Are You Alright |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Are you alright?
Well, are you alright?
Well, are you alright?
Yeah…
“Are you alright with change?”
She said, standing in the door
This state of affairs has granted us much more
In terms of luxuries we can’t afford
But these are the things that will make our ends meet again
When love means everything
‘Cause we did it ourselves, ourselves
Don’t you want everything?
For yourself
So are you alright now?
Love can be so unrewarding sometimes
So are you alright?
Pain can be so fun sometimes
Are you alright with pain?
Heaven sent and dancing in the form
Of sex that’s best undressed and on the floor
Without this rush this love is just a bore
But these are the things that will make our ends meet again
When love means everything
‘Cause we did it ourselves, ourselves
I know you want everything
For yourself
So are you alright?
Love can be so unrewarding sometimes
And are you alright?
Pain can be so fun sometimes
Are you alright with change?
Are you alright with pain?
Are you alright with loving under cover lover?
To numb the times that we weren’t loving
Or living off eachother’s breath
We bring the pain to realize
It feels good to hurt for someone else
So are you alright?
So are you alright now?
Love can be so unrewarding sometimes
And are you alright?
Pain can be so fun sometimes
Are you alright?
Are you alright?
Are you alright with loving under cover lover?
Alright, yeah
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Are You Listening |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
Our conversation piece for the empty-handed
My life has not worked out the way I’ve planned
Problems have all ended
The answers are all stranded
And the crumbling fortune cookie called my life
I need some space where someone I can hold
Anyone at all
And lock ourselves inside
Things will never change
‘Cause no one has meaning for words for long to fizz
Better be brave
‘Cause no one cares
Are you listening?
Drunk and standing still as another year ends
Green to red to brown to white and brown to green again
Epidemics have demanded all solutions be abandoned
And Hollywood’s fighting for the rights to make the film
And media will all inflate
And critics are sure to hate
And I’m outside waiting in line
Things will never change
‘Cause no one has meaning for words for long to fizz
Better be brave
‘Cause no one cares
Are you listening?
The sun surrounds
Let’s do the drill
I need some space
Where I can shed this skin
And turn my outsides in
And lock myself inside
Things will never change
‘Cause no one has meaning for words for long to fizz
Better be brave
‘Cause no one cares
Are you listening?
Are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you listening?
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Audition |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
So, you’re off in NeverNever Land? Couldn’t wait for Peter Pan?
Wendy, you know it’s never the same when you’re on your own
Now, do you miss me? And think about all the time you could’ve kissed me
But never made a move. Neither did I.
But birthday cards drizzled with crayon
And letters on Valentine’s day just to say hello
Were you too shy to say what I wanted so badly to know?
And by the way, Veruca… do you remember flying to heaven with Toad?
Or staying up late waiting for Godot?
CHORUS
I’m just a friend. I want a larger role.
I’m just a friend. I never told you, though.
I’m just a friend. Cast me in your show.
I wanna take back all the times I never told you
I’ll be there for you.
Take back all the times I couldn’t hold you
I’ll be there for …(you)
The Saturday night premiere for your career
Tell me, are you disillusioned
About all the makeup and what they make you wear?
And did they cut your hair?
And all the lipstick
It’s a little (too) much on your lips
I wanna rub it off with my fingertips
You know they look so much better
When they’re completely bare
CHORUS
When you’re dreaming big tonight
Don’t forget your old life
Sleep easy, baby
Rest easy, baby
You’ve replaced your name with fame
Sleep easy, baby
Rest easy, baby
I wanna win the girl before the name
CHORUS
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Audition |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
So you’re off in never never land
Couldn’t wait for Peter Pan
Wendy, you know it’s never the same when you’re on your own
Do you miss me
And think about all the times you could of kissed me
But never made a move
And neither did I
But birthday cards scribbled in crayon and letters on Valentine’s Day just to say hello
Were you too shy to say what I wanted so badly to know
And by the way Veruca
Do you remember flying to heaven with toad
Or staying up late, waiting for Godot
I’m just a friend
I want a larger role
I’m just a friend
I never told you though
I’m just a friend
Catch me in your show
I wanna take back all the times I never told you
I’ll be there for you
I wanna take back all the times I couldn’t hold you
I’ll be there for you
I wanna take back all the times I should’ve showed you
I’ll be there…
Saturday night premier for your career
Tell me are you disallusioned
About all the makeup and what they make you wear
Did they cut your hair
And all the lipstick…
It’s a little much on your lips
I wanna rub it off with my finger tip
You know they look so much better when they’re completely bare
I’m just a friend
I want a larger role
I’m just a friend
I never told you though
I’m just a friend
Catch me in your show
I wanna take back all the times I never told you
I’ll be there for you
I wanna take back all the times I couldn’t hold you
I’ll be there for you
I wanna take back all the times I should’ve showed you
I’ll be there…
Sleep easy baby
Rest easy baby
You replaced your name with fame
Sleep easy baby
Rest easy baby
I wanna win the girl who came before the name
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Ballad Of Nobodies |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
Real love. Real love
I don’t know what I did, but I think I fucked up
Real love and heaven above
You’ve got to see ‘em to believe ‘em, which I’m not that fond of
CHORUS
I am the king of the gypsies
You are the queen of the fairies
In a story that can’t seem to make up its mind
And they’ll damn us both to hell, but we’ve got plenty of time
Trouble again. I don’t know where to begin
I’ve got an underdog’s life ‘cause I’m too scared to win
Your words are weapons of war
They’d bring a pirate to shore
The way you wield ‘em, woman, has got me
Sinking to the ocean floor, but…
CHORUS
And they’ll damn us both to hell if we don’t give ‘em a sign
Right and wrong.
A ring for a song
They say that life’s too short to have a chapter this long
Now I can’t sleep. Anxiety’s baiting me
Into a stare down with the ceiling, but tonight I’ve got him beat
While you were dreaming…
CHORUS
And they’ll damn us both to hell, and now we’re running out of time
Real love. Real love
I don’t know how we got it, but I don’t want to fuck it up
Real love. The push and the shove
You’re the only one I want, but I’m scared to death of losing ‘cause…
CHORUS
I am the king of the gypsies. You are the queen of the fairies
And the world may someday favor our side
Maybe we’re bound to be just a couple of nobodies
‘til then we’ll damn ‘em all to hell and make up our own storyline
And I don’t give a damn if we ever make up our minds
We can damn ‘em all to hell and make up our own storyline
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Black Canyon |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Old friends
We’re leaving soon
While we were here
We had the best of times
Happiness is a balloon
So we steer it proudly
For the blind side
When the credits roll
And the music ends
We’ll make our way
For Black Canyon
Where all our treasures
Family and friends
Welcome us into
Black Canyon
Children
Don’t look down
Count on the ground
Being there every time
The road is yours
So live your lives
Against the grain
And outside the lines
La La La La La La…
Marching our way for
Black Canyon
Wherever we go
We’ll always know
We chose with our hearts
Open and honest
When the credits roll
And the music ends
We’ll make our way
For Black Canyon
Where all our treasures
Family and friends
Welcome us into
Black Canyon
La La La La La La…
Marching our way for
Black Canyon
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Borderline |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Is it coincidence I’ve lived my life
Within the walls of this fence
And it makes no sense
To innocence to leave
But I can’t stop believing
There’s so much for me to see
And I want to taste it all
So much between you and me
But not for long
Have gun will travel
As my life unravels at the seams
I am packed and I am well-dressed
Have gun will travel
As my life unravels at the seams
Does mother really know best?
‘Cause I’m breathing, breathing in
Deep inside the borderline
The borderline I’ve known
I’m breathing, breathing in
Deep inside the borderline
The borderline I’ve called my home
But now I don’t know
Age eighteen
I am evergreen on a bus
Destination Columbus
And on my headphones
Screams Simon and Garfunkel
Reaching out to me with “America”
America
Here I come, y’all
America
Have gun will travel
As my life unravels at the seams
And now suddenly I’m far away
Have gun will travel
As my life unravels at the seams
I am no longer okay
‘Cause I’m breathing, breathing in
Breathing on the borderline
The borderline I’ve known
I’m breathing, breathing in
Breathing on the borderline
The borderline I call my home, whoa
I call my home
(No, no, no, no, no)
Have gun will travel
As my life unravels at the seams
And where there was darkness overflows with light
So have gun will travel
As my life unravels at the seams
For all of the rights and wrongs
Now I am gone and I’ve never been better in all of my life
‘Cause I’m breathing, breathing in
Way outside the borderline
The borderline I’ve known
I’m breathing, breathing in
Way outside the borderline
The borderline I call my home
I’m breathing, breathing in
Way outside the borderline
The borderline I’ve known
I’m breathing, breathing in
Way outside the borderline
The borderline I call my home
It’s time to go
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Bumpy Ride |
Little America |
Lyrics |
All the roads we will take
They end in the same place
But we will make our own bumps
Along the way
Must have been sick
The day they gave away
All of the answers
‘Cause all I’ve got is excuses
How are we to feel?
Can’t really say…
Caught between
Obligations and choices
Oh, hey…what’s going down?
We can’t live forever
But we still try anyhow
Map of America
Wrapped around my heart
To me, her tangles highways
Look like Heaven
I can’t believe
We’re barely even here
Don’t want to waste
Another second
Oh, hey…what’s going down?
Who’s to say that we
Can’t live forever, anyhow?
Somebody’s gonna take credit
For starting this
And I’m sure I’ll shake hands
With someone at the end
But for right here
Now…in the middle
This time is ours
To have for ourselves
All the roads we will take
They end in the same place
But we will make our own bumps
Along the way
We get to decide
How bumpy we ride
Life’s a bumpy ride
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Cocaine |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
Stay the same. Oh, don’t change a thing
‘Cause this feeling I’ve got, I don’t want it to stop
You’ve got me reeling here
From our breathing
Mine, heavy. Yours, high
There are scars behind these eyes of mine
Wishing your healing would come
So, let go for me
Let your drunken arms swing free
‘Cause I’ve got the wheel and I’m not letting go
CHORUS
You’re like cocaine. I take you in ‘til I go numb
Cocaine. And I’ll never say enough’s enough
Oh, I’m fiending for your attention, my sweet
And if being alone is a disease, then I guess you’re the cure
Honey, we ain’t saints.
Oh, let’s face it, we’re sinners.
And this world ain’t easy on beginners when it comes to love
So, push me
Oh, sometimes I need a shove
‘Cause I’m way too scared to ever let go of your love
CHORUS
You’re like cocaine. I take you in ‘til I go numb
Cocaine. And I’ll never say enough’s enough
Cocaine. You do your best to fuck/ fix me up
Cocaine. Oh, you are my cocaine
And I don’t want to get clean
Girl, I know what that means
That’s something I just can’t take
You call me an addict
But you don’t know what kind of hard habit you are to break
You’re like cocaine
CHORUS
Cocaine. What does not kill us makes us stronger
Cocaine. And we will survive to see the dawn
Cocaine. Just don’t ever leave these arms again
Cocaine. Oh, you are my cocaine
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Color Of One |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
I’m green
I’m envy
Trapped in a little crayon box
And I have seen my ending
If yellow and blue stop shaking hands
This situation I’m in all depends…
Chorus:
If we can blend the brown and red
With the yellow and the white
After all, what are we defending?
If we can blend the brown and red
With the yellow and the white
We might stop this unhappy ending
Now, how long can we bend without breaking?
Can a colored world still make amends?
And as we draw ourselves outside the lines
Making new colors we can’t define
We’ll find it’s too hard choosing sides
Repeat Chorus
Suit yourself
It’s a colored world, where all depends upon the falling stars
And remembering all the scars that haunt us in this life
With color cutting like a knife
Believe
We look the same when we bleed
Shot you down
Do we need to compete?
