1.The Real World(Reality)
I saw the autumn leaves
Peel up off the street
Take wing on the balmy breeze
And sweep you off your feet
And you blushed as they scooped you up
On sugar maple wings
To gaze down on the city below
Ablaze with wondrous things
Downy feathers kiss your face
And flutter everywhere
Reality is a lovely place
But I wouldn't want to live there
I wouldn't want to live there
Weighed down by heavy lids and lunar lullabies
I knew you were wide awake
'Cause you smile with your eyes
Downy feathers kiss your face
And flutter everywhere
Reality is a lovely place
But I wouldn't want to live there
From the green belt balcony
The wildfires look so pretty
Ponderosa canopy
I'd never leave if it were up to me
To the ruby redwood tree
And to the velvet climbing ivy：
Painted all mahogany
I'd never leave if it were up to me
(If it were up to me)
With a starry brush
Paint the dusk venetian blue
'Cause in the evening hush
You'll never believe the view
And when the leaves return
And their whisperings fill the night
They'll freeze and burn where fire and ice collide
Where fire and ice collide
Can you feel a silk embrace in the satin air？
If we dissolve without a trace
Will the real world even care？
Downy feathers kiss your face
And flutter everywhere
Reality is a lovely place
But I wouldn't want to live there
I wouldn't want to live there
I saw the autumn leaves
Peel up off the street
Take wing on the balmy breeze
And sweep you off your feet
2.Deer In The Headlights
Met a girl in the parking lot
And all I did was say hello
Her pepper spray made it rather hard
For me to walk her home
But I guess that's the way it goes
Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye
Didn't you know love could shine this bright
Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights
Met a girl with a graceful charm
But when beauty met the beast, he froze
Got the sense I was not her type
By the black eye and bloody nose
But I guess that's the way it goes
Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye
Didn't you know love could shine this bright
Well smile because you're the deer in the headlights
It's suffocating to say but the female mystique takes my breath
away
So give me a smile or give me a sneer
'Cause I'm trying to guess here
Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye
Didn't you know love could shine this bright
I'm sorry I ever tried
Deer in the headlights
Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye
Didn't you know love could shine this bright
If life was a game you would never play nice
If love was a beam you'd be blind in both eyes
Put your sunglasses on 'cause you're the deer in the headlights
You're the deer in the headlights
3.Angels
Wake me if you're out there!
Through the glass in my bedroom window
In the bushes far below
I thought I saw an unfamiliar shadow
Among the ones I so clearly know
I've been sleeping with the nightlight unplugged
With a note on the rocking chair
That says I'm dreaming of the life I once loved
So wake me if you're out there
Living close to the ground
It's seventh heaven 'cause there are angels all around
Among my frivolous thoughts
I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts
So wake me if you're out there!
Wake me if you're out there!
In the dust on my cellar staircase
A pair of footprints followed me
I saw a flicker in the fake fireplace
Blinked again, but there was nothing to see
I've been leaving all the windows unlocked
With a basket by the oak tree
'Cause I'll be picking up the acorns that fall off
If you'll be climbing up to meet me
Living close to the ground!
It's seventh heaven 'cause there are angels all around
Among my frivolous thoughts
I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts
So wake me if you're out there!
I keep my knees black and blue
'Cause they often hit the hardwood floor
(Wake me if you're out there)
And I believe, so I'm not praying to the ceiling anymore
And I've been sleeping with the nightlight unplugged
With a note on the rocking chair
That says I'm dreaming of the life I once loved
So wake me if you're out there
Living close to the ground!
It's seventh heaven 'cause there are angels all around
Among my frivolous thoughts
I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts!
The indications reveal
(Wake me if you're out there)
That few of us realise life is quite so real
So if you're dying to see
I guarantee there are angels around your vicinity!
So if you're dying to see
I guarantee there are angels around your vicinity
4.Dreams Don't Turn to Dust
Splashdown in the silver screen
Into a deep dramatic scene
I swim through the theatre
Or maybe I'm just a dreamer!
Like a kite in the bright midday
Wonder stole my breath away
Shy sonata for Mercury
The stars always sing so pretty
This picnic will soon depart
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
I'll miss you with all my heart
But I'd rather be alone
'Cause I couldn't live without
The sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
So I'll drag the anchor up
And rest assured 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
Dreams don't turn to dust!
