Cold War Kids Album

Woah, woah, woah, woah

You were changing colors like the leaves in fall
I was saving up for the long winter
Summers we'd hide out in my car
When it broke down we didn't care
We'd figure out another way to get me there

Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours

Realistic love runs out of room
I try to talk back but my mouth don't move
Cause I don't own the sun I don't own the moon
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promise you
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promise

What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours

You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
Come on come on
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
Come on come on
There was no other way to let you in here to stay
We had to give it away
Come on come on
And we'll be comin' for it
And we'll be comin' for it
And we'll come up, now we know

All my stones become your pearls
All of my trials are your treasures
All my debt you inherit
All of my clumsy lines will shine

Cause mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours, is yours, is yours

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ,ooh, ooh

All my windows were barred,
The sun made stripes of shade
I was sitting 'round like a zombie,
Feeding my own face

I was counting my chi,
I was digging my strange
I was taking you for granted,
You were holding the reigns

But, I can hear you louder than ever,
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together,
Yeah, I can hear you louder than ever

It's a slippery slope,
Like that mouse trap game
Inside my tunnel vision you slept on my train

But, I can hear you louder than ever,
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together,
Now I can hear you louder than ever

I don't wanna ignore
You were the past of my feelings
But probably gonna get out of this
Just hear me out anyway
The darkness snuck in
And now I'm doubting all my promises
Don't try to pull me out of this
Just lay down by me and wait.

Cause I can hear you louder than ever,
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but, we're still together,
Yeah, I can hear you louder than ever

I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever

Why would I make that face? oh, why would I?
Why would I test my faith? oh, why would I?
Oh, whoa, I see that rain cloud coming right for me

Why would I say my name? oh why would I?
When I'm so far away? oh why would I?
Oh whoaa I guess I've always been a bit of a fighter

Chorus
From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on just my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue
oooh

Why would I stick around? oh why would I?
Why would I get burned out? oh why would I?
Oh, whoa for me I'm always waiting in shadows
Oh, whoa for me I'm always looking for a way out

Chorus
From now on with the sky as my roof
From now on let the risk lead me, too
From now on somewhere I never knew
From now on call me Royal Blue

guitar solo

Hey .. yeah yeah yeah yeah

Chorus
From now on fly as high as I want
From now on I'll show my weak spot
From now on in all that I do
From now on call me Royal Blue

From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on just my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue

Holding out, she knows what I'm about
I start to play the silent card
You make this easy or you play me like a shark

Arms folded, nose to the floor
If it's got to be a leap of faith
I wish somebody'd push me
That way I'd know who to blame

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

Weigh the pros but the cons come first
I've got a black belt in doubt
I get claustrophobic
All these open doors around
Still the pros are hardest to ignore
I've never felt this light before
I took off my sunglasses
And waited for the words

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

To finally begin
Where and when

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights
When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

The hours we keep, the days we save
They add up to years, now face to face
With you by my side, now I can stand, to finally begin

To finally begin
Where and when
To finally begin
Where and when
To finally begin
Where and when

The crown on my head is heavy on me
They wouldn't know it
Cos they don't wanna see
The skin on my face is turning bright pink
As I walk by the girl's choir whispering

The street that I walk welcomes my feet
With cryptic graffiti greetings to read
The smile on my mouth, it came dirt cheap
I bought it second hand

I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds
When the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall

The wires to my head
When I press play
Who's this new prophet
Has she got something to say?
The thoughts in my brain are backfiring
I'm a picture perfect passenger

I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness to lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load

You expect the worst
And you always get your way
These big buildings these little girls
Are giving me a little shade

I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness to lay by the waterfall
I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds
When the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load

You wait on letters
Patient for any sign of life
Drinks after dinner
Your friends will get you to unwind

Let's skip the charades
Can we just speak plain?

