Get Back

I'm spinning out
I can't control my car
It doesn't matter
If you think you might be you are
I misplaced it
I don't know where it's at
And I could find it
But I'd never get it back

Don't get it back
The more you want it
The less you're gonna get back

I'm running out
I don't know when to stop
I thought I'd wait until I saw the penny drop
It started raining
Pennies falling in my lap
And I could spend it
But I'd never get it back

Don't get it back
The more you want it
The less you're gonna get back

I'm spinning out, I can't control my car

All Hail Me

So sorry lady
So sorry now
I've killed your baby
I don't know how

So sorry
So sorry now

So sorry mister (oh oh)
But don't look now (oh oh)
I've got your sister (si-ster)
I shot her down

So sorry
So sorry now

'Cause I'm a bad man
I do what I can
I'm a bad man
I do what I can
I'm a bad man
I do what I can

All hail me

So sorry mother
I've let you down
I'm soaked in blood here
I can't get out

So sorry
So sorry now

'Cause I'm a bad man
I do what I can
I'm a bad man
I do what I can
I'm a bad man
I do what I can

All hail me

Oh I'm melting
Melt your baby
Why did you grow up so badly

Seether

Seether is neither loose nor tight
Seether is neither black nor white
I try to keep her on a short leash
I try to calm her down
I try to ram her into the ground, yeah

Can't fight the seether
I can't see her 'til I'm foaming at the mouth

Seether is neither big nor small
Seether is the center of it all

I try to rock her in my cradle
I try to knock her out
I try to cram her back in my mouth, yeah

Can't fight the seether
I can't see her 'til I'm foaming at the mouth

Keep her down
Boiling water
Keep her down
What a lovely daughter
Oh, she is not born like other girls
But I know how to conceive her
Oh, she may not look like other girls
But she's a snarl-toothed seether
Seether!

Can't fight the seether
I can't see her 'til I'm foaming at the mouth

yeah

Spiderman '79

You're so nice
You tie me in a web
And cradle me 'til dawn

You're so deadly
That I can see your breath
Beneath me when you're gone

You're so windy
I'd like to pin you down
And tack you to the wall

Spiderman

Spider Sunday
You blaze up from the south
With oil on your hands

I'm streaked in grease and grime
And idle mouths
You've spoiled all my plans

Spiderman

I can't take more of that

Tiny truckstop
You lay me in a towel
And savor me like a lamb

You smell of corduroy and lemon drops
And reds pulled from a can

I dream in black and white
I've long forgot exactly who I am
(a man)

A Spiderman
Spiderman
Oh man

Spiderman

Forsythia

Yellow baby
A yellow baby is a bad sign
But I don't mind
I don't mind

Oh, forsythia

Spider monkey
A spider monkey is a good lie
But I don't know why

Oh, forsythia
Oh

I don't mind sitting in the way way back
I don't mind lying to my friends

One thing about forsythia
She comes around and I get lost
Against her yellow I'm no longer me

Yellow daisy, a dandelion, a pussy willow
It's a different thing

Oh, forsythia
Forsythia

One thing about forsythia
She comes around and I get lost
Against her yellow I'm no longer me

One thing about forsythia
There's one thing about forsythia

Wolf

That was a time for falling, I knew you well
There was no time for calling me when you fell
This is a time to take cover in a wishing well
Summer was blowing all over me when you fell
Sailors can take all the breathing out of the sail
I took a trip when you needed me

When you fell
Waters were driving me to a deep place
I close my eyes to see your sweet face
A coke can beside me
I slept in hell

Angels can be so deceiving when they love you well
Did you think you would be leaving me?
These are some lavender flowers in a broken shell (I was broken)
They comfort me ever since the day when you fell

When you fell
Waters were dancing in a dark place (me to sleep)
I close my eyes to see your determined face
My secret inside me
I slept in hell

This is a time for believing in fairytales
One in which you are brought back to me

Wolf

Celebrate You

I wear my patent leather shoes
And my golden fleeces
A feather in my hair for you
And then I fall to pieces at your celebration
Celebrate you

We're quiet as two mannequins
Feasting on silences
We wait for Christmas to begin
To see the cracking faces
I tip my glass and toast to you
The blood spills on the carpet at your celebration
Celebrate you

And in the dream you held a gun
You killed off all who hurt you
And left me there, the only one
Who would not dare desert you
I'm safe here growing in the shade
Away from all your brightness
I lost my innocence today
When I learned how to write this

Tonight my nightgown is in knots
I toss and turn in your honor
I'll never know just what I've got
As long as you're my father
And I'll keep searching here for you
I'll clean out every corner
It's not my fault
It's not my fault (celebrate you)
It's not my fault

Fly

Twice bitten, twice baked
Twice led down the same mistake
Try me on a Saturday
Try me, try me

Fine fool for a holiday
Slow sun in a Spanish way
One heart for one week of May
Why me? Why me?

Twice given to yesterday
Ripe for a foray with fate
Fly me home to heaven's gate
Fly me, fly me
Fly

Twice bitten, twice baked
Twice led down the same mistake
Try me on a Saturday
Try me, try me
Try me, try me

Number One Blind


Be my blind
Be it all the time
Be it night or day
Take my sun away
Away

Levelor, which of us is blind?
Levelor left me in the dark
Levelor, I can't see a thing but you
Is it morning?

