Well it's been ten years, and a thousand tears And look at the mess I'm in A broken nose and a broken heart, An empty bottle of gin Well I sit and I pray In my beaten-up Chevrolet Singin' to myself There's got to be another way Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I've searched and I've searched To find the perfect life- A brand new car and a brand new suit I even got me a little wife But wherever I would go I'd always find myself right there You can run for all your life And still not make it anywhere Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain Well I'll pass the bar on the way To my dingy hotel room I spent all my money I've been drinkin' since half past noon I'll wake up there in the mornin' Or maybe in the county jail Times are hard getting harder I'm born to lose and destined to fail Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain I'm lonely and I'm tired And I can't take any more pain Take away, take away Never to return again Take away, take away Take away this ball and chain

Teen spirit Load up on guns, kill your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over-bored and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Got mulatto, got albino, a mosquito, my libido I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Yeah, yeah I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little tribe has always been And always will be till the end Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Got mulatto, got albinos, a mosquito, my libido I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Yeah, yeah Yeah Hmm-mm-mm And I forget just how I taste Oh well, I guess it makes me smile I find it hard, it's hard to find Oh well, whatever, nevermind Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello, how low Hello, hello, hello With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Machiato, cappucino, something something, a casino I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us Oh! It's more than a feeling It's that pivotal something I feel I'm dreaming A denial, a denial, a denial, a denial, A denial, a denial, a denial, a denial

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watching the puddles gather rain And all I can do Is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view But it's not sane It's not sane It's not sane I just want say, I want to say to you No, no, no, no I'll always be there when you wake, yeah, yeah You know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today, hey So stay with me and I'll have it made And I don't understand why I sleep all day And I start to complain that there's no rain And all I can do is read a book to stay awake And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape Escape Escape Escape And all I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watching the puddles gather rain And all I can do Is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view But it's not sane It's not sane It's not sane I just want say, I want to say to you No, no, no, no I'll always be there when you wake You know I'd like to keep my tears dry today So stay with me and I'll have it made I'll have it made I'll have it made I'll have it made I'll have it made I'll have it made

Disarm you with a smile And cut you like you want me to Cut that little child Inside of me and such a part of you Ooh, the years burn Ooh, the years burn I used to be a little boy So old in my shoes And what I choose is my choice What's a boy supposed to do? The killer in me is the killer in you My love I send this smile over to you Disarm you with a smile And leave you like they left me here To wither in denial The bitterness of one who's left alone Ooh, the years burn Ooh, the years burn, burn, burn I used to be a little boy So old in my shoes And what I choose is my voice What's a boy supposed to do? The killer in me is the killer in you My love I send this smile over to you The killer in me is the killer in you Send this smile over to you The killer in me is the killer in you Send this smile over to you The killer in me is the killer in you Send this smile over to you

Eternal life is now on my trail Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names And as your fantasies are broken in two Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you? You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, Angel Racist everyman, what have you done? Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son Crown your fear my king at the point of a gun All I wanted to do was love everyone And as your fantasies are broken in two Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you? You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal There's no time for hatred Only questions What is love, where is happiness, where is life, where is peace? When will I find the strength to get me release? And tell me - And tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said? Man, it seems to me just like a prison for the walking dead I've got a message for you and your twisted hell You better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye to life eternal Angel Angel Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah

I am still living with your ghost Lonely and dreaming of the west coast I don't wanna be your downtime I don't wanna be your stupid game With my big black boots and an old suitcase I do believe I'll find myself a new place I don't wanna be the bad guy I don't wanna do your sleepwalk dance anymore I just wanna see some palm trees I will try and shake away this disease We can live beside the ocean Leave the fire behind Swim out past the breakers Watch the world die I am still dreaming of your face Hungry and hollow for all the things you took away I don't wanna be your good time I don't wanna be your fall-back crutch anymore Walk right up into a brand new day Insane and rising in my own weird way I don't wanna be the bad guy I don't wanna do your sleepwalk dance anymore I just wanna feel some sunshine I just wanna find some place to be alone We can live beside the ocean Leave the fire behind Swim out past the breakers Watch the world die We can live beside the ocean Leave the fire behind Swim out past the breakers Watch the world die Yeah, watch the world die

