Dog's Eye View

I hope you don't listen to me
I don't always say what I'm thinking
And sometimes I'll tell you,
What I think you want to hear
Most times I just talk to make a sound

I wish I was here
I wish I was anywhere

I broke down the door to my house
When I lost the keys
Everything I have
Has been lost, or stolen

Even my good friends
Have stopped coming around
Since I started wearing my dragon hat

I wish I was here
I wish I was anywhere
Where i might feel
Where I might reach out to you

There's a dead heart
Lyin' on my doorstep
I used to think I'd pick it up
And use it once in a while
Now I step around
I step around it
And try not to notice
Well I see it, but mostly I don't care

I wish I was here
I wish I was anywhere
Where I might feel
Where I might reach out for you
But I think you know now
It's just not that easy

Well I hope, you don't follow me down
Cuz I never look, where I'm jumping
And everyone comes along
And winds up dead or broken
But my rubber legs always seem to save me

I wish I was here
I wish I was anywhere
Where I might feel
Where I might see you
And I think I know now
That I just don't get better
I'd rather die
Than say I was wrong

I hope you don't listen to me
Cuz I never think before speaking

You cut off your toes so you might walk a little more slowly
You cut out your tongue so you couldn't say anything wrong
You held yourself up to the light so you might be forgiven
You held yourself up to the light and you just disappeared

Now you've got a heart
You've got an open window that you can't get through
There's light coming in
You're sitting there wondering why you don't shine

You stayed in all night hoping somebody might miss you
You stayed by the phone while nobody called
You put on a smile so you wouldn't make yourself sadder
You put on a smile now you're holding a grudge

You've got a heart
You've got an open window you can't get through
And there's light coming in
Sitting there, wondering why you don't shine
Why don't you shine?

Maybe if you had a little faith in your own voice
You might hear something
That made sense to you
That makes sense to you
You've waited your whole life
To stand up and count yourself in
But you never feel half as good
Or as bad as you know you should
You put yourself down on the floor
So you won't be a bother
You put yourself down on the floor
And you just turned to wood

You've got a heart
You've got an open window you can't get through
Sitting there wondering why you don't shine

Would you fuck yourself for money
Would you kill me for my own good
Would you slap your sister if she asked you to
I've seen your work, I guess you would
Your here waiting for the rapture
You best staying overnight
Hey are you coming 'round
Hey are you coming 'round
Hey are you coming 'round
Thought you might.
You you're bulletproof and bleeding
Say your dirty, now your not
And you walk around town with your Jackie-O halo
And that's all you got
People like you is that all you will ever need
Your here waiting for the rapture
And me I'm praying there's a dawn
Hey are you coming 'round
Hey are you coming 'round
Hey are you coming 'round
Or are you gone.
Everybody loves the man on a cliff
Some hope for heroes
Most of us beg for blood
We all stay to see if he falls
Noone stays to pick him up
Much too busy for his rapture
We can catch it on the news tonight instead, yea
Hey are you coming 'round
Hey are you coming 'round
Hey are you coming 'round
Or are you dead
Or are you dead
I heard you were dying
Think it might be true
I heard you were dying
Good for you
I hope you're dead
I hope you're dead

Send a letter home to your mother
And tell her who you've been.
Don't ask for money or a favor,
Just an old blue blanket
That you can lay your head in
'Cause there's a pen in your hand
That won't talk sense anymore
There's a ceiling fan
Showing movies on the floor
There's a gun on the table
Telling jokes about your friends,
And the chairs are all laughing
At this night that never ends
Things are subject to change

As days go by
Things are subject to change tonight
Take a long fall out of this slow game
And blow a kiss hello good-bye
By any other nick name
Is "You knew me then,
Now watch me go
There's a picture on the wall
That looks a lot like home
There's a story you tell,
And you wish it was your own
There's a girl you met who says
She's seen you before
And there's a letter that you left
Says that's not you anymore
You were never very clever
Walking straight lines
Down a curved road
Whisper, laugh and shout
At every other pleasure
'Til you closed your eyes
And disappeared without a trace

There are no angels
Only patronizing saints
Who would gladly keep you out of trouble
But never let you forget that you came

There are no favors
There are no truly kind deeds
It's just pay now and pay more later
And we'll help you get what you need

And when I find myself in times of trouble
I usually give up
Nothing to win
Nothing to lose
I'll just wish you luck

There are no rules here
Just piles of mistakes
That we say we've learned from
Then we go ahead and make

And faith is a lazy way of trying
To get what we want
Without ever doing anything at all
To help bring it along

And when i find myself in times of trouble
I usually give up
Nothing to win
And nothing to lose
I'll just wish you luck

And did i want the freedom to be myself?
Or the freedom to fuck around
Did I just want the freedom to fail without bringing you down?

