Tindersticks

My my, it doesn't matter what you say

From the start, I hang off every word you say
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?
Now, I'm a hard man gone soft
The lines were so clear then
How did I ever get by?
There was a time I hang off every word you say

Every breath you blew, I was running to inhale
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?

My my, there will be other days

It comes and goes, you know it never stays
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

You're trying to fall in love again

My my, it doesn't matter what you say

From the start, I hang off every word you say
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?
Now, I'm a hard man gone soft
The lines were so clear then
How did I ever get by?
There was a time I hang off every word you say

Every breath you blew, I was running to inhale
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?

My my, there will be other days

It comes and goes, you know it never stays
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

You're trying to fall in love again

She fell in love with my singing
She knew the bells started ringing
She thought there was only her there
But, me, I just live for the clapping
A hand delivery of an invite to my premiere
When he fell in love, I was acting
I sent her flowers, asked her to marry me
But all I heard was their clapping
Now she cries with a cigarrette at the window
He croons and moans like he's hurting
She cries so well
He croons and moans, just croons and moans
Now, I never thought [I had no idea] she needed direction
And he was at the mercy of his writers
For the songs I needed [for me] to touch her
Those sad, sad songs to make me happy
Now she cries with a cigarrette at the window
He croons and moans like he's hurting
She cries so well
He croons and moans, just croons and moans
We re-enact the love scenes from her/my movies
But I never thought, but she uses a stand-in
His voice is croakier every day now
And she cries so well

All the love
All the love inside me
Is on its way
Is on its way to find you
Don't try to hide
From my love for you

All the love
All the love inside me
Is on its way
Is on its way to find you
Like the tide
I will always return to you

And all the love
All the love inside you
Waits for me
In the dunes in the tall grass
You sit and smile
You are the only one
That could ever tease me

All the love
All the love inside you
Feels my steps
Getting closer to you
Down on the shore
You sing your love
To the stars
They're the guiding me back to you

All the love
All the love inside me
Feels your breath
Upon my back
And hears your song
That calls me home
If I could tell you
Of some of all the things I've seen

Of all the love
All the love inside them
Got locked away
For its own protection
For so long
It became just a memory

And all the love
All the love inside them
Twisted into hate

They have no choice
But so pass on their fear
Pass on their pain
They pour it down
Into the child
Into the man
Into the world
That grew to love
The gun that's in his hand

And all the love
All the love inside me
Felt like a drop
In a dirty ocean
I looked at the stars
Looked at my hands
And my fingertips
Trembled at the thought of touching you.

Greed's all gone now, there's no question

And I can see you push your hair behind your ear

Regain your balance

Doesn't matter where she is tonight

Or with whoever she spends her time

If these arms were meant to hold her

They were never meant to hold her so tight

For the love of that girl

Greed's all gone now, panic subsides

When I could run, pulling arms to love her

Try to put myself on the inside

Of the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

Promise is never over, never questions that needed reply

But she could breathe deep into my neck

Let me know I'm just on the outside

Of the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

Greed's all gone now, there's no question

And I can see you push your hair behind your ears

Regain your balance

Doesn't matter where she is tonight

Or with whoever she spends her time

If these arms were meant to hold her

They were never meant to hold her so tight

For the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

The first time we flew in

It was cheap and cramped

The vodka running out half-way across the Atlantic

Even the steward screamed and joined in it

We didn't think we were going to make it

Now we're stretched out in wide, furry seats

Flicking through menus

A walk to the bar and there's as much screw-top champagne as we can drink

We're so easy

Taking turns having our photos taken

Sitting in front of small windows

Decanters of cheap whiskey in our hands

Drive into Manhattan on a date with a starlet who's just talent

That's what people pay the money to see

Who are we to argue?

Five hours now it's been going on

And still we're watching all of it

Can you really believe all this?

Can he really lie in bed at night and marvel at his own genius?

When do you lose the ability to step back

And get a sense of your own ridiculousness?

