Scot Alexander

We've come so far to be where we are
This perfect reality
Everything's easy now, we are free
We can have everything we need

This 5 star day is here
This perfect world is clear

We're moving faster now, get in line
Or you'll get left behind
Into this bright white day, we will go
Stumbling, as we slowly all go blind

This 5 star day is here
This perfect world seems clearer
This 5 star day is here

Let it hit the sky, let it wash away
Bright as a thousand suns to see
Come along, every one, gather round, hurry up
Don't be late, it's time for us to leave

This 5 star day is here
This perfect world seems clearer
This 5 star day is here
This perfect world seems clearer
This 5 star day is here
This 5 star day is here

This is the last time
That I'm ever gonna come here tonight
This is the last time I will fall
Into a place that fails us all inside

And I can see the pain in you
And I can see the love in you
And fighting all the demons will take time
Will take time

The angels they burn inside for us
And are we ever
Are we ever gonna learn to fly
The devils they burn inside of us
Are we ever gonna come back down
Come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

This is the last time
That I'm ever gonna give in tonight
Are there angels or devils crawling here?
I just want to know what blurs and what is clear to see

Well I can see the pain in you
And I can see the love in you
And fighting all the demons will take time
It will take time

The angels they burn inside for us
Are we ever
Are we ever gonna learn to fly
The devils they burn inside of us
Are we ever gonna come back down, come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could break us

And iff I were to give in
I'd give it up and then
Take a breath, make it deep
'Cause it might be the last one you get
Be the last one that could make us cold
Could make us cold
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

You're not the one to live for
You're not the one to die for
And you think you know what life's about
But when the bottom of your floor starts falling out
It's falling out

Last night at the party, you let it out
You never seem happy, it wears me out
At something so stupid, you wear the crown
And there will always be this thing you just can't live without
So pull your head out

You're not the one to live for
You're not the one to die for
And you think you know what life's about
But when the bottom of your floor starts falling out
It's falling out

Later at the party I was passing out
You're something so filthy, it eats me out
At needs never ending, you wear the crown
And there will always be this thing you just can't live without
So pull your head out

You're not the one to live for
You're not the one to die for
And you think you know what life's about
But when the bottom of the floor starts falling out
You're falling out

There will always be this thing you just can't live without
So pull your head out

You're not the one to live for
You're not the one to die for
And you think you know what life's about
But when the bottom of your floor starts falling out
It's falling out

on Vineland past the candle shrine that burns on every night
for someone
she lets herself go
like an angel in the snow
she lays down on her back
down on her back - she goes

take me over when I'm gone
take me over make me strong
take me over when I'm gone
will they burn for me

on Vineland past the candle shrine that melts into the street design
she waits - for someone
tonight she'll give herself away
she'll break apart all by herself
its so easy how we come undone

take me over when I'm gone
take me over make me strong
take me over when I'm gone
will they burn for me

she pulls me in and strips me down
she pulls me in and turns me out
she pulls me in and strips me down to the ground

on Vineland past the candle shrine that melts into the street design
she waits
tonight she'll give herself away
she'll break apart all by herself
its so easy how we come undone

take me over when I'm gone
take me over make me strong
take me over when I'm gone
will they burn for me
will they burn for me

When I came here there was more.
Now I've come back to destroy,
and I've got nothing left,
and it's a shame what we've become,
when we hurt the ones we love,
and it's a place I can not go,
anymore.

When we collide we lose ourselves.
When we collide we break in two,
and as we push and we shove and we hurt the ones we love,
it's a hard mistake.
When we collide,
we break.

When the cold comes crashing down,
and the fight lost what it's about.
I could tell that you'd left.
It's a shame what we've become,
when we hurt the ones we love.
It's a place I can not go,
anymore.

When we collide we lose ourselves.
When we collide we break in two,
and as we push and we shove and we hurt the ones we love,
it's a hard mistake.
When we collide,
When we collide.

It's a hard mistake,
when we collide.

