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clusters of people talking secretly to each other.
in a bar you cannot talk openly to anyone you don't already know.
4 year olds, they have got the right idea: they jump the line and hit it
on the nose.
when we sit and we get quiet, then we look and see who's home.
across the way there are 80 windows we can see,
it's christmastime and they all have the same tree.
you tell me the patterns you a...
Do you wake up and lie there
And think it through?
Is the weight of your own life
Too much for you?
But it all is a game
You forgot to play
You did
Woke up an hour after the clock
Remembered the details
And wanted to stop
The stakes in my life
Are going so far up
That my fingers are like
Haven't you had enough
But first I gotta find money
I gotta get lunch
Tell me something funny
Coz I'm crack...
To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love Hate will get you every time
Always love Don't wait til the finish line
Slow demands come 'round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out
But Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Even when you wanna fi...
You made me feel like i'm ok, i could be happy
turn off feeling pretty, dressing up dressing down.
now i can sit, not run away stupidly laughing
wipe out all self-pity, it's slowing me down
i walk around the city out of my way, looking for something
i've got all that i need to save my day, so why'm i running?
you said i should get professional help, it always makes me cry.
i know i'm just an a...
And so we meet and there are sparks,
Its gold it's new and free from sharks,
Your house is big it seems so clean,
Your cleaning lady comes and we're discreet.
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting.
What's the timing?
I'm not playing.
And so I act like I'm 21,
Wide eyed and drifting unto sun,
Pay back is here my legs are numb,
I'm back, it's square one feeling dumb.
The sweet things,
When do th...
I was about to change
But you stayed the same
Had pinned against the wall
That we are pre-ordained
If they gave you extra scenes
You'd hit back to main
Disappear by train
Cut my signal chain
Find a stable girl
And fill it up again
You can't foresee intent
When the writer writes all bent
Armies walk inside of me
Armies walk physically
Every day I steal a car
That's how hard it is to
Get away fr...
when you walk home from the party
drunk on bacardi and listening
to the voices that lie to you nightly,
make you frightened of everyone,
make you sorry for something.
you go home and spend your life alone with the stereo,
watching the late show; or force yourself
out in the night to meet your generation.
you feel like claymation in fluorescent light.
on our knees, we made it hard to see,
we ma...
i only wanna say things that are pure: now i won't be talking anymore.
i only wanna do things that are true. every time i move i'm hurting you.
i wanna know what is it that you do
to keep from hurting anyone but you?
cause i still say your name when i don't feel right, just like i used to
and if most people fade to gray and black, you'll fade to light blue.
i think too much and then start talk...
Leave me alone, and there'll be
No one to get hurt
Nobody move and there'll be
Nothin' to disturb
The sum of it all is that you
Don't know where to turn
Despite all your promises you
Don't keep what you learn
Beautiful beat get me out of this mess
Beautiful beat lift me up from distress
Sometimes all i want is another
Drink or another pill
If i could get anything done
Maybe I'd hold still
I'm ...
To hell with it
I'm going to have a party
I had the blankest year
I saw life turn into a tv show
The person I knew
I didn't really know
Time don't move
We're the only ones who do
Bending reason
Coz it's all we hold on to
And now it's lonely
Thank god the band's doing well
But you don't own me
I'd like to return this spell
It's not my size
Your lies are so much bigger
Than my lies
And your ties...
in blizzard of '77
the cars were just lumps on the snow
and then later
tripping in 7-11
the shelves were stretching out of control
on a plane ride
the more it shakes
the more i have to let go
now the signals
still getting all mixed up
we're always doing damage control
but in the middle of the night i worry
it's blurry even without light
i know i have got a negative edge
that's why i sharpen al...
cats and dogs are coming down
14th street is gonna drown
everyone else rushing round
i've got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio
i've got no time i wanna lose
to people with something to prove
what can you do but let them walk
and make your way down the block
i've got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio
...
Comes a time when
You can't judge no more
Go out shopping
Can't see the store
I can't believe that
We're really all good
One of us has gone
Where they never should
Comes a time when
You really can't judge
Should go walking
You don't even budge
I can't believe how
Far we have gone
One of us has not come along
Get up and tell the sun
That you don't feel love
How long can you
Keep circling round?...
The world's locked up in your head
You've been pouring it a concrete bed
Your habits ossify
You don't realize you're fried
To find someone you love
You've gotta be someone you love
The reason's somewhere in the din
But it takes years 'til it sinks in
You've used up the easy streets
And you lost your taste for treats
So fried
Stay high if you have to
Do whatever it asks you
You've got another c...
if i fell down a big hole
would you tell
how do you know
it's a deepening well
like the big o
i know it's a bad scene to be whole
it's a bad dream i hope
marie
to feel
they're following me
if i painted a tear
would you figure it out
would it make matters clear
would it shed some doubt
it's been happening for years
it's a roundabout
pull back from the front
there's a bigger gap than you thought...
My coat, leave behind my coat and my belt,
Leave behind my coat and all that,
I don't want it back...
It's called undertown and it's over that way.
Some people leave in the morning,
Some people when they go to bed.
Inside, it's been rotting for a long time now,
Ever since I found out
I??? not to blame if I get left out.
My coat, leave behind the looks, magazines and books.
Don't want it back.
...
my coat, leave behind my coat and my belt,
leave behind my coat and all that,
i don't want it back...
it's called undertown and it's over that way.
some people leave in the morning,
some people when they go to bed.
inside, it's been rotting for a long time now,
ever since i found out
i'm not to blame if i get left out.
my coat, leave behind the looks, magazines and books.
don't want it back.
w...
Well I'd snap to attention
If I thought that you knew the way
I'd open my mouth
If I had something smart to say
I bought a stack of books
I didn't read a thing
It's like I'm sitting here
Waiting for birds to sing
Let's do it again
Come on let's do it again
Please let's do it again
The hum of the clock
Is a far-away place
The azalea air holding your face
You're lying down
And the moon is sidewa...
everybody lies
everybody lies
everybody all the time
i lie to go to sleep when all is wrong or right
most of it's not there
everything and everywhere
i lie about you and me too
but it's allright everybody lies
make the wrong right
The shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'round
The shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'round
I touch these strings, but cannot touch the sound
Take a train to a bus, and then into the air
Take a train to a bus, and then into the air
If I had wings, I'd follow you up there
Girl you know I hate to see you go
I hate to see you go
But the sunlight follows you right down the road
Just th...
this time, the win is mine.
my perfect life.
room spin, don't know how to stop, don't know how to start.
firecracker, the one you keep inside.
firecracker, you don't know how to light.
so sink in the tailspin of plans and sleep,
or come and crush me tight,
my favorite high.
here comes the film, PG 13
crackdown.
no net no cage, no first mistake.
