Jewel Album

you find yourself falling down
your hopes in the sky
but your heart like grape gum on the ground

and you try to find yourself
in the abstractions of religion
and the cruelty of everyone else
and you wake up to realize
your standard of living somehow got stuck on survive

when you're standing in deep water
and you're bailing yourself out with a straw
and when you're drowning in deep water
and you wake up making love to a wall
well it's these little times that help to remind
it's nothing without love

you wake up to realize your only friend
has never been yourself or anyone who cared in the end
that's when suddenly everything fades or falls away
'cause the chains which once held us
are only the chains which we've made

when you're standing in deep water
and you're bailing yourself out with a straw
and when you're drowning in deep water
and you wake up making love to a wall
well it's these little times that help to remind
it's nothing without love, love, love
it's nothing without love

we've compromised our pride
and sacrificed our health
we have to demand more
not of each other
but more from ourselves
'cause when you're standing in deep water
and you're bailing yourself out with a straw
when you're drowning in deep water
and you wake up making love to a wall
well it's these little times that help to remind
it's nothing without love, love, love
it's nothing without love

your hands are icy cold
your eyes burn bright against the frost-bit sky
you never seemed more lovely than you do tonight

pale on the horizon
like leaves frozen in the snow
our two shadows merge inseparably
will time stand still if it¡Їs pierced with cold

the more I live
the more I know
what's simple is true
I love you

there's a warmth in my heart
it haunts me when you're gone
mend me to your side and never let go
say time knows nothing, we'll never grow cold

the more I live
the more I know
what's simple is true
I love you

twilight descends on our silhouette
how soon spring comes
how soon spring forgets
I wanna hold time, say it'll never begin

old man winter be our friend
old man winter be our friend
¡Їcause the more I live
the more I know what¡Їs simple is true
what¡Їs simple is true

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
and not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
and useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear

My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken

Poverty stole your golden shoes
But it didn't steal your laughter
and heart ache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn't ever after

We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken

In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters

I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken
We are never broken

We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
We are God's hands

please love let's make no impartial vow 
let all fall away 
that's not crucial now 
I want a brave love, one that makes me weak in the knees 
I want a crazy, crazy love 
one that makes me come undone at the seams

cause I'm tired of all these pilgrims, these puritans, these thieves 
of all these unbelievers who whittle love down at the knees

let these swift roads destroy themselves 
let the world fall into its sleep 
for we shall be spared 
we shall be left standing 
to face what's left of concrete and honey

kiss the flame 
let's run with the hunted, the untamed 
kiss the flame 
embrace the faceless, the unnamed 
kiss the flame

there are nightmares on the sidewalks 
there are jokes on TV 
there are people selling thoughtlessness 
with such casualty 
but wherefore art thou, Romeo 
where have all the brave men gone? 
show me one man who knows his own heart 
to him I shall belong

kiss the flame 
let's run with the hunted, the untamed 
kiss the flame 
embrace the faceless, the unnamed 
kiss the flame 
kiss the flame 
kiss the flame

sun sets 'cross the ocean 
I'm a thousand miles from anywhere 
my pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen 
and the sun act like she don't even care 
the wind blows cold when you reach the top 
it feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shoe 
I got a plastic Jesus, a cordless telephone for every corner of my room 
got everybody but you telling me what to do 
but I've been down so long 
ooh, it can't be longer still 
I've been down so long 
that the end must be drawing near

I look to everybody but me to answer my prayers 
'til I saw an angel in a bathroom 
who said she saw no one worth saving anywhere 
and a blind man on the corner said it's simple, like flipping a coin 
don't matter what side it lands on if it's someone else's dime

but I've been down so long 
ooh, it can't be longer still 
we've been down so long 
that the end must be drawing near

I take a trip, I catch a train, I catch a plane 
I got a ticket in my hand 
and then a man takes my money 
and like cattle we all stand

but we've been down so long 
ooh, it can't be longer still 
we've been down so long 
the end must be... I know the end must be... 

