Oh princess
You make the party
With your hands
In your pockets
And your innocent eyes
And all those things
Running around in your head
Oh princess you make the party
You've been everybody's darling now
Everybody's win
Bold for the boys who
Keep you guessing
And all those things
Running around...
And "all my pauses they're all stops anyway"
You would say...
And 'all pauses they're all stops anyway
And I could really use a win'
Oh princess
You act like the answer
With your hands
All over me
Promising to be here
When the world comes down
With all those things
Running around...
And "all my pauses they're all stops anyway"
You would say...
And "oh, I could really use the win..
I could really use the win"
I don't mind, baby
Just spill your secrets on me...
I don't mind, baby...
Just spill your secrets on me...
I don't mind, baby
Oh princess.
Your ready for greatness
All edited and weightless
Never more alive
And oh dear
How they'll whisper your name
I'm so tired but you probably don't even know what I mean
I'm full of contradictions and hypocrisies
I'm so tired I don't even know which side of the fighting I'm on
And if I wanted no part of it, you d say I was doing something wrong
Today was just like yesterday and the day before
I've been taking myself so goddamn seriously and I can't
recall what for
I can t feel the sunshine anymore
I'm so tired of bitching to myself and wrapping up my
emotions to please everyone else
I'm so tired of bitching at all because life becomes so cynical
when You're waiting to fall
And I'm waiting to fall
Today was just like yesterday and the day before
I've been taking myself so goddamn seriously and I can't
recall what for
I can t feel the sunshine anymore
I'm so inspired but you know short-lived inspiration can be
I'll brag about my self-improvement which just ends up lost
inside of me
I've no faith in justice, corrupted by wealth
I was holding you so tight and you were holding me
So wrapped up in the moment I was feeling such security
And the first few weeks felt just like heaven,
but I never really seemed to get that high
So now I sit here laughing at the time that passed me by.
It s times like these, when I feel I'm on my knees begging
please don't go.
And as you slipped away I couldn't admit that we were through
As you slipped away
I found I lost myself in search of you
I was holding you so tight and you were holding him
But you left the door so wide open that I was sure you'd come back in
And now the only time I can hold you is in my mind
And that doesn't seem to fill me up inside
So yes I felt lonely and yes I felt a need
And you seemed to feel it necessary to make me see
That I was wrong and you were right
And that all my attempts were in vain
But I was pretty sure you'd turn around and want me back again
And as you slipped away I couldn't admit that we were through
As you slipped away I found I lost myself in you
I was holding you so tightly when you needed help
I guess insecurities catch up to you when You're lying to yourself
But I wasn't lying when I told you all that you could be
But it was no use, you never really ever listened to me
I don't feel much like talking to you tonight
I'd rather not let you twist my words around again until they
give you something to feel
I would rather keep my distance, thank you very much
What do you want? Do you want my apologies?
Do you want me to tell you I'm wrong? Because I won't
I won t feed your melodrama and I won t be a part of your game
But thank you very much
Please fix your own lie before you start attacking mine
You can call me your friend if that s the kind of security that you need
We all look for it in different ways
Just don't persecute me, thank you very much
Please fix your own lie before you start attacking mine
don't you see that I will be all that you want me to be
don't you see that I will be all that you envisioned me to be
But I refuse to be raped
Until I confess all that you want me to hear
Then consoled and told that it will be alright
Because it s not all right, I don't have the energy and I don't
have the strength
To take on your emotional weight
She said, "Lately, fallings been
easy on me..a lot like breathing used to be
and call me crazy, but I was thinking
maybe you'd be waiting on the ground
to come and catch me
and you come around here
you open up your wings
and I'm drowning
you open up your wings
and I'm gone"
She said, "Maybe you're all the same
you say you'll never leave
until you're gone again
and little pieces fall away
and I am left the fool
clobbered and clumsy and slowly fading
and you come around here
you open up your wings
and I'm drowning
you open up your wings
Lately I can't tell my friends from my enemies
when it use to seem so clear
I tried rebellion once and look where it s gotten me
Banging apologies against your deaf ears
And she said, "sing me a sweet song tonight,
sing me a new song tonight"
We used to lie side by side
and I would cover myself in you
We used to lie, but I'm no longer so wide-eyed and full
Lately, I can't tell where all this is taking me
I'm spilling over and spitting spiteful words
There was a time once when I understood my cruelty,
I got your letter this morning, got your letter alright
It claimed clarity but came in screaming
and I was soaked clean through
How could we ever let it get this far?
To leave us nothing dear but sickness
Me with mine and you with yours
And when we can see things clearer
than we think we see them now
Maybe kiss each other sweetly without trying to bite down
Maybe then all this will be better & maybe then we ll recover
It s funny because I promised myself
that this would never happen again
I'd been warned and I'd been told,
but it s these moments of clarity that cripple me most
You said I was tiresome,
with heels dug deep, reciting my lines
I recall your kisses and they tasted just like medicine
I put all the pieces back together in my head
Seems so obvious now how fragile a thing we had
And all the leaves were on the ground that fall, the leaves were all around
And you fed me stories and you polished up your bruises until they shined
It kind of made me wish that I had a bruise so fine
I've watched you twice rebuild your life, why don't you wait up for me
I stumble, why don't you wait up for me
With your childs smile and your innocence
I'd buy you bows and ribbons, the prettiest bows and ribbons
I made you like a queen with all the gifts I'd given
Lets all pack up and move this year
Slips the liars and disappear
Leave memories for auctionnaires
And those just standing still
They'll miss the taste of wanting you
Call out your name like I still do
But they never said a word thats true
And they only hold you down
And this heartbreak world
It doesn't matter
With their tired talk of better days
And dreams they had but can't remember
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake come true
Let's move out of Los Angeles
Just drive until this summer gives
And forget the lies we use to live
'cause we're gone
And this heartbreak world
Of just imagine
With its tired talk of better days
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake come true
Ohhhh ohh ohhhh, woaaa oohhhh
And this heartbreak world
Of just imagine
With it's tired talk of better days
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make the dream that's barely half awake come true
And this heartbreak world
With tired talk
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake come true
I'm so confused by what I have and what I want,
But I can't stand alone without your help
I'm afraid of the truth that I might find
when I look inside myself,
But I can't stand alone without your help
And what once gave me solace, now only gives me pain
I over estimated your emotions again
How easily we can fool ourselves
and see things that just aren't there
Tangle up our emotions until it seems that people truly care
It's been out of my hands now for so long
and there's nothing I could have done
And jealousy's an emotion that I'll have to learn to overcome
And what once gave me solace now only gives me pain
I overestimated your emotions again
Distance and silence, how do they make you feel?
5 Am, undressed
In your static, in your mess
I don't need any new voices
I'm thick enough with superstitions and choices
A little bit of something
Maybe just a way home
Sing me sweet
Sing me low
Say you'll never let me go
Sing me sweet
Say you'll never let me go
Never let you go
Just to stay like this
In the give of your lips
In the dim half-light dawn
Pinned below your undertow
When everything meant everything again
A little bit of something
Maybe just a way home
Way home, a way home
Sing me sweet
Sing me low
Say you'll never let me go
Sing me sweet
Say you'll never let me go
Never let
Sing me sweet
Sing me low
Say you'll never let me go
Sing we may
And you'll never let me
Never let me go
Sing me sweet
Sing me low
Say you'll never let me
Never let me go
Say you'll never let me go
Sing me sweet
Sing me low
Say you'll never let me go
Let me go
I'm coming down
I remember crowds
where you stand alone right now
I remember celebrations
But now my reign has run
all the color from
all my decorations
And I'm fine; I'm just a little lonely
So can I ride on your back for a time?
