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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
You sounded so good on the phone
All moved up and all moved on Me and gravity, we never could agree But I can almost see the sky When I need to, I close me eyes You're the only thing that's worth holding on to Angel you sing about beautiful things And all I want to do is believe But I traded my dreams for this mess of memories And they just stopped working for me Now I'm not a monster I believe like a liar would believe Helps me navigate the wooden smiles, the raging seas And all my heroes pull their heads Like a fighter would, I guess No one ever really likes getting older Angel you sing about beautiful things And all I want to do is believe But I traded my dreams for this mess of memories And they just stopped working for me |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
When you lead me
And fit around my tongue It's so easy, to forget that I'm lost Spent all of my life Waiting for answers To lift me, to numb me, to define it all Sunshine, I'm beginning to like this Cause all I want to be is the minute that you hold me in When you pretend that I'm all that you waited for Time slips to nothing and I'm better than I've ever been I'm suspended With your breathing, filling up my lungs I can almost believe that I'm almost enough Spent all of my life emptied of anthems And bracing for something that never did come Sunshine, I'm beginning to like this Sunshine, I'm beginning to like it Cause all I want to be is the minute that you hold me in When you pretend that I'm all that you waited for Time slips to nothing and I'm better than I've ever been I'm suspended It's not enough to stay surrounded It's not enough to stay awake, torn, braced, cornered And not feel alive |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
been waiting up
for you to rescue me to come around and cover everything relying on my best memories to breathe for me, breathe for me i'm so much better than all this...all of this i'm tired of singing all the sad songs in my head but i can't find enough of anything to drown out what you said and sometimes i find i catch myself letting you back in but i'm so tired of singing all the sad songs in my head i can still smell summer on your skin i can still remember giving in wrapped all up in your hips and in your sheets it felt great falling, great falling i'm so much better than all this... all of this i'm tired of singing all the sad songs in my head but i can't find enough of anything to drown out what you said and sometimes i find i catch myself letting you back in but i'm so tired of singing all the sad songs in my head feel so faded. so far gone nothing suprises me anymore i feel so faded. so far gone nothing suprises me anymore i'm tired of singing all the sad songs in my head but i can't find enough of anything to drown out what you said and sometimes i find i catch myself letting you back in but i'm so tired of singing all the sad songs in my head |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
It's amazing the look in your eyes
Like you could save me But you won't even try Then you tell me again How everything will be alright If I told you that I'm sorry Would you tell me you were wrong? Or would you hold me down forever If I came to you for answers I saw pictures in my head And I swear I saw you opening up again And I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now While I'm surrounded, you spill All alive and brand new And I'll forget about you long enough To forget why I need to I saw pictures in my head And I swear I saw you opening up again And I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now The days are drifting away from me I still wake up burning through everything It's all I know Somebody save me now I saw pictures in my head And I swear I saw you opening up again And I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
In the light, in the daylight it's all wrong
To revel in your memory The smell of your body And the seconds that it kept me warm Now I'm coming down Hitting ground, breaking open Twisted around the sweet sound Of the lies you told when you were broken They've gone away And I'm so sorry cause you're wide awake And planning parties for all the fools Who've gone and left you bare And you said in all your tragedy You'd rather hide in mine I was so warm, so sad You said I made your whole world shine Now I'm coming down Hitting ground, breaking open Twisted around the sweet sound Of the lies you told when you were broken They left you there And now I'm gone with all the foolds Who left you bare They left you there Say so long dear |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
This time I'll be sailing no more bailing boats for me I'll be out here on the sea just my confidence and me and I'll be awful sometimes weakened to my knees but I'll learn to get by on little victories this time I'll have no fear I'll be standing strong and tall turn my back towards them all and I'll be awful sometimes weakened to my knees but I'll learn to get by, I'll learn to get by on little victories and if the world decides to catch up with me it's a little victory |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
They tied off your arms
