Jim McGorman, Gregg Alexander, Stu Johnson, Sasha, Danielle Brisebois, Brad Fernquist

Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
She wanted to be a nun
Until that fateful day we met
I beat the crucifix
In a game of Russian roulette
I burned my Beatles records
Because she hated number nine
She licked rock cocaine sucker
Laughed, said her mom's doing mine
Well, are you an illusion, or am I just getting stoned
Because I can't take it alone
I can't take it alone

I hope I didn't just give away the ending
We started limping,
Caught the handicap shuttle to town
And yelled "God's healed us"
As we ran off the bus the driver just frowned
By the way this girl was sexy and she wouldn't touch you
This may not be true
But I said it so you'd feel involved with this song
Are you an illusion
Or am I just getting stoned
Because I can't take it alone
I can't take it alone
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
We caught a fey taxi driver
I smiled the ride was free
I felt like Amsterdam
She wanted more drugs and maybe me
I told her dealer I was broke
He hired a camera man
We did a porno film for coke
I hear I'm big in Japan
Are you an illusion
Or am I just getting stoned
Because I can't take it alone
I can't take it alone
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
We went back to her kitchen
Put the coke all in a can
Tied up a T.V minister
In walked her dad
He started drinking coffee
Too much sugar on the go
He fell dead on the floor
He thought the coke was swee t'n low
well are you an illusion
Or am I just getting stoned
Because I can't take it alone
I can't take it alone
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
Boy was she upset but then she stole her dad's wallet and
I drove him to the hospital
To sell all of his donatable body parts
And this is where she dies
They brought the depressed junkie in
She shot his Cyanide up
I guess she thought it was errol flynn
I'm blamed in the confusion
The police being phoned
I don't even love you
We weren't even friends
It's just that I can't take it alone
Uh, huh
I can't take it alone
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
I hope I didn't just give away the ending
Aw Jesus, ah shit
I think I just gave away the ending

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Jim McGorman, Gregg Alexander, Stu Johnson, Sasha, Danielle Brisebois, Brad Fernquist

Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
I was dancing
With your shadow
Slow down memories hall
I said wait
Have I been seduced and forgotten
You said baby haven't we all
Now I don't like crying
Because it only gets me wet

But I can't help failing
To remember to forget you
And I know it's gonna be a long time
Now I'm crying like a church on Monday
Praying for these feelings to go away
So do me a favor baby
Put down your new god
And love me like Sunday again
I was hiding in your bedroom
When I saw him come inside
I can't live in his shadow
Is that where I'm dancing til I die
Now I don't light candles
Because they make me see the light
That I can't help failing
To remember to forget you
And I know it's gonna be a long time
And I'm crying like a church on Monday
Praying for these feelings to go away
So do me a favor baby
Put down your new god
And love me like Sunday again


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Snails - The Format

기분좋은 2009. 3. 21. 21:57
Sam Means
Nate Ruess
Mike Schey
Don Raymond
Marko Buzard
Dog Problems (2006)
Nico take it slow
Show me that you care
And love's not just a flare on my sleeve
Sleep well, I pray that cardboard boxes,
Set the perfect stage.
'Cause wood grain makes all man made things seem so out of date
Life is not a play, it's what we
Make of the people we love.

Snails see the benefits
The beauty in every inch
Oh why, why, why, why, oh, why
Are you quick to kiss?
She bites at blades and leaves
God damn you shrubbery
Well I’m sick of vanity plays
Should we move to the UK?
'Cause life here in the states has escaped
All the people above us.
What we make of those people we love

(Chorus)
Snails see the benefits
The beauty in every inch
Oh why, why, why, why, why
Are you quick to kiss?
Baby, maybe I spoke too soon
I’ll touch you once you make the first move
Snails see the benefits
The beauty in every inch

I watch her as she runs
My mother jumps the gun
She puts her in her arms
That is just like my mom
Never lets go, never lets me grow old
I wanna pay her back
But love is nothing you can tax
My family’s not rich by any means
But I feel we won the lottery, that day
The rock swallowed the girl
And I cried as cameras caught my eyes
My tears turned into butterflies
They fly away as caskets close
A new day comes you’ll wake unfolding
Smile when you feel the sunlight
You feel the sunlight
You feel the sunlight

