슬로코어/드림팝 포크를 아우르며 절대적인 지지를 받았던 팀인 IDA의 1995년 데뷔앨범. Dan Littleton과 Elizabeth Mitchell의 2인체제로 이루어진 초기의 모습을 담고 있는 본작은 후에 이들의 트레이드마크가 되어버린 놀라운 하모니와 깨질듯 연약하지만 아름다운 모습들을 담고 있다. 본 앨범으로 당시에 이들은 새로운 갤럭시 500 이라는 평가를 받기도 했는데, 본 음반은 어느덧 포크 팝 애청자들의 클래식처럼 여겨지고 있더라. All Music Guide 평점 : 4/5 .... ....
Sitting in the office Sitting in your chair The temporary positions Friends that disappear
Call a toll-free number Voicemail message clear You might need some assistance Sorry, no one's there
You said You said You caught me In the middle of a bad time again
Meaning you are living Leaving you alive Like everybody else In the middle of a bad time
Who's that call waiting On the telephone line And new friends can get fragile Scrambling for time with you A bad time
Bad time In the middle of a bad time
How long I've been waiting And collecting calls Yeah don't you want to know You got lots of messages from All over town Some of them know you But most of them are just business as usual
You said You said You caught me In the middle of a bad time
What's the point of trying To begin again Or even finding out In the middle of a bad time
Who gonna help you When the elevator door jams When all you've got are contracts Couldn't give a damn About you
Some days are heavy and some days are mean Some days fall somewhere in between Today i would like to tear you apart at the seams
Taking a plane is the worst kind of day Holding your breath in the sky You should never write a letter that high
Speaking my mind is not what i do best But i have to get this all off my chest Open this window and hope that these words will fly
But hey what does it matter now Cause turning back pages is not something time will allow But wait i never got to say You were digging into me and then you just got away
So how can you say that i'm wasting time After all of the years i have spent trying to fill up the hole That you left sitting there in my heart
And i'm taking it back And i'm making it mine I am still trying
Oh ohhhh oh
Some days are heavy and some days are mean Some days fall somewhere in between, in between
What you get is what you bargained for At the store aisle in the store I'm wondering what's in store for me Look for the discounts, discount in everything Everything trivial, everything unfriendly They're all out of the good ones again
But I'm not looking for a few pennies off Just show me something that doesn't go soft We're all out We're all out
Outside everything's colder Kids get older, friends get so far apart Just hold on, to something, anything Convenience highlights imminence The imminence of change And I hold coupons in my hands Empty demands Standing in the aisle
Lately it's anything that sets me off At the store aisle, back for more I'm wondering how to start again Because all sales are final Finality finds me looking for discounts Hell-bent on easy and Nothing good ever comes that way
But I'm not looking to save a few cents I just need something that doesn't break when it bends But they're all out
Like glass shattering in a clean break This is the art of a mistake And we were like kids with a shotgun Blowing up words till there were none
And maybe i'm too young
I thought that i could destroy it Aimed shot and fired Missed the target But you keep coming abck Hand me fractured words through the lens of time And some things cant be burned Even when they yurn to die
Saw a car burning down on the side of the highway Ambulance came but I couldn't tell if it got there on time Lights all a'flashin i could see them through the rear view mirror II watched them disappear
F you gimme a ride i can take you higher If you gimme a ride i'll do the same for you Some time
People come and go But they fit just like pieces of puzzles Pieces of troubles Lovers come Lovers move on I looked for you in the rubble But i couldn't find you I can't seem to let you go
This is where we cross that line This is where we lost our time Abondon love every time For something more
If you gimme a ride i can take you higher If you gimme a ride i'll do the same for you Some times
I am standing outside The birds are flying west I am in the middle of a puddle With mud on my dress But I liked the way that I was And I wanted to stay that way But I took a walk last night And now everything, everything's changed
I like to draw maps I like to show you where I've been This is the place where it's hotter than summer This is where I'm called Madeline Have you ever felt heat so deep in your blood? Where fire meets iron and melts down the core This is the thing that you shouldn't have done And that's what I'm gonna make you pay for this Now that I make this noise I don't have to listen to you
You asked to see my compass It's pointed toward the sky Time is going to give up on me I need to learn to fly I'm going to spread my wings And hold my only pain And the birds will commend my island As I swim to the top of the rain
Looking out from nowhere Taking in a view I see in the sideway between me and you Nothing is forever you can spend a lifetime learning that Gather your defenses, and we'll always leave you alone
Playing back the pictures You can almost taste it now Memory is so sure but it's never quite what is was Everything's distorted when you're looking through the glass Pictures change their color, impressions they always have
Markers all scattering light Pulling shadows falling on your back Falling on your eyes
We were carrying the corpse Dropped it in a well Tried to salvage something even though we landed in hell You grieve so silently In and out of memory
So take another shot before you bend to say goodbye Take another shot before you bend to say goodbye And after all is said After all is said After all is said and done
You take it right You take it right?right Back
After all is said, it's the only thing on your mind After all is said, it's the only thing on my, only thing Only
I see you in the car in the night with your lights on All running the cold towards the dark and the trees There's something pulling me back under your covers But a woman who knows better sees that it's time to leave
There's nothing more that i could give to the center Of a place that has never stood still There's not enough room here and there's never enough poison To kill the way that i really feel
But when i get home i find you Begging and scratching for more Don't force me to be cruel Find your own way to the door
'cause you have to recognize that i am justified And i, i can break you down
You asked for this, you don't have the guts to get over
And i'm so tired that's the price of your whys And i don't mind telling you that you made me cry too
I was won like a prize and you don't have the guts just to tell me the truth
So i leave you in the car in the night with your lights on All running the cold past the dark and the trees Is this what you wanted, evidence of everything I will plead guilty, i need this release