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Always Wanted You
03:29
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Some of us are liars
And some of us are those they lie to
Even though I’ve lied so much
I swear that I have never lied to you
The truth has always been there
Hanging in the air between you and me
I’ve never had the guts to say it
Cuz I’m a walking calamity
But now we’re running out of time and
Feelings I cannot define are
Filling up my head with dreams of you
But if I said my thoughts out loud my
Hopes would soon come crashing down and
I don’t want our friendship to be through
So this is what I’m gonna do
I’ll keep my mouth shut
I’ll do anything
Except come right out
And say the truth, instead
I’ll sit and wait
I’ll withhold the fact that
I have always wanted you
I can’t remember every time
That seeing you just took my breath away
Thank God you made me speechless
Because telling you would have been a mistake
I don’t know where I’m going but I’m pretty sure that
You will not be there
It wouldn’t matter if I told you,
You wouldn’t even care
I always sat right next to you and
Wished I had courage to just
Touch your hand and never let it go
But all this time I’m sure you never
Thought of you and me together
And that’s one reason that I didn’t show,
One reason that you’ll never know
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2. |
Nowhere Fast
03:36
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Stuck in place like I’m a syndicated TV sitcom
Change the lineup, boss, It’s been in primetime slots for too long
No one watches anymore
Cuz they’ve all seen my stupid Ratings-grabbing tricks before
Stuck in place like I’m a patient in intensive care
IV’s and painkillers, a tube that’s down my throat to give me air
They said I’ll make it out alive
But I was hurt so bad, I’m scared to even try
To pick myself up again
I am going nowhere fast
Memories holding me back
I can’t escape my past
I need a second chance
Cuz I’m going nowhere fast
Stuck in place like I’m a ship without a sail
Loose the moorings and the voyage will be doomed to fail
Tossed about on crashing waves
Lost at sea for countless days
Stuck in place like I’m a songbird trapped inside a cage
Hoping one day to step out onto a bigger, better stage
But my voice is dead
The sounds of yesterday echo in my head
When you said to me
I’m going nowhere
I’m afraid to move
To say the things I need to say
To do the things I need to do
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3. |
Can You Tell Me
03:18
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I've seen the way you look at me
I've done the same
But then my conscience told me
I should act my age
We'll never be together
Maybe that's a shame
But I'm too old to play along
With stupid games
I've been looking out for
Signs to point the way
Speeding down that road
The mile markers tell me what I know
It's been a long time since
I've heard that name
Since I wished upon that star
Since I found out who I am and who you are
How can we find ourselves behind our fading eyes
when we can't see the guiding light of northern skies?
And I will follow any path I can
Just so I can understand
So can you tell me
Where do we go?
And when our paths diverge
I'll let you go
Cuz it's what we have to do
Cuz I cannot find myself when I'm with you
So kiss me now
It's time to say goodbye
It's better off this way
Looking forward, leaving yesterday
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4. |
With Diamonds and Lies
03:30
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When luck in life is all you find
And hope resents your faithless mind
Put a stone inside your chest
And walk alone just like this
But then you come across
A beautiful distraction
A drug, a woman who could
Finally give you ambition
Her body drips with honey
Cuz no one could ever taste so sweet
Her plan is much more cunning
Than anything you've ever dreamed
Snow is falling between the trees
Leaves you crawling on your knees
Lady Luck has no pity
For souls so black and dirty
Where do you get all your ammunition
For all of you evil premonitions?
When did you tiny addiction
Become your main attraction?
