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PIXELS
i know it's hard babe who could forget?
life is bad and it's not over yet
the world may be sad, but it's not too far gone
there's still a chance, you gotta keep a hold
feels bad in your heart, there's still some good
luck we can make it wearing feathers
and capes - what the f̸̼̕u̵͙̐̆c̵̼̘͗k̷̡̿͆ cause all of
this time, that you thought it was gone
now it's come back in a different form...
stars are the only pixels i call home
all of this time, i thought it was hard
i see i was blind and i’ve had this all wrong
i saved every princess, i'm there with the best
so why am i still such a mess?
the planet i'm on... the nobody sun...
i'm the third-person omnipresent far up above
donut plains... vanilla dome... and yet so
far from the pixels i call home
TAKE YOUR LICKS FROM THE WIXXX
three four
I feel bad for what I haven’t done
I wasn’t really listening
I thought it would do no harm
For all that we have changed
I know we’ve been here before
I swear I’ve seen you someplace before
And now I can’t escape it
I just can’t tell anymore
For all that we have changed
I know we’ve been here before
I can still remember your voice
Now that I can’t hear it
I’ve been left with no choice
For all that we have changed
I know we’ve been here before
What was I thinking...
What was I thinking about?
In my mind
I’ll be cutting up the days
I want it to be close to me
So I can see
All my TV wanted
ah, Mute the ads...
I just wanna hear her breathe
I want her to hum to me
So I can sleep
All my TV wanted
Dim the lights…
TV WONDER
Where can I get away
from all the mail that piles?
How to erase the waste that I recall
What’s gonna get me through with this?
I just want to leave
I should tell my friends, Huh
What was I thinking...
What was I thinking...
What was I thinking about?
In my mind
I’ll be cutting up the days
I want it to be close to me
So I can see
All my TV wanted
What’s gonna get me through
all of my daily problems?
How can I track down everything I’ve lost?
OFFCHANCE
"OUHH"
She got my heart on dial-up I can’t call for help After twisting and turning I’m trapped in a lie God forbid I should say something right now I had to see I’m naïve to believe I would ever get the easy way out.
She said, “We were young, we were brave” Now she doesn’t feel as safe - I get it And I was so eager and blind BUT Somehow I miss those times
I was on your side, for you I would steal and lie - I’m stupid I cannot go through that again WHERE NOTHING YOU SAY CAN ERASE HOW IT FEELS AW FEELS
NOW WHO'S SHAKING NOW WHO'S SHAKING NOW WHO'S SHAKING NOW?
I know you want to have fun
I don’t blame you babe, go and find yourself some
She and I aren’t speaking anymore OUH It seems like she heard all my stories before, uh huh And I will not try to convince her besides On the offchance that she might be right… we’ll see
I have to keep my mind open I gotta get myself clean
Who was wrong / who was right
You can scream at me all night, it’s pointless I show you my weakness too soon I’m too soft for this town I get played like a fool I was on your side, for you I would steal and lie - I’m stupid I cannot go through that again AND NOTHING YOU SAY CAN ERASE HOW IT FEELS AW FEELS NOW WHO'S SHAKING NOW WHO'S SHAKING NOW WHO'S SHAKING NOW?
I know you want to have fun
I don’t blame you babe, go and find yourself some
That’s all I had to say for this one - now carry us away into a pillowy dream
NAME, TITLE
now it's clear
NAME, TITLE
i can only
NAME, TITLE
blame myself
BoWSALA
dream gala
running away
rolling toward me
time running out
defenses shattering
high as you are
and i will be there as you’re hitting the ground...
one hand to cling
now dropping frying pans
when i regain
rising back up
something intangible
I was pleasured as if i were king
so don't tell
i will not sit
dancing would only
i have to wait
wont save you today
out of your gourd
the clock taking stock
breaking from shock
you'll be comin back down
i will be there as you’re hitting the ground...
