Solitaire, such a fateful game
She turns her cards and writes her name on the napkin
Now she turns another card
She dreams about the house and romance
He promised but won't deliver
She waits alone
With dried out hopes
And dormant phone
She waits for years
And fantasies melt
New ones appear
But they wont help
And again she catches him
Eye pulls away with light too dim
She calls his name and runs around
But he was faster
All alone in a bad part of town
She waits again
With dried out hopes
And things made for him
A little ride, a little fun was all
He held her tight, got tired and then let go
The strain on her heart
She believed a lying blackheart
Painted with promises
Then he left her on the floor
With only the mirror to curse
Should've known better
High on a wire
Poised for an imminent fall
Clowns always smile
Greasepaint and lust in their pores
Start to sway and I hold your hand
Fall, the smile surrounds his head
Hot ashes, clay
Hot ashes fade
To lean, to err, too far along for me
To wait around, to smile is to accept
In center ring
Rolling in sawdust and hay
Covered in paint
Damn everything but the circus
Damn the men and the women who stare
At the freaks in the cages and snares
Hot ashes, clay
Hot ashes fade
To win, to err, to fall too far for safety
To lean, to wait a while is too easy
To lean towards, to fall too far for me
To wait a while around is too easy
To lean too long, to fall too far for safety
Are you the plane that shapes the board
Part of a history, smoothed and worn
And oh, the windy weather
Dry spells, brushfire
Isn't it strange to see my life
You must cut me down to look inside
And oh, the simple pleasures
This ring tells of rain and this one's summer
Good years, nightmares
How is it I remember knowing that I would live forever
Isn't it strange how truth can change
And oh, the windy weather
This ring tells of rain, this one's summers
I thought I'd be alright today
I thought I'd be alive today
Give me your eyes, I'll show you things
You never dreamed you thought you'd see
I found myself in a light I'd seen
In sleep sometimes or mescaline
And like the sun you can't stare into for very long
Without it blinding you
I thought this light would comfort me
I thought it would be easy
But there's a tugging at my sleeve
And so much baggage I brought with me to leave
Something so big I can't understand
From trying to, I would go mad
So I hurry back to little earth
For another life, another birth
Another life, another birth
Another life, another birth
Another life, another birth
I will give the secrets you request
And you will be the one to sacrifice
So lay your olive arms upon my breast
And sing the poems, free the butterflies
Pray your Gods who ask you for your blood
For they are strong and angry jealous ones
Or lay upon my altar now your love
I fear my time is short
There are armies moving close
Be quick, my love
I feel my body weakened by the years
As people turn to Gods of cruel design
Is it that they fear the pain of death?
Or could it be they fear the joy of life
Pray your Gods who'll hold you by your fear
For they are quick and ruthless punishers
Or lay upon my altar now your love
Fear my day is done
There are armies moving on
Azul palido
As death it waits for me
After storms
And after pouring rain
Vainest thunder
Pale blue remains
Azul palido
As death it follows me
Mocking weather
An attempt in vain
Weakest thunder
Laughing at the rain
Azul palido
As death it comforts me
After storms
And after pouring rain
Crashing thunder
Wait for hours in the line again
Take your check, go home, and buy your bread
Or maybe down a couple of drinks instead
Don't speak your mind now
And it's time, you want to sleep
To ease your mind, where nothing runs so deep
And suicide is all you've left to meet
And still you say to me bartender, fix me one more drink
Drink alone with me 'til 5 a.m.
And she's waiting up to ask you questions
You've no answer but the rise in rent
Don't speak your mind now, you'll wake the child
And it's time you want to sleep
To ease your mind, where nothing runs so deep
And suicide is all you've left to meet
Still you say to me bartender, fix me one more drink
Don't speak your mind now
'Cause no one cares, no one's there
And it's time, you want to sleep
To ease your mind, where nothing runs so deep
And suicide is all you've left to meet
And still you say to me bartender, fix me one more drink
Had enough of everything, everything I've had
Big surprise, the years roll by, fix me one more drink
Need it all, need some more, needing everything
Wouldn't know any more than home
And couldn't see much further
And light won't help
A wound untended grows
And never heals
Standing face to east
Waiting for an answer
But the only sound is desert wind
And when the wind was cold
Bundled up and packed away we shiver still
Finding more than one wind blows
I couldn't sleep
Something kept me still and wide awake
And gnawing at my breast
Something I don't know
I couldn't shake it
Laying face to wall
Plaster tells me nothing
But I sense a movement somewhere else
And 'though it's far away
Bundled up in safety here I shiver still
Finding more than one wind blows
He walked alone
Facing wind and snow
Moving slowly
He staggers, moves again
Somehow stronger now
One little girl
Told to know her place
Told she must believe
And do what he says
One little girl
Taught that she is small
Taught that she is less
And man's decree is law
One little boy who'd know her too well
But that one little boy could send her to hell
One little man who'd care if she cried
But that one little man would leave her
And then she'd die
One little girl
Is beaten 'till she faints
Told that this is love
Told that she will have to take it
One little girl
Is just a bit confused
Thought that she was human too
One little girl
Couldn't run away
Anywhere she'd go
The rules and men the same
One little girl
Couldn't take the pain
Something rushes over me
And I find myself standing here
Lift my eyes up to the sky
And offer a silent prayer
Sometimes all the shouting stops
And the restlessness loses hold
And I cry out to everything
That nothing is alone
If the winter wont turn me
Then the summer cant burn me
And the rain will never
Fall upon a restless soul
Don't give me answers for I would refuse
"Yes" is a word for which I have no use
And I wasn't looking for heaven or hell
Just someone to listen to stories I tell
Now what is a blessing and what is a dream
Caught between portraits and none's what it seems
Why is it some would expect there's a change
When I feel I'm a part of something I can't see
And I feel the same
Don't ask me questions or I will retreat
Fame is a cancer and ego it's seed
And I wasn't looking for heaven or hell
Just someone to listen to stories I tell
Do we ever wonder?
