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I wish I were the man who doesn't love you
The man who doesn't love you gets along all right
He isn't thinking of you every day and night
Oh how happy he must be
I wish I were the man who never met you
The man who never met hasn't seen those eyes
And he would hardly let you haunt him otherwise
Oh how grateful he must be
I do the best I can but the man who doesn't love you isn't me
Okay your hands are clean
Okay you never mean to hurt me
Oh, you hurt me though
Okay you're not aware
But do you even care you hurt me?
Oh, you hurt me so
You're as bright
And as far
As a star
I wish I were the kid who didn't need you
Oh if I didn't need you what a life I'd know
I wouldn't breathe and bleed you everywhere I go
Oh how lucky I would be
I do the best I can but the man who doesn't love you isn't me
Okay your hands are clean
Okay you never mean to hurt me
Oh, you hurt me though
Okay you're not aware
But do you even care you hurt me?
Oh, you hurt me so
You're as bright
And as far
As a summer we'd spend kissing in the car
As the lifetimes we've been wasting at the bar
But there's a gap between the girls and the guitar
There is smoke between the stage and the cigar
Don't you go mistaking starlight for a star
There is dark between the dream and who we are
All the things we'll never be and who we are
All the things we'll never be and who we are
And I'm trying to be fine with who we are...
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Relentless
05:22
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On summer porches the torches are lit
But the light's pretty thin and opinion is split
So we sit
Impatient
Little hands tapping out a telegraph of battle plans
We get to poking, provoking on cue
And I can't even try saying why we all do what we do
But we do it
No regrets
That's just how it goes and goes and gets
Relentless...
The night's spread out, the light's still thin
But the blunt's real thick and it's quicker than gin
We want in
Impatient
Tonight's a thrill
Tomorrow...is tomorrow is tomorrow still
And she goes loco on SoCo and lime
Talking about Psy, or Dubai, or like violent crime
Killing time
But time ain't dying
There's no release
And every conversation piece goes on and on increasingly
Relentless...
And even when I try to catch a minute's rest
Count my blessings, hold them tightly to my chest
I know each moment has its moment then it's gone
And this goes on and on and on and on...
Relentless! Relentless! Relentless! Relentless!
I went out to the trees where he hung
About a hundred degrees and no breeze but he swung
And he's young
And all I was thinking about are the times within us when we can't take
The unremitting cycle of form then forget then forsake
And for what?
For self-esteem?
To talk so there's a little less space to scream?
The How is easy
Much harder Why
Still quiet, let it slip you by
The rising echo crying out
Relentless!
Relentless! Relentless! Relentless! Relentless!
You leave for vacation, you're back for the action
Vacation, duration, duration, distraction
You're out at the taping, you're home in the study
There's no one escaping, so dance everybody...
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The Right Thing
05:09
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Baby are you feeling upset?
Maybe just a little left out?
Is it that everybody else seems fine these days?
Don't go giving up on me yet!
Things are sinking heavy no doubt
But if you're cruising for a lift don't worry Honey
I got ways
There's a slick new twist
That the kids all do
Once you crack the gist
Then you'll dig it too
No you can't resist
When the beat blows through
And the steadies start showing you how
Now
Everybody's doing the right thing
Everybody's doing the right thing
The right thing
Why you trying to be different?
Maybe you should try to be better!
The right thing!
You can do the right thing.
Why you going at it alone?
What is it you're having to prove?
Is it that everybody always told you you were the special one?
Can't you see those speakers are blown?
Quit it with the chasing your groove
What if you aimed a little lower
Tried a little harder
To try to work together to get shit done
It's a hip new hop
That the kids all sweat
And they just can't stop
The more pissed they get
Are you set to drop?
Do you like it yet?
Won't you start it all over again?
Then
Everybody's doing the right thing
Everybody's doing the right thing
The right thing
Why you trying to be different?
Maybe you should try to be better!
The right thing!
You can do the right thing...
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It's gone now
Whatever I had
Come on now
Your head's just caught
It's not so bad
But I have just been lying in my room for ages
Flipping through a book but I don't see the pages
All the ways I used to pass the time before
They don't really do it for me
Anymore
It's shut now
The space I used to feel
So what now
Okay I know it's no big deal
Okay I know
But it feels like I've been curled up in the dark forever
Been asking myself questions when the answer's "Never"
All the pretty places I would smile before
They don't do it anymore
They don't do it for me anymore
They don't do it for me anymore
They don't do it for me anymore
I'm sorry
I'd really like to care
I'm just in this kind of headspace though
And feeling so, I don't know, self-aware
I guess I'm desperate for a real sensation
But I don't even feel the sense of desperation
Somewhere there are people that I adore
And they don't do it anymore
They don't do it for me anymore
They don't do it for me anymore
They don't do it for me anymore
Am I really trusting what my mind thinks?
I should just be trying hard to let go
Why am I relying on my instincts?
They were gonna fuck me from the get-go...
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5. |
I Don't Need Your Love
03:34
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I used to ache for your attention
I'd live or die upon your smile
I wasted lonely days
Sitting, counting all the ways
I'd somehow steal your sunshine for a while
I suffered more than I will mention
I suffered more than you recall
But I got news, My Dear
Now I am free and clear
Today I woke up knowing I don't need your love at all
So you can dance where you like, Honey
I don't mind
I don't need your love, I don't need your love anymore
Go head and lie to my face if you're
So inclined
I don't need your love, I don't need your love anymore
You really put me through the ringer
And it was worse when things were good
We'd kiss and I'd wonder when
You'd shut me out again
That hurt more than rejection ever could
Now, Babe, you know I'm not a singer
But lately I've been singing everywhere
Two years of lows and lows
But when it goes, it goes
I hit our bars and never even notice you aren't there
So you can dance where you like, Honey
I don't mind
I don't need your love, I don't need your love anymore
Go head and lie to my face if you're
So inclined
I don't need your love, I don't need your love anymore
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