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It makes sense that it should happen this way
That the sky should break, and the earth should shake
As if to say: sure it all matters but in such an
Unimportant way
As if to say:

Fly away, sweet bird of prey
Fly fly away
Nothing can stand in your way
Sweet bird, if you knew the words
I know you’d say: fly, fly away

It makes sense that it should hurt in this way
That my heart should break, and my hands should shake
As if to say: sure it don’t matter except in the most
Important way
As if to say:

Fly away, sweet bird of prey
Fly fly away
I won’t stand in your way
Sweet bird, if you knew the words
I know that you’d say: fly, fly away

It makes sense that it should feel just this way
That you slowly fade and yet still remain
As if to say: everything matter in such an invisible way
As if to say: it’s o.k.
Fly...away

[ spoken words at the end : ]

Goodbye, bye, goodbye
I’m back
Am I gonna get sued for saying that?
Call me later
See ya, I love you, bye
I’m gone
Okay

Gamble everything for love, gamble everything
Put it in a place you keep what you need
You can gamble everything for love if you’re free
You gotta gamble everything for love

Baby are yah cold, are yah cold baby
I could wrap you up, wrap you up in my love
If you wanna, you can gamble everything for love
If you wanna, you can gamble everything for love.

Tell me are you feeling lost, have you crossed
In the places that you never knew to get through
Tell me are you gonna cry all night
Tell me the truth, and I’ll tell you the truth
If you gamble everything for love
You gonna be alright, alright

Make a list of things you need, leave it empty
Except for number one, write “love”, gamble everything
Keep it under lock and key
If you wanna, you can gamble everything for love

Love me with an open heart tell me anything
We can find a place to start to gamble everything
We can set this thing apart, cos we’re gonna, gonna
Gamble everything for love

Tell me do you lose you way each day
Are there people you don’t recognise, do they lie?
Tell me does it make you feel too real?
Tell me the truth, and I’ll tell you the truth
If you gamble everything for love
You gonna be alright, alright

Oooh you can go your own way,
Oooh you can go your own way,
Oooh you gotta go your own way
If you gamble everything for love
If you gamble everything for love

Gamble everything for love, gamble everything
Put it in a place you keep what you need
You can gamble everything for love if you’re free
You gotta gamble everything for love

Tell me are you gettin' hurt, is it worth it?
Tell me are the people strange, do they change?
Tell me are you letting go, do you know?
I’ll Tell you the truth, if you tell me the truth
If you gamble everything for love
If you gamble everything for love
If you gamble everything for love
You gonna be alright, alright

Alright.

Bright Eyes - Don't Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come - Lyrics

Is it true what I heard about the Son of God?
Did he come to save? Did he come at all?
And if I dried his feet,
with my dirty hair,
would he make me clean again?
They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come,
when there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun.
It will just go black, It'll all go back, to the way it was before.
I knew a lovely girl, with such pretty pride, and every man wanted her, yeah and so did I.
So did I.
But she up and died in a fit of vanity.
Now men with purple hearts, carry silver guns.
And they will kill a man for what his father has done.
But what my father did, you know it don't mean shit. I'm not him.
So you think I need some discipline, well, I had my share.
I have been sent to my room. I've been sat in a chair.
And I held my tongue. I didn't plug my ears.
No, I got a good talking to.

And now I don't know why,
but I still try to smile when they talk at me like I'm just a child.
Well, I'm not a child.
No, I am much younger than that.
And now I have read some books and have grown quite brave.
If only I could just speak up I think I would say that there is no truth.
There is only you and what you make the truth.
So I will just sing my song and I'll pass a hat.
Then I'll leave your town and never look back.
No, I don't look back because the road is clear and laid out ahead of me.
I'll get home and meet my friends at our favorite bar.
We'll get some lighter heads for our heavy hearts.
And we will share a drink.
Yeah we will share our fears and they will know how I love them.
They will know how I love.
They will know how I love them.
I am nothing without their love
.
I don't know when but a day is gonna come
when there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun.
It will all go black.
It will all go back to the way it is supposed to be.
Is it true what I heard about the Son of God?
Did he die for us? Did he die at all?
And if I sold my soul for a bag of gold,
which one of us would be the foolish one?
Which one of us would be the fool?
Which one of us would be the foolish one?
Which one of us would be the fool?

Could you please start explaining?
You know, I need some understanding.
Could you please start explaining?
You know, I need some understanding.
Could you please start explaining?
You know, I need some understanding.
I could do good with some explaining.
You know. I want to understand.

This song is brilliant.
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Bright Eyes - False Advertising - Lyrics

On a string...

On a string...

On a string, I was held.
The way I move, can you tell?
My actions are orchestrated from above.
So I swing and I sway.
Wave my hand, kick my leg,
And it is always right with the music.

"Until all that swaying starts to make you sick..."

For a song I was bought,
Now I lie when I talk
With a careful eye on the cue card.
Onto a stage I was pushed,
With my sorrow well rehearsed.
So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it)

"We used to think that sound was something pure..."

