Live Stages

Vertical Horizon Live Stages Lyrics
1.The Man Who Would Be Santa

Ooh... (la, la, la... la-la-la)
Ooh... (la, la, la... la-la-la)
Ooh... (la, la, la... la-la-la)
Ooh... (la, la, la... la-la-la)

And, the man who would be Santa
Slips into the room
And the hour of daylight's yet to come
But he hopes they don't wake too soon
All the presents wrapped in paper
And tied with a bow
The children sleep upstairs
Santa works below

And he can hear the children dreaming

Ooh... la, la, la... la-la-la
Ah... la, la, la... la-la-la

Chorus:
And he says,
'All I want is for you to have
A life you love and live
Take from me all I have to give
'Cause you are in my heart'

And the man who would be Santa
Tells his son to write
To call him if he needs him
In the middle of the night
Don't you worry, don't you cry now
You'll do just fine
Your mother and I love you
We think about you all the time

And he can see the train is leaving

Ooh... la, la, la... la-la-la
Ah... la, la, la... la-la-la

Chorus

Now the old man sits and tells
Of days when time stood still
The hours always seem to fade
But the memory never will
All the love that you gave me
All the dreams in the night
And I just want to thank you
While the day's still light

But I can see the sun is setting

Ooh... la, la, la... la-la-la

Chorus


You are in my heart


2.The Ride

I hope you know why
You're taking me for a ride

Taking it on the chin
Protecting the parts where the anger's been
When it's deep inside

And each day my hope subsides
It's killed by your reasons why
Chalking it up to fate
What's to become of the injured hate
When it won't die

Chorus:
And though I'd like to sail away
Your eyes just drag me down
Into another stormy day
So I've got to get away

Someday I'll realize
Why you wouldn't be my bride
I wish you could take the hit
'Cause your luck becomes what you make of it
But you have to try

And though I'd like to sail away
Your eyes just drag me down
Into another lonely day
So won't you save me

Taking it on the chin
Protecting the parts where the anger's been
When it's deep inside

Chorus:
And thought I'd like to sail away
Your eyes just drag me down
Into another stormy day
So won't you stay


3.Falling Down

Where does the time go
Spinning my wheels
Standing still
It's like I'm running on ice
I only gain a little distance when I fall

How did I become a molecule
In the concrete of this city
Indifferent to my endless motion
In a space too small to see
Nonetheless, expected to be
I only get a little attention when I fall

Chorus:
And I'm falling
(Hey-oh)
Falling down...
I'm falling
(Hey-oh)
Falling down...

Cursed with reason
In a world so defiant
Without conclusion
This is the story
The story we live out
And it is the moral, too
Look at me I'm falling for you

Shaking, crying
Hating lying to myself
Tired of telling myself it's okay
To be this tired

This sick and tired of the turns the world takes
The people that it makes us be
Oh, lately, it appears to me that

Chorus:
I'm falling
Hey-hey
Falling down

I'm falling...
Oh yes, I'm falling down
Breaking
(Breaking...)
Breaking down...
Breaking down...
Breaking down...
Breaking down, down, down

I'm falling down... oh-oh
(Breaking down... I'm falling down)
Falling down... oh
(Said I'm falling, falling)

I'm falling down... oh-oh
(Breaking down... I'm falling down)
Falling down...
(Said I'm falling, falling)

Falling...
I'm falling down...
(Oh girl, yeah, you know you are my only one)
Falling...
I'm falling down
(I'd like to take you down)
Falling...
Falling down... yeah
(Oh, yeah, you know you are my only one...)


4.On the Sea

Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down, my friend

Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down... yeah

No fog, clear in the moonlight
The stars shine so bright, now's the time
I close my eyes

Soft wind touching my face
Cool sand upon the place where I once kissed you
And I held you close

Now I will reach for the stars
Because, oh my love, that's where you are

Chorus:
Though the storms of black night rage on
(Yeah they rage on)
I still see your face
I still feel your lips on mine
And though my heart feels all alone without you
I still hear you sing to me
I still hear your voice on the sea

Waves crash, break the silence
Gulls cry the song of lament, I walk on
Through the stormy night

The air cries, flash of anger
Dark night enshrouds the stranger, all alone
Without you

Now I will reach for the stars
Because, oh my love, that's where you are

Chorus

Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down

Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down
Lay you, lay you down...