Ophelia drowned in the water 
crushed by her own weight 
Hitler loved little blue-eyed boys 
and it drove him to hate 
birds always grow silent before the night descends 
'cause nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

a hero's torso built of steel and novocain 
his heart a bitter beat inside a bloodless frame 
there was a hole inside his soul a manicure could not fill 
so he found himself a whore to love 
while daisies choked in the window sill

we've made houses for hatred 
it's time we made a place 
where people's souls may be seen and made safe 
be careful with each other 
these fragile flames 
for innocence can't be lost 
it just needs to be maintained

a small town in Ohio 
two boys are filled with violence 
and darkness spreads its legs for hate and ignorance 
we are given to a god to put our faith therein 
but to be forgiven, we must first believe in sin
we've made houses for hatred 
it's time we made a place 
where people's souls may be seen and made safe 
be careful with each other 
these fragile flames 
for innocence can't be lost 
it just needs to be maintained

I want to live bravely and love without fear 
I want always to feel the wings of grace near
we all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say 
we are that to which we pray

we've made houses for hatred 
it's time we made a place 
where people's souls may be seen and made safe 
be careful with each other 
these fragile flames 
we've built houses for hatred 
it's time we made a place 
where people's souls may be seen and made safe

be careful with each other 
these fragile flames 
for innocence can't be lost 

Venus de milo in her half-baked shell 
understood the nature of love very well 
she said, "a good love is delicious, 
you can't get enough too soon 
it makes you so crazy you want to swallow the moon."

oh, oh Jupiter 
oh, oh be still my little heart 
oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame 
take these stars from my crown 
let the years fall down 
lay me out in firelight 
let my skin feel the night 
fasten me to your side 
say it will be soon 
you make me so crazy, baby 
could swallow the moon

my hands are two travelers they've crossed oceans and lands 
yet they are too small on the continent of your skin 
wandering, wandering 
I could spend my life 
traveling the length of your body each night

oh, oh Jupiter 
oh, oh be still my little heart 
oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame 
take these stars from my crown 
let the years fall down 
lay me out in firelight 
let my skin feel the night 
fasten me to your side and say it will be soon 
you make me so crazy, baby 
could swallow the moon 
swallow the moon

oh, oh Jupiter 
oh, oh be still my little heart 
oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame 
take these stars from my crown 
let the years fall down 
lay me out in firelight 
let my skin feel the night 
fasten me to your side 
and say it will be soon 
you make me so crazy, baby 
could swallow the moon 
swallow the moon 
swallow the moon 
swallow the moons

fat boy goes to the pool 
sees his reflection, doesn't know what to do 
he feels little inside and filled with pride

oh, fragile flame 
no one sees the same 
fat boy goes about his day 
trying to think of funny things to say

like, "this is just a game I play." 
and, "I like me this way." 
oh, fragile flame 
when no one feels the same

hush, sleep, don't think, just eat 
your daddy's little boy 
your mama's pride and joy 
you know they love ya 
but not because they hold ya

fat boy says, "wouldn't it be nice 
if I could melt myself like ice 
or outrun my skin and just be pure wind." 
oh, fragile flame 
sometimes I feel the same

I went out a-wandering 
beneath an unknown sky 
the heavens all shook violently 
he caught my eye 
strange fruit fell 
it struck me to the core 
my heart became a single flame 
it wanted nothing more

stranger, enter from the east 
stranger, step inside this place 
oh, and own me, own me

the clock became a bullet hole 
cruel and unkind 
it hurt me with its second hand 
alone another night

stranger, enter from the east 
stranger, step inside this place 
blue, is that you? 
well, don't bother knocking on my door this time 
blue, go be true for someone else 
there's no room inside this heart of mine our empty rooms

my heart has four empty rooms 
three wait for lightning and one waits for you

I must have you all to myself 
feel the full weight of your skin 
I'll hollow out my insides 
to place you in

stranger, enter from the east 
stranger, step inside this place 

Barcelona where the winds all blew 
and the churches don't have windows but the graveyards do 
me and my Barcelona where the winds all blew 
and the churches don't have windows but the graveyards do 
me and my shadow are wrestling again 
look out stranger, there's a dark cloud moving in

but if you could hear the voice in my heart it would tell you 
I¡Їm afraid I am alone 
won't somebody please hold me, release me 
show me the meaning of mercy 
let me loose 
fly, let me fly, let me fly

super paranoid, 
I'm blending, I'm blurring, I'm bleeding into the scenery 
loving someone else is always so much easier 
but I hold myself hostage in the mirror

but if you could hear the voice in my heart it would tell you 
I'm tired of feeling this way 
god, won't you please hold me, release me 
show me the meaning of mercy 
let me loose

let me fly, let me fly, let me fly 
I won't be held down, I won't be held back 
I will lead with my faith 
the red light has been following me 
but don't worry mother 
it's no longer my gravity

hold me, release me 
show me the meaning of mercy 

don't worry mother, it'll be alright 
and don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep tight 
it'll be fine lover of mine 
it'll be just fine

lend your voices only to sounds of freedom 
no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from 
fill your lives with love and bravery 
and you shall lead a life uncommon