Oh, the seasons change
so quickly these days
And while the rest in their new coats and new hats
shiver in their beds
You stand outside
and watch the clouds go by
I have to stop feeling so sorry for myself
But I always have to lean on my own shoulder
Because I can't lean on anyone else
And it hurts so much to misunderstand and I'm always
misunderstood
But I'll never forget my memories, even though I should
I have to learn that I can't have all that I once did
Because I kept reaching for security that you couldn't afford to
give
And it hurts so much to misunderstand,
and I'm always misunderstood
What a spoiled boy I've been
My mouth full, mess, my arms outstretched
I've got palm sweat, I'm smiling like I'm
Competition
Well, maybe I'm yours
She said, "I know you, you're a salesman's son
And you're pimping pretty junk"
And I said,
"What am I supposed to do
They've built the scenes around you
And I need more than this"
And she said, "what am I supposed to do
Look at what's been come of you
And I need more than this"
Go on then, hitch me up, baby,
If what I am is not enough
Because I do love the glow you get
When you're told word for word
How to think for yourself
I'm tired
Don't touch, leave me here
I don't need your sympathy and I don't need your tears
I haven't slept for days now, maybe more
Just leave me here in selfishness, close the door
If you hold me, I might find it safe
If you hold me, I just might cling to you
If you hold me, I'll be no good on my own
My control will be gone
don't look, I don't need your support
You see I've built this wall around myself and it keeps me up
I won't be babied, so please don't baby me
Just leave me in my corner, I created all this misery
If you hold me, I might find it safe
If you hold me, I just might cling to you
If you hold me, I'll be no good on my own
My control will be gone
I'm not faithful, don't fool yourself
I won't change for you know or anybody else
Let me fall
Let me fall, let me realize all the things I'm missing
Let me crawl
Hooray, Hooray
Here comes the parade
Someday, someday
I'll spit these thoughts out
Before they stain me
Finally, they're here for me
I've been waiting now for days
You win, I quit
I'm certain you let my hands
Wander your hips:
Just to leave me desperate now
I remember your thread thin arms
I remember your hands
And how easily it seemed to me
That they could rip me open
Baby, I'm falling away
Baby, I'm falling away
Wasted my Septembers with you stuck up in my head
Raced the days closed in the hopes that the mornings would swell again
Don't offer me rewards dear, that's a weight that I don't need
I've seen stronger men draped over your shoulder
So filled with praises, to drunk to leave
Baby, I'm falling away
Baby, I'm falling away
You were always good at putting words together
About how you always liked me better when I never came around
You were always good at putting words together
This time, I'll be sailing
No more bailing boats for me
I'll be out there on the sea
Just my confidence and me
And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
But I'll learn to get by
On little victories
This time, I'll have no fear
I'll be standing strong and tall
Turn my back towards them all
And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
And I'll learn to get by
On the little victories
And if the world decides to catch up with me
Took your words like you said I should
and look at what good they've done me
I've played support system, you played victim
and look at what good it's done
and you trip me up
leave me standing with your awkward, untouchable lips
It's a cruel world, I've found
It's a cruel world, but I'm a lucky boy
You're so glorious, a waste of time
You're the safety in lying
You are radiator heat, you're the winter blankets sleep
You're the excuse that I use when I want to stop trying
And start waiting for the sky to fall
They tell me it's a cruel world that I've found
It's a cruel world and I'm a lucky boy
You're not gold to me
I was wrong
You're not gold and there'll be
I've got bravery that shorts out on me
I see superstars in common thieves
And I see all you give up
And I try to be as much
Everything you say it sounds like gospel
Everything you say it sounds like gospel to me
I feel cheated
Tangled up repeatedly
Owed a piece of everything
Still you come around
With scissors to cut me down
Everything you say it sounds like gospel
Everything you say it sounds like gospel to me
I've spent more than my share on temptation
trying to cool my swollen tongue
Gorged myself on all that free good will
and left the others none
What I wear like church clothes,
you wear just like jewelry
All the simple things you revel in,
they just suffocate me
And I don't know anymore,
wish someone would tell me who to be
Because I'm ready, I'm ready to try anything
I'm dazzled by glamour and camera angles,
the drama and swagger of fools
sacrificed beauty once to chase after their parade
and spent my morning after
crawling back to you
I want to be brand new, I want to trade in these wings
You sounded so good on the phone
All moved up and all moved on
Me and gravity we never could agree
I can almost see the sky
When I need to close my eyes
You're the only thing that's worth holding on to
Angel you sing about beautiful things
And all I want to do is believe
I traded my dreams for this mess of memories
And they just stopped working for me
I'm not a monster I believe
Like a liar would believe
Helps me navigate the wooden smiles, the raging sea
All my heroes pull their heads
Like a fighter would I guess
No one really ever likes getting older
Angel you sing about beautiful things
And all I want to do is believe
I traded my dreams for this mess of memories
I must be glorious
I must be a sight to see
Oh maybe you could comfort me
And I come to you strangled
In things I'm told are flattering
Maybe you could come and comfort me
And all the wan, hip, full lipped lovers
Are locked against one another
And I waiver, uncomfortable in my skin
Wait here for me
I'll be back for more and you'll see
And maybe, I'll be saved
And amazing again
You called us perfect
Because we slipped into awkward so easily
So maybe you could comfort me
And I've been better than this before
I know you've seen me be
I am held together by clothes pins and tension,
a wealth of odds and ends
I'm dazzling so dazzling like the neon street sign
hiccuping off and on again all night long
well I've got magazine friends
and enough jealousy to lose them all
and I know this has all been said before
I shed what, what escape my fiction provided
I lived a lifetime inside of my shelter
and thought it about time to see outside
And I believed it was easy,
stupidly thought I could just get up and walk away
but I know this has all been said before
I know this has all been said before
I've got illness hugging me like skin
I remember hearts that beat yeah, yeah
I remember you and me,yeah, oh yeah
Tangled in hotel sheets
You wore me out
You wore me out
I remember honey lips and words so true
I remember nonstop earthquake dreams of you
You're coming on fast like good dreams do
All night long
Still can feel you kiss me love
Still can see your brown skin shine, shine
Still can feel you kiss me love
Come on and drive me wild (me wild)
And you move like water, yeah
And you broke like waves
I've never been deeper, so far gone
Your sister in the next room with the television on
Still can feel you kiss me love
Still can see your brown skin shine, shine
Still can feel you kiss me love
Come on and drive me wild
Come on and drive me wild
Come on and drive me wild
I remember hearts that beat,yeah
I remember you and me
Tangled in hotel sheets (for hours)
Still can feel you kiss me love
Still can see your brown skin shine, shine
Still can feel you kiss me love
Come on and drive me wild
Still can feel you kiss me love
Still can see your eyes like diamonds, diamonds
Memories are strong enough
To come on and drive me wild
Lets all pack up and move this year
Slips the liars and disappear
Leave memories for auctionnaires
And those just standing still
They'll miss the taste of wanting you
Call out your name like I still do
But they never said a word thats true
And they only hold you down
And this heartbreak world
Of just imagine
With its tired talk of better days
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake come true
Let's move out of Los Angeles
Just drive until this summer gives
And forget the lies we use to live
'cause we're gone
And this heartbreak world
Of just imagine
With its tired talk of better days
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake come true
Ohhhh ohh ohhhh, woaaa oohhhh
And this heartbreak world
Of just imagine
With it's tired talk of better days
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make the dream that's barely half awake come true
And this heartbreak world
With tired talk
And this heartbreak world
Where nothing matters
Come on lets make this dream that's barely half awake
Love,
I'm aching to believe
Give me something real enough
Give me somewhere to fall from
'cause in the dark
I can't find my feet
Built my world on promises
Colorless and cold
I'm short of breath, I'm sure
Gone, let it wash away the best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me back, don't expect me back
Lost, sweetest things get lost
In the static far away
Painted pictures of you
I fold
Don't want to be holy then
Don't want to be sold again
The way I was with you
I'm short of breath, I'm sure
Gone let it wash away the best I had
Gone and when I disappear
Don't expect me back, don't expect me back
I'm short of breath, I'm sure
Gone, let it wash away
The best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me back
Don't expect me back
At its worse the heart is sober
At its worse the heart is cold, cold, cold
I'm short of breath, I'm sure
Gone, let it wash away all the best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me, don't expect me back
Gone, let it wash away
The best I had
Gone, and when I disappear
Don't expect me back
Don't expect me back
So, we let it go to start again
Knowing now how all our best intensions
Never lit the world on fire
Lights, illuminate the exit signs
And over the wings the skies an open endless sea
Crowding up surrounding me
And all, Detroit waves
Goodnight
Spread out
Beneath
Me now
If I could, if I could change
Believe me
I would, I would for you
(my love)
And when, you're warm enough to share your sheets
Cold enough to make it seem that I was only there long enough to disappear
You know I'll still, say your name to fall asleep
Over and over a cynic saying rosary
A liar living make believe
And all, of Detroit waves
Goodnight
Spread out
Beneath
Me now
If I could, if I could change
Believe me
I would, yes I would
And Detroit waves
And Detroit waves, goodnight
Spread out
Beneath me now
If I could
If I could change
Believe me
I would
Yes I would
And Detroit Waves
I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
Make you believe
Make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love
I miss the sound of your voice
The loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet, perfect words that you said
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
Make you believe
And make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love
I miss the pull of your heart
I taste the sparks on your tongue
And I see angels and devils and God
When you come on
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
Sing sha la la la
Sing sha la la la la
Come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard and drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Pull me down hard and drown me, drown me in love
(Come on get higher, loosen my lips)
It's all wrong
(Faith and desire and the swing of your hips)
It's all wrong
(Pull me down hard and drown me, drown me in love)
It's so right
Come on get higher
(Come on get higher, loosen my lips)
Come on and get higher
(Faith and desire and the swing of your hips)
Because everything works love
Because everything works in your arms
I tasted, tasted love so sweet
And all of it was lost on me
Bought and sold like property
Sugar on my tongue
I kept falling over
I kept looking backward
I went broke believing
That the simple should be hard
All we are we are
All we are we are
And every day is a start of something beautiful
I wasted, wasted love for you
Trading out for something new
Well, it's hard to change the way you lose
If you think you've never won
'Cause all we are we are
All we are we are
And every day is a start of something beautiful
And in the end the words won't matter
'Cause in the end nothing stays the same
And in the end dreams just scatter and fall like rain
'Cause all we are we are
All we are we are
And every day is a start of something beautiful, something real
All we are we are
All we are we are
So we lie here in the dark
All the wrong things on fire
In sickness and in health
To be with you, just to be with you
In your wedding dress
To have and to hold
'Cause even at my best
I wanna let go
And you hold me in your arms
And all that I can see
Is my future in your hands
And all that I can feel
Is how long ever after is
It's all that I can do
To be with you, just to be with you
In your wedding dress
To have and to hold
'Cause even at my best
I wanna let go
Thought I'd lost you
Thought I'd lost you
I gave you away
Thought I'd lost you
I'm jealous of the moon
For how it moves the waves
'Cause in your wedding dress
To have and to hold
'Cause even at my best
I wanna let go
And I wanna be somebody else now
And I wanna thicken my skin
And I wanna wish it all
When the leaves have changed,
When the world around you starts to grow deranged,
The faces that you see are looking strange,
And your principles have all been rearranged,
When only tears remain,
In the residue the ruins of your brain.
