LYRICS - FOUR WALLS

HELLO HOUSTON Hello Houston, can you hear me? Send a message if I'm really coming in Cause my ego is finally landing And I don't want to think about how long the flight has been Tried to walk a country mile in someone else's shoes But I was always tripping and I found that it's no use So after all I guess I'm gonna be myself, ooh ooh I'm done trying to be someone else, ooh ooh In the mirror I see someone Who I haven't really talked to in a while And I'd say it's unexpected But I must admit it's good to see that smile And looking back on all my failed attempts at being nonchalant Well after all I guess I'm gonna be myself, ooh ooh I'm done trying to be someone else, ooh ooh Won't you leave the light on for me? Almost there I've got the car in drive Should've known eventually I'd make my way back home And I promise that it's really me this time After all I guess I'm gonna be myself, ooh ooh I'm done trying to be someone else, ooh ooh

BACK TO LIFE Somewhere in the sands of time I lost myself somehow And while I was out there drifting someone stole the silver lining from my cloud In my wallet there's a folded photograph of an old girlfriend of mine And I suppose the reason it's still there is that I still think about her all the time Hoping that someone could love me the same way Placing the same warm words around my heart So there's no need to turn on your searchlight You'll find me right here, and when you do you'll bring me back to life After all I know it's not important Affection isn't vital to survive You wander aimlessly among the living Never really sure that you're alive Wishing that someone would love you the same way That somebody else did before they broke your heart So there's no need to turn on your searchlight You'll find me right here, and when you do you'll bring me back to life I would say anything you wanted me to say If only you'd promise you won't ever walk away

DEAR STEPHANIE You put me in exile For crying wolf too long The rightfully accused The one who'd done the wrong But if you take your heart And turn it inside out Can you tell me honestly That I'm nowhere to be found? Cause I intend to write my best apology But so far all I've got is a blank page and the words "Dear Stephanie" The posters on your walls would probably agree It's best that I remain a piece of history And I have tried so hard to put it out of mind But I'm always thinking of the love we left behind And I intend to write my best apology But so far all I've got is a blank page and the words "Dear Stephanie" Hold on and wait for me Hold on now for me Just hear me out now please Oh hold on, just hold on And I intend to write my best apology But so far all I've got is a blank page and the words "Dear Stephanie"

ALL FALL DOWN When you wake up in the morning Drag your body out of bed When you're in the shower wishing You were still asleep instead Do you ever stop and listen To the voice inside your head Saying it's not that bad No It's not that bad Just think about it Reanalyze that frown Cause it hurts sometimes But we all fall down When you're stuck in heavy traffic Or you're standing in the rain If you're looking for a lover But you're out of luck again And you're trying to ignore it But your trying's all in vain Gone every hope you had Every hope you had Just think about it Reanalyze that frown Cause it hurts sometimes But we all fall down

SLOW Sunlight breaks in again through the curtains Proceeds to set the bedroom all aglow But that's alright because it's Sunday morning And you and I've got nowhere else to go Maybe we could pick up the phone and order in And we can wonder how cold outside might have been We can go slow Turn off the alarm clock, we don't have to worry 'bout the time And if you want to get lost, we can leave all of this behind You can heave a sigh if you like, cause tomorrow's sure to come But there's no need to think of it at all until we're finished with this one Maybe we could go for a lazy Sunday drive Never knowing where we're headed until we've arrived And we can go slow So put all of your worries aside Even if it's just for a while Darling put your worries aside, aside And go slow

HOW TO SAY GOODBYE On the day her mother died She couldn't find the tears to cry Saw it coming for too long Like a light that flickers then it's gone Driving round the river bend Searching for the lost part of herself Only coming back to find it had disappeared with someone else These days, these nights Feels like the world has passed her by These days, these nights She's trying to learn how to say goodbye Lately she's been feeling kind of jaded Kind of bored with everything Came to the conclusion that her only friends are on the t.v. screen Back and forth around the house Pacing circles on the kitchen floor Contemplating leaving everything behind The life she knew before These days, these nights Feels like the world has passed her by These days, these nights She's trying to learn how to say goodbye

