do i stress you out
my sweater is on backwards and inside out
and you say how appropriate
i don't want to dissect everything today
i don't mean to pick you apart you see
but i can't help it
there i go jumping before the
gunshot has gone off
slap me with a splintered ruler
and it would knock me to the floor
if i wasn't there already
if only i could hunt the hunter
and all i really want is some patience
a way to calm the angry voice
and all i really want is deliverance
do i wear you out
you must wonder why i'm relentless
and all strung out
i'm consumed by the chill of solitary
i'm like estella
i like to reel it in and then spit it out
i'm frustrated by your apathy
and i am frightened by the
corrupted ways of this land
if only i could meet the maker
and i am fascinated by the spiritual man
i am humbled by his humble nature
what i wouldn't give to find a soulmate
someone else to catch this drift
and what i wouldn't give to meet a kindred
enough about me
let's talk about you for a minute
enough about you
let's talk about life for a while
the conflicts, the craziness
and the sound of pretences falling
all around...
all around
why are you so petrified of silence
here can you handle this?
did you think about your bills
your ex, your deadlines
or when you think you're gonna die
or did you long for the next distraction
and all i need now is intellectual intercourse
a soul to dig the hole much deeper
and i have no concept of time
other than it is flying
if only i could kill the killer
all i really want is some peace man
a place to find a common ground
and all i really want is a wavelength
all i really want is some comfort
a way to get my hands untied
and all i really want is some justice...
i want you to know that i'm happy for you
i wish nothing but the best for you both
an older version of me
is she perverted like me
would she go down on you in a theatre
does she speak eloquently
and would she have your baby
i'm sure she'd make
a really excellent mother
'cause the love that you gave that we made
wasn't able to make it enough
for you to be open wide, no
and every time you speak her name
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
until you died, 'til you died
but you're still alive
and i'm here to remind you
of the mess you left when you went away
it's not fair to deny me
of the cross i bear that you gave to me
you, you, you oughta know
you seem very well, things look peaceful
i'm not quite as well
i thought you should know
did you forget about me mr. duplicity
i hate to but you in the middle of dinner
it was a slap in the face
how quickly i was replaced
are you thinking of me when you fuck her?
'cause the love that you gave that we made
wasn't able to make it enough
for you to be open wide, no
and every time you speak her name
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
until you died, 'til you died
but you're sill alive
'cause the joke that you laid
in the bed that was me
and i'm not gonna fade
as soon as you close your eyes
and you know it
and every time i scratch my nails
down someone else's back
i hope you feel it...
well can you feel it
'cause the love that you gave that we made
wasn't able to make it enough
for you to be open wide, no
and every time you speak her name
does she know how you told me you'd hold me
until you died, 'til you died
but you're sill alive
sometimes is never quite enough
if you're flawless, then you'll win my love
don't forget to win first place
don't forget to keep that smile on your face
be a good boy
try a little harder
you've got to measure up
and make me prouder
how long before you screw it up
how many times do i have to tell you
to hurry up
with everything i do for you
the least you can do is keep quiet
be a good girl
you've gotta try a little harder
that simply wasn't good enough
to make us proud
i'll live through you
i'll make you what i never was
if you're the best, then maybe so am i
compared to him compared to her
i'm doing this for your own damn good
you'll make up for what i bled
what's the problem...why are you crying
be a good boy
push a little farther now
that wasn't fast enough
to make us happy
we'll love you just the way you are
if you're perfect
i'm broke but i'm happy
i'm poor but i'm kind
i'm shore but i'm healthy, yeah
i'm high but i'm grounded
i'm sane but i'm overwhelmed
i'm lost but i'm hopeful baby
what it all comes down to
is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
i've got one hand in my pocked
and the other one is giving a high five
i feel drunk but i'm sober
i'm young and i'm underpaid
i'm tired but i'm working, yeah
i care but i'm restless
i'm here but i'm really gone
i'm wrong and i'm sorry baby
what it all comes down to
is that everything's gonna be
quite alright
i've got one hand in my pocket
and the other one is flicking a cigarette
what it all comes down to
is that i haven't got it
all figured out just yet
i've got one hand in my pocket
and the other one is giving the peace sign
i'm free but i'm focused
i'm green but i'm wise
i'm hard but i'm friendly baby
i'm sad but i'm laughing
i'm brave but i'm chicken shit
i'm sick but i'm pretty baby
what it all boils down to
is that no one's really got it
figured out just yet
i've got one hand in my pocket
and the other one is playing the piano
what it all comes down to my friends
is that everything's just fine fine fine
i've got one hand in my pocket
and the other one is hailing a taxi cab
