OVERTHINK THE WORDS Overthinking the words I say When you don’t listen anyway There’s no chance for a heart that stirs When you never heard the words Oh no Keep avoiding the true words real Was that always part of the deal? Slipping out the back to the candy store Who could ever want for more? Oh yeah Maintain the illusion poor What is all the posing for? Skipping all the stones ’til they finally drown And still no answers found Oh no Is there too much thinking? 
 Maybe too much thinking? Do we overthink the words? Misrepresent the words you read Then find a beast to feed Picking through the garbage like we sometimes do Looking for a bone to chew Sticking to the script even when it’s wrong You’re coming right along Overthinking the words I say Well, you don’t listen anyway Ah-ah-ah

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE Ah - the veil over the eyes Deceit in the replies Conceit that never dies They say the truth will set you free They say the truth will set you free AH - AH That’s what they said to me AH - AH - AH The truth will set you free Ah - hubris on display Morality decay No values to betray They say the truth will set you free They say the truth will set you free AH - AH That’s what they said to me AH - AH - AH The truth will set you free Will we ever learn? This game of play-pretend Will we ever learn? It’s clearer in the end SOLO Ah - the plague of vanity Destroying unity With such impunity They say the truth will set you free They say the truth will set you free AH - AH That’s what they said to me AH - AH - AH The truth will set you free They say the truth will set you free They say the truth will set you free AH - AH That’s what they said to me AH - AH - AH The truth will set you free

COLD WIND BLOWS A taste of dread The smell of fear What comes at us? What comes so near? Lurking in the shadows, the fate that we must bear All of the fate that we must bear Cold wind blows Danger in the air Sometimes we can feel it, feel it When you see the signs Some things we can’t change Can’t you almost feel it, feel it, feel it in the air? We saw the film We read the book We thought we knew just what it took All the childhood notions never were enough They were never enough Cold Wind Blows Danger in the air Can’t you always feel it, feel it? When you see the signs Some things we can’t change Can’t you, always feel it, feel it in the air? We live, we learn, we pray, we love Your kingdom come Your will be done Peace and strength and faith please give to us today We live, we learn, we love, we pray When you see the signs Some things we can’t change Can’t you, can’t you feel it, feel it in the air?

WHAT’S BETTER? Take a look around us, my friend Is this the way the world was meant to be? Atrocities and indignation Excuses and consolation Who’ll act, who’ll act responsibly? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - What’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - What’s better for me? No will to make the changes, my friend No thoughts about the world we leave behind When they look around at all we’ve ruined Everyone will know we blew it To their fate we left them so resigned Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - What’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - What’s better for me? We need it now, no time to waste Tomorrow cries They’ll need it then, preserve it now Tomorrow dies Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? (Ticking like a time bomb) Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? (Atrocities and indignation Excuses and consolation) Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? (When they look around at all we’ve ruined Everyone will know we blew it) Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? (Atrocities and indignation Excuses and consolation) Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? Hey - what’s better for you? Hey - what’s better for me? When they look around at all we’ve ruined Everyone will know we blew it

HARD ENOUGH If you see me around You might see me, the lines on my face growing clear You might see me, the limp in my pace Oh my dear It’s hard enough to make it work It’s hard enough to even keep it on the level It’s hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work Where’s the smile on my face? If you see it, that smile does it want to be seen? If you see it, that smile, what does it even mean? It’s hard enough to make it work It’s hard enough to even keep it all together It’s hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work And maybe I’m not who I should be (Who should I be now?) Everything’s hard enough, everything’s hard can’t you see? When you see me around You might see me, the lines on my face growing clear You might see me, the limp in my pace Oh my dear It’s hard enough to make it work It’s hard enough to even keep it on the level It’s hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work It’s hard enough to make it work It’s hard enough to even keep it on the level It’s hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work Hard enough to make it work

