I was obsessed with what if's
I was unusually selfish
No one believes I said this
Just make small talk, oh forget it
Tan lines on flabby body
Says he was wearing a vest
Wife-beater chic is so hot now
Nice to know you're laying with the best
A negative of a body image
No way to make it mine
They stole your soul through photos
Ten years on you left for me to find
Shyness is a curse and shyness could be the end of me
And what are you?
What's the other side of consistency?
What's on the other side of consistency?
Yeah you come on
You always fall
I'm always falling away
Anyway...
And I go round
And I go round
When I go around
The lost and found
What's the other side of consistency?
What's on the other side of capability?
Yeah you come on
You'll always fall
I'm always falling away
In a way...
And I go round
And I go round
When I go around
The lost and found
Len, where do you keep 'Suburban Commando'?
Sucked sweet, we're fading together
Still at war, refused the white feather
From yourself and what you believe
Made yourself harder to see
But conjoined you're stuck to me
And I'm convinced all the things I
Can't tell you could lead to
Death by misadventure
An explosion of the lungs
A choking on my tongue
Did you stand beneath the sun even once?
The things we held inside us are now trying to escape
Almost makes me wish we'd burned in the first blaze
Stuck between the worlds so if we have to watch it die
Let's just hope the downswing is as thrilling as the ride
And the clothes don't fit well anymore
You lived long enough to become bored
The black dog lives in your head
And milked until you bled
Ignore what Candy said
She won't help you
The things we held inside us are now trying to escape
Almost makes me wish we'd burned in the first blaze
Stuck between the worlds so if we have to say goodbye
Let's just make the downswing as thrilling as the ride
You can't be kept warm by love
If you never get close enough
When whispers tempted me in
Spent the afternoon pinned
On the far side of the playing field
Then shall we skip to the part
Where I'm hung from the bars, or not?
And then behind the grandstand
Where we made all our plans
The moment came and left without me
On the last bus back
I'm gonna think about that, only
And they'll never let us in
We'll be outsiders once again
If we were ever anything else, I don't know
But that just brings us closer
Yeah, they'll never let us in
We'll be outsiders once again
If we were ever anything else, I don't know, no
We blew the hours we got
From dandelion clocks
And as they drift off they weigh hard on me
'Cause as we draw near the end
It's just if not now, then when? Again
An though we felt we were free
We spent an eternity
With difference places that we need to be
Me without you
And you just fine without me
And they'll never let us in
We'll be outsiders once again
If we were ever anything else, I don't know
But that just brings us closer
Yeah, they'll never let us in
We'll be outsiders once again
If we were ever anything else, I don't know, no
Oh, and after everyone's gone home
They're still out there
And they're swinging at shadows
Wasting time holding lines that have become
Just like the blanks fire from a hired gun
Ringing out for no-one
Yeah, they'll never let us in
We'll be outsiders once again
If we were ever anything else, I don't know
But that just brings us closer
And they'll never let us in
We'll be outsiders once again
If we were ever anything else, I don't know, no
Oh, my little friend
You turned the corner before me
But you're still playing in my mind
As I face this new reality
The wind rattles at the door
And I thought that you had returned
Fools me every time
Oh, I wonder if I'll ever learn?
Couldn't put it into words
But it was always understood
Loved me with a strength
That only an Olympian could
Thinking of the day
Who's night I thought would never come
Chew it over in my mind
And blow it like it's bubblegum
Lonely sentry
Will you still be watching from the stars?
Pink metal heart
Standing on my own
I'm scattered like a bowling pin
When they told me on the phone
You'd been taken to Tualatin
Later in the day
The shadows frame my evening walk
While I'm searching for something
In the streets I thought I knew before
Lonely sentry
Can you still see me from where you are?
Pink metal heart
Oh, Gracie
Stay with me
And protect us still
Oh, Gracie
Stay with me
And protect us still...
Get up, get up, get up
And wake up to, a city
Where forgetting who you are
Is all too easy...