They're only songs

Midnight, and it's all over

Now it can really make us laugh

We're standing on our heads drinking sours of Crystal Schnapps

Now we're unable to step back or forward

Swallowing a swallow

Tasting it again, it's not so unpleasant

Perhaps it's an acquired taste

The first time, it makes you sick

Then, little by little, it becomes delicious

Showbiz people

Always there to be interested in what you say

We are artists; we are sensitive and important

We nod our heads earnestly

Already half-way down the champagne

On our way to leaving the place dry

A $2,000 bar bill

Showbiz picks up the tab

And we're on our way laughing

Laughing at what?

Los Angeles, eight days in

And our sense of irony's running pretty thin

All the friends we've made

It's 2 am, it's closing time at the Dresden

Marty and Layton play one last sleepy "Strangers in the Night"

And the last of the martinis dribble down our chins

We're sitting, chasing the conservation around the table

Jesus, how long have I been in this state?

The limousine's still waiting outside

Anything you want to do?

Anywhere you want to go?

We're on our way to the airport and a plane to Vegas

So many nights lying in bed shaking

Dreaming of pushing my daughter around the supermarket

The joy of seeing all those colours and shapes reflected in her wide eyes

My head leaning on the window

And we're driving through the empty L.A. streets

And everything seems silent and beautiful

A guy's face hits the floor

Police revolvers glistening in the streetlight

Onto Melrose and lurching through a sea of Halloween transvestites

The flight's cancelled, but it doesn't matter

We turn this corner to a way that takes us wherever

Up to Sunset

We creep up the drive to the Shattuck

The suite Belushi died in

Or the one Morrison hung out of the window

Oh, I'll go for Jim's

I would fancy a little window-hanging myself, tonight, man

Straight over to the mini-bar

Open the champagne -- one sip and it's left to wake up to

Anyone hungry?

A team of uniformed waiters lay out an elaborate table for all us to ignore

Oh, the irony

How we're used to living

Back in London on a cold Friday night

Do you want another drink?

Well, I could try

Perhaps we could make it to the Atlantic

600 yards, twenty minutes later

We're pushing through the waiting crowd, all fish eyes

An exclusive door policy

Exclusively for arseholes

And tonight? Well, a nod of our heads, and we're inside

Falling down the red, velvety stairs

Limbs flaying, hands searching for something to steady

Pick ourselves up, nothing broken

Just aches in the morning

No one seems to notice

I find a table, champagne arrives

I've been so drunk, I sit and look at you

We try and talk for the first time in a long time

Drunken confessions

You shiver, it made you feel sick

We use the rent money to pay the bill

Bumping shoulders, we stumble out into Soho

Slipping over the sleeping bags

Shouting for taxis

There's a city filth that lingers

All over my naked hands
Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more
Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door
Are the taps running, darling?
Is the air thick with steam?
Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?

Every step brings another

Every hour adds some more
Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly

It follows me into the room
Hangs in the air like rotting perfume

I never bathe in it, darling
Got down on my hands and knees
Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all
I've been wading through it
Don't you know it's up to my neck?
And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head
And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me. . .

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn

Could always find my way home
There's something there, can't leave it alone

The trains they run all night

We could leave everything behind
Just bring that dress you bought when we first met

I know it's faded, darling
I know it's tattered and worn
In that dress, I could never love you more
I've been wading through it
Don't you know it's up to my neck?
And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head
And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in

There's a city filth that lingers

All over my naked hands

Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

Are the taps running, darling?

Is the air thick with steam?

Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly

It follows me into the room

Hangs in the air like rotting perfume

I never bathe in it, darling

Got down on my hands and knees

Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me here.

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn

Could always find my way home

There's something there, I can't leave it alone

The trains they run all night

We could leave everything behind

Just bring that dress you wore when we first met

I know it's faded, darling

I know it's tattered and worn

In that dress I could never love you more

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in

There's a city filth that lingers

All over my naked hands

Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

Are the taps running, darling?

Is the air thick with steam?

Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly

It follows me into the room

Hangs in the air like rotting perfume

I never bathe in it, darling

Got down on my hands and knees

Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me here.

