The Ataris Album

Beneath the glow of this hanging moon
Lies a city still and cold
Our silhouettes walk hand in hand
The drunken jukebox serenadeWe pretend we're so innocent
Cause no one ever likes to hurt
Go take off that silver dress
And expose your naked heartI'm not capable of love
That kind of love
That I felt when I was twenty one
Cause I'm not capable of love
That kind of love
That I felt when I was twenty one
Take it backSo happy birthday darling
Watch those candles melt away
Not unlike those chandeliers
At the bar where we both etched our names
Who would have thought we'd fall so hard
Who would have thought we'd fall so fast
Optimistic children
Clinging tight to all we never hadI'm not capable of love
That kind of love
That I felt when I was twenty one
Cause I'm not capable of love
That kind of love
Could I wish that I could take back
Take it backYou're the only one I want
I wish that I could take it back
Am I not capable of love
That kind of love
That I felt when I was twenty one
Cause I'd be right if I said
You're not my biggest regret
Could I wish that I could take it backCause I'm not capable of love
That kind of love
That I felt when I was twenty one
Take it back

The sea has become
Profoundly red as wine
The skies they bleed with fleeting passion tonightCome sweet euphoria
Your light is blinding to me
You feel as comforting as a mother's warm embrace
But still you're just as lonely as the seaWe gaze out upon the crashing waves
From this hillside graveyard masquerade
Sweet terrible angel
Embrace my soul with light
Is it honesty that sunk my lungs and is dying to get out
But still I'm helpless as an orphaned childCan you cure this loneliness in my heart
My heart
Can you cure this loneliness in my heart
In my heartEuphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria

You're a senior double major
You got such big ideas
We were searching for a savior
To guide us through those restless yearsIf only I could steal you away
From those paths we were led astray
I would take back all those things I said
That new year's day
If only I could make you see
That all those dreams belonged to me
I'd take back all those things I said
That new year's dayThe October autumn twilight
The chilling of our breath
I had dreams I've found redemption
And a past full of regret
And the clouds on the horizon
Look like a thousand paper cranes
And I heard your voice
But couldn't scream your nameIf only I could steal you away
From those paths were led astray
I would take back all those things I said
That new year's day
If only I could make you see
That all those dreams belonged to me
I'd take back all those things I said
That new year's daySo let's drink to forgiveness
Let's drink for regret
Let's drink to the ones we've loved and lost
Let us never forget
The mannequin shields her glowing eyes
We'll all too human, yeah
We're always searching on
Until that gift of isolation has been wonIf only I could steal you away
From those paths were led astray
I would take back all those things I said
That new year's day
If only I could make you see
That all those dreams belonged to me
I'm haunting them the way you know you're haunting me
If only I could steal you away
From those paths were led astray
I would take back all those things I said
That new year's day
That new year's day

Marble stairs in this cathedral
Built by these hands five hundred years before
We will make good men better
We will make good men betterDraw the right hand across the neck
Drop the arm down to your side.
I hear the voices calling in the night.Thirty-three degrees
Accepted right of hypocrisy
From this bitter cup we all shall drink
Here I am awake, it's 2AM; it's getting late
All I know is something isn't right.We will make good men better
How can you make good men better?Draw the right hand across the neck
Drop the arm down to your side.
I hear the shadows calling in the night.Get up, get up, get out
The fire's burning now
Our bodies burned to ashes
They'll be scattered to the forests.Does it ever even faze you
That your father's involvement with a cult
Nearly killed your first born child?

In silence, I like to think out loud
You say this is the end
I know it's not the end
I took a picture
Of heaven when we broke down
Across the shining light
I never will forget
The color of last night
Over usWe missed the point in living
So caught up in this moment
We threw out all convictions
And traded them for substance
This life you hold so near
Will fade in time...And so it goes
No we won't let go
If you are alive
Then be truly alive
Just open up your eyes
Pay attention to the signs
The color of the sky in this nightWe missed the point in living
So caught up in this moment
We threw out all convictions
And traded them for substance
This life we hold so dear
Will fade in...
Time spend wasted on a lie
It's time you found some frame of mind
This life you hold so near
Will fade in timeWe missed the point in living
So caught up in this moment
We threw out all convictions
And traded them for substance
This life we hold so dear
Will fade in timeAnd so it goes
No we won't let go
And so it goes
No no you won't let go
This life you hold so dear
Will fade in time...

