The Lumberjack Album Lyrics

The Lumberjack Album Lyrics

THE CLUTTER

i got shut out, then shot down

the pieces of my world strewn upon the ground

lost amidst the clutter of my days

i fell, then i crawled, and tried to find my way...

i got nowhere, then i found

people just like me stumbling around

lost amidst the clutter of their days

we laughed, we cried, and pretended it was all a game...

maybe i expect too much

maybe there's nothing for me to rise above

maybe i just try too hard

perhaps the clutter is simply who we are...

i got stood up, then left out

the thoughts in my head spinning around

lost amidst the clutter of my days

i walked, then i ran, then disappeared without a trace...

LET IT GO

is there something on your mind, you seem uneasy

why keep it all bottled up inside?

sometimes what we lose, others will help us find

it'd do you well to let it go...

if you've something to say, just say it

take a deep breath and clear the air

it's always a mistake to think nobody cares

it'd do you well to let it go...

give it to me straight now, and i'll be straight with you

we all get caught up, and we all feel blue

forgive me my impatience, but i get caught up too

yeah, we all feel blue...

day becomes night, that's just life

still, it's easy to believe we're all alone

don't close any doors, nothing's etched in stone

it'd do you well to let it go...

MIGRATING

we are movers through space and time

always moving, in and out, and between the lines

the seconds are but sand swept away by the tide

lost, as are all, all of our yesterdays

refugees of our yesterdays

escaping deeper and deeper towards what awaits

visitors of the here and now

spending today thinking about tomorrow

HOPE

if it goes away it stays away

driven from the door

returning never more

cast aside, left to die

face down on the floor

rising never more

AD RIFF

they're selling dreams, chances for an easier life

endless chances dancing right in front of your eyes

they're selling everything you ever wanted

everything your money could buy

endless chances dancing right in front of your eyes

baubles and beads, shit nobody needs...

comfort for a painful life

urges and impulsive minds

do i really save the more i buy

cuz it feels like a great big lie...

seeping out your radio, billboards up and down the road

pushing every button, tracking everywhere you go

they got stuff you never knew existed

guaranteed to soothe your soul

pushing every button, tracking everywhere you go

baubles and beads, shit nobody needs...

THREE DENOUEMENTS

revelation

the skeptics and the cynics lead us nowhere

everything is questioned, no one listens

vagueness settles in like a warm soft dream

and it's over...

interpretation

believers and deceivers talk in circles

there is no destination, words are empty

the arguing begins, every one goes home

and it's over...

we think our own thoughts, we sing our own song...

conversation

the moved and the unmoving building walls

mirrors instead of windows, no one sees

a sickness slowly creeping seemingly unnoticed

'til it's over...

OH MOTHER

oh mother, why can't you see me?

don't you need me? oh mother...

oh father, why can't you see me?

don't you need me? oh father...

oh father, i'm adrift and far away. oh father...

BETRAYAL

you said you'd stay by my side through thick and thin

now i see your self interest wins again

a friend like you is no friend at all

i rose to your defense then took the fall...

my mistake was believing you'd be true

that i actually meant something to you

a friend like you is no friend at all

i stood by your side when you called

i rose to your defense then took the fall...

once again in the end i'm all alone

a man with no country to call his own

a friend like you is no friend at all

a friend like you is no friend at all...

ECHOES

the same can be said, then said again

then echo for a thousand years

the same can be done over and over again

yet never belay the tears

the tears we've cried for a thousand years

the tears we've cried for a million years...