Cold War Kids

Holding out, she knows what I'm about
I start to play the silent card
You make this easy
Or you play me like a shark

Arms folded, nose to the floor
If it's got to be a leap of faith
I wish somebody'd push me
That way I'd know who to blame

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

Weigh the pros but the cons come first
I've got a black belt in doubt
I get claustrophobic
All these open doors around

Still the pros are the hardest to ignore
I've never felt this light before
I took off my sunglasses
And waited for the words

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

To finally begin
Where and when

We go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights
When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

The hours we keep, the days we save
They add up to years, now face to face
With you by my side, now I can stand
To finally begin

To finally begin
Where and when
To finally begin
Where and when
To finally begin
Where and when

On the night that my love broke through
On the night that my love broke through
Revelations that came unglued
On the night that my love broke through

Cell doors were opened
Guards stepped out the way
Prisoners got one acre of land and one year's pay

Flowers long since dead
Stiffened at the neck
Colors came back in green and yellow and in red

Unemployed cowboy
Staggered on Fairfax
Trucks pulled up and fifteen men hollered and hopped in back

A copy of Bukowski
At the bottom of the stack
Got pickup by some dropout who read it front to back
Shoving off the death hand of his past

Ants were crawling out of
Grimy bathtub drains
Janitor was laughing, he had finally gone insane

City buses swerving
Arriving right on time
Vending machines were selling glasses of white wine by the dime

Streetlights got a burst of
Electricity
Sparks danced across windshields like a grand finale

Metal detector's beeping
Sound was deafening
Everywhere bearded men dug up wedding rings
We all stopped to listen to him sing

On the night when my love broke through
On the night when my love broke through
Revelations that came unglued
On the night when my love broke through

On the night
On the night
On the night
On the night

Flash flood, you got too comfortable
So I showed you who's really in control
You gave all of your savings to the poor

Lightning on the river and you're shivering
With your fishing pole
Same night you bought a ring and you proposed

You never really know what you can't really see
I'll be there, I'll be there
You made it out alive, oh what a relief
I'll be there, I'll be there

Earthquake in your pajamas huddled in doorways
While your house is swaying
Blue blood pumping like a hunter's fist

I love the shape your faces make
"Oh my, thank you for keeping me safe"
Even though you know it don't always go that way

You never really know what you can't really see
I'll be there, I'll be there
You made it out alive, oh what a relief
I'll be there, I'll be there

Everything will be explained
Your wild guess, everything will be explained
Go ahead, everything will be explained
Your wild guess, everything will be explained

I sold you for parts
You get what you want
Then I'll want it too

I know who you are
Don't know who you're not
I don't dare ask

Come back, we'll use the stove
We'll make plans in the back
Of your pickup truck

Oh, why no one told
She crowns my lips
And waits up

Helicopter sails
Watching bird's eye
That's when I dropped

And all my hands
Were behaving
Like maps expired

These rocks have been kicked
My body is spent
Can't stop and rest, oh no

Your comfort plus ease
I see it in 3-D
You can't dream so slow

Don't check the index for reference
Curse the sky "Lord, give me hints"
I search the place for your prints

I feel your cryptomnesia
Cryptomnesia

Woah, woah
Woah, woah

You were changin' colors like the leaves in fall
I was savin' up for the long winter
Summer's wind, hideout in my car
When it broke down we didn't care
We'd figure out another way to get me there

Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours

A realistic love runs out of room
I try to talk big but my mouth don't move
'Cause I don't own the sun, I don't own the moon
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised you
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised

What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours

You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
Come on, come on

I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
Come on, come on

There was no other way
To let you in here to stay
We had to give it away
Come on, come on

And when we come up for air
And when we come up for air
And when we come up now we know

All my stones become your pearls
All of my trials are your treasures
All my debt you inherit
All of my clumsy lines will shine

'Cause what is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours is yours is yours

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

All my windows were barred
The sun made stripes of shades
I was sitting round like a zombie
Feedin' my own face