I thought I loved you,
But now I know I was just confused
And going through the emotions
Until we were both completely bruised

I hope I'm happy
Because we both know I'm not kind
I just keep kicking up my heels
Without thinking of you standing behind me

And when i find myself in times of trouble
I usually give up
Nothing to win
And nothing to lose
You know it just gets hard to choose
And when I find myself in times of trouble
Always just give up
And I don't know what to tell you,
Well I know what I'd like to tell you
I'd like to call you up and tell you
What I know now
What I know now,
What I know...

Well i'm walking with my father's ghost
And he's talking to me
He says, "i'm sorry its so hard to be free"
He says, "i knew you when i was so young
And you will never know me
Except for pictures that you might find
From when you were three or four or five"

Down at the waterline
I'm at the waterline tonight
At the waterline
At the waterline tonight

Now i'm talking with my sister
Who says she knows you well
She says she hears yuo in her hallway at night
And sometimes she can smell you
But me, i have to make you up
From the smallest clues i can find
Me, i have to dig you up
From the corners of my mind

We're at the waterline
At the waterline tonight
We're at the waterline
At the waterline tonight

I built this boat for you my friend
And you're not here to get in
I'm wondering should i let it go
And see if i can swim
Yeah, i'm standing with this boat i built
With water at my knees
I thought that i might find you here
But it lokks like its just me

Here at the waterline
At the waterline tonight
The waterline tonight
I'm walking with my father's ghost
He's talking to me
He says "i'm sorry"

All the letters I ever wrote you,
And some of them I even sent
All this time we've been waiting
For this moment to arrive
And now it's here
Now I know I could kiss you,
But before I do
Do we want to let go
Of this magic,
And let it turn to truth
From mystery,
Let all this hope be history
And it's as fast as fear,
As it cuts away the sound
And slaps you when you're smiling
Just how easily you lose
Everything you've found
At the speed of silence
When you told me you loved me,
And I didn't say a word
I said I was sorry
And you pretended
You never heard at all
It's funny how the tears
Can well up,
But neither of us ever drown
How many times
We bring the sun up, sure
It won't fall down
And there it goes
And leaves us staring
At our toes
It's the way the wind blows the water
But nothing underneath it moves
When I asked you what you wanted
You didn't speak and then I knew
Everything was ruined again

Would you be willing
To take me for my word?
If I told you I was falling
If I told you things I'm sure you've heard

Would you stand up and walk away?
Would you state your name?
Please don't laugh at what I say

Well, I'm singing you this love song
I'm sure somebody's sang for someone else
And I know there's nothing new about it
Except maybe I haven't felt this way

So don't stand up and walk away
Please just state your name
Don't laugh at what I say
Your name

Well, it's hard for me to say things
Without joking around and around and around
And it's hard for me to look at you
Without feeling like I've been drowning at sea

So please don't stand up and walk away
Just state your name
Please don't laugh at what I say
Your name

Would you be willing?
Your name
Would you be willing?

We used to live so right
We used to shine, she said
Now you just work all day
And i just stay in bed
Dreaming of singing another song
And dreaming of flying
Knowing it can't, it won't be long
Before i just float away

I come from the cradle
I'm going to the grave
Like everybody else has
I made the same old sins
Made the same mistakes like everybody else has
I'm going haywire

Count me out of your prized possessions
Cut me down with your best intentions
And listen to me laughing

I come from the cradle
I'm going to the grave
Like everybody else has
I'm going haywire

Hey,why not
I'm going haywire
What do i have to lose?

Drop my clothes
In the closest ocean
And set me sailing
You don't have to tell me
Where i'm going
Just please don't make me stay
I'm going haywire
Hey,why not
I'm going haywire
What do i have to lose?

