Camera Obscura

James, he came to my place
He said he had to see my face
He hopes that we can still be friends
In his own way, he'll love me til the end

And, James, he came to the door
Wanting to know for sure
Why love gets up and goes
I'm sorry, but it had no place to grow
Oh, James. My love for you is stronger, don't you know?

I'd like to celebrate you, dear
All in all, it's been a pretty good year
I looked deep within myself
I got scared by just how hard I fell
Oh, James. You broke me, I thought I knew you well.

Oh, you had me
Honey and me, oh, sun and the moon
I'll be fine by June
I could tell that you weren't well
Oh, James. You broke me, I thought I knew you well

Oh, can't you see you belong with me?
I could tell that you weren't well
Oh, James. You broke me, I thought I knew you well

Spent a week in a dusty library
Waiting for some words to jump at me
We met by a trick of fate
French navy, my sailor mate
We met by the moon on a silvery lake
You came my way, said I want you to stay
You with your dietary restriction
Said you love me with a lot of conviction
I was waiting to be struck by lightning
Waiting for somebody exciting like you
Oh the thing that you do
You make me go woo
With the things that you do, you do, you do
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
I'll be criticized for lending out my eye
I was criticized for letting you break my heart
Why would I stand the disappointed looks
Fooling all but I'm on tenterhooks
Ooh with the looks
On tenterhooks
Ooh with the looks, the looks, the looks
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
Relationships were something I used to do
Convince me they are better for me and you
We met by a trick of fate
French navy, my sailor
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
I want to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love, I couldn't hold it

If you were a season you would be in bloom
I wish I had good reason to see you soon
No need to convince me that you were a catch
I bought my ticket and so at last

Who was it that said that love conquers all?
Oh, he was a fool 'cause it doesn't add up
Should I believe you told a lie
On the way to my heart and on the way back?

Are my eyes the coldest blue?
You said once this was true
If it is I don't know what I'll do
'Cause I'm stuck with them and they're stuck on you

Was I quite bad that nothing could never challenged anyone
Or was I a lazy lazy snake?
Do you want me to be a gentle diplomat?
Oh, you can beg and you can plead

Are my eyes the coldest blue?
You said once this was true
and if it is I don't know what I'll do
'Cause I'm stuck with them and they're stuck on you

Are my eyes the coldest blue?
You said once this was true
If it is I don't know what I'll do
'Cause I'm stuck with them and you're stuck on you

'Cause I'm stuck with them and they're stuck on you
I'm stuck with them and they're stuck on you
I'm stuck with them and they're stuck on you

How many times have you told me you wanna die?
How many times have you told me now that you've tried?
Ooh and how many times will i let you get away with murder?
Ooh and how many times will you make me feel more alive?

Hey, I got a feeling there's something going wrong
I put my thoughts in a letter, send it when I'm feeling strong
In the time you became the girl that you wanted to be
Oh I told you all along there was no point looking to me

Oh, it's been hard to be strong
All of this going on
Yes, it's been hard to be strong
With all this going on
I've been lonely too, like you,
I'm just like you....
I'm just like you.....

People have been travelling miles just to hear us sing
It's a February night & I don't wanna feel anything
To get away, maybe I could sell kisses
In Portland I tried my pretty hand at fishing

Oh, it's been hard to be strong
With all this going on
Yes, it's been hard to be strong
With all this going on
I've been lonely too, like you,
I'm just like you....
I'm just like you....
I'm just like you....
I'm just like you.....

Hey, I got a feeling there's something going wrong
I put my thoughts in a letter, send it when I'm feeling strong

There's flowers in my house
And I bought them myself
No surprises in the record collection
You must have thought I was someone else

I'm still afraid to get lost
In a city I might explore
But I'm not afraid to have
An eloquent boy at my door

at my door
at my door
at my door

Oh you want to be a writer
Fantastic idea
You say you've never seen America
I really think you'll like it there

Maybe you should travel with me
Is this the best idea
Because you've never seen a Redwood
and you've never touched a deer

a deer
a deer
dear

a deer
a deer
my dear

Are swans deceiving us all?
Oh I for one should know
I never felt myself so graceful
And I never swam so slow

so slow
so slow
so slow...

Honey...
I've been really struggling
To think of you and I being friends
I blow hot and cold
Yeah, I’m like a yo-yo
So I don’t think I should see you again

Careless love and
I didn't talk for it wasn't my style
I've had enough
I don't think that we could really be friends

And honey,
I've been really struggling
To think of you and I anonymous
You're off to mourning so
The love you give ebb and flows
So I don't think I should see you again

Careless love and
I didn't talk for it wasn't my style
I've had enough
For I don't think that we can really be friends
But I'll try again

Oh, the love I feel for you it's real
Oh, the love I feel for you it is real

Honey, I've been really struggling to see this thing through
To the end

Careless love
I didn't talk for it wasn't my style
I've had enough
For I don't think that we can really be friends
But I'll try again

You kissed me on the forehead
Now this kiss is giving me a concussion
We were love at first sight
Now it's crush
It's crushing
I traced your steps through the city of romance lazily
I took to the desert with your harshest words
and they saved me

I'll bail you out again
I've got the readies
I'm not a child I know
We're not going steady

Your pain's gigantic but it's not as big as your ego
Promise not to abandon you, please let me go

Now I've been worrying about your feelings
Yeah they were worth protecting
They say I'm too kind and sentimental
Like you could catch affection

Oh in your eyes there's a sadness
Enough to kill the both of us
Are those eyes overrated?
They make me want to give up on love

I'll brace myself for the loneliness
Say hello to feelings that I detest

This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again

This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again

I'm in a van,
And you're holding my hand
And you were travelling with me through forest and sands

I've been ever so needy learning your language
And you've been taking full advantage, haven't you?
Oh, don't say it's true

I've been so afraid,
I'm a sadness again
And we kissed once, even that was the last

I know I need more than given
Moments and sentimental stories
Words only spoken seemingly
That I'm warming your heart that way

Oh, it feels like none of this is real
I'll pretend that my heart and my head are well
But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
Like a river in Toronto,
Then I'd bleed please,
You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

Oh, it feels like none of this is real
I'll pretend that my heart and my head are well
But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
Like a river in Toronto,
Then I'd bleed please,
You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside

It feels like none of this is real
I'll pretend that my heart and my head are well
But if the blood pumping through my veins could freeze,
Like a river in Toronto,
Then I'd bleed please,
You said I made you feel warm, said I made you feel warm inside