Blind me please
I am on my hands and knees
I can only pray
Take my sun away
Away

Levelor, which of us is blind?
Levelor left me in the dark
Levelor, I can't see a thing but you
Is it morning?

It is time
It is time, oh oh

Levelor, which of us is blind?
Levelor left me in the dark
Levelor, I can't see a thing but you
Is it morning?

Victrola

You're so wonderful
I adore you, I adore you, I adore you
Victrola

You're so audio
Don't remove me to a movie
I am grooving
Victrola

Happy new year

You're my winter love
I can lie here with you so near
We both live here
Happy new year
You're my sweet dear
Victrola

Twinstar

Flying when all I wanna do is die
Feels like you're flying
Oh God, I wish that I could fly

You wanna lift me up
But you don't know
And you don't see
I'm stuck in my ways
Stuck in my ways

Breathing when all I wanna do is drown
You keep on breathing and I keep on sinking down

Oh, oh, you wanna lift me up
But you don't know
And you don't see
I'm stuck in my ways
Stuck in my ways
I'm stuck in my ways
Oh why. . .

You wanna lift me up
But you don't know
And you don't see
I'm stuck in my ways
Stuck in my ways
I'm stuck in my ways
I'm stuck in my ways

25

I'm afraid I will never change
It's okay, I am not ashamed
I can say that my bed is made

You can bend me, shape me any way
You can bend me, shape me any way you want me

I maintain I am not in pain
How I try not to place the blame
I came late to an early game

You can bend me, shape me any way
You can bend me, shape me any way
You can bend me, shape me any way
You can bend me, shape me any way you want me

When I was five I took a dive
When I was ten I walked again
When I was fifteen I kept my motor clean
When I was twenty I got plenty
When I was twenty-five. . .

Sleep Where I Want

This is my favorite disease
I am sleeping in these dreams

And the TV is on
It is seeping into me
It is guiding my dreams
It is only three so it's Jeopardy

You can go and burst my tiny bubble
Blow me off without a care
But I am sleeping where I want to

This is my favorite time
I can sleep until the phone rings
And I doubt that it will

You can go and burst my tiny bubble
Blow me off without a care
But I am sleeping where I want to

When I was twenty-five. . .

Straight

You sleep better when you're...
You eat better when you're...
You sing better when you're...
You need me more when you're straight

Is this the weekend?
Is that your girlfriend? No!
She's green and innocent
You smoke her like she's incense
You smile

Stay straight for me

I'll wait 'til summer's over
I'll love you through October
I'll give you everything
I'll trade you anything for her
Yeah, oh yeah

Stay straight for me

She's A Brain

Take me I am yours
You don't have to beg and plead
When I'm finished with your body

She's a brain

She is not quite what I wanted
She is not quite what I need
Someone said she was cerebral
But I don't know what that means

Please explain
She's a brain

Take me I am yours
She said take me I implore you
Yeah, you know that really floored me
When she's finished with my body
Yeah, she said she's going to pour me down the drain

She's a brain
A brain

Stacy Please

M.C. Hammer stinks
He stole my girl away
She stole my heart away
M.C. Hammer stinks
Stacey, please come back to me
I need your love
You know I do

M.C., I got a message for ya
You're gonna get it yeah

My Sharona

Oh my little pretty one, my pretty one
When you gonna give me some time sharona?
Oh you make my motor run, my motor run
Gun it coming off of the line sharona
Never gonna stop
Give it up
Such a dirty mind
Always get it up
From the touch of the younger kind
My My My My My Whoa
My Sharona
Come a little closer huh
Will ya huh?
Close enough to look in my eyes sharona
Keeping it a mystery gets to me
Running down the length of my thighs sharona
Never gonna stop
Give it up
Such a dirty mind
Always get it up
From the touch of the younger kind
My My My My My Whoa
My Sharona
When you gonna get to me, get to me?
Is it just a matter of time sharona?
Is it destiny? destiny?
Or is it just a game in my mind sharona?
Never gonna stop
Give it up
Such a dirty mind
Always get it up
From the touch of the younger kind
My My My My My Whoa
My Sharona
My My My My My Whoa
My Sharona [x4]

Sundown

You're the pearl in the quicksand
You sink without a sound
I'm the girl with the tiny hands
I'm planted on the ground
You're the dream, I'm the dreamer
I dream you're still around

See the sun falling down

You're the bleach when everything went black
The relief I found
You're the sliver of hope in my lap
Your soft and warm and round

See the sun falling down
Falling down

Goodnight moon, goodnight mush
Goodnight lady saying hush

See the sun falling down

Bodies

She was a girl from Birmingham
She just had an abortion
She was a case of insanity
Her name was Pauline
She lived in a tree
She wasn't out when he killed her baby
She sent the letters from the country
She was an animal
She was a bloody disgrace
Bodies, I'm not an animal [x2]
Dragged on a table in a factory
Illegitimate place to be
In a package in a lavatory
Die little baby, screaming
Bodies, I'm not an animal
I'm not an animal
It's an abortion
Bodies, I'm not an animal
Mummy I'm not an animal
I'm not an animal [x3]
(fucking bloody mess)
Fuck this and fuck that
Fuck it all and fuck her fucking brat
She don't wanna baby that looks like that
I don't wanna baby that looks like that
Bodies, I'm not an animal [x3]
Mummy I'm not an animal
I'm not an animal [x3]
(Mummy) I'm not an animal [x3]