With all their pretty charms And the same bad lines Always get you Always get you And you hate the way they wash you down Summer hums heavy now So you bolded all your best words So that they'd have something to wrap their mouths around Show me how pretty the world is 'cause I envy the way that you move Show me how pretty the world is 'cause I want something just a little bit louder All spun awake I'm twisted in the heat God, you're always burning up so bright When there's someone there by your side Well just take me home 'cause I'm a mess enough clean And I'll lie until i believe Show me how pretty the world is 'cause I envy the way that you move Show me how pretty the world is 'cause I want something just a little bit louder Show me how pretty the world is 'cause you're brilliant when you try Show me how pretty the whole world is tonight (show me how pretty the world is) (show me how pretty the world is) i never thought that i could be who i am i never thought that i could see where i was i never thought that all this was just wasn't me i always thought what all this was could never be i never thought that i could be who i am i never thought that i could see where i was i never thought that all this was just wasn't me i always thought i'd wait here for you Show me how pretty the world is 'cause i envy the way that you move Show me how pretty the world is 'cause i want something just a little bit louder Show me how pretty the world is 'cause you're brilliant when you try Show me how pretty the whole world is Show me how pretty the whole world is Show me how pretty the whole world is tonight... whoa tonight |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
I tried to come down from you
I tried with your voice in my head Knocking me back Every inch I moved I'm a sucker for a good lie The way you say you understand And how you always talk of catching me Buit never open up your hands Tell me does the world revolve the same? Tell me do the people all take care of you Did you doubt the curve of the earth? And every word...every word. I bet you would I know you're here to catch your breath But I'm not listening for the right words anymore Ill take what's left You're vicious like the blue sky Right before the rain comes pouring through Tell me does he look like me at all? Cause they're all an awful lot like you... Tell me does the world revolve the same? Tell me do the people all take care of you Did you doubt the curve of the earth? And every word...every word Tell me does the world look all insane And do the people all just scare you And did you doubt the curuve of the earth And ever word...every word. I bet you would. |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
If I bent like you said was best
Would that change a thing? If I spend myself 'til nothins left Would you still leave me here? You're so sorry about it all Now that it's over Should I thank you for that dear? You're so sorry about it all And I hope you'll always be I remember you best Hating all the boys who got to you And all the things they took that you'd kept For yourself Every car crash, every misstep, every word You're so sorry about it all Now that it's over Should I thank you for that dear? You're so sorry about it all And I hope you'll always be Always be I remember you best Hating all the boys who for to you And all the things they took from you again It's all wrong All wrong |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
Took your words like you said I should
And look what good they've done me I played support system, you played victim Adn look at what good it's done And you trip me up leave me strangled With you awkward untouchable lips It's a cruel world, I've found It's a cruel world, and I'm a lucky boy You're so glorious, sp waste of time You're the safetly in lying You are radiator heat, you're the winter blanket's sleep You're the excuse that I use when I want to stop trying And start waiting for the sky to fall It's a cruel world, I've found It's a cruel world, and I'm a lucky boy It's a cruel world, I've found It's a cruel world, and I'm a lucky boy You're not gold to me I was wrong You're not gold and there'll be centuries left When you're gone |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
I'm weak when you miss me
When you roll me on your tongue.. When you whisper me your best moves I almost believe you But you don't know me at all I spent days stupid nailed to your floor And I spent nights pushed against you Just trying to keep warm But you don't know me at all Show me where the sun comes through the sky I'll show you where the rain gets in And I'll show you hurricanes And the way that summer fades Underneath the weight of it all I'm covered by lovers, Who recite lines Convinced that their bodies Are gonna save mine, oh But you don't know me at all Show me where the sun comes through the sky I'll show you where the rain gets in And I'll show you hurricanes And the way that summer fades Underneath the weight of it all The weight of it all Show me, show me where the sun comes through the sky I'll show you where the rain gets in And I'll show you hurricanes And the way that summer fades You can lift me up To put me down again Underneath the weight of it all The weight of it all |
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from Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks (2006)
5am, undressed
In your static, your mess I don't need any new voices I'm thick enough With superstitions and choices Way home A little bit of something Maybe just a way home Sing me sweet Sing me low Say you'll never let me go Cause I've gone long enough Waiting for wonderful Sing me sweet Sing me low Say you'll never let me go So won't you stay And never fail Never let me go If I could stay like this In the give of your lips In the dim halflight dawn Pinned below your undertow When everything Ment everything again Way home A little bit of something Maybe just a way home Sing me sweet Sing me low Say you'll never let me go Cause I've gone long enough Waiting for wonderful Sing me sweet Sing me low Say you'll never let me go So won't you stay And never fail Never let me go |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
I'm wide awake and so alive
Ringing like a bell tell me this is paradise And not some place I fell 'Cause I keep on falling down I want to feel the car crash I want to feel the capsize I want to feel the bomb drop, the earth stop, till I'm satisfied I want to feel the car crash cause I'm dying on the inside I want to let go and know that I'll be alright Alright Push me till I have to fly I've shed my skin, my scars And take me deep out past the lights Where nothing dims these stars Nothing dims these stars I want to feel the car crash I want to feel the capsize I want to feel the bomb drop, the earth stop, till I'm satisfied I want to feel the car crash cause I'm dying on the inside I want to let go and know that I'll be alright Alright So right, so long |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