And do you ever care
Stories I tell, stories I tell
Stories I tell
Subtle salvation in poems and probes
Hiding our heads in a shadow of home
And I wasn't looking for wreaths or for bells
Just someone to listen to stories I tell
Stories I tell, stories I tell
Stories
Stories I tell, stories I tell
Say what I need, I kick you down
No I'm fine, don't you hang around
And I find myself here in another home
Where everything moves so slow
So tired
Take the longest day, throw it all away
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
Every day's the same, nothing ever change
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
You should know by now
We're all liars
Take me where you go
Only higher
Take the longest day, waste it all away
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
Every day's the same, nothing ever change
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
Can't do anything
Anything you want
Anything you want
Anything
Take the longest day, throw it all away
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
Every day's the same, nothing ever change
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
I can't stand it but I can't do anything
Here in another home
Where everything moves so slow
Well I wonder, do we learn?
Seems we're making the same wrong turns
Call you sacred, call you obscene
Call you faithless, call you anything
Call and you listen
Listen (x3)
I'm a liar, so it seems
My desire could justify anything
So is there nothing that lies in between
This cold silence and a scream?
Scream, listen
Listen (x3)
Caught in headlines
We are frozen and cannot hide
There's no break, no time
If you can, I might
Call and you listen
Why try
When everything I do feels half right?
I wander through my life
Everything I say seems half right
Sometimes I'm standing here
High on a riverbed
And light breaks through
And everything feels good for a while
High on a riverbed
Where am I
When everything I do feels half right?
How can I be satisfied
Writing words from someone else's lies?
Sometimes I'm standing here
High on a riverbed
And light breaks through
And everything feels good for a while
High on a riverbed
Light breaks through
I see myself sometimes
Vision is a mystery half blind
I keep missing all the time
Seeing what I could be if I...
If I...
Sometimes I'm standing here
High on a riverbed
And light breaks through
It's hard to rely on my good intentions
When my head's full of things that I can't mention
Seems I usually get things right
But I can't understand what I did last night
And it's hard to rely on my own good senses
When I miss so much that requires attention
I have to laugh at myself sometimes
And I can see that I'm not blind
There's little relief
Give us reprieve, oh
For all the things I've left behind
I'm positive that I'm not blind
I'm not afraid things won't get better
But it feels like this has gone on forever
You have to cry with your own blue tears
You have to laugh with your own good cheer
And it's hard to rely on my good intentions
When my head's full of things that I can't mention
Seems I usually get things right
But I can't understand what I did last night
There's little relief
Give us reprieve, oh
And imagining the world outside
I'm positive that I'm not blind
I can't be hard on you
'Cause you know I've been there too
Learned a lot of things from you
Oh but life gives little relief
Give us reprieve, oh
And when everyone is cold as ice
I clinch my fists and close my eyes
Imagining the world outside
We sing the nightingale song alive
Streets never border further than my eyes
We sing the nightingale song alive
We might be different but our hearts won't lie
And little ever changes if anything at all
But the song rings loudly through these halls
We sing the nightingale song alive
We might be different but our hearts won't lie
And little ever changes when you view it from the sky
And the damage we encounter the earth just passes by
And little ever changes if anything at all
Didn't know, they were a part of it I can't tell
It would seem, there's a lot that I don't know
But here I am and I'm standing with the perfect view
I could not go far enough away from you
I've seen it all before and know it's only words
Hello, I can't hear it's in my ear
Hello, hello
Never meant half of the things that I've said to you
So you know there's a half that might be true
And here I am and I'm standing with the perfect view
I could not pull far enough away from you
Seen it all before I know it's only words
Hello, have you heard a single word
Hello, hello
Standing with the perfect view
I could not pull far enough away from you
Seen it all before I know it's only words
Hello, I can't hear it's in my ear
Hello, hello
Hello, have you heard a single word
One part of me just wants to tell you everything
One part just needs the quiet
And if I'm lonely here, I'm lonely here
And on the telephone, you offer reassurance
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things
How can I hold the part of me that only you can carry
It needs a strength I haven't found
And if it's frightening, I'll bear the cold
And on the telephone, you offer warm asylum
I'm listening, flowers in the garden
Laughter in the hall, children in the park
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things anymore
To crawl inside the wire, trying to feel you near me
To feel this accepting
That it is lonely here, not alone
And on the telephone you offer visions dancing
I'm listening, music in the bedroom
Laughter in the hall, dive into the ocean
Singing by the fire, running through the forest
And standing in the wind, the rolling canyons
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things anymore
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will not take these things for granted
I will, will not take these things for granted
Through the door,
What do I see?
Bradley said it's haunted
The house upon the hill
And if we met at 4 a.m.
Then we would know for sure
We carried the ladders
And leaned them against it
And climbed them as we looked
Someone kicked the ladder
Bradley took a spill
Said his leg was broken so we
Dragged him down the hill
And through the door
What do I see? (It happens)
Something is happening
Is it for me?
Is it for me?
Mom found out the whole thing
Mine was first to call
Bradley's leg healed badly
At least he still can walk
We leave in the morning and
No one will hear us and
Meet in the clearing and
I'll bring the sandwiches
David, come quickly
You're missing the whole thing
Now open your big eyes
Take in the sunrise
And through the door
What do I see? (It happens)
Something is happening
Is it for me?
Through the door
What do I see? (It happens)
Something is happening
Is it for me?
