Lyrics: Air Meets Water

1) Modern Machinery



It started out as this tiny idle daydream,
Merely a kind of childish fantasy
of walking away from this modern machinery
before we both split apart at the seams.
And we would dance among the world's oldest trees
Making friends out of potential enemies
And I know it sounds like I'm running away
But the truth is that I finally

Feel like I'm heading home for the first time
And if you have to say that it is wrong,
I've got no more time left for you,
Now leave me be, I've got so much to do

So we hide our smiles and we patiently wait,
Planning for the day of our great escape.
And the liberation we so desperately seek
Will sink into our souls' energies.
Whispering to us all these truths we wouldn't know
If we hadn't decided to just go and
Find our peace a million miles from anywhere,
And it could be yours too if you dare

To leave behind all of your distractions.
Modify every single action.
And perhaps it's not for everyone.
But you and I both know that we're done.

So we hide our smiles and we patiently wait,
Planning for the day of our great escape.

2) Floodgates




What do you sing
When someone's captured
Everything you're feeling,
You're feeling the rain,
You're feeling it soak
Into your shoes,
Squishing and completing
This mood that
You found outside,
Soaked to the bone
So you took it inside.
And you thought it would be quite nice,
If only, if only it would dry.

And there it will sit,
Dripping out, bleeding out
Its feelings in liquid form,
Spilling from counters to floors
And soon you see,
It's ankle deep
And all consuming.
Unassuming, yet still
Controlling.
And you thought that would be alright,
If only it didn't make you sigh.

But somehow it feels wrong.
It's not where you belong.
And when it reaches your waist,
You'll know that there's no escape.

I dropped by your house today,
Knowing that I had to say
That sunshine's as good as rain,
Smiles are better without pain.
But you can't hear me,
Up to your ears in misery
That you chose
But didn't know
It could be this
Wet or cold.
And you know that you'd say I'm right,
If only you had the strength to fight.

Then it covers your face,
Mouth full of bitter taste.
Regret, resentment and disgrace
Have made you their resting place.
And with that first icy breath,
You think of you, there's nothing left.

3) See You Next Thursday



Well doc, I don't know what to talk about this week.
So I guess we can discuss last Sunday.
Another holiday, warped and twisted.
A mockery set into motion by our apathy.

Well I mean, we all seemed happy enough.
Lord knows laughter rang through that house.
But I've got this sneaking suspicion
Most of it came from the television.

Lately I have felt like I'm trapped in a box
That has no boundaries but I still can't get out.
I wanted to scream but instead I just walked away
And I didn't say anything at all.
And maybe that's my downfall.

Oh, the road was one big slick oil rainbow,
I jumped puddles on my way home to
Watch the news and have a glass of beer.
And I know you're not supposed to drink
With those pills that you prescribed me.
That's why I quit taking them, I've got
My own substitutes for happiness.

But lately I don't know what's going on,
So detached yet so right there
That I wanna explode, I'm gonna explode soon
If I....

What's that doc?
My time's up, you say?
Oh, no, no, that's okay.
I'll see you next Thursday.

4) Epiphany Part II


The sun sets a slow blood red,
Creeping over his weary head.
He opens his eyes to find
The night lurking in tops of trees
And broken buildings.
Rolls over and lights a cigarette,
All the while reaching for his mask again.
And there in the back of his mind,
A tiny question will rise,
"Will it end?"

Curse these endless nights
Of wasting my time cleaning up slime,
Knowing it will be back by sunrise,
I am tired of hiding in gutters
And always hearing people sputter
These half-assed lies and alibis.

And here we see the exact moment
When he became so disenfranchised.
Saw the moment when his whole life came
Crumbling down before his eyes.
And there in the back of his mind,
He wonders if he should have even tried.
"Every moment spent thinking is a moment
Spent not acting," He decides.

5) Air Meets Water

Forgotten. Oops!

6) King of Carrot Flowers, Part 1(Neutral Milk Hotel cover)



7) The Music of Erich Zann


(Instrumental)

8) Beware the Shadow People


Forgotten. Oops!

9) Spiders

Snakes and mice are natural enemies,
That's just fine, that's how it's supposed to be.
And all the dolphins in their big glass tanks
Will put on a pretty show for a couple of scraps.
Lions and tigers must be locked in a cage,
Sometimes we teach bears to ride bikes in a parade.
What does that say?

Yet the spiders will have their revenge
On all of those housewives shoving brooms through their webs.
An elephant never forgets
The face of the hunter who shoots down her children.

And all those ants that you step on,
Someday they're gonna step on you.
And all those pretty dogs we keep
Might bite our veins in two.

Watch yourself girl-
It's a savage place out there.
Why should we expect not to find
Evil bones inside?

10) Lies

This is me washing the grime
Off this soul of mine and
I know that it's only a matter of time
Before it's dirty again, but

If I could be honest with myself just this once,
I have no idea the things I'd say.
The mind is such a fragile construct
In so many ways.

We layer ourselves in all these meanings
That we know can't be.
Donning lies like nooses tied
To drag us to hell.
We'll smile all the way and say "Oh well..."

We can't escape, no we can't escape,
No we can't escape ourselves.
We try and try and try to hide,
But we always find ourselves.
At the source of my frustration,
Misery reigns in extrapolations.
I'm not seeking explanations,
Just some much needed change.

Lately I've felt much too manic,
I scream but you can't hear my panic.
So I bury it deep inside
To braid it in with all the other lies
I've fashioned for myself to live by,
Only one tiny voice asks, "Why?"