Follow me into the desert As thirsty as you are Crack a smile and cut your mouth And drown in alcohol 'Cause down below the truth is lying Beneath the river bed quench yourself and drink the water That flows below her head Oh no there she goes Out in the sunshine The sun is mine, sun is mine I shot my love today Would you cry for me I lost my head again Would you lie for me Close your eyes and bow your head I need a little sympathy 'Cause fear is strong and love's for everyone Who isn't me Kill your health and kill yourself And kill everything you love And if you live you can fall to pieces And suffer with my ghost I shot my love today Would you cry for me I lost my head again Would you lie for me I left her in the sand Just a burden in my hand I lost my head again Would you cry for me Just a burden in my hand Just an anchor on my heart It's just a tumor in my head So far So follow me into the desert As desperate as you are Where the moon is glued To a picture of heaven And all the little pigs have God Oh no there she goes Out in the sunshine The sun is mine, the sun is mine I shot my love today Would you cry for me, yeah I lost my head again Would you lie for me I left her in the sand Just a burden in my hand I lost my head again Would you cry for me Would you cry for me

Happiness, more or less It's just a change in me, something in my liberty Oh, my, my Happiness, coming and going I watch you look at me, and watch my fever grow And I know just where I am But how many corners do I have to turn? How many times do I have to learn All the love I had was in my mind? I hope you understand I hope you understand Happiness, standing in my own place I'm stood here naked, I'm smiling, I feel no disgrace With who I am Happiness, coming and going I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow And I know just who I am And how many corners do I have to turn? How many times do I have to learn All the love I have is in my mind? I'm a lucky man With fire in my hand Oh, my, my, my, my, my Oh, no, no, no, no, no Happiness more or less It's just a change in me, something in my liberty Happiness, coming and going I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow And I know, just who I am I'm a lucky man I'm a lucky man Oh, my, my, my, my, my My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my It's just a change in me, something in my liberty It's just a change in me, something in my liberty Got a love that never dies Got a love that never dies

I wish I was a neutron bomb for once I could go off I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on The Christmas tree I wish I was the star that went on top I wish I was the evidence I wish I was the grounds For fifty million hands upraised and open toward the sky I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me I wish I was as fortunate as fortunate as me I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up I wish I wish I wish I wish I guess it never stops

She sat right down on the sofa Says "Where have you been?" I've been waiting for you 'Cause last night I had something so good These days get so long And I got nothing to do I been hangin' around this town on the corner I been bumming around this old town so long I been hangin' around this town on the corner I been bumming around this old town for way too long We spend all day getting sober Just hiding from daylight, watching TV We just look a lot better in the blue light Well, you know I gotta get out Well, I'm stuck so tight weighed by the chains that keep me Hangin' around this town on the corner I been bumming around this old town too long I been hangin' around this town on the corner I been bumming around this old town for way too long This girl listens to the band play She says "Where have you been?" I've been lying right here on the floor, right here on the floor Well, I got all this time To be waiting for what is mine To be hating what I am After the love has faded Hangin' around this town on the corner I been bumming around this old town so long I been hangin' around this town on a corner I been bumming around this old town For way, way, way, way, way too long Way, way, way, way too long Way, way, way, way too long Way, way, way, way too long Way, way, way, way too long

Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? Women and children first And the children first And the children I laugh until my head comes off Swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I Who's in a bunker? Who's in a bunker? I have seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen I laugh until my head comes off Swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Ice age coming, ice age coming Let me hear both sides Let me hear both sides Let me hear both Ice age coming, ice age coming Throw him into the fire Throw him into the fire Throw him into the We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Mobile's quirking, mobile's chirping Go on, take the money and run Take the money and run Take the money and Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Here I'm allowed everything all of the time (First and the children...) I will stop, I will stop at nothing (First and the children...) (First and the children...) (There are two colors in my head) (First and the children...) (There are two colors in my head) (First and the children...) (There are two colors in my head) (First and the children...) (There are two colors in my head) I will stop, I will stop at nothing (First and the children...) Better hang on (First and the children...) I trust I can rely on your vote (First and the children...) Here I'm allowed (First and the children...) Here I'm allowed (First and the children...) When I go forwards, you go backwards (First and the children...) And somewhere we will meet (First and the children...) Everything, In its right place (First and the children...) Everything, In its right, right, right, right, place (First and the children...) Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Here I'm allowed everything all of the time Oh, oops

Hey, don't write yourself off yet It's only in your head, you feel left out Or looked down on Just try your best Try everything you can And don't you worry what they tell themselves When you're away It just takes some time Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride Everything, everything will be just fine Everything, everything will be all right, all right Hey, you know they're all the same You know you're doing better on your own (On your own) So don't buy in Live right now Yeah, just be yourself It doesn't matter if it's good enough (Good enough) For someone else It just takes some time Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride Everything, everything will be just fine Everything, everything will be all right, all right Hey, don't write yourself off yet It's only in your head, you feel left out (Feel left out) Or looked down on Just do your best Do everything you can And don't you worry what their bitter hearts Are gonna say It just takes some time Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride Everything, everything will be just fine Everything, everything will be all right, all right It just takes some time Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride Everything, everything will be just fine Everything, everything will be all right

If I ever leave this world alive I'll thank for the things you did in my life If I ever leave this world alive I'll come back down and sit beside your feet tonight Where I am, you'll always be More than just a memory If I ever leave this world alive If I ever leave this world alive I'll take on all the sadness that I left behind If I ever leave this world alive The madness that you feel will soon subside So, in a word, don't shed a tear I'll be here when it all gets weird If I ever leave this world alive So when in doubt, just call my name Just before you go insane If I ever leave this world And hey, I may never leave this world But if I ever leave this world alive She says I'm okay, I'm alright Though you have gone from my life You said that it would Now everything should be all right She says I'm okay, I'm alright Though you have gone from my life You said that it should Now everything should be all right

Is that supposed to be your poker face Or was someone run over by a train And you were minding your own business But you're begging for forgiveness just the same And it's running back and forth inside your mind Just how that town defined you Dressed you up, painted your face And now you're leaving New York For no better place You're awake and trying not to be Wrapped around your pillow like a prawn And the nighttime's wrapped around you Will be until it drops you on the dawn From the C train to the shiny tower Kicked around til happy hour found you Where you can drink that smirk right off your face And now you're leaving New York For no better place And here is your reflection In a building uptown A ghost inside some Madison Avenue display Like water under bridges You're slowly passing by As you sail between the rooftops and the sky And the bourbon sits inside me Right now I'm a puppet in its sway And it may be the whiskey talking But the whiskey says I miss you every day So I taxi to an all-night party Park me in the corner in an old chair Sip my drink and stare out into space And now you're leaving New York For no better place