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn

Could always find my way home

There's something there, I can't leave it alone

The trains they run all night

We could leave everything behind

Just bring that dress you wore when we first met

I know it's faded, darling

I know it's tattered and worn

In that dress I could never love you more

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in

I'm laying on my back

She climbs over me

Pricks out her nails

Runs them over my proud belly

I'm a tired, hungry bear

Spoiled and sleepy

Her finger's on my zipper

She pulls it down slowly

I'm not ready

Turn over, settle down again

Throw her off

But she's back again

I've been out all night

Get in at dawn

And I've still got honey

Dripping from my claws

I'm a tired, hungry bear

Spoiled and sleepy

Her finger's on my zipper

She pulls it down slowly

I'm not ready

Turn over, settle down again

Throw her off

But she's back again

Just as your eyes are closing
There was something that I meant to say
Like falling from my heart
But I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how
Chorus:
I never cry for our love
I never cry
I never cry for our love
I never cry
There's no goodbye
These hands have always lived through mine
Now everything I touch I feel I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how
Chorus
I'm so cynical
It's in my face and
It's just the bird I caught
Leaves its taste hanging round round round
Chorus
Just as your eyes are closing
There was something that I meant to say
Like falling from my heart
But I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how
Chorus
Never cry.... never cry

Boobar come back to me
I know you feel the pain that I feel

I've heard that a thousand times
It sings behind every door
And I go rushing into that room
To find nothing at all
I ran down into the street
And bathed in the city's noise
'Seems no matter where I go
I still hear that voice

She sang: Boobar
And all the ships came in
Before the storm began
She sang: Boobar, come back to me
I know you feel the pain, that I feel

I jumped on the nearest train
I travelled down to the shore
I screamed into the waves
But I still hear that voice
I picked up an old guitar
I tried to learn that song
It's been so many years now
Of 'where did all gone wrong?

I sang it in every town
You know, I tried my best
Some nights I almost made it shine
I've made a fool of it.
Was there a time we really sold ourselves out?
We wanted so much more
We wanted something else

I sang it in limousines
On the back of mules
It turned me into a king
It turned me into a fool

(2x)
Boobar come back to me
I know you feel the pain that I feel.

I could take all the craziness out of you

That's what I loved you for

Take away all the oranges, greens and blues

That's what I loved you for

Take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy?

I mean, take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy for you?

I know about guys, I know where they live

And you're just the same

The ones that matter fight against themselves

But it's so hard to change

Hey, I could love you

Take all that love away from you

Hey, I could love you

Put you in this box I've made for two

So you could take all this craziness out of me

That's what you love me for

Well, I don't mean to laugh

But if you know all this

You must be halfway there

Well, like that dress tonight, you won't know as it falls from you

Turn around and it's winter, darling

Look in the mirror and it won't be you

So you're an old, old dog

You've been around the block

So many times

And it's the same old turns

Same old feelings straight down the line

Yeah, I can love you

Grab that leash and drag you to a place you'd never know

I know where my bones are buried

May take me a while, but I'd find my way home

I could take all the craziness out of you

That's what I loved you for

Take away all the oranges, greens and blues

That's what I loved you for

Take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy?

I mean, take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy for you?

