Lyrics
Gaslight Baby
1 - On The Run
It’s Ash Wednesday in New Orleans
I’m waking up sober for the first time in two damn weeks
It could be frustration, could be this boring life that’s leading me
That gets me saying, “Come on, baby; let’s do something crazy!”
Here I am on this dead-end road again
Chasing answers through the dirty streets of New Orleans
I get fed up, turn to run, too late to stop, the damage done
I try to dig my heels in, but here I go again, I’m on the run
I’m on the run
It starts raining in The Quarter, but not enough
To clean the streets of Jackson Square, nor the hippies with their long…
Hairy situations chasing me down, I should have learned by now
I’ve been gone for so damn long I should never come around
Here I am on this dead-end road again
Chasing answers through the dirty streets of New Orleans
I get fed up, turn to run, too late to stop, the damage done
I try to dig my heels in, but here I go again, I’m on the run
My life like building blocks, construction to condemn
Build cathedrals in New Orleans to hold funerals in my head
And, these ghosts that haunt my Veaux Carre’ won’t let me leave this town
‘Cause I cannot change my ways, no
I will not settle down
Here I am on this dead-end road again
Chasing answers through the dirty streets of New Orleans
I get fed up, turn to run, too late to stop, the damage done
I try to dig my heels in, but here I go again
I get fed up, turn to run, too late to stop, the damage done
Oh, here I go again
I’m on the run
2 - GASLIGHT BABY
Lay it on me, baby
I can take it, maybe
Redact history, blame me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
You only love me when you hate me
You know just how to rape me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
1 2 3, I love it when you play sweet
Then you drop the veil, you lash out at me
3 2 1 now I’m on the run
There’ll be hell to pay, but that’s half the fun
We are destined for a nasty crash you and I
But, I love the scars and I’m not afraid to die
Lay it on me, baby
I can take it, maybe
Redact history, blame me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
You only love me when you hate me
You know just how to rape me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
1 2 3 go, elevate the nitro
Your breath smells like gasoline, oh
3 2 1 freeze, stop and let me out please
Your insanity is terrifying
We are destined for a nasty crash you and I
But, I love the scars and I’m not afraid to die
Lay it on me, baby
I can take it, maybe
Redact history, blame me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
You only love me when you hate me
You know just how to rape me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
Stockholm Syndrome is setting in
No way to tell where I am ending and you begin
When did you start wearing me like a skin?
You just ripped me open and you crawled right in
Lay it on me, baby
I can take it, maybe
Redact history, blame me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
You only love me when you hate me
You know just how to rape me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
Lay it on me, baby
I can take it, maybe
Redact history, blame me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
You only love me when you hate me
You know just how to rape me
I’ll be your gaslight, baby
I’ll be your gaslight baby
3 - FLAWLESS
I came into this world like an atom bomb dropped on your house in Avalon
If I wasn’t blowing up, I was melting down
Mom and Dad, you’d clean up the mess, you tried to set me straight, you did your best
I don’t know how you raised me without nervous breakdowns
Instead of being the perfect kid, I perfected being the opposite
Ran you through hell while I ran wild and free
I always wanted to make you proud, so sometimes I would buckle down
Redirect my energy, walk the path you want for me, try to be
Flawless
Fly higher than the sun
Everything you want or could ever need
But it’s hopeless
I try my best, fall short, and miss
Look back on it and wish my best was better than it is
I hope you will forgive me
For not being flawless
I finally came to terms with the human condition
I’d try to succeed with realistic ambitions
And I thought I had it all figured out, then I met you, my world turned
Upside down, ‘cause I’m not satisfied if I’m anything less than perfect in your eyes
Love, don’t let me fly too high, don’t let me crash and burn, trying to be
Flawless
Fly higher than the sun
Everything you want or could ever need
But it’s hopeless
I try my best, fall short, and miss
Look back on it and wish my best was better than it is
I hope you will forgive me
For not being flawless
I know I’m not the man you think you see
When your trusting eyes are looking up to me
I'll figure out how I can be the father you deserve and need
I could do anything if I could be
The perfect parent, perfect spouse
Perfect child, things might work out
If only it wasn’t so hard to be
Flawless
Fly higher than the sun
Everything you want or could ever need
But it’s hopeless
I try my best, fall short, and miss
Look back on it and wish my best was better than it is
I hope you will forgive me
For not being...
Flawless
Fly higher than the sun
Everything you want or could ever need
But it’s hopeless
I try my best, fall short, and miss
Look back on it and wish my best was better than it is
I hope you will forgive me
For not being flawless
4 - Parsons Lake
Here’s a little story ‘bout a woman named Glory
Here’s a little wasted time talking about Faith
She’d take off her clothes and run into the forest
Playing hide-n-seek down by Parson’s Lake
I know you’re out there, I know you hear me
I know you see more than you’ll admit
I know you’re out there, I know you want me but...
it’s a game of hiding and you just won’t quit
Down by the lake in a tree we call safe
There’s a hole in the bole where I hid my treasures
We’d play for hours with childhood knickknacks
Chasing after Glory learning adult pleasures
I know you’re out there, I know you hear me
I know you see more than you’ll admit
I know you’re out there, I know you want me
But it’s a game of hiding and you just won’t quit
Time is a wastin’ gotta be patient
Sneaking a peak as she starts to run
I count to ten then are start to chasin’
“Ready or not,” I said, “here I come!”