Free my heart to feel again
Free my mind to understand
To run undeterred
Pull the blinders from my eyes
Let me see the endless skies
Drown me where I stand
In the beauty of the land
And all my life
It lay inside
For all my life
Tear this anger from my soul
Wash me clean and leave me whole
Leave me higher
Work my hands to make them strong
Lift my arms to carry on
Anywhere I go, to never be alone
And all my life
It lay inside
For all my life
We were always leaving
Since we start breathing
And running back no wonder
We are torn asunder
To give me life
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops moving
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops kicking
And they don't know her but what the fuck
They got nothin' else they can do
And there's no reason but still they come
And I would have a hard time facing you
This crime, I've seen what a man can do
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops screaming
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops breathing
And they don't know her but what the fuck
They got nothin' else they can do
And there's no reason but still they come
And I would have a hard time facing you
This crime, I've seen what a man can do
And I would have died
From all the hell that you've been through
Take the night back, all they've stolen
All we took from you
Take the night back, all they've stolen
All we took from you
Music by: glen phillips and toad
Lyrics by: glen phillips
There's an old virginian vibraphone
With a calculated gait
And a man who thinks he's al capone
With a cumberbund and cape
Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you
And talk to the man if you feel he needs talking to
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
And the fish upon the docks are dying
There's an orchestra in rococo
And an insulated dwarf
And the ships are sinking in the sea
As they sail from the shores
Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
And the fish upon the docks are dying
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
For the grunion in the sand entwining
Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you
So suddenly
Where was my mind
What was I thinking of
I lost control
You could have died
I could have killed you
But when we recovered
I only thought of you
And when you saw my hands
You shuddered
I realized
How much I cared for you
I slip sometimes
I can be cruel
I can say stupid things
But after crimes
Pardoned
And pride follows behind me
But when we recovered
I only thought of you
And light remaining after thunder
I realized
Call and anywhere
I would go
Call and anywhere
I would go
All I ever have I offer
And all I need is hope
And all I need is hope
Call and anywhere
I would go
Call and anywhere
I would go
All I ever am I offer
And all I need is hope
And all I need is hope
And all I need is hope
And all I need is hope
(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Sheepdog
Standing in the rain,
Bullfrog
Doing it again
some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
what makes you think you're something special when you smile
Child-like
No one understands,
Jack knife
In your sweaty hands,
some kind of solitude is measured out in years
you don't know what it's like to listen to your fears
You can talk to me
you can talk to me
you can talk to me
if you're lonely you can talk to me
Big man
Walking in the park
Whigwam
Frightened of the dark
Some kind of innocence is measured out in you
You think you know me but you haven't got a clue
You can talk to me
you can talk to me
you can talk to me
if you're lonely you can talk to me
hey bulldog, hey bulldog
hey bulldog, hey bulldog
here, i need your help
deliver me from myself
take me where i'm wanted
or make me someone else.
never mind what they said
forget about the things you read
it was something you'll never know
never see, never understand
just leave it now if you can
tell me
when they come for you
who will there be to speak
and when they come for you
who will there be left to speak for you?
the final solution's back in style
we are the ones letting it ride
i never knew we were so blind
amnesia in comfort, so unkind
tell me
when they come for you
who will there be to speak
and when they come for you
All in all it's just as well
Water moves, earth is still
Time is slower still
Half an hour is 30 days
Nothing moves all this way
Hold on, I can wait
Life lies burning
I am only just as much as I
Can make myself
And I lie burning
Life is only just a part of it
I can't help myself
All in all it's just the sun
Catch the wind, hold it down
Cold when evening comes
All in all it's just as well
Catch the river, make it still
Water turns the mill
Life lies burning
I am only just as much as I
Can help myself
And I lie burning
Life is only just a part of it
I can't help myself
All in all it's just as well
Water moves, earth is still
Time is slower still
Half an hour is 30 days
Nothing moves all this way
Hold on, I can wait
But I can't wait
Hey now, hey hey now
And I can't wait
I can't help myself, self
And I can't wait
Hey now, hey hey now
I can't wait
Four times he came by I did not look
Talked about the reservoir
His thumbs were hooked on his carpenter's belt
As he squinted in the sun
Smiled wide many times, think I smiled back once
And it's frightening
Ooo, I didn't expect that from you
It's blinding
Serious, are you seriously
I am feeling really stupid now
Last time on the fly, work had all been done
Sanding down the ceiling so it ends up in the rug
We were waiting in the bathroom till he finished up
One short hi and no goodbye
She says she knew him once
And it's frightening
Ooo, I didn't expect that from you
It's blinding
Serious, are you seriously
I am feeling really stupid now
Stupid now, stupid now
And it's frightening
Ooo, I didn't expect that from you
It's blinding
I can't see a thing, I see, I see
And I am really feeling stupid
I am really feeling stupid
I am feeling really stupid now
Life is suffering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Life is suffering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Cold and shuddering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Cruel and pummeling
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Smile on little buddha, smile on
Little buddha, smile on
It's only illusion then it's gone
Lost and struggling
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Life is suffering
Tee-hee, ha-ha
Smile on little buddha, smile on
Little buddha, smile on
It's only illusion then you're gone
I love an object, singular thing
Carried beside me and flaunted for me
Well I know I'm not holy, just partially good
No time for my family, patience to brood
I want to be a great man
A hero, a martyr, immortal I'd stand
well I haven't the guts to touch lepers or queers
though I'm happy to waste away time with you here
Should I have believed I was still a boy
Naive and sane, protected wholly
Tongue-tied and restless
Breathing of futures
Know me; I am not a child
'though you have age
You have not felt the pain...
Should I have remained obedient and docile
So far restrained
The hands that hold me back
Could break my bones
As each one snaps
I hate my home
Far on my way
I should know, I was born here
Know me
Am I just some fool? am I far from ready?
Just let me fall and I'll believe you.
