Mrs. Fate

Some Other Time, 1995
Live Bootleg, 2000
Music & Lyrics by Travis Allison

I was looking for my world
her eyes are full of shining sea
her mind is loaded with the tallest tree
but now this world has forgotten me

you know I’ll never understand
but sometimes I feel alright
many times I miss her land
and god I miss her morning light

I heard she went on down the path
to be another world for another someone else
I heard they told her where she’s at
until she couldn’t figure out what’s in herself
… but that’s another story

and now I’m finally left alone
I feel I’m floating free in space
I wish I knew she’d come back home
my world is left to Mrs. Fate

did anybody mention
that my world is a girl and that girl is my world
I’m underneath the tension
of some sweet-talking guy between my sweetheart and I
and I don’t know but hope that in this life there’ll be a day
I guess it’s up to Mrs. Fate

so here I am it’s been three years
I’m by myself down by the sea
eating pasta, drinking beers
wondering if she thinks of me

and I can’t help but wonder why
she took all of me and left it for some guy
I guess it’s over anyway
I just love the way we’re dragged around by fate
see you later Mrs. Fate

Black Hole

Live Bootleg, 1999
Color, 2001
Music & Lyrics by Travis Allison

just came back from trying to drink you off my mind
it just made me think more of you despite my trying
a thousand times I've known you in my life
you come back disguised again a stranger in the night

you wrap a shuttle around my soul
you turn my switches on, ignite my spirit I'm set to go
and I'm falling, falling down
but falling with you I'm not scared to hit the ground

the smell of your skin, the salt of your soul
when I feel too much you're there for control
half my foot is in, I'm a body drifting lost
is that all I've got, can I pay the cost?

a light is setting on a stage
giving intermission from the race
and we're floating, floating down
floating with you we are both about to feel it now

I watch the bad girl sing with the blues on her eyelids
as she captivates all of our eyes
and she knows she's got the power to seduce
and I find myself smiling taking all the abuse

and I know who you are, you help stop the bleed
when I feel too much, you're there to touch me
I hold out my soul and you breathe in with me
I feel so alive with you with me

soaring through a newly lit space
has the mission taken off the rails
and I'm falling, falling down
falling with you I am not afraid to hit the ground

you wrap a shuttle around my soul
turn my switches on ignite my spirit set to go
and I'm falling, falling down
and falling with you I'm not scared to hit the ground

the smell of your skin, the salt of your soul
when I feel too much you're there for control
half my foot is in, I'm a body drifting lost
is that all we've got, can we pay the cost?
time plays charades, it's heavy to hold...