In the Lyrics section you'll find all the lyrics to songs from all of Chris Belsito's releases. SONG FROM SOOCOUSTIC COMPILATION Another Perfect Day I could hear you sing all day Your voice in my ear All those pretty words That dance around this room Like little mechanical birds (You've got to run) But I got there first (You've got to run) Always expecting the worst And you say, "It's another perfect day" With you, all day Another perfect day The light it fills the room With dust-filled desire And thoughts that never leave The window's open wide But still I'm afraid to breathe (You've got to run) But I got there first (You've got to run) Always expecting the worst And you say, "It's another perfect day" With you, all day Another perfect day No bright lights, no drama, no prize No angel to guide me home No surprise No bright lights, no drama no prize No angel to guide me home No surprise SONGS FROM FADE DISSOLVE Blurring Old buildings burning down Flames break through broken windows Nothing feels the same Where burning smiles and this trick of light The moment where we all hum along If this is real, this is real, this is right I’ll do anything Blurring for you, blurring for you I’ll do anything Blurring for you, blurring for you We’re camera ready, picturesque Take a picture of us and just forget the rest A thousand sleeping miles The sky is still where I learned to swim We’re knee deep in conversation I’ll twist everything I’ll do anything Blurring for you, blurring for you I’ll do anything Blurring for you, blurring for you And Cinnamon The mind's like a chamber, a memory of skin Darkness and the water still take me in The smell of the salt hangs in the air The body is cold, sand in our hair Play me ‘till the sun goes down On last year’s model, on last year’s clown Engage me, ‘till the ghost it looms Still stoned and staring at the moon Enrage me, but breathe it in Hand woven rugs and cinnamon And cinnamon Every detail is now in its place Like every line upon every face A thinking bomb or a fall from grace With you and cinnamon They’re buying cameras from backs of cars Catch every detail and every scar Shipwreck your youth in metaphor You’re cradled in half-truths and burning floors Inhale me, incense your skin Topple the world, pull out the pin Derail me, with every scheme With Sunday’s theories and childish dreams that Fail me, but breathe them in Like tales of science and cinnamon And cinnamon Every detail is now in its place Like every line upon every face A thinking bomb or a fall from grace With you and cinnamon Blood Red Moon Thursday evening, 10:00 PM Held my breath, the sky closed in Summer's light dissolves and fades The push and pull that moves and sways You said something I've not forgotten Through my fingers I was watching What am I going to do with these hands What am I going to do? I'm stretched like a shadow Under a blood red moon They dance in circles All around you Strangers moving To good fortune You said something I've not forgotten Through my fingers I was watching What am I going to do with these hands What am I going to do? I set the waves on fire Just to get to you What am I going to do with these hands? What am I going to do? I'm stretched like a shadow Under a blood red moon They're standing under hanging lights Where fires bleed through the trees at night And dreams lie hidden in the grass And wait for me to stray You said something I've not forgotten Through my fingers I was watching What am I going to do with these hands What am I going to do? What am I going to do with these hands? I'm stretched like a shadow Under a blood red moon Pushing Against Glass Streetlights glow, set the scene A two-story memory from a mezzanine These brilliant mistakes breed brilliant dreams Wander through the streets on Halloween But then the moment stops and they look to him “We’ve found a new dream that you’re not in You just can’t see, so you must leave and if we can’t talk, then I can’t breathe” You’re pushing again, you’re pushing again You’re pushing against glass Pushing Water hits the window, the heater’s warm The fog on the glass reveals a form And down through these sidewalks, there's a war Between thoughts of sleep and those cut from storms You’re pushing again, you’re pushing again You’re pushing against glass Pushing Then the moment stops and they look to him And say, “we found a new dream that you’re not in If you can’t sleep, I can’t dream And if we can’t talk then I can’t breathe" You’re pushing again, you’re pushing again You’re pushing against glass Pushing Tempest Miranda let me go I’ve seen too much and you should know I never meant for this to happen I never meant for this at all You fall before me like a stone You walk before me like a martyr I worship you like a storm Call me the tempest and take me home Take a deep breath Gather witnesses and run and run No matter how we try we can’t barricade this flood Even if you, even if you You fall before me like a stone You walk before me like a martyr I worship you like a storm Call me the tempest and take me home Growing Up in the Universe Beautiful child Dream of little things Can I hold on to you? Can we change anything in the end? Is this the end? Dreamt I had it all, so little time Moving backwards to love what’s already mine I know that I’m a fool, what’s worse I know that I am not the first Growing up in the universe Don’t be taken in by this world Bathed in the light of moments My memory of you moves so fast I reach out but my fingers hit the glass Dreamt I had it all, so little time Moving backwards to love what’s already mine I know that I’m a fool, what’s worse I know that I am not the first Growing up in the universe Force of Habit This may seem pointless but that depends upon your view Your silence is my shadow, your reaction my news When I slip into darkness, I still think of you But, I dream in disguise, separate camps, separate lives She said, “No, it’s not rain, the storm is in your head” She said, “No, no, no, the storm is