Start looking for a way you can explain,
Though the reasons should've made themselves quite plain.
And then you'll think of me,
In the moment when we'd almost broken free.
Your mind will start its drifting wistfully,
She don't lie in bed at night
Staring at the ceiling
She don't wait to begin
She bets on long shots
She wants what they've got
She skates where the ice thins
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
Our hearts
She was her mother's secret
She was daddy's girl
She brought weekend boys home in her curls
She said, "My love is a fever.
Come on, touch my skin.
They all think I'm easy,
I'm easy, cause I let them win."
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
To the beat of our noisy hearts
She said, "Pick up the phone
Cause I need to feel more alone
And your voice drives me crazy."
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts, hearts, hearts
On and on, we keep going
Crowded like subway cars
They built a hero out of expectations
and what a hopeless hero was he
with sticks for legs he shook when the wind blew,
even slightly
and he welcomed the smiles, he welcomed the applause
and he hoped that they'd never forget
just who they thought he was
they dressed him up in rich man's clothes
and told him he was beautiful
then they expected miracles
His parents were pleased they went to all the parties
he was groomed for greatness from the time he was young
raised on a diet of television
he was taught to listen, kept dumb
and he welcomed desire and reckless luxury
and the world soaked up every drop of drama and insecurity
they dressed him up in rich man's clothes
and told him he was beautiful
then they expected miracles
and then one day his admirers just quit him
they packed up their paint and were gone
and he stood alone,
their beautiful disaster,
wondering were he'd gone wrong
and he wanted the smiles and he wanted the applause
but no one would look him in the eye now,
no one returned his calls
they dressed him up in rich man's clothes
and told him he was beautiful
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like "you and me babe, how about it?"
Juliet says "hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's underneath the window she's singing "hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that"
Anyway what you gonna do about it?
Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet that you exploded into my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet
Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
When you can fall for chains of silver
You can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say "oh Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him"
Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
You said "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die"
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet
I can't do the talk, like the talk on the TV
And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything, but I'll do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and the bad company
Now all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet, I'd do the stars with you any time
Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convinient streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like "you and me babe, how about it?"
They tied off your arms
With all their pretty charms
And the same bad lines
That always get you
And you hate the way
They wash you down
And summer hums heavy now...
Still you bolded all your best words
So they'd have something to wrap
Their mouths around.
Show me how pretty the world is.
Cause I envy the way that you move
Show me how pretty the world is..
Cause I want something just a little bit louder
All spun awake
Twisted in the heat...
You're always burning up so bright
When there's someone there by your side.
Well just take me home
Cause I'm a mess enough clean
And I'll lie
Until I believe
Show me how pretty the world is.
Cause I envy the way that you move
Show me how pretty the world is...cause i
Want something just a little bit louder
Show me how pretty the world is
Cause you're brilliant when you try
Show me how pretty the whole world is tonight
I never thought that I could be who I am
I never thought that I could see where I was
I always thought that all this was just wasn't me
I always thought that all this was could never be
I never thought that I could be who I am
I never thought that I could see where I was
I always thought that all this was just wasn't me
Maybe it's because I'm crazy,
Maybe it's because I just can't,
Honestly tell you what I want.
It's never enough to stay still and hold you,
To break loose and run the taste of you,
Wild on my tongue.
Am I no good to you now?
Am I no good to you now?
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're spilling over.
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're falling apart.
Spent my days with doctors,
And my nights with crooks,
And all of them who sell me for a song.
So I'm here.
Safe Dear.
A fiction in your arms.
Am I no good to you now?
Am I no good to you now?
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're spilling over.
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're falling apart.
So get me out
Start me over
Forever changed
I should have told you
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
I'm falling apart.
Cause all I say,
It doesn't matter anyway.
All I say,
It doesn't matter anyway.
I'm giving up,
So call my bluff.
Cause I just need to be reminded who I am.
I'm falling apart.
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're spilling over.
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're falling apart.
I'm giving up.
Starting over.
I wanna be,
I wanna hold you.
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh whoa-oh
We're Falling apart.
So wanna be loved?
So wanna be loved?
So come on now
I've been fascinated with lost love for sometime now
and I'm not quite sure why
I've been waking up to the images that I thought I'd left behind
But they're just as clear,
and just as naive as they were before
But now they seem more beautiful,
the past always seems more beautiful
I'm not the same child that I once was
I left my compassion on the side of the road
when I learned the power of ego and confidence,
all to please you
But I'm sure that you regret it now
I'm sure that You regret me now
Because I do.
All my desire and all my innocence burned away
Just the evil remains, just the judgement remains
And here I stand king of the mountain, all alone,
You're so delicious
You're so soft
Sweet on the tip of my tongue
You taste like sunlight
And strawberry bubble gum
You bite my lip
You spike my blood
You make my heart beat faster
Own me, you own
You rattle my bones
You turn me over and over
Til I can't control myself
Make me a liar
One big disaster
You make my heart beat faster
It's the way you swell, slow
Pushing right out your seams
It's the way you smile, baby
When you've got me on my knees
You're all night noise
You're siren howl
You make my heart beat faster
Own me, you own
You rattle my bones
You turn me over and over
Til I can't control myself
Make me a liar
One big disaster
Cause you make my heart beat faster
Cause I jump back, crash, I crawl
I beg and steal, I follow you
Yeah you own me
And you make my heart beat faster, faster (faster, faster)
I can't get enough
Because it's on like
I guess this world is over to me
You own me, you own
You rattle my bones
You turn me over and over
Til I can't control myself
Make me a liar
One big disaster
Cause you make my heart beat
You own me, you own
You rattle my bones
You turn me over and over
Til I can't control myself
Make me a liar
One big disaster
Cause you make my heart beat faster
Am I pretty enough for you now that my ribs show through?
With a little makeup I can look brand new, but can I be pretty
enough for you?
Fill me with secrets and I'll never tell
fatten me up, and I'll feed you well
you can polish me perfectly and I'll shine pristine
but not even a cherub is this clean
Am I all that you d hoped that I would be, hanging on obediently
to the words that I'm finding so hard to believe?
Am I all that you d hoped that I would be?
Why don't you just stop me if I'm sounding ungrateful
If I bent like you said was best,
Would that change a thing?
If I spent myself... or what's left
Would you still leave me here?
You're so sorry about it all
Now that it's over..
Should I thank you for that dear?
You're so sorry about it all...
And I hope you'll always be.
I remember you best
Hating all the boys who got to you
And all the things they took
That you'd kept for yourself
Every car crash, every misstep, every word
You're so sorry about it all
Now that it's over..
Should I thank you for that dear?
You're so sorry about it all...
And I hope you'll always be
Always be.
I remember you best
Hating all the boys who got to you
And all the things they took from you again...
