Rhett Miller

Richard Wagner's letters to his lover Mathilde were a mess
He should have quit before he had written the address
They made love on the mezzanine
her husband was his friend
Vienna in a fugue-state working on a thing
That when he finished it took almost seven hours to sing
He still found time to write to her his heart-exploding words
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name
when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on
Our love our love
Kafka in his letters to his lover Milena was alive
But he was waiting for a love that never would arrive
Their rendezvous was singular
her husband was his friend
She is a living fire she is a reason to live
She is killing me burning only for him
I'll spend my whole life loving her
my heart exploding words
Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name
when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on
Our love our love our love our love
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Our love surpassed our love so fast
Our love's all wrong our love goes on and on
Our love became our love by name
when I wrote it to you in a song
Our love goes on and on our love our love
Our love our love our love our love our love..

This is what I do this is what I do
Jennifer 1 was a racehorse-rider Heidi
was a house on fire
Bernadette kept a distance
we got tangled up in telephone wire
I'm gonna sing this song forever
about a girl that I once knew
And how she is always leaving this is what I do
This is what I do for a living this is what I do
In another life I was a holy roller in another lifetime I flew
I have always kept a distance this is what I do
This is what I do for a living this is what I do
This is what I do this is what I do
Everybody's got a secret rhythm beating like a drum
All of us have a albatross and this is my one
This is what I do for a living this is what I do
I could hide it in the attic I could bury it in static
I could only put it out in Japan
I could tape my mouth closed I could take another dose
I am dancing as fast as I can
This is what I do for a living this is what I do
This is what I do this is what I do

I'm dressed all in blue and I'm remembering you
And the dress you wore when you broke my heart
I'm depressed upstairs and I'm remembering where
And when and how and why'd you have to go so far
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
I'm gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Unless you come around so come around
I'm dressed all in white and I remember the night
You came on to me and opened up my heart
I was hollow then till you filled me in
now I'm empty again
I should have never let it start
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
I'm gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Unless you come around so come around
No one else can fix me
although sometimes my heart tricks me
Into thinking someone else will do
But you're the only one you are the only one
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
I'm gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Unless you come around so come around

Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
I'm gonna be lonely for the rest of my life
Unless you come around so come around
So come around so come around

I'm dressed all in blue and I'm remembering you
And the dress you wore when you broke my heart

There was talk at the time
That she'd forgotten her senses
she was running around and carrying on
They were wrong but of course
She had her faculties on her
she was honorably carrying on
She don't wonder anymore
'cause she knows what love is for
I know it might sound weird but all of these things here
Are things that disappear
I know it might sound weird but all of these things here
Are things that disappear
She's got blood she's got eyes
She's got a voice in her head
and she listens every once in a while
She don't wonder anymore
'cause she knows what love is for
I know it might sound weird but all of these things here
Are things that disappear
I know it might sound weird but all of these things here
Are things that disappear
Is that all yes it is
Put his stuff in a box and put him out of her memory
Now he's gone and away
but he will never be out of her misery
She don't wonder anymore
'cause she knows what love is for
I know it might sound weird but all of these things here
Are things that disappear
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There is a world inside the world that you see
And it's okay to count the minutes
'Cause how many could there be?
And if love is all around us
how could this have found us?
The move you know is don't let go of me

There is a world inside the world that you see

Let's call her Halcyon and hope that she holds
'Cause every shore she's gonna touch
is gonna turn to solid gold
She and I've been wishing
For a change in our condition
It's not given, but it's obvious to me

There is a world inside the world
There is a world inside the world
There is a world inside the world that you see

There is a world inside the world that you see
I read it in Delillo like they'd written it to me
And if love is all we're made of
Then what am I afraid of?
Just 'cause freedom rings, it doesn't mean we're free

There is a world inside the world
There is a world inside the world
There is a world inside the world
There is a world inside the world
There is a world inside the world that you see

My friend is trapped in a shame spiral
I'm worried about my friend's survival
Waiting around on the sea to collapse
Sticking his foot in his own traps
There is no brand new story
and these stones are not a home
Point Shirley or not to be
You've got to get out of Point Shirley or not to be
My friend is trapped in a hostile world
The rutted sea is an angry girl
Who calls you up just to hear you cry
My friend's been there and so have I
There is no brand new story
and these stones are not a home
Point Shirley or not to be
You've got to get out of Point Shirley or not to be
Point Shirley or not to be
You've got to get out of Point Shirley or not to be
...

