What's it like to be the only somebody in the room Tell us all what does it cost you to be you Takin' out Daddy's trash now ain't it a drag Trippin' on Papa's brand new body bag
How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned
Places Everybody places Embrace it It's the way it has to be Wasted Is everybody wasted Complacent Is anybody free
How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned
I'm thinking of a word that has been Knocked up and overused You could say it's lost all meaning From so much abuse
But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH
Most everything I ever wanted Doesn't really have a name But baby you're as close as I've come and I know that it sounds strange
But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH
So open up my heart-shaped box It's full of combination locks I've swallowed all my love-sick pills To keep from getting chills Look at all the books I've read In my lonely single bed
But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH
But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH
Part of me You are a part of me I never want to lose Hard for me This is too hard Maybe I can't get through What will I miss the most Pray that I'm haunted by your ghost
Listening You're always listening I don't know what to say Why don't you turn and run at break-neck speed Just to get away And when you catch your breath Pray I said every word I meant
Alright it's alright now Alright it's alright
Broken down We're all so broken down Bandages on our wings I know I don't have to tell you Only broken hearts can sing I'm hoping for a sign Pray that I'm anything but fine
Alright it's alright now Alright it's alright Alright it's alright
Some things are never gonna change You ought to know by now
Fool Fool me I'm just a sentimental fool It happened again When I remembered you And all that we've been through Fool Truly I know this world it can be so cruel I won't let you go
Fool Use me This is the part that I can't refuse Just do what you do My heart's becoming true It aches to make room for you Fool pursue me To heaven above or to hell below Just don't let go
Fool me I'm just a sentimental fool I can't let you go
The moon blind-sided the sky again As we grabbed loose ends of the tide and then The slippery slide You know I can't say when I ever took a ride that could slap me this silly With roiling joy Lazy as sin Lyin' up in heaven with my special friend And the space he's in It can make a girl grin In the beginning of a lifelong fling
I wrote down a dream Folded the note Slipped it in the pocket of my tattered coat
I wrote down a dream In invisible ink It never was mine I'm beginning to think
I wrote down a dream What more could I do I drew myself a picture and the picture was you
I wrote myself a riddle I said, What I wouldn't do To give something good To a love like you
The moon blind-sided the sky again As we grabbed loose ends of the tide and then The slippery slide You know I can't say when I ever took a ride that could slap me this silly With roiling joy Lazy as sin Lyin' up in heaven with my special friend And the space he's in It can make a girl grin In the beginning of a lifelong fling
I wrote down a dream Folded the note Passed it to you we stepped in our boat
Sailed ‘round the world We were hoping to find More than the sum of all we left behind
I wrote down a dream But what was it now And why does it all feel so distant somehow
Did I take too long Did I get it wrong You're still the missing line in my favorite song
The moon blind-sided the sky again As we grabbed loose ends of the tide and then The slippery slide You know I can't say when I ever took a ride that could slap me this silly With roiling joy Lazy as sin Lyin' up in heaven with my special friend And the space he's in It can make a girl sing
Hey love What do you say We get outta here today You ain't found your footing yet But someday you're going to fly My hometown boy
Cars up on blocks The neighborhood's gone to hell You wonder if the whole world's breakin' down But you feel somethin', feel somethin' You feel the need to run But you don't know why My hometown boy
No love No sloe gin backporch nights for you We've got work to do White trash blowin' down the street Just pipe dreams on paper But starting tomorrow We've gotta try Me and my hometown boy Me and my hometown boy Me and my, my hometown boy Me and my
I have my father's hand I have my mother's tongue I look for redemption in everyone
I wanna wear your ring I have a song to sing It ain't over babe In fact it's just begun
Changes come Turn my world around Changes come Bring the whole thing down
I wanna have our baby Somedays I think that maybe This ol' world's too fucked up For any firstborn son
There is all this untouched beauty The light the dark both running through me Is there still redemption for anyone
Changes come Turn my world around Changes come Bring the whole thing down
Jesus come Turn the world around Jesus come Lay my burden down Jesus come Turn this world around Jesus come Bring the whole thing down Jesus come Turn this world around Jesus come Bring the whole thing down Bring the whole thing down Bring the whole thing down Bring it down
Whatcha doin' with a suitcase Tryin' to hit the ground with both feet runnin' Aren't you trippin' on your shoelace
You're stealin' away on a sunny day Well aren't you ashamed at all Funny but I feel like I'm fallin' I wanna beg you to stay You're stealin' away on a sunny day
Why'd you love me in the first place You were always closer than a brother I can barely look at your face
You're stealin' away on a sunny day Well aren't you ashamed at all Funny but I feel like I'm fallin' I wanna beg you to stay You're stealin' away on a sunny day
I've said my I've said my I've said my piece I'm on my I'm on my Down on my knees
Whatcha doin' with a suitcase Whatcha doin' with a suitcase
You're stealin' away on a sunny day Well aren't you ashamed at all Funny but I feel like I'm fallin' I wanna beg you to stay You're stealin' away on a sunny day
Go down easy babe. Go down slow. Take all the time you need. We've no place else to go.
Gonna put on my favorite dress. Put my hair up too. Take me North, South, East or West. I guess I'll leave it up to you.
