collective soul - december
Why drink the water
from my hand?
Contagious as you think I am
Just tilt my sun towards
your domain.
Your cup runneth over again.
Don't scream about
Don't think aloud
Turn your head now baby
Just spit me out
Don't worry about
Don't speak of doubt
Turn your head now baby
Just spit me out
Why follow me to higher ground?
Lost as you swear I am.
Don't throw away your basic needs,
Ambiance and vanity.
December promise you gave unto me
December whispers of treachery
December clouds are now covering me
December songs no longer I sing
collective soul - run
Are these times contagious?
I've never been this bored before
Is this the prize i've waited for?
Now with the hours passing
There's nothing left here to insure
I long to find a messenger
Have i got a long way to run (x2)
Yeah, i run
Is there a cure among us?
From this processed sanity
I weaken with each voice that sings
Now, in this world of purchase
I'm going to buy back memories
To awake some old qualities
Have i got a long way to run (x2)
Yeah, i've got a long way to run...
collective soul - precious declaration
Hitched a ride to the peaceful side of town
Then proceeded where theives were no longer found
Can't crash now, I've been waiting for this
Won't crash now, I found some encouragement
Precious declaration reads
Yours is yours and mine you leave along now
Precious declaration says
I believe all hope is dead no longer
New meanings to the words I feed upon
Wake within my veins elements of freedom
Can't break now, I've been living for this
Won't break now, I'm cleansed with hopefulness
Precious declaration says
Yours is yours and mine you leave alone now
Precious declaration says
I believe all hope is dead no longer
Once I jumped thru hoops of fire
High and far as you required
I was blind but now i see
Salvation has discovered me
collective soul - in between
In between us
Good and evil wait
To lie beside us
In our bed we make
In between us
Caution never heeds
We prey on weakness
Then beg for sympathy
In between words
Silence parades so confusion is heard
Our voices afraid
To speak up and reassure
So in between words we remain
In between
In between us
Hope we've yet to see
We long for healings
But the scars never leave
Silence fills the void
Of love and hate
An effective tool
When used to separate
Now separate
collective soul - untitled
Who have I left to please?
Take what you´ve yet to seize.
No more questioning
´Cause love is what love should be.
Unveil to me all that you want me to do.
But why should I stop bearing allegiance to you?
See, I don´t believe in
The sorcerers or the preachers.
I just don´t believe in you.
And I don´t believe in
The scholars or the wise men.
I just believe in you.
What have I left to prove?
I speak all the words you choose.
Confine me in walls of truth
´Cause love does what love should do.
No more sentence. All of my pain has been freed.
Why should this end when your mercy´s all I need?
See, I don´t believe in
The sorcerers or the preachers.
I just believe in you.
And I don´t believe in
The scholars or the wise men.
I just believe in you.
collective soul - there s a way
There's a way to carry on
To push me out then place me back where I belong
There's a way to make anew
To resurrect the wishes that I wish for you
I'm going on and on
I'm going' for the ??
There's a way to say what you say
There's a way to recognize
All the pride that wraps around for my disguise
There's a way to talk me through
To open the silence that belongs to you
I'm diggin' on and on
I'm diggin for the ??
Find some words that you can steal or borrow
Don't give it away
Save 'em up cause there's always tomorrow
C'mon c'mon
I'm going on and on
I'm diggin for the ??
collective soul - smashing young man
Beggar's description
Of what I've been missing
Exploit your position
Don't think I didn't listen
Hey I hope you're feeling
A little better now
Success is so tragic
Pain is your gadget
Your tongue's just lashing
Just bitching by habit
Hey I hope you're feeling
A little purer now
Hey I hope you're feeling
Securer now
Help me I plea
I don't understand
Your ways and means
You smashing young man
Help me to see
The good you have planned
You're wearing thin
You smashing young man
You preach synthetic-like
Peace is an oversight
It's nothing to ignite
Your self-lit spotlight
Hey I hope you're feeling
A little special now
Hey I want to tell you
I think you're special now
I don't recall asking for guidance
I don't recall wanting to
I don't recall bowing before you
But I'm so impressed
With the kindness in your attitude
collective soul - satellite
Soon a man will kneel to pray
Soon the light will burn our shade
And with the sweet the bitter fades
So my heart and take your place
Cause I will be your force
And I will be your right
And I will watch over you like a satellite
Soon reason will have rhyme
Soon wisdom will imply
And with courage doubt subsides
So take my heart and take my pride
And I will be your side
And I will be your might
And I will watch over you like a satellite
River will flow from scenes unknown
I'll guide you through by the love I'll show
And the stars will wish upon the night
That they could have a guiding satellite
collective soul - needs
All around me I see what weakness has made
Too much tomorrow I think I'll take all today
Am I a poison, Am I a thorn in the side
Am I picture perfect subject tonight
I don't need nobody
I don't need the weight of words
To crash on thru
I don't need nobody
I just need to learn the depth
Or doubt of faith to fall into
Here I slumber to awaken my daze
I find convenience in this savior I save
Am I a prison, Am I a source of dire news
Am I a picture perfect reason for you
I don't need nobody
I don't need the weight of words
To crash on thru
I don't need nobody
I just need to learn the depth or doubt
Of faith to fall into
In this time of substitute
It's my needs I've answered to (All the while)
And the hope that I invest
Still turns to signals of distress (All the while)
collective soul - when the water falls
She's a picture perfect child
Of innocence.
