I Am
Sad Birthday
Honeymoon
Reasons
Cold Runway
Oto the Bear
So Many Ways to Die
Marriage
Laurita
Malaysia
Pyramid
25 Daniels
Matthew
Kate and Kelsey
I am lost in the sand building you a pyramid
in the hall we're celebrating what is called sad birthday
you're the host, it's up to you to make the toast on this cursed day
count to 3, but there is no one else to sing (1 2 3 ) happy birthday
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count your gifts, count again what did you miss nothing anyway
candles burn, make a wish and then adjourn to the next day
cut the cake, get in line and take a plate, the polite way
postman comes, a stack of bills between his thumbs just to throw away
check your phone there's just one message it's from home and they forgot to say
happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday to you
throw the body in the lake
and take a chance that no one finds out
your life is stories that you fake
and rake like leaves behind you
so row the boat into the bay
and say you've lost your compass
your life is pieces that you play
and maybe they will trump us
blow the kiss you never felt
and belt your wife for smiling
love is lying by yourself
alone awake and crying
honey
even if you knew
even if you knew
even if you knew
what lies, what lies behind that honeymoon
sew the ribbon round your throat
and coat your mouth with honey
your life is books you never wrote
and tote only for money
dig a hole into the ground
and pound the earth in outrage
your life is treasures that you've found
and drowned in lakes that you've made
show the soul you never had
a fad that will not save you
your life is hiding all the bad
and sad smiles that break you
honey
even if you knew
even if you knew
even if you knew
what lies, what lies behind that honeymoon
honey if you took back all the promises and rings
and little things and when he sings would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
movies that you make and you hit stop and you hit play
and the scenes are day by day would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
comb through all facts to learn his words are rather heady
says he's ready to go steady would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
pies that you will bake when you are sittin in the kitchen
are you listenin to what your missing would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
be the first to crack when your new love must be measured
under pressure under pleasure would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
suckle on the lack of all the hugs you never got
and if you rot it's what you bought would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
dew lies on the haystack you were tied and you were tethered
like a feather in stormy weather would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon.
be the first to crack when your new love must be measured
under pressure under pleasure would you still know
what lies behind that honeymoon
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so many ways to die |
so many ways to think
how differently we interpret the brink
between the side of life worth living
and the point at which you're better off to sink
so many ways to laugh
chortle chuckle giggle cachinnate guffaw like william howard taft
science has proven it's correlated
with the number of days your life will pass
so many ways to die
so many different ways to lie
should a community allow
or should society continue to deny
what could i say where do you go
what could i do what could i know
so many different lives
so many different ways to hide
but if you open your shutters
you might find the joy that only lives outside
so many ways to dance
so many different meanings for glance
but you only get a few if you keep staring at your shoes
you will miss every single chance
three thousand different ways
they could've rearranged your dna
but I believe just for today that
you can conquer your affliction of the brain
what would you say to marriage
after the 200th time I told the same joke
and then I broke your favorite watch with my heel
what would you say of true love
after the 200th time I told you I loved
and then I blew your confidence with a lover that was in my past
I thought you knew, I thought you knew
this was marriage
would you still find me pretty
after the 200th time I wore the same skirt
and then I hurt your dream job offer because I was scared
would you still buy me dinner
after the 200th time I dropped my silver fork
and the nursery rhyme stork never brought a baby to you
I thought you knew
I thought you knew
this was
just two names on a court certificate
20 years and the same kiss
and I thought you knew
I thought you knew
this was marriage
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laurita yo tengo un secreto para ti un lugar que siempre es sagrada para mi |
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monsoon winds will take you home to my malaysia |
hauling your limestone all over town
won't you send me a message and keep me around
building you a pyramid
lost in the sand, lost in the sand
nomads they will find you
your locks will never hold
prophets will forget you
history is painted gold
she's a scarab collector that's what she is
i can tell by the wrapping that's hanging from her wrist
made you a capstone built it from scratch
but I planned no exit or safety hatch
25 daniels rode off that day
they were wearing the same coat of blue
no one was sure how many would die
but most guessed it'd be at least 22
and so damn old man time and his dirty trick ways
made the worst month of her life feel like 36 days
and the last time she smiled was for heaven and you
in the winter of 1972
25 daniels rode off that day
they were wearing the same coat of blue
each of them thought they would surely survive
cos their courage was loyal and true
and so damn the other side and their dirty trick ways
how the redcoats conspired to make dirty water ways
and the last time she smiled was for heaven and you
in the winter of 1972
on the lam was one daniel the lone runaway
who had thrown off his coat of blue
he won a whole in his sock, scored a hole in his shirt
where the bullets should have gone through
and so damn old man time and his dirty trick ways
made the worst month of her life feel like 36 days
and the last time she smiled was for heaven and you
in the winter of 1972
playing checkers in the great hall
made math and science school a little less not fun at all
studying all night for dr. kish's quiz
at least you never caught Yersinia pestis
LAN parties after lights out
some got mad when we competed for the longest shout
Suspended for a week when i propped a door
so we drove to shawnee to get some tips from rushmore
it was looking pretty bleak - would they let us stay?
But did we really want imprisonment anyway?
Still, I'm pretty glad they let us back in
You were a pretty shoddy roommate but i'd do it again
Don't ever take for granted what you're given
mathew when they found you they had found you finding jesus as well
the poison had caught you in its spell
did nobody bother you to tell
the catholics would banish you to ...
well they should know that you're in
a better part of hell
Making fun of tyler and aaron for being so fat
and how laura was such a brat
double-cut punch right across the chin
boxing during study time once and again
and with a couple old foils we'd fight and then
party in the dark to Aphex Twin
Always kind of an ass, always making us laugh
i used to like looking into the past
now you're out of line, now you're out of time
forever asshole
did you really think you had it the worst of all?
you had: everything you ever needed
except another head a little less conceited
forget about the ones that once you needed
matthew when they found you they had found you finding jesus as well
the poison had caught you in its spell
did nobody bother you to tell
the catholics would banish you to
well they should know that you're in
a better part of hell
than the darkness whence you fell before
matt when they found you they had found that you'd found christ where
you lay
he gave you the strength to live, they say.
i think he gave you the strength to pass away
he made you believe it was okay
to produce all the pain and blame
anchors away!
five hundred yesterdays
before you took your breath away.
not a lot to say
nothing much to do
there is a part of you
in every of the ones you knew
one of whom forever blue
i only wish you knew
that the gun that failed to fire beforehand
tried to tell you nothing new
kate and kelsey
we will marry you
on the road to north carolina
strawberries in your hand
we will take your hands
promise to walk hand in hand
because I cannot stand to be alone
southern love affair
love is truth or dare
does the warm air make you nervous
tobacco farmland
will you learn to plow by hand
promise to walk hand in hand
because I cannot stand to be alone
kate and kelsey
we will marry you
hate and jealousy
carry a penalty
that I don't think we can ignore
if we bury all our plans
fill our hearts with all the sand
then we'd walk hand in hand
because I cannot stand to be alone
let's burn what we share
love is a ruthless stare
that your brown hair does not hide
goodbyes are never grand
love is timing where we stand
even if we drop our hands
because I cannot stand to be alone