The Owl

My rock candy passion is bittersweet, and armed to the teeth 'Cause she would rather fall in chocolate than fall in love Especially with me I stood under the waterfall With a kiwi-pineapple parasol As Cinderella dropped the crystal ball And made a concrete cavern A caterpillar concert hall I wish that we could sail our sad days away forever In deep blue seas of paper mâché (Let's dance in the moonlight) A barracuda chased our dog days away forever Let's sink or swim 'til we fall in love (And dance in the moonlight) When we join the yacht club I would rather go swimming with great white sharks Then wade in romance 'Cause I can never find the courage to ask her to dinner Or even to dance (Dance in the moonlight) Don't sweat under your overcoat 'Cause my heart can harbor this paddle boat You'll hit the bottom of the highest note And the chatty tree frogs will never wanna leave your throat I wish that we could sail our sad days away forever In deep blue seas of paper mâché (Let's dance in the moonlight) A barracuda chased our dog days away forever Let's sink or swim 'til we fall in love (And dance in the moonlight) When we join the yacht club Da da da da, da da da da Da da da da, da da da da Da da da da, da da da da Da da da da, da da da da Let go of the world you know And plug in the party lights Soak your cares in the solar flares That light up these island nights Orange eclipse I can taste your lips In the citrus afternoon If you can fly don't stop at the sky 'Cause there's footprints on the moon (With you) I wish that we could sail our sad days away forever In deep blue seas of paper mâché (Let's dance in the moonlight) A barracuda chased our dog days away forever Let's sink or swim 'til we fall in love (And dance in the moonlight) When we join the yacht club (Let's dance in the moonlight) When we join the yacht club

Breathe and I'll carry you away Into the velvet sky And we'll stir the stars around And watch them fall away Into the Hudson Bay And plummet out of sight and sound The open summer breeze Will sweep you through the hills Where I live in the alpine heights Below the Northern Lights I spend my coldest nights Alone, awake and thinking of The weekend we were in love (The weekend we were in love) Home among these mountain tops Can be so awfully dull A thousand miles from the tide But photos on the walls Of New York shopping malls Distract me so I stay inside I wish the rockets stayed Over the promenade 'Cause I would make a hook and eye And fish them from the sky My darling, she and I We're hanging on so take us high To sing the world goodbye I am floating away Lost in a silent ballet I'm dreaming you're out in the blue And I am right beside you Awake to take in the view Late nights and early parades Still photos and noisy arcades My darling, we're both on the wing Look down and keep on singing And we can go anywhere Are you there? Are you there Or are you just a decoy dream in my head? Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone? I am floating away Lost in a silent ballet I'm dreaming you're out in the blue And I am right beside you Awake to take in the view Late nights and early parades Still photos and noisy arcades My darling, we're both on the wing Look down and keep on singing And we can go anywhere Are you there? Are you there?

I am the red in the rose The flowers on the blankets on your bedroom floor And I am the gray in the ghost That hides with your clothes behind your closet door I am the green in the grass That bends back from underneath your feet And I am the blue in your back alley view Where the horizon and the rooftops meet If you cut me I suppose I would bleed The colors of the evening stars You can go anywhere you wish 'Cause I'll be there wherever you are (wherever you are) (Wherever you are) (I will always be your keys) (When we are lost in the technicolor phase) I am the black in the book The letters on the pages that you memorize And I am the orange in the overcast A color that you visualize I am the white in the walls That soak up all the sound when you cannot sleep And I am the peach in the starfish on the beach That wish the harbor wasn't quite so deep If you cut me I suppose I would bleed The colors of the evening stars (my darling) You can go anywhere you wish 'Cause I'll be there wherever you are (my darling) (Wherever you are) (Wherever you are) (Wherever you are)