Aurora

How could you be everything
We were cracking you up to be
We're cracking ourselves up too
We're cracking ourselves up to be you

Had you in my hand now
Where'd you go
Aurora
See you up ahead but I don't know
If I can go as far as you go

Everything keeps happening
And it's happening to me
I'm losing sight of its meaning
You blew away the meaning

I had it in my hand now
Where'd it go
Aurora
I see you up ahead but I don't know
If I can go as far as you go

And everyone keeps telling me that this is good
I needed you to tell me it was good too

Had you in my hand now
Where'd you go
Aurora
I see you up ahead but I don't know
If I can go as far as you go

Shimmer Like A Girl

To shame you have a mind of your own now
Shame on you, completely setting the tone now
I caught you bleeding under my skin now
I fought you, but you're beginning to win now
Well I don't care, I swear it's my turn now

Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should, yeah
Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should, yeah
Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should
You gotta get it glimmer, shimmer, sparkle while you can

Shame crashing, falling off of the tracks now
Whip cracking at the small of my back now
I failed you and they're beginning to talk now
I nailed you until you're walking the walk now
Well I don't care, I swear it's my turn now

Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should, yeah
Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should, yeah
Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should
You gotta get it glimmer, shimmer, sparkle while you can

Shimmer, shimmer like a girl should, yeah

Shimmer! Yeah!
Shimmer like a good girl!

I'm Taking Europe With Me

Sleep in late a day, a week, a year
Open my eyes, how'd I get here?
Order food and turn on Oprah
Things are clean in Canada

I think I just might. . .REGRET IT
I think I just might. . .REPEAT IT
I think I just might. . .REPRESS IT
I think I just might
I think I just might. . .VERUCA
I think I just might. . .SALT THAT
I think I just might. . .TAME THE DEAD

Thieves are on the loose again, yeah
Thought you were my friend, you are not
Finding what your heart is after
Bite your tongue you fucking bastard

I think I just might. . .REGRET IT
I think I just might. . .REPEAT IT
I think I just might. . .REPRESS IT
I think I just might
I think I just might. . .BREATHE IT
I think I just might. . .INFECT IT
I think I just might. . .SAY HELLO TO THE DEAD

I'm taking Europe with me
So there'll be one less soul to rescue
You come with me
So they'll find two less freaks at sea

New York Mining Disaster 1996

I'm going down
And I don't know when
I'm coming up again
Oh, I'm going down said I don't know when 
I'm coming up again
When did I slip?
Where did I miss you?
When did I trip over you?
And when will I fly over you?

Oh, I'm going down
And I don't know when
I'm coming up again

Dark has come
I'm not afraid though
I can't become anyone
And I don't warn anyone, no

I'm going down
And I don't know when
I'm coming up again
Oh, I'm going down
Said I don't know when
I'm coming up again

There was a love
I shot it down
There was a trust
I shot it down
There was a life
I shot it down

Disinherit

Cut the back
Pull the stuffing
Cut the girl
Down to nothing

Feed the boy
In the mattress
Disinfect the house
Disinherit

And it's creeping up my spine
And it's clutching at my throat
And it's siezing my tongue
And I'm numb

And it's feeding on my face
And it's foaming at the mouth
And it's gnawing on my bones
Wrapped in foam

And he's rolling up his sleeve
And he needs me
And he's memorizing me
And he's making his mark
And he's making his mark

Stop the car
Still the engine
Save your best until now
Dig your nails in

Volcano Girls

Leave me lying here
'Cause I don't wanna go

Tell me, tell me what you really want from me
You gotta let me know
I'm falling off and I need you terribly
One down and one to go

Volcano Girls, we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow
But now and then we fail and we admit defeat
We're falling off, we are watered down and fully grown

Leave me lying here
'Cause I don't wanna go

A million miles of running and I hit the wall
I bounce back and I run some more
But this is it, I'm giving up, I'm calling quits
So get down and meet me on the floor

Way to go, way to flip off everyone
I steal your thunder then I try to bolt
But I could stand a little pity now and then
I'm falling off, I am watered down and fully grown

I told you about the seether before
You know the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise
1. . 2. . 3. . Woah!

Leave me lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me, leave me, leave me
Go. . .I don't wanna
Go. . .I don't wanna go

Don't Make Me Prove It

Zero, one, two, three, four days without you
Eight, nine. . .now we're five times two

Words won't do
Words won't do it
Words can't stay true
Words won't get me through it

Honey please, seize me
I know what I need
Plan B, some security

Words won't do
Words won't do it
Words can't stay true
Words won't get me through it
Don't make me prove it

In the heat of the waiting
When I'm starting to stall
I can see what you're saying
But I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all

Words won't do
Words won't do it
Words can't stay true
Words won't get me through it
Don't make me prove it

Awesome

Goodbye 25
You were a good year for the girls
Goodbye 25
You'll be the goldfinch
I'm the Harpies

There's something in unity
Forget humility
Oh, what's coming over me
Is awesome, awesome
God forgive me
I know it's so awesome, awesome
Heaven help me
I know it's a fine place to be

