Live 2005 — SANCTUARY WEST RECORDS

“Here comes the past
And it’s here to stay

If I’m nothing in the longer run
I’m on top of the world today”

ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS

“LIVE & WELL”

Two teenagers

ROBERT LASALLE & AARON/8

Huntsville, AL

October 16, 2005

Breathing In

I stopped wondering

Why you're still around

Why my hearts still beating

And my feet still on the ground

When the wall comes down

The life I breathe into

As long as you're around

You know I'll need you, need you

You're the best of me

You're the most of me

You're the wall around me

You're my reason to grow

You keep me breathing in

My heart beating

And you're the body

And you're the soul

A breath of life

A reason to live

Every breath you take

Becomes a wall that will never give

Breathing in

And knowing there's a reason to

As long as you're around

You know I need you, need you

You're the best of me

You're the most of me

You're the wall around me

You're my reason to grow

You keep me breathing in

My heart beating

And you're the body

And you're the soul

You're the body

And you're the soul

You're breathing out

I'm breathing in

You're breathing out, and

I'm breathing in

You're breathing out

I'm breathing in

You're breathing out, and

I'm breathing in

You're the best of me

You're the most of me

You're the wall around me

You're my reason to grow

You keep me breathing in

My heart beating

And you're the body

And you're oh, oh oh

You're the best of me

You're the most of me

You're the wall around me

You're my reason to grow

You keep me breathing in

My heart beating

And you're the body

And you're the soul

On Top of the World

So, I've figured out the world

And how it all really works

Specs of consciousness collide and crawl

On this earth

It's infinity, it won't end

It never will begin

What is has never been

And it'll never be again

Is this how I start my day

Beneath the words I can't begin to say

Underneath the problems

The problems that I've made

On top of the world

I’m on top of the world today

With utter patience

I’m waiting here for time

To tell me why I live this life

And why am I not surprised?!

Because I never fit your shoes

Or tied into your noose

I'm not falling in your footsteps

I'm not following your rules!

Is this how I start my day

Beneath the words I can't begin to say

Underneath the problems

The problems that I've made

I’m on top of the world

I’m on top of the world today

I guess I am whom I portray

I guess I choose to be this way

And if I'm nothing in the longer run

I'm on top of the world today

On top of the world today

On top of the world

Here Now

Here come the clouds before the rain

Here comes the day before it breaks

Here comes the storm to wash you away

Here comes the past, and it's here to stay

Here are the words that mean nothing now

Here comes the light behind the clouds

Here I am after the trumpet sounds

You leave me here to take the long way out

I'll take the long way out

I'll be the only one

I'll be here without you now

Here is over and I can't move on

Here is the dusk before another dawn

Here is short but seems to take so long

Here is now, and now is already gone

Here is shorter now than all the rest

Here are the times I seem to know the best

Here is now, and now there's nothing left

Here are the answers that you never could have guessed

I'll take the long way out

I'll be the only one

I'll be here without you now

Lightning hits before it sounds

Can you hear me yet?! Can you hear me now?!

