rockin' houses
because i don't have time for streets
i've been rockin' houses
and i don't care how they meet
whatever it is you want me to do
well i don't want to
i've been rockin' houses
ain't no streets, i don't give a damn
been rockin' houses
and i know no better plan
i don't care what you want me to do
'cause i don't want to
let me know
when you want to change my mind
you know you can at any time
sweep me off my feet
i'll keep rockin' houses
& i won't be home by nine
just rockin' houses
and i don't need home, i'm fine without it
i wanna do everything
& say everything
that's ever been on my mind
all at the same time
sing sometimes
sing now & again
and again and again
and it's hurting me to hear you cry
and nothing is concrete
concrete's nothing, it's everywhere
i don't care about money
just kidding
i don't care about rain
machinery's for sinners
i don't care very much
when i'm flying
when i'm flying into nothing
drifting across the ocean in a little red boat
falling through the trees
falling
falling in the breeze
i love you
you miniscule thought
oh yeah i love you
and that's all life is for
i don't care about structure.
stack frogs
stash drugs
delete the future
just like school work, honey
you got me doing nothing
& it's always the same in the end
it's a fool's work, honey
& that won't make ya money
'cause it's always the same in the end
you're tryin' to make something of yourself
so you forget about everyone else
but just like school work, honey
that won't bring ya money
& it's always the same in the end
it's a fool's work, honey
& that don't make the money
& all you're gonna do is pretend
You tell me you need me
then you go off & leave me
So I'm sitting here, on my own
talking to myself in secret
On my own
talking to myself in secret
On my own
talking to myself in secret
I don't believe a word I hear
telling myself I'd get by without you
It's all I fear
I don't mind if your truth changes
But tell me why
why'd you go & keep it secret?
On your own
talking to yourself in secret
On your own
talking to yourself in secret
i want to
shift through time
wake up one minute before nine
in the morning
but i need you to disarm me
i need you to alarm me
take me home again
make me whole again
i want to hold you & i
i want to know you
but i'm scared
& i'd like to show you
to show you who i am
i just don't see how i can
we can walk
in any way we please
so why don't we?
& we can talk
at any time of day or night
why won't we?
i hope you don't mind
don't mind what they say
it'll be okay
we can love our own way
shade me now please from these feelings
& tell me why
i should always try to hide it
it's all there inside
& it plays me for a fool
in the pure light of day
& it's written on the wall
in a haphazard way
& it won't go away, no
so i'll embrace it
nevermind, let's rewind forevermore
walk my soul through heaven's door
now free me
got some word salad
take it out the fridge
take it to bed
forgot what it said
got some word scallops
Welcome to the museum of my life
I've been planting some new old stock trees here
Framing my destinations
in little pictures upon the wall
I'm hanging my hats up there too
to show that I wear them
there are some that i don't like
but I don't care when I sleep
What I felt was once so grand
is buried now beneath the sand
A state of limbo, an eternal wait
Sitting listening for another fate
backing up our lives on plastic
backing up my life in stereo
backing up your life on paper
pouring ourselves inside computers
waiting for answers to shine through
walking amongst lonely commuters
backing it up
yeah, keep backing it up
baby keep on backing it up
so you fancy yourself a painter
painting the pain away
but you keep on backing it up
babe you keep on backing it up
the time goes so fast
and you already know that
i can't explain the reason why
rewind, the time goes so fast
but you already know that
loving was a past fault of mine
it got me going down, down, down
and you already know that
i can't explain why i am living here
you already know that
i can't explain the way that i feel
you press my buttons well (ow, ow)
In the department of unfinished thoughts
Long sighs go far out into the wild
Where our troubles freeze with the snow
and fall from the branches
Let go of life's distractions
Words I try to tell myself
Words some try to sell
It's very easy
to lose your grip
To wind up
boarding a sinking ship
And we've all been there
admit it or don't
Well, if you're weak
I know you won't
Some paths we travel
may wave goodbye
In the blink
of a straining eye
When you're drowning
in a crowded ocean
When you're losing
all of your devotion
I'll still be there for you
ready or not
And I will pull you out
and hold you
I've already told you
i really, really need to sell everything
or just donate everything
everything must go
as soon as possible
i need to simplify my life right now
or in the next available slot
i really, really need to get away
from everything i've got
i failed again
i really, really need to get away
from everything i've got
i failed again
hello
they keep putting faces in the books
try and remember what they looked like
goodnight
our consciences just sorta merged right right right
merge left
merge into traffic
left lane
indicating...
