Lyrics

What does it all matter
If we don’t last forever
Footprints in the sand
Wash away

If I don’t tell the stories in my mind
They’ll go with me when I die
And my whole life
Will fade

I’m gonna try to live a good life anyway
I’m gonna try to love more than hate
I’m gonna try to honour my weaknesses
And in humanity I’m gonna have faith

When decency is crumbling
Our differences I’ll celebrate
And when denial of fact leads to ignorance
I’m gonna do my best to educate

I’m gonna try to live a good life anyway
I’m gonna try to love more than hate
I’m gonna try to honour my weaknesses
And in humanity I’m gonna have faith

We all come to the end one day
Leave a single road unpaved ohhhh oh ohhh
And if we’ve done good enough
Is just a guessing game
But we all hope someone
Remembers our name

I’m gonna try to live a good life anyway
I’m gonna try to love more than hate
I’m gonna try to honour my weaknesses
And in humanity you gotta have faith

Well I know
What I want
But everything out there is so confusing

And I know
What I have
But I haven’t got it all
Cause we all have something different

And I, I just want to be me
I, I just wanna be seen

So take me as I am take me as I am
Take it or leave it
And I’ll take you as you are I won’t
I won’t deny it I’ll believe it

Well I know
What you want
But everything out there’s so confusing

Well I know
What you have
But you haven’t got it all
Cause we all have something different

And you, you just wanna be seen, too

So take me as I am take me as I am
Take it or leave it
And I’ll take you as you are I won’t
I won’t deny it I’ll believe it
And you can let it get you down let it get you down
Question the reasons
Or you can take me as I am
Take it or leave it

Well I know
It makes no sense
But I keep running round
Running round and round in circles

And I know
You gotta let it go
But it’s so damn hard
When no one else is

So take me as I am take me as I am
Take it or leave it
And I’ll take you as you are I won’t
I won’t deny it I’ll believe it
And you can let it get you down let it get you down
Question the reasons
Take me as I am

There’s a part of my heart I built a box around
Where I keep memories of you safe a sound
I swear I can still feel you near
But you’ve been gone longer than you were here

Stay
Stay with me
Let me feel you in the summer breeze

Stay
Stay with me
Shiver through my veins on a winters eve

And I
I believe
As painful as it is
We were meant to meet
But Ohhhhh
Heaven only knows
Why I had to stay
And you had to go

Do you ever dream with your eyes open wide
Do ghosts grow old as the time goes by
And in your glory in your light
Not a day I don’t think of you has gone by

Stay
Stay with me
Let me feel you in the summer breeze

Stay
Stay with me
Colour my world as the fall leaves change

And I
I believe
As painful as it is
We were meant to meet.
But Ohhhhh
Heaven only knows
Why I had to stay
And you had to go

I long for one more minute than we had
A craving for your soul to take my hand
And when the nights and days
Feel to much the bear
I will close my eyes and feel you there

There’s a part of my heart
That I built a box around
Where I keep memories of you
Safe a sound

There’s a part of my heart I built a box around
Where I keep memories of you safe a sound

I don’t always know where I’m going
But I’ve always known, that I’m trying
And sometimes sometimes I wonder
If it would be easier
If there was someone there doing all the heavy lifting

And all around us there are people watching
They look and they think that we’ve got it all
But they don’t know you like I know you
They don’t know you never catch me when I fall

But I’m always always on my own
Even when you’re there I feel alone
And you don’t see me
Like I see me
You don’t love every inch of who I am

And I’m not exactly sure what you’re here for
But it’s not for me
It’s not for me

Every day I pour my heart out
And you pretend you’re listening
But then your eyes glaze over and your heart hardens
And you leave me there on my knees

And I’m always always on my own
Even when you’re there I feel alone
You don’t see me
Like I see me
You don’t love every inch of who I am

And I’m not exactly sure what you’re here for
But it’s not for me
No it’s not for me

You can either step into the light with me,
Or say goodbye goodbye I’m leaving
Cause I can’t and I won’t stand for it anymore
And just as death does us part
So will it if you close your heart
And I can’t feel it open anymore

And I’m always always on my own
Even when you’re there I feel alone
You don’t see me
Like I see me
You don’t love every inch of who I am