No fog, clear in the moonlight
The stars shine so bright, now's the time
To close my eyes

Soft wind touching my face
Cool sand upon the place where I once kissed you
Kissed you, yeah
I held you close

Now I will reach for the stars...
Because, oh my love, that's where you are... yeah...

Chorus


5.Japan

Well I saw a young man by a telephone
He was sitting alone in the rain
I said, 'Hey, young man what you doing there?'
And he said, 'Sir, I'm going insane'
Said, 'Sir, I'm going insane

'See I love an American beauty
But nobody here understands'
Then he looked to the sky with resentment in his eyes
And said, 'Lord, why am I in Japan?
O Lord, why am I in Japan?'

Then he told me a story 'bout yesterday
When he walked in the search of a friend
But nobody came to his rescue
And he came to his bitter end

He pulled me close and said
'They all stopped and stared
As I walked down the street all alone
So nobody knew my name
So nobody knew my name'

I said, 'Young man I know where you're going
And young man I know where you've been
For I've been in this land for a lifetime, it seems
Now I'm never to come back again
No, I'm never to come back again

So I turned and I gave him my blessing
And I left him alone in the rain
But I had to just stop and laugh at myself
Still nobody knows my name...
Still nobody knows my name...

Nobody knows my name...
(Nobody knows my name)
Nobody knows my name...
(Nobody knows)
My name... oh, now, now

Onamae wa Kanedesu
(Nobody knows my name)
Nihongo dekimasu
(Nobody knows my name)
Keo digaku no Kanedesu, tomoshimasu
Domo, domo, domo
Mama naku ichi ganzen ni denshyaga, maerimasu
Nihon ni kaimasendeshita...
America...
(America...)
America ga di, di, di skidesu

Alright, alright, yeah-yeah-yeah


6.It's Only Me

I am the blood
And I am the heartbeat
I am the needle drawing me from me
Separate vials for the vile, I see

I am the mind
And I know what I know
Fragments of pictures form my core
All strewn about on this prison floor

Chorus:
Watched on by secret eyes
Hidden internal lies

It's only me...
I get afraid of the dark sometimes
I can't see
When the light shines I find it's only me

I am the flood
And I am the cleansing
Reckless and pure, still unsure
I got aimless precision

I am my savior
And I am my brother
Holding me in, locking me out
Different room for a different doubt

Chorus

I am the blood
And I am the heartbeat
I am the needle drawing me from me
Seperate vials for the vile I see

Chorus:
Watched on by secret eyes
Hidden interal lies

It's only me...
I get afraid of the dark sometimes
I can't see now...
When the light shines, oh, I find

It's only me...
I get afraid of the dark sometimes
I can't see now, now, now, now
When the light shines
It's only me, yeah


7.Candyman

You move a sudden grace
A child upon the Earth
But you wanted love to find you
But you found it first

Chorus:
And even though I'm right behind you
Shadows haunt and taunt your hand
I cannot be your everything
But I'll be your candyman

You know I will, yeah

We look through antiques on a
Fuzzy, fuzzy day
But you always know just what you want
Want right away

Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, yeah

And though you cry at night
It's to be expected
But know you're mine tonight
Oh you are

So when the sun has died
You dive into your mind
But your soul is never lost
Until the deal is signed

Chorus

Your candyman
Your candyman


8.Fragments

Hold my thoughts, I'm at an impasse
Past the place I stopped before
The sweeper's sweeping fragments
Of my head out the door

The ice, it burns upon my forehead
The calmness starts to scream
Must I always hold the upright
When my soul longs to dream

Chorus:
Is it too much to find an answer
(To find an answer)
Too much to hold you close
Is it too much to find a reason
(To find a reason)
Too much to free my soul
From self control

I can't get it any better
I always end up killing time, time, time
Time for love, time for living
Time to find what's really mine

Chorus


And I know you're always waiting for me
You take me far away
And I know you're holding me...

And it's
And it's better now-now-now...
And it's better now-now-now...
And it's better now-now-now...

Can we find an answer
(It's better now-now-now...)
Free my soul
(It's better now-now-now...)
It's better now-now-now...

I said, 'All I want is for you to have
(It's better now-now-now...)

A life you love and live
It's better now
(It's better now-now-now...)

Take from me all I have to give
(It's better now-now-now...)

