The February 2009 Life Soundtrack...

I know that everyone has been waiting for this since April 2008 - Another segment of Alesheia's Life set to Music. I've italicised the lyrics which solidified a songs' placement on the Soundtrack, and some songs have an explanation of their inclusion. Enjoy!

Metal Now :: Say Anything
I wanna rob
you of your game face
so I can cower beneath your words
'cuz I'm a freak from the same place
let suicide make a meal for birds
into your heart
I've got the dagger
the metaphor will suffice for now
get in my bed
I wanna kill you
show you mine if you show me how

I get angry
when you're around
when you're around
I get nasty
when you're around
when you're around

so here I am
will you deny me
metal now
but I've always been

lets make a toast
lets do the oil spill
let the seagulls pick out the sins

I want it now
I want the danger
give me strength and I'll give you wings

I get angry
when you're around
when you're around
I get nasty
when you're around
when you're around

LOW
I get angry
when you're around
when you're around
I get nasty
when you're around
when you're around

I get angry
when you're around
when you're around
I get nasty
when you're around
when you're around

:: Originally I loved this song because it made me think of myself and Adam Rader, but it also seemed to fit me in general. I get angry, I get nasty, when you're around.. why not? It's a good opening song for the Soundtrack, because it's a little raw, a little bitter, and a damn good time. ::

Glycerine :: Bush
Must be your skin that I'm sinkin' in
Must be for real, 'cause now I can feel
and I didn't mind
it's not my kind
it's not my time to wonder why
everything's gone white
and everything's grey
now you're here now you're away
I don't want this
remember that
I'll never forget where you're at
don't let the days go by
glycerine
glycerine

I'm never alone
I'm alone all the time
are you at one
or do you lie?
we live in a wheel
where everyone steals
but when we rise, it's like strawberry fields

If I treated you bad
you bruise my face
couldn't love you more
you've got a beautiful taste
don't let the days go by
could have been easier on you
I couldn't change though I wanted to
could have been easier by three
our old friend fear and you and me
glycerine
glycerine
don't let the days go by
glycerine
don't let the days go by
glycerine
glycerine

Bad moon white again
Bad moon white again
As she falls around me...

I needed you more
when we wanted us less
I could not kiss just regress
it might just be
clear simple and plain
that's just fine
that's just one of my names
don't let the days go by
could've been easier on you
glycerine

:: I've liked this song since...the dawn of time, it seems. "I'm never alone/I'm alone all the time" is probably my favorite line... To me, it's kind of a melancholy song. Like there's this love that he can kind of feel, but doesn't really know if it's reciprocated, he thinks it is, but knows that nothing will ever come of it. And he's used to always being by himself, but he doesn't really like that about himself.. ::

Closer :: Kings of Leon
Stranded in this spooky town
Stoplights are swaying and the phone lines are down
This floor is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun

Driven by the strangled vein
Showing no mercy I do it again
Open up your eye
You keep on crying, baby
I’ll bleed you dry
The skies are blinking at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea

And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer

You, shimmy shook my bone
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
What do you think of me
Where am I now? Baby where do I sleep
Feel so good but I'm old,
2000 years of chasing taking its toll

And it’s coming closer

:: "You keep on crying, baby/I'll bleed you dry" is like taking someone when they're at their weakest and digging right into the core.. I feel like I do that to people.. Rarely is it my intention. I really do like most people better than I show. But this caustic side of me has hindered many relationships with all kinds of people in my life, because it's how I get around letting anyone in, I think.. ::

Grey Street :: Dave Matthews Band
Oh look at how she listens
She says nothing of what she thinks
She just goes stumbling through her memories
Staring out on to Grey Street

She thinks, Hey,
How did I come to this?
I dream myself a thousand times around the world,
But I can't get out of this place

There's an emptiness inside her
And she'd do anything to fill it in
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart

How she wishes it was different
She prays to God most every night
And though she swears it doesn't listen
There's still a hope in her it might

She says, I pray
Oh, But they fall on deaf ears,
Am I supposed to take it on myself?
To get out of this place?