Chained up and pampered I strain until I crack
Know me before you kill what I want to be
And leave me cold
Bled white
And feeling old
Far on my way
I should know, I was born here
Know me--know all I am
Far on my way
I was cold then I exploded
Watching me
A bird upon a roof with coal-black feathers
Cocks his head
To catch my eye
Wandering and unfocused I cannot meet his stare
He takes to wing
Silhouette against the sun
Surrounded by the glare
Funny how the days go by invisibly
And faster than I realize the things I think about
Strange to find the calendar my enemy
And scared that when I die so will the things
I think about
I believe in so many things
I know that none of them are true
And my feet
Firm upon a pathway I am far too blind to see
Leading me
Funny how the days go by invisibly
And faster than I realize the things I think about
Scared to find the calendar my enemy
And when I die so will the thousand things
I think about
I wanted to follow you
Down to your well-furnished cave
And to laugh at your art
I wanted to tell you the truth
But I'm always afraid
That you'll be torn apart
Oh, say the word
And I'll tell you you're wrong
Oh, say the word
I've been waiting too long
But when you talk
There's nothing to hear
I'm always changing
You're too far or too near
I wanted to tell her the truth
But I'm always afraid it's not in her heart
I wanted to say how I felt
But I'm always afraid
That she'll stop when I start
Oh, say the word
When we're there at her home
Oh, say the word
'cause I don't want to be alone
But when she talks
She's all that I hear
How can I help it
There's almost nothin' left
An' you eat my kind for breakfast
What did I expect
To come here and find anyone?
Find open arms to greet me
And friends to feed me
I sicken myself so much
And you eat my kind for breakfast
You eat my kind
Whatever I fear the most is whatever I see before me
Whenever I let my guard down, whatever I was ignorin'
Whatever I fear the most is whatever I see before me
Whatever I have been given, whatever I have been
Seeing myself this way
I am a monster I believe
An' seeing is believing
Is there no doubt left?
When I wake up I poison myself
And poison gives no appetite
I sicken myself so much
I sicken myself so
Whatever I fear the most is whatever I see before me
Whenever I let my guard down, whatever I was ignorin'
Whatever I fear the most is whatever I see before me
Whatever I have been given, whatever I have been
Did we expect these things to change?
By waking up and suddenly there they are
And all I need's a startin' place
An' nothing ever seemed so hard
Whatever I fear the most is whatever I see before me
Whenever I let my guard down, whatever I was ignoring
Whatever I fear the most is whatever I see before me
Whatever I have been given, whatever I have been
opened my eyes
fire had come
not for the end of days
not for the faithless ones
not for vision understood
burns because it has to burn
change will happen whether we
are still or moving
breathe in waves of doubt
bitter in your mouth
you will exhale cinnamon clouds
when it is quiet and still
I can feel older here
change what i can and pray
that hope will not disappear
when we are not denying anything
nothing is an enemy
delicately balancing the perfect world
ride these waves of doubt
bitter in your mouth
you will exhale, cinnamon clouds
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
writhe in waves of doubt
touch me inside out
and I will exhale primal shout
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
I understand, the fire will come
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
not for the strength of will
or passions of anyone
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
I understand the fire will come
(ooh little heaven, little heaven)
not for the end of days
There comes a time in your life
Pull on your coat and go outside
And taste the vinegar you'll find bitter life
Taste a second time
A sweet suprise, a sweet suprise
It's not that hard to figure it out
When there's no question, there's no doubt
Burned in effigy in time, senseless time
To view the miracle and the wine
Still is wine and that is my crime
There is a face in the store
We let it out to find it's form
To shape a testament of will, strongest will
A pride humidity (humility? )
A bitter pill, a bitter pill
Sweet surrender oh my lord
I never thought I'd see
Not suprising still I find some shaking
And cry more then laughing softly
There comes a time in your life
He's got a thing 'bout losing control
Carries it a mile just to see how far he'll go
Brushes up his chops as he tries to fake a smile
A friend indeed but what I need someone who'll stay a while
Someone to stay a while
You can bend my ear
We will talk all day
Just make sure I'm around
When you've finally got something to say
Drops hints but he won't tell you what's really on his mind
But I know if I look it's easy to find
He's got a way with his anger, the way he lets it show
Like the smoldering smoke when the fire's left the coals
Fire's left the coals
You can take me down
To show me your home
Not the place where you live
But the place where you belong
You can bend my ear
We will talk all day
Just make sure I'm around
When you've finally got something to say
And what are you meaning by 'I don't deserve this life?'
Well his door is always open, he's always got the time
To give a little something even though he gets behind
Your trips become his and your lives are intertwined
But like the horse with the junkie it's all in your mind
It's all in your mind
You can take me down
You can show me your home
Not the place where you live
But the place where you belong
You can bend my ear
We will talk all day
Just make sure I'm around
When you've finally got something to say
Finally got something, finally got something
Another day
I call and never speak
And you would say
nothing's changed at all
And I can't feel
much hope for anything
If I won't be there to
catch you if you fall
(chorus)
Again it seems we meet
in the spaces in between
We always say it won't be long
Oh but something's always wrong
Another game
of putting things aside
As if we'll come
back to them sometime
A brace of hope
a pride of innocence
And you would say
something has gone wrong
(chorus)
(interlude)
And again it seems we meet
in the spaces in between
We always say it won't be long
No but something's always wrong
Something's always wrong
Covered in roses
No-one deserves it all
Covered in roses
What are they looking for
Take me for what I am
Not something more
When this boy
Becomes a man
Then you will know
Covered in roses
And no-one deserves it all
Covered in roses
Take your cautionary tales
Take your incremental gain
And all the sycophantic games
And throw 'em all away
Burn your tv in your yard
And gather round it with your friends
And warm your hands upon the fire
And start again
Take the story you've been told
The lies that justify the pain
The guilt the weighs upon your soul
And throw 'em all away
Tear up the calendar you've bought
And throw the pieces to the sky
Confetti falling down like rain
Like a parade to usher in your life
Take the dreams that should have died
The ones that kept you lying awake
When you should've been all right
And throw 'em all away
With the time I waste on the life I never had
I could've turned myself into a better man
cause there ain't nothing you can buy
And there is nothing you can save
To fill the whole inside your heart
So throw it all away
Wont fill the whole inside your heart
Help me empty out this house
The wool I've gathered all these days
And thought I couldn't do without
I fear nothing
Besides myself
Please don't touch me
I feel like an infant trying to stand up
Am I two souls
One hard, one whole
Am I real
I don't want to feel anything
Anymore
I feel nothing
Beside this pain
Please don't watch me
Love like an infant
I am taught but I
Never learn a thing
I'm not deaf but I
Can't hear everything
A quiet world
Unquiet
I am strong but I
Never move a thing
I have words but I
Lack the voice to sing
A quiet world
Unquiet
I would sell the world
Would i...