Searching out in childlike ways
For knowledge.
Now she's questioning her mother
Yeah she's questioning her father
Yeah she's looking for the answers
To the problem that confronts her.
Do you know where the sun goes
When the water falls?
Do you know where the rain goes
When the water falls?
Though I think her subjects could
Run far and wide.
She has centered on the topic
Of the sky.
Now she's questioning her mother
Yeah she's questioning her father
Yeah she's looking for the answers
To the questions that confront her.
collective soul - compliment
Now I've taken the side
Of a beautiful calm
Can you see this disguise
Fading to a resolve
And there it goes my innocence
While gathering up a compliment
And here I lie with words to swear
There's something more than
The world out there
Hesitation compounds
I've nothing left to sustain
My worries here have allowed
A momentary refrain
And there it goes my innocence
While gathering up a compliment
And here I lie with words to swear
There's something more
Than the world out there
collective soul - what i can give you
Imagine again
I lean a little closer just to breathe you in
Words are in bloom
They wake me with their meanings and their
Thoughts of you
Chorus:
I can't give you
Treasures that only men have made
But what i can give you
No one can ever take away
Twisting the day
I always lose myself so i can find your way
Promises be
They whisper all the yearning
That I swear you'll need
Chorus
I can't give you
Treasures that only men have made
But what i can give you
No one can ever take away
I've got a long way
A long way to come down
collective soul - fuzzy
Good morning, sunshine bring on your pain
Oh, sweet Jesus, I swear I'll
I'll never taste it again
Not tonight, not tonight
Oh no, okay, so let's go
I can live my life in slow mo
I think I was your boyfriend once though
But I was fuzzy then, yeah, fuzzy, oh
Twinkling starlight, yeah, it's time to write
Why here? It's now or never
'Cause it's my time to shine
Not tonight, not tonight
Oh no, okay, so let's go
I won't live this life in slow mo
I think I was your girlfriend once though
But I was fuzzy then
Oh no, oh no, okay, so let's go
We can live our lives in slow mo
I think I was your boyfriend twice though
But I was fuzzy then
I can't shake it, I just can't shake it
I can't shake it, I just can't shake it tonight
No, not tonight
I won't shake it, I just can't shake it
I won't shake it, I just can't shake it tonight
No, not tonight, yeah
Not tonight, not tonight
Oh no, okay so let's go
I won't live this life in slow mo
I think I was your girlfriend twice though
But I was fuzzy then
Oh no, oh no, okay, so let's go
We won't this life in slow mo
You know we're all just pissed here, though
Yeah, we're all fuzzy again
Yeah, we're all fuzzy again, fuzzy again
Fuzzy my friend, fuzzy my friends
Yeah
collective soul - listen
You're not thirsty
Walking in the desert all alone
You're not searching
Lost in isolation from your soul
When the bullets you bite
From the pain you request
You're finding them harder to digest
When the answers you seek
Are the ones you destroy
Your anger's well de ployed
Why can't you listen
Why can't you hear
Why can't you listen
As love screams everywhere
You now hunger
Feeding your mind with selfishness
You now wander
Aimlessly around your consciousness
When your prophecies fail
When your thoughts become weak
Silence creates necessity
When you're clothing yourself
With the shields of despair
Your courage now impaired
Why can't you listen
Why can't you hear
Why can't you listen
As love screams everywhere
You crucify all honesty
No signs you see do you believe
And all your words just twist and turn
Reviving just to crash and burn
Fighting till the bitter end
If only your heart could open
Up and listen
Why can't you listen
Why can't you hear
Why can't you listen
As love screams everywhere
Why can't you listen
Why can't you hear
Why can't you listen
As love screams everywhere
collective soul - reach
Should I thirst for knowledge
Can I beg you for some water
Should I fight your battles
Can I rest upon your shoulders
I hope I'm able to ride out this storm
So come on Gabriel and blow your horn
Reach, Reach out to me
Can't you see I need you to save me
Yeah, Reach, Reach out to me
Can't you see I need you to hold me
Should I beg for mercy
Can I be the one you treasure
Should I question knowledge
Can I have all of your answers
I hope I'm able to find love today
Can I ask you to light my way
Reach, Reach out to me
Can't you see I need you to guide me
Yeah, Reach, Reach out to me
Can't you see I need you to love me
Take me out of these walls
Take me somewhere I can see
Take me away from it all
Please just reach out to me