I know about guys, I know where they live

And you're just the same

The ones that matter fight against themselves

But it's so hard to change

Hey, I could love you

Take all that love away from you

Hey, I could love you

Put you in this box I've made for two

So you could take all this craziness out of me

That's what you love me for

Well, I don't mean to laugh

But if you know all this

You must be halfway there

Well, like that dress tonight, you won't know as it falls from you

Turn around and it's winter, darling

Look in the mirror and it won't be you

So you're an old, old dog

You've been around the block

So many times

And it's the same old turns

Same old feelings straight down the line

Yeah, I can love you

Grab that leash and drag you to a place you'd never know

I know where my bones are buried

May take me a while, but I'd find my way home

Finding love

Now seems like the easy part

Just turn round the corner

You standing there


I felt the wind

Was pushing behind us there

It's taking us someplace that darling we've never been


Don't you feel the wind

It's pushing us further now

Are we just gonna let it blow

And hold on, don't you fall

Cause there's such a way to go

We've touched it now

Don't let it go


Can our love, can our love

Grow any further

Can our love, can our love

Grow any further


Can our love, can our love

Grow any further

Can our love, can our love

Grow any further


Don't you feel the wind

It's pushing us further now

Are we just gonna let it blow

And you stand, don't you fall

Cause there's such a way to go

We've touched it now

We've touched it, don't let it go


But you see my love

When everything's pushing now

Everything's moving now

And I don't know where to go

We've touched it now, let it show, let it show


Can our love, can our love

Grow any further

Can our love, can our love

Grow any further


Can our love, can our love

I feel in my heart I can't wait any longer

Can our love, can our love

Can our love, can our love grow any further


Sometimes we see that our love can change

And I don't know why

But it's not enough to change our hearts


Transcr. Chris Canter, Koen van Dam

So many times

I said that I love them

Looking over my shoulder at the door

So many times

I can't live without her

The wheel kept turning round

My feeling's changed

I went my own way

What can I say

To make you stay?


Cos in my dreams

They smother all over me

And I'm trying to explain

So many arms

Reach from my memories

Pull all at once

I'm lost amongst

The folds in their skin

I did you wrong

But I'm sorry now

And I'll show you how


If you were here now

You couldn't change

you wouldn't understand

but I'm ready now I'm ready now

I'll make you proud I was your man

and sing a song

but it's so ugly now

and I'll show you how


cos I'm ready now

I'm ready now

I'm ready now

I'm ready now

Hey I'm ready now


Can we start again?

so many times I said that I loved them

I'm ready now

but I'm ready now

Can we start again?

so many times

I can't live without her

The years was more than I could bear

It's turning round


But in my dreams Can we start again?

They smother all over me I'm ready now

And I'm trying to explain Can we start again?


So many arms reach from my memory

The wheels kept turning round

There is a need in me darling
For you I can't tell
The hole that's inside me
That drains as it fills
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
And these needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Say what you want now make you cry
You say how you feel make you cry
Forget all trying now make you cry
It does not matter no more
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
These needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
Make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
Hey there we go again
I'm running around
I don't know what I'm trying to say
For I let it all out
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
And these needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Some nights I could craw
craw l in beside anyone

I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
There is a need in me darling
For you I can't tell
The hole that's inside me
That drains as it fills
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
I won't make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye

Need to find a way

Find another time

There's nothing I could say

To give her peace of mind

Need to find the words

Need to find a way

But only those

With nothing to say

Can look into her eyes

And not turn away

For only those

Have nothing to say


I can see them now

I can find the words

But I turn away

With nothing to say
Come home again

Still I'm lost here

Nothing stays the same

She has my love

She needs something more

And the time is mine

Nothing to say
Can't hide this feeling


Running through my mind

Still I can't believe


I'm here

I got this feeling now

It'll never stay long

It'll never stay long

I'm here

No matter how I try

I can never forget

The reasons why


It's that fear again

It's coming like a train

Every time I believe

It starts bearing down

Leaves nothing to say

There's nothing to tell that I don't know

That hurt the feeling of love and

I don't know why I feel

You took it all away






Come closer again


Come running from my mind

That's the way it's always been


I'm here

I've got that feeling now

But it'll never stay long

It'll never stay long

I'm here

No matter how hard I try

I can never forget

The reasons why


You say you got love

Got a love to set you free

I can feel it, darling

It runs all over me

I got a smile that says I'm feeling good

You know I'm feeling good

You know I'm feeling good


I'm here

I got this feeling now

But it'll never stay long

It'll never stay long

I'm here

No matter how hard I try

I can never forget

The reasons why


I'm here

I got this feeling now

But it'll never stay long

It'll never stay long

I'm here

No matter how hard I try

I can never forget

The reasons why


Come home again

Still I'm lost here

Nothing stays the same


Can't hide this feeling

Come running through my mind

Still I couldn't believe

And I could be gone another day

I could turn round and then walk away

I don't have to go

You can make me stay

There's nothing to say that you don't know

That hurt my feelings, loving

I don't know why it stays

You took it all away

And I know that I am leaving

I know the place you were heading

Ain't there no more

I took it all away

Come into me

Come to me come to me


Yes I understand

C ome closer to me


Go running from my mind

That's the way it's always been

Touch the feeling

Can't stop here

That's the way it's always been

Always stays the same

I'm here

I got this feeling now

But it'll never stay long

It'll never stay long

I'm here

No matter how I try

I can never forget

Forget



Coming round again

Gonna break apart


Can't hide this feeling

Running through my mind

Still I can't believe

Come in to me

Come closer baby come

Yes I understand

Come closer

Come into me

Go running from my mind

That's the way it's always been

Nothing stays the same

It's hard again

Your lips apart

I'm crawling, don't know where to or from
The centre of things from where everything stems
Is not where I belong
And the city sickness, growing inside me
So this is where I ran for freedom
Where I may not be free