in your head, it’s just in your head” So I moved out to Saskatchewan to be blown around the fields like a ghost In the halls of this castle, in the walls what I want most times Is to be tracing shadows on you floor, reading notes upon your door Tracing shadows on your floor, reading notes upon your door She said, “No, it’s not rain, the storm is in your head” She said, “No, no, no, the storm is in your head, it’s just in your head” I’m unrecognizable in your hands Unreasonable in my unreliable demands 24 lines from the start, 24 words keeps us apart 24 reasons to keep me going back She said, “No, it’s not rain that falls upon you head. Those are just my thoughts.” Tracing shadows on your floor, reading notes upon your door It’s a force of habit Tracing shadows on your floor, reading notes upon your door It’s a force of habit Tracing shadows on your floor, reading notes upon your door It’s a force of habit Gypsy Waves My gypsy returned to the store where she found me today You have been warned, this is about how I feel I did not concede to the plans of getting caught in the wheels of your life Gypsy return today Waves of regret Swimming the shorelines of what we can't see Trimming the tears of the feelings washed out by the turn of the tide I float on the sands of your life You move the garden and I'll take to Hudson on the streets of our night But that was September and I feel much older that way You drink the water and I'll drink the poison in the cup in my hand Gypsy return today Waves of regret Swimming the shorelines of what we can't see Trimming the tears of the feelings washed out by the turn of the tide I float on the sands of your life I cannot explain your runaway eyes to you I cannot intake your faraway lies in me Smoke washes over the room searching for discrepencies in words that I've said to you September Like You Said The smell of ghosts on your front lawn They’re keeping me scared, keeping me there When you’re not there The hills have gold, they stain the sky Is the messenger dead? Just reeling on the edge? I wait by your bed Suffer the fool for ever dreaming of you All September, September, September, in your head All September, September, September, like you said The static and the sound of the trees Sends shivers up my spine, draw the bath and draw the line With broken glass and beads of wine I dreamt that words could fall like leaves And bring needles to the spine, like rod for the divine With stolen thoughts that once were mine Suffer the fool, for ever dreaming of you All September, September, September, in your head All September, September, September, like you said Get the Camera I’ve been so scared, I’m not keeping score The audience in the bleachers and the ghosts are bored I’ve been staring a lot, you’ve been staring too You could buy me for a nickel I need something to do Get the camera before I disappear Get the camera before I disappear And I know, and I see There must be other air to breathe I know, I see just like you do Get the camera there’s nothing to do The light on the streets and the smell of the rain When all my good intentions hold none of my claims You’ve been thinking a lot, how to dignify Have you jettisoned all the progress just to feel alive? Get the camera before I disappear Get the camera before I disappear And I know, and I see There must be other air to breathe I know, I see just like you do Get the camera there’s nothing to do There’s nothing to do King of Empty Spaces Watched this film yesterday Fell asleep and dreamed Dreamed I was invincible, invisible But then a hollow wall, fell on my world I was lost for words (Then I thought) If you’re happy, then I’m happy If you’re sad I will not cry If you’re leaving, say goodbye Oh I’m in the second row, I watch my world go by And think life is beautiful Oh I’m in the second row, watch the world slip by And think, life is beautiful, life is beautiful, life is beautiful I’m the king of empty spaces You’re a whisper to the world I wish they’d heard But then a hollow wall, fell on my world I was lost for words (But then I thought) If you’re happy, then I’m happy If you’re sad I will not cry If you’re leaving, say goodbye Oh I’m in the second row, watch this world go by And think life is beautiful Oh I’m in that second row, watch the world slip by And think, life is beautiful, life is beautiful, life is beautiful Going to change you into wind Breathe you in again So you can escape this lonely world It’s clear in the end We need to feel again I’ve been in this theatre far too long The Moon and Your Missiles The moon and your missiles fly overhead The warrior is sleeping at home in his bed He dreams of his life, he’s kept by his plans He dreams of his father out there on the sands I try not to watch, I try not care The light from the cameras, the dust in the air The ground is still shaking from moments before They weep for each other, ship to the shore This is nothing, you are no one, this is all you want to be You are something, you are someone, this is far too real This is where I change, this is where I change They met on a desert and made it their home The sand it kept moving but it left them alone They dreamt of their children, stealing away Held on to each other and waited for day The moon and your missiles fly overhead The warrior is sleeping at home in his bed He dreams of his life, he’s kept by his plans He dreams of his father out there on the sands This is nothing, you are no one, this is all you want to be You are something, you are someone, this is far too real This is where I change, this is where I change SONGS FROM TURBULENCE Only Thing Is that the way it is? Is that the way it could be? I've been thinking that nothing perfect is pure Is that your view from up there? That's my view from down there We've seen the same things differently it seems There's a shining shard in the darkness of this heart There's a shining shard in the darkness of this heart Who's going to save you when you fall? Who's going to save you