I don’t want to know, I’ll just let it play out.
See how this goes with time.
We’d see who we become, we may not like it,
but that’s just all we’d know.
You say your time here’s short,
and I can understand your hurry.
You know I try hard, I really try hard,
but still you’re letting go.
So, I guess that’s all we know.
Tranquilize my tiger eyes
Tranquilize until the day we die.
The words fell slowly from their lips,
but quickly melted me.
Reluctance in my chest, my eyes refuse to rest.
Through the door you fade from view.
Bleak in the bone, grim at the gut.
Still my blood flows.
But your voice it follows me,
a friendly haunt, you see.
Show me all you know.
Through the door I let you go.
Tranquilize my tiger eyes
Tranquilize until the day we die.
There’s something in the air, it’s undefined.
A common killer’s stare we fall in line.
Never thought you were the type, you let me down
Tranquilize my tiger eyes
Tranquilize until the day we die.
The days may change
With the length of your hair
And the clothes that you wear
But you’re still some kid
And you're farther from home than ever before
You grow tired
In your search for salvation
A hunt for your place in this world you know
It birthed you, it molds you
It tears you apart
It’s out, out, out with the old
And it’s in with the new
We want back, back, back to the old
Just a lonely few singing
“Bring the rain to my front door
Bring a thundering sky
Tame the fires that burn the walls
Of a life that waves goodbye”
The hours defy me
The weeks are drawn on
As they fit to a song
Oh and the frustration,
The cause within sight,
My teeth chip as I bite.
It’s out, out, out with the old
And it’s in with the new
We want back, back, back to the old
Just a lonely few singing
“Bring the rain to my front door
Bring a thundering sky
Tame the fires that burn the walls
Of a life that waves goodbye”
What have I become?
Just another one away from home
Something takes my hand
But my feet won’t walk along
New hopes tower us
And our eyes were doors
But they walked right through
Now it’s haunting us
In the only home we’ve known
Bring the rain to my front door
Bring a thundering sky
Tame the fires that burn the walls
Of a life that waves goodbye
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Recorded in November 2013 at Jingletown Studios in Oakland, CA.
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