Oh, There's loneliness inside her
And she'd do anything to fill it in
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It feels like cold blue ice in her heart
When all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart

There's a stranger speaks outside her door
Says take what you can from your dreams
Make them as real as anything
It'd take the work out of the courage

But she says, Please
There's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door,
I live on the corner of Grey Street and the end of the world

There's an emptiness inside her
And she'd do anything to fill it in
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It's more like cold blue ice in her heart
She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life
She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright
But all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
Oh, It breaks her heart
To grey

:: The whole freaking song... It's mine ::

Fallin' Apart (demo) :: The All-American Rejects
Can somebody save me?
Cuz I’m thinking maybe
That you can take me piece by piece, yeah
Now you got your reasons
But I didn’t need 'em
And either way I’m on my knees yeah

I never want to ruin you
I only wanna get it across
That I can only go so far
Wherever you are

Wherever you go I’m callin'
Even when you’re breaking my heart
Wherever you go I’m crawlin'
Even when we’re falling,
Even when we’re falling apart

You say that you’re leaving
Say that you don’t need him
And all I do is give and you just take
I guess that I knew it
I can’t make it through it
But I’m gonna try this anyway

I never want to ruin you
I only wanna get it across
That I can only go so far
Wherever you are

Wherever you go I’m calling
Even when you’re breaking my heart
Wherever you go I’m crawling
Even when we’re falling
Even when we’re falling apart
Yeah I guess we're falling apart

In your garden, where the roses sleep
I can make you anything you wanna be
When that body's close to me
I can give you everything you’d ever need

When I fall to the floor
Cuz I can’t feel anymore
You can have my heart girl
You don’t have to steal anymore
And when I look to the stars
Wherever you are

Wherever you go I’m calling
Even when you’re breaking my heart
Wherever you go I'm crawling
Even when we’re falling
Even when we’re falling apart

Wherever you go I’m calling
Even when you're breaking my heart
Wherever you go I’m crawling
Even when we're falling
Even when we're falling apart
Mmm, I guess we're falling apart
Ooh, I guess we're falling apart
Ooh, I guess we're falling apart

:: It's the story of my life! "Wherever you g,o I'm calling/Even when you're breaking my heart/Wherever you go, I'm crawling/Even when we're falling apart" As selfish as I am, I do find myself going 100% of the way in some of my relationships, and this song is, like, the realization of that. The album version has slightly different lyrics that are almost stalkeresque, so I chose this version because it seemed to be more sad/accepting, rather than angry ::

Hotel Song :: Regina Spektor
Come in, come in
Come into my world, I've got to show
Show, show you...
Come into my bed
I've got to know
Know, know you

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool

Floaters in my eyes
Wake up in the hotel room
Cigarettes and lies
I am a child, it's too soon

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool

A little bag of cocaine
A little bag of cocaine
So who's the girl wearing my dress?
I figured out her number
Inside a paper napkin
But I don't know her address
I wade downstairs

The porter smiles to me a smile
I've bought
With a couple of gold coins
A sign that I've been caught

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my dear
Will never be my dear, dear friend
Dear dear friend, dear dear friend...

A little bag of cocaine
A little bag of cocaine
So who's the girl wearing my dress?
I figured out her number
Inside a paper napkin
But I don't know her address

Come into my world, I've got to show
Show, show you
Come into my bed
I've got to know
Know, know you

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my dear
Will never be my dear, dear friend
Dear, dear friend, dear, dear friend...

Someday :: Pat Monahan
I am barely stable.
I am afraid to be alone.
I am sorry that I always enable,
And every day I try to find another way to you.

I can admit to my addictions,
And wish I could be a better friend.
I am three kinds of crazy,
And every day I try to find another way to you

Someday, we'll be together
One day, you'll be back in my arms again
Someday, I will be where I belong
I've waited so long,
For someday.

I know who's to blame and that's a shame,
'Cause I know in the end, it doesn't mean a thing.
I am convinced that I'll be back again,
And when I do I swear to find another way to you.

