1. |
Are You Out?
03:16
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A stab in the back through a crack in the wall
that you left long ago when I was wrong
Now I'm right, and you're gone
Feeling like I'm so very special
I don't want to be special, I want to be done
Hallways to nowhere, so close but not there
Are you still mine?
Or are you out?
You're being vague, but that's okay,
I like my girls that vain
(He likes his girls that way, but they're all damn vain)
They usually stick around for a minute
They don't get up when they're already in it
Feeling like I'm so very special
I don't want to special, I want to be loved
Hallways to nowhere, so close but not there
Are you still mine?
Cyanide is better than loving you
The taste of all the could-have-beens
is not as sweet as what the future holds
In the heat of it all, do you crumple up,
or do you learn to crawl?
I wanted to be shot dead, and left at your front door
She said, "the biggest problem you'll ever encounter
is you can't stop going back for more"
You're pleading,
I'm feeling,
Not sorry for you,
Oh, you leave me
Feeling like I'm so very special
I don't want to be special, I want to be loved
Hallways to nowhere, so close but not there
Are you still mine?
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2. |
Emily
02:36
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Early to mid-twenties are spent
comforting crying child
Cement your dreams while you're young,
don't lose sight of what you could become
I can't stand here, watch you suffer
These tables are turning too slowly for me
Something tells me that you think that he is
the only fish in the sea
Just see a bright marquee
As you stare at the exit to
this maze that you can't leave
This place that you call home
Now you're in your thirties
wondering where life has gone
(It's out the door)
You didn't think that time would
sleight you like it has
You're absent of romance
You're stuck doing the dance
as days get shorter since you fell
from youthful perch into hell
So sprout your wings
And then fight back,
I'll be your shield
Can you save yourself?
Do you blame yourself?
I can't stand here, watch you suffer
These tables are turning too slowly for me
I just want you to know that
one day this will all be through
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3. |
A K.O.
01:59
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The first thing she promised me
is that she'd break all the promises
she'd make to me
You're going slow, if you can't decide,
I'll make the choice for you
And you should know,
that taking things for granted leaves your
motives seeming slanted by the storm
I don't want to go back home empty handed
You pulled the cushion out from under me
He's (I'm) the captain of your ship sinking
But he (I) can't tell what you're thinking of
And you should know,
that while you're off getting better, my
chaotic thoughts still get the best of me
All this time, I should have known
just how far apart we'd grow
Now it's time I let you go
And you should know,
that keeping things together's proving
harder than they make it out to be
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4. |
Pilot
01:43
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At every ledge and window sill,
through ropes not meant to climb
Every day an angel earns their wings for trying
and failing to fly
If clock towers were closer to the ground,
we'd have a better understanding of time
If messages sent subtle didn't seem so secretive,
I'd have spent less time deciphering your lips
If she fails me now
When her engines halt, her propellers quit spinning
and smoke comes spilling out, we're going down,
If she fails me now
If superstition could shake me to the core,
then what kind of man would I be?
I'm sure time will show me what I'm looking for,
but then again, who am I to say?
Anyway, she just wants to forget
If everybody was as kindhearted as you,
we'd have a better understanding of life
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Chasing Chimera Chicago, Illinois
Chasing Chimera is an alt/pop/punk band from Gurnee, IL consisting of Ryan Holsman, TJ La Mont, Romel Hererra, and Bradley Jensen.
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