Barlow, Lou Filmography

• Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown (2010)
• Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown (2010)
• Of the Moon: The Silver Apples Story. (2008)
• Dinosaur Jr.: Live in the Middle East (2007)
• Weird Paul: A Lo Fidelity Documentary (2006)
• Laurel Canyon (2002)
• Before She Met Me (2000)
• Kids (1995)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Breakdown Day - Lou Barlow
• Ballad Of Daykitty - Lou Barlow
• Crackers And Coffee - Lou Barlow
• Confused - Lou Barlow
• Yawning Blue Messiah - Lou Barlow
• Stronger - Lou Barlow
• Mellow Cool And Painfully Aware - Lou Barlow
• Caterpillar Girl - Lou Barlow
• Royalty - Lou Barlow
• Round 'N' Round - Lou Barlow
• Rise Below Slowly - Lou Barlow
• Puzzle - Lou Barlow
• Only Losers - Lou Barlow
• Not Nice To Be Nice - Lou Barlow
• Monkey Begun - Lou Barlow
• Mary - Lou Barlow
• Legendary - Lou Barlow
• If I Could - Lou Barlow
• I'm Thinking - Lou Barlow
• Home - Lou Barlow
• Holding Back The Year - Lou Barlow
• Faith In Your Heartbeat - Lou Barlow
• Dragdown Memory - Lou Barlow

You can love a lie
let a girl/man come inside
but never dare to let your need break through
you can't set it free
can't bear what you might be
it's sure to be a breakdown day come soon
your will is tested
it's not like you could be arrested
letting go to penetrate a peace
peace of body - peace of soul
but you're a pig of self-control
numb and cold, you starved your hole
now it's sure to steal your soul
please, please, please yourself
please, please, please your hole
but don't say please, it annoys me
you'll rot with disease if you don't please yourself
you have learned the strengths to annoy me
if a longing can be filled
when someone finally fits
it's tight but you'll get used to it
it hurts but you'll learn to crave it
glory, too aware of yourself

Where'd the kitty come from, and where'd the kitty go
The kitty's always hungry, I told the kitty no
So the kitty had to ramble, she had to roam
Where'd the kitty come from, where did the kitty go
Now Hector was the son of a mountain lion
She heard him crying, she followed him in
And she became the apple of my eye
But when Hector couldn't love her
My Daykitty said goodbye
She belonged to another family up the street
I knew they couldn't love her even half as much as I
I love the kitty in the morning love her every night
The day she left me, I hung my head and cried
Where'd the kitty come from, and where'd the kitty go
The kitty's always hungry, I told the kitty no
Did she have to ramble, did she have to roam
Where'd she come from, where did the kitty go
You know she returned the very next day
We took her to the doctor, the doctor did say
The kitty weren't a woman no the kitty was a man
Took him home, he ate a whole can
Now he and Hector are friends, I think he's gonna stay
I think he really loves us, all he wanna do is play
And you should see him sleeping in my lovers arms
I know you'd wanna keep him but Daykitty is ours
Now where'd the kitty come from, and where'd the kitty go
The kitty's always hungry, I told the kitty no
So the kitty had to ramble, the kitty had to roam
Where'd the kitty come from, where did the kitty go
Wherever he came from, now he's got a home

documents and artifacts
helpful hints and fun facts
her fable, his story
the story of force and eventual disappointment
the fable of the jealous
of the power of nature
filling the cup with your own waste
don't expect to walk the streets safe
the end is coming every hour
calling mister history
calling mister history
show how bad it could be, might be

I've been up, down, knees, cloud
Fading into view
Rise and fall, don't we all
Love to be confused
Make it natural naked fun
Force it make it wrong
Wait a day, a year, far too long
Don't you feel abused?
Drifting through the night
Nodding at the moon
Waited till the day
Withdrew, confused
Are you here to give it back?
Are you afraid I won't let go?
That I'm a warm denier, a cold desire
Remote without control
Cross the border through
Your room and into mine
If there's something you want
Let it tell you what to do

hey to the blue messiah
thought of you once again
too bad we're only human
too bad we can't be friends
I miss you brother but I hate your guts
whatever inside you made me regret what was
I know the world's on fire
I know this is the end
it burns between my fingers
refuse the medicine
I miss you brother but I hate your guts
whatever inside you that made me regret what was
made me regret what was
I let your words infect me
I let the clock unwind
there'll be no time for healing
I'm doubting all that's mind
this is a child's behavior
we're feeling nothing new
I didn't need a savior
what did I ask of you?
I miss you brother but I hate your guts
whatever inside you that made me regret what was
made me regret what was
I miss you brother but I hate your guts

