LYRICS

Carbon 14 Complete Lyrics

Out of Time ©1998 (B. Huffman)

A man walking down the street in a dark disguise
The man pulls a gun on me, right between my eyes
I freeze and I try to think, but I'm out of time
I'm scared, too afraid to blink, victim of a crime

He's distracted and I run away
But I wonder am I really free
I live to see another day
That gun's still haunting me

At night when I close my eyes, it is all I see
And pain when I realize, I will never be
A man who's completely sane, try to find a door
I just want to be the same as I was before

You know I'd like to see
My pain just melt away
My life keeps changing me
My head's like a piece of clay

Some days I think that I'll lose my mind
Look back and it blows me away
Some things are better to leave behind
I'll die but it won't be today
Never to run from authority
Stand up don't do what you tell me to
That's what you get for oppressing me
Some day I'll do what I want to do

(repeat second chorus)

Goin' on a warpath
So prepare for the aftermath
Everybody near me
Becomes another casualty

I've always been a soldier
Since my time in 'Nam
If you think you're gonna catch me
Well catch me if you can

If you think I'm only bluffin'
Then go ahead and screw around
Since my team never loses
I know you're goin' down

Goin' on a warpath
Prepare to meet your doom
If you really want to challenge me
Then meet me at high noon

On every Friday I go to the beer store
That's where I spend all my money
Down on the corner I open my car door
That's where I get me a honey

It ain't a party till everyone's wasted
One more drink ain't gonna kill me
I drank more than anyone in the place did
One more drink ain't gonna kill me

Me and my honey, we go to a party
But then there's nobody drinkin'
I grab a friend and I give him a 40
"Now what the hell were you thinkin'?"

(chorus x 2)

We're out of beer so it's back to the quick-mart
And then the sucker ID's me
We need a buyer, we hit up an old fart
I hope a pig doesn't see me

(chorus)

There is nothing here but weariness
Still your memory fills the air
So I try to think of better days
Though I know that you don't care
So darkness surrounds me
As I try to fall asleep
And your presence won't escape me
Now I know I'm in too deep

When true night falls
All I ever want is you
When true night falls
Somebody tell me what to do
When true night falls
Your thoughts destroy my will
True night has fallen
You deny me still

Now I sure can't pretend
To know just what went wrong
And the plans that you made for me
You have known of all along
Now however hard I try
I can never be okay
There seems to be no remedy
All I can do is stay away

(chorus)

I see your face one last time
As I finally drift to sleep
You make it seem so easy
A knife driven in too deep
And one more time I wonder
Does it ever go away?
This time I'm all too certain
That this pain is here to stay

(chorus)

A giant gate is looming over me
To get inside I have to find the key
How long do I have to wait
This portal leads me to my fate
...to my fate

A picture appears inside my head
This passage takes me from the dead
Travel across all land and sea
To make these voices let me be
...let me be

A chasm open beneath my feet
This demon I know that I must meet
The battle begins, two weapons clash
My body's engulfed in a blinding flash
...blinding flash

I deal a blow straight to the heart
The gate and I still far apart
The beast now dead, as cold as stone
The gateway opens to take me home
...take me home

Feeling something is wrong
Nervous twitching a finger
Watching all that I know breaking down all around me
Disengage

I've been leading you on
I just wish I could tell you
I don't want you to go on believing you own me
Disengage

Just let go of the pain that I feel
Always running away
Can't return all the life that I steal
I just have to
Disengage

(don't wake me up)
It brings only pain
(don't wake me up)
I'm safe in the dream
(don't wake me up)
How sane do I seem?

Flowing out of control
Static fills up my vision
Try to guide all the lightning before it can burn me
Disengage

Not just hurting myself
Why will nobody listen
Feel the acid of shame welling up deep inside me
Disengage

(chorus)

In every thing that I do
Something changes, something new
Try so hard to stay afloat
But things keep breaking up my boat

Sometimes life can be so hard
Will I ever let down my guard?
I've been so strong for so long
No one sees that something's wrong
The more I try to stop this hate
Something tells me it's too late
Questioning everything I do
I never want to be like you

The daily fight to stay alive
It's something for which most men strive
I work harder than the rest
And still I cannot be the best

(chorus)

The path is dark, the march is long
Time is absent from the road I'm on
A beacon beckons through the night
My last chance to see the light
All things depend on this choice I make
My mind shudders at this risk I take
I decide to find my way alone
My face is blank, cold as stone

Touching, feel the land around me
A coldness, whispers through the air
Mountains, and evergreens surround me
A wolf howls, warning me beware

A fire
The sky is burning
I'm so tired
But the earth keeps turning

Finding, strength in my existence
Despite, this dark and moonless night
A fire, flickers in the distance
Shadows, dancing in the light

(chorus)

Speeding, running through the trees
Lightning, races through the sky
Destination, is anywhere I please
Fearless, I spread my wings and fly

(chorus)

Cloudy, nothing's what it seems
Waking, I sit up in my bed
Lucky, it was only just a dream
But I wonder, was it only in my head

(chorus)

I was so tame as a young boy
I've been so restrained nearly all my life
Now I've gone from my home
I take advantage of living alone

A popular guy when I'm drinking
I'm good for a laugh when I lose my head
But it's not really me
I just show them what they want to see

I want to do it
I want to make it right
But I'm helpless
And I'm wasted
Why can't you see me

Most of the time it's so easy
But just when it matters I crash and burn
I'll never see her again
Opportunity goes with the wind

Whenever I suffer depression
I drown in a beer and it's all okay
I ignore how I feel
Taking pleasure in something that's real

(chorus)

I lie and I say that it's nothing
But nobody knows what it means to me
It's a beautiful day
But I'm sitting here wasting away

Why does it have to be painful
When I'm losing something I never had
I just live with regret
And I know that I'll never forget

(chorus)

Cold is coming, there's no doubt
A falling snowflake is living proof
Having fun is what it's all about
With a faster sled I could clear the roof

You can't stop, no matter what
Search for someone, it's only us
Visions of the winters past
Things you did, and how they'd last
So mount your slalom, pray to god
Fighting nature, to beat the odds
Racing toward the final rise
Reaching upward, to touch the sky

People whisper and the neighbors think
My buddies watch me put on a show
Okay, so what, well I had a few drinks
Just kicking back and letting go

(chorus)

Shouts rise up from within the crowd
Bets are placed on what we'll do
Now my head feels just like a cloud
But ice meets plastic as I follow through

(chorus)

Light is fading, we head for home
No one has too much to say
Our bodies frozen straight to the bone
We remember what we did today

(chorus)

They call me up
And ask me what the hell is going on
'Cause in this town
There isn't much that you can do for fun
I tell a lie
And say I'll probably spend the night at home
A car pulls up
Just as I'm hanging up the telephone

Same thing every weekend
Somewhere I'm wasting away
To hell with consequences
A last chance to live for a day
Same thing every weekend
What chick will pursue me tonight
To hell with consequences
For who knows a wrong from a right

Get in the car
And next thing we're headed to the store
I think we've found
The kind of thing that we were looking for
House or woods
It makes no difference they're all the same
Just tell us where
It doesn't matter 'cause we're always game

(chorus)

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