Someday, we'll be together
One day, I'll be back in your arms again
Someday, I will be where I belong
I've waited so long...

Life is to borrow.
You were just a dream along the way
Life is sweet sorrow,
There's always tomorrow,
There's always someday.

Someday, we'll be together
One day, You'll be back in my arms again
Someday, I will be where I belong
I've waited so long...

Someday, we'll be together
One day, I'll be back in your arms again
Someday, I will be where I belong
I've waited so long...
For someday.

:: This is off of Pat Monahan's debut solo release. He is better known as the lead singer of Train. ::

Letters :: Stroke 9
You're leaving me here, dear
Alone with all your letters
You're letting it go, no
Like innocence and feathers
You're putting it down
Sounds slipping into songs
You're leaving me here, dear
Alone with all my wrongs
You're pulling away
Pray you're making the right choice
You're pulling away
Stay and listen to my voice
To my voice

Sooner or later you will long
When you wake you will see
Sooner or later all the songs
That make you shake will be by me
Sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
We used to appreciate will come rushing back

You're thinking about
How you thought you knew me better
You're looking around town
And wondering how I met her
You're pulling away
Pray you're making the right choice
You're pulling away
Stay and listen to my voice
To my voice

Sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
We used to appreciate will come rushing back
When you wake you will see

Don't wake me as you leave
Don't make me believe I have a chance in hell
Don't tell me what I know too well
Don't wake me

As you're leaving me here dear
Alone with all your letters
Don't let go of your innocence and feathers
Now I find that every sound reminds me of our song
Since you left me here dear
Alone with all my wrongs
Well since you left me here, dear
Alone with all my wrongs
With my wrongs

Sooner or later I'll be gone
When you wake you will see
Sooner or later all the songs
That make you shake will be by me
Sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
We used to appreciate will come rushing back

When you wake up you will see
Sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
We used to appreciate
Will come rushing back
When you wake you will see
Don't wake me if you leave
You'll come rushin' back to me..

:: It's almost like a revenge song, minus any threats. Like, "fuck you for hurting me...you're going to regret it, all because of your own feelings." I particularly like, "You're pulling away, pray you're making the right choice," because I do that on a daily basis. Letting people in...*shudder*... ::

Hot & Cold :: Katy Perry
You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes
Yeah, you PMS like a bitch
I would know

And you over-think
Always speak cryptically
I should know
That you're no good for me

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up

You, you don't really wanna stay, no
You, but you don't really wanna go, oh

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down

We used to be just like twins, so in sync
The same energy now's a dead battery
Used to laugh 'bout nothing
Now you're plain boring
I should know
That you're not gonna change

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up

You, you don't really wanna stay, no
You, but you don't really wanna go, oh

You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down

Someone call the doctor
Got a case of a love bipolar
Stuck on a rollercoaster
Can't get off this ride

You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up

'Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down
You're wrong when it's right
It's black and it's white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up

You, you don't really wanna stay, no
You, but you don't really wanna go, oh

You're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down, down, down, down...

:: My Adam Rader song! It's terrible, but it's catchy as hell! I've gotten this gem stuck in many brains, and the video is most excellent! ::

Your Love :: The Outfield
Josie's on a vacation far away
Come around and talk it over
So many things that I wanna say
You know I like my girls a little bit older

I just wanna use your love tonight
I don't wanna lose your love tonight

I ain't got many friends left to talk to
No one's around when I'm in trouble
You know I'd do anything for you
Stay the night, but keep it under cover

I just wanna use your love tonight, oh
I don't wanna lose your love tonight

Try to stop my hands from shaking
Something in my mind's not making sense
It's been awhile since we've been all alone
I can't hide the way I'm feeling

As you leave me, please, would you close the door
And don't forget what I told you
Just cause you're right, that don't mean I'm wrong
Another shoulder to cry upon

I just wanna use your love tonight, yeah
I don't wanna lose your love tonight
Yeah, I just wanna use your love tonight
I don't wanna lose your love tonight
I just wanna use your love tonight
I don't wanna lose your love tonight