In the light
In the daylight it's all wrong
To revel in your memory
The smell of your body
And the seconds that it kept me warm
And I'm coming down
Hitting ground
Breaking open
Twisted around
The sweet sound of the lies you told
When you were broken
Cause they've gone away
And I'm so sorry
Cause you're wide awake and
Planning parties now for all the fools
Who've gone and left you bare
And you said
In all your tragedy
You'd rather hide in mine
Oh so warm
So sad you said I made your whole world shine
And I'm coming down
Hitting ground
Breaking open
Twisted around
The sweet sound of the lies you told
When you were broken
Cause they've gone away
And I'm so sorry
Cause you're wide awake and
Planning parties now for all the fools
Who've gone and left you bare
They left you there
And now I'm gone with all the fools
Who left you bare
They left you there
Said so long dear
Cause now I'm coming down
I'm hitting ground
I'm breaking open
Twisted around
The sweet sound of the lies that you told me
When you were broken
Cause you're always broken
They've gone away
And I'm so sorry
Cause you're wide awake and
Planning parties now for all the fools
Who've gone and left you bare
Gone away
And I'm so sorry
Cause you're wide awake and
Planning parties now for all the fools
I am held together by clothes pins and tension,
a wealth of odds and ends
I'm dazzling like the neon street sign
hiccuping off and on again all night long
I've got magazine friends
and enough jealousy to lose them all
But I know this has all been said before
I shed what escape my fiction provided
I lived a lifetime inside of my shelter
and thought it about time to see outside
And I believed it was easy,
stupidly thought I could just get up and walk away
I've got illness hugging me like skin
I met a new one and she looks just like you
She gives me everything that you didn't want to
And maybe I don't need saving after all
She sticks in my ribs almost better than you did
And maybe I'm tired or maybe she glows
I wonder if you're still defending
I wonder if you're still defending
Met someone with your eyes and skin
I can convince her of everything
And baby, it's so delicious you should
Come here and see for yourself
"I'm gone", you said, "if this is all there is:
You'll never shine alone
And I wonder if you're still defending
I wonder if you're still defending
You've been so wrong
For so long now
(I can fall alone if all
if I can fall away)
I've kissed others lips
And they promised me healing
You're smiling but I sense fear when you say, abandon ship and there's land near
And the water is deep around my knees, but still I don't believe.
At another time I would have followed you anywhere, but not now
You said I was a shackle to you, well you always say the most violent things, my dear.
You're smiling as you climb into another idea of what it means to be you
And I'm supposed to follow and I'm not supposed to mind that you keep leaving me behind.
I'm weak when you miss me, when you roll me on your tongue
When you whisper me your best moves
I almost believe you but you don't know me at all
I spent days stupid, nailed to your floor and I spent nights
Pushed against you, trying to keep warm but you don't know me at all
Show me where the sun comes through the sky
I'll show you where the rain gets in and I'll show you hurricanes
And the way that summer fades
Underneath the weight of it all
Well, I'm covered by lovers who recite lines
Convinced that their bodies are gonna save mine, oh
But you don't know me at all
Show me where the sun comes through the sky
I'll show you where the rain gets in and I'll show you hurricanes
And the way that summer fades
Underneath the weight of it all, the weight of it all, oh, oh
Show me, show me where the sun comes through the sky
I'll show you where the rain gets in and I'll show you hurricanes
And the way that summer fades, you can lift me up to put me down again
Underneath the weight of it all, the weight of it all
Well, it's late at night.
There's nobody around.
Just the sounds of the cars
Upon the asphalt ground.
It's the waiting time,
When the hours grow still.
I gaze on through the glass
Inside my windowsill.
Though I know that you must be
Somewhere in this world,
In this place where, at birth,
You and I were both hurled,
To think that we once were relating
Is a thing that has almost grown foreign to me.
It's a bad sight,
Such a terrible waste,
To spend your time talking
In such bad taste.
It's the same old line,
Though it's not you I blame.
It's your teachers and television
That you put to shame.
The night's lasting longer
Because I've filled my head
With the things I could have done
And the words I could have said.
But, in truth, I was only spectating
And that's a permanent part of reality.
So many rude lines,
So many petty crimes
And you don't feel a need
To apologize.
Tonight is the time
That you stick in my mind,
But from now on I won't become
Vandalized.
Now the room's started filling
With the dawn's early light
And the end has arrived
Of this long night.
I turn off the television
And I hit the bed
While your shade is still haunting
My ever-vulnerable head.
And there's no use
In trying to compromise
When the kindest things we say
But it's time I should quit my complaining
And behave with a little more dignity.
So many rude lines,
So many petty crimes
And you don't feel a need
To apologize.
Tonight is the time
That you stick in my mind,
But from now on I won't become
Trailed by a mess
Of masking tape construction paper
And the best of intentions
He tried to patch up every hole as he went
Back and forth and back again
And his friends half full of half concerns
Embarrassed looks and tired words
They burrowed deeper into the ignorant
Little lives they preferred
And he envied their distance
Their lack of concern
He thought,
Once I shed the whole of me
Once I shed the whole of me
Then I'll be smiling
He cursed himself
And his instinct to nurse
Every idea to health
And all of the falls that he'd spent
Trying to coax his name from the mouths
Of success
He thought
Once I shed the whole of me
Once I shed the whole of me
Then I'll be smiling.
They litter me with small awareness'
Then they ask if I'm good enough
They litter me with small awareness'
Just to wake me up
When you lead me and fit around my tongue
It's so easy, to forget that I'm lost
Spent all of my life waiting for answers
To lift me, to numb me, to define it all
Sunshine
I'm beginning to like this
'Cause all I want to be is the minute that you hold me in
When you pretend that I'm all that you waited for
Time slips to nothing and I'm better than I've ever been
Yeah I'm suspended
With your breathing, filling up my lungs
I can almost believe that I'm almost enough
I spent all of my life emptied of anthems
Bracing for something that never did come
Sunshine
I'm beginning to like this
Sunshine
I'm beginning to like it
'Cause all I want to be is the minute that you hold me in
When you pretend that I'm all that you waited for
And time slips to nothing and I'm better than I've ever been
Yeah I'm suspended
It's not enough to stay surrounded
It's not enough to stay awake, torn and braced, cornered
And not feel alive
Sunshine
I'm beginning to like this
Sunshine
I'm beginning to like it
'Cause all I want to be is the minute that you hold me in
When you pretend that I'm all that you waited for
And time slips to nothing and I'm better than I've ever been
Yeah I'm suspended
Yeah I'm suspended
In the party love,
Some band's playing hallelujah
Hallelujah
In the corner love
All night girls drink wine and try to sing along
I made a mess of things
The stops and in betweens
They weigh me down
You got someone new singing you your songs now
Sooner surrender
Then watch the last wall collapse
And sooner surrender
And our love will count for everything
In my sweetest dreams
It's just you and me
And we break wide
I wake reminded love
How I just gave up
And how you moved on, how you moved on
I'm waiting for something
I've waited for now
For the rolling canyons of love
And i'm tongue tied
And you're coming alive, coming alive
Sooner surrender
Then watch the last wall collapse
And sooner surrender
And our love will count for everything
I'm sorry that you've gone
So sorry that you've gone
I'm sorry that you've gone
Love
I'm sorry that you've gone
So sorry that you've gone away
You're a little bit right
More than a little bit right
With my arms around you
Sooner surrender
Then watch the last wall collapse
And sooner surrender
And our love will count for everything
Sooner surrender
Than watch the last wall collapse I know
Sooner surrender and our love will count for everything
Our love will count for everything
She said "come along with me,
I've got offerings for you my sweet, sweet boy"
she promised warmth too, but I knew better
her words broke hot against my neck
and tasting the sweet, sweet numb of regret on my lips
I filled my pockets and closed the door
and I tasted all I'd left behind,
then shameful I crawled naked
Searching for somewhere to hide
And in the end she said it was memorable and comfortable
but funny, I wouldn't have used those words
the secrecy and her bed, it was choking me with a knot in my gut
you have beautiful empty eyes, I'm sure of that much
Oh princess open your eyes and close your mouth
else all that spite you swallow willingly , it just might fall out
and I've seen you smile wide, I've seen you at your best
and it left me feeling sick inside and unimpressed
and I tasted all I'd left behind, but shameful I crawled naked
I've been waiting up for you to rescue me,
To come around and cover everything.
I'm relying on my best memory,
To breathe for me, breathe for me...
So much better than all this, all this..
Tired of singing sad songs in my head,
But I can't find enough of anything to drown out what you said.
And I can still smell summer on your skin,
And I can still remember giving in.
Wrapped all up in your hips, and in your sheets,
It felt great falling, falling..
So much better than all this, all this..
Tired of singing sad songs in my head,
But I can't find enough of anything to drown out what you said.
And sometimes I find I catch myself letting you back in,
I'm so tired of singing the sad songs in my head.
I feel so faded, so far gone..
Nothing surprises me anymore..
So faded, so far gone...
Nothing surprises me anymore..
So much better than all this, all this..
Tired of singing sad songs in my head,
But I can't find enough of anything to drown out what you said.
And sometimes I find I catch myself letting you back in,
I'm so tired of singing the sad songs in my head.