onto the edge
onto my head
control of the stage
from the floorboards enraged
making me sing, ah -
pleasured as if i were king
ME to relax
in broken glass
leave me open to attack
to pay you back
BAIL ME OUT
my head hurts
crystal blur
i never should’ve done the things that i done
my whole shirt
covered in dirt
i should’ve stayed home, i’m a stumbling phone
if you show up now, i can make it
i don’t know who else to call
will you come bail me out?
bail me out, please
just this once, bail me out
bail me out…
i had a bad day
a very bad day
i never should’ve gave
that statey no guff
he’s boiling, toiling
he got me in cuffs, i’ve had me enough
if you showed up now, i would take it
there’s no one else i can call
will you come bail me out?
bail me out, please
just this once - bail me out
bail me out, oh oh oh…
come get, come get
come get to me
i made mistakes, i know
on the highway, my car stays
it just turned night, i was missing a light
i told them i wasn’t holding
they’re looking for drugs, they tore up my truNCk
now they’re sniffing me all over
... should i be glad i’m sober?
come bail me out
bail me out, please
there’s no time - bail me out
bail me out, yeah, oh whoa whoa
come get, come get
come get to me
i’ve made mistakes i know
Just as time unfolds endlessly forward and behind
WEIGHT
Even the pendulums swing between sides
Too far either way and you are where you once began
There is no end till the very end
And it’s all so steep It’s so dragged out Dragging me deep
Now the world has grown heavier
Underneath the weight of the leaves
And I can’t pay for what used to be, used to be free
Now I am alone
