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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
something's happening don't
speak to soon i told the boss off and made my move got nowhere to go son of sam son of the shining path the clouded mind the couple killer each and every time i'm not uncomfortable feeling weird lonely leeved options disappear but i know what to do son of sam son of a doctor's touch a nurse's love acting on orders from above king for a day son of sam son of the shining path the clouded mind the couple killer running out of time shiva opens her arms now to make sure i don't get too far i may talk in my sleep tonight 'cos i don't know what i am i'm a little like you more like son of sam |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
I had tender feelings that you made hard
but it's your heart, not mine, that's scarred so when I go home I'll be happy to go you're just somebody that I used to know you don't need my help anymore it's all now to you, there ain't no before now that you're big enough to run your own show you're just somebody that I used to know I watched you deal in a dying day and throw a living past away so you can be sure that you're in control you're just somebody that I used to know I know you don't think you did me wrong and I can't stay this mad for long keeping ahold of what you just let go you're just somebody that I used to know |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
the imitation picks you up
like a habit riding in the glow of the tv static taking out the trash to the man give the people something they understand mistake a nervous flash for a fine line smile junk bond trader trying to sell a sucker a stock rich man in a poor man's clothes the permanent installment of the daily dose and you tell me fool you tell it like it is your wall's gone wider than your head trip is checking into a small reality void as a drug you take too regularly the apple needs to laugh the broken crutch the first two folded at the slightest touch brought down like an old hotel people digging through the rubble for things they can resell happy holidays said sid the saviour believe in love i still favour I won't take your medicine I don't need a remedy to be everything i'm supposed to be I don't want nobody else I can do it by myself we're meant to be together now i'm a policeman directing traffic keeping everything moving everything static I'm the hitchhiker you recognize passing on your way to some everlasting better sell it while you can better sell it while you can better sell it while you can better sell it while you can |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
I never really had a problem because of leaving But everything reminds me of her this evening So if I seem a little out of it, sorry Why should I lie? Everything remends me of her The spin of the earth impaled the silhouette of the sun on the steeple And I got to hear the same sermon all the time now from you people Why are you staring into outer space, crying? Just because you came across it, and lost it Everything reminds me of her Everything reminds me of her Everything reminds me of her
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Someone found the futureas a statuein a fountian at attentionlooking backwardin a pool of water wisheswitha bluesongbird on his shoulder whokeeps singing over everythingEverything Means Nothing to MeEverything Means Nothing to MeEverything Means Nothing to Mei picked up the song and foundmy picturein the paper the reflectionin the water showed an iron manstill trying to salutepeople from a timewhen he was everything he'ssupposed to beEverything Means Nothing to Me
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
The gentleman's in the lane
spinning his hat on a cane stepping out out for a change good morning all it's a beautiful day the general's are winning a war seemed suicidal before you come along now I'll protect you long as you stay LA morning had to come I'd be walking in the sun living in the day but last night i was about to throw it all away if patience started a band I'd be her biggest fan look at me I'm talking to you I don't want the lead in your play The star's just a part of the scene the gentelman in green paying off out on the street I can't go home it's not on my way LA things I'd never done cars parked in the sun living in the day but last night i was about to throw it all away last night i was about to throw it all away last night i was about to throw it all away last night i was about to throw it all away |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
He held his breath
to hold your hand to walk the stairsteps in paris climbing up the slippery slope I'm in love love I hope don't go home angelina stay with me hanging around in the lost and found Kissed you quick feeling weird lonely leaved and disappeared this is such a simple place passing time can't erase don't go home angelina paint tomorrow blue Day breaks and every morning when he wakes he thinks of you I'm alone that's okay I don't mind most of the time I don't feel afraid to die she was here passing by don't go home agelina stay with me hanging around in the lost and found stay with me hanging around in the lost and found |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Got a foot in the door
God knows what foor And he'll cut me down to size Stupidity tries Everything here is free Everything but you and me This painting never dries Stupidity tries Savannah shoulder raised a cheer Color in the sky with ash Because they found some privateer To sail across a sea of trash The enemy is within Don't confuse me with him The truth is otherwise Stupidity tries And so I go from floor to floor Looking for a port of call Another drunk conquistador Conquering the governor's ball I couldn't think of a thing That I hope tomorrow brings Oh what a surprise Stupidity tries |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