We all are so faithful
We all are so lost within our hearts
There's a spark in reply
And then our colors burst in gold
And we all become like...Fading into nothing, fading into nothing
Just a trace of my life
That burns when I fade acrossAnd still we all are so hopeful
So you write our sins in our blood
We look so tired in our eyes
Yet so afraid ofFading into nothing, fading into nothing
Just a trace of my life
That burns when I fade acrossWe all are so, we all are so faithfulFading into nothing, fading into nothing
Just a trace of my life
That burns when I fade acrossFading into nothing, fading into nothing
Just a trace of my heart
Leaves its mark upon a heart

Electric windmill skyline
The cracking soil beneath my feet
It's pearls drenched with lust
This empty bed, the sweat soaked sheets
It's like they empty out the ocean
Bodies mending this scorched earth
It's like they empty out the ocean
Bodies mending this scorched earth
So call me on your long walks home
Where drunken voices bleed into oneIf you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you areI will to you the smell of burning leaves
Rusted windchimes and the feverish glow of fireflies
We were such terrible liars
We were such passionate lovers
We were such terrible liars
We were such passionate lovers
So call me on your long walks home
Where drunken voices bleed into oneIf you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you areWe awoke on your cluttered bed
To the schoolchildren below
Our teeming hearts
Habitual words are effortlessly flung
We were such terrible liars
We were such passionate lovers
We were such terrible liars
We were such passionate lovers
We were such terrible liars
We were such passionate lovers
We were such terrible liars
We were such passionate lovers
(Call me on your long walks home
Where drunken voices bleed into one)If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
Stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are
Stay where you are
If you're not in love, stay where you are

While Kansas city sleeps
Cloaked in the twilight of this valley
At this church cross standing
Roadside from a tree
I keep driving to the most desolate seclusions
My blackest secrets still imprison me
And why don't we say what we really feel?Whenever things are at their best...
Whatever lies will help you rest
Whenever things are at their best...
Why do we wait for it to fall apart?
Fall apartWelcome to the after-taste
Of cheap wine and bad decisions
My heart trembles in this morning prayer
I can't turn my eyes
From this inner most seductions
But still somehow you found me there
And why don't we say what we really feel?Whenever things are at their best...
Whatever lies will help you rest
Whenever things are at their best...
Why do we wait for it to fall apart?It's my mistake to say
I'm not the world safest bet
I've never been too good at being good
And its probably sad to say...Whenever things are at their best...
Whatever lies will help you rest
Whenever things are at their best...
Why do we wait for it to fall apart?Whenever things are at their best...
Whatever lies will help you rest
Whenever things are at their best...
Why do we wait for it to fall apart?

Here's a long evasive story
Of failed hopes and glories
Old chandeliers and scratched out 45's
Some hands for my procession
And a couple drunk confessions
I'm soaked in rapture tonightNo lie, no lie, no lie...
Believe me when I say
That I'm trying hard today
But I'm not right, no, I'm not right
Tell me it's not true
I would never lie to you
I'm not right, no, I'm not right
Maybe you will see it wasn't meant to be
But it's not me...The sins of the faithful
The luxuries of regret
And its a faithless
To have no loss tragedies
An acted up rectification
With all the best intentions
Smite me for my inquietudes,No lie, no lie, no lie...
Cant believe you say
That you're better of this way
But I'm not right, no, I'm not right
Tell me what you see when you still look at me
I'm not right, no, I'm not right
I'm sorry when I say I'm still holding on todayAnd will you forgive me
When I found out I was stray
On the outskirts of the room
Doubled up on angel dust
There crying on my knees
For some god to come
And save this lifeless soul
And my ghost will wrap this words
As you cry yourself to sleepI'm not right, no, I'm not right
I never want to know what I'm capable of
I'm not right, no, I'm not right
Tell me its not true, but I will not believe you
I'm not right, no, I'm not right
Maybe you will see that it wasn't meant to be
But it's not me...