I am fast but I
Never move at all
I have sight but I
Never choose to show
A quiet world
Unquiet
I would sell the world
Would I...
A quiet world
we spotted the ocean at the head of the trail
where are we going, so far away
and somebody told me that this is the place
where everything's better, everything's safe
walk on the ocean
step on the stones
flesh becomes water
wood becomes bone
and half and hour later we packed up our things
we said we'd send letters and all those little things
and they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same
it seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came
now we're back at the homestead
where the air makes you choke
and people don't know you
and trust is a joke
we don't even have pictures
just memories to hold
that grow sweeter each season
Line of people to pass you by
Posing sympathy with its whitewash eyes
With the ladies feigning their mourning cries
And the men shaking hands:
Weigh away
Way away
All the pictures in your mind
As you're passed the thousandth time
Thousandth photograph
Listen to sympathetic lies
As their reasons change under mourning guise
With the gentlemen feigning sorrowed sighs
And drinking champagne:
Weigh away
Way away
As all the people pass and pose
You hold back the tears
And hold onto memories
Small talk hangs like a dirty cloud
Saying nothing real but deafening loud
An urge to run away from the crowd
And mourn all alone:
Make a promise to no-one
Wondering if you'd been worthwhile
Turn away from the chatter
We were sharing so many words and feelings
Age is heavier, it seems, than years alone
But, I told you things I wouldn't dream of telling anyone
Are we drifting out, like flowers from a forgotten someone
Don't go away
I can't feel the same without you
We were making so many plans and secrets
We would both be millionaires or kings or presidents
But like everything those little dreams
Just kind of came and went
Hard now just to make end meet
I wanna see everything
The beautiful colors
Disintegrate under me
As the crowd rushes closer, I wanna feel it hit
Keep my eyes open wide
Keep my eyes open wide
Cancer and nicotine
And whiskey and water
Sleepless and cynical
Dreams to slaughter
When I need you to save me
And make me breathe
Then I need you to wake me
'Cause I wanna see every, every little thing
Keep my eyes open wide
Keep my eyes open wide
Now I know this
That you don't wanna live
If there's no point to it
You give me meaning
'Cause I'm gonna see, gonna see
Every little thing
Keep my eyes open wide
(Wanna see everything)
Keep my eyes open wide
(Wanna see everything)
Keep my eyes open wide
(Wanna see everything)
by Toad the wet sprocket
She said "I'm fine, I'm okay"
cover, up your trembling hands
There's indecision when you
Know you ain't got nothing left
when the good times never stay
And the cheap thrills always
seem to fade away
When will we
When will we fall down
Jump back, got to get out of here
been too long this time
Jump back, got to get out of here
When will we fall down
She hates her life
She hates her skin
She even hates her friends
Tries to hold on to all the
reputations she can't mend
And there's some chance we could fail
but lthe last time someone was
always there for bail
When will we fall down
Jump back, got to get out of here
been too long this time
Jump back, got to get out of here
When will we fall down
For the last time conscience calls
For a good friend I was never there at all
When will we fall down
Taken from de booklet of the cd "Dulcinea" 1994 Sony Music
Paul is making me nervous
Paul is making me scared
Walk into this room and swaggers
Like he's God's own messenger
Changed the name of my brother
Changed the things that he said
Says he speaks to him
But he never even knew the man
But I'd give my life for him
Like water through my hands
You'd give him any ending
But if he's all you say
Would he fly from heaven
To this world again
To this world again
Take whatever you're needing
Take whatever you can
We are broken from within
Run to another landLike water through my hands
Or is it just beginning
But if he's all you say
Would he fly from heaven
To this world again
To this world again
They took my brother
They ripped him from me
To twist his words as they did his body
Denied his family
Denied his beauty
To lie him down at the feet
Of those he couldn't save
Couldn't save, couldn't save
Will it be the end
Or is he still ascending
But if he's all you say
Would he fly from heaven
To this world again
To this world again
Been waiting to find
You could've been happier given the time
If he'd make up his mind
You'd give yourself to anybody
Who would cross that line
And it was never a question
He was crowing for repair
You'd give him love and affection
You couldn't keep him there
Get over, regrets
While you were sleeping with the angels
He was under the bed
And the more skin that you shed
The more that the air in your throat will linger
When you call him your friend
And it was never a question
He was crowing for repair
You'd give him love and affection
You couldn't keep him there
Staring at a cold little hand
Reading fault lines of a shell of a man
You were waiting for a word from above
Wouldn't you know it?
No, answer ever did come
And it was never a question
You were crowing for repair
You'd give him love and affection
You couldn't keep him there
And it was never a question
You were crowing for repair
You'd give him love and affection
Is it this place that makes me fall from you?
Forget the words that once rang so true
Did we expect that life was ever fair, my God
I sowed a field of rose and reaped to whipping rod
And everything, I've held too tight inside
Could make a part of me die
And if my lips could only speak the name
The dam would break like a row
Like a row
What is this ice that gathers 'round my heart?
