all lyrics ©1998 Tom Romero HOME

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SOMEDAYS I'M NOT SURE
WHETHER TO CELEBRATE
OR FLY OUT THE NEAREST WINDOW

TAKE EVERYTHING I OWN
PACK IT UP IN THE CAR
AND LIGHT THE WHOLE THING ON FIRE

BURN IT UP, LET IT GO
BURN IT UP AND LET IT GO

SOMEDAYS I DIE
I SUFFOCATE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF WASTED TIME
SOMEDAYS I WANT TO CRY
BUT WHAT'S THE POINT? THAT'S THE CATCH
THERE'S NO ONE AROUND

CARRY ON CARRY ON
DON'T ASK ME TO LAY DOWN MY ARMS
HAVEN'T WON, HAVE NOT WON
WON ANY BATTLES YET

SOMETIMES GOOD INTENTIONS
ARE WORSE THAN A WELL PLACED LIE
AND LIES ARE NOT AS EASILY BROKEN
AN HONEST MAN
IS SOMETIMES RESPECTED
BUT MOST OFTEN FEAR IS BETTER SPOKEN

PICK HIM UP, KICK HIM DOWN
PICK HIM UP TO KICK HIM DOWN

SOME TIMES I FEEL
LIKE A SHINING PINBALL
PULL ME BACK AND BOUNCE ME ROUND
SOMEDAYS I'M A SPRING
ON A LOADED WEAPON
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SQUEEZE MY TRIGGER

CARRY ON CARRY ON
DON'T ASK ME TO LAY DOWN MY ARMS
HAVEN'T WON, HAVE NOT WON
WON ANY BATTLES YET

SOMEWHERE ON THIS LINE
THERE'S A POT OF GOLD
BUT GOLD IS ONLY WISHES PAINTED
SOMEWHERE OVER THAT RAINBOW
THERE'S A LAND
THAT'S NOT HALF AS EASILY TAINTED

CARRY ON CARRY ON
DON'T ASK ME TO LAY DOWN MY ARMS
HAVEN'T WON, HAVE NOT WON
WON ANY BATTLES YET

JULIO

I know
you try hard to listen to me
I am
frustrated laughing and disconnected
I wish
I could be you for half an hour
I'd be
all dolled up and disenchanted

Julio, you never listen
foolin you ain't even fun anymore

Use me
you seem to function a little better
Take turns
who'll be the better disappointment

Julio, you never listen
Let me down but you never lift me
Mirror up, eye full of misses
smooth the lines cause you didn't earn them

BLISTERS

Hold me firmly, don't shake me
Look, see, feed me when you take me
Hardly missing the breakdown
slowly melt into puddles in the yard

We can settle the eyes
There's reason to fly
And meddle in this
Fuck the wishing well dry
And falling away
And falling apart
With someone new

A face in winter of fire
Fear and patience seem to float away
I ran, I ran, I ran
From the hidden, the faces

We can turn into one
But one ain't enough
So drift with the wind
The flame is under the skin
The burn doesn't fade
Just blisters

It's not enough, it's not enough
Not what I say, not what I say
It's not enough, it's not enough
Not what I say, not what I say
Say, say something
Don't fade
Use me softly
Don't turn the other way
JUMPIN' UP TO HEAVEN

I'm jumpin up to heaven
I'm trying to hold on to the clouds
But they keep slipping through my fingers
And I keep falling down
I keep falling down

I'm looking for the daydreams
Like when I was a child at the window
Wish I'd stayed awake there forever
But the day turns into night
And I'm lost without the light

Babe
Hold me here forever
Safe

But you don't understand
You only want the smiles
And I'm jumpin up to heaven

I'm standing in the chair
And the rope's shorter than me
Help me please
I'm lost without my nightmare of living
Do I wash my hands of you
Guess I wash my hands of you

Babe
Hold me here for ever
Safe
But you don't understand
You only want the smiles
And I'm jumpin up to heaven

Denny Song

I WOULD DO ANYTHING
TO GET YOU BACK INSIDE OF ME
I WAS INSANE

I THOUGHT I DIDN'T LOVE YOU
I WAS WRONG
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PAIN

CHORUS:
DON'T SAY I'M HURTING YOU
CAUSE I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH PAIN I PUT YOU THROUGH
MY PAIN IS WORSE I THINK
WELL IT'S THE ONLY PAIN THAT MATTERS TO ME

ADVISE IS WORTHLESS
I KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT
TO GET YOU BACK AT ANY COST

MY FRIENDS THINK THEY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH
BUT THEY'RE ALL OLD AND MARRIED
AND I AM LOST

(CHORUS)

AWAKE AT NIGHT I STARE INTO A VOID
I NEVER HAD AN EMPTY SPACE
BEFORE

I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED, SAD, ALONE...
WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'RE NOT THROUGH
WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S TRUE?
THAT'S ALL I'LL LISTEN TO
(CHORUS)
(CHORUS)

UNDERRATED

I KNEW YOU WHEN YOU WERE JUST DROWNING
NOT WHEN YOU WERE SOMEONE
YOU WANTED TO BE

I KNEW YOU
WHEN YOU WERE JUST PRAYING
YOU WERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
JUST DREAMING
YOU'RE DISTANT AND THEN NOTHING TO ME
CAUSE I KNEW YOU

