11am by: Incubus
Seven a.m.
The garbage truck beaps as it backs up
And I start my day thinking about what I've thrown away
Could I push rewind?
The credits traverse, signifying the end
But I missed the best part
Could we please go back to start?
Forgive my indecision
Then again, you're always first when no one's on your side
But then again, a day will come when I want off that ride
Eleven a.m.
By now you would think that I would be up,
But my bedsheets shade the heat of choices I've made
And what did I find?
I never thought I could want someone so much
Cause now you're not here and I'm knee deep in that old fear
Forgive my indecision
I am only a man
Then again, you're always first when no one's on your side
But then again, a day will come when I want off that ride
Twelve p.m. and my dusty telephone rings
Heavy head up from my pillow, who could it be?
I hope it's you
Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) by: Incubus
I'm home alone tonight.
Full moon illuminates my room, and sends my mind aflight.
I think I was dreaming up some thought that were seemingly possible...with you.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we're alone.
I may have found a way for you and I to finally fly free.
When we get there, we're gonna go so far away.
Making sure to laugh; while we experience anti-gravity.
For years, I kept it to myself.
Now potentialities are abound, and sleeping under my shelf.
Simply choose your destination from the diamond canopy, and we'll be there.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at quarter-two, and make sure alone.
I may have found the way for you and I to finally be free.
Pardon Me by: Incubus
A decade ago I never thought I would be,
At twenty three, on the verge of spontaneous combustion, woe-is-me.
But I guess that it comes with the territory;
An ominous landscape of never ending calamity.
I need you to hear, I need you to see that I have had all I can take
And exploding seems like a definate possibility to me.
So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me.... I'll never be the same.
Not two days ago, I was having a look in a book
And I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knees.
I said, "I can relate," 'cause lately I've been thinking
Of combustation as a welcomed vacation from the burdens of the planet earth.
Like gravity, hypocricy, and the perils of being in 3-D...
And thinking so much differently.
So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of this world, and it's people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me... I'll never be the same
Clean by: Incubus
Today, everything was fine.
Until roundabout, quarter to nine.
I suddenly found myself in a bind.
Was it something I said?
Something I read and manifested that's getting you down?
Don't you dare come to bed with that ambiguous look in your eye,
I'd sonner sleep by an open fire and wake up fried.
Say what you will, say what you mean.
You could never offend, your dirty words come out clean.
Tomorrow, what price will I pay?
Could I make it all up to you by serving coffee for two in bed?
Would you then give me the time of day?
I need a map of your head, translated into English,
So I can learn to not make you frown.
You'd feel better if you'd vent,
Put your frustrations into four letter words and let them out,
On mine, the most weathered ears in town.
So say what you will, say what you mean.
You could never offend, your dirty words come out clean
I Miss You by: Incubus
To see you, when I wake up is a gift I didn't think could be real.
To know that you feel the same as I do is a three-fold utopian dream.
You do something to me that I can't explain.
So would I be out of line if I said, "I miss you."?
I see your picture, I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine.
You have only been gone ten days, but already I'm wasting away.
I know I'll see you again whether far or soon.
But I need you to know that I care, and I miss you.
Glass by: Incubus
If I had a dime for every time you walked away,
I could afford to not give a shit
and buy a drink and drown the day.
But your pockets, they are empty,
Yeh, and mine are times two.
So why not make an about-face,
And accept the love I send to you?
You're never gonna be content if you don't try,
To see outside your line.
There you go, you did it again!
You act as if there's blinders on your eyes.
Should I appologize if what I say burns your ears and stains your eyes?!
Oh, did I crack your shell?
When it falls away you'll see we exist as well!
Like a bottle with the cork stuck,
You're true ingredients are trapped up inside.
Through the cloudy glass we catch a glimpse of you.
I guess the hard shell represents your pride.
Oh, if only it could be different,
We could uncover the you, you deny.
Between two, a small discrepancy,
One complicates and one simplifies.
TAKE THOSE FUCKING BLINDERS OFF YOUR EYES!!
So if I had a dime for every time you walked away,
You could bet your bottom dollar that I'd be filthy rich, by noon today.
Make Yourself by: Incubus
If I hadn't made me, I would've been made somehow.
If I hadn't assembled myself, I'dve fallen apart by now.
If I hadn't made me, I'd be more inclined to bow
Powers that be would have swallowed me up, but that's more than I can allow.
If you let them make you, they'll make you papier-mache.
At a distance you're strong, until the wind comes then you crumble and blow away.
If you let them fuck you, there will be no foreplay.
But rest assured, they'll screw you complete 'til your ass is blue and grey.
You should make amends with you.
If only for better health.
But if you really want to live,
Why not try and Make Yourself?
If I hadn't made me, I'dve fallen apart by now.
I won't let 'em make me, it's more than I can allow.