I backed my car into a cop car the other day Well, he just drove off, sometimes life's okay I ran my mouth off a bit too much, oh, what did I say? Well, you just laughed it off and it was all okay And we'll all float on, okay And we'll all float on, okay And we'll all float on, okay And we'll all float on anyway, well That fake Jamaican took every last dime with that scam It was worth it just to learn some sleight of hand Bad news comes, don't you worry even when it lands Good news will work its way to all them plans We both got fired on exactly the same day Well, we'll float on, good news is on the way And we'll all float on, okay And we'll all float on, okay And we'll all float on, okay And we'll all float on, alright Already, we'll all float on No, don't you worry, we'll all float on, alright Already, we'll all float on, now, alright Don't worry, we'll all float on And we'll all float on, alright Already, we'll all float on No, don't you worry, we'll all float on Even if things get heavy We'll all float on, alright Already, we'll all float on We'll all float on Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in In my head, and in my heart, in my soul And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I hope Well that is that and this is this You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get You get away from me. You get away from me Collect my belongings and left the jail Thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell I had to think awhile, I had to think awhile The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, and in your mouth, in your soul And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I hope so Well that is that and this is this You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get You get away from me. You get away from me Collect my belongings and left the jail Thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell I had to think awhile, I had to think awhile Well that is that and this is this Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed When the ocean met the sky When the earth folded in on itself You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell Are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath" You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? In your head, and in your mouth, in your soul The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind Well I don't mind. I don't mind. How the hell could I mind? Well that is that and this is this You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get You get away from me You get away from me Well that is that and this is this Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed, When the ocean met the sky You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?

I fell in love again All things go, all things go Drove to Chicago All things know, all things know We sold our clothes to the state I don't mind, I don't mind I made a lot of mistakes In my mind, in my mind You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset All things know, all things know You had to find it All things go, all things go I drove to New York In a van, with my friend We slept in parking lots I don't mind, I don't mind I was in love with the place In my mind, in my mind I made a lot of mistakes In my mind, in my mind You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset All things know, all things know You had to find it All things go, all things go If I was crying In the van, with my friend It was for freedom From myself and from the land I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes I made a lot of mistakes We came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset All things know, all things know You had to find it All things go, all things go You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow

Foals in winter coats White girls of the North File past; one, five, and one They are the fabled lambs Of Sunday ham The ancient snow And they could float above the grass In circles if they tried A latent power I know they hide To keep some hope alive That a girl like I Could ever try Could ever try So we just skirt the hallway sides A phantom and a fly Follow the lines And wonder why There's no connection A week of rolling eyes And cheap shots from the tribe And we're off to Nemarca's porch again Another afternoon Of the goat-head tunes And pilfered booze We wander through her mother's house The milk from the window lights Family portrait, circa '95 This is that foreign land With the sprayed-on tans And it all feels fine Be it silk or slime So, when they tap our Monday heads Two zombies walk in our stead This town seems hardly worth our time And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme Too far along in our crime Stepping over what now towers to the sky With no connection Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh So, when they tap our Sunday heads Two zombies walk in our stead This town seems hardly worth our time And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme Too far along in our crime Stepping over what now towers to the sky With no connection Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh, ohh

I don't wanna hear the noises on TV I don't want the salesmen coming after me I don't wanna live in my father's house no more I don't want it faster, I don't want it free I don't wanna show you what they done to me I don't wanna live in my father's house no more I don't wanna choose red or blue I don't wanna see what they done to you I don't wanna live in my father's house no more Because the tide is high And it's rising still And I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna give 'em my name and address I don't wanna see what happens next I don't wanna live in my father's house no more I don't wanna live with my father's debt You can't forgive what you can't forget I don't wanna live in my father's house no more I don't wanna fight in a holy war I don't want the salesmen knocking at my door I don't know how to live in America no more Because the tide is high And it's rising still And I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna see it at my windowsill MTV, what have you done to me? Save my soul, set me free Set me free, what have you done to me? I can't breathe, I can't see World War III, when are you coming for me? Been kicking up sparks, we set the flames free The windows are locked now, so what'll it be? A house on fire or a rising sea? Why is the night so still? Why did I take the pill? Because I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna see it at my windowsill I don't wanna see it at my windowsill