(Use your love, lose your love) Your love
(Use your love) Well I don’t wanna lose
(Lose your tonight) I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna
I don’t wanna lose (Use your tonight) Your love
(Lose your tonight) Your love, your love
(Use your tonight) Your love
(I don’t lose your love tonight) Aaaahh
(Use your tonight) Your love

:: One of the greatest songs ever written. If you disagree, I will fight you. And if you ever hear it in a bar, know that it's because I played it. ::

Medicine :: Guster
Into the maze
Enter the medicine handed down
Within these veins
Bleeding with apathy till it drowns

Am I your charity?
For you to look so kind?
But your aim is not quite clear
It’s better if you leave in quiet
Is this mood frightening?
And who are you sometimes?
Don’t try and rescue me
Go save someone else
I’m far too gone

Into the maze
Enter the medicine handed down
Within these veins
Bleeding with apathy till it drowns
No more to gain
Needin' the ugliness that surrounds
Return again
Caught in the medicine handed down

Gasping, calling
I saw I’m all alone
Grasping, crawling
Is this not what you had planned?
Oh, I’m all alone
Go on hero
You’re faking no one, not today

Stop this you’re scaring me
Don’t even know you now
Trying to rescue me
Go save someone else
I’m way past gone
Into the maze
Enter the medicine handed down
Within these veins
Bleedin' with apathy 'til it drowns
No more to gain
Meetin' the ugliness that surrounds
Return again
Caught in the medicine handed down

Into the maze
Enter the medicine handed down
Within these veins
Bleedin' with apathy 'til it drowns
Oooh, I'm all alone
Go on hero,
You think you're no one
Not today...

Shattered (Turn the Car Around) :: O.A.R.
In a way, I need a change
From this burnt out scene
Another time, another town
Another everything
But it's always back to you

Stumble out, in the night
From the pouring rain
Made the block, sat and thought
There's more I need
It's always back to you

But I'm good without you
Yeah, I'm good without you
Yeah, yeah, yeah

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line, can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break, let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around

I had no idea that the night
Would take so damn long
Took it out, on the street
While the rain still falls
Push me back to you

But I'm good without ya
Yeah, I'm good without you
Yeah, yeah, yeah

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line, can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around

Give it up, give it up, baby
Give it up, give it up, now
Now

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
All that I feel is the realness I'm faking
Taking my time, but it's time that I'm wasting
Always turn the car around

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around

Don't wanna turn that car around
I gotta turn this thing around...

:: The chorus is 1. Straight out of my head, 2. An accurate and precise description of the last 5 years of my life, 3. The voicing of my current state. ::

Sober :: Pink
I don't wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest
Or the girl who never wants to be alone
I don't wanna be that call at four o'clock in the morning
'Cause I'm the only one you know in the world that won't be home

Aahh, the sun is blinding
I stayed up again
Oohh, I am finding
That's not the way I want my story to end

I'm safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this party's over?
No pain
Inside
You're my protection
But how do I feel this good sober?

I don't wanna be the girl that has to fill the silence...
The quiet scares me 'cause it screams the truth
Please don't tell me that we had that conversation
'Cause I won't remember, save your breath, 'cause what's the use?

Aahh, the night is calling
And it whispers to me softly, "come and play"
Aahh, I am falling
And if I let myself go, I'm the only one to blame

I'm safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this party's over?
No pain
Inside
You're like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?

I'm comin' down
Comin' down
Comin' down
Spinnin' round
Spinnin' round
Spinnin' round
Looking for myself.. Sober

Comin' down
Comin' down
Comin' down
Spinnin' round
Spinnin' round
Spinnin' round
Looking for myself.. Sober

When it's good, then it's good, it's so good, 'till it goes bad
Till you're trying to find the you that you once had
I have heard myself cry
Never again
Broken down in agony
And just trying to find a friend

I'm safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this party's over?
No pain
Inside
You're like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?