One illusion leads into another…
Oh, strung and bound I get dragged around this large looming thread
Always present there, never does it rest and
Now the weight of the world has grown heavy on me
And I cannot pay for what used to be free
And now it’s all getting to me It’s so strung out
Always dragging me deep It’s always dragging me deep
Now the world has grown heavier
Underneath the weight of the leaves
And I can’t pay for what used to be, used to be free
Now I am alone
How the moans of the fog alone hung upon my heart as I sleep
All our lives, they seem to be these dreams between dreams
One illusion leads into another…
Tê tê tê tê tê tê…
Just as time unfolds before us forward and behind
G̴͈̞̪̈́̿͛Ĺ̵͇Y̵̰̆P̴̨̹̟̔̐H̶̢̢̨̔ ̶͕͕͉̓T̵̼̭̾R̷͕̄̍Ǐ̵̹͉͝P̵̱̮͒͗
t̸o̷ ̷a̶l̸l̴ ̶t̵h̵e̷ ̴p̶e̵r̷s̸o̷n̵s̶ ̴p̶u̶t̶ ̴a̴ ̷w̷o̴r̸d̴ ̷u̴p̸o̸n̷ ̴a̷ ̶p̶a̶g̵e̶
̷t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̵d̴a̴n̷c̷e̴ ̷u̵p̵o̸n̴ ̵a̴ ̷b̶l̷a̶d̴e̶ ̵f̶o̵r̶ ̴w̴h̸o̴m̷ ̶t̶h̶e̴y̶ ̴w̸o̴u̷l̸d̵ ̸e̴x̴p̶l̸a̴i̷n̸
̴w̷h̷e̴r̸e̴ ̸n̴o̶ ̵t̴w̵o̸ ̶p̸l̵e̷r̴s̷o̷n̶ ̸w̶o̸u̷l̵d̷'̷v̶e̷ ̴h̸e̸a̸r̵d̷ ̵t̴h̵e̴ ̵w̸o̴r̸d̵ ̵t̸h̷e̴ ̸s̵a̴m̸e̴
̷i̷t̷'̶s̴ ̴c̶r̶a̴z̴e̸d̵.̸.̴.̷ ̶t̷h̷e̷y̴ ̵r̵u̴n̶ ̸i̴n̶ ̵a̴ ̴m̶a̸z̵e̸ ̴t̸h̶e̶y̴ ̸h̸a̶n̷g̶ ̸i̷n̶ ̴a̴ ̴c̸a̷g̴e̴
̴f̸o̸r̴ ̶a̷l̴l̶ ̸t̷h̴e̵ ̷w̷o̶r̶l̵d̶ ̶i̵s̶ ̶s̸y̶n̷t̵a̴c̶t̴i̷c̴a̸l̸ ̴a̶n̵d̵ ̶s̴t̵r̸a̶n̶g̵e̵
̶h̸y̵s̷t̶e̸r̷i̶a̵ ̵a̷n̷d̶ ̵r̶a̵g̷e̴ ̴a̸n̴d̷ ̵w̷o̶r̶s̶e̵ ̸f̶r̸o̸m̷ ̸w̴h̵i̸c̵h̷ ̷i̷t̷'̷s̷ ̵m̷a̶d̶e̶
̵a̷n̸d̸ ̵n̵o̵w̵ ̵y̶o̸u̶ ̸l̷i̵v̶e̵ ̸t̶h̵e̶ ̶d̸e̸c̶i̷s̷i̷o̴n̸s̶ ̵t̶h̷a̸t̸ ̸y̵o̵u̶ ̷m̸a̶k̶e̷
̸t̸h̴e̵ ̵p̷h̶r̷a̶s̷e̷s̶ ̴t̸h̵a̷t̴ ̷y̷o̶u̶ ̵s̸p̶a̸k̸e̸ ̸o̶n̷ ̵a̸ ̵t̸e̶l̷e̷s̴c̶o̴p̵i̸n̸g̷ ̵s̸t̷a̷g̸e̷
o̸h̸,̴ ̸t̷h̵e̵r̷e̴ ̷y̵o̵u̷ ̷g̴o̴ ̴a̶g̸a̸i̵n̴