It's a mistake,
when we collide we lose ourselves,
when we collide we break in two,
and as we push and we shove and we hurt the ones we love,
it's a hard mistake,
when we collide,
when we collide.

It's a hard mistake,
when we collide, we break,
we break

Must have been mid afternoon
I could tell by how far the
child's shadow stretched out
He walked with a purpose
In his sneakers, down the street
He had, many questions
Like children often do
He said,
"Tell me all your thoughts on God?"
"Tell me am I very far?"

Must of been late afternoon
On our way the sun broke free of the clouds
We count only blue cars
Skip the cracks, in the street
And ask many questions
Like children often do
We said,
"Tell me all your thoughts on God?
"'Cause I would really like to meet her.
And ask her why we're who we are.
Tell me all your thoughts on God,
Cause I am on my way to see her.
So tell me am I very far -
Am I very far now?"

Its getting cold picked up the place
How our shoes make hard noises in this place
Our clothes are stained
We pass many, cross eyed people
And ask many questions
Like children often do

"Tell me all your thoughts on God?
'Cause I would really like to meet her.
And ask her why we're who we are.
Tell me all your thoughts on God?
'Cause I am on my way to see her.
So tell me am I very far?"
Am I very far now
Am I very far now
am I very far now

I'm trying to learn to surf
I'll make them some pasta, get them a glass of wine
I like dressing up, especially when I go out dancing
I like to wear lots of very sparkly glittery things
I'm a big cat lover, I've got a pussy cat here
He's very striking, very handsome
I like dressing up, especially when I go out dancing
That's truly fantastic
The thing I like to do, but don't tell anybody, it's a secret, secret
It's a secret
I very rarely don't take something to the arrangement
Let's go, too
I'm trying to learn to surf
I love shoes, I've got so many shoes
(I love shoes, I love shoes, I love shoes)
I got lots of boots and big, big platform boots
Lots of sorts-of 60's zip-up boots and
Eclectic shoes, any excuse to dress up
I've got like loads of lorex
I've got nothing else to say
Hot pants and matching jacket

so the lines are lost
on the smallest details
of the life that we tossed
pushed out over the rail

and the wounds run deep
through the one man so bad
he's fallen beneath
the touch of your hand

and it's all drawn out
theres nothing inside
and nothing to hold
nothing to find
its wearing me out
this feeling inside
i'm all drawn out

and the promise we break it
and the reasons we fake it
brings us farther apart
from the love that we make
as the poisonous tide leaves us gasping for air
we run for the past but we're already there

(chorus)

I'm all drawn out

it's all drawn out...
there's nothing inside
nothing to hold...
nothing to find..
all drawn out
theres nothing inside
nothing to hold
nothing to hide..

It's all drawn out.
It's all drawn out.
It's all drawn out.
I'm all drawn out...

Let me in to see you in the morning light
To get me on and all along the tears they come
See all come, I want you to believe in life
But I get the strangest feeling that you've gone away
And when you find out who you are its too late to change

I wish I could be everylittle thing you wanted, all the time
Oh, I wish I could be everylittle thing you wanted, all the time, sometimes

Lift me up, just lift me up dont make a sound
Let me hold you up before you hit the ground
See all come, you say your alright
But i get the strangest feeling that you've gone away, you've gone away
And when you find out who you are too late to change

I wish I could be every little thing you wanted, all the time
Oh, I wish I could be every little thing you wanted, every thing you wanted, all the time
Don't give me up
Don't give me up tonight
Soon nothing will right at all, salvation
Cause when you find out who you are too late to change
Too late to change

I wish I could be every little thing you wanted, all the time
Oh, I wish I could be every little thing you wanted every little you wanted all the time
This time, everylittle thing you wanted all the time, oh
But I get the strangest feeling that you've gone away

