Spoon Album

The beast and dragon, adored
You been gone so long
Where you been for so long
I went to places unknown
Rented a room
And I forgot my pen
Shook my twin
And I had to find the feelin' again

Now all I need is a crew
One that can act as if
One that can slay on cue
Uh-huh alright
I'm going back to the water
Been landlocked too long

I got a feelin' it don't come cheap
I got a feelin' oh and then it got to me
It took its time a-working into my soul
I got to believe it come from rock and roll
Believe it come from rock and roll

Where did you get for so long
I been learning my scene
I been watching my friends move away
I summon my love back to me
And I went down by the seawall
That's when I knew, they never got you

Great dominions they don't come cheap
Great dominions they just want you to leave
I got the meaning the meaning sat tight
Said it's not what you expected but it could be right

I got a feelin' it didn't come for free
I got a feelin' and then it got to me
When you don't feel it shows they tear out your soul
And when you believe they call it rock and roll
And when you believe they call it rock and roll

Every morning I've got a new chance
I want to land the part of Eddie in The Stranger Dance
Cause he gets to swordfight the duke
He kidnaps the queen
And you think the score's set but you can't truly see
Til you know the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
Til you know the two sides of Monsieur Valentine

Every morning I pull on them pants
Mmm but I don't get out so much since I acquired St. Vitus dance
I turn the news on a while
I practice my scene
You think things are straight but they're not what they seem
Til you know the two sides on Monsieur Valentine
In his coat and his boots and his blackheart machine
No, no one knows the two sides of Monsieur Valentine

Every morning I've got a new chance
I wanna play the part of Eddie in The Stranger Dance
He makes love to the duke
He swordfights the queen
He steals the whole show in his last dying scene
No one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
No, no one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
No one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine
Mmm hmm mmm hmm hmm hmm

I turn my camera on
I cut my fingers on the way
The way I'm slippin away
I turn my feelings off
Ya made me untouchable for life
& you wasn't polite

It hit me like a tom
You hit me like a tom
On on & on

When I turn my feelings on
I turn my feelings on inside
Feel like I'm gonna ignite
I saw them stars go off
I saw them stars go off at night
& they're looking alright

Keep on blowin up
Keep on blowin em off
Get up roll it out
Keep on showin em out

Ya hit me like a tom
It hit me like a tom
On & on a tom

I turn my camera on
I cut my fingers on the way
I feel me slippin away
I wipe my feelings off
Ya made me untouchable for life
Yeah and you wasn't polite

Ya hit me like a tom
I don't know where it's from
It hit me like a tom-tom

Here comes the flan

I wanna change your mind
Said I wanna set it right this time
I'm looking through you
You know who you are
And planning for the apocalypse
Is not considered
Considered cool
I don't suggest it myself
But no I won't sweat
I wanna change your ways
Said I'm gonna get it right one of these days
And I'm looking through you
Riding the brakes
Bringing about the apocalypse
Is not considered
Considered cool
Still you go setting it up
But never give it a thought
Just go setting it up

My mathematical mind can see the breaks
So I'm gonna stop riding the brakes
No no no no more ride the brakes
No more ride the brakes
Instead I'm gonna see your stakes
Yeah I'm gonna see the stakes

I got nothing
You got something
I feel out of place
Looking through your window
Into the delicate place
Reflections stating obvious mating holds

I'll own up to you if you own up to me
I'll picture for you if you picture for me

Have you got the answer
Have I yet won the part
Is this just your way of breaking my heart
Everyone denies it but they just want to be told

I'll hold it for you if you hold it for me
I'll picture for you if you picture for me
The delicate place
The questions it raise
The delicate place

I got nothing
You got something
I feel out of place
Looking through that window
Into the delicate place

I'll own up to you if you own up to me
I'll picture for you if you picture for me
The delicate place
The questions it raise
The delicate place yeah
The delicate place yeah
The delicate place yeah

Always on the outside always looking in
I was in this drop D metal band we called Requiem
And they'd say relax
But I can't be a man this far down on the map

I was sold for suspect drawings
Underneath a makeshift awning
Now I'm yours
Know I'm here
Read it all front and back
But I can't relax
With my knees on the ground and a stick in my back
Sister Jack