The fox, the fox
Lied
Eyes under my prize
The fox, the fox
Lied
Fox eyes under my prize
We're in a different war
With ourselves, and with some of you
So many things that don't hold true
With the fear that dims our light
With the barnacles on our right
On the grass, beachy head
On the cliff to which you've been lead
The curve of the hill is green and soft
As if the wind would hold you aloft
Its...
Here comes the hot feeling again
When i hear his name
I clearly have no control
Can't help wondering
If herein gone like a wave
I forget but then, start rememberin'
The devil in my mind, why can't he go home
Are we on our way
I do not want to be in this song
So while the summer rats and their hats high
Where is the wind
Why does it feel still again
Can't think along these lines
I'm gonna live ...
left some food wrapped up
in a plastic bag
on the kitchen table
way too long
i sat down to eat
next to the bag
i was too tired
to throw it out
i saw a swarm of fruit flies
i took the bag downstairs
when i came back
they were still there
flying jerky patterns
like snowflakes in the air
i'm sorry you've got nowhere to go
left straight right straight
i can't find a reason
i know i'll keep going b...
i'm just a happy kid
stuck with the heart of a sad punk
drowning in my id
always searching like it's on junk
no matter who i hang out with
i can hear the clack clunk
of the chains that pull the cars up
the roller coaster mountain top so high
when it comes down it shoots back up
straight back to the sky
i gotta laugh and then i'm asleep
and then i walk around and wanna cry
out at night to do th...
Look around, what a mess
Anybody's guess
Here goes something
Yeah here goes something
Now change programs
Here goes something
Gravity's, big success
No one's taken off yet
Changing speeds, What a ride
Stir up your insides
Your majesty
Your majesty
Your majesty
Where we mean
Chasing light, dawn to bed
It came to me instead
Chasing light, dawn to bed
It came to me instead
do you ever feel like you just landed
on this earth?
see the creatures all do their dances
back and forth
you get restless and then you join them
on the floor
suddenly it's tomorrow
it's not today anymore
you talk to the ceiling every day
the speakers are shaking
why do i hear you okay?
they're playing soul at the wrong speed
it sounds right now
what are you doing to me?
d'you ever feel like w...
been trying to be cool ever since high school
cool like the stars and sexy people in bars
the stars will fall they'll line up in the hall
may sound nice, but it's ugly inside
i lost all my pride
taken apart
one more false start
how do you think we're gonna do this time around
you're the queen of sound
been trying to hear something complete
no microtones and no backbeat
hands up who thinks it's now
home base is the bathroom where the lights are bright
it's never too late if you know how
we got our own brand of hyperspace
you cannot change anyone
there is no peace, there's only sun
when you want to go, i know you will
and i can see it all and i'm ok, but i wish there was another way
there's no right and there's no wrong
there's just the balance of the things y...
Emergency above
Put on your hard hats and invisible gloves
What's going on?
I was on the wagon, I thought I was done
You have to watch out
When one falls in another can't get out
You say that I like what you say
I like what you say
You say that I like what you say
I like what you say
They say I have to have somebody
They say you have to be someones
They say if you're not lonely alone
Boy, ther...
I wanna take you home
See your books and your shoes
Stay up all night
Drink a bottle or two
Would you wanna do
Anything that you want?
Uh uh uh uh uh uh
Come over my way
Give me the tie a day
Of course you?re brighter than the sun
Can I be you?re only one?
Would you wanna do?
Would you wanna do?
Would you wanna do
Anything that you want?
Uh uh uh uh uh uh
I?m yours
Your mine
She could read my ...
I am made of Sopwith Camel
Sherman PT-17, sixty and cloudy, I go slow
Compared to modernity I am a humming bee
Sweater-weather and
Hugs and drugs and movies
But baby ice
Is growing on the wing
Baby ice is growing on the wing
You rolled the dice but
You didn?t know anything
Underneath the oxide
Underneath the oxide
It?s all the same song
I am made of no newspapers
When the V-1 buzzing stopped
O...
stay until
You're sure that i'm asleep
warm safe and very still
give all my things away
just wait until tomorrow
every afternoon i wasted being mad at You
the things i never said
the things i can't say tomorrow
after death i'll think of You somehow
i'll have an eternity to think about tomorrow
i beg of You tomorrow
bury me in sorrow
cover me in joy
If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
We always had time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second, every moment
We've got to make it last
I touch once, I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday
If you leave, I won't...
If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
We always had time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second, every moment
We've got to make it last
I touch once, I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday
If you leave, I won't...
Hey, calling all imaginary friends
Today, don't want no-one
To tell me how it ends
Took breathing for granted
And now I don't know how to breathe
Something that you planted
Just won't get up and leave
Lenny Bruce's bug eyes
Stare from an LP
Asking me just what kind
Of fight I've got in me
I harbored some ambition
To turn it up like that
I already had roadblocks so
Why'd you have to cheat?
I'm ...
I look in the mirror
To see what my hair is doing
Is it kind of skywalker
Or kind of stupid?
But that's not the real
Reason I'm looking
I need a reminder of what I'm doing
I need a reminder that I'm human
In my dreams I love you like
A snowstorm in the night
The windows open wide
Here comes reflected light
We can keep the covers up
We bet it all on luck
But do dreams ever do damage to life?
Wh...
watching terrible tv
it kills all thought
getting spacier than
an astronaut
making out with people
i hardly know or like
i can't believe what i do
late at night
i wanna know what it's like
on the inside of love
i'm standing at the gates
i see the beauty above
only when we get to see
the aerial view
will the patterns show
we'll know what to do
i know the last page so well
i can't read the first...
i'm putting this night down to bed
cause i was sitting at the bar
hoping you're walk in the door
that says killian's red
cause i left you a note that said
come on out and we'll both get
right off of our heads
and float up off the chair
we'll go on vacation tonight
under a sun of neon light
and i almost love this town
when i'm by your side
you woke me from a long sleep
and i'm almost back
close...
pense a moi la prochaine fois que
tu entendra la rumeur des vagues
et si elles te disent que tu m'as fait
que du mal, t'en fais pas
j'suis la pour ca
la mer connait pas le fil du temps
qui nous rapproche et nous separe
vive la maree haute et vive la basse
mais surtout vive la difference
j'suis la pour ca
laisse couler le bateau
oublie tes moeurs
laisse-toi aller et n'ai pas peur
les mecs c'est...
the lover's crime is to think alone
waste your time in another zone
my wicked mind thinks you're on loan
learn the manoeuvres again and again
affection and alienation
keep my footing with some of my friends
while others are changing the station
you want to compete
but I just don't care
throw the match
i'll still be fair
you say you're not reaching out
but I saw your flares
admit you and I are ...
me and you
got nothing better to do
than to push each other around
in our own way
i'm gonna divine it
i'm gonna figure out the cause
why we're both riding up and down
on my emotional flaws
dig a deep shaft
fill it with grass
catch the alien ships
when they're gonna pass
nothing is sacred
but everything's clean
watch the silly humanoids
always stuck in between
everyone's down
lazy and slow
ever...