There used to be a time
When you're the only one
That you could see
You built a wall to keep you free
You saw it all so perfectly
You divided everything
You had into a thousand parts or names
It made it easier to place the blame
But it never really was the same
But you forgot the reason why
You had to be alone to breathe
Something from your history
Or have you lost your memory?
But now it seems your baggage
Is the only thing than you can bring
You had a lie for everything
And now your world is crumbling
(Ah ooh)
So now you find you're on your own
You find you're on your own
(Ah ooh)
Trying to find your way back home
Trying to find your way back
You used to talk to God
But you gave up 'cause you couldn't see
Couldn't get from A to B
But were you ever really listening
Enough's enough you know
But then you never really had enough
Something more to fill you up
Maybe just a smaller cup
(Ah ooh)
So now you find you're on your own
You find you're on your own
(Ah ooh)
Trying to find your way back home
Trying to find your way back home
You used to think that
You would never be alone
But you're losing control
You find it hard to see at all
To find your way back
There used to be a time
When you divided
Everything you had
You had a lie for everything
Or were you ever really listening?
You used to talk to God
But you gave up
But then you really never had enough
Or have you lost your memory?
Memory
But now you find you're on your own
To find your way back home

He's a pro
Cause you'll find he'll go harder
And so hard he'll step right in
So nice, he'll take a bullet for you

Hey, save your praises
Cause I've gone upside down
Hey, save your praises
Cause I've gone upside down
Spun around
I've gone upside down
I've gone upside down

Fresh surprise,
Cause you'll find free advice
He's so kind
Jump right in, and so high
He'll take a bullet for you

Hey, save your praises
Cause I've gone upside down
Hey, save your praises
Cause I've gone upside down
Spun around
I've gone upside down
I've gone upside down

He'll take a bullet for you
He'll take a bullet for you
He'll take a bullet for you
He'll take a bullet for you

I've gone upside down
He'll take a bullet for you
I've gone upside down
He'll take a bullet for you
I've gone upside down
He'll take a bullet for you
I've gone upside down
He'll take a bullet for you

I know how much you've paid
It just seems so insane, anyway and
I know we're not the same
I wish I was the best thing that you've ever had

Let me be your healing star
Let me take you far from there
Take you anywhere

Let me be your healing star
Let me take you far from there
Take you anywhere

I know it felt like home
The rats inside your bones, took you far away and
To miss it seems insane
To wish it was the best thing that you've ever had

Let me be your healing star
Let me take you far from there
Take you anywhere

Let me be your healing star
Let me take you far from there
Take you anywhere

I know I'd be happier
I know I'd be happier
Inside you
You know I'd be happier
Inside you, inside

Let me be your healing star
Let me take you far from there
Take you anywhere

Let me be your healing star
Let me take you far from there
Take you anywhere

Chorus adlib

I'll take you anywhere

I'm so sick and tired
of all these things
that drag me down
I've got no where to go
they say that life
is in these hands
you give everything
you give yourself away you give
and still you choke
and find yourself running for the door

come and take me
home
lead me to your door
take me where you are
lead me to your door
at least just for a while

its some kind of life
forever days
we're in the cold
unfamiliar way
so take this fear
and fade it out
it won't make me sad
cause I get sentimental lord
in other ways
and I don't want to let me down here anymore

so come and take me home
lead me to your door
take me where you are
lead me to your door
and let me in
just let me in
and let me leave
just let me leave this world
come on now let me leave this world
at least just for a while

I'm so sick and tired
of all these things
that drag me down
I've got no where to go
they say that life
is in these hands
you give everything
you give yourself away you give
and still you choke
and find yourself running for the door

come and take me
home
lead me to your door
take me where you are
lead me to your door
at least just for a while

its some kind of life
forever days
we're in the cold
unfamiliar way
so take this fear
and fade it out
it won't make me sad
cause I get sentimental lord
in other ways
and I don't want to let me down here anymore

so come and take me home
lead me to your door
take me where you are
lead me to your door
and let me in
just let me in
and let me leave
just let me leave this world
come on now let me leave this world
at least just for a while

It's going to take some time this time
To get myself in shape
I really fell out-of line this time
I really missed the gate

Birds on the telephone line
Are cryin' out to me
And I won't be so blind next time
And I'll find some harmony