HELLO DOWN THERE
echo Echo ECho ECHo ECHO
ECHO ECHo ECho Echo echo
hi i am myself (not true)
hello
Hello
Hi
hi
hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi
we're stuck in some kind of perpetual loop
switch off the machine
I'm sitting alone in my new home
Thinking of you
Treasuring the years
Now that they're gone
You're fading out of view
In the blink of an eye
Refraining from crying
I try to do the things I used to
It doesn't feel the same
Nothing seems to change anymore
Everything's so vague
Every path's unpaved
Everything's so vague
Nothing seems to change anymore
I put all my thoughts into a computer
Say hello to an audio commuter
An audio commuter
Must be jarring
Must be laughing
Must be wondering
What kinda world
are we living in?
All my memories
Are pictures on the screen
All my contacts
Are numbers on a machine
What good can I do?
I don't even need you
I put all my thoughts into a computer
Say hello to an audio commuter
An audio commuter
Must be jarring
Must be laughing
Must be wondering
What kinda world
are we living in?
Standing at the center of an overcrowded beach
Overlooking sunsetting memories I can't reach
Hearing vague echoes of my life in all directions
Your face contorts in my thoughts
The phone lines in Winter
are stretching up by my window
The snow's falling down
I can't see a soul around
The phone lines in Winter
are silent and cold
There's no one to call
and no one to hold
This hotel is fancy
Every room's got a view
But even then
it's got nothing without you
The phone lines in Winter
a symbol of our love
Cold and apart
yet linked from above
I love eating supermarkets
Loving you forever
Loving you forever,
that's the way I'll park it
I love eating supermarkets
They're my favourite snack
If you want a slice of mine
You're gonna have to come back
You can go get a new job
You could go somewhere higher
But you could be the CEO of Mexico
And I'd just start a new diet
I long to write to you each day
But I'd have nothing new to say
I'm sorry if I was abrupt
I'm wishing to be true
Hey, I remember you
And your poem too
Beauty's overshadowed by hell
Beauty's in the depths of a wishing well
Beauty's overshadowed again
Can we be like them at all?
Lately I've been tossing my coins
Into the depths of a wishing well
Beauty's overshadowed again
Can we be like them at all?
Maybe if I wait long enough
My wish will come true
You'll come back to me
You'll come back to being true too
I keep tossing and turning
Search light on and burning out
Vaguely
Phone lines in Winter
Dead and cold
No-one to call
No-one to hold
Earth's Companion flying high
High above the great blue sky
And if you could see me try
And if you could see me cry
I'm not the one who hurt you
I'm not the one who made you cry
Were you born to make me cry
Hurt me, hurt me all the time
I trusted you but you let me down
In my sorrows I could drown
You might as well just leave
You've got too many tricks up your sleeve
So why don't you go, there's the door
We don't want you here any more
We've seen enough of your kind
Now all we want is peace of mind
Our people do not think like you
We have gained a wider view
You will not listen, nor will we
This scrap could go on endlessly
At the end of the day,
The bell rings loud.
The rain is gentle, though from the dullest of clouds.
The books are closing,
The day was tiring.
Next, I'm walking down a hall
Passing an old radiator on the wall
I pass the people, pass each door
Some people rush as if there's war
I reach outdoors and though it rains
I walk quite slow; I notice autumn's yellow leaves quickly blow
They fall and rise and prance and dance
Autumn's wind gives them no chance
Evening's stepping closer
As I'm stepping closer home
And tomorrow's end of day
Will act just as a clone
All the things you say
Come to haunt me
By the end of the day