I made for the countryside
And my eyes never grew so wide
Apple, raspberry, river blue
I don't wanna leave without you
In the sound I'll gladly drown
Into the emerald underground
And I rub my eyes 'cause it's hard to see
Surrounded by all this beauty
This picnic will soon depart
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
I'll miss you with all my heart
But I'd rather be alone
'Cause I couldn't live without
The sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
So I'll drag the anchor up
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
(I'm sad to see you go)
(But I'd rather be alone)
When tiger eyes begin making you blush!
When diamonds boast that they can't be crushed
Let 'em go 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
This picnic will soon depart
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
I'll miss you with all my heart
But I'd rather be alone
'Cause I couldn't live without
The sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
So I'll drag the anchor up
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
Dreams don't turn to dust!
Dreams don't turn to dust!
Rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
5.Honey and the Bee
Don't remind me
That some days I'm the windshield
And other days I'm just a lucky bug
As cold iron rails leave
Old mossy trails through the countryside
The crow and the bean field
Are my best friends, but boy I need a hug (Boy I need a hug)
'Cause my heart stops without you
There's something about you
That makes me feel alive
If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide？
(Who knew the other side could be so green？)
Don't remind me
I'm a chickadee in love with the sky
But that's clearly not a lot to crow about
'Cause when the stars silhouette me
I'm scared they'll forget me and flicker out
I taste honey but I haven't seen the hive
Yeah, I didn't look, I didn't even try
But still my heart stops without you
'Cause there's something about you that makes me feel alive
If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide？
(Who knew the other side could be so green？)
We are honey and the bee
Backyard of butterflies surrounded me
(And I fell in love with you, like bees to honey)
So let's up and leave the weeping to the willow tree
(And pour our tears in the sea)
I swear
There's a lot of vegetables out there
That crop up for air
And yet I never thought we were two peas in a pod
'Till you suddenly bloomed, and I knew
That I'd always love you
(Oh, I'll always love you too)
If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide？
(Who knew the other side could be so green？)
If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand would your eyes get wide？
(Who knew the other side could be so green？)
And if I reached for your hand for the rest of my life
Who knew the other side could be so green？
6.Kamikaze
The princess in her flowerbed,
Pulled the jungle underground,
Where cherry bombs stain the blackbird's red,
And explosions never make a sound.
Oh comet come down!
Kamikaze over me,
And come alive!
My midnight melody!
Oh comet come down!
My captain on the snowy horse,
He's coming back to take me home,
(He's coming back to take me home!)
He'll find me fighting back the terrible thwarts,
'Cause I'm not afraid to die alone.
Oh comet come down!
Kamikaze over me,
And come alive!
My midnight melody!
Oh comet come down!
Kamikaze over me,
And come alive!
My midnight melody!
Oh comet come down!
Maybe I'll write,
To save my life,
Maybe I'll fly,
The eagle eye!
(Eagle eye, eagle eye, eagle eye, eagle eye, eagle eye, eagle
eye, eagle eye).
7.January 28,1986(1986 1 28 )
Ladies and Gentlemen,
today is a day for mourning and remembering.
They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its
truths,
and they had that special grace,
that special spirit that says,
'Give me a challenge, and I'll meet it with joy.'
The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger
honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives.
We will never forget them
as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye
and slipped the surly bonds of earth
to touch the face of God.
8.Galaxies
(to the galaxies...)
Call back the cap-com
Tick off the time-bomb
Let felicity fly!
Armour the airlock
Blanket the bedrock
And kiss the planet goodbye! (to the galaxies)
Dear God, I was terribly lost
When the galaxies crossed
And the Sun went dark
Dear God, You're the only North Star
I would follow this far
Dadada...
To the galaxies
Dadada...
Dadada
(to the galaxies...)
Fight back the flight deck
Bring on the breakneck
Cue the solar eclipse! (the flight deck)
Summit the sunset
Dubtail the dragnet
And blow your backbone to bits! (to the galaxies)
Dear God, I was terribly lost
When the galaxies crossed
And the Sun went dark (went dark)
Dear God, You're the only North Star
I would follow this far
Oh telescope, keep an eye on my only hope
Lest I blink and be swept off the narrow road
Hercules, you've got nothing to say to me
'Cause you're not the blinding light that I need
For He is the saving grace of the Galaxies!
