Austin Collins Something Better All Lyrics 22 Hours No more minors carrying your sins You have dug down deep enough And I have fallen in You lock me in the basement and promise we are friends Say “I’ll slip into something more comfortable” I haven’t seen you since CHORUS All the love in the world Won’t bring me back my 22 hours And all the love in the world Won’t bring me back my 22 days 22 hours and 22 days Pretend you don’t see me and everything is fine Convince yourself I can read your mind And hang me out to dry You will sip your coffee ‘cause black is your best side It’s a first opinion You smoke yourself alive CHORUS 22 Hours 22 Hours 22 Hours and 22 days 22 Hours and 22 days Emily I walk into your house and I walk into your room It’s so cold in here that I can’t stare, I can’t even move If you’re wantin’ me to leave, get me up from off my knees I’d do anything for you to see, this is not about me CHORUS Oh Emily, you’re so tall and lovely And if you’re thinking of me I was hopin’ that you’d hold me for a little while ‘Cause I’ve been feeling sad I’ve been feeling sad There’s an Indian in the corner and he offers me a drink I can’t understand his language I can’t heal this heart you broke So I take the cure but I’m not sure, from this messed up medicine man He gives me a wink and as I sink, will you understand CHORUS Oh Emily, you’re so tall and lovely And if you’re thinking of me I was hopin’ that you’d hold me for a little while Oh Emily, you’re so tall and lovely And if you’re thinking of me I was hopin’ that you’d hold me for a little while ‘Cause I’ve been feeling sad I’ve been feeling sad ‘Cause I’ve been feeling sad I’ve been feeling sad Reckless & Lovely Will I look back and love you, would you walk with me downtown Find ourselves home safely, my heart is on the ground I can’t promise riches, and you won’t bring me life But if I was good to you, would you stay with me tonight CHORUS: Baby I don’t wanna be famous I’ve got no desire to take you from your friends Just wanna give you something precious ‘Cause you’re reckless and lovely again Can I come back and hold you, Can I try to find a way Memories that I can’t touch I pray won’t be erased Something on those evenings and you said you didn’t care I looked hard under your eyes and I’m still there Will I look back and love you would you walk with me downtown Find ourselves home safely, my heart is on the ground When you’re up late at night and Dallas ain’t your friend Call me, honey, anytime I’ll invite you in You’re reckless and lovely again You’re so reckless and lovely again Something Better I’m not the hero that you asked them for I’m just a voice that screams at you straight from the floor I’ve been acting hateful ever since I left I’ve wondered and I’ve wandered with no self respect CHORUS I’m trying to find something better This green grass doesn’t satisfy I’m trying to find something better You’re something better And I’ve been getting sober and I’ve been feeling used Walked all over with a thorn in my eye and no savior to abuse There’s no religion praying to yourself You bow down to your idols, the empty bottles on the shelf CHORUS I’m not the hero that you asked them for I’m just a voice, just a voice and nothing more Just a voice and nothing more Leave Me For Dead I remember autumn falling down Like ashes on the ground And a heavy sky was resting on me Trying to convince myself that we were still in love And your learning curve was slightly out of reach And the phone became my enemy And the ceiling my best friend As I drifted in and out of dreams And waited for your call again Again CHORUS Take me out and play with me Caress my weary head Take me out and play with me Use me up and leave me for dead The sky was hung like Christmas time I cringed beneath the glow As I thought my way around the lights And through your bleeding eyes Bothered by the idea Of what wasn’t meant to be Poured into a pool of pain And pushed into the cries again Again CHORUS I remember autumn falling down Like ashes on the ground And a heavy sky was resting on me Trying to convince myself that we were still in love . . . Denver Nights I still think of her An old name calls on a dark night in Denver Sunlight falls through the yellow lines And I’m faster to forget Forgetting to remember What I once was thankful for, now I’m just cold But I died to the notion Of loving retribution I’m not perfect anymore Quit praying with my fingers crossed And I mean it this time You’ll love to be in love with your life So go on and say goodnight So your words went on Like a transcript to forever I’m not alone There’s a for-sale sign Sitting in the window it betrays Turning all my thoughts away I tried so hard to hide, I am exposed But I died to the notion of tireless devotion I’m not falling . . . at your feet And now I see this planted tree Gives nothing but your shade to me And all along I thought that it was free So go on and say goodnight But I died to the notion Of loving retribution I’m not perfect anymore Quit praying with my fingers crossed And I mean it this time You’ll love to be in love with your life So go on and say goodnight Things You Want The Most Sweet whispers in my head And words I’ll never write If I could only find a reason not to care for you Then maybe I’d be alright CHORUS 1: So I sat and soaked in the silence And the heavy things Like why you can’t let go Of the things you want the most Red and yellow drops of leaves Blow hard across the street New Year’s waved goodbye You are my absent angel A holy loss of sleep And I am just a boy CHORUS 2: And these holidays are like poison When the room is cold and still And I can’t hold you close And its what I want the most So I sat and soaked in the silence And the heavy things Like why you can’t let go Of the things you want the most You know I can’t let go And its what I want the most Down Diggin’ up the ashes and the ghosts we put to bed It’s like thumbin’ through the pages of the lies we left unsaid Too much passion spent wreckin’ your life So much rage and not enough time We’re all fightin’ for freedom But something in the water makes us stay You’re going down Don’t come cry to me and kiss the ground You’re going down Disconnection’s easy when you hate the one you choose There’s no way to keep score so there’s no way to lose If you think you’re guilty it’s because you are And alienation’s taken you so far You walked over 2000 miles Just to look in this mirror but tell me what’re you looking for You’re going down Don’t come cry to me and kiss the ground You’re going down Without a sound You took the dive and you should’ve drowned You’re going down CHORUS You’re going down . . . Eyes Won’t See No one could love you on the cold nights in your bed No one could save you from the waking nightmares in your head Up and alone I wonder how I might get through When hoping is useless ‘til I give my thoughts to you CHORUS: And the coals in my mouth burn a hole in my tongue From what has been said and what’s left undone I am the only . . . Maybe I’m lonely . . . For you touching me, eyes that cannot see Your striving is answered by the echoes off the wall My head is spinning, living losing is my call I fade into the quilted memories of my youth Seething and smoking ‘til I yield myself to truth CHORUS Eyes that Cannot See . . . CHORUS My eyes they cannot see Inside Can’t feel with my heart anymore Can’t see thru the shame Guilt’s an aftertaste of what you left me And I’m the only one to blame Oh . . . restless Shaking from side to side Oh . . . listless You know you’re dying inside You know you’re dying inside I can’t trust her hands Or what they say to me They offer words of hope and peace Then she takes them with her when she leaves CHORUS Bridge: It’s not the living that’s killing me It’s just that I can barely breathe Without a second thought I run away from you ‘Til I find a way to feed my own relief Now she’s on my mind Like red wine on a carpet stains You push as hard as you can But a broken woman will not change Oh . . . restless Shaking from side to side Oh . . . restless You know you’re dying inside You know you’re dying inside You know you’re dying inside all music copyright Austin Collins