all songs by daniel mccullough
rearview (adrienne’s mirror)
Do you remember who we were the days before we fell?
I’ve been trying to write it down
Endless December’s shivers say more than the words could tell
Like tidal waves that cleanse the ground of the fall
Acceleration
“Speed is distance over time”, you said
Through the howling torrent’s din
Acceleration
The endless loops that turned our gold to lead
As the flood came rushing in
A kiss in a coma that went too deep
No way to wake a world asleep
Draining the hue
The rearview mirror takes its toll
On lives that spin out of control
I wait for you
You were ascending
Built your makeshift wings from wax to fly
Weightless as we used to be
You were ascending
An ember soaring far across the sky
To watch the flood rush over me
Break the mirror, facets remain
Fake a smile for the dial-tone to explain
A kiss in a coma that went too deep
No way to wake a world asleep
Draining the hue
The rearview mirror takes its toll
On lives that spin out of control
I wait for you
tidal
“Or this town will be our grave,” is what she wrote
to hang a gentle noose around a willing throat
I know when I’m here with you, I am alone
I know this place, I know its name
Red sky calling out its invitation, staring at the sea
Years spent diving under
Try to find just what they meant to me
The walking wounded since I can’t remember when
Swam beyond the breakers
Raise your arms to drown or start again
Now the undertow pulls the swimmers out to sea
Kiss the tide that carried us far from who we used to be
I couldn’t fake it, no matter what you say
We’ll never make it back to shore now anyway
Build the drowning-days from tender knives and glass
Whispered promises that never seemed to last
As the water rises, I let go your hand
I know this place, I know its name
Sirens calling out their invitation, staring at the sea
Years spent diving under
Try to find just what they meant to me
The walking wounded since I can’t remember when
Swam beyond the breakers
Raise my arms to drown or start again
Now the undertow pulls the swimmers out to sea
Kiss the tide that carried us far from who we used to be
I couldn’t fake it, no matter what you say
We’ll never make it back to shore now anyway
timebomb
If I could ask you,
Would there be something left to say?
Questions unanswered
Silence the dearest price to pay
Could this be endless?
No return from where we went astray?
No maps for these roads
I thought that we could find a way
timebomb
end that hangs ever over
timebomb
one that ticks ever closer
timebomb
one that ticks ever, ever closer to, closer to
we ran for shelter
we were running for sanity
we were running for comfort
now we count out the price of vanity
We built this place from
Stolen light and breath and alchemy
Now it’s our prison
None so blind as he who will not…
timebomb
the one that hangs ever over
timebomb
the one that ticks ever closer
timebomb
the one that ticks ever, ever closer to, closer to
light all the fires
the truth emerged from years of disbelief
cut all the wires
and lift the rock to see what grew beneath
Could this be endless?
No return from where we went astray?
No maps for these roads
I thought that we could find a way
(we don’t care)
our season on fire
anxious wanders in
a world free of technicolor
try to run the race forever two steps behind
down beneath the smoke
crawl towards some fabled exit
keep in my heart what will never be kept in mind
anxious wanders in
a war of each against all
bang my head against a future now undefined
no one asked for this
and no one shares an answer
fading glory of the days when we crossed the line
all our lives, a dream in a locked room’s embers
how to breathe when your world is on fire
all our lives, a dream in a locked room’s embers
how to breathe when your world is on fire
face the coming storm
a million sighs an hour
if it’s me or you, you know what my choice will be
anxious wanders in
a memory of purpose
every door is closed, but somehow, some way ,
I will be free
black doves
Walk the past down to Grandview
To let the aging blister peel
No more time to dream of black doves
No more time to let it heal
Matchstick burning on the pavement
to torch the last of the Polaroids
knew what the faded flickering meant
a childhood dream now left destroyed
we fade away, towards some new tomorrow
fade away, stranger hours to follow.
fade away, searching for tomorrow
fade away, as strangers when we meet.
and the clock counts off the promise.
Forever, until we change our minds
No more time to dream of black doves
Two coils of smoke, now unentwined
we fade away, towards some new tomorrow
fade away, stranger hours to follow.
fade away, desperate for tomorrow
fade away, as strangers when we meet