And I’m not exactly sure what you’re here for
But it’s not for me
No it’s not for me
And sometimes sometimes I wonder
If it’d be easier
If there was someone there doing all the heavy lifting
If there was someone there doing all the heavy lifting

How can we be so cruel
I don’t understand me
I don’t understand you

How is it that we don’t think for ourselves
Your mind is penetrating mine
Like a fishhook on a wire

Bring me in pull me out
Make, making me always doubt
Giving me a reason to get out
Of taking the fall for my mistakes
Oh oh oh
Bring me in, pull me out,
Make, making me always doubt
Wrong from right
How do we sleep at night

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
When did we get so cruel

All the stories
we have heard
Become intertwined
In the crevices of our minds

How is it that we don’t see thru the lies
Your mind is penetrating mine
Like a fishhook on a wire

Bring me in pull me out
Make, making me always doubt
Giving me a reason to get out
Of taking the fall for my mistakes
Oh oh oh
Bring me in pull me out
Make, making me always doubt
Wrong from right
How do we sleep at night

I hope it haunts you for the rest of your life
You shouldn’t get away
Shouldn’t get free
From all the pain you caused eternity

I hope it haunts you for the rest of your life
Just as it haunts me
I hope it suffocates your dreams
Oh oh

Bring me in pull me out
Make, making me always doubt
Giving me a reason to get out
Of taking the fall for my mistakes
Oh oh oh
Bring me in pull me out
Make, making me always doubt
Wrong from right
How do we sleep at night

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
When did we get so cruel

Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
When did we get so cold

They like to keep us weak
Unbuttoned down and desperately in need
But I can feel the breeze
And through the keyhole I will peak
And then I’ll leave

Oh Alice
Why did you drink
The Kool-aid they, they’ve been selling
Can’t you see the imagery
And what is lurking underneath
mmm mmm

My mind is blown every day
By all the words the people say
And I’m not left out of the mix no no
Cause each and every one of us
Needs our fix

Oh Alice
Why’d you drink
The Kool-aid they, they’ve been selling
Can’t you see the imagery
And what is lurking underneath
mmm ohh

You turn the lights down low
You make the room run cold
Your lies have made you bold

But we are free to make a difference
We are free to make it right
The minute we stop asking
They’ll strip away our rights

Oh Alice
Why’d you drink oh oh oh (The minute we stop asking)
The Kool-aid they they’ve been selling (They’ll strip away our rights)
Time to wake up from this dream (The minute we stop asking)
Cause we aren’t free until all of us are free (They’ll strip away our rights)

Oh Alice
Why’d you drink oh oh oh (The minute we stop asking)
The Kool-aid they’ve been selling (They’ll strip away our rights)
Can’t you see the imagery (Time to wake up from this dream)
We aren’t free until all of us are free
Mmm mmm

What have you done
To the girl I knew back then
Her smile could light up the whole room
Without even trying

See there’s something different
About her now
I can’t help but think
We had a part in it somehow

See we judge and judge
Till there is nothing left
We pushed her down and down
Until she could not resist

When did we start
Turning on each other
We’re supposed to be there for one another
I don’t I don’t understand

When did we decide
We would not support our own kind
And we’d abandon and leave behind
Our friends as we should know them

Oh, we should know, better better
Oh, we should grow

Maybe we were better off
Without magazines to read and TV to watch
Nonetheless we’ve clearly lost our way
Forgotten what is right and how to see through the haze

When did we start
Turning on each other

When I’m gone
Promise me
You’ll put your tears in a cup
For others to drink

When I’m gone
And you need me
Look around and give your love
To someone in need

Cause this world won’t run on disparity no no
It goes round and round on love
And love is free

When I go
Take the hand
Of someone you barely know
Who can barely stand

Cause this world won’t run on a lonely heart no no
It goes round and round
You gotta pull each other back in from in from in from the dark

A proud heart and a humble chin
Brings it all home for the win
For the win

When I’m gone
Promise me
You’ll do your best to love yourself as much
As much as you loved me

