1.The Way it Really Is
Lyrics：Lisa Loeb／Lindy Robbins
Music：Lisa Loeb／Glenn Ballard
I kept talking to myself,
I had to get the words out of my head.
(so I did)
You barely said a thing,
you kind of heard me out and then you said,
(you said)
'You're crazy,
why do you keep doing this？
Everything is fine.'
Then I think I'm crazy
I do this all the time.
Until I start to think that nothing's even wrong
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion.
Maybe we're just a picture in my head.
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was.
Maybe I don't want to see it the way it really is.
Sometimes your intentions are totally impossible to read.
(What does that mean？)
Sometimes even I have no idea what I need.
(I wish I did.)
I'm crazy
Why do I keep doing this？
Everything is fine
then you think I'm crazy
I do this all the time
Until I start to think that something's really wrong.
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion.
Maybe we're just a picture in my head.
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was.
Maybe I don't want to see it the way it really is.
Looking through my window at the big, blue sky
The lazy sun is shining, so I run outside
To look for you, I look for you
and then it starts to rain.
Is that the way it really is？
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion.
Maybe we're just a picture in my head.
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was.
Maybe I don't want to see it the way it really is.
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion.
Maybe we're just a picture in my head.
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was.
Maybe I don't want to see it the way it really is.
The way it really is.
the way it really is.
the way it really is.
2.Bring Me Up
Lyrics：Lisa Loeb
Music：Lisa Loeb
I was quiet
I was tired
and I wanted you to bring me up.
(I wanted you to make it stop,
I wanted you to bring me up.)
You were wrong
and I was right
and I wanted yuo to bring me up.
(Mmm, you know me well,
this is something that I shouldn't have to tell you.)
We shared humidity, and orange roses,
and poking fun at all our friends.
They have their barbecues, and we have our arguments;
we never can agree.
You said, 'When you don't talk you take it out on me.'
I was quiet
I was tired
and I wanted you to bring me up.
You were wrong
and I was right
and I wanted you to bring me up.
We took a ride on our motorbike.
I couldn't talk to you, but my arms were wrapped
around you tight.
We stopped at Smokey's, parked the bike outside.
So scared to be sad, to keep the tears in I looked up at the sky
and took another ride.
But I was quiet
and I was tired
and I wanted you to bring me up.
You were wrong
and I was right
and I wanted you to bring me up.
We have us.
Is that enough？
What is it worth to you？
We have us.
Is it enough？
and what is it worth to you？
You said,'It's worth everything, hey baby, take a look.
It's worth all the pennies in my pocketbook.'
But I was quiet
and I was tired
and I wanted you to bring me up.
Yeah I was quiet
and I was tired
and I wanted you to bring me up.
So I was wrong
and you were right.
Bring me home.
3.Underdog
I like things that are so good.
You are so, so good.
I like you.
But I am the underdog,
I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy,
don't stand in back of me.
Freezing, boring,
wondering where I'll be on my birthday.
You kissed me in a dream last night.
How could I？
I wouldn't know.
Cause I am the underdog,
I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy,
don't stand in back of me.
Will you be my friend？
Now I understand that I more than like you.
But I am the underdog,
I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy,
don't stand in back of me.
I like things that are so good.
You are so, so good.
4.Everyday
Goodbye my love
I am going
I am slowing you down.
I can feel you stop breathing when I come around,
I'm slowing you down.
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Love turns it's back just to stand in my way.
Goodbye my love
You don't get me,
You don't let me inside.
You once held me close when you wanted to hide.
You pulled me in close just to push me aside.
Goodbye.
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Love turns it's back just to stand in my way.
Goodbye my love
I'm going away,
I know you won't follow me far.
Once I went out just to look at the stars.
I asked you to join me, but you were too tired.
I wanted you to see them too.
How could I let myself need you？
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Goodbye my love
I am going
I am slowing you down
I can feel you stop breathing when I come around.
I'm slowing you down.
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday
Everyday love turns it's back just to stand in my way.
5.Someone You Should Know
Who do you think you are？
You're talking so loud,
you bury the sound of your heart that's singing out.
And where do you wanna be？
On the top of your world,
where you're just a girl who forgot what it's like to dream.
You leave everything behind,
But you're so tired,
one day you might open up your eyes to find
What you got isn't what you wanted.
What you need just happens to be
what you got, what you've always wanted.
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know.
But you tried to hide between the lines of a story never told.
I've seen you run away-
You're afraid of the fall,
the weight of it all is too much.
But you might change your mind.
If you'd stand up one day you might open up your eyes to find
What you got isn't what you wanted.
What you need just happens to be
what you got, what you've always wanted.
What you need just happens to be someone you should know
How do you keep it up？
It's all just a front, a dangerous stunt,
you're gonna come down soon enough.
Open up your eyes.
Don't be scared,
you might find you had it all the time.
What you got is what you wanted.
What you need just happened to be
what you tried so hard to hide,
it was there between the lines of a story never told
about someone you should know.
What you got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be someone you should know.
6.Drops Me Down
I walked away to get wisdom,
but in the end I just walked home,
and it drops me, drops me down,
and I'm not feeling so good again.
