Sister Hazel - Fortress
Hey, hey
Did you ever think
There might be another way
To just feel better
Just feel better about today
Oh no...
If you never want to have
To turn and go away
You might feel better
Might feel better if you stay
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Yeah yeah
I bet you haven't heard
A word I've said
Yeah yeah
If you've had enough
Of all your tryin'
Just give up
The state of mind you're in...
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If you want to be somebody else
If you're tired of fighting battles with yourself
If you want to be somebody else
Change your mind...
Hey hey...
Have you ever danced in the rain
Or thanked the sun
Just for shining...just for shining
Or the sea?
Oh no...take it all in
The world's a show
And yeah, you look much better
Look much better when you glow
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Hey hey...
What ya say
We both go and seize the day
'Cause what's your hurry
What's your hurry anyway
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I had to walk away
Down the road just to clear my head
On another fun filled day
Was doin' fine, but you're back instead
Well I'm not the only one
Who saw you for just what you were
You'd push me, but I'd keep tryin'
I'd leave you, but you'd start cryin'!
But you won't fool me
I'm smarter than that!!
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You were the one...
Who taught me what I don't need
And I thank you...I thank you for that
You were the one...
That brought me to my senses
And I thank you...
Now just leave me alone
I had to drive away
Far away 'til you could not find me
And it was a beautiful day
Liberated and you're far behind me
What you did I'll never mention
Where you were, I don't want to know
I don't want to know
But you won't fool me
I'm smarter than that!!
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What you did I'll never mention
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I wasn't looking for a lifetime with you
And I never thought it would hurt just to hear
"I do" and "I do"
And I do a number on myself
And all that I thought to be
And you'll be the one
That just left me undone
By my own, hesitation
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And for the million hours that we were
Well I'll smile and remember it all
Then I'll turn and go
While your story's completed mine is a long way from done
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Well I'm on a champagne high
Where will I be when I stop wondering why
On a champagne high
I'd toast to the future but that'd be a lie
On a champagne high, high
Spring turned to summer
But then winter turned to mean
The distance seemed right
At the time it was best...to leave
And to leave behind
What I once thought was fine
And so real...to me
And while I'm still gone
On the quest for my song
I'm at your...celebration
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Your wagons been hitched to a star
Well now he'll be your thing that's new
Yeah what little I have you can borrow
'Cause I'm old and I'm blue...
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Well I'll follow you wherever
When you lead me by my nose
On another big adventure...I suppose
Then you lay me down in clover
With their petals on my back
I should make some time
To do more things like that...
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Won't you sing to me your poetry
Won't you take me to your home
Won't you be for me forever
So I'll never be alone
And just one thing...
If you're my queen...
Then it's a beautiful thing...
Well I'm buried in my bedroom
Under fourteen feet of clothes
I could drown in all this clutter I suppose
But then you're standing in my doorway
With a suitcase on your back
And it blows my mind
When you do things like that
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Yeah, reminding me
Well I might be poor
But summers free...
For me, I didn't know I was sleeping
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With my head above the water
I can breathe to stay alive
But I'll try a little harder
If you want me to survive
Won't somebody tell me?
How I got to this stage?
When consequence is inconsequential
And...
Staring in the spotlight
Is better than real life
It's been surreal, how do you feel
When the seas part before your eyes
It's just so real how does it feel
When the stars that follow die
With my head above the water
I could drift along, beyond the tides
But I can try a little harder
If you help me to reach the other side
It's been surreal, how do you feel
When the colors have left you blind
It's just so real how does it feel
To have left yourself behind
It's over and I'm overwhelmed
I'm emptied out like a dusty shelf
You buried me...and I'm covered in shame
I'm here but you look right through me
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Just hear me out for what it's worth
You still rip my breath away
I've come around
I know you've heard it before
And again and again...
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Shame on me shame on me
It's bittersweet but I'm so sorry
It took so long but you believed
(I'm sorry it took so long)
Shame on me...shame on me...
Because you're every questions answer
Shame on me
So clever...but I tripped somehow
I never guessed you could knock me down
I am just a bit undone
Displaced and burned like fire
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I didn't get it I never wanted to
My self destructive attitude said
What did you want
And why would you want it at all?
But you never went away
You faded out but it took so long
It's tainted
How could I let this slip away from me
For a wondering Jones
I'm here but you look right through me...
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The grey ceiling on the earth
Well it's lasted for a while
Take my thoughts for what they're worth
I've been acting like a child
In your opinion, and what is that?
It's just a different point of view
What else can I do?
I said I'm sorry, yeah I'm sorry
I said I'm sorry, but for?
If I hurt you then I hate myself
Don't want to hate myself, don't want to hurt you
Why do you chew your pain?
If you only know how much I love you, love you
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I won't be your winter
I won't be anyone's excuse to cry
We can be forgiven
I will be here
The old picture on the shelf
Well it's been there for a while
A frozen image of ourselves
We are acting like a child
Innocent and in a trance
A dance that lasted for a while
You read my eyes just like your diary
Oh remember, please remember
Well, I'm not a beggar, but what's more
If I hurt you, then I hate myself, don't wanna hurt you
Why do you chew your pain?
