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1. Swallow The Sun It's February and I just want April. To take my hand and pick me up again. Yeah I'm numb, but it's really not that bad. Love life til you get it wrong, Take a breath and turn your head. Oh my god I've gotta get out of this trend. It's 8:00 in the middle of a last chance, Can't we just pretend we don't know, Anything or anyone or anywhere anyway. It's kinda scary in the dark in the dim light, Can't I just pretend I don't mind, Everything or everyone or everywhere anyway. I've got a lot of life and you've got nothing. Don't swallow the sun, The moon isn't bright enough. We're all like flashlights, Useless til you turn us on. Sex and cigarettes are real, the apocalypse. Is Fate, replace the "t" with a "k". Religion's a reminder that our past is filled with liars. I spell my name with capital letters, But I don't talk much 'cause I'm a beginner at this life thing. Yeah I'm young but that don't mean much here. If everyone knows that they're gonna grow old, Then why do we act like why we don't like the past? If we had the chance we'd do it all over again. I've spent 21 years. Replacing my old fears for new ones. I've asked why, how, and where? More times than I care to remember. I've got 7 days 'til a new week comes, And 24 hours to convince myself I'm real, 'Cause today I'm not so sure I even exist. Sitting by the sinners on a bad day. Everybody's kiss is contagious. I'm tired of watching wars on my tv screen. There's not an easy way to say this. Nobody likes a winter. Sitting on the wind while the trees get thinner. Can't you just pretend your a good kid? Can't I just pretend I really give a shit, Even though I don't really know how I want to live? I promise I'll be a better person this time next year. 2. Dressed Up Like Dreams I could be a better person but I choose not to. I'm as selfish as a suicide, and wait I take that back. I didn't mean to say it quite like that. Supercalifragalisticexpialadocious. I took all of my memories and threw them in the ocean. Just like that they drowned on impact. In a flurry of nightmares dressed up like dreams. I opened my eyes and managed to find some clairty. Don't hang onto words you don't understand. They're just letters in unalphabetical order anyway. Supercalifragalisticexpialadocious. I took all of my worries spun them in a single motion. Said "How about that, now you're on the inside". I'm outside and warm looking in at the mess.. I followed you here, with planned exact steps,. I made a map of words you left in other peoples ears. Wrote down your hopes, to do lists and fears. Drew you a picture, it's pretty if you squint. Regardless of my past I'm a pretty alright kid. I loved you, I left you for another that kissed better. Had prettier eyes than you. For reasons unknown you always dragged me down. It's not your fault you were born in this town. But could you be a little less depressing, and maybe smile a bit more? Hey there, I guess, I'm really not good at this. But love starts with "L" and so does liar. You're a prettier version of yourself ten years from now. You're brilliant but often late. I'm better off friendless. I guess, I guess, I guess. Well I could be wrong. I'm pretty fond of waking up. When it comes to lucky charms I eat the marshmallows first. I'm weird, sometimes I like to be lonely. But other times I hate the sound of silence. Let's dress up like dreams and pretend we're free. I hear it's nice, I'd like to try it sometime. 3. Summer Drive Song I bought a new life for $1.25 and some sunglasses too. It isn't easy growing up here. But don't take my advice. I'm not the best with words. And I can't read minds anymore. The traffic in this town is really pissing me off. The people here don't ever like to sing in their cars. They just turn their radios up to drown out their thoughts. California sunshine and Tennessee rain. I'm an East Coast kid with a West Coast way. And I don't mind the weather but I hate the way it has to change. Making out to mixtapes with Limbeck, Katrina and The Waves. Did I mention how I used to hate that song. Before I met that girl that was in love with The Beatles. California girls wear their sunglasses at night. Turns outs that Tom was right. All the vampires hangout on Ventura Boulevard. Uptown girls like to go down on the boys. That pretend they don't listen to the radio. The people inside hate the people outside. And the people outside are too drunk to care. Yeah the people outside are too drunk to care. I kinda like it when you don't remember my name. I'm just another face to forget. Hey what time did you say that the end is coming? I'm not sure if I'm ready yet. California sunshine and Tennessee rain. I'm an East Coast kid with a West Coast way. And I don't mind the weather but I hate the way it has to change. Making out to mixtapes with Limbeck, Katrina and The Waves. Did I mention how I used to hate that song. Before I met that girl that was in love with The Beatles. And did I mention that sometimes I'm not right? 