So when I make me, I won't be papier-mach�.
And if I fuck me... I'll fuck me in my own way.
You should make amends with you.
If only for better health.
But if you really want to live,
Why not try and Make Yourself?
Make yourself.
Drive by: Incubus
Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear.
And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer.
It's driven me before, and it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal.
But lately I am beginning to find out that I should be the one behind the wheel.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there...
I'll be there.
So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive?
It's driven me before and it seems to be the way that everyone else gets around.
But lately I'm beginning to find that when I drive myself my light is found.
So whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes, yeah.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there...
I'll be there.
Would you kill the Queen to crush the hive?
Would you choose water over wine.... hold the wheel and drive?
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there...
I'll be there.
The Warmth by: Incubus
I'd like to close my eyes and go numb,
But there's a cold wind coming from the top of the highest high-rise today.
It's not a breeze 'cause it blows hard
Yes and it wants me to discard the humanity I know, watch the warmth blow away.
Do you think I should adhere to that pressing new frontier?
And leave in my wake a trail of fear?
Or should I hold my head up high,
And throw a wrench in spokes by leaving the air behind me clear?
Don't let the world bring you down
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold.
Remember why you came and while you're alive experience the warmth
Before you grow old.
Warning by: Incubus
Bat your eyes girl
Be otherworldly
Count your blessings
Seduce a stranger
What's so wrong with
Being happy?
Kudos to those who
See through sickness
When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Don't ever let life pass you by
I suggest we
Learn to love ourselves before it's
Made illegal
When will we learn?
When will we change?
Just in time to
See it all fall down
Those left standing...will make millions
Writing books on the way it should have been
When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Don't ever let life pass you by
Floating in this
Cosmic jacuzzi
We are like frogs oblivious
To the water
Starting to boil
No one flinches
We all float face down
When she woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Don't ever let life pass you by
A Certain Shade Of Green by: Incubus
A certain shade of green,
tell me, is that what you need?
All signs around say move ahead.
Could someone please explain to me your ever present lack of speed?
Are your muscles bound by ropes?
Or do crutches cloud your day?
My sources say the road is clear,
and street signs point the way.
Are you gonna stand around till 2012 A.D.?
What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?
I think I grew a gray watching you procrastinate.
What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?
Would a written invitation signed,
"Choose now or lose it all,"
Sedate your hesitation?
Or inflame and make you stall?
But that glove never fit quite right.
The time has come for hand-me-downs,
Choose anew, please evolve, take flight.
What are you waiting for?
A written invitation?
A public declaration?
A private consolation?
Echo by: Incubus
There's something about the look in your eyes
Something I noticed when the light was just right
It reminded me twice that I was alive
And it reminded me that you're so worth the fight
My biggest fear will be the rescue of me
Strange how it turns out that way
Could you show me dear...something I've not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
There's something about the way you move
I see your mouth in slow motion when you sing
More subtle than something, someone contrives
Your movements echo that I have seen the real thing
Your biggest fear will be the rescue of you
Strange how it turns out that way
Could you show me dear...something I've not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
Mexico by: Incubus
You could see me reaching
So why couldn't you have met me half way?
You could see me bleeding
And you would not put pressure on the wound
You only think about yourself...
You only think about yourself
You better bend before I go
On the next train to Mexico
You could see my breathing
But you still kept your hand over my mouth
You could feel me seething
But you just turned your nose up in the air
You only think about yourself...
You only think about yourself
You better bend before I go
On the next train to Mexico
You only think about yourself...
You only think about yourself
You better bend before I go
On the next train to Mexico
Nowhere Fast by: Incubus
Will I ever get to where I'm going?
Will I ever follow through with what I had planned.
I guess it's possible that I have been a bit distracted
And the direvetions for me are a lot less in demand.
Will I ever get to where I am going?
If I do, will I know when I am there?
If the wind blew me in the right directions would I even care?
I would.
I take a look around; it's evident the scene has changed.
And there are times when I feel improved upon the past.
Then there are times when I can't seem to understand at all and yes it seems
that I'm going nowhere... really fucking fast.
Stellar by: Incubus
Meet me in outer space.
We could spend the night; watch the earth come up.
I've grown tired of this place; won't you come with me?
We could start again.
How do you do it?
Make me feel like I do.
How do you do it?
It's better than I ever knew.
Meet me in outer space.
I will hold you close, if you're afraid of heights.
I need you to see this place,
It might be the only way that I can show you how it feels to be inside of you.
How do you do it?
Make me feel like I do.
How do you do it?
It's better than I ever knew.
You are stellar.
Wish You Were Here by: Incubus
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were...here
I lay my head into the sand
The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm counting UFO's
I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were...here
Wish you were here
The world's a roller coaster and I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care but my hands are busy in the air
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were...here
Wish you were here.
I wish you were here...