Mermaid Weather
Bare naked, Northern California
She got a redwood in her backyard
Bare naked, I can't remember
Where she keeps me
Where she puts me when I'm lost

Bare naked, smell of starlight
On her soft skin
Sometimes shivering
Bare naked, got my window’s frosted over
With her exhale

She calls the sun our accidental god
Created every life not knowing what it's done
And in the end will burn us all

Bare naked, Southern California
She got a sunset in her front yard
Bare naked, sand in the bathtub
Mermaid weather
When we’re together it pours

Fire Season
You don't need atlantic, you don't need pacific
You can drown me all on your own
I'm a stone, sinking deep inside you
I just wanna hide in you til it's gone

Inhale me, like one of your vices
Deep into your lungs just like you like it
Like treason, I'm feeling
Fire season, burn me alive

I’ll be your ruin, babe, I'm only human
So practical and carnal too
Which one are you? You can feel my power
I’m one of those flowers that only blooms at night

Sing me like one of your dirges
Swallowed, whole and wordless
Like treason, I'm feeling
Fire season, I wanna die

Inhale me, like one of your vices
Deep into your lungs just like I like it
Like treason, I'm feeling
Fire season, I'm feeling
Fire season, burn me alive

Follow Your Whispers
I feel your ghost all around me, like you never left this room
I don’t mind being haunted, I'll take anything I can get from you
What do they want from me now? I failed at starting over
I'll follow your whispers, follow your whispers
Follow your whispers down

I guess the moon ain’t bright enough, most nights it feels like a tease
Oh i'm not giving up, I'm giving everything
I've loved and I’ve lost, I won’t lose you again
I'll follow your whispers, follow your whispers
Follow your whispers down

Dying alone, better than dying with no,
No one to guide you into 
Whatever’s waiting there for you
Maybe black or maybe blue

When the sun finally comes up, I'll wonder why did I stay 
Everybody who’s haunted feels like a fool in the light of day
I'm not afraid at all, my fears died when you did
I'll follow your whispers, follow your whispers
Follow your whispers down
I'll follow your whispers, follow your whispers
Follow ‘em all the way down

Edna Strange
She might’ve mentioned another man
Honestly I don’t remember
And who brings a pistol to a one night stand
Honestly I didn’t blame her
But I saw it in her purse when she laid it on the floor
And I saw it in her eyes when she double locked the door
But I wasn’t scared, just a little on guard
‘Cause I barely knew Edna Strange

She slid the gun ‘neath the pillow, told me not to mind
She pushed me down on the bed
She wore no wedding ring but I wasn’t blind
I saw the mark where it’d been
I ain’t one to move this fast
But these days there's too many questions to ask
And it’d been so long since I’d had the chance
So I surrendered to Edna Strange

I guess locks don’t matter when you're on the hunt
‘Cause that door flew right off the wall
I grabbed the pistol when I heard his shot
And I felt her sweet body fall
And when the smoke cleared, I’d laid him down
My heavy breathing was the only sound
Two empty vessels, their souls heaven bound
Of Mister and Miss Edna Strange

Sometimes you're the sinner, sometimes you're a pawn
Sometimes you're right in the center
And if she gets credit for killing that man, I guess it's all for the better
But nobody came for me, nobody knew
With husbands and wives, I guess you don't look for clues
But if anyone asks me I’ll tell em the truth
That I barely knew Edna Strange

Dry Land
In the past I was a sailor, sweet mother ocean, I failed her
I died alone inside her womb
And now I crave all citrus, and my thirst is endless
All my clothes are shades of blue
Reborn to walk these streets, miles and miles from the sea
Can’t see the stars above, no sails to carry me
Every wound I get, every scar I've kept
I blame it all on dry land

Trash, dirt and gasoline, I can’t seem to stay clean
City sun bakes me dry
I leave things as I found them, I climb up every mountain
Just to keep her in my eye
I miss her waves of salt, telling me it’s not my fault
Even from far away, I hear them sirens call
It brings me to my knees, I've lost all that's close to me
I blame it all on dry land