I'm safe
Up high
Nothing can touch me
But why do I feel this party's over?
No pain
Inside
You're like perfection
But how do I feel this good sober?

How do I feel this good sober?

Kids :: MGMT
You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it
Making momma so proud,
But your voice is too loud

We like to watch you laughing,
You pick the insects off plants
No time to think of consequences

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted
To be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted
To be haunted

The water is warm
But it’s sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention

The memories fade
Like looking through a fogged mirror
Decision to decisions are made
And not bought,
But I thought this wouldn’t hurt a lot.
I guess not...

Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted
To be haunted
Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees wanted
To be haunted

:: I should heed this more - don't overreact, don't freak out, don't discount things so quickly either... control yourself, your emotions, your reactions... gather the information that you need from all of your experiences, and take that information into everything in your life after that ::

The Futile :: Say Anything
Shit!
Nothing makes sense, so I won't think about it. I'll go with the ignorance.
Eat, sleep, fuck and flee; in four words, that's me.
I am full of indifference.

What do the old people teach us but how to die (die) die (die)
and what do those hissy fits teach you except how to cry, pussy, cry?
Yea the futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
Futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
Futile, the futile, the futile so (the futile, the futile)

Taste. I have no taste. I don't like these tiny portions
or your artful abortions of sound,
sealed with a kiss, slathered in the sauce sarcastic.
So go choke on your irony.

What do the old people teach us but how to die (die) die (die) and what do your hissy fits teach you except how to cry, pussy, cry?
Yea the futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
Futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
Futile, the futile, the futile so

I'm eating rat poison for dinner. Pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone, Tonight, rat poison for dinner.pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone. So goodnight.
Love! I shall not love, yet I'll still sing about it. I hope it covers the ocean in slime, the drama and drool. I'm leaking the blood of a fool. (I'm full of it, I'm full of it, I'm full.)
Rat poison for dinner, pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone.
Tonight. Rat poison for dinner, pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone. Tonight.
Oh I am dining alone. Tonight. Tonight. Tonight.

:: At the time of this Soudtrack being finalized (2 months before I wrote these blurbs) I was going through an incident where my age was an issue (again), so even though I was going to put this song on here for the line, "The futile outweights the beautiful," I definitely was rocking the "What do the old people teach us, but how to die" lines in my soul ::

Mercury :: Bloc Party
Mercury's in retrograde

This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Trying not to worry about what's forgotten
Trying not to worry about what's being missed

Scars on my shins and scars on my knuckles
Today I woke up in the basketball court
John Joe's in Sydney and he ain't returning
I'm sitting in Soho trying to stay drunk

In any part of the world
From Silver Lake to Williamsburg
You can pick another stranger
And fall in love

Mercury's in retrograde

This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Trying not to worry about what's forgotten
Trying not to worry about what's being missed

Bleeding gums and veins protruding
You're starting to hate all of your clothes
Waiting in LA and she ain't returning
I'm sleeping with people I don't even like

In any part of the world
From Silver Lake to Williamsburg
You can pick another stranger
And fall in love

Mercury's in retrograde

When I saw you last night, I wanted to say:
"Run away with me, away from these cynics"
That this could be the start of something truly real
But all that I could say was "hey"
Was "hey", was "hey", was "hey"

Mercury's in retrograde

Use Somebody :: Kings of Leon
I've been roaming around
always looking down at all I see
painted faces fill the places I can't reach

you know that I could use somebody
you know that I could use somebody
someone like you

and all you know
and how you speak
countless lovers undercover of the street

you know that I could use somebody
you know that I could use somebody
someone like you

off in the night,
while you live it up, I'm off to sleep
waging war to shake the poet and the beat

I hope it's gonna make you notice
I hope it's gonna make you notice
someone like me
someone like me
someone like me

go and let it out
someone like you
somebody
someone like you
somebody
someone like you
somebody

