Out my window a memory
I'm dying inside
I know the way it should be
Even though it was right in front of me
It's something I just couldn't see
Your lonely face
Your lonely eyes
But this is something you can't disguise
It's not just me, you feel it too
'Cause you know I belong with you
Look at where we're going
Tell me what can I say
We're tracing our footsteps
We're going the same way
Madeline
Here we go around again
You know it, I know it, don't try to pretend
You know it could be so much better than it's been
Ooooh, here we go around again
I was empty inside but I just didn't know
You are my ten thousand roses and I let you go
Before I make the same mistake just hold me in your arms
We belong you know it in your heart
Look where we're going
No doubt in my mind
Can't you see it's meant to be
Oh, oh, oh...my
Here we go 'round again. Here we go. Here we go.
Here we go 'round again. Said here we go.
Here we go 'round again. Here we go. Here we go.
Here we go 'round again.
Look at where we're going
Tell me what can I say
We're tracing our footsteps
We're going the same way
Oh my...
Madeline, here we go 'round again
Madeline, here we go 'round again
Madeline, here we go 'round again
Madeline flows like the summer stream
She talks with her eyes, she moves in a dream
Serenity grows in a pasture of green, and Madeline flows
Abagail flies on a silver wing
She might let me go she might let me sing
Prosperity lies in a mountain of things, and Abagail flies
When you find her tell her you don't mind the way that she crosses her legs
She winks to let you know
I only like to observe I don't profess to know
Kira comes on like the morning sun
She opens her eyes, she looks out for fun
Affinity flies through a canyon of one, and Kira comes on
Tabatha walks in the pouring rain
She closes her eyes to block out the pain
Disparity flows through a river of shame, and Tabatha walks
When you find her tell her you don't mind the way that she crosses her legs
She winks to let you know
I only like to observe I don't profess to know
And in the garden of blue she's coming back to you and the feeling is true
Oh Madeline won't you tell me what your gonna do
And when you find her tell her you mind the way she crosses her heart
And says I hope to die
I guess I'll never know you I guess I'll never know why
And in the garden of blue she's coming back to you and the feeling is true
Oh Madeline I never knew what you were going through
Madeline flows like the summer stream
She talks with her eyes, she moves in a dream
Serenity grows in a pasture of green, and Madeline flows
Abagail flies on a silver wing
She might let me go she might let me sing
Prosperity lies in a mountain of things, and Abagail flies
When you find her tell her you don't mind the way that she crosses her legs
She winks to let you know
I only like to observe I don't profess to know
Kira comes on like the morning sun
She opens her eyes, she looks out for fun
Affinity flies through a canyon of one, and Kira comes on
Tabatha walks in the pouring rain
She closes her eyes to block out the pain
Disparity flows through a river of shame, and Tabatha walks
When you find her tell her you don't mind the way that she crosses her legs
She winks to let you know
I only like to observe I don't profess to know
And in the garden of blue she's coming back to you and the feeling is true
Oh Madeline won't you tell me what your gonna do
And when you find her tell her you mind the way she crosses her heart
And says I hope to die
I guess I'll never know you I guess I'll never know why
And in the garden of blue she's coming back to you and the feeling is true
Madeline, hair in your eyes
With the voice as soft as satin
Madeline, you'll surely find
Smiles from inside a worried glance
You always kept me waiting
Somehow I never seem to mind
When the wind has caught your sail,
Come back and see me, Madeline
Madeline, after a while
They found your photo in a drawer
Madeline, from another time
I caught you standing in a door
When you were asked if we were sisters,
You replied you weren't sure
If the fog should ever lift,
Come back and see me, Madeline
Will you always keep me waiting?
