(Brian Vander Ark) another day of deflating your face into tears I shook your mood with the game and a bottle of beer the day I fell off of the wagon you threw ...

my hand asleep for hours waiting for the needles to begin i have no control they proceed to penetrate my skin acting as your slave i drink for amber waves i ne...

I've grown tired of conversation All the play by play A remedy for my salvation Seems so far away Full time jobs at part time wages All the cubicles are cages M...

i hear the driving of the nail i hear the rain i hear the hail i hear the laughter of the people dancing 'round him as he forces his poor family to set sail if...

i hear the driving of the nail i hear the rain i hear the hail i hear the laughter of the people dancing 'round him as he forces his poor family to set sail if ...

Your friends are making faces when we walk in these places am I to blame why don't you blow, blow, blow, blow them all away and start again I don't want to doub...

So much to say, so little time The words ring loud and true Bring forth the graceful thought Of benevolence, brightness, and hue Like others i sing with mr vox...

a bully enjoying his vacation oblivious to all our confrontations speaking fondly of his junior year when i was fighting tears a bully enjoying his vacation i ...

boy there was a day an assortment of rhymes and waving, we rode that parade for awhile and everybody knew everybody boy there was a day being lonely was hard a...

i think you need some assistance to keep yourself at a distance it's harder when she's beautiful it's easy when she's when she's waking next to you if you're g...

Written by Brian Vander Ark The show is over close the story book There will be no encore And all the random hands that I have shook Well they're reaching for ...

i'm visiting the ground's a little weathered where i stood right field in my neiborhood i was mostly last, always least dig it at graduation everyone will thro...

i wish that i could give breath to the women i've created in paragraphs and paragraphs i've written to this date and set them all upon my desk, choose one to ig...

I awoke to a threat that was empty, and a grandstand of i'm not through with you yet A slamming door becomes my punctuation I escape for a thrill ride with my f...

Written by Donny Brown Love is not strong Love is not stable I tried to hold it But I wasn't able I never thought that I'd be Saying this to you But what else ...

sometimes i wish we had a short term memory just enough to recognize each other's face it would be the same old stories but you're hanging onto every single wor...

Written by Donny Brown The world is giving you the run-around And leaves you feeling low and let down but Happiness is Wherever you find it I'm not waiting for...

i met a girl with bottles of wine though i prefer red, they tasted all right very soon, the room was spinning tug of war, the floor was winning and she said, i...

(Written by Brian Vander Ark) Never really meant to volunteer Felt the urge to stretch after a yawn and incidently raised my hand I just want to be her special ...

I can't believe that it was good for anyone, to me worth the wait I tried to send you with your money's worth The attention sure felt great With all eyes upon m...

who will be in your bed this morning? who will be the one to leave you now amidst the adoring light cause it feels right? who will be the one to leave you as to...

Written by Donny Brown and Adam Schlesinger I want all of you I want all of you From your feet up to your mouth Every inch of north and south I'll keep calling...

Vanilla ice man cometh, goeth Sampling, dealing, music stolen To pre-pubescent girls appealing Re-mix record contract sealing Borrowed lyrics sung with feeling ...

in march i met my wonderlove then lost her underneath the april showers by may we worked out our difference by june the pedals were all plucked from flowers in...

Is it worth it to wait forever When you find out there's really not much that you Can say Would it be worth it to wait forever And everyone is saying you will c...

Roses dead in dirty water held up by the vase Once a gift good-bye but now remind me to replace Hardened petals bang the dresser when they fall away Kiss me idl...

with everyone around us singing la la we slid out of their view then you thought you heard me singing la la but I dont have the strength to and from the moment...

Written by Brian Vander Ark Tonight I took a snapshot, guess I got a tender spot That'll never change I got brand new strings, someone waiting in the wings And...

it's different now i feel that all those looks were just a game you smoked and choked on cigarettes and acted cute and lame-and lame your parting lips that wra...

Written by Donny Brown I hear you cryin' for me But I see the anger in your eyes I want what will not judge me I need what keeps me warm inside A man without a...