Goodbye indolence
Your filthy left hand kept me down
Goodbye cowardice
You'll be the Tigris
I'm Euphrates

There's something in the unity
Forget humility
Oh, what's coming over me
Is awesome, awesome
God forgive me
I know it's so awesome, awesome
Heaven help me, I know
I know it's a fine place to be
And it's a fine place to be

There's something in the unity
What's coming over me?
Oh, go fuck humility
We're awesome, awesome
All the salts go, "I know it's so awesome, awesome"
Everybody I know

I know it's a fine place to be
And it's a fine place to be
Yeah it's a fine place to be
Oh it's a fine place to be
Yeah it's a fine place to be
Heaven help me

One Last Time

I wind you up
Then I wait here for the melancholy
I give you up
While you sit here in all your glory

I never thought you would
I never knew you could
But now you're gone and I don't think I care

I sold your love down the river for a bow and arrow
Euphoria has just been here and she's looking terrible

I've never sunk this low
It's better if you go
When you're nearby
I see you and want you to try
To love me like a monster
One last time
Control me like a father
One last time
Stay with me till I'm stronger
One last round
To kick me when I'm down
Don't kick me when I'm down

I never thought you would
I never understood
And that's why I'm weak and I want you to try
To make me an example
One last time
To drag me through the cycle
One last time
To make me a disciple
One last round
Will get me to the ground
You'll get me on the ground

I'll see you around
Yeah I'll see you around
One last town
And I'll see you around
Yeah I'll see you around

With David Bowie

Will it ever come like it did for you?
Like it did for you?
I kinda heard you singing
Oh I never knew, no I never knew

My heart skips around
When I hear the sound
I'm never alone 'cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
My walkman and me
With David Bowie
Yeah, you betcha

With teenage medication
Flowing through my veins
I can face the strain
It's causing a sensation
That I can explain, yeah I can explain

My heart skips around
When I hear the sound
I'm never alone 'cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
My walkman and me
With David Bowie

You want me to sing
I can, I can
You want me to play
I can, I can
You wanna be in a band, I can
I'll never be anything more
Than I was today, than I was today, yeah

Will it ever come like it did for you?
Like it did for you?
I kinda heard you singing
Oh, I never knew
No, I never knew

My heart skips around
When I hear the sound
I'm never alone 'cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
My best friend and me
With David Bowie
Him and me
In a tree
I-N-G
yeah

Benjamin

Take me away
I know I could use the rest
I wanna clear up this mess
I need a few days with my good sense
I need a few good days

Benjamin, no oh
Benjamin, no
Where did you go?
No, no

When you were falling from my tree I was not scared
I thought you'd meet me back up there
It never dawned on me you were home free
It never dawned on me, no

Benjamin, no oh
Benjamin, no
Where did you go?
No, no

You said that I could tie you down, no

Take me away
I know I could use the rest

Shutterbug

It's freezing in Bristol
There's love on the telly
A girl grinning at me
She's doing the shimmy
And she's cool
And she's skinny
And she's a fool for the last living rock king

It's her will, it's her wonder
It's her thrill, it's her way home
She's right where she always wanted to be
She can't change, change, change

It's lightning in London (it's lightning in London)
There's shit on the telly (there's shit on TV)
You're pushing my buttons (you're pushing my buttons)
You know how to touch me
And I knew that you'd choose me
By the times that you tried to refuse me

It's your thrill, it's your wonder
It's your will, it's you're way home
You're right where you always wanted to be
You can't change, change, change, whoa

It's morning in Philly (it's morning in Philly)
My head's feeling heavy (my head's feeling heavy)
The sun makes me dizzy (the sun makes me sick)
You monkey you left me
And I know that you miss me
By the way that you kiss and resist me

It's my thrill, it's my wonder
It's my will, it's my way home
I'm right where I always dreamed I would be
I can't change, change, change, whoa

The Morning Sad

Wake up and talk to me
It's a long time since last night
I know we said things
The saddest things
And I'm not sure it was wise

When the morning's sad you don't look back
But you sure don't look ahead

The morning sad
You know the morning sad
The morning sad
Never had it so bad, never had it so bad

I'm writing desperate songs
While you're fast asleep inside
I could try to sing until it rings (I could try to bide my time to wake up )
But my voice comes out uptight

So when the morning's sad
You don't relax, no you cannot clear your mind

The morning sad
You know the morning sad
The morning sad
Never had it so bad, never had it so bad

I tried a little, I tried a lot
I'm not a window
And you've seen through everything I've got
Oh, I don't think that I'll be safe until everyone's awake
Everybody, anybody, yeah

So wake up and talk to me
Such a long time since last night
I know we said things
The maddest things
And I'm not sure who was right

When the morning's sad you won't attack
'Cause you're much too weak to fight

The morning sad
You know the morning sad
The morning sad
Never had it so bad, never had it so bad
yeah yeah yeah

>Sound Of The Bell

I found a place where we can talk
I found a way to reach a middle gound
Keep your castle in my sandbox
Build it up so we can burn it down

Do do do

Anyway I love my man
Love to keep him spinning round and round
Keep him feeding love from my hand
Any way to turn him inside out