And as the rainbow falls apart
We want a new start
We all want a new start
Everybody wants a new start
We all want a new start
Repeat Chorus (2x)
Now…
Stop the ending now
As the rainbow falls apart
We all want a new start
We all want a new start
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Cuckoo |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
She was born from fire 23 years ago
And I came from the drama of another
She has got me so completely blwon out this daisy
Pull my better situation
And her music hits me hard
Like a past due erection
And by the way girl
Guess who’s got protection
Oh I’m…
Cuckoo
In my bed
A lovely place for you to rest your head
Girl if you could be any crayon which color would you be
Oh, this small talk’s killing me
you got me…
Cuckoo
On and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on and on and on
You are my love ranger baby
Could you find in your heart to make me…
To make me your Tonto
Oh Juliet
You’ve got me wet tonight
And I am so wet tonight
Oh Juliet
You’ve got me wet
From the love
From the love
In my bed
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Dead Here Anyway |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Another day is here, but not quite
I’m reminded of fear on the phone every night
Hey, baby, anybody ever tell you your bark is worse off than the bite
Then ends don’t bend
They break without the wrong and right
So open up your heart and let it out
Let your mind unwind
We’ll figure it out
So when you open all the doors
And see nothing but arrows pointing towards
A future, tucked behind the clouds
Chorus:
‘Cause when our sun stops shining our way
I guess that it’s time to get out
Get out of this place
‘Cause when our sun stops shining our way
We better turn and run
‘Cause we’re dead and gone
We’re dead here anyway
Dead here anyway
Oh, Kings and queers and souvenirs of city life
The skyline resembles chandeliers and colored Christmas lights
And isn’t it funny that the heart of this city
Has the heart of my life
She said, “Baby, the nightmares don’t have to come every night
So come on and open up your heart and let it out
Make your mind shut up
We’ll figure it out”
So when you open all the doors
And see nothing but arrows pointing towards
A sign saying, “Get out now”
Repeat Chorus
Losing our light
Losing our light
Losing our light
Losing our light
We’d better pack our bags and run
‘Cause I don’t want to lose the sun
Repeat Chorus
I say we turn and run
Turn and run
Chasing after the sun
That shined yesterday
‘Cause we’re dead and gone
We’re dead here anyway
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Decorator |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
In color…
She crept under my skin
And burrowed under my arm
Oh, so out and in
She made a home in my heart
Higher than the sky
Brighter than the sun with her eye for detail
She’s dancing alone…
Oh she diluted my sin
And triggered a love unarmed
Oh, so out and in
She made a home in my heart…
All of my insides on the outside
Pretty to see when it’s all right
In love…
Big sound all around, and everybody wanted to be so…
Big sound all around, and everybody wanted it…
Big sound all around, and everybody wanted to be so…
Big sound all around, and eveybody wanted the top to fall…
Oh she crept under my skin
And burrowed under my arm
Oh, so out and in
She made a home in my heart
All of my insides on the outside
Pretty to see when it’s all I’ve got
To believe in me and everything
In the way you move in my mind
Collecting the sunlight
It’s easy to see when it’s all right
…In love
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Dinosaur |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
We are alive, but we are not all well
The world’s a big balloon
We are survived by our wreckage, and it will tell all
“Kids, what a mess you made while we were gone.”
We kill ourselves just to pass the time
We blow out our minds to unwind
And we leave everything for our legacy behind
CHORUS
We gotta give
Give it up
If that ain’t enough
Well, we’ll use love to make up the difference
I hear the roar of the dinosaur
Saying “Gotta get back on track”
And Father Time says on Mother Nature’s behalf
“It breaks your Daddy’s heart to watch you break your Mama’s back”
We kill ourselves just to pass the time
We smoke out our lungs to unwind
And we leave everything for our legacy behind
CHORUS
It’s gotta make a difference
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Don’t Lose Faith In Me Now |
Little America |
Lyrics |
It’s a curse to have choices
More than we’ve ever had
Life’s just a fairytale gone bad
When love grazes your fingers
But don’t end in your hands
It’s a feeling that just makes me mad
And the Fear
Has got me all wound up again
And the feeling that this is running out
Don’t you lose faith in me now
It’s been years we’ve been running
But we’re gaining on ‘em now
Don’t you lose faith in me now
I can’t believe it. Been at it so long
Hey now, that’s nobody’s fault
When we look in the mirror
Do we see us at all?
Can we recognize ourselves at all?
And the tears
Have got me all wound up again
And the feeling that this is running out
Don’t you lose faith in me now
It’s been years we’ve been running
But we’re gaining on ‘em now
Don’t you lose faith in me now
The weight of the world
I started feeling
And that time was
Running out
Don’t you lose faith in me now
It’s been years we’ve been running
But we’re gaining on ‘em now
Don’t you lose faith in me now
It’s been years we’ve been running
But we’re gaining on ‘em now
Don’t you lose faith in me now
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Don’t Wanna Hear It |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
I haven’t seen the sun in days
Man, it’s getting to me
Well that’s our industry
I lost my happy thoughts
Caught up in a tree
Flying’s harder for me now
And kiss my ass you dream
I hope you’re hearing me
No one’s bet on you quite like I did
It’s taken everything I’ve got
To keep myself on the road
I don’t wanna drive no more
I am a stubborn bull
I am a caveman
A cheap tattoo
Gone from black to blue
So I don’t wanna hear it from you
Never gonna be a spaceman
Sitting on my tin can
Never come back
I spend my afternoons
Making masterpieces
People would later understand
Well damn you wishing well
You should’ve told me
I bought dreams you wouldn’t sell
It’s taken everything I’ve god
To keep my hands from my face
I don’t wanna cry no more
I found dangers in
Acting out
Dreams never meant
To be carried out
Oh, but I am the stubborn bull
Yeah, I am a caveman
A cheap tattoo
Fading from black to blue
So I don’t wanna hear it from you
‘Cause I’m always red, wanting
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Drawing Board |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Omelets require eggs
To be broken
Songs require words
To be spoken
Ghosts require the dead
To awaken. And…
Success requires one of us
Bring home the bacon
Shall I open my heart
‘Til an audience appears
And let them tear it all apart?
Or shall I open my heart
To the girl and let her
Tear it all to hell
We’ll say, ”Oh, well”
Wring our hands
And start over again
Heroes require damsels
In distress
A kiss requires lips
No more, no less
Love requires worlds
To be shaken. And…
Success requires that I must
Bring home the bacon
Shall I open my heart
‘Til an audience appears
And let them tear it all apart?
Or shall I open my heart
To the girl and let her
Tear it all to hell
We’ll say, ”Oh, well”
Wring our hands
And start over again
If there’s time left on the clock
I promise I will knock
On your door again
Or it’s back to the board Again
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Dumb Love |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Hey! You’ve got me crushed
So you say that you love me?
Well then…
Show me with your arms
How much?
But don’t touch…
You smother like no other
And it takes time to win my trust
You’re too much.
Cupid might be stupid
If he paired the two of us up
We’re dumb love…
But I’ll be waiting
“You” and “I” and “Love”
Are words we never
Ever seem to use
Enough of together
Hey! It’s got me down
That Queens need Kings
And you only look at me
Like a clown
Slow down…
I can’t keep up with the way
You’re running around
Head in the clouds…
Feeling like I’m floating
‘Til you knock my heart
To the ground
I’m dumb found…
But I’ll be waiting
“You” and “I” and “Love”
Are words we never
Ever seem to use
Enough of together
We can do this…
Go prove them all wrong
It doesn’t take a genius…
To know that we belong
It’s true. I love you
I don’t care what you say
It’s just the way I feel about you
I love you…
And I’ll be waiting
For you
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Fallen |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
I’ve fallen
In every little thing that’s happened
I’ve fallen down
Forgive me
For every little thing that’s happened
Forgive me now
Oh, she’s a fallen angel from the sky
Caught along the way and I’m all…
In every little thing that’s happened, ooh
I’ve fallen
For every little wicked romance
I’ve fallen down
Forgive me
For letting there be second chances
Forgive me now
Oh, she’s a fallen angel from the sky
I wish you would fly for the sake of my gun shot you down
You’re the only one
And you’ll be alright
It’ll be alright
I wish you would fly for the sake of my gun shot you down
You’re the only one
And you’ll be alright
It’ll be alright
It’ll be alright
It’ll be alright
I wanna see
I’ve fallen
In every little thing that’s happened
I’ve fallen down
Forgive me
For every little thing that’s happened
Forgive me now
I’ve fallen
In every little thing that’s happened
I’ve fallen down
I’ve fallen down
I’ve fallen down
I’ve fallen down
I’ve fallen down
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Finger In The Air |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
Go away, I’m in too truthful a mood to talk
Lines on the map tangled up when my heart gets lost
Cut me down to size
Cut me down to size
I believe
Cut me down
Everybody said, “It ain’t gonna be easy”
Nobody said, “Kid, it’s gonna get hard”
Heaven’s a place for only those who pay their bills on time
And fate has a way of turning innocence into a crime
Cut me down to size
Cut me down to size
I believe
Cut me down
Everybody said, “It ain’t gonna be easy”
Nobody said, “Kid, it’s gonna get hard”
Well they say, “Give up and go back where you belong
Dreaming’s for the dead, the road is too long”
Middle finger in the air, I’m still here
Egging them on
The road’s paved the same way for sinners and saints
I believe
Beginners test the waters and suffer the fates
You don’t know what I’ve seen
You don’t know what I’ve seen
You don’t know this is what I’ve always wanted.
Everybody said, “It ain’t gonna be easy”
Nobody said, “Kid, it’s gonna get hard”
Well they say, “Give up and go back where you belong
Dreaming’s for the dead, kid, the road is too long”
Middle finger in the air, I’m still here
Egging them on
With a finger in the air
Egging them on
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Ginger (Sweet Love) |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
I’m falling into dangerous trends
Is that an invitation
A subtle move from her hand to my heart
And she is clutching*
Sweet love
For the beautiful one
But I am unaware
She never gave me her heart
She never gave me her heart
In this world where we stand to fall apart
She never gave me her heart
Oh now just*just go away
But she slips in
Like a stormy afternoon daydream
Softly blowing me away
So*
Can you guarantee to me
The lowest price to be found
For a woman*
For a love in a world where we are built to be broken
And can you guarantee to me
That what is soft and without sound
Will grow to be heard in a world where all that’s love is
Harsh and spoken
Everybody wanted to be so crazy
Everybody wanted to be so high
In a world where we stand governed by the 9 to 5
Everybody wanted to be with my lady
Everybody wanted to touch her thigh
But the Barbie Doll can’t stand for me and mine
Oh, no*
Here she goes again
She did that funny thing with her lip
And I am lost in it again
Oh, no*
She’s biting
Oh, now just*just go away
I’m lost
In her current and my own
Inability to pay, so*
What a time to be alive*
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Glass House |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
I will never leave you
You have become so much a part of me
My patchwork memory
We are now both cloth and seam
I will be your dumb dog
And you will be my fat cat
Under the same roof
Always on attack
In our jungle habitat
Animal hearts
Wild minds
We are human beings
Wild minds
We are human beings
We’re all these things
All these beasts
The great lion and the church mouse
Living together inside our glass house
The great lion and the church mouse
Living together inside our glass house
We are the lion and the church mouse
Living…
Inside our glass house
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Goodbye To The Playground |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
A wall of frames with no pictures in ’em
It’s a sunny day
In a rainy city
I am shameless
Without forgiveness
And sinking like a stone
I was in an ocean once
And life ever since
Feels like a coffee cup
I can’t remember
I can’t remember
Where I got lost along the way
And memory lay
Became the wreckage on my modern highway
Wait, something special was lost
Friendships and magazines
They’re the same to me
Both leafed through then tossed away
Into a pile
Climbing higher and higher
Until we’re both out of date
And memory lay
Is now the wreckage on my modern highway
Wait, something special was lost along the way
Everything I’ve learned
Never told me
The applications of
Experience
We’ve all got something to hide
It’s alright
We’ve all got something to hide
It’s alright
We’ve all got something to hide
It’s alright
We’ve all got something to hide
Oh, life is a merry-go-round
I think it’s better to never be found out
One day everyone says goodbye to the playground
Life is a merry-go-round
And I feel the day when all the kids find out
One day everyone says goodbye
Everyone says goodbye
Everyone says goodbye
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Gravity |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
Explore your unknown
Into the dark we roll
Float upon your landscape
A million miles from home
Rocket ready to crash and burn for you
Rocket ready to crash and burn for you
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you
You eclipse me with your face
I give up the ground to match your grace
And I would vandalize outer space
Remake constellations to spell our names
Like when we used to carve our names in the bark
Or write upon the windshield fog in the car
Sign autographs with sparklers in the dark
We’ll make graffiti out of stars
Rocket ready to crash and burn for you
Rocket ready to crash and burn for you
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you
If it wasn’t for gravity, we’d be gone
If it wasn’t for gravity, we’d be gone
If it wasn’t for gravity, we’d be gone for good
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you
Oh, I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman
I would be a spaceman for you
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Hallelujah |
Little America |
Lyrics |
We’re lost. I’m sure of it…
But I know the sun
Will rise again
So we will rise with it
And try again
To make our way home
How? I don’t know…
But we’ll carry the hope
And follow this rope
Outside of our frames…
Into a picture that looks
Bright and green
And we’ll know what
All of the Angels mean
By Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
We’re lost. I’m sure of it…
Where we are going
There’s no turning back
We march onward
Toward the black
Remember the first time?
