1.The Good That Won't Come Out
Let's get together and talk about the modern age.
All of our friends were gathered there with their pets
just talking shit about how we're all so upset about the
disappearing ground.
As we watch it melt....
It's all of the good that won't come out of us
and how eventually our hands will just turn to dust,
if we keep shaking them.
Standing here on this frozen lake.
I do this thing where I think I'm real sick
but I won't go to the doctor to find out about it
Cause they make you stay real still in a real small space
As they chart up your insides and put them on display.
They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it.
All the good that won't come out of me
and all the stupid lies I hide behind.
It's such a big mistake
lying here in your warm embrace.
Oh, you're almost home.
I've been waiting for you to come in.
Dancing around in your old suits going crazy in your room again.
I think I'll go out an embarrass myself by getting drunk and
falling down in
the street.
You say I choose sadness
that it never once has chosen me.
Maybe you're right...
Let's talk about all of our friends who lost the war
And all of the novels that had yet to be written about them.
It's all the good that won't come out of them
and all the stupid lies they hide behind.
It's such a big mistake
Standing here on this frozen lake.
It's all of the good that won't come out of me
And how eventually my mouth will just turn to dust
If I don't tell you quick.
Standing here on this frozen lake.
2.Paint's Peeling
The paint's peeling off the streets again
And I drive and I close my eyes in Michigan.
And I feel nothing, not brave.
It's a hard day for breathing again.
The heat is chasing off all your friends
And their scattered bodies part to the shore again.
And I feel nothing, not sane.
It's a hard day for dreaming again.
I'm not going back to the assholes that made me
And the perfect display of random acts of hopelessness.
I wish I could stay here but I think we're all ready.
I think we're all ready.
And I feel nothing, not safe.
It's a hard day for dreaming again.
Now that you've seen almost all of America,
All you can say is, where is all the water？
And the war has been over for years since you gave up.
And last night, where the road had started
And last night, when my hands were choking you.
Last night, when the room and your mood was dipping
And last night, when the ropes were pulling you in.
You said, Hey, how could you love me this way？
You said, Hey, I think we're all ready.
I think we're all ready.
3.The Execution Of All Things
Soldiers come quickly, I feel the earth beneath my feet
I'm feeling badly, it's not an attempt at decency
And if you're well off, well then I'm happy some for you
But I'd rather not celebrate my defeat and humiliation here with
you
Someone come quickly, this place was built for moving out
Leave behind buildings, the city planners got mapped out
Bring with you history and make your hard earned feast
Then we'll go to Omaha, to work and exploit the booming music
scene
And humility
And we've been talking all night...
Oh god come quickly, for the execution of all things
Let's start with the bears and the air and mountains rivers and
streams
Then we'll murder what matters to you and move on to your
neighbors and kids
Crush all hopes of happiness with disease cause of what you did
And lastly, you're all alone with nothing left but sleep
But sleep never comes to you, it's the guilt and forever
wakefulness of the weak
It's just you and me....
The execution of all things
The execution of all things
The execution of all things
4.So Long
Watch me fly away
Through the night sky yeah
Now that all you touched
Has finally turned gray
And roads can't hold us down
Winds will move us around
With no need to return
to this gray town
Wanna bet I can tell
You've been in bed for too long
So let's just say so long
And I watched you at the cove
You read on rocks below
And I turned home
without so much as hello
Wanna know where I go
I've been away for too long
And it's hard to leave
when I haven't seen
You in so long
And if we
had just held out for tomorrow
We might have seen
What seemed so far away
We didn't even bother to stay
There it goes I can tell
You're gonna to keep
your eyes to the ground
Waiting for something
to finally come around
Tell you that you knew
That you weren't wrong
And it's finally time for so long
5.Capturing Moods
Moods don't command you if you don't know what you're going
through.
There's love for you up where the population grows.
There's friendly people in cities too, just ask them where they
are going to.
There's life and work up where the clouds meet the snow.
And I don't mind waiting.
I'm always one step ahead of you if you don't know what you're
going through.
There's laughs and fun up where the conversation flows.
And I don't mind waiting if it takes a long, long time.
I don't mind braving the coldest winter of our time.
I don't mind racing through our goodbyes.
This is your last line of defense.
You could sell your baseball cards just to pay your rent, yeah.
I don't mind waiting if it takes a long, long time.
And I don't mind wasting the best years of our lives.
And I don't mind racing through our goodbyes.
6.A Better Son／Daughter
Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move.
Awake, but cannot open my eyes.
And the weight is crushing down on my lungs, I know I can't
breathe.
And hope someone will save me this time.
And your mother's still calling you insane and high
Swearing it's different this time.
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
And that God never blessed her insides.
Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting
Things and crawl back into bed to dream of a time
When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
Like the sick and the dying.
And sometimes when you're on, you're really fucking on
And your friends they sing along and they love you.
But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
And it teases you for weeks in its absence.
But you'll fight and you'll make it through
You'll fake it if you have to and you'll show up to work with a
smile
You'll be better and you'll be smarter and more grown up
And a better daughter or son and a real good friend
And you'll be awake, you'll be alert, you'll be positive though
it hurts
And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends
You'll be a real good listener, you'll be honest, you'll be
brave
You'll be handsome and you'll be beautiful.
You'll be happy.
Your ship may be coming in.
You're weak, but not giving in
To the cries and the wails of the valley below.