She said this talkin'
Just kinda wears me out
N all these salesmen
Baby make me tired
They're no good
Tell you the truth she said
I've been getting' used to liars
They sing me love songs
Store-bought words
They make promises
Like politicians
So we stumble
N we disconnect
Over and over again
This modern love
Is not enough
She said watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend
This modern love
Is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh
They said one big exhale never did me no
Good
I let 'em in I
Oh man I let 'em win
I burned my house down
Just to hear 'em scream my name
I've carried hope
And heavy daydreams
She said
But I'm done with sleepin'
Take the phone calls
Take this circus
Take the drama
Cuz baby it's
Just worthless
This modern love
Is not enough
She said watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend
This modern love
Is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh
They said one big exhale never did me no
Good
One big exhale never did me no good
And the bright light shines
Still we ache n we break n we
The stage lights shine
And they blind our eyes
To it all
Oh oh
Still we ache n we break n we just can't
Get it right
This modern love
Is not enough
She said watch your back
I'm nobody's girlfriend
This modern love
Is not enough
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh
This modern love
Yeah it's a taco truck
Come on take the phone calls
N I'll take the silence
This modern love
Is not enough
Oh oh oh oh
Oh yeah
One big exhale
Never did me no good
One exhale
One big exhale yeah
One exhale
Never did me no good
She said she felt clean, sticky clean if I remember
She said she felt funny asking
and he said he felt funny saying no... but he said no
Alone, she shrank away
Beautiful sun, elegant bright light shining
I will not lay down with you that easy
She spat anxiously, look here at my recommendations
She unfolded the page in front of him
and smoothed it with her hand,
as he looked away
Alone she seethed inside
Beautiful sun, elegant bright light shining
I will not lay down with you that easy
She said nervously, I must have been mistaken
She laughed loud between the apologies
she left ringing in his head,
as she walked away
Hello, my foul weather friend.
These thick sheets of rain
seem to have hindered your way again
and the winds, I can feel the winds, they've gotten so strong,
no wonder You're back to our home.
My ears are always open to your laments
and my will is always weak for your advances,
and I'll play the maid and clean up the mess
Your face, I look at your face and it's changed since we last spoke
it s weathered and beautiful,
so weathered and so beautiful
please have a seat, I was going anywhere
but that can wait
because I'd rather have you here while I can
then I'll pack it all up and take you with me again
My ears are always open to your laments
and my will is always weak for your advances,
and I'll play the maid and clean up the mess
I wasn't like anyone else
so real and so strong, so you said
it's always," welcome back, I'll take your bags "
things haven't changed much since you left my side
and though your rooms been unoccupied,
I have tried to give it up.
So here are my ears again and here are my arms
and here are my hopes again,
I believe in your strength, though I understand you've felt alone
Because when you need a friend there's no one strong
to fall back on and your past will still burden you but I'll
hold you through the pain
In the end it's just you with your memories and your scars
Fall on me if you ever forget how beautiful you are
I believe in your words and your eyes
and when you speak of your dreams
I realize that I will envy whoever you give your heart to
So in the end it s not just you with your memories and your scars
Fall on me if you ever forget how beautiful you are
And I will never let you fade away
And I want you to know that I love you
And it's amazing
With the look in your eyes
Like you could save me
But you won't even try
And then you tell me again
How everything will be alright
And if I told you
That I'm sorry
Would you tell me that you were wrong
Or would you hold me down forever
If I came to your for answers
And I saw
Pictures in my head
And I swear I saw you opening up, again
And I'm surrounded
You spill
All alive and brand new
And I'll forget about you long enough
To forget why I need to
And I saw
Pictures in my head
And I swear I saw you opening up again
Cause I would be heavenly if
Baby you'd just rescue me now
The days are
Drifting away from me
I still wake up
Burning through everything now
And I saw
Pictures in my head
And I swear I saw you opening up again
I would be heavenly if
Baby you'd just rescue me now
Pictures in my head
I saw you opening up again
Cause I would be heavenly if
I'm ready to embrace this, I'm ready for repair
I've got so many layers left by amateur painters who covered
over what was there
I stuffed myself sick on your memory and the beautiful mess we'd made
But I'm so tired of being inspired only when things slip away
They told me time would strip it all free and leave me bone dry
They told me time would strip it all free but I'm no better than
when I left here the first time
I'm ready to erase this, I'm ready to begin
Spent myself trying to change all the beauty we d made just
to want it all back again
And with the clouds moving in, this hardly looks like the same moon
And with the leaves all gone the trees that once stood strong
Would you fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Tear it all apart
Til there was nothing left
Fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Spent so long waiting here
So I wear you out
So who would've thought that you'd still be here now
And I swore dear
That I never
Wanted to be
Any better than your weakest moment now
Would you fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Tear it all apart
Til there was nothing left
Fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Spent so long waiting here
This was all sweet once
When I was fingertips and innocence
And too scared to
Let go I had my
Arms thread through
The pretty holes
Of your most romantic line
Would you fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Tear it all apart
Til there was nothing left
Fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Spent so long waiting here
And I've watched them all move through you
Watched them all let you down.
Would you fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Tear it all apart
Til there was nothing left to take
All to pieces and look your best
You know I'm always here
Would you fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Tear it all apart
Til there was nothing left
Fall to pieces
If I never came back?
Spent so long waiting here
Would you fall to pieces?
Never coming back
Would you fall to pieces?
Never coming back,
Never coming back again
It's do you
And don't you
Cause I won't forget you
You filled me with nothing
It felt so good
I tried to come down from you
I tried with your voice in my head
Knocking me back
Every inch I moved
I'm a sucker for a good lie
The way you say you understand
and how you always talk of catching me
but never open up your hand
Tell me does the world revolve the same
Tell me do the people all take care of you
Did you doubt the curve of the earth
And every word..
Every word
I'll bet you heard
I know you hear me catch your breath
But I'm not listening for the right words anymore
I'll take what's left
You're vicious like the blue sky
Right before the rain comes pouring through
Tell me does he look like me at all
Cause they're all an awful lot like you
Tell me does the world revolve the same
Tell me do the people all take care of you
Did you doubt the curve of the earth
And every word..
Every word...
Tell me does the world look all insane
Tell me how the people all just scare you
Did you doubt the curve of the earth
And every word..
Every word... I'll bet you heard
Tell me does the world revolve the same
Tell me do the people all take care of you
Did you doubt the curve of the earth
And every word..
Every word...
Tell me does the world look all insane
Tell me how the people all just scare you
Did you doubt the curve of the earth
And every word..
Every word... I'll bet you heard
Did you doubt the curve of the earth
I shouldn't need to wish that I am all I am not
I shouldn't need to always offer you my thoughts, but I do
And I've opened myself up to the wrong and felt that pain
And I've opened myself all up to you and felt the same
Please don't explain, just let me continue dreaming
You understand what hurts me but I was the one who made that known
And now it seems my time is over and I need some time alone
And I've opened myself up to the wrong and felt that pain
And I've opened myself all up to you and felt the same
Please don't explain, just let me continue dreaming
Why must I be affected
by the words of those who know not what they've said?
You're no longer someone I'll remember
I'm wide awake and so alive
Ringing like a bell
Tell me this is paradise
And not someplace I fell
'Cause I keep on fallin' down
I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop
'Til I'm satisfied
I wanna feel the car crash
'Cause I'm dyin' on the inside
I wanna let go and know
That I'll be alright, alright
Just push me 'til I have to fly
I've shed my skin, my scars
Take me deep out past the lights
Where nothing dims these stars
Nothing dims these stars
I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop
'Til I'm satisfied
I wanna feel the car crash
'Cause I'm dyin' on the inside
I wanna let go and know
That I'll be alright, alright
So right
It's all wrong
I'm wide awake and so alive
I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop
'Til I'm satisfied
I wanna feel the car crash
'Cause I'm dyin' on the inside
I wanna let go and know
Somewhere in between
The beginning and the end
September took the tourists
And settled in for good
We could hear the trains again
Brooklyn girls in scarves
Summer left and no one said a word
And we'd open your window
And stay in your bed all day
'Til the street lights came on
So what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms?
What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?
What happened to thinking that the world was flat?
Yeah, what happened?
So up on 59th street
Right before the rains
Lovers catching taxis, going downtown
Talking to what's left of you
And watching what I say
Counting all the freckles on your perfect face
You open your window
Sit on your bed
Just waiting for right words to come
So what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms?
What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?
What happened to thinking that the world was flat?
What happened, yeah, what happened to that?
Was I wrong?
Was I wrong?
So what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms?
What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?
What happened to thinking that the world was flat?
How ironic it all seems because I remember you telling me
about other lovers running out of words to say to each other
and how beautiful you thought it was and I agreed that
would never happen to you and me
so here we sit in silence, searching our heads for common ground
we've rehashed the past and beaten it down
left us with nothing, no present, no future
I still read your letter and all that evil makes me sick
But this is regimented pain and it gives me the illusion
that I have lived
I was the one that pushed you off the pedestal I put you on
And with my arms still outstretched I watched you fall
And break apart like glass on the highway
I realized my mistake a bit too late
Because I'd never risk picking up the pieces,
Jesus look at them all
I'd never risk picking up all those goddamn pieces
because I lose control at the sight of my own blood
I still read your letter, and all that bullshit makes me sick
But this is regimented pain and it gives me the illusion
Somewhere in between
The beginning and the end
September took the tourists
And settled in for good
We could hear the trains again
Brooklyn girls in scarves
Summer left and no one said a word
And we'd open your window
And stay in your bed all day
'Til the street lights came on
So what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms?