I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
The sound of the bell

Meet me up and down again
Every time is sweeter than the last
Once you get a taste of impact
You're always hungry for the crash

I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
The sound of the bell

And this is everything
I have loved
Yeah, I have loved

Break
My
Heart

Down, I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
The sound of the bell

I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
The sound of the bell
Oh yeah

I don't wanna be found in the searchlight
I don't wanna be dim like a nightlight
I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight>

Loneliness Is Worse

When you've had enough
When you've got it bad enough
And you can't let go
When it comes to blows
And you start to overflow
And you can't get home

It's a subtle kind of cruel
It taps my spine
Here I'm drawing a line
I'm asking please

Don't you wanna be happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
And you'll learn loneliness is worse
You've gotta try

December's all alone
And he's calling me on the phone
But he sounds so cold
He says he loves me so
But how would I ever know?
Certain words grow old

It's a vicious kind of catch
It sides me blind
Now I'm out of my mind
I wanna scream

Don't you wanna be happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
And you'll learn loneliness is worse
You've gotta try

Love liked me long ago
It had a way of making everyone the same
But how the angels (how the angels)
Must laugh and sigh to hear me (and singing with me now)
Pleading with you
Needing you this way

Oh why don't you wanna be happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
And you'll learn loneliness is worse
You've gotta try to stay mine
All the way

Don't you wanna be happy with me
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were

It's gotta way of making everyone the same

Stoneface

Didn't notice I was gone
'Cause you were tying up your arm, oh
And when I stand on my head
You never react
I can't get you to crack
Not one fucking smile

But when it comes right down to it
I'm gonna run right back to him
I wanna be smack dab with him
I've grown to love his stoneface so
I've grown to love it

A snaky goddess got my man, man
That kinda love don't understand him, oh
And when I swallow my gum
You never react
I can't get you to crack
Not one fucking smile

But when it comes right down to it
I'm gonna run right back to him
I wanna be smack dab with him
I've grown to love his stoneface so
I've grown to love it

Swallow hard
Until you
I'll be the one to thrill you
I'll be the first to kill you
And if you won't die I will

And when I short sheet the bed
You never react
I can't get you to crack
Not one fucking smile

But when it comes right down to it
I'm gonna run right back to him
I wanna be smack dab with him
I've grown to love his stoneface so
I've grown to love it

Venus Man Trap

Waiting for opportunity to strike
I have been your biggest fan
What a tour
A little blow to cure your fright
It's what it takes to trap a man

Water me
I am not a desert plant
And there was life before you

When I close
Will I wear my blue eyes?
When I open
This time
When I close
Or should I wear my green eyes?
When I open
That shine and shine
When I close
Will I wear my green eyes?
When I open
I love you

In my room
Underneath the microscope
I remember how it felt
I thought you knew
I was always full of hope
But you could only help yourself

When I close
Will I wear my blue eyes?
When I open
This time
When I close
Or should I wear my green eyes?
When I open, oh..
That shine and shine
When I close
Will I wear my green eyes?
When I open
I love you

Will I wear my blue eyes?
This time
Or should I wear my green eyes?
That shine and shine

When I close
Will I wear my blue eyes?
When I open
This time
When I close, oh..
Or should I wear my green eyes?
When I open, open..
That shine and shine
When I close
Will I wear my green eyes?
When I open
I love you

Earthcrosser

Sleep little flea
Little boy me
A freak
Am I clean (sleep, little flea, little boy me)
I feel like men
I feel like boys
Think I'm peeling

And the ringing in my ears from playing too loud
I hear the ocean, I hear the crowd

Disconnected
I am unattached
Unmade bed
Makes me feel like a failure
Bedroom eyes
Lead to blurry vision
Blurry vision
Oh, oh

And the ringing in my ears from playing too loud
I hear the ocean, I hear the crowd

Too pale, too sick, too scrawny
But I'll sleep here anyway
And the sheets smell like bodies
Not mine, not yours, not yours

It's two a.m.
And it's quiet again
Where's my lip gloss?

And the ringing in my ears from playing too loud
I hear the ocean, I hear the crowd

Good Disaster

I can't do this any better
I don't have the right to try
I can't get there any faster
Watch the hours go by

Weren't you in Mississippi
Weren't you rude to my friend
You could have covered for me
She paid to see your band

My mother never liked you
My brother felt the same
They all saw right through you
Before I knew you were lame

Run little one
Away from what you started
Something will come
Of all tomorrow's parties
We could have had so much fun

I love a good disaster
I love to fall apart
They tell me I'm the master
Of loving and losing heart

Sleeper Car

Bright you are
And bigger than the both of us
Though I'm a star
I can't burn that bright
Tiger car
Swerving forward into us
Now here we are

Sleeper car
Now you're backing into me
Oh, where you are
Feels good for now
Although my arms 
Ache harder than they ever have
You drive so far

Sleeper car
Now you're backing into me
Oh, where you are
Feels good for now
Sleeper car
Now you're backing into me

Sleeper car
Now you're backing into me
Oh, where you are
Feels good for now
Although my arms 
Ache harder than they ever have
You drive so far

Pale Green

I am fourteen
Wrapped in a white sheet
Rain's coming through the window
The moon lands on my feet
I am somewhere far from sleep