You'll take advantage 'til you think you're being used
Cause without an enemy your anger gets confused I got stuck on the side you know, i never chose But it's all about taking the easy way out for you i suppose There's no escape for you except in someone else Although you've already disappeared within yourself The invisible man who's always changing clothes It's all about taking the easy way out for you i suppose Well i don't want you making mistakes I wish you luck i really do But the problem with the puzzle Whatever's left to you I heard you found another audience to bore A creative thinker who imagined you were more A new body for you to push around and pose It's all about taking the easy way out for you i suppose It's all about taking the easy way out for you i suppose |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
The question
is wouldn't mama be proud There's a silver lining in the corporate cloud And the pretty post that you're taking as an NCO of the great pretender I should sure think so Wouldn't mama be proud Can I take your order asked the heavenly host ticket to the jet stream blowing coast to coast The long stem glasses a movie and a pleasent dream in mid air You gotta tell me quickly cos we're almost there Wouldn't mama be proud Pointed out of the window at the sky gone black Kid you're on the right track If I send you a postcard from the side of the road photographs of moving parts about to implode If I crawl to keep it together like you say you know I can do to transmit the moment from me to you wouldn't mama be proud wouldn't mama be proud wouldn't mama be proud wouldn't mama be proud |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
I see color bars when I come
sergeant rock broke the key off in the lock to where I come from sir, no sir, we have no power in the air the battle's on the ground laying low again, high on the sound Bruno S. is a man to me you're just some dude with a stilted attitude that you learned from TV you'll undo, but I'll be connecting everything the traffic in my town riding high again, high on the sound everyone wants me to ride into the sun but I ain't gonna go down laying low again, high on the sound |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
Activity's killing the actor
And a cop's standing out in the road Turning traffic away There was nothing she could do until after When his body'd been buried below Way back in the day Oh my Nothing else could have been done Made his life a lie so He might Never have to know anyone Made his life the lie you know I told him that he shouldn't upset her And that he'd only be making it worse Involving somebody else But I knew that he'd never forget her While her memory worked in reverse To keep her safe from herself And oh my Nothing else could have been done She made her life a lie so She might Never have to know anyone Made her life the lie you know What I used to be will pass away And then you'll see That all I want now is happiness For you and me What I used to be will pass away And then you'll see That all I want now is happiness For you and me What I used to be will pass away And then you'll see That all I want now is happiness For you and me All I want now is happiness For you and me |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
almost forgot
started to say rode into the sun past everyone hallelujah pretty mary k i found faith in the infirmary there's a soldier lying in bed with a wound to the head calling out to pretty mary k here's what you get for things that haven't happened yet i happened upon pretty mary k but a soldier's uniform waved you away i walk round the dock and talk to st. james though i'm already done and ask everyone "have you seen her?" pretty mary k have you seen her? pretty mary k |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
wish you gave me a number
wish i could call you today just to hear a voice i got a long way to go getting further away if i didn't know the difference living alone would probably be ok it wouldn't be lonely i got a long way to go getting further away a lot of hours to occupy it was easy when i didn't know you yet things i'd have to forget but i better be quiet now i'm tired of wasting my breath carrying on getting upset maybe i have a problem but that's not what i wanted to say i prefer to say nothing i got a long way to go getting further away had a dream as an army man with an order just to march in my place but a dead enemy screams in my face but i better be quiet now i'm tired of wasting my breath carrying on not over it yet wish i knew what you were doing why you want to do it this way so i can't go the distance i got a long way to go i'm getting further away i got a long way to go getting further away |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
I have become a silent movie
The hero killed the clown Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Nobody knows what he's doing Still hanging around Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Can't make a sound The slow motion moves me The monologue means nothing to me Bored in a role but he can't stop Standing up to sit back down And lose the one thing found Spinning the world like a toy top Till there's a ghost in every town Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Can't make a sound Eyes locked and shining Can't you tell me what's happening Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world |
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from Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (2000)
because the world is round, it turns me on because the world is round