(Chorus)
Snails see the benefits
The beauty in every inch
So why, why, why, why, why
Are you quick to kiss?
Baby, maybe I spoke too soon
I’ll touch you once you make the first move
Snails see the benefits
The beauty in every inch, oh
Snails see the benefits
The beauty in every inch



미국 애리조나에서 Sam Means 와 Nate Ruess 에 의해 2001년에 결성된 인디 정글팝 밴드.
팝과 얼터너티브를 섞어놓은 음악스타일로 알려져있다.
데뷔앨범 Interventions + Lullabies (2003) 은 미국내에서 8만 카피 이상을 판매했다.
두번째 앨범인 Dog Problems (2006) 의 앨범명은 항상 그들이 함께할 시간을 빼앗아간
애완견에 대한 Nate 와 당시 그의 여자친구의 생각에서 나온것이라고 한다.
"The First Single" 과 "Wait, Wait, Wait" 은 인기있던 MTV 쇼 Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County 에 사용되었고, "The Compromise" 곡은 게임 The Sims2 에 삽입되었다.
밴드는 2008년에 해체되었고, RuessAnathalloAndrew Dost Steel Train Jack Antonoff 와 함께 Fun 이란 밴드로 활동중이다.

"Snails" Live at the Mayan Theatre in LA. As part of their live DVD


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Sam Means
Nate Ruess
Mike Schey
Don Raymond
Marko Buzard
Dog Problems (2006)

Don't you dare speak for someone you don't know.
They'll feel it in the back of their throat.
We know I can't construct a poem
Cause words like girls get bored and run
C'est la vie, I say "I've got so many better things"
I've got nothing, you should see me,
I smoke myself to sleep.

And blame postmodern things I can't relate,
Like summer camp and coastal states.
Like alcohol and coffee beans.
Dance floors and magazines.
I think its safe to say I've only got myself to blame
But boys in swooping haircuts are bringing me down,
Taking pictures of themselves.

And so I walk the web in search of love,
But always seem to end up stuck.
I'm finding flaws in everyone.
I've reached the point where all I want,
Is to sleep around in hopes that I will catch back up.
We are parallel lines we’re running in circles,
We're never meant to cross.

I'm at a loss, you were my tangerine,
My pussycat, my trampoline.
Now alls I get are wincing cheeks,
And dog problems, I signed a lease.
Thinking my heart belonged at 93rd and park.
Instead I broke a girl’s heart,
And flew back to Phoenix to finish the year as it started.

Can you hear me?
Are you listening?
This is the sound of my heart aching.
And I hope it's entertaining,
Cause for me it’s a bitch.
Was it worth it?
When you slept with him?
Did you get it all out of your system?

I am a man
Holding it all
I couldn’t breath
Coming across
I didn’t know
I couldn’t give up

B is for believing you'd always be here for me.
E is for everything, even when we see it though.
C, c is for seeing through you, you are a fake, which brings me to
A because, because, you always run away.

I never finish phrases, I misspell.
Open arms are prison cells.
When I said, "I hate what I've become"
I lied, I hated who I was.
So when you start to wonder 'bout the pain in my throat,
Then don't you ever, no never, ever, speak for someone you don't know.



"Dog Problems" M/V
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Sam Means
Nate Ruess
Mike Schey
Don Raymond
Marko Buzard
Dog Problems (2006)

Ashes to ashes
Some dust on the dash
I've got my cigarettes
but I can't find the fire
that's calming me down

I was just out on a night with my friends
You are still out on a night
with your friends

and you don't seem to tired
when I'm not around

I'm under the tunnel
I'm holding my breath

I searched every pocket
that hung in the closet
'til I found some matches
in a brown leather jacket
One I swore I've never worn
but it once kept you warm

Do you remember
we made love on the floor
and you still haven't called
So I'll wait 'til they're closing the bars

I made a wish
but the match never lit



Can we take the next hour and talk about me?
Talk about me, oh we'll talk about me
Talk about me, and we'll only talk about me

Can we please take this hour and talk about me?
And my hatred for corporate magazines
You know they don't speak to me
The irony is they won't speak with me

I placed you on a window sill
Cut notches up and down the door
My surprise I woke up one morning
In bed in your place lay a note

It read, "Baby, Your love, it just ain't good enough.
I found sunlight 6 hours away.
You watered me down 'til I drifted abound
Somewhere far from your shade."

