1. Tautou
2. Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
3. I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin
Light
4. Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun
Don't
5. The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
6. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
7. Jaws Theme Swimming
8. Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
9. Guernica
10. Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention
All I Have To Do Is Die
11. Play Crack The Sky
Tautou
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. I'm sinking
like a stone in the sea. I'm burning like a bridge for your body.
Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades
Keep the noise low (she doesn't want to blow it).
Shaking 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."
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. He keeps his hands low (He doesn't want to 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
beconds forward and he starts growing up (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. 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 is 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 a 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... 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 (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. 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.
I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light
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 it's
noises in my ears. If looks could really kill, then my profession
would be staring. Know we do this cause we care, not for the thrill.
Collect calls to home to tell them that I realize that everyone who lives
will someday die and die alone. 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 hallow.
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... "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 I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't
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 and then
ask me what its like to have myself so figured out... I wish I knew.
I hope this song starts a craze. The kind of song that ignite 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 want to write about anymore. I hope you come
down with something they can't diagnose and don't have the cure for.
Holding onto 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 want to get caught.)
We're concentrating on falling apart. We were contenders, now we're
throwing the fights. I just want to believe. I just want to
believe. I just want to believe in us. Oh, we're so 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 its all from watching t.v. and from speeding up my breathing.
I wouldn't stop if I could. Oh, it hurts to be this good. You're
holding onto your grudge. Oh it hurts to always have to be honest
with the one that you love. Oh, so let it go. We're concentrating
on falling apart. We were contenders, now we're throwing the fights.
I just want to believe. I just want to believe. I just want
to believe... We're concentrating on falling apart. We were
contenders, now we're throwing the fights. I just want to believe.
I just want to believe. I just want to believe in us. This
is the grace 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. We're concentrating on falling apart. We were
contenders, now we're throwing the fights. I just want to believe.
I just want to believe. I just want to believe in... We're
concentrating on falling apart. We were contenders, now we're throwing
the fights. I just want to believe. I just want to believe.
I just want to believe in us.
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
We saw the western coast. I saw the hospitals.
And nursed the shoreline like a wound. Reports of lovers trysts were
neither clear nor descript. We kept it safe and slow. The quiet
things that no one ever knows. So keep the blood in your head.
And keep your feet on the ground. If today's the day it gets tired
then today's the day we drop out. Gave up my body and bed all for
an empty hotel. Wasting my words on lower cases and capitals.
So keep the blood in your head. And keep your feet on the ground.
If today's the day it gets tired then today's the day we drop out.
Gave up my body and bed all for an empty hotel. Wasting my 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. So keep the blood in your head. And keep your feet on
the ground. If today's the day it gets tired then today's the day
we drop out. Gave up my body and bed all for an empty hotel.
Wasting my words on lower cases and capitals. So keep the blood in
your head. And keep your feet on the ground. If today's the
day it gets tired then today's the day we drop out. Gave up my body
and bed all for an empty hotel. Wasting my words on lower cases and
capitals. I lie for only you. And I lie well... hallelujah.
I lie for only you. And I lie well... hallelujah. So keep the
blood in your head. And keep your feet on the ground. If today's
the day it gets tired then today's the day we drop out. Gave up my
body and bed all for an empty hotel. Wasting my words on lower cases
and capitals (I lie for only you). So keep the blood in your head.
And keep your feet on the ground. If today's the day it gets tired
then today's the day we drop out. Gave up my body and bed all for
an empty hotel. Wasting my words on lower cases and capitals (And
I lie well... hallelujah).
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
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 and a heart that's harder than stone. And it hurts
a whole lot, but it's missed when it's gone. Call me a safe bet,
I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that 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 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. You say you
wanted a solution, but you just wanted to be missed. Call me a safe
bet, I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive, I'm only
hoping as time goes... you can forget. So you can forget... you can
forget. You are calm and reposed. It lets 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 rain. You are the
blood in my veins. Call me a safe bet, I'm betting I'm not.
I'm glad that you can forgive, I'm only hoping as time goes... you can
forget.
Jaws Theme Swimming
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. Some rules
are made with all intentions to break and she defends it with a warped
rational, but I've seen what happens to the wicked and proud when they
decide to try to take on the throne for the crown. And we learn,
as we age, we've learned nothing. And my body still aches.
And we take cause they give though I love you. And my body, it leaks
like a sieve. When it got cold outside, smoked beneath the playground
lights. If you're coming home, just let me know. Sucking on
your breath mints. 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, got cut up and left in bits and
pieces on the cutting room floor. And we learn, as we age, we've
learned nothing. And my body still aches. And we take cause
they give though I love you. And my body, it leaks like a sieve.
And we learn, as we age, we've learned nothing. And my body still
aches. And we take cause they give though I love you. And my
body, it leaks like a sieve. Take the picture from the wall, cause
you think that nothing matters. Take a picture from the plane, cause
it's a long way to the floor. Cut your finger on the edge, cause
it was sharper than they told you. Take a leap from out the window,
cause it's way too far to go through the door. And we learn, as we
age, we've learned nothing. And my body still aches. And we
take cause they give though I love you. And my body, it leaks like
a sieve.
Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
With one or two I get used to the room. We
go slow when we first make our moves. By five or six I'll 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. 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. I will lie awake, and 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.
And 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 and all the girls drink for free. I will lie awake,
and lie for fun and fake the way I hold you. Let you fall for every
empty word I say. I will lie awake, and lie for fun and fake the
way I hold you. Let you fall for every empty word I say. I
will lie awake, and lie for fun and fake the way I hold you. Let
you fall for every empty word I say.
Guernica
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.
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. 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?
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.
Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All
I Have To Do Is Die
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. I pay ten deaf ears for two months rent. We burn the
gallows they erect, and cut the nooses they tie for our necks. You
constantly make it impossible to make conversation. We're 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.
So take heart, sweetheart, or I will take it from you. We 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.
You constantly make it impossible to make conversation. We're 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. You constantly
make it impossible to make conversation. We're 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. You constantly make it impossible
to make conversation. We're 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.
Play Crack The Sky
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. The call them rogues.
They travel fast and alone. One hundred foot faces of God's good
ocean gone wrong. What they call love is a risk, to always get hit
out of nowhere by some wave and end up on your own. The hole in the
hull defied the crews 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.
Off 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 is cold. We won't have to
fight for long. This is the end. This story's old but (This
is the end) it goes on and on until we dissappear (This is the calm).
Calm me and let me (This is the calm) taste the salt you breathed while
you were underneath (We are the acid...). I am the one who haunts
(We are the acid...) your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea (After
the storm). I spoke the words (After the storm) but never gave a
thought to what they all could mean (Rest in peace). I know that
this is what you want (Rest in peace). A funeral keeps both of us
apart (Washed up on the beach). You know that you are not alone (Washed
up on the beach). Need you like water in my lungs (This is the end).
This story's old but (This is the end) it goes on and on until we dissappear
(This is the calm). Calm me and let me (This is the calm) taste the
salt you breathed while you were underneath (We are the acid...).
I am the one who haunts (We are the acid...) your dreams of mountains sunk
below the sea (After the storm). I spoke the words (After the storm)
but never gave a thought to what they all could mean (Rest in peace).
I know that this is what you want (Rest in peace). A funeral keeps
both of us apart (Washed up on the beach). You know that you are
not alone (Washed up on the beach). Need you like water in my lungs
(This is the end).