belle and sebastian

get me away from here, im dying
play me a song to set me free
nobody writes them like they used to
so it may as well be me

think of it this way
you could either be successful
or be us
with our winning smiles
and us
with our catchy tunes and words
now we're photogenic
you know we dont stand a chance

i'll settle down with some old story
about a boy who's just like me
thought there was love in everything and everyone
you're so naive

they always reach a sorry ending
they always get it in the end
still it was worth it
as i turned the pages solemnly
and then
with a winning smile
the boy with naivety succeeds

at the final moment
i cried
i always cry at endings

that wasnt what i meant to say at all

from where i'm sitting
rain has set my mind to wander
into the windows of my lovers
they never know unless i write

this is no declaration
i just thought i'd let you know

"goodbye," said the hero in the story
it is mightier than swords
i could kill you, sure
but i could only make you cry with these words

a perfect circle

delusional
i believed i could cure it all for you dear
coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you
make it right for you
like i could magically heal you

far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to rescue you

drunk on ego, truly thought i could make it right
if i kissed you one more time
to help you face the nightmare

but you're far too poisoned for me
such a fool
to think that i could wake you from your slumber
that i could actually heal you

poisoned and hopeless
far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to find a way to comfort you
hiding from some poisoned memory

bright eyes

lately i've been wishing i had one desire
something that would make me never want another
something that would make it so that nothing matters
all would be clear then
but i guess i'll have to settle for a few brief moments
and watch it all dissolve into a single second
try to write it down into a perfect sonnet
or one foolish line
'cause that's all that you'll get
so you'll have to accept
you are here
then you're gone

but i believe that lovers should be tied together
thrown into the ocean in the worst of weather
left there to drown
left there to drown in their innocence

but as for me i'm coming to the final chapter
i read all of the pages and there's still no answer
all that was before i know must soon come after
that's the only way it can be

so i stand in the sun
and i breathe with my lungs

trying to spare me the weight of the truth
saying everything you've ever seen was just a mirror
spent your whole life sweating in an endless fever
now you're laying in a bathtub full of freezing water
wishing you were a ghost

but once you knew a girl and you named her lover
danced with her in kitchens through the greenest summer
autumn came, she disappeared
you can't remember where she said she was going to
but you know that she is gone
'cause she left you a song
that you don't want to sing

i believe that lovers should be chained together
thrown into a fire with their songs and letters
left there to burn
left there to burn in their arrogance

but as for me i'm coming to my final failure
killed myself with changes trying to make things better
ended up becoming something other
than what i had planned to be

now i believe that lovers should be draped in flowers
and layed entwined together on a bed of clover
left there to sleep
left there to dream of their happiness

bright eyes

the picture is far too big to look at, kid
your eyes won't open wide enough
and you are constantly surrounded by that swirling stream
of what is and what was

well, we've all made our predictions
but the truth still isn't out
so if you want to see the future
go stare into a cloud
and keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories

it all sort of looks familiar
until you get up close and then it's different, clearly
but each time you turn a corner
you're right back where you were
and your only hope is that forgetting might make a door appear

and there is nothing i know
except that this lifetime is just one moment
and wishing will just leave me empty
so you can try and live in darkness
but you will never shake the light
it will greet you every morning
and make you more aware with its absence at night
but i have seen the day of your awakening
and it's coming soon
so go ahead and loose yourself in liquor
and you can praise the clouded mind
but it isn't what you're thinking
no, it's the course of history
your position in line
you're just a piece of the puzzle
so i think you'd better find your place

you were carved from bone
but your heart it's just sand
and the wind is going to scatter it
and cover everything with love
so if it makes you happy
then keep kneeling
but i am standing up
because this veil it has been lifted
my eyes are wet with clarity
i'm going to follow the road
and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my body

so you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die
or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky

white stripes

i've been thinking of a little place down by the lake
they've got a dirty old road leading up to the house
i wonder how long it will take
until we're alone
sitting on the front porch of that home
stomping our feet on the wooden boards
never have to worry about locking the door

it might sound silly
for me to think childish thoughts like these
but i'm so tired of acting tough
and i'm going to do what i please

let's get married
in a big cathedral by a priest
because if i'm the man that you love the most
you could say "i do" atleast

silverchair

please die ana
for as long as you're here, we're not
you make the sound of laughter
and sharpened nails seem softer
sandpaper tears corrode the film
and you're my obsession
i love you to the bones
and i need you now somehow

john vanderslice

look at me, still as a Monterey pine
look at me and follow my lead
if they catch me, they catch me
but i'll be running

we ditched out the parade
and what was there to commemorate?
and what was left to remember?
not sure what really happened on that day