Hand me your hand, let me look in your eyes As my last chance to feel human begins to vaporize Maybe it's the heat in here, maybe it's the pressure You ought to head for the exits, the sooner the better I am this great, unstable mass of blood and foam And no one in her right mind would make my home her home My heart's an autoclave My heart's an autoclave When I try to open up to you I get completely lost Houses swallowed by the earth, windows thick with frost And I reach deep down within, but the pathways twist and turn And there's no light anywhere, and nothing left to burn And I am this great, unstable mass of blood and foam And no emotion that's worth having could call my heart its home My heart's an autoclave My heart's an autoclave I dreamt that I was perched atop a throne of human skulls On a cliff above the ocean, howling wind and shrieking gulls And the dream went on forever, one single static frame Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name And I am this great, unstable mass of blood and foam And no one in her right mind would make my home her home My heart's an autoclave My heart's an autoclave

Get hot Get too close to the flame Wild open space Talk like an open book Sign me up Got no time, to take a picture I'll remember someday All the chances we took We're so close To something better left unknown We're so close To something better left unknown I can feel it in my bones Gimme sympathy After all this is gone Who'd you rather be? The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Oh seriously, you're gonna make mistakes you're young Come on baby play me something like "Here Comes The Sun" Come on baby play me something like "Here Comes The Sun" Don't go Stay with the all unknown Stay away from the hooks All the chances we took We're so close To something better left unknown We're so close To something better left unknown I can feel it in my bones Gimme sympathy After all this is gone Who'd you rather be? The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Oh seriously, you're gonna make mistakes you're young Come on baby play me something like "Here Comes The Sun" Gimme Sympathy After all this is gone Who'd you rather be? The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Oh seriously, you're gonna make mistakes you're young Come on baby play me something like "Here Comes The Sun" Come on baby play me something like "Here Comes The Sun"

One, two, three... The graffiti on the backstage wall Gets painted over in a muted shade And the club becomes an Old Navy After the scene dies When the last six-string slinger Has to bow down for insurance And accept the mundane After the scene dies When the last one leaves And the last note fades And the last dream's been put away Shut the light off, shut the light off When the front-man turns to Jesus And the drummer moves away I'll still be doing what pleases me After the scene dies When the bartender passes and the owner cashes out And they box up the glasses And they take the sound system down Guitars back in their cases, don't forget my fries After the scene dies When the last one leaves And the last note fades And the last dream's been put away Shut the light off, shut the light off After the scene dies After the scene dies After the scene dies After the scene dies What you gonna do when the club shuts down? What you gonna do when the club shuts down? What you gonna do when the club shuts down? What you gonna do when the club shuts down? After the scene dies

Holy, holy, holy There is no other story Holy, holy, holy It is madness seeking mastery Holy, holy, holy Would you like to know me? A tongue without a mouth to feed And only seeking agony All the joy and secrets I have stored Here I lie, awaiting our reward Attention for the blessed, final count The ties that hold your mind and lock me out No patience can contain this All human joy is precious And I alone should know this And everyone should notice Holy, holy, holy There is no other story It is madness seeking mastery We will be who we want to be All the joy and secrets I have stored Here I lie, awaiting our reward Attention for the blessed, final count The ties that hold your mind will not give out Oh, they will give out Oh, they will give out Oh, they will give out Oh, they will give out

I want love to, roll me over slowly Stick a knife inside me, and twist it all around. I want love to, grab my fingers gently Slam them in a doorway, put my face into the ground. I want love to, murder my own mother and Take her off to somewhere like hell or up above. I want love to change my friends to enemies, Change my friends to enemies and show me how it's all my fault. I won't let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me I won't let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me Yeah I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me anymore. I want love to, walk right up and bite me Grab a hold of me and fight me leave me dying on the ground. And I want love to, split my mouth wide open and Cover up my ears and never let me hear a sound. I want love to, forget that you offended me Or how you have defended me when everybody tore me down. Yeah I want love to change my friends to enemies, Change my friends to enemies and show me how it's all my fault. Yeah I wont let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me I won't let love disrupt, corrupt or interrupt me I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me anymore.

