recorded before Designing a Nervous Breakdown
released in April 2000 on a 7quot; by Devil in the Woods magazine
Well I know feeling strange - sometimes you're feeling strange
Outside she waits
So you know that we couldn't be stopped 100 ships in a parking lot
Where have all the pieces gone?
Looking for the edge of the world
Boy you hated his favorite girl
They would travel sideways - sideways ...
The Get Up Kids' cover on the Pixies tribute album Where is my Mind?
Adrianne sings back-up vocals
Pioneer of aerodynamics little Eiffel, little Eiffel
They thought he was a real smart Alec little Eiffel, little Eiffel
He thought big and they called it a phallic little Eiffel, little Eiffel
They didn't know he was panoramic
Little Eiffel stands in the archway little Eiffel, little Eiffel
Keepi...
released on The Anniversary/Proudentall split 7quot; and
the tour 7quot;
Us there - the snow is already so thick
You wrote your name across my street
And I remember how the letters look lying there melting
And I can see the star on top of the awkward tree
But now it's seasons past
And a weary October approaches still knowing
It can see farther than the both of us
When everything else looks lon...
I've seen those eyes. I've watched them close at night.
And you breathe in and you breathe out again.
Sister's coming over and I'm afraid to tell her secrets that I know.
Painting without colors, it tends to make it better, it bleaches out the world.
Was it the end - the end that kept you up till the morning?
Was it the boy - the boy who stole your heart?
The summer goes on and then dies quick...
released on The Anniversary/Superdrag split EP
Stab another soul into the ceiling - Anais
Taste the dirty murder in your breathing - Anais
I want you - I want you
la da da da...
The Mistress of Missouri ease your grieving - Anais
The bullet in your brain stop your breathing - Anais
I want you - I want you
la da da da...
And we flee through the streets
And we run from the sun
And we lust for so...
originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Anniversary occasionally plays this song live
Traffic in the city turns my head around
No, no, no, no, no
Backed up on the freeway, backed up in the church
Everywhere you look there's a frown, frown
Com, commotion
Git, git, git, gone
Com, commotion
Git, git, git, gone
People keep a-talkin', they don't say a word
Jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw
Talk up in ...
Until tomorrow
I wear this crooked crown
To balance the power
Telling me to dance the night away now
Dance the night away oh, oh, oh yeah
I wear this crooked crown
Come close, you've never been so far away my dear
Move your hips pretty darling. Oh sugar come on
Shake your hips pretty darling. Oh sugar come on
Until tomorrow
I wear this crooked crown
Under the moonlight
Asking me to raise the d...
There's beauty inside - there is beauty inside
The darkest of nights - the black and red lights
This spring has been frozen - the gods have been chosen
They dance in their blood
Your life has been sold - your life has been sold
For your face looks so old - how your face grew so old
Near the city of broken hearts - to the city of broken hearts
But we all fell apart - how we all fell apart
We dr...
Sound mixed in with discovery
Found an ancient landmark to call home
For this cold war my voice gets dry
Place problems on a shelf to sit and die
Sent off my letter, a stapled picture and one short prayer
And if I said that I've never caused an argument, only a commotion
One million emotions - would you still be here?
Sat on your roof young in eighty-two
How you remember is how it remains
Turn...
to be released on a forthcoming compilation on Close to Nothing Records
red die fall to the bottom
like movies making great cinema
being the spiral
like dreams inside my dreams
what's the difference
telling them seems like more work than its ever worth
throw the book and I'm giving up again
CB calls from the graveyard
passing on the news of
tomorrow's bad weather
a dream inside my dreams makes...
And we all follow the sun, come everyone, follow the sun 13x
Walk slowly, the rest of your life, my dear
Sing clearly, the path of the arrow is near
The river will dry up every year
The sun should drink every last tear
It flows above the casket's lear
So lay down, next to your brother
And go blind
Walk slowly, the rest of your life, my dear
How lovely, the ghost of the river draws near
Keep moving, let faith pour out in blood from ear to ear
Burn your m...
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
Stay in the house close all the windows
Now you're searching for fire
Some will say as others are listening
Now it's gone too far
Pale face in white surrounds you
You can never forget
Her body fell into the sunlight
Your broken hands missed
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
Tomorrow I wi...
released on the tour 7quot; and
the Floppy Records compilation No-Fi Trash
Have I taken you for granted?
But I know what matters most to you
In slow motion as you walk on by
Pictures of you forever in my mind
Hold me tonight tonight, tonight
Hole me tonight tonight, tonight
Tomorrow keeps bringing you down and I'm still right here
Follow me to the end of the sea
Looking out for new ideas
I tho...
