The Arrow

1. Lashes and Petals (A Handful to Start)

   My greatest love now unhid
   In a sea of change my heart forbid
   We lie compromised
   As past lovers reveal
   A repeat lie you tell to have something to feel

   Lured by your hand
   Baited by my heart
   Couldn’t keep from falling
   A handful to start

2. Ice Queen

   My girl, she’s frozen to the core
   Her ground she stands
   As memories melt the floor
   And all our phases aside
   It’s she and I who decide-
   Are we illusion or a thing?
   It’s the little things
   The dark-eyed stare
   That’s getting darker and darker
   Little girl lost in the glare

   You could be my Ice Queen
   My mistake
   A mean ol’ girl
   You’ll always be The Ice Queen
   My sunless supreme
   My girl

   Don’t be so cold they said
   You showed them your one side
   I got the other instead
   And I got your hopeless kingdom
   And heartless rhythm
   The on and off and on then gone again
   A fading spark
   Parading in the dark
   Such a sight, she soaks up the night

   They all called you The Ice Queen
   My mistake
   A mean ol’ girl
   You’ll always be my Ice Queen
   My sunless supreme
   My girl

3. The Last Word

   The One and her drink
   A smile that bothers to think
   If I’d be going after awhile
   Singing her up to’s
   Staring her eyes
   Swearing to never say goodbye

   That was when?
   Was it the start or the end?
   Will it matter someday?
   That was then
   This is today
   Today’s not going away

   I missed my friend
   amiss that time
   This wasn’t the end we had in mind
   Something kept missing
   Someone kept running
   Somehow we said our goodbye

   That was when?
   It was the start and the end
   It don’t matter- you’ve gone away
   That was then
   This is today
   Today’s not going away

   That was then
   This is today

4. Seems but Never Is

   Instrumental

5. (A Bed of Pretend)

   Wavering woman in a bed of pretend
   She’s wrapped in sorrow spent
   Repeating the end

6. Stay Dreaming

   Instrumental

7. April Fool

   I count the freckles on your face for each time I fell into place
   There was something about your pillow
   In the gleam of day, I dream of tomorrow
   But I’ve mistaken the glow in your eyes
   And you’ve awakened in a lover’s guise

   I traded a morning for a song and a long gone friend
   Now that I’m singing for you it can only mean this is the end
   Getting rid of you is the strangest thing I’ll ever do

   I’ll be fine counting petals
   I’ve all of time mounting hopeful
   Out the blue, love comes and goes
   But this time around I’ll be your morning, your fling
   A tale coming true is kept to herself
   As the fool gets good at lying to himself

   I traded a morning for a song and a long gone friend
   Now that I’m singing for you it can only mean this is the end
   Getting rid of you is the strangest thing I’ll ever do

   I count the freckles on your face for each time you fell out of place

8. A Word I'll Never Love

   If only there ever could be but one
   The loneliest songs would all be sung
   But in stead, I’ve run
   Time tries to lie when love is a fight
   So easy to ignore when it all feels right
   Now it seems that I’ve lost the war
   Love long
   Exhaust it
   Burn out… then keep it hid
   Forget the end
   Your mark will remember when

   And time took it’s aim as we choked still and stood-by
   It was over in a blink, started by the flame in your eye

   And now I’ve lost, but I’m safe
   Another word for love is stay
   A word I’ll never love is goodbye

9. (A Sea of Change)

   Lured by your hand
   Baited by my heart
   Couldn’t keep from falling
   A handful to start

   In time you’ll find the sum of chances' past
   Love lies to recognize when it doesn’t last

10. So Long

    You blinded my eyes
    Like a morning fog that crawls the sky
    The only morning I know these days
    Begins with you and ends in grey

    So long my dear
    You mean nothing to me
    Oh, so long dear
    It feels good to see

    You thought you’d remain
    So you brought down the rain
    But these eyes are now dry
    Now that you’re out of sight

    So long my dear
    You mean nothing to me
    Oh, so long dear
    It feels good to see

11. Given to the Wind

    Instrumental
    
    
    
    

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