Brand New by Amy Ripplinger

brandnew

yourfavoriteweapon

It’s time for you to choose the bullet or the chapstick And you are far too cute or whatever he said

TheShowerScene

Every time I hear it I am wishing I was great I wish her... past tense my best friend But I folded and I told These aren’t things I say to save me But I folded, I told I hope she’s caught in the explosion It’s time for you to choose the bullet or the chapstick And you are far too cute or whatever he said It’s time for you to choose It’s time for you to choose the bullet or the chapstick This is me in his room This is me in his room This is me in his room Red, gold, I told We don’t play fair Red, gold, I told We never stand too close So I update this almost every single day for you I begin to hate you for your face, not just the things you do Go tell him how my wrist is sore from pulling at your insides all night Nothing that you do is new to anything or anyone but you

Whatever poison’s in this bottle will leave me broken sore and stiff. But it’s the genie at the bottom who I’m sucking at. He owes me one last wish. So here’s a present to let you know I still exist. I hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips.

JudeLaw&aSemesterAbroad

It’s funny how your worst enemies always seem to turn out to be all of your best friend’s best friends But I folded and I told These aren’t the things I’ve saved to sink you but I folded, I told So draw or throw and I will explode

But I got a plan (I got a plan) Drink (drift) for forty days and forty nights. A sip for every second-hand tick. And for every time you fed me the line, “you mean so much to me...”. I’m without you.

[Chorus x2] So tell all the English boys you meet, about the American boy back in the states. The American boy you used to date. Who would do anything you say.

(And even if her plane) And even if her plane crashes tonight she’ll find some way to disappoint me, by not burning in the wreckage, or drowning at the bottom of the sea. “Jess, I still taste you, thus reserve my right to hate you.” And all this empty space that you create does nothing for my flawless sense of style. It’s 8:45 (it’s 8:45). The weather is getting better by the hour. (Rains all the time) I hope it rains there all the time. And if you ever said you miss me then don’t say you never lied. I’m without you.

[Chorus x2] So tell all the English boys you meet, about the American boy back in the states. The American boy you used to date. Who would do anything you say. Who would do anything you say Never gonna get it right, you’re never gonna get it [x7] [x2 (previous singing continues in the background)] No more songs about you After this one, I am done You are, you are, you’re gone

[Chorus x2 (previous singing continues in the background)] So tell all the English boys you meet, about the American boy back in the states. The American boy you used to date. Who would do anything you say.

What difference does this difference in age make? I know how it ends... she’ll kill me quick. Call 911. I’m already dead but someone should be caught and held responsible for this bloody mess. Last night I fell asleep next to a liar and I woke up with a shiner. And it’s all that I remember from a night spent lying on my back with a view of a stone white ceiling and the back of your head. And this quiet dark bed feels like the middle of nowhere. And we beat each other up just like we always do. When I’m talking to myself I’d always rather be talking to you.

I got a twenty-dollar bill that says no one’s ever seen you without makeup. You’re always made up. And I’m sick of your tattoos, and the way you always criticize the Smiths... and Morrissey. And I know that you’re a sucker for anything acoustic. But when I say let’s keep in touch, I really mean I wish that you’d grow up. This is the first song for your mixtape. And it’s short just like your temper, but somewhat golden like the afternoons we used to spend before you got too cool... I got a twenty-dollar bill that says no one’s ever seen you without makeup. You’re always made up. And I’m sick of your tattoos, and the way you don’t appreciate Brand New or me And I know that you’re a sucker for anything acoustic. But when I say let’s keep in touch, I hope you know I mean I wish that you’d grow up. This is the first song for your mixtape. And it’s short just like your temper, but somewhat golden like the afternoons we used to spend before you got too cool...

What difference does this difference in age make? I know how it ends... she’ll kill me quick. Call 911. I’m already dead but someone should be caught and held responsible for this bloody mess.

(yeah, but I wish you were my shadow.) [repeat]

Call homicide. Take the case to court. ‘Cause her lips taste like a loaded gun I’m her number one chalk outline on the floor. They hung her from the bridge on Monday. The gathering turned into a mob out on the lawn. They dropped her body in the river. And school and work returned to normal before long... Call 911. I’m already dead but someone should be caught and held responsible for this bloody mess. Call homicide. Take the case to court. ‘Cause her lips taste like a loaded gun I’m her number one chalk outline on the floor.

MixTape

SuddenDeathinCarolina

Last night I swallowed liquor and a lighter and this morning I threw up fire. But it’s nothing new. I’ve been piecing it together, it’s got something to do with every look thrown like a knife across a crowded room. And every slow and quiet car ride I spent drinking in the backseat. Every stupid melody to every stupid song. And every stupid word that everybody’s hanging on.

FailureByDesign

And this is one more sleepless night because we don’t believe in filler. Baby, if I could I’d sit this out. (This is over when I say it’s over.) This is a lesson in procrastination. I kill myself because I’m so frustrated. And every single second that I put it off Means another lonely night I got to race the clock. (I ignore it and it ignores me too.) What say we go and crash your car? And every time I leave you go and lock the door. And I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder. I’m another day late and one year older. It’s failure by design. And we just want sleep. But this night is hell. I’m sick and sunk and I blame myself because I make things hard and you’re just trying to help. I got no gas. (No Gas) I’m winding out my gears. This is one more day on the verge of tears. And now my head hurts. (Head hurts) And my health is a joke. Now I got to stop because the headphones broke. We don’t believe in filler. Baby, if I could I’d sit this out. [Chorus] I’m out of everything. But no one sleeps till we get this shit out on the shelves. It’s late. I’m faltering. But this time I got nothing to say besides: [Chorus]

LastChanceToLoseYourKeys

Watch you on the one’s and two’s. Through a window in a well lit room. Become a recluse. And I blame myself because I make things hard and you’re just trying to help. And when I wake up you’re the first to call. This is one more late night basement song. And I’m so sore. My voice has gone to hell.

I cashed in all my chips tonight, and combed my hair till it was just right. ‘Cause I’ve been thinking about you and me girl, and we got something going on. You told me you can’t wait to see me and then you didn’t bother to even show up. This whole situation is incredibly typical, I should have seen it all along. It’s girls like you that make me think I’m better off... Home on a Saturday night, With all my doors locked up tight. I won’t be thinking about you baby. You call me on the phone, and you don’t even want to talk. You’re staring at me from across the room, Then turn your back when I walk up. We got inches away, and I never even got close. So leave your lipstick at home. Don’t pick up the phone. Don’t bother to look in my direction. I should have seen it all along. It’s girls like you that make me think I’m better off... Home on a Saturday night. With all my doors locked up tight. I won’t be thinking about you, baby. Forget everything you think you know about me. This isn’t highschool This isn’t highschool This isn’t highschool This isn’t highschool This isn’t highschool

So, it’s sad this doesn’t suit you now. And me fresh out of rope... Please ignore the lisp, I never meant to sound like this. So take me and break me and make me strong like you. I’ll be forever grateful to this and you. It’s only you, beautiful. Or I don’t want anyone. If I can choose it’s only you.

You wouldn’t get me on the phone And you couldn’t make me not alone My phone bills stacked up by my bedside, with your picture, you’re looking surprised You’re what makes New England so great My island nights are all spent dying Wait for summer to become wrought with lips, my wishful thinking

You wouldn’t get me on the phone And you couldn’t make me not alone (Yeah you wouldn’t get me) Yeah you’re a blue eyed lightning bolt (You wouldn’t get me) I’m a national phenomenon (You wouldn’t get me on the phone) Nothing’s absolutely definite till it’s absolutely, definitely gone (definitely gone) I never thought this day would end (never thought this day would end) I never thought tonight could ever be this close to me (close to me) So let my hands stray past that boundaries of your back to get you breathing (get you breathing) And get this started (get this started) You wouldn’t get me, you wouldn’t get me You wouldn’t get me on the phone (Yeah, you wouldn’t get me) Yeah you’re a blue eyed lightning bolt (You wouldn’t get me) I’m a national phenomenon (You couldn’t make me not alone) Nothing’s absolutely definite till it’s gone

TheNoSeatbeltSong

LogantoGovernmentCenter

Consider this a letter that I never sent However inconsiderate it seems Do you still consider me, consider me the boy you laughed with or that you learned to live without?... I suck, I know I’m late, I know you waited

Fix me to a chain around your neck and wear me like a nickel. Even new wine served in old skins cheapens the taste. I shot the pilot, now I’m begging you to fly this for me. I’m here for you to use, broken and bruised. Do you understand? It’s only you, beautiful. Or I don’t want anyone. If I can choose, it’s only you. But how could I miscalculate... perfect eyes will have perfect aim. If I can choose, it’s only you.