To stop the flood of warmth before it even starts
It would make me blind to what I thought would always be
The only constant in the world for me
And every hour of every day
I need to fight from pulling away
And if my mind could only loose the chain
The dam would break like a row
Like a row
Like a row
Like a row
Like a row
For all the things I hid away
And all the words I could not say
The dam would break
Like a row
Like a row
Like a row
I want to be clean, I want to be whole
Want revenge, I want control
I want to give up, I want to give in
Destroy all I have been
I want to be cruel, I want to be cold
Want a chance to sell my soul
I want to break out, I want to dive in
To lose myself in sin
I said that I don't need anything
I'm just wanting, just wanting
I said that I don't need anything
I'm just wanting, just wanting
Desire all, desire is
Desire breeds desire
Desire all, desire is
Desire feeds desire
I want to scream, I want to shout
Want to have faith and never doubt
I want to bend, I want to break
To sleep and never wake
To break down walls and to escape
Be alone and hide my face
I want to feel, I want to touch
Want to stop wanting it so much
I said that I don't need anything
I'm just wanting, just wanting
I said that I don't need anything
I'm just wanting, just wanting
Desire all, desire is
Desire feeds desire
Desire all, desire is
Desire breeds desire
Desire all, desire is
Desire feeds desire
Desire all, desire is
Desire breeds desire
Desire breeds desire
Music by: todd nichols, glen phillips and toad
Lyrics by: glen phillips
Soft between these sheets I shiver
I move in time
My thoughts collide and body whispers
Am I alive
This place will speak it's language to me
I slip inside
A breath escapes and I fly with it
I'm so alive
I'm alive (3x)
Moving in waves
Caught in a slow landslide
Sleeping still but so alive
(break)
I'm alive (3x)
Moving in waves
Caught in a slow landslide
Sleeping still but so alive
Breathing in waves
Pulling away, rising
Running scared but so alive
(plus mystery lyrics not on the recording:)
I see you on a road I travel
I move in time
The earth forgives my trespass
One more time he says good-night
Turns out the door and off the light
Cursing low as if she didn't know
One more time he'd comfort her
As if a word could break through her
Shes so quiet and he's sick of it
Too long, too late this time
Too far, too great in my mind
One more time a run-around
Nothing meant by anyone
Fine with them, such a quite din
Says he wants to leave a while
She just sits and tries to smile
Thats ok, it was boring anyway
Too long, too late this time
Too far, too great in my mind
Says she needs a worshiper
Someone who'll do anything at all for her
Wishful thinker
He don't need this schizo bull
Each one misses by so far
Been two weeks now
Kitchen stinks now
Finally got the guts to saunter in and don a pair of gloves
Janitor
Sleeping in a drum
Janitor I've become
Bubbles bristles
Thorns and thistles
Liquid sticks to things that never should be seen by anyone
Janitor
Sleeping in a drum
Janitor I've become
It amazes me how easily things go away
Chemical for every need
Someone else's problem when I leave
Is the janitor
Sleeping in a drum
Janitor you'll become
You'll become
here in my mind is a wall i can't climb
don't listen now
there are liars everywhere
deep in my heart is a stone i must cut
don't listen now
there are liars everywhere
liars are everywhere
Green button like a lantern
Illuminates this cavern
And outside nothing matters anymore
My instinct won't deceive me
My senses will not leave me
When there's no one left to grieve me
I won't mourn
Good night, don't fear
I always will watch over you my dear
Good night, sleep well
I'll see you with the rest of them in hell
My hand won't shake the console
My handcuff will not rattle
As I win the final battle of all wars
And down beneath the ocean
I'll dream of wings in motion
A blinding glory
That'll show 'em what freedom's for
Good night, don't fear
I always will watch over you my dear
Good night, sleep well
I'll see you with the rest of them in hell
I can't believe you
You bend your words like you're Geller's spoons
Not quite safe here
When every judgement seems to smack of doom
Are you okay?
I'm just fine
You take Nancy
For me Loretta's fine
A legal precedent could set us straight
But no one's brought up suit
And I'm assumin'that if they did
The point would still be moot
And are you jokin'?
I'm just fine
You take Nancy
For me Loretta's fine
No, I've changed my mind
I'll take Nancy
For you Loretta's fine
And still we walk without quite seein' things
And I'll admit there's not that much to see
And I will follow through
And expect that you will follow suit
And I can't believe you
You bend your words like you're Geller's spoons
Not quite safe here
When every judgement seems to smack of doom
And are you okay?
I'm just fine
You take Nancy
For me Loretta's fine
No I've changed my mind
I'll take Nancy
For you Loretta's fine
Loretta's fine
Loretta's fine
call me up when you need
strangers often deceive
and there's something so freeing
to call out a name
and someone's believing
i've been changing my mind
through with looking behind
it's a crash course in life
the best you can do is pass by
no getting out alive
i'll hold a light for you to see
all things in time, all you'll ever need
something i can't explain
keeps me running, afraid
and every day
looks me in the face and says
"who'd you think you were, anyway?"
if you'll hold a light for me to see
all things in time, all we'll ever need
well, you told me so
that we'd seen this all before
so what is it keeps us coming back for more?
i'll hold a light for you to see
all things in time, all you'll ever need
Wasn't it hard?
Did we want penance?
Summer's so long
Colder men when their ice prayer never came
Didn't we fight it?
Weren't we hard?
Holdin' back a friend of mine
All the way come home
Aren't we the ones who never got tired?
Wasn't it magic?
The flames rolled and I said "Ok"
Weren't we just asking
Something to come our way?
Are we another, were we afraid?
Is there a hope that we'll wait
To walk a time?
He's a long road
And I feel like a newborn again
But the night holds on
Hello, I'm comin' home
Ahh haa ahh
Do we mind waitin'?
Don't be ashamed
Comin' here in the black dark night
And I don't feel so strange
Are we the lady, were we afraid?
Little man big man
Who came first?
What is the measure of our worth
If there was a storm rolled in
Who'd run inside, Who'd go walkin'?
Little man big man
What's inside?
It's all in the places where we find our pride
If there was a soul lost by the road
Who'd pass by, Who'd take it home?
Is there a beast...lying
Is there a beast...hiding
Little man big man
Who is who?