Somehow I'm running out of time
When the wind has caught your sails
Dont let it go, I feel like everyones
Calling my name and im still alone
You Oughta know that I would change
Everything just to sing to you while your alone
And later I'll wade in again, over my head all my mind
I wanted to say what you meant and I'm out of time
I'm useless and stupid, impulsive I had you I let you go
Theres something inside me it stops me I wish I could break its hold
I need to break out of my skin
Throw my heart in the ring
Breakdown and change everything
Before we rush in again
But I'll never chase you or call you up
Just to see where we'd end
I wanted to feel how I felt on that day I met Madeline
I need to break out of my skin
Throw my heart in the ring
Breakdown and change everything
Before we rush in
But I'll never chase you or call you up
Just to see where it ends
I've been out for so long now
Feel the cold wind draggin' me down
Blowin' away, lightnin' strikes me
There's a whole lot of craziness in this town
It's shadow realm
Inside the head of mine
It's gettin' harder
And scarier with time
I met a lover
I put my money on the long shot
Came out smellin' like a dog
And feelin' so hot
And I'll take anythin' that you've got now
Anythin' you've got now, take anythin'
Madeline, Madeline, Madeline
Save me from myself
Gas station prophets
Kept giving me the sign
So tell it like it is boy
We are layin' on the line
The simple life
Holds no reason
You play the game
And turn the dial
And I'll take anythin' that you've got now
Anythin' you've got now now, take anythin'
Madeline, Madeline, Madeline
Save me from myself
Alligator shoes
Tarantula breath
All looked good on paper
Now it's scarin' me to death
I'm all wrung out
And nowhere to go
Just, just a second string
Romeo
And I'll take anythin' that you've got now
Anythin' you've got now, take anythin', anythin'
Madeline, Madeline, Madeline
To save me from myself
If most things don't last forever,
Then don't want to believe,
'cos always thought we'd stay together,
I felt you really loved me,
Madeleine smile, let me love you Madeleine,
Don't cry, let me hold you,
Madeleine smile, let me love you Madeleine,
Don't cry, let me hold you -
Remember the time I walked out,
And just left you left you crying,
I know it looked as if I didn't care,
But deep down inside I was dying,
There's a girl back home I used to know
who cried herself to sleep every night
we all knew
we all knew
The only girl who would ever compromise
strike a deal with the devil to save the night
we all knew.
we all knew.
She tried to call me a month ago,
to sing me a song that she just wrote.
but I wasn't home,
I should've known that time had taken it's toll.
she had no place to go,
they found her body,
resting by the river.
I never said goodbye.
I wish I would have tried.
I couldn't hear her cry, as she filled her veins with lies,
until she saw the light.
I remember we would hide behind the trees,
smoking cigarettes until our throats would bleed.
Those were the days.
Those were the days.
Never scared, never worried that the summer would end.
Invincible to every short bend.
We drove so fast,
thought it would last.
but time had taken had taken it's toll,
she had no place to go.
They found her body resting by the river.
I never said goodbye.
I wish I would have tried.
I couldn't hear her cry, as she filled her veins with lies,
until she saw the light.
Madeline.
Madeline.
You will be remembered.
Madeline.
Madeline.
We still have September.
Madeline.
Madeline.
We'll see you on the other side.
If I could turn back time,
I'd find a way to remind you
that somehow you could try to give in and fight the good fight
oh you didn't have to die,
you filled your veins with lies,
I've said it all now baby sing it to me
Take your time don't deny the words you speak
Just don't say, You're leaving
It's for the best you confessed, As you walked out my door
Can we pretend what I said didn't exist anymore
It tears me up inside
Never again we'll breathe the same air
Open my eye's to see if your there
Let's just be more than seventeen
It's it's breaking my heart when I'm finding your hair
The blankets you left on the back of my chair
Too soon to find, Madeline
I know you've seen me on the side of the street
Just drove by didn't say hi my hearts to weak
You must have reasons
With every breath I confess couldn't take anymore
Lost my friend love is dead we don't talk anymore
Can't you hear me screamin'
It tears me up inside
Never again we'll breathe the same air
Open my eye's to see if your there
Let's just be more than seventeen
It's it's breaking my heart when I'm finding your hair
The blankets you left on the back of my chair
Too soon to find, Madeline
Street lights call out your name
They narrate the steps you take
Good endless surprises, good reasons for waking
Good friends with good family with hearts overflowing
From kindness from strangers, the will to survive
Our hearts are all pounding, God knows we're alive
Good houses, decisions, you're married with children
Sweet cages, I thought you were mine
With our backs to the wind
And our faces to bend all the rules and
Our feet crossed the line
Apologies given to thin air, don't listen
The vibrations don't hit eardrums
Of the heads that deserve this, the useless excuses
It didn't work but we really tried
Good timing, found speechless, we tripped on our moments
Good gracious, who left who behind?