I saw the stones in her eyes
I saw the shadow of the world turn white
She thought she did it right
The girl who fell across the sea
Turn as the earth, and be free
Weep in the well, and be free
Drink mother's milk, and be free
Turn as the earth
Husam, who shot your daughter
Asleep in the house of your father
Husam, who shot daughter
The girl who fell across the sea
Turn as the earth, and be fre...
released on the Vagrant Record's compilation Another Year on the Streets
Clothes make the man and looks
I am nothing but books and heart
Walk like a killer, talk like a priest
This is my dream - my destiny
Those nightmares that you've seen seem like such a dream to me
Scream you wanna go back again a time
Alas the king of sorrow - go off with him tomorrow
Please please tell me what those crazy...
originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Anniversary occasionally plays this song live
Just about a year ago, I set out on the road
Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold
Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune
Oh Lord, Stuck in Lodi again
Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go
I was just passin' through, must be seven months or...
released on the tour 7quot; and
the Abominable Records compilation ...It Certainly was a Grand Piano
How are the nights there? How do you sleep?
Cause I figured you'd have me inside a week
The tide is on fire - The minnows all breathe
And my timing is all wrong - throwing fits so mean
Let the angel sing - the strongest ship retreats
Fold your wings and live again
Let the angel sing - the stron...
I think I might move from the city
To get away from everyone
Lady we should move from the city
To get away from everyone
Why does your love go numb? and ain't it strange?
There's poison in your blood and ain't it strange?
I shot your heart and set your spirit free
Don't let your love go numb
Troubled man shake off your worries
Or you just might lose your mind
Black bird singing in the country
...
The Get Up Kids' cover on the compilation I Love Metal
Josh plays keyboards
Frankie died just the other night
Some say it was suicide
But we know how the story goes
With his 6-string knife
And his street-wise pride
The boy was a man before his time
And she knew all their dreams would come true
Ya see Frankie was fast
He was too fast ya know
He wouldn't go slow until his lethal dose
And she kno...
Far from our homes
The heat will flash behind the dash
It gathers - such winds blow cold
The fiction of your life's love so deep in the blood
Taking pictures of all of this
Right down the history in the case that we are missed
Far from our homes
The heat will flash behind the dash
It gathers - such winds blow cold
The fiction of your life's love so deep in the blood
Taking pictures of all of t...
I've known a lot of funny people
The ones that make us laugh
I've known a lot of lonely people
Calling from the past
And in my darkest hour
I find the place where I fit in
Somewhere between the heavens
And the devil's weary grin
I always will be haunted by the ones I've loved
Yes I always will be haunted by the ones I've loved
In my eyes
We are the ones that make you laugh
Forget about your tr...
Turn down the headlights and look my way.
We'll tell our parents the best of things no matter how awful they seem.
The sickness of a family.
Trace your eyes, wake and retrieve,
The morning sun can look so mean - the color.
Kiss your head don't say a thing
We'll live forever in books darling.
It's the secrets beneath the leaves I keep with me. I'm falling up and down.
And I'll never write the l...
released on Hot Rod Circuit's album If it's Cool with you it's Cool with Me
Adrianne sings back up vocals
I got my ways - I got my reasons
I sit for days - got the reasons why
I like to sit around and get high risk my life away
Looks like another nervous breakdown
I can suck it in - and turn another bottle down
I'm late for the second time straight this week today
Listen to the radio with my f...
Blood on the walls the curtain calls
You waited there for no one at all
To the pine and oak trees that stand by your house
And they keep on blowing south to protect you through the winter
Surrounded - we'll never understand
Angel angel angels with your broken wings
Stop asking me sing with those voices I just can't find
A shame to be ashamed now I'm ashamed
Not smarter than the human brain
Jus...
released on Hot Rod Circuit's album If it's Cool with you it's Cool with Me
Adrianne sings back up vocals
Another late night drive by you - I miss you so much
I know it's stupid but I'm saying this to you - I mean it too
Another late night drive by you - I miss you so much
I know it's stupid but I'm saying this to you - I mean it too
I'm seeing double and I know that I'm in trouble
I can't wai...
originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Anniversary occasionally teases the intro live
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord I'm comin' home to you
Sweet Marie, there's a hole where your heart should be
And on the hill she's begging for a harmony
Sweet Marie, there's a hole where your heart should be
And on the hill she's begging for a harmony
What beautiful lies you've been told
What terrible truths drown your soul
She hides behind all my lies
Oh you need to be loved
Oh you need to be loved
Oh you need all my love tonight - all my love
S...
Feeling the time peel away at my life again.
As memories combine, not sure where I've ever been.
'Cause it's the D in Detroit which scares me to no end. I'll count to ten.
When living this down makes so much sense.
We collide - and onward we do fly
We collide - and onward we do fly
Onward - until we hit again.
I kept your picture just behind the eye those weeks when our distance grew.
