As I admire the smiles on the people in the photo

I think "What am I missing this time?"

I'm always racing, chasing, someone, somewhere,

that isn't mine

Thinking that the grass is greener on the other side

Thinking that in your shoes I'll be satisfied.



first admiration, then contemplation

tricking my mind... cause I know that photographs lie



Well photographs lie they fool my eyes

they show me something that is not

It's like fire that makes me desire

what they have while they may want what I've got

And this romanticism is like a prison

'cause live won't turn out to how it is foreseen

So will any body care or just be there

to pick up our shattered dreams



Admiring you while you may be admiring me

Photographs painting a false picutre of reality

And I think I'd rather leave it, just leave it as a blur.

Instead of lamenting over the past

of things that never were.



Photographs Lie by Shelter. Lyrics by Ray Cappo. from the Lp "Perfection of

Desire" on Revelation Records