Michael Knott
Life of David
All songs written by Michael Knott.
Cast Me Away
Shoe Gazer
Chameleon
Into Your Heaven
Sorry
Deception
The Bitterness
Candle Killing Light
Halo
Hospital
Cast Me Away
when I say I'm living with an angel that's you
when I say I'm living with an angel that's you
and I'm gonna burn you out
and I'm gonna burn you down
and I'm gonna burn you out
and I'm gonna burn you down
when I say I'm living with the devil
you know who I mean
and I'm gonna burn you out
and I'm gonna burn you up
and I'm gonna burn you out
cast me away today
save yourself
cast me away today
save yourself
anyway you can
I'm gonna burn you out
I'm gonna burn you down
I'm gonna burn you out
I'm gonna burn you down
Shoe Gazer
when you come around I can't believe this
thought to be free
and how I need this
which did you love, not forever
how can I climb to the center
and you told me everything
without your heart it's dead
I'll be your shoe gazer
shoe gazer
sell it I will when you start asking
crawling I will when you start saying
here comes your shoe gazer
shoe gazer
I'm looking down
when you're around
Chameleon
can I indulge your skin
can I claim something sweet
can I eat my words
when they win again, against you
lock you in a stare
lose yourself like I do
promise to say slow down
when it's racing white horses up there
I am the adulteress
and the penitent man
I'm the cunning culprit
and the little lamb
and I love all God's children
all but one
this chameleon
can I ride it in
can I take it on
can you try to tell me why I haven't had you yet
oh yeah
I am the adulteress
and the penitent man
I'm the cunning culprit
and the little lamb
and I love all God's creatures
all but one
this chameleon
forsake it and you roll
forsake it and you feel
forsake it and you go
its such a changed change
it feels so on
such an on
and the guilt being inside
and you take it alright
promise not to say slow down
when it's racing slick white jets up there
I'm the adulteress
and the penitent man
I'm the cunning culprit
and the little lamb
and I love all God's creatures
all but one
this chameleon
Into Your Heaven
Slippin' and sliding and wondering why
I can't fly quite as high as I used to fly
then I see in your eyes
there's something for me
can't believe you're giving me love
and I can't wait to get caught up into your heaven
and I ask myself how can this be unbelievably true
but you know that I know you and you know me too
how much wonderful more could it be
could it be
and I can't wait to get caught up into your heaven
and I can't wait to get caught up into your heaven
Sorry
beat me up and toss me out
know what your anger's all about
I showed you love
and I showed you greed
so much greed
I'm sorry
so sorry
gave you God and gave you this
no one counterfeited it
I showed you love
and I showed you need
so much need
so much greed
I'm sorry
so sorry
Deception
tattooed Jake
everything you make
give it up to God
for your gift good sake
I got back
everything you want
locked up tight
in a jumpsuit
jail bait
Deception
give it to me once
give it to me twice
locked down before
for the man and his vice
is it him I blame for this cold cell I'm in
and my rotten name, that comes up again
Deception
Untie me
I'm blowing up
I'm growing up
I'm throwing up
Let it all go, everything you know
clean the cop cars
and the bathroom solo
Detention
Give it to the rot
everything you got
the lute is hidden in the hotel lot
Deception
Untie me
I'm blowing up
I'm growing up
I'm throwing up
The Bitterness
sometimes I wanna die
how would I know the living
if I didn't know the dying
how could I taste the honey
if there was no pain in trying
the stinging and the crying
the truth and the lying
the sometimes honest
make me love the bitterness
and I love the bitterness
oh Lord
oh Lord
how would I know freedom
if I didn't fight to see some
locked behind these bars
balanced between these laws
I'm sicker than the rest
and I love the bitterness
I love the bitterness
oh Lord
oh Lord
sometimes I want to live
Candle Killing Light
candle dimming light
did I cry all night
can there still be normal seas
when the rig's not right
candle killing sun
when will you be done
I don't want to be known by anyone
sometimes I feel like a little child
screaming it's not fair out there
sometimes I feel like a little child
screaming it's not fair out there
candle loving arms
how I love your charms
forgive me if I've done you any harm
candle burning on
till the break of dawn
when this truth cuts free
I'll be dying
sometimes I feel like a little child
screaming it's not fair out there
sometimes I feel like a little child
screaming it's not fair out there
I'm dying
Halo
she can take me to the place I love
sometimes it's a hard place to find
even when the heart is hardened
I see something in her eyes
kick and screaming on the outside
something hidden within
I think she knows about it
cause when she holds me close
I hear her soul
hell no
I don't mind if your halo don't glow like it used to glow
I don't care if you change your mind every tempting road
she's always reaching out for heaven
says it's a hard place to find
I swear and say its everywhere
freed is the taker's line
slip into the darkest color
nothing but a stain to show
I think we both know we know about it
cause when she holds me close I hear her soul
hell no
I don't mind if your halo don't glow like it used to glow
I don't care if you change your mind with every tempting road
I'll be on your side with something here
to let you know
I don't care if your halo don't glow
Hospital
I think I need forgiveness
I think I need more than the rest
I think I need just not to know
I think I need a hospital
I think I need not to go there
I think I need a heart to share
I think I need just not to know
I think I need a hospital
I think I need to love you more
I think I need to lock the door
I think I need to pay the toll
I think I need a hospital
I think I need to write this song
I think I need to sing along
I think I need to quit this job
I think I need a bank to rob
I think I need another show
I think I need some place to go
I think I need to let you know
I think I need a hospital