LIGHT YEARS 
  
I've used hammers made out of wood 
I have played games with pieces and rules 
I've deciphered tricks at the bar... 
But now you're gone...I haven't figured out why 
  
I've come up with riddles and jokes about war 
I figure out numbers and what they're for 
I've understood feelings...and I've understood words 
But how could you be taken away? 
  
And wherever you've gone...and wherever we might go 
It don't seem fair...today just disappeared 
Your lights reflected now...reflected from afar 
We were but stones...your light made us stars 
  
With heavy breath, awakened regrets 
Back pages and days alone that could have been spent 
Together...but we were...miles apart 
Every inch between us becomes light years now 
No time to be void or save up on life 
Oh, you got to spend it all... 
  
And wherever you've gone...and wherever we might go 
It don't seem fair...you seemed to like it here 
Your lights reflected now...reflected from afar 
We were but stones...your light made us stars 
  
And wherever you've gone...and wherever we might go 
It don't seem fair...today just disappeared 
Your lights reflected now...reflected from afar 
We were but stones...your light made us stars 
  
  
GRIEVANCE 
[Vedder] 
  
Have a drink they're buying... 
Bottom of, bottle of denial... 
  
Big guy...big eye watchin' me... 
Have to wonder what it sees... 
Progress laced with ramifications... 
Freedom's being plunged... 
  
Pull the innocent from a crowd... 
Raise the stakes then bring 'em down... 
If they fail to obey... 
If they fail to obey... 
  
For every tool they lend us... 
A loss of independence 
  
I pledge my grievance to the flag... 
Cause you don't give blood...then take it back again... 
We're all deserving something more. 
  
Progress...taste it...invest it all 
Champagne breakfast for everyone... 
  
Break the innocent when they're proud... 
Raise the stakes...then bring 'em down... 
If they fail to obey... 
If they fail to obey... 
  
Pledge our grievance to the flag... 
Aw c’mon, don't give blood then take it back again... We're all deserving something more, more 
  
[Have a, have a, drink, drink...] 
[Have a, have a, drink, drink...] 
  
I wanna grieve...follow the scene... 
I wanna taste...everyone I see... 
I wanna run, when I'm up high... 
I wanna ride into the sea.... 
I would like to be... 
I just wanna be... 
I will feel alive...as long as I am free 
  
  
  
SOON FORGET 
  
Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette... 
Thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic... 
What's missing?...he's living a day he'll soon forget. 
  
That's one more time around...the sun is going down... 
The moon is out, but he's drunk and shouting...putting people down... 
He's pissing...he's living...a day he'll soon forget. 
  
Counts his money every morning... 
The only thing that keeps him horny... 
Locked in a giant house...that's alarming 
The townsfolk...they all laugh 
  
Sorry is the fool who trades his love for a hi-rise rent... 
Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get... 
And it's fitting...he's barely living...a day he'll soon forget. 
  
That's one more time around...and there is not a sound... 
He's lying dead, clutching Benjamins...never put the money down... 
He's stiffening...we're all whistling... 
A man we'll soon forget.