“we’re wrecking” and I’m dry like a drum, when you scream so fine I’ll leave. We’re stranded, we’ve got time and trials, measured in miles. We slave for days (and weeks). It’s only you, beautiful. Or I don’t want anyone. If I can choose. It’s only you. But how could I miscalculate... perfect lies from a perfect dame. If I can choose... it’s only you.

Back in school they never taught us what we needed to know, like how to deal with despair, or someone breaking your heart. For twelve years I’ve held it all together but a night like this is begging to pull me apart. I played it quiet, left you deep in conversation. I felt uncool and hung out around the kitchen. I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would, and now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could. Everyone’s caught on to everything you do Everyone’s caught on to. As if this happening wasn’t enough I got to go and write a song just to remind myself how bad it sucked. Ignore the sun, the cover’s over my head. I wrote a message on my pillow that says, “Jesse, stay asleep in bed.” So don’t apologize. I hope you choke and die. Search your cell for something with which to hang yourself. They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven but they don’t tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell.

Past the point of trying, I’m a dying breed. Thank her for reminding me of all the things I’ve done completely wrong. Stop these looks and letters. This isn’t for the better. You put me down... It’s for the worse, you’re not my girl. Stop the circulation to my legs and break my bones. Dateless and late, I’m better by myself at home. Past the point of trying, and I’m dying here. Secondary. She laughs at every word I know came out completely wrong. Stop these looks and letters. This isn’t for the better. You put me down... It’s for the worse, you’re not my girl. [x2]

So, is that what you call a getaway? Tell me what you got away with. Cause I’ve seen more spine in jellyfish. I’ve seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids. Have another drink and drive yourself home. I hope there’s ice on all the roads. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield. And is that what you call tact? You’re as subtle as a brick in the small of my back. So let’s end this call, and end this conversation. and is that what you call a getaway? well tell me what you got away with. cause you left the frays from the ties you severed when you say best friends means friends forever So, is that what you call a getaway? Well tell me what you got away with. Cause I’ve seen more spine in jellyfish. I’ve seen more guts in eleven-year-old kids. Have another drink and drive yourself home. I hope there’s ice on all the roads. And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield.

Everyone’s caught on to everything you do (And I can’t let you, let me down again) Everyone’s caught on to (And I can’t let you, let me down again) And everyone’s caught on to everything you do (And I can’t let you, let me down again) Everyone’s caught on to (And I can’t let you, let me down again)

And it’s my last semester... And brothers always come first. It’s my last semester (It’s my last semester) At least until next winter. (At least until next winter} But I’m sure that I’ll be over this by then. Past the point of trying, I’m a dying breed. Thank her for reminding me of all the things I’ve done completely wrong.

Secondary

SeventyTimes7

Everyone’s caught on to everything you do Everyone’s caught on to And everyone’s caught on to everything you do (And I can’t let you, let me down again.) Everyone’s caught on to (And I can’t let you, let me down again)

And it comes down to you. Never and ever. Wrecked his day with looks and flirts and midnight in your shortest skirts.

Stop these looks and letters. This isn’t for the better. You put me down... It’s for the worse, you’re not my girl. Better scenes... I wish she’d seen me. Better off if I just let it be. Better pretend it don’t matter. I’d be better off if I could have her. Better days since the day I met her. I better hope she got my letters. Better off in two year stretches...

Passed out on the overpass Sunday best and broken glass Broken down from the bikes and bars Suspended like spirits over speeding cars You and me were kings over the parkway tonight And tonight will go on forever while we walk around this town like we own the streets and stay awake through summer like we own the heat Singing “everybody wake up (wake up) it’s time to get down” (everybody, everybody wake up its time to get down) And when I pass the bottle back to Pete on the overpass tonight, I bet we laugh

Laetitia, you destroy me, so I can’t see why I feel so lonely when you and me could be forever perfectly perfect together. I know. Broken down in my dead bedroom, stuttering to pictures of you. I know that you can always see me. I saw you staring through my TV last night.

My friends all call me crazy cause I stay up late anticipating, and planning for the day I sweep you off your feet, I’d never leave you alone. Laetitia, you got my hand shaking, I’m begging you oh baby please stop breaking my heart because I got the feeling that you and I will never really get it on. So I’ll leave the door open all night, If you decide you want to stop on by. ‘cause you got to know who’s been singing that song on the radio. The one that goes...(one that goes...)

Magazines

Girl, come to me. The only broken-hearted loser you’ll ever need, or I’ll be left alone forever with my magazines. Come to me. The only broken-hearted loser you’ll ever need, or I’ll be left alone forever with my magazines. Girl, come to me. The only broken-hearted loser you’ll ever need, or I’ll be left alone forever with my magazines. Girl, come to me. The only broken-hearted loser you’ll ever need, or I’ll be left alone forever…

Laetitia, you destroy me, so I can see why I feel so lonely when you and me could be forever perfectly perfect together. I know.

SocoAmarettoLime

So I’ll leave the door open all night, If you decide you want to stop on by. ‘cause you got to know who’s been singing that song on the radio. The one that goes...(one that goes...)

I’m gonna stay eighteen forever (cut me open) So we can stay like this forever (sun poisoned) And we’ll never miss a party (this offer...) cause we keep them going constantly (...stands forever) And we’ll never have to listen (new haircut) to anyone about anything (new bracelet) cause it’s all been done and it’s all been said (eyeliner) we’re the coolest kids and we take what we can get The hell out of this town Find some conversation The low fuel lights been on for days It doesn’t mean anything I’ve got another 500, ‘nother 500 miles before we shut this engine down, we shut it down I’m gonna stay eighteen forever (cut me open) So we can stay like this forever (sun poisoned) And we’ll never miss a party (this offer...) cause we keep them going constantly (...stands forever) And we’ll never have to listen (new haircut) to anyone about anything (new bracelet) cause it’s all been done and it’s all been said (eyeliner) we’re the coolest kids and we take what we can get (wait forever) (you’re just jealous cause I’m young and in love) Eighteen forever (first kisses) (your stomach’s filled up but you’re starved for conversation) So we can stay like this forever (new stitches) (you’re spending all your nights growing old in your bed) And we’ll never miss a party (collar weekend) (and your tearin up your photos cause you wanna forget... it’s over) cause we keep them going constantly (appearance ticket) (you’re just jealous cause I’m young and in love) And we’ll never have to listen (November to...) (your stomach’s filled up but you’re starved for conversation) to anyone about anything cause it’s all been done (...remember) (you’re spending all your nights growing old in your bed) and it’s all been said (nightswimmers) (and your tearin up your photos cause you wanna forget... it’s over) we’re the coolest kids and we take what we can get

Just jealous cause we’re young and in love You’re just jealous cause we’re young and in love You’re just jealous cause we’re young and in love You’re just jealous cause we’re young and in love You’re just jealous cause we’re young and in love You’re just jealous... [turntable scratch]

dejaentendu

i’m sinking like a stone in the sea. i’m burning like a bridge for your body. i’m sinking like a stone in the sea. i’m burning like a bridge for your body...

»»»»» Keep the noise low. She doesn’t wanna blow it. Shaking from head to toe while your left hand does “the show me around.” Quickens your heartbeat. It beats me straight into the ground.

You don’t recover from a night like this. A victim still lying in bed, completely motionless. A hand moves in the dark to a zipper. Hear a boy bracing tight against sheets barely whisper, “This is so messed up.”

Tautou

Upon arrival the guests had all stared. Dripping wet and clearly depressed, he’d headed straight for the stairs. No longer cool, but a boy in a stitch, unprepared for a life full of lies and failing relationships. (Up the stairs: the station where the act becomes the art of growing up.) He keeps his hands low. He doesn’t wanna blow it. He’s wet from head to toe and his eyes give her the up and the down. His stomach turns and he thinks of throwing up. But the body on the bed beckons forward and he starts growing up. The fever, the focus. The reasons that I had to believe you weren’t too hard to sell. Die young and save yourself.

SicTransitGloria...GloryFades

i’m sinking like a stone in the sea. i’m burning like a bridge for your body.

The tickle, the taste of... It used to be the reason I breathed, but now it’s choking me up. Die young and save yourself. She hits the lights. This doesn’t seem quite fair. Despite everything he learned from his friends, he doesn’t feel so prepared. She’s breathing quiet and smooth. He’s gasping for air. “This is the first and last time,” he says. She fakes a smile and presses her hips into his. He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides. He’s holding back from telling her exactly what it really feels like. He is the lamb, she is the slaughter. She’s moving way too fast, and all he wanted was to hold her. Nothing that he tells her is really having an effect. He whispers that he loves her, but she’s probably only looking for sss... (Up the stairs: the station where the act becomes the art of growing up.) So much more than he could ever give. A life free of lies and a meaningful relationship. He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides. He waits for it to end and for the aching in his guts to subside. The fever, the focus. The reasons that I had to believe you weren’t too hard to sell. Die young and save yourself. The tickle, the taste of... It used to be the reason I breathed, but now it’s choking me up. Die young and save yourself. Up the stairs: the station where the act becomes the art of growing up. The fever, the focus. The reasons that I had to believe you weren’t too hard to sell. Die young and save yourself. The tickle, the taste of... It used to be the reason I breathed, but now it’s choking me up. Die young and save yourself.