Time goes fast
Stories end
But the memories surpass
The life of them

And this world won’t turn on it’s own no no
It takes a village to pull it along

A proud heart and a humble chin
Brings it all home for the win
For the win

If I could take back all the things I did
That made you cry
I’d fill the gaps with rainbows and unicorns and butterflies

There’d be no darkness
When you lay your head to rest
And you would never ever doubt that you are loved
And that I love you best

So please
Forgive me
I may not have been perfect
But I loved you perfectly

If I could make the sunshine
When the rain is pouring down
I’d clear the skies and part the sea for you
And you’d sail right through

And if trouble came knocking
I’d send it away
For no one knows better than me
How to keep you safe

So please
Forgive me
I may not have been perfect
But I loved you perfectly

You don’t know, you don’t know
How hard I try
To do it all right get it all right
All of the time
You don’t know that I do it all for you
But I do, yes it’s true, oh I do
It all for you

And If I could take back all of the things
I did that made you cry
Well I’d fill the gaps with rainbows and unicorns and colourful butterflies

So please
Forgive me
That I may not have been perfect
Ohhhh please
Forgive me
I may not have been perfect
But I loved you perfectly
I love you perfectly

It’s hard to explain
The feeling when winter has come
Soft sounds a subtle glow
Shining from inside the window
It’s not easy when the years don’t bring you home

Eight nights lighting up the life that we have shared
Next year if we’re lucky we will do it all again
Some things are felt even though they can’t be seen
Intangible things

Dark nights brighter lights
When the snow falls the winter decides
Full hearts and crowded homes
Each year the little ones change
But the memories of our past years stay the same

Eight nights lighting up the life that we have shared
Next year if we’re lucky we will do it all again
Some things are felt even though they can’t be seen
Intangible things

Waking first thing
In the morning
To look out your window
To see if the snow came
And it’s snowing
We have all that we hoped for
All of the beauty, in unexpected moments you see
The greatest miracle of Hanukah indeed

Eight nights lighting up the life that we have spent
Next year if we’re lucky we will do it all again
Some things are felt even though they can’t be seen
And great things can come from unexpected miracles indeed
Intangible Things
Intangible Thing

It’s about time
We had a new song
Something Adam Sandler
Has no involvement on

The Maccabees would be disappointed
If another 20 years went by
And no one was brave enough to try?
Seriously?
I mean there was the Barenaked ladies and Peter Paul and Mary and Neil Diamond covered Adams but that’s about it.

Dude, for years we belted out your clever words
In song and we rejoiced
But personally I’d like another
Hanukah song choice
No offence yours is very good, it’s very funny

So Adam, here’s a song for you
Whether you really wanted it or not
You asked for it on Howard Stern and Ellen and Conan O’Brien,
I can prove it if you want

It’s not funny
Or about good looking Jews
Although it was written for one
Just kidding Jackie!
This song summarizes the holiday I think

Some things are felt even though they can not be seen
This one is about the intangible things.

There’s water on the ground
It’s dripping dropping from the sky
I’m laying underneath
And I don’t know why

But there’s something in the rain
That makes me feel so new
The smell revives my body
I have a new point of view

I want to see the sunset
Come over the mountain
I want to be the only one standing
Starring at the sea
I want to feel the wind in my hair
I want to take a fresh breath of air
I want to stay
I want to stay right here

I’ve dreamt of pretty dresses
And glasses of champagne
The smell of fresh red roses
And the life with all the fame

The lights shining in your eyes
The cheering of the crowd
All the special privileges
You would be aloud

I want to see the sunset
Come over the mountain
I want to be the only one standing
Starring at the sea
I want to feel the wind in my hair
I want to take a fresh breath of air
I want to stay
I want to stay right here

I’m not going change for you
I’m not going play games with you
I’m not going to a change, and there’s nothing you can do

I want to see the sunset
Come over the mountain
I want to be the only one standing
Starring at the sea
I want to feel the wind in my hair
I want to take a fresh breath of air
I want to stay
I want to stay right here
I want to stay right here

The sun is shining I have written songs like this before
But something is different now I think the world needs this song more
The water is rolling and I can’t help but think
Maybe it’s possible maybe hope is more than a dream

I’ve got one voice and you have got your choices too
If a child can speak the truth then I know there’s hope for me and you

