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It's June and I'm still wearing my boots
Come soon, back to New England
With its outspread arms
And lost charms
I do understand New England.
Brutal old witch
You near had us this year
Trapped us inside past the point
Of all human behaviour
We got out with our lives
And also this
A secret to take to the grave
And a houseful of mad bliss
It's June and I'm still wearing my boots
Come soon, back to New England
With its outspread arms
And lost charms
I do understand New England.
She's the law,
She's around by above me
She's like a bug in me
She can read my mind
That's the last time I lie
She's like a bug in me
Beautiful witch
Going to seed
Mother to us who just want to be
Left alone in peace
It's June and I'm still wearing my boots
Come soon, back to New England
With its outspread arms
And lost charms
Outspread arms and lost charms
Outspread arms and lost charms
Outspread arms and lost charms
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How am I still in the dark when the world is on fire
Lit by the passing of sparks I crouch low in my shadow
When the world is on fire
How am I still in the dark
A puppet, a toy
I am safe in my shadow
Backlit by the passing of sparks
I wake up from a media blackout
Feed my child and we head outside
Here be monsters --
How do I tell her about them
You know for now I'll just let that one slide
I want in on Lucinda's sweet old world
If it's there
I swear to god there are days that
Song's what gets me out of bed
The world is on fire
So how am I still in the dark
I see you there too
You're low in your shadow
But lit by the passing of sparks
I wake up from a deep winter blackout
And I see all the summer creeps crawling out
I swear to god there are days
That thought's what sends me back to bed
The world I son fire
So how am I still in the dark
Out of this madness is something unravelling
How am I so in the dark
Why am I so in the dark
How am I so in the dark
When the world is on fire
This is not the last time
That I'm coming round again
I'm still so pissed at you all
This is not the last time
That I'm coming round again
I'm still so in love with you all
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You think it might
Turn out all right
After the fighting
You're sweeter than me
You think that people
Aren't truly evil
That peace will come
You're sweeter than me
Help me out
Help me out
Help me out
Help me out
I've come unveiled
Without the veil my resources fail
I suck onto you and leech your sweetness
This pilot fish will grant one wish
As long as it's unrealistic
Help me out
Help me out
Help me out
Help me out
I've come unveiled
Kundalini slide up my spine
And blow my mind
Let me see this dying rock shine
Will this happen in my lifetime
Will I see it shine
And the doors of the church blow wide
And there's nothing but fear inside
And the doors of the temple blow wide
And there's nothing but fear inside
And the doors of the mosque
Blow wide
And there's nothing but fear inside
And it's not going to be all right
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Night falls and the light fades
And still you won't take off your sunglasses
I know what you're thinking
You think the kids don't care
And you're defeated
And the rain comes
And the rain goes again
And you see this as some symbol of your pain
This hungry life won't let you out whole
But you can change a thing or two
Before you go
This hungry life
Might not leave you with much
But you can change your story
And throw a hand up from the mud
Night falls and the rain comes
And the rain goes
And the moon is a stain when you've lost something
And you wait and you wait
And you wait
For the end or the girl or the song
Or the boy or the faith
Or the leader who won't bring you shame
And you wait and you wait
And you wait
This hungry life won't let you out whole
But you can change a thing or two
Before you go
This hungry life
Might not leave you with much
But you can change your story
And throw a hand up from the mud
This hungry life won't let you out whole
But you can change a thing or two
Before you go
This hungry life
Might not leave you with much
Kick up some dust
Earn someone's trust
Leave a few words behind you
If you must
Pick a good fight
And keep someone up all night
Change the story, change the story
And throw a hand up from the mud
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The first time lightning hit me
Was the night I met your daddy
It flew down the dance tent pol
Threw me to the red dirt floor
And as I reached to him
For the very first time
Tiny fire flew from his hand to mine
Fixed me to the spot
Feu de grace
I want to tell you everything
I want to spare you everything
Littlewing
The second time it hit me
I was holding you