Meow-meow meow-meow meow meow x4
I am just a kitten,
Hardly fit my mittens
Much too small, i figure,
One day i'll be bigger
One day i'll be a great big kitty cat
Use open windows to go from flat to flat
Meow-meow meow-meow meow meow x4
Meow meow meow meow-meow-meow x2
I am just a kitten
Hardly fit my mittens
Much too small, i figure,
One day i'll be bigger
One day i'll be all grown up and stro...
I wanna know
Do you have the balls to ask?
what do you see when you look at a girl?
Is she a game you wanna win?
If no one wa looking
What would you do to get in?
Do you have friends who would be proud
If you went in for the kill?
Do you have friends who would do it
Even against her will?
What if they did that to your sister?
What if they did that to your mother?
Why are we so slow?
I bet you ...
So quiet
And the ring around the moon
It's neither heaven nor space, it's just high
looks like light and love
Neither of which I get enough of
Down there
Where alot of people lie, In a deep sleep
And months on end go by, in a single week
Down there
But much too slow
The air is running out we're sinking much too low
Can't you see I'm trying so hard to plug up this hole
you can hear ghost trains...
there's no quick fix
you gotta take your licks
strange times long lines
there are no clean cups
you gotta mess it up
to see why you cry
i can't stay home at night
i'm drawn out like a moth to lamplight
come on now
you gotta try it out
you're killing time
you're killing mine
don't go, i'll never know
when you're away, i sleep all day
nothing works and thinking hurts
you belong to me
in my dream...
i didn't do anything today
lazyhead
i didn't do anything today
stay in bed
i'm finally doing what i said i'd never do
i'm doing nothing
i'm doing it for you
and you will admire the ultimate courage
when i throw everything right in the garbage for you
i didn't say anything today
nothing said
i didn't think anything today
emptyhead
i'm finally doing what i said i'd never do
i'm saying nothing
i'...
sit on a train, reading a book
same damn planet every time i look
try to relax and slow my heartbeat
only works when i'm dead asleep
been thinking and drinking all over the town
must be gearing up for some kind of melt-down
all i am is a body floating down-wind
what's wrong?
nothing
are you sure nothing's wrong?
yeah
but you're sad about something
yeah
so tell me what
i don't know
i can't tell...
three important rules for breaking up
don't put off breaking up when you know you want to
prolonging the situation only makes it worse
tell him honestly simply kindly but firmly
don't make a big production
don't make up an elaborate story
this will help you avoid a big tear-jerking scene
if you want to date other people, say so
be prepared for the boy to feel hurt and rejected
even if you've g...
take a look at what's been done
the killing wound is the thousandth cut
a dead turtle on the beach puts my happiness out of reach
sea sun sand self
sea sun sand
psychic caramel dimulants they're good for the undertow
better than a psychotic stimulant
word to your mother you know
but it's a drag you know sometimes
and it drags
sea sun sand self
sea sun sand
we will always be the sea
years will ...
born to hippie parents
given a different name
which he caught much flak for
the world was his oyster
and hollywood the clam
when he grew up
he joined a hippie band
he was directed by gus van zandt
we'd like to think he'd have joined the smartipantz
co-starred with flea and keanu
we didn't know jackie O
she was one of the people that we did not know
nor did we care about her hair
her pillbox ha...
you're just walking round your little mazes figuring out how to get by,
how to get laid and get famous, get yourself paid, impress the guys.
you think you're thinking for yourself
but when you get on the subway's most crowded part just to stand behind a
girl
then you are just a robot, executing a program.
you are just a robot, an imitation of a man
you're taught to divide the world into buddie...
sea knows when
shy of blue getting through
dodging pain from me and you
it's my cave, my last ideal to put the bed out in the hall
we're diving now
we're plotting charts and finding faults
we're making lists down in the vaults
i have no angel to watch me fall
sky of blue and i told you
that i don't know how i should do
i wrote it down, i threw it out
now i find i'm left without
and the sea kno...
Everyone's right and no one is sorry
That's the start and the end of this story
From the sharks and the jets
To the call in the morning
Everyone's right and no one is sorry
That's the start and the end of this story
From the sharks and the jets
To the call in the morning
And life is just bets anyway
Look alive, see these bones
What you are now, we were once
Try as they might, no ones immune to...
don't know what to say
don't know what to talk about
about me and you
harder to get a clue
don't know what to do
I don't know what to think
it's getting harder
even when we're quiet fighting
I always feel time's running out
silent treatment on the street
even when we're silent fighting
still there's no doubt we're going home together
making a scene on the street
I just can't tell the truth
alw...
don't know what to say
don't know what to talk about
don't know what to do
about me and you
I don't know what to think
I always feel time's running out
it's getting harder
harder to get a clue
even when we're quiet fighting
silent treatment on the street
still there's no doubt we're going home together
even when we're silent fighting
making a scene on the street
we'll be under the covers and o...
Step in my shoes, wait 'till you see the big flash now
Glued to the sheets, sleep with the sheep all month long
Easy to please, hard to believe it's a tease
Stuck in a rut, don't give a fuck if we're us
Lie in a haze, hope it's a phase and not hate
You know that I know that you know that I know that you know
I want you to kiss me
I want you to kiss me
I try to open my eyes to the days going by...
Mets-toi ?? ma place, attends tu verras, quel ??clat
Coll?? aux draps, le long du mois, je dors pas
Le sommeil s'??chappe, la brume ??paissit, tout se g??te
Coinc??s au bout, maintenant on s'en fout d'??tre nous
Vautr??s dans le noir, j'??sp??re qu'il nous reste un espoir
Tu sais que je sais que tu sais que je sais que tu sais
Je veux que tu m'embrasses x 8
J'essaye de rester debout
En face de...
step in my shoes, wait till you see the big flash now
glued to the sheets, sleep with the sheep all month long
easy to please, hard to believe it's a tease
stuck in a rut, don't give a fuck if we're us
lie in a haze, hope it's a phase and not hate
you know that i know that you know that i know that you know
i want you to kiss me
i try to open my eyes
to the days going by
but the trash in every...
you see yourself sitting on top so self assured - happy,
but when your parents bail you out you somehow feel not free.
you're bored to tears in school, it's not like what you thought at all.
trouble is not the answer. i know what you want to know:
slow down;
why you wanna move so fast?
why you wanna walk so far?
i think i know what you want.
your father toys with you hoping his evil game will ...
