It All Comes Down
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
Crawling out, insecure
Same as always before
Never again
You push me, pull me in
Never - watch me fall,
Then you withdraw
Take me and
Break me down
CHORUS
Then it all comes down
Down around me
You see me drown
But you won't save me
There's no way out
Am I just wasting time?
VERSE
All I ask, so denied
Eat my shame, open wide
Never again
You don't know who I am
Never - watch me fall,
Then you withdraw
Take me and
Break me down
BRIDGE
No way out
Fade
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
Coping, but it's open
And it feels like it won't heal:
This place I kept for you.
Wish I could just rewind
I would give away my years,
For another with you
PRE-CHORUS
But I don't belong,
I turn and run
Away from how I feel
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
And it all goes wrong,
I'm not so strong,
Without you it's not clear.
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
CHORUS
But you fade away
Just a little more each day
It's so sad to say
You're a name without a face
VERSE
Staying, but it's paling
Just to weather every year
Being here without you.
All my seasons blow by
Just a backdrop to my tears.
Cold and sad without you.
Dead to You
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2008
by Charlie Griggs
CHORUS
Dead to you, I'm inconsequential
Dirt underneath your feet
Then to you I should feel so grateful
Your gift of apathy
VERSE
Watch you shifting
Listless, alibi
My friend of convenience - you.
Now you're with me
Right here by my side
So concerned when opportune
Neverending
You proselytize
Nothing but good things from you
Thanks for lying
Won't you let me show you
My eternal gratitude
Hesitate
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2011
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
Take another piece of me
I'll give in to anything
And this silence draws me near
I can find some comfort here
PRE-CHORUS
Unravel me
Unravel me
CHORUS
Things in me just go away
I chase them down but it's too late
Hesitating where to start
Things in me just fall apart
VERSE
Everything you choose to be
Why can't you be there for me?
And my reasoning to leave:
Everyone and everything.
Hiding Underneath
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
Hiding underneath
These masks we wear are only surface deep
They cage us in, become what we believe
CHORUS
So fill me up with all your waste
And feed me more than I can take
Hold me down, you can't break free
Hold me down, in spite of me
VERSE
Hiding underneath
These words we say are fake and counterfeit
They pull us down, become a part of it
See Through
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
A casualty of consequence
Leaves me different than I am
A tragegy, an accident
Leaves me broken where I stand
But underneath this circumstance
Is there a reason to believe?
When everything becomes regrets
This is all that I can be
PRE-CHORUS
Wish that I could find a way to explain the things in me
Wish that I could be so simple, same, and surface deep
CHORUS
Wish that I was see through
Like you
Like you
VERSE
A casualty of innocence
You only see what you believe
An empty vote of confidence
And everything is as it seems
But underneath this circumstance
Is there a reason to believe?
No such thing as second chance
This is all I'm offering
Wash Away
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
I'm bored with
this incessant twisting
of words into what you
want them to say
Your hands clean of shame
CHORUS
Something to be said about
You think that you can close your eyes
and this will wash away
Digging deeper down you'll find
Your lies
Your lies
VERSE
Had enough
Tired of giving up
Leaves me numb and restless
Done with your charade
Offer false hope of change
BRIDGE
"Count on me"
FINAL CHORUS
Something to be sad about
The way that you can use me
then you push me to the side
Something to forget about
You think that you can close your eyes
And wash this all away
Digging deeper down you'll find
Your lies
Your lies
Drive it Away
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
Wait for your response
Nothing's really there
Heavy-lidded eyes
Half interested stare
Nothing left to fake
I've given all I can
Turn and fall apart
Ffall into your hands
CHORUS
I'll drive it away
Nothing to say, you win
Hiding away
I try, in vain
VERSE
Trying to relate
I get so confused
A broken mirror smile
A fractured point of view
All these things inside
I can't seem to say
Hold me where I stand
Standing in my way
All these things inside
I can't seem to say
Hold me where I stand
Did I misplace you?
Portrait of You
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
You just pretend everything's
Alright
Alright
You can't accept what you see
Don't cry
Don't cry
PRE-CHORUS
You put your face behind your hands
To hide the view
You put your face inside your hands
And then it's through
CHORUS
Is this a portrait of you?
VERSE
Sighing as you see each day
Go by
Go by
Not enough strength left to say
Goodbye
Goodbye
Give Up A Little
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
Touch
Of your hand
I've become
Less than I had planned
Hungry for
Something more
To feel whole again
CHORUS
Why can't this be simple?
Why's it always been this way?
Wading through the trivial
Just to stay in the same place
Slowly being crippled
Just to keep up with the pace
I give up a little
Give a little more each day
VERSE
Crutch
I need something
To numb me through
Each day's tedium
Want to find
Peace of mind
In this cold seclusion
BRIDGE
Why can't this be
something to reflect on?
Crushed underneath
These unanswered questions
So Incomplete
(Stillframe)
September 25, 2009
by Charlie Griggs
VERSE
It makes me feel
so incomplete
It seems unreal
in front of me
Faltering
Surface strong
Inside alone
Alone
CHORUS
All these circumstances
Are taking parts of me away
And all these positions
I don't know what is left to say
All of these devices
I'm tired of feeling out of place
Is anyone else wanting
Does anybody feel the same
Feel the same
VERSE
I'm different than
I used to be
Is something gone
A piece missing
Inside of me
Faltering
Surface strong
Inside alone
Alone