̸i̵ ̸g̶i̶v̸e̸ ̴i̷n̷ ̷w̷i̴t̵h̵o̶u̵t̶ ̷a̸ ̸q̵u̸e̷s̶t̶i̴o̴n̴
̶d̶o̴n̴'̶t̴ ̸b̸e̴ ̷s̶h̵y̵ ̴c̴o̸m̶e̸ ̵o̸n̴ ̷a̷n̸d̵ ̷l̴e̵t̴ ̴i̶t̶ ̷w̷r̸i̸t̵h̵e̴
̷t̵s̸k̵ ̷t̴s̴k̴ ̶y̸o̴u̶ ̴b̴e̷e̵n̵ ̷c̷a̷u̴g̴h̸t̴ ̷i̶n̵ ̷a̵ ̴t̶r̷i̶p̴̸
o̴h̴ ̸w̴h̸y̵ ̸w̶a̷i̷t̵ ̷o̶n̸ ̷l̶i̷n̵e̸s̶̸
̷w̵h̷o̶'̷ ̶g̷o̴n̵n̴a̴ ̸t̶a̵k̸e̵ ̸t̶h̸a̵t̵ ̵w̵e̶i̴g̸h̴t̴̸ ̵
̸w̶e̶l̸l̷ ̴e̷v̴e̸r̸y̴b̵o̸d̵y̴ ̶t̶h̴i̵n̴k̶ ̵t̵h̵e̶y̶ ̶r̸i̸g̵h̴t̸̴ ̵
̵ ̴i̸ ̸t̴h̵o̷u̵g̷h̴t̶ ̸h̴i̴s̸ ̶l̶i̸p̵s̸ ̸w̴e̵r̵e̶ ̸h̶i̵s̸ ̸n̷o̸s̵e̶̴ ̸ ̷
̴ ̶a̴n̴d̷ ̸h̵i̵s̸ ̷n̶o̵s̷e̵ ̸w̴h̸e̸r̸e̸ ̴h̴i̸s̸ ̵e̷y̵e̸s̸ ̴b̸u̶t̸̵ ̷ ̷ ̶
̶ ̴i̸t̴'̵s̶ ̸s̷o̸m̸e̷t̴h̴i̷n̸ ̸t̷h̷a̷t̶ ̷y̴o̷u̶ ̸n̴e̷v̵e̴r̵ ̸s̵e̶e̵ ̴t̶w̵i̵c̵e̴̸ ̴ ̷ ̵
̴ ̵ ̵i̶ ̴w̵a̷s̷ ̸j̷u̷s̵t̸ ̶r̶i̸c̴k̶e̶t̶i̶n̸g̵ ̸s̸t̵i̵c̵k̸i̸n̸g̶ ̴
t̴h̴i̶s̵ ̷m̷o̸m̵e̸n̶t̵ ̸i̴n̵ ̸t̴i̵m̷e̸̵e̷v̸e̵r̸y̷t̴h̵i̶n̶g̶ ̶
i̸s̵ ̴s̸o̶ ̵f̶u̴c̵k̴i̵n̸g̵ ̷p̷o̸i̶n̸t̴l̷e̴s̶s̶̷d̵o̷n̴ ̸
m̵a̵k̶e̴ ̷m̴e̵ ̸g̵o̵ ̵r̴i̸g̶h̸t̶ ̶c̸l̶i̷c̴k̷ ̶a̴n̴d̴ ̸e̸n̵d̵ ̸t̷h̵i̴s̵ ̷g̶o̵e̷s̸ ̸o̵n̴ ̶a̵n̸d̶ ̶o̴n̴̶
̸o̷h̶,̵ ̶t̴h̸e̶r̸e̴ ̴y̸o̵u̴ ̵g̷o̴ ̴a̷g̷a̴i̸n̸
̶i̵ ̷g̵i̸v̸e̸ ̵i̸n̵,̵ ̶t̵h̴e̸r̶e̸'̶s̶ ̴n̸o̴ ̸u̷s̴e̴ ̶f̴i̴g̵h̴t̶i̵n̴̵
d̵o̷n̷'̷t̶ ̵b̶e̵ ̴s̷h̴y̴,̴ ̴c̴o̷m̵e̶ ̵o̵n̴ ̴n̵o̶w̵ ̴l̷e̶t̵ ̸i̸t̵ ̵f̶r̶y̴̴
t̸s̷k̷ ̸t̴s̷k̵ ̷y̸o̵u̵ ̸b̴e̴e̷n̶ ̵c̴a̶u̶g̴h̴t̶ ̸i̵n̵ ̴a̵ ̷t̵r̶i̸p̵
̴
O̴ ̷W̸ ̸W̷ ̸ ̸ ̷ ̸
i̶ ̸s̵e̷e̷n̸ ̸t̸h̴e̴m̸ ̵b̶u̷r̶n̴i̵n̷ ̴
i̷ ̶s̴e̸e̴n̷ ̷t̷h̷e̸m̶ ̸b̸u̴r̵n̷i̵n̴̵ ̸ ̵
i̵ ̴s̶e̵e̵n̶ ̷t̵h̷e̵m̶ ̷b̸u̵r̴n̶i̸n̸ ̷o̴u̴t̵̸ ̷ ̶ ̴ ̵ ̶
l̴a̶y̴ ̵d̸o̸w̴n̸ ̸y̵o̵u̵r̶ ̸a̴r̸m̷s̴ ̵a̷h̸ ̸t̷h̶e̶ ̷p̴e̵o̶p̷l̷e̵ ̷w̶h̶o̸ ̸w̴o̴u̸l̴d̷ ̸t̸a̵k̶e̸̶
t̷h̴e̸i̶r̶ ̶b̸l̷a̷d̴e̵s̴ ̴a̸g̴a̴i̶n̷s̶t̶ ̵t̵h̶e̷ ̵w̶e̷i̸g̵h̴t̸,̵
̴t̷h̷e̶r̶e̴'̷s̵ ̴n̴o̴t̷h̸i̷n̸ ̷g̸o̸n̵n̸a̴ ̵c̶h̴a̷n̶g̴e̷̵
w̴h̷e̴r̸e̴ ̸n̸o̴ ̵t̵w̴o̵̴p̶e̵r̷s̸o̷n̵s̶ ̴ ̴w̸o̵u̴l̴d̴a̵ ̴r̴e̶a̶d̸ ̶y̶o̷u̷r̴ ̸w̸o̶r̶d̷s̴ ̶t̷h̴e̵ ̵s̶a̷m̸e̷̷