You torched the Saab like a pile of leaves I'm going to to find me some better wheels Forty-five meter running 'round the bend When the government agents surround you again If Diane Young won't change your mind Baby, baby, baby, baby right on time Out of control but you're playing a role Do you think you can go to the eighteenth hole The way you flip-flop on the championship Try to go it all alone for a bit If Diane Young won't change your mind Baby, baby, baby, baby right on time Baby, baby, baby, baby right on Baby, baby, baby, baby right on Baby, baby, baby it's a light on Baby, baby, baby it's a lifeline Baby, baby, baby, baby right on Time, time, time, time, time, time Baby, baby, baby, baby right on T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t- If Diane Young won't change your mind Baby, baby, baby, baby right on time Irish and proud baby, naturally But you got the luck of a Kennedy So grab the wheel and hold on tight 'Til you're driving off in the black of the night If Diane Young won't change your mind Baby, baby, baby, baby right on time Baby, baby, baby, baby right on Baby, baby, baby, baby right on Baby, baby, baby it's a light on Baby, baby, baby it's a lifeline Baby, baby, baby, baby right on Time, time, time, time, time, time Baby, baby, baby, baby right on T-t-t-t-t-t-t-ti- T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t- Nobody knows what the future holds on Said it's bad enough just getting old Live my life, they say it's too fast You know I love the past but I love suspense If Diane Young won't change your mind Baby, baby, baby, baby right on time

Get back, to your seat Get back, gnashing teeth I want all of your mind People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah Digital witnesses, what's the point of even sleeping? If I can't show it, if you can't see me What's the point of doing anything? There's no time for confessing I'm all in your mind I'm all in your mind People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah Digital witnesses, what's the point of even sleeping? If I can't show it, if you can't see me Watch me jump right off the London Bridge People turn the TV on and throw it out the window Yeah Get back to your stare Get back, I don't care I want all of your mind Give me all of your mind Give me all of your mind Digital witnesses, what's the point of even sleeping? If I can't show it, if you can't see me What's the point of doing anything? What's the point of even sleeping? So I stopped sleeping, yeah I stopped sleeping Won't somebody tell me I'm different?

Well every day I throw a little party But a fit would be more fitting, fitting And every time I climb a little higher Should I leap or go on living, living? Hear the voices venomous and thrilling In my head, they're always calling, calling But I wanna, gotta go the way my blood beats So I'm not fodder for the folly, folly No one here is taking notice No outline will ever hold us It's not a new wave, it's just you and me Eyes are the only witness Die to prove we ever lived this Invent our own kind of obscurity Let's destroy a room with this love We can drain out all the power, power Steal from the makers who unmade us Leave them nothing to devour, devour Well I am raw material Make me plastic, make me fuel I can be, I can be I can be-e-e-e-e-e-e-e No one here is taking notice No outline will ever hold us It's not a new wave, it's just you and me Eyes are the only witness Die to prove we ever lived this Invent our own kind of obscurity No one else is taking notice No outline will ever hold us It's not a new wave, it's just you and me Eyes are the only witness Die to prove we ever lived this Invent our own kind of obscurity

If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means im broken and lame If thine is the glory, then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame There's a lover in the story But the story's still the same There's a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it's written in the scriptures And it's not some idol claim You want it darker We kill the flame They're lining up to prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle class and tame I didn't know I had permission To murder and to maim You want it darker Magnified, sanctified Be the holy name Vilified, crucified In the human frame A million candles burning For the love that never came You want it darker We kill the flame If you are the dealer, let me out of the game If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame You want it darker