I miss the sound of your voice
I miss the rush of your skin I miss the still of the silence As you breathe out and I breathe in If I could walk on water If i could tell you whats next Make you believe Make you forget Come on get higher Loosen my lips Faith and desire And the swing of your hips Just pull me down hard And drown me in love Come on get higher Loosen my lips Faith and desire And the swing of your hips Just pull me down hard And drown me in love I miss the sound of your voice The loudest thing in my head And I ache to remember All the violent, sweet, perfect words that you said If I could walk on water If I could tell you whats next Make you believe Make you forget Come on get higher Loosen my lips Faith and desire And the swing of your hips Just pull me down hard And drown me in love Come on get higher Loosen my lips Faith and desire And the swing of your hips Just pull me down hard And drown me in love I miss the pull of your heart I taste the sparks on your tongue I see angels and devils and god when you come on Hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on.... (sing shaa la la la laa Ouuu) Come on get higher Loosen my lips Faith and desire And the swing of your hips Just pull me down hard And drown me in love Come on get higher Loosen my lips Faith and desire And the swing of your hips Just pull me down hard And drown me Drown me in love It's all wrong It's all wrong It's all wrong, its so right Come on get higher Come on and get higher Because everything works love Because everything works in your arms |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
let's all pack up and move this year
we'll slip the liars and disappear we'll leave memories for auctioneers and those just standing still they'll miss the taste of wanted you call out your name, like i still do but they haven't said a word that's true and they only hold you down in this heartbreak world of just imagine with its tired talk of better days in this heartbreak world, where nothing matters come on, let's make this dream that's barely half awake come true let's move out of los angeles and just drive until this summer gives and forget the lives we used to live cause we're gone in this heartbreak world of just imagine with its tired talk of better days in this heartbreak world, where nothing matters come on, let's make this dream that's barely half awake come true |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
love,
I'm aching to believe give me something real enough give me somewhere to fall from 'cause in the dark I can't find my feet built my world on promises colorless and cold I'm short of breath, I'm sure gone, let it wash away the best I had gone, and when I disappear don't expect me back, don't expect me back lost, sweetest things get lost in the static far away painted pictures of you I fold don't want to be holy then don't want to be sold again the way I was with you I'm short of breath, I'm sure gone let it wash away the best I had gone and when I disappear don't expect me back, don't expect me back I'm short of breath, I'm sure gone, let it wash away the best I had gone, and when I disappear don't expect me back don't expect me back at its worse the heart is sober at its worse the heart is cold, cold, cold I'm short of breath, I'm sure gone, let it wash away all the best I had gone, and when I disappear don't expect me, don't expect me back gone, let it wash away the best I had gone, and when I disappear don't expect me back don't expect me back don't expect me back |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
So we lie here in the dark
All the wrong things on fire In sickness and in health To be with you, just to be with you And in your wedding dress, to have and to hold Even at my best, I want to let go And you hold me in your arms When all that I can see Is my future in your hands And all that I can feel Is how long ever after is When it's all that I can do To be with you, just to be with you In your wedding dress, to have and to hold And even at my best, I want to let go Thought I lost you Thought I lost you, I gave you away Thought I lost you Been jealous of the moon for how it moves the waves In your wedding dress, to have and to hold Even at my best, I want to let go And I want to be somebody else now And I want to thicken my skin And I want to wish it all, just wish it all away again, again, again And I want to be somebody else And I want to be holding you in And I want to be missing you, love, missing you, love With all that I have left to give, to give, to give |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
somewhere in between the beginning and the end
september took the tourists and settled in for good we could hear the trains again brooklyn girls in scarves summer left and no one said a word and we'd open your window and stay in your bed all day 'til the streetlights came on what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms what happened to feeling cheap radio songs what happened to thinking he world was flat what happened to that so up on 59th st. right before the rains lovers catching taxis going downtown i'm talking to what's left of you i'm watching what i say counting all the freckles on your perfect face you open your window, i sit on your bed just waiting for right words to come so, what happened to bulletproof weeks in your arms what happened to feeling cheap radio songs what happened to thinking he world was flat what happened to that was i wrong? |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
She don't lie in bed at night