because the wind is high, it blows my mind because the wind is high love is old, love is new love is all, love is you because the sky is blue, it makes me cry because the sky is blue |
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from Keeping The Faith (키핑 더 페이스) by Elmer Bernstein [ost] (2000)
pitseleh
i'll tell you why i don't want to know where you are i got a joke i been dying to tell you a silent kid is looking down the barrel to make the noise that i kept so quiet i kept it from you, pitseleh i'm not what's missing from your life now i could never be the puzzle pieces they say that god makes problems just to see what you can stand before you do as the devil pleases and give up the thing you love but no one deserves it the first time i saw you i knew it would never last i'm not half what i wish i was i'm so angry i don't think it'll ever pass and i was bad news for you just because i never meant to hurt you |
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from The Royal Tenenbaums [Expanded] (로얄 테넌바움) by Mark Mothersbaugh [best, ost] (2001)
your hand on his arm
the haystack charm around your neck strung out and thin calling some friend trying to cash some check he's acting dumb that's what you've come to expect needle in the hay needle in the hay needle in the hay needle in the hay he's wearing your clothes head down to toes a reaction to you you say you know what he did but you idiot kid you don't have a clue sometimes they just get caught in the eye you're pulling him through needle in the hay needle in the hay needle in the hay needle in the hay now on the bus nearly touching this dirty retreat falling out 6th and Powell a dead sweat in my teeth gonna walk walk walk four more blocks plus the one in my brain down downstairs to the man he's gonna make it all OK I can't beat myself I can't beat myself and i don't want to talk I'm taking the cure so i can be quiet whenever I want so leave me alone you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks needle in the hay needle in the hay needle in the hay needle in the hay |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Cut this picture into you and me
Burn it backwards kill this history Make it over make it stay away Or hate'll say the ending that love started to stay There's a kid a floor below me saying brother can you spare Sunshine for a brother old man winter's in the air Walked me up a story asking how you are Told me not to worry you were just a shooting star Sweet adeline Sweet adeline My clementine Sweet adeline It's a picture perfect evening and i'm staring down the sun Fully loaded deaf and dumb and done Waiting for sedation to disconnect my head Or any situation where i'm better off then dead |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Everybody knows which way
you go straight to over no one Wants to see you inside of me straight to over i heard the Hammer at the lock say you're deaf and dumb and done give Yourself another talk this time make it sound like someone the Noise is coming out, and if it's not out now, then tomorrow Tomorrow they took your life apart and called you failures art They were wrong though they wont know 'til tomorrow i got Static in my head the reflected sound of everything tried to go To where it led but it didn't lead to anything the noise is Coming out, and if it's not out now, i know it's just about to Drown tomorrow out |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
First the mic then a half cigarette
Singing cathy's clown That's the man that she's married to now That's the girl that he takes around town She appears composed, so she is, i suppose Who can really tell? She shows no emotion at all Stares into space like a dead china doll I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow Now she's done and they're calling someone Such a familiar name I'm so glad that my memories remote 'cos i'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note Here it is the revenge to the tune "you're no good, You're no good you're no good you're no good" Can't you tell that it's well understood I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow I'm here today and expected to stay on and on and on I'm tired I'm tired Looking out on the substitute scene Still going strong Xo, mom It's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong Tell mr. man with impossible plans to just leave me alone In the place where i make no mistakes In the place where i have what it takes I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow I'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Baby britain feels the best floating
over a sea of vodka Separated from the rest Fights problems with bigger problems Sees the ocean fall and rise Counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her Water pouring from her eyes Alcoholic and very bitter For someone half as smart you'd be a work of art You put yourself apart And i can't help until you start We knocked another couple back The dead soldiers lined up on the table Still prepared for an attack They didn't know they'd been disabled Felt a wave a rush of blood You won't be happy 'til the bottle's broken And you're out swimming in the flood You kept back you kept unspoken For someone half as smart you'd be a work of art You put yourself apart And i can't help until you start You got a look in your eye When you're saying goodbye Like you wanna say hi The light was on but it was dim Revolver's been turned over And now it's ready once again The radio was playing "crimson and clover" London bridge is safe and sound No matter what you keep repeating Nothing's gonna drag me down To a death that's not worth cheating For someone half as smart you'd be a work of art You put yourself apart And i can't help until you start For someone half as smart you'd be a work of art You put yourself apart |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
I'll tell you why i don't want to know