There's an answer here, if I look hard enough There's a reason why I always reach for the harder stuff It wasn't my daddy's way, he was down in the mines all day And though he wanted more than mouths to feed and bills to pay Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole I ain't cut out for war, unless I know what I'm fighting for And there's nothing here but churches, bars, and grocery stores Ain't much money left the old-time mandolin So I cash my check and I drink 'til I'm on my ass again Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Remember when we could see the mountain's peak? The sparkle off the amphibole? Like a giant golden eagle's beak Now they say no one wants the coal I thought about moving away, but what would my mama say? I'm all that she has left and I'm with her every day As soon as the sun goes down, I find my way to the Mustang Lounge And if you don't sit facing the window this could be any town Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole Maybe the Cumberland Gap just swallows you whole

You want to go Inside the cold It's like a tomb But it's something to hold And in the time Before it ends When the stillness bends You want to go Inside the cold It's like a tomb But it's something to hold And in the time Before it ends When the stillness Bends (I skipped a rock and it fell to the bottom) I skipped a rock Each time I'm walking at night And I can't close my eyes And I can't close my eyes (Each time) You want to go Inside the cold (At night) It's like a tomb But it's something to hold (My eyes) And in the dark (And I can't close my eyes) Before it ends (And I can't close my eyes) When the stillness (Bends) I skipped a rock and it fell to the bottom I skipped a rock I skipped a rock and it fell to the bottom

They're waking up Maria ’Cause everybody else has got someplace to go She makes a little motion with her head Rolls over, and says she's gonna sleep For a few minutes more I say I'm sorry to Maria For the cold-hearted thing that I have done I’ve said I'm sorry by now, at least once To just about everyone Says, "I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do today" And it slips my mind what I'm supposed to say We're getting older and older and older and older And always a little further out of the way You look into her eyes And it's more than your heart will allow In August and everything after You get a little less than you expected, somehow Well, I stumbled into Washington Square Just as the sun began to rise And I walked across the lawn to the cathedral Lay down in the shadow of St. Mary's in the sky I'm just one of these late model children waiting for the king But there ain’t no sign of Elvis in San Francisco It’s just me and I'm playin’ this rock and roll thing She wants to be just like me And I want every damn thing that I can see One day you're Daddy's little angel The next day, you're everything he wanted you to be They dress you up in white satin And they give you your very own pair of wings In August and everything after I’m after everything Well, I got my reservations And I got my seven-million dollar home I got the number of some girl in North Dakota Who's always wide awake So I never have to spend the night alone I got this nasty little habit Of peeking down the shirts of all the girls that pass me by And when it all catches up to me When they finally bring me down Do you think I'm gonna cry? Well listen, I already got my disease So get your damn dirty hands off of me I hope you weren't expecting me to be crucified The best that they can do is just to hang me from the nearest tree Yeah, it's midnight in San Francisco And I'm waiting here for Jesus on my knees In August and everything after I need somebody else to bleed for me Yeah, in August and everything after I need somebody else to bleed for me Well, I came down from San Francisco Because I had confidence and a military mind But now everyone I know is turning showgirl And dancing with their shirt off in some Las Vegas hotel line So I'm runnin' to New York City 'Cause it got a little sleazy here for me And when I find myself alone, and know I'm never going home You need to make the changes, the changes that you need But I always forget how to pray I live in a dog town and it's a Dalmatian parade I change my spots over and over But they never seem to really fade away Like the last remaining Indian Looking for where the buffalo roam In August and everything after Man, them buffalo ain't never coming home Never coming home...

The future was yesterday, we’re sorry you missed it but You looked so peaceful and we didn’t want to wake you up It was something beautiful We all held hands and sang The fireworks were a bit much But in good will all the same We caught all the criminals, and ended the wars, and now we’re looking around wondering what all these clocks were for The politicians finally did all the things we were hoping The investment bankers quit to spend their days cleaning the oceans There’s some diseases still to go but our best minds are on it Turns out all that changes take is we all just have to want it. And sure I guess it’s not the best, day to rest And sure there was some talk around that you’d, slow us down And sure I see how there’d be, catching up for me too Sure, sure, sure, sure... The future was yesterday, we’re sorry you missed it but You looked so peaceful and we didn’t want to wake you up