u̴n̷l̶e̴s̸s̷ ̶t̴h̴e̶y̴'̵r̶e̶ ̶r̵u̴n̶n̸i̸n̵g̶ ̵i̴n̶ ̵a̷ ̵m̴a̸z̶e̷ ̵
t̵h̴e̴y̵ ̷w̴o̸u̵l̶d̴ ̶h̸a̵n̷g̵ ̶i̶n̷ ̵t̴h̷e̸i̶r̵ ̸o̵w̸n̶ ̸c̷a̴g̷e̸
̴a̷n̷d̸ ̴t̸h̶e̸y̵ ̵w̵o̶u̶l̷d̷ ̵k̷n̷o̵w̵
̵̶t̵h̸e̸r̸e̶ ̷y̷o̸u̶ ̷g̴o̵ ̸a̷g̴a̷i̵n̶̶i̵ ̶g̵i̷v̸e̴ ̸i̷n̴ ̷t̶h̸e̵r̷e̷'̴s̷ ̷n̴o̶ ̴u̵s̶e̵ ̷f̷i̸g̸h̸t̵i̴n̸g̶̶
d̷o̵n̸'̵t̵ ̷b̵e̴ ̷s̸h̵y̶,̷ ̸c̸o̷m̸e̷ ̴o̶n̵ ̵a̵n̸d̴ ̴l̷e̷t̸ ̸i̸t̸ ̷r̸i̸d̴e̴̸t̵s̵k̴ ̶t̶s̸k̴ ̶y̵o̵u̶'̶l̶l̷ ̸b̵e̴ ̵c̶a̴u̴g̵h̶t̵ ̸i̶n̴ ̴a̸ ̶t̸r̷i̷p̴̵̸
n̸o̴w̸ ̶w̴a̵t̷c̶h̷ ̸h̸i̸m̶,̶ ̴a̵s̴ ̷h̴e̷ ̸h̸a̶n̸g̸s̷ ̸o̸f̷f̷ ̶t̷h̶e̶ ̴e̵d̶g̸e̶̸h̵e̴ ̶m̸a̶y̷ ̴n̷e̶v̷e̶r̶ ̷g̵e̵t̷ ̴b̸a̶c̸k̵̶n̷o̶w̷'̸s̶ ̵y̵o̷u̴r̸ ̶c̸h̶a̶n̶c̴e̷ ̶t̷o̵ ̴s̶t̶a̷n̸d̸ ̸a̶b̴o̸v̵e̷ ̵a̶n̴d̵ ̷l̴a̶u̷g̷h̶̴w̶h̶e̸n̵ ̵y̵o̵u̴ ̵w̵a̷k̷e̶ ̵o̶n̸ ̵t̶h̴e̷ ̴c̵u̷t̶t̵i̶n̶g̴ ̸r̴o̴o̸m̷ ̴f̸l̸o̴o̵r̶̷y̶o̷u̶'̶r̴e̴ ̵n̷o̵t̷ ̴i̶n̷ ̶t̸h̴e̸ ̵p̴i̴c̷t̷u̵r̵e̶ ̷(̶l̵i̵k̴e̵ ̷y̸o̴u̸ ̴w̵e̴r̸e̶ ̶b̴e̵f̶o̷r̴e̵)̸̸y̸o̴u̴ ̴m̴a̶k̸e̶ ̷t̸h̵i̶s̶ ̵w̴o̴r̴l̵d̸ ̴s̸i̸c̶k̷ ̷&̸ ̵y̸o̴u̸'̵r̴e̶ ̴l̷e̶t̸t̷i̴n̷g̵ ̶l̶o̸o̷s̶e̸ ̵y̸o̵u̷r̸ ̴t̸i̶c̵k̶̸
y̴o̵u̵'̷l̷l̵ ̴k̷n̵o̷w̴ ̸a̷l̶l̸ ̸y̵o̴u̶r̴ ̴l̷i̷f̵e̸ ̶y̸o̷u̶'̶l̵l̶ ̴b̴e̵ ̷c̴a̸u̵g̸h̵t̷ ̴i̵n̷ ̶a̵ ̴t̶r̸i̶p̵
SHE TURNS TO SOIL
over time we all break down...
wallow out into the mire
ghosties roam breathe in the loam
and drag me down
into the snow
there she lay out in the clay
lose your head wake up the dead
and free yourself
from your bones
she turns to soil
yes, she turns to soil
over time...
she's gone
where oh where so long
[[ clk, zzt, brr, shkt-shkt ]]
everything you'll ever say
and what you know
and all you can name will slip away
the earth's a grave; but
watch all life dance on the knife
underground
soaked gowns don't boil
over time
she's gone
where oh where so long ?