(galaxies, galaxies, galaxies...)
He is the saving grace of the Galaxies (galaxies)
Dear God, I was terribly lost
When the galaxies crossed
And the Sun went dark (went dark)
Dear God, You're the only North Star
I would follow this far
I would follow this far (to the galaxies)
To the galaxies...
9.Hospital Flowers
I survived
A dreadful accident
In the car crash of the century
My shattered hopes
Collapsed on cold cement
But in the back of the ambulance
I never felt so content
A high-speed collision gave a new sense of sight
To me
And now my vision can render the scene
A blurry image of wreckage and roadside debris
Happiness returned to me
Through a grave emergency
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
I tossed and turned
In sterile apathy
Until the violets
Arrived for me
The bouquet burst
And blossoms filled the room
And the place got smaller as they grew taller
And taught me to bloom
A high-speed collision gave a new sense of sight
To me
And now my vision can render the scene
A blurry image of wreckage and roadside debris
Happiness returned to me
Through a grave emergency
The curtains decayed
The daylight poured in
I was never afraid
Of the darkness again
My burns were third-degree
But I'd been set free
Cuz grace had finally found its way
To me
A high-speed collision gave a new sense of sight
To me
And now my vision can render the scene
A blurry image of wreckage and roadside debris
Happiness returned to me
Happiness returned to me
Happiness returned to me
Through a grave emergency
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
(Through a grave emergency)
Da da da da da da
Happiness returned to me
Through a grave emergency
10.Alligator Sky (feat. Shawn Chrystopher)
- Adam Young -
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go
- Shawn Chrystopher -
Uh uh, that's not a plane, that's me
I'm sittin' where I'm supposed to
Floatin' on the cloud, can't nobody come close to
The concrete and the sky switch places
So now my ceiling is painted with cosmic spaces
Firecracker to the moon, keep your eyes shut
Blastin' off like a rocket from the ground up
Heh, I used to catch a cab on the Monday
Now the taxi's sellin' lights on the runway, fly
Condo on the milky way
A house on the cloud and God's my landlord
And for my rent all I pay is my drive
If you need me you can find me in the alligator sky
- Adam -
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go
Roller coaster through the atmosphere
I'm drowning in this starry serenade
Where ecstasy becomes cavalier
My imagination's taking me away
Reverie whispered in my ear
I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid
Roller coaster through the atmosphere
My imagination's taking me away
- Shawn -
Uh, now I'mma dance like I never dance
Sing like I never sing, dream like I never dreamed
Or try to, 'cause we've been lied to
That the sun is somethin' that we can't fly to
Well, I sit on my star and see street lights
Look up, ha, you'll miss me if you blink twice
Imagination is hot and if you got it you can meet me
When you see me in the alligator sky
- Adam -
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go
In the alligator sky
In the alligator sky
In the alligator sky
In the alligator sky
11.The Yacht Club
(Da, da, la, da-da-da)
(Da, da, da, da-di-da)
My rock candy passion is bittersweet and onto the teeth
'Cause she would rather fall in chocolate
Than fall in love, especially with me
I stood under the waterfall with a kiwi pineapple parasol
A cinderella dropped a crystal ball
And made a concrete cavern a caterpillar concert hall
I wish that we could sail our sad days away, forever
In deep blue seas of paper-mache
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
A barracuda chased our dog days away forever
Let's sink or swim 'till we fall in love
(And dance in the moonlight)
When we join the yacht club
I would rather go swimming with great white sharks
Than wade in romance
'Cause I can never find the courage to ask her to dinner
Or even to dance (let's dance in the moonlight)
Don't sweat under your overcoat
'Cause my heart can't harbor this paddleboat
You'll hit the bottom of the highest note
And the chatty tree frogs will never want to leave your throat
I wish that we could sail our sad days away, forever
In deep blue seas of paper-mache
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
A barracuda chased our dog days away forever
Let's sink or swim 'till we fall in love
(And dance in the moonlight)
When we join the yacht club
(The yacht club, da, da-la-da, da, da-la-da, da, da-la-da)
(Da, da-la-da, da, da-la-da, da, da-la-da, da, da-la-da)
Let go of the world you know
And plug in the party lights
Soak your cares in the solar flares
That light up these island nights
Orange eclipse, I can taste your lips in the citrus afternoon
If you can fly, don't stop at the sky
'Cause there's footprints on the moon
It was you
I wish that we could sail our sad days away, forever
In deep blue seas of paper-mache
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
A barracuda chased our dog days away forever
Let's sink or swim 'till we fall in love
(And dance in the moonlight)
When we join the yacht club (yacht club...)
