It's not the world that's out of order
It's me, it's me
Guess I ran along my borders
Just to see, just to see
If a friendly face would drop by and rescue me
But I lost my faith as I lost my breath
It's not the street that's made of concrete
It's you, it's you
Guess I try to penetrate it with this point of view
I had never taken more than I give to you
I was led astray and I lost my way
Never felt so alone
Stripped naked and cold to the bone
Lost my faith in her on my own
With no queue by the door to my home
It's not the light that casts the shadow
It's doubt, it's doubt
As a melancholic sorrow came about, came about
I had never fought as hard though as I do for you
I'm not getting strong to prove I'm wrong
Never felt so alone
Stripped naked and cold to the bone
Lost my faith in her on my own
With no queue by the door to my home
And god sent an angel
An angel
She's an angel
An angel
Never felt so alone
Stripped naked and cold to the bone
Lost my faith in her on my own
With no queue by the door to my home
God sent an angel
Sent an angel
She's an angel
An angel
She's an angel
It's not my life that's obsolete
It's youth, my youth
Guess it took a while for me to see the truth, see the truth
I got stuck in minor details so I missed the point
I got so much more than I bargained for
Let's go steady!
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
The light that you seek just ain't in you today
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
So bang your head against the wall
But no one wants to see you fall down
The repetition kills you, the repetition kills you, the repetition kills you
Put your hands over your eyes
And stumble your way through the night
The repetition kills you, the repetition kills you, the repetition kills you
You feel lonesome don't you
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
The light that you seek just ain't in you today
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
So shout until your hear no more
But don't you ever ask yourself why
The repetition kills you, the repetition kills you, the repetition kills you
Dig yourself a bottomless hole
But don't you ever lose that light
The repetition kills you, the repetition kills you, the repetition kills you
This is a repetition of words, dancing needs a
repetition to work
You feel lonesome don't you
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
The light that you seek just ain't in you today
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
So bring it up, bring it up, bring it up yeah
The repetition kills you
So bring it up, bring it up, bring it up yeah
The repetition kills you
So bring it up, bring it up, bring it up yeah
The repetition kills you
So bring it up, bring it up, bring it up yeah
The repetition kills you
This is a repetition of words, dancing needs a
repetition to work
Stoplight is swaying and the phone lines are down
Snow is crackling cold
She took my heart, I think she took my soul
With the moon I run
Far from the carnage of the fiery sun
Driven by the strangle of vein
Showing no mercy I'd do it again
Open up your eyes
You keep on crying
Baby I'll bleed you dry
Skies are blinking at me
I see a storm bubbling up from the sea
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
You shimmy-shook my boat
Leaving me stranded all in love on my own
Do you think of me
Where am I now
Baby where do I sleep
Feels so good but I'm old
2000 years of chasing taking its toll
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
And it's coming closer
Scented and tall
And as I take on myself
And the bitterness I felt
I realise that love flows
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Through the glory of life
Disappointed and sore
And in my thoughts I have bled
For the riddles I've been fed
Another lie moves over
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?
The indie band on my mind these days is NYC's Francis and the Lights. They sound like the love child of a funkadelic Prince with a rockability Jerry Lee Lewis, raised by roadies on the Ziggy Stardust tour. This band gives away its music at two places on the Internet. On Striking (released in 2007) there are five songs for the taking. On A Modern Promise (2008) there's one freebie tune to download, and the video I've featured below. You can also buy the rest of the album in either mp3 or aiff, PLUS there's a link to a vinyl pre-order. (Yes, bands still do that. For giggles and shits.)
Now, go get yourself some new tunes!
We all need to feel secure
We're so middle class
But I'm still waiting for next week's chemical blast
Don't go feeling insecure, no feeling sad
With an M-16 you'll feel the surge of our American blast
But are you afraid?
You always said the world would never last
and Lola I'm not afraid
If you star-wipe all your past away
And the sun burns one more day
Lola, Lola, will the world end me and you
Lola, Lola, no we're never gonna make it through
Can you take me back to that place where stars glow
Comets swarm like fireflies outside your window
But are you afraid?
You always said the world would never last
And Lola I'm not afraid
If you star-wipe all your past away
And the sun comes one more day
Lola, Lola, will the world end me and you
Lola Lola Lola Lola ooooohhhh
Jacked from Google Books (where you can also read the entire damn thing online, which I highly recommend that you
do):
I saw a saviour
a saviour come my way
I thought I'd see it
at the cold light of day
but now I realise that I’m
Only for me
if only I could see
You turn myself to me
and recognise the poison in my heart
there is no other place
no one else I face
remedy, we’ll agree, is how I feel
here in my reflecting
What more can I say?
for I am guilty
for the voice that I obey
too scared to sacrifice a choice
chosen for me
if only I could see
You turn myself to me
recognise the poison in my heart
there is no other place
no one else I face
The remedy, to agree, is how I feel
Let's go steady!
They'll feel it in the back of their throat.
We know I can't construct a poem,
Cause words like girls get bored and run
C'est la vie, I say "I've got so many better things"
I've got nothing, you should see me,
I smoke myself to sleep.
And blame postmodern things I can't relate,
Like summer camp and coastal states.
Like alcohol and coffee beans.
Dance floors and magazines.
I think its safe to say I've only got myself to blame
But boys in swooping haircuts are bringing me down,
Taking pictures of themselves.
And so I walk the web in search of love,
But always seem to end up stuck.
I'm finding flaws in everyone.
I've reached the point where all I want,
Is to sleep around in hopes that I will catch back up.
We are parallel lines we’re running in circles,
We're never meant to cross.
I'm at a loss, you were my tangerine,
My pussycat, my trampoline.
Now alls I get are wincing cheeks,
And dog problems, I signed a lease.
Thinking my heart belonged at 93rd and park.
Instead I broke a girl’s heart,
And flew back to Phoenix to finish the year as it started.
Can you hear me?
Are you listening?
This is the sound of my heart breaking.
And I hope it's entertaining,
Cause for me it’s a bitch.
Was it worth it?
When you slept with him?
Did you get it all out of your system?
I am a man
Holding it all
I couldn’t breath
Coming across
I didn’t know
I couldn’t give up
B is for believing you'd always be here for me.
E is for everything, even when we see it though.
C, c is for seeing through you, you are a fake, which brings me to
A because, because, you always run away.
I never finish phrases, I misspell.
Open arms are prison cells.
When I said, "I hate what I've become"
I lied, I hated who I was.
So when you start to wonder 'bout the pain in my throat,
Then don't you ever, no never, ever, speak for someone you don't know.
Let's go steady!