Drove no...
oh my god, you are a dangerous lover
oh my GOd, you are a dangerous lover
yeah my man, you better run for cover
oh my GOd, you are a dangerous lover
oh you were wrong, the king fell from his tower
Oh you were wrong, the king fell from his tower
yeah my man, you better run for cover
oh you were wrong, the king fell from his tower
bang on the drum
is it loud enough to shake you?
friend you've be...
The muscle and bone - they encase my heart but never touch my soul.
I'll save that for the water and its shore, fear makes friends with joy.
And I'll march slowly and I'll never forget
How the music stopped or the feel of your breath. four times
The flesh and the blood - they keep my body warm but still my mind is cold.
To know what's fair is not always fair, but what proves real will never fl...
You were a castaway from New Orleans
Fought the world to find your dreams, oh yeah
Almost starved to death, 'cause you had no money
Sold your soul for blood and honey, oh yeah
Cars crash and we collide as the siren sings the saddest song tonight
And this is it, how it all comes down
To the love you would leave the streets of your home town
At the edge of the rest of your life
At the end of a o...
You're standing off the white church and you're pitching me three words
It yells a name falling off of - off my list of names
Those crashing lights, life is just like that - it's easy to forget
We make plans, and for the second I hit cold as the dirt black night grows close
Who has been painting my roses red?
I have nothing to show for you
I have nothing to show for you
I never wanted to play ...
I never thought I would fall over
My feet having pushed underground
But I fell down - yes over
I've been told that lovers shine brighter
I've traveled the darkest of roads
And nearing the end of this chapter the book explodes
Taking off in the dawn
I'll never die young
I can live to regret this
Others have loved the land
Those rings on your hands make the world come together
But it never does ...
By the house that you call home lies the evil and the scared
Pass the saints through the heaven gates - we can hide out there
I've known you all my life tonight and I won't let that go
I've known you all my life tonight
On the Highland borderline it brings us back when we were kids
Pictures of our dead loved ones - the night is young so don't be scared
I've known you all my life tonight and I ...
By the house that you call home lies the evil and the scared
Pass the saints through the heaven gates - we can hide out there
I've known you all my life tonight and I won't let that go
I've known you all my life tonight
On the Highland borderline it brings us back when we were kids
Pictures of our dead loved ones - the night is young so don't be scared
I've known you all my life tonight and I ...
Well I can think all day and that's keeping me away
From coming home to you
What I want to say - so beautiful are
Now I'm running out of life and making mistakes
??????? in your heart and tears rolling down my face
And tears rolling down my face
????????????? for the rest of the song
Do you know that I miss you?
Do you know how the hell I feel?
My body has slowed down cause that's how much I care
Pieces of you fall from shady trees
And they heat my soul taking with it some disease
I haven't slept
Now more than ever
I was for you everyday
All that's around me
You know I always look away
When I say you're name it burns in my throat
I lied when I said I would always ?????
The...
released on The Anniversary/Superdrag split EP
Everybody's running from a cloud way up in the sky
A human disguise - saw it in their eyes
Everybody's shouting cause they never seen their daddy cry
An ugly surprise when the invincible dies
Ain't nobody gonna shake me off of my feet
Ain't nobody gonna shake me the way I shook myself
Brother's gonna shake that sugar tree down
Everybody's hoping t...
I can leave this place tomorrow
A sad-eyed supper having to turn down
Raise a glass to old man Vasil
Who crept across the sea to find her there
And as their hands touched they disappear - we miss them dear
If you could hear her voice
That's the girl - that's the boy you took by choice
Father all your children - greet them with a smile
Stay with me for a while
Sooner you'll be gone
Sooner then ...
I like to crash and burn my tiny body breaks ??? I hardly say a word
Teenage girls are so distractive distractive - it makes them so attractive
Change the temperature to 60 - tonight girl you better make it sexy
She lived the movie life ??? so we acted how it might feel to fall in love
And we lived on beyond the stars ??? look at how high they are - how high are you?
And I never pray at night ...
It's never felt so hot within these walls between the cracks
As we forget our manners days slow down and I relapse
Dear Dad - I'm having trouble feeling sad
Your words find secret pathways through my spine
Inside my teeth I'll scream - I know that I miss you - I know that I miss you
Inside my teeth I'll scream
Those diamond streets, invisible runways buried beneath
And I was wrong this time - ...
released on Hot Rod Circuit's album If it's Cool with you it's Cool with Me
Adrianne sings back up vocals
Pick up the pieces
Look what you've done to us
Sick and tired of your bullshit promises
Sick and tired of your bullshit promises
And it happens all the time
Yes it happens all the time
Will the ones that you love let you down?
Do you have to go right now?
Do you have to go right now?
Do yo...