Here is the puddle that has gathered up

Hear the thunder now long after lightning's struck

I'll take the long way out

I'll be the only one

I'll be here

I'll be here now

Your Blind Eyes

I recognize you

Like the back of my hand

When I'm in some hell of mine

You'd understand

I could imagine

You could lie

I could be store-bought

But you wouldn't buy

Cease in a second

To throw me away

Your friendship's a burden

But I'm glad that you stayed

Don't open your eyes

I see you just fine

I know what's mine

Don't open your eyes

I love the irony

That plagues your broken mind

I'd lift you to heaven

And you'd question why

I could imagine

You could lie

I could be store-bought

You wouldn't buy

Cease in a second

To throw me away

Your friendship's a burden

But I'm glad that you stayed

Don't open your eyes

I see you just fine

I know what's mine

Don't open your eyes

It's easy to love me

I need love

It's easy to love me

I need love, love

Love, love

Salty Sunburn

I'm not early

You're not late

But the world is round

In miles of ground

Sandy waters

And salty sunburn

Life is grand

Sitting shallow

On a salty shoreline

With time to spare

But none to share

As long as I'm not

Close to you

I'm all by myself

Don't need your help

Life is perfect in my own river

On my own land, 'cause life is grand

Life is perfect in my own river

On my own land, 'cause life is grand

The muddy banks are

Always open

To a lending hand

'Cause life is grand

I hope I'm dead

Before tomorrow

I'm lifting time

Without my mind

And I'm not early

No, you're not late

But the world is round

In miles of ground

Hope I’m dead

Not close to you

I'm all by myself

I don't need your help

Life is perfect in my own river

On my own land, 'cause life is grand

And life is perfect in my own river

On my own land, 'cause life is grand

Death

The rest is said

The rest is dead

The rest is death

Scheduled Spontaneity

See your eyes pouring through the skies

You're the master of disguise

Thin line 'tween right and wrong

You know you're right when you can't move on

Favorite secrets soon to be sung

Sing me a song about saving someone's

Life living likely, lonely, and lame

In solitude, slowly, seeking some shape

Saying something to someone who's soon to be dead

Dying in misery, shoot her in the head

It's the end and it's where you belong

It's a dead end again, and I'm not to blame

A one, two, three, four, five, six, seven

Said, haters, forgivers, when dyers are livers

And a lie isn't truthful, but truth isn't useful

To useless beginners, get taught to be winners

But a loser's no cooler than soul-sucking sinners

So speak in spontaneity

Assume a fortunate destiny

I hope you know what's good and bad

What's good just makes me farking laugh

It's a good, good, a good old song

It's a dead end now, and it's where you belong

It's a dead end again, and I'm not to blame

It’s a dead, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Lonesome Days

I never said it was impossible

I never said I was invincible

My lonesome days can never bother you

Glimpse of the city

Get up, get busy

Said we don't have all day

And you don't need to spit in it

It's an attitude problem you seem to have

What you spit in my ears is really blah, blah, blah

You st-st-stutter every time you speak

Because you're so, so stupid you can't even see

I really said that I was sorry

And words don't mean a thing

You really left anyways as insulted as can be

You're full of lies impending

You cheat, tease, and steal

I'll never listen to your words till your words are real

So really blah, blah, blah, blah

Words don't mean a thing

And really ha, ha, ha, ha

Happy as can be

I never said it was impossible

Ooh

I never said I was invincible

Ooh

My lonesome days can never bother you

Ooh

My lonesome days can never bother you

I never wanted to know

I never wanted to know anyways

I never wanted to know

I never wanted to know anyways

Blah, blah, blah, blah

Words don't mean a thing

And really ha, ha, ha, ha

Happy as can be

I never said it was impossible

Ooh

I never said I was invincible

Ooh

My lonesome days can never bother you

Ooh

My lonesome days can never bother you

I never said it was impossible

I never said it was invincible

My lonesome days can never bother you

Things

Things shine brightly, and things are dull
Things are empty, and things are full
Things get better, or so they say
The best things hurt before they fade away

Anything's better than watching things go
It might get better, but no one knows
Things aren't listening to the things I've said
These words are dead to me, things are dead

I seem to get things, I never asked
All the worst things have come and passed
This is the best thing that I can find
It's my everything, it’s my life

And all the best things make things alright

Vivid things flash through my mind
Things stand still to catch up with time
Things are horrid, and things aren't right
But the best things always change my mind

Nothing's perfect, I’ve come to know
Things fall in pieces before they grow
There's two sides to all things, 'cause all things change
Despite things, nothing stays the same

I seem to get things, I never asked
All the worst things have come and passed
This is the best thing that I can find
It's my everything, it’s my life

And all the best things make things alright

Things are enemies and fake allies
Things aren't honest, and things aren't right
Trust in nothing, 'cause nothing's real
It's honest enough to have disappeared

Things communicate but misinterpret
Things cause wars for things not worth it
Things take lives for thrills on purpose
Nothing's perfect, but nothing's worthless

Everything lacks what everything wants
I want nothing more than you to prove me wrong
We can rid these things of their emptiness
With their simple truths, we'll have everything we'll ever need

It's all we'll ever need
Anything and everything 'cause everything's something

It's all we'll ever need

Forever

Don't look back into a mirror of emptiness

We'd both have to live if life was infinite

And if this were true, I'd live again and so would you

And if this were true, I'd live again with you

Won't live for anything at all

You won't be missed if you're never lost (Never lost)

Hands will turn for the end on the wall

It's the inner workings of the ageless clock

You may be tired of life

But you could stay this time

You may be tired

But you're awake and you're alive

You catch my eye a little late

If I'm on time, then time has changed

Life went by

It saw your face

Life went by again

You won't live for anything at all

You won't be missed if you're never lost (Never lost)

Hands will turn for the end on the wall

It's the inner workings of the ageless clock

Right of Ways

Somehow

Some way

The leader escapes

And that's why

I can't stay

Last night was no memory

It was no dream

It was more real

Than I know how to be

I can't recall

I can't relate

I won't be banking

Off of center stage

I can't rely

On the right of ways

What's the use of living on

Where's the right side

Of the story

I feel it

And I'm moving on

Stagnant frailty

Of mourning

I feel it

And I'm moving on

Made to take its sides

Made to make it right

Not justified

The right of ways

I can't recall

I can't relate

I won't be banking

Off of center stage

I can't rely

On the right of ways

Where's the right

Between the lines

Why does all the weight

Bog me down

A pass beside me

And it's all wrong

Shallow as forever

And I'm moving on

Made to take sides

Made to make it right

Not justified

The right of ways

I can't recall

I can't relate

I won't be banking

Off of center stage

I can't rely

On the right of ways

Where's the right

Justice decides

It's just another dawn

Where's the right

What's the use of living on

Living on

Where's the right

Between the lines

ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS

“LIVE & WELL”

Two teenagers

ROBERT LASALLE & AARON/8

Huntsville, AL

October 16, 2005

Robert LaSalle