Lust kills everything you have
And anger everything you had
Potential to rise above
Lies dead next to what you used to love
Lost in hazy memory
With her dancing eagerly
Lips poised in seductive haste
And arms locked in a tight embrace
Mirrors break with overuse
And eyes blur in a senseless bliss
This beautiful lucky girl
Has taken you away from this world
She'll trick your eyes
With diamonds and lies
And drain you of your
Will to survive
It's a tragic scene
And you're left with nothing
But track marks and
Regrettable history
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Shoot-'em-Up Heroine
03:56
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I once met a bright shining girl
And she was an action movie star
When she was six and barely knew English
I guess that's how most shoot-em-up heroines are
She was scared and not in the mood for the party
But she was so happy to see me, she grabbed me tight
She didn't know all the drugs she was high on
She couldn't bum a cigarette to save her life
Maybe it's the poison talking
Cuz I swear I can see a red light glowing
Overhead, when I'm dead
I wanna come back to life
Like the Shoot-em-up Heroine
The Shoot-em-up Heroine was tripping on acid
She wanted me to take her home and it was on my way
She was I the only person that she ever trusted
She said she died a million times that day
She was gazing directly at my heart
With x-ray vision and eyes of gold
She made the best and worst decision
That a person could possibly make when they're
Twenty years old
The Shoot-em-up Heroine died a million times
But that just proves that she can come back to life
Rising up from the ashes of all of those bong hits
Feeling so good from reviving, she partied the next night
I'm surprised she remembered me at all
It was the first time I'd seen her in a year
She just keeps bouncing back from death
The Shoot-em-up Heroine drinks alcohol and phoenix tears
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6. |
The Best Part
04:00
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I am humble, I am whole
I am at home in the cold
Frostbite seeping in
To my toes in sandal thongs
It's strange this doesn't feel wrong
To stand by you and only think of sin
Augustine of Hippo knows
We're dirty just because blood flows
Everywhere
In our hearts, in our veins,
In the loins of our brains
It pumps harder just cuz
I smell your hair
December's over and done
Throughout my confusion
Looking back on these months
In searching for someone
The best part was you
You ask if I was stuck with friends
Until the hard grey end
I say that I would never make love again
A single shining ray of truth
before we're touching tooth to tooth
and I wonder if I can
Deal with all this pent-up shit
That only pops up when we kiss
Cuz for some reason you do this to me
As I wander down your warming skin
I catch myself pondering
If this is how it's always gotta be
Merry Christmas, boys and girls
Here's your presents, rock my world
Cuz happiness is all that I see
See my sister, see my brother,
See my father, see my mother
and wish I brought you home with me
You steal my heart when you steal my hat
And whenever you say stuff like that
And smile right before we kiss
I wanna grab onto you hand
And do everything that I can
To freeze the world and keep it just like this
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7. |
Codeine Dreams
03:20
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I was there when you were hurt
I heard all those painful words
Suddenly your world stood still
When you discovered popping pills
Just because you have a past
Doesn’t mean you can’t come back
Maybe there’s another way
Maybe there’s a path to follow
But codeine dreams won’t kill the pain
When you run out of pills to swallow
I see you wearing all your sins
You can’t blame them all on Vicodin
You woke up in a stranger’s bed
You slept with more than Percocet
Just because you’ve gone off the rails
Doesn’t mean that you have failed
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8. |
Heroes
03:33
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Big Tree Walking and Big Tooth Talking
Got the biggest order that they'd ever seen
Sunday 1 AM and Patrick has
Anakin on the TV screen
And what if I should fall and fail?
Would Arbor bear the load?
Only more questions arose
When some broke the fire code
Here's your deliverance from Carson's
Patrick Flanagan needed some rescuin'
We were heroes
We were the Blues Brothers on a mission from God
We were Batman and Robin,
soaring through the Gotham City skies
We were heroes in Sullivan's eyes
Twelve-inch thin, pepperoni, onion
Seven-inch thick, barbecue chicken
Pretzels, no sauce, nacho cheese
And two Mountain Dew cans please
Big Tree Walking and Big Tooth Talking
Came into the movie scene
We called a name and saved the day
And all the faces were cheering
We came back and told the tale
To everyone we knew
So next time there's a fire alarm
We'll deliver your pizza to you
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9. |
Beautiful Fiction
03:20
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Once upon a time
There was a boy and a girl
Who fell in love at first sight
After years of separation
She moved on
But he couldn't let her go
Longing for her
He looks across the bay
For her green light
But he couldn't let her go
Go ahead and tell me
Beautiful lies
Paint a picture of the
World in disguise
I've always been wrong,
The truth has never felt right
So make me believe in your
Beautiful fiction tonight
Once upon a time
There was a lonely girl
Who worked her fingers to the bone
She was promised
Things would go her way
But it was all a lie
Crying all alone
All dressed up with nowhere to go
Broken dreams in a broken home
But it was all a lie
Take me away
From this world and stick me in a page
Give me something like a happy ending
Something that'll help me escape
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10. |
Never Look Back
03:45
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I couldn't survive without you
My heart was in your hand
I've broken free from your grasp
Triumphantly I stand
You are left alone
As I fly away
I won't look back at you
But forward to new days
You won't keep me down
I've waited for so long
You can't keep me down
My spirit is too strong
I'm standing tall
I'm standing strong all by myself
Facing life
Now without you
I'm gonna start on something new
In the glowing red light
I'll never look back again
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11. |
Cellophane
03:53
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Cellophane covers every inch
Amazing grace had made me blind, but now I see
And is it all about those marching saints, instead of trinity?
Diamonds are your trusted friends, thanks to transparency
And if it's always gonna be this way
Then why are we still here?
And if it's only gonna hurt someday
Why do I want you near?
Cuz I can see through you and you see through me
And in love we share identity
When we're one step short of infinity
Cellophane can set you free
Crystal rain is falling onto a troubled head
Prismatic blessing is all for not when your heart is all but dead
Nothing in the fine prints states that happiness is required
But walking, talking sad all day won't help you be inspired
And if it's all the same either way
Then why do we choose at all?
And if it's difficult to reach the top
Why risk the fall?
Harrison would be prove of you
To throw your handicaps into the blue
Shrinkwrap your fears til the disappear
And they can't even touch
Cuz when you're five feet wide and two stories tall
You don't need to raise your voice at all
The world is your oyster to crush in your hand
And answer to the call
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