And your ship may be coming in.
You're weak, but not giving in.
And you'll fight it, you'll go out fighting all of them.
7.Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight
Hail to those who have come
From the sunlight that surrounds you
Pray for those who have gone
From the sunlight that surrounds you
Hail to those who have come
From the sunlight that surrounds you
Pray for those who have gone
From the sunlight that surrounds you
Pretend all the good things for you
Hail to those who have come
From the sunlight that surrounds you
Hail to whatever you found
In the sunlight that surrounds you
Pretend all the good things for you
Pretend all the good things for me, too
And the weather changes
'bout halfway between your house and mine
Pretend all the good things for you
Pretend all the good things for me, too
And the weather changes
'bout halfway between your house and mine
And all of the good things for me
And all of the good things for you, too
And the weather changes
'bout halfway between your house and mine
8.My Slumbering Heart
In my dreams
I see myself hitting a baseball
In a green field somewhere near a freeway
I'm all tan and smiling and running from 3rd base
And it's hot and
The kids keep playing the driving game
And they're singing the same goddamn refrain
And the sky is a blueish grey.
And its become just like a chemical stress
Tracing the lines in my face for
Something more beautiful than is there
I've barely been gone.
In my dreams
I see you at the foot of some mountains.
And we're taking some pictures or something
And we'd better hurry up
And it's late and
The sun keeps on shooting through pine trees
And the grass stains are wet on your new jeans
And we'd better hurry up
And I've become just like a terrible mess
searching the lines in my face for
something more beautiful than is there
the crowds keep me coming back. Cheering.
In my dreams
I see you asleep on a twin bed
The covers pulled up over your head
Am I asleep or awake？
And it's morning
And the captain is playing the radio
And hes just put the paint on his new boat
Am I asleep or awake？
And it just feels good when you're waking up
And it just feels good when you're next to me
And it just feels good when you're coming home
And it just feels good when it's waking up
And I've become just like a chemical stress
Tracing the lines of my face for
Something more beautiful than is there
I've barely been gone
and I'm not a failure
I swear
I wish you could see it from over there
I've got a lot over here without you
I've barely been gone
gone
dreaming
9.Three Hopeful Thoughts
All this talk of your sweet girlfriend
Is startin' to pay off
And the charms that she got from travel
Are startin' to wear off
And I hope that you smile tonight
Watching the last of your friends arrive
Smile and shake their hands
And the hero that you hoped you'd be
Never seemed to show up
And if I can keep on talking
There won't be time to give up
And I hope that I drive tonight
Into the last of the great sunrises
I'll smile and wave my hand
Goodbye
If things don't work out quite the way you
Planned it's almost half past two
And I've begun to hate the way you
Smile so smile
And I hope that you close your eyes
And block out the pain of a thousand lives
And I hope that you die tonight
Just close your eyes there goes the light
Smile I'll brave it
While you wave your hand
Goodbye
10.With Arms Outstretched
Its 16 miles, to the promise land
And I promise you, I'm doing the best I can
Now don't fool yourself
In thinking you're more than a man
Cause you'll probably end up dead
I visit these
Mountains with frequency
And I stand here with my arms out
Now somedays they'll last longer than others
But this day by the lake went too fast
And if you want me
You better speak up I won't wait
So you better, move fast
Don't fool yourself
In thinking you're more than you are
With your arms outstretched to me
Now its 16 miles to the promised land
And I promise you I'm doing the best I can
Now somedays they last longer than others
But this day by the lake went to fast
And if you want me, you better speak up I won't wait
So you better move fast
And somedays they last longer than others
But this day by the lake went to fast
And if you want me, you better speak up I wont wait
So you better move fast
11.Spectacular Views
In steep cliffs with rocks all piled up mysteries of your
passing luck
Ages past shells and bits of bone forming new limestone
to give things their turn
There are no bad words for the coast today
You never knew why you felt so good
in the strangest of places
Like in waiting rooms and long lines that made you late and mall
parking lots
on holidays
There are no bad words for the coast today
when we hold our breath until nothing's left
it all starts to fade
We can see the stars from where the birds make their homes
staring back at us
Indifferent but distanced perfectly projected endlessly
it's so fucking beautiful
There are no bad words for the coast today
then you ask what's a palisade
and if we're too late for happiness？
12.And That's How I Choose to Remember It
When dad moved out to a frozen land
The TV was jumping and it didn't quite feel right
The cards they came with pictures of frozen lights
and giant frozen sculptures
So big right beside him
carved out of snow
We traveled all night
The clouds fooled us into seeing snow
As far as we could see
but it was summer and the sun came up
and never went down for two whole weeks
My mom she cried about money and time
and how she felt older
I didn't understand much
She left and I stayed
My dad played in the bar
I wondered if I looked like him
He was small evevn with boots on
He looked like an Eskimo
and we were in Alaska
In the airport I had seen or imagined a mural of an arctic scene
with seals and people that seemed nicer than me
where they smoked and talked about the dissapearing ground
My dad was nice and seemed sorry for not being around
He left work early and took me to a skating rink
Where all of the kids in the world could have been
I was scared and tall with skates on
and my favorite jeans
There was a boy who wanted to skate with me
He held my hand
and we went around
More times I counted
By a mural of an Arctic scene
I was looking at my feet because
It was perfect and the air was clean
My dad was there
It was summer's last eve
and that's how I choose to remember it
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