when you fall? If I'm the only thing I ever regret I'm the only thing I ever regret Is this your perfect love? These are my perfect drugs These are the circles that have worn me thin What if I picked up, turned you 'round left you out, held you down but that was another song, that was another song There's a shining shard in the darkness of this heart There's a shining shard in the darkness of this heart Who's going to save you when you fall? Who's going to save you when you fall? If I'm the only thing I ever regret I'm the only thing I ever regret I'm the only thing I ever regret Mouse, do you think I'm beautiful? Mouse, will you watch me fall? Mouse, will you give me everything? Mouse, will I waste it all? I'm brilliant when the enemy smiles and I've been there, I've been there I've been there I am the only thing Skinny Bones I'm a barrel of boredom come push me over Where have you been now, have you been to the alter? Or have you acted upon the stage or cried into a mirror at an image that looks half your age I'm drunk and disappointed I don't believe in anything You said you're sorry, I think I'm sorrier for everything It's not my life, it's not the truth It's not the way, it's nothing new It's not my head, it's not my home This is not for skinny bones skinny bones, when will you come home? I set myself up like a satellite Independent to a fault in the distance of everyone's night and she says, "Take me with you when you go wherever you go, 'cause you always go, you bastard" I'm drunk and disappointed I don't believe in anything You said you're sorry, I think I'm sorrier for everything It's not my life, it's not the truth It's not the way, it's nothing new It's not my head, it's not my home This is not for skinny bones skinny bones, when will you come home? I'm a barrel of boredom come push me over It's been a decade and some change, I still don't know her And I'll ask, "What if heaven's just a cheap motel, where people sell themselves short because they were always scared of hell" I'm drunk and disappointed I don't believe in anything You said you're sorry, I think I'm sorrier for everything It's not my life, it's not the truth It's not the way, it's nothing new It's not my head, it's not my home This is not for skinny bones skinny bones, when will you come home? Fool Ourselves I am the unnamed comet spotted around the world Out of reach and out of bounds One planet's loss is what I found Ethereal thoughts, feet on the ground Once I thought I was water the ability to always give you more Then the waves tossed me on the shore Then the waves tossed me at your door We fool ourselves so easily Dance around like ghosts in trees and the cold night air pushes us closer to the fire The smoke gets in her eyes The smoke gets in her eyes I was given a name but it does not stay it depends on the world that surrounds my name depends on where I'm bound My name does not give off a sound Once I thought I was sand Forever being molded by these waves but I'm not one who says, 'I can't be molded, can't behave' We fool ourselves so easily Dance around like ghosts in trees and the cold night air pushes us closer to the fire The smoke gets in her eyes The smoke gets in her eyes We are burnt into shape by shadows and the sun It's my way of knowing who I am I'm burnt by the sun, by my own hands Awake I've tossed and I've turned I've lost and I've learned That everything changes by not keeping still I've been angry and amused I've been mistaken and used Everything is shaped by our own will I don't want to wake up to find that I've lost everything I don't want to wake up to find that I've killed all that's good in this life In a second of a smile Or a turn of the tide Everything that's lost can be recovered I don't want to wake up to find that I've lost everything I don't want to wake up to find that I've killed all that's good in this life Sweet Sera Hello it's me, broken bottles memories From that shattered town on the coast I'll reaapear like a ghost, come rescue me Sera, sweet sera Oh I can not breathe a sound Speak a word, break you down This telephone's too cold Sera, sweet sera Half-bitten words now seem new Shallow dreams have fallen through, now haven't they, Sera? Sera, sweet sera And I know this is wrong And I know this is wrong What you're going to say doesn't matter What you're going to hear isn't real What are you going to do, going to do, going to do? What you are going to say doesn't matter What you are going to hear isn't real What are you going to do, going to do, going to do, now? Sera, sweet sera I knew you wouldn't have much to say I thought I'd call anyway and this town seems hollow I'm standing at the station now I broke the borders of this town In this spiralling... Sera, sweet sera And I know this is wrong And I know this is wrong What you're going to say doesn't matter What you're going to hear isn't real What are you going to do, going to do, going to do? What you are going to say doesn't matter What you are going to hear isn't real What are you going to do, going to do, going to do, now? Sera, sweet sera Human Remains (Graffiti) This city has its wreckage guaranteed The sun rises on the dominion like a perverse memory No two stories are quite the same When every moment breathes like the last human remains White walls just don't exist They've been stained the way the ink runs across an empty page Chalks hearts painted sirens on every moving car There are people out there who love me but I don't know where they are Where they are And I don't know myself, and I just don't understand These words remind me of you, remind me of your hands You write on this body leaving your scars of beauty You write on this body leaving your sad graffiti You're sad, you're sad Take one last look before you pull away Those ragged ruins and sordid tunes are shamed in every way I feel like I faced the world and turned to stone When every word I try to write can never be my own, be my own And I don't know myself, and I just don't