My friend of the eager tender
I wish we could share everything
Just a little more attention
Feels so good but never mention why
Why, why
Curse the burning need within me
To turn on all I've learned to go down me
Reaching as you turn away
Leave the question hanging over me
I don't believe in waiting any longer
Giving in can only make me stronger
Fear
Pit of my desire
Question my free will
Question my desire
Fear
Lying still right here
Wondering what we'll heed
Hoping it don't hurt me
Don't believe in waiting any longer

Tired pleasing woman touch for life in need of love
Eternal bliss is numb but passing sadness overwhelm
despite the love
Hidden disatisfaction just confused inside in me
The need to hide is useless, peace is on her side
I'm a peaceful man
And being mellow cool is so desirable
All I need is something to believe
And I can't believe in one mistake
Easy lies build one on one in time
Even nice guys can lose control
Mellow, cool, and painfully aware
Deeper, cruel, painfully aware
It's my best
Surely meaningless

Hit me like a kick to a thickening gut
The beat has done beaten me up
No one's gonna lift me out of this rut
The groove has done ground me to dust
I'm knocking on the wrong cocoon
Spun another web of lies
(Chorus)
And then you break through
And dry before my eyes
Take me with you
Where you hide tonight
Did you feel the beat in a fetal curl?
Could you be original, caterpillar girl
Crawling up the vine
Splitting your spine
Flowing through the motions
Leave your shell behind
(Chorus)
And then you break through
And dry before my eyes
Take me with you
Where you hide tonight
Away...
Look out
The birds like me
They want you now
They want you now
Caterpillar Girl

Who are you royalty?
Who are you trying to please?
Who will you follow tonight?
I know that look you get,
playing dumb for respect.
There when our eyes just met
off with you go play the room
What do you have in mind,
like a frankenstein.
Pieces of people you know.
Collected,Re-arranged whose around? not a change
How to be perfectly cool.
Well I've seen you bend in shape
turn on me, I can wait.
soon we'll be here all alone
slowly re-appear? not tonight I fear
you've found a new you to be
Someone nothing like me.
Don't let me pick a fight.
Let me say goodnight and go home.
before I'm enraged you are getting to close,
to the throne
Could be, in me, my my own jealousy,
making things ugly again,
making me curse your name,
lighting a fire of blame.
Burning what good things we have.
making me nothing but sad.
No its not me,
I don't want other men?
confused and betrayed
in your way on your way
and I know you don't know what you do
when you find your king
when you find your Queen
you'll do anything but try

Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet
You make the night, I always cross the line
Tightened our belts, abused ourselves
Get in our way, we'll put you on your shelf
Another day, some other way
We're gonna go, but then we'll see you again
I've had enough, we've had enough
Cold in vain, she said
I knew right from the beginning
That you would end up winnin'
I knew right from the start
You'd put an arrow through my heart
Round and round
With love we'll find a way just give it time
Round and round
What comes around goes around
I'll tell you why, dig
Lookin' at you, lookin' at me
The way you move, you know it's easy to see
The neon light's on me tonight
I've got a way, we're gonna prove it tonight
Like Romeo to Juliet, time and time
I'm gonna make you mine
I've had enough, we've had enough
It's all the same, she said
I knew right from the beginning
That you would end up winnin'
I knew right from the start
You'd put an arrow through my heart
Round and round
With love we'll find a way just give it time
Round and round
What comes around, goes around
I'll tell you why, yeah
Out on the streets that's where we'll meet
You make the night I always cross the line
Tightened our belts abuse ourselves
Get in our way, we'll put you on your shelf
Round and round
With love we'll find a way, just give it time
Round and round
What comes around, goes around
I'll tell you why
Round and round
With love we'll find a way, just give it time, yeah
Round and round
What comes around goes around

this is as far as i go
i stopped it from glory, just then
i can't seem to keep it 'til further
i've given it up for a friend
i've given it up
take it further
far and above all i know
a great trust has left me for weaker
it's bitter bite making me strong
i kick it to rise below slowly
i cut the shape open to see
i build a wall to be broken down
i break it down easy for me
i break it down easy for me
i kick it down slowly to see
i break it down easy for me

