JAMIE'S ELSEWHERE LYRICS

1. Seasons

Get back to the center
Where it all began
The struggles of a burdened man
Who clung to violence
And transgressed
Against the few who stayed
The few that remained
The few he didn't abandon
Or push away as he left his home
In search of fool’s gold.
He went west but longed for the east
And he waged wars but he longed
For the peace that never made
Its way to ease his troubled heart

I hope they all can see through
The changing of the seasons
We all, we all blossom in spring
And wither in winter (in winter)

When the fall strips you
Of all your color
What will you say as the cold
Eats its way through your bones?
When the ice covers you completely
Completely drained of all hope

I hope they all can see through
The changing of the seasons
We all, we all blossom in spring
And wither in winter

As God as my witness I will survive
To see the sun again
And, wait for its light
To bring its life back to my limbs (my limbs, my limbs)

I pray they all, see through the barren trees
And the lifeless shapes that once were forests
Once the life returns to their eyes

I hope they all can see through
The changing of the seasons
We all, we all blossom in spring
And wither in winter

As God as my witness, I will see the sun!

2. The Mapmaker

Listen, to the sound
The sound of an angry ocean below
And, look above
The skies open up
The waves begin to groan
They say, it’s nothing personal
It’s what's been decided for you
It is what has to be.
It is what has to be.

If you aren't so easily swayed
I'll make my peace and sink beneath the waves
Until it all fades away
To hues and shades of blues and grays

In this cold
Frigid and oh so lonely
I'm slowly moving toward
The center of a hostile world
Unexplored and in need of
More men like me to uncover
What lies at its ends

If you aren't so easily swayed
I'll make my peace and sink beneath the waves
Until it all fades away
To hues and shades of blues and grays

All I ever needed was one more day
I feel so disconnected
So strangely warm
So strangely calm
Calm...

If you aren't so easily swayed
I'll make my peace and sink beneath the waves
Until it all fades away
To hues and shades of blues and grays

It's what's been decided for you!
It's what's been decided for you!

3. They Said A Storm Was Coming

For one hundred days
We set sail without
As much as one distraction
But it seems that I have sank
Because of my past actions
And mistakes that I have made
And attempts to evade all
The consequences now
Being washed away

Washed away…
They said a storm was coming and
“You’ll be washed away!”
They said a storm was coming and
“You’ll be washed away!”
They said a storm was coming and
“You’ll be washed away!”
Washed away!

Maybe now I’ll be made clean
While I bathe in your seas
As I seek out all the dreams
That I once had
Of a life already lived
Of a gift already given
That was taken from me, taken from me far too soon

Halt! Where is your security now
When you begged for a lifeline
And were thrown an anchor instead?
And, has the smallest grain of
Sand traveled up the hourglass?
Or, has the sun ever set
In the east for you
Or any other man?

Face forward
Swim towards the surface
And look ahead to the life
On the new horizon
There was never any way
Of going back to the old world
With any sort of victory
Or good tidings of new discovery

Maybe now I’ll be made clean
While I bathe in your seas
As I seek out all the dreams
That I once had
Of a life already lived
Of a gift already given
That was taken from me, taken from me far too soon

Fortune never favored me
And the oceans were never big enough
To hold all of our iniquities
And secrets in its clear, blue embrace

I will ascend from the bottom
To be born again

4. Giants Among Common Men

It’s all the same, nothing's changed
Again, I find myself in the current
As I am gracelessly tossed around and around
Your words echo and your voice resounds
When we awake from our sleep
We’ll know that this is where we’re supposed to be
With walls, and walls, and walls
Of water for miles

Just know that:
We are so fragile
And easily broken
But I'll try my hardest
To put you back together
If you do the same for me

For now just sleep my sweet
Don't worry about what tomorrow brings
So let’s pretend that we're giants among common men
Because we’ve never been taller than our demons within

We are so fragile
And easily broken
But I'll try my hardest
To put you back together
If you do the same for me

We are so fragile
And easily broken
But I'll try my hardest
To put you back together
If you do the same for me

Why did you have to leave me
To fend for myself?
Am I such a terrible man?
Am I such a terrible, terrible man?
I am such a terrible man!
Such a violent and hostile man!

5. One Foot In The Grave

For so long I have waited
For this sense of urgency
For as long as I can remember
I've always been the type
Of person to just give in

I want to run just as fast I came in
I want to have the chance
To flee the scene
And to find peace
Oh, it’s so hard to find relief
With this excess sensitivity
To the crimes that have been
Committed to others, not only me

How long must I wait
Til I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
Til I am whole again?
Oh, how long must I wait
Til I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
To see your face again?

