Stone By Stone album lyrics

An Apology

So strip away all of my shadows and light me up brighter than the sun
My hands are strong from building these gallows, many will be left hanging before my time here is done
Before my time is done, before my time is done

Well I could show you no merciful side again, I could just hold you wouldn't that be nice?
One thing I know by now is that in the end, you can never swim in the same river twice

Try and you're wasting your time

Oh, I don't know why God made me this way (And I'm so sorry)
I don't know how much more I can take (And I'm so sorry)
You know it's always my mistake (And I'm so sorry)
And I'll be sorry when I break you

So take me high, fly me over the mountains, cry of the raven and the scream of the dove
And I'll be gone on the wings of the eagles, high road behind me, left everything that I loved
All of the things I loved

Oh I don't know why God made me this way (And I'm so sorry)
I don't know how much more I can say (And I'm so sorry)
You know it's always my mistake (And I'm so sorry)
And I'll be sorry when I see that you're gone, gone away
Like a God gone astray, not a word will be spoken
Of how it broke me when I saw you broken, broken, broken
When I broke you

Want it all but can't pay the bill
Just staring out my little window sill
My companion, one colorful pill
Nobody cares about what they can't kill

Ghost In The Making

All you tortured and strange, before we begin, just open your minds so we all can climb in
Sell your souls for a dime, and don't try to fight, you'll never be strong but you'll always be mine
Yeah you'll always be mine

So you're cock of the walk? A heart like a balloon and it's getting bigger
Still when there comes that knock upon your front door when you dance across the floor you'll know one thing for sure

You know they won't see nothin', you know they won't see nothin'
You know they won't see nothin', you know they won't see you, oh they won't see you
While you're working to earn just one slice I'll give you this kindly advice:
They'll forget your name at half price
You're just a ghost in the making

Now you're tortured and you're strange, it's already begun, why keep throwing punches when you know that I've won?
Sell your soul for a dime and don't try to fight., you'll never be wrong, but you'll never be right
No you'll never be right

Talk your talk and walk your walk, I'm no common fool and I'd say you took your number
Still when there comes that knock upon your front door when you dance across the floor you'll know one thing for sure

You know they won't see nothin', you know they won't see nothin'
You know they won't see nothin', you'll know they won't see you, oh they won't see you
While you're working to earn just one slice
I'll give you this kindly advice:
They'll forget your name at half price
Oh you're just a ghost in the making

In America

The fastest runner sets the pace in America, then watches money win the race in America
And they put greatness in your head in America, then beat you blue and red just like America

They're gonna put you in your place in America, they will tell you to your face in America
They will buy all you can sell in America, to own a little piece of hell in America

So cover your eyes and cover your heart and pray for the ones you're tearing apart
And deep in the night you dream of a TV show

You can beat them by a mile in America, you'll be laughing all the while oh in America
They don't care how you do it in America, just do it with style and a smile

So cover your eyes and cover your heart and pray for the ones you're tearing apart
And deep in the night you dream of a TV show

We are all here to look over the edge and then we fall in, fall in, fall in, fall in

So cover your eyes and cover your heart and pray for the ones you're tearing apart
And deep in the night you know you dream of a TV show

Weightless

When you were young burning under the covers and hundreds of lovers were trailing out behind you
Time will move just as fast as you pull it, quicker than a bullet you know it's gonna remind you
How your heart, so sticky sweet, is waiting to attack, you play the hand you're given even though the deck is stacked
Until you're ready for the next one, yeah

And then a wise man taught you a lesson, while you were confessin' staring at the fire
Take your time, cus as long as you're livin' it's all that you're given, you are a slave to desire
You said "Oh sun come out today" it said "I will not shine"
You begged the moon to light your way it said "I must decline"

Because the fall makes you break and the break it makes you see
That only the light gives you shape in the darkness you stay shapeless
Only love gives you weight, only love can keep you weighted, only love keeps you weightless

Hahaha

All this time you have been aching for someone to trust, filling all your days with taking
Doing all the things you must, gravity is slowly breaking down your will
Don't hold it back, don't hold it back, don't hold it back, don't hold it back

Because the fall makes you break, but the break it makes you see
That only the light gives you shape, in the darkness you stay shapeless
Only love gives you weight, only love can keep you weighted, only love ohhhh

Woah

When you were young burning under the covers there were hundreds of lovers trailing out behind you
Time will move just as fast as you pull it, quicker than a bullet, you know it's gonna remind you
How your heart, so sticky sweet, is waiting to attack, you play the hand you're given even though you know the deck is stacked
And now you're ready for the next one, yeah, yeah