It's a puzzle that served us well
I think you're funny, and you love my smell
Not enough, a lifetime of stuff we could want
We were simply burried alive
Trapped in rapture tied to the sky
Cuddle on the couch, tranquilize
And then you left me, if only in your eyes
Don't you want me?
Rusted halo, use your wings
Hands on your hips miss "didn't miss a thing"
You're not mine, though you wear that ring, on your finger
One crush had me crawling away
You crush me, brush me aside
But how could i be surprised?
That inbetween your shadow and your light
I did lose you
Fly without, never be denied
Let happen. Fall, you'll be alright
I will catch you
Fly without, never be denied
If you love me, tell me with your eyes
They never lie
It's been a long year this year
Good or bad, I can't tell from here
What a thrill, mop up the spill with my heart
There's a puzzle in your angel eyes
A piece we may never find
A piece we may never find, at the same time
Inbetween your shadow and your light
There's an answer

This is a song for losers
Though I'm not a loser myself
A loser has nothing to sell
I could easily sell my self
I could easily sell my soul
It's easy 'cause I don't believe
People who believe are losers
I understand there's nothing to lose
A winner doesn't care if it loses
A loser always tries to win
Loser wasted life, trying to prove it's right
A winner wouldn't even begin to wonder why
It's not worth the pain to change
If you learn to play the game
If you've learned to feed from it
Growing stronger with the need
After all it's all you need
So we're holdin' on to it
Cuz only losers quit
It's the well from which you're born
It's the wealth that you deserve
It's the evil righteous glow
It's the jealous losers feel
So we're holdin' on to it

You know it's not nice to be nice
Every act of kindness surely carries its price
I've never really been that kind
Thought I meant to make it straight from the heart
Starve the hate and now it's ripped me apart
I'll stay inside for awhile
First to know the sickness of doubt
Drop it for dead when you figure it out
You can leave anyone behind
Fixed myself, I don't even care
To kick or avenge you know I'd never dare

For balance and control, a battle rages in my soul
Am I monkey, am I man? One finger holding back the dam
Confusion was alright until it kept me up at night
Heavy, breathing okay until you took my breath away
Now I feel like I've just begun
I feel I've just begun
There's no worry, we're all undone
I feel I've just be, feel I've just begun
Am I ever overconfident?
Have I ever been untrue?
I've been over and under and through
Nothing much at all, oh, there's so much more to do
Now I feel like I've just begun
I feel I've just begun
There's no hurry, no race to run
I feel I've just be, life has just begun
Something ended before it ended
(Feel a sunset in your eyes)

Immaculate conception, yeah right
Crazing Mary, good that you lied
A test tomb baby, seed of the lord
Breaking the law with the man next door
Blame it on it an angel, they’ll believe
Joseph will wonder but you know he won’t leave
Cause they all love you, I still do
Magic in the air swirling all around you
Mary, Mary under a veil of stars
You changed the world,
You broke my Heart
Thank you Mary, you saved me too
They’d stone us both if they ever knew
You sold out the manger, well all right
They Mystery
They say that he’s the one
Brother Joseph got a king for a stepson
Mary, Mary under a veil of stars
You changed the world,
You broke my Heart
Thank you Mary, you saved me too
They’d stone us both if they ever knew
Mary kissed me, we lost control
The oldest story never told
Crazy Mary, ever divine
They’ll never know the baby was mine
Mary, Mary under a veil of stars
You changed the world,
You broke my Heart
Thank you Mary, you saved me too

I know you've given all that you can give to me
I know there'll come a day I understand
Until then I'll be trying to solve your mystery
And Wonder why I couldn't make you stay
Smiling through denial , my specialty
I thought that was a good thing for a while
You gave me all your secrets were you testing me?
How could I do anything but smile?
Re–enact your legendary tragedy
And do to me what has been done to you
Is that the only point to all this misery?
Is there any reason I should cry?
Heal – takes time
And you gave me all you had
I know in time I will believe
That I loved you
Did you love me?
Did you love me?
Heal – it takes time
And you gave me all you had
I know in time I will believe
That I loved you
You loved me

If I could be your lover, be your lover true
One day to be discovered lying next to you
But I know my lack of grace continues to turn you off
And this could be my fate here never to be touched
Wish I could be, if I could be
I feel it in the morning, nothing going on tonight
And I get the feeling that my love for you’s not right
And I can’t help thinking that you might not like my style
Watching television let me chew on you awhile
Then face down,
So face down
Love me tonight
Love me tonight.
But what if my fortune turns, will I turn away?
The battle of the heart we wage, the quiet game we play
What if it’s me unequal? I’m the one who’s not,
Excited forever with it in your touch
I’d miss you way too much.
But you’d feel it in the morning, nothing going on tonight
And you’d get the feeling that your love for me’s not right.
We’re always turning but never turn away,
I’ll try to be patient tell me everything’s OK.
Hmmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Hmmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Hmmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Love me tonight
Hmmmm, hmmm, hmmm

i'm thinking of the things that i avoid
asking questions of tomorrow
betting on the tears that all must fall
tears of happiness and sorrow
the older i get i get older
i hope i know i'm getting stronger
can only be what it will be
some days are short
others longer
if you want good love
don't force it to react
hand behind your back
i'm thinking of the pain i can't recall
the weight i carry not the world at all
i'm still amazed we're here today
i'm down the open mouth of wonder
if you want good love
start by stepping back