Let's live in the hour, make powerful statements
Of how we will not let this die
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
Good houses, decisions, you're married with children
Sweet cages, I thought you were mine
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I had in mind
"If I blew wings through my spine
Do you think that she'd let me carry her?
If I grew thick and strong
Do you think I wouldn't be so scared of her?"
Come now, brother
It ain't as bad as it seems
I've been swimmin'
There's as many fine women as there are fish in the sea
As there are fish in the sea
"I could tell her every story
If I didn't know how boring I can be
And every whisper sounds like a song
That says I've never felt this way before"
Come now, brother
It ain't as bad as it seems
I've been huntin'
And bitches be frontin' when they limp like some wounded beast
"No, but, I don't consider myself the sensitive type
But I get lonely
In all the moments in between when she walks out my door
And comes running home to me"
Come now, brother
It ain't as bad as it seems
I've been swimmin'
There's as many fine women as there are fish in the sea
As there are fish in the sea
She paints on her face only moments before the spotlight debut
The man in the top hat is warming the crowd to introduce her
Madame Butterfly as she falls from great heights
Held up by string and the crowd went wild
For Madame Butterfly
Formerly muscleman now he mans tigers to prove his bravery
But wishes he was one of those lucky bastards that catches her body
Madame Butterfly as she falls from great heights
Held up by string and the crowd went wild
For Madame Butterfly
The lack of a safety net sure to inspire a gasp from young and old
When she did her triple flip nose dive sixty feet or higher
But this was all new to him hardly noticed when her foot slipped from the
Sweat on his hand, she tumbled more awkwardly than one would expect from
Madame Butterfly as she falls from great heights
Held up by strings and the crowd went wild
I know you won't ever spend an afternoon crying, staring
at a silent telephone.
I know you won't
ever stop and wonder all
about me. Call me,
finding my phone number.
I know you won't
ever say you loved me
to your friends. In fact they've
never heard of me.
I know you won't ever call me Baby
like you use to,
truth is, it turned out to be fitting.
I know you won't
ever remember
just how gorgeous August was
In the belly of the beast
and out the blowhole
to the salty sea.
She's a seagull boat,
floatin' like a dead man.
All the dead tend to float.
And her ghost came in
like a silent thief
or the drop of a pin,
stole my beard of bees a
nd there's no ugly buzzin'
for the keeper to keep.
Oh low in the distance,
the stallion comes
and they call him lightening
for his hind-legged run,
boxing his hooves
at the dampening dawn.
Oh come, let lightening strike me down.
I'm ready as I'll ever be right now.
but we can't understand her
with her teeth out her mouth.
She said come let lightening strike me down.
I'm ready as I'll ever be right now.
At the sound of applause,
she took a swooping bow.
We put heavy coins on her eyelids.
We clothed her fast-softening breast.
and her children will fire flaming arrows
and her ashes were solemnly left to the wind.
Down to the water we go,
where her father stood silent,
she laughed,
looking down at her firm, able body,
and he pulled her now close to his chest.
He said now, I know each love is a lifetime.
My darling, I loved you my best.
Please don't cry child,
it's been such a long time,
you look like the day that I left. I left. I left.
So come let lightening strike me down.
I'm ready as I'll ever be right now.