But it's going to take some time this time
And I can't make demands
But like the young trees in the wintertime
I'll learn how to bend

After all the tears we've spent
How could we make amends
So it's one more round for experience
And I'm on the road again
And it's going to take some time this time

It's going to take some time this time
No matter what I've planned
But like the young trees in the wintertime
I'll learn how to bend
After all the tears we've spent
How could we make amends
So it's one more round for experience
And I'm on the road again
And it's going to take some time this time
Yeah, it's gonna take some time,
yeah it's gonna take some time
(repeat lots, adlib & fade)

sweet life I know
how we give it all
hold me up
hold me up into the sun and watch me burn
come undone
it can come apart when everything seems lost
its insane
how I try to find what to believe in

its a mad life that we know
and I try to see the beauty all around
its a mad life that we know
still we give it all

hold me up
when I try to give and all I get is hurt
its okay
that I feel faded today
and lord I know
that I can find some peace
in this world
in this world

its a mad life that we know
an I try to see the beauty all around
its a mad life that we know
will we give it all away

sweet life I know
will it fade away
sweet life I know
can we give enough before we come undone
before we come undone
I'm waiting for the love to come around
and save us from ourselves

its a mad life that we know
and I try to see the beauty all around
its a mad life that we know
still we give it all

see the pain and beauty all around
see it try so hard to take me down
hold me up into the sun and watch me burn and watch me heal
how I Need someone to know that I feel faded today

Don't go on
looking for the love
in the illusion of it all
the answers in the dream
cause I have been through mire and confusion
I am free
as far as I can see

is Nashville skyline
underneath it all
you yourself are free

14 hours ago
I was living in a dream
I was living for the scene
I was floating high above
cause I have been through mire and confusion
I am free

as far as I can see
is Nashville skyline
underneath it all
you yourself are free
floating high above
the Nashville skyline

and underneath it all
yourself are free
you yourself are
forevermore is the love that you need to believe
and you yourself are there
floating high above
the Nashville skyline

When you close your eyes
Do you like what you see?
Inside your mind
And do you like to dream
About the stars above?
Once in a while

Don't go to the other side
For nothing at all
Better make it worth your while
Gonna break down that wall
Gonna take the fall

Don't go to the other side
You might mess up that hair
Just wait you might change your mind
To think that people might care
About your hair anyway

Don't go to the other side
Just get down on your knees
Show me what you are made of
I'm begging you please
Just please go away
Don't go to the other side

summer dies here and so could I somewhere underneath
where the ground is made of stars and everything unclean
your opaline is everything I see
your opaline brings me to my knees

summer dies here and so could I somewhere underneath
so much like the ones hidden on my skin and somewhere in between
this opaline is everything I see
your opaline brings me to my knees

without you I am nothing
without you I can't believe
this gilded place has everything
but this comfort is not what it seems
it is not what it seems
in between is everything I need

your opaline is everything I see
this opaline brings me to my knees
your opaline brings me to my knees

You had something to hide
Should have hidden it, shouldn't you
Now you're not satisfied
With what you're being put through

It's just time to pay the price
For not listening to advice
And deciding in your youth
On the policy of truth

Things could be so different now
It used to be so civilised
You will always wonder how
It could have been if you'd only lied

It's too late to change events
It's time to face the consequence
For delivering the proof
In the policy of truth

Never again
Is what you swore
The time before
Never again
Is what you swore
The time before

Now you're standing there tongue tied
You'd better learn your lesson well
Hide what you have to hide
And tell what you have to tell
You'll see your problems multiplied
If you continually decide
To faithfully pursue
The policy of truth

Never again
Is what you swore
The time before

Sign up for a lecture with a man in a trance
You'll see the saints are all a step below the masters
Listen and believe what you're going to receive
And maybe you'll avoid the next disaster

Pop Guru's got a message for you
And we're all following
Cause we're all following

Keep your power and your promise
And erase all your sins
And you can be all priestesses and healers
If they can be divine, then so can you
And so are all the prostitutes and dealers

Pop Guru's got a message for you
And we're all following
Cause we're all following

Pop Guru (8 x's)

While angels move like photons
The skeptics persist
If you want a past life you can have one
Swimming in the gene pool before we exist
Did you have your rubber gloves on?