It’s time
To stare it in the face
Stand up be strong
Finally be brave
Hope is where the broken heart lays
And it’s time to take a chance
This world could use a little change

All the people say, that it’s someone elses job to do
But I am telling you that it’s just as much yours too
We have it pretty great in this corner of our world
But just because it’s out of site doesn’t mean it’s not our fight

It’s time
To stare it in the face
Won’t you stand up be strong
Finally be brave
Hope is where the broken heart lays
And it’s time to take a chance
This world could use a little change

When you’re cold there’s someone freezing
When you’re poor there’s someone broke
When your eyes and heart are drifting
There’s a way
To regain hope

Let me hear you say

I will be a better person and try to save a life
A land without it’s people just ain’t right
Just ain’t right

So I will be a better person take your hand in mine
Together we will fight this together we’ll be fine
Together we’ll be fine
Together we’ll be fine

It’s time
To stare it in the face
Won’t you stand up be strong
Please finally be brave
Hope is where the broken heart lays
And it’s time to take a chance
This world could use a little change

Sometimes you need to give a little or ask for what you want
What would you be praying for if you could hold it in your palm

I will wait for you
Will you wait for me too
We’ll find a place that no one knows
And together we will go

And these are the days
I’d give anything
To get what I want
To get where I am going

All around us now
Memories surround
Broken dreams have long drowned
But the waters going down
But the water’s going down

And these are the days
I’d give anything
To get what I want
To get where I am going
And these are the days
I would throw it all away
If I could have one thing
And that’s you

There’s so much I’d like to share with you
When the time is right
I’ll keep you safe and warm and full of light
Thread your secrets in with mine

And these are the days
I’d give anything
To get what I want
To get where I am going
And these are the days
I would throw it all away
If I could have one thing
And that’s you

These are the days
I would throw it all away
I’d throw it all away

These are the days
I’d give anything
To get what I want
To get where I am going
And these are the days
I would throw it all away
If I could have one thing
And that’s you

Tell me what I owe you
You haven’t done that much for me
Explain to me the reasons
Why I let you walk all over me

Tell me what I owe you
What I’m paying you back for
If I remember clearly
This is not what I signed up for

Never thought I’d see the day
I would smile again
It’s been too long
Never thought I’d see the day
When all my tears would run dry
I have got a smile on my face
And you can’t wipe it away

Don’t sit too pretty
You’ve done your fair share
No one is innocent
When people are gasping for air

People more than anything
Need a guiding light
Never throw out anyone
If you want to sleep at night

Never thought I’d see the day
I would smile again
It’s been too long
Never thought I’d see the day
When all my tears would run dry
I have got a smile on my face
And you can’t wipe it away

Go ahead and take it all from me
Try to hide it and wipe your hands clean
What you’ve done will not go unseen
We will rise up and do the right thing

Never thought I’d see the day
I would smile again
It’s been too long
Never thought I’d see the day
When all my tears would run dry
I have got a smile on my face
And you can’t wipe it away

If you were people watching while I walked by
What would you say about me
What would you say about the guy that I was walking with
And would it be kind
Or would you act as though I were blind

I hope it’s nice
Not out of spite
I hope you would wish me well and find something else better to do
I hope it’s nice
Not out of spite
I hope it’s nice
For your sake more than mine

What’s your story does anybody care
What’s the hurry you’ve got plenty left still
What’s your story does anybody care
It looks like everybody is rooting
For someone else to fail

I hope it’s nice
Not out of spite
I hope you’d wish me well and find something else better to do
I hope it’s nice
Not out of spite
I hope it’s nice
For your sake more than mine
I hope it’s nice for your sake more than mine

I see it written on your face
You feel like the rest of us completely out of place
I know you’re sick and tired of trying to please
So be yourself and let it be

If I were people watching while you walked by
What would I say about you
What would I say about your life and would I
Say things I didn’t mean just to get a rise
Or would I maybe think a little first, not judge thee before my eye

I hope it’s nice
Not out of spite
I hope you would wish me well and find something else better to do
I hope it’s nice
Not out of spite
I hope it’s nice
For your sake more than mine
I hope it’s nice for your sake more than mine