In the belly of the beast
I cry my eyes blind
Say "I want to settle down"
But bleeding hearts lie when
They're swollen and proud
And I cry my eyes blind
Say "I want to settle down"
But bleeding hearts lie when
They're swollen and proud
Na, na, na, I miss you
Na, na, na, I'm scared
Na, na, na, it's a big old world
It's lonely when you are not there
Not there, Not there
I cry my eyes blind
Say "I'm scared of being lonely"
But gold diggers mine for
Rocks and sand mostly
And I cry my eyes blind
Say "I'm scared of being lonely"
But gold diggers mine for
Rocks and sand mostly
Na, na, na, I love you
Na, na, na, I'm here
Na, na, na, it feels funny, boy
It feels funny when you are not near
Not near, not near
Cry my eyes blind
Say "I want to settle down"
Let sleeping dogs lie
Kick that dog up off the ground
Cry my eyes blind
Say "I want to settle down"
Let sleeping dogs lie
Kick that dog up off the-
He don't wanna
Purity is a lovely lady
A yellow daisy in a beautiful dress
A little shy and a little lonely
And full of vengeance that will never digress
But no one can ever ever tell
How she's miserable as hell
How you lay there vacant and color-blind
Madeline, madeline
Never was so jaded a concubine
Madeline, madeline
Just say the word and she'll be your woman
Anything son that you've ever desired
But it's only false love, it's only false love
Slowly they go,
but there's fault lines for Madeline,
on a journey from school but she looks like she may fly,
more to this than a will to explore,
please don't go, you won't make it, I'm sure
The sun sets, the earth shakes now,
I feel miles to go,
warm ground, tread lightly,
I don't want you to go.
Well, their mothers say they'll live to see another day,
and they paint in lines a new portrait of Madeline.
And in painted red,
a sign that says my daughter's dead,
my earthquakes, she said, are coming down.
Wake up.
Playing by rule,
she had, guidelines from old times,
down roman roads like she's fighting for Cataline,
They fear her wildness and her strange ways
They cover their eyes
All alone she goes on her way, out of sight
She slips past the horizon...
Madeline sees the truth
Madeline keeps it to herself
She doesn't care what you think
She doesn't care...
They curse her, they destroy all she has made
They are filled with hate
She turns away and gathers up her world and takes it away
She slips past the horizon...
Madeline sees the truth
Madeline keeps it to herself
She doesn't care what you think
She doesn't care what you think...
They say she is gone never to return
But they see her in their dreams
She knows as well as they do nothing's ever as it seems
She slips past the horizon...
Madeline sees the truth
Madeline keeps it to herself
She doesn't care what you think
In an old house in Paris, covered in vines
lived a girl by the name of Madeline
She was not afraid of spiders or mice
Madeline loved winter, snow and ice
She watched from her window, onto the street below
The soldiers and the ladies stopped to say hello
They asked for her pleasure, be it whiskey or plain
But there's no need for drink to take away that kind of pain
And in the middle of the night, Madeline would reach for her bedside light
Saying something is not right.
And wearing a face as pale as ash
she'd sit and watch the raindrops fall and splash
Then she would turn to rest once more
We could fly to the moon girl
And call it home
And we could swim through the ocean and cast out these walls
I've had too much
But it's never enough
She said all I need is a summer or so
But maybe all I need is this girl to call it love
'Cause it's all my fault
Yeah it's all my fault
Hey Madeline
We had between us
No more than the feet beneath us
So here's the song that I promised you
It's just the best way I could make it up to you
We could race through the clouds if the wind won't blow
And we'll be moving mountains if you say so
She said God damn baby live or let up
And so all I need is a summer or so
Or maybe all I need is this town to be enough
'Cause it's all my fault
Yeah, it's all my fault
All my fault
Yeah, it's all my fault
Hey, Madeline
We had between us
No more than the feet beneath us
So here's the song that I promised you
It's just the best way I could make it up to you
I threw out the brightest city
I know there's nothing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
Ohhhh
Throughout the brightest city
I know
There's nothing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
Woahh
Throughout the brightest city
I know
There's no thing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
Woahh
Throughout the brightest city
I know
There's no thing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
Ohhh
Throughout the brightest city
I know
There's no thing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
Ohhh
Throughout the brightest city
I know