do you remember lying on the ground
and drove outside the city
you were smart and spooky
we rented a car and left our bands
I remember the view
we thought that this was the one
both of our ships had come
when I went away you made me a book
it was the stars and you
full of goodnight letters
I answered each one and we made plans
for when we'd be together
but when we wanted more
and told you I wa...
do you remember lying on the ground
you were smart and spooky
we rented a car and left our bands
and drove outside the city
I remember the view
it was the stars and you
we thought that this was the one
both of our ships had come
when I went away you made me a book
full of goodnight letters
I answered each one and we made plans
for when we'd be together
but when we wanted more
and told you I wa...
stalemate when do i jump out of the cake
stalemate when do we admit it's a fake
stalemate when do we jump out of the cake
i'm the nervous watcher
and i watch
time to turn it on
but i turn it off
70 of the time i watch
useless and over the line
stuck
stalemate
jailbreak
when do we admit it's not safe
it's not safe in a jail
it's not safe in a safe
should have been a wreck
might have been a wrec...
i think i lost some years, sometimes i don't know how
i forget to remember now
you used to tell me things that you were thinking
now we don't even talk, that's what i'm thinking
let's have a day outside for the lonely
they're gonna cry tonight
i've got some stuff in a box, maybe i'll show you sometime
but the box would think that was unwise
some days the view from here, it means nothing
i woke...
there's a way to drive, i see it once in a while
i watch the tail-lights and memorize
i won't be too scared, i won't be too tired
i'm becoming hard-wired
feeling hazy, waking up inertia
i'm having dreams i'm in the wrong picture
am i older than you thought
did you get less than you bought
dan you wanna roast it dan
we're gonna kick it in the head if we can
me i'm just, me i'm just, i never got...
movies like zoos
try another me and i will try another you
or put my arms around you
like i think you want me to
but tell me what you're thinking
i so often misconstrue
treading water treading white wine
seeing borders seeing straight lines
i get these feelings that i don't
have much time
always rushing always late
movies like zoos
i talk to missionaries when they're
standing at my door
they t...
i can see the things she does for me
i'm living in a treehouse
i live in constant fear
awakening must be near
i'm sleeping in a dreamhouse
a tine in the fork in the road is pointing to heaven
but the sky is old
a tine in the fork in the road is pointing at nothing
cause it's all been sold
i live with you
to die in a jamais vu
i love you
but this isn't true
why do i feel bad again?
i shouldn't be sad or miss a grin.
doubt creeps in and doubt creeps out,
skews the view from my cloud.
troublemaker tempting fate,
questioning the path i take,
showing me the twists and turns,
the forks and points of no return.
i would hold my breath so long
to wash ashore where i belong.
broken roses on the steps,
like promises i never kept.
promises i never made
but ...
why do i worry, what do they think?
what is she saying to them?
i can't ignore anything.
you're eating up my world like my every second was haunted.
were you just like this since you were a girl, cause it's all i've ever
wanted.
i'm just like you, peel away the layers two by two.
you're just like me, piling on the pressure three by three.
we're almost done shutting out the voices one by one.
w...
don't push me cause i'll fall in love
with whatever you just said
don't push me cause i'll fall in love
with the way you wear your head
out in the corner
you're glowing white
i want to want you
i need to need you
i'd love to love you
i want to want you
i need to need you
i'm begging to beg you
chorus
i'd like to say good-bye
to a complicated mind
but when i walk and wave
i'm stalked all day
by...
Outside just killing time and making noise
And outside the daylight comes, the daylight goes and weightless
Affairs that weigh less
always make no stairways just stairs, goes no where
Climbing from over stimulated states to hearing
Cold radio and licenses plates but don?t dream,
That is a dream it is what it seems
That is a dream it is what it seems
Behind every desire is another one waiting t...
So we walked and talked
Then we sat and talked
Said it was the truth
But what is your secret?
Dragged it on and on
Even favorite songs but
Your division's wrong
What is your secret?
I don't care about you anymore
The people got tired
I don't care about you anymore
The actress was fired
You said you were yourself
Not being someone else
That this was new for you
But what is your secret?
You said...
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
You try this trick and spin it, your head will collapse
But theres nothing in it, so, you ask yourself
Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind?
Way out in the water, see it swimming
I was swimming in the Caribbean, animals were hiding behind the rock
Except for the fish and it told me, I swear its trying to talk to me
Where is ...
I walk like you guide me, my eyes
Are shut like I'm blind
Turn to you and listening and tryin'
To be in your mind
There's a feeling that I get
When I look to the west
'Bout having all the answers
Still failing the test
Wolf packs and convoys and
Captains and men
Surprised in translation
World without end
Welcome back to real life
The picture is gone
Put a contract out on things that go on and ...
If you were here
Baby we'd increase the dose
There was no fear in my room
When we got close
Call me anytime
You've got a ghost
And you're the only person in the world
I feel that way about
And if you move off to the side
I'll get swept back out
Where it's cold but not that deep
Coz your legs grow
There's a light that rises up
From the bottom of the lake
And its beam has hit me hard
Now I'm wid...
i'm going from strange to stranger
every year
it's going from strange to stranger
every year
i take it back
you're panicking
i take it back
i just don't know
i really thought i wanted to go
but when you're close
you look through me just like a ghost
i like sleeping
i'm only safe when i'm dreaming
i need a new heart
this one's hollow always scheming
you wait for summer
and then you wait for win...
chaque ann??e je me sens plus ??trange
qu'est ce que j'ai dit
tu pleures maintenant
qu'est ce que j'ai dit
je peux pas cacher
j'ai vraiment cru vouloir te quitter
mais quand t'es pres
tu saisis toujours toutes mes pens??es
j'aime dormir
je suis content qu'en revant
il me faut un nouveau coeur
le mien est vide
il est trameur
en hiver tu songes a l'??t??
en ??t?? tu songes a l'hiver
mais ou est ...
chaque ann?e je me sens plus ?trange
qu'est ce que j'ai dit
tu pleures maintenant
je peux pas cacher
j'ai vraiment cru vouloir te quitter
mais quand t'es pres
tu saisis toujours toutes mes pens?es
j'aime dormir
je suis content qu'en revant
il me faut un nouveau coeur
le mien est vide
il est trameur
en hiver tu songes a l'?t?
en ?t? tu songes a l'hiver
mais ou est l'eclat ou est le flair
zen br...