It's all in the damage that our toys can do
If there was a rock and a window pane
Who'd throw stones, who'd walk away
Is there a beast...lying
Is there a beast...hiding
Are we learning
Are we moving
Little man big man
Fade away
It's all in the violence of the games we play
It's all in the violence of the games we play
Well, I wonder do we learn
Seems we're making the same wrong turn
Call you sacred, call you obscene
Call you faithless, call you anything
Call and you listen
Listen, listen, listen
I'm a liar so it seems
My desire justify a thing
So is there nothing lies in between
This cold silence and a scream
Scream
Listen, listen, listen
Caught in headlights, we are frozen
Can hide there's no break
No time if you can
I might listen
Call and you listen
Nothing's so loud
as hearing when we lie
The truth is not kind
and you've said neither am I
But the air outside so soft
is saying everything, everything
(chorus)
All I want is to feel this way
to be this close, to feel the same
All I want is to feel this way
the evening speaks, I feel it say
Nothing's so cold
as closing the heart
when all we need
is to free the soul
But we wouldn't be
that brave I know
And the air outside so soft
confessing everything, everything
(chorus)
And it won't matter now
whatever happens to me
Though the air speaks
of all we'll never be
It won't trouble me
And it feels so close
Let it take me in
Let it hold me so
I can feel it say
Lead me well, don't clear my way
It's fascinating how the pallor can stay upon your face
When you were light like a little boy
Someone like flying kites and shouting to the world
You're shouting to the world your joy
Don't fade, you're staying here with me
Don't fade, I need to know would someone still believes
Look around, see for yourself
He led us down, at the water's edge we knelt
Petals in the lake and red upon my face, she's crying as we pray
And it all comes down to money again
How could you forsake the love of God that way?
Don't fade, you're staying here with me
Don't fade, I need to know that someone still believes
Don't fade, you're staying here with me
Don't fade, I need to know that someone still believes
Don't fade
Need to know, need to know
Just don't, don't, just don't
Need to know someone still believes
Music by: todd nichols and toad
Lyrics by: glen phillips
Losing my aim losing time
And after
Ten in the morning I find
It matters
But it's all right this time
Pulls from the tether to rise
And shatters
Caught in the wind far and wide
It scatters
If I hear the call
Of the lorelei
No I will not fall
It's all right this time
Never patterns
But for the loss of things
Gaining
Catching up with me
And these ladders
Rising and endlessly
Leading
Nowhere I can see
If I hear them cry
That it's killing time
No I will not fight
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops moving
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops kicking
And they don't know her but what the fuck
They got nothin' else they can do
And there's no reason but still they come
And I would have a hard time facing you
This crime, I've seen what a man can do
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops screaming
Take her arms and hold her down
And hold her down, and hold her down
And hold her down, until she stops breathing
And they don't know her but what the fuck
They got nothin' else they can do
And there's no reason but still they come
And I would have a hard time facing you
This crime, I've seen what a man can do
And I would have died
From all the hell that you've been through
Take the night back, all they've stolen
All we took from you
Take the night back, all they've stolen
All we took from you
Something in you I could never know
You make a bed of lies, you sleep alone
Tell me something true
Would you tell me, it was not your fault
With all we trusted in you torn apart
Hurts to talk to you
You were supposed to be the one
To watch over the others
Don't want my anger, I don't wanna blame
Wish I could pretend that every thing's the same
But for the hunger you could not contain
Hurts to talk to you
You were supposed to be the one
To watch over the others
I'm not your judge, awaiting your confession
I have no right, I'm out of my league
The name of love, the shame of indiscretion
Could we just stop, wake up, breathe
Give you time to
Let you breathe
Give you time to
Break up
I spend too much time raiding windmills
We go side by side laughing until it?s right
There?s something that you won?t show
Waiting where the light goes
Take the darkest hour break it open
Water to repair what we have broken
There?s something that you won?t show
Waiting where the light goes
Maybe anywhere the wind blows
It?s all worth waiting for
Pull on the borders to lighten the load
Tell all the passengers we?re going home
I spend too much time seeking shelter
World without end couldn?t hold her
There?s something that you won?t show
Waiting where the light goes
And anyway the wind blows
It?s all worth waiting for
Music by: todd nichols and toad
Lyrics by: glen phillips and todd nichols
Call and anywhere
I would go
Call and anywhere
I would go
All I'll ever have
I offer
All I need is hope
Call and anywhere
I would go
Call and anywhere
I would go
All I ever am
I offer
He has many faces
Full moon cycle changes
Why leave the cages?
Why question nature?
How is it better?
Not in the world and not wantin'
He give any reason
Full moon turn of season
Why follow sages?
Why ask for Heaven?
Why give up prayin'?
Nothin' is worse than not wantin' to
[Incomprehensible]
A car in every garage
A chicken in every pot
A chicken in every pot
A chicken in every pot
A pot in every chicken
I saw something gigantic out on the water
I asked my dad for a nickel, he gave it to me
It was kind of misty, I couldn't be sure what it was
And of course he wouldn't tell me
In time I will collect the world
The eggs and wings
(I love the wings)
Of butterflies
A man drove up in an ugly car
And he flashed his lights at everything he saw
And his eyes were red
And his stereo was so loud you couldn't hear the engine's roar
He yelled at everybody in the road
And did not notice all the moths he'd massacred
Spread across the open road
His skin flashed open
All of a sudden there it was
And I still couldn't tell
You know how when you get so close
To something that big
You can't see anything at all
In time I will collect the world
(You who fall on cavalry)
The eggs and wings
(I give my children)
Of butterflies
A moth had settled upon his arm
And he looked at it with a lazy eye
And he lifted up a gigantic hand
And he spread his fingers towards the sky
He nudged the moth to make it fly away
But moths are fragile things and he just wiped its body
He just wiped its body, he just wiped its body
Down across his shoulder blade
He's a wonder, he's a little black-wing boy
Oh, my daughters, he'll fill you with joy
In time I will collect the world
(You who soar o'er Calvary)
The hearts and limbs
(Had you wings)
Of butterflies
I find my brother in there
Here in my heart
I find my brother in there
Holdin' my arms
I love you
And if you're feelin' too quiet now
There are no words to show you how
I love you
Dad often feel like the Prodigal Son
Take all I need giving back none
Our beauty shows in such different ways
You're like the light behind the fog so soft
But still you burn my eyes away
I find my brother in there
Here in my heart
I find my brother in there
Holdin' my arms
I love you
And if you're feelin' too quiet now
There are no words to show you how
I love you
So much has changed
So much has happened these years
Still find you are waiting here
We have a bond that nothing can change
And still I find a peace of mind
Whenever I hear your name
I find my brother in there
Here in my heart
I find my brother in there
Holdin' my arms
I love you
And if you feelin' too quiet now
There are no words to show you how
I love you, I love you
Four times he came by
I did not look
Talked about the reservoir
His thumbs were hooked
On his carpenter's belt
As he squinted in the sun
Smiled wide many times
Think I smiled back once
chorus:
And it's frightening,
Ooh, I didn't expect that from you
It's blinding
Serious are you seriously
I am feeling really stupid now
Last time
On the fly
Work had all been done
Sanding down the ceiling
So it ends up in the rug
We were waiting in the bathroom
'Til he finished up
One short ";hi"; and no goodbye
She says she knew him oncechorus
Stupid now (2x)
And it's frightening,
Ooh, I didn't expect that from you
It's blinding
Can't see a thing
I see I see
And I am feeling really stupid
I am really feeling stupid now
I am feeling really stupid now
Corporal brown was tall, boy!