4. Bottom Lips And Fingertips Bottom lips and fingertips. Two twenty something kids getting aquainted. In a dim lit room at the bottom of the stairs. Forget first names and old birthdays. Those were lost with the clothes that hit the floor. When the lightswitch got turned off. I'm just your boy to fuck. You're just my girl to touch. Of course it's natural to fall in love. But love is for people with hearts. Not for the kids just brushing up on their chemistry. Bottom lips and fingertips. Two twenty something kids with a bottle of gin. Making bad decisions in a blur on the kitchen floor. It's not like tonight is the end of the world. And It's not like we'll remember any of this. Come tomorrow we'll pretend today didn't even ever exist. If we're only young once. Then we better get up. 'Cause we don't know how long we've got. Until the music stops. If I'm only young once. Then I better get out. Of this trend where I end up lost in the middle of a town I know by heart. Take all your good days. And turn them in memories. Forget all the bad it's just a thing of the past. You get what you got and you got what you give. 5. Hello Yellow Hello, How are you? I'm pretty sure we should be best friends. I'll walk you to school. And tell you "You look pretty." each new day. We'll learn about philosophy by drawing on our arms. And build ourselves an alright house made out of Uno cards. They'll say we're unconventional and maybe a little crazy. We'll ask them what's wrong with that, Yeah, We'll ask them what's wrong with that. Hello, How are you? I'm pretty sure we should be best friends. I'll walk you to the store. And buy you fancy clothes and shiny pins. We'll learn about biology by taking off our clothes. And buy some yellow spraypaint to make a yellow brick road. They'll say we're three dimensional and maybe a little lazy. We'll ask them what's wrong with that, Yeah, We'll ask them what's wrong with that. Hello, How are you? I'm pretty sure that we should be best friends. I'll walk you to the ocean. And build you a castle of sand to live in. We'll learn about geography by sleeping in the grass. Our bodies'll twitch to wake us up when we fall asleep too fast. They'll say we're unbelieveable and maybe a little trendy. We'll ask them what's wrong with that, Yeah, We'll ask them what's wrong with that. Hello, How are you? I'm pretty sure you're pretty much all I need. 6. Song For Audrey If I'm Frank Sinatra, you're Audrey Hepburn. 'Cause I like to sing and you like the movies. Life it's not a photograph, you gotta keep moving. Frames are for folks with no hope. If I'm all alone, you're a new brick home. With windows and doors, locks and rugs. I don't have a reason or a simple excuse. To put it nicely I'd likely do anything for you. Everybody lies sometime. Even winners have to lose. Doors they work both ways. Even blind men have to choose. Whether they're gonna wake up with a smile on their face. Just because they can't see don't mean that they can't sing. It's up to you to find beauty in the ugliest days. Don't you waste your life waiting for it to change. Just put on your dancing shoes and dance those cares away. If I'm The Sound Of Music you're The Science of Sleep. 'Cause I'm obviously, and you're obviously. Too young to care, too bold to love. Too naive to notice that sometimes all you need is some love. To get by, to be alright, even when the world's falling off it's axis, It's sunday and you just wanted to enjoy the afternoon. I need a new love. Somone to help me home when I'm drunk and can't stand up. I need a new life. Someone to tell me wrong from right so I won't screw it up again. Maybe we could wait til the sunset sank. And devise a new plan to start over again. Good luck with all the things you took. It's amazing how much a month can change someone. I thought one of us would end up in the middle. But beginnings and endings are pretty much the same thing. I'm not going home alone again. I'm not going home alone this time. I'm not going home alone again. I'm not going home alone tonight. 