Now I shadow my former self
Once whole and now only a chest full of holes
red wax, it paints me unclear
When the big hand strikes 12, I disappear

And the angels are fake and they'll lie to your face
Anything to keep you away
You watered me down 'til I drifted abound


It's time I accept the fact that you on your back
It has buried the past
Can we please take this hour and talk about me?
Talk about me, oh we'll talk about me
Talk about me, and we'll only talk about me

Can we please take this hour and talk about me?
And my hatred for corporate magazines
You know they don't speak to me
The irony is they won't speak with me


"Matches, I'm Actual" Live (featuring Anathallo)


"Matches, I'm Actual" Live From the DVD Live at the Mayan Theater
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Sam Means
Nate Ruess
Mike Schey
Don Raymond
Marko Buzard
Interventions + Lullabies (2003)
Today's been a career day
Futures made and fortunes lost
As I'm standing in the lobby
Waiting for the elevator to take me away
Up to 9 or 10 or maybe 11
The sound of sirens fading as she whispers in my ear
She's saying
"It's too late to wish success,
So get undressed and please just come to bed.
'Cause I'm the last real thing you've got.
You're cursed by all ambitious thoughts.
Is that all you've got?"

As for you, you spin a story like a
Spider spins a web.
See that's a metaphor,
No wait, a simile.
I'm still learning but I think I'm getting better.
Oh, if I'm not tortured how are you ever going to relate.
I've been condemned by those I love
Wishing me the worst as I try my best.
But she's the last real thing I've got.
I'm cursed by all abitious thoughts.

Is that all you've got?

Love, close your eyes.
And cover your ears.
For the end is near,
But the beginning is here.

In with the outro,
And out with the old.
In with the outro,
And out with the old.
In with the outro,
And out with the old.

I'm gonna tie all the loose ends I once pulled

In with the outro,
And out with the old.

Preparing for faliure from what we've been told

In with the outro,
And out with the old.

With nothing to offer so nothings been sold

In with the outro,
And out with the old.

Forgive me and give me one more chance to fold

In with the outro,
And out with the old.

There's nothing to lose when there's nothing to hold

In with the outro,
And out with the old.

...We'll be together in the morning



"Career Day" Live at UCI on 9/26/07
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Sam Means
Nate Ruess
Mike Schey
Don Raymond
Marko Buzard

Interventions + Lullabies (2003)

Well I made my way back down to the valley
Right on past 83rd street
That's where we once belonged
But I’m gone
I swear I’m long gone

So give it up, throw your hats in the air
And change is as you ladies say
"We'll get out of here"
Something tells me that you’re too scared to go

So the stairs that you could climb
Are the ones you’ve left behind
And your eyes light up when we talk about the past
God, I miss those songs we used to sing
Talking like getting away would be the greatest thing
Well me, I got out,
And you, you kept singing to me
Like that's really going to set this free

So give it up, throw your hats in the air
And change just as they land
You’re saying, "We'll get out of here"
Something tells me that you’re too scared to go

Like a ghost
You’ve been haunting all these dusty old roads and old homes
The ones we swore we'd never go, oh oh

As for Joe
Oh I’ve seen him around
Then there’s Adam
He’s afraid to go out
I don’t blame him, I just wanted to go out to eat

Then there’s Mark
God damn, I wish him the best
We were kids back then, as if we could progress
Sometimes I, I just can’t sleep
Thinking of everything we could have been

So give it up, throw your hats in the air
And change just as they land
You’re saying, "We'll get out of here"
Something tells me that you’re too scared to go

So give it up, throw your hats in the air
And change just as they land
You’re saying, "We'll get out of here"
Something tells me that you’re too scared to go


"give it up" Live @ Chain reaction
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Sam Means
Nate Ruess
Mike Schey
Don Raymond
Marko Buzard
Sean McCall