It was so familiar
We shut our eyes in the dark
To feel the shapes of our hearts
Soft and still
Listening to Jeff Buckley croon
The Leonard Cohen tune
“Hallelujah”
Hallelujah Hallelujah
We’re lost. I’m sure of it…
And I don’t know that
We’ll ever be found
So we will roam
From town to town
To make our way home
How? I don’t know
The signs will say
“Help is on the way”
Just keep going…
Into a picture that looks
Bright and green
Where all the words
On the billboards read
“Hallelujah”
Hallelujah
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Hearts Collide |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
Have you ever been blue?
Afraid to see what’s right in front of
Well, you know
It seems to be easier
To give it all up and out
It seems my dreams need means that I am without
My Botticelli ballerina
Which do you prefer?
The violet or the rose
And if I had the fruits of a laboring pirate’s dream
Which would you rather?
Silver or gold
Chorus:
When hearts collide like fireflies lost in the shooting star shower
I will chase the sunset west to keep the day alive one more hour
But I’m eaten alive by the butterflies
And the petals of daisies as I
Pace beneath the hair hanging from Rapunzel’s tower
From her tower
From…oh, oh
Forgive me if I’m blue
But love does funny things to a man sometimes
We work off of one heart instead of two
Packing the other away for a rainy day
In case love stops feeling brand new
My Botticelli ballerina
Dancing in the dark
How do you move the way you do?
What a beautiful curse and wicked bliss
To be confined to one heart in a world where
It’s impossible to know love without two
When hearts collide like fireflies lost in the shooting star shower
I will chase the sunset west to keep the day alive one more hour
But I’m eaten alive by the butterflies
And the petals of daisies as I
Pace beneath the hair hanging from Rapunzel’s tower
From her tower
From her tower
From her tower
When hearts collide like fireflies lost in the shooting star shower
I will chase the sunset west to keep the day alive one more hour
But I’m eaten alive by the butterflies
And the petals of daisies as I
Pace beneath the hair hanging from Rapunzel’s tower
From her tower
From her tower
From her tower
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Hello |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Hello
Ice comes to mind
When I think about your heart
And I think about the way you steal away my emotions
And I’d like to make it clear to say
Hello
Too late for tomorrow
Yesterday’s gone
Where’s today
Life seems to be surrounded in this sorrow
Can’t we bring it back just one more day
Hello
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Running through your mind
Can you feel it, can you feel it
Running through your mind
And now
You’re truely free
And now
You’re truely free
And now
You’re truely free
And now
You’re truel free
Where the stars give their regards
It is there
It is there
It is there
That I love you
Hello
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Hendrix Is Dead |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
Hendrix is dead, but I think he’s hiding out with Jim Morrison
As the ghosts of the radio question the faith in my head
Janis come quickly
You’re missing the real thing
(Janis why don’t you come home?)
Maybe we’re making your halo from smoke rings
(Maybe we’re making them)
We know
I…
I wanna know
At twenty-seven do legends die?
I…
I wanna know
After I break through the other side
Cobain is dead, gunshot wound straight to the head
And now his colors have bled to make the sky sweet cherry red
Janis come quickly
You’re missing the real thing
(Janis why don’t you come home?)
Maybe we’re making your halo from smoke rings
(Maybe we’re making them)
We know
We know
I…
I wanna know
At twenty-seven do legends die?
I…
I wanna know
After I break through the other side
I…
I wanna know
How many out there are really there?
We take all their horns with their wings
Legends once…were living things
We know
I…
I wanna know
At twenty-seven do legends die?
I…
I wanna know
After I break through the other side
I…
I wanna know
How many of you out there are high?
I…
I wanna know
How many of you are really there?
We know
We know
We know
We know
We know, yeah, yeah
We know, yeah, yeah
We know, yeah, yeah
I Don’t Mind
In My Bed
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High And Dry |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
I dreamed my heart was a hot air balloon
With the seams always coming loose
So when the cold wind of life begins
To hit my skin…I wake up shaking
Weekends in the city
We all roam like a pack of wolves
Getting drunk on blood
In the vampire club
‘Cause we all want to be never ending
We’ve got an easy way out
There’s an easy easy easy way out
I want to stand on my own two feet again
I want to know the feeling
I want to stand on my own two feet again
And when I mess up
When I mess up
That’s when I hope my friends will pick me up
I’ve got a lamp post God
Out on the corner of…who gives a shit
Where we hang beneath
Smoking
Shouting is anybody out there
We’ve got an easy way out
There’s an easy easy easy way out
I want to stand on my own two feet again
I want to know the feeling
I want to stand on my own two feet again
And when I fuck up
When I fuck up
That’s when I hope my friends will pick me up
C’mon and pick me up
Don’t leave me high and dry
Don’t leave me high and dry
Don’t leave me high and dry
Don’t leave me high and dry
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Hitchhiker’s Lullaby |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
Three more days and counting
‘Til we get back to the road
Radar Hill sent us a message
A long time ago
Never forget the way the sun
Goes down in Ohio
Those were the days
That got the ball rolling
But the ball had to roll
Someone somewhere will remember us
The years we got lost
When the world needed us
Heads in the clouds
Hearts sworn to never rust
Thumbs to the road
And the rest was dust
We crossed a great wide ocean of grain
Chasing sunsets made of gold
I thought for sure the Badlands
Would break us but they sent us
Down the road
Rocky Mountain welcome wagon
Got us so high our roots
Nearly took hold
Yeah, we had a ball out in Colorado
But the ball had to roll
Someone somewhere will remember us
The years we got lost
When the world needed us
Heads in the clouds
Hearts sworn to never rust
Thumbs to the road
And the rest was dust
Ooh..
Made it to the coast with nothing to boast
But worn and weary bones
I always dreamt they’d roll the red carpet
Out for us old rolling stones
Chased the sunset to Santa Monica beach
And felt the sand between our toes
California’s so beautiful we balled
When the ball had to roll
Ahh…
Heads in the clouds
Hearts sworn to never rust
Thumbs to the roads
And the rest was dust
Someone somewhere will remember us
The years we got lost
When the world needed us
Heads in the clouds
Hearts sworn to never rust
Thumbs to the road
And the rest was dust
Thumbs to the road
And we’re gone with the dust
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Hope On A Rope |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
The dream’s a whale
And I am Ahab
I am the captain of this rusty bucket ship
I left my home
In search of big gold
I promised my family that I’d break the mold
So I set sail for the land of greener grass
But so much time has passed
I forgot what I was looking for
CHORUS
Hope on a rope.
The butt of a bad joke.
Push yourself to the limit, kid
That-a-boy, way to go
Compass is broke
It gives me no direction
It reads like a riddle
Gotta see through the smoke
“Stay the course” folks will all say
From port to port, but they never know the way
Deliver me Lord, some kind of answer
This dream’s a cancer, and I can’t paddle no more
CHORUS
Anchor down. I breathe in.
‘Cause we’ve got hope
We won’t be sinking
CHORUS
There’s no end to this road.
Our hope like a carrot on a rope
Always off in the distance
Thar she blows
Our hope like a carrot on a rope
Just out of reach
Thar she blows
Breathing in and out
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Hotel Oblivion |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Spinning my reels, dreaming Living in between the frames
Mining for my fortune
And fame
While my Clementine
Keeps waiting
Another world away
I can hear her out in Oblivion Call my name
Holding down
Home sweet home
Home. Sweet. Home.
You and me
Me and you
Oh, I guess we’re all we got
I know that we’re not
What you envisioned
We may never meet
The expectations
We gave ourselves
From the start
But just like the constellations Outshine their stars
We are worth so much more Together than we are apart
Dark days are here now, Baby So sing me a song
Sing it out
So I can find where I belong
And may we be
Each other’s waves?
While we sail
Our separate seas?
‘Cause I want to rock you
The way you rock me
We’ve got our differences
And then some
Our differences
And then some
You and I are so alike
Different skin
With the same bones
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Home sweet home
Home. Sweet. Home.
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I’ve Got A Feeling It Hurts |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
Lay your heavy head upon my shoulder
And beg your blue bird to sing
You’ve got to drown out
the sound of your heart
The more you love, you know
The more it stings
‘Cause I’ve got a feeling it hurts you, baby
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts you, baby
I’ve got a feeling it hurts me worse
Come on let your guard down just for a night
I want to see some of your past lives
But you won’t let your heart be taken apart
Are you afraid of what I’m going to find?
‘Cause I’ve got a feeling it hurts you, baby
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts you, baby
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
me worse
Oh…
Baby, let your guard down
Baby, let your guard down
Baby, let your guard down
Haunted by the ghosts
hiding out in your heart
You can’t see ’em
But you hear ’em pound
Whispering should you stay
Or should you go
Does it frighten you to hear the sound?
‘Cause I’ve got a feeling it hurts you, baby
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts you, baby
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
me worse
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
I’ve got a feeling it hurts
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In The Lasso |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Well I have regret and bad ideas
Along with my goals and all my dreams of things around my head
Yes I am the center of my everything
And I am reminded of how life
Such a maze of upside down escapade
As I wave to the future that pays its way
Hold me up like a hurricane
And I have my very own mountain range of mistakes in the brain
A headache today
And a trigger for all that pain come tomorrow
And I have some dreams that might seem strange
Better up on the inside
They’re to mellow the pain
Like an a asprin for the sorrow
But it seems no matter how many times
Opportunity knocks or drops a line
I find myself with the enemy
Unavoidably detained
A day late
Everyday
Well I have
Neglected all my fears along with my family and careers for my goals
Am I an asshole
Yes I am
And I live in denial about how people aren’t what they seem in life’s masquerade
As I smile to the faces that change their shape
Yep, like a hurricane
And I have my very own carousel of heartache I’dl ike to sell
But these days…
Buyers are only looking to borrow
And I have some visions 100% freshly squeezed, deranged
Ready to microwave into action for tomorrow
But it seems no matter how many times
Opportunity knocks or drops a line
Well I find myself with the enemy
Unavoidably detained
So it seems whenever lady luck’s on my side
Fate throws me a reason without a rhyme
And I find myself standing here again
Unavoidably detained
And it seems no matter how many times
Opportunity knocks or drops a line
I find myself with the enemy
Unavoidable lady
Yeah, you
Kiss me tender
Future surrender
You’re soul to me tonight
Cause I am mostly coasting
While overdosing on anxiety from your vibe
And I am breaking you down as you crumble
And I am breaking you down, come on crumble
And I am taking you down bitch
Fall to the ground
And I’m ready to take your crown
Oh, not again
So it seems no matter how many times
Opportunity knocks or drops a line
I find myself with the enemy
Unavoidably
So it seems whenever lady luck’s on my side
Fate throws me a reason without a rhyme
I find myself standing here again
Unavoidably detained, detained
Let me go, let me go, let me go, let me go
Wanna catch that wave
Gonna catch that wave
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It’s All Happening |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Wake up. Wake up
In a paper cup world
We’re different people for now
But we made it home
Make up. Make up
Your mind, Miss Trouble
Do we pick up where we left off Last year?