I opened my eyes last night And saw you in the low light Walking down by the bay On the shore Staring up at the stars That aren't there anymore I was feeling the night grow old And you were looking so cold Like an introvert I drew my over-shirt Around my arms and began To shiver violently before You happened to look And see the tunnels all around me Running into the dark Underground All the subways around Create a great sound To my motion fatigue Farewell With your ear to a seashell You can hear the waves In underwater caves As if you actually were inside a saltwater room Time together isn't ever quite enough When you and I are alone I've never felt so at home What will it take to make or break this hint of love? Only time, only time Can you believe that the crew has gone And they wouldn't let me sign on? All my islands have sunk in the deep And I can hardly relax Or even oversleep But I feel warm with your hand in mine When we walk along the shoreline I guess we'll never know Why sparrows love the snow We'll turn off all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow (So tell me darling do you wish we'd fall in love?) (Yeah all the time) (All the time) Time together isn't ever quite enough When you and I are alone I've never felt so at home What will it take to make or break this hint of love? Only time, only time When we're apart whatever are you thinking of? If this is what I call home why does it feel so alone? So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love? All the time, all the time Time together isn't ever quite enough When we're apart whatever are you thinking of? What will it take to make or break this hint of love? So tell me darling do you wish we'd fall in love? All the time Oh, all the time

I saw the autumn leaves Peel up off the street Take wing on the balmy breeze And sweep you off your feet And you blushed as they scooped you up On sugar maple wings To gaze down on the city below Ablaze with wondrous things Downy feathers kiss your face And flutter everywhere Reality is a lovely place But I wouldn't wanna live there I wouldn't wanna live there Weighed down by heavy lids And lunar lullabies I knew you were wide awake 'Cause you smile with your eyes Downy feathers kiss your face And flutter everywhere Reality is a lovely place But I wouldn't wanna live there From the green belt balcony The wildfires look so pretty Ponderosa canopy I'd never leave if it were up to me To the ruby redwood tree And to the velvet climbing ivy Painted all mahogany I'd never leave if it were up to me If it were up to me With a starry brush Paint the dusk venetian blue 'Cause in the evening hush You'll never believe the view And when the leaves return And their whisperings fill the night They'll freeze and burn Where fire and ice collide Where fire and ice collide Can you feel a silk embrace In the satin air? If we dissolve without a trace Will the real world even care? Downy feathers kiss your face And flutter everywhere Reality is a lovely place But I wouldn't wanna live there I wouldn't wanna live there I saw the autumn leaves Peel up off the street Take wing on the balmy breeze And sweep you off your feet

It was just startin' to drizzle as I walked out the door But I've delivered papers in the rain like that before 3:30 in the morning, I was happy as a lark As I grabbed my bike and rode into the dark I peddled through the neighborhood, the weather on my mind The wind was pickin' up and howling louder all the time The sky churned like a cauldron and the distant thunder roared And I knew that I was in for quite a storm A little rain never hurt no one so I kept pressin' on And I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn Lighting struck an oak tree as I leaped off my bike The sirens started wailing but there was no good place to hide I knew without a doubt there was a twister touchin' down So I crawled into a culvert to wait it out The little bit of courage I had left was almost gone But I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn And then the nightmare started, it got deafeningly loud Every fiber in me screamed out but I couldn't make a sound The whirling of a vortex, a violent carousel It sounded like a freight train was draggin' me to hell And this was my prayer "Save me from this terrible nightmare" That was when I saw my family with my eyes shut real tight Would they know how much I loved them if this was how I died? No, I vowed I'd not be murdered by a monster in the sky that night But if I went home to heaven, at least that's where I'd belong Yeah, I tried to tell myself it's always darkest before the dawn So I kept tankin' on (Ooh ooh) (Ooh ooh) I kept tankin' on (Ooh ooh) The shadows slowly melted as I was hunkered down 'Til at last the worst was over, the storm was dying out I crept out of that culvert and I went weak in the knees 'Cause what I saw was a somber sight to see There was nothin' but destruction and wreckage in that town Cars were upside down and houses leveled to the ground A twisted trampoline was hangin' from the power lines I blinked a tear back 'cause I felt lucky to be alive And that was how I learned to live when you can run but you can't hide How to feel trapped in a tunnel but come out the other side 'Cause with all the stormy weather in the world you learn to take life one storm at a time You don't have to be afraid And now when there's bad weather on the way I stay calm And I keep hangin' on because it's always darkest before the dawn And I keep hangin' on I keep hangin' on

Wake up on your own And look around you cuz you're not alone Release your high hopes and they'll survive Cuz this is the future and you are alive Dive in and swim away From your loneliness and miserable days And when you wake up on your own Look around you cuz you're not alone Let your hopes go and they'll survive Cuz this is the future and you are alive You're headed home (You're headed home)