From the person you think you've become
Who would kill me with all that you've done
Do you think who I am is insane
To pursue you again and again?
Well, I've given my best
But it seems I'm only wasting my breath
Cause you're cutting my throat like a knife
When you think I'm too wrong to be
You think I'm too wrong to be
When you think I'm too wrong to be right
Hope fades into the black of the night
Though my heart's lying silent on it's death bed
Oh, it'll keep loving you
So even while you're cutting my throat
Let me offer these three words of hope:
I am waiting
Waiting for you to come back
Still you think who I am is insane
To pursue you again and again
Well, I've given my best
But it seems I'm only wasting my breath
Cause you're cutting my throat like a knife
When you think I'm too wrong to be right
And you're cutting my throat like a knife
When you think I'm too wrong to be right
And you're cutting my throat like a knife
When you think I'm too wrong to be right
Your Best Words
It's three in the morning and I'm wide awake
I've burned all my bridges and dug my own grave
The party is over and I want to go home, I need to come home
Your last several letters have put me to shame
Out with the junk mail and sealed to this day
I guess I was scared of the truth
And what you would write to me
What did you write to me?
If you've been saving your best words for last
Then one final letter is all that I ask
Fill it with your best words and I'll take them on
And I'll reimburse every dollar I spent
Give me slave labour, I'll pay off this debt
Just let me camp out in the yard
At least I'd be close to you
I want to be close to you
Cause if you've been saving your best words for last
Then one final letter is all that I ask
Fill it with your best words and I'll take them on
And I understand if you bill me for cash
I guess it makes sense if you never write back
But send to me your best words
And I'll take them on
Are you still missing me, still missing me tonight?
You should know that missing me
Has seen that you were right
So write to me your best words
Send me your best words
Post me your best words
I must read your best words
Cause if you've been saving your best words for last
Then one final letter is all that I ask
Fill it with your best words
Fill it with your best words
Just fill it with your best words and I'll take them on
Write to me your best words
Send me your best words
Post me your best words
I must read your best words
3-D
Do do do do...
Finally it seems we're heading in the right direction
Every word you wrote has overridden your rejection
And because you poured your thoughts into that paper
I guess I've read your mind
Half a dozen times
But as irony would have it, ever since you wrote that letter
Suddenly my hopes were placed on something even better
But hey, don't get me wrong, my heart's exploding
At everything you wrote
But there's one thing you've got to know
All that I want, all that I want is you, next to me
And all that I need, all that I need is you, in 3-D
I've got your photo in a frame
With your letter I should do the same
But these things are only paper thin when you could be
In 3-D
Do do do do...
You never scored your points from being on your best behaviour
You never even changed a thing in putting pen to paper
Cause my heart won't operate like a reward scheme
You've somehow go to earn
I hope by now you will have learned
That all that I want, all that I want is you, next to me
And all that I need, all that I need is you, in 3-D
I've got your photo in a frame
With your letter I should do the same
But these things are only paper thin when you could be
In 3-D
Please excuse the smudging ink, I can't hold back the tears
But you could see them on my face, if only you were here
If only you were here with me
In 3-D
Do do do do...
All that I want, all that I want is you, next to me
And all that I need, all that I need is you, in 3-D
I've got your photo in a frame
With your letter I should do the same
But these things are only paper thin when you could be with me
All that I want, all that I want is you
All that I need, all that I need is you
All that I want, all that I want is you
All that I need, I want you here in 3-D
The Waiting
This letter won't make it home
Before I arrive tomorrow
While it's sorted and lost in the post
I'll be back in time for lunch
But just for the books, just for the record
Here's the response you've been craving for months
So I hope that it's worth
Hope that it's worth the waiting
I can picture your facial expression
When I arrive tomorrow
You'll be laughing, yet blinking to fight back those tears
You can't withhold
And if I know you, you'll throw a party
You'll go overboard, more than you should afford
Well I hope that I worth,
Hope that I'm worth the waiting
And although I know that I'm far from worth
I'm far from worth the waiting
Please, say that I'm worth
Just tell me I'm worth it, that I'm worth it
Well, this letter won't make it home
Before I arrive tomorrow
But I'd give it, what, a couple of days
And you'll check the letterbox
You'll laugh out loud, run back up the driveway
Burst through the door, drop the bills on the floor
And you'll read this to me, every last word
And you'll place it away on the fridge for display
And you'll hold me just like you did back in those days
And what I long to hear would be breathed in my ear
That I've always been worth
Somehow, always been worth the waiting
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