This is a sad throwback to a summer's past
The siren wails again
You won't try that again
God is waiting
I've made peace with all my flaws
Stuck here, counting all the walls
Still learning things from talk radio
Like now, the place that I was born
The streets are filled with bird song
You only hear 'cos things are going wrong
I know it must be hard
But after we're gone, just face it
As the day becomes the night
My time was wasted
Missing the way of the olden days
I know you feel the same
It's all been locked away
What a shame...
I've got post-traumatic needs
Lights out, on the smoky streets
Bleach burned, and covered in paper dust
Not really getting any sleep
Let's have another cup of tea
The only answer, that makes some sense to me, to me
So get up, get up, get up
And wake up to, a city
Where forgetting who you are
Is all too easy...
This is a sad throwback to a summer's past
The siren wails again
You won't try that again
Keep God waiting
You won't try that again, no
God is waiting
Please don't try that again
God is waiting
Well I'll carry the weight of everyone
And all of the things I left undone
'Til the fires that took away Portland's sun
Were breaking at last, then finally passed
And showed me where I need to be
It's all so familiar
Except the road back, but then
Guess that was my intent?
The day I got lost again
And you could find me if you wanted to
But I'll drive you back around the bend
Looking for a dead end
The day I got lost again
Head down, where eyes won't meet them
Back and forth, without reason
Like a ghost that's haunting Glisan
Reminded me of me
And what I used to be
And maybe I could be again
It's all so familiar
Except the road back, but then
Guess that was my intent?
The day I got lost again
And you could find me if you wanted to
But I'll drive you back around the bend
Better than a dead end
Today I got lost again
A last cigarette in the blazing heat
The perfume of trash drifts down the lower east
And around this time, it first crossed my mind
Perhaps
Things could be better than we could imagine
A cut without blood left me free
Like yesterday's stales, fresh from the bakery
And all of the time, it was on my mind
Perhaps
Things could be better than we could imagine
To end up loved or lost
It's all the same to me, oh
The only place left that will let us in
For a few hours' sleep as the laundry spins
And all of this time my mind was on fire
Thinking perhaps
Things could be better than we could imagine
Things could be better than we could imagine
Things could be better than we could imagine
Tryna survive till the music plays
I hold your hand in mine, tonight
Say that things ain't right, tonight
As I hold your hand in mine, tonight
Don't go
We start to lose the light, tonight
You know, I think you're right, tonight
We kiss we lose the fight, tonight
Don't go
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
Don't go
We start to lose the light, tonight
You know, I think your right, tonight
We kiss and lose the fight, tonight
Don't go
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
Don't go
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
It ain't gonna happen, baby baby
No it ain't gonna happen, baby baby
Don't go
(originally by the Shirelles)
Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?
Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?
I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Will you still love me tomorrow?
I saw you in a video
But it's alright, cos now I know you
My only hope back then was living in fright
But if you saw me all those years ago
You'd probably laugh, and I wouldn't blame you
It's not like I was ever going anywhere, right?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah now I just don't care
Cos it all went past me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah I remember...
Running outside, cos you're panicking
In the silent, early evening
Scream her name but, she don't hear ya
You and your hopes lost in suburbia
Find her photos, pick a favorite
Obsess over it, till we make it
Have a freak out, throw a whitey
Wish I knew you in the 90's
I only have old videos
But it's alright, cos now I know you
Was your hair curly back then
Or am I just remembering something kinda wrong...
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah now I just don't care
Cos it all went past me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah wish we could go back there
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah now I just don't care
Cos it all went past me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah I remember...
Yellow Venus
I just can't do it
Yellow Venus
And all the places you will go
I found a reason
To try and leave my home
But across the ocean
I hang the phone up, let you go
Never really
Said with feeling
All the words that I had spoke
Became nothing
More than a promise I had broke
Now that I'm older
It feels like just a cruel joke
To say I'm sorry
Just like we watched the flowers wilt
You can make your choice and stand by it
Or run away and feel like shit
In a clearing
Of a place I used to go
I determined
To try and leave my home
But across the ocean
I hang the phone up, let you go
Never really
Never really
Never really
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