THE DREAMLESS SEA - Lyrics
THE WORLD WITHOUT US I have seen the end my dear All the trains are packed and feared All the people's schedules cleared All the songs they never wrote disappeared Not sure how the devil found me Must be all this lust around me The sagging sun seems to agree Just enough light to waste the time alive, please All the rules that were applied All the buildings side by side Caused the pigs and poets to collide All the kids we never had died WHAT LIFE FEELS LIKE That's not sand in your eyes It's not love, It's not lies It's not underneath your skin but still it made it in It's not shortness of breath, that's no tightness in your chest It's not sickness not time for rest It's not even the end of the night It's what life feels like Where's the wind at your back? Where's the love, where's the slack? When you need it the heart attack? Did you think I could do without that It's what life feels like You think how can I be bored you got your shit turned on like never before you're going to go to war it's going to be all right You are under attack there are eyes watching your back you think you think you think you think you are right you are right it's what life feels like WHEN I GO There's nothing in the way Nothing on the TV today I should know I've watched it all damn day I take the garbage out I throw a 40 down me and my laundry hit the town i walk down 8th the same they took the scaffolding away to see the sky sure is strange my day has just begun december daylight's gone hon gotta wait till march to see the sun I'm gonna take it with me when i go and you and I will i'm gonna take it with me when I go when i go, when i go bus stop on 43rd my dirty feet kick the curb I always use the same damn words i guess they're good enough when I don't know shit from luck i guess i'm just making it up i'm gonna take it with me, etc... ten feet out my front door my coffee hits the floor i buy my paper buy the war and if I gotta die then i won't think to ask why just how am i doing on time? i'm gonna take it with me etc... URBAN PLANNING I know you saw me looking at the sidewalk But right now I can't find the strength to care Yeah I miss what I lost You guessed right But I'm content to leave it there Cause I don't spread out like the street And its wide reach never meant that much to me I see the curb and the curb sees me I check my face and you're watching I know you think I'm thinking a thought in here Kindly you'll give it a rest Every moment costs me something I recall Are you next? Cause I don't spread out like the street And its wide reach never meant that much to me I see the curb and the curb sees me I check my face and you're watching LIFE AS A MOVIE THE BREAKUP SONG I know since you've been free you've seen a lot of cats like me we fall asleep on the stairs and wake up at tables in chairs it doesn't make much sense to you I still leave all this residue I still mistake luck for wine and progress for logic & time believe me, I know it's been rough I think about it way too much I shouldn't flaunt and pretend I didn't start, so why would you end? I know you've seen the last of me I know that it'll never be close to what I had with you but that's fine cause I want something new I'm gonna hit the road I'm gonna move to Cleveland I'm gonna die I'm gonna grow old BURNING YR BRIDGES All the weirdos with their groceries Let you know All the charts on all the TVs Let you know All the smokin all the slow sleep Dries your nose and all my holes are full of shoes so let it snow all your friends All the charts on all the TVs Let you know All the smokin all the slow sleep Dries your nose and all my holes are full of shoes so let it snow all your friends they got the flu so it goes all my friends all caught the muse split for the west coast me I got the booze so what did I lose? All the bitchin all the coffee Lets you know All the paranoid dreams And flight of thought Either way it's a relief if you really wanna know If you see me staid, say hello And all the gaps in all the days take their toll I would really love to stay but Well, you know all the baggage I must move to get on the couch with you When I'm on the couch with you Makin out It's distracting but it's true What was it we were just talkin about I was alive for a minute there wasn't I? Wasn't I? Wasn't I? EVERYTHING'S AHEAD OF US NOW I'm so glad I woke up this morning With all my limbs and all my doubts I am taking breathers but the year is closing in and I ain't done a goddamn thing with it yet but I got time and I got these hands of mine Shower drink strong coffee till my hands shake stretch out naked on the hardwood floor thinking could it be that practicing not caring works could it be that life pays off could it be my ex was wrong? cause I'm on time and I got this foul mouth of mine And I'm done waiting and I'm done fucking around I'm through feeling sorry for this town everything's ahead of us now Who is this I'm writing? What's the world look like from over there? Where I come from we begin by shouting throwing rocks and eggs and killing bugs and punching air we had all the time we had the bright Yonkers sunshine Now my days are full of shade I'm so broke my head hurts I am all removed from this once rent gets paid but I don't think I'll make it cause everything is overheard but I got time and I got my hands clasped over this foul mouth of mine and I'm done waiting I'm done fucking around I'm through feeling sorry for this town everything's ahead of us now suffering is worth it if it's earned you laugh and say and I don't blame you how postmodern it makes no more sense to me than anything else cause I've seen better and I've seen worse and I'll see better and I will see worse in due time, with a lil luck from this headamine I'm done waiting, I'm done asking around I'm through not knowing what you sound everything's ahead of us now NORTHERN ALLIANCE THEME SONG LIFE AS A MOVIE II It could be two days ago It could be today you know It could be two years from now or never Standing on the same romantic curb Yes I hear you what the hell's the word I'm still here apart but I feel better yes i know this is not a game but ink keeps leaking through the page my wrists smile in joy but I've upset her she says I don't say it anymore i ain't sharp and i ain't hardcore I said that I could do this forever chorus: but she said "That's from a movie Everything's from a movie and there's nothing to live for" she said "I seen that movie and I know you seen that movie but there's nothing to live for" I want a place that drives for weeks as sullen as your tear-kissed cheeks I'm not sure it's for me that you're after I remember stoned in buffalo canceled flights to her Chicago demonstrating what I couldn't ask her so lean the curb over and slowly do see my footprints seven years from you one hundred and forty miles and so many hands so hand me down, hand me my blindfold hand me my last request and hand me my cigarettes chorus i guessed due west from the sound of it phonecard smile hanging round a bit i have pleased others to let me sell out what was that I whined about passed and drunk out on a stranger's couch clear from meditating on a blackout but it could be six years from then it could be last week all over again it could be my fault it could just be best but i can't judge the distance from the curb I'll close my eyes take you at your word all that I want now is all that is left READING THE NEWSPAPER IN THE DARK I can't afford anything It's so hot in here, I can't sing I belong at the bar, I'm a free man I can't fucking read yr mind, fill me in take me to the couch, no cheating take me to your bed, let me sleep in i am tired of breaking my heart just let me know where to start i'm reading the newspaper in the dark NOT QUITE |