Look at you hiding behind your sweater
What I want to say
Let it fall away
I don't care
If we're alone, can be trusted on my own
I can never bring you home
Second guess I drift in all directions
Once impressed, half undressed all day
I'm not strong You don't believe
I may be wrong
That I can never bring you home
If I do and don't resist you
I'm too in love to really miss you
In fact I'm frozen over joy
Yes I did and yes I want to
But nothing good can come to
Someone pretending he is alone
Yes I did and yes I want to
But nothing good can come to
Someone pretending he is alone

Rollin from your brat sarcastic eye
A California tear, a drop of gold
Maybe you were cold, yah, so was I
Holding back Holding back the year
The year before the poison took it's toll
Made you paper thin, me wrinkled old
Eventually, yea finally it caught up
Held you back, grabbed you by the arm
Played upon your fear
But rollin down the window won't I
Order up some breakfast if I can
Hold me back hold me by the arm
Wipe Away my tear
The story ends with friends and early nights
Kitten grown to cat and no more fight
How'd we ever stay together love...
Holdin back, holding back the year
Hold me back grab me by the arm

Find me a place
Rules can be broken
Way out into the open
California
Buried me
Have faith in your heartbeat
Where are we now?
Far from the ruins
Fingered it out
Know what we’re doing
But could I be?
Would I be?
All you could wish for
All that could keep you away
And if you would leave how will I live?
No reason to care
You’re Drifting and falling apart now
Drifting and falling in place
Have faith in your heartbeat
And if you would leave how will I live?

your introduction to my dreams
is not as scary as it seems
please avoid what I am thinking
but always look me in the eye
and all the stupid things I think of doing
I just might do 'em in the end
and it would be another sad sad story
another bad disguise
as the king of the dragdown memory
or a fool and his paranoid misery
check the paranoid language
hiding behind some mystery
'cause there's no glory
in telling such an obvious story
another teenage tragedy
unfolds before our eyes
and it could be another sad sad story
and I apologize
if I'm the king of the dragdown memory
but I recognize
that every revolution is a pointless give and take
it's style is it's own reward
and any contradiction is a hint of honesty
we're young and sort of free and kinda sleazy
good intentions only break good hearts
no one's willing to play that part
unplanned appreciation is never enough
it takes pleasure to back it up
now you're knocking at my door
now you're walking in my door
you're just a friend and I'm just human
it's not as scary as it seems
it's not as scary as it seems

Famous quotes by Lou Barlow:

"I basically worshiped J. Personally and creatively he was such a mentor, and to be rejected by him was crushing. At the same time being kicked out of that band was a great thing for me. Had I stayed, I doubt I would've been able to find my own voice."

"He was a sadist. He tortured me."

"Then also J has a particularly aggressive management (company) that started looking into the numbers and kind of made money an issue. My wife, we had a kid, and ? we need the money. But I mean, it's kind of cool. There are a lot of practical reasons to do it. Then there's also like just, I don't mean to be pretentious by saying it, but kind of spiritual reasons for doing it as well, and musical."

"It just made me really fight for what I had after that, which was really good. It really sent me off in the right direction. Looking back on it now I'm really lucky. Getting kicked out of the band was definitely the best thing to happen to me at that time."

"We had a lot of offers that if we'd taken them we wouldn't be happy. We didn't sign immediately with the label (Polygram) that put out the soundtrack. It wasn't the logical step for us. We entered a period where we worked really hard. We went on tour and recorded, instead of doing what was expected. No, it was about John and me doing what we wanted."

"When we approached our next sessions in my house, we decided to completely go for things we couldn't even perform live. We went for a studio approach, really layering and cutting things down."

"That kind of validation was nice. It was especially sweet because we didn't do anything within the normal promotion process. It was the song itself."

"We had really pretty varied tastes,"

"We've never had any problem not sounding like a band,"

"We didn't expect it,"