Out of Santa Fe, up to Half Moon Bay
Where the sand blows on the road
I miss my native waters, I miss my sort of daughter
More than they will ever know
Lovers pass by, I don't mind
They had their chances, I had mine
One day I'll sail again, she’ll ask me where I've been
I’ll blame it all on dry land

Call Me a Bullet
Blood won’t come, mama
Been two months, mama
Took your car, I’m heading out of state
I’d do it here, mama
But I fear, mama
They shut 'em down as far as I can see
Every gun worn with pride
Still in the shadows I must hide

So call me a bullet
Shoot me off into the dark
I never wanted your heaven
Call me a bullet
Shoot me hot and wild and free
Maybe then I’d be free
Call me a bullet

I could’ve died, father
They wouldn’t mind, father
This ain't about life and it never was
Old white men, father
With their black pens, father
Took my choices and ground them into dust
Defend yourself any way you can
Still I’m the one with blood on my hands
So call me a bullet
Shoot me off into the night
I never wanted your heaven
Call me a bullet
Shoot me hot and wild and deep
Maybe then you’d protect me
Call me a bullet

Claws 
Empty all of your pockets, howl at the moon
Take all the bandages off all of your wounds
There ain't nothing colder than the heart, son, of the one that you
leave behind
Ain't nothing stronger than this northern sunshine
I still got them holes, I let the blood pour free
I want you to know, I got them claws out of me

God plays the piano, but in heaven no words come out
If everything's perfect there ain't nothing to write about
And the devil, he plays the fiddle, it echoes all through hell
And from what I hear he don’t even play it that well
I ain’t any better, but at least I’m free
I’m light as a feather, I got them claws out of me

There’s frost in all of the shadows, everyone is numb
Take 'em by the wrist, honey show 'em how it's done
I don't know what I'm running from, I ain’t gonna stop to see
I feel the future at my back trying to make me history
I kept breathing, it's true, killed everything I had been
Let me be your muse, I got them claws out of me

Mama I Should Call You 
There’s seagulls in the alley living off bugs and trash
I feel the last rays of summer shining on my broken ass
Oh, mama i should call ya, tell you why it's been so long
But mama you have seen every late night dream roll over when the sun comes on

Some women hold me like I'm wicked, some hold me like I’m a saint
Sometimes they can hear my heartbeat, ooh, and sometimes they can't
Oh, mama I should call ya, and tell you how they’ve been to your boy
But Mama, there's too much, or never enough
To dig out what's left of my joy

I just keep on erasing
I hear that reaper pacing, waiting for his time
For me to close my eyes

Running from your demons sometimes feels like swimming through air
You beg the darkness to help you, oh, but it's the darkness that put 'em there
Oh, mama I should call ya, let you convince me to give it just one more day
But mama you’d agree, while this life is sweet it's just not to everybody

Folks love a resurrection
I got no objection
Let every good lord rise, and I'll close my eyes

I Remember Nothing 
Well I bargained for another life, blew this one too many times
The devil he got lazy, just made me forget everything all at once
So I wandered deep and wild, stupid as a child
Gave away all my love, knew not where it came from, nor where it went

Strangers and lovers, enemies and brothers
Were all the same
New memories trembled like flowers in the rain

But the devil in one final trick
Brought my memories back
Barely even phased me, just felt like some old story I’d been told

All of the old words I swore I would never speak again
Born from another man's lips, and I ain’t no cover band

Well the opposite of life ain’t death, opposite of birth is death
The truth came clear and bright, there ain’t no opposite of life

Don’t Let Me Run Away
Lights down, moon up above
I’m just looking for someone
That’s worth the inconvenience of love 
Don’t let me run away tonight
Some of us feel that we deserve pain
Cause we grew up staring at a cross all day
I don't know how anyone is ever okay
Don't let me run away tonight
It’s in shambles, it's a mess
It's the devil taking off your dress
It's the traumas that I can't confess to
Lining up outside
Bad coffee better than no coffee at all
Bad sleep better than no sleep at all
But bad love is worse than no love at all
Don't let me run away tonight
Don't let me run away tonight