- Everything We Need
EVERYTHING WE NEED
it's in the darkest depths we know that we sow the seeds of something beautiful. on the blackest night we see the stars bright glow, but not if we close our eyes...no we can't just close our eyes. i saw my neighbor in the street. we talked of family, of war, and the economy. he said, 'boy i lost it all, but here's the irony...i found everything i need, we've got everything we need, no love don't care about lost money...we've got everything we need.' all these debts that we owe are relieved when we know...the expense of our lives is not met with what we buy. it's a fixed game we're in. don't doubt the value of a friend, and please stick by my side. oh i need you by my side. i'll stick by your side, if you'll be right by mine. i find solace in the woods when the city's grip gets too unberable. next to trees my problems seem miniscule. i think of those that need a hand, sometimes we just need a hand, no hope don't grow from a stimulus plan...sometimes we just need a hand. all these debts that we owe are relieved when we know...the expense of our lives is not met with what we buy. it's a fixed game we're in. don't doubt the value of a friend, and please stick by my side. oh i need you by my side. i'll stick by your side, if you'll be right by mine.
- Set Ourselves Free
SET OURSELVES FREE
well everyone's got something they're afraid of, and my dear i fear losing you. but don't think i won't be there if you need me...it's just sometimes i get scared too. and i know that my fears are unfounded, it's just this thing that builds inside my brain. if i could just remember what you told me...that 'fear leads to shame and your not to blame.' but now as we go down this long dark road, we'll keep our eyes fixed on one another. with your hand in mine and some trust and a smile we'll know there's no hill too big for us to climb... so we'll reach for the stars,but if we land on the moon, it's all right cause we know we did the best we could do, no regrets, don't forget that sometimes life is hard. i felt like shit when i left and you wanted me to stay, but i felt good when i was broke, because i gave it all away. oh it's weird and it's strange, but it's nice when things work out that way. so we fight with our heads held high, and we won'tback down from these wars in this world, from these wars in our souls. we just have to believe...we set ourselves free. i looked down on the graves from the marta train and i wondered if anybody really ever gets saved, or is it just something people tell themselves to make it through the day. but just know that everything is gonna be all right, death is too hard to conceptualize.i think we save ourselves when we laugh with our friends, when we cry. so wefight with our heads held high, and we won't back down, from these wars in this world, from these wars in our souls. we just have to believe... we set ourselves free.
- The Saddest Thing I Ever Saw
i'm not enchanted by this city anymore. skyscrapers swallow me with shadows before, the sun sets somewhere, it's light still breaks. we plant roots, but there is more at stake. on the corner there once stood a church full of sound, you could here songs escape at night. they'd sing praise be to him for what we have built...a home, a community, a life. but it broke. now stands a high-rise. i can't take back what i've done. so we danced around the room to an old familiar tune, and i looked deep in your eyes, and i thought about the fact that we are lucky for what we have, but i wonder what's the price...cause the saddest thing i ever saw was a colorful neighborhood turn white, a vibrancy destroyed by greed, a neighborhood of fallacy, development's sacrifice. i don't know this place anymore, these streets like before. i'm afraid, it's my fault, i've become what i hate... cause the saddest thing i ever saw was a colorful neighborhood turn white.