where you are I got a joke i been dying to tell you A silent kid is looking down the barrel To make the noise that i kept so quiet I kept it from you, pitseleh I'm not what's missing from your life now I could never be the puzzle pieces They say that god makes problems Just to see what you can stand Before you do as the devil pleases And give up the thing you love But no one deserves it The first time i saw you i knew it would never last I'm not half what i wish i was I'm so angry I don't think it'll ever pass And i was bad news for you just because I never meant to hurt you |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Future butterfly gonna spend the day higher than high
You'll be beautiful confusion Ooh once i was you I saw you caught between all the people out making the scene And a bright ideal tomorrow Ooh, don't go too far Stay who you are Everybody knows Everybody knows Everybody knows You only live a day But it's brilliant anyway I saw you in a perfect place It's gonna happen soon but not today So go to sleep and make the change I'll meet you here tomorrow Independence day Independence day Independence day |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
I'm a color reporter
But the city's been bled white And the doctor orders drinks all night to take away this curse But it makes me feel much worse Bled white So i wait for the f-train And connect through a friend of mine To a yesterdaydream 'cos i'll have to be high to drag the sunset down And paint this paling town Bled white So here he comes with the blank expression Especially for me 'cos he knows i feel the same 'cos happy and sad come in quick succession I'm never going to become what you became Don't you dare disturb me While i'm balancing my past 'cos you can't help or hurt me Like it already has I may not seem quite right But i'm not fucked, no quite Bled white Bled white |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Everytime the day darkens
down and goes away Pictures open in my head of me and you Silent and cliche, all the things we did and didn't say covered up by what we did and didn't do, going through Every hour I used to cop to make the repetition stop What was I supposed to say? Now I never leave my zone, I'm all alone I'm going home I wish I'd never seen your face ... |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Amity amity amity amity amity
amity amity caught stars in her Arms hello hello kitty happy in new york city amity walking like a Lucky charm i'm a neon sign and i stay open all the time So let's go, go go go Amity amity god don't make no junk but it's plain to see he still Made me he told me so: i'm good to go I'm ready to go 'cos you laugh and talk and 'cos you make my world rock I'm so, so so so Amity amity amity amity amity amity amity good to go |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Here's the silhouette the face
always turned away The bleeding color gone to black, dying like a day Couldn't figure out what made you so unhappy Shook your head to say no no no And stopped for a spell And stayed that way Oh well, okay I got pictures, i just don't see it anymore Climbing hour upon hour through a total bore With the one i keep where it never fades In the safety of a pitch black mind An airless cell that blocks the day Oh well, okay If you a get a feeling the next time you see me Do me a favor and let me know 'cos it's hard to tell It's hard to say Oh well, okay Oh well, okay Oh well, okay |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Bottle up and explode over
and over keep the troublemaker below Put it away and check out for the day And in for a round of overexposure The thing mother nature provides to get up and go Bottle up and explode seeing the stars surrounding you Red white and blue You look and him like you've never known him But i know for a fact that you have The last time you cried who'd you think was inside? Thinking that you were about to come over But i'm tired now of waiting for you You never show Bottle up and go, if you're gonna hide it's up to you I'm coming through Bottle up and go, i can make it outside I'll get though becoming you Becoming you Becoming you |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
I got a question mark
A got a need to always take some shoot in the dark I don't have to make pretend the picture i'm in is totally clear You think that all things have a way they ought to appear 'cos you know you know you know you know You know you know you know you know you know I don't I dream Don't know what you mean Panic called you out and took you in Giving you an easy game and letting you win You're giving back a little hatred now to the world 'cos it treated you bad 'cod you couldn't keep the great unknown from making you mad 'cos you know you know you know you know You know you know you know you know you know I don't I dream Don't know what you mean Said your final word, but honesty and love could've kept us together One day you'll see it's worth it after all If you ever want to say you're sorry you can give me a call |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
everybody cares, everybody understands
Yes everybody cares about you Yeah and whether or not you want them to It's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head To a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally And a quiet lie that makes you wanna scream and shout So here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun Raining it's guiding light upon everyone For a moment's rest you can lean against the banister After running upstairs again and again from wherever they came to fix You in but always fear the city's finest follow right behind You got a pretty vision in your head A pencil full of poison lead And a sickened smoke illegal in every town So here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun Raining its guiding light upon everyone Here i lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun Raining its guiding light upon everyone You say you mean well, you don't know what you mean Fucking OUGHT to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about |