Albums
High/Low |
if i fell down a big hole
would you tell
how do you know
it's a deepening well
like the big o
i know it's a bad scene to be whole
it's a bad dream i hope
marie
to feel
they're following me
if i painted a tear
would you figure it out
would it make matters clear
would it shed some doubt
it's been happening for years
it's a roundabout
pull back from the front
there's a bigger gap than you thought...
been trying to be cool ever since high school
cool like the stars and sexy people in bars
the stars will fall they'll line up in the hall
may sound nice, but it's ugly inside
i lost all my pride
taken apart
one more false start
how do you think we're gonna do this time around
you're the queen of sound
been trying to hear something complete
no microtones and no backbeat
stay until
You're sure that i'm asleep
warm safe and very still
give all my things away
just wait until tomorrow
every afternoon i wasted being mad at You
the things i never said
the things i can't say tomorrow
after death i'll think of You somehow
i'll have an eternity to think about tomorrow
i beg of You tomorrow
bury me in sorrow
cover me in joy
three important rules for breaking up
don't put off breaking up when you know you want to
prolonging the situation only makes it worse
tell him honestly simply kindly but firmly
don't make a big production
don't make up an elaborate story
this will help you avoid a big tear-jerking scene
if you want to date other people, say so
be prepared for the boy to feel hurt and rejected
even if you've g...
take a look at what's been done
the killing wound is the thousandth cut
a dead turtle on the beach puts my happiness out of reach
sea sun sand self
sea sun sand
psychic caramel dimulants they're good for the undertow
better than a psychotic stimulant
word to your mother you know
but it's a drag you know sometimes
and it drags
sea sun sand self
sea sun sand
we will always be the sea
years will ...
Step in my shoes, wait 'till you see the big flash now
Glued to the sheets, sleep with the sheep all month long
Easy to please, hard to believe it's a tease
Stuck in a rut, don't give a fuck if we're us
Lie in a haze, hope it's a phase and not hate
You know that I know that you know that I know that you know
I want you to kiss me
I want you to kiss me
I try to open my eyes to the days going by...
stalemate when do i jump out of the cake
stalemate when do we admit it's a fake
stalemate when do we jump out of the cake
i'm the nervous watcher
and i watch
time to turn it on
but i turn it off
70 of the time i watch
useless and over the line
stuck
stalemate
jailbreak
when do we admit it's not safe
it's not safe in a jail
it's not safe in a safe
should have been a wreck
might have been a wrec...
there's a way to drive, i see it once in a while
i watch the tail-lights and memorize
i won't be too scared, i won't be too tired
i'm becoming hard-wired
feeling hazy, waking up inertia
i'm having dreams i'm in the wrong picture
am i older than you thought
did you get less than you bought
dan you wanna roast it dan
we're gonna kick it in the head if we can
me i'm just, me i'm just, i never got...
i'm going from strange to stranger
every year
it's going from strange to stranger
every year
i take it back
you're panicking
i take it back
i just don't know
i really thought i wanted to go
but when you're close
you look through me just like a ghost
i like sleeping
i'm only safe when i'm dreaming
i need a new heart
this one's hollow always scheming
you wait for summer
and then you wait for win...
|
Karmic |
everybody lies
everybody lies
everybody all the time
i lie to go to sleep when all is wrong or right
most of it's not there
everything and everywhere
i lie about you and me too
but it's allright everybody lies
make the wrong right
i didn't do anything today
lazyhead
i didn't do anything today
stay in bed
i'm finally doing what i said i'd never do
i'm doing nothing
i'm doing it for you
and you will admire the ultimate courage
when i throw everything right in the garbage for you
i didn't say anything today
nothing said
i didn't think anything today
emptyhead
i'm finally doing what i said i'd never do
i'm saying nothing
i'...
sea knows when
shy of blue getting through
dodging pain from me and you
it's my cave, my last ideal to put the bed out in the hall
we're diving now
we're plotting charts and finding faults
we're making lists down in the vaults
i have no angel to watch me fall
sky of blue and i told you
that i don't know how i should do
i wrote it down, i threw it out
now i find i'm left without
and the sea kno...
i think i lost some years, sometimes i don't know how
i forget to remember now
you used to tell me things that you were thinking
now we don't even talk, that's what i'm thinking
let's have a day outside for the lonely
they're gonna cry tonight
i've got some stuff in a box, maybe i'll show you sometime
but the box would think that was unwise
some days the view from here, it means nothing
i woke...
i can see the things she does for me
i'm living in a treehouse
i live in constant fear
awakening must be near
i'm sleeping in a dreamhouse
a tine in the fork in the road is pointing to heaven
but the sky is old
a tine in the fork in the road is pointing at nothing
cause it's all been sold
i live with you
to die in a jamais vu
i love you
but this isn't true
|
Let Go |
in blizzard of '77
the cars were just lumps on the snow
and then later
tripping in 7-11
the shelves were stretching out of control
on a plane ride
the more it shakes
the more i have to let go
now the signals
still getting all mixed up
we're always doing damage control
but in the middle of the night i worry
it's blurry even without light
i know i have got a negative edge
that's why i sharpen al...
cats and dogs are coming down
14th street is gonna drown
everyone else rushing round
i've got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio
i've got no time i wanna lose
to people with something to prove
what can you do but let them walk
and make your way down the block
i've got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio
...
left some food wrapped up
in a plastic bag
on the kitchen table
way too long
i sat down to eat
next to the bag
i was too tired
to throw it out
i saw a swarm of fruit flies
i took the bag downstairs
when i came back
they were still there
flying jerky patterns
like snowflakes in the air
i'm sorry you've got nowhere to go
left straight right straight
i can't find a reason
i know i'll keep going b...
i'm just a happy kid
stuck with the heart of a sad punk
drowning in my id
always searching like it's on junk
no matter who i hang out with
i can hear the clack clunk
of the chains that pull the cars up
the roller coaster mountain top so high
when it comes down it shoots back up
straight back to the sky
i gotta laugh and then i'm asleep
and then i walk around and wanna cry
out at night to do th...
do you ever feel like you just landed
on this earth?
see the creatures all do their dances
back and forth
you get restless and then you join them
on the floor
suddenly it's tomorrow
it's not today anymore
you talk to the ceiling every day
the speakers are shaking
why do i hear you okay?
they're playing soul at the wrong speed
it sounds right now
what are you doing to me?
d'you ever feel like w...
watching terrible tv
it kills all thought
getting spacier than
an astronaut
making out with people
i hardly know or like
i can't believe what i do
late at night
i wanna know what it's like
on the inside of love
i'm standing at the gates
i see the beauty above
only when we get to see
the aerial view
will the patterns show
we'll know what to do
i know the last page so well
i can't read the first...
i'm putting this night down to bed
cause i was sitting at the bar
hoping you're walk in the door
that says killian's red
cause i left you a note that said
come on out and we'll both get
right off of our heads
and float up off the chair
we'll go on vacation tonight
under a sun of neon light
and i almost love this town
when i'm by your side
you woke me from a long sleep
and i'm almost back
close...
pense a moi la prochaine fois que
tu entendra la rumeur des vagues
et si elles te disent que tu m'as fait
que du mal, t'en fais pas
j'suis la pour ca
la mer connait pas le fil du temps
qui nous rapproche et nous separe
vive la maree haute et vive la basse
mais surtout vive la difference
j'suis la pour ca
laisse couler le bateau
oublie tes moeurs
laisse-toi aller et n'ai pas peur
les mecs c'est...