NINJINSKY
STROKE
Picture yourself burning out
in a hostile world With no
way to express Your boredom
Sacked on all sides by a screen
Now you sound like me
And i don’t envy that, i know now
I can’t trust you
Although i tell the world i love you
How many lives can you lead
before you lose track
of yourself and all time
it's quicksand
Oh, it’s a sign
That my brain is changing
How many times
Can you rip The Strokes off?
I can’t trust you
now i know it i can’t believe you
Though i know you’re in pain
it’s over
You would have me drift from shore to shore just to find out You would have beg before you'd ever break me out Ah, but the crosshair is on you; you have no clue Ah, but the feeling is empty and no more very soon But the day-d-d-days upon days upon days that you waste from life Just to pay, just to pay But no more than twice But it's all there... And all you did to find it is beware.
You would have me spin from word to word just to find out You would watch me hang before you'd ever cut me down Ah, the crosshair in silence; I see right through And I, I don't ask no favors from no one; nor should you Still your days upon days upon day that you waste from life Just to pay, just to pay, and you pay, and you pay But no more than twice Now you know that it's all there It's all there It's all there... In all you did to find it, please beware.
GHOSTFLY
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NAME / JOB / TITLE
Ooh once your good man turns aside I'm gonna be burning bright And I won't think twice Confusion eats him alive, hey hey Ooh let your good man turn the side He couldn't be in the right And you won't think twice Confusion eats him alive, ooh you know "Let's play charades!" (Okay...) "Ever stood in front of a mirror before?" (I gue-) "Well there you go! Enjoy!"
Ooh let your good man come I cannot hide Ooh let your good man wait Said here I am, here I am Here I am baby Confusion eats you alive Here I am, here am-am Here I am-am-am Ooh! I'm feelin' alright, doin' good work My future's so bright I'mo need Silvaderm™for the burns! And you can't deny Confusion is eating me alive It's eating you... Come on baby, don't be snide! At least it's not a lie babe -- I am what I am.
NAME / JOB / TITLE
BLAST YOUR WAY
I remember feeling safe
I could not know before too late
That once it's gone, it's fully gone
Just like a fish out of water
Besieged with anxiety and fodder
I know this is my world, but not my home
Oh, I was seized
With questions on my beliefs
I cannot live this shit life in peace!
The facts don't mean jackshit
And that's it, you forced quit
That's big risk
And how 'bout this...
You're wasting your time
You can't get through to their kind
Man, just fuck it...
They'd hang you online
Then hang their heads for some crime on some bullshit
I can't play that game
I say blast your way through
I was burnin out their hives thinkin I could get through to their minds
I let my brothers take the blame
I was on tires when I took fire
Now I can't get higher without fire - maybe you feel the same...
But oh, you'll be seized
They question all your beliefs
Why can't you live this shit life in peace?
The facts don't mean jack, kids
You saw this, I saw this
Now that's high-risk!
I'm watchin this...
You're wasting your time
You can't get through to their kind
Come on man, now fuck it...
They'd lynch you online
Then hang their heads for some crime on some bullshit
I can't play that game
So I say blast your way through
They tell you "thank you" but they forced you to do it
They say they're sorry but they trashed it and ruined it
I know the symptoms, I see your system
Now please excuse I run my fuses right through it, oh god
I'm wastin my time
I won't get through to no one, ah
Just fuck it
They'd hang me online
Then hang their heads for some crime, ah, such bullshit
I can't play that game
I say blast your way through
(This has been a public service announcement)
A SEMBLANCE
OF CONTROL
Change in moments makes you weak… Take it from me: best not to speak, take it from me
I wait… should a day
turn things my way
Will I still believe…?