I was on the outside
I was lookin in
I was in a drop D metal band we called Requiem
And I can't relax
With my knees on the ground and a stick in my back
Sister Jack

No I can't just relax
Knowing that you're coming back
Sister Jack

Remember the weight of the world
It's a sound that we used to buy
On cassette and 45
And now this little girl
She says will we make it at all
800 miles is a drive

Yeah you got the weight of the world coming down like a mother's eye
And all that you can
All that you can give is a cold goodbye
The law enforcement's impressed you've survived to this age
Strapped-up soldiers
They'll lock you in a cage without goodbye
For a nickel bribe
But aww no where are you tonight
And how'd we get here
It's too late to break it off
I need a release
The signal's a cough
But that don't get me off
I summon you to appear my love
Got the weight of the world
I summon you here my love

Remember the weight of the world
It's a sound that we used to buy
And all that you can
All that you can give is a cold goodbye
The law enforcement's impressed you've survived to this age
Strapped-up soldiers
They'll lock you in a cage without goodbye
For a nickel bribe
But aww no where are you tonight
And how'd we get here
It 's too late to break it off
I need a release
The signal's a cough
But that don't get me off
I summon you here my love
Got the weight of the world
I summon you here my love
The signal's a cough but that don't get me off
I summon you here my love

Hung up and bent on a stranger
Just trying to swing a full-time ride
I never knew the cold hand of danger
Til I met this one and took it inside

Now I can't get near it
Don't want to hear it
My cover's blown
I walked in the rain like a drone
All the way to Marquette

The infinite pet

I got something to tell you
Far outside the black and the white
Aw I got something I want to tell you
But who will receive it tonight

When I got up I cut my neckrug off
Resigned my name to the ranks of the blamed and the scoffed
Cursing the day I met

The infinite pet
Comes when you pirouette
The infinite pet
Hung up and bent on a stranger
Just trying to hitch a full-time ride
I never knew the coat check was danger
Til I met this one and took it inside
I sat back I put my neckshirt on
Resigned myself to the fate of the failed and the conned
Just like the day I met

The infinite pet
Cheaper than all your threats
The infinite pet
Comes when you pirouette
The infinite pet
How'd you pay back that debt
Ooh the infinite pet
The the the the infinite pet
Aw the infinite pet
The infinite

We was walking through the park
Trying to get home before too dark
Who was it that we saw that night
Was it you?

Someone doing something not right
Shocked to see us interrupting their delight
Who was it that we saw that night
Was it you?

Tucked away inside of the wood
Tucked away inside and up to no good
Who was it that we saw that night
Was it you?

And we was cutting through the park
Trying to get home before too dark
Who was it that we saw that night
Was it you?

You
When you were coming up
Did you think everyone knew
Something unclear to you
And when you were thrown in a crowd
Could you believe yourself
Did you repeat yourself
Cause no one would hear
And just say it again
Cause they never got you and you never got them

Don't let it break
Don't let it start
Don't let em in
Don't go too far
And cover your tracks
Cover the path to the heart
Don't let those footholds start
And don't let no one in
Cause they never got you and you never got them

You
When you were breaking up
They was just waking up
And back in that place where you come from
Did it pay to play along
That's where I'm coming from
I'll roll it myself or just let it be
Cause I never got them and they never got me
No I never got them and they never got me

I was a heartbeat on the danger side
Just had to see what it all was like
Put your nose in that
And oh yeah
Although you try to sidestep
Merchants of soul no less

I was a heartbeat on the danger side
Just had to see what it all was like
Put your nose in that
Oh oh yeah
Although you try to sidestep
Merchants of soul don't let

Hey what you doing on the danger side
Yes you're looking for us we know that's right
That way you move it's all an act
So get in
We know you wanna give in
And of course we'll fix you up exact
We'll mail you back
Mm hmmm!

Mixed up and lonely on the danger side
Ralph reed was driving
Said he wants to go all night
I made him wait, took my time to decide
And bent the desire
To get wise
The fiends are fiendin' outside
Merchants of soul so unkind
Oh yeah
Merchants of soul they don't mind
They'll take your soul I need mine