I am pale green
I think she laced it with PCP
I feel like I'm in hell now
I want my dad, I want my dad
I am somewhere far from sleep

Sleep, sleep

And look at me now
It's seven in the morning
You're dreaming where it's storming
I miss you, yeah
I miss you without warning
I am somewhere far from sleep

One More Page Of Insincerity Please

Waste of paper and ink
Biding my time
Avoiding sleep
Preventing health
Trying to satisfy myself

The day is over
I can't get over it
I must move on
When it is gone

One more page of insincerity please

Cock of Nothing

Hold me up
I cannot stand
I am nothing, I'm your man
Be my verb
I know you can
I'm a noun and I'm your man

Hold me up
I'll hold you down
And you'll be thankful you have found a man
Like me

If I'm bad you'll smack my hand
Little baby, little man
Forty pounder in the sand
Cock of nothing
I'm your man

Hold me up
I'll hold you down
And you'll be thankful you have found a man
Like me

Oh no, here I go
See I can't connect
Oh, I can't control
And I
See I can't release
Oh, I can't let go
And I can't let you go

Hold me up
I hold you down
And you'll be thankful you have found a man
Like me

All Mine

I've got blood on my hands
From this little timid life
It's just like a man
To trust me with all his might

I got mud on my feet
When I kicked you back three weeks
If I promise to keep my mouth shut
Can I sit here while you eat?

Finally mine
You're finally all mine

Where did it get me?
All mine
What did it teach me?
All mine
Somebody stop me
I'm losing control again

I've got honor to earn
But I guess I lost my turn
When will I learn
To treat you with concern

Finally mine
You're finally all mine

Where did it get me?
All mine
Look what it taught me
All mine
Somebody stop me
I'm losing control again

All mine
Where did it get me?
All mine
Look what it taught me
All mine
Somebody stop me
I'm losing control

Break Up Song

I crawl out of sight for you, dear
I melt with the night, I disappear
I won't have more fun you
Never get drunk with you
I'll let you go for good

I pulled it apart for you, dear
I wait for my heart to shift gear
I'll never sleep late with you
Never get baked with you
I'll let you down for good

I'll never go back to you
Never shoot smack with you
I'll let you go for good

Speed of Candy

Panic
Frenzy
My love is near
Panic
Frenzy
My love is here

But there's one thing
I know I need you to deliver me
With all the speed of candy
Whoa I'm a sugar queen so
Shoot me with the speed that I need

Panic
Five a.m.
My love sleeps
Panic
6 a.m.
My mind creeps

But there's one thing
I know I need you to deliver me
With all the speed of candy
Whoa, I'm a sugar queen so
Shoot me with the speed that I need

And when it's over
My teeth will be like glue
It's true that's all I need
Come on and feed me candy

Candy
We're all on the sugar team so
Shoot me with the speed that I need
It's the speed that I need

Never Met Her

I've never met her and I don't mind
I've seen her face a thousand times
She hides behind her hair
I wonder if her love is like mine

Face up, I'll face the day
Three weeks you flew away
I'll never blame her
I'll never let you make me hate a girl that way

Touchdown, I hear you scored
I watched you slide out through the back door
I've never met her, but when I do
I'll thank her for saving me from you

Swedish Fish

Green or red, goodnight, remember
Green is best of all the flavors
Go ahead, it's only water

I love my Swedish fish
He's my secret wish

Talk to me, I need attention
Tell me all of your confessions
Tell me if I cease to mention

I love my Swedish fish
He's my Pisces gift

And I'm never coming back
I am too far gone
Won't you be heading this way
Before too long
I'm holding on to you

I love my Swedish fish
He's my secret wish

I love my Swedish fish
He's my favorite gift

The Same Person

I am not the same anymore
And I don't feel that way anymore
No, I am not the same person

Born Entertainer

This couldn't get any better
She didn't get it so fuck her
I'll never be any saner
I'm a born entertainer

yeah yeah yeah

You couldn't be any cuter (you couldn't be any cuter)
You couldn't be any cooler (couldn't be any cooler)
You'll never be any saner (insane)
'Cause you're a born entertainer

yeah yeah yeah

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I dare you to ditch me
I beg you to miss me

So rock
You couldn't get any radder (so rad)
You couldn't be any badder (so sad)
You couldn't be any lamer (you got out of danger)
You're a born entertainer (you got out of danger)
You're the born entertainer

Best You Can Get

She's all crazy and shit
She shows off her tits
She's just a corn-fed, white-bred chick
Born in the right zip code
She comes with a gold card
She'll never have to pay for it

What would she do without you?

He's not afraid of the future
He's hot off the platter
He's been handed a blank check
Phi Beta date rape ya
He's sprung an agenda
He's got a place to put it

What would he do without you?

Is this best that you can get?
Is this the best that you can get? (express yourself don't repress yourself)
What did you expect?