What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?
What happened to thinking that the world was flat?
Yeah, what happened?
So up on 59th street
Right before the rains
Lovers catching taxis, going downtown
Talking to what's left of you
And watching what I say
Counting all the freckles on your perfect face
You open your window
Sit on your bed
Just waiting for right words to come
So what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms?
What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?
What happened to thinking that the world was flat?
What happened, yeah, what happened to that?
Was I wrong?
Was I wrong?
So what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms?
What happened to feeling cheap radio songs?
What happened to thinking that the world was flat?
Oooooohhh... ooohhh...
Early morning, autumn light.
White washed walls and children playing.
The air is still, I smell the bakery.
Lying here in last night's clothes,
Mexican girls and Sunday dresses.
Fill the sidewalks up, Guerrero street.
Save me, I get lost so easy.
C'mon and lift the fog, my birthday girl.
The rains came, turned all the hills green,
Turn the dirt to flowers, birthday girl
My birthday girl
Just because you learn to breathe
Underwater, doesn't mean
You ever shake the fear of being drowned.
Between the sparks and junkyard thoughts,
The things I stole, the things I lost,
You could build a city in my hair.
In my hair.
Save me, I get lost so easy.
C'mon and lift the fog, my birthday girl.
The rains came, turned all the hills green,
Turned the dirt to flowers, birthday girl.
I don't know what to do,
Once this gets started.
I never meant to be so broken hearted.
Save me, I get lost so easy.
Turn my dirt to flowers, birthday girl.
My birthday girl
La la la la la la sha la la la la la la...
Save me, I get lost so easy.
C'mon and lift the fog, my birthday girl.
The rains came, turned all the hills green,
Turn the dirt to flowers, birthday girl.
I don't know what to do,
Once this gets started.
I never meant to be so broken hearted.
Baby, c'mon and save me,
Turn my dirt to flowers, birthday girl.
I like the way the streetlights finger paint your body.
Fireworks off the roof glowing in your eyes.
Wearing my jacket, voice like an angel h-hey hey.
I felt alive, for the first time in my life.
I held you tight, and the crowd sang Auld Lang Syne.
Where gearing meets the sea, you turned and said to me, this year year was ours.
Farewell December.
Ship lights look like stars stars out in the distance.
We're as young now as we're ever gonna be.
Your hand in my pocket, heart like a rocket, h-hey hey.
I felt alive, for the first time in my life.
I held you tight, and the crowd sang Auld Lang Syne.
The sky was turning blue, like movie endings do, this year was
Ours, ours, ours.
Farewell December.
Faster faster, slip this disaster.
We go faster faster, slip this disaster.
We go faster faster, slip this disaster.
Faster faster, lost in your laughter.
I felt alive for the first time in my life.
I held you tight, and the crowd sang Auld Lang Syne.
The sky was turning blue, like movie endings do, this year was
Ours, ours, ours.
Farewell December.
Oh oh oh
Rent love, run in circles.
Sweet fiction silhouette.
Meet me at 9th and irving,
Let's do things we can both regret.
It's all there in your chipped red fingernails.
It's all there in the twist of your pigtails.
It's the way she walks,
The way she talks,
Can't stop thinking
About the girl in the kinks shirt.
Take me home, San Francisco.
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt.
You and my imagination,
You and my imagination,
You and my imagination,
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt.
Sidewalk mariachis,
I see you in your party dress.
Played out sid and nancy,
Bring on the apocalypse.
Don't need no songs playing on the radio,
Get my truth from your thrift store halo.
Getting what you want can break your heart.
It's the way she walks,
The way she talks,
Can't stop thinking
About the girl in the kinks shirt.
Take me home, San Francisco.
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt.
You and my imagination,
You and my imagination,
You and my imagination,
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt.
Getting what you want can break your heart.
Getting what you want can break your heart.
Getting what you want is gonna break you, is gonna break you, is gonna break your heart.
It's the way she walks,
The way she talks,
Can't stop thinking
About the girl in the kinks shirt.
Take me home, San Francisco.
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt.
You and my imagination,
You and my imagination,
You and my imagination,
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt. (Oh)
Can't stop thinking about the girl in the kinks shirt. (Oh)
Leaves and the rain falling outside.
Taxi waited in the street.
Gave you my keys, told you I'd try...
But we both knew better didn't we?
I made my way to jfk in world record time,
Hoping I would miss the flight.
You and I were fighting sleep.
Beautiful wasted promises we promised to keep,
At least 'til we said goodbye.
Sometimes you're still mine
Between the lines of the sunday new york times.
You were the saint, I was the liar,
At least that's how I remember it.
Left all our dreams, all our desires
On the steps of your apartment.
The brooklyn, your olive skin
Framed in black and white.
I miss how simple love could be.
When you and I were fighting sleep.
Beautiful wasted promises we promised to keep,
At least 'til we said goodbye.
Sometimes you're still mine
Between the lines of the sunday new york times
Running wild down st. marks,
Raw and breathless in your arms.
Jumping trains to the park,
When the world was ours.
When you and I were fighting sleep.
Under the blankets promises we promised to keep,
At least 'til we said goodbye.
Sometimes you're still mine
I'd kill anyone who'd treat you as bad as I do
I'd love to believe it all works out
July 4th parade wrapped in beach towels
Under a fireworks display
I close my eyes and
Dream about you, dream about you
Sun so bright
You're just a shadow fading out, and
It feels like summer
(Feels like summer)
But it's earthquake
(Earthquake)
It's earthquake weather
It feels like summer
(Feels like summer)
But it's earthquake
(Earthquake)
It's earthquake weather
Wo oh oh
Wo oh oh
Scared dogs will bite
And cowards cut and run
And sun, it burns your skin
It comes natural to be so cruel
To be an asshole to someone as good as you
I close my eyes and
I dream about you, dream about you
Sun so bright
And I'm just a shadow fading out, and
It feels like summer
(Feels like summer)
But it's earthquake
(Earthquake)
It's earthquake weather
It feels like summer
(Feels like summer)
But it's earthquake
(Earthquake)
It's earthquake weather
Wo oh oh
Wo oh oh
I close my eyes and
I dream about you
Sun still shines,
just a shadow fading out, and
It feels like summer
But it's earthquake
It's earthquake weather
It feels like summer
But it's earthquake
It's earthquake weather
(Feels like summer)
It feels like summer
(Earthquake weather)
And it's earthquake weather
(Feels like summer)
It feels like summer
(Earthquake weather)
It feels like forever
Forever
I've got a love that comes in colors.
I got a voice, comes in screaming.
My old clothes they don't fit me now-ow-ow.
When I was young, I took off running.
I had a head full of tangles.
I had my heart full of splinters oh-oh-oh.
And you came around - to save me.
Now I drop to hold you
To hold you, to hold you oh-oh-oh
I had a thief, who stole my money
Took my heart, took it so quick
And left a hole as big as Texas oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And now I can hear the sweet swell of music
Feel the soft beat, beat push to the surface
Living life out loud, no one to blame it on-on-on
Yeah you came around - to save me
Now I drop to hold you
To hold you, to hold you oh-oh-oh
The satellite beams me closer,
Keeps me steady
The satellite beams me closer,
Oh and I won't let you down
Now I drop to hold you
To hold you, to hold you oh-oh-oh yeah love
I drop to hold you
I watched the flames, slow and strange
It lit the walls and filled my eyes
I heard your voice through the noise
I was cold and it was warm inside
And I should have kept my hands
I should have kept my arms inside
I believe it now
I should have kept my head
I should have kept my heart
My heart
Shooting stars, falling leaves
And the more things change, well, the more I sleep
Well, I took her heart and I licked her wounds
Then morning came and it felt like truth
But I, I should have kept my hands
I should have kept my arms inside
Yeah, I believe it now
I should have kept my head
I should have kept my heart
My heart
And I'm on my knees
And I should have kept my hands
I should have kept my arms inside
Yeah, I believe you now
I should have kept my head
I should have kept my heart
You blew through me
Like a hurricane
Got me twisted
Oh, you got me twisted
You promised blue sky
And brought the rain
And I went missing
Oh, I went missing
And while I was sleeping
You robbed me blind
Drunk on your power
Your sweet turned sour
You sent me sailing into the rocks
My queen of knots
Your heart's a jungle, a bar fight
Lonely little queen of knots, you must be lost
You sounded desperate
And you bought your friends
They hang like targets
Such easy targets
I never seen aim so steady
No, no, never seen a mind so bent
You pull the trigger
You're cold like winter
And the spell I was under
Of your see-through skin
I was drunk on your power
It turned you louder
You sent me sailing into the rocks
My queen of knots
Your heart's a jungle, a bar fight
Lonely little queen of knots, you must be lost
And I won't be there, when the love flows out
Yeah, I won't be there, when the word gets 'round
'Cause you're someone else's baby
Yeah, you're someone else's crazy now
While I was sleeping
You robbed me blind
Drunk on your powers
Your sweet turned sour
You sent me sailing into the rocks
My queen of knots
Your heart's a jungle, a bar fight
Queen of knots, you must be lost
Your heart's a stumbling block
You're my queen on knots
Come on, your hearts a jungle, a bar fight
Lonely little queen of knots, you must be lost
Queen on knots
You tried to keep me warm, I was falling through the sky
You whispered to me, baby, hold on tight
And I was starting wars, saying my good-byes
Still you never took your hand from mine
And all the stars above our heads
Faster they came, faster they went
All the stars above our heads
Spin you 'round
Through the roar of this crowd tonight, tonight
I'll dance you 'round
Through the bones of this town until daylight comes
Hope, hope will put the colors in the sky
Hope, hope will set this world of wrong to right, to right
Love comes tumbling down
Cities made of stone sinking in the flood
And all the people wait around to rust
All the stars above our heads
Faster they came, faster they went
In all the stars we lose ourselves
Spin you 'round
Through the roar of this crowd tonight, tonight
I'll dance you 'round
Through the bones of this town until daylight comes
Hope, hope will put the colors in the sky
Hope, hope will set this world of wrong to right, to right
Love comes tumbling down
When did we, when did we get so careful?