Interventions And Lullabies (2003)

i was
the smoke sank into my skin
so i came inside to be with you
and we talked all night,
about everything we could imagine
cause come the morning i'll be gone
and as our eyes start to close,
i turn to you and i let you know,
that i love you


well my dad was sick
and my mom she cared for him
her love it nursed him back to life
and me i ran,
i couldnt even look at him,
for fear i'd have to say goodbye
and as i start to leave
he grabs me by the shoulder and he tells me,

whats left to lose,
you've done enough
and if you fail well then you fail,
but not to us
cause these last three years,
i know they've been hard
but now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun
even if it's alone

so now here i sit,
in a hotel off of sunset
my thoughts bounce off of sam's guitar
and thats the way it's been,
ever since we were kids but now,
now we've got something to prove

and i,
i can see their eyes
but tell me something,
can they see mine?

cause whats left to lose,
i've done enough
and if i fail, well then i fail, but i gave it a shot
and these last three years,
i know they've been hard
but now its time to get out of the desert and into the sun
even if it's alone

even if it's alone

i was on your porch last night,
the smoke it sank into my skin



"On Your Porch" Live

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Tyler James Hilton (1983년생)

The Tracks Of (2004)
There's a rule in the book that says
It's got to be fun
I hate to admit but my feelings have changed
Everybody expects to hear a love song
Love can't come from something baby that never was

And I'm leavin behind
The you in my mind
Though I know it's new
It's something I'll try
And I'll always remember
The way that we cared for
Our time, our time

There's a time and a place where thoughts are discovered
A package of ten all the sheets that I need

What I call a gift can't be given to many
But loving a friend, baby, just ain't the same

Well I'm leavin behind
The you in my mind
Though I know it's new
It's something I'll try
And I'll always remember
The way that we cared for
Our time, our time, our time

Sorrow hangs like a halo, baby on my head
But regret will never fill my vacant heart, no

Well I'm leavin behind
The you in my mind
Though I know it's new
It's something I'll try
And I'll always remember
The way that we cared for

I'm leavin behind
The you in my mind
Though I know it's new
It's something I'll try
And I'll always remember
The way that we cared for
Our time, our time


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Tyler James Hilton (1983년생)

The Tracks Of (2004)
I study up my hollow
Piece of wood to follow
A day that doesn't come
To the lucky

And I realize there's tomorrow
But I would rather wallow
In the rain then moods that seem
So pot-lucky

Well I'm cruising El Paseo
In my off-white coup back '65
Or I'm cruisin down my own street
And my hooptie says to me
You better hang on to your bench seat
I'm gonna take you for a ride

And I'll let you know
When it comes, when it comes
I'll let you know

But don't stay up for me
Don't wait up for me
If I'm not home

So I wait for fate to find me
A ball of string unwind me
Uncomfortable as a centerfold

And I realize your behind me
To help and humankind me
To see my songs can be retold

Well I'll be gone tomorrow
Yes I'm on the road tomorrow
So next time that I see you in school
It won't be for too long

And I'll let you know
When it comes, when it comes
I'll let you know

But don't stay up for me
Don't wait up for me
If I'm not home

And I want a leather jacket
But only if I have the time
Well, I'll comb my hair like Elvis
And grab an old Gretch 59

And you'd hardly recognize me if you
Saw me from behind

And I'll let you know
When it comes, when it comes
I'll let you know

And I'll let you know
When it comes
Just when it comes
I'll let you know

But don't stay up for me
Don't wait up for me
If I'm not home

And I'll let you know
I'll let you know
Well I'll let you know



"When It Comes" Live at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, TN
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Tyler James Hilton (1983년생)

The Tracks Of (2004)
Oh, and tell me
Was it all because I
Brought it up for
Conversation in a bed

And I wouldn't have started
Were it not for a blue appearing
Someone's trying to please somebody else

Many men are crying
God can't help but he's trying
To find more
Men like me
A women such as

You my love
Non existence seemed like
Nothing my love
And though I said I was scared to die
The end seemed so much greater
Then either side of the equator
Yea, you saved me
God was there to pass me
You my love

It happened on a Sunday
Which tells me there was no mistake
A half parted smile
You took my hand and breath away
And I wouldn't have loved you
If you would have
Answered my requesting
Someone's glad he never pleased himself

Many men are crying
God can't help but he's trying
To find more
Men like me
A women such as