I'm not afraid of the ocean
Afraid of devotion
I got the balls to prove it

What would I do without you?
What would I do? (is this the best?)
What would I do without you? (the best that you can get)
What would I do? (best that you can get)

Wet Suit

Roll the dice
Now I wipe the tears from the skies
Play your hand
How I love my Marlboro man
Say your prayers
'Cause you've got enemies everywhere

Your wet suit is keeping you warm
In your cold bed
I'll never be torn from you
Try to keep it together
You try your best to forget her

Silly me
Always a sucker for monogamy
Honesty
Seems to bring out the better in me
Wish I knew
Another way to ruin the day for you

Your wet suit is keeping you warm
In your cold bed
I'll never be torn from you
Try to keep it together
You try your best to forget her

I just can't leave you this way
When you're not okay
And trains will pass through here someday
And take you away
But you won't let me hit the ground
When my heart slows down

Your wet suit is keeping you warm
In your cold head
I'll never be torn from you
Try to keep it together
You try to keep it together

Yeah Man

I know you've got my back
By the way you plan your next attack
I know you've placed your bets
By the way you like to watch me sweat
If I could have my way
I'd chain you down and make you stay

'Cause you're the yes man, yes man
Nobody else can
You're the best man, yeah man
Nobody else can
You're my left hand, right hand man
Right man
You won't let me down
You won't let me

I know you in the dark
By the way your hands pull me apart
I know you in the day
By the way you're here but your miles away
I know you're in the mood
Not to be attached or be misused

'Cause you're the yes man, yes man
Nobody else can
You're my best man, Broham
Nobody else can
You're my left hand, right hand
Right man
You won't let me down
You won't let me

Down down down down baby
Take me hot and hazy
Leave me limp and lazy
You can't save me
yeah yeah

I'll be your sacrifice
I'll be your Lysistrata
I'm the perfect daughter
The perfect slaughter
The perfect slaughter

Yes man, yes man
Nobody else can
You're the best man, yeah man
Nobody else can
You're my left hand, right hand man
Right man
You won't let me down
You won't let me

Down down down down baby
Take me hot and hazy
Leave me limp and lazy
You can't save me
yeah yeah

Imperfectly

Can I help it if I'm not neat
If there were creeps before you
How can I help you if I am weak
If I don't know how to help me
But I love you, I love you
Imperfect
Imperfect
Imperfectly

Can I help it if I'm high strung
If I was born with a sharp tongue
Will you marry me if I stay sweet
If I am the one with the cold feet
But I love you, I love you
Imperfect
Imperfect
Imperfectly

yeah yeah yeah
Imperfectly

Officially Dead

I don't believe what you said
I can go anywhere
I can hold my head up
I can breathe in the air

I'm not officially dead
I still have a heart
Not officially dead, yeah
I still have a heart

Do you remember the times
You ride your bike past my house
I wanna know you so bad
Know you inside and out

But you're officially dead
You don't have a heart

See me
Feel me
Touch me
Heal me (might as well)
Was it easy just to leave me
Just to leave me for dead

I know you can't let me go
It's all in your head
You want me back in your arms
Want me back in your bed

We're officially dead
We don't have a heart

Officially dead
We're officially dead

Only You Know

Don't thank me for what you've got
I've given you love
I've given you too much thought
Don't blame me for sinking the ship
You're a hopeless liar and a hypocrite

Only you know, only you know

Don't thank me for what you've got
I've given you love
I've given you too much thought
Don't shame me for calling it quits
You're a hopeless cynic
I'm an optimist

Only you know, only you know

Don't hate me for what you've got
I've given you drugs
I've given you too much thought
Don't blame me for flunking the test
I would rather think that you were honest

Don't blame me 'cause you got caught
You've given me up
You've taken everything I got
Those lies came straight from your mouth
I never dreamed that you would be a sell-out

Only you know, only you know

Don't use me as your last crutch
I've taken you in
I trusted you way too much
Don't wear me around your wrist
You should have thought it through before you blew it

Same day
Same life
Different person
Your ghost
My pride
Perfect union

Don't hate me for what you've got
I've given you love
I've given you too much thought
Don't shame me for sinking the ship
You're a hopeless liar and a hypocrite

Don't hate me for what you're not
I'm aiming your gun
I'm lining up the perfect shot
Don't waste me on something stupid like this
I would rather die than take your bullet

Only you know, only you know

Disconnected

Disconnected it's the way that I wanted it to be
The Cult Electric is my favorite record of the week
'Cause I'm not feeling sweet

But I can't say that when everyone is so judgmental
And I can't play back all the times when you were gentle
'Cause even you can't be true

It's astounding what love can do to a city
Laurel Canyon was the best place for you and me to be
I chose the curtains and I dreamed the dream of domesticity
What a freak you made of me

Now I'm on Zoloft because you told me I was crazy
And I won't jump 'cause now I know you'd never catch me
And I can't leave you because you swore you'd never let me
But even you talk shit too

It's January when I jump the fence of your backyard
Finish the fairytale that you were drunk enough to start
It's kinda scary when your lover leaves you for a movie star
And I'm still in the dark

But you have trained me to watch my back and drop my standards
And you have shamed me since the first time you were with her
And you can't make me love your band or buy your records
'Cause you have tainted my respect for your adventures

And you will never have the chance to trace my features
And you won't ever make me feel like such a loser
And you can have the past 'cause I'm in love with the future
I'm in love with the future

And I have met a boy who makes you look so shallow
And there is so much time and so much space to travel
And I will make the climb and I will kiss the gravel
And I will kiss the gravel
I'll touch the sky
Watch me

All Dressed Up

Don't you see
I'm the one for you
You're the one for me
Don't you see
The love I got
Is the love you need
Don't you see

I'm all dressed up to be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up
All dressed up

Don't you see
The infinite possibilities
Don't you need
The kind of love that I need
Don't you see me?

