"Uneven Stilts" We watched it all You baited the brawl Broken glasses crooked jaw To fix your need for blood
Maybe now you’ll feel it Rather than get hit Just deal with your shit The way that you should
Even though I carry this guilt From watching you walk On these uneven stilts I’m waiting for the fall I’m waiting for it all Just so you’ll get your fill
On the wrong side of sunrise No more whites in your eyes Should this be a surprise That you don’t show face
Borrow time from the morning So you can keep pouring The message you’re ignoring Still goes to waste
Even though I carry this guilt From watching you walk On these uneven stilts I’m waiting for the fall I’m waiting for it all Just so you’ll get your fill
Don’t hold me down And make me watch all of this Because I’m sick of it man This circus act has got to take a rest
Even though I carry this guilt From watching you walk On these uneven stilts I’m waiting for the fall I’m waiting for it all Just so you’ll get your fill
Even though I carry this guilt From watching you walk On these uneven stilts I’m waiting for the fall I’m waiting for it all Just so you’ll get your fill
"Stroll In My Skin" Stuck in a rut and I’m holding my breath For someone to come along and save my neck Sifting for gold but I ain’t found shit See I’ve been down but not like this
Come see me when the clouds roll in And see if you’d still take a stroll in my skin When I’m right here at least I’m in control When I’m right here I can see out of the hole
I stay up late so it’s quiet and dark But that’s when my mind finds another spark You see me for an hour now you’ve figured me out But you’ll never get to see the panic and all the doubt \ I'm too weak, older now, honey, I'm no man Get out, rush on while you still can
"Trunk"
Let me out of this car I’m tired of the dark Just tell me where we’ll go Man I hate that I don’t know We’ve been moving too long I know that soon I'll be gone Taken by a man I see Every morning at the sink I’m just a puppet on the stage I wrote the book you turn the page But I’ll fall victim to my mind That’s all you’ll ever find But there’s more you can’t see I’m falling off the balance beam And I’m running out of steam And I’m running out of steam
Locked in the trunk on this caravan Driver is flying as fast as he can I don’t know man this feels personal I’m along for the ride but have not a say on the road
I feel the panic setting in When the walls are getting tight I know it’s morning now But in here it’s dark as night I’ll never break on out of this If I just sit alone in it That’s what you’re here for But you’re the one that shut the door
Absorbing every little bump I know exactly what’s to come I smell chloroform again Blood drips from my head He’s driving me over the cliff He’ll watch my body lie stiff And when all is said and done And my skin rots in the sun I’ll know that I had not a choice Long ago he stole my voice Screaming but no one heard the noise Screaming but no one heard the noise Pulled the tail light wires hoping you would see Because I’m running out of air and I can barely breathe
I feel the panic setting in When the walls are getting tight I know it’s morning now But in here it’s dark as night I’ll never break on out of this If I just sit alone in it That’s what you’re here for But you’re the one that shut the door
Because it’s heavier than hell I just wish that you could see All the things that I’ve become And how much I hate me I feel my heart racing again Can’t find any more might If I die in the shadows Will you remember me in the light
Car is stopped and I hear fumbling keys I swore I’d never pray again but now I’m on my knees Let me out of this trunk oh god please
"Out There"
Frost on the window But I keep warm with the songs inside Lost in the wind now But I’ll keep burning this fire tonight
Make my way down for coffee And I don’t see you Sitting in your chair Fire stoked and now the card sees My eyes fall upon The last note she wrote The last note you wrote
How am I doing? It’s funny you should ask Fade to the black now I know I ain’t coming back I don’t know what you think of me now It’ll be a little less when you decide who’s around I’ll keep burning inside Because out there scares the hell out of me When I don’t have you there When I don’t have you there
The Stake (2021)
"Would You Listen?" Would you listen if I told the same old story Would you listen if I sacrificed my truth for all the glory Maybe I’ll finally take a look at a page from the enemy’s book Would you listen if I told you the same old story
Would you listen if I had a southern twang Would you listen if I made up an accent when I sang I guess I’m just a fool for writing shit when it just ain’t cool, well Would you listen if I had a southern twang
I guess I’ll strum the same four chords I’ll do that all night till I get bored I can play myself to sleep at night Because I just fucking hate the way you write
Maybe I’ll change my style just a little bit Maybe I’ll sing about some other bullshit That I don’t believe in man, I just have to stay on brand Maybe I’ll change my style a little bit
I wish I didn’t kill me the way it does But you’re killing the music that I though I loved I’ll sell it all for a chance like his But would you even listen then
Would you listen to me if I couldn’t carry a tune Would you listen to me if I sang neon moon I can’t stand to watch this end.It’s all downhill from here again Would you listen to me if I couldn’t carry a tune
"Run the Water"
And I just want to break down crying Not the same tears come from you You’ll always have a space up in my head Maybe someday someone else will, too
Everyone of us is lonely one day Everyone needs a helping hand So stop colliding with the angry fists It doesn’t make you a bigger man
Run the water wring the rag out I wish it was just as easy as that now But all this dark is making it so bad And all I have is a just single match