Let's dance in the moonlight
When we join the yacht club (we join the yacht club...)
12.Plant Life
I saw a ghost on the stairs
And sheets on the tables and chairs
The silverware swam with the sharks in the sink
Even so, I don't know what to think
I've been longing for daisies to push through the floor
And I wish plant life would grow all around me
So I won't feel dead anymore,
So I won't feel dead anymore
I saw a bear in the den reading my textbooks again
The bats flowed like traffic as they poured from the attic
Heaven knows I could really use a friend
I'd rather waltz than just walk through the forest
The trees keep the tempo and they swing in time
Quartet of crickets chime in for the chorus
If I were to pluck on your heart strings, would you strum on
mine？
I've been longing for daisies to push through the floor
And I wish plant life would grow all around me
So I won't feel dead anymore,
So I won't feel dead anymore
Your spirit is sweet, so pull off your sheet
And give me a ghost of a smile
Show me your teeth 'cause you're a teddy beneath
So just grin and bear it a while,
So just grin and bear it a while
I'd rather waltz than just walk through the forest
The trees keep the tempo and they swing in time
Quartet of crickets chime in for the chorus
If I were to pluck on your heart strings, would you strum on
mine？
The book babbles on about nothing at all
A new leaf turns over, unwilling to fall
Tonight I'm busting out of this old haunted house
Cause I'm sick of waiting for all those spider webs to grow all
around me
Cause I don't feel dead anymore
And I'm not afraid anymore
I'd rather waltz than just walk through the forest
The trees keep the tempo and they swing in time
Quartet of crickets chime in for the chorus
If I were to pluck on your heart strings, would you strum on
mine？
If I were to pluck on your heart strings, would you strum on
mine？
13.Alligator Sky (No Rap Version)
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go!
Remember to breathe
'Cause it'll take your breath away
When the engines cough, and you blast off
Ignite the night with a firecracker flash
Remember to live
'Cause you're gonna be thrilled to death
When the stars collide and your eyes grow wide
Take it in with your breath against the glass
Remember to dream
'Cause it's gonna be a starry night
Over every town as you look down
So harmonize with the singing satellites
And remember to scream
'Cause you're gonna be lost for words
When the sparks erupt and they light you up
Dip your toes in the galaxy; it's yours to explore tonight
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go
Roller coaster through the atmosphere
I'm drowning in this starry serenade
When ecstacy becomes cavalier
My imagination's taking me away
Reverie whisper in my ear
I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid
Roller coaster through the atmosphere
My imagination's taking me away
Let's hear it for the universe
Where it never hurts diving in head first
Take a taste of the melting Milky Way
And remember to laugh
'Cause you're livin' in a crazy world
Where you'll never guess what can happen next
Give the outer limits my regards as you float to fly away
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go
Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky？
Even though I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go!
In the alligator sky
In the alligator sky
In the alligator sky
14.How I Became the Sea
June was the lobster shell I dug by hand
A haven that hid me well beneath the sand
The wide windy waves washed in, but I stayed dry
The great breakers broke again, as I nodded off inside
And then, when the Empress ran aground,
And my eyes turned blue and green,
I heard a gorgeous sound,
And that's when it became a dream
When the sky fell in,
When the hurricanes came for me,
I could finally crash again,
And that's how I became the sea
I wrenched the engines off and drank them down
The depths turned the iron soft as they swiftly drowned
And I brought the ocean side to its rusty knees
As I felt the even tide deep in my shallow dreams
And then, when the Empress ran aground,
And my eyes turned blue and green,
I heard a gorgeous sound,
And that's when it became a dream
When the sky fell in,
When the hurricanes came for me,
I could finally crash again,
And that's how I became the sea
When the sky fell in (When the sky fell in)
When the hurricanes came for me
I could finally crash again,
And that's how I became the sea (How I became the sea)
That's how I became the sea (How I became the sea)
That's how I became the sea (How I became the sea...)
When the sky fell in,
When the hurricanes came for me
I could finally crash again,
And that's how I became the sea
How I became the sea.
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