I want to be the surgeon who cuts you open Who fixes all of life's mistakes I want to be the house that you were raised in The only place where you feel safe. I wanna be a shower in the morning That wakes you up and makes you clean I know I'm just the weather against your window As you sleep through a winter's dream

On good days, I can see the inherent goodness in people, and that human beings have a high capacity to learn and adapt. But things like the environment, nuclear weapons and ideas like peak oil - if you think about them too much, they can really freak you out.

I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere... just take me there.

My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.

We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

I want to be enriched by the music I listen to. That's the reason it never really exists in the mainstream. Because that's not what most people are after.