Will I still believE…
NOW I don’t know what I’m
saying…
AH, when…?
When will I be myself again
When will I feel where I begin
The universe and all within
I fall…
Although I reach for what I want
I’m used to getting what I don’t
Will I ever have control?
Oh, control…
Rain falls somewhere every day…
Take it from me: nothing to
see, taken from me ... I wait
for that day I have no shame
And no past to blame
or trap me OUT
Will I still believe?
But I don’t know what I’m saying…
INSANE
Although I carry hope in spades
I’m staring Shiva in the face
As she take everything away
I fall
Although I reach for what I want
I’m used to getting what I don’t
And just a semblance of control
It’s just a semblance of control…
DRIFT
I drift...
Drift...
Red wires; cold, wild
Morning scared me half to death (I'm not lying)
I’m so choked up
I'm fucked completely out of my mind, I...
I drift too far
From my world, from my life
I drift too low when I'm not right
And for what? I don't know what for
I drift too far I know
Silent, haywire
Shadows leaking from the trees
All my thoughts turn
The wilted haze, the frozen leaves
Where I… I…
I drift too far
From the world, from the light
I drift too low when I'm not right
I drift too far
And for what? I don't know what for.
I drift too far, I know
"toy!"
TOYFRIEND
“I want to tell everyone a story -- (dim the lights please)
WANNA lighten the mood for guys a little bit... in the back, can we dim the lights?”
I caught a hitch off a swingin kong
I caught a buzz but it don't last long
You gotta ‘dapt to the changin waves
Who, me? I can live off of acid for days (of course)
But now my toyfriend's back
He's higher than ever
He GOT four months sober
he's a real go-getter
He's a fireman's bazaar
in the everyman weather
He's a certified WHACKADOO
with cover letter
He's a village to sack
hey! that's what you lack!
"that's noT so bad..."
"it's a FUNNy STORY ACTUALLY..."
he pinch a little every month
there's no data
and they don't catch onto
his game until later
ooh - you know he think that
he's so damn slick
but he ain't gonna
make it past season six...
Because my toyfriend's back
she's hotter than that
She'LL hack a congressman's email in ten minutes flat
She'LL say, "your lolliCOCK’s a cop and it ain't no lessor"
She wants to burn down town
she's a real go-getter
He's a village to sack
that's what she LACK!
She's on a permanent vacation
She's got a knack for bad vibrations
Ooh, he was a junkie and a nomad
Before she kissed him with that squad badge
And now her toyfriend's back
he's comin to town
And he'll be walkin out that door with what isn’t tied down
He said he's tired
of me copPIN' his style
I said, "I ain't seen you
vogue in awhile!
But here's your village to sack" hah, yeah! that's what they like!
One, two, three, I said:
PLEASE! don't do it! Don't! (gasp)
PLEASE, don't hurt me now!
PLEASE, you can take what you want
THE SMOKE
YOU HIDE
I know there must be something wrong with me
Everyday in passing dreams, I'm losing steam
I feel my fingers slipping off the wheel
I can't take the heat for being sleepy
Ah, the smoke you hide is yours
But soon it overtakes your world
I know I would not recognize myself
I wake up a stranger every morning
Feelings arrive without warning me
I just take the beating without thinking
But the smoke you hide is yours
All day I don't care, I know you're there
I used to write songs for other peoples' ears
Now I write words to justify my tears
Attenuate the fears, and get me through the years
Toward my happy end
I know there must be something lingering on...
WAVING GOODBYE
wheezing, barely breathing, i'll be
waving goodbye
ALL MY FRIENDS
I'm in a bad wave, I got to feel ashamed
I can't make / hear straight
Think / talk or feel straight
see, I don't wanna riff on A
I haD to feel the shade
And sink into the kind of night that
Havoc & panic break, yeah
You can't believe all that you read and see
I can't turn it off, or on, can't tune it out
Tune it out, turning me round in my mind, I say
All my friends are getting kind of worried 'bout me
Now all my friends are getting very strange on me
I shouldA never been playIN' with
And now I got no problem saying IT
All my friends have a reason to steer clear, ow!