NOT KNOWING There Stands a man in his moment of indignation Reaching out For something to shoulder his alienation There he stands, not knowing, not knowing what for There he stands, not knowing And he…won’t know… The world Will never have a place A place for him Try and see all of the problems… with re-creation Trying now …to understand why…there’s no salvation There he stand… not knowing…not knowing what for There he stands….not knowing And he…once thought He knew…he know the pathway He…once thought….he took He took the right way He won’t know….the world Will never find a place A place for him And in this moment What was taken away? What did it all mean? And I…once thought…I knew I knew the pathway I once thought…I took I took the right way I don’t know…the world Just doesn’t have a place A place…for me

DRIFTING AWAY No sense of joy, no sense of wonder THAT’S ALL OVER NOW No way to try, no need for changing THAT’S ALL OVER NOW You’re drifting away You’re drifting away We don’t know what to say You’re drifting away What does it matter where the past goes? THAT’S ALL OVER NOW We played our games, we had our good times THAT’S ALL OVER NOW You’re drifting away You’re drifting away We don’t know what to say You’re drifting away We love you We need you We love you We need you We need you We love you We need you We love you We need you We need you We love you We need you Now Where are you? You knew this place, you knew these people THAT’S ALL OVER NOW Where is this place, where are these people THAT’S ALL OVER NOW You’re drifting away You’re drifting away We don’t know what to say You’re drifting away You’re drifting away You’re drifting away We don’t know what to say You’re drifting away You’re drifting away You’re drifting away We don’t know what to say You’re drifting away

WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS Whenever I’m with you You make me feel so cynical Whenever I’m with you The battle seems so biblical And so, what is there to change? What is there to re-arrange? ( Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass I don’t really know why I am feeling so alone Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass Shimmer, sparkle, fade The way it is, it’s cyclical Shimmer, sparkle, fade The way it is, it’s natural And so, what is there to change? What is there to re-arrange? Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass I don’t even know why I am feeling so alone Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass I’m still waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass I’m still waiting for the storm to pass I don’t even know why it is taking so damn long Waiting for the storm to pass Waiting for the storm to pass

Who will teach our children? Who’ll give them tools, the tools to help them grow? Who will teach the children? Who’ll give them tools, the tools to help them grow? He will teach the children He’ll give them tools, the tools to help them grow He will teach the children He’ll give them tools, the tools to help them grow Teacher You shouldn’t throw that word around Teacher Don’t throw that word around How will he teach the young men? He’ll give them space to make their own choice How will he teach the women? He’ll give them space to find their own voice Teacher You shouldn’t throw that word around Teacher Don’t throw that word around It’s stirring in my memory now He turned some worlds around Toughness and grace, intention and guile Mistakes along the way A touch of kindness, a kick or a smile What debts can we repay? Teacher Don’t throw that word around Teacher It’s burning in my memory now Teacher He turned some worlds around Teacher He turned some worlds around Teacher He turned my world around Teacher/Peter He turned my world around Teacher/Peter He turned my world around

FORGIVE? You could say we didn’t know what we were doing You could say we didn’t know what we were thinking The long road out of this Leads from our doorway And Into the abyss You might know we didn’t care what we were doing. You might care we didn’t know why we weren’t caring. It’s the same thing every time We did not know it It’s the same thing every time We could not show it The taming of the dark The sharpness of the edge The saltness of the tears The crying of the years Will there be… Will there be… Be a time… Be a time… To ask… Forgive? You might know we didn’t care what we were doing. You might know we didn’t care why we weren’t caring. It’s the same thing every time We always knew it It’s the same thing every time We could not show it The stripping of the self The fraying of the nerve The sickness of the age The builders of the cage The story of the day The witness on display The falseness of the pure The silence is assured The weight upon the neck The cruelness of the laugh The spotlight of the truth The things we didn’t do The taming of the dark The sharpness of the edge The saltness of the tears The crying of the years Will there be (Will there be) Will there be… Will there be a time… (Be a time) Be a time… to ask… Forgive?