Cage The Elephant Album

Early in the morning
rise to meet the sun
work so hard to feed your wife
no time to show her lovin'

and in the madness of the evenin
with diamonds in your hand
get home an hour early
caught her with another man

i tried i tried i tried decide decide decide...

its always something
before the late night
around the corner
theres always something waiting for you
can't hold there hands back
can't make the sun rise
its always something
you know its always something

on your way back home again
good sermeritan
you see a man stuck in the rain
stranded with no friends
and from the goodness of your heart
you save him from the flood
a couple miles down the road
he's covered in your blood

its always something
before the late night
around the corner
theres always something waiting for you
can't hold there hands back
can't make the sun rise
its always something
you know its always something

moving in an' round
you never see it coming
burned by the light
you thought that you were runnin'
blindin again and floatin like a feather
why can't you see you can't control the weather

sometimes i cut myself looking in the mirror
with my eyeballs out
and im looking at the fear
in the bottom of the dreams
i saw them growing like a plant
but it never works out the way i wrote it in my hands



its always something
before the late night
around the corner
theres always something waiting for you
can't hold there hands back
can't make the sun rise
its always something
you know its always something
you know its always something
you know its always something

I've been tryin' real hard to realize
But something's take a long long, long long time
A long time

Hold the phone
Hit repeat
You got me foamin' at the knees
Saw the flame, tasted sin
You burned me once again
Cut the cord, she's a creep
Aberdeen
Way back
Way back
Way back

Never saw my dark side
I-in your eyes
Back and forth bloody fingers paintin' up, the sky
The sky

Hold the phone
Hit repeat
You got me foamin' at the knees
Saw the flame, tasted sin
You burned me once again
Cut the cord, she's a creep
Aberdeen
Way back
Way back
Way back

Hey
Hey
Hey

Hold the phone
Hit repeat
You got me foamin' at the knees
Saw the flame, tasted sin
You burned me once again
Cut the cord, she's a creep
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Way back
Way back
Way back

Way back
Way back
Way back
Way back
Way back…

I want to be just like you.

I've got these pictures keep on rolling around my head.
I want to hang them on the wall above my bed.
And it's so easy to step aside and walk in line like all the rest.
But IQ never did that well on tests.

I don't watch TV cause it's just a box of lies.
It makes me want to stick a tooth pick in my mind.
While the world goes down the drain I eat my popcorn from the bag.
Some people say that I've gone mad.

You're so cool.
I wanna be just like you.
You're so cool.

Shake me down
Not a lot of people left around
Who knows now?
Softly lying on the ground, ooh
Not a lot of people left around, ooh, ooh

In my life I have seen people walk into the sea
Just to find memories plagued my constant misery
Their eyes cast down, fixed upon the ground
Their eyes cast down

I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun

Shake me down
Cut my hand on a silver cloud
Broken sound
Softly lying on the ground, ooh
Not a lot of people left around, ooh, ooh

In my past, bittersweet
There's no love between the sheets
Taste the blood, broken dreams
Lonely times indeed
With eyes cast down, fixed upon the ground
With eyes cast down

I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Turn back, now it's time for me to let go
Way down, had to find a place to lay low
Lampshade, turned around into a light post

Walk around the corner, never saw it coming
Still I try to make a move, It almost stopped me from belief
I don't wanna know the future, but I'm like rolling thunder

Even on a cloudy day
Even on a cloudy day
Even on a cloudy day
Even on a cloudy day
Even on a cloudy day
Even on a cloudy day
Even on a cloudy day
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the…
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the…
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun

Shake me down
Not a lot of people left around, ooh, ooh

Fall into that black whole honey
Looking up from your eyes
Everything that you ever wanted
You fight, but why

Folded up just like a piece of paper
Take your sweet little time
You can write it on the sidewalk yea
But your fine, so write

And now you're walking through the door
Just like 2024
Said I gotta believe
Someday you'll see
Someday you'll see that there's something more
Yeah there's something more
That's why you're so poor
Oh there's something more

I never said I'd answer your front door
Never better to be
But I can see you tie your own shoe laces
You bleed

Fall in love just like a new born baby
Blonde hair and blue eyes
Taking pictures with your Polaroid camera
Your fine, it's right

And now you're walking through the door
Just like 2024
Said I gotta believe
Someday you'll see
Someday you'll see that there's something more
Yeah there's something more
That's why your so poor
Oh there's something more

And now you're walking through the door
Just like 2024
Said I gotta believe
Someday you'll see
Someday you'll see that there's something more
Yeah there's something more
That's why you're so poor
Oh there's something more

Well I tried to paint my mind
But now I'm stuck here in the middle
Got this scalpel in my hand
I'm operating on this riddle
Got my tongue on tight-knot
On my forehead placed a label
Took all my inspiration
Cause your name was on the table

Let's talk about me,
Let's talk about you,
I know your type
I know exactly what you wanna do
And if the money's right
You think I'd disagree
?So sell your single twenty
Pop a head and sell the script?
And sell yourself
Don't be a fool
Sell yourself
[?]
Sell yourself
Don't be a fool
Sell yourself
Sell yourself

All my memory shard becomes dirty little pieces
Choking on your cancer, waitin' on to new releases
No more need to operate
You are ready for the masses
Nothing more to give you
You are ready for the masses

