1. |
Don't Give It A Name
05:51
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these bulbs hum in
this dark room
only things keeping my view
from total darkness
from total darkness
I thought things would
become clear or else
fade from view
and now here I am
laying in the dark
with you
this won't get easier with age
this won't fade
this won't get easier with age
this won't fade
takin' stock again
of all I've lost
easy to calculate
when you never had much
to begin with
that you did not hate
everything
take everything
take everything
take everything
and burn it
and burn it
and nurture that tiny flame
and don't ever give it away
don't ever give it away
don't give it a name
don't give it a name
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2. |
How I Live Now
05:38
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I've been taking walks
every morning
down the same street
and I've been trying
to memorize
all the little things
that I see
then around noon
I like
to do it all again
and I say
this is where I live
this is where I live
this is where I live
this is where I live
and I been eating
steel cut oats
and ezekiel bread
and drinking coffee
and listening to music to it
and I drink water
with tiny bubbles
and I don't feel like
makin' trouble anymore
and I say
this is where we live
this is where we live
this is where we live
this is where we live
and at night
maybe we'll talk
about all the things
that we think
we can do
I love talkin' with you
I love talkin' with you
this is how
this is how we live
this is how we live
this is how we live
this is how we live
this is how we live
this is how we live
yeah, this is how I live now
this is how I live now
this is how I live now
this is how I live right now
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3. |
Into A Robot
02:47
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don't talk to me
when I'm still gettin' up
the nerve to speak
don't talk to me
I know we like to
pretend that
we know what
we're doin'
and I know we all like
to act like we're used
to all our new tools
yeah we're right on the bleeding edge
and falling
I don't want to be
concerned that I
am being turned
into a robot
I don't want to
be concerned
that I am being turned
into a robot
into a robot
into a robot
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4. |
Mad
05:45
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I'm tired of bein' sad...
I'm tired of bein' mad
it hurts hurts me bad
I'm tired of bein' mad
I know it hurts hurts you bad
when the head is filled with flames
it's hard to steady your aim
and we find once again
and we find once again
you shot your best friend
I'm tired of being afraid
it's with me every single hour
of every day
when the head is filled with wolves
you don't know how to
have a conversation
and you find once again
and you find
and you find
and you find once again
you shot your best friend
just the like the former
vice president
I'm unloading my gun
I wanna protect myself
but I don't want to kill no one
so I'm putting down the gun
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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5. |
My Big Opening
08:10
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cold rain
in November
and a brain
that remembers
that night
all too well
that night
I put you through hell
this is the big opening
something flowing out of me
up there for all to see
some people didn't like
what they saw
and others
were in awe
wish that
I’d been
in the
former group
I wish that
I had a clear
view
this is the big opening
life blood flowin' out of me
up there on the screen
did you like your pizza?
did you like your pizza?
come again
come again
bring your friends
bring your friends
but don't stick around
don't stick around too long
you might see how the story ends
well how does it end?
that was the night
I started to know
that I was out of
control
that was the night
I started to know
something inside
was out of control
out of control
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6. |
Mess
01:12
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if that's what you wanted to say
well why didn't you say it
if that's what you wanted to do
well why isn't that what you did
you can't go around
saying whatever you want
and expect the rest of us
to clean it up
I'm tired
of this mess
I'm tired
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7. |
Reality
04:11
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I tried to pass off
not learning my lesson
as some artful
introspection
and though I know
I am in good company
I don't want them
standing next to me
sometimes I do
stupid things
because I do not
realize the things
I'm so scared of
well they're all I've got
to keep reality at bay
so I can keep tryin' to live this way
keep reality at bay
so I can try'n keep livin' this way
(whistle)
I tried to pretend
that I was healed
just because
it's hard to deal
with 10,000 tons of shit
you're tryin' to pivot
off of your back
I was a fool
I was a fool
I was a fool
I was a fool
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8. |
Dead Squirrel
05:45
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I saw a dead squirrel in the street
must have fallen fifty feet
and that squirrel he
was lookin' right at me
dead squirrel
dead squirrel
dead squirrel
I stepped into that little house
almost mistook a grown man for a mouse
and I shook an empty hand
and watched him sit back down
dead squirrel
dead squirrel
a life confined to a chair
thinning blood and hair
tryin' to survive
without bein' alive
oh oh
dead squirrel
dead squirrel
dead squirrel was the center
was the center
was the center
was the center
dead squirrel
was the center
was the center
of a whole world
a whole world
a whole little world
little squirrel world
I saw a dead squirrel in the street
must have fallen fifty feet
he looked like a cartoon
badly drawn deflated balloon
dead squirrel
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9. |
Letting Go
05:39
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is it generally frowned upon
to buy a fifth and drink it down
before signing on
to a skype funeral
I'm tryin' to get a message through
I'm tryin' to get a message through
to the other side
(whistling)
after someone dies
they become whatever you like
and I don't like it
no I don't like it
(whistling)
the hardest thing to let go of
is the thing you most hate
but can't help loving
so I'm tryin' to get a message through
oh I'm tryin' to get a message through
to the other side
to the other side
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10. |
Thanksgiving
06:04
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serving poison starters
at thanksgiving
this is how I
try to give even
with those I most despise
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
should I?
staging a big fight
while everyone is eating pie
this is how I
like to spend to my time
I don’t believe you
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
should I?
should I?
family
family
someone to share
misery
with my family
wrapping severed heads
for gifts on Christmas
and lights on the house
that spell it out
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
should I?
should I?
should I?
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