If you only knew how much I love you
I won't be your winter
I won't be anyone's excuse to cry
We can be forgiven
I will be here
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Sometimes I wake with a weary head and
I wonder how I'll ever get through
Then I think of the things you said
How you told me to my self be true
My faith in things unseen
My belief that it'll all work out
May seem like a strange cup of tea
But if it's all right with you than it all
Right with me
Oh my feet I walk, with my legs I run
In my arms I'll hold another day
With my head I think, from my heart I sing
And with my hand to my face I pray
There's times I feel with the stains of life
I could just turn around, turn around walk away
Then a strength like a beam from above
Lifts me up by the hand and it leads me to say
Good things for good people you see
Good things they seem to all work out
May seem like a strange cup of tea but
If it's all right with you well then it's all right with me
Oh my feet I walk, with my legs I run
In my arms I'll hold another day
With my head I think, from my heart I sing
And with my hand to my face I pray
Getting by ain't enough for me
I know what I like I like what I see
I'm not only flesh and blood but
I'm heart and soul I know
Sometimes I feel at the end of the day
Was it worth while or have I settled for less
I sit back and your there by my side sincerely you say
We're both so blessed
Count your blessing count them one, two, three
Don't give up cause it'll all work out
It may seem like a strange cup of tea but
If it's all right with you, it's just fine with me
Oh my feet I walk, with my legs I run
In my arms I'll hold another day
With my head I think, from my heart I sing
And with my hand to my face I pray
Save me...have mercy
Turn me upside down
I know it sounds a little bit lazy
But I lost myself in a mystery
Save me...some aggravation
And tell me your wisest tale
Take me away...
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Won't you save me
Please hurry please
Won't you tell me what's worthy now
Won't you save me
I thought for myself
Can't you forgive me for that
Turn round...where ya goin'
Slow down...my hopes on you
I've paid my dues a thousand times over
'Cause I was not born ready made
Teach me...teach me everything
And leave no stone unturned
Yeah that's ok
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Now we've been on this walk before
And I can't take it lightly anymore
Well again I said
It's just there's so much wasted time
Quit wasting time
Hold on...wait a minute
Take note...this one's on me
They never put up a monument
For a cynic or a statue of a hypocrite
Turn it up...turn it over
Tune in and change your mind
Go your own way
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It's wrong...not right so bad you know it
I've been wrung in and out
You say...you want...you need...it your way
You kick and scream and shout
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You twist my words
To ease your mind
Don't stand there smiling, at me
Don't think it's me
When it's always you, it's always you
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Give in...give out...give up...it's over
Why even bother if I'm always wrong
Give in...give out...give up...it's over
So much for trying it's time to move on
You try...to back...me in...a corner
So sick of playin' your game
Too much...too hard...to take...you're giving
So much that I don't need
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Your mind...my heart...our words...they drain me
I've heard the same old lines
I'm tired...worn out...so weak...don't push me
Don't try it one more time
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If she's out there somewhere...somewhere
I would give everything to know
Just to hold and to finally have her
Take me to sunrise from indigo
If it's to be
That there's just no one for me
I'll try not to cry much
So no one will see
But if it's to be
That there is anyone for me
Our hearts will shine
So everyone will see
I've got some time
So maybe if you're free
I could use a friend
Just to talk to me
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Spent most of my life without
Anyone near
Never cared what happened
I never saw clear
But I'm getting older now
And I'm, thinking of my end
And to leave without love
Or without a friend
I've got some time
So maybe if you are free
I could use a friend
Before I die
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It's not over yet...
I'm still standing
If it's to be
That there's just no one for me
I will try not to cry much
So no one else will see
I've got some time
So maybe if you're free
I could use a friend
Just to talk to me
I'll go away
I'll go on my wordless way
Don't say anything
Say nothing, just leave me
I've been merely, an actor
In your painful play
But I feel too much to stay
Just cast me out
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You can have the dishes
You can have the jacked up car
And take the book on meditation
I'll just take home what I brought
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My, big painted velvet Elvis...
Well take it away
Take it all away
Don't leave anything
Leave nothing, except me
'Cause I've been sadly misinformed
I thought it mattered a little more than this
I wish I was a thousand miles away...
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Well I'm frozen here
Caged in silence
It's better that I
Regret these words
Than to stand aside
And watch your tragic
Storyline unfold...
Just let me go
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Well you took my heart
And you took my soul
And you used me
I've had plenty of that
It gets harder and harder
And farther and farther
From what I need for me
It's bitter
Tastes a lot like winter
And will it...release me
So heavy
How much more to bring down the levy
And kill me...don't kill me
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I've been stayin' high...
And I've been feelin' sorry
For myself
And I've been resurrecting my
Fortress to protect myself
Shattered
Tired, beaten, worn down and tattered
Can you...even hear hear me?
What do you expect out of me
I'm being buried alive and screaming
Can't you see...Can't you see me?
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Weary
My hands slapped I'm cautious and leery
Of tryin'...oh but I'm tryin'
How am I to figure it out
All alone I've been kickin' around
Without my home...I'm so lost...
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