THE LION'S JAW
1. Leave Me Now
Hold me now
I'm breaking slowly over Sunday songs
Settle down?
When do feelings ever last that long?
Morning finds
Whom I've clung to through
All these nights
If the fear subsides
I want to touch you and make it right
Leave me now
We cannot hurt the ones we cannot keep
And I don't know how
To say the words that will sweep you off of your feet
Leave me now
Hold me now
If you leave me now
Hold me now
2. Sadists
It's the way we smile
After we're done
Biding our time
Forgiving none
It's the way we smile
It's the way we feel
So confused
By the words we say
But never use
It's the way we feel
We talk all night long
Then lay down all alone
All alone
Such a wild night
To care less
And make our love
A filthy mess
Such a wild night
It was a long walk
To reach this place
To lose our heart
Without a trace
Such a long walk
We talk all night long
Then lay down all alone
All alone
3. Dark White
It's a darker shade of white
To the all pink ghost inside
We lay our money down
Until our blood is blue-hot light
Do you trust me for my name?
I do
It's the scent of a man
He wants but cannot take
It's no parlor trick to lick your lips
It's the dirt beneath your sake
Do you trust me for my name?
I do
Your world it came to this
All those years ago
Whispering, the tiny footprints
'Til your body is like snow
Do you trust me for my name?
I do
It's a darker shade of white
To the all pink ghost inside
We lay our money down
Until our blood is blue-hot light
Do you trust me for my name?
I do
4. The Lion's Jaw
A kiss
Between the lion's jaw
And the moon
So effortless
It's coming
To darken the sky
To break our bed
It's so effortless
Tonight
We'll bend the dream
We'll turn the heart
So effortlessly
The rain will fall
In the lion's jaw
The lion's jaw
The lion's jaw
5. Interlude in Minor
One more in A Minor
One more late night crier
I'm staring at you staring at me
And I'm looking through you to see what you see
Midnight I hear you driving
You're leaving town don't you deny it
You can't sleep alone I can't sleep with you
And I can only imagine the things that you'll do
Call me when you get there
Tell me that you don't care
Don't hurt me tear by tear
Don't whisper in my ear
That you're coming back to me
You're not coming back to me
One more prayer I don't mean
One more drink and I'm not leaving
She's staring at me and I'm sleeping alone
And I'm looking through her and I'm not coming home
I'll call you when I get there
Tell you that I don't care
I'll hurt you tear by tear
I'll whisper in your ear
That I'm coming back to you
I'm not coming back to you
...
You're not coming back to me
You're not coming back to me
One more prayer I don't mean
One more drink and I'm not leaving
6. King of One Night Stands
There's midnight in her belly
Howling for the light of the moon
If she don't find her loverman
There's no telling what she might do
Every one of us
Like a criminal
Every one of us
He says Claire of the white legs
Come on drink me like a ghost
If I can't afford your candy store
You can burn me unto smoke
Every one of us
Like a criminal
Every one of us
She says promise me oh promise me
When it comes you will not lie
For I'll take your heart when I depart
If I see her in your eyes
Every one of us
Like a criminal
Every one of us
Like a criminal
Every one of us
7. Walking On Midnight Water
Carry this broken heart
To the bright white light
I am living fortunately
Walking though this night
Baby, now, don't you worry
There is no tear nor stain
I lit one thousand candles
I will feel no pain
Doo-doo-doo
Whispers on the window
Those starlit empty kings and queens
Well some midnight losers
They can make your soul sing
Baby now don't you worry
I feel the right love
Maybe I'm just going crazy
Until I feel enough
Doo-doo-doo
8. Wolf and Flood
I could not evade the wolf of the night
The red night
With powder in her jaw with potion
We danced inside
Our blood opened wide
The flood
I should not reveal the hunger of my trial
My last trial
To choose that bitch's bite forever
To be spilled inside
Our blood opened wide
The flood
I could not evade the wolf of the night
The red night
9. A Stranger's Gift
Low stars
They roll on the hills
White light
Dancing and still
But you know
I was waiting for this
Slow joy
Of a stranger's gift
It's midnight
When we lay down our hearts
Burning
'Til we're blind from the sparks
You know
It was coming to this
Drinking
Of a stranger's gift
Waking
To the sin of the east
Leaving you so warm in your sleep
But shaking
From the brusie of your kiss
But smiling
From a stranger's gift
Will your touch sway?
Will your touch stay with me?
10. Atlas
Atlas has
Broke his back
The man you love
He kisses you
Then he's through
And the fire comes
Sweet mercy
For all we feel
Tonight
Trembling stars
Scattered far
By careless love
You can't sleep
Fuck nor weep
Then morning comes
Sweet mercy
For all we feel
Tonight
Atlas has
Broke his back
The man you love
11. (Untitled)
(instrumental)
All songs ©2008 J. L. Lucas, BMI