In the dead of night
In the dead of night it lit your eyes
It lit your eyes and stopped your cries
It stopped your cries and
Flowed through the bed
It flowed through the bed and
Fixed you to my breast
Fixed you to the spot
Feu de grace
So I gave you a name that sounds
Like far away
In hopes that you'll run
From this place someday
As soon as your feet
Can carry your weight
Run from your people
Littlewing fly
We pull the fire from the sky
I want to tell you everything
I want to spare you everything
Littlewing
I'd give up everyone
I'd give up every one of my days
To spare you one moment's pain
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Leave a light on, lightkeeper
Leave a light on, lightkeeper
'Cause I think I'm coming in again
Yeah I think I'm coming in again
And I need your light to find mine
So leave a light on
I caught the falling star
But lost the hand
I pulled the princess and
Held back the hordes
That clamored for her
Didn't think i'd have to die for the girl
Leave a light on, lightkeeper
Leave a light on
Seven sisters seven stars
Shooting home
Shouts and whispers of a better fight
In better times
And I am touched by the kindness
Of a good lie
And I think I'm coming in again
Yeah I think I'm coming in again
And I am touched by
I am touched
I am touched by the kindness
Of a good lie
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Oh she's right in front of you
And a light year away
Her hair could be on fire
And you'd just ask her
How her day went
She's an invisible one
You say, well some of us are
She may be an invisible one
But she didn't get there alone
Oh it might take a little while
To recognize the view
Now that you're looking
Through her eyes
That toxic clown in the corner
Must be you
She's an invisible one
You say, well some of us are
She may be an invisible one
But she didn't get there alone
Somebody helped her disappear
There's a flash at your side
You could swear it's a howling
Careening bloodthirsty
Keening carrion feeding
And carelessly breeding
Hip-checking planets and
Flying off-course
Screaming my name in the dark
Till it's hoarse
She-devil from hell
Somebody helped her disappear
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This is easy this sweet cacophony
It's like shooting fish in a cyclone
I'm on top of this, over my head again
It's like taking candy from a psycho
Oh where are my enemies
Have they abandoned me
Where's my evil twin
Once my only friend
I'm shooting fish again
Still eating that candy and
Keeping my name in the game
Everyday I make myself pretend
That a day's just one in this life never-ending
Everyday I pray to my selfish ends
My healthy friends my crazy baby
Everyday I wake in my milky way
In these late days of grace
Look out above me
I seem to be growing
Better raise at the roof beams
Soon enough we are stardust
And soon we are going home
To the place where we dream
Till then be here with me
You who are dear to me
Be my evil twin, you my only friend
I'm shooting fish again
Raising the roof beams and
Keeping my name in the game
Everyday I make myself pretend
That a day's just one in this life never-ending
Everyday I pray to my selfish ends
My healthy friends my crazy baby
Everyday I wake in my milky way
In these late days of grace
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(The Beatles cover)
It's been a long long long time
How could I ever have lost you
When I loved you
It took a long long long time
Now I'm so happy I found you
How I love you
So many tears I was searching,
So many tears I was wasting, oh oh
Now I can see you, be you
How can I ever misplace you
How I want you
How I love you
Your know that I need you
Oh I love you
So many tears I was searching,
So many tears I was wasting, oh oh
Now I can see you, be you
How can I ever misplace you
How I want you
How I love you
Your know that I need you
Oh I love you
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I caught you down by the river again
Down where the river girls lie
It's two quiet tearless years it's been
And you still can't say goodbye
You'd have done better to call a friend
You'd have done better to cry
This river's gonna run
Till the sun in the sky
Burns hot enough
To boil it dry
You keep on following
What's running away
Then you might as well yourself
Just lie down with them
Some river girls make their way
To the sea
Some settle into the bed
I caught you down
Trying to figure it out
When you could have been
Calling me instead
Come home
Leave it alone
Lift your pretty face to sun
This river's gonna run
Till the sun in the sky
Burns hot enough
To boil it dry
You keep on following
What's running away
Then you might as well yourself
Just lie down with them
Two quiet tearless years
Too quiet
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