My friend is sleeping on a six-foot wave
There's too many of them to save
I'm going to wait around for the sea to get full
My friend's given in to the downward pull
There is no brand new story
and these stones are not a home
Point Shirley or not to be
You've got to get out of Point Shirley or not to be
Point Shirley or not to be
You've got to get out of Point Shirley or not to be
Point Shirley or not to be
You've got to get out of Point Shirley or not to be

Two of us in a double-feature
I'm a rock and roller she's a science teacher
I send her looks they don't reach her
She does not know I'm in love with her
Later on it's no better
She wants to take a walk so I let her
I watch her go and then I go and get her
I have to spell it out for her
La-la-la I'm in love with a four-eyed girl
She knows how to move me now she knows how
Twenty-four hours Katz's never closes
Yeah I tell her that I love her and I don't care who knows it
What's it take romance red wine roses
She gets the picture takes pity on me
She lets go she lets it happen
It's a hot spell after a cold snap
My eyes are open nobody's napping she says
You don't want to miss a minute of me
La-la-la I'm in love with a four-eyed girl
She knows how to move me now she knows how
La-la-la I'm in love with a four-eyed girl
She knows how to move me now she knows how

There’s only one of you parked on a bridge
Wondering if the radio is playing
If you’re crazy or there’s voices in your head
You’ve got a heart so big goes all the way to California
Where the water hits the land
I hope your folks’ll understand
The city is dark but we’re not scared
Wrapped up in each other
Making loving out of nothing
like the air supplier said
You’ve got me so far gone
I’m past Governor’s Island
I’m past the Verrazano Bridge
I’m past the Verrazano Bridge
You come and you glow and you hum and you hover
I cannot believe that you’re my lover
You come and you glow and you hum and you hover
I cannot believe that you’re my lover
I cannot believe
...

Later in a room picture of a girl
Doesn’t do her justice what it does is make you realize
You ought to be with her
I’m talking ‘bout right now I mean this instant
When the hip’ll meet the hand
I hope your folks’ll understand
You come and you glow and you hum and you hover
I cannot believe that you’re my lover
You come and you glow and you hum and you hover
I cannot believe that you’re my lover
I cannot believe that you’re my lover
I cannot believe that you’re my lover
You’re my lover
You’re my lover
You’re my lover

Let's say you're in Chicago and you're rattling along on the El
And the one who rides beside you is a stranger to herself
Nobody knows her own heart
You might have been introduced but you drifted apart
You're a long way from where you belong unaware
Let's say you're in Chicago
and you're making out under the El
You're trapped in you're head
humming a tune to yourself
There's a trapdoor in your heart
There's a false bottom line and it's falling apart
You're a long way from where you belong unaware
We were on pins and needles
You were gearing up to cry
I was the instigator you were the reason why
You're a long way from where you belong unaware
...

Let's say you're in Chicago
and you're breaking up all over the El
You were so in love
but you were only in love with yourself
Nobody knows her own heart
Things were coming together now they're falling apart
You're a long way from where you belong unaware
You're a long way from where you belong unaware

I try to make your world a better place
I'd smother you in kisses I'd give you outer space
But you're terrified and it's tearing me apart
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
I know the world's a bitch don't get me wrong
You've got to give the world the finger
You've got to sing a happy song
Making love's by far the better part
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
And if you've got to believe in something make it us
'Cause we've got love and devotion and trust
What we've got was strong right from the start
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
...

I know somebody must have gave you hell
Maybe you went running as the sky just sort of fell
Let me scoop you up and love you as you are
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart
Can I kiss your furrowed brow and calm your nervous heart

The man you want is the man I am
The one you used to have still standing by your side
The love I need is the love you give
Could you give it to me now
I want to live I want to live
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah
The man upstairs must have a plan
The one you used to have has disappeared from view
But here comes me looking for a kiss
Could you give it to me now
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah yeah yeah yeah
...

The time you lose working for the man
The time you used to have is never coming back
But the love you make well that's all there is
So could you give it to me now
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah yeah yeah
I want to live I want to live
I want to see tomorrow yeah
So I can see you tomorrow yeah

I had a dream I was employed at my old position
As your second string it cut me down to the quick
It hurt so badly who's to say is it possible
It felt like it was real there was no god
I could believe in
You've got terrible vision if you don't see
That I'm in love with you
and how that means everything
I had a dream that you were gone
it was a heart condition
Like I'd never known what my name was
You couldn't see me
You've got terrible vision if you don't see
That I'm in love with you
and how that means everything
...

If I had known that you could leave
I would have stolen myself out
As it is I'm so in love there is no god
It was a dream that's all
it was you've got to wake me up now
you've got to wake me up now
you've got to wake me up now
you've got to wake me up now
You've got terrible vision if you don't see
That I'm in love with you
and how that means everything
You've got terrible vision if you don't see
That I'm in love with you
and how that means everything
...