and maybe I'll do the dishes tonight and you
can prop your legs on the couch
no matter who washes what, it don't make up
for the fact that I know I won't
be helping out
the people on tv say things we never said
and what they mean's exactly what they meant
and here we are either side of the same bed
both of us try avoiding what we can't prevent
hot and cold
it's all degrees
turn around
get on your knees
the baby in your belly's a vague notion of nothing much
and maybe there's no telling how much magic
will make a miracle sour from
under my loving touch
the lesbians next door, they are loving hard
moans of sex meander, crawling all through these walls
and here we are across this tabletop
they want a baby we don't want one anymore
hot and cold
it's all degrees
turn around
get on your knees
deadbeat dads
night sweats
these nightmares never rest
and my bed is soaking wet
I wake fast
these nightmares never last
it's just a memory from the past
crying ah
I lean in so close to hear her breath
beside me as she sleeps
Our cold feet meet shyly 'neath the sheets
and the furnace fires the heat in the basement
ah
but do I wanna be real for you?
do I wanna be relevant to you?
before the morning comes we'll run from what we've done
our new life's just begun
give me the keys
oh, we gotta go
we'll drive down to Mexico
these sweet dreams would've been nice
to take you to the Mayan Empire
and tour the pyramids of gold
lying on the beach at sunrise
you'll be kissing me
I'll be holding you
before the morning comes we'll run from what we've done
our new life's just begun
give me the keys
oh, we gotta go
we'll drive down to Mexico
these sweet dreams would've been nice
to take you to the Mayan Empire
and tour the pyramids of gold
lying on the beach at sunrise
you'll be kissing me
I'll be holding you
did you see those lights flashing
in the night
it's time to make our flight
these old brick walls crack and the surface is blank
so the texture's attacked by the color it lacks
while I trace strong shapes to recreate sensations
I know it can't last
the past comes on so fast
that every tag traced on empty concrete
every railcar or billboard beside a street
the living's in the movement, in the running
in the ruin now
I recently had the realization
material deterioration
is life's long occupation
these old brick walls crack and the surface is blank
so the texture's attacked by the color it lacks
while I trace strong shapes to recreate sensations
I know it can't last
the past comes on so fast
that every tag traced on empty concrete
every railcar or billboard beside a street
the living's in the movement, in the running
in the ruin now
on a sidewalk, in a car, in a library or bar
two lonely people pass on a street
two minds' ends that may never meet
both are ending where they started
before the broken hearted
can do the drunken dance of modern man in love
I love those little love affairs
the ones so tiny that they're barely there
just a passing glance
the happenstance of chance romance
what might've been
if I had seen ya
in another circumstance
is it unfaithful? is it unkind?
if the only cheating was in my mind?
on a sidewalk, in a car, in a library or bar
two lonely people pass on a street
two minds' ends that may never meet
both are ending where they started
a period piece at the France with a star-crossed romance
and the ending dragged on in slow-motion
I held your hand as you breathed heavy
during the scenes where they made love
like us by the ocean
remember that movie we saw at the film festival?
-the one with the girl and the artist.
this torn and worn ticket stub
is reminding me of your breasts
that I praised in darkness.
a period piece at the France with a star-crossed romance
and the ending dragged on in slow-motion
I held your hand as you breathed heavy
during the scenes where they made love
like us by the ocean.
it's hard to believe things existing outside my head
That you're sleeping with somebody else
in someone else's bed
and that people still live in the homes and towns I've left
That the world will keep turning around long after I'm dead
it's hard to believe things existing outside my head
That you're sleeping with somebody else
in someone else's bed
and that people still live in the homes and towns I've left
That the world will keep turning around long after I'm dead
I slept in the cornfield before I came here
so I'm used to the crackling of her broom
as she sweeps up all the bottles of beer
that are broken outside of my room
I keep all my loyal clients satisfied
my landlord collects on her percentage
my hourly rates are stratified depending
I intuit their intent and then...
I wish I could feel the love I fake
I wish you could see the faces you make
I'm renting a room in a house of sin
my landlord says I'm her best tenant
she never cares what time I come in
so long as I pay the rent
I slept in the cornfield before I came here
so I'm used to the crackling of her broom
as she sweeps up all the bottles of beer
that are broken outside of my room
I keep all my loyal clients satisfied
my landlord collects on her percentage
my hourly rates are stratified depending
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
you will do the things that you have always done
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
like a wounded bird (who has) fallen from the sky...
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
you will do the things that you have always done
like a flower (bent) towards the memory of the sun
like a wounded bird (who has) fallen from the sky
like a wounded bird (who has) fallen from the sky
like a wounded bird (who has) fallen from the sky
Oh, like sleeping through a hurricane
Oh, like sleeping through a hurricane
Oh, anxiety is on parade
I can't escape
I'll never wake from this barbed wire charade
I can't escape
I'll never wake from...
