Amends Lyrics

Any act of brilliance is not conceived

For the sake of the mother's eyes

Holed up in a mausoleum of Prozac and porcelain

Envying in all of your fear those on the prowl

Turn off those neon signs that scream

Baren womb and empty nest

They don't guide our ships home

You'll never quite be sure of the company that we keep

when we dance naked in the streets

Our midnight laughter will fall deaf on your ears

We've just grown tired of the taste of your tears

When I was a young man my father said to me

An honest man has nothing to fear so I try not to look so afraid

It's not that I'm a liar; I just can't tell the truth

Conscience won't stop me on a dime

(You're ripe with convictions but loose with your morals)

Try not to look afraid

This isn't a cry of a confession

That we're the damned or the demented (forgiven)

This is an oath this is an oath

We stand committed to never let life

Get in the way of living

This is a call to arms for those who feel it in their bones

(If in my 90th year I acknowledge that I am still a child

In the eyes of the universe I will be forgiven for any and all foolishness)