1. Screaming Infidelities
2. The Sharp Hint Of New Tears
3. Living In Your Letters
4. The Swiss Army Romance
5. Turpentine Chaser
6. A Plain Morning
7. Age Six Racer
8. Again I Go Unnoticed
9. Ender Will Save Us All
10. Shirts And Gloves
11. Hold On (Reissued version only)
12. This Is A Forgery (Reissued version
only)
13. Untitled
Screaming Infidelities
i'm missing your bed, i never sleep. avoiding
the spots where we'd have to speak, and this bottle of beast is taking
me home. i'm cuddling close to blankets and sheets. you're
not alone and you're not discreet. you make sure i know who's taking
you home. i'm reading your note over again. there's not a word
that i comprehend, except when you signed it "i will love you always and
forever." as for now i'm gonna hear the saddest songs and sit alone
and wonder how you're making out. but as for me, i wish that i was
anywhere, with anyone, making out. i'm missing your laugh.
how did it break? and when did your eyes begin to look fake?
i hope you're as happy as you're pretending. i'm cuddling close to
blankets and sheets. and i am alone in my defeat. i wish i
knew you were safely at home. i'm missing your bed. i never
sleep. avoiding the spots where we'd have to sleep. and this
bottle of beast is taking me home. well and as for now i'm gonna
hear the saddest songs and sit alone and wonder how you're making out.
and as for me, i wish that i was anywhere, with anyone, making out.
your hair, it's everywhere. screaming infidelities, taking its wear.
your hair, it's everywhere. screaming infidelities, taking its wear.
your hair, it's everywhere. screaming infidelities, taking its wear.
your hair, it's everywhere. screaming infidelities, taking its wear.
The Sharp Hint Of New Tears
on the way home, this car hears my confessions.
i think tonight i'll take the long way. this weather. the wind
outside is biting. it has left me feeling tired and exposed.
you've been asking me to bleed. it seems these kinds of questions
come too easy to you now. your lack of shame comes naturally.
i should not be surprised. i should have seen it sooner. you
expect me to apologize for things that you've done wrong. while you're
inciting others. you're owning up to nothing and i wish that i was
gone. because you're not going anywhere. this damp air is fighting
my defroster. my sighs, they ring victorious and fog this tinted
glass. its clouded, and so is my head. the hint of these new
tears are sharp. i try to hold them back. its useless, i'm
useless against them. they're beating me with ease. on the
way home this car hears my confessions. i think tonight i'll take
the long way. expect me to apologize for things that you've done
wrong. while you're inciting others. you're owning up to nothing
and i wish that i was gone. cause you're not going anywhere.
on the way home this car hears my confession. i think tonight i'll
take the long way.
Living In Your Letters
i'm always assuming the worst. but you're
going on nonetheless. and there's nothing to cushion your heart led
fall. letters from further away keep pulling me close to home.
and they're something to cushion my callous sighs. and i know that
you hope for longer good-byes. embracing for forever and falling
in your eyes. in your eyes. your eyes. pouring over photographs.
i'm living in your letters. and breathe deeply from this envelope.
it smells like you and i can't be without that scent. its filling
me with all you mean to me, to me. continually failing these trials,
but you stand by me nonetheless. and you won't let me sink though
i'm begging you, i'm begging you. phone calls from further away and
messages on my machine. but i don't ever tell you this distance seems
terrible. there's no need to test my heart with useless space.
these roads go on forever and so do you and i. there will always
be a place for you in my heart. so i'll hit the pavement. it's
gotta be better than waiting. and pushing you far away cause i'm
scared. so i'll take my chances and head on my way up there.
cause turning to you is like falling in love when you're ten.
The Swiss Army Romance
sleep with all the lights on. you're not
so happy. you're not secure. you're dying to look cute in your
blue jeans. but you're plastic just like everyone. you're just
like everyone. and that face you paint is pressed, impressing most
of us, as permanent. and i'd like to see you undone. college
night will draw the crowds. dorms unload and you're heading out.
here is your moment to shine. making up a history. it has nothing
from the life you lead. but man, will they buy all your lines.
sleep with all the sheets off. you're bearing your matress, bearing
your soul. and you're dying to look smooth with your tattoos.
but you're searching just like everyone. you could be anyone.
and those friends you have are the best. impressing most of us, as
permanent. and i'd like to see you undone. youth's the most
unfaithful mistress. still we forge ahead to miss her. rushing
our moment to shine. making up a history. it's got nothing
of the life you lead. but man, will they buy all your lines.
we're not 21, but the sooner we are the sooner the fun will begin.
so get out your fake eyelashes, and fake i.d.'s, and real disasters.
ensue. its cool to take these chances. its cool to fake romances.
and grow up fast. and grow up fast. and grow up fast.
and grow up fast.