Oh, like sleeping with a hand grenade
Oh, like sleeping with a hand grenade
Oh, anxiety is on parade
I can't escape
I'll never wake from this barbed wire charade
I can't escape
Oh, like sleeping through a hurricane
Oh, like sleeping through a hurricane
Oh, anxiety is on parade
I can't escape
I'll never wake from this barbed wire charade
I can't escape
I'll never wake from...
Upside down right below above
Upside down right below above
We can't hide here anymore
and wait to die
Spring is coming to Valley Forge
When the white fields are muddy
Thawing from the freeze
Your socks are bloody if you're lucky
For the rest it's frostbitten feet
General Varnum gave the order
and we went to Washington
To cross the river where the water ran deep
Going in pairs, take the utmost care as we creep
To kill the enemy in their sleep
We can't hide here anymore
and wait to die
Spring is coming to Valley Forge
When the white fields are muddy
Thawing from the freeze
Your socks are bloody if you're lucky
For the rest it's frostbitten feet
General Varnum gave the order
and we went to Washington
To cross the river where the water ran deep
Going in pairs, take the utmost care as we creep
To kill the enemy in their sleep
I'm a girl from Louisiana
Moved up here to play piano
On a scholarship I got from Juilliard
And my ma don't think it's funny
But pa sends some secret money
It's enough to keep me off the Boulevard
And it's Christmas in the city
All the buildings lit so pretty
With their cold blue steel against electric light
And I'm wandering in the dark
I feed the rats in Central Park
I'm a girl from Louisiana
Moved up here to play piano
On a scholarship I got from Juilliard
And my ma don't think it's funny
But pa sends some secret money
It's enough to keep me off the Boulevard
And it's Christmas in the city
All the buildings lit so pretty
With their cold blue steel against electric light
And I'm wandering in the dark
I feed the rats in Central Park
I will do
I will do
I will do my best
To get you through the cellar door
ahead of all the rest
I'm listening in the dark for when the dominoes all start.
I'll be home
I'll be home
I'll be home with you
When the bomb finally drops
and we don't know what to do.
Dominoes, dominoes, dominoes, here we go
I will do
I will do
I will do my best
To get you through the cellar door
ahead of all the rest
I'm listening in the dark for when the dominoes all start.
But I might change my mind.
You can sleep
Sound at night
Safe in what I've said
The picture is curled and cracked with age
but captures the uniforms,
the glory of the wars we wage.
It doesn't show what hadn't formed,
the years alone, the child unborn.
From a picture it was hard to tell
what feelings stirred in the soldier's bride.
The wedding photo captured well
the veil that masked indignant pride
or a distance that this marriage belied.
The picture is curled and cracked with age
but captures the uniforms,
the glory of the wars we wage.
It doesn't show what hadn't formed,
the years alone, the child unborn.
The devil, and his angels, came riding through
The heat of the street knocked me out
He said come on, are you with us
But I was dying in the drought
Its only a mile to the sea
In a little while we'll be free
Should I go, to the desert, to the lizard's lair
Or try to make it to the coast
If you were here, stood beside me, breathing my air
Which way would you go
You say you're alone but your not
You say it's so low where you are
You say you're alone but you're not
Because I'm watching you drop
You tore your only friend apart
Aimed your cannons at my heart
But nothing died, I'm still alive
I was strong as one but now I'm five
The dust wont settle in this town
There willl be no calm when I'm around
Nothing bled, No on died
Come here and say
All that you've been
Wanting to say to me
Don't look surprised
That look in your eyes
Betrays you
You want it
Come and get it
I've seen you strut around
Shaking like you own this town
You need it
You still believe it
But when the time it comes
You'll be the first to hide behind your guns
Come here and say
All that you've been
Wanting to say to me
Don't look surprised
That look in your eyes
Betrays you
You want it
Come and get it
I've seen you strut around
Shaking like you own this town
You need it
You still believe it
But when the time it comes
You'll be the first to hide behind your guns
In a lonely dust bowl
When everyone had fled
There was no horizon
The earth and the sky were red
We'll take our chances
Lie on the soil with me
And say what you see
There's a man with smile
As he runs under the sun
As it shines through the leaves
In the valley below the sun
Oh my love
Where did you go
How on earth did you know
In a lonely dust bowl
When everyone had fled
There was no horizon
The earth and the sky were red
We'll take our chances
Lie on the soil with me
And say what you see
There's a man with smile
As he runs under the sun
As it shines through the leaves
In the valley below the sun
Oh my love
Where did you go
How on earth did you know
Well I’m driving in your car
not getting anywhere
and I’m looking in my heart
and all I see is fear
now I’m climbing up the walls
trying to get a glimpse of you
but you’re nowhere to be found
once again you’re on the loose
Chorus
And you just go go go go go go go
go go go go go
and you just go go go go go go go
go go go go go
Well I’m tied up in this hole
when I really want to roam
and everyone’s around
but I’m feeling all alone
