Megan Slankard Album

It's too bad I don't like you anymore
Yes it's too bad
But my novel is gonna need an evil villain
It's too bad we kinda fell apart
We had somethin' going
And I wonder what it ever was that happened
We were an experiment
To the neighbors, a little bet
To see how well and long you'd last
Can you blame us?

It's too bad
You saw me naked
Too bad “I love you”
Don't mean anything
Ever again
It's too bad you
Think you're so cool
As the raven tells you
We're never more
So what's the score?
And who wins?

It's too bad you think you look so good
Yeah you and brad pitt
But now I think you're just a little bit pretentious
It's too bad you hate the way I laugh
You think it's phony
But sometimes this can be so damn hilarious

It's too bad
You saw me naked
Too bad “I love you”
Don't mean anything
Ever again
It's too bad you
Think you're so cool
As the raven tells you
We're never more
So what's the score?
And who wins?

You never have problems, oh puhlease
Start expecting the police
We've become “that couple down the street”

If I were a mocking bird
I'd mock you
In soft winds
And silent words
I'd spot you
Like snow blushing in the sunlight
And I'd melt you
Like morning into twilight

If I were a mocking bird
Would you chain me
In view of the endless sky world
From the window
Wind reaches, desperate, through the cage bars
To seize me
And I'd die in your arms
But not your heart
If it please you

Fire flies and so do i
I fly high to hide in flight
Why, I delight in blue sky
It's almost like dying

Mocking bird
I'd fly all around
Top of the world
And never come down
From here

If I were a mocking bird
I'd give you feathers
And my very own blood
And other treasures
Which you keep on your dresser at night
In corner darkness
By the candle that you never light
Though it be moonless

Fire flies, so do i
I fly to hide in flight
Why, I delight in blue sky
It's so much, so much like dying

Against the tide
I'd fly all around
With the wind
And never come down
From here

Fire flies, so do i
I fly high to hide in flight
I delight in windy sky
It's almost so much like dying
Fire flies, so do I
I fly high to ride like kites
Why, I delight in blue sky
It is almost so much like dying

If I were a mocking bird
I'd fly all around
To the top of the world
And never come down

"Those soles are comfort"
She said "that's credit card"
New shoes walking home
She don't own a car car car

She turns the lights off
Electric bill is high
She's glad Harry's out
'Cause she hates to cry cry cry

Under these dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her fly
And under these dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her fly

"Give me some reasons
Not just enough is enough"
She pricks her skin
From thinking she could take too much

“Just a damn fairy tale”
She laughs outside
She can't keep it up
Sleeping girl has to close her eyes

Under these dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her fly
And under his dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her hide

The city sings like sirens
Is melting in the wind
Fading when it is exposed to sun
Turning on the shower
She is melting in the water
She is fading in the moonlight
Turning into mud

Under these dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her fly
And under these dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her fly
And under these dirty skies
Her dirty wings they let her fly

Morning is born, 6:24
Gabriella wasn't sure if she was really sleeping

Doing her chores
Like watching neighbor's tv through the kitchen window
Yeah

The door growled on its hinges
Early wind has searching fingers
Gabriella hung the black laundry dry

There's dead wood burning out here shout out
Out here come beautiful fireflies
Is this as far as I can get, she says, on one tank of gas
When I'm with captain madness
Is it as much as I can live before I vanish in a guess
When I'm with captain madness?

On the cusp
Of aquarius
Captain's not with the status quo gurus

He keeps mixing life and love with quick cement
Like her heart is vacant room to rent
And he stirs it with a wooden spoon

This is as far as I can get, she said, on one tank of gas
When I'm with captain madness
It's as much as I can give before I vanish in a guess
When I'm with captain madness
I'm packin' up my broom and my pointed shoes
And sail from captain madness
I must be on my way but did love to be with you
My captain madness

You are a hollow man
I am hollow too
Doubt keeps dripping through these cracks
I don't know how it happened
I never cast a spell on you

Far as I can get on one tank of gas
When I'm with captain madness
It's as much as I can love before I vanish in a guess
When I'm with captain madness
I'm packin' up my broom and my pointed shoes
And sail from captain madness
And I must be on my way but I did love to be with you
My captain madness

Addy gotta tattoo
She bought it with another month of working weekends
And it fits her like a glove
It's smiling at the baby
Looking at the needle work above his cute little head
As he's sitting in the tub

Dude, she even loved you while the hammer fell
Mark'd you where the bolt of Cupid dwells?
'Twas in a print it made upon her skin
She still blushes thinking it is sin

“He loves me, he loves me not
The paper says it's over but he forgot the tattoo
He loves me, he loves me not”
She pulls the petals off and watch' them drop
And he forgot the tattoo

She threw them in the washer
But she couldn't rid the pillows of his beautiful smell
But she didn't really want to
She is drying off the baby
He's looking way too close to daddy for comfort to tell
She was hoping that he would too

Dude, she even loved you while the hammer fell
You loved her so but maybe not that well
'Twas in a print it made upon her skin
She is still blush to think of it again