I know you’re out there, I know you hear me
I know you see more than you’ll admit
I know you’re out there, I know you want me
But it’s a game of hiding and you just won’t quit
I know you’re out there, I know you hear me
I know you see more than you’ll admit
I know you’re out there, I know you want me
But it’s a game of hiding and you just won’t quit
Jumped in the water, just about caught her
Now our little story is coming to an end
I’d get a taste of Glory, knowing that I lost her
Playing hide-n-seek and I never could win
I know you’re out there, I know you hear me
I know you see more than you’ll admit
I know you’re out there, I know you want me
But it’s a game of hiding and you just won’t quit
I know you’re out there, I know you hear me
I know you see more than you’ll admit
I know you’re out there, I know you want me
But it’s a game of hiding and you just won’t quit
5 - FEEL IT TOO
I feel you pressed against my skin in the morning though now you’ve gone
Your breath on my neck, electric, sexy, incredible, chill like the snow, hot like the sun
And you don’t even know what you’ve done
If you could feel what I feel
You’d know this is real
As air you breathe and gravity
If you could feel what I feel
You’d know this is real
Burning desire, insatiable fire
Brands my soul in the shape of you
I want you to feel it too
I wonder what consumes your thoughts in the quiet moments when the whole world is still
As for me, I can’t eat I can’t sleep, I’m dying to reach out and touch you, just the thought gives me chills
And I wonder how you don’t feel the same thrill
If you could feel what I feel
You’d know this is real
As air you breathe and gravity
If you could feel what I feel
You’d know this is real
Burning desire, insatiable fire
Brands my soul in the shape of you
I want you to feel it too
From the tip of my tongue to the tiny tip tips of my toes
I feel pleasure when you come, so much pain when you go away
Tear down your walls, turn around, and stay, you can feel it too
Oh what magic we could make hey, yeah, if you free yourself to feel it too
If you could feel what I feel
You’d know this is real
As air you breathe and gravity
If you could feel what I feel
You’d know this is real
Burning desire, insatiable fire
Brands my soul in the shape of you
I want you to feel it too
C’mon and feel it too
Oh, the places we could get to, me and you
All you gotta do, is f feel it too
6 - Chances Are
When you met me I was jaded never thinking that I wanted love
Never thought I’d change ‘til it hit me like a freight train, now I can’t get enough
I was wild and free, you were just what I needed
First kiss turned this undeniably sure
I was hooked an instant addict, a fanatic I was begging for more
You made me feel complete… I’ve fallen head over feet
Now I’m counting the seconds until I see… you again
Chances are in the middle of the night
I’ll be trying to sleep but never getting it right
Working all day, my mind is miles away
Chances are my thoughts are on you and me
Tell me, do you think of me too?
Cause chances are if I’m breathing, I’m thinking about you
I wondered what you saw in me, was something there I couldn’t see, you were just too good to be true
I looked for something wrong, some kind of flaw in you
I discovered just one thing… You were perfect
We were living in a time warp, a year never seemed so short, the best days of my life
I should have known it couldn’t last, those days went by way too fast
You boarded that plane, and flew away
Now I’m left here waiting for the day… I see you again
Chances are in the middle of the night
I’ll be trying to sleep but never getting it right
Working all day, my mind is miles away
Chances are my thoughts are on you and me
Tell me, do you think of me too?
Cause chances are if I’m breathing, I’m thinking about you
Now I’m longing for something I never knew I’d miss
A strange feeling to be wondering what size ring will fit
Daydreaming about our honeymoon, wedding bells, is it too soon?
I don’t know what’s come over me, but I know… I like it. You’re the one for me
Chances are in the middle of the night
I’ll be trying to sleep but never getting it right
Working all day, my mind is miles away
Chances are my thoughts are on you and me
Tell me, do you think of me too?
Cause chances are if I’m breathing
Any time my heart is beating
Chances are, I’m thinking about you
7 - Bury The Problems
I open my mouth to talk, to tell you that something is wrong
I can’t make the words come out, I’ll probably never sing you this song
I’ll wait ‘til I’m feeling better, wait for your dark mood to fade away
I’ll make a joke that puts a smile on your face, and we’ll keep pretending
We’re okay, everything’s fine
We just need to take a little time
We’ll fill the emptiness with silence
And bury the problems
Bury the problems
I open my mouth to speak some sweet words that might bridge the divide
The sentiment comes out a tangled mess; I can see the hurt in your eyes
I know what you think, it isn’t what I mean to say
I don’t know how to set it straight, so we keep pretending
We’re okay, everything’s fine
We just need to take a little time
We’ll fill the emptiness with silence
And bury the problems
We’re not okay, everything is far from fine
But we’ve got the rest of our lives
To fill the emptiness with silence
And bury the problems
What’s the use in talking anyway?
Just to say the same things over and over and nothing ever changes
We’ll learn to sit in silence, enjoy the peace and quiet
Makes it so much easier to pretend
We’re okay, everything’s fine
We just need to take a little time
We’ll fill the emptiness with silence
And bury the problems
We’re not okay, everything is far from fine
But we’ve got the rest of our lives
To fill the emptiness with silence
And bury the problems
Bury the problems
I open my mouth and say I love you, it’s all that should matter anyway