I've got one foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave
I've got one foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave
One foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave
One foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave

But, it’s your grace that gives us
The second chances that we don't deserve
And that we take for granted
But, it’s your grace that gives us
The second chances that we don't deserve
And that we take for granted

How long must I wait
Til I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
Til I am whole again?
Oh, how long must I wait
Til I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
To see your face again?
(To see your face again)
To see your face again
(To see your face again)
To see your face again
(To see your face again)
To see your face again
(To see your face again)

6. The Prodigal

Oh wondrous, is this surrounding
Where gravity releases me
So that I may stay beneath

Ocean blue
Am I really what you seek?
Another nameless sailor’s ghost
Lost to the sea

Oh, what have I become
A prodigal son
A mouth without a word to say
A question begging for an answer?

Open my eyes
To see the crystal blue
In the depths
You were still there

Oh, what have I become
A prodigal son
A mouth without a word to say?
When all is said and done
Will I reap what I've sown?

7. Visions In Sleep

Atop this precipice
I sit and watch as
The beasts wander the fields
From left to right
All in their places except for one
He grazes alone
And though his keeper
Turns a blind eye
He stays within his confines.

These dreams are temporary
But the memories are worth
Their weight in gold.
And, when the lines have
All faded from the sand
I hope their borders hold me in

I’ve retraced lines on the maps
That outline the fictitious fates
That I've created to make a way for myself
Above the walls, and out from under
The loving hands that held me close
That kept me in

I've mapped the constellations for years
But they haven't proven trustworthy just yet
I've stood on the shoulders of giants
But never saw past my own shadow. No!
Why have I strayed, beyond your reach?

8. Wolves

Oh how I've wronged you, my love
It’s come to another night
Filled with cold sweats
Lucid dreams in restless sleep
And, woe is me! Woe is me
For I've defanged the only wolves
That were ever on my side

I hear her voice saying
Leave it behind.

I left behind every trace of a coward
And moved towards the dreams
That were born of our fathers
Who told us the world is only
As flat as we've made it out to be
And, when the day breaks
The sun will transform us
Into something more than the lies
That become us
And, there is nothing I need more

Take aside. Tear apart
Conglomerate. Make new.
What is a wolf truly worth
Without its fangs
Who's hunted down by children
With sticks and crooked blades
And turned into a story
And a token for the few
That it slayed before it lost
The only weapons that it knew?

Oh how I've wronged you, my love
It’s come to another night
Filled with cold sweats
Lucid dreams in restless sleep

9. A Slave A Son

When I continued to run away
What kept me in your hands?
Did you ever think your flock would stray
Or that they wouldn't understand
When you said, "Wait here
Til I return with your brother
That was lost to the ways of the world?
Catch me in your arms
Like stars in the eyes of telescopes
And, once there I rest
Never let me go. No!
Never let me go!
It was your love that said,

You're no longer a slave, but a son
What could I learn
By fighting the fires
With matches and gasoline?
Oh how cruel and melodramatic are we
For trying to make sense
Of all of this!

Just don’t let me fall back
Through the clouds, to the ground
Catch me in your arms, like the stars
You hold in your hands

10. The Lighthouse

Who ever told the sun to wake
And who ever told the moon
To clutch the sea?
Did the sun ever say back
Master I refuse to shine?
Did the moon ever refuse
To change the tides?

What does that say for me?

Have I ever found myself in your favor
Or was it just a temporary covering?
And, when the seas become calm
And the winds have all been settled
Will I still see your love?

Will it slowly fade away
Like candle light at dusk?
Or, will you be the lighthouse
On the hillside that
Guides our every move?

I'd love nothing more than
To pull up my roots and replant
Myself in much richer grounds
Shed the dead limbs and re-grow new

When it all fades
And darkness overcomes us
Will you still be there?

Will you still shine?

11. Antithesis

This place is all too familiar!
So sudden, I find myself
Returning to the origin
The event that started it all
All I ever asked for was one more day
Is this it? Is this what I’m after?

…Back to the beginning
Where I was sinking in the sea
Where I was fighting to stay awake
Fighting the urge
To succumb to the waves

Is this what it means to be forgiven
Undeserved blessings
And a second chance
That makes time shake
And that makes lives change
When it’s only been a second
In an everlasting day?

No, this can't be!
Everything’s repeating!
Repeating as it already was
Written in history's page
And its ink has never been
Drawn back into its pen

I never wanted what
I couldn't pay back
Can’t pay back

Let me sink to the bottom
Where I belonged all along
Let me sleep beneath.





JAMIE'S ELSEWHERE LYRICS