Every Double Life
These are models of my own design
two circles never meeting
one in '92 and '95
and it's all been up to me
I may not listen to my own advice
it can be so overwhelming
there are strains on every double life
but you won't hear me complain
yes, it's true, you knew you believed it
you should just turn and walk away
took a complimenting photograph
and commited it to memory
a model of how not to act
at least not imitate
wouldn't it have been ideal
if it all fell down from heaven
how am i supposed to feel
when i know what you did wrong
yes, it's true, you knew you believed it
you should just turn and walk away
yes, it's true, you knew I was leaving
we're under the same skyline today
LONELY HEARTS
all that I have is finally over
came knocking again
if given the chance, i'd do it all over
to lose her again
sleep tight, never you mind
lonely hearts, breakin' tonight
I'd never have dared had I been close to sober
was out of my head
back of my mind, if I only had shown her
she'd be mine again
sleep tight, never you mind
lonely hearts, breakin' tonight
PROCEED WITH CAUTION
sober you up, the odds in your favor
but I wouldn't wager anything
the clouds in your ears
hold off your bets now
it's all going too well
something has got to give
I wouldn't wait for it
baby, i'll bet it's overdue
you're lucky to be alive
so I wouldn't count on anything
proceed with caution from here on in
proceed with caution from here on in
sober you up, the odds in your favor
but I wouldn't wager anything
the clouds in your ears
hold off your bets now
it's all going too well
something has got to give
I wouldn't wait for it
baby, i'll bet it's overdue
you're lucky to be alive
and I wouldn't count on anything
proceed with caution from here on in
proceed with caution from here on in
proceed with caution from here on in
proceed with caution from here on in, here on in, here on in
SLOW DOWN (originally by Boilermaker)
hold back my lip, watch my step
spinning world hurts me
facing backward might cause you to slip
to slow down
watch your step
take a little trip down
who knows where you'll land
your broken hands scratch my back
mend me now
my chance to move on, who's to know
the outer side, the outside my glimpse
a glimpse, gather my sense
sit back and mend myself
take a walk outside, too bored to sleep
sit back and mend myself
take a walk outside, too bored to sleep
not enough time to get anything
halfway done
not enough time to get anything
halfway done
UNTITLED (mcshame)
I know - awww shit
I know I'm not supposed to be
it isn't different
you're unimpressed by industry
you just stop listening
ooooh
give it all away
any goddamn day
you're all I want
if I have to choose
I'm choosing you
I'm choosing you
(did that work?)
GOODBYE
wait up for me
you're where I want to be
stop long enough to say goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
it's all said and done
keeps me at ease
sings us both to sleep
don't have to say goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
all said and done
goodbye
IDAHO
she says Idaho is calling you home
old friends and lover
returning the blows
cry me a river
misunderstood (if you're misunderstood)
for all ever after
knew that you would (how I knew that you would)
I didn't turn on, you turned away
no one is listening anyway
she says Idaho is calling you home
old friends and lovers
returning the blows
cry me a river
misunderstood (if you're misunderstood)
for all ever after
knew that you would (how I knew that you would)
I didn't turn on, you turned away
no one is listening anyway
(time is the best at forgiving in)
time is the best at forgiving in
(no one is listening anyway)
time is the best at forgiving in
time is the best at forgiving in
(no one is listening anyway)
time is the best at forgiving in
time is the best at forgiving in
(no one is listening anyway)
time is the best at forgiving in
time is the best at forgiving in
(no one is listening)
she says Idaho is calling you home
DRAMA QUEEN
get over somehow
my drama queen
old wounds and rebounds
old hat new seam
nooooo
I got the time
nooooo
you've got the notion
new faces repeat
my drama queen
MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND
I don't expect so much at all
if a test does back at me
if I should fail
if i should fall
i will lose no stability
no none at all
cause it's the best just not to try
get away, got no family but this
and this little piece of heaven
I am not about to risk
what if i fall
what if i never make it home, home
that's a fear, I can't bring myself to face
so let it go
don't bring it up
put more value on what you want to give up
what if I fall
nothing could make me change my mind
my travel scar
and they break more broken hearts
when I was younger I'd have run away
my dependence made me stay
now I'm tired, and afraid
and the world at large is a frightening place
that's a fear I can't bring myself to face
WHEN WE TWO PARTED (originally by Afghan Whigs)
baby, see you made yourself all sick again
didn't I do a good job of pretending
baby, you're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
good, I get to dress up and play the assassin again
it's my favorite
it's got personality
shoulda seen the shit comin' down the hall
that night that I had spent in that bed
with you facing the wall
if I had only once heard you scream
you say you were alive instead of watching you abandoning yourself
yourself
baby, you can open your eyes now
please allow me to present you with a clue
if I inflict the pain then baby only I can comfort you
yeah
out of the night we come
into the night we go
if it starts to hurt you
then you have to say so
NEVER TREAT OTHERS
you can run from Desoto
and all that you lose
there's the chance to make peace with the path that you choose
little apple, I'm sure it's as small as you think
bitter reminder that drowns in the drink
I admit I regret that I’m meeting you
I'm depressed, you're the mess that I’ve looked up to
I retract every word that I say
and I swear, I'll never treat others
I swear, I'll never treat others that way
maybe this isn't anything like it should be
you'd be humble and famous, it falls perfectly
I efface some decisions, the choices you made
but I see to my error I made a mistake
I admit I regret that I’m meeting you
I'm depressed, you're the mess that I’ve looked up to
I retract every word that I say
and I swear, I'll never treat others
I swear, I'll never treat others
swear i will never treat others
don't open you mouth, don't worry about it
when I'm in your place, I’ll never allow it
I admit I regret that I’m meeting you
I'm depressed you're the mess that I looked up to
I retract every word that I say
and I swear I'll never treat others
I swear, I'll never treat others
swear I will never treat others that way
I WON'T RUN AWAY
(one, two, three, four)
I walk away the day I must leave you behind
like we've waltzed around the words so many times
we remind the time the motions will repeat
but the distance doesn't finalize defeat
so it goes
there's a weight that never seems to let it go
and I'm passing through the atmosphere like smoke
on the way the day afraid from town to town
every anecdote I live gets written down
every letter ever sent her does remind
that our memories are always on my mind
so it stays
wait for the world to stop and I won't run away
wait for the world to stop and I won't run away
wait for the world to stop and I won't run away
at least not today