Oh, we’re all on our way
Back home
On our way back home
It’s all happening
It’s all happening now
So, we’ll get over
That we can’t turn around
It’s all happening
It’s all happening now
So, we’ll get over
That we can’t turn around
Wake up. Wake up
In this plastic bubble
Running drunk through
All of the neighbors’ backyards
Stay up. Stay up
We’re solving a puzzle
We started back
As teenagers in love
And we laugh all the way
Back home
All the way back home
It’s all happening
It’s all happening now
So, we’ll get over
That we can’t turn around
It’s all happening
It’s all happening now
So, we’ll get over
That we can’t turn around
We know where we belong
We’ve been hurting for so long
The healing is coming
The healing
It’s all happening
It’s all happening. It’s all happening now
So, we’ll get over that we can’t turn around
It’s all happening. It’s all happening now
So, we’ll get over that we can’t turn around
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Juliet (She Is Sleeping) |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
A dreamy spoon
And a pink eyed sun
Make sense of this kiss
Dressed in morning breath
Never before tolerated
Before this crush
And a mob of mutinous magazine models
Matched with the whirlings of dervishes harmonize
In a delicate divide
To make a head of hair to crown love
She is lying here before me sleeping
Hit the deck
‘Cause I’m comin’ in
And you can bet I’m swinging
Fairy tales
And old friends yesterday kept unite
Night after night
To make a gallery of ghosts to guard her from this crush
And a mob of mutinous magazine models
Matched with the whirlings of dervishes harmonize
In a delicate divide
To make a head of hair to crown love
She is lying here before me sleeping
In her garden of bad dream’s flowers
She can’t help herself from watering
Lying here before me sleeping
Hit the deck
‘Cause I’m comin’ in
And you can bet I’m swinging
Hit the deck
‘Cause I’m comin’ in
And you can bet I’m swinging
And I will drive my Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage
Oh, and I will wash her clean of the germs that cut in my dance
Bring the bathwater
Dodging death
And fate’s bad plans for me again
I will give up the stardom of hell
To be a slave in her own little heaven
I pray
She is lying here before me sleeping
In her garden of bad dream’s flowers
She can’t help herself from watering, yeah, yeah
From watering
From watering
From watering
Oh…
Oh…
Oh…
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Just A Wall |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
I am just a wall
And I see things that no one sees
And nobody talks to me
Crumbling
So many holes to fill
I hope I don’t have a spill again
‘Cause I’m stumbling
Handing me hand-me-downs
Life has trapped me inside this little town
If I could figure out a way to get out
Oh, I would shout it out
If I could figure out a way to get out
Oh, I would shout it out
I am just a wall
And I see things that no one sees
And nobody talks to me
Bumbling
Perfect words don’t come
Can’t get them to roll off of my tongue
So I’m fumbling
Time puts cracks in my skin
And I feel over before I begin
If I could figure out a way to get out
Oh, I would shout it out
If I could figure out a way to get out
Oh, I’d shout it out
I am just a wall
And I see things that no one sees
And nobody talks to me
I am just a wall
I am just a wall
See things that no one sees
I am just a wall
Nobody talks to me
I am just a wall
And I see things that no one sees
And nobody talks to me
I am just a wall
And I know that I’ll never live
Oh…
If I could figure out how to get out, I would
But I am just a wall
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Keep Love Alive |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Shut up. C’mon, quit it
Get over yourself
You’ve been stoking
Your own fires again
I was wrong
And won’t admit it
What else can I say?
We are monsters
When we don’t get our way
You are an uncontrollable
Inconsolable woman
And I’m a bullheaded
Egomaniacal man
You want to hit me in the face
I want to put you in your place
We hate each other sometimes
I’ve got a feeling
We’ll be fighting
For the rest of our lives
’Cause…
We’ve got the guts
To keep love alive
So, c’mon…
Do you regret it?
Staying here with me?
Burning bridges
And driving down Dixie?
Well, hang on. Don’t quit it
We’re making history
You’re heart and mine
Making World War III
All our words
Scratch like stones
Well, may they never
Break our bones
So, c’mon and hit me in the face
I want to put you in your place
We hate each other sometimes
I’ve got a feeling
We’ll be fighting
For the rest of our lives ’cause…
We’ve got the guts
To keep love alive
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Leaving Behind |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
Don’t try to explain
I’ve been here before
The phone calls and the letters of loved ones
Always prying to and implying that when
The stormy sides of dreams arrive
I’m feeling the consequences
Hit
I’ve tried to escape
I’m drifting from shore
The bough breaks from the weight of loved ones
Who leave us gliding forward and flying out
When the sunny sides of dreams have
Died I’ll feel the consequences
Lift
I’ve tried to explain
But the right words feel wrong
Big mistakes feel the well when the love is gone
And now there is crying and good-bying
No
I’ve had enough I’ve had too much
The feeling strains me
I’ve had too much
This feeling drains me
With so much at stake
I’m leaving behind the shortcuts
To find
The long way home
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Leaving New York |
Little America |
Lyrics |
I’ve got a highway state of mind
And a New York state of love
So many places I have hated
So few have risen above
To keep me baited
Anticipating…
I want you to want me back
I want you to scream my name
I want you to ache like I do
’Cause never before
Was my heart as sore as it was
When I was leaving New York
It’s raining out here in Portland
But I don’t mind
It makes me appreciate the sunshine
And just like the traffic
All across California
You just get used to it
Well, I don’t want to get used to it
I want you to want me back
I want to give the best of me
But this industry keeps stealing me
More than ever before
Was my heart as sore as it was
When I was leaving New York
New York, New York
I don’t want to go
We gotta hold it all in
To see who’s first to give out
This city always outlasts me
So, I’ll be blue
Crawling back for more
’Cause never before
Was my heart as sore as it was
When I was leaving New York
New York, New York
I don’t want to go
New York
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Lily White |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
Oh my God
Your skin is like porcelain
And your breathe
Like cinnamon
I got in to your circle
A long time ago
And I caught all the symptoms
Of your love
It’s taken you your whole life
To find yourself a white knight
But somewhere between
The wrongs and the rights
Our shadows live their own lives
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
On our lily white lives
I’ve got ink to spill all over your heart
The city’s not the same without you
‘Cause somewhere between
The days and the nights
Our shadows live their own lives
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
On our lily white lives
Truth be told
We’re both way too emotional
Truth be told
Some things are better left untold
Honestly
We’re innocent
If anyone’s innocent
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
It’s just a little white…Just a little white lie
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Little America |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Fly over states
Fly on by
From coast to coast
Our secrets will die
In the middle
Of our little
America
We can change
If we’re inclined
That’s the way
That we are designed
Out here in the middle
Of our little
America
But we want to know
How it all ends first
Before we begin
Before we invest
We want to know
Which sides we like best
We wear it like a badge
And a curse
We want to know
How it all ends first
We have a voice so clear
We sing together
So that Heaven may hear
Our songs from the middle
Of our little
America
We all stand in a field
With magic still
At our fingers to wield
There is hope
No matter how little
America
We are a chorus
Without a verse
‘Cause we want to know
How it all ends first
Well, it starts
With a heart
In the middle of
America
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Living Room Castaway |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
Hey, hey
Has anyone seen my wave?
Hey, could it be here beneath all this junk mail?
Opportunity could have come and gone
Television’s been on
In case I don’t hear him knock
I leave the door unlocked
Chorus:
I’ve been watching the world, every channel for days
Stranded with bed sores
I’m a living room castaway
But pretty soon I’m-a-get buff for the summer
Bummer, summer’s ended yesterday
What day is it anyway?
What day is it anyway?
A living room castaway
Hey, my body is a temple to the gods in my ashtray
And my mind has been selling memories for videotapes
And my heart has been falling apart
Oh, nevermind
We missed the preview
Rewind it back to the start
They’re the best part
Repeat Chorus
How long have I been drifting along in this couch anyway?
How long have I been drifting along in this couch anyway?
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Lost In Paradise |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Where do we go from here, my dear?
I said we’ve been here before for years
And for years we wanted more
Has it become clear to this woman and man?
Who breathe heavy for Neverland
So deeper down we go down
We’re going deep down
She said, “What goes around comes around”
And deeper down we go down
We’re going deep down
We’d rather be lost
Than ever be found
This is the first time I think that we found paradise
This is the first time I think that we found paradise
Memories of you and I barenaked Adam taking off Eve’s disguise
Eden’s dressed with bedroom eyes
Lovers uncovered we smother eachother on the floor
And recharge our batteries to go
Deeper down we go down
We’re going deep down
She said, “What goes around comes around”
And deeper down we go down
We’re going deep
We’d rather be lost
Than ever be found
This is the first time I think that we found paradise
This is the first time I think that we found paradise
‘Cause this is the first time we felt alive
This is the first time we found our paradise
Our paradise
Remember that time on the Fourth of July?
When I couldn’t tell the difference
Between the fireworks and the fireflies
And the stars in the sky
‘Cause nothing ever looks as good as it does through your eyes
This is the first time I think that we found paradise
This is the first time I think that we found paradise
‘Cause this is the first time we felt alive
This is the first time we found our paradise
Our paradise
We’re in paradise
(Nothing ever looks as good as it does through your eyes)
(Lost in your eyes)
We’re in paradise
|
Love Remains |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
The cards are stacked
Against us, Dear
And there’s no going back
Our love remains
Still in tact
But not on track
Oh, well…
CHORUS
Don’t give up. You can keep up. Keep on moving
Chasing the sound of the sun somewhere going down
I have a love, but the road royally did anoint
I leave my Queen to be King of the Vanishing Point
And I go further out. Deeper down into the hole
Keep losing pieces in an effort to make things whole
My love remains my lighthouse out of sight
I’m in the dark (now)… but I’m holding on for life
You keep tabs
On the good times and the bad
Filing the losses and the gains
I need your hands
Measure the weight of love’s demands
Balance the hope against the pain…for me
CHORUS
Don’t give up
Holding on for life
Our love remains
CHORUS
CHORUS
Don’t give up
You can keep up
Keep on moving
|
My Name Is Death |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
Hey there, fellas. My name is Death
So when you see me coming
Better hold your breath
Some call me the repo man ‘cause I seem to collect where ever I am
I’m often called the big finale
I’ve got a tendency for bringing the curtain down
And I can’t help my reputation precedes me
Like clouds before the storm
You’ll run for cover, believe me
And I start every conversation the same, saying…
CHORUS
Hey there, fellas. My name is Death
So when you see me coming
Better hold your breath
‘Cause I’m your last gasp
I’m your sweet retreat
I’m the baddest motherfucker you will ever meet
‘Cause I’m free to come and go as I please
I wear the seven deadly sins upon my sleeve
And I’m dying to meet you now
I’ve got a handshake you’ll never forget, my friend
I’m the end. My name is Death
Now, don’t think I’m all work and no play
I’ve just got a knack for taking people’s breath away
It’s not to say exceptions can’t be made
When the Stones wrote me a song, I cut ‘em a break
And I can’t help I’m dressed best in black
Even better than the late great Johnny Cash
And I shot more men in Reno than he ever did. I told ‘em…
CHORUS
I’ve got a million weapons and ways to use ‘em
From nuclear power to drugs and boozing
But my favorite just might be the element of surprise. I whisper…
CHORUS
I’ve got a handshake you’ll never forget
And I mean no disrespect
But if you see me coming, better run
‘Cause my name is Death
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Never Enough |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
Hospital corners out of order
I am rolling in it
Curse me with a love
If it’s an illness then the straight jacket fits
And the feeling will not change
Building monuments ’round every breath that you left for me to find
And every daisy will die in an effort to find if I’m on your mind
Never enough
Of you to keep me satisfied
If you run
I’m right behind
‘Cause I’ll never have enough of your love
Roll play what you say if you were here
It’s all just pretend
Stories in my head repeat again
Until I start to believe in them
I’m building monuments ’round every breath that you left for me to find
And every daisy will die in an effort to find out if I’m on your mind
There’s never enough
Of you to keep me satisfied
If you run
I’m right behind
‘Cuase I’ll never have enough
Never enough
Of you to keep me satisfied
If you run
I’m right behind
‘Cause I’ll never have enough of your love
Oh, loving you so
Behind these eyes that are brown
There’s a sun that goes down just for me
There’s never enough, enough, enough, enough of you
There’s never enough, enough, enough, enough of you
I could never have enough, enough, enough, enough of you
I could never have enough of you with me behind the walls awake
Listening is never enough
Of you to keep me satisfied
If you run
I’m right behind
‘Cause I’ll never have enough
Never enough
Of you to keep me satisfied
If you run
I’m right behind
‘Cause I’ll never have enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough of you
I can never have enough, enough, enough, enough of you
I can never have enough of you with me behind these walls awake
Listening, it’s never enough, enough, enough, enough of you
I can never have enough
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New Cool |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
We are the new cool
There’s a solution
To the pollution in our heads
Kid’s prediction
For the affliction that will end
Their equation
And our invasion hits the land
With mom and dad down, kids, let ’em understand
Jaws drop to the sidewalk
Their tongues will tie when they wanna talk
Holy days there are few
Come on, they’re yesterday’s news
We are the new cool
Hey, Hey
We are the new cool
A split decision
Is the precision in our hands
Cut away from
The past and present as it stands
Revelation
The revolution’s now at hand
Congratulations, you never saw us coming
Jaws drop to the sidewalk
Their tongues will tie when they wanna talk
Holy days there are few
Come on, they’re yesterday’s news
We are the new cool
Hey, Hey
We are the new cool
Hey
They’re yesterday’s news
We are the new cool
And our future looks bright and cruel
Bright and cruel
Bright and cruel
The future looks bright and cruel
Bright and cruel
Bright and cruel
The future looks bright
Jaws drop to the sidewalk
Their tongues will tie when they wanna talk
Holy days there are few
Come on, they’re yesterday’s news
We are the new cool
Bright and cruel
Bright and cruel
We are the new cool
Bright and cruel
Bright and cruel
We are the new cool
Hey, Hey
We are the new
|
Number 1 Fun |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Everybody, body it’s all
It’s all the same to you
And everybody don’t care
Love you’re gonna, gonna find I’m gonna hold you up, I will
And it’s all the same to you, to me it’s all the same to you and everybody don’t care
But you’re gonna be the one I love when I hold you up
And then the night before
The way you left the crack on the floor
The overdose
Overload
Overhold
Well I don’t even care
ALIVE
We cried as we held our hands to the sky
You gotta love this high
And then we come down
As our fevers rush us gently to the ground
And now it’s time to get a little bit something more overwhelming
What’s the feeling you’re recommending
Doctor, would you mind giving me double on the dosage
Up, down, all around
Hunting for the number one fun
Expressions have changed from somber to deranged
Our volume’s on high
And I hope you know that this is the time of our lives
We can die and still survive
And with the Radio Flyers with wings of fire
Breakin us through to the other side
We have created our own roller coaster ride
We rode…
Things jsut got more complicated
Daisy I’m blind
Cause we’ve lost control of what operated the governor for the hight
Oh no
Well I’m burnin up fast
Runnin outta wick
Holy shit
Oh God I’m gonna be sick
I need a pinprick
Or another fix
A reality check
Up, down, all around
Hunting for the number one fun
|
One For The Numbers |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
Pack your bags now
Don’t you feel a bit insecure?