There's no thing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
Ohhh
Throughout the brightest city
I know
There's nothing so damn pretty as
This girl who gave her heart to the world
i do what i'm told
for the most part
it's alarming
lunge for the blindfold
and the tail goes
on the donkey
all for party prizes
they're just blue plastic devices
they are borderline surprises
that will break when we go home
i do what i'm told
and i'm getting aggravated
my spine has been sold
to a boy well, we traded
courage for the promise that we'll
never be so honest
as to question what's between us
we'll say 'honey you're the only one'
i'm do what i'm told
by the ticking
of a timeline
waiting to grow old
what if there is
nothing to find
it's the same but slower
the children look most like father
who remembers me much younger
faded,
away like the color
in a blue sky
at the end of the day
night falls,
and the search begins
for something
something better than this
scream or a cry
the truth or a lie
i'm not sure they will save us this time
i don't wanna be around
when it all comes down
to watch something beautiful die
you said the only way is to run away
you're sick of me so you just can't
stick around to hear me pleadin
i'm pleadin
does it show, i'm pathetic i know
i just cant stand here watch you go
i'm runnin after you, i'm runnin after you
helpless cus my hands are tied
eyelids pinned back so they're opened wide
in a theater
all alone
in the front row
to watch something beautiful die
scream or a cry
the truth or a lie
i'm not sure they will save us this time
i dont wanna be around
when it all comes down
to watch something beautiful die
you say the only way is to run away
sick of me so you just cant stick around
to hear me pleadin i'm pleadin
does it show, i'm pathetic i know
just cant stand here watch you go
i'm runnin after you i'm runnin after you
what happened to
the things that we used to do
you said its all the same
and that you needed a change
you left without good-bye
and now i'm wonderin why...
i dont think i wanna know...
all the things he does better
how the past just doesnt matter
you left me once this time will be the last time
you say the only way is to run away
sick of me so you just cant stick aournd
to hear me pleadin i'm pleadin
does it show, i'm pathetic i know
just cant stand here watch you go
i'm runnin after you i'm runnin after you
look for the feeling that we lost
where'd you have it last
maybe if we retrace our steps
but we cant find the path
that led us here to where we stand
face to face to watch this bitter end
Throw out the bone, you gave the dog away
A neighbor boy with dirt all in his face
He'll treat him just the same way, oh
Momma told me not to play that marble game
But did you listen? Turned the TV on
Drowned out her voice with the sound
She didn't ask for them nine months gone
You never thanked her for one no no no
God blessed you on the day you were born in 1982
Sucked your tooth straight out of its socket, was a miracle it grew
God blessed you with two legs a-moving and two arms that bust on through
The black and blue, all the dirt all the world piled on top of you
Oh regret's a sin, it's a waste of time they say
It robs you of friends and it digs an early grave
Six feet deep in red clay
Why break your back just to find a resting place?
God blessed you on the day that you were born in 1982
Sucked your tooth straight out of its socket, was a miracle it grew
God blessed you with two legs a-moving and two arms that bust on through
The black and blue, all the dirt all the world has piled on top of you
But did you listen? Turned the TV on
Drowned out her voice with the sound
She didn't ask for them nine months gone
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4
No anecdote was ever wrote that could cure her worried mind
It's hard to believe that a soul has received a pain of a familiar kind
But I think that it could get better and I think that we've seen the worst
And if it takes a couple drinks to get the devil off your sleeve, well honey
God knows you won't be the first
No, baby don't cry, no, don't hang your head from me
It's a matter of time, it's a matter of getting by
NO, baby don't cry, no, don't hang your head from me
It's a matter of time, it's a matter of getting by
Don't forget to miss me, he said, 'what the hell's going on?'
I knew this day might be someday, baby, I'm not ready put your white flag down
Cause I think that this could get better and I think that we'll be just fine
But if someone's gotta call it, baby, hand me the bottle
It's been bad for a long long time
No, baby don't cry, no, don't hang your head from me
It's a matter of time, it's a matter of getting by
No, baby don't cry, no, don't hang your head from me
It's a matter of time, it's a matter of getting by
No, baby don't cry, no, don't hang your head from me