wait a minute man
you mispronounced my name
you didn't wait for all the information
before you turned me away
wait a minute sir
you kind of hurt my feelings
you see me as a sweet back-loaded puppet
and you've got a meal ticket taste
i see right through you
i know right through you
i feel right through you
i walk right through you
you took me for a joke
you took me for a child
you took a long hard look at my ass
and then played golf for a while
your shake is like a fish
you pat me on the head
you took me out to wine dine 69 me
but didn't hear a damn word i said
i see right through you
i know right through you
i feel right through you
i walk right through you
hello mr. man
you didn't think i'd come back
you didn't think i'd show up with my army
and this ammunition on my back
now that i'm miss thing
now that i'm a zillionaire
you scan the credits for your name
and wonder why it's not there
i see right through you
i know right through you
i feel right through you
i walk right through you
you know how us catholic girls can be
we make up for so much time
a little too late
i never forgot it, confusing as it was
no fun with no guilt feelings
the sinners, the saviors
the loverless priests
i'll see you next sunday
we all had our reasons to be there
we all had a thing or two to learn
we all needed something to cling to
so we did
i sang alleluia in the choir
i confessed my darkest deeds
to an envious man
my brothers they never
went blind for what they did
but i may as well have
in the name of the father
the sceptic and the son
i had one more stupid question
we all had our reasons to be there
we all had a thing or two to learn
we all needed something to cling to
so we did
what i learned i rejected
but i believe again
i will suffer the consequence
of this inquisition
if i jump in this fountain
will i be forgiven
we all had our reasons to be there
we all had a thing or two to learn
we all needed something to cling to
so we did
we all had delusions in our head
we all had our minds made up for us
we had to believe in something
so we did
i recommend getting your heart
trampled on to anyone
i recommend walking around naked
in your living room
swallow it down
(what a jagged little pill)
it feels so good
(swimming in your stomach)
wait until the dust settles
you live you learn
you love you learn
you cry you learn
you lose you learn
you bleed you learn
you scream you learn
i recommend biting off more
than you can chew to anyone
i certainly do
i recommend sticking your foot
in your mouth at any time
feel free
throw it down
(the caution blocks you from the wind)
hold it up
(to the rays)
you wait and see when the smoke clears
you live you learn
you love you learn
you cry you learn
you lose you learn
you bleed you learn
you scream you learn
wear it out
(the way a three-year-old would do)
melt it down
(you're gonna have to eventually anyway)
the fire trucks are coming up around the bend
you live you learn
you love you learn
you cry you learn
you lose you learn
you bleed you learn
you scream you learn
you grieve you learn
you choke you learn
you laugh you learn
you choose you learn
you pray you learn
you ask you learn
you live you learn
i had no choice but to hear you
you stated your case time and again
i thought about it
you treat me like i'm a princess
i'm not used to liking that
you ask how my day was
you've already won me over
in spite of me
don't be alarmed if i fall
head over feet
don't be surprised if i love you
for all that you are
i couldn't help it
it's all your fault
your love is thick
and it swallowed me whole
you're so much braver
than i gave you credit for
that's not lip service
you've already won me over
in spite of me
don't be alarmed if i fall
head over feet
don't be surprised if i love you
for all that you are
i couldn't help it
it's all your fault
you are the bearer
of unconditional things
you held your breath
and the door for me
thanks for your patience
you're the best listener
that i've ever met
you're my best friend
best friend with benefits
what took me so long
i've never felt this healthy before
i've never wanted something rational
i am aware now
i am aware now
you've already won me over
in spite of me
don't be alarmed if i fall
head over feet
don't be surprised if i love you
for all that you are
i couldn't help it
it's all your fault
what's the matter mary jane
you had a hard day
as you place the don't disturb sign
on the door
you lost your place in line again
what a pity
you never seem to want to dance anymore
it's a long way down
on this roller coaster
the last chance streetcar
went off the track
and you're on it
i hear you're counting sheep again
mary jane
what's the point of tryin' to dream
anymore
i hear you're losing weight again
mary jane
do you ever wonder
who you're losing it for
well it's full speed baby
in the wrong direction
there's a few more bruises
if that's the way
you insist on heading
please be honest mary jane
are you happy
please don't censor your tears
you're the sweet crusader
and you're on your way
you're the last great innocent
and that's why i love you
so take this moment mary jane
and be selfish
worry not about the cars that
go by
all that matters mary jane
is your freedom
keep warm my dear, keep dry
an old man
turned ninety-eight
he won the lottery
and died the next day
it's a black fly
in your chardonnay
it's a death row pardon
two minutes too late
isn't it ironic...
don't you think?