7. Technicolor Eyes i like saturdays and the rocket summer . blue skies and the morning's air. i like you, you like me . there's something wrong with this picture. let's turn it upside down so we can see . the insecurities caused by the last four years of economic downsizing in the eastern U.S. i like february along with tilly and the wall . pretty pictures and shirts that are too small . for my child-like figure that you're so in love with. i like the autumn's leaves and bright eyes. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind . stands strong in my favorites of all time. along with you and your technicolor eyes. you say johnny cash is your favorite singer . but you've never heard folsom prison blues . how do you expect me to believe you i was never much on country songs but . someone should really tell you to come home 'cause it's getting late. and your dinner's getting cold . i like simple songs with pretty words. i tried poetry, but it's just no good . the pages get lost, besides i'd much rather sing to you. i love living life with you by my side. you're a smart kid with a beautiful smile. and oh god those technicolor eyes. i like saturdays and the rocket summer . night skies and that lovely stare. i like you, you like me. so lets lock all the doors. there's nothing outside we need to see. 'cause we've got love . yeah we've got a tv we can watch "Friends" all we want. and we can laugh at how i laugh like Ross when i get nervous. and we don't have to worry about tomorrow. because we know it's gonna come. whether we want it to or not. 8. Hey hey i think you're cute. would you like to be my new best friend? we can talk for hours or just lay in bed. you're just the kind of kid i could grow old with. so won't you walk with me to the park up the road. i told you that i'd be right back. you said that "i'll be the judge of that, 'cause see boys they have a tendency of running from me as fast as they can i don't know why." and i just laughed and asked if you'd like a coke or some sort of assorted beverage from the diner up the road. if so, you should walk with me. feel free to hold my hand. feel free to kiss me on the cheek even though i'd prefer the lips. hey i think you're groovy. would you wanna see a movie with me? we can sit in uncomfortable seats and eventually. i'll get the nerve up to put my arm around you. can i put my arms around you? 'cause i'd sure like to. it'll be like an episode of boy meets world. except without the commercials. and i'm just fine with that. how about you? i like the way you talk. i like your died black hair. i love your halfass accent you stole from the foreign movies i like your pretty eyes. and how you're afraid of the dark. well i am too, so would you like to take a walk with me. through a well-lit park just up the block. i'll be the bright side of your bad day. i'll be the bright side of your bad nights. i'll be the bright side of your bad day. if you'll be mine. 9. 32 Ways To Make You Smile you told me 32 ways. to make you smile. i did 31 within the first hour. you stood amazed. in your delighted shoes. bewildered but willing. didn't know what to do. so i grabbed your cold hand. pressed it to my beating heart and said. isn't it neat. how our bodies tick. and we can move our feet. whenever and however we please. you stared blindly while i waited politely. in the doorway by our school. some cars passed and i noticed someone was singing. "us" by regina spektor. you know how i had a crush on her. i know you don't like grey skies. we know our multiplication tables. you got straight a's while i was writing fairytales. and looking out window seals asking why. the sun shine liked my eyes. and kissed my cheek. when it knew i was in love with the moon. and of course with you. well i sped it up. 'cause you don't like slow songs. you're more of the literal kind. yeah you're more like the ocean's waves. you get closer at the end of the day. when you know i can't see your face. when you're sure i'm already lost. love is oh so lovely. but it also comes with a cost. 10. Calico Kitten If my life had a soundtrack it would be acoustic. With songs about the way I laugh at my ability to love things that I can't have. If my life were a movie. It would be black and white with still-frames in color and hue. The credits would say a simple phrase, like "You aren't what you say or what you do, so don't worry so much, just get on with a life that you love". I had a good day. Since I didn't die or have to wait. In any really long lines at the store. Me I like to make music. You just like to make war. There's a calico kitten prancing across a rooftop. Smiling at the grey withered sky. He's watching all the cars as they pass by. Their blinkers go click click click. This new height makes him homesick. He misses his mother the most. And his long days by the window. They're long long gone. If you're alright, then I'm alright. If you're alright, then I'm alright. It feels good to be alive again. So good to see the sky again. 