It’s natural
Now sell your past
You don’t need it anymore
It’s called Americanization
So if you’ve come here for salvatoin
Please wait in line
We take our time
We take no reservations
Give us a break
We’re heaven in the making
America dear
Religion’s a fast food restaurant here
America dear
God works via satellite here
And we wish you were here
We wish you were here
One more for the numbers dear
We wish you were here
We wish you were here
One more for the numbers dear
How do you like your nation?
You’ve paid full price
Quite an exotic sensation
To be a lonely awkward nation
So pack your bags now
Don’t you feel a bit peculiar?
It’s natural
Now sell your past
You don’t need it anymore
We call it Americanization
So if you’ve come here for salvation
Please wait in line
We take our time
And make no accusation
Give us a break
We’re heaven in the making
America dear
Religion’s a fast food restaurant here
America dear
God works via satellite here
We wish you were here
We wish you were here
One more for the numbers dear
We wish you were here
We wish you were here
One more for the numbers dear
How do you like your nation?
You’ve paid full price
Quite an exotic sensation
To be a lonely awkward nation
And it’s a fucked up situation
A kingdom of bastards, mixed procreation
And our freedom is a masturbation
Feel free to cry
We’ve sold a lie
But if you’ve come here for salvation
Please wait in line
We take our time
And save your aggrevation
Give us a break
We’re heaven in the making
America dear
Religion’s a fast food restaurant here
America dear
God works via satellite here
And we wish you were here
We wish you were here
One more for the numbers dear
We wish you were here
We wish you were here
One more for the numbers here
We wish you were here, oh
One more for the numbers here
We wish you were here, oh
One more for the numbers here
How do you like your nation?
You’ve paid full price
Quite an exotic sensation
To be a lonely awkward nation
|
Pink Chiffon |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
Pink chiffon
Black mustache
He was everything in a woman
Except he was a man
And as he walked along he’d always shake his ass
And his hair was always frizzy
‘Cause dizzy was the way he danced
And when people say people like him just don’t belong
Sometimes I think
We get the rules all wrong
Chorus:
‘Cause what goes up don’t always come down
And what you find in dreams may never be found
But if you listen close, baby
You may just hear the sound
Of what’s going around
Coming back around
Oh, we’re coming back around
A copper girl
With an ethnic sash
She was a model for a culture that survived a brutal past
And when I’d smile at her she’d always smile back
And her hair was always frizzy
She said it’s always been like that
So when people say people like her just don’t belong
Sometimes, I know
We get the rules all wrong
Repeat Chorus
Yeah, we’re coming back around
A melting pot of prejudice
If this country’s found on freedom
Why do we act like this?
Repeat Chorus
Sha da da da da da na na, hey, yeah
Sha da da da da da na na, hey, yeah
Sha da da da da da na na, hey, yeah
Sha da da da da da na na, hey, yeah
|
Playboy |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Well there’s a place in France where the naked ladies dance
Holes in the walls where boys can see them all
And all the love in the world will be there, and…
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gonna make it
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gonna make it home
Make it home
And all my dreams will come true
Hey lada de da da da da da
It’s in my head
Hey lada de da da da da da
And so they’re sun and they’re sational
With all the girls
And all the playboy bunnies
And all the supermodels
They’re gonna be there
Man, you gotta go
This place in France where the naked ladies dance
Holes in the walls where boys can see them all
And all the love in the world will be there, and…
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gonna make it
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gonna make it home
Make it home
And all my dreams will come true
Hey lada de da da da da da
It’s in my head
Hey lada de da da da da da
It’s in my head
Hey lada de da da da da da
It’s in my head
Hey lada de da da da da da
And I’ll be a real playboy
Gonna catch you and make you mine
And all the children will gather around me as I softly reply
I’m now a lover, I’m no more fighter
I’m now a lover, I’m no more fighter
I’m now a lover, I’m no more fighter
I’m now a lover, I’m no more fighter at all
When they ask me why
Well I’ll sweetly reply
Cause I’m hunting for happily ever after
|
Playlist |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
CHORUS
Baby, even though your heart makes me nervous
Even though your moves drive me wild
Better know that your love is on my playlist
Every time
Baby, when you look at me
My heart releases butterflies
We lock eyes, our lips, our hands, our hips
And nobody would disguise
We’ve got a heavy situation here
This is the first song of our new life
And the beat in between you and me
We need to keep it going all night
CHORUS
Baby, will you work with me?
‘Cause I can’t do it alone tonight
Paralyze my lips with your fingertips
Girl, I’m in need of love tonight
And there’s a heavy situation here
This is the first dance of our new life
And the beat in between you and me
We need to keep it going all night
CHORUS
Baby…
|
Pour It Out |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
If you’re serious you’ve got to go to New York or L.A.
‘Cause people don’t meet in the middle anymore, they say
You gotta get up. Get out. Go
Just remember to click your heels if you miss home
I made a religion out of what I love
But sometimes, the prayer just ain’t enough
CHORUS
You’ve got to pour it out and pin it down
It ain’t enough to make it up
You’ve got to take it town to town
You’ve got to pour it out and pin it down
For every dream that’s in my mind
There’s another butterfly I can’t catch
Catch me now, ‘cause I’m falling here
My finger in the air fights doubt
But not the fear
And maybe I caught the wrong dream running
Or this one just ain’t mine to live
All’s I know right now is something must give
I’ve made a religion out of what I love
But sometimes, the prayer just ain’t enough
CHORUS
CHORUS
Catch me now, baby.
Catch me, America.
I’m tired of hearing about New York and L.A.
If the future’s a destination
And if our history’s a ghost
Then what happens right now is what matters the most
Oh, they want to keep us dreaming
But it’s time to wake up
Yeah, it’s time for real life to catch up
Hey there, girl, You feel like Dorothy?
Well, then I must be your Scarecrow
But our land ain’t Oz, its Ohio
Girl, our land ain’t Oz, its Ohio
Oh, there’s no place like home
|
Pride Is A Lonely Blanket (When We Speak) |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
We can’t seem to sleep
With a heart
So overrested
We see stars
Long live the start of the moment
That lasts when we hold it
We can’t seem to speak
With a tongue
So roped and twisted, come on
We are the part of the moment
That lasts when we hold it
When we speak
But our words won’t let us say so
And we wished we let it all show
We started falling apart
At the heart
We’ll be broken ’til the end
We can’t even breathe
With lungs
So black and deflated, come on
Goodbye to all of the moments
That die when we forget
When we speak
But our words won’t let us say so
And we wished we let it all show
We started falling apart
At the heart
We’ll be broken ’til the end
Oh, no, no
When we speak
But our words won’t let us say so
And we wished we let it all show
We started falling apart
Oh, when we speak
But our words won’t let us say so
And we wish we let it all show
We started falling apart
At the heart
We’ll be broken ’til the end
‘Til the end
|
Probably Nothing |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
It’s not a relationship
It’s an arrangement
It’s not what you said
It’s how you said it
Shame on me
Shame on me for opening up with my eyes shut
Here I go again another lesson
My means to an end is now exhausted
Shame on you
It’s my fault too
For never addressing this question
And I know
This is not what I wanna hear
Yeah, I know
That we want what we fear
But I’m saying it now
Saying it now
What I never said before
It’d bring my knees to the floor
But I’m saying it now
I’m saying it now
What you never hear out of my mouth
I’m saying it
I find myself reading horoscopes
Looking for some kind of hope
So I don’t wanna hear why you can’t stay here
And I’ll never regret making this statement
‘Cause I know
This is not what you wanna hear
Yeah, I know
That we want what we fear to say
But I’m saying it now
Saying it now
What I never said before
It’d bring my knees to the floor
But I’m saying it now
I’m saying it now
What you never hear out of my mouth
I’m saying it now
The real thing
We are the real thing
We got the real thing
And it might be nothing
It’s probably nothing
Might mean nothing to you
But it means everything
Everything
Everything to me
Oh, everything
The real thing
It’s everything
And it might mean nothing
It’s probably nothing
Might mean nothing to you
But I’m saying it now
|
Red Ryder |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
You let your anchor down
Still got a ways to go
I see your gathering of moss on your rolling stone
Dressing up pit stops to look like the end of the road
Where have you gone, Red Ryder
Where’d you go
It’d do you some good to forget the morning afters
And dare inspired laughter ringing in your ears
You’re overdue
Damn the things you’ve done
And out comes the sun
Reminding me you’re still here
When you gonna hold yourself accountable, kid
You’re throwing yourself to the lions again
When you cuttin’ loose the weight you’re carrying
‘Cause you’re sinking to the bottom with it
When you gonna hold yourself accountable, kid
You’re throwing yourself to the lions again
When you cuttin’ loose the weight you’re carrying
‘Cause you’re sinking to the bottom with it
And hugging that stone won’t make you roll, kid
Some people get kicked around and sold as is
‘Cause we stomp our feet on the ones we later miss
So you better roll your rock now, boy, or you never will
‘Cause there’s one last dance on the killing ground
And, son, you’re standing still
It’d do you some good to forget the morning afters
And dare inspired laughter still ringing in your ears
You’re overdue
Damn the things you’ve done
And out comes the sun
Reminding me you’re still here
When you gonna hold yourself accountable, kid
You’re throwing yourself to the lions again
When you cuttin’ loose the weight you’re carrying
‘Cause you’re sinking to the bottom with it
Oh, when you gonna hold yourself accountable, kid
You’re throwing yourself to the lions again
When you cuttin’ loose the weight you’re carrying
‘Cause you’re sinking to the bottom with it
And hugging that stone won’t make you roll
You can’t curl up at night with it
Regretting you’re on your own
Come ride, Red Ryder, ride
Into the sunset all alone
You gotta let it go
Let it go
You let your anchor down
Still got a ways to go
When you gonna hold yourself accountable, kid
You’re throwing yourself to the lions again
When you cuttin’ loose the weight you’re carrying
‘Cause you’re sinking to the bottom with it
Oh, When you gonna hold yourself accountable, kid
You’re throwing yourself to the lions again
When you cuttin’ loose the weight you’re carrying
‘Cause you’re sinking to the bottom with it
And hugging that stone won’t make you roll, kid
Hugging that stone won’t make you roll, kid
|
Running Of The Bulls |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
So much pressure
Boy, it feels like we traded dumb bells for skyscrapers
Measure for measure
We look up and curse heaven with our mouths in the gutter
You say that you know where to find the flaws in my armor
You whisper ”Don’t act surprised. I’ll never tell.”