I'm two left feet when
I'm home we tap-dance on broken glass
Somehow you managed
To keep your sense of humor intact

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like
Acting like, acting like
I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like
Acting like, acting like
Nothing's wrong

You dodged the bullet
You do your best when you're busiest
But you're disconnected
You can't find your name in the script

It was you who were wildest
It was you who floated above us all
I held on with wires
Will you come back down if I let you go?

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong

Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
And skip the charades
Just speak plain
And skip the charades

I tried being sweet
It's buried deep in me
Now I can only see red on red
My mom's going out with my best friend's dad
She's talking loud I can't believe what she said

A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid

They sold the house, left photo albums there
No silver ware while paper walls were bare
I called all my friends, "Come over! Come one, come all!"
"Let's get a crowd here for one last Hoorah!"

A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid
Who made me?
A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid

The message was bleak, my brother pounded it in me
You climb it up or you cut it down
This is your family tree
I know you were born with a heart of gold
But, I want a purple heart that cannot dissolve

A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid
Don't call me!
A sensitive kid
A sensitive kid

I can't tell you why you shoulda known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grownup
I can't tell you why you shoulda known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grownup
I can't tell you why you shoulda known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grownup
I can't tell you why you shoulda known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grownup

We can beat this, you and me
Just a matter of degrees
I can't calculate this late at night
Honeymooners move in wet cement
They don't know about the walls that rise and rest

Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were

Come outside this view is free
Only clear moonlight can reach
You and I will stay low to the ground
Honeymooners we are bouncing checks
Cross your fingers that they don't get returned

Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were

Bulldozer
What we need you for
You're the last resort to start over

I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy

I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy

Bulldozer
I think you're the only one
That can work, that can work, that can work
Bulldozer
Step up this is gonna hurt
Gnash your teeth take a bite of the dirt

I locked my keys in the car
I'm pleading for some change
The meter treats me like a stranger now
Flashing zeros

I'm juggling a drink too full
While tugging on a leash that you pull
And jogging my memory for
The way to your door

I have been broken open
By my most trusted friend
I was the wild card, you were the safe bet
I've been broken open

I'm up and down that way
I'm up and down that way
It's easier to say that I'm doing okay
Than bother to explain
The water rising

Threw out your crystal ball and your weather vain
Picasso don't pre-meditate he just paint
Tonight it's so easy
To overflow

I have been broken open
Was a perfect gentleman
Now I'm smashing champagne, tying cans
Feel like celebrating

I have been broken open
Dug to China with bare hands
When you asked me if I'd like to dance
I've been broken open

Flow over me, flow over, flow
Over flow

It feels so strange to feel good
And when I was the fire you were wood
So when I was petrified
You understood

I have been broken open
This was not my master plan
I was comfortable watching from the stands
I've been broken open

All my edges are exposed
I was once content alone
Now you brought the one that I call home
I've been broken open

Flow over me, flow over, flow
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Flow over me, flow over, flow

Hunger and the lights are off, honey
Trying to find my head
Don't recall laying down
In this black bed

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

Feeling up the wall to find a light switch
Like a mime, surprised
What glows in the dark
A zipper's broken spine

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

I am not alone
All my doves have flown

(Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor)

It's a classic mix-up, baby
An honest mistake
A girl I used know, maybe
Another face on the street
She said to say hello to you soon, and
I awake from my dream state

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

I'll take out the garbage
Yeah, I will squeeze your juice
So glad to be making
Scrambled eggs with you

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

Cold toes on the cold floor
Cold toes on the cold floor

I am not alone
All my doves have flown

All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend

This plane's flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We will see that sky above

Ambition and she looks good on you tonight
She holds your hand and runs
Your lungs are burning bright
Morning comes like it almost always does
You want to hold her but you know you can't keep up

This plane's flying upside down
And this is how I ask for help
By pulling the fire alarm
And blocking your exit

We argue like two kids that can't share toys
I swing at you with words sharper than any swords
You come back with a trap so good it hurts
You say, "I will never leave, you know, no matter what"

All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend

I'm shocked when I light the candle
And then I go outside
I can't make you see my hand so
I need you to come in cause
Tell me it's alright
Flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We'll see that sky above

And let go of all that I know
And let go of all that I know
A guest on this crazy game show
They won't make or break the whole world

Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Flying upside down
Flying upside down
Flying upside down
Flying upside down

I erase those names from my memory banks,
Get the wind knocked out,
Not the hurricane,
I deserted you,
This is no blame game
I had to go out and find my own way.