You my love
Non existence seemed like
Nothing my love
And though I said I was scared to die
The end seemed so much greater
Then either side of the equator
But you saved me
God was there to pass me
You my love

And I wouldn't have started
If you would have
Answered my requesting
Someone's glad he never pleased himself

Many men are crying
God can't help but he's trying
To find more
Men like me
A women such as

You my love
Non existence seemed like
Nothing my love
And though I said I was scared to die
The end seemed so much greater
Then either side of the equator
But you saved me
God was there to pass me
You my love

To pass me you my love
Pass me you my love


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Tyler James Hilton (1983년생)

The Tracks Of (2004)
I miss the girl, and the cigarettes
And the more I try, the more that I forget
To think of you is a flash to find
To think of you I find my light to pass the time

You want me to be that better one
Time goes slowly with you only

Insomnia my friend
Insomnia my friend

I miss the girl and I lost my light
So I'm stumbling through this hollow room for peace of mind
I find that I am going over everything I've said to you, for you

Insomnia my friend
Insomnia my friend

You want me to be that better one
Time goes slowly with you only

You want me to be that better one
Time goes slowly with you only

Insomnia my friend
Insomnia my friend
Insomnia, insomnia

I miss the girl whose not impressed by
Insomnia and my cigarette light, my cigarette light

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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
She has the power with every move she makes
To turn my eyes and to turn my fate
To be here, to be here
But I am a liar
The promises I've made have broken down with my broken way but I'll be here, I'll be here

And as long as I am
I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around (x2)

I see all the people with broken hearts
In an unfriendly world who cares who you are?
And it's not fair, they don't care
But you are here for me
I am part of the life you're leading
So I won't move without you

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around (x2)

I'll be what I have to be
I'll be what I have to be
I'll be what I have to, have to be
I'll be what i have to

And as long as I am
and as long as I am

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around
(x2)

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around (I'll be what I have to be), throw my love around

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around


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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
I've been around for a little over 20 years
And to anyone who needs advice on getting here
Don't ask me, the path I took was not exactly by the book, by the book
I was too young to know and too dumb to figure out
That you can lose yourself in all this traveling around
When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned, lessons learned
Let me tell you now where i went wrong
Hollywood is just another place I don't belong

Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you

I'm finding out the ways of this world
Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl
And the only way to love yourself is giving love to someone else, someone else
Don't believe in everything you hear
Growing up is more than just living through the years

Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you

I'm disappointed in myself
I left you on a shelf that I could never reach
I practiced what you'd always preached against
But now I'm back in my defense
That black and white world we tried to paint is really gray

So it took a little time to get this right
The guilty and the innocent are always side by side

Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you

I'll be me, you be you
And I'll be me, oh and you be you



"The Middle" Live at UGA as part of "The Main Event" 4.8.08
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
Come on, come on
You have got to move on
This is not the you i know
This isn't real
It's just all you can feel
And that's the way that feelings go
And whether or not it's right or wrong you'll do what you will do

[Chorus]

When the cloud in the sky starts to pour
And your life is just a storm you're braving
Don't tell yourself you can't lean on someone else
Cause we all need saving sometimes

Say what you will but the time that we fill
While we're on the earth
Should not be alone
We were meant to be known
You make me what i'm worth
But i can't keep you from yourself you'll do what you will do

[Chorus]

I don't know why it has to be this way and
I don't know the cure
But please believe someone has felt this before

[Chorus]




"We All Need Saving" Live on the Rock Boat 08 with Stephen Kellogg


"We All Need Saving" Live at Chicago's 2008 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)

Unexpected, understatement of the year
That's for sure
Who'd of thought that I'd be standing
At your door
It's just the way you say my name that throws me
All the windows of my past are closing
Everything that you see here

Is for you from me
I give it away so easily
Never stop to look at what's behind
For you from me

Everything we want will be holding us
Together tonight, tonight
Unexpected,
I'm not used to chasing dreams and catching them
All of a sudden I'm the winner in the end
I'm used to every door I open closing
Always making sure I'm not supposing
I can't believe I'm really here

For you from me
I give it away so easily
Never stop to look at what's behind
For you from me

Everything we want will be holding us
Together, tonight
We will never fall
We'll defy the laws of this world
With new ones of our own
That's the way I feel
Stupid but for real all that I am