She said “you love me, you love me not
The paper says it's over but you forgot the tattoo”
He loves me, he loves me not
Pull the petals off and watch them rot
And he forgot Addy's tattoo

I would I were thy bird
I would you were my home
I would I were senseless
I would I could make thee believe I love you

She said “he loves me, he loves me not
The hammer says it's over but he forgot the tattoo
He loves me, he loves me not
Pull the petals off and watch them rot
And he forgot the tattoo
The hammer says it's over but he forgot
That he loves me so
He thinks he loves me not
He forgot the tattoo

Lately
I watch the coffee perk
Give my cup a stir

“It looks dire sir”
It's a voice I've heard
There is no cure
There are no words
I'm not sure
But it seems like a perfect way to lose me

My book rests on the table
My pen leaks poetry
I think I must be defective
You always seem to lose me

Try not to lose me
Do not, don't have to lose me

Lately
It's been 3 am
Up still or up again?

I've kinda crumpled in your hands
Then I scattered in the wind
And if you try to steal my dreams
It's a perfect way to lose me

Try not to lose me

My book rests on the table
My pen leaks poetry
I think I must be defective
You always seem to lose me

Try not to lose me
Do not, try not to lose me
Do you want, don't want to lose me

It's a hot one, leaning on the wall
Like a monkey practically swinging
From the doorknob

I am waiting to feel brave
To save face
To step outside all of these holes that you've made

If I cry
Hard enough
Long enough
Fast enough
It will disappear

I hope she looks like you but with innocence
With a smile and with a soul, with happiness

Laugh
Hard enough
Long enough
Loud enough
It will disappear

Let me give a little life
Just a little bit of life for love
Just a little bit of life
And breathe it up

I can cover results of the war
Hat hides the eye that you kissed with your fist
When you called me a whore

When you swallow
At the bottom of a glass of rum
You make me filthy angry
Make me 'fraid
Make me sorry and not know what for

Look
Hard enough
Long enough
Far enough
You will disappear

Give a little bit of life
Just a little bit of life for love
Just a little bit of life
And breathe it up
Just a little bit of life
Wanting naught but change
Just a little bit of life
And give life away

Bravely I remember nothing
When I'm being questioned about the "love," baby
I'm standing on the bruises that I'm hiding in my mind
Thinking nothing of them, darlin'

Just a little bit of life
Just a little bit of life for love
Give a little bit of life and breathe it up
Give a little life
Wanting naught but change
Give a little bit of life

Two cigarettes glowed on the front porch swing

The wind picked up and brought her closer to him
His sweet whisper is like a double fudge sundae and
The credits rolled, her sigh had a musical bend
So far so good, she watched the summer finally end

“At least I'm not so good at remembering”

Strolled from his side, she closed her eyes
She blew hot air into her hands because she forgot a jacket
There's not much to do and there's so little time
There's a lot to remember but more to forget

She thinks she has been making strides
Works much better by telling lies like

“Easy to forget if you can't remember it
It's so easy to forget what I've done to you
It's so easy to forget if you can't remember it
It's so easy to forget if you really want to”

Two silhouettes danced near a candle flame

Wore a smile 'cause it was a special occasion
Break out a laugh but she hasn't wanted to yet
Not much to do in this conversation
There's a lot to remember but more to forget

She thinks she has been making strides
Works much better by telling lies like

It's so easy to forget if you can't remember it
It's so easy to forget what I've done to you
It's so easy to forget when you can't remember it

Dawn looked through the wall
Where she saw the end
Then someone shuffled papers
And she returned again
She covered her ears in anger
And stomped out of the door
She later made her way to the elevator
Afraid to step on the first floor

She said “let me have my way
And let me hold you tight
I will not let you go
I will not let you fight

“You, you know I'd do for you again
You, you know I'd do for you again
Nearly almost always nearly almost anything”

Midnight peeped through the window
And crept through the keyhole
Like a fog, like a memory
And into the bedroom it stole
She waited and waited the sun had faded
“Just great” she said “face it I need to relax”
So she closed her eyes
She took a deep breath
She crawled off into the bath

“Let me have my way
And let me hold you tight
I will not let you go
I will not let you fight

“You, you know I'd do for you again
You, you know I'd do for you again
Nearly almost always nearly almost anything”

She knew inside a heart is a complicated thing
You cannot treat it like a baby
You cannot treat it like a king
What in the hell do you treat it like
Defeated like you see it like you don't understand
You feed it and leave it and hope someone will need it
And be the best you can

“Let me have my way
And let me hold you tight
I will not let you go
I will not let you fight

“You, you know I'd do for you again
You, you know I'd do for you again”

Pierre is walking
Under a red umbrella
The clouds look like an animal
Pierre, you feel so big but then so small
Every single time she calls you

You, for you I'm holding on

Whispers are spreading
Like miles of winter
Someone's lonely saxophone
Strangles him with a lone note
It makes sure he's dead
Then it runs home to you

He says “for you I am hunting
You, for you I am haunted
Me, for me I would be leaving
But for you I'm holding off”