Written by Brian Vander Ark Today was a great day I said but I meant Today was the worst day I've ever spent I'm trying to be what you want me to be So you'll ...

you never seen nobody as divine as she can see reflections in her own eyes an admission of desire, on a handsome afternoon is an ovation to her ego in her every...

I'm trying to keep my feet on the ground I'm getting to like this feeling I've found I'm getting to love The thought of having you around And I will never let y...

She never wanted to talk She never wanted to argue But that's the way it goes When there's nobody listening Eyes straight on the front line Knee deep in the ri...

i should be half a mile from here i will go anywhere she goes shoulder the bags of a previous lover i will go anywhere she goes sleep on the pillow that reeks ...

Written by Brian Vander Ark Through evidence of circumstance You held me to a second chance Feigning interest so sincere Curse the days I've wasted here All t...

I'm feeling very moses like You think that i could lead you? Or humble, more like david Would you help me cause i need you? Or i'll be charismatic With the powe...

Blushing a cue for her falsities Advantage is my only masterpiece Penny is poison but I don't mind Penny is poison but I don't mind Gardening malice for murde...

And if you want beautiful, pitiful, have me in a picture And if you want make me dance, throw me round, spin upon your finger Blind labors the blind and I am u...

Swallow this scene, I'm on fire Arms waving, burning higher Impressing you with what I've done But every minute I'm losing one by one Swallow this scene, sharp...

My sister had a nursery rhyme Set of figurines She'd often let me play with them i'd Set 'em up in different scenes Fifty plastic army men, led by superman Dest...

We are for today We are for the moment We are a crusade But we are invalid 1 am rummaging Stained my hands on her antique 2 am Reverend girl I am so indiffe...

Senator speak your mind if i smoke filled room With a view on the top floor me The president seal the deal yourself a better Hand jobless homeless man on the mo...

She has faces up in her bedroom and they gaze down on her guarding her slumber A black bead rosary under her pillow and when it thunders she clutches it tightly...

she loves everybody she loves everyone like the picture taken twenty years ago that she keeps in her portfolio he wants everybody he wants anything and they par...

Sleep, sleep all the sleepy town You are the only one Now only night lights flickering Now all is said and done Sleep, sleep all the sleepy town You are the on...

I adore a confrontation, and I should be ashamed A carnival of complication, everyone's to blame We can see the rocket's red glare Pipe bomb bursting in the air...

When I was young I knew everything, She, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor Stoppin' baby's breath and...

Turn the cushions over, tonight we're coming over Angry once, we're not so anymore And all that we desire is sweep the stage of fliers It was funny once it's no...

she's signing autographs for hours the line are longer when you deal with amateurs i've got some autographs of others but a shirt that smells a little like her ...

i've got to get arrested to keep you interested i should have known that i can't change the world by staring at it my arms have little feeling from lifting to t...

When I was young and knew everything And she a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt stricken, Sobbing with my head on the floor Stop a baby's breath a...

She fell in love with a lover boy In the old days i would walk alone Any other day not disturbing While the others roamed And i listened to her song But would ...

Written by Brian Vander Ark Among the crumpled tissues white like daisies fell like soldiers dead determined I surrender CD cases broken in a desperate chance ...

Thirteen miles on 31 are drying All along adopt-a-highway lay the empty cans of Masquerade Thirteen miles on 31 are drying The sky is lavender with ivory clouds...

stripping flowers at pedal pace twirling blur of legs, legs and lace victoria, she loves her name running flushed our faces red daring her to kiss, to kiss my ...

I turned the volume up this morning Till there was ringing in my ears I haven't felt this good in years Another villain on the cover Of every major magazine Th...

We all love a millionaire On the radio, with a great video And all the orchestration Backing up your screaming guitar How'd you make it this far? Do you gotta ...

through the remains i have been sorting seeking refuge underneath flourescent skies an apocalypse of pity i know she is safe and building her disguise bracing ...

Written by Brian Vander Ark and Adam Schlesinger Well could you go any slower you're such a church goer Got the home field advantage and all that you can manag...