Dark Night of the Soul

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Dark Night of the Soul Lyrics
1.Revenge

Pain
I guess it's a matter of sensation
But somehow you have a way of avoiding it all
In my mind
I have shot you and stabbed you through your heart
I just didn't understand
The ricochet is the second part

'Cause you can't hide what you intend
It glows in the dark
Once you've sought
The path of revenge
There's no way to stop
And the more I try to hurt you
The more it hurts me

Strange
It seems like a character mutation
Though I have all the means of bringing you fuckers down
I can't make myself
To destroy upon command
Somehow forgiveness lets the evil make the laws

No you can't hide what you intend
It glows in the dark
Once we've become the thing we dread
There's no way to stop
And the more I try to hurt you
The more it backfires

The more that it backfires

The more that it backfires


2.Just War

All ancient towers
Will one day crumble into the sea
Defaced by armies
Intent on rendering obsolete

Just war, just war
You said it wouldn't hurt
Just war, just war
Is this just war?
Is this just war?
The last survivor crawling through the dust
And furthermore
Will evolution diminish right in front of us?

Late September
I heard the siren call a truce
But by December
My head returned into the noose

Just war, just war
You said it wouldn't hurt
Goodbye, sleep tight
Cause surely, it's ain't just war

The last survivor crawling through the dust
And furthermore
Will evolution diminish right in front of us?
There is just war
The last survivor crawling through the dust
There is just war
A contribution till humankind
Turns to rust


3.Jaykub

Jaykub, it's time for you to wake up and accept your awards
Inside your tiny little one room apartment of the poor
Up on the podium, you smile and you wave
Well they all thought that you were dumb
But it's you who's on that stage

Jaykub, you work until the day's done and then you go to bed
And never with anyone to talk to, you're the hero in your head
(a hero...)
Up on the podium, you're handsome and you're tall
But actually you are just hardly five foot small

Jaykub, it's time again to wake up and accept your awards
And go on smiling while your landlord is pounding on the door
Up on the podium, you're famous and you're strong
Then the alarm goes off and you're a sad man in a song


4.Little Girl

A trick that people use to make you think they are smart
Is confidence when actually they're lost in the dark
Only someone with the mind of a child says he'll grow up
Cause headin' down the avalance your life will show up

It's nice to be a victim of what happened too late
I wanna share my food, but you have stolen my plate
Hey now, hey now, go your way now

You tortured little girl
Showing them what love is all about
Where did all the time go?
Everywhere it's gone, gone, gone

You get the point now
You pick your self up off the bar, she's on his arm now
Coz they remind you of the pictures on the wall now
But she was young and I wasn't not even born yet

If you think I know a little more then
the average person on the streets, you aren't correct
Because I'm ignorant as shit, not here to preach man
You know I just wanna have fun, go to the beach man
That's all I am, I'm just a simple guy who talks when
you put a microphone in front of him

You twisted little girl
Showing them what life is all about
Where did all the time go?
Everywhere it's gone

Running laps in a relationship
Going in circles and i just can't wait
Running laps so we can get in shape
Get in shape because we can't escape
Running laps because I'm already late
Really not, I'm in the exact same place
Running laps in your relationship
Running away from the shadows themselves

The world's always amazed at how much cash you made
But not at how you made it, it's just strange
It sounded kinda cool over the phone
It killed your neighbours and their dog and crushed their bones

You tortured little girl
Showing them what laughter's all about
Where did all the wine go?
Every night it's gone

You got it all worked out
Funny little girl
Showing them what pain is all about
Where did all the time go?
Every night it's gone, gone, gone

You're the coolest girl in this whole town
I just wanna parade you around


5.Angel's Harp

Pluckin' all day on my angel's harp
Pluckin' all day on my angel's harp
Shoutin' at the rising moon
Knowin' that I will soon stay
At the edge of the plain, on the top of the scarp

I'm pluckin' all day on my angel's harp
Though you made me a buffoon
You did not hear the words that I did croon

I'm pluckin' all day on my angel's harp
I knew you'd finally come around
Won't you please enjoy the sound
I didn't say clap, and I didn't stay sharp

I'm pluckin' all day on my angel's harp
And when I saw your eyes all brown
I pulled them boy, and lo I cut you down
At the edge of the plain, on the top of the scarp

This is where we all will fall
This is what we shall call kill
Pluckin' all day on our angel's harp
A resonator is sounding dark
Though you might be walkin' tall
Everybody got a lot to grow

This is where I'm jumping off
This is where I sail aloft


6.Pain

A massive headache in my aging skull
Means I do not feel well

Pain, pain, pain
Bad brains must always feel pain

The problem started with my attitude
It's all lust, direct and crude
There are good people in this world of bums
But sadly, I am not one

Pain, pain, pain
That's why I'll always be in pain

Good karma will not get you anywhere
Look at Jesus and his hair

Pain, pain, pain
Bad brains must always feel pain

Justice, religion and success are fake
And the shiny people stink

Pretty creepy, pretty funny
I'm a mix of God and monkey

Pain, pain, pain
To feel pain is all that will remain
Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain

Pain, pain
Et cetera, I give up, I quit


7.Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)

Like to teach you

Blue
Sky
Sun
Shine
Be
Mine
Star
Eyes

I can't catch it
I can't catch it
I can't catch it

Love
Please
Come
Back
Send
You
Cry
Gone

I can't catch it
I can't catch it
I can't catch it

Please
Please
Sun
Shine
Be
Mine
Come
Back

I can't catch it
I can't catch it
I can't catch it
I can't catch it
I can't catch it

Come
Back
Send
Love
Gone


8.Everytime I'm With You

Every time I'm with you
I am drunk and you are too
Well what the hell
Else are we supposed to do

Yeah every time
You come by
We get so trashed
And stay up all night

Well it's so wrong
But it's so right
Yeah, it's alright

Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
I'm with you
I guess it's true

Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
I'm with you
I guess it's true

And every time
I'm with you
I'm fucked up
And you are too

Well what the hell
Else are we
Supposed to do

Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
I'm with you
I guess it's true

Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
Every time, Every time
I'm with you
I guess it's true


9.Insane Lullaby

How will it turn out?
Starting needs are waiting out
on the way to the dead hotel.
Beside an empty light,
falling into their pretty hands.
All of them androids have a

One day's flight.
Take you back in time when it wasn't such a
brand across your breast,
strain upon your back.
When a good life was enough

Would it be so wrong?
Danny needs you up in his place.
Can your batteries replace this heart?
Lying in the yard,
wanted it to be natural love
a sun fallen under.

But dreams float up
from fishers in the flood
at a new dimension.
Leaving only parts to play
needs are forming again.
A good life will just never be enough.

Dreams float up
from fishers in the flood
at a new dimension.
Leaving only parts to play
needs are forming again.
A good life will never be enough.
A good life will never be enough.
A good life will never be enough.


10.Daddy's Gone

Daddy's gone
Daddy's gonnna go to work today
To make a little money
Gotta get paid

Bake a cake
Bake a cake and set it on a plate
Up high where the dogs can't get it
So it don't get ate

When you lay your head on your pillow I'll be gone
I'll be gone
Will you breathe your dreams into your pillow like a song
I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone

Close your eyes
Close your eyes until your dreams arise
Keep 'em tight where the hounds can't get 'em
So they don't get ate

When you raise your head from your pillow don't delay
Cause people decay
Will you let the rays of the sun help you along
I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone
I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone
I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone
I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone
I woke up and all my yesterdays were gone


11.The Man Who Played God

Think about the world you love

Now think of where it wants to go

All things you can see around you
You can change them
Rearrange them in your mind

If you've heard tales of transformation
Well then one two three,
You could be the man who played god

Hammer it until it breaks

To every shape that nature makes

All things you can see around you
You can change them
Rearrange them in your mind

If you heard tales of transformation
Well then one two three
You could be the man who played god

The girl becomes a bird on a flower

In your state you feel your power

All things you can see around you
You can change them
Rearrange them in your mind

If you've heard tales of transformation
Well then one two three
You could be the man who played god

One two three, you could be
The man who played god
One two three, you could be
The man who played god
One two three, you could be
The man who played god


12.Grim Augury

Both our families after gathering
We're cutting a baby out
With my grandmother's heirloom
The antler handled carving knife

They were under her grand chandelier
Where we all, together, have shared holiday dinner
But it was your father that was holding the knife
Yeah, I begged you not to make me tell you
Yeah, I pleaded with you to, to leave it alone

I told ya, I told you that you didn't want to know
What went on in my horrible dream
I was peering in through the picture window
It was a heart-warming tableau
Like a Norman Rockwell painting
Until I zoomed in

I was making noises in my sleep
But you wouldn't believe me when I told ya
That I wasn't with someone in my dream
Catfish were wriggling in blood and gore
In the kitchen sink
Yeah, I told ya, I told ya, I told you

Now sweetie, please promise me
That you won't sing
This sad song, grim augury


13.Dark Night Of the Soul

Dark dream world
All alone
Shadows movin'
Shadows have long gone by
Shadows have long gone by
Dark night of the soul

Our souls
Time slippin' by
I call out your pain
All alone
Shadows movin'
Shadows movin'
Shadows have long gone by
Dark night of the soul

If you had only liked my face
Where are you baby
Where are you baby
Dark dream world
Shadows have long gone by
Dark night of the soul

Distant bell ringing
But steps echo
No one on these streets
Callin' out your name
Callin' out your name
It's a dream world
Dark dream world
Dark night of the soul


14.Dark Night Of the Soul (Sparklehorse Mix)

Dark dream world
All alone
Shadows movin'
Shadows have long gone by
Shadows have long gone by
Dark night of the soul

Our souls
Time slippin' by
I call out your pain
All alone
Shadows movin'
Shadows movin'
Shadows have long gone by
Dark night of the soul

If you had only liked my face
Where are you baby
Where are you baby
Dark dream world
Shadows have long gone by
Dark night of the soul

Distant bell ringing
But steps echo
No one on these streets
Callin' out your name
Callin' out your name
It's a dream world
Dark dream world
Dark night of the soul