ALL THAT REMAINS
Written June 17, 2004

A song birthed from a frustrated place, about life, and how it just never stops.

I want to hurt a little while
Just to help me feel normal again
This life is pain, they're saying
And I am living it to the fullest

So would you help me with this rope
Maybe give a little tug when it's nice and snug
And then, just before I fade
You can reel me in and cut me down

And if happiness is a drug
Then I'm clean, I'm clean
And you're lying when you shrug
'Cause you know what I mean...

You're always there to keep me safe
Whenever peril rains down on my head
But those clouds are nearly black now
And I have never felt more dangerous

If I had to sum up in a song
What I feel, the whole deal
This is it, this is all that remains
So sing along before I'm gone

(Chorus:)
Pull me out of the wreckage
But push me away before I heal
Keep me alive, but I'm barely here
I'm barely here

We can't dwell on the last time
There's always a next time lurking...