11. Envy The Living Well it's Friday night . What the fuck are we doing here? If i didn't have this song stuck in my head. I'm sure my thoughts would be a little more clear . No excuses this time gonna keep it in drive . So don't fuss or fight . We're gonna live like our buried souls have been brought back to life. I know i've said it . At least a thousand times before . But please just keep your mouth shut. Let's live for once. Well the streetlights are in line . And they're not moving for anybody anywhere. So i guess we'll take our business elsewhere for now. And when they go out, we'll pour like rain through the streets . And light this town up like a goddamn miracle they'll wish they had never seen. Well they took everything and told you that you couldn't go. It can't hurt if you don't know. It won't hurt if you don't know. Let's live again. Let's live again. Let's live again like we used to. Let's live again like we used to. 12. Boys, Girls, Sing! i said you might. want to rethink your actions tonight. 'cause that short skirt replaces your innocence . lovely blue eyes. to go along with your persistant sighs. you were the one that wanted to come here in the first place. it's not like this is the end of the world. it's just another saturday in the park. the boys and girls are singing la da da, da da da . so let's join them . yeah let's be best friends. yeah let's fall in love if only for tonight. i saw your hands . reach up toward the air while the wind pulled your hair. you were screaming something about how you hated the winter . i lied when i said . that i hated this life and i was better off dead. i'm really quite fond of morning's smile and the night sky. you said didn't wanna. and i had never heard a lie that big from a kid so small. the past is just the perfect prolugue to the present. you gotta you gotta you gotta give it back. because you never if you ever had the chance to. its hard to see the world if a mirror's what you look through. taking chances on the rooftops of your hometown. you're so cute when your feet make love to the ground. and you've got such lovely blue eyes. can't forget about the stars and your night skies. i guess this, i guess this alright. oh well, it's gonna be tonight. 13. Sidewalk Sing Along well we could take off each other's clothes. or be best friends in the middle of the road. or we could just talk shit about tomorrow. and it how it never adds up. well we could touch lips for the hell of it. it's a nice day and we're just kids. there's nothing to do anyway in this town made for two. i don't know what you meant. but i know what you said. about the big nights. about the blue sky. and the indifferent way you talk about the past you like. maybe you should write a book about it. or a song that we'll all sing along to. with la da da i'm so damn glad you moved to the city. and that's too bad you lost what you loved. it's an ugly world but you can smile all you want. well here we are in the back of your car. our hands move to the beat of our hips. no one has to know the truth about this. we we're "just out for a walk and a kiss or two". i'll tell you girl you do a number on me. with those eyes i swear you stole from the sky. all i need, is you tonight. won't you meet at the sidewalk if you want. i know you know the whole truth and nothing but the. someone said you were leaving town soon. well if so then i am too. yeah we're a mess but that's fine 'cause it's me and you. well we could climb trees and lay in their leaves. they won't mind as long as we ask nice. you won't mind as long as i ask nice. or so i'm told. well we could carve hearts out of falling stars. chase the wind down the winding streets. ride in cars for hours to nowhere. we're a mess, but that's fine, 'cause it's you and me. we're a mess, but that's fine. we don't need no time to keep up with the days. you keep telling your lies. i'll keep singing these shitty love songs. 