Breakdown

When you walk the streets you can feel it in the way it leaves you in a cold sweat
Coming up for air not escaping, all I can feel is the bottom we're scraping

And you say, "It's all right" and "It's okay, just learn to live life another day
Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall." I want to be there when we watch it all breakdown

Yeah you know it, don't you feel like watching it all burn down to the ground?
Yeah, when I breakdown I'm gonna show it
And all my flames will rise through the skies with a terrible sound
Yeah when I breakdown, whoa

They send me out to locate all the dead so I can tally 'em
And I take my paycheck and buy whiskey to chase the valium
May not deserve to serve, but you will whether you like it or not
No, no, nobody's looking for a savior, they're just looking for everything you've got, everything

And I said, "It's all right" and "It's okay, just learn to live life another day
Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall." I want to be there when we watch it all breakdown
And you know it don't you feel like watching it all burn down to the ground?
Yeah, when I breakdown, I'm gonna show it
And all my flames will rise through the skies with a terrible sound
Yeah when I breakdown

And if I could, I'd shove the whole world, right onto a knife, I wouldn't think twice
But you're the one I'm thrown, to save my life

You said, "It's all right" and "It's okay", learn to live life another day
And if you stop to pick me up, you know that I'll be going your way

Helping Hands

I already know what I already know, I already know all there is to know
I already know what I already know, I already know all there is to know
I already know what I already know, I already know all there is to know
I already know what I already know, I was borne to reap and you were born to sow

And how am I supposed to feel with my silver spoon in somebody else's mouth?
And I have been waiting here for so long, so long, so long, so long

There are no helping hands, there are no disappearing lands
There are no crucible wars, there are no more men like me no
No, no, yeah

The truth is mine, and all the power too, how sad that only one in five will make it through
By any means, you know, I will prevail, I know by now that everything is for sale
The truth is mine and all the power too, there is no innocence I have to prove
And I am always within reach of you always, always, always

We hope that you will live to see another day, we hope to find the knowledge you lost
We hope that you will live to see another day, because you're never gonna count up the cost
No you're never gonna count up the cost, count it up

There are no helping hands, there are no disappearing lands
There are no crucible wars, there are no more men like me no
Oh no, yeah

You know the truth is mine, and all the power too, how sad that only one in five will make it through
By any means yes will prevail, I know by now that everything is for sale
The truth is mine and all the power too, there is no innocence I have to prove
I am always within reach of you always, always, always


We hope that you will live to see another day, we hope to find the knowledge you lost
We hope that you will live to see another day, because you're never gonna count up the cost
No you're never gonna count up the cost, you're never gonna count up the cost
You're never gonna count up the cost, you're never gonna add it up

Spaces In Between Us

So this is love? So this is loneliness? So this is heartache that you just cannot bear?
I'll miss your poison, I'll miss your sweet caress, and all those moments in the day when I wished that I was unaware
Spaces in between us start to fill, so prepare to finally break your will. Your will, yeah

And so the days pass by still we never wonder why it feels so simple and yet
Out of the clear blue sky, no one saw the arrow fly in, feel your palms getting wet, you start to sweat
Spaces in between us start to fill, so prepare to finally break your will, break your will, yeah

This is the Queen gonna eat that pawn up, this is the King gonna wake up that dawn up, this is the way that the sheets are drawn up
So this is love?
This is the thing that you do without a reason, this is the rain that ends the dry season, this is locked up until you put your keys in
So this is love? Yeah

The spaces in between us start to fill, so prepare to finally break your will
Break your will, oh, your will, your will

The Wave

I was borne upon that wave, where no one goes, no one goes, I was borne into that light the highway shows
Soon you won't be waiting, soon you'll only be with me, not another soul will be there, oh just you wait and see
Oh please don't be fooled by everything that you see, you know that all these distractions won't ever come back for me
They won't come back for me

You're in the back of the line just biding your time, hang on
Just like the taste of the wine, you know it's better with time, hang on
When they tell you the price, mask your surprise, hang on

So just get back on the road, get back in the car, if they light up your fuse, you'll shine like a star
And I get back on the track, get back on the train, if you give me a spade, I'll bury your pain
And all the flowers that grow from that fertile grave, will be blue as the ocean and they'll look like the wave I rode
Oh please don't be fooled by everything that you see, all these distractions won't ever come back for me
Oh they won't come back for me

You're in the back of the line and you're biding your time, hang on
Like the taste of the wine, it's better with time, hang on
When they tell you the price, mask your surprise, hang on

Precious things and worthless trifles guarded by young men with rifles
Watch the tide come take them all away, take them all away