CHORUS
We will not apologize for this
We are what we are
We will not compromise for this
Regret will understand
Bonnie and Clyde
I love when you say that I’m your partner in crime
You never lie, but a woman’s words
Tend to be in disguise
You say that you don’t want to hide the flaws in your armor
If you let me inside… I’ll never tell
CHORUS
Our love is like the running of the bulls
But against the current
CHORUS
Our love is like the running of the bulls
But against the current
Our love is like the running of the bulls
|
Say So Long |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Days ago
Life beat sweet as innocence
Killed any chance of self-control
Whether it’s fact or fiction
I am conflicted
I am gone
Say so long
I am gone
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
So you added up what’s right
And you added up what’s wrong
It’s what you needed
So you added up what’s right
And you added up what’s wrong
Then you say so long
So go
Love once sweet now beats defeat
And innocence has, since, not shown
‘Cause when your fairy tale becomes
A television rerun…you run
Say so long
I am gone
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
So you added up what’s right
And you added up what’s wrong
It’s what you needed
So you left without a fight
In spite of feeling strong
Then you say so long
You know you’re mine
You know you’re mine
You know you’re mine
You know you’re mine
You know you’re mine
You know you’re mine
So you added up what’s right
And you added up what’s wrong
It’s what you needed
So you added up what’s right
And you added up what’s wrong
So long
So you added up what’s right
And you added up what’s wrong
It’s what you needed
So you left without a fight
In spite of feeling strong
Then you say so long
So you added up what’s right
(You added up what’s right)
You added up what’s wrong
Say so long
|
Sea Of Old Friends |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
Welcome home
We are strangers now
Everything seems scaled down
Some of us never got out (of here)
Here are some of the best times
social cliques
And old high school charms
Camping out at diners
Pulling false fire alarms
Smoking joints
at homecoming dances
Never fearing all the questions
Happy without any answers
While we were here
We had some of the best times
Swimming in a sea of old friends
I’ll be gone
Lost in a nutshell town
|
Selling Tomorrow |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Gimme a piggyback ride
Your memories go round me so tightly
For you I’d sell all my tomorrows to keep you today
Gimme your conscience to break
I don’t care, I’ve got heartache at stake
And for you I’d sell all my tomorrows to keep you today
I will not pretend
This bracelet defends everything
And now I’ve got to stop
Gone livin my life like it’s only a rehearsal
Remember our shows on parking garage rooftops we’d stare…
At a world, wild, and willing out there
And for you I’d sell all my tomorrow’s to keep you today
I wanna see the darker side of paradise
Lottery queen, I’m rolling the dice
You’re my trophy for all of my dreams that tackle me
With memories like…
Phantoms in my sleep
On parking garage rooftops we’d stare
I was your lover
No courage to dare
And now you and I fall
I’d give you it all today
Crystal and consequence shatter on regret and cement
You are a cavalry for the broken hearted
And I am a pirate for the lost and departed
Love…
There will be no daydreaming
Today my secrets revolted and ran away to tell everyone that I’m desert bound again, again
To dream for more
Your cactus heart
I’ve found the sweetest sting
I wanna suck the salt from your skin tonight
Gonna make you taste so sweet again and on…
You move like crosses on the sinning heart of a man who don’t know what to believe
Other than the girl
I’m shaking, I’m shaking
Caution, contents are no longer what they appear to be anymore
|
Soldiers Falling |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Take your time
I don’t need anything
Take my life
If you think I can help with this
Oh, I’m alright
I promised you all this, but I…
Need some time to figure out all of this
To figure out where everything went wrong
When our lips divide
And space begins
Our love looks like soldiers falling
We’re falling
If everything’s alright
Where you been?
Looking for our soldiers falling
We’re falling
Telephone line
In love with a steady ring
What once shined
Is duller than anything
Are you alright?
I promised you everything, so I…
Need some time to figure the reasons why
Rings and fingers no longer belong
When our lips divide
And space begins
Our love looks like soldiers falling
We’re falling
If everything’s alright
Let me in
Otherwise we’re soldiers falling
We’re falling
We’re not communicating now
And doubt’s insinuating now
This love is quickly fading
We’re not communicating now
So damn the do or die
If you think it’ll help with this
When our lips divide
And space begins
Our love looks like soldiers falling
We’re falling
If everything’s alright
Where you been?
Looking for our soldiers falling
We’re falling
When our lips divide
And space begins
Our love looks like soldiers falling
We’re falling
If everything’s alright
Let me in
Otherwise we’re soldiers falling
We’re falling
Take your time
I don’t need anything
|
Someone Save Us |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Father, what have I become?
A saint to few, a monster to some
I am a savior, I am chosen, I am breathless
I am useless to the practical world
Can you remember life’s price and how you couldn’t afford it?
Can you remember wishing upon stars from the stairs?
Can you remember when you were first courted up into orbit?
And whispered to the sun
Help me out of here
Where am I?
When all of the glitter in the sky
Reflects the tears running out of our eyes
Where we all hurt
And we’re all scared out of our minds
Help me out of here
Brothers, I am numb
A ghost of what has yet to come
I am a faker, I am hopeless, I am breathless
I am useless to all of the world
So can you remember life’s price and how you couldn’t afford it?
Can you remember hanging on to hearts that need repair?
And can you remember when you were first courted up into orbit?
And whispered to the sun
Help me out of here
Where am I?
And all the glitter in the sky
Reflects the tears running out our eyes
Where we all hurt
And we’re all scared out of our minds
Help me out of here
Help me out of here
Someone save us
Where am I?
And all the glitter in the sky
Reflects the tears running out of our eyes
Where we all hurt
And we’re all scared out of our minds
Help me out of here
Help me out of here
Someone save us, yeah
Help me out of…
Help me out of…
Help me out of here
|
Space Time |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
I get so excited sometimes
Young hearts are like glass
Beautiful, but won’t last
I shadowed a skyline of old lovers and found
I held onto my favorite pieces to make the perfect heart for me
It will not sound
But the echoes are all around
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
I am ready for love
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
I am ready for what
I’ve raided the tombs up West
I tried my best
And the East was a beast
Come over
I headed North
And chased my tail back and forth
But I have never been as sad as I was when I had
Heard the love songs of the South
They shook the metal right out of my mouth
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
I am ready for love
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
I am ready for love
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
I am ready for love
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
My friends tell me I should shut up
Wringing my hands
Tripping on my tongue
I’m a space and time continuum
I am ready for love
|
Spies And Lovers |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
I’ve got you in my sights my adversary
I am your indian with painted face and feathers
Be my cowgirl wrapped with leather and love
Look forward to fighting you forever
We are bound by more than just
Two hearts living without consequence
This almost changes everything
Like promises made in vain
We dont need to settle down we live our lives upside down
to figure out we are just like love and war baby(x2)
We are love and war
Sharing secrets we’re both spies and lovers
with these weapons that won’t break the skin
pulling triggers bunddled undercover
surviving only cause niether wants to win
We are bound by more than just
two hearts living without consequence
this almost changes everything
like promises made in vain
We dont need to settle down we live our lives upside down
to figure out we are just like love and war baby(x2)
baby, you bring me down
We wake up break up make up fall asleep and do this all again(x3)
we are bound by than just these secrets here, its where we started
come on what we waiting for?
All is fair in love and war
I’ll gladly do this all again
I’ll gladly do this all again
|
Stay On The Bright Side |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
Start over. I can’t make sense of this
You mumble your words when you don’t want to hurt feelings
Calm down, Cage Bird. Get to the heart of it
Life’s not what you thought it’d be
Tell me when it ever really is
Oh… why are we strangers on the same side
Where best friends and lovers collide
I’m never saying never again
CHORUS
What we have in common is we don’t like gray clouds around
They only ever bring us down
The deeper the doubt
The harder it rains
What we have in common is we don’t want our colors to fade
It’s lights out for us all someday
So, let’s stay on the bright side of things, okay?
We’ve shared the same set of eyes for so long
I can’t even see myself without you looking back thru me
You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me
However, the brighter the feather
The harder it’s to set free
Oh…why are we strangers on the same side
Where best friends and lovers divide
You’re never saying never again
CHORUS
Oh…why are we strangers on the same side
Where best friends and lovers collide
We’re never saying never again
CHORUS
Let’s stay on the bright side of things, my love
Let’s stay on the bright side of things, okay?
Okay?
Okay.
|
Survival Song |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
Will you take your little voice
As if you had a choice
And sing this simple song
Hoping it catches on and on
What is everyone to think?
Oh…special life
Now you take your nasty thoughts
Bury them in the ground
And shake your secret heart
Spread the ashes all around
What is everyone to think?
We had a special life
Even though you are to blame
I still feel the same
Even though you are to blame
I still feel the same
And you swore things wouldn’t change
When you went away
Even though you are to blame
I still feel the same
Don’t throw away it all
We will not survive
Even though you are to blame
I still feel the same
Even though you are to blame
I still feel the same
And you swore things wouldn’t change
When you went away
Even though you are to blame
I still feel the same
Sing this simple song
Hoping it catches on and on
|
Tearing Down Stars |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
I may be used
I’m not brand new
But I’m not disposable
Like the friendships you use
To block the tears
From heavy years
Oh, what keeps you in the dark
Did you ever even bother to spark a fire
Like our parents said
All fun comes to an end
Is our world
Suddenly unraveling
We’re tearing down stars
We got this far and we won’t stop
We won’t stop
Remember every scar
Made us who we are
And we won’t stop
We won’t
Hello, hello
Now I don’t know
What holds us back
But we should let it go
We save the tears
To keep the souvenirs
Multiplying in the dark so we’ll never be able to spark a fire
It’s like our parents said
All fun comes to an end
Is our world suddenly unraveling
We’re tearing down stars
We got this far and we won’t stop
We won’t stop
Remember every scar
Made us who we are
And we won’t stop
We won’t
We were young
We didn’t know
So we went down the open road
And we won’t stop
We won’t
We’re tearing down stars
We got this far and we won’t stop
We won’t stop
Remember every scar
Made us who we are
And we won’t stop
We won’t stop
We were young
We didn’t know
We went down the open road
We won’t stop
We won’t
We were young
We didn’t know
(We’re tearing down stars)
We went down the open road
We won’t stop
No we won’t
|
The Air I Breathe |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
Make sure your body never touches the ground
Oh I swear it
Do you need me to prove it?
My ears have been kidnapped by the sound
Of you calling
You know I just can’t stand it
I rescue you
Pry the pearl from the shell
I rescue you
For all the times you said to go to hell
I’ve crossed through fire and the stormy seas
Living my life like a kamikaze
Losing you would bring me to my knees
You’re the air I need to breathe
I rescue you
‘Cause you rescue me
My blood is carbonated when you’re around
Bubbles bursting
And my heart likes the sound
I’ll never let you go back up in the town
Oh I swear it
I climb up to bring you down
I rescue you
Pry the pearl from the ground
I rescue you
Every time you lay your head down
I’ve crossed through fire and the stormy seas
Living my life like a kamikaze
Losing you would bring me to my knees
You’re the air I need to breathe
I rescue you
‘Cause without you
Who rescues me?
I rescue you
Pry the pearl from the shell
I rescue you
For all the times you said to go to hell
I’ve crossed through fire and the stormy seas
Living my life like a kamikaze
Losing you would bring me to my knees
You’re the air I need to breathe
The air I need to breathe
The air I need to breathe
I rescue you
‘Cause without you
Who rescues me?
Oh, who rescues me?
|
The Band |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
If you say you’re the ring finger on my stone
Well I say I’m a kite with a key
If you say that you are unsure of things
Well I’m not accepting defeat
Are we strong enough
Is it good enough
Am I brave enough
For the both of us
I will sing you songs
Even though you can’t put ’em on your finger
I’ll never be a diamond mine, I’m just a singer
I will sing you songs
Wishing my words carried on as long as a stone
On a band of gold
You’re sleepwalking through the daylight
How else am I supposed to follow a dream
And now you say I can’t wait on you to connect these hands
But I’m still trying to reach
So are we strong enough
Is it good enough
You pray hard enough
For the both of us
I will sing you songs
Even though you can’t put ’em on your finger
I’ll never be a diamond mine, I’m just a singer
I will sing you songs
Wishing my words carried on as long as a stone
On a band of gold
‘Cause I’m just a rolling stone in a band on the road
I know words don’t mean
Much on their own
But what I sing to you
Is worth more than a stone
I will sing you songs
Even though you can’t put ’em on your finger
I’ll never be a diamond mine, I’m just a singer
I will sing you songs
Wishing my words carried on as long as a stone
On a band of gold
‘Cause I’m just a rolling stone in a band on the road
You said you want a stone
On a band of gold
What you got is a rolling stone
In a band on the road
Yeah I’m just a rolling stone in a band on the road
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The Best And The Borrow |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
I want a National Geographic
I want to see the world
I’m just a mess of old photographs and videos
And all of the best friends in life that I’ve met
We’re just actors from movies and roles from books I’ve read
Feeling dead like history
Pages of bad magazines
I don’t want to see the world in black and white
Feeling dead, I’m history
Dreaming’s got the best of me
I don’t want to see the world in black and white
I want to be a successful man
I want to dent this world
I’ll stop off to give autographs and cameos
And all of the places in life that I’ve seen
Are vacations I stole from the drive-in silver screen
Feeling dead like history
Opportunity, remember me?