understand These words remind me of you, remind me of your hands You write on this body leaving your scars of beauty You write on this body leaving your sad graffiti You're sad, you're sad Take one last look before you pull away Night Swimming Settled in the undergrowth ‘til the sirens dragged me down They swam below the undertow to forever escape sound Young lovers sway and the sound of the waves crashing down Young lovers sway and the sound of the waves crashing down No one ever, no one believes me No one ever, no one believes what I think I saw I saw them swimming off the cliffs in the coastal air Night swimming, (in a) wishing pool of wartime despair Shiny Brixton shoes floating in forever blue Scaled up and measured and sold to the ones who are true Young lovers sway and the sound of the waves crashing down Young lovers sway and the sound of the waves crashing down No one ever, no one believes me No one ever, no one believes what I think I saw I saw them swimming off the cliffs in the coastal air Night swimming, in a wishing pool of wartime despair If your sailor isn’t at the port, his golden sails refuse to show If your sailor isn’t at the port, his golden sails refuse to show There’s a place you can go night swimming, There’s a place you can go night swimming Night swimming, night swimming Night swimming C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon home Your Secret One day I run through your fields, the next day I plow up the ground Some days I hope to discover, some days I hope to be found But I never gave away your secret, I never held on to your love I’ll resurface just for a second and for that second I’ll fly like a dove Did I tell you I loved all your reasons, as strongly as I hated your will? I smelled the snow that fell on the walkway, I felt the sun break over the hill But I never gave away your secret, I never held on to your love I’ll resurface just for a second and for that second I’ll fly like a dove As you drift away, as you drift away I sink to the bottom as you rise to the surface Your image gets smaller, your voice it gets further away As you drift away, I’ll drown in my own contradictions My right hand to reach out and touch you, my left hand to push you away The heart tells the mind to be happy, the mind it can never behave But I never gave away your secret, I never held on to your love I’ll resurface just for a second and for that second I’ll fly like a dove As you drift away, as you drift away I sink to the bottom as you rise to the surface Your image gets smaller, your voice it gets further away As you drift away, I’ll drown in my own contradictions I never gave away your secret, I never gave away your secret I never gave way to your secret, I never gave way to your secret As you drift away, as you drift away I sink to the bottom as you rise to the surface Your image gets smaller, your voice it gets further away As you drift away, I’ll drown in my own contradictions I never gave way to your secret, I never gave way to your secret Circles and Circles I feel like a spoke on a wheel I feel like a spoke on a wheel I turn without knowing why I turn Hold me then push me away Hold me then push me away My feelings change with every day, there they go I do not pretend to feel I do not pretend to feel It happens without seeming real, there I go Bare all your teeth for me now Lay down your cards for me now Smile a long smile for me now Oh there I go again, go again Changing the rules for myself again, myself again Spin myself around in circles and circles And when I stop spinning I will fall down I feel like a seed in the wind I feel like a seed in the wind Being blown someplace I’ve never been, still I go In a season of gray you will learn In a season of gray you will learn I’ll contradict you with every turn, don’t you know You’re etched like a line on my face You’re etched like a line on my face An absence is not a space Bare all your teeth for me now Lay down your cards for me now Smile a long smile for me now Oh there I go again, go again Changing the rules for myself again, myself again Spin myself around in circles and circles And when I stop spinning I will fall down I feel like a rock in the dust I feel like a rock in the dust I will break down because I must, move on Bare all your teeth for me now Lay down your cards for me now Smile a long smile for me now Oh there I go again, go again Changing the rules for myself again, myself again Spin myself around in circles and circles And when I stop spinning I will fall down Viking You say you’re a Viking Those Norsemen really know how to take the cold You want to go for a walk, lay on the ground, feel the snow So there’s something You say you’re shallow but not by the things you said to me So I have to disagree with you You want to talk right now, but you’re expecting a speech “How did you get here,” she said The husky pulls away The husky pulls away Then I dreamt about masks and I dreamt about dreaming and I wondered if she ever meant for me to feel this way “I enjoyed our walk,” I would say if I ever saw her, saw her again She tells me about him, He’s six years younger and doesn’t know how she feels And I know it’s not really him but what he represents to her Amongst those beautiful bodies he steps out from the shade, he says He says, “I’m born to be vain, I’m bred that way,” he says The husky pulls away The husky pulls away Then I dreamt about masks and I dreamt about dreaming and I wondered if she ever meant for me to feel this way “I enjoyed our walk,” I would say if I ever saw her, saw her again Again, Again, Again Save Yourself In your empyreal world I found no dreams Only strangers dancing to half-hearted schemes And I drift away in a world of my own On a road I’ll never own Save yourself, save yourself Save yourself from me This body’s broken on the rocks This mind is torn with all these thoughts My gut is wrenched with these clichés My calendar has counted out its days Save yourself, save yourself This conversation, it never