You threw a noose around my shadow. Got me into all this mess. I would have dove in head first anyway For less, for a whole lot less.
Go down easy babe. Go down slow. Take all the time you need. We've no place else to go.
Say farewell to the confines of my own back yard. Weeds growin' 'round the flowers. Sometimes the only way to break the curse Is to leave it all behind.
Find the slow curve of a back road, One hand on the wheel. Drive till I remember how it feels. So this is how it feels. Oh.
Go down easy babe. Go down slow. If there's anything better than this I'd like to know.
Slow down. Hold still. It's not as if it's a matter of will. Someone's circling. Someone's moving A little lower than the angels. And it's got nothing to do with me. The wind blows through the trees, But if I look for it, it won't come. I tense up. My mind goes numb. There's nothing harder than learning how to receive.
Calm down. Be still. We've got plenty of time to kill. No hand writing on the wall: Just the voice that's in us all. And you're whispering to me, Time to get up off my hands and knees, Cause if I beg for it, it won't come. I find nothing but table crumbs. My hands are empty. God I've been naive.
All I need is everything. Inside, outside, feel new skin. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again.
Slow down. Hold still. It's not as if it's a matter of will. Someone's circling. Someone's moving A little lower than the angels. This voice calling me to you: It's just barely coming through. Still, I clearly hear my name. I've been fingering the flame Like tomorrow's martyr. It gets harder to believe.
All I need is everything. Inside, outside, feel new skin. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again.
So from now till kingdom come, Taste the words on the tip of my tongue. Cause we can't run truth out of town, Only force it underground. The roots grow deeper In ways we can't conceive.
All I need is everything. Inside, outside feel new skin. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again.
Don't speak. Words come out your eyes. You're wet with this nightmare. Like thorns you hold these secrets to your breast, Your slender fingers closing into fists. The wind blows through the trees, Trace your bruise Like a guilty streak. Hold the pain. You're a connoisseur. You think you have no other gift to give, But we have so much left to live. No hand writing on the wall: We don't need a lot of money. We'll be sleeping on the beach, Keeping oceans within reach. (Whatever private oceans we can conjure up for free.) I will stumble there with you And you'll be laughing close with me, Trying not to make a scene Etcetera. Whatever. I guess all I really mean Inside, outside, feel new skin. Is we're gonna be alright. Yeah, we're gonna be alright. You can close your eyes tonight, Cause we're gonna be alright. It's not as if it's a matter of will. So come on now, I can almost see That place On a distant shore. And courage is a weapon we must use To find some life you can't refuse. Like tomorrow's martyr. We don't need a lot of money. We'll be sleeping on the beach, Keeping oceans within reach. (Whatever private oceans we can conjure up for free.) I will stumble there with you And you'll be laughing close with me, Trying not to make a scene Etcetera. Whatever. I guess all I really mean Taste the words on the tip of my tongue. Is we're gonna be alright. Yeah, we're gonna be alright. You can close your eyes tonight, Cause we're gonna be alright. All that I can see is your eyes. Close your eyes. Close your eyes. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again.
Your paint dries, the canvas smiles, with two eyes you lift yourself up. Stroke your skin, there are teeth marks to be sure. Maybe we’re best close to the ground. Maybe angels drag us down. I wonder which part of this will leave the scar.
Dip your hands in colours while the young night flutters in on you and finger paint me pictures of all you see. No matter what they say, you’ll always be faithfully dangerous, lost and lovely, so beautiful to me. I’m not too blind to see.
Red is blood. Black is sky. White’s the dove that longs to fly. You set it free and it beats its wings in me. It leaves us at a loss for words. Is that me now in your arms? We cradle together and fall down on our knees.
Let the whole world drift downstream. We’ll always be different. Swim the silent slipstream inside of me. No matter what they say, you’ll always be faithfully dangerous, lost and lovely, so beautiful to me. I’m not too blind to see.
Red is blood. Black is sky. White’s the dove that longs to fly. You set it free and it beats its wings in me. It leaves us at a loss for words. Is that me now in your arms? We cradle together and fall down on our knees.
The heart that beats is yours inside me. Red is love. Black is night. I’m drunk with angels taking flight. The heart that beats is yours inside me. The heart that beats is yours inside me. The heart that beats is yours.
I thought I'd go up Poughkeepsie, Look out o'er the Hudson, And I'd throw my body down on the river. And I'd know no more sorrow, I'd fly like the sparrow And I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight.
I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I'd take to the sky with all my might. No more drowning in my sorrow, No more drowning in my fright, I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight.
There are those who know sorrow And those who must borrow And those whose lot in life is sweet. Well I'm drunk on self-pity, Scorned all that's been given me, I would drink from a bottle labeled Sure Defeat.
I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I'd take to the sky with all my might. No more drowning in my sorrow, No more drowning in my fright, I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight.
Then the skies, they fell open And my eyes were opened To a world of hope falling at my feet. Now I've no more or less Than anyone else has, What I have is a gift of life I can't repeat.
So I go up Poughkeepsie, Look out o'er the Hudson And I cast my worries to the sky. Now I still know sorrow, But I can fly like the sparrow 'Cause I ride on the backs of the angels tonight.
I ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I take to the sky with all their might. No more drowning in my sorrow, No more drowning in my fright, I'll just ride on the backs of the angels each night.