Oh love, when did we, when did we lose ourselves?
Afraid we fade, we fade out
When did we, when did we get so careful?
Love
Spin you 'round
Through the roar of this crowd tonight, tonight
(Spin you 'round)
I'll dance you 'round
Through the bones of this town until daylight comes
(Dance you 'round)
Hope, hope will put the colors in the sky
Hope, hope will set this world of wrong to right, to right
(Then love comes)
Love comes tumbling down
(As love, as love)
Love comes tumbling down
All the stars above my head
I wanna watch you undress
I wanna watch you glow
Let your hair down all around
And cover us both
You come in waves
We crash and we roll
You surround me, pull me, drown me
Then swallow me whole
You turn, turn, turn
Turning me on
Like a slow fire burn
I know that it's wrong
Still I run, run, run
Run right into you
Yeah, I run, run, run
Run right into you
You pull me in close
You buckle my knees
I shake and I shiver
Just to feel you breathe
You trace my lines
(I trace your lines)
Stir in my soul
Shoot sparks at the heart of the world
And I watch it explode
(I watch you, yeah, I watch you)
You turn, turn, turn
Turning me on
Like a slow fire burn
I know that it's wrong
Still I run, run, run
Run right into you
Yeah, I run, run, run
Run right into you
I'm amazing
When you're beside me
I'm so much more
And I feel your fingers
Pound like thunder
And I am so much more
I'm so much more
You turn, turn, turn
Turning me on
Like a slow fire burn
I know that it's wrong
Still I run, run, run
Run right into you
You turn, turn, turn
Turning me on
Like a slow fire burn
I know that it's wrong
Still I run, run, run
Run right into you
(I run)
Still I run, run, run
Run right into you
(Oh love, hold on for love)
Still I run, run, run
Run right back to you
Turning me on
This year, all but disappeared
Bought into fairy tales
But Sleeping Beauty just kept score
And tried to sleep more
She said, "I'm not quite myself tonight
But the way you touch me
Oh, makes me tongue tied
That could be the wine too"
Kiss quick, I've got a line out the door
Who all think they can save me
One by one, they lay the world at my feet
One by one, they drive me crazy
She said, "I know love and it's all push and shove
So stop talking and put your back into it"
Loaded, oh, my hands shook to hold it
I turned her body on, I turned her body on myself
Ooh, ooh
Kiss quick, I've got a line out the door
Who all think they can save me
One by one, they lay the world at my feet
One by one, they drive me crazy
Shut your mouth, pull me out
Before this all goes gray
One by one, they lay the world at my feet
One by one, they go away
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Oh, oh
Come on, come on
Kiss quick, got a line out the door
Who all think they can save me
Oh, one by one, they lay the world at my feet
One by one, they drive me crazy
Now shut your mouth and pull me out
Before this all goes gray
One by one, they lay the world at my feet
One by one, they go away
They go away, they go away
Ooh, ooh
Sell my blood for money, baby, baby
And I love how it feels
This bed is on fire with passionate love
The neighbors complain about the noises above
But she only cums when she's on top
My therapist said not to see you no more
She said you're like a disease without any cure
She said I'm so obsessed that I've become a bore, oh no
Ah you think you're so pretty (eeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
Caught your hand inside a till
Slammed your fingers in the door
Bought a kitchen knives and skewers
Dressed me up in womens clothes
Messed around with gender roles
Dye my eyes and call me pretty (eeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
Moved out of the house so you moved next door
I locked you out you cut a hole in the wall
I found you sleeping next to me I thought I was alone
You're driving me crazy when are you coming home
I grew up just west of the tracks
Holdin' me to hold you back
around your door just callin' out my name
She said "son why don't you go outside
I got a man comin' over tonight"
seventh one in seven days
So I go down to the parkin' lot
to hang around with all my friends
and roam the streets 'til dawn breaks again
I come in at 5 a.m. and she is waiting for me
she said "where have you been?" i said "i was out"
she said "she said you're no good 'cause you're runnin' without love"
'Cause I'm goin' straight to hell
yeah, just like my momma said
'cause I'm goin' straight to hell
A black widow and the lady's man
we met down the laundry mat
and tried to make me understand
The neighbors were all in a stir
about what they might have heard
and runnin' down they shouted out it seems
Well next door a girl she lives
about the same age as me
and asked me to come upstairs for a see
And just then her mother bursts in
she said "you're that son of a bitch in the wind,
get out of my house and hit the road"
and I kept fallin' like a rollin' stone
'Cause I'm goin' straight to hell
yeah, just like my momma said
'cause I'm goin' straight to hell
I'm goin' straight to hell
yeah, just like my momma said
'cause I'm goin' straight to hell
The stars came out and they warmed me so
as I walked on down the road
50 bucks and a suitcase steered me clear
She took my hand as we walked into the sun
A new day's promise had begun
"We'll make it alone whether you like it or not"
I turned around and shouted "HELP ME MOTHER!"
'Cause I'm goin' straight to hell
yeah, just like my momma said
'cause I'm goin' straight to hell
'Cause I'm goin' straight to hell
yeah, just like my momma said
I bet you're laughing at some joke he told you
With his arm around your sunburnt shoulders
I spent the morning with my face against the window seat
Looking down at all the things that got the best of me
No more late night drives to Boston
No more Cure songs to get lost in
No more taxis, subway tokens
Arms wide open, I'm sky high honey - gone
I take the streetcars around San Francisco
Get winks from the pretty boys down in The Castro
Through the turnstiles roll, the Jappy girls and the shabby dolls
I can't resist myself, I get their names, I never call
No more late night drives to Boston
No more Cure songs to get lost in
No more taxis, subway tokens
Arms wide open, I'm sky high honey - gone
I'm sky high honey
You wait too long, you never leave
And it feels like dying but still your heart beats
No more late night drives to Boston
No more Cure songs to get lost in
No more taxis, subway tokens
Arms wide open, I'm sky high honey - gone
On the outskirts of the wreckage,
Out in the sun under the golden gate,
Annie said she was waiting
For the next one to leave.
She had a masters degree
In disappointment,
That's what she said to me,
Laughed when she said it,
Flat on our backs in the grass
Out at chrissy field.
My life's a movie.
My whole life's a movie,
If movie's made you wanna
Jump off of a .
She said 'I got one who moves me
And one who sees through me.
All I really want is a kiss.
But she's right on time for me.
I got the right words
From the wrong mouths.
Hurricanes crashing hard
Like I'm the deep south.
Well, it always looked like
Dry land out there to me.
She said, my mother,
She taught me how to doubt myself.
Now, she lives in my head
Like it's a tree house.
I see her clearer in the mirror
More and more each day.
I was only kidding when I said I like a fight.
I was only kinda kidding when I said I like a fight.
I was kinda kidding when I said I like a fight,
Don't go
Ooo oh
Maybe this heart of mine is paralyzed,
'Cause b's out building rocket ships
And shooting for the skies.
I had a fucked up week that lasted years.
I landed like a cannonball,
Waiting for the crowd to cheer.
All I know is the world is filled
With broken things.
All I know, with these walls I built,
I can't get to what you need.
Don't go,
Love me 'til my heart starts.
Found a dead end girl to read my palm.
Yeah, she was into losing streaks,
So I let her take me on.
A million miles away, lost at sea,
She burned like a fire only
Drowning men could see.
All I know is the world is filled
With broken things.