Cause Pop Guru's got a message for you
And we're all following
Cause we're all following

Cause Pop Guru's got a message for you
And we're all following
Cause we're all following

Cause Pop Guru's got a message for you
And we're all following
Cause we're all following

Following (6 x's and fade)

You feel nervous
So much you can't swallow
Now you sit here worthless
Watch her sing, watch her shaking up my life
You're so blind
You're so blind
I know that you know

She makes me feel
Like a man in a spaceship going down
Where no one has gone before
Far away, so far away from here

You're so blind
You're sublime
I know that you know
You're so blind
I know that you know

Tonight could be all that is pure
For a night on the Lincoln bedroom floor
Too much is enough for us to burn
Shut up and listen to your life

You're so blind
Listen to your life
You're sublime
I know that you know
Listen to your life
You're so blind
I know that you know
You're so blind
You're sublime
I know that you know

You were so perfect I couldn't see
That something was broken underneath
That you were so fragile, a landslide
You could give way

Pulling the world up overhead
You want me to pull you from the ledge
But I've got no answers, in the end
I hope you understand

So much time has passed us by
Though you try to make things right
You just give away tonight

Life was so perfect, we couldn't see
That something was broken underneath
That life is so fragile, a landslide
We could give way

So much time has passed us by
Though you try to make things right
You could give away tonight
You could give away
We could give away

Chorus (repeat several times, adlib and fade)

I was out the other day
and I saw you in your big black car
and I was waving as you were passing
'cause I know who you are.

You had this look that of an angel.
It was such a bad disguise
and did you think for a second I would not realize?

Tripping hard, falling down onto the ground
'cause I can't stand up and I can't fall down
'cause I'm somewhere in the middle of this.

I was out the other night
and I saw you, so we had a fight
and it was late and I was lonely
and it was such a long way home.

So I asked you if you'd join me
for a single last call drink
so you turned and bought us two
and you didn't even blink.

You had this look that of an angel,
it was such a bad disguise.
When you drink it makes you angry.
When I drink I want you more and more and more.

Tripping hard, falling down onto the ground
'cause I can't stand up and I can't fall down
'cause I'm somewhere in the middle of this.

You know I find it hard
I always try to find the see light(?)
I don't like the way things are.
I keep falling to my knees
Somewhere in the middle of this
'Cause I'm somewhere in the middle of this

Tripping hard, falling down onto the ground
'cause I can't stand up and I can't fall down
'cause I'm somewhere in the middle of this.

Staring at the wall because you know it understands
And boy you wonder about everything that could have been
It's getting later all the time but you're still wide awake
And boy you wonder, if you'll ever sleep again

Hey, hey, gotta stay awake
Don't let it slip away
Don't think that they're not waiting
Hey, hey, gotta stay awake
As your mind is peeled away
But they still seem to find you anyway

Sift your hands through broken glass
Through your shattered crystal ball and boy you wonder
If you'll ever see again

Cause every time you close your eyes
You know they're right behind you and you wonder
If you'll ever live again
Don't make a sound cause they're living all around
With their shiny eyes and their shiny minds
And they're living everywhere
Watching every move I make
Gotta stay awake

Stay Awake

Staring at the wall because you know it understands
And boy you wonder about everything that could have been
It's getting later all the time but you're still wide awake
And boy you wonder, if you'll ever sleep again

Hey, hey, gotta stay awake
Don't let it slip away
Don't think that they're not waiting
Hey, hey, gotta stay awake
As your mind is peeled away
But they still seem to find you anyway

Sift your hands through broken glass
Through your shattered crystal ball and boy you wonder
If you'll ever see again

Cause every time you close your eyes
You know they're right behind you and you wonder
If you'll ever live again
Don't make a sound cause they're living all around
With their shiny eyes and their shiny minds
And they're living everywhere
Watching every move I make
Gotta stay awake