Everything Falls Our Way

Am I feeling high? Am I feeling low? Am I feeling something like a quid pro quo?
Am I feeling lost? Am I feeling found? Even when I'm flying I still can't leave the ground

Come join me in the fight to see more than black and white
Smashing everything down until it falls our way

Could this be all hallucinations? Get right up front or get left behind
See through the blackness that blankets all nations, oh it might be blinding but it's quite a sensation

Come join me in the fight to see more than black and white
Smashing everything down until it falls our way, our way, our way, our way, our way

Am I feeling high? Am I feeling low? Am I feeling something like a quid pro quo?
Am I feeling lost? Am I feeling found? Even when I'm flying I still can't leave the ground

We can join in the fight, it's only a waste of our time
We'll smash everything down until it falls our way

My Burden

I shoulder my burden like anyone would, you try to soothe me, I never thought you could
Life on the sidelines is just a taste of death, the taste is stronger with every breath

Take out my eyes and make them sober, take out my heart and make it see
I wanna sleep when this is over, oh I don't feel so good, I don't feel so good, feel so good, feel so good.

The crying soldier lays bleeding on the field, another empty bottle for all the secrets they concealed

Take out my eyes and make them sober, take out my heart and make it see
Oh and I wanna sleep when this is over, oh I don't feel so good, I don't feel so good

Oh, my sweetness, oh, my sight, oh, my sweetness
Yeah while the world is beating down your door
You ask me,"How much more will do the trick?"
As I lay contemplating the floor
(Looking for the switch)
Looking for the switch

I shoulder my burden like anyone would, you try to soothe me, I never thought you could
Life on the sidelines just a taste of death, the taste is stronger with every breath

Provisio

This is what it feels like and this is what it takes, this is what it feels like and this is what it takes
This is what it feels like and this is what it takes, sometimes I think about getting it and it gives me the shakes

And if you hear something strange, like the sound of the boatman's call, don't be afraid to cut the rope and enjoy the freefall

This is what it feels like and this is what it takes, this is what it feels like and this is what it takes
This is what it feels like and this is what it takes, sometimes I think about getting it and it gives me the shakes

We are the rats who beat the maze, but we still reach the same four walls, we can still let go of hope and enjoy our freefall, fall

And if you hear something strange, like the sound of the boatman's call, don't be afraid to cut the rope and enjoy the freefall

In Transition

In transition once again all is lost, in transition once again all is lost, all is lost

And all us drunk on misery watch us the new days dawns
Our wine is only as good as the poetry it spawns
I've been hoping desperately you'd make your way down here and say hi
Come down below
Show me your face and show me your gray eyes
Your gray eyes. Let me soak in your gray eyes
Those gray eyes take me over

In transition once again all is lost, in transition once again all is lost, all is lost

As the snake devours the egg it feels that all is gained
All the sacred and the profane will be one again
My defenses are all shattered by one dagger thrown from those eyes
Just say hello
Give me a smile and show me your gray eyes
Those gray eyes, let me soak in your gray eyes
Those gray eyes take me over

This is the death of the life that we know, this is us moving on
This suffering, I've been told, is how we grow
This is the death of the life that we know, this is us moving on
You told me so, but your eyes are changing
'Til it's all gone away
The storm is raging until it's all blown away by your eyes
Those gray eyes, let me soak in your gray eyes
Those gray eyes, take me over

Tonight No One Knows

And tonight no one knows, yeah tonight no one knows

All my bones are made to suffer, all my dreams that will never be
All these chains I have created, I break them and I'm free, yeah

And tonight no one knows, yeah tonight no one knows

And the world you see reflected, with your nose against the glass
All the things you feel are missing, soon all this too shall pass, oh yeah

Oh and tonight no one knows, yeah tonight no one knows

And the silence that you're left with, is so golden to you now
And the way you thought was so lost, will lead you back somehow

Yeah tonight no one knows, oh tonight, no one knows

Home In The Sky

You said you had a place in the mountains, you said you had a home in the sky
You keep it all come hell or high water, you see the river running red and rising?

Thanks to the crowd and their screaming out loud, now I finally can't hear myself thinking
Yes we're all on a roll and we've lost all control and we're having the time of our lives
Right here in our home in the sky

Girls all painted perfect shades, holding tight to razor blades
And boys are pulling down the shades and trying to have their way
Drive right by all warning signs we lay back and close our eyes
And holding on begin to rise to home, we're on our way

Thanks to the crowd and their screaming out loud, now I finally can't hear myself thinking
Yes we're all on a roll and we've lost all control and we're having the time of our lives
Right here in our home in the sky, in the sky, in the sky

With our senses reeling, break right through the ceiling

Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, float up higher and higher until we get home