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from Elliott Smith - Xo (1998)
Thought you'd be looking for the next
in line to love then ignore Put out and put away And so you'd soon be leaving me alone like i'm supposed to be tonight, Tomorrow and everyday There's nothing here that you'll miss I can guarantee you this is a cloud of smoke Trying to occupy space What a fucking joke What a fucking joke I waited for a bus to separate the both of us and take me off far away From you 'cos my feelings never change a bit i always feel like shit i Don't know why i guess that i "just do" You once talked to me about love and you painted pictures of A never-neverland and i could've gone to that place But i didn't understand I didn't understand I didn't understand |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
He's pleased to meet you underneath the horse
In the cathedral with the glass stained black Singing sweet high notes that echo back To destroy their master May be a long time til you get the call-up But it's sure as fate and hard as your luck No one'll know where you are It's just a brief smile crossing your face Running speed trials still standing in place When the socket's not a shock enough You little child what makes you think you're tough When all the people you think you're above They all know what's the matter You're such a pinball yeah you know it's true There's always something you come back running to To follow the path of no resistance It's just a brief smile crossing your face Running speed trials standing in place It's just a brief smile crossing your face Running speed trials all over the place |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
You walk down alameda shuffling
your deck of trick cards over everyone Like some precious only son Face down, bow to the champion You walk down alameda looking at the cracks in the sidewalk Thinking about your friends How you maintain all them in a constant state of suspense For your own protection over their affection Nobody broke your heart You broke your own because you can't finish what you start Walk down alameda brushing off the nightmare you wish Could plague me when i'm awake And now you see your first mistake was thinking that you could relate For one or two minutes she liked you But the fix is in You're all pretension I never pay attention Nobody broke your heart You broke your own because you can't finish what you start Nobody broke your heart You broke your own because you can't finish what you start Nobody broke your heart You broke your own because you can't finish what you start Nobody broke your heart If you're alone it must be you that wants to be apart" |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Throwing candy out to the crowd
Dragging down the main The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth who's always got something To say you're sitting at home now waiting for your brother to call I saw him down at the alley Having had enough of it all Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to You can do what you want to there's no one to stop you All spit and spite you're up all night and down every day A tired man with only hours to go just waiting to be taken away Getting in to the back of a car for candy from some stranger Watching the parade with pinpoint eyes full of smoldering anger You can do what you want to whenever you want to You can do what you want to there's no one to stop you Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to Do what you want to whenever you want to Do what you want to whenever you want to though it doesn't mean a thing Big nothing |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Drink up, baby, stay up all night
The things you could do, you won't but you might The potential you'll be that you'll never see The promises you'll only make Drink up with me now and forget all about the pressure of days Do what i say and i'll make you okay and drive them away The images stuck in your head People you've been before that you don't want around anymore That push and shove and won't bend to your will I'll keep them still Drink up, baby, look at the stars, i'll kiss you again Between the bars where i'm seeing you There with your hands in the air waiting to finally be caught Drink up one more time and i'll make you mine Keep you apart deep in my heart separate from the rest Where i like you the best And keep the things you forgot The people you've been before that you don't want around anymore That push and shove and won't bend to your will I'll keep them still |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Start stop and start
Stupid acting smart Flirting with the flicks You say it's just for kicks You'll be the victim of your own dirty tricks You got yourself to tease and displease Doors swinging wide You walked in to hide Looking at your feet Failure's complete Saw you and me on the coin-op tv Frozen in fear every time we appear I'm not surprised and really, why should i be? See nothing wrong See nothing wrong So sick and tired of all these pictures of me Completely wrong Totally wrong Go walking by Here come another guy Jailer who sells personal hells Who'd like to see me down on my fucking knees Everybody's dying just to get the disease Hey hey hey hey I'm not surprised and really, why should i be? See nothing wrong See nothing wrong So sick and tired of all these pictures of me Completely wrong Totally wrong I'm not surprised and really, why should i be? See nothing wrong See nothing wrong So sick and tired of all these pictures of me Oh everybody's dying just to get the disease Everybody's dying just to get the disease Everybody's dying just to get the disease |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Got bitten fingernails and a head full of the past
