SCENES FROM HIGHWAYS 1981-2009 Lyrics

I'm reading over your shoulder, It says it in every line, in every curve and crack. It says it in every detail of your face, Unmistakably apparent in this dull light. Tracing a sep...Read Full Lyrics

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a...Read Full Lyrics

The lion isn't sacred when not sleeping near the lamb It is evil when it eats unless it's feeding from the damned All the children painted diagrams of god upon their hands Hopin...Read Full Lyrics

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that t...Read Full Lyrics


 Stained-glass and the choir sing out that strong and ceaseless Chorus here. 
 So sweet the voices, sweep like leaves into the street. 
 On Eastern, a celebratio...Read Full Lyrics

If I could play back every moment to you now Spent lovesick and swollen on Mornings mincing garlic on the counter by the sink If I could hit the instant replay on only every good d...Read Full Lyrics

I think I saw you in my sleep, darling, I think I saw you in my dreams you were Stitching up the seams on every broken promise That your body couldn't keep. I think I saw you in my...Read Full Lyrics

There were shadows in the bedroom Where the light got thrown by the lamp on the nightstand On your mother’s side, after midnight, still You can see it all You can see it all ...Read Full Lyrics

I promised Colin I'd keep writing, and That's the only promise I've kept, but I have no regrets. Like Your empty mailbox? It doesn't bother me Not at all And I promised you...Read Full Lyrics

Now speak of anger Forget all the fears you've kept about Love and sex and death and faith Erased, or swinging sweet from around her neck And between her breasts Let every lonely b...Read Full Lyrics