And likes to go and fish
Corporals wife was quite fat
And was a raving bitch
And Im a bit drunk as I watch
They are yelling loud, he throws a punch
Oh lord, what am I gonna do?
Corporal brown was quite scared
When he looked down at her
Corporals wife was quite dead
So he carried her and took her outside
Dug a grave and placed her inside
I was amazed
Music by Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips and Toad. Lyrics by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols.
open up and let me in
i was lucky to live, don't need to win
forgave myself and if that's a sin
it's not enough you'd even know it
you did right to call my bluff
'cause i won't say when i've had enough
and i worked so hard to need this stuff
and you tried so long to just ignore it
won't you come down where i am
words are hidden, understand
i won't repeat myself again
i will not repeat myself again
it's another promise d.o.a.
and despite my every hope there is no truth
behind my best intentioned oath
won't you come down where i am
words are hidden, understand
won't you come down
been away to long, i know i have
won't you come down, help me stand
there is healing in your hands
won't you come down where i am
words all leave me
been away too long
i know i've been away too long
i know i have
i've come here a thousand times, some things never change
"yes i will, anything you say"
i've quit this a million times, can't quite stay away
just one more time... i'll be ok
but i'm so damn tired
when i come back down
though i'm crazy to
anything you want from me i'll do
when I come back down
"hey joe, could you spare a buck
i could use some food"
what a laugh, you're just one more fool
two hours and it's back again, lapping at my heels
stop yelling... i'll get through
but i'm so damn tired
when i come back down
though i'm crazy to
anything you want from me i'll do
when I come back down
when I come back down
when I come back down
i've come here a thousand time
some things never change
lay me down... take me away
oh god, i'm so damn tired
when i come back down
though i'm crazy to
anything you want from me i'll do
when I come back down,
Be who you are
If it fits in the system
Say what you want
But you might die if they listen
They think in the politics of gasoline and torture
Please only talk to me in the dark
Please only talk to me in the dark
Write what you will
If you write in a prison
Sing how you feel
But you might die if they listen
They think in the politics
Of rosaries and chains
And its hard to tell the right from the wrong
When the right is protecting the wrong
Be who you are
But not where there are people
Reality is taught
Right and wrong, there is no middle
We think in politics
Anyway now, it don't seem right
He is in there and you're on the outside
Over pine ridge to wounded knee
Blood on ground as far as you see
Crazy life
In the air, I'm sensin' a change in weather
In the end the path is clear
Does anyone remember here?
Did you all think he'd just disappear?
Crazy life
What have you done with Peltier?
Who do you think, taken away
Crazy life?
In the air I'm sensin' a change in weather
In the end the path is clear
Burying won't stop it breathin' forever
Underground it takes to root oh ohh
Anyway, it don't seem right
He is in there and you're on the outside
What have you done with Peltier?
Who do you think, taken away?
It's not over, it's not over
It's not over
Over, over
It's not over, it's not over
Are you given vision?
Are you second sight?
Are you older than your life?
Eighty days of sorrow
Endless more in sight
Still you child burn bright
And you see me crying again
And you hold out your little hand
Lead me shaking to his room
I thought I'd never see again
Close the door behind you
Turning out the light
Press a flashlight up against the wall
You say, "This is how we knew him
In a little egg"
It opened up and this is daddy now
Now you're stepping back towards me
'Til the room is bathing in light
And the answer there before me
There's no ending when we die
Are you sleeping here beside me?
Are you shining bright as the sky?
Are you breathing now inside me?
How can it happen that every time
You ask us this question the answer seems like a lie
You know what we're saying and you know what it mean
And it's always sincere God knows
But it never gets through the you need
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
You are not wanted here anymore
God damn the people who left you in pain
God damn the father without face, without name
And god damn the lovers who never showed up
And god damn the wounds that show how deep a word can cut
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
You are not wanted here, stay back where you belong
Hey! How can it happen now that you know cause
Nothing is changing and everything's wrong
Pain is the healing and the tears sting like alcohol
Just keep on there breathing
We'll help you down long, long road back home
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
You are not wanted here anymore
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
You are not wanted here, just stay back where you belong
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
There's no place for you here, stay back where you belong
Before you were born someone kicked in the door
Written by toad the wet sprocket
Will my bride sleep tonight
Softly
Believe the words
As always lying
And she sleeps and dreams
Lord knows what
But it's not for me to be there
And she knows she isn't there for me
It's just a way of protecting
And will my bride believe the lie
Says it's all right; still together till we die
But she knows that words aren't always
Always what we mean to say
But still she says she loves me anyway
That's all she said
One more word she speaks and says good night
She would believe enchanted lies
I wait for her but still inside
She's dreaming of valentino's eyes
Far away in someone else's night
It isn't wrong but still it isn't right