begins I’m losing a battle I never expected to win Everyone loves a disaster Every word becomes a souvenir A little token for your memory It keeps us captive to the years Save yourself, save yourself Save yourself from me This body’s broken on the rocks This mind is torn from all these thoughts My gut is wrenched with these clichés My calendar has counted out its days Save yourself, save yourself Save yourself, save yourself Save yourself, save yourself Cuba You say you’ll make it out there someday You say you’re lost because you’re free And one day you’ll find the words To express the way you feel The pardon is given, the sentence served And one day you’re not so sure You’re given all that you desire It might not be what you deserve You’re going to fly to Cuba after you have some words with me I mistake myself sometimes, so don’t sing along with me You’re going to fly to Cuba These days you can’t be sure, what’s the ache my darling? And what’s the cure? One moment passes, one moment’s gone Like dangling words from a song Jeopardize all you’ve become Then you know they’ve really won Black out all that’s left and breathe the air of uselessness Unbound and unaware, seeped in seconds for us to share You’re going to fly to Cuba after you have some words with me I mistake myself some times, so don’t sing along with me You’re going to fly to Cuba These days you can’t be sure, what’s the ache my darling? And what’s the cure? LYRICS FOR THE SINGLE "GREEDY LITTLE MINDS" The wind through the trees, the sound of my dreams Rushing by us in the passion of a lonely rainy night Digging through dramatic tension to find out what is real Caress each other's feeling like the hunger for the meal Touch me one more time so I know that it's real Touch me one more time that's all, that's all You can read me like a bible, drink me like rye Let you lean on my shoulder, if you will watch me cry Coddled like a child, imagination runs wild And my greedy little mind wants to know more Tell me one more time so I know that it's real Tell me one more time that's all, that's all Public displays of affection to show just what we're worth Sharing each other's lives with the roles reversed You play the troubled lover and I'll play the innocent fool And I'll promise I'll do the same for you I wrote this song to comfort you, I wrote this song to cause you pain I want you to know that there's nothing beyond now But it takes you to show me that I don't really need you The need's an illusion of the truth, of the truth I tell myself again and again and again And I'll tell it one last time to you, so we believe that it's true So we believe that it's true SONGS FROM AUGUST MASK Don't Know I'd say that you lost me through the cracks on your wall You'd say I have fallen out of life, out of it all And you don't really know what you thought you had seen And you don't understand the world where I've been He said, she said, they said, we said it all Shades of understanding are hidden on your lips My dreams are undemanding but then it comes to this And you don't really know what you thought you had seen And you don't understand the world where I've been He said, she said, they said, we said it all We said it all We said it all We said it Everybody Changes Their Mind Even a free man will build his own cage Mother, Father, do you remember the rage? Mister Cain do you remember me at all? You just sit there and watch her fall You know I try, of course you do You know why, of course you do Everybody changes their mind sometimes Someone's rubbing against the wall in the apartment next to me Just to think of you can change my scenery Can you tell me about the fire in your head? Spread the ashes, make a line across your bed You know I try, of course you do You know why, of course you do Everybody changes their mind sometimes Is it history or happiness that means something to you? Can you map out the reasons? Write them down, write them down for me You know I try, of course you do You know why, of course you do Everybody changes their mind sometimes Land Over (Heisenberg's Dream) There is no explanation said the god to the boy You're just free to glance at the wind and rain Drive away or just fall down But the sun isn't rising, the earth rotates around Around and around And where you stand firm and still, you still move away From the movement that surrounds Take it away to the ocean of words in my... Look above to the thought surface over my... Take it away to the ocean of words in my... Look above to the thought surface over my head, over my head Do you get that sensation when someone pulls away? The feeling that keeps you relative, does it keep you still? Does it just fade? If you look at this moment Dive in a puddle or a bay Do the ripples still motion under the blanket of a wave? Take it away to the ocean of words in my... Look above to the thought surface over my... Take it away to the ocean of words in my... Look above to the thought surface over my head, over my head Go to sleep my boy It's easier to just let it go Without all this clutter in your mind Tell yourself over and over, land over, Land over, land over, land over, land over, land over Take it away to the ocean of words in my... Look above to the thought surface over my... Take it away to the ocean of words in my... Look above to the thought surface over my head, over my head Dance Away Rode in the backseat on the way into town You fell asleep with you hand on my lap You woke up long enough to say, "The rain on the streets makes this town seem strange" The rain on the streets makes this town seem strange I've woken up only to find That there's been nothing here on my mind I wait around for the unrest of fall The spirit of wind and for you to call The sound of the wind and for you to call Don't tell me of the shore Being reclaimed by the waves It's always been the way My eyes can't follow smoke That's been carried away I've always wondered why You hold yourself and dance away I want to take you to that higher