I don’t want to see the world in black and white
Feeling dead, I’m history
Experience never got to me
And I don’t want to see the world in black and white
Oh, white
So long
Help me ’cause I don’t belong
So long
I want to come along
I want the shadow of Peter Pan
I want to own this world
I want to never wake up from my dreams
‘Cause all of my life that I’ve made sweet has soured
I’ve seen my own death on the prime time hour
Feeling dead like history
Riddle me with tragedy
I don’t want to see the world in black and white
Feeling dead, I’m history
Overthrow me, catastrophe
I don’t want to see the world in black and white Alright
So long
Help me ’cause I don’t belong
So long
Everything real always feels so wrong
So long
I don’t want to borrow my best anymore
So long
Now I’m swinging to the motions of
(So long)
What once was where everything seemed possible
(So long)
‘Cause in dreams I never had to push and shove
(So long)
And now I’m swinging to the motions of
(So long)
I don’t want to sing this song anymore on my own
(So long)
‘Cause everybody’s out there livin’ the life that
I thought I owned
(So long)
And now I’m waiting to find out now what I thought, I thought I was
(So long)
And now I’m swinging to the motions of
(So long)
Love, love, love, love, love
|
The Formula |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
Square pegs and circle holes
We are the pieces of puzzles that don’t ever want to fit in
Bore me with parallels
I’ll be perpendicular
I’m watching you from across
We’ll never last if we follow the formula
We’ll draw outside of the lines just to prove
We are what we are unfortunate scars
But we’ll be the ones you hang on to
I’ll be your Van Gogh and
You’ll be every reason why it made so much sense to lose an ear
We’ll never last if we follow the formula
We’ll draw outside of the lines just to prove
We are what we are unfortunate scars
But we’ll be the ones you hang on to
We’ll never last if we follow the formula
We’ll break to mold just to show that we could
We are what we are unfortunate scars
But we’ll be the ones you hang on to
Show the sign
We are
We’ll never last if we follow the formula
We’ll draw outside of the lines just to prove
We are what we are unfortunate scars
But we’ll be the ones you hang on to
We’ll never last if we follow the formula
We’ll break to mold just to show that we could
We are what we are unfortunate scars
But we’ll be the ones you hang on to
We’ll never last
We’ll fall apart
We are what we are
We’ll never last
|
The Real Thing |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
Don’t turn back
I won’t let you ruin this love without me
Long way back
Down the road we’re going down
Fear…hold me now
If we’ve got the real thing
Then we’ve got it all worked out
If we’ve got the real thing
There’s nothing to figure out
Our fortress
We’re still building
Like in a 1980’s U2 song
We’re burning down love
Can you still hear me?
‘Cause I will shout it out
‘Til the silence cracks and you echo back
We will rebuild this love
Fear…Hold me now
I can stand it
Can you stand it?
If we’ve got the real thing
Then we’ve got it all worked out
If we’ve got the real thing
There’s nothing left to figure out
Nothing to figure out
It’s just you and me now
‘Cause we’ve got the real thing
We’ve got the real thing now
Oh…’cause we’ve got the real thing
We’ve got the real thing now
If we’ve got the real thing
Then we’ve got it all worked out
If we’ve got the real thing
There’s no one to stop us now
If we’ve got the real thing
Then we’ve got it all worked out
If we’ve got the real thing
There’s nothing to figure out
|
The Rest Of Our Lives |
Little America |
Lyrics |
We can make this body tremble
We can make the earth quake
For all I know, we’ve got bad ideas
But silence will not dictate us
We’ll never listen
We don’t learn from our mistakes
We’ll never listen
Whatever you say
Will we crumble down to the ground?
Or will we shoot up high at the sky?
Jesus, make up your mind
We’ve got the rest of our lives
The rest of our lives to die
A box of cigarettes and a busy crowd
A parking lot of punk kids all around
The moon and night and the stereo
Were sounding like
The overture of our lives
We’ll never listen
We don’t learn from our mistakes
We’ll never listen
Whatever you say
Will we crumble down to the ground?
Or will we shoot up high at the sky?
Jesus, make up your mind
We’ve got the rest of our lives
The rest of our lives to die
Say it with me
We can do anything
We are young and free
Will we crumble down to the ground?
Or will we shoot up high at the sky?
Jesus, make up your mind
We’ve got the rest of our lives
The rest of our lives to die
|
The World Is Over |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
Camping out for the big day when the lights go out
We’ve just figured it out
We’re all screwed now
But we’re delighted about what they’re writing
We may just be able to go with a bang
So beat that drum
‘Til we run out all of the air in our lungs
And kiss goodbye the lovers that we’ve loved
We can’t take ’em with us
The world is over
So beat that drum
Check it out
Mother Earth gave birth to her end
Counting you down
Make good use of what breath you’ve got left
So what we’ve just learned
We’ve passed the point of no return
The fuse is lit and guess what
We’re gonna get burned
So beat that drum
‘Til we run out all of the air in our lungs
And kiss goodbye the lovers that we’ve loved
We can’t take ’em with us
The world is over
So beat that drum
‘Til we run out all of the air in our lungs
And kiss goodbye the lovers that we’ve loved
We can’t take ’em with us
The world is over
Wait
Wait
Now we wanna know
Just how we’re gonna go
Hurricanes and tidal waves
UFOs and WMDs
The greatest show on earth is well on the way
So beat that drum
‘Til we run out all of the air in our lungs
And kiss goodbye the lovers that we’ve loved
We can’t take ’em with us
The world is over
So beat that drum
‘Til we run out all of the air in our lungs
And kiss goodbye the lovers that we’ve loved
We can’t take ’em with us
The world is over
Delighted the world is over
|
Think Out Loud |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
If my mind had a mouth of it’s own
Would it tell the world what I’m thinking?
Like I’m happy to find so many sides
I don’t know whether I’m standing or sinking
But with all the ever-changing sides
I can’t fill in the blank
And the answers question who’s more right
I don’t know what to think
So I guess I believe in whatever
I guess I believe in whatever they say
I guess I believe in whatever
Playing sides
My dramatic pause
I’m fighting loyalty here
But I’m happy to find
Happy to find
I’m happy to find that it’s not only me in here
But with all the ever-changing sides
I can’t fill in the blank
And the answers question who’s more right
I don’t know what to think
And with all the choices in this life
Who knows just what to think
So I guess I believe in whatever
I guess I believe in whatever they say
I guess I believe in whatever comes
And with all the sides and where they’re drawn
I don’t know what to think, I mean
Thinking, thinking out loud
Better start
Thinking, thinking out loud
Thinking, thinking out loud
Better start
Thinking, thinking out loud
Better start
Thinking, thinking out loud
Better start
Thinking, thinking out loud
So I guess I believe in whatever
I guess I believe in whatever they say
I guess I believe in whatever comes
And with all the sides and where they’re drawn
I don’t know what to think
So start thinking, thinking out loud
(I guess I believe in whatever)
Better start
(I guess I believe in whatever they say)
Thinking, thinking out loud
Better start
(I guess I believe in whatever)
Thinking, thinking out loud
Better start
(I guess I believe in whatever they say)
Thinking, thinking out loud
Out, out loud
Better start, better start, better start thinking
Out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out loud
Out, out, out, out loud
|
This Is The End |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
The greatest conversation that I’ll ever have in my whole life
I’m about to have it with you…with you
The very best breathe that these lungs will ever take in
I’m about to breathe in with you
Oh, we both know that things are gonna change
Yeah, but we’re still smiling the same
‘Cause we both know this is not the beginning
This is the end
This is the end
The prettiest picture that these eyes have ever seen are staring back at me
Here’s looking at you
The sweetest sound that these ears have ever found are going round and round
About you
Oh, we both know that things are gonna change
Yeah, but we’re still smiling the same
‘Cause we both know this is not the beginning
This is the end
This is the end…
Of the loneliness
And the emptiness
And the reign of the second best
Of the underdressed
And being second guessed
We are done cleaning up the mess
This is the end
We are underdogs
But not for long
Oh, we both know that things are gonna change
Yeah, but we’re still smiling the same
‘Cause we both know this is not the beginning
This is the end
This is the end…
Of the loneliness
And the emptiness
And the reign of the second best
Of the underdressed
And being second guessed
We are done cleaning up the mess
And living underground
And being lost and found
We are the tallest blades of grass around
And it’s all over now
It’s all over now
It’s all over now, my friend
‘Cause this is the end
|
U.S. Bumpersticker |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
We are proud of this
But we are not all fighters
Educated to a point, I guess
So are we writers
It’s been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time coming to this
It’s been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time coming to this
We are a long way down from the top of the list
We ain’t introduced ourselves
We are a long way down from the top of the list
We’re kings of the heap my friend
Bless us with a curse
We must vote to make decisions
And liberty begins to look a lot like prison
It’s been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time coming to this
It’s been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long time coming to this
We are a long way down from the top of the list
We ain’t introduced ourselves
We are a long way down from the top of the list
We’re kings of the heap my friend
And you’re gonna be afraid of it
Why are we American
I wanna be the bumper sticker
And shake the hands of fate
We’re the pretty face
We are the place that makes the great mistakes
I get by the bright lights
We don’t read the headlines
We’re coming to this
We’re coming to this
We are a long way down from the top of the list
We ain’t introduced ourselves
We are a long way down from the top of the list
We’re kings of the heap my friend
And you’re gonna be afraid of it
Why are we American
I wanna be the bumper sticker
And shake the hands of fate
We’re the pretty face
We are the place that makes the great mistakes
We are proud of this
|
Ulysses |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
I would for love
I would for love
Baby Baby
I need your heart
I need your blood
And if I had to crawl on hands and knees
And swim the stormy seas for you
I would for love
I would for love
I would for love
I would for you
I would for you
I would for love
I would for love
Baby Baby
Don’t leave the heart in me to burn
And if I had to prove, My Majesty
There’s no one here but me for you
I would for love
I would for love
I would for love
I would for you
I would for you
|
Venus 55 |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Do anything for you
My love
I want it all for you
My love
I steal it all for you
My love
We need to see this through
My love
It’s all become so clear
It’s all become so clear
It’s all become so clear
So clear, so clear, so clear
Cut me open and feast
On the inner side of me
Keep me hopin’ and cleanse
The stains they left on me
Dip you in the sea of sex
Go and dry off in my mouth
We’ll keep drivin west
While the rest go south
Shoo-ba-dee-fuck-ity-fuck-ity bah
Let you sleep in my palms
My love
I’ll eat the rest of you
My love
Until you are inside
My love
We need to see this through
My love
It all becomes so clear
It all becomes so clear
It all becomes so clear
So clear, so clear, so clear
Cut me open and feast
On the inner side of me
Keep me hopin’ and cleanse
The stainds they left on me
Dip you in the sea of sex
Go and dry off in my mouth
We’ll keep drivin west
While the rest go south
|
Wake Up, Dreamer |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Oh life, I had you spun so tightly around my finger…
…And I don’t know
But you’re slipping
I am just an ordinary boy with a dream to fill
But everyone that I wished in
They all went away
Leaving me by myself again
Somebody wanna give me a room
Cause I’m tired of staring up out of the same view
I am so confused
You’d like the view my neighbor
We fly so high, we rolled through miles like minutes
Hi
You’d like the view my neighbor
We fly so high, we rolled through miles like minutes
Hi
Just a little bit of pushing and shovingg
All my rights
All my wrongs that are wrapped so tightly we will all unwind
And they said…
It’s alright
But it’s not alright
I believe in a steeple and a school
I believe in mother and father that always did want what’s best for me
But I fear that I am drifting away
With a little bit of steam and blood
What was wrong couldn’t stop me
But everything that I wished for
I thought it was enough, but not anymore
All my wrongs feel right
Now what am I supposed to believe in
When everything that I ever learned
It doesn’t seem true anymore
All my wrongs feel right
Now what am I supposed to believe in
When everything that I ever learned
It doesn’t seem true anymore
Somebody wanna give me a room
Cause I’m tired of staring up out of the same view
I want my life
Return to me that way it was
|
Walking Shoes |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
I am a blurred-out, background spot in the photo on your wall
I am of little significance to anyone here at all
I’m just a man with no roots
Borrowed songs and busted boots
Always broke, but on the move
I am a tourist in your sunny day
Like the babysitter
And when I see your dog smile
I cry inside a little ‘cause there’s just…
CHORUS
So much to touch, but never enough to hold
When you live your life through postcards and telephones
Just like the wind blowing through
Or that train going a choo-choo
We were born with walking shoes
So I guess I’ll be seeing you
We were born with walking shoes
God bless my soul, as I take his name in vain
We are cursed to be travelers in search of fame
So when we hit the Hollywood Hills
We’re gonna scream our names
Hoping one day that they’ll echo
We are the tourists in your sunny day
Both sweet and bitter
And life is just a work in progress
It makes us sigh a little ‘cause there’s just
CHORUS
CHORUS
So much to touch, but never enough to hold
You can live your life like Mr. Dylan’s Rolling Stone
He left the answers on the wind
And behind that choo-choo
We were born with walking shoes. So I guess I’ll be seeing you
We were born with walking shoes. America, we’ll be seeing you
Only ever passing through. So I guess we’ll be seeing you
We were born with walking shoes
I am a blurred-out, background spot in that photo on your wall
|
Wave Goodbye |
Souvenirs Of City Life |
Lyrics |
Did you need a change of pace to counteract the tide?
