현재 가장 사랑받고 있는 캐나다 출신의 인디록 밴드 Stars의 2005년작이자 최고작. 1집때의 일렉트로닉한 면은 상당히 제거됐으며 놀라운 멜로디와 잘 짜여진 곡 구성. 그리고 팝적인 감성들이 한데 어우러져 있다. 아득하면서도 정제된 사운드와 가끔씩 스트레이트하게 뿜어나오는 기타톤, 그리고 멜로딕하면서도 침착함을 잃지 않는 남/여 보컬의 조화는 최고의 인디락/팝 앨범 그 이상의 역할을 수행한다. 당신이 올해 반드시 들어보아야 하는 인디록 걸작. All Music Guide 평점 : 4/5 Pitchfork Media 평점 : 8.4/10 (일본반 보너스 트랙 수록)
You look so good in the clothes of a poser And when you smiled all the kids fell apart here I know a place where it's warm and it's dry, dear Let me take you there
North of the river all the streets are the same We can pretend that they don't know our name And the heat is turned all the way to full So don't pretend that you don't feel the pull
I am trying to say What I want to say Without having to say "I love you"
You look so good in the shoes of an outcast I kissed your throat every time they said it wouldn't last But then I knew you, I knew you, I knew you I really knew you
We fell apart in the parties of the empty heart We danced the junkies in the shadows of bad modern art We clicked our heels and we wished we were home One more tab and your silk hits the chrome
I am trying to say What I want to say Without having to say "I love you"
I am trying to say What I want to say Without having to say "I love you"
Springs comes in when I'm rolling up another one I draw the curtains in the glare of the same old sun We are collapsed in the act of just being here Three blues, two greens and a beer... We are collapsed in the act of just being here Three blues, two greens and a beer...
I am trying to say What I want to say Without having to say "I love you"
I am trying to say What I want to say Without having to say "I love you"
We don't want to sleep tonight Still young like that I count the lines Beside your mouth that smiles now My arms reach up as you go down With buried heads we both forget All of the past and its regret Wind picks up, the window shakes We won't hear the morning break
You will cry And I will cry 'Cause all the love's Alive tonight
Neighborhoods will try to dream While you and me we hold and lean Onto bodies slick and charged Together just one beating heart All around us quiet now We hear the leaves fall to the ground Morning light upon our bed An ally while I catch your breath
You will cry And I will cry 'Cause all the love's Alive tonight You will cry (repeat)
First time, in the backyard Underneath the plastic sheeting Outside, it was pouring And we were drunk as shit
Next time, at a party When all our friends were there There's nothing like their mattresses Underneath the stairs
Third time, in the doorway With the lights all on around us And the audience beside us And the old man watching from the trees
Fourth time, I said that's that You've agreed to give me everything Now I've got to ask you one more thing Keep doing that forever
Fifth time in your bedroom And finally, we rested And you leaned upon your elbow And began to speak to me
But you stopped yourself and kissed me And I grabbed your wrist and told you I know, I know, I know I feel the same as you
And everyday, it's changed since then In every way, I've changed since then And everyday, it's changed since then In every way, I've changed since then
Driven outside I've driven you Driven outside I've driven you
What gives you the right? To fuck with our lives? A devil born in paradise A liar loves to lie Keep watching your back Killers always have killers on their track Keep watching the sky 'cause you might get lucky again I hope your drunken daughters are gay! You are the shadow of fear! Yoou scare the love out of here Like an ape in a cage Small white man in a rage Mellow suit, mellow smile Limousines down murder mile... Watch the devil's at play! Drain the bottle empty California today Tomorrow it's you and me...