And we won’t let you in. Though we’re down and out. No we won’t let you in. You win, you win, you win. I wrote more postcards than hooks. I read more maps than books. Feel like every chance to leave is another chance I should have took. Every minute is a mile. I’ve never felt so hollow. I’m an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles. My secrets for a buck. Watch me as I cut myself wide open on this stage. Yes, I am paid to spill my guts. I won’t see home till spring. Oh, I would kill for the Atlantic, but I am paid to make girls panic while I sing. And we won’t let you in. Though we’re down and out. No we won’t let you in. And we won’t let you in. We don’t want what isn’t ours. We won’t let you in. You win, you win, you win. And the coastline is quiet. While we’re quietly losing control. And we’re silent but sure we invented the cure that will wash out my memories of her. “The harpoon is loaded. The cage is lowered. The water is red.” Like you, like you. And we won’t let you in. Though we’re down and out. No we won’t let you in. And we won’t let you in. We don’t want what isn’t ours. We won’t let you in. You win, you win, you win.

Okay,IBelieveYouButMyTommyGunDon’t

IWillPlayMyGameBeneaththeSpinLight

The time has come for colds and overcoats. We’re quiet on the ride, we’re all just waiting to get home. Another week away, my greatest fear. I need the smell of summer, I need its noises in my ears. If looks could really kill, then my profession would be staring. Know we do this cause we care and not for the thrill. Collect calls to home to tell them that I realize that everyone who lives will someday die and die alone.

i am heaven sent, don’t you dare forget. i am all you’ve ever wanted, what all the other boys all promised. sorry i told. i just needed you to know. i think in decimals and dollars. i am the cause to all your problems, shelter from cold. we are never alone. coordinate brain and mouth. then ask me what’s it like to have myself so figured out. i wish i knew.. i hope this song starts a craze. the kind of song that ignites the airwaves. the kind of song that makes people glad to be where they are, with whoever they’re there with. this is war. every line is about who i don’t wanna write about anymore. hope you come down with something they can’t diagnose, don’t have the cure for. holding on to your grudge. oh it’s so hard to have someone to love. and keeping quiet is hard. ‘cause you can’t keep a secret if it never was a secret to start. at least pretend you didn’t wanna get caught.. [CHORUS] we’re concentrating on falling apart. we were contenders, we’re throwing the fight i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe in us. oh, we’re so c-c-c-c-c-controversial. we are entirely smooth. we admit to the truth, we are the best at what we do. and these are the words you wish you wrote down. this is the way you wish your voice sounds, handsome and smart. oh my tongue’s the only muscle on my body that works harder than my heart. and it’s all from watching tv, and from speeding up my breathing. wouldn’t stop if i could. oh it hurts to be this good. you’re holding on to your grudge. oh it hurts to always have to be honest with the one that you love. oh, so let it go.. [CHORUS] x 2 this is the grace that only we can bestow. this is the price you pay for loss of control. this is the break in the bend, this is the closest of calls. this is the reason you’re alone, this is the rise and the fall. [CHORUS] x 2

[Chorus: x2] So keep the blood in your head And keep your feet on the ground If today’s the day it gets tired Today’s the day we drop out Gave up my body and bed All for an empty hotel Wasting words on lower cases and capitals I contemplate the day we wed Your friends are boring me to death Your veil is ruined in the rain By then it’s you I can do without There’s nothing new to talk about And though our kids are blessed Their parents let them shoulder all the blame [Chorus: x2] So keep the blood in your head And keep your feet on the ground If today’s the day it gets tired Today’s the day we drop out Gave up my body and bed All for an empty hotel Wasting words on lower cases and capitals [Bridge: x2] I lie for only you And I lie well... Hallelu... [Chorus: x2 (words from bridge continued in the background)]

TheBoyWhoBlockedHisOwnShot

TheQuietThingsThatNoOneEverKnows

We saw the western coast I saw the hospital Nursed the shoreline like a wound Reports of lover’s tryst Were neither clear nor descript We kept it safe and slow The quiet things that no one ever knows

If it makes you less sad I will die by your hand I hope you find out what you want I already know what I am And if it makes you less sad We’ll start talking again And you can tell me how vile I already know that I am I’ll grow old And start acting my age I’ll be a brand new day In a life that you hate A crown of gold A heart that’s harder than stone And it hurts a whole lot But it’s missed when it’s gone [CHORUS] Call me a safe bet I’m betting I’m not I’m glad you can forgive I’m only hoping as time goes You can forget If it makes you less sad I’ll move out of the state You can keep to yourself I’ll keep out of your way And if it makes you less sad I’ll take your pictures all down Every picture you paint I will paint myself out It’s as cold as a tomb And it’s dark in your room When I sneak to your bed To pour salt in your wounds So call it quits Or get a grip Say you wanted a solution You just wanted to be missed [CHORUS] So you can forget You can forget You are calm and reposed Let your beauty unfold Pale white like the skin Stretched over your bones Spring keeps you ever close You are second hand smoke You are so fragile and thin Standing trial for your sins Holding onto yourself the best you can You are the smell before the rain You are the blood in my veins [CHORUS]

After one or two I get used to the room We go slow when we first make our moves By five or six bring you out to the car Number nine with my head on the bar And it’s sad, but true Out of cash and I.O.U’s

Some rules are made with all intentions to break And she defends it with a warped rationale But I’ve seen what happens to the wicked and proud When they decided to try to take on the throne for the crown

I got desperate desires and unadmirable plans My tongue will taste of gin and malicious intent Bring you back to the bar Get you out of the cold My sober, straight face gets you out of your clothes And they’re scared that we know All the crimes they’ll commit Who they’ll kiss before they get home

[CHORUS] And we learn As we age We’ve learned nothing And my body still aches And you take Cause they give Though I love you And my body it leaks like a sieve When it got cold outside Smoke beneath the playground lights If you’re coming home, just let me know Sucking on your breath mint Dissected and stuck with pins A film in her eyes from the glow Concrete and water She’s looking for her daughter At midnight in torrential downpour And everything I said about how messed up your head is Were cut up and left in bits and pieces on the cutting room floor [CHORUS x2] Take a picture from off the wall When you think that nothing matters Take a picture from the bridge It’s a long way to the floor Cut your finger on the edge Cause it’s sharper than they told you Take a leap from out the window Cause it’s way too far to go through the door [CHORUS]

Mevs.Maradonavs.Elvis

JawsThemeSwimming

In a car outside We stalk the idle kind If you’re leaving just let me know Tobacco and peppermint Dusting for fingerprints A film in her eyes from the glow

I will lie awake Lie for fun and fake the way I hold you Let you fall for every empty word I say

Barely conscious in the door where you stand Your eyes are fighting sleep while your mouth makes your demands You laugh at every word trying hard to be cute I almost feel sorry for what I’m gonna do And your hair smells of smoke Who will cast the first stone? You can sin or spend the night all alone Brass buttons on your coat hold the cold In the shape of a heart that they cut out of stone You’re using all your looks that you’ve thrown from the start If you let me have my way I swear I’ll tear you apart Cause it’s all you can be You’re a drunk and you’re scared It’s ladies night, all the girls drink for free I will lie awake Lie for fun and fake the way I hold you Let you fall for every empty word I say x3

Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry? I am the watch you always wear but you forget to wind. Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these, so I sat alone and waited out the night. The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed. So I’m asking you to shine it on and stick around. I’m not writing my goodbyes. I submit no excuse. If this is what I have to do I owe you every day I wake. If I could I would shrink myself and sink through your skin to your blood cells and remove whatever makes you hurt but I am too weak to be your cure. Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry? I am the watch you always wear but you forget to wind.

Guernica

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these, so I sat alone and waited out the night. The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed. So I’m asking you to shine it on and stick around. I’m not writing my goodbyes. I’m not letting you check out. You will beat this starting now and you will always be around. I’m there to monitor your breathing I will watch you while you’re sleeping. I will keep you safe and sound. Does anybody remember back when you were very young. Did you ever think that you would be this blessed?

GoodtoKnowIfIEverNeedAttentionAllIHavetoDoIsDie

Ever since I was young your word is the word that always won. Worry and wake the ones you love. A phone call I’d rather not receive. Please use my body while I sleep. My lungs are fresh and yours to keep, Kept clean and they will let you breathe.

Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen? It’s ink that lies, the pen, the page, the paper. I live, I learn. You will always take what I have earned. And so aid my end while I believe I’m winning. Our friends speak out in our defense. Pay ten deaf ears for two months rent. We burn their gallows they erect, and cut the nooses they tie for our necks. [Chorus:] You constantly make it impossible to make conversation. Keep us comatose but audible. And I like it the farther I get out. We pass it off but it’s all on us. Only common conversation, it took everything I got. And I like it the farther I get out. Once said, always said. I will hold the past over your head. I’ll speak my mind whenever I feel slighted. I am hellbent on extracting all of my revenge. Take heart, sweetheart, or I will take it from you.

I slip concealed back to the keep. Concede to do the work for free. We prey as wolves among the sheep and slit the necks of soldiers while they sleep. [Chorus x3]

We sent out the S.O.S. call. It was a quarter past four, in the morning When the storm broke our second anchor line. Four months at sea. Four months of calm seas {only} To be pounded in the shallows off the tip of Montauk Point. They call ‘em rogues. They travel fast and alone. One hundred foot faces of God’s good ocean gone wrong. What they call love is a risk, ‘Cause you will always get hit Out of nowhere by some wave And end up on your own.

PlayCracktheSky

The hole in the hull defied the crew’s attempts, To bail us out. And flooded the engines and radio, And half buried bow. Your tongue is a rudder. It steers the whole ship. Sends your words past your lips Or keeps them safe behind your teeth. But the wrong words will strand you. Come off course while you sleep. Sweep your boat out to sea Or dashed to bits on the reef. The vessel groans The ocean pressures its frame. To the port I see the lighthouse Through the sleet and the rain. And I wish for one more day to give my Love and repay debts. But the morning finds our bodies washed up thirty miles west. They say that the captain stays fast with the ship, Through still and storm, But this ain’t the Dakota, And the water’s so cold, {We} won’t have to fight for long. (This is the end) This story’s old but it goes on and on until we disappear, (This is the calm) Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath, (We are the risen) I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea, (After the storm) I spoke the words but never gave a thought of what they all could mean, (Rest in the deep) I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart. (Washed up on the beach) You know that you are not alone, I need you like water in my lungs. [x2] This is the end. ...Never to see any other way...

thedevilandgod

areraginginsideme

Was losing all my friends. Was losing them to drinking and to driving. Was losing all my friends, but I got them back.

I used to be such a burning example, I used to be so original. I used to care, I was being cared for. Made sure I showed it to those that I love.

I am on the mend. At least now I can say that I am trying. And I hope you will forget things I still lack.

I used to sleep without a single stir, ‘Cause I was about my father’s work.

Yeah. Yeah.

Well take me out tonight, This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck, {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give.

Is it in you now, To bear to hear the truth that you have spoken Twisted up by knaves, To make a trap for fools? Is it in you now, To watch the things you gave your life to broken? And stoop then build them up with worn out tools? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, oh. Yeah.

I used to pray like God was listening. I used to make my parents proud. I was the glue that kept my friends together, Now they don’t talk and we don’t go out.

Nothing gets so bad, A whisper from your father couldn’t fix it. He whispers like a bridge, it’s a river spanned.

I used to know the name of every person I’d kissed. Now I’ve made this bed and I can’t fall asleep in it.

Take all that you have, And turn it into something you would miss if Somebody threw that brick, shattered all your plans.

Well take me out tonight, This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck, {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give.

No time to get the seeds into the cold ground. It takes a while to grow anything, Before it’s coming to an end, yeah.

Throw me that lifeline, This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give.

Before you put my body in the cold ground, Take some time and warm it with your hands, Before it’s coming to an end, yeah. It’s coming to an end, yeah. (It’s coming to an end.) Do you miss the blend, Of color she left in your black and white field? Do you feel condemned just for being there? I am not your friend. I am just a man who knows how to feel. I am not your friend. I’m not your lover. I’m not your family. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, oh. Yeah. No time to get the seeds into the cold ground. It takes a while to grow anything, Before it’s coming to an end, yeah.

Millstone

SowingSeason

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, oh. Yeah.

“They never hit their brakes...” “There was no time to see...” “He just ran out in the street...” “Does anybody know his name?” “I think I recognize him...” “He sure as hell paid for that mistake...” Woah. So take me out tonight. This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck. {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give. Well save my life tonight. This ship of fools I’m on will sink I’m my own stone around my neck {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give.

Goodbye to sleep, I think this staying up is exactly what I need Take apart your head Take apart the counting, and the flock it has bred

Jesus Christ, that’s a pretty face The kind you’d find on someone I could save If they don’t put me away Well, it’ll be a miracle

Goodbye to love, Well it’s a ride that will push you up Right against the wall Take apart your head Right against the wall Chew it up and swallow it [In background:] (Does everybody really need to know everyone? Do you really think you’re really a part of it? And is your army really one of some thousands? And will you declare war on the loony bin?)

Do you believe you’re missing out That everything good is happening somewhere else? But with nobody in your bed The night’s hard to get through And I will die all alone And when I arrive I won’t know anyone

You burnt bright but you run out I fell asleep at the incline I can’t shake this little feeling I’ll never get anything right

Well Jesus Christ, I’m alone again So what did you do those three days you were dead? Cause this problem’s gonna last more than the weekend.

Goodbye you liar, Well you sipped from her cup but you don’t own up to anything And you think you will inspire Take apart your head You wish I could inspire Take apart the demon up in the attic to the left [In background:] (When I arrive will God be waiting and pacing around his throne? Will he feel a little Old Testament? And will he celebrate with fire and brimstone Yeah, I admit, I am afraid of the reckoning)

Well Jesus Christ, I’m not scared to die, I’m a little bit scared of what comes after Do I get the gold chariot? Do I float through the ceiling? Do I divide and pull apart? Cause my bright is too slight to hold back all my dark And this ship went down in sight of land And at the gates does Thomas ask to see my hands?

I know you’re coming for the people like me But we all got wood and nails And we turn out hate in factories Yeah, we all got wood and nails And we turn out hate in factories Yeah, we all got wood and nails And we sleep inside of this machine

Degausser

Jesus

I know you’re coming in the night like a thief (So throw your tongue in mine) But I’ve had some time, oh Lord, to hone my lying technique (I know it’s so hard breathing in alone) I know you think that I’m someone you can trust (And you were right, I know I said you were wrong) But I’m scared I’ll get scared and I swear I’ll try to nail you back up (I always said you were wrong) So do you think that we could work out a sign So I’ll know it’s you and that it’s over so I won’t even try

Goodbye my love (You burnt bright but you run out) You wait right here, and they will come and pick you up (Let’s sleep at the incline) I’ve been on pause but I’m shaking off the rust (I can’t shake this tiny feeling) I’ve lost my charge, I’ve been degaussed (I’ll never say anything right) I’m on my own, I’ve been degaussed (I’ll never say anything right) I’m on my own, I’ve been degaussed (I’ll never say anything right) I’m on my own, I’ve been degaussed (I’ll never say anything right) I’m on my own Take me, take me back to your bed I love you so much that it hurts my head Say, “I don’t mind you under my skin I’ll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in” Well when we were made we were set apart But life is a test and I get bad marks Now some saint got the job of writing down my sins The storm is coming, the storm is coming in You burnt bright but you run out I fell asleep at the incline I can’t shake this little feeling I never did anything right, I’m on my own I never did anything right, I’m on my own... Take me, take me back to your bed I love you so much that it hurts my head I don’t mind you under my skin I’ll let the bad parts in, the bad parts in Well you’re my favorite bird and when you sing I really do wish that you’d wear my ring No matter what they say, I am still the king Now the storm is coming, the storm is coming in

“K, here’s your ride. Get your petals out and lay them in the aisle Pretend you are God, and grow, And that it’s your own day to wed We’ve found your man. He’s drinking up. He’s all-American, and he’ll drive. He’s volunteered with grace to end your life. We’ll tidy up. It’s sad to hold, but leave your shell to us You explode, you firefly, you tiny boat with oars, Feather oars The world tilts back and pours and pours And so, you satellite, you tidal wave, You’re a big surprise And I’ve one more night to be your mother.”

Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Hangman, You go get your rope Your daughters weren’t careful, I fear that I am a slippery slope Now even if I lay my head down at night After a day I got perfectly right... She won’t know... She won’t know... So pray little Kay, love’s God on a good day, And you can’t blame your mother, She’s trying not to see you as her worst mistake And I wish that I could tell you right now, I love you But it looks like I won’t be around So you won’t know...

Her signal was interrupted. My baby’s frequency not strong enough Remain in my hands and smile. “We will miss you but in time you’ll get set up, we will write”

Well I love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. [x2] One’ll love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it.