So quiet
And the ring around the moon
It's neither heaven nor space, it's just high
looks like light and love
Neither of which I get enough of
Down there
Where alot of people lie, In a deep sleep
And months on end go by, in a single week
Down there
But much too slow
The air is running out we're sinking much too low
Can't you see I'm trying so hard to plug up this hole
you can hear ghost trains...
sit on a train, reading a book
same damn planet every time i look
try to relax and slow my heartbeat
only works when i'm dead asleep
been thinking and drinking all over the town
must be gearing up for some kind of melt-down
all i am is a body floating down-wind
what's wrong?
nothing
are you sure nothing's wrong?
yeah
but you're sad about something
yeah
so tell me what
i don't know
i can't tell...
movies like zoos
try another me and i will try another you
or put my arms around you
like i think you want me to
but tell me what you're thinking
i so often misconstrue
treading water treading white wine
seeing borders seeing straight lines
i get these feelings that i don't
have much time
always rushing always late
movies like zoos
i talk to missionaries when they're
standing at my door
they t...
don't push me cause i'll fall in love
with whatever you just said
don't push me cause i'll fall in love
with the way you wear your head
out in the corner
you're glowing white
i want to want you
i need to need you
i'd love to love you
i want to want you
i need to need you
i'm begging to beg you
chorus
i'd like to say good-bye
to a complicated mind
but when i walk and wave
i'm stalked all day
by...
|
Lucky |
And so we meet and there are sparks,
Its gold it's new and free from sharks,
Your house is big it seems so clean,
Your cleaning lady comes and we're discreet.
Are you lightning?
'Cause I'm waiting.
What's the timing?
I'm not playing.
And so I act like I'm 21,
Wide eyed and drifting unto sun,
Pay back is here my legs are numb,
I'm back, it's square one feeling dumb.
The sweet things,
When do th...
Leave me alone, and there'll be
No one to get hurt
Nobody move and there'll be
Nothin' to disturb
The sum of it all is that you
Don't know where to turn
Despite all your promises you
Don't keep what you learn
Beautiful beat get me out of this mess
Beautiful beat lift me up from distress
Sometimes all i want is another
Drink or another pill
If i could get anything done
Maybe I'd hold still
I'm ...
The shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'round
The shutter clicked, but the film did not go 'round
I touch these strings, but cannot touch the sound
Take a train to a bus, and then into the air
Take a train to a bus, and then into the air
If I had wings, I'd follow you up there
Girl you know I hate to see you go
I hate to see you go
But the sunlight follows you right down the road
Just th...
The fox, the fox
Lied
Eyes under my prize
The fox, the fox
Lied
Fox eyes under my prize
We're in a different war
With ourselves, and with some of you
So many things that don't hold true
With the fear that dims our light
With the barnacles on our right
On the grass, beachy head
On the cliff to which you've been lead
The curve of the hill is green and soft
As if the wind would hold you aloft
Its...
Here comes the hot feeling again
When i hear his name
I clearly have no control
Can't help wondering
If herein gone like a wave
I forget but then, start rememberin'
The devil in my mind, why can't he go home
Are we on our way
I do not want to be in this song
So while the summer rats and their hats high
Where is the wind
Why does it feel still again
Can't think along these lines
I'm gonna live ...
Look around, what a mess
Anybody's guess
Here goes something
Yeah here goes something
Now change programs
Here goes something
Gravity's, big success
No one's taken off yet
Changing speeds, What a ride
Stir up your insides
Your majesty
Your majesty
Your majesty
Where we mean
Chasing light, dawn to bed
It came to me instead
Chasing light, dawn to bed
It came to me instead
Emergency above
Put on your hard hats and invisible gloves
What's going on?
I was on the wagon, I thought I was done
You have to watch out
When one falls in another can't get out
You say that I like what you say
I like what you say
You say that I like what you say
I like what you say
They say I have to have somebody
They say you have to be someones
They say if you're not lonely alone
Boy, ther...
I wanna take you home
See your books and your shoes
Stay up all night
Drink a bottle or two
Would you wanna do
Anything that you want?
Uh uh uh uh uh uh
Come over my way
Give me the tie a day
Of course you?re brighter than the sun
Can I be you?re only one?
Would you wanna do?
Would you wanna do?
Would you wanna do
Anything that you want?
Uh uh uh uh uh uh
I?m yours
Your mine
She could read my ...
I am made of Sopwith Camel
Sherman PT-17, sixty and cloudy, I go slow
Compared to modernity I am a humming bee
Sweater-weather and
Hugs and drugs and movies
But baby ice
Is growing on the wing
Baby ice is growing on the wing
You rolled the dice but
You didn?t know anything
Underneath the oxide
Underneath the oxide
It?s all the same song
I am made of no newspapers
When the V-1 buzzing stopped
O...
Everyone's right and no one is sorry
That's the start and the end of this story
From the sharks and the jets
To the call in the morning
Everyone's right and no one is sorry
That's the start and the end of this story
From the sharks and the jets
To the call in the morning
And life is just bets anyway
Look alive, see these bones
What you are now, we were once
Try as they might, no ones immune to...
Outside just killing time and making noise
And outside the daylight comes, the daylight goes and weightless
Affairs that weigh less
always make no stairways just stairs, goes no where
Climbing from over stimulated states to hearing
Cold radio and licenses plates but don?t dream,
That is a dream it is what it seems
That is a dream it is what it seems
Behind every desire is another one waiting t...