Holding off

Pierre thinks of music
As the sound of her smile
On the other side he is waiting
Pierre, your mind, your heart, and your skin
Is the only thing that stands between you two

You should feel the one she names is you
Through every crack of dawn it's you
Every note in every song is you
You should feel she's weaving in
All of your feathers like the wind
A breath of forever and again
Held by you

For you I'm holding
You, for you I am haunted
You, for me I would be going
You, for you I am holding
You, I'm holding

Can I help it if I think you're evil?
Can you stop it if you really are?
Can you stop me if I think you're perfect?
The echo of an argument dies in the car

Oh shut up and drive

It's all my fault
Don't go blaming no one else
Least of all your perfect self
Why? Because I'm not invincible

All my fault
But don't you dare agree
Don't go writin' to the tabloids
Or your homeboys
Least of all to me

It's all my fault but I'm not sorry
Just a freaky little twist to my freakin' little story
It's all my fault that I had you worried
I'm not sorry I'm not sorry

It's all my fault that I make you nervous
I do it so damn well
You'd think I do it on purpose
It's all my fault but I'm not worried
It's not my fault I'm not invincible

We're sitting in the silence like an easy chair
Sitting in the comfort of the red light's glow
You're laughin' to my back
I'm laughin' in your face
Laughin' like a fool and that's fo' sho'

Ah shut up and fly

It's all my fault
Don't go blaming no one else
Least of all your perfect self
Why? 'Cause I'm not invincible

All my fault but don't you dare agree
Don't go writing to the “weekend” or your girlfriends
And least of all to me

It's all my fault but I'm not sorry
It's just a freakin' little twist to my freakin' little story
It's all my fault that I had you worried
I'm not sorry I'm not sorry

It's all my fault that I make you nervous
I do it so damn well
You'd think I do it on purpose
It's all my fault that I had you worried
Not my fault I'm not invincible

Because I laugh sometimes
And sometimes I cry
Sometimes I sleep
Sometimes I die
I die for you

It's all my fault but I'm not sorry
It's just a freaky little twist to my freaky little story
It's all my fault that I had you worried
I'm not sorry I'm not sorry

It's all my fault but I'm not crazy
Yeah I take you over slowly with my tricky little army
It's all my fault that I make things scary
It's not my fault I'm not invincible

I set down my fairy tales
I tipped my glass over on the bed
Somehow somebody laughed
Though it was only me and my mess
Somewhere somebody
Sang a pretty little lullaby
I pulled down the window blinds
In the fair face of a tolkien sky

I couldn't sleep tonight
As if I didn't know that 'cause I was there
The last cries of a distant party
Died in the arms of the midnight air

I'm flying backwards
To the beat of my speeding heart
Flying backwards
In the rhythm of my own guitar

It smells like rain and a raspberry bouquet
It smells like my 10 gauge guitar strings I play
And I saw two shooting stars
Collide into this crazy conversation
Guess it's really all we had to say

I'm flying backwards
Doesn't seem to get me very far
I'm flying backwards
And I feel I've already done this part
Already done this part

The rockin' chair teased me
With a clever shadow of somebody called “you”
So I got up and knocked it over
Went to kill my sorrows
In another passion fruit ice cream scoop
You said “I know you couldn't sleep tonight”
As if I didn't know that 'cause I was there
And a huge ball of consequence unwound itself in a dream
Of a dreamer

Then some pup started up a choir
And sang a song to the moon stuck in a spiral spider web
I picked up my leather bound imagination
And I put my head down on the bed
The walls started to whisper
A pretty little lullaby
I shut my eyes and closed the cover down
On the fair face of a tolkien sky

I'm flying backwards
To the beat of my speeding heart
I'm flying backwards in the rhythm of your guitars
I'm flying backwards
Doesn't seem to get me very far
I'm flying backwards
And I feel I've already done this part

On a wayward sail
In the middle of the ocean
Drenched in sun
Drenched in my suntan lotion

The radio cries
And 'til the station dies
It's the only sound I hear

I think it up
Then I wipe it from my head
Can't call thinking work
Without a little sweat

You're like a little child
So immaturely wild
You make me scared

I break out
The signal breaks up
I rewire
I shake you up
I restart
Again
I think you could be broken
I freak out
Get the receipt
I'm lookin' up the warranty
I dust off
All the dirt
Take apart
Just to make you work

You're not much
For a little conversation
You're so shy
You use abbreviations

I think you smiled
It used to be so kind
But I don't remember anymore

I break out
The signal breaks up
I rewire
I shake you up
I restart
Again
I think you could be broken
I freak out
Get the receipt
I'm lookin' up the warranty
I dust off
The dirt
I take apart
Just to make you work

I find I finally found your freedom
Fight me and I'll fight back with you
You need not give me instant reasons
If you find I'm lying, finally you are too

I break out
The signal breaks up
I rewire
I shake you up
I restart
Again
I think you could be broken
I freak out
Get the receipt
I'm lookin' up the warranty
I dust off
The dirt
I take you apart