Friendship Commanders: H O L D O N T O Y O U R S E L F

The Enemy I Know

I’d like to know

when you’re out there on your own

and you cast your eyes back home

am I in black and white or color?

do you know?

when you left me there alone

I came away from it too old

and you don’t like the way I am now

yes, I’ve grown

and like the liar radio

your mind creates a status quo

and I’m the non-stop news

I am the enemy, the enemy, I know

and like the TV on the wall

your mind creates a static crawl

and I’m the non-stop news

I am the enemy, the enemy, I know

I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY

where are we now?

do we give up and disavow?

or tunnel through the shit somehow?

I think I’m moving on and living this out loud

I’m still alive

I learned to live and have some pride

your suffering can not be mine

no, not this time

and like the liar radio

your mind creates a status quo

and I’m the non-stop news

I am the enemy, the enemy, I know

and like the TV on the wall

your mind creates a static crawl

and I’m the non-stop news

I am the enemy, the enemy, I know

I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY

and like the liar radio

your mind creates a status quo

and I’m the non-stop news

I am the enemy, the enemy, I know

and like the TV on the wall

your mind creates a static crawl

and I’m the non-stop news

I am the enemy, the enemy, I know

I’M NOT YOUR ENEMY

Among Monsters

some got high enough to lose their ground, lose themselves

some unkind enough to injure others when they fell

who do we help up, and who do we leave?

is flat-on-the-floor just the place some need?

do I live among monsters?

I feel afraid

are we safe?

can you imagine a world where you feel okay?

I don’t want to be the only one out on the ledge

but I will do it if a single ray of light is shed

but, where is the line here, and why is it me?

put in your new eyes today and let’s all see

do I live among monsters?

am I the same?

are we safe?

can you imagine a world where you feel no hate?

do I live among monsters?

I feel afraid

do I live among monsters?

I feel afraid

do I live among monsters?

am I the same?

do I live among monsters?

don’t say my name

Anywhere (From the Nameless Bride)

how’s your ego doing?

tell him I say hi

tell him I skipped town with my life in tow

I’m living way outside

how’s the fire burning?

how’s the sense of pride?

tell him I said best of luck forever

from the nameless bride

I would know you anywhere

I’d know your eyes

you remain familiar like the tissue healed from bites

I would know you anywhere

I’d know your lies

forever familiar like the history of the age-old fight

how’s your ego doing?

all these miles away now

all I see is hope

sometimes pressure and relief

are hostage in the same ol’ boat

I may not be ready

I may not be well

but I am sick and tired of the sameness

you propel - we’re not the same

I would know you anywhere

I’d know your eyes

you remain familiar like the tissue healed from bites

I would know you anywhere

I’d know your lies

forever imposing like the history of the age-old fight

how’s your ego doing?

give me one reason to stay

give me one reason to try

if this is all there is

let’s wave goodbye

give me one reason to stay

give me one reason to try

if this is all there is

I would know you anywhere

I’d know your eyes

you remain familiar like the tissue healed from bites

I would know you anywhere

I’d know your lies

forever imposing like the history of the age-old fight

how’s your ego doing?

tell him I say hi

Tuxedo Means Wolf (Redux)

some of our eyes don't see the same

and our senses lead the brain

we don't answer to a name

we are the kind that can't be tamed

no one's learning anymore

I know, I know

no one's coming up with ways for us to grow

it's a culture without guts

a culture without us

and I, for one, am never dressing up

I saw two crows the other day

they were all business and no play

when they were done they flew away

they were all black; the sky was grey

no one's learning anymore

I know, I know

no one's coming up with ways for us to grow

it's a culture without guts

a culture made of lust

and I, for one, am never dressing up

we are the wilderness, my child

everything new comes from the wild

don't be so timid and so mild

cut through the trees and run a while

everything new comes from the wild

July's Revelations

I saw the way their anger made me

someone I didn’t want to know

nineteen and living in a daydream

(I wish I’d known then, but no)

I see the anger in our distance

I might have engineered a bit

two ways of looking at the same thing

(I wish it hurt less when I slid)

if I call you, can you hear me? Or do you only hear yourself?

if I call you, can you hear?

you don’t have to hold with my expectations

you don’t have to be just what I need

you don’t have to hear July’s revelations

you don’t have to live in fear of me

you don’t have to make one of us a liar

you don’t have to have to be somebody else

I don’t want to hold your feet to the fire

I just want to hold on to myself

New York is nothing but a past life

But I come and blend in with the rest

We laugh and talk about the old days

(I wish I remembered less)

I don’t forgive with any ease now

I’m living with too many scars

I know you’ll never understand it

(I wish your heart weren’t so hard)

if I call you, can you hear me? Or do you only hear yourself?

if I call you, can you hear?

you don’t have to hold with my expectations

you don’t have to be just what I need

you don’t have to hear July’s revelations

you don’t have to live in fear of me

you don’t have to make one of us a liar

you don’t have to have to be somebody else

I don’t want to hold your feet to the fire

I just want to hold on to myself

hold on to myself

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