Abigail, I'm sorry
I never meant to kick your mouth
I was afraid, didn't want to hear
Those words come out

We agreed it was nothing
I thought we agreed
We would never get attached
Now here we are tied at the head

Wasn't it you, who said, "Love was useless?"
Hey, wasn't it you said, "Love was like driving south?"
Well we start out thirsty
And wind up with Cottonmouth

Abigail, knows Birmingham like
The back of a handsome man
All curves leading nowhere
Because they can

She gets bored sometimes
All you know is she'll follow them around for a while
And try to reach
Heading somewhere near

She says, "Wasn't it you who said love was useless?"
Wasn't it you said, "Love was like driving south?"
Well, we start out thirsty
And wind up with cottonmouth, cottonmouth

Abigail, I was thirsty
I could've sworn you were a cup of water
You poured out your heart
I drank it, now I'm just feeling sick

The scenery keeps changing
But the same sad plot
Keeps repeating
And I always wind up, I always wind up leaving you

Wasn't it you, who said, "Love was useless?"
Wasn't it you, who said, "Love was useless?"
I think it might have been me, who said, "Love was like driving south"
Well we start out thirsty, Abigail, we always start out thirsty
Yeah, well we start out thirsty and wind up with cottonmouth

Abigail, I'm sorry
Abigail, I'm sorry
I got a bad taste in my mouth
I can't sing it

[Incomprehensible]

I'm sorry
Abigail, I'm sorry
Abigail, I'm sorry
Abigail, I'm sorry
Abigail

Well it feels a little like a landscape
And it sounds a lot like time passing by
As I watch through a window asking
When will I get mine?

The prince's favorite son was left sitting on a car hood
With a paper tiger that he used to play with
And a picture of his father whose memory was a whisper
That sang to him daily as he ran away

You know it started out so simply then it caught him in confusion
As he pulled his head back, he looked around
Said it takes so long just to get to where you're going
When you start out spinning and then they would let you fall down

But he said it feels a little like a landscape
And it sounds a lot like time passing by
As I watch through a window asking
When will I get mine?

With a dog's eye view it's a world full of hydrants
And passing feet you never get the whole scene
You read 429 books about a better world
But you wake up early and you still don't know what they mean

Well I'm standing in America and I'm swimming in this whirlpool
My head's above but you know there's water in my eyes
'Cause it took 23 years to get this stupid asking
When will I get wise?

And it still feels a little like a landscape
And it still sounds a lot like time passing by
As I watch through a window asking
When will I, when will I, when, when, when
When will I get mine?

Here we go again
With your hair in your face
My head in my hands
Hoping to find something
That we've never known
Looking like two little kids
With our wide eyes, slow tenderness
Asking,saying things that we always do

When we're feeling we've been cheated
Of something we deserve

Then these small wonders
Keep us awake at night
These small wonders
Hold us down the ground
And show us who we are

Walking side by side
With our fear,our hope,our love,and our pride
Two steps forward, no looking back
Every chance to fall through
Then its one look and the world becomes you
Untouched, we know we're on our way

When we're feeling we've been wasted
By too much time inside

Then these small wonders
They keep us awake at night
These small wonders
Hold us down to the ground
And show us who we are

Just when we know we've heard it all before
The world comes screaming through our door
These small wonders, these wmall wonders
(here we go again
Your hair my face you head my hands
My clumsy hands)

Don't look now,
things just got worse
I'm drunk again,
I swear this crescentis just a curse

I got here by killing off all my friends
I think I figured it out - my life begins when the fun ends

I've got my wings,
I'm free to go as I please
Yeah, I got my wings,
now nothing really pleases me 'til

Everything falls apart,
then I get to try to put it back together
Everything falls apart,
and you can count on that like you can count on bad,
bad weather again

Was it good?
I don't remember much about it
When things start to feel right,
you can count on me to start to doubt it

The devil's not in the details,
the devil is in my hands
It's shoot first, apologize later,
another quick end to a short shod romance

I got what I wanted,
now I don't want anything
I got what I wanted,
now my life is just boring 'til

Everything falls apart,
then I get to try to put it back together
Everything falls apart
and you can count on that, you can count on bad,
bad weather this year

I met God this afternoon
Riding on an uptown train
I said "Don't you have better things to do?"
He said, "If I do my job, what would you complain about?"
So I let it go to Hell,
now I'll have something to do
I let it go to Hell,
does that sound familiar to you?

Everything falls apart,
then I get to try to put it back together
Everything falls apart
and you can count on that,you can count on bad,
bad weather

Everything that falls apart,
sooner or later gonna come back together
Everything that comes together,
sooner or later falls apart

Did you like the flowers I sent?
You could've called to thank me,
well you could've called.

I tried to kiss you
on Brooklyn Avenue,
but you got in your car, before I could move.

I've been falling like the rain,
but you've got your umbrella in my way.

Fists and fingers, tongues and teeth.
I want to see you, I'm tired of my dreams;
nights of wishing, I could open my mouth
and when I finally did speak, you were nowhere to be found.