I walk like you guide me, my eyes
Are shut like I'm blind
Turn to you and listening and tryin'
To be in your mind
There's a feeling that I get
When I look to the west
'Bout having all the answers
Still failing the test
Wolf packs and convoys and
Captains and men
Surprised in translation
World without end
Welcome back to real life
The picture is gone
Put a contract out on things that go on and ...
|
North 6th Street |
You made me feel like i'm ok, i could be happy
turn off feeling pretty, dressing up dressing down.
now i can sit, not run away stupidly laughing
wipe out all self-pity, it's slowing me down
i walk around the city out of my way, looking for something
i've got all that i need to save my day, so why'm i running?
you said i should get professional help, it always makes me cry.
i know i'm just an a...
if i fell down a big hole
would you tell
how do you know
it's a deepening well
like the big o
i know it's a bad scene to be whole
it's a bad dream i hope
marie
to feel
they're following me
if i painted a tear
would you figure it out
would it make matters clear
would it shed some doubt
it's been happening for years
it's a roundabout
pull back from the front
there's a bigger gap than you thought...
my coat, leave behind my coat and my belt,
leave behind my coat and all that,
i don't want it back...
it's called undertown and it's over that way.
some people leave in the morning,
some people when they go to bed.
inside, it's been rotting for a long time now,
ever since i found out
i'm not to blame if i get left out.
my coat, leave behind the looks, magazines and books.
don't want it back.
w...
stay until
You're sure that i'm asleep
warm safe and very still
give all my things away
just wait until tomorrow
every afternoon i wasted being mad at You
the things i never said
the things i can't say tomorrow
after death i'll think of You somehow
i'll have an eternity to think about tomorrow
i beg of You tomorrow
bury me in sorrow
cover me in joy
the lover's crime is to think alone
waste your time in another zone
my wicked mind thinks you're on loan
learn the manoeuvres again and again
affection and alienation
keep my footing with some of my friends
while others are changing the station
you want to compete
but I just don't care
throw the match
i'll still be fair
you say you're not reaching out
but I saw your flares
admit you and I are ...
me and you
got nothing better to do
than to push each other around
in our own way
i'm gonna divine it
i'm gonna figure out the cause
why we're both riding up and down
on my emotional flaws
dig a deep shaft
fill it with grass
catch the alien ships
when they're gonna pass
nothing is sacred
but everything's clean
watch the silly humanoids
always stuck in between
everyone's down
lazy and slow
ever...
I wanna know
Do you have the balls to ask?
what do you see when you look at a girl?
Is she a game you wanna win?
If no one wa looking
What would you do to get in?
Do you have friends who would be proud
If you went in for the kill?
Do you have friends who would do it
Even against her will?
What if they did that to your sister?
What if they did that to your mother?
Why are we so slow?
I bet you ...
three important rules for breaking up
don't put off breaking up when you know you want to
prolonging the situation only makes it worse
tell him honestly simply kindly but firmly
don't make a big production
don't make up an elaborate story
this will help you avoid a big tear-jerking scene
if you want to date other people, say so
be prepared for the boy to feel hurt and rejected
even if you've g...
take a look at what's been done
the killing wound is the thousandth cut
a dead turtle on the beach puts my happiness out of reach
sea sun sand self
sea sun sand
psychic caramel dimulants they're good for the undertow
better than a psychotic stimulant
word to your mother you know
but it's a drag you know sometimes
and it drags
sea sun sand self
sea sun sand
we will always be the sea
years will ...
born to hippie parents
given a different name
which he caught much flak for
the world was his oyster
and hollywood the clam
when he grew up
he joined a hippie band
he was directed by gus van zandt
we'd like to think he'd have joined the smartipantz
co-starred with flea and keanu
we didn't know jackie O
she was one of the people that we did not know
nor did we care about her hair
her pillbox ha...
you're just walking round your little mazes figuring out how to get by,
how to get laid and get famous, get yourself paid, impress the guys.
you think you're thinking for yourself
but when you get on the subway's most crowded part just to stand behind a
girl
then you are just a robot, executing a program.
you are just a robot, an imitation of a man
you're taught to divide the world into buddie...
don't know what to say
don't know what to talk about
don't know what to do
about me and you
I don't know what to think
I always feel time's running out
it's getting harder
harder to get a clue
even when we're quiet fighting
silent treatment on the street
still there's no doubt we're going home together
even when we're silent fighting
making a scene on the street
we'll be under the covers and o...
step in my shoes, wait till you see the big flash now
glued to the sheets, sleep with the sheep all month long
easy to please, hard to believe it's a tease
stuck in a rut, don't give a fuck if we're us
lie in a haze, hope it's a phase and not hate
you know that i know that you know that i know that you know
i want you to kiss me
i try to open my eyes
to the days going by
but the trash in every...
do you remember lying on the ground
you were smart and spooky
we rented a car and left our bands
and drove outside the city
I remember the view
it was the stars and you
we thought that this was the one
both of our ships had come
when I went away you made me a book
full of goodnight letters
I answered each one and we made plans
for when we'd be together
but when we wanted more
and told you I wa...
there's a way to drive, i see it once in a while
i watch the tail-lights and memorize
i won't be too scared, i won't be too tired
i'm becoming hard-wired
feeling hazy, waking up inertia
i'm having dreams i'm in the wrong picture
am i older than you thought
did you get less than you bought
dan you wanna roast it dan
we're gonna kick it in the head if we can
me i'm just, me i'm just, i never got...
chaque ann?e je me sens plus ?trange
qu'est ce que j'ai dit
tu pleures maintenant
je peux pas cacher
j'ai vraiment cru vouloir te quitter
mais quand t'es pres
tu saisis toujours toutes mes pens?es
j'aime dormir
je suis content qu'en revant
il me faut un nouveau coeur
le mien est vide
il est trameur
en hiver tu songes a l'?t?
en ?t? tu songes a l'hiver
mais ou est l'eclat ou est le flair
zen br...
|
The Proximity Effect |
clusters of people talking secretly to each other.
in a bar you cannot talk openly to anyone you don't already know.
4 year olds, they have got the right idea: they jump the line and hit it
on the nose.
when we sit and we get quiet, then we look and see who's home.
across the way there are 80 windows we can see,
it's christmastime and they all have the same tree.
you tell me the patterns you a...
You made me feel like i'm ok, i could be happy
turn off feeling pretty, dressing up dressing down.
now i can sit, not run away stupidly laughing
wipe out all self-pity, it's slowing me down
i walk around the city out of my way, looking for something
i've got all that i need to save my day, so why'm i running?
you said i should get professional help, it always makes me cry.
i know i'm just an a...
when you walk home from the party
drunk on bacardi and listening
to the voices that lie to you nightly,
make you frightened of everyone,
make you sorry for something.
you go home and spend your life alone with the stereo,
watching the late show; or force yourself
out in the night to meet your generation.
you feel like claymation in fluorescent light.
on our knees, we made it hard to see,
we ma...
i only wanna say things that are pure: now i won't be talking anymore.
i only wanna do things that are true. every time i move i'm hurting you.
i wanna know what is it that you do
to keep from hurting anyone but you?
cause i still say your name when i don't feel right, just like i used to
and if most people fade to gray and black, you'll fade to light blue.
i think too much and then start talk...
my coat, leave behind my coat and my belt,
leave behind my coat and all that,
i don't want it back...
it's called undertown and it's over that way.
some people leave in the morning,
some people when they go to bed.
inside, it's been rotting for a long time now,
ever since i found out
i'm not to blame if i get left out.
my coat, leave behind the looks, magazines and books.
don't want it back.
w...
this time, the win is mine.
my perfect life.
room spin, don't know how to stop, don't know how to start.
firecracker, the one you keep inside.
firecracker, you don't know how to light.
so sink in the tailspin of plans and sleep,
or come and crush me tight,
my favorite high.
here comes the film, PG 13
crackdown.
no net no cage, no first mistake.
hands up who thinks it's now
home base is the bathroom where the lights are bright
it's never too late if you know how
we got our own brand of hyperspace
you cannot change anyone
there is no peace, there's only sun
when you want to go, i know you will
and i can see it all and i'm ok, but i wish there was another way
there's no right and there's no wrong
there's just the balance of the things y...