Staring at the ceiling She don't wait to begin She bets on long shots She wants what they've got She skates where the ice thins On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts Our hearts She was her mother's secret She was daddy's girl She brought weekend boys home in her curls She said, "My love is a fever. Come on, touch my skin. They all think I'm easy, I'm easy, cause I let them win." On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts To the beat of our noisy hearts She said, "Pick up the phone Cause I need to get more alone And your voice drives me crazy." On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts, hearts, hearts On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
I remember hearts that beat
yeah, yeah I remember you and me yeah, oh yeah tangled in hotel sheets you wore me out you wore me out i remember honey lips, and words so true. I remember non-stop earthquake dreams of you coming on fast like good dreams do... all night long. I still can feel you kiss me, love. still can see your brown skin shine (shining) still can feel you kiss me, love come on and drive me wild (wild) And you move like water yeah and you broke like waves I never been deeper; so far gone your sister in the next room with the television on still can feel you kiss me love still can see your brown skin shine (shining) still can feel you kiss me love Come on and drive me wild Come on and drive me wild Come on and drive me wild i remember hearts that beat yeah i remember you and me tangled in hotel sheets (for hours) i still can feel you kiss me love still can see your brown skin shine (shining) still can feel you kiss me love come on and drive me wild still can feel you kiss me love still can see your eyes like diamonds (diamonds) memories are strong enough to come on and drive me wild come on and drive me wild |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
So, we let it go to start again
Knowing now how all our best intensions Never lit the world on fire Lights, illuminate the exit signs And over the wings the skies an open endless sea Crowding up surrounding me And all, Detroit waves Goodnight Spread out Beneath Me now If I could, if I could change Believe me I would, I would for you (my love) And when, you're warm enough to share your sheets Cold enough to make it seem that I was only there long enough to disappear You know I'll still, say your name to fall asleep Over and over a cynic saying rosary A liar living make believe And all, of Detroit waves Goodnight Spread out Beneath Me now If I could, if I could change Believe me I would, yes I would And Detroit waves And Detroit waves, goodnight Spread out Beneath me now If I could If I could change Believe me I would Yes I would And Detroit Waves Detroit Waves |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
Verse 1
Maybe it's because I'm Crazy Maybe it's because I just can't honestly tell you what I want It's never enough, to stay still and hold you To break loose and run the taste of you wild on my tongue Am I no good to you now (Am I no good to you) Am I no good to you now (Am I no good to you) Chorus Woah, wooah Yeah we're spilling over Woah, wooah We're falling apart I Spent my days with doctors And my nights with crooks And all of them would sell me for a song So I'm here, safe dear Fixin' in your arm Am I no good to you now (Am I no good to you) Am I no good to you now (So much I can give) Were' fallin apart Woah, wooah And we're spilling over Woah, wooah I'm fallin apart Woah, wooah And tear me out Don't start me over Forever changed I shoulda told ya Woah, wooah I'm falling apart And all i say doesn't matter anyway Yeah all i say doesn't matter anyway I've given up, so call my bluff, Cuz I just need to be reminded who I am I've Fallin apart Woah, wooah Yeah we're spillin over Woah, wooah I'm fallin apart I've given up and startin over I wanna be the one who'll hold you Fallin' apart So it'll be love So come on, now |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
In the party love,
Some band's playing hallelujah Hallelujah In the corner love All night girls drink wine and try to sing along I made a mess of things The stops and in betweens They weigh me down You got someone new singing you your songs now Sooner surrender Then watch the last wall collapse And sooner surrender And our love will count for everything In my sweetest dreams It's just you and me And we break wide I wake reminded love How I just gave up And how you moved on, how you moved on I'm waiting for something I've waited for now For the rolling canyons of love And i'm tongue tied And you're coming alive, coming alive Sooner surrender Then watch the last wall collapse And sooner surrender And our love will count for everything I'm sorry that you've gone So sorry that you've gone I'm sorry that you've gone Love I'm sorry that you've gone So sorry that you've gone away You're a little bit right More than a little bit right With my arms around you Sooner surrender Then watch the last wall collapse And sooner surrender And our love will count for everything Sooner surrender Than watch the last wall collapse I know Sooner surrender and our love will count for everything Our love will count for everything And I miss when you were everything |
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from Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope (2007)
I tasted, tasted love so sweet
And all of it was lost on me Bought and sold like property Sugar on my tongue I kept falling over I kept looking backward I went broke believing That the simple should be hard All we are we are All we are we are And every day is a start of something beautiful I wasted, wasted love for you Traded out for something new Well, it's hard to change the way you lose If you think you've never won 'Cause all we are we are All we are we are And every day is a start of something beautiful And in the end the words won't matter 'Cause in the end nothing stays the same And in the end dreams just scatter and fall like rain 'Cause all we are we are All we are we are And every day is a start of something beautiful, something real All we are we are All we are we are And every day is a start of something beautiful, beautiful |
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