(i DIDn'T SEE THAT... I DIDN'T SEE THAT...
colors of a dream are so obnoxious)
HEAR/SAY
Automatic people
Brought up to behave
They would live and learn, they would crash and burn
They were making the same mistakes
Don’t give me hearsay...
You will hear me when i tell you
I refuse to be treated this way
People act funny, taking in money
Giving out their drip-feed good advice
Because it ain’t free — but at least it’s cheap
Every bit is worth the price
You bend and twist that story round
To make it fit the page
You can advertise me
Paralyze me
But when do i get paid?
WELCOME HOME
One by one i watch everyone i know get caught in the web
Day by day we race to our prey and drag it back to the nest
Home is where the hole is
Where the home is...
welcome home
Paid and shuttled
Back and forth in single files down...
Relationships of catalytic clips of pain
Days turn to waves
And spherical games
Hate what you make
And kill what you waste
(and i made it)
it’s good to be home...
HOW LONG
When i could ask you why
You're not coming home with me
Could i beg you now? should i try to?
What's it gonna be?
Now - i can count the ways
I count the ways you make me pay
You can't waste what you can't erase, as i wait...
FOR the break on your face, and
I just cannot carry on
When you're in my arms you don't belong
How long til you're gone?
Oh won't you tell me
How long are you gonna lead me on
How long are you gonna right my wrong
How long till you're gone
Won't you tell me how long?
Now i - could tell you why
Ooh can't you see i'm torn
Just to watch... as you crawl
And it's wrong... it goes on and on and
I just can't believe
This is not the way it seemed
And you can’t chase what you can't erase, as i wait...
WHEN it breaks In my face, now
I just cannot carry on
When you're in my arms you don't belong
How long til you're gone?
Oh won't you tell me
How long?
THE CRACK-UP
Pacing, every moment is leaking out
Wasting every breath on
a prayer to no one
Now - i'm much too tired for this
Now - as my reality splits
And now - it's just a flick of the switch
And it's getting loud...
it's getting loud
But sometimes it's light...
Now i got the feeling
(is someone goNNA hurt me?)
I realize
(but no one's gonna hear you)
Nothing's come to harm me
(the sun is going down)
i know Then it switches
this must be it - i'm cracking up
oh, don't crack up! don't crack up! (give up)
And when there's no one left to blame
And i'm hanging upside-down on a spiraling plane
I will not calm down and i won't crack up now
Beat down broken burnt out bleeding and buzz/zzz/ing
Paralyzing pointless progression for nothing, naw
But no0ow - you're givin' into the glitz
Aw naw - you're doing terrible shit
And now - i'm down to pieces and bits
I taste the light…
It's nothing but a dream (it's like pictures on a screen)
All my mind
I think i better lose it (it does no good to use it)
All this must be a glitch
This must be it - i'm cracking up (oh right)
This must be it - i'm cracking up, i'm going down down
Oh crack up, don't crack up, don't crack up
And enough... is enough
Is enough
And when there's no one left to blame
I mean hanging upside-down on a spiraling plain
I will NOT CALM DOWN and i won't crack up now
Down, down...
SILVERCOLOR
I was once an innocent high Loaded down and locked and Given shape to hold and not told why
There may something you want
Do not have, but must own - oh come on
Would you not just love to take it all?
Silver-colored tragedy
They try to take it away from me
I can't sleep without my silver
Please, please...
I was once like cacophony Obscene off-screen fantasy Now I fear it may be ending me...
Maybe you really don't care Which way the world turns, but beware Somewhere out there someone sees you clear
Silver-colored tragedy
They tried to take it away from me
I can't sleep without my silver, please
This flash of magic agony The crack and bang on a big screen I ain't safe without my silver, please... please...
I was once that innocent high you loved
But what happens now?
Yeah, today you may be a pacifist
But not to those who own most of this
Thrust upon you, your good world turned to shit
Silver-colored tragedy You tried to take it away I can't sleep without mine there I CAN'T SLEEP WITHOUT MINE PLEASE