Outside Looking In

Released June 1, 2001

All Lyrics (c) 2001 by David Bradberry

queen of thieves she seeks a seed to mix into the strain as all her dreams go dripping down the drain the queen of thieves is cracking a new door to mysteries we've never seen before and when I thought I was free she put it right back on me and when I fell to the skies she pulled it over my eyes and now the queen is calling out his name knowing things will never be the same all around the village people cried witnessing their hopes and dreams had died

big rock it's just imagination takes you different places gets you into trouble thrust into situations always unfamiliar goddamn unforgiving crowd already pouncing just because you fooled them just because you loved them near complete exhaustion you realize the impact but never got the point and I know nobody will believe me and I know nobody will release me and you say looking at me I'm lucky and I say looking at me I'm ugly hero fallen tragic never had a reason never had the magic now he's lost the feeling now he's lost the passion now he's lost control just because he fooled them just because he loved them

hard driver surrounded by people who worship your next move a cultural icon with everything to prove caught up in the moment when everything's so clean you cease to function like a broken down machine you're just a waste of space you have no purpose here no one would blink an eye were you to disappear I've seen you operate I can see through your schemes it's nothing new to me sewn up between the seams you're a hard driver lover father mother

tom terrific looking for a place to shield my eyes looking to switch off these blue blind skies looking for a shelter from the light looking for someone to make it right tom terrific's here to ring the bell super swell free you all catch you when you fall save the world loves the boys and girls looking for a space to fill the void looking for some truths to be destroyed looking for a place to hang my head looking for an idea that's not dead

pretty barrel staring at the sad eyes staring at the dark eyes you pointed at me look across the table the empty tired table that you set for me and I know you meant it when you said you're gone and I can see it's over now that you're gone staring down the long end of the pretty barrel you pointed at me slip it in the wrong end feel the frozen fire go up inside me

outside looking in we on the outside must find our way back deep down on the inside it's tearing us up and I wanna tell you all about my life and I wanna take you so far from this place it wasn't your fault for bringing us here but faced with these mountains I wanna go climb see I've already fallen and I'm just about drowning and I've already been there and I'm just about with you and I wanna tell you all about my life and I wanna take you so far from this place and I wanna thank you for everything we tried

the place to be I have said words I couldn't keep and I have made promises so deep any time you wanna rescue me you're finding out I'm not the place to be I have seen trouble in the way and I have used lines to make you stay anytime you wanna rescue me you're finding out it's not the place to be you're finding out I'm not the place to be

dazed with memories I wanna live beside the raging sea and swim right back to you now then we will be free and I wanna be in a city filled with lights and watch the happy people go dancing in the night I wanna be dazed with memories so keep the fires burning soon I'll be returning and I wanna live free of all the pain with a body like a temple and a mind that's not that simple and you know I'll find you so look out behind you you can't hide there's no getting out and I'd lay down for you everything I have and you would take it you would take it all and I wanna live free of all the ties and hold you in my arms again unlock you with my eyes and I wanna be a pretty fairy tale 'cause we're always pretending there'll be a happy ending

the rope I need a little something to rest my aching head just enough to pick me up from this heaven bed and all the while as I was sleeping you were the rope that wrapped around my neck I need a little something the monkey's up my back just enough to get me off defending this attack and all the while as I was dreaming you were the rope that wrapped around my neck