*I have these hands beating with love for you
And you're not here to touch
Sent you away, what else can I do
When I need something that much?
I'm hurting babe, in the city there's no place for love
It's just used to make people feel better
It's not like us
I got this sickness as I got off the train
Now it chafes away at my heart
Until nothing remains


I'm okay afterwards
Afterwards lasts for minutes only
I'm okay during
You kind of fill up my mind
It's just that before, may last forever
It's just that before, may just fuck my mind

* Repeat

Why don't you come out
The guards have gone
They've forgotten their purpose
And shuffled along
So come feel the sun

Why don't you come out
The dogs lies sleeping
Their limbs, they twitch with the chase in their dreams
So come feel the sun

Why don't you come out
And exact your revenge
On the liars and wasters that called themselves friends
For to forgive is overrated
As they kneel at your feet
So come feel the sun

Why don't you come out
We all miss you
Your wife and babies
They just want to hold you
So come feel the sun
Touch your face
And make everything the same as it was.

I understand everything

I understand everything

Take me in your arms

You knew how I feel

Before I knew, I was up to my neck

First time we danced

So I'll tell what brought you home tonight

So, you're back, what brought you home?

Oh, the dancing

Take me in your arms

You knew how I feel

Running home

I couldn't wait to be inside you then

You were all around me then

So, is that what brought you home tonight

Do you know what brought you home tonight?

Was it the dancing?

Before I knew, I was up to my neck

The last toe leaving ground

First time we danced

She knows what happens when I'm without her

How this ring itches on my finger

Does she let me go to help me remember?

Remember how I came in

I was desperate then

Remember what I am without her

And that's a desperate man

Before I go, when I'm without her

How fast and how long that slide

I'll always take that ride

It itches on my finger

Helps me remember

Remember how I came in

I was desperate then

Remember what I am without her

And that's a desperate man, yeah

She knows what happens when I'm without her

She sees the problem

She understands the irony

When I'm slumped there in that seat

And slobbering of how much I love her

Hey, bartender

Let me tell you about when I walked in

I was desperate then

If I could find my way back to loving her

I'm a desperate man, yeah

I'm a desperate man, yeah

Don't bring that stuff to bed
I've gotta fall with a clear head
Don't tell me of those mirrors
I'll show you what you want to see
Pay no mind to those voices
I'll show you what you want to hear

Of course, it doesn't matter what you see
You're beautiful to me
It doesn't matter what they say
I want you anyway

So we live in the city Come over here
No, leave on the light
Beautiful things get run down
There's no more to say To let you know it's alright
There's a fine door that you open
There's no door
There's no option
You knew this from the start
You made a fist around your heart
I don't need to know
But she must want to show me
It's just for yourself
I can't forgive you anything
It doesn't matter what you see
You're beautiful to me
It doesn't matter what they say
I want you anyway

Don't bring that stuff to bed I'll touch you here
Gotta fall with a clear head Does it make you cry?
Don't bring that stuff to bed Don't hide those tears
Gotta fall with a clear head You know they're alright

Don't bring that stuff to bed
I've gotta fall with a clear head
Don't tell me of those mirrors
I'll show you what you want to see
Pay no mind to those voices
I'll show you what you want to hear

Of course, it doesn't matter what you see
You're beautiful to me
It doesn't matter what they say
I want you anyway

So we live in the city Come over here
No, leave on the light
Beautiful things get run down
There's no more to say To let you know it's alright
There's a fine door that you open
There's no door
There's no option
You knew this from the start
You made a fist around your heart
I don't need to know
But she must want to show me
It's just for yourself
I can't forgive you anything
It doesn't matter what you see
You're beautiful to me
It doesn't matter what they say
I want you anyway