plain Above the tin roof, above the rain And you can wonder about my cause The reason you smile The reason you pause The reason you smile When you pause Don't tell me of the shore Being reclaimed by the waves It's always been the way My eyes can't follow smoke That's been carried away I've always wondered why You hold yourself and dance away Gepetto, My Strings Gepetto, my strings, can I? Can I have them back, I...? I never thought I'd get this tired Somewhere on the street I... I think I realized that Life ain't easy like it seems I'll never realize What I have until it's gone Everything is not cut and dry in this life You have got to try Gepetto, my friends they all... They all disappeared when... When I found the means to be They just left me stranded somewhere on that island Never saw 'till they were gone You must realize I feel like an ass Everything is not cut and dry in this life You have got to try Somewhere, I think I lost my way back home Somewhere, I think I lost my way back home I'll never realize What I have until it's gone Everything is not cut and dry in this life You have got to try Solitaire Something's changes and I feel strange again One more cigarette, there's something I don't get One more night all alone To let you know it's over now One more game of solitaire The note that fell behind the chair The only reason that I care I feel out of passion instead of breathing in A falling fashion, a word that will not bend One more night all alone To let you know it's over now One more game of solitaire The note that fell behind the chair The only reason that I care I know this lucky town, you know this lucky town You'd say it's breaking down, I'd say it's run aground You know this lucky town, I'd say I'll come around again Last thing I remember was standing at the door You were waving goodbye in your worn out smile One more night all alone To let you know it's over now One more game of solitaire The note that fell behind the chair The only reason that I care Held You Down I've been 'round here so many times I held you down again I've pushed you 'round so many times And here we are again It's where we've gone It's what went wrong Time has been no friend of mine I have played the enemy And you were not afraid I look like the fool again You look like the saint It's where we've gone It's where we went wrong Time has been no friend of mine Well we say, never again And today we're not even friends Well I know, I believe I can't erase memories of you It's where we've gone It's where we went wrong Time has been no friend of mine Elsewhere Are you just fooling me or are you just afraid? That one day I might pack my bags, pick up and move away Somewhere down that highway we must have run aground When it's 500 miles of snow to the next big town Elsewhere, elsewhere Just help me pack my things and push me off the ledge It's easier falling down than trying to look ahead Elsewhere, elsewhere I can't imagine why you'd want to stick around In this no life, no love, bitter cold, hard-done-by jobless town Although I'm proud to say that for years this was my home, To stay I just can't justify When there's so much to be found Elsewhere, elsewhere Just help me pack my things and push me off the ledge It's easier falling down than trying to look ahead Elsewhere, elsewhere Brave New Energy I'm better for everyone else but me You look at yourself and you only see me Even the tides they have their own needs Sand below it and someone to see You should know, you should know about me There's someone to shadow and someone to know A common likeness and need to expose A brave new energy, a brand new pose Someone sheds their skin in their clothes You should know, you should know about me There's still time for you to see What's been going on You're not blind, you've been watching the shadows grow The greatest disasters are silent now You just found out how to be sorry I know that you've always been there I know that you always did care You've grown so silent now You've grown so silent before me There's a man who can take and a man who can give Here I sit just trying to live I give half for intentions and half for the pearls Terrify the dreamer in his sleepless world Wolf You'd better be careful Your attention's been swayed in so many ways, these days You had your eyes closed Your head down and running, I know it's hard without any love And you still don't know why they left you alone And you still don't know whey they left you alone You're the wolf and I... You're the wolf and I... Look at her I don't know how, how she can cry for you Irresponsible, I don't know how, how she can cry for you And you still don't know why they left you alone And you still don't know whey they left you alone You're the wolf and I... You're the wolf and I... This is the last time I play the faithful friend who tries to defend your ways I think it's time To end this part, this part of your life, I hate to be the knife And you still don't know why they left you alone And you still don't know whey they left you alone You're the wolf and I... You're the wolf and I...You're the wolf and I am not Similar Names You want to tell me of your great escape Your small indulgence, your lucky break They say, "Your sister's just like you" I said, "I know but she doesn't choose her fate the way I do" My hair's not right My shoes are too tight I think it's time for change They always seem to know just how far you've... You've lost yourself and I wait for your return Tell me something of your life I need to hear more than black and white She says she's feeling kind of lifeless I'm feeling dull, except for your kindness My hair's not right My shoes are too tight I think it's time for change They always seem to know just how far you've... You've lost yourself and I wait for your return You can look at any town, they all look the same And all the streets they have similar names The streets they have similar names SONGS FROM CHRIS BELSITO AND RAINHORSES When It's Gone I had