'Cause you are in my heart'


9.The Unchosen One

So God, why you want to play with me
Can't you see I'm tumbling down
A little like your favorite toy
Boy I'm tired of being thrown around

So you lead me through this life of
Complication and delusion
So you drop it in my lap and
Slap me back towards confusion

When it's so hard to decide
Whether to live or to die
In this destiny

Tell me, what would you say
If at the end of the day
It was just you and me

Smile away the fears that only seem to
Try and run me 'round
So you opened up the door
Then the floor came crumbling down

And I've only one or two dreams
There worth losing
But they're unraveling
Traveling down the road to ruin

And the harder I try
The more I slip and I slide
Through this fantasy

Oh, all by myself
I need your help
To perservere

Chorus:
The same conclusions always greet me at my door
So, wouldn't it be nice to fade away
And maybe one day you will show me what went wrong
So, how did I become the unchosen one

So when the rain is just around my corner
Throw some sunshine down my way
And I'll hit you with a smile
All the while my worries melt away

So won't you show me a sign
As I continue to climb
Up this reality

Oh, all by myself
I need your help
To perservere

Chorus


10.Heart in Hand

I know it's been a long road
To get these towns behind me, and I
Gladly reap what we may sow, I am
There for you, you're there for me

Pictures and photographs
Memories and windows
Goodbyes and epitaphs
Heartbeats and hellos

Chorus:
Are you waiting for
Heart...
Hand...
Woman...
Man...
See me where I stand, I am
Heart...
Heart in hand

These fields may hold a hunting ground
But the wolves are far behind me, and I
Hear the howls and the distant sound
Of the messengers lost at sea

Into this morning light
And followed by madness
Reach through the empty fight
Searching through sadness

Chorus

I know it's been a long road
To get these fears behind me, and I
Gladly reap what we may sow, I am
There for you, you're there for me

Pictures and photographs
Memories and windows
Goodbyes and epitaphs
Heartbeats and hellos

Chorus

Heart in hand
(Heart... in hand)
It's all for woman
(Woman...)
And I am man
(And man...)
I am waiting...
(See me...)
Where I stand, I am
Heart...
Heart in hand


11.Wash Away

An old man lying by the road
Black is night
He's got his finger on the trigger
An easy target in sight
He's got no future
No family tree
He's got a three-dollar bottle
And he drinks 'til he can't see
All night, all night, yeah...

A young girl waiting on a line
Eight a.m.
She's got a six-month-old burden
Willpower's withering thin
An unwed mother
Beaten by her trade
Each week her welfare reminds her
Of mistakes she never made
Oh, no...

Chorus:
Now what has that to say about tomorrow
What has that to show for today, yeah
Noah thought to build an ark
Before the heavens washed it all away
Away... away... yeah, yeah...

A baby crying through a dream
An afterthought
Mother is seething for pleasure
After the poison is bought
His eyes are tainted
Staggered is his breath
Oh God, he's addicted
So addicted to death
So Lord...

Chorus

Two by two they enter now
Don't you think you'll wonder how
Can't you see he wants you there
Take you by your golden hair


(I know things will change)
Two by two they enter now
Don't you think you'll wonder how
(I know things get better)
Can't you see he wants you there
Take you by your golden hair


(If I called out to you)
Two by two they enter now
(Would you lend me your hand)
Don't you think you'll wonder how
(Would you save me from all that)
Can't you see he wants you there
(I might have been)
Take you by your golden hair


The devil came upon me
He found me on my knees
Said, 'Son, you ought to be a purer man'
If you could see my spirit, baby
Blowing through the breeze
Said, 'Life could be so very grand'

And so it shall be written
And soon it shall be
Said so it shall be written
And forever it shall be

So it shall be written
Soon it shall be
So it shall be written
So it shall be... yeah

No, now...
Now what has that to say about tomorrow
What has that to show for today
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Noah thought to build an ark
Before the heavens washed it all away
Away... away...
Alright-right-right-right-right-yeah
No...


12.Great Divide

Keep on looking, find a way out
Get a hold on hoping, scream and shout
It's a new addiction, another show
Truth and fiction, well I did not know

Chorus:
I didn't know you and you didn't know me
Broken branches and a family tree
Blown over this wind is wide
A lone loner's and our great divide

Running forward, warning signs
Looking backward at the yellow lines
All the great suggestions and the horoscope
Stubborn lessons, and we could not cope

Chorus

And I know it's not forever
This time it's not the same
Why can't we live together
And share more than a name

In the name of friendship and the mask of love
Careful not to trip on the kid gloves
Or the cooking apron and the wedding gown
Fabric so thin that it ties us down
Oh it ties us down

Chorus


And our great divide