All I know, with these walls I built,
I can't get to what you need.
I wanna feel it kick in.
I wanna feel it kick in.
My head's a stereo I can't turn off.
You said I should learn to sing along.
In your bedroom out on taraval,
We were haunted by everything we wanted.
Kill the lights,
I'm afraid of nothing.
The church of your curves,
The ghost inside us,
The last temptation.
The night is young, but we are younger.
Time is on our side.
Kill the lights.
I found religion at the record store.
I found heaven on your kitchen floor.
You be stunning, baby, I'll be stunned.
Keep glowing, I'll follow your explosions
Kill the lights,
I'm afraid of nothing.
The church of your curves,
The ghost inside us,
The last temptation.
The night is young, but we are younger.
Time is on our side.
Kill the lights.
Of all the things I left undone,
I don't miss a single one.
When everything felt good
I'd fall apart.
All the things I couldn't see,
Standing right in front of me.
Your body pushed against me
We spent July in a Berkeley basement,
Half read books, and bold declarations.
There was so much I didn't believe in
And then, there was you.
You made me brave,
You made me stupid
Gave me this skin, that I could move in.
We're gonna leave them where they stand
Leave them where they -
Love, no one cares about the stories they're not in.
We'll fade out to whispers,
It's the last days of summer in San Fransisco.
The kitchens cold and the tea kettle whisles.
The J Church rolls and rattles our windows.
There's no nestalgia here it's just now,
Baby now.
I was a fire that you started
For once I knew everything that I wanted.
We're gonna leave them where they stand,
Leave them where they -
Love, no one cares about the stories they're not in.
We'll fade out to whispers,
It's the last days of summer in San Fransisco
It's the last days of summer in San Fransisco
Love, no one cares about the stories they're not in.
We'll fade out to whispers,
It's the last days of summer in San Fransisco
i've always liked the fireworks
tripping over you
i could lie awake for hours
wrapped in every brilliant bloom
i'll be here
always dear
i was never any good alone
i've always liked the fireworks
you're brilliant when you glow
prove to me
i'm tired of words
they don't ever mean a thing
you're sprawled across the sky now
i'm still on the ground
believing like a liar
in every jealous sound
yeah i'll be here
always near
but never on top of it.
i plotted lines to follow
but you're never coming down
prove to me
i'm tired of words
they don't ever mean a thing
prove to me
i'm tired of words now
i'll surrender
i'll surrender
just show me in
i'll surrender
i'll be waiting
yeah i'll be here
wasted dear
i was never any good alone
[Chorus]
I had a dream you died
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Mission bells were ringing
Somewhere higher
I let you get away
I let you get away
What kind of man misunderstands
A woman like you?
She s her in black and white
It s 5 am and the phonebook says
That you re not alone
In the cold grey morning light
The only one that s left to trust
My faithless heart wasted us
[Chorus]
I had a dream you died
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Mission bells were ringing
Somewhere higher
I let you get away
I let you get away
What kind of fool thinks love s a prison
Or a handicap
Only says goodbye
Sinking fast in the rocky waters of alcatraz
The only one that s left to trust
My faithless heart wasted us
[Chorus]
I had a dream you died
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Mission bells were ringing
Somewhere higher
I let you get away
I let you get away
I m the end of a hitchcock movie
A little dark and a lot confusing
I m the last of the worst pretenders
So lost, so lost in love
I m the end of a hitchcock movie
A little dark and a lot confusing
I m the last of the worst pretenders
So lost, so lost in love
[Chorus]
I had a dream you died
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Mission bells were ringing
Somewhere higher
I let you get away
I let you get away
So lost, so lost, in love
You win, I quit
I'm certain you let my hands wander your hips
Just to leave me desparate now
I remember your thread-thin arms
I remember your hands
And how easily it seemed to me
They could rip me open
Baby I'm fallin' away
Baby I'm fallin' away
Wasted my September
With you stuck up in my head
Raced the days closed
In the hopes that the mornings would swell again
Don't offer me rewards
That's a weight I don't need
I've seen stronger men draped over your shoulder
So filled with praises and too drunk to leave
Baby I'm fallin' away
Baby I'm fallin' away
Cuz you were always good at putting words together
About how you always liked me better when I never came around
You were always good at putting words together
And wearing them so loud
Wearing them so loud
Baby I'm fallin' away
Baby I'm fallin' away
Cuz you were always good at putting words together
And how you always liked me better when I never came around
You were always good at putting words together
And wearing them so loud
Wearing them so loud
I wanna real love to let me in
I wanna zero out and be born again
No more false starts and no dead end
'Cause I'm no shape to do what's right
And I see up as down and black as white
It makes me dizzy, I come apart
All this love, love, love in the dark
Mercy, mercy, both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy, mercy, understand
(Less drowning, more land, less drowning)
Lit a fire in the crowd just to watch you move
And tie your hands and demand a salute
Oh, this garden's full of snakes and fruit
Oh, oh no, no, no, no
Hear the click, click, click of the camera flash
And in the definite kicking of the fame bomb blast
But they don't call and they don't last
And you're gone, out-shined
Mercy, mercy, both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy, mercy, understand
(Less drowning, more land, less drowning)
So come on, kill the lights and leave it all behind
I'm right by your, I'm right by your side
Well in the tick of time, put your hand in mine
Watch it all, watch it all ignite
Mercy, mercy, both hands
I need less drowning and more land
Mercy, mercy, understand
Less drowning, more land
Mercy, mercy, I'm in your hands
I look into your eyes and I see what I can
Mercy, mercy, understand
Less drowning, more land
come on down to the bottom of the sea
come on down here
ya there's room right next to me
i'm tired of getting even
lets get odd odd
and live life at the bottom of the sea
too many cars drinking too much gasoline
there's no good news on my tv screen
there's a hole up in the sky so lets dive dive dive
and live life at the bototm of the sea
if the morning light ever calls you backwards
if the surface begs you home
if the morning light ever calls you backwards
just don't be gone too long
don't leave me here alone
come on down to the bottom of the sea
come on down here
ya there's room right next to me
i'm tired of getting even
lets get odd odd
and live life at the bottom of the sea
if the morning light ever calls you backwards
if the surface begs you home
if the morning light ever calls you backwards
just don't be gone too long
don't leave me here alone
come on down to the bottom of the sea
come on down here
ya there's room right next to me
i'm tired of getting even
lets get odd
and live life at the bottom of the sea
don't worship me, I'm not what you need
My words are my words, nothing more
I love and hate just like you
I'm beautiful and weak just like you
I worship too
But disciples are such useless vessels
Empty and scarred and ready to receive
I'm here on my soapbox, listen to me
No, I'm here on my tip toes&push; me
don't try to fuck me or conquer me
philadalphia... you're in my heart.
i wrote a little song for you
p-h-i-l-a-d-a-l-p-h-i-a
youre fuckin sexy bitches
wicked fuckin sexy bitches
i love the way you rock
will smith's from this town
cinderellas from this towm
you rock
rocky is from this town
and he rocks
his name is fuckin rocky
its rock with a y
burgess meredith died
helping rocky live
and he rose like a pheonix
i'm gonna do the same for you
i'm gonna go down. for you
like a burnin burnin burn alive, like a pheonix
i'm gonna fuckin rise like a pheonix
like jesus
o' christ
i love you philadalphia
got too much love
you cracked the liberty bell
so much love you fucking cracked cast iron.
thats my philadalphia song... i'm working on it
its not really done... its at like this crucial point...
My idols are cracking and breaking apart piece by piece
I brush their dust off my pedestal and through the cloud I've
kicked up I can just make out your face
In a world of plastic people, I know You're real
I'm just a confused child, a ball of raw emotions shouting my
hollow threats at you
I'll kick and I'll scream and I'll call you names
But when my storm blows over you ll always hold me the
same
In a world full of bullshit emotions, I know you feel
I can fall far away from my judgments
I can fall far away from my ignorance
When you cradle me in your arms
In a world of plastic people, I know You're real
In a world of bullshit emotions, I know you feel
Under blankets, under the shelter of your skin, you warm me
from within
Hold me, and save me from my self.
I claim to be so righteous,
but I'm just like everyone else.
I was judging you,
and I realized just how big a lie I lead.
Hold me.
I truly wish you could follow me
in my walk through brilliance.
But I've grown so much hollower
and the paths have all grown dense.
With vines of green, the color of envy.
With vines of green, the color of jealousy.
And it's funny, but I hate it when you steal the spotlight from me.
Ooooohhh, hold me.
I have no patience for hypocrites.
Have no patience for fakes.
I have no patience for those who make my same mistakes.
So hold me.
I truly wish you could follow me
in my walk through brilliance.
But I've grown so much hollower
and the paths have all grown dense.
With vines of green, the color of jealousy.
With vines of green, and all my insecurities.
And it's funny, but I hate it when you steal the spotlight from me.
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