Anna’s Sweater

On the 22
Slowly crossing town
You looked at me
Yea you were lookin’
You were lookin’ down at me
So low in subtlety

Well I’m not the victim here
That much I know
That much is clear
But it’s just that much
It’s just that much

And this I know
If I could close my eyes
Hell would give me sight
Able to see you
The way I saw that night
Saw that night

And if I close my eyes
Hell would give me sight
Able to see you
The way I saw that night

Soft words echo loud into his ears
And this is not as bad
As it, as it appears
As it appears

See the clouds light the way
To a perfect view
To a perfect day
It’s just that much
It’s just that much

And this I know
If I could close my eyes
Hell would give me sight
Able to see you
The way I saw that night
Saw that night

And if I close my eyes
Hell would give me sight
Able to see you
The way I saw that night

Your Birthday Present

Do you wonder how I am
What ever became of me?
Do you envision my thin face
Where the beaten go to dream?
I didn’t want to cut the cord
You suck the life right out of me
Do you regret choices you’ve made?
I guess I was a mistake
I guess I was a mistake
I guess I was a mistake
I guess I’m your big mistake
Well, happy birthday anyway
Happy birthday

-The Good Life

Drive My Car

You don’t listen when he says,
That you don’t love him for his brain but for his head,
So pretty and so safe and so misread,
You don’t need this kid,
Could it be this kid?,
And when all the hate you throw,
Is all you really need to cut him from below,
Seems like everyone got tickets to the show,
To watch your cheeks go red,
Could it be this kid?

But the girl you speak, so goddamn dangerous,
Could it be you’re just like the rest of us?
And though you try you know you can’t escape from us,
When all he hears is the curse of what you did,
And all he knows is the need to keep you hid.

Could it be this kid?

And when all your nights have come,
Each as gallant and as faithless as this one.
He be nothing more than just another one,
Another past you hid.
You hid it from this kid.

And as the wind instains your face,
You know there’s no-one but yourself who’s out of place.
So fearful and so lost in his embrace.
You don’t need this kid.
Could it be this kid?

But the girl you speak, so goddamn dangerous,
Could it be you’re just like the rest of us?
And though you try you know you can’t escape from us,
When all he hears is the curse of what you did,
And all he knows is the need to keep you hid.

Could it be this kid?

“It’s hard” she said “my fortune’s been quite hard”
“It’s hard” she said “my fortune’s been quite hard”
“this card” he said “don’t play that victim card”
“this card” he said “don’t play that victim card”
“stars” she said “this fate is crossed with stars”
“it’s god” he said “it’s that I’ll disregard”
“this jar” he said “I’ll leave the door ajar”
“this car” he said “cos you should drive my car”

“has this gone much too far?” she said
“has this gone much too far?”
“I don’t know who you are”
“I don’t know who you are”

just before you break in two, one last thing he’ll say to you.
one last thing that’s ??? unheard, should it be unsaid?

I gave you more than you could take,
All that ??? was more at stake.
You keep your trophies on the wall,
Well I’ll take the door instead,
Cos you don’t need this kid.

But the girl you speak, so goddamn dangerous,
Could it be you’re just like the rest of us?
And though you try you know you can’t escape from us,
When all he hears is the curse of what you did,
And all he knows is the need to keep you hid.

Could it be this kid?

Into The Fold

The Shepherd:
I can’t say I’ve always been honest
You can’t say I’ve done a disservice
The girl, she’s just a child
She’s got a lot to learn and I’m helping out

The Observer:
Your deceit is under your wing
You won’t let her know you know it’s not appropriate
But all that hair, and porcelain
You swear it’s more than mere lust
Into the fold, into the fold
If she knew what you do
The pristine routine to fool the rube
The gentle gentleman, the loathed Lothario
You feign you change your ways but we know, yeah, we know
Can’t you can’t quell this need for submissives?

The Shepherd:
Oh such lovely girls
To lead each tender little lamb
Into the fold, into the fold
And you my pet, the sweetest yet
I’ll hold you closest to my heart
Into the fold

The Lamb:
I was in the student union
Studying for an English quiz
He came up and asked directions
To the new auditorium
We walked up and down the campus
No one had ever heard of it
He was so embarrassed
When he realized he had the wrong college
He offered to buy us coffee
For the time and effort wasted
We drank and talked for so long
We started making plans for dinner

The Shepherd:
She was young and impressionable
I pretended to need directions
She led me all over the campus
All the while I’m asking her questions
She agreed to have a cup of coffee
That’s when I started to lay it on heavy
Once she learned I studied Dostoevsky
It was in the bag