Let's talk about me,
Let's talk about you,
I know your type
I know exactly what you wanna do
And if the money's right
You think I'd disagree
?So sell your single twenty
Pop a head and sell the piece?
And sell yourself
Don't be a fool
Sell yourself
[?]
Sell yourself
Don't be a fool
Sell yourself
Sell yourself

Sell yourself
Sell yourself
Sell yourself

Sell yourself
Don't be a fool
Sell yourself
[?]
Sell yourself
Don't be a fool
Sell yourself
Sell yourself

Rolling around like a big rubber ball
Writing this song about some things that I saw
Trying to stand like a big strong tough man
Finding out fast that I'm sinking in sand

All I got is nothing but
A little bit of love and gonna
Give it to the people then they'll
See, then they'll see

Spinning the tops as the tables they turn
Made some mistakes but I still couldn't learn
Riding the tracks but I was fine
Got no self control now I'm back here in line

All I got is nothing but
A little bit of love and gonna
Give it to the people then they'll
See, then they'll see
[x2]

Timber shakes these trails they all derail
Phony, false and frail
An empty ocean lost our way with no direction home
Golden needles names we take in vein
Find it harder to remain
And nothings sacred still waiting on that explanation

(Chorus): Right before my eyes
I saw the whole world lose control
The whole world lost control
Before my eyes uh-huh
I fell through the floor
I couldn't take this anymore
I can't take this anymore
It breaks my mind uh-huh

Hold your dirty hand over the flames
Getting pleasure from the pain
Softly screaming the pistol that you raise has spoken
Golden needles names we take in vein
Find it harder to remain
Well nothings sacred still waiting on that explanation

(Chorus)

Everything I thought I knew fell to the side
Time went on and on I couldn't see past my on eyes
Past my eyes (3 times)

(Chorus)

Ooooooooh, Ooooooooh

I don't know why I got these feelings, yeah,
I just can't seem to get away from
Can you dig it?

You may never see it
No, you will find it falling off my tongue
I take it down town, finally lose it

Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh

I don't think it's very nice
To walk around my head all night
You got me tangled like a braid, tied-twisted
I don't think it's fair...
Do you-ooooooh?
You-ooooooh?

Are you on the flip side?
You know I took the long way round
Cos all I really am is a homemade elevator

Blinded by your sunshine, put you on a plane to Paris
Lay my cards down on the table

Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh

I don't think it's very nice
To walk around my head all night
You got me tangled like a braid, tied-twisted
I don't think it's fair...

Can't find a reason for these feelings-
Got enough of them
This guy he told me,
Said he's gonna send me something lovely

But even still at times I wonder
What you're thinking of me
You're prob'ly sure I lost my mind,
Oh mind, Oh mind, Oh mind, Oh mind

I don't think it's very nice
To walk around my head all night
You got me tangled like a braid, tied-twisted
I don't think it's fair

I don't think it's very polite
To walk around my head all night
You got me tangled like a braid, tied-twisted
I don't think it's fair...

Ahhhhoooooohhh!

Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh

Oh!

On the other side of town lives a sabertooth tiger
Paint's a real good picture, he's an excellent liar
His mouth is full of sand and he's dying to meet you
His mouth is full of sand he's just dying to meet you
On the other side of town lives a sabertooth tiger

Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back and you're shaking at the knees
Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back, runaway from the beast

Colder than an ice cube and faster than the fastest cheetah
He's hiding in the kitchen he's a right brain eater
His mouth is full of sand and he's dying to meet you
His mouth is full of sand he's just dying to meet you
On the other side of town lives a sabertooth tiger

Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back and you're shaking at the knees
Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back, runaway from the beast

He's a sabertooth tiger

Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back and you're shaking at the knees
Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back and you're shaking at the knees
Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back and you're shaking at the knees
Runaway runaway runaway from the beast
Got a bullet in your back, runaway from the beast

[Spoken:] One two three four five six
There was a guy, and his name was Johnny B. The loudest man in the land

Alright
Ok
Alright
Ok
Alright
Ok
Uh huh

How many more times you cross the line
Run for days with eager eyes
Screaming smile left alone
These crazy things you do
In the forest of your mind
Haunted by the loss of time
Feet stuck frozen in the snow
These crazy things you do

Shame
Shame
Shame
Oh oh oh

Shame
Shame
Shame
Oh oh oh

Alright
Ok
Alright
Ok
Alright
Ok
Uh huh

Japanese from head to toe
Red to green, green to gold
Waiting on that buffalo
These crazy things you do

[?]
[?]
[?]
These crazy things you do

Shame
Shame
Shame
Oh oh oh

Shame
Shame
Shame
Oh oh oh

Run it over my skin like a cheap plastic knife
In your heart and in your mind put me
Always aside
Do it over and again till it cuts to the bone
We can play by the rules or just
Leave it alone

It's a shame
It's a shame
It's a shame
That your heart has turned to stone
Now your heart's turned to stone

Run it over my skin like a cheap plastic knife
In your heart and in your mind
Put me always aside
Do it over and again till it cuts to the bone
We can play by the rules

It's a shame
It's a shame
It's a shame

Looking out my window
Wonder how it came to be

Feels just like a tempo
Lifted by a gentle breeze

Ugly as a suitcase
I can see it stretch for days

Hanging on a sunset
Softly trampled by the rain

[Chorus]
Way too long
Hold on
Hold on
Dead and gone
So long
Hold on
Way too long
Hold on
Hold on
Dead and gone
So long
Hold on
So long
Hold on

Looking out my window
Trying to find a hiding place

Climb up to the tree tops
Watch it all just drift away

[Chorus]

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