Public Execution

take these words
they're meaningless
soften them
give them a twist

take your lens
focus in
'cause these talking heads
are at it again

abuse my past
it's just another lie
brutalized
before your eyes

because i am not one
for holding back
while all these hounds
are on the attack

but who is going to watch my back?

have you heard
all there is to say?
so what's your determination
what's my conviction?

distorted
two headed terms
delusional, conditional

covered in
all these lies
so i am now crucified

associate me
with all these broken standards
i am the sheep
so might as well give me the wool

come one
come all
this is a group affair

hey, look at me
i'm just another telecast
live from the edge of the world

godless
soulless and numb
so, tell me,
do you see the picture

of this public execution?

Realized

it's all we've been
realized
it's all we've seen
realized

all the thoughtless meandering
the aimless wondering
throughout time
in space

distances covered in novel ways
romantic slight of hand
just carried away

it's all we've been
realized
it's all we've seen
realized

counting seconds
ticking like a bomb
you have to wonder
just what heaven has in store

towards tomorrow
imminent disaster
where all these words
are just blank pages

it's all we've been
realized
it's all we've seen
realized

all is different now
on the edge fall
steps are heard
just past these walls

and questions remain
all unanswered
in all this space
all this time

realized

Talk About the Way it Was

oh, i had come
oh, i guess i did it
just so,
i didn't have to remember what i tried to forget
blanked out the night we met
she did (we did)
'cause something got tangled
and we both got it bad

oh, if it takes too long
oh, we waited too long

oh, i know you've changed your mind
oh, i know i never changed your mind
and now it's time to close the door

'cause now you talk a lot
you talk about the way it was
you don't have to remind me
i remember the way it was before

i never got it
but you thought i did
to go, take from remembrance
to go, take from the man
he led me here
to stand by the side of the road

i wish i knew
i wish i knew
but i never know

oh, if it takes too long
i wait too long

oh, i know you've changed your mind

oh, i know i never changed your mind

and now it's time to close the door

'cause now you talk a lot

you talk about the way it was

you don't have to remind me

i remember the way it was before

before

oh, if it takes too long

and i wait too long

i will never change your mind again for good

oh, if it takes too long

and i wait too long

i'll never change your mind.