That rocks your weary walls on the inside
Did you need to rearrange your alibis?
The truth is not faking anything but…
The disbelief…
In your own bitter ending
And the disbelief…
Forgiveness of mending
And the disbelief…
You’re breaking not bending
And the disbelief…
Suspending
Chorus:
You raise up your hands
Looking for the light
Searching for all your happy endings
Waving your hands
Trembling in the light
You gather up all your happy endings
Did you think you were the case that steps outside
Of the box that locks your fear inside
Did you think that second place would kill your pride?
The truth is not shaking anything but…
The disbelief…
In your own bitter ending
And the disbelief…
Suspending
Don’t you want to see tomorrow?
Repeat Chorus
Wave goodbye
Hearts apart, in pieces and parts
For instance, long distance is not a good start
But we can’t help that we’re in love
We never took the time
To step outside this life
You know I’m right
Take a deep breath
And hold it inside
I’ll gather up all your happy endings
Repeat Chorus
Wave goodbye
If you go…
Wave goodbye
|
What A Life |
Sirens |
Lyrics |
Goodbye summer
Hello to the fall
It’s a bummer
Life’s better moments race by like dragstrip cars
We wait
I’m waiting
Life goes way too fast
So we must move on
Say we will
So we won’t
‘Cause this feeling’s almost gone
All gone
Welcome winter
Freezing every tear
Two little splinters
That stab in our back to bring on another year
We wait
I’m waiting
Life goes way too fast
So we must move on
Say we will
So we won’t
‘Cause this feeling’s almost gone
All gone
Do you smell spring?
(Smell spring)
Life finds a way somehow
Voices will sing
(Voices will sing)
Loud with the sound as life’s merry-go-rounds us now
We wait
I’m waiting
Life goes way too fast
So we must move on
Say we will
So we won’t
‘Cause this feeling’s almost gone
(As days go by
One year dies)
Almost gone
(As days go by
One year dies)
Another year
(As days go by
One year dies)
Almost gone
(As days go by)
Another year
(One year dies)
Another year
Goodbye summer
Goodbye
Goodbye summer
What a life
What a life
Goodbye summer
What a life
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When We Choke |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
Our love is a strange thing
A whole new feeling
For the first time
And I…
I’m high as the ceiling
You’ve got me believing
In a new God tonight
Holding your heart
Is like breathing in smoke
Our love is when we choke
I love the way you choke me
Love, my spirit is sailing
Ever-inhaling
You’re the ghost in my lungs
And I…
I’m high as the ceiling
You’ve got me believing
In a new God tonight
Holding your heart
Is like breathing in smoke
Our love is when we choke
I love the way you choke me
You lift the weight of the world
off me, my friend
You lift the weight of the world
This is not pretend
Every day with you is the weekend
And every night I hope will never end
I hope will never end
Love
Your heart
Holding your heart
Is like breathing in smoke
Our love is when we choke
I love the way you choke me
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When Your Sun Shines In My Eyes I Make An Ugly Face |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Walkin with a love gone
Weeping willow
No more nose to nose on borrowed pillows
Oh, now it’s concrete beds
It wasn’t my fault bit made me shiver
I’ve got tears for sale
Now I cry me a river and oh…
Now I’m drowning there
And when I carved our names in the southern sky
To show that I loved you and you loved I
Well, oh…
It turned me a vampire
And after all the nights of the love sick bites
And the heart attacks
You came draggin back into my life
Wanting antique love again
Well I’m not that man
And you promised good weather
And it never came
And you know it’s true
And you’re way too late
So when your sun shines second hand rays in my eyes, in my eyes
Well I turn to make an ugly face
We used to to back and forth and forth and back again
Belly
Belly to belly all night
You let my candle burn
From both ends
I gave you my heart
Let your heart beat for me
My appliance with a dead battery
And oh…
We were not compatible
Wrong size
So you shopped around
And you thought you found a new window display to take home
While holding me on layaway
So now you’re gone and out of my heart
Yet you’re rolling back on my pages
Hoping to start to reread
My novel again
Still reading of magazine men
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Where The Blue Girl Goes |
Model Citizen |
Lyrics |
Over the hills and not so far away
Just enough to know that if you could
You would trade away your today for yesterday
I know a girl
Who lost her way…
Into a dizzy side of a sunnier tomorrow
And without her horns…
But with my cape she ran
Where you goin girl
I’m blinded out here in the dark fire baby you are my campfire light
You make this fire so strong in me as you feed me apple crumble
I’m crumblin on my knees tonight
I wanna feel you
I wanna come closer
I wanna be one of the feathers to help you fly
And with a little love in all the wrong places
The rest of me has no choice but to follow
Believe in your everything
You are my basis of comparison to everyone
And no one that I met was even worth trying to pair
Comb, comb, comb your hair
Boy, you don’t wanna be the one who looks out of place tonight
I wanna be your bandaid
So I can heal you up from all life’s little cuts
I wanna be your bottlecap
To make sure you never go flat on me
I invite you to come inside to make me
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Where You Wanna Go |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
Wherever you wanna go that’s fine
Dress up just like Audrey Hepburn and thread the needle with the divine
Or cut down parking meters
Sheets to the wind I’ll oblige
As long as we drink ’til dawn and then sleep through the light
Where do you wanna go tonight
You feel like palm trees and mai thais
It’s the same old thing every Saturday night
That’s why we’re getting out of here tonight
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Oh wherever you point to I’ll find
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Girl, I’ll let you steer the wheel while I drive
Strip bars make you feel dirty
Go wash your hands
Amusement parks don’t start ’til it turns green
And the drive-in’s cold as hell
The windshield fogs up so well
It looks like ghosts are dancing on movie screens
So where do you wanna go tonight
Oh I feel like drinking whiskey and getting high
It’s the same old thing every Saturday night
That’s why we’re getting out of here tonight
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Oh wherever you point to I’ll find
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Girl, I’ll let you steer the wheel while I drive
Where do you wanna go tonight
Oh you can’t be in the circus if you don’t wanna leave town
No destination’s too far from us now
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Oh wherever you point to I’ll find it
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Girl, I wish that you would make up your mind
So tell me where you wanna go
Tell me where you wanna go
Girl, I’ll let you steer the wheel while I drive
Where do you wanna go tonight
Oh, make up your mind
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White Snow |
From The Vanishing Point |
Lyrics |
At this moment, monks are in deep meditation somewhere
Unaware that cellular phone conversations are interrupting their prayer
NASA is beaming coordinates to satellites around Mars
From their radar, through my body, then out to yours, then out to the stars
PRECHORUS
Baton toss from them to me to you
From them to me to you
Baton toss from them to me to you
From them to me to you
CHORUS
White Snow. We’re static. We can’t help but interfere with this
It’s automatic and tragic and scientifically so magic
We can’t see what’s running through us
We follow hearts where eyes won’t let us go
Let love exist between the lines just like white snow
Invisible to us, we must trust that they won’t bring us harm
While the ghosts who walk among us
Are more than a little jealous
They are sounding their dead alarm
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You Are My Las Vegas |
Little America |
Lyrics |
Old musical says
“Luck be a lady tonight”
Well…hold on tight to me, Doll
‘Cause we’re about to take a bite
Live nude shows
Going on in my head
Your lipstick glows red
You kiss and blow
And I wish I was dead
‘Cause you kill me every time
You kill me without even trying
But if you just bet on me
I’ll be your surest thing
‘Cause Baby, you’re my Las Vegas
And I don’t know what I’d do
Without you
Just hope and pray your chips
Fall my way real soon
Money’s not an object to me
And, incidentally
I hope you’re not into objects, darling
Or for that matter…money, Honey
But if you like dancing
And nickel-slot romancing
Well, maybe you should
Give us a chance then
‘Cause if you just say no
I’ll probably die alone
‘Cause Baby, you’re my Las Vegas
And I don’t know
What I’d do without you
Just hope and pray your chips
Fall my way real soon
‘Cause Baby, you’re my Las Vegas
And I can’t afford to lose
What are the odds
That you’re going home with me
Real soon
‘Cause Baby, you’re my Las Vegas
A Queen of hearts
And the King of all fools
Ain’t enough lights in this town
To outshine me and you
Vegas
Vegas in the night
Burning bright
The city lights
Las Vegas
You’re quite a sight
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You Are My Las Vegas |
These Magnificent Miles |
Lyrics |
Old musical says
“Luck be a lady tonight”
Well…hold on tight to me Doll
‘Cause we’re about to take a bite
Live nude shows going on in my head
Your lipstick glows red
You kiss and blow and I wish I was dead
‘Cause you kill me every time
You kill me without even trying
But if you just bet on me, I’ll be your surest thing
‘Cause Baby, You’re my Las Vegas
And I don’t know what I’d do without you
Just hope and pray your chips fall my way real soon
Money’s not an object to me, and incidentally
I hope you’re not into objects, darling
Or for that matter, money, Honey
But if you like dancing
And nickel-slot romancing
Well maybe you should give us a chance then
‘Cause if you just say no, I’ll probably die alone
‘Cause Baby, You’re my Las Vegas
And I don’t know what I’d do without you
Just hope and pray your chips fall my way real soon
‘Cause baby your my Las Vegas
And I can’t afford to lose
What are the odds that you’re going home with me real soon
‘Cause Baby, You’re my Las Vegas
The Queen of hearts and the King of all fools
Ain’t enough lights in this town to outshine me and you
‘Cause Baby, You’re my Las Vegas
And I can’t afford to lose
What are the odds that you’re going home with me real soon
Vegas
Vegas in the night
Burning bright
The city lights
Las Vegas
You’re quite a sight
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Younger Years |
The Wanting |
Lyrics |
In our younger years
When we were kids
We never asked for answers
We didn’t give a shit
In our younger years
We would drive
Out in search of honey
We never feared the hive
Go.
What do you wanna be when you grow up?
Chorus-
What do ya want to be when you grow up?
I don’t know. I don’t know.
You wanna swig from the bottle or sip the cup?
I don’t know. I don’t know.
Folks say you wanna be an astronaut.
I don’t know. I don’t know.
You think you wanna help the world or not?
I don’t know.
In our younger years
We would burn
Every ounce of karma
We never seemed to learn
In our younger years
We’d get high
Challenge those in charge
Make ’em look us in the eye
Go.
Chorus
What do you wanna be when you grow up?!
In our later years
We got old
We held on to rust
That we mistook for gold
In our younger years
We had it made
We’d do it all again
Exactly the same way
Go.
What do you wanna be when you grow up?!
Chorus
You don’t have to worry if you don’t get old
Don’t get old. Don’t get old.
You don’t have to worry if you don’t get old.
Don’t get old. Don’t get old.
You don’t have to worry if you don’t get old
Don’t get old. Don’t get old.
You don’t have to worry if you don’t get old.
DON’T. GET. OLD.
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Your Alibi |
Pride: The Cold Lover |
Lyrics |
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
Dream got out of bed
And made it stand
Screaming out loud
Get your feet on the ground
She said “drop dead”
Stuck in the clouds
That hang around her head
Oh will someone light a candle for me?
Leading to my morning glory
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
Give and take
And get what you give
The mistake it’s easy to die for you
Baby, it’s harder to live
Windows down
They keep me awake
Oh, man, will someone light a candle for me?
Driving to my morning glory
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
I know it don’t make sense
Except that this is over
It makes no difference
Except that this is over
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Conversations with my coffee and cigarettes
She’s as far from me as heaven
But it’s worth it in the end
I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t worth fighting for
And for every mile marker on this interstate
There’s a reason I’m still here
And while she still waits
So someone light a candle for every reason she’s my morning glory
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
Sunday morning I arrive
Through the dark and night’s disguise
Sunday morning
Baby, I’m your alibi
Yeah, singing yeah
It don’t make sense, at all
But I’ll drive around all night
Oh yeah
I’m singing yeah
It don’t make sense, at all
But I’m driving all night
All night
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