Limousine

Two’ll love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. Three’ll love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. Four’ll love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. Five’ll love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply, ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. Six will love you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. Seven loves you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. [x2] Seven loves you so much, but do me a favor baby, don’t reply. ‘cause I can dish it out, but I can’t take it. [In background:] (I’ll never have to buy adjacent plots of earth We’ll never have to rot together underneath dirt I’ll never have to lose my baby in the crowd I should be laughing right now) [x2]

YouWon’tKnow

Hey, you beauty supreme. Yeah, you were right about me. But can I get myself out from underneath This guilt that will crush me and in the choir I saw our sad Messiah. He was bored and tired of my laments. Said, “I died for you one time, but never again” Never again, never again, never again Never again, never again, never again Never again, never again... [continues in the background]

You won’t know... You won’t know... You won’t know... So believe in me, believe, if you think I’ll let you down Well I won’t They can fire everything they’ve got And when you think I’m sunk I will float on and on I have burned the bush that covered my light Even though I’m scared I won’t burn that bright But you won’t know... You won’t know... You won’t know... You won’t know... We’re never gonna feel as full as we felt So let’s go outside and we’ll play “William Tell” Take your time drawing your bead I’ll stand as still as you need ‘Cause you’re so good at talking smack, you heart attack But you’re the apple of my eye anyway My smiling face That’s on my head That’s on your silver plate So they say, They say in heaven There’s no husbands and wives On the day that I show up They’ll be completely out Of their forgiveness supplies And I can’t use the telephone To tell you that I’m dead and gone So you won’t know You won’t know... Yeah, you won’t know... Yeah, you won’t know... Yeah, you won’t know... Yeah, you won’t know... Yeah, you won’t know... Yeah, you won’t know...

Please don’t be technology So I can’t turn off your love like some cold machine Don’t feed me scraps from your bed I won’t be the stray coming back just to be fed

Space cadet, pull out. Space cadet, pull out. Space cadet.... pull out.

Don’t be waves Come to seal my fate, marine Just pretend that you want me

Well don’t be that note I can’t hold Well don’t be that joke that I told and told ‘til it got old Don’t be that hand ‘round my throat so I can’t breathe (so I can’t breathe) Say you’re my friend but why won’t you be my family? Well, if you breed Just don’t tell me And be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe

NottheSun

WelcometoBangkok

To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my

To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe Be my serene Tell me you know what I mean (Prove me wrong) You’ve set on me but you are not the sun And you will not listen (How do I know who I am?) (Burn it down) Outside your cold lips again (Come around) You’ve set on me but you are not the sun You will not listen Just pretend that you love me And be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my babe, to be my babe To be my

When I disappear, do you fear for the sister I took? When I disappear, it is clear I am up to no good I am drearily bloodletting this bedwetting cosmonaut “Son, the last thing you’ll realize you need is what you’ve already got”

I can never lose it [repeated]

So touch me or don’t Just let me know Where you’ve been Please drop me a line with a hook and some raw bleeding bait (one, two, three, four) For I am uncaught and still swimming alone in the lake (five, six, seven, eight) Shimmering under a moon made in anger and haste Shimmering like a penny out of reach in the subway grating (Shimmering like a coin kept safe away, you never give in to anything) So touch me or don’t Just let me know Where you’ve been We could leave it alone, I’m sure there’s someone who knows Where you’ve been

Luca

So touch me or don’t Just let me know Where you’ve been Or we could leave it alone I’m sure there’s someone who knows Where you’ve been

Untitled

You could never work well with our group Not with the faults we found So we’ve fixed you with cement galoshes And no one can save you now Unless you have friends among fish There’ll still be no air to breathe You could drink up the entire ocean We’ll still find someone to be everything we know that you’ll never be

TheArcher’sBowsHaveBroken

Who do you carry that torch for, my young man? Do you believe in anything? Do you carry it around just to burn things down?

I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs I’d arrest you if I had the time I’d throw you down in the backseat As if you’d committed a terrible crime

Meet me tonight on the turnpike, my darling cause we believe in everything If we sweat all these debts then we’re sure to drown so let’s strap ourselves up to this engine now With our God who we found laying under the back seat

I’d break in a town’s worth of houses And rob whole families blind I’d do it to you like you’d do it to me If you knew you would get away fine

I’d drown all these crying babies If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry I’d hold them down and I’d squeeze real soft And let a piece of myself die

Oh, order your daughters to ignore me think that will sort me? and sweep me under the rug While you’re beating with a book everyone that book tells you to love

It’s hard to be the better man When you forget you’re trying It’s hard to be the better man I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs I’d arrest you if I had the time I’d wait for you outside the courtroom and taunt you when all your appeals were declined

There is an ember in the heart of the kiln And it’s burning hot with love Burning out my center till there’s nothing but dust rolling me with care into your cigarette Cause the God I believe in never worked on a campaign trail

I’d drive my car off of a bridge If I knew that you weren’t inside With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more fantastic way to kill some time

What did you learn tonight? You’re shouting so loud, you barely joyous, broken thing. You’re a voice that never sings, is what I say You are freezing over hell You are bringing on the end, you do so well You can only blame yourself, it’s what I say [Chorus continues in the background] Feels like we could escape and I don’t mind throwing away this filthy silver song If you try running a maze of your lies It’s too hard to save if you’ve thrown out everyone

Handcuffs

Who do you carry that torch for, my young man? Do you believe in anything? Do you carry it around just to burn things to the ground?

You could lay on your back and be beaten You could put up your fists and fight You could try and be way off It’s hard to be the better man When you forget you’re trying It’s hard to be the better man When you’re still lying It’s hard to be the better man When you forget you’re trying It’s hard to be the better man When you’re still lying You’re still lying

daisy

“Far away from any road, Froze my heart in solitude, Where your passerby can see, Our life’s highway guard within, Knowing when our last does fail, Our compassion shall be met, ... Our life’s highway guard within.”

My head is lead, I don’t ever wanna go to bed, Your hair is on fire, You snuff the blaze, Turn to vapor, Then you float away, We got into a bad fight.

We need vices (oh), We need vices (oh), Where is all my hope and my marriage license? (where is my head?)

Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed.

Those days are dead (forgive me) Those days are dead (forgive me) Those days are dead (forgive me) We need vices at fifty thousand degrees

My eyes are lungs, I’m a prophet and I speak in tongues, I know how you’ll die, Your sister groans, “Our usurper to the holy throne” To me she’s just a dead spy.

She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground And jumped

Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends.

I got creative (oh no), To try to kill the major, Where is my shrink and my mind eraser? (you sing a sad song) And that forest burned (You see smoke) That forest burned (A halo) That forest burned (Halo) We need ten years, everyone, so we can return

I don’t know what you feel like, Ambushed on the road, Stole your gold, You’re a rose, And you’re laughin’ now, Everything that I own, Starts to pile up like bones, Make the walls of a prison.

She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground And jumped

Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed. I don’t ever wanna go to bed, We stay up for the fight, The champ goes down like a clown in the second round, I wish we’d had a better goodbye.

‘Cause those days are dead (forgive me) ‘Cause those days are dead (forgive me) ‘Cause those days are dead (forgive me) We need vices to wave to the good old days She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground She said goodbye to the ground And jumped

Bed

Vices

We need vices (oh), We need vices (oh), We’ve never needed to brandish our disguises

Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends, Lie to all your friends. Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed, Laid her on the bed.

Wait, watched you throw out your bouquet Now I think about you everyday And I’m alone now in my bed

So you tried to put the fire out But you used gasoline When the congregation gathered around You screamin’ “it wasn’t me,” So there is a sickness that’s going around But no one’s got a vaccine I think it drowned in holy water I think it’s time we all come clean

And there’s a lake And at the bottom you’ll find all our friends They don’t swim cause they’re all dead We never are what we intend or invent Cause I make little lies and then I pull them apart Think something dark’s living down in my heart And if I wanted to die before I got old I should’ve started some years ago digging that hole

I swear it’s like dying To catch a ghost It feels like I’m trying To hold smoke I swear it’s like dying To catch a ghost It feels like I’m trying To hold smoke When the army had to hold the line You were nowhere near the front Before the kids could tell their dog goodbye You were loadin’ up your gun

A deer that a hunter shot in the heart Some dogs that got hit by cars All came to spill their guts And we spoke About the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost And which psalms we had loved the most And then we all turned to dirt And dust

I want to know what is the great divide I wanna know what I’ve become You think that no one else is lonesome? You think that you’re the only one? It feels like I’m jumping towards a train It feels like I’m jumping towards a train I’m trying to find a way It feels like I’m jumping towards a train It feels like I’m jumping towards a train But I’m trying to find a way

Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold Some die looking for a hand to hold Well I carry this box to its proper place And when I lower it down I let you fade away I hope that you would do this for me Well I’d serve you drugs on a silver plate If I thought it would help you get away I hope that you would do this for me Well I stole bricks from the dam almost everyday Now I’m drowning in the flood I made Well explain myself to me on the other side Well I’ll want some answers when I die Well I carry this box to the proper place And when I lower it down I let you fade away I hope that you would do this for me Well I’d serve you drugs on a silver plate If I thought it would help you get away I hope that you would do this for me

Gasoline

AttheBottom

Well I carry this box to the proper place And when I lower it down I let it you fade away I hope that you would do this for me Well I’d serve you drugs on a silver plate If I thought it would help you get away I hope that you would do this for me

Last night they said the fire had spread and we said our prayers And now the flames are burning me in my bed but I just don’t care We all go to sleep in the same place and in the morning hope that we’re all the same We’ll just sit around like broke down cars in the lot waiting for repairs

It’s getting hard to stay up I think I can hear God calling my name. He’ll try to make my heart break, But I was told you’d call me tonight.