You'll be forever an angel
In a sun dress blowing in the sweet September wind.
At least that's how I choose to remember,
And in my heart you'll never love againMaybe it's too late to regain sight of all that we have lost
Got to hold on to this moment
Don't let go
Maybe it's too late for redemption now.I see a blanket of pale white snow
On the street side from this doll house full of open words
And the stained glass of the church next door
Casts its light upon this empty room
And your eyes, they used to shine as bright
As northern lights without
The demand to be loved
Is the greatest arrogance
And I can never make you love me againBut when all else fails it fails
Did I fail you?
Will you fail me too?
Because there's nothing that I wouldn't do to hold on to you
But you give me nothing to hold on to.And maybe it's too late
To keep the one I love from giving up and I,
I guess it's too late for forgiveness
God forgive me!
I guess it's too late for a family nowEverything reminds me of you
Everything reminds me of youYou're an angel in a sun dress
And my heart will never love again...

All this useless beauty is haunting to my heart
Dim the headlights, make amendments
Starry sea of nightOh, sounds of silence so enchanting, all embracing
So seductive and so pure
Oh, I'm so insensitive, alright
Beauty is touched by the lightStare into lights on this motorway
Puncturing in the night
I often wonder what it would feel like
A slight jump to the right
Everything goes blindOh, I'm so insensitive, alright
Sadness so touched by the lightOh, sound of sadness, beautiful sadness
Whispering softly
And this final portion of night, it is oursOh, I'm so sensitive, alright
Oh, beauty is touched by the light

I traveled to each road and the end of the earth
With no where else to go I looked back in amazement
When I finally realized how farther I had actually gone
I was still standing in the same place that I started
Till I found out and I cried out that there was silence
A definite silence... more brilliant than anythingAnd there was a bird with feathers brightest red and it spoke
At least that what you saw
I saw an angel on the whitest Novembers morning
And I had sang the sweetest cry since she wanted to reach down
And tell me that it would me all right
And tell me it would be alrightI walked out and stared into the golden sun
I was blinded by an endless timeless beauty
Till I found out and I cried out that there was silence
A definite silence... more brilliant than anythingAnd there was a bird with feathers brightest red and the smoke
At least that what you saw
I saw an angel on the whitest Novembers morning
And I had sang the sweetest cry since she wanted to reach down
And tell me that it would me all right
And tell me it would be alright

The smell of incense
It fills the air inside this room
Cast of light colorly strewn about the floor
A casket lined with pills
And the bitter taste of absinth
To wash it downAnd so it ends like it began
At a cross
Along this interstate
A worn inscription
All cracked and faded
These actions will remain
When bodies turn to dust
And from this monument
I will drown inside the anguish of your heartA new dawn broke this morning
Tears were raining in this room
As pure as holy water
Reflecting images of you
This world is like a whore
So ravish and so beautiful
So bitter cold and all aloneAnd if I had my way
We'd wake up on the day we met
I'd stare into your heart for hours
And try to make you hear the sweetest thoughts
But not tonight
We die inside each others arms
We'd revel in our last embrace
I'd steal the breath right from your heart
And kiss you as we dieI rest my lifeless head upon your heart
Forever
I rest my lifeless head upon your heart
Forever
I rest my lifeless head upon your heart
ForeverMaybe I'll bring you sunlight after all
I'm sorry
Maybe I'll bring you sunlight after all
I'm sorry
Maybe I'll bring sunlight after all
I'm sorry
Maybe I'll be sunlight after all
So sorryMaybe I'll greet sunlight after all
I'm sorry
Maybe I'll greet sunlight after all