Turpentine Chaser
this paint has been tasting of lead. and
their chips will fall as they may. but its not just my finish that's
peeling. and its not alone fleeing these walls. well sooner
or later, this cold, is gonna break. so our hands will be warm again.
but all i want is not to need you now. and sooner or later, this
code, its gonna break. and our words will be heard again. but
all i want are vows of silence now. this turpentine chaser's got
kick. and the rag that its soaked in is rich. the fumes aide
the pace of my cleaning. and as soon as i'm done i am gone.
well sooner or later, this cold, is gonna break. so our hands will
be warm again. but all i want is not to need you now. and sooner
or later, this code, its gonna break. and our words will be heard
again. but all i want are vows of silence now. the frightening
facts we've been facing our backs to so long now, are begging for eyes
to bear witness to lies and indifference. now we're saying aloud
the things we've declared in our silence. the new coats of paint
will not reacquaint broken hearts to broken homes. broken homes.
broken homes.
A Plain Morning
its yet to be determined, but the air is thick
and my hope is feeling worn. i'm missing home and i'm glad you're
not a part of this. there are parts of me that will be missed.
and the phone is always dead to me so i can't tell you that the temperature
is dropping. and it feels like... its colder than it ought to be
in march. and i still got a day or two ahead of me till i'll be heading
home into your arms again. and the people here are asking after you.
it doesn't make it easier, it doesn't make it easier to be away.
i'd like to hire a plane. i'd see you in the morning, when the day
is fresh. i'm coming home again. coming home again. coming
home again. the day is fresh, i'm coming home again. and its
warmer where you're waiting. it feels more like july. there's
pillows in their cases... and one of those is mine. and you wrote
the words "i love you" and sprayed it with perfume. its better than
the fire is to heat this lonely room. and its warmer where you're
waiting. it feels more like july. it feels more like july.
and its yet to be determined, but the air is thick and my hope is feeling
warm. i'm missing home and i'm glad you're not a part of this.
there's parts of me that will be missed. and the phone is always
dead to me so i can't tell you the temperature is dropping. and it
feels like... its colder than it ought to be in march. and i still
got a day or two ahead of me till i'll be heading home and to your arms
again. and the people here are asking after you. it doesn't
make it easier, it doesn't make it easier to be awake. i'd like to
hire a plane and see you in the morning. the day is fresh, i'm coming
home again. i'm coming home again. i'm coming home again.
the day is fresh, i'm coming home again.
Age Six Racer
so long sweet summer. i stumbled upon you
and gratefully basked in your rays. so long sweet slumber.
i fell into you, now you're gracefully falling away. hey thanks,
thanks for that summer. its cold where you're going. i hope
that your heart's always warm. i gave you the best, i gave you the
best that i had. you passed on the letters and passed on the best
that i had. so, so long sweet summer. i stumbled upon you and
gratefully basked in your rays. so long sweet slumber. i fell
into you, now you're gracefully falling away. i hate the winter in
lexington. i hate the winter in lexington. lexington.
lexington. lexington.
Again I Go Unnoticed
so quiet. another wasted night. the
television steals the conversation. exhale, another wasted breath.
again it goes unnoticed. please tell me that you're just feeling
tired. cause if its more than that i feel that i might break.
out of touch, out of time? please send me anything but signals that
are mixed. cause i can't read your rolling eyes. out of touch,
are we out of time? close lipped. another good night kiss is
robbed of all its passion. your grip, another time is slack, it leaves
me feeling empty. please tell me your just feeling tired. cause
if its more than that i feel that i might break. out of touch, out
of time? please send me anything but signals that are mixed.
cause i can't stand your rolling eyes. out of touch, are we out of
time? i'll wait until tomorrow. maybe you'll feel better than,
maybe we'll be better then. so what's another day when i can't bear
these nights of thoughts of going on without you. this mood of yours
is temporary and it seems worth the wait to see you smile again.
out of the corner of your eye won't be the only way you look at me then.
so quiet. another wasted night. the television steals the conversation.
exhale, another wasted breath. again it goes unnoticed.
