Album: Vein Full of Gold

Verse 1
Got you surrounded, and there’s no chance for escape…Yeah, it’s all on tape.
Current quickens like a winding tether ball… Ahead’s the waterfall.

Chorus
And you still won’t blink, just can’t let go… Playing chicken with an unflinching foe
And you won’t back down, you’ve swallowed doubt
Pride gets funny when it knows that it is on its way out…
Oh yeah…all in…but, you cannot win. Oh yeah…all in…it’s just a fool’s errand

Verse 2
You were certain had the plans supremely drawn… But, the time had come and gone
Now your resolve is just a desperate try in vain… A push against the grain

Chorus

Bridge
Lost in a trance, maybe you’ll outlast
You’ve bet it all to prove that you’ll stand your ground
Pride gets funny when it knows that it is on its way down…

Outro
Oh, yeah…all in…but, you cannot win
Oh, yeah…locked in…on, no you won’t give in…but, you cannot win
…it’s just a fool’s errand.

V1

Tip of the tongue, tempting the words to shout

Minds on the run, but my mouth is so slow, words keep passing out

It’s on my mind, it’s almost a photograph

It’s frozen in time and it’s slipping down my throat without a sound

Chorus

Let it out, when your fear just grips you numb

Let it out when you feel so overcome

No more doubt, breath in and breath out

V2

Back of line, where do you go from here

Don’t make it in time and the window closes right before your eyes

It’s never too late, get out of the hiding place

It’s falling in line, but it’s drifting out of reach while you decide

Chorus

Let it out, when your fear just grips you numb

Let it out when you feel so overcome

No more doubt, breath in and breath out

Looking back seems I’ve always been gauging, Just how long I can go without changing

Always looking for that lost elation

Soak it in while I lay in the backseat, Hear the crack of the snare in the backbeat

Drown it out with my newest desperation

Chorus

There’s a light, deep inside, I try to dull, stumble blind, just feel my way through it

But there’s a vein, full of gold

Trapped in stone, this I know, if I can only carve through it

Instrumental (verse structure)

Study maps while I go through my daydreams, Passing cars in my way like I’m racing

Stay awake ‘cause I worry bout direction

Every mile lays some hope for the future, Signs and lights join the roads like a suture

Driving on for that true connection

Chorus
Bridge

It’s so close I know it’s real, though I can’t see it or feel…but soon I will

Chorus
Instrumental
Outro

Looking back seems I’ve always been gauging

Just how long I can go without changing

Always looking for that lost elation

V1

I’ve grown up afraid of change,

yet watched my zip codes rearrange

I close my eyes, remember each space

the friends I’ve left and those displaced

Chorus

Said our goodbyes expecting our paths to cross like they should

Life turns and it bends, but friends don’t intend to part for good.

V2

All my old friends in memories

those out of touch, those overseas

I miss you so and shake my head

as I recall the lives that we led.

V3 Instrumental
Chorus

Said our goodbyes expecting our paths to cross like they should

Life turns and it bends, but friends don’t intend to part for good.

Bridge/Outro

Time fools and pretends, memories suspend, years took what they could…

Thought I understood.

Life sheds it’s own skin, but friends don’t intend to part for good. (2X)

There’s a coat on my heart, it’s a well worn patina
There’s a fighter in my blood, he never leaves the arena
There’s a song on my lips, tells the world that I mean it.

Have a spirit that hides, makes my body a dwelling
There’s a thorn in my side, always prone to rebel it
But there’s a peace a birthright, gives me sleep every night

There’s a guide for the road, one that cracks every code
There’s a glimpse every time I let go.

Got to work for the rent, still have bills I resent
Keep some dollars and cents, couple loaves and some fish
Got a car that still runs, got some friends I still love

Have a wife and a child, neither meek nor too mild
Got my health for today, says my blood in a vial
And there’s a calm that comes down, in a still small sound

There’s a guide for the road, one that cracks every code
There’s a glimpse every time I let go.