a dream the other night was the last night of my life From far away they sent horses with angry eyes When it's gone, it's gone forever When it's gone, it's gone to stay If I lost my eyes I'd have to say goodbye to all I know I tried to call out but I can't say where they went today When it's gone, it's gone forever When it's gone, it's gone to stay I wouldn't know if I was blind, I wouldn't know if I was blind how you slipped away Try to test me I will not bend I will not fall I tried to call out, but I can't say where they went today When it's gone, it's gone forever When it's gone, it's gone to stay Antigone Chip away at your foundations Made of rock, made of sand Always knowing where you're going Never sure just where you've gone We all have our addictions Yours scares me the most Destiny in your favour Holds you down, moves you on Holding your throat like your mother Locked in the tomb like your lover Spit on your swords while piercing each other Scream in the voice of your father Antigone has spoken, destiny has spoken Antigone has spoken, destiny can't be broken I've explained you situation Balanced firmly on the edge Always sure of what you don't know A fine line uncertain truths Holding your throat like your mother Locked in the tomb like your lover Spit on your swords while piercing each other Scream in the voice of your father Antigone has spoken, destiny has spoken Antigone has spoken, destiny can't be broken Dying Eyes Clearly, I don't understand This question has gone too far I'm sorry I don't sympathize With you work-related dying eyes Your objectives are much too clear And I am drunk and disguised In a place where mediocrity kills us all Do what you have to do and when it's done Take me down that one way road passing cars much too slow Take me down that one way road Where we can't go on When the jokes become far too real And sarcasm moves bitter tongues Wiped away those silly smiles The silly words the thread undone The thread undone Do what you have to do and when it's done Take me down that one way road passing cars much too slow Take me down that one way road Where we can't go on And he wonders why he can't sleep at night And he wonders why They I can see you little girl looking past white curtains, big eyes Big eyes, wondering about the world outside Didn't someone tell you or didn't they want to hurt Those great big dreams with old men schemes? I'll tell you the world is not what it seems They want to hear you scream They want to feel you claw them They want to cause you pain Oh girl, don't you let them Did they touch you little girl, looking around this great big room With wild eyes searching for the way outside They want to hear you scream They want to feel you claw them They want to cause you pain Little girl, holding her dreams like a pocketbook Turns around to take another look Just in time to see the truth If you are real just hide behind those curtains girl Hide those big eyes, girl, you're in for a surprise Until They Sail Sometimes the night can steal your dreams If something ain't right it can tear you at the seams The night is raging The night is raging The night rages Until they sail through southern stormy skies Rolling with the clouds just passing by Pilot the flight, morning breaks through the dream The night is raging The night is raging The night rages Until they sail through southern stormy skies Rolling with the clouds just passing by We've been gone so long Can we ever see what we've done There's no turning back Fires to Burn I'm not asking for much Just a few words from you To tell you how I feel It seems that lately you're so far away Has everything changed, I needed to know from you No more fires to burn No more dreams to be had No more late autumn nights No more painting our faces in love Have you given it all away? There was a time I thought I had it all figured out Everthing's changed Is it really so hard? There's nothing left to do but tell me the truth Do you remember the talks that we had Walking the night, dreaming together and you can still say there are No more fires to burn No more dreams to be had No more late autumn nights No more painting our faces in love Have you given it all away? I had my auburn skies, lonely nights, and lullabyes Yuo had you're foreign skies, silent nights, and little lies You couldn't look me in the eye and say goodbye No more fires to burn No more dreams to be had No more late autumn nights No more painting our faces in love Have you given it all away? Nothing To See Drove downtown in the family's pride They got it in '74 and now It's obvious that you want to decide for me Referendum on the big screen You'd delicately place me behind the scenes if you could I guess my conscience is not enough You're sure to fill me up with your Enormities, your pleasantries You've got to go but you really should know These falling leaves don't hurt the tree Nowhere to go, nothing to see Nowhere to go, nothing to see Took a bath put my best clothes on On the way sang Gord's lonely song That forgotten song Makes me want to take a drink or two And delicately place myself on that stool Conscious smiling next to you With your enormities, polarities You've got to go but you really should know These falling leaves don't hurt the tree Nowhere to go, nothing to see Nowhere to go, nothing to see Except you and me Learned to Fly In the wheat fields of muddy June We flew the kite of the August moon We've gone so far chasing fires in the night For every yard we go a mile I haven't seen you in quite a while The hardest cross to bear is the one we don't share The carnival wheel has stopped The moss has grown too thick We can't avoid the cost of this What we left behind cannot control us now Destination is a pinpoint today The carnival wheel has stopped The moss has grown too thick We can't avoid the cost of this Hey Ma, I learned to fly Tell Dad I learned to fly Don't be sad because you taught me how to fly Don't be sad because you taught me how to fly Gypsy Waves My