I'm all dressed up to be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up to be what you taught me to be
I'm all dressed up
All messed up

But you don't even notice me
Moving you like a ton of glacier
You don't even notice me
Soothing you like a long lost sister
And you don't even care
No, you don't even care

All dressed up with no place to go but home

I'm all dressed up to be what you want me to be
I'm all dressed up
All dressed up

You don't even comfort me
You carry on with the will of Samson
You don't even comfort me
You keep your faith and you keep your phantoms
And you don't even care
No, you don't even care

All dressed up, still there's something wrong
I'm all dressed up and you're just a song
I'm all dressed up, you're forever gone
Everlong

You don't even care
No, you don't even care
You don't want me

Used To Know Her

I used to know her
I used to talk about her
Waiting for the day when she would listen

I used to know her
I used to stick up for her
Something in her smile was so bitchin'

I used to sing, I used to sing

I used to know her
Used to know all about her
Used to need her
There was something about her
I used to torture
It's the best way around her
Used to know her
Now it just doesn't matter, oh yeah

I used to fuck him
I used to simplify him
Something in his walk was like Jim Morrison
I used to touch him
I used to justify him
Lying to my face with my permission

I used to sing, I used to sing

I used to fuck him
Used to fucking love him
Used to need him
Now I read all about him
Used to touch him
Now I could never kiss him
Used to love him
Now I don't even miss him, oh yeah

I used to know her
I used to terrify her
Used to sing
We used to sing, yeah

I used to know her
Used to know all about her
Used to need her
There was something about her
I'm used to torture
It's the best way around her
Used to know her
Now she just doesn't matter, oh yeah
She just doesn't matter, oh yeah

Pretty Boys

Last night I dreamt you were gay
It was all you needed to say
Finally an answer for why you don't want me that way

Last year I slept in your arms
And slept right through the alarm
Now you live in Virginia alone on a farm

Boys will be boys
Girls can't avoid pretty boys

Last July I came untied
My trousers, my bra, and my pride
You were so confident that I would let you inside

Back of the bus in Berlin
That was the summer of sin
Brian and Ritchie pounding a bottle of gin
Liars and lovers
Twin brothers never win

Boys will be boys
Girls can't avoid pretty boys
No, girls can't avoid pretty boys

Hellraiser

Weren't you the pilot who fell from the skies?
Was it a big mistake or just plain homicide?
How does it feel on the other side?
Do you hang out with the saints or the spies?

Are you still hellraising?
Hellraising

Is this the kind of thing we always fear
Are you so bent on hell you'd leave me up here (without you)?
God bless the miles we traveled too fast
God help the suckers dead in your path

Are you still hellraising?
Hellraising

You will pay for your mistakes
You will pay

This love was born on crutches crippled and bored
Ripped out asleep and strangled by a phone cord
Weren't you the pilot who swerved off the course?
Was it disaster or just plain divorce

Hellraising
Are you still hellraising?
Hellraising

Straight Jacket

Smoke and Mirrors

Tell me what you wanted
Tell me what you wanted
Tell me, tell me

She's the one never gets what she wanted
She's the one doesn't get what she does have
Got a daughter with the eyes of a genius
Who's got a mother, don't matter
That's where it all breaks down

Mommy dearest, kinda Vegas, she's a freak scene
Over-rated, unrefined, she's a dope fiend
No one stays, wonder why, she's a bad dream
Someone wake me up it's hot as hell here

I don't wanna go where there's smoke and mirrors
Take me to the desert where air is clear
I'd rather hang out on the strip with the cokehead queers
Then take an order from a killer
Your atmosphere is rotten
You may want me but I don't want you back

She's a drag, kind of lame, leaves a bad taste
After hours prop her up, she's in outer space
Get some balls, be a pro, be a man
Wanna get there faster but she can't come down

Hey, I don't wanna go where there's smoke and mirrors
Take me to the desert where air is clear
I'd rather hang out on the strip with the cokehead queers
Then take a lesson from a loser
Your atmosphere is rotten
You may want me but I don't want you back
You may need me but I don't need you back
You may love me but I don't love you back

Tell me what you wanted
Tell me what you wanted
Tell me what you wanted
Tell me, tell me

I don't wanna go where there's smoke and mirrors
Take me to the place where the coast is clear
I'd rather hang out on the strip with the cokehead queers
Then take an order from a killer
Your atmosphere is poison

I don't wanna go where there's smoke and mirrors
Take me to the desert where air is clear
I'd rather hang out on the strip with the cokehead queers
Then be a traitor to my gender
I'm outta here

Oh oh oh, smoke and mirrors

The Light Behind Your Eyes

Blissful Queen

Blissful queen
Magazine
Making art
Stuck between
Limosines
Break my heart

You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming

Blissful queen
Sweet sixteen
Brand new car
Hit machine
Keep her clean
Razor sharp

You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming

Blissful queen
Velveteen
Shining star
Glistening
Wedding ring
Gone too far

You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming

You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming baby
You've got me running but I cant see you coming
Can't see you coming
Can't see you coming...