And everybody's gone at last A sweet sweet smile that's fading fast Cause everybody's gone at last And you don't get upset about it No not anymore There's nothing wrong That wasn't wrong before Had a second alone with a chance let pass And everybody's gone at last Well i hope you're not waiting Waiting around for me Because i'm not going anywhere Obviously Got a broken heart and your name on my cast And everybody's gone at last Everybody's gone at last |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
They asked me to come down
and watch the parade And to march down the street like the duracell bunny With a wink and a wave from the cavalcade Throwing out candy that looks like money To people passing by that all seem to be going the other way Said won't you follow me down to the rose parade? Tripped over a dog in a choke-chain collar People were shouting and pushing and saying And when i traded a smoke for a food stamp dollar A ridiculous marching band started playing And got me singing along with some half-hearted victory song Won't you follow me down to the rose parade? Won't you follow me down to the rose parade? Won't you follow me down to the rose parade? The trumpet has obviously been drinking Because he's fucking up even the simplest lines I'd say it's a sight that's quite worth seeing It's just that everyone's interest is stronger than mine And when they clean the street I'll be the only shit that's left behind Won't you follow me down to the rose parade? Won't you follow me down to the rose parade? Won't you follow me down to the rose parade? |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
A wallflower punch talks to judy
In a crowded corner where anybody can listen in But they don't read page to page or speak easy Now they're gonna go say the words In the wrong order again They walk in a circle Through all the sidewalk scenes they used to be apart of one time Now everybody just stares and whispers Driving around up and down division street I used to like it here It just bums me out to remember Can't you ever treat anyone nice? I think i'm gonna make the same mistake twice They draw the curtain Wait for a call Pretty lucky if they get any kind of response at all Can't you ever treat anyone nice? I think i'm gonna make the same mistake twice I'm gonna make the same mistake twice |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Someone's always coming around here
trailing some new kill Says i seen your picture on a hundred dollar bill And what's a game of chance to you, to him is one of real skill So glad to meet you Angeles Picking up the ticket shows there's money to be made Go on and lose the gamble that's the history of the trade That you add up all he cards left to play to zero And sign up with evil Angeles Don't start me trying now Cos i'm all over it Angeles I could make you satisfied in everything you do All your 'secret wishes' could right now be coming true And be forever with my poison arms around you No one's gonna fool around with us No one's gonna fool around with us So glad to meet you Angeles |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
She's shaking down
I'm absent and numb from shock Reaching around for the hands of the clock Should've lied Lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up Cupid's trick comes Down to shake and deal The stupid kick that makes me real Should've lied Lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up She's shaking down It's never over and done. So, kick me, cane me Then i'll know Why Lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up, it's my lie Should've lit me up |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
I'm going out sleepwalking
Where mute memories start talking The boss that couldn't help but hurt you And the pretty thing he made desert you I'm going out now like a baby A naïve unsatisfiable baby Grabbing onto whatever's around For the soaring high or the crushing down With hidden cracks that don't show But that constantly just grow I'm looking for the man that attacked me While everybody was laughing at me You beat it in me that part of you But i'm gonna split us back in two Tired of living in a cloud If you're gonna say shit now you'll do it out loud It's 2:45 in the morning And i'm putting myself on warning For waking up in an unknown place With a recollection you've half erased Looking for somebody's arms to Wave away past harms I'm walking out on center circle The both of you can just fade to black I'm walking out on center circle Been pushed away and i'll never go back |
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from Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after We broke up a month ago and i grew up i didn't know I'd be around the morning after It's always been wait and see A happy day and then you pay And feel like shit the morning after But now i feel changed around and instead falling down I'm standing up the morning after Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later And i could be another fool or an exception to the rule You tell me the morning after Crooked spin can't come to rest I'm damaged bad at best She'll decide what she wants I'll probably be the last to know No one says until it shows and you see how it is They want you or they don't Say yes I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl Who's still around the morning after |
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Trackback from :: Angst essen Seele auf :: 2009-04-10 20:43:37
Subject : Elliott Smith - Either/Or