There you go There it goes

They call it home.

Well I wish that I was as good as you at caring and trusting And I wish that my condition was new but I’m old and rusted So we just hurry up only to wait And add to the list of all the places we hate And I’ll pretend like I’ve got something to say but I’ve got nothing

They won’t slow the car down, I’m scared that I will keep it for my own. The one that calls my name is telling “come down”. They call it home We’ll call it home Now I, I call it home, Call them home.

And now I know what you stole Yeah you stole From the cradles they were rocked in You took the first words that they spoke Yeah you stole Yeah you stole So if I’m a liar then you’re a thief At least we both know where the other one sleeps and lets end this tonight.

BeGone

YouStole

Stole Yeah you stole From the cradles they were rocked in You took the first words that they spoke Yeah you stole Yeah you stole So if I’m a liar then you’re a thief At least we both know where the other one sleeps and lets end this tonight

I don’t want to let you go But it hurts my hands to hold the rope I won’t be such an easy mark You’re no better then they say

Trees will make a forest Trees will make a boat These are all the harder Words you have to know If everyone’s a structure Where their own savior sits Then I’m a little red house But no one’s living in it

And all the candles on the cake All set fire to the gate Turn the cannons towards the boat Men were drowning in the moat It was the end of all rowers oars If you call then I’m coming to get you If you call then I’m coming, now If you call then I’m coming to get you You want to sink, so I’m gonna let you

Cars are little blood cells We are oxygen City is the airways Suburbs appendages She was feeling lonely Tired of the hive Rented out a family And he bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride

All I want’s some earth and seed But only grow the things I need But first I must find my way back And you go lay down on the track At first I had an even keel But now I’m not sure what is real. It’s taken me this long to learn That every dead is ate by worms And once they’re gone they don’t return If you call then I’m coming to get you If you call then I’m coming, now If you call then I’m coming to get you You want to sink, so I’m gonna let you

How darkly the dark hand met his end He was withered and boney, exposed for a phoney But we heed the last words that he penned Haste to disgrace the traitor. Do not wait til later I don’t think that you’ve got to pretend I see God in birds and Satan in long words But I know what you need in a friend So now when I leave you, I hope I won’t see you

Sink

How darkly the dark hand met his end He was withered and boney, exposed for a phoney But we heed the last words that he penned Haste to disgrace the traitor. Do not wait til later If you call then I’m coming to get you If you call then I’m coming, now If you call then I’m coming to get you You want to sink, so I’m gonna let you Well, I’m coming to get you If you call then I’m coming, now If you call then I’m coming to get you You want to sink, so I’m gonna let you Then the fire snuck into your bedroom Now I’m falling asleep to forget you

BoughtaBride

I’m coming to get you If you call then I’m coming to get you If you call then I’m coming to get you You want to sink, so I’m gonna let you Then the fire snuck into your bedroom Now I’m falling asleep to forget you

Little cities names are ruin’in all the maps They tied her up and laid her on the train tracks Where are all the seedlings We grew for violins Down in Jersey lumber Steel in prosthetic limbs Should’ve been a soldier I could’ve fought and died There’s no revolution So I bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Coming down the aisle while the horns play “Taps” They tied her up and laid her on the train tracks But somehow I always knew when everything was unsaid I’ll go and buy a hammer, never sing again

Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your mouth, Stones in your ears, Stones in your mind, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes,

[Recording:] And we sing this morning that wonderful and grand old message. And I don’t know about you but I never get tired of it Number 99: Just As I Am. I’m a mountain that has been moved I’m a river that is all dried up I’m an ocean nothing floats on I’m a sky that nothing wants to fly in I’m a sun that doesn’t burn hot I’m a moon that never shows its face I’m a mouth that doesn’t smile I’m a word that no one ever wants to say...

We live in the jar and think the lid’s the sky You’re hoping for a savior on your cross outside Stars are just a million little fireflies The sun is just a hole. What is the light outside? Someone save me cause I Can’t keep traveling alone Come with me to hideout When there’s nowhere that is safe tonight.

[Child speaking:] Uh, uh, by the will of thee He wasn’t finding anybody when he was on a shelf I saw him in my dream

Holding out for rest but on the seventh day, I’ve created nothing and I’m wide awake, So can I tie my key to your electric kite? The rooster crowed twice and you kissed me goodnight.

I’m a mountain that has been moved I’m a fugitive that has no legs to run I’m a preacher with no pulpit Spewing a sermon that goes on and on...

There’s too many saviors on my cross again, I know I’m never going to be a perfect man. Everyone’s an oyster with their grain of sand, I love you most in summer, now it has to end.

Well if we take all these things and we bury them fast And we’ll pray that they turn to seeds, to roots and then grass It’d be all right, it’s all right, it’d be easier that way Or if the sky opened up and started pouring rain Like you knew he was trying to start things over again It’d be all right, it’s all right, it’d be easier that way

Someone save me cause I Can’t keep traveling alone Come with me to hideout When there’s nowhere that is safe tonight. When there’s nowhere that is safe tonight.

(You’ve done enough to be saved But you’re gonna miss out Now you don’t know your rights from your wrongs It’s the greatest of love Now don’t say you’ll be there and then leave Or don’t mention all the hurt that you’ve seen Or don’t say he’s in love It’s the greatest of love)

InaJar

Daisy

Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, Stones in your eyes, I’d run a million miles if you weren’t first prize. Someone save me cause I Can’t keep traveling alone Come with me to hideout When there’s nowhere that is safe tonight. When there’s nowhere that is safe tonight. When there’s nowhere that is safe tonight.

Little light, Lead us through the night, And if we die, Burn down the forest. Chariots, Carry us, Distances, We don’t care to walk. (I’m on my way to hell) (I’m on my way to hell) Why doesn’t anyone I know sleep? Are they all just scared of their dreams When they lay their heads down at night, What are they haunted by? Why won’t anyone just close their eyes? Could it hurt them to rest for a while? Do they need their friend to be a lover, Or a lover to be a friend? Because... (I’m on my way to hell) Well, I’ve tried. God knows that I’ve tried. (I’m on my way to hell) One time, two time, three time again. It’s getting dark, Running out of luck, Our car’s stuck, On the train crossing.

Noro

How am I ever going to know peace? How will I ever see the light through the trees? I want to burn down everything we’ve begun, I want to kill and eat my young. Because... (I’m on my way to hell) Well, I’ve tried. God knows that I’ve tried. (I’m on my way to hell) One time, two time, three time again. (I’m on my way to hell) Well, I’ve tried. God knows that I’ve tried. (I’m on my way to hell) One time, two time, three time again. (I’m on my way to hell) (I’m on my way to hell) (I’m on my way to hell) (I’m on my way to hell)

othersongs

I think I’m crazy, baby, let you off the hook to easy If you were a telephone, you’d still be off the hook This is my last leg Been awake for days In a minute I’ll die of starvation I’ll come back a ghost if I can haunt you and float around your room.

well i talk Too much To myself And i turn my back on my faith It’s like glass When we Break I wish no one in my place and i’ve seen you don’t need their seeds when the cut goes in deep and i’m lost in sleep

What do I do when you get close? If I kissed your neck, would you slit my throat? Are you thinking of me when you’re putting on your makeup, darling, and dying your hair like you do Well you’re wasting time if you’re trying to impress me I waste all my time just thinking of you

i can’t stay in this place i can’t stand when the room turns round on my fate you give no guarantees there’s no promise i can keep

And I’m not imagining how you give me the shivers, standing up to your waist in your river You’re the sweetest boat-builder I think I’ve ever seen Dream in Japanese, dream in Japanese, some language I don’t even know how to speak You’re still pretty and I am still choked up, it’s probably just the same The more I hang around you, the more hang-ups I get (more hang-ups I get)

