streetcar
parked underground the night you left
it took me an hour and a half
to find my way back above
there was nothing up there without your love
i was speeding out, filled with doubt, and heading home
playing with the lines, thinking of times, and freaking out
a streetcar had stopped and i had not.
it's hard to explain except to say
we're on our own in every way
someone who says they'll stay may just
be waiting around for some luck
i was speeding out, filled with doubt, and heading home
playing with the lines, thinking of times, and freaking out
a streetcar had stopped --
and i'd fucked up.
dynamite walls
open your eyes, put it in drive
get on the road, and just go
city lights turn to tree lines and national park signs
the mountains approach as we follow lines in the road
and the air turns to falling snow
miles away, just up ahead
it doesn't matter what
any of us is looking for
-- we'll never find it because
it's not even there
i've been showing falling rock warnings
and construction work slowings
the engine blazes, the elevation raises
and the dynamite walls contain us
everyone's watching for animals crossing,
in the part of the glass that's defrosting
miles away, just up ahead
it doesn't matter what
any of us is looking for
-- we'll never find it because
it's not even there
open your eyes, put it in drive
get on the road, and just go
city lights turn to tree lines and national park signs
the mountains approach as we follow lines in the road
and the air turns to falling snow
steps into miles
your legs walk through the tide like a smile
turn every step into miles
and the straps attached to the suit are on fire
your shoulders hold up my desire
your arms
are pulling me close
and my heart
is holding your toes
and your feet are walking away with no trail beneath.
i should have been watching you
daylight slipping away, down a mountainside
over the trees and their lines
and i look out past your eyes
through the windows i stare
as the fields half disappear
so much beauty out there
as the shadows reach for the bar
the place turns yellowish-like
and everything seems alright
except that this is the last day i get to spend with you
and now it's dark and it's through
i should have been watching you.
long way down
do you ever go
to the places we both were known?
do you walk where we used to roam?
and do your thoughts go by me in their flow?
when i'm alone, sometimes i need to know
baby it's a long way down
and i wonder how you've changed?
have the years left trails i cannot trace?
has your brain lost cells it won't replace?
and are you light, or weighed down with mistakes?
when it gets late, sometimes i see your face
baby it's a long way down
baby let your feelings show
it's all i need from you to let go
cause baby, i can't stay this low
and there's so much i need to grow
and i know you never go
to the places we both were known
and you don't walk where we used to roam
and your thoughts don't pass me in their flow
'cause if they did, i wouldn't be out alone
baby it's a long way down
baby let your feelings show
it's all i need from you to let go
cause baby, i can't stay this low
and there's so much i need to know
all in one move
all in one move, you
changed my way of thinking
bopping away, all that kept me down
you were snowing when i walked in there
and the sun was so bright
it melted all away
then, all in one move
you took back what you gave me
and clouds flourished
forced the sun to leave, making snow
fall down on more ice.
bass song
the day after the storm
i didn't leave the house at all
they assumed from the lack of prints
in the snow that i'd
been away for sometime
-- but i was upstairs --
and i couldn't hear them,
my headphones on, recording songs
they broke my windows, and walked inside
beneath me as i played on
unaware of what was going on
as my song began to fade
i heard whispering
and then i couldn't breathe
they were walking up the stairs
towards me, as i looked for something to try
and scare them with
but i couldn't find shit,
so i grabbed my bass guitar by the neck
and held it above me
and hid by the top of the stairs
and that's where i was found
five days after i hit the ground.
carried away
don't be scared to leave him
you've been sad all season
you should think of something to say.
maybe you could tell him
that from the day you met him
you've been liking him less and less.
things have got to change
'cause if they stay the same
you'll both get carried away.
he might really love you
and be crushed by the news
and you can take back everything you said
and if he feels the same way --
has been waiting to say
the same things but on a different day
you'll go your separate ways
and all your days with him will fade --
be carried away.
looking for you in me
why do i feel this way?
years are becoming days
why was i so surprised?
i opened my eyes to see
summer for you and me
wasn't going to be.
i thought you were what i needed
to break out of how i was feeling
but i never saw it.
you are beautiful
and your eyes are hidden behind wool
your face doesn't need to be told
you've heard from so many men
you still want to hear it said
so you can feel some control.
telling me all your wrongs
just so i'd know along
that you would be that way
you'd be that way
why did it end that way?
hours into wasted days
why was i so surprised?
i guess it's all for the best
i only wanted sex
and i think that you knew.
it was in my eyes to see
i was looking for you in me
and i was lost.
lullaby
the long, long day is through
the light's been replaced by blue
you lie awake in your room
thinking about what to do.
everything depends
on one single chance
should you accept this dance?
the last ten years have flown --
days come and then they go.
is this the life you're meant to know,
is it too late for you to glow
everything depends
on one single chance
should you accept this dance?
the long, long day is through
figure out what is true.
close your eyes and think about
what you can live without
close your eyes and think about
what you can live without...
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