Is for you from me
I give it away so easily
Never stop to look at what's behind
For you from me
Everything we want will be holding us
Together tonight, tonight [2x]



"For You From Me" M/V
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
It's you to me
Your gentle face
Overdue, worth the wait
And out of my reach
But I'm reaching out for you
Me to the night
I say goodbye
The time is up
I fight the time
A needed award
I can't afford
A finished song
One more cord

And it's already in my mind
I'm in over my head inside
And it's already in my mind
Inside
Inside

Everyone's back
Hearts at war
With all the plans
I had before
And I'm losing my grip
But, I'd lose it all for you
So I go driving all around
And I'm denying all
the sounds that hit
my ear
Drum the beat of
a heart I can't
defeat

And so it's
already in my mind
I'm in over my head inside
And it's already in my mind
Inside
Inside

Already in
Already in

"already in" Live
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
I can't find Crazy Horse, can't find Hoffa
And Amelia's missing somewhere out at sea
And I hope they're happy, havin' a party
And Elvis is servin' them up green apple martini's

I can't find my watch
I can't find my wallet
So how in the hell am I supposed to find?

The one that I love
The one that I need
Hidden so high
Buried so deep

Well, I found odd jobs and I found reasons
For all kinds of ways I can waste my time
And I found letters and I found leavers
And I found new ways just to tell old lies

I can't find my watch
I can't find my wallet
So how in the hell am I supposed to find?

The one that I love
The one that I need
Hidden so high
Buried so deep

Somewhere to run
Somewhere to go
And if I ever find her,
How will i know? How will I know?

'Cause can't find Crazy Horse, can't find Hoffa
And Amelia's missing somewhere out at sea



"Amelia's Missing" Live at the Soiled Dove in Denver, CO
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)

Fourth floor,
lonely Juanita,
sits there staring at the screen,
types in
can anybody tell me what it all means,
tick-tock waitin' for an answer
it's no use and all at once to her suprise,
she gets one reply,


[Chorus]
Until you got love,
you know you got nothin',
you're missing that something
that's gonna set you free,
until you got love,
you'll always be running,
love is that one thing
that everybody needs,

Sunday, no one's at the office,
just waiting at his fathers desk,
workin' trying to fill the shoes that his dad left
'dear son' he finds in a letter:
'please try your best to learn from my mistakes,
you know work can wait',

[Chorus]
Until you got love,
you know you got nothin',
your missin that something
that's gonna set you free,
until you got love,
you'll always be running,
love is that one thing
that everybody needs,

There's nothing cool in this room,
nothing new in what I'm saying,
but sometimes the truth is what it is,
so why should I apologize for looking for
a better way to live, way to live

[Chorus (x2)]

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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
I'm glad i never lived next to the water
So I could never get used to the beach
And I'm glad I never grew up on a mountain
To figure out how high the world could reach
I love the miles between me and the city
Where I quietly imagine every street
And I'm glad I'm only picturing the moment
I'm glad she never fell in love with me

For some the world's a treasure to discover
And your scenery should never stay the same
And they're trading in their dreams for Explanations
All in an attempt to entertain
But I love the miles between me and the city
Where I quietly imagine every street
And I'm glad I'm only picturing the moment
I'm glad she never fell in love with me

The trick of love is to never let it find you
It's easy to get over missing out
I know the how's and whens, but now and then,
She's all I think about

I wonder how it feels to be famous
But wonder is as far as I will go
Because I'd probably lose myself in all the Pictures
And end up being someone I don't know.
So it's probably best I stay in Indiana
Just dreaming of the world as it should be
Where every day is a battle to convince myself
I'm glad she never fell in love with me



"Indiana" Live at Indiana Wesleyan University 10.3.08
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
She loves her mama's lemonade,
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make.
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her.
She swears that there's no difference,
Between the lies and complements.
It's all the same if everybody leaves her.

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough,
The pictures that she sees make her cry.

And she would change everything, everything just ask her.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,
And she needs someone to take her home.

She's giving boys what they want, tries to act so nonchalant,
Afraid they'll see that she's lost her direction.
She never stays the same for long,
Assuming that she'll get it wrong.
Perfect only in her imperfection.