I've been falling like the rain--
you've got your umbrella in my way

I had the sun in my hands
I had the sun in my hands
'til you said you liked the rain.
I had it all in my hands, I had it all
but I gave it all away.

Did I scare you off, by being honest?
how come we never see the end, 'til it's right there upon us?
If you want, I can go away,
but like the rain, I'll come again some other day.

I've been falling like the rain--
you've got your umbrella in my way again.
One of these days I'm going to show up in your sunshine
and be a little sunshower
fall upon you and make you rise up like a flower
and you can be my little daisy, be my daisy.

Did you like the flowers I sent?
You could've called to thank me,
well you could've called.

I tried to kiss you
on Brooklyn Avenue,
but you got in your car, before I could move.

I've been falling like the rain,
but you've got your umbrella in my way.

Fists and fingers, tongues and teeth.
I want to see you, I'm tired of my dreams;
nights of wishing, I could open my mouth
and when I finally did speak, you were nowhere to be found.

I've been falling like the rain--
you've got your umbrella in my way

I had the sun in my hands
I had the sun in my hands
'til you said you liked the rain.
I had it all in my hands, I had it all
but I gave it all away.

Did I scare you off, by being honest?
how come we never see the end, 'til it's right there upon us?
If you want, I can go away,
but like the rain, I'll come again some other day.

I've been falling like the rain--
you've got your umbrella in my way again.
One of these days I'm going to show up in your sunshine
and be a little sunshower
fall upon you and make you rise up like a flower
and you can be my little daisy, be my daisy.

If i raise my hands
Would save me or would you shoot me?
I don't know what i want, i just hope it's over quickly and i don't feel a thing.

I've been paralyzed by the crashing waves
And terrified by the sight of the sand.

Drowning in the shallows
Drowning in the shallows

If you see me on the surface,
Please hold me down until you're sure I've changed.

I've been so scared of feeling bad,
I don't feel anything these days.

These days,

I've been terrified by the sight of your face
I've been paralyzed by the touch of your hand.

Drowning in the shallows
Drowning in the shallows

I jumped in the water because the ground was killing me
But the deep blue sea just got me down.
I turned to head back for land, but i got scared at the sight of the sand, now I'm treading water, but i'm starting to drown.

Drowning in the shallows

I Hope you're happy out in glitter gulch
With your brand new friends
Who will shake you off like a dog
When they're bored with you.

I'm not bitter, just a little sad,
To be taken in
By a smile that swallows everything in its path--
Then spits it right back out again.

Hollywood whispered your name
And called you a genius.

Hope you're happy with your flame throwing tongue
That burns your face,
But pleases the crowd as they gather round,
And pay to watch you burn.

Hollywood, whispered your name
And called you a genius, and you believed us.

Show me something, that you think is real
Show me something that you still feel
Show me someone you didn't leave behind
When you lost yourself on the way to hollywood

I hope you're happy in this hole you've dug
Where the sun spins around
You and only you.
Don't you get a little scared sometimes that standing in all that light might show you for what you really are?

Hollywood, tell me who's going to save you?
I will not stand in line just to praise you.
I will not stick around to watch you go down
One more lost genius

Hollywood one, me zero
Hollywood won, I lost
Hollywood won, I lost you
Hollywood won, hollywood one, hollywood, hollywood won, hollywood won

I wish there was a stranger
Sitting in this room.
Our eyes could meet each other's for the first time
Now it's just my family,
A bloodshot bride,
And a wasted groom.

Maybe there's an angel
Laughing at us now
Trying to tell us something that we should've learned.
We should have learned.

Are you listening to me now?

I used to have this dream you know,
But I let it slip away,
Traded it for something I knew I could have
But never really wanted.

Are you listening to me now?

I wish I could say something
Instead of sitting here numb.
I wish my mind, i wish my mind
Was not such a loaded gun.

I wish i was a stranger
Sitting in this room.
Our eyes could meet each other's for the first time
But now it's too late for all that.

You, without saying anything, let it be known
That I, without doing anything, had thrown it all away.
Down the laundry chute, all the cute little words and melodies
Won't save me now--
Now that we've gone this far.

We've said goodbye--
Said goodbye
Goodbye to grace

I, was waiting for a witness
And you, were waiting for the door to open up
To set you free from this mess.
You turned your back
Said "you don't know anything about love".

You said goodbye--
Said goodbye
Said goodbye to grace

We, washed ourselves clean of all feeling.
We were feeling good,until we both got scare--
Of ourselves and of each-other.
We bailed out--
We don't live here anymore.

We said goodbye
Said goodbye
Said goodbye to grace