I was carrying my cheek
I was digging my strange
I was taken you for granted
You were holding the reins

But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever

It’s a slippery slope
Like that mouse trap game
Inside my television
You slept on my train

But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
Now I can hear you louder than ever

I don’t wanna ignore
You were the past of my feelings
We're probably gonna get out of this just
Hear me out anyway

The darkness snuck in
And now I’m doubtin' all my promises
Don’t try to pull me out of this
Just lay down by me and wait

I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever

I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever

Why I make that face? Oh why would I?
Why would I test my faith? Oh why would I?
Oh why?
I see that raincloud coming right for me

Why would I say my name? Oh why would I?
When I'm so far away? Oh why would I?
Oh why?
I guess I've always been a bit of a fighter

From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue

Why would I stick around? Oh why would I?
Why would I get burned down? Oh why would I?
Oh why? For me I'm always waiting in shadows
Oh why? For me I'm always looking for a way out

From now on with the sky as my roof
From now on let the risk lead me to
From now on somewhere I never knew
From now on call me Royal Blue

Hey

From now on fly as high as I want
From now on I'll show my weak spot
From now on you know that I do
From now on call me Royal Blue

From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue

Thought I was laying in the gutter in
Milk cartons and bones
But I was standing on a mountain top
Looking over your homes

Thought I was laying my garden with
My hands deep in soil
But I was there on an island
Shooting flares at your boat

Thought I was soothing like a violin
Confessing new rain
But I was piping like a trumpet
Frantic for fame

Thought I was built like a building's built
Iron, concrete and stone
I realize I'm just a hack actor
Finished playing my role

Your reading my thoughts
Dreams old men dream
It's just like when we were kids
We'd lay around wondering
We try to listen to what they say

Thought I was writing for a hundred hours
Looking straight into me
But I was reading on the news paper
Obituaries

Thought I was nervous like a mailman
Reading your letters, dear
But I was at our anniversary
Toasting 30 years

Your reading my thoughts
Dreams old men dream
It's just like when we were kids
We'd lay around wondering

We try to listen to what they say
We try to listen to what they say

Push my piano outside
I don't care, I don't care
Beneath the meteor black sky
I don't care, I don't care

The neighbours will complain
Let them stare, let them stare
Who knows where the time goes?
I don't care, I don't care

What would you think of me if I told you
I haven't slept in weeks?
I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin
These are dreams old men dream

Oh
Oh

The crown on my head is heavy on me
They wouldn't know it 'cause they don't wanna see
The skin on my face is turning bright pink
As I walk by, the girl's choir whispering

Oh
Oh

The street that I walk welcomes my feet
With cryptic graffiti greetings to read
The smile on my mouth, it came dirt cheap
I bought it second hand

I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds when the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall

Oh
Oh
Oh

The wires to my head when I press play
Who's this new prophet, has she got something to say?
The thoughts in my brain are backfiring
I'm a picture perfect passenger

I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load

You expect the worst
And you always get your way
These big buildings, these little girls
Are giving me a little shade

I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall

I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds when the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load

Ooh, uh
Ooh, woah
Ooh, woah
Ooh

You wait on letters
Patient for any sign of life
Drinks after dinner
Your friends will get you to unwind

Let's skip the charades
Can we just speak plain?

I'm two left feet when
I'm home we tapdanced on broken glass
Somehow you managed
To keep your sense of humor intact

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team

But I'm the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
I'm so strong

You're the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
Nothing's wrong

You dodged a bullet
You do your best when you're busiest
But you're disconnected
You can't find your name in the script

It was you who were wildest
It was you who floated above us all
I held on with wires
Will you come back down if I let you go?

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team

But I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong

Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Skip the charades

I try being sweet, it's buried deep in me
Now I can only see red on red
My mom's going out with my best friends' dad
She talking loud I can't believe what she said

A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid

They sold the house, left photo albums there
No silverware while paper walls were bare
I called all my friends, "Come over! Come one, come all!
Let's get a crowd here for one last hoorah!"