I know that you’re an angel, though you could never stay true (you could never stay true) Hey angel, I think your halo has a screw loose, ‘cause you dropped me like a brick off the rooftop of your high school Could I watch the next time you’re applying your eyeliner? I waste all my time just thinking of you

goodbye, lay the blame on luck goodbye, lay the blame on luck goodbye, lay the blame on luck goodbye, lay the blame on luck

AmIWrong

MoshiMoshi

Are you thinking of me when you’re putting on your makeup, darling, and dying your hair like you do? (dying your hair like you do) Well you’re wasting time if you’re trying to impress me I waste all my time just thinking of you

i can’t stand i can’t see my way i feel blind on my feet i can’t stay too long am i wrong?

i’m so tired of my mood and sleep comes with a knife, fork and a spoon you’re so pale in your face you let life get in your way and i’ve seen you don’t need their seeds when the cut goes in deep and i’m lost in sleep am i wrong? goodbye, lay the blame on luck goodbye, lay the blame on luck goodbye, lay the blame on luck goodbye, lay the blame on luck

So the air’s getting colder and the news keeps us scared. I still wrestle this summer in the bones of our tired and blistered hands, and tonight we got drinks with just a couple of friends and the girl that my brother likes is finally talking to him, and his chest is all swelled like he’s proud and happy, like hes got a great idea, like he’s making a memory Wake up and come out to the car, There’s an east swell coming and it’s howling off shore, and we’ll be lying like lions out in the sand I’ll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hands. Now we make jokes back home and we lighten the mood, But growing up my parents saw what sending their kid to fight can really really do and now with the war I can tell their a little shook up just a few mothers sons, well its cliche but it’s never gonna be enough Not till half of our names are etched out in a wall and the other half ruined from the things we saw Wake up and come out to the car, There’s an east swell coming and it’s howling off shore, and we’ll be lying like lions out in the sand I’ll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hands.

you get the car I’ll get the night off You’ll get the chance to take the world apart and figure out how it works Don’t let me know what you find out I need a car You need a guide Who needs a map If I don’t die or worse I’m gonna need a nap At best I’ll be asleep when you get back I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller I wanna see it now I want specifics on the general idea I wanna think what I should know Want you to do me what to show I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see it when you get stoned on a cloudy breezy desert afternoon I wanna see it untame itself and break its owner I wanna see it now I wanna see it now

Car

Brothers

Wake up and come out to the car, There’s an east swell coming and it’s howling off shore, and we’ll be lying like lions out in the sand but I’ll be dead before you put a gun in my brothers hands.

We were doomed from the start, as lovers are. Why am I doing this? Digging my own grave. Though it’s shallow, I would lie in it. We’re down in the basement, in the dark, after we crash your car. Hoping fast that my arrow hits the mark, so you know who we are.

There are blood and feathers on my dumb paws Now you ain’t nothing but a dead duck and I ain’t nothing but a hound-dog. You seep in the windows and vents. I lay in the grass and I lose your scent. Well if God gave me grace, then why aren’t I graceful? My joints are froze, cold, old and idle.

Please keep the reporters at bay. This is a matter of life and death, but I deal with things like this everyday. Please keep the reporters at bay. You never do what I tell you to. You never do what I say. We’ve been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this. We all have sizable scars. We got it. You’d break it all apart. We got it. We can make it work like this, like this, like this...

If it’s by air then I don’t want to know If we all don’t take cover then were all gonna fall back in love again

They’ve worked out all the bugs so now if you have enough money you can buy love

Coca-Cola

You work out your reception seating While I sing sing sing these ten lords still leaping the mark on your breast from your baby, teething. Well, give him my name if he is needing. If it’s by sea then I don’t want to know If we all don’t take cover then we’re all gonna fall back in love again “Bless your beautiful hide.” and curse your god when your friends die. If it’s by air then I don’t want to know If we all don’t take cover then were all gonna fall back in love again You work late and fight off your pulse Your patient dies and you take the night off

FlyingatTreeLevel

You work late and fight off your boss Your patient dies and you take the night off

Yes we are a bullet in the heart and the message sent. Always dragging your feet over sand and over hot cement. Make a list of your favorites. Write it down. Make it legible. A problem we’re always facing. You never rest. You either push or pull. Please keep the crowd under control. This is a matter of life and death and we’re not prepared. I just want you to know. Please keep the crowd under control. This is the weight of my conscience. This is an all time low. We’ve been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this. We all have sizable scars. We got it. You’d break it all apart. We got it. We can make it work like this, like this, like this... I see my baby. She’s starry eyed. I hear my bones break all the time. I see my baby. She’s starry eyed. She follows. Don’t call me unkind. [x2] We’ve been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this. We all have sizable scars. We got it. You’d break it all apart. We got it. We can make it work like this, like this, like this... [x2]

We’ll take it easy, tigers in a cage We’re pacing on our pads and waiting For the time to come in reverie Our lazy bones ache for our dowry

1…2…3…4… I used to be such a burning example, I used to be so original. I used to care, I was being careful. Made sure I showed it to those that I love.

ForkandKnife

You can’t hold on to the thrill So I hope you find your will to follow through (What we invented, I am now ending) Hold on to who you love We are tryin’ to blow like dust since we were young (What we invented, I am now ending) You can’t hold on to the thrill So I hope you find your will to follow through (What we invented, I am now ending) Hold on to who you love We are tryin’ to blow like dust since we were young The morning’s over, the day is in full swing I know you’re busy, but please won’t you come visit me? You are an aimless ghost, you haunt your bag of bones The wolf messed with your vision He is sitting in your kitchen while you sleep tonight He will eat your young, and you will act surprised You can’t hold on to the thrill So I hope you find your will to follow through (What we invented, I am now ending) Hold on to who you love We are tryin’ to blow like dust since we were young (What we invented, I am now ending) You can’t hold on to the thrill So I hope you find your will to follow through (What we invented, I am now ending) Hold on to who you love We are tryin’ to blow like dust since we were young The morning’s over, the day is in full swing

Well take me out tonight, This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck, {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give.

Millstone(AltVersion)

The closest thing we had to royalty A chance to break our parent’s patterns We chose to keep our teenage tragedy In lieu of their romantic palace Play tender like a newborn baby would Play tender ‘til the night is over I’m leaving you to nurture cherished wounds And care for it just like your lover, yeah

I used to sleep without a single stir, ‘Cause I was about my father’s work.

3…3…4… I used to pray like God was listening. I used to make my parents proud. I was the glue that kept my friends together, Now they don’t talk and we don’t go out. I was the captain who would stay the course When the storm rose up and showed us all its worst Well take me out tonight, This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck, {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give. Well save my life tonight. This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give. “They never hit their brakes...” “There was no time to see...” “He just ran out in the street...” “Does anybody know his name?” “I think I recognize him...” “He sure as hell paid for that mistake...” Woah. Well take me out tonight. This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck. {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give. Well save my life tonight. This ship of fools I’m on will sink I’m my own stone around my neck {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give. Take me out tonight. This ship of fools I’m on will sink. I’m my own stone around my neck. {If you’d} be my breath, there’s nothing I wouldn’t give.

Oh comely I will be with you when you lose your breath Chasing the only meaningful memory you thought you had left With some pretty bright and bubbly terrible scene That was doing her thing on your chest But oh comely It isn’t as pretty as you’d like to guess In your memory you’re drunk on your awe to me It doesn’t mean anything at all Oh comely All of your friends are all letting you blow Bristling and ugly Bursting with fruits falling out from the holes Of some pretty bright and bubbly friend You could need to say comforting things in your ear But oh comely There isn’t such one friend that you could find here Standing next to me He’s only my enemy I’ll crush him with everything I own Say what you want to say Hang for your hollow ways Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracles aimed for me

This happened before and I’m sure it’ll happen again It’s getting old, I could never know This is not the first time, she says its the last time again And you’re a tease Have fun overseas

Give it some time Take my advice See these scars on me I’m just marking territory but I know a million girls who’d kill to be you right now. give me one night inside of your thighs a million girls would kill to be you right now And its happened before, and it’ll happen again When your boyfriend comes home I should hope he keeps you terribly close, and you’d never know wouldn’t be the first time don’t think this’ll ever end and you’re a tease Have fun studying abroad No I’m kidding Give it some time Take my advice See these scars on me I’m just marking territory but I know a million girls who’d kill to be you right now. give me one night inside of your thighs a million girls would kill to be you right now and this has happened before and it’ll happen again

Better things to do than call The girl I want is going to come through and brighten up your mind And call me when you get home.

