Cold War

I know a way out

if you catch my drift

hold it close

to your heart

let's just breathe

so just count it off

the worst is over at worst

we stand still

through the night

spin it back now

in through the out

we want a nice clean fight

no blood, no bite

when the end is near

let's just be frank

just let it sit, be still

we'll meet in the middle, c'mon

and inside me

it's hot as iron

I feel like I could pass in the night

spin it back now

in through the out

we want a nice clean fight

no blood, no bite

when the end is near

let's just be frank

just let it sit, be still

we'll keep this war cold

meet in the middle, c'mon

The Morning Benders

Wet Cement

we met one day in wet cement
where we glued our eyes shut
and pressed with our fists

and while the trees are shrinking now
they forgot their roots
and sloped in the ground

and while I'm picking out my favorite names
where our future is concerned
in the steady blur of the days
what brought us here, why we try to say
we face back all the way

now the cement's hardened in my chest
a world of wax
scraped in through text
and someone was calling just before I woke up

my broken record spits good and bad luck
and with my broken, pale black eyes
I still see white when the snow falls lightly
in the steady blur of the days

what brought us here, why we try to say
but we face back all the way

The Morning Benders