gypsy returned to the store where she found me today You have been warned, this is about how I feel I did not concede to the plans of getting caught in the wheels of your life My gypsy returned today Waves of regret Swimming the shorelines of what we can't see Trimming the tears of the feelings washed out by the turn of the tide I float on the sands of your life You move the garden and I'll to Hudson on the streets of our night But that was September and I feel much older that way You drink the water and I'll drink the poison in the cup in my hand Gypsy return today Waves of regret Swimming the shorelines of what we can't see Trimming the tears of the feelings washed out by the turn of the tide I float on the sands of your life I cannot explain your runaway eyes to you I cannot intake your faraway lies in me Smoke washes over the room searching for discrepencies in words that I've said to you Down To The Wire You can't erase the type You can't undress my life We've suffered pain and love We've lost the sky and then above My hopes, my hopes can shatter in a dream It's gotten down to the wire love It's gotten down to the wire love It burns you Endless chains of life Fashion fuels the fight We've lost all hope of love We've lost the sky, then above My hopes, my hopes can shatter in a dream It's gotten down to the wire love It's gotten down to the wire love It burns you I can't explain what I don't understand myself I don't understand Ghost of September The wind that moves through the trees Is the shiver of an old man's dream Rain batters the old place down I didn't want to look back, I didn't want to turn around Because anything I wanted to see has long since disappeared Dark clouds moving in Pallid colours my faded skin Looks like the Indian Summer is over Someone left open the attic door Now there are shadows left on my kitchen floor Autumn's presence that dusky dim The ghost of September is now set to move in It's something I have conceived The smell of smoke and the fallen leaves Taste of winter at the door now Sharing the cost of the season's war It's something that I have concealed I keep it to myself and use it as I need Dark clouds moving in Pallid colours my faded skin Looks like the Indian Summer is over Someone left open the attic door Now there are shadows left on my kitchen floor Autumn's presence that dusky dim The ghost of September is now set to move in Sorry I didn't tell you How could I tell you? Sorry I didn't tell you How could I tell you? Someone left open the attic door... Thanks She Said I've been cynically misguided upon a simple road Some say they would buy it but I'd say they've been sold Although the framework may imply us, I've taken it alone I never consciously decided to let you know And now you're falling, falling, falling All alone you can't get back on the road And now you're falling, falling, falling All alone you can't find your way back home You're the twist upon the ankle that makes me want to see How much I really needed and wanted to be free I never consciously decided to let you go And now you're falling, falling, falling All alone you can't get back on the road And now you're falling, falling, falling All alone you can't find your way back home I tried to keep the dogs at bay I tried to hide myself away Thanks, she said with a knife behind her back Thanks, she said, I'm never coming back Hey Hey I looked out window, snow's coming down Traffic lights are changing and you don't come around I can wait for the answer, I can wait for the door But I can't wait for you anymore Hey, hey where you going? Hey, hey where you been? Hey, hey winds are blowing through my skin Don't you worry about me I'll be fine, can't you see? I'm in no hurry to be alone as one The streets are all empty and the night's getting cold My thoughts are worn and getting old I can wait for the answer, I can wait on the floor But I will wait for you like before Hey, hey where you going? Hey, hey where you been? Hey, hey winds are blowing through my skin Don't you worry about me I'll be fine, can't you see? I'm in no hurry to be alone as one Dagonet Tristram, you know just who I am You must recognize the signs, the fires in the fields Where we've worked all our lives For a penny I'd tell you who I am You must recognize the scars in the dark Of the halls where you've walked all your lives All your life You know I have seen you Out of the corner of my eye, your life's intact You seem so sure it scares me After all that you've been through, here I sit And you can take me for a ride And you can take me for a ride Here I sit, expecting to hear I've come on the scene too late Like the hero, but too late to catch the fall Why I try, why I try, to catch balloons that have already floated to high I know why And you can take me for a ride And you can take me for a ride Tristram, you know just who I am You must recognize the scars For a penny I'd tell you who I am I'm your fool and I can't make you smile anymore And I can't make you smile anymore For a Penny I'd tell you who I am The Last Bus The last bus has already gone I passed you on the streets downtown I wrote this over coffee at dawn Because the last bus has already gone And you can call me You can call me You can call me You can call me what you want I don't care what you need Your needs are not that great to me I don't care what you want I don't care The plant laid off a hundred today The trainyard is quiet and grey There's a man in his basement, he doesn't understand Why he is given so much time on his hands He says you can call him You can call him You can call him if you want I don't care what you need Your needs are not that great to me I don't care what you want I don't care The last bus has already gone The streets are all empty in this town I wrote this as a goodbye song becasue the last bus has left our town All songs written by Chris Belsito (SOCAN) If you would like to receive updates and friendly "spam" from Chris Belsito, email chrisbelsito@hotmail.com.