I don't know where to go
So I guess I have to fly
I'll have to dream of all good things before I die

So where to go
Lord I guess I'll have to fly
I'll have to dream of all the things before I die

And it's getting so much harder to be one these days
So much harder to believe
It's much harder to be one these days
So much harder to believe

And did they know that they'd need a fence so high
Cause giving up is a total waste of time
I stop to breathe in air as I
Watch the ground beneath us blend into the sky

And it's getting so much harder to be one these days
So much harder to believe
So much harder to be one these days
So much harder to believe

Cause it's getting so much harder to be one these days
So much harder to believe
So much harder to be one these days
So much harder to believe

I don't know where to go
I don't know where to go
No, I don't know where to go

waiting for a train to catch, waiting for the perfect match
waiting for someone to make a call, and if you had to make a change
every day and every night as every hour goes by

today, tonight, tomorrow, the next night,
too long, too late, till then i'll wait.

waiting for the plane to crash, waiting how long can u stand,
and you hope it never ends,
and every day and every night, as every hour goes by

today, tonight, tomorrow, the next night,
too long, too late, till then i'll wait, till then i'll wait.
till then...i'll wait.

You're not angry at me
You're just angry
And I'm just standing here while you're down
Now I see the real world
When it's too late
When it's too late to matter now

Truth serum is in your veins
You're saying things I can't explain
Truth serum is in your veins
Saying things I can't explain

They always say the truth will find a way
It makes you sick cause you can't take it
They always say the truth will find a way
Truth serum is in your veins

And now I see you stripped down
Never before have I ever seen you drown
Cause you're not angry at me
You're just angry
And I'm just standing here while you're down

Truth serum is in your veins
You're saying things I can't explain
Truth serum is in your veins
You're saying things I can't explain

They always say the truth will find a way
It makes you sick cause you can't take it
They always say the truth will find a way
Truth serum is in your veins

Truth serum is in your veins
You're saying things I can't explain
Tell me more or I'll shove you around

They always say the truth will find a way
It makes you sick cause you can't take it
They always say the truth will find a way
They always say the truth will find a way
It makes you sick cause you can't take it
They always say the truth will find a way
Truth serum is in your veins

You're not angry at me
You're just angry
And I'm just standing here while you're down
Now I see the real world
When it's too late
When it's too late to matter now

Truth serum is in your veins
Saying things I can't explain

They always say, truth will find a way
It makes you sick, cause you can't fake it
They always say, the truth will find a way
Truth serum is in your veins
And now I see you stripped down
Never before have I ever seen you drown
'Cause you're not angry at me
You're just angry
And I'm standing here while you're down

Truth serum is in your veins
You're saying things I can't explain
Tell me more or I'll shove you around

I rest my head
Between the bed and sky
Download my dread
Disarm my mind, make it dry

Nothing in motion, and I'm satisfied
No disappointment, until I wake up
Don't want to wake up

Into clear space
Vivid vision, see her shape
At my bedside, beam up my mind please

Nothing in motion, and I'm satisfied
No disappointment, until I wake up
Nothing in motion, and I'm satisfied
No disappointment, until I wake up
Don't want to wake up

Nothing in motion, and I'm satisfied
No disappointment, until I wake up
Nothing in motion, and I'm satisfied
No disappointment, until I wake up
Don't want to wake up, no
Don't want to wake up, no

Don't want to wake up, no

feel the burn
feel the demons come to mix
fill the street with madness - don't
lay your hands and lesions over me
fall instead where midnight dies and
morning comes
feel it here the silence

there's so much life here
and so much pain - we forget
there's so much life
as morning comes
and its real - the silence

see the sun forever falling
let the setback slip through the cracks
keep us safe from ever crawling
let me know a life so sweet

there's so much life here
and so much pain - we forget
there's so much life
as morning comes
and its real - the silence

say you wanted love
and you want it to feel
so real forever - well
remember why you have come
and all the shit that's caving in is gone forever