Don't bring that stuff to bed I'll touch you here
Gotta fall with a clear head Does it make you cry?
Don't bring that stuff to bed Don't hide those tears
Gotta fall with a clear head You know they're alright

See her there
She hangs from me
See her face
She can't let go
I can't look in here eyes
She's holding on
She needed this to hurt me so
So it shot out of me
As if all of the love just got ripped out of me
She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk
Can't I ever forget the way that we are
Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
Looking for the stars

So it shot out of me
As if all of the love just got ripped out of me
And just for that moment I saw in her eyes
How it all could be
It shot out of me

Say this is it
This is all there is
You have to remember this
This is all there is

(
)

Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
Looking for the stars
So it shot out of me
As though all of the love has been ripped out of me

See her there
She hangs from me
See her face
She can't let go
I can't look in here eyes
She's holding on
She needed this to hurt me so
So it shot out of me
As if all of the love just got ripped out of me
She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk
Can't I ever forget the way that we are
Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
Looking for the stars

So it shot out of me
As if all of the love just got ripped out of me
And just for that moment I saw in her eyes
How it all could be
It shot out of me

Say this is it
This is all there is
You have to remember this
This is all there is

(
)

Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
Looking for the stars
So it shot out of me
As though all of the love has been ripped out of me

I've got memories

I keep them away from me

They won't behave

Won't be what I want them to be


I've seen it all and it's all done

I've been with everyone and no one


So many squandered moments

So much wasted time

So busy chasing dreams

I left myself behind


I've seen it all and it's all done

I've been with everyone and no one


So this dying slowly

It seemed better than shooting myself

This dying slowly

It seemed better than shooting myself


These worms, darling

They're nibbling away at me

They go at it when I'm sleeping

Won't let me get to my feet


I've seen it all and it's all done

I've been with everyone and no one


So this dying slowly

It seemed better than shooting myself

This dying slowly

It seemed better than shooting -

If I could find the words to explain this feeling

I would shout them out

If I could find out all this, what's inside me

I would shout it out


So this dying slowly

It seemed better than shooting myself

This dying slowly

It seemed better than shouting it out


I make some coffee

Pull on that new pair of pants

I can get so far [?]

The feeling just falls away


I've seen it all and it's all done

I've been with everyone and no one


I'm just tired, baby

I just need to lay down

I'm just tired, darling

I just need to lay down

I'm just tired, baby

I just need to lay down

I'm just tired, darling

I just need to lay down

I'm just tired, darling


Transcr. Chris Canter, Nathan Hemmelgarn

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated
It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated

Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated
I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

chorus

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Scared of my shadow
Afraid of myself
Never thought I could be so shallow
Resort to playing a man
It's a thin line that I walk for her
A thin line that I walk
Between myself and what I have to do
The action and the thought

*Oh her, her, it's her
Oh, her, her
Feel like I've been dancing
The lights have finally come on
Just waiting for my eyes adjusting
To see how ugly I've become
She asked me for no promises
I made them to myself
I've given myself no choices now
It's the only way out


She tied back her hair
Wrapped the band around
Pulled off her rings
And dropped them in a jar
I'm not there, not waving my arms round
I've gotten the `flu
It's blocking my heart
To her

* Repeat

I was dressed for success
But success, it never comes
And I'm the only one who laughs
At your jokes when they are so bad
And you're jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this

*Come join us in a prayer
We'll be waiting, waiting where
Everything's ending here
And all the sterile striking it
Defends an empty dock you cast away
And rain upon your forehead
Where the mist's for hire
If it's just too clear
Let's spend our last
1/4 stance randomly
Go down to the outlet once again
Painted portrait of minions and slaves
Crotch mavens and one night plays
Are they the only ones who laugh?
At the jokes when they are so bad
And the jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this

* Repeat

And all the Spanish candles unsold
Have gone away to this
And a "run-on piece of mount on"
Trembles, shivers runs down the freeway
I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
I guess a guess is the best I'll do