If I could act like
This was my real life,
And not some cage where I've been placed,
Well then, I could tell you
The truth like I used to
And not be afraid of sounding fake.

Now all anyone's listening for are the mistakes!


(Ah, I'm sorry!)

(Oh, it's okay, it's okay)


1, 2, 3,
1, 2, 3!

In a house by myself,
I hear the ice start to melt,
And I'll watch rooftops weep for the sunlight.
And I know what must change,
Fuck my face. Fuck my name,
They are brief and false advertisements...

...For a soul I don't have.
Something true I have lacked
And spent my whole life trying to make up for.
But I found in a song
And in the people I love,
They will lift me up out of darkness.

And now my door, it stands open,
I'm inviting everyone in.
We're gonna laugh,
We're gonna drink until the morning comes.
That's what we're gonna to do...
Come on!! Come on!!

Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have to Love - Lyrics

I picked you out of a crowd and talked to you.

I said, "I liked your shoes."
You said, "Thanks can I follow you?"
So it's up the stairs and out of view-
No prying eyes
I poured some wine
I asked your name, you asked the time...
Now it's two o'clock-
the club is closed and we're up the block
Your hands on me; pressing hard against your jeans
Your tongue in my mouth, trying to keep the words from coming out
You didn't care to know who else may have been you before

I want a lover I don't have to love.
I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck.
Where is the kid with the chemicals?
I thought he said to meet him here, but I'm not sure
I got the money if you've got the time

You said, "It feels good."
I said, "I'll give it a try."

Then my mind went dark -
we both forgot where your car was parked
Let's just take the train
I'll meet up with the band in the morning
Bad actors with bad habits
Some sad singers they just play tragic
and the phone's ringing and the van's leaving
Let's just keep touching; let's just keep, keep singing...

I want a lover I don't have to love
I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk
And where's the kid with the chemicals
I got a hunger and I can't seem to get full
I need some meaning I can memorize
The kind I have always seem to slip my mind

But you..
But you...
you write
such pretty words
But life's no storybook
Love's an excuse to get hurt
and to hurt

Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do
then hurt me..
then hurt me...
then hurt me...

Nada Surf - Happy Kid - Lyrics

i’m just a happy kid
stuck with the heart of a sad punk
drowning in my id
always searching like it’s on junk
no matter who i hang out with
i can hear the clack clunk
of the chains that pull the cars up
the roller coaster mountain top so high
when it comes down it shoots back up
straight back to the sky
i gotta laugh and then i’m asleep
and then i walk around and wanna cry
out at night to do the strand
the little candles make the bottles glow
got ink all over my right hand
getting crushes with no chance to grow
it’s like i’ll never ever land
there’s always too much sun
or too much snow
i get slow days and no days
i get rusty and it’s hard
but i get notions that oceans
are coming to my call
you can learn to get along
i’m just a happy kid
stuck with the heart of an old punk
drowning in my id
always hungry like it’s on junk
i’m just a happy kid

Someone said the italic section reminded me of them recently - instinctive song lyric droppings? Sure. Lovely. Can't take it too seriously, considering they also have no concept of this. Still, quite the insult - it's interesting how instincts can deliver protection. The backswing in my own head turned up "Creep" anyway. Might explain why we fight all tooth & nail.

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Sublime - Doin' Time - Lyrics

summertime and the livin's easy,
and bradley's on the microphone w/ ras m.g.
all the people in the dance will agree
that we're well qualified
to represent the lbc,
me and louie,
run to the party dance to the riddim it gets harder.

me and my girl,
we got this relationship.
i love her so bad but she treats me like...
on lock down like a penitentiary.
she spreads her lovin' all
over and when she get home there's none left for me

(chorus)

oh take this veil from off my eyes,
my burning sun will some day rise
so what am i gonna be doin' for a while
say i'm gonna play with myself,
show them how we come off the shelf,
so what

(chorus)


evil,
i've come to tell you that she's evil,
most definitely,
evil, ornery scandalous and evil,
most definitely.
the tension,
is getting hotter,
i'd like to hold her,
head underwater, oh

me and my girl,
we got a relationship,
me and my girl,
we got a relationship,
my girl,
we got a relationship,
oh and my girl

take a tip,
take a tip,
take a tip from me.
bradley's on the microphone w/ ras m.g.
all the people in the dance will agree
that we're well qualified to represent the lbc,
me, la la louie,
everybody,
run to the riddim it gets harder

Nada Surf - Killian's Red - Lyrics

i'm putting this night down to bed
'cause i was sitting at the bar
hoping you'd walk in the door
that says killian's red
'cause i left you a note that said
come on out and we'll both get
right off of our heads
and float up off the chair
we'll go on vacation tonight
under a sun of neon light
and i almost love this town
when i'm by your side
you woke me from a long sleep
and i'm almost back
closer than ever
to finding the hidden track
if i told you the truth
you wouldn't like what i said
i almost believed i was dead
there'll be no more waiting
you're gonna melt all the ice in our heads
there'll be no more crying
you're gonna make it all better instead

i get secrets at night
but they don't stay
i get secrets at night
but they go away