It was the same song,
and it's making me sad,
cause I think that it's happened,
and it hasn't been had,
and it drops me, drops me down,
and I'm not feeling so good again.
And I'm injured again,
and it's sick and I'm sucked in.
Yeah, I'm at it again,
it's sick and I'm sucked in,
it's sick and I'm sucked in.
Cause I had something so dear
slip away and leave me here,
and it drops me, drops me down,
and I'm not feeling so good again.
Yeah, it drops me, drops me down,
and I'm not feeling so good again.
7.We Could Still Belong Together
If I hold my breath
If I shut my eyes
If I disappear just for the afternoon.
If I can't help shouting
If I lock you out
If it's not important,
completely unimportant to anyone else but me,
We could still belong together
and together is much better.
We're okay, so hey don't worry now.
Oh wow.
If I interrupt
and if I cut you off
and if I like attention and other worse things I could mention.
We could still belong together
and together is much better.
We're okay, so hey don't worry now.
Oh wow.
We could still belong together
and together's so much better.
We're okay, so hey don't worry now.
Oh wow.
But, if you make a mistake we're through.
We could still belong together
and together is much better.
We're okay, so hey don't worry now.
Oh wow.
Yes, I complicate
I know, it's just my way,
but 'if？' is a question that I ask and nothing more.
8.Kick Start
We need a kick start,
We need a quick solution.
We need a next step
if we're really going,
if we're really going.
We sit on our couch while we watch our tv,
and the phone doesn't ring and it's perfect.
To be here playing house is no comfort to me,
it's just more of the same again and again and again.
We need a kick start.
We need a quick solution.
We need a next step
if we're really going,
if we're really going.
Trying so hard to dig ourselves out
cause we're stuck and we're scared and we're thinking.
Things have to change- it's the thoughts that don't count
can't something be done？
Don't let this decision drag on.
We need a kick start.
We need a quick solution.
We need a next step
if we're really going,
if we're really going.
We need a big push to reach the right conclusion
so we can get there, if we're really going.
If we're really going, let's go.
We need a quick solution.
We need a next step to reach the right conclusion
We need a kick start.
9.You Don't Know Me
She's got a boyfriend all of a sudden.
She's never had one before.
She's looking for the thumbs up when they're walking through the
door.
She's showing him off by making him talk.
She's putting her hand in his pocket.
It shows on her face, what she doesn't say,
what she doesn't say.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
She doesn't know that we know,
that we've been there before.
We always pay attention when she walks through the door;
it's the clothes that she chooses,
it's the words that she uses.
She says, 'You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.'
She's trying hard to pretend that it's not really happening,
but we can see her smiling from afar,
we don't see her much anymore,
but we can hear her whistling as she walks to her car.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know me.
You don't know me at all.
10.Payback
Is this how it ends？
Lying in bed, talking to a cheap tape recorder
instead of my friends.
In bed with a low grade fever.
They wanted to know, how could I leave you？
I can't tell them that,
It might sound like revenge.
But some things don't need a payback.
Some things are sure, some things you can feel safe about.
Is this how it starts？
I was waiting for my head to clear up-
I thought I was smart, I'd find the answers in time.
But the answers I find aren't what you want to hear.
They're not even close.
But some things don't need a payback.
Some things are sure, some things you can feel safe about.
Some things don't need a clear up.
I remember good things, like the van breaking down.
I sat on your lap in the auto repair,
and you touched my hair
while the heavy drops rain on the pavement outside.
Don't take revenge,
just let it lie.
The easiest thing is if you just let it die.
Don't give me a chance,
you don't owe me that.
Don't follow me out,
unless you're coming for some payback.
But some things don't need a payback.
Some things are sure, some things you can feel safe about.
Some things don't need a clear up.
Why did I leave？
How long did it take？
It could take forever.
But some things don't need a payback.
You got that？
11.Too Fast Driving
Driving,
I was thinking,
you're my flat tire：
too late at night,
in the pitch black,
out of sight,
and too fast driving,
and too fast driving.
Driving,
I was thinking,
You're my flat tire.
not a blow out,
but a screetching halt,
lots of ice,
no salt,
and too fast driving,
and too fast driving.
Don't want to think about how much and what's the limit.
Don't want to think about the limit and am I in it.
Am I in it？
Am I in it？
Driving,
I was thinking,
you're my flat tire.
You're gonna crash,
you're stupid loud,
you're wreckless,
you're spinning out,
and too fast driving,
and too fast driving,
and too fast driving.
12.She's Falling Apart
They pull up our chairs to the table.
She stares at the food on her plate
At the toast and the butter, her father and mother,
she pushes away.
And they rise in the morning,
and they sleep in the dark.
And even though nobody's looking,
she's falling apart.
She gets home from school too early
and closes the door to her room
There's nothing inside her,
she's weak and she's tired of feeling like this.
And they rise in the morning,
and they sleep in the dark.
And even though nobody's looking,
she's falling apart.
They call her for dinner, she makes up a reason
she looks at her arms and she rolls down her sleeves
and her mother is starting to see through her lies
and last night her father had tears in his eyes.
And they rise in the morning,
and they sleep in the dark.
And even though nobody's looking,
she's falling apart.
And we rise in the morning
and we sleep in the dark
and even though nobody's looking,
she's falling apart.
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