She's not a drama queen,
She doesn't want to feel this way, only seventeen but tired

She would change everything for happy ever after.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,
But she just needs someone to take her home.

Cuz she's just the way she is, but no ones told her that's ok.

And she would change everything, everything just ask her.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,

And she would change everything for happy ever after.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,

But she just needs someone to take her home
And just needs someone to take her home.


U.S. Adult 차트 28위 기록.



"Beautiful Disaster" M/V


"Beautiful DisasterLive (Yahoo Performance)
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사용자 삽입 이미지
Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

I looked into the mirror
Didn’t know what I would see
But it was still just me
But it was still just me
With all these different images
Of who they think is me
I don’t know which one to be
And my eyes look like the sea
사용자 삽입 이미지

Oh, what fearful times are these
I know that You don’t promise this, but please
Let me feel you now
Because I know that You are here
Whispering in my ear
And looking in the mirror

She woke up this morning
Didn’t know who she should be
So she turned on the TV
So she could escape for free
And all this time You’ve been right here
But she just couldn’t see
There is more than just a dream
She’s the daughter of a King

Oh, what fearful times are these
I know that You don’t promise this, but please
Let her feel you now
Because I know that You’re there
Hearing every prayer
And returning her stare

I’ve been so many people to so many people
But I just want to be who You want me to be

Oh, what fearful times are these
O, Lord, you don't promise this but please
Let me feel you now
Because I know that You are here
Whispering in my ear
And looking in the mirror

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사용자 삽입 이미지
Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

Naked I came with nothing to show
You gave me everything that I call my own
I have nothing to give that wasn’t given me
You’re able to see so much more than I can find in me

You brought me from the womb
You made me trust in You (Psalm 22:9)
You, O God
I need You
사용자 삽입 이미지

When I was in chains, I thought that I was free
But ages before I was even born, you called to me
To turn me loose from all the fear and all the doubt
My heart’s not big enough to hold all of this love,
but you keep pouring out

You brought me from the womb
You made me trust in You
You, O God
I need You

Irresistible, You’re irresistible
Yours are the only hands that can heal me

You brought me from the womb
You made me trust in You
You, O God
I need You
God
I need You

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Mark Nicks
: Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

Surrender, a word that we don’t understand
How are we to get ahead when we have empty hands?
We fight for what will fade
We cling to that from which we’re saved
And soon we’ll wake to find
We’ve naught but fists of sand
What good is the whole world
If you’ve no soul? (Mark 8:36)

Cast your bread upon the water’s edge
And you will find the bread of Life (John 6:35)
Cast your bread

Our bread seems small but when it’s broken it will feed
A multitude of thousands, hungry and in need (Mark 6:30-44)
If we want to live
Our life is something we must give (Mark 8:35)
Just like kernels of wheat
die to bare forth seeds (John 12:24)
Lord it’s in your hands now
As it’s always been

Cast your bread upon the water’s edge
And you will find the bread of Life
Break your bread and pass with open hands
And you will find the bread of Life

How are we to get ahead when we have empty hands?

Cast your bread upon the water’s edge
And you will find the bread of Life
Cast your bread
Cast your bread
And you will find
The bread of Life

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Balancing Act (2007)

Last night my shadow ran from me
It bowed its head in shame
I can't bear my reflection
I can't even write my name
사용자 삽입 이미지

Sometimes I choose to
Forget about You
Sometimes I choose to
Ignore the truth

Just like the man from chapter three
I tried to hide
From fleeting
Familiar
White light

Sometimes I choose to
Forget about You
Sometimes I choose to
Ignore the truth

How sweet the name
How sweet the face
That I long to touch
With dirty hands

I'm seeing sideways
Because I've fallen down again
And it's so hard to find my way (X4)


"Sideways" Live @ Cornerstone IL 2006
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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

Wake Up, O Sleeper (2003)

Stand and lift your head.
Redemption is drawing near.
The armies of heaven,
are riding in the air.

Look into the clouds,
every eye will see,
Christ coming down.
So shall it be.

Like lightining through the sky,
everyone will know,
Jesus is alive,
and reigns forevermore.

Look into the clouds,
every eye will see,
Christ is coming down.
So shall it be.

Christ coming down, so shall it be.