Treading water but I’m fine right here Eventually I’m gonna have to drown Sinking under with a weight on my head I always knew someday I’d let you down
It’s heavier than words you know? Another burden that I’ll live with too Is did I really make the right choice Was it worth babe to just lose you
Run the water wring the rag out I wish it was just as easy as that now But all this dark is making it so bad And all I have is a just single match One light One strike One fading blue flame One night One fight One game you play
Treading water but I’m fine right here
Run the water wring the rag out I wish it was just as easy as that now But all this dark is making it so bad And all I have is a just single match
"Beginning"
Well I’m tired of new beginnings, I’m tired of starting again Somehow this beginning kinda feels just like an end I will never love again, the way that I love you I know you’ve heard it a thousand times, but I swear it’s true
Well it’s all alright, it’s all fine It’s just a matter of time Before we start from beginning And beginning comes to end
Well I’ve held my weight in bad, but you balanced me for good Stopped me dead cold in my tracks, and froze me where I stood Carried burdens for others, girl that you might never see I’m afraid if you know some things you’ll never love me
Well it’s all alright, it’s all fine It’s just a matter of time Before we start from beginning And beginning comes to end
Bright as the sunshine that sees me in new light Despite all the things I’ve done before, once in another life I will never love again as much as I love you But I promise to carry you with me as long as you will too
Well it’s all alright, it’s all fine It’s just a matter of time Before we start from beginning And beginning comes to end
Before we start from beginning And beginning comes to end
"Honey, I"
Hurry now and wait for me Can’t help myself and who I’ll be Sittin' round writing all of this nothingness Hoping it’ll all come true we’ll see
All of that whiskey changed me way before I knew your name I’ve gotten good and breaking the rules After all it’s just my game
Honey I don’t know what I’m doin Honey I don’t have a clue and
Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you Honey I’ve been waiting, I've been waiting for you Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you
I’ve been stranded beaten down and lost I’ve been hurt real bad and I’ve been tossed I’m a mess and one you’ll have to claim You’re just a fly stuck in the lion’s mane
Honey I don’t know what I’m doin Honey I don’t have a clue and
Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you Honey I’ve been waiting, I've been waiting for you Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you
I’m just a arrow-less quiver, and you’re a sword without a sheath One needs the other but the fit might not be oh so clean
Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you Honey I’ve been waiting, I've been waiting for you Honey I’ve been waiting oh for you
Before You Dig (2020)
"Pick You Up"
Broken glass before my feet Something before we've all seen Pieces of you like a puzzle, yeah That could never be complete without him, now
Don't ask me to pick you up 'Cause girl, I've seen enough Like a captain to your own sinking ship Girl, you're going down like this
Shards of what you once were Fall down even harder to the floor Girl, don't you try and sell me nothing "Cause where you'll land, there ain't no telling me now
Don't ask me to pick you up 'Cause girl, I've seen enough Like a captain to your own sinking ship Girl, you're going down like this
Never ask me to pick you up "Cause I've finally seen enough Shackled down in your basement of lies Your reflection's the one you despise
You're the book and he's the writer Well you told me once you're a fighter Prove me wrong and I'll say you're right Whatever you do, make it through the night
Don't ask me to pick you up 'Cause girl, I've seen enough Like a captain to your own sinking ship Girl, you're going down like this
"The Road"
Rolling down the road Goin' where it takes me Wherever it may go I know that it’ll break
I think I should stop And stay here for a while This engines running hot For the last 10 miles
Stop the car Dock the boat Pull the brakes On the train Plant the flag Land the plane Anchors down Don’t be afraid
Got used to the trees On either side of me Windows down the breeze Hide me from what I can see
No cars on the street Just myself and the sky Crazy from this heat I just wish that I could fly
Stop the car Dock the boat Pull the brakes On the train Plant the flag Land the plane Anchors down Don’t be afraid
This port is worth stopping for Maybe it settles all my scores Pick me up off of this old rugged floor Is it okay? Okay that I want more?
Stop the car Dock the boat Pull the brakes On the train Plant the flag Land the plane Anchors down Don’t be afraid Of this road
"Funny" Funny how the things you’ve been sayin in your head sound different when they’re coming out your mouthAnd given the chance I’d still try to speak the peace loud and clear rather than letting you down
And when you’ll come around again I won’t have to pretend that everything’s ok and you’re mine Those days are gone taken by the wind that’s been shaking these old rotted dying pines
Talking out is useless you’re like a brick wall with eyes that stare back shame breaking me down isn’t fun anymore I know you liked to see this pain
Heads or tails it’s not both sides choose your road and in due time make up your mind my dear Wake up every morning with a pit in my stomach, is my love now suddenly fear?
Now you don’t own me You don’t know me I’ve been changing Just wait and see
You can’t control me Falling fast and home free Hold on to me Then let me be Oh, then me be yeah
Now you don’t own me You don’t know me I’ve been changing Just wait and see
Now you can’t control me Falling fast and home free Hold on to me Then let me be Oh then let me be and leave me alone Leave me alone