I've heard your anguish, 
I've heard your hearts cry out 
we are tired, we are weary, but we aren't worn out 
set down your chains, until only faith remains 
set down your chains

and lend your voices only to sounds of freedom 
no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from 
fill your lives with love and bravery 
and we shall lead a life uncommon

there are plenty of people who pray for peace 
but if praying were enough it would have come to be 
let your words enslave no one and the heavens will hush themselves 
to hear our voices ring out clear 
with sounds of freedom 
sounds of freedom

come on you unbelievers, move out of the way 
there is a new army coming and we are armed with faith 
to live, we must give 
to live

and lend our voices only to sounds of freedom 
no longer lend our strength to that which we wish to be free from 
fill your lives with love and bravery 
and we shall lead...

lend our voices only to sounds of freedom 
no longer lend our strength to that which we wish to be free from 
fill your lives with love and bravery 

hey, you say you like the way the cowboys tip their hats and say, "how's it goin' ma'am?" 
but you're never quite clear if their glares are sincere 
or really only just second-hand

to you it's all roses 
it's a lavender haze 
the man is a marvel 
but it's a shame about his brains 
but that's ok 
you say, "he's got straight teeth and it's good sex."

you look to the sky 
you look to the man 
you claim innocence and not to understand 
or do you, do you?
there's a big man wearing a white suit 
and patent leather shoes 
he wants to take his monkeys to see the kids at the zoo 
'cause the gypsy on the corner said, "hey, mister you can't lose."

and it's your first day at the track 
you feel that heat on your back 
we all want to find a way to beat the system 
find some rhythm in the madness 
get down on your knees and pray 
say, "I'll do whatever you want, 
god, just let me have my way." 
well will you, will you?

come on all you merry men 
rally your cry 
dance with the devil for tomorrow we'll surely.... 
hey, hey blow the men down

you with all your cigarettes and cool stares 
filled with blank glares and loaded regrets 
just like the girls today with nothing to say 
no more pigtails and pony rides 
they're sophisticated 
they sip on lattes and have their eyes on a bigger prize

we shake our fists and say, 
"well good golly, we're mad 
that god kills children with our very own hands."
we claim innocence and not to understand 
or do we, do we?

come on all you merry men 
rally your cry 
dance with the devil for tomorrow we'll surely... 
hey, hey blow the men down 
blow the men down 

inside my skin there is this space 
it twists and turns 
it bleeds and aches 
inside my heart there's an empty room 
it's waiting for lightning 
it's waiting for you 
and I am wanting 
and I am needing you here 
inside the absence of fear

muscle and sinew 
velvet and stone 
this vessel is haunted 
it creaks and moans 
my bones call to you 
in their separate skin 
I make myself translucent 
to let you in, for I am wanting 
and I am needing you here 
inside the absence of fear

there is this hunger 
this restlessness inside of me 
and it knows that you're no stranger 
you're my gravity 
my hands will adore you through all darkness aim 
they will lay you out in moonlight 
and reinvent your name 
for I am wanting you 
and I am needing you here 
I need you near 

here's a little bird somebody sent
Down to the Earth to live on the wind
Blowing on the wind
And she sleeps on the wind
This little bird somebody sent.

Light and fragile and feathered sky blue
Thin and graceful, the sun shining through
She flies so high up in the sky
Way out of reach of human eyes.

Light and fragile and feathered sky blue
Thin and graceful, the sun shining through
She flies so high up in the sky
Way out of reach of human eyes.

Light and fragile, she's feathered sky blue
Thin and graceful the sun shining through
And the only time that she touches ground
Is when that little bird, little bird
Is when that little bird, little bird