More Than a Little Scared
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

Sunlight on the city street
Make milkshakes wash on the black sidewalk like tide
Follow your lead like a green crosswalk
As the music drones on the sweaty block like flies
And I hear you say, “I wanna go”
Hear you say, “I don’t wanna go”
But the words don’t fit and the smile that you’ve
Plastered on never really smiles

And the girl next door wears a wedding ring
Jim broke up with Angeline
And I am more than a little scared

Back out on the city streets
The gasoline burns in the neon light like fire,
You say, “I never cared much for your Robert Frost,
“But I sure could go for some tattoo-parlor style”
And I hear me say, “I wanna go”
Hear me say, “I don’t wanna go”
But the words don’t fit and the smile that I’ve
Plastered on never really smiles

Yet somewhere sleeping I find
Shadows tearing us apart
We veil the loneliness
Like wounds under the evening stars

And the street lights burn in the yellow heat
And the star wheel spins above the empty street
And I am more than a little scared

I Fall
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

Stumble into the void
Of the night
Knowing everything will be all right
In the morning
Can I really believe in a loving God
When all I see is tragedy and mourning?

But I have tried to save myself from these
Sins I hid, and scars I felt
But I collapse under my weight
As I fall, I fall

Nietzsche died of sanity
A victim of the void
Left by rosaries, the crucifix, and Jesus
And in that crazy silence, he crashed into the sky
Ever searching in the chaos for a reason

Here I stand an outcast
Prisoner of the war
Trying to sell my dirty rags for tastes of freedom
But in that morning sunrise
With diamonds in the sky
He is standing there, trying to lead us back to Eden

All You Ever Wanted
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

Polyurethane gas masks cover the sky
(Shoot you down to the underground death bed)
Dried tears from the womb as she opens her eyes
(As the DJ shatters the room)

All that you ever really wanted
Is it all that you ever really wanted
And it’s all that you’re ever going to get now

Blood pumps through the veins of the headless machine
(As the father writhes blindly in the back seat)
Meth hardwired to the skull as he tries to believe
(I can kick it just one more time)

Watching Judas
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

18 again for another day
One more chance that we lose or we win
I was I and that’s where all the trouble starts
Watching Judas storm out of my room

Will we live, will we die in this poverty?
Will our souls burn true colors of blue?
I was I and that’s where all the trouble starts
Watching Judas storm out of my room

If we were old would we follow the broken dreams?
If we were young, would we save the whole world?
The only answer I get is the fleeting smile
On the face of the blonde cover girl

You say I leave you with questions unanswered
I say you leave me with questions unsaid
This life is too short to offer
Thrill rides you can hold in your hand

Easier Not to Love
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

There’s a young girl sitting by a bedstand
Waiting for the morning sun
Day has left her stranded on the barren sheets
With her blue nightgown on
In the morning sun, he’s gone to Charlotte,
Gone to college
And it’s easier not to love sometimes

There’s a young man working at the dream of
Being the next movie star
He’s packing up to leave this one-horse town
In his brand new used car
But she lies awake, wondering how she’s going to take it
How she’s going to fake it when he goes
And it’s easier not to love sometimes

Ooo, ooo, not to love sometimes
Ooo, ooo, not to love sometimes

There’s a middle-aged man on the telephone
Talking music with me
I only understand a small fraction of what
He’s trying to help me to be
Can’t you see I leave him disappointed,
I’m always just so selfish
And it’s so much easier not to love sometimes

There’s a shining star above the highest hill
Next to a quiet town
In a tiny stable there’s a newborn baby
Laying on a bed of straw
The Child opens His eyes to the quiet room,
to the life before Him
And it’s easier not to love sometimes

Wake up 7 O'Clock
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

Cold rain
Falls quickly to the ground
Cold rain
On my rooftop
Never makes a sound
Wake up
My brain splashed in a puddle
Fuzzy thoughts all muddled

Wake up, 7 o’clock
Another day’s come, are you ready to rock?
Reaching for a coffee as you hit the floor
Grab a toaster tart and head out the door

Wake up
It’s morning on the subway
Tired bums
Hit you up for money
The subway comes
Jump on if you dare
I’ll give you 50 bucks to find an empty chair

I didn’t come for money
I didn’t come for fame
And since I don’t have any, really, any
I keep up this crazy game

I Don't Know Anything
lyrics and music by Eric Barfield

For all the world
With all its grand delusions
Turning slowly ‘round the shapeless burning sun
If I could grasp
The wisdom left from all the ages past
I wouldn’t know anything
I don’t know anything, I
Don’t know anything at all

I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything, I
Don’t know anything at all
I don’t know anything at all

If I could shape
A thousand broken shards of glass
And form it as a darkened mirror
And I could see us all
For who we are, have always been
I wouldn’t know anything
I don’t know anything, I
Don’t know anything at all

I’m so tired of all this loneliness
I have never felt this empty before

Watching all the cars
Trail for miles and miles into the rain
The headlights wash like paint on canvas
And somewhere far above
The endless burning sun
Is shining through a polished pane of glass