She sinks inside me
It's so beautiful
Not hear her calling
And I would raise myself
To live up to her love
And not look down on me
Forgiving me again
And I hear her calling
Do you wanna get out of the water
Do you wanna try and carry on
It gets so low
I get so low
She sinks inside me
It's so beautiful
Not hear her calling
But it's like a waterfall
Falling down on me
Forgiving me again
And I know that loving
Chorus:
Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that
Hands that never held no blame
Can't you see that I guess you're staying
Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same
A face that never felt that shame
Well that's my heart
It's calling out your name
She sinks inside me
There like chemicals
I see the birds fly
And I'd disgust myself
To be free of that love
Pull myself from under the weight of it all
And I hear her, hear her
Chorus
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
It's just that quality of forgiveness
Forgiveness is what I need
If I could only get out of the water
If I could only get myself clean
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that
Hands that never held no blame
I'm running on my knees again
Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same
A face that never felt that shame
She's standing at the altar
Like feet never walked on
I know that she's waiting there
Like hands never held no blame
If I could only get out of the water
No crying angry
If I could only get out of here
but I've gotta give it up
that felt no shame
I've got to give it up
(chorus ad lib

She sinks inside me
It's so beautiful
Not hear her calling
And I would raise myself
To live up to her love
And not look down on me
Forgiving me again
And I hear her calling
Do you wanna get out of the water
Do you wanna try and carry on
It gets so low
I get so low
She sinks inside me
It's so beautiful
Not hear her calling
But it's like a waterfall
Falling down on me
Forgiving me again
And I know that loving
Chorus:
Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that
Hands that never held no blame
Can't you see that I guess you're staying
Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same
A face that never felt that shame
Well that's my heart
It's calling out your name
She sinks inside me
There like chemicals
I see the birds fly
And I'd disgust myself
To be free of that love
Pull myself from under the weight of it all
And I hear her, hear her
Chorus
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
It's just that quality of forgiveness
Forgiveness is what I need
If I could only get out of the water
If I could only get myself clean
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that
Hands that never held no blame
I'm running on my knees again
Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same
A face that never felt that shame
She's standing at the altar
Like feet never walked on
I know that she's waiting there
Like hands never held no blame
If I could only get out of the water
No crying angry
If I could only get out of here
but I've gotta give it up
that felt no shame
I've got to give it up
(chorus ad lib

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
Not a surface thing, we could meet down inside
Not a surface thing, we could meet way down inside
You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
You want to try to do something right
So, take me home tonight
Turn out the light
You're just alone in the dark
So, you wish I was your man, in my consciousness you ran
In my eyes, you swam -- nothing's too much trouble for you
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand you
You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
You want to try to do something right
So, take me home tonight
Turn out the light
You're just alone in the dark

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
Not a surface thing, we could meet down inside
Not a surface thing, we could meet way down inside
You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
You want to try to do something right
So, take me home tonight
Turn out the light
You're just alone in the dark
So, you wish I was your man, in my consciousness you ran
In my eyes, you swam -- nothing's too much trouble for you
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand you
You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
You want to try to do something right
So, take me home tonight
Turn out the light
You're just alone in the dark

I've been loving you too long
Should stop now
You're tired and you want to be free
My love grows stronger as you become a habit to me
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
With you my life has been so wonderful
I can't stop now
You're tired and your love is growing cold
My love grows stronger as our affair grows old
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
Don't make me stop now
Don't make me stop now

If I could tell you now
Tell you how I feel
Is that so hard
When I saw you
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around
Gonna sit now
Gonna sit and watch the night fall
There's nothing more
It takes your breath away
Its all for you
There's so much to carry around
Chorus:
But if she's torn
Pull another stitch from me
Give her what she needs and
Pull another stitch from me
It doesn't even stir now
No modestly
You just perform
You cannot burst for joy
It just takes toil
Hard work and toil
Can't tell her how I feel
When all you've got is company
You're sweating now
And pouring down your brow
There's nothing here at all
There's only you
There's so much to carry around
Chorus
If I could tell you now
Tell you how I feel
And pull in con after con
Just to hear you breathe
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around
Can't feel any better now
Let your children crawl all over me
Like I need to prove I don't deserve you
Anyhow
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around
Chorus