Ender Will Save Us All
its just like you to contest you wear it like a
label on your breast. don't you see what this takes of me?
a certain callousness complies. with your charm and in your pride.
a hopeful look draped in despise. i want to give you whatever you
need. what is it you need? is it what i need? i want
to give you whatever you need. what is it you need? is it within
me? its hard to explain how i am getting by on so little from you.
its hard to believe that i would let myself get so wrapped into you.
there's gotta be something that would be worthwhile for me to give to you.
we need a connection, but you seem to push me far away from you.
from you. from you. the harder i push, the further i fall.
well you don't mind me being headstrong. but you don't want to sing
along. maybe its trite, but i can always, always, always be wrong.
its just like you to contest. wear it like a label on your breast.
don't you see what this takes of me? a certain callousness complies.
with your charm and in your pride. a hopeful look draped in despise.
i wanna give you whatever you need. what is it you need? is
it what i need? i wanna give you whatever you need. what is
it you need? is it within me? its hard to explain how i am
getting by on so little from you. its hard to believe that i would
let myself get so wrapped into you. there's gotta be something that
would be worth while for me to give to you. we need a connection,
but you seem to push me far away from you. from you. from you.
the harder i push, the further i fall. well you don't mind me being
headstrong. but you don't want to sing along. maybe its trite,
but i can always, always, always be wrong. be wrong. be wrong.
try not to be, try not to be, try not to be, try not to be wrong.
Shirts And Gloves
when i'm back from the road then you're out on
it. and i'm tired of this distance. and i believe its over,
its over-rated. and this phone tag game is endless. the novelty
is wearing. i'm hoping time will pass without any assistance or convincing.
road rules apply. there's so much action. you're getting busy.
so i'll call your cellular phone to tell you tv night was lonely without
you, and so am i. so am i. it seems our day keeps falling on
a leap year. so many high points on this last leg. i can't
wait to recount them. it seems like nothing's happened until i've
shared them with you. and the note that you have called says you're
half a day away. and you are heading home just in time for me, for
me to leave. and road rules apply. there's so much action.
i'm getting busy. so make sure that i'm up to date on tv night.
i hate to miss out. i think i miss you most on wednesdays and saturdays.
seems our day keeps falling on a leap year.
Hold On (Reissued version only)
She had a history of killing herself. I had
a habit of dying. I think she gave me something to live for.
I guess I helped her pass her time. And I had a vision of seeing
things straight. She had the heart of a liar. Well I never
saw her leaving me once. She never felt me beside her. And
its cruel, but she's got a good hold on me. Its cruel, but she's
got a good hold on me. And its cruel, but she's got a good hold on
me. Its cruel, but she's got a good hold on me. And its cruel,
but she's got a good hold on me. And its cruel, but she's got a good
hold on me. She had a history of killing herself. I had a habit
of dying. I think she gave me something to live for. I guess
I helped her pass her time. And I had a vision of seeing things straight.
She had the heart of a liar. Well I never saw her leaving me once.
She never felt me beside her. And its cruel, but she's got a good
hold on me. Its cruel, but she's got a good hold on me. And
its cruel, but she's got a good hold on me. Its cruel, but she's
got a good hold on me. And its cruel, but she's got a good hold on
me. And its cruel, but she's got a good hold on me.
This Is A Forgery (Reissued version only)
This is a forgery. This is a forgery.
Every single word is plagiarized. Copied twice and thrice inscribed.
This is a forgery. There is a path, and to get where its leading,
you've got to be sharp and never bend easy. This is an enemy.
This is an enemy. Compliments and chemistry. Cavalier and so
charming. This isn't everything. This isn't everything.
I had a fit and you had a feeling. There was a path, and to get where
its leading, you had to be sharp, you couldn't swerve side to side.
I was a razor. You were a straight line. This is a travesty.
This is a travesty. Every sentiment has been contrived. Palatable
and so refined. Sugar sweet to appetize. I had a fit and you
had a feeling. There was a path, and to get where its leading, you
had to be sharp, you couldn't swerve side to side. I was a razor.
You were a straight line. This is a forgery. This is a forgery.
Every single word is plagiarized. Copied twice and thrice inscribed.
This is a forgery. And we were looking out, for some shining light,
but it was casket black, so we would search all night.
Untitled (Hidden Track)
save up, until you've had it. your purse
gone, but you won't go on. brought down with a force of nature.
breathing off my lung. its not easy to like it (its not easy to like
it). its not easy at all (its not easy at all). its not easy
to like it at all. fill up to the limit. winter has come as
an appetite. money clips, equipped with paper. pockets brimming
and tight. its not easy to like it (its not easy to like it).
its not easy at all (its not easy at all). its not easy to like it
at all. its not easy to like it (its not easy to like it).
its not easy at all (its not easy at all). its not easy to like it
at all. (breathing off my lung) save up, until you've had it.
your purse gone, but you won't go on. brought down with a force of
nature. breathing off my lung. (its not easy to like it) its
not easy at all.