COLORBLIND Take yourself back to the moment You last diverted your eyes From someone who looked a bit different As if you had something to hide Could have been your best shot, at seeing no evil Could have been a last ditch effort, at knowing no wrong Or maybe you finally came to the realization That you'd been mistaken all along So when you get tired of playing the fool Can you tell me who made up the old golden rule That either you're wrong or you're right Based on whether you're black or you're white Cause if we keep on with that state of mind We're just dreaming, dreaming of a world that's colorblind Sometimes it starts with a gesture A misunderstanding of words Someone goes on the offensive And somebody always gets hurt Then when it's over there's someone with blood on their hands Wishing they could take it all back but they can't It's like either you're wrong or you're right Based on whether you're black or you're white And if we keep on with that state of mind We're just dreaming, dreaming of a world that's colorblind Look at the face in the mirror Every detail of that skin Imagine in some other lifetime What color it might have been It's like either you're wrong or you're right Based on whether you're black or you're white And if we keep on with that state of mind We're just dreaming, dreaming of a world that's colorblind

FOUR WALLS Self-appointed voodoo doll, you can stab at me with words But I've painted on this smile so you'll never know what hurts Everyone has something they're ashamed of Everybody's got something to hide Maybe someday I will have the patience and the time To count the things I've bottled up inside Though I try to keep myself from stumbling There I go again, oh clumsy me When I hit the ground Fall down on the floor No one will hear me make a sound And that's what I've got these four walls for When I look around my hometown Where are all my so-called friends? They've all just disappeared and gone away Left the dream world I defend I tell myself I should have seen it coming Should have known I'd be dismissed Cause in every storyline when it seems I'm doing fine I finally find that I'm the main antagonist And if I slip and make things complicated It's just because I can't control my mouth When I hit the ground Fall down on the floor No one will hear me make a sound And that's what I've got these four walls for

SO SORRY LOVE When the other voices have faded When it's finally just you and I Guess that's when I'll have to explain it The feeling I've been trying to hide Don't you let yourself start to worry Cause this is all beyond your control There's nothing to be negotiated Nothing to discuss anymore So I'll try not to stutter, and get right to the point I'm so, so sorry love But it's not working out So, so sorry love But you'd be better off with someone else I know there'll be tears on your pillows It's nothing that they've not seen before Please don't say that I must be joking Cause I'm afraid it just isn't so Though I've got it planned out, it's still hard to say goodbye I'm so, so sorry love But it's not working out So, so sorry love But you'd be better off with someone else So take the love that you've got left Take the love that you've got left All the love that you've got left And run, run oh run with it I'm so, so sorry love I'm so, so sorry love I'm so, so sorry love I'm so, so sorry So, so sorry love

ONLY LOVE Three cups of coffee will keep me awake Silently listening to the breathing sounds you make I'll start to worry cause I'm so afraid That you'll run from the altar on our wedding day But darling whatever you finally decide I want you to know that I'll be on your side So just take your time And let me know if you've had enough I will not oppose Because after all I know, I know that it's only love I'm not suggesting that you're upto no good Cause you're never anything but honest and I know you never would And no one could blame you, with a history like mine If you said I can't be trusted and you've got to draw the line But darling whatever you finally decide I want you to know that I'll be on your side So just take your time And let me know if you've had enough I will not oppose Because after all I know, I know that it's only love

FUNNY There she is again, the girl I knew in high school She could've been the prom queen And though we haven't seen each other for a while I'm tempted just to ask how she's been Could've sworn she said that she was going off to school Guess that didn't happen in the end Funny isn't it, dreams we had when we began? Funny isn't it, how nothing goes according to plan? Now my best friend's in the army, got the message recently Thought he'd light it up on Broadway, but for now it's not to be It isn't that he hasn't got the talent, everybody knows he's got the charm But sometimes it comes down to the consequence of things Redefining who we are Though it's not what I expected Guess that's how things go Funny isn't it, dreams we had when we began? Funny isn't it, how nothing goes according to plan?

HEART If you're staring at the past in the rearview mirror And the present isn't as it had appeared If you worry when you think about the future Cause you thought that by now you'd be far from here When you're frozen for a moment in your car Cause you realized you don't know who you are Don't lose heart, don't lose heart If you're walking with the wounded, sad and lonely And you're fighting with the demon called disease When you feel as though your whole life is a write-off Cause it's got you down and broken on your knees If you watch the world from your hospital bed And you wish that you were somewhere else instead Don't lose heart, don't lose heart When it seems all hope is lost And you're stumbling in the dark When there's no one listening And your world's been torn apart Don't lose heart, just hold on tight to something Whatever pain may come, don't lose heart Don't lose heart

All songs written by Ryan Neilson