If I Left The Zoo

Jars Of Clay If I Left The Zoo Lyrics
1.Goodbye, Goodnight

A flower for your vanity, a penny for your thoughts
About the world's insanity and how we've gotten lost
Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye

Goodbye, oh goodbye

Say a prayer for recognition, kiss the ones you love
Gather up the ammunition, sigh for all the lost
Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye

Raise a glass for ignorance, drink a toast to fear
The beginning of the end has come that's why we all are here
Strike up the band to play a song and try hard not to cry
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye


2.Unforgetful You

I never minded calling you a king
If that meant that i could count on you
To give me everything
I never thought to ask you
I always thought you knew
It was never my intention to question you

You never minded calling me a child
Well, i guess that's how i acted all the while
But you live through every tantrum, you see through every lie
Though they seem to be more common
I just wanted you to know why oh why

Unforgetful you, unforgetful
Unforgetful you, so unforgetful

You never minded giving us the stars
Then showing us how blind and unaware of you we are
You painted me a picture and showed me how to see
Though i just won't behold it
Unless it pertains to me...


3.Collide

Open up your box of sunshine
And smile as confetti comes raining down on you
You feel a lot like the good guy, but do you know why
Everything's so blue

Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burning
Cold fills the emptiness that fills this empty place
I taught you the walk but then you ran away from me
And that's not how it's supposed to be

I i collide, with love as an elusive state of mind
I know there's something else it's supposed to be
I, i collide with love as an elusive state of mind
Something's killing me!

Tearful confessions have watered down and broken down
The chance for unrequited love to finally reach its wall
You're waiting for the axe to fall
Can't you see it lying on the ground?

You could be the best one at cleaning up this mess
Be the best one, be the best one, be the best one


4.No One Loves Me Like You

Collapsing was much softer
Still falling always hurt
Only after sensing your love
For always ever burned

You justified my folly
My affluent disguise
Removed revealing nothing
Yet nothing unforgiven lies
Unforgiven lies

No one loves me like you
No one loves me the way you do
No one loves me like you
No one loves me the way, the way that you do

To touch the rose unfearful
Is to meet the thorn
And pierce the heart's emotion
And feel the emptiness no more
Emptiness no more

Took some time to realize i've fallen


5.Famous Last Words

You say you heard every word, but i watched you turn away
Your eyes grew colder than winter
'love is so intrusive,' i thought i heard you say
And laugh so unconvincingly

Famous last words, 'i'm not ready yet'
'i won't be gone a minute'

Narrow is the road and too high a price to pay
When loneliness is such a sanctuary
Empty are the musings and wasted are the days
When you say you were only waiting

And famous last words, 'i'm not ready yet'
'i won't be gone a minute' and i won't forget
Famous last words
If tomorrow never comes, will i ever know that i was in love?

I was in love
In love

You say you heard every word, i watched you turn away
You were only waiting


6.Sad Clown

Say how's the weather, so i look out the window
To brighten my soul, but i can't control the rain
That keeps falling
Smile on the outside that never comes in
A comedy, mystery, irony, tragedy
So i scream 'let the show begin'

You break me open, turn on the light
Stumble inside with me, with me

Do i entertain you?
Do i preoccupy you with my wit to cover this lie?
Are you mesmerized?
Do you think me faithful, do you think me a clown?
I picked out this shirt, i put on this hat
I wore all this paint just for you


7.Hand

I'm here waiting for something new to break my heart
So callous laden, i can't feel a thing at all
Will you catch my fall?

From lost and not found, to run and not hide
My hand inside... (your hand)

Fear is keeping time with the beating of my heart
Doin' way too much thinkin'
And it's tearing me apart
But i, i feel you reach for me

From lost and not found, to run and not hide
My hand inside... (your hand)
Losing my grip falling so far
My hand inside your hand

I hear your voice and follow
So hard to believe, and still i go


8.I'm Alright

It was the fear of god that led me to you
And it's the fear of you that takes getting used to
I've never been one to hang my heart on a thread
But you spun me around and you loved me instead

I know i could turn to something other than you
'cause i don't understand you and why you're after me
I've never been the saint you wanted me to turn to
And i can't see the view from the eyes you look at me through,
oh no

But i'm alright, i'm alright, i'm alright, i'm alright
I'm alright, i'm alright, i'm alright

So cut below the surface and try hard not to notice
That i could be so foolish thinkin' i'm alright
I've got no one to hold me, i've got no one to carry
Everything inside of me that i won't let you see


9.Grace

God, i admit i haven't changed
Playing card houses still covering my landscape
I never expected you to stay
When i'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change

I feel your grace come running over every road
I love the way you're calling overflow
I feel your grace come running over every road
You break the floodgates down and carry all

God, i admit that i've loved these chains
And crawling around this cage sometimes has its advantages
I know someday this could get old
And i'll need your healing water to find my home


10.Can't Erase It

Follow the crowd and love everybody now
'cause love is the best thing for you now
But you changed your mind, you let everybody down
But down is the best place for you
It's easier that way, you know it's

So wrong, can't embrace it
Wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it, and you won't escape it

Don't waste your time
Your words only confine you
To all of the things you've buried now
Don't ask them why
Their wisdom will leave you blind
But blind is the best thing for you
It's easier i know, you know it's

So wrong, can't embrace it
Wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it, and you won't escape it

How long will you face it
Till the wait comes crashing down on you
'cause you can't erase it, and you won't escape it


11.River Constantine

Carry me, your love is wider than my need could ever be
Come to me, and i will walk along your shore
Feel your crashing waves sing in time with the music of my heart

Pour out, come down on me
Pour out, come down on me

River deep, could i know you as well as you know me
Constantine, will we travel faster, farther than these
Legs could ever trustworthy be

Pour out, come down on me
Come down, pour out on me

Come down, pour out on me
Come down, pour out on me