I wanna know
Do you have the balls to ask?
what do you see when you look at a girl?
Is she a game you wanna win?
If no one wa looking
What would you do to get in?
Do you have friends who would be proud
If you went in for the kill?
Do you have friends who would do it
Even against her will?
What if they did that to your sister?
What if they did that to your mother?
Why are we so slow?
I bet you ...
you're just walking round your little mazes figuring out how to get by,
how to get laid and get famous, get yourself paid, impress the guys.
you think you're thinking for yourself
but when you get on the subway's most crowded part just to stand behind a
girl
then you are just a robot, executing a program.
you are just a robot, an imitation of a man
you're taught to divide the world into buddie...
don't know what to say
don't know what to talk about
about me and you
harder to get a clue
don't know what to do
I don't know what to think
it's getting harder
even when we're quiet fighting
I always feel time's running out
silent treatment on the street
even when we're silent fighting
still there's no doubt we're going home together
making a scene on the street
I just can't tell the truth
alw...
you see yourself sitting on top so self assured - happy,
but when your parents bail you out you somehow feel not free.
you're bored to tears in school, it's not like what you thought at all.
trouble is not the answer. i know what you want to know:
slow down;
why you wanna move so fast?
why you wanna walk so far?
i think i know what you want.
your father toys with you hoping his evil game will ...
do you remember lying on the ground
and drove outside the city
you were smart and spooky
we rented a car and left our bands
I remember the view
we thought that this was the one
both of our ships had come
when I went away you made me a book
it was the stars and you
full of goodnight letters
I answered each one and we made plans
for when we'd be together
but when we wanted more
and told you I wa...
why do i feel bad again?
i shouldn't be sad or miss a grin.
doubt creeps in and doubt creeps out,
skews the view from my cloud.
troublemaker tempting fate,
questioning the path i take,
showing me the twists and turns,
the forks and points of no return.
i would hold my breath so long
to wash ashore where i belong.
broken roses on the steps,
like promises i never kept.
promises i never made
but ...
why do i worry, what do they think?
what is she saying to them?
i can't ignore anything.
you're eating up my world like my every second was haunted.
were you just like this since you were a girl, cause it's all i've ever
wanted.
i'm just like you, peel away the layers two by two.
you're just like me, piling on the pressure three by three.
we're almost done shutting out the voices one by one.
w...
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The Weight Is a Gift |
Do you wake up and lie there
And think it through?
Is the weight of your own life
Too much for you?
But it all is a game
You forgot to play
You did
Woke up an hour after the clock
Remembered the details
And wanted to stop
The stakes in my life
Are going so far up
That my fingers are like
Haven't you had enough
But first I gotta find money
I gotta get lunch
Tell me something funny
Coz I'm crack...
To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love Hate will get you every time
Always love Don't wait til the finish line
Slow demands come 'round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out
But Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Even when you wanna fi...
I was about to change
But you stayed the same
Had pinned against the wall
That we are pre-ordained
If they gave you extra scenes
You'd hit back to main
Disappear by train
Cut my signal chain
Find a stable girl
And fill it up again
You can't foresee intent
When the writer writes all bent
Armies walk inside of me
Armies walk physically
Every day I steal a car
That's how hard it is to
Get away fr...
To hell with it
I'm going to have a party
I had the blankest year
I saw life turn into a tv show
The person I knew
I didn't really know
Time don't move
We're the only ones who do
Bending reason
Coz it's all we hold on to
And now it's lonely
Thank god the band's doing well
But you don't own me
I'd like to return this spell
It's not my size
Your lies are so much bigger
Than my lies
And your ties...
Comes a time when
You can't judge no more
Go out shopping
Can't see the store
I can't believe that
We're really all good
One of us has gone
Where they never should
Comes a time when
You really can't judge
Should go walking
You don't even budge
I can't believe how
Far we have gone
One of us has not come along
Get up and tell the sun
That you don't feel love
How long can you
Keep circling round?...
The world's locked up in your head
You've been pouring it a concrete bed
Your habits ossify
You don't realize you're fried
To find someone you love
You've gotta be someone you love
The reason's somewhere in the din
But it takes years 'til it sinks in
You've used up the easy streets
And you lost your taste for treats
So fried
Stay high if you have to
Do whatever it asks you
You've got another c...
Well I'd snap to attention
If I thought that you knew the way
I'd open my mouth
If I had something smart to say
I bought a stack of books
I didn't read a thing
It's like I'm sitting here
Waiting for birds to sing
Let's do it again
Come on let's do it again
Please let's do it again
The hum of the clock
Is a far-away place
The azalea air holding your face
You're lying down
And the moon is sidewa...
Hey, calling all imaginary friends
Today, don't want no-one
To tell me how it ends
Took breathing for granted
And now I don't know how to breathe
Something that you planted
Just won't get up and leave
Lenny Bruce's bug eyes
Stare from an LP
Asking me just what kind
Of fight I've got in me
I harbored some ambition
To turn it up like that
I already had roadblocks so
Why'd you have to cheat?
I'm ...
I look in the mirror
To see what my hair is doing
Is it kind of skywalker
Or kind of stupid?
But that's not the real
Reason I'm looking
I need a reminder of what I'm doing
I need a reminder that I'm human
In my dreams I love you like
A snowstorm in the night
The windows open wide
Here comes reflected light
We can keep the covers up
We bet it all on luck
But do dreams ever do damage to life?
Wh...
So we walked and talked
Then we sat and talked
Said it was the truth
But what is your secret?
Dragged it on and on
Even favorite songs but
Your division's wrong
What is your secret?
I don't care about you anymore
The people got tired
I don't care about you anymore
The actress was fired
You said you were yourself
Not being someone else
That this was new for you
But what is your secret?
You said...
If you were here
Baby we'd increase the dose
There was no fear in my room
When we got close
Call me anytime
You've got a ghost
And you're the only person in the world
I feel that way about
And if you move off to the side
I'll get swept back out
Where it's cold but not that deep
Coz your legs grow
There's a light that rises up
From the bottom of the lake
And its beam has hit me hard
Now I'm wid...
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