14. The Future Is A Masterpiece Fuck love, I'm gonna keep my day job, Celebrate the life that I've already got, WIth a bottle of something that'll make this day less relevant. Fuck life, I'm gonna put up a fight, From what I hear the trend is that we're all gonna die, So if I'm gonna fuck it up then I might as well fuck it up right. Everybody knows how, Tomorrow's such a letdown. We wake up wondering, Just to do it all over again. But no one wants to admit, That they actually kinda like it, When they end up with another reason not to give up just yet. You can't go to hell if it isn't real, But if it is I'm sure I'll see you there. We can talk about how surprised we are it even exists. You said you have to go, I don't, don't really know, Why you tend to give up. There's so much more, if only you'd look. 15. Reactions Over Resolutions (Acoustic) Are you sure that's what you want to say? Think back, relax, and get back to me. This is not you're everyday reaction, More like a two-time, forgettable, satisfaction. Well I've been thinking about it, Planning in my head, The ways, the time, the days that just stick out. And I've come to the conclusion that there is no resolution for your ways. Think this one's a keeper, save it for another day. It's about time you realize the truth. Circle takes the square and it all points back to you. Distant disaster and we all know the proof. What I know, you know, they know you're getting into. Well I've been thinking about it, Planning in my head, The ways, the time, the days that just stick out. And I've come to the conclusion that there is no resolution for your ways. Think this one's a keeper, save it for another day. I hate to say, but I told you so. I hate to say, but I told you so. We're gonna sing 'til it's over. We're gonna sing 'til it's over. It's not over, it's not over. It's not over, until we say it is. We're gonna sing 'til it's over. 16. An Attempt To Forget You said the sun's too bright. So reached up and tore that bastard from the sky. You said the moon doesn't make sense. So grabbed it tight and drowned it in the ocean. Hush now love, the end has just begun. We're bored but alive. We live then we die. Infinity's a tragedy, we're all just playing along. Let's make this last, since we can't go back. Let's make this last, since we can't go back. 17. I Think I Might Change My Name To Tomorrow Well how about that, it's a matter of fact. The life you got is all you'll get. You better do your best not to fuck it up too much. Yeah the thing about that is it's the truth you lack. And you can smoke until your lungs turn black. The Surgeon General couldn't really give a shit less. Seasons change and people stay the same. Each year the whore's hike their skirts up a bit more. We're all just numbers on a cartoon calendar page. We listen to the music, but it's the lyrics that we all ignore. Well how about that, it's a matter of fact. You retraced the words that you never said. Now you're staring out at a useless blank canvas. Yeah the truth about that is you're the one who said. I'm gonna change myself, become a better person. "No, I swear, I really mean it this time." Years they fade, my memory takes the blame. Each night the girls spread their legs just to make more. We're all just actors in an ad for the American Dream. We the people just want peace, but our countries just want to make war. Everybody everywhere has thought the same things you have. So don't be afraid to fall in love with a stranger. Everyone on every street is free to use their body as they please. So don't be afraid to take some chances once in a while. Here's the part where you start to think. That you don't believe in anything. Words are just words and you're just drunk. Here's the part where you start to act. Like you're better off without the things you have. Once they're gone you'll realize you fucked up again. Seasons change and people stay the same. Each year I find a new way to lie a bit more. We're all gone just as fast as we came. So I'm not counting on a new life, No no no, Tomorrow here I come. Darling, you're lovely, but you're awfully naive. Did you think about when your future might leave ya? You can't buy the sky, yesterday's not for rent right now, Go find your own forever somewhere else. Next year's accepting applications, For one night stands and New Years Resolutions. But don't forget what you got right here, My smile's sometimes fake, but me, I'm real. Stop debating wars, politics and freedom. We're all human last time I checked. If you want to kill a man for the color of his skin. Then it's obvious to me that you're a goddamn idiot. We're all free to think the things we want. But you're too busy with your bullshit to hear us talk. So now here I stand, in the corner of my Past and I don't want to go. 'Cause it feels good to know what is and what was. And the Future's just a mirror that I lost for the fear of. Death and a life without Love. And just when I thought the world had ended. The Sun broke through the pitch black sky . In the most beautiful fucking glow I'd ever seen. The buildings started singing and my fear finally left me. I shouted "Goddamn it feels good to be alive again!" Lyrics > Dressed Up Like Dreams | Return to Lyrics Page | ||||||||
