..."Sparkle and Fade" Lyrics Continued...

08. The Twistinside
We have been sleeping
with the lights on
Just about every night
Because we are afraid what
the dark might bring
I know, I know it's just a childish fear
That grows and grows wild in the
middle of me
I'm gonna get a new tattoo
Black and stretching around my arm
Like a life that is visable and real
I know, I know it's stupid
and immature
I just want to give shape to the face
That twists inside
Both you and me

Breathing fire-
doesn't look good on a resume
Neither does anything else we do
We got to get ready for the real world
Yeah yeah we got to grow up

You know I like to die for awhile
Everyday in the afternoon
I like to let the arms of a bar
Wrap around me tight
I'm just going to sprawl
in the front booth
Big drink above my head
Cross eyes and smiling as
I watch the world
Go twisting by

I don't want to die with you,
Or live in the same dark room
I don't want to see your
bloodshot eyes no more, no more
I just want to take this girl-
all curls and big brown eyes
Man I can't take the pain
of wanting her, needing her

I know the secret of your soul
And I just don't want to know-
Yeah, man we got to grow up


09. Her Brand New Skin
She is everywhere I am
Yeah when I don't want her
to be there
I kinda want to leave in a hurry
She's walking on the city
Heavy in her monster boots
I hear her calling my name
I hide behind the people
that I want to be
I hear her calling my name
I can see the future when she
tells me how it's going to be

She is perpetual Kathy
All shake and happy in her
brand new skin
She is perpetual Kathy
She is always the same

She is everything that I'm not
Strong and happy with the sound
of the rhythm inside
I do not want to be a broken record,
But I don't want to live in the shadow
of a twelve-step

I hear her calling my name
Next thing you know
I think I'll want to be a better man
I hear her calling my name
Yeah, I used to be a devil
But they never seemed to give a damn

She is perpetual Kathy
All shake and happy in her
brand new skin
She is perpetual Kathy
She is always the same

She is always the same

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