Halleluah (18x)


"So Shall It Be" Live @ C-stone IL 2006

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

Wake Up, O Sleeper (2003)

Is this love
or something to think of?

We fool ourselves for comfort,
we're swayed by every wind.
And if this isn't true love,
then we can just pretend.
But what is love?

This is love
that you would die for me.

Is this real,
or something to feel?

Confused by our emotions,
confused by what we see.
We trade in our patience,
for false security.
But is this love?

This is love,
that you would die for me.

When I'm falling down,
you save me.

This is how I know
what love is. (9x)
And I'd die for this.


"This Is Love" Live

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

Wake Up, O Sleeper (2003)

My sweet Jesus,
I love you.
And I'm trying so hard.
It's not so easy,
down here anymore.
Everyone just treats me,
like I'm crazy or something.
Sometimes I feel like I am,
because no one seems to understand.

But if I'm a fool, I'm a fool for you.
And if I'm alive, I'm living just for you.
If I sing a song, then I sing for you.
I sing all day long, in everything I do.

My sweet Jesus,
I'm sorry,
that I let you down again.
It's not so easy,
Down here anymore.
Everyone just treats me,
like I'm crazy or something.
And sometimes, I feel like I am.
Because no one seems to understand.

But if I'm a fool, I'm a fool for you.
and if I'm alive, I'm living just for you.
If I sing a song, then I sing for you.
I sing all day long, in everything I do.

I will rejoice in this foolishness.
I will rejoice in this foolishness.


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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

Wake Up, O Sleeper (2003)

She cannot see the ocean.
For the trees that block the way.
She cannot see forever 'cause,
she cant see past today.
She's driving home so empty.
From another one night stand.
With a guy who doesnt care,
but just wants to feel like a man.
If only falling in love was as easy making it.

But
nobody hugs a rose (3x)
She's all alone 'cause nobody hugs a rose.

She has no ring to speak of.
Save the one her daddy left.
He stepped out of her life,
leaving some jewelry on a shelf.
Seems like every man she loves ends up walking away.

'Cause
nobdy hugs a rose (3x)
She's all alone 'cause nobody hugs rose.

There's never been a prettier soul,
No, theres never been a lovelier rose.
But she can never wipe away all her tears.
She cries herself to sleep and
wakes up to the same old fears.
She only needs someone to hold to her right now.
A man who would wear those thorns like a crown.

She steps into the bedroom,
and falls onto the floor.
She cries out to her savior
that she just cant take no more.
Jesus says "Girl I've been waiting,
for this very day.
When I could pick you up and strip those dirty thorns away."
Nevermore will she think in her old futile ways,

That
nobody hugs a rose (3x)
She's not alone, 'cause somebody loved a rose.

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Fires of Life (2004)

The other night I had a dream
It unfolded to the silver screen
A tragic fire, some tears were shed
I woke to find our hero dead
And wonder, ”What if this was me?”

If my life was cinematic
With a soundtrack so dramatic
You’d be the hero and You would save me
And it would have the sweetest ending

I want to live in such a way
That when I’m gone my friends would say
That if my life was turned to film
I’d be standing on a mountain shouting victory in the end
But in my heart I know it’s only true
If I’m supporting actor and the Oscar goes to You

If my life was cinematic
With a soundtrack so dramatic
You’d be the hero and You would save me
And it would have the sweetest ending

I don’t want to let You down
I want to make you proud
If anyone is watching me
I want to make it count for something

W
hat if it ended here?
What if the credits rolled now?
What would the critics say?
Would it be the biggest let down?

If my life was cinematic
With a soundtrack so dramatic
You’d be the hero and You would save me
And it would have the sweetest ending

미국 Nashville 출신의 크리스찬 밴드.
1998년에 Middle Tennessee State University 에서 펑크락을 하고 있던 Brandon Morgan
Jason Hammil 은 Mark Nicks 만나게 되어 밴드를 결성하게 된다. 


앨범들.
Demo Schmemo (Demo) : 1998
...So Far (EP) : 1999
I Fought Against Myself (Independent) : 2001
Wake Up O Sleeper : 2003
The Fires of Life : 2004
The Balancing Act : 2007
 
"Cinematic" Live
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