OhComely

MyNineRidesShotgun

No, I’m kidding

Your father made fetuses With flesh licking ladies While you and your mother Were asleep in the trailer park Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums The music and medicine you needed for comforting So make all your fat fleshy fingers to moving And pluck all your silly strings And bend all your notes for me Soft silly music is meaningful magical The movements were beautiful All in your ovaries All of them milking with green fleshy flowers While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines Smelling of semen all under the garden Was all you were needing when you still believed in me Say what your want to say Hang for your hollow ways Moving your mouth to pull out all your miracles aimed for me And I know they buried her body with others Her sister and mother and 500 families And will she remember me 50 years later I wished I could save her in some sort of time machine Know all your enemies We know who our enemies are Goldaline my dear We will fold and freeze together Far away from here There is sun and spring and green forever But now we move to feel For ourselves inside some stranger’s stomach Place your body here Let your skin begin to blend itself with mine

Oh holy night, The stars are brightly shining. It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till he appear’d and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary soul rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Blister please, with those wings in your spine. Love to be with a brother of mine. How he’d love to find your tongue in his teeth, In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep, Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep.

Two-HeadedBoyPt.2

OhHolyNight

Fall on your knees Oh hear the angel voices Oh night divine Oh night when Christ was born Oh night divine Oh night divine

Daddy please, hear this song that I sing. In your heart there’s a spark that just screams, For a lover to bring a child to your chest, That could lay as you sleep and love all you have left, Like your boy used to be, long ago, Wrapped in sheets warm and wet.

And in my dreams you’re alive and you’re crying, As your mouth moves in mine, soft and sweet. Rings of flowers round your eyes and I love you, For the rest of your life (when you’re ready). Brother see, we are one in the same. And you left with your head filled with flames, And you watched as your brains fell out through your teeth. Push the pieces in place. Make your smile sweet to see. Don’t you take this away. I’m still wanting my face on your cheek. And when we break we’ll wait for our miracle. God is a place where some holy spectacle lies. And when we break we’ll wait for our miracle. God is a place you will wait for the rest of your life. Two-headed boy, she is all you could need. She will feed you tomatoes and radio wires, And retire to sheets safe and clean, But don’t hate her when she gets up to leave.

And all that I remember is the feeling of waking up When we were kids, you were the sun to which my eyes could not adjust We were kids - I was a fountain You could never drink enough Then came all the boys who swept you up Played careless with your heart And every night there was a new girl Sitting beside me in my car Something dies when you grow older, But you do the best you can I am glad I am glad You found a good man

She was just seventeen, pious and pretty with a deadly disease And the weight of the world on a prosthetic shoulder And by the summer of ‘96 her body was cracked like porcelin Just like some precious moments collectable In a hospital gown and a big bright golden halo

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Well I wrote your name and burned it To see the color of the flame And it burned out the whole spectrum As if you were everything Mine just burned gold A normal flame I am not anything

And so three cheers for my morose and grieving pals And now let’s hear it for the tears that I’ve welled up We’ve come too far to have to give it all up now We live lives that are rich and blessed And we burn for how we transgress Now I’ve mastered the art Of the open casket prayer and the singing guitar I found the rewards weren’t half what I’d hoped for And meanwhile, we all feigned hope and mirth As her parents went on and lied to her All about the success of the surgeries And how my ex-girlfriend was now sleeping with her fiancé And so three cheers for my morose and grieving pals And now let’s hear it for the tears that I’ve welled up We’ve come too far to have to give it all up now We live lives that are rich and blessed And we burn for how we transgress

If there’s any justice in heaven, then God won’t let me in He’ll lock the gates and take my weekend pass away With a sympathetic wave, they’ll see me off, return my golden crown While I am cursed to walk the earth for a millennia I know I deserve worse but it terrifies me and I can’t take it anymore And so three cheers for my morose and grieving pals And now let’s hear it for the tears that I’ve welled up We’ve come too far to have to give it all up now We live lives that are rich and blessed And we burn for how we transgress

Until I wake, we just hope that you made it We hope that you’re celebrating with people you’ve missed And burning like a beacon, guiding our ship around this hellish shoal I’m happy to admit that maybe I am a little depressed ‘cause I’m missing you to death And now there’s only records of my memory It’s a little thing you gave posthumously The details all dragged out To think of all the paintings we could be without If Van Gogh had gone and died face down from loss of blood the night he went and hacked his ear off Until I wake, we just hope that you made it We hope that you’re celebrating with people you’ve missed And burning like a beacon, guiding our ship around this hellish shoal I’m happy to admit that maybe I am a little depressed ‘cause I’m missing you to death Until I wake, we just hope that you made it We hope that you’re celebrating with people you’ve missed And burning like a beacon, guiding our ship around this hellish shoal I’m happy to admit that maybe I am a little depressed ‘cause I’m missing you to death

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Until I wake, we just hope that you made it We hope you’re as decorated as the day that you left And burning like a beacon, guiding our ship around this hellish shoal I’m happy to admit that maybe I am a little depressed ‘cause I’m missing you to death

I can barely move I can barely see where we’re going now The road is washed out from the river that flooded just north of town We stick stick stick stick to the plan we laid out but we know the saying The best best best best plans of both mice and men can go terribly wrong And probably will, so please Nobody speaks, nobody get any smart ideas If we don’t have any heroics we may just get out of here And home to your families by dinner time safely and soundly sleeping Cause we don’t want trouble, we’ll take what we came for and we’ll leave quiet Or maybe we will tear you up, take what you love, and burn it down, and burn it down Nobody moves, nobody moves and no one gets hurt Nobody opens their mouth and we have nothing to worry about We’ll keep keep keep keep you alive cause we always need bargaining chips (For their lives, we will trade; thee will make your getaway) We’ll keep keep keep keep you alive cause you’re pretty And we need something to look at while we tear you up, take what you love And burn it down, and burn it down You swear to build, we swear to come and burn it down and burn it down

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I, I am feeling like a veteran Uncompensated for the blood I’ve left to pool on foreign grounds And I sometimes reach to rub at aching legs But they’ve been dust for over a decade And you’re the limb I’ve lost, but somehow I still feel them

Weighing the cost of the love you make Measure again, yeah Feeling the weight of the bones you break Break them again, yeah Weighing the heart (let ‘em wait) Sinking our teeth into (let ‘em lie) Her wants of life (here we are) In magazines (tonight) Break all the locks without the combination I know where you’re headed, I consider it mine Went to the crowds without a planning or feeling And keep me alert until the next valentine Please cut me out, cut me out Plot and make me the lover you wanted When you were young and asleep And I’m fine when you, you burn my core from a bottle The lover you wanted while you waited so long Weighing the cost of the love you make Measure again, yeah Feeling the weight of the bones you break Break them again, yeah Weighing the cost of the love you make Measure again, yeah Feeling the weight of the bones you break Break them again, yeah Weighing the cost of the love you make Measure again, yeah Feeling the weight of the bones you break Break them again, yeah Weighing the cost of the love you make Measure again, yeah Feeling the weight of the bones you break Break them again, yeah

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Slipping out the back. Did you really think we wouldn’t notice? Slipping out the back. In the pouring rain. Yeah. Yeah. Leo loved his wife. Loved her and was faithful to her always. Buried both the kids, In the summer sun. Praying for his life, Huddled in the brig all with his shipmates. Praying for this life, And I dropped the bomb. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What you waiting for? Searching for your brother, In an empty room across the hall. Is he coming back? Listening at night, Waiting for a sound to come up the stairs. Listening at night, Waiting for the sound of the car park. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Call him up this summer, On the phone. Need to know what it feels like again. Summer skin, Found another lover. Tell him straight, call him up again. I’ll call him up again, yeah. Call him up again. Tying both your shoes and, Looking past the ocean for the signal. Waiting for a bottle, In the open water. They don’t send you letters. They don’t telephone you. They don’t send you letters, But you’re waiting for them. You write him, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Call him up this summer, On the phone. Need to know what it feels like again. I’ll call him up again. Call him up this summer, On the phone. Need to know what it feels like again

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Losing all my friends. Losing them to drinking and to driving. Losing all my friends. I want them back.

please say you’ll come along tonight please sing the words we love don’t say that you forgot them don’t keep the hand we’ve come to hold I know you want to untie this rope and let it go please pose my skeletal remains give them a working pen and I will live forever please let them love me though I fade I know you want to I know you want to I know you want to run away we’re finding our own tonight we’re single spies when sorrow comes they come on battalions we’re finding our own tonight a little light to keep it on our own battalion please keep these sounds from running out please let our steps fall soft keep them from hearing our tongue please let some hope come with the day I know you want to I know you want to I know you want to run away we’re finding our own tonight we’re single spies when sorrow comes they come on battalions we’re finding our own tonight a little light to keep it on our own battalion I know you want to I know you want to I know you want to run away and so we watch the time we keep and you know that I am swift you know that I am quick you know that I am fast asleep we’re finding our own tonight we’re single spies when sorrow comes they come on battalions we’re finding our own tonight a little light to keep it on our own battalion I know you want to I know you want to I know you want to run away