I've been roaming around
always looking down at all i see

:: That last line especially... "I've been roaming around/ always looking down at all I see"... totally me. Though this whole song is very Me, in a couple of ways. One, I collect people. So I can always use everyone.. But also, I'm constantly on a personal inner-quest to find people that make me better person, give me a different/improved viewpoint of the world, etc. "Someone like you, and all you know, and how you see..." ::

Breakin' :: The All-American Rejects
Hold on tight
Wrap your arms around me till your knuckles are burning white
All your tears
Couldn't match the bitter taste of all these wasted years

You take take
Everything that wasn't even yours
Wait wait
You don't got a hold of me anymore

In a clear view there's a silhouette
And I watch you and I can't forget
Knew we were done when you locked that door
Yeah I figured it out now
Breaking's what the heart is for

When I see you in a silhouette
And you hold close
Do you feel regret
Keeping me down when I hit that floor
Yeah I figured it out girl
Breakings what your heart is for

For so long
I've had to bite my tongue but what's the point if the feelings gone
I turn my head
Learned I only see some memory but all I see is red

Don't don't
Say it didn't happen that way
I won't won't
Believe another word that you say

In a clear view there's a silhouette
And I watch you and I can't forget
Knew we were done when you locked that door
Yeah I figured it out now
Breaking's what the heart is for

When I see you in a silhouette
And you hold close
Do you feel regret
Keeping me down when I hit that floor
And I figured it out girl
Breakings what your heart is for

Yeah breaking's what your heart is for
Yeah breaking's what your heart is for

And not a soul sleeps
Another heart skips a beat
It's every note that you wrote and I hope that you choke on the lines
You're wasting my time, another heart beats tonight

In a clear view there's a silhouette
And I watch you, no I'll never forget
Knew we were done when you locked that door
Yeah I figured it out now
Breaking's what the heart is for

When I see you in a silhouette
And you hold close
Do you feel regret
Keeping me down when I hit that floor
And I figured it out girl
Breakings what your heart is for

Yeah breaking's what your heart is for..

:: It took me a long time to get to the point where I totally agreed with this song, but here I sit... ::

It's Beginning to Get to Me :: Snow Patrol
I want something
That's purer than the water
Like we were

It's not there now
Ineloquence and anger
Are all we have

Like Saturn's rings
An icy loop around me
Too hard to hold

Lash out first
At all the things we don't like
Or understand

And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed

Are you beginning to get get my point
That all this fighting with aching joints
It's doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about

The answer phone
The lonely sound of your voice
Frozen in time

I only need
The compass that you gave me
To guide me on

And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed

Are you beginning to get get my point
That all this fighting with aching joints
It's doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about

It's so thrilling but also wrong
Don't have to prove that you are so strong
'Cause I can carry you on my back
After our enemies attack

I tried to tell you before I left
But I was screaming under my breath
You are the only thing that makes sense
Just ignore all this present tense

We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapsed under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost

We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapsed under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost

A Comet Appears :: The Shins
One hand on this wily comet,
Take a drink just to give me some weight,
Some uber-man I'd make,
I'm barely a vapor

They shone a chlorine light on,
A host of individual sins,
Let's carve my aging face off,
Fetch us a knife,
Start with my eyes,
Down so the lines,
Form a grimacing smile,

Close your eyes to corral a virtue,
Is this fooling anyone else?
Never worked so long and hard,
To cement a failure,

We can blow on our thumbs and posture,
But the lonely are such delicate things,
The wind from a wasp could blow them,
Into the sea,
With stones on their feet,
Lost to the light and the loving we need,

Still to come,
The worst part and you know it,
There is a numbness,
In your heart and it's growing,

With burnt sage and a forest of bygones,
I click my heels,
Get the devils in line,
A list of things I could lay the blame on,
Might give me a way out,

But with each turn,
It's this front and center,
Like a dart stuck square in your eye,
Every post you can hitch your faith on,
Is a pie in the sky,
Chock full of lies,
A tool we devise,
To make sinking stones fly,

And still to come,
The worst part and you know it,
There is a numbness,
In your heart and it's growing.