LET US BE
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

There it is, it's only an empty frame
no face inside
just cases for entities that seem to hide
I want to fill it in but there is nothing there
for me to give
but words that are meaningless

I hear another knock on the bedroom door
I'm sorry that I've been so difficult
to figure out
they slap me up so I don't know why I should care
about what they think
so give me some tenderness, baby

why won't they let us be?
why won't they let us be?
why won't they let us be?
why won't they let us be? yeah

BETTER TO BE BRAVE
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

Take a drink of my solace
I can't relax without a hit
look at the sky and wonder
if any one will ever get
all the things I'm trying to say
it gets so muddled in my head
all that I need is silence

no more explaining
I'll stop complaining about this

it's better to be brave than dead
only hearts denied
can see
it's better to be brave
than dead

Feel so uptight about it
I get a rhythm it won't stay
why should I bother planning
only to watch it slip away?
maybe I try too hard to be
more than a face out on the street
all that I need is silence

no more explaining
I'll stop complaining about this
I swear

You say that I'm addicted
to having the crap thrown in my face
it keeps the bottle spinning
and nothing is worse than the same place
I don't know where you're getting fed
all of the nasty things you hear
all that I need is silence
no more explaining & I'm not complaining about this

IN SUMMERTIME...
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

In summertime
when the moon is full and the
perfume air surrounds
my memory
of a childhood dream
of the way I used to be

Fourth of July
when the sparks flew high
and your hand held mine
you say
there'll come a time
when the mood feels right
when our love is all we

need you'll give me mountains
but what if all the promises aren't there?
forgive me
I don't care
'cause I believe in miracles
and I can see
the way we are
today

in summertime
I can close my eyes
let the wind blow on my face
it's like a dream
and I'm finally in the place I want to be

you'll give me mountains
but what if all the promises aren't there
forgive me
I don't care
'cause I believe in miracles
'cause I can see the way we are today

SORRY DOESN'T SAY
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

Like children wanting candy
you wait for me to say
that it's alright, no one's watching
you can eat your life away

and sorry doesn't say that you made a mistake
and sorry doesn't say that you didn't want the cake

and many times you look to
someone else to be complete
when you're empty and you're searching
and you don't know what you need

and spirits just can't save
a beggar who waits
for a mouthful of the sweet
for an easy oven recipe

Sorry doesn't say that you made a mistake
and sorry doesn't say that you didn't want the cake

WAIT
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

When will we begin
to listen
to what we feel inside
there's no reason to pretend
that everything is fine

I'm freezing in the wind
that's cutting
right into my skin
you offer nothing warm
just keep yourself protected
from the words you won't hear
so difficult to be clear

and I won't comfort
I won't be the one to give in
so I'll wait
wait, wait wait
I will wait for you to become
wait wait
I will wait til kingdom come

Whirling in my head
are thoughts like
burning charred remains
it's a necessary change
to rid me of my burden
so here we are
in a mess
so difficult to clean

and I won't comfort
I won't be the one to give in
so I'll wait, wait wait
I will wait for you to become
wait wait
I will wait til kingdom come...

LIFELIKE
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

We are fooling ourselves
making it seem like we're totally free
sink your teeth into this
I don't believe it's so perfect

So don't stop filling your day
no room for things to come into your head
take all spirits away
it's awful to say
but theyre bringing you down

you're building a castle
in soft sand
watching the water
crash your plans
making it Lifelike, Lifelike

sit down and make time to
soak in the night let the wine settle in
calm down stop running red lights
speeding along
like there's someplace to be

you're building a castle
in soft sand
watching the water
crash your plans
fill up the bucket
but it won't last
making it Lifelike, Lifelike

I MEAN IT
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

I'm at a loss for words again
I mumble to the wind
can't seem to form a thought inside
in my empty head

and you won't ask why
I'm struggling here to say
the final time
I'll say goodbye again
I'll say goodbye again

and I mean it
this isn't easy to say
but I mean it
this is really ending today

step away from the curb
I'm driving on through (driving on through)
to the place
I can live without you

And painful as it seems
to have someone walk away
to tell you you don't serve their needs
in any special way
and you won't ask why
I'm struggling here to say
the final time
I'll say goodbye again
I'll say goodbye again

and I mean it
this isn't easy to say
but I mean it
this is the way it should be

WON'T BE LONELY
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

You don't even know me
so how can you say that?
I'm in my room, my thoughts are still
and no one's complaining to me

So why is the starlight
always so blinding
I close my eyes from thoughts of you
they're always reminding me of...

the words I wish I could forget
ring in my head

'Cause I won't be lonely when you call
'cause I don't feel anything at all
and I won't be lonely

so whatever happened
I said I was sorry
you put the blame all over me
but I'm gonna wash it away

There's no reason to explain
it's all been said

and I won't be lonely when you call
and I don't feel anything at all
and I won't be lonely when you call

SAY WHEN
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

You called me down to the station
on the dark side of town my money made you free again
I hoped that you would finally see
that this is just a cycle that's repeating itself
all over

I broke down
couldn't look at your face
no more words that
I'm willing to say

Father forgive me for saying this
but I just can't give any more than this
'cause deep inside you have the faith
but you pretend that life's one big parade
and I'm over it

I'm tired of holding up your end
I'm tired of hanging here on a thread
and you ask for sympathy and then
you go off and you do it again
and I say when...

RADIO-HEAD
^©1997 words by molly bancroft

Quickening up the pace
no hiding its ugly face
underneath the tears that flow
watch the midnight traffic go

Patterns that never cease
buildings stretch to the crease
hold my hands up touch the sky
noises circle, don't know why (I'm)

in and out of
in and out of this place
in and out of
in and out of this cage

Wishing my life away
shaking the piggy bank
crowded T lines, bodies pressed
not a second left to rest

In and out of
In and out this place
In and out of
In and out of this cage