I HOLD ON TO IT
I CAN'T FORGET WHO
I THOUGHT I WANTED TO BE

I KNOW I'M SOMETHING
I NEEDED SOMETHING
WHY CAN'T I ENDEAVOR TO BE

THAT SOMEONE
IT'S NOT SOMEONE
BUT IT'S SOMETHING
DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT IT TO BE

I'M NOT HIM BUT
I'M NOT THAT BUT
WHAT I AM's NOT
WHAT I WANTED TO BE

BUT WHAT I AM's
MISGUIDED AND FRIGHTENED
I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO

I THINK OF LOVE
IT SEEMS SO DISTANT
AND UNDERRATED
UNDERRATED

I'M NOT AFRAID, NO
I KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT
WE'RE DISTRAUGHT
IF WE COULD JUST LET IT ALL GO

I WON'T PRETEND
I'M DIFFERENT
NOT SPECIAL
THOUGH I WANTED TO BE
BUT I'M NOT
BUT I'M NOT
BUT I'M NOT
NOT WHAT I WANTED TO BE
NAKED STANDING

Baby, I'm standing naked and you're laughing at me
I feel a cool chill take me like a safe luxury
your words are all tricky and tangled
I don't eve know what they mean
You take your modest disguise to an awkward extreme

Baby
Don't shovel your dirt over me
Maybe
I could share in this obscene melody

Honey, we're turning circles we ain't going nowhere
Funny, but I keep dreaming that I'm not even here
Heartache, heartbreak, old cliché's
It's safe to say we're fading away
Kill the mouse just to watch him drown, flush him down, he's spinning round
And then he disappears forever

Baby
Don't shovel your dirt over me
Maybe
I could share in this obscene melody
Baby
Don't shovel your dirt over me
Maybe
I could share in this obscene melody
POOR DOG

OH, THOUGHT I SAW YOU GASP OUT YOUR LAST BREATH
SO INNOCENT
YOU DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HURT SO BAD
BUT YOU'RE NOT ANGRY
JUST CONFUSED

THEY RUN YOU DOWN
DON'T HEAR A SOUND
AND TRAVEL ON THIER MERRY WAY
THEY JUST DENY

AND YOURE NOT GONNA DIE

OH, I'M SO AFRAID
SO AFRAID
THEY WILL NEVER KNOW
NEVER KNOW

THEY WALK AWAY
LIKE IT'S OK
LIKE IT'S TO LATE TO HELP YOU NOW
THEY RUN YOU DOWN
DON'T HEAR A SOUND
AND TRAVEL ON THIER MERRY WAY
THEY JUST DENY

AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE
FIREFLY'S

SHE GIVES
I TAKE
SHE SLEEPS
I'M AWAKE
SHE LAUGHS
I THINK
SHE PRAYS
AND I DRINK

SHE'S SOFT
I'VE GROWN COLD
SHE BREATHS
I HOLD MY BREATH
SHE SEES
I FORGE MY LIES
SHE BLEEDS
AND COMPROMISE

WE SAY, WE SAY, THE MEANEST THINGS
THE PAIN, THE PAIN, THE PAIN
WE SHARE
WE REACH WE WIELD THE BLADE THAT SHINES
WE CUT, WE CUT, BUT FAR TO DEEP

SHE BATHES
I FLOAT AWAY
SHE READS
AND I DECAY
SHE PLAYS
I CALCULATE
SHE LOVES
BUT I'M TOO LATE

WE SAY, WE SAY, THE MEANEST THINGS
THE PAIN, THE PAIN, THE PAIN
WE SHARE
WE REACH WE WIELD THE BLADE THAT SHINES
WE CUT, WE CUT, BUT FAR TO DEEP

We BITE WE SCREAM
WE'RE WHORES AT LEAST
WE CLAW OUR SOULS OUT
FOR THIS BEAST
WE SCRATCH OUR HEADS
AND CRAP OUT LIES
AND CATCH OUR DREAMS
LIKE FIREFLYS
FIREFLYS
FIREFLYS
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WHEN I CRACK OPEN MY HEART
LIKE AN EGG
WHAT COMES SPILLING OUT?
IT IS YOU

WHEN I TRIED TO TETHER
MY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
WHO WAS HOISTING THE LINE
IT WAS YOU

WHEN I WAS BLINDFOLDED
AND PUSHED TO THE WALL
WHO CONFRONTED THE BULLET
IT WAS YOU

WHEN THEY SMASHED ME TO PIECES
AND TURNED ON THE NIGHT
WHEN I WISHED ON A STAR
IT WAS YOU

TUCK YOU IN TO BED
NO WORDS LEFT UNSAID
STROKING GENTLE HEAD
FULL, YOUR HEART IS FED

WHEN I WAS FAST FROZEN
A BEAR IN THE LIGHTS
WHO WOULD SLOW TO A STOP
IT WAS YOU

WHEN I WAS NOT BREATHING
NOT SIGHING A SOUND
HO WAS LIGHT LIKE A BREATH
IT WAS YOU