Yeah, I used you up when I needed food,
Snuck out the back door,
We exchanged no words,
Yeah it hurt me, too,
But I could not hurt,
I was only in chapter three of my book.

Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me

I give you my best,
Though it don't make sense,
Not to keep in touch,
To pretend it's worth less,
'Cause I've got to live in the present tense,
But I still think of you when I look ahead.

Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me

Did you - confuse?
Cut-loose?
Hearin' news,
Did you - abuse?
And recluse?

Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
Don't look down on me
On me, on me, on me.

An invitation to a party begs you go,
You'll wear the only thing that waits inside your door,
No red, no green,
One black dress is all - any woman needs,
My, aren't we fashionable?

Calls made,
Your ride awaits,
You've dressed your lips in rose,
The powder on your face,
Who else could get so close?

Refuse directions,
You have memorized the road,
Back when you chased the trends,
Some picture always told.

No red, no green,
One black dress is all - any woman needs,
My, aren't we fashionable?

Who will sweep you off your feet?
Who will sweep you off your feet?

You've made the great escape with only one goodbye,
Your stream of consciousness, it floods into the night,
The boy's predictable, the girls may never know
The beauty that you wear way underneath your clothes.

No red, no green,
One black dress is all - any woman needs,
My, aren't we fashionable?

Who will sweep you off your feet?
Who will sweep you off your feet?

Role models pile up in the street,
She has survived just a scratch on the cheek,
She's paying in dimes
A midnight coffee shrink.

Her shoulder's exposed,
She holds a cup like a queen,
For some tiny ancient island country off the coast of Greece
Where the daughters will all have names like Elise.

The lighting in here is terrible,
A weird glowing green,
And flattery won't get her out of the seats.
She digs in her heels,
Her mascara streaks,
Who's gonna sweep her off?

Why didn't I, why?
A hundred miles deep,
Who's gonna sweep her off of her feet?
A skeptic at heart,
But why shouldn't she be?
Who's gonna sweep her off?

When every mouth lies,
And every hand cheats,
Good luck sweeping her off of her feet,
With those death ray eyes,
And see the wolf in the sheep,
But who's gonna sweep her off?

I am your style,
Oh, and you are my style,
And I am your style,
And you - are - my - style,

Who will sweep you,
Off your feet?
Who will sweep you,
Off your feet?
Who will sweep you,
Off your feet?

Goodnight Tennessee, go to sleep
Tomorrow it's back to the city for me
How lost can you be when fourteenth street
Is guiding me home to a white sand beach

Goodnight Tennessee, the talking trees
Hover above while the red stars weep
The season was brief, wrapped in fleece
My roots they were weak, they could not grow deep

I should have been born in Brooklyn
But I missed my chance, I still got Berlin
I should have been born free back then
I was a late bloomin' kid at the orange curtain

Goodnight Tennessee, happy deportee
It is hot, it is cold, it is bitter, it is sweet
But now I envy you and you envy me
A toast to us both, may the grass stay green

I can't miss a thing, freeze on three
Every story it is told by the luck and key
I can't miss a thing, freeze on three
All my souvenirs have become antiques

Hong Kong, Oakland, where have you been?
I'd give all of my memories to see you again

Will you take care of me
While I am away?

Every old friend I see I will kiss on the cheek
I will jump up and down like the wars ended
Goodnight Tennessee, go to sleep
Tomorrow it's back to the city for me

Hong Kong, Oakland, where have you been?
I'd give all of my memories to see you again
Hong Kong, Oakland, where have you been?
I'd give all of my memories but nothing's the same

Goodnight Tennessee, yeah
Goodnight Tennessee
Goodnight Tennessee, go to sleep
Goodnight Tennessee