-Cursive

Captain Badass

departure and worry
still shakes me
resistance failed(x2)
and friendship failed(x2)
as lovers we did not fail(x2)
brown eyes your pulse is getting hotter
brown eyes your pulse is getting quicker
quote Captain Badass,
” I am setting you heart on fire
so when you leave me
i will burn on in your soul”.
you won’t have to think twice
if it’s love you will know
we get no second chance in this life(x2)
so a hot pulse is alright
so a quick pulse is alright
so a hot kiss is alright
so a long kiss is alright
so a long night is alright
and all night is alright
there ain’t no contest
against the final day
we’ll rise above us either way
we’re either greeted
by life or its reverse
then each day greeted
by fortune or its reverse
will you stand up for your one chance
will you stand up for love
we get no second chance in this life(x2)
you won’t have to think twice if its love
you will know

Tigress

it’s difficult not to worry about what happens next
certain looks sort out confused looks
and certain looks sport confused looks
and I watched us talking in the mirror
and you put on that look
that says this little star wishes she weren’t single
it is the eye that catches me a man protesting his worth
it is the year that catches you putting the shake on your words
you are alert as a tigress at a common table with her fate
you can almost taste it
we’ll be gone be morning or be together by then(x2)
and I believe every woman has made up her mind to win

Ink And Lead

In the distance, far away but clear
Was a light that blinded everything and near,
Was an opening so inviting
That question and fear just disappeared
Then the path was seen
Like recalling dreams
With the wits of knowing them both apart

Hold on
Hold onto the feeling that pulls us through

And we will survive time after time
And all these dreams we speak
And words we read won’t be
Just ink and lead, or sound from breath
Better left just burning in the coals

Hold on
Hold onto the feeling and the reason to
Hold on
Hold onto these four words, “In love with you”

It seems like we have the same dreams
It seems like we want the same things
A beginning
So right now, there’s no doubt

Hold on
Hold onto the feeling and the reason to
Hold on
Hold onto these four words, “In love with you”
Hold on…(x6)

-Hot Water Music

Almost Lover

Your fingertips against my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind in my chase
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

I never wanna see you unhappy
I thought you want the same for me
Goodbye my almost lover
Goodbye my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartbreak
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
In the shade
And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you’d never ever forget these images
No

I’d never wanna see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me
Goodbye my almost lover
Goodbye my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartbreak
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot try the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you’re gonna and I’m haunted
And I bet you are just fine
I’ll make it there
You walk right in and out of my life

Goodbye my almost lover
Goodbye my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

- A Fine Frenzy

My Point Forever Endlessly

you’re still fighting.
you’re still grinding your teeth.
you’re still not moving fast enough forward
but you’re still after me.
you’re still talking and talking
but you’re still in over your head
cause you still talk and talk by the gallon
but you still don’t want to burn that padded bed.
and you still open wide for salt
when it’s pouring down your wounds
and you still bow to gravity
and you’re still taking it literally
and you’re still laying down the law
but you still don’t know the truth
and you’re still not sure what’s happening here
cause you’re still not going to try
and you’re still addicted to way back when
instead of coming back to life
and I know you don’t want to hear it
cause you still can’t stand to see
and I know you still won’t drop your guard
cause I just might knock you free.
yeah, but my point forever endlessly
is you still don’t know you’re amazing,
you still don’t know you’re amazing,
you still don’t. know. you’re amazing
for the things you see

-Buddy Wakefield

I Remember

i remember it well
the first time that i saw
your head ’round the door
’cause mine stopped working
i remember it well
there was wet in your hair
you were stood in the stair
and time stopped moving

i want you here tonight
i want you here
’cause i can’t believe what i found
i want you here tonight
want you here
nothing is taking me down

i remember it well
taxied out of a storm
to watch you perform
and my ships were sailing
i remember it well
i was stood in your line
and your mouth
your mouth
your mouth
your mind
i want you here tonight i want you here
’cause i can’t believe what i found
i want you here tonight want you
’cause nothing is taking me down
‘cept you, my love..

come all ye lost
dive into moss
i hope that my sanity covers the cost
to remove the stain of my love
paper mache
come all ye reborn
blow off my horn
i’m driving real hard
this is love this is porn
god would forgive me
but i, i whip myself
scorn, scorn

i wanna hear
what you have to say about me
hear if you’re gonna live without me
hear what you want
i remember december

and i wanna hear
what you have to say about me
hear if you’re gonna live without me
i wanna hear what you want
what the hell do you want?

-Damien Rice