it's like rain
on your wedding day
it's a free ride
when you've already paid
it's the good advice
that you just didn't take
who would've thought...
it figures
mr. play-it-safe
was afraid to fly
he packed his suitcase
and kissed his kids good-bye
he waited his whole damn life
to take that flight
and as the plane crashed down he thought
"well isn't this nice..."
and isn't it ironic...
don't you think?
it's like rain
on your wedding day
it's a free ride
when you've already paid
it's the good advice
that you just didn't take
who would've thought...
it figures
well life has a funny way
of sneaking up on you
when you think everything's okay
and everything's going right
and life has a funny way
of helping you out when
you think everything's gone wrong
and everything blows up
in your face
a traffic jam
when you're already late
a no-smoking sign
on your cigarette break
it's like ten thousand spoons
when all you need is a knife
it's meeting the man of my dreams
and then meeting his beautiful wife
and isn't it ironic...
don't you think?
a little too ironic...
and yeah i really do think...
it's like rain
on your wedding day
it's a free ride
when you've already paid
it's the good advice
that you just didn't take
who would've thought...
it figures
life has a funny way
of sneaking up on you
life has a funny, funny way
of helping you out
helping you out
i don't want to be the filler
if the void is solely yours
i don't want to be your glass
of single malt whiskey
hidden in the bottom drawer
i don't want to be a bandage
if the wound is not mine
lend me some fresh air
i don't want to be adored
for what i merely represent to you
i don't want to be your babysitter
you're a very big boy now
i don't want to be your mother
i didn't carry you
in my womb for nine months
show me the back door
visiting hours are 9 to 5
and if i show up at 10 past 6
well i already know that
you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
mind the empty bottle
with the holes along the bottom
you see it's too much to ask for
and i am not the doctor
i don't want to be the sweeper
of the eggshells that you walk upon
i don't want to be your other half
i believe that 1 and 1 make 2
i don't want to be your food
or the light from the fridge
on your face at midnight
hey what are you hungry for
i don't want to be the glue
that holds your pieces together
i don't want to be your idol
see this pedestal is high
and i'm afraid of heights
i don't want to be lived through
a vicarious occasion
please open the window
visiting hours are 9 to 5
and if i show up at 10 past 6
well i already know that
you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
mind the empty bottle
with the holes along the bottom
you see it's too much to ask for
and i am not the doctor
i don't want to live on someday
when my motto is last week
i don't want to be responsible
for your fractured heart
and its wounded beat
i don't want to be a substitute
for the smoke you've been inhaling
what do you thank me
what do you thank me for
visiting hours are 9 to 5
and if i show up at 10 past 6
well i already know that
you'd find some way to sneak me in and oh
mind the empty bottle
with the holes along the bottom
you see it's too much to ask for
and i am not the doctor
you like snow but only if it's warm
you like rain but only if it's dry
no sentimental value to the rose
that fell on your floor
no fundamental excuse
for the granted i'm taken for
'cause it's easy not to
so much easier not to
and what goes around
never comes around to you
you like pain
but only if it doesn't hurt too much
you sit...
and you wait...
to receive
there's an obvious attraction
to the path of least resistance
in your life
there's an obvious aversion
no amount of my insistence
could make you try tonight
'cause it's easy not to
so much easier not to
and what goes around
never comes around to you
to you, to you
to you, to you, to you...
there's no love no money
no thrill anymore
there's an apprehensive
naked little trembling boy
with his head in his hands
there's an underestimated
and impatient little girl
raising her hand
but it's easy not to
so much easier not to
and what goes around
never comes around to you
to you, to you
get up get up get up off of it
get up get up get up off of it
get out get outta here
enough already
get up get up get up off of it
wake up
i went to your house
i walked up the stairs
and i opened your door
without the ringing the bell
walked down the hall
into your room where i could smell you
and i shouldn't be here
without permission
shouldn't be here
would you forgive me love
if i dance in your shower
would you forgive me love
if i laid in your bed
would you forgive me love
if i stay all afternoon
i took off my clothes
i put on your robe
and i went through your drawers
and i found your cologne
went down to the den
found your cd's
and i played your joni
and i shouldn't stay long
you might be home soon
i shouldn't stay long
would you forgive me love
if i dance in your shower
would you forgive me love
if i laid in your bed
would you forgive me love
if i stay all afternoon
i burned your incense
i ran a bath and i noticed a letter
that sat on your desk
it said "hello love
i love you so, love
meet me at midnight"
and no it wasn't my writing
i better go soon
it wasn't my writing
so forgive me love
if i cry in your shower
so forgive me love
for the salt in your bed
so forgive me love
if i cry all afternoon