A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid
Who made me
The sensitive kid
A sensitive kid

The message was bleak, my brother pounded it in me
You climb it up or you cut it down
This is your family tree
I know you were born with a heart of gold
But I want a purple heart that cannot dissolve

The sensitive kid
A sensitive kid
Don't call me
A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid

I can't tell you why
You should've known it
Sensitive kids
Start acting like a grown up

I can't tell you why
You should've known it
Sensitive kids
Start acting like a grown up

I can't tell you why
You should've known it
Sensitive kids
Start acting like a grown up

I can't tell you why
You should've known it
Sensitive kids
Start acting like a grown up

We can beat this, you and me
Just a matter of degrees
I can't calculate this late at night
Honeymooners moving wet cement
They don't know about the walls that rise and rest

Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were

Come outside, this view is free
Only clear moonlight can reach
You and I will stay low to the ground
Honeymooners we are bouncing checks
Cross your fingers that they don't get returned

Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were

Bulldozer
What we need you for
You're the last resort to start over

I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy

I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy

Bulldozer
I think you're only one
That can work, that can work, that can work
Bulldozer
Step up this is gonna hurt
Gnash your teeth, take a bite of the dirt

I locked my keys in the car
I'm pleading for some change
The meter treats me like a stranger now
Flashing zeros

I'm juggling a drink too full
While tugging on a leash that you pull
And jogging my memory for
The way to your door

I have been broken open
By my most trusted friend
I was the wild card, you were the safe bet
I've been broken open

I'm up and down that way
I'm up and down that way
It's easier to say
That I'm doing okay
Than bother to explain
The water rising

Threw out your crystal ball and your weather vain
Picasso don't pre-meditate, he just paint
Tonight it's so easy
To overflow

I have been broken open
Was a perfect gentleman
Now I'm smashing champagne, tying cans
Feel like celebrating

I have been broken open
Dug to China with bare hands
When you asked me if I'd like to dance
I've been broken open

Flow over me, flow over, flow
Over flow

It feels so strange to feel good
And when I was the fire, you were wood
So when I was petrified
You understood

I have been broken open
This was not my master plan
I was comfortable watching from the stands
I've been broken open

All my edges are exposed
I was once content alone
Now you brought the one that I call home
I've been broken open

Flow over me, flow over flow
Flow over me, flow over flow
Flow over me, flow over flow
Flow over me, flow over flow
Flow over me, flow over flow
Flow over me, flow over flow
Flow over me, flow over flow

Hunger and the lights are off, honey
Trying to find my head
Don't recall laying down
In this black bed

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

Feeling up the wall to find a light switch
Like a mime, surprised
What glows in the dark
A zipper's broken spine

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

I am not alone
All my doves have flown

(Cold toes on the cold floor)
(Cold toes on the cold floor)

It's a classic mix-up, baby
An honest mistake
A girl I used know, maybe
Another face on the street
She said to say hello to you soon and
I awake from my dream state

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

Alright

I'll take out the garbage
I will squeeze your juice
So glad to be making
Scrambled eggs with you

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor, one more
Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

I am not alone
All my doves have flown

All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend

This plane's flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We will see that sky above

Ambition and
She looks good on you tonight
She holds your hand and runs
Your lungs are burning bright

Morning comes
Like it almost always does
You want to hold her but
You know you can't keep up

This plane's flying upside down
And this is how I ask for help
By pulling the fire alarm
And blocking your exit

We argue like
Two kids that can't share toys
I swing at you
With words sharper than any swords

You come back
With a trap so good it hurts
You say, "I will never leave
You know, no matter what"

All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend

I'm shocked when I light the candle
And then I go outside
I can't make you see my hand so
I need you to come in close, tell me it's alright

Flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We'll see that sky above

And let go of all that I know
And let go of all that I know
A guest on this crazy game show
They won't make or break the whole world

Flying upside down
Flying upside down
Flying upside down
Flying upside down

Oh
Oh