Even If And Especially When

Screaming Trees Even If And Especially When Lyrics
1.Transfiguration

If you see my birds flying
On your way past people crying
Give them all a wave and tell them
That i'm going to save some time for them

If you pass me in the square
Just pretend that i'm not there
Just reach over into my pocket
Take the paper and written on it's what to do
It's up to you
Ah, ah, ah
Transfiguration
Hey hey

If you think i'm taking too long
Just imagine that i'm gone
Everybody wants to sleep but
Sleep is something they must keep from getting into
You know
And i know

Playing cards who can't pretend
But only you would remember when
Close our eyes and see each other
One last time and you know my mother said it's true
That it's up to you
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Transfiguration
Hey hey

Ten thousand different things to be
It's impossible that's all
If you decide which one you want
They'll help you if you fall
Transfiguration
Hey hey

If you see me trying to swim backwards up the stream
Remember i'm the only one who only had that dream
If you jump into the water and try to swim but then you sink
Try not to look behind yourself, just have yourself a drink
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Transfiguration
Hey hey, hey hey...


2.Straight Out To Anyplace

I'm burning baby, catch on fire with me
There's a ghost in my head
And he's chasing me through my dreams
I want to take a train today
I'd take it straight to any place

I keep on riding, keep on rolling away
Woah yeah

I'm burning baby, got no place to go
It's just a crawl through the weeks
To destination unknown

And doesn't it seem strange
Some things never change
Some things never change
Woah yeah

Get burned away, yeah
I get burned away

I'm burning baby, catch on fire with me
There's some ghosts in my head
And they're chasing me through my dreams
Yeah, i want to take a train today
I'd take it straight to any place
I keep on riding, keep on rolling away
I get burned away

Yeah, i'm leaving town
In the midnight rain
I been burned away


3.World Painted

Yeah i can see for miles and the time is empty
I bounce on a wire just try and stop me
A million things i could think of today
Cause my mind is racing, i wanna stay
And get lost in your eyes
But can you swim when you cry, hey

I'm walking down a spiral staircase
Never gonna ever be able to place
The kind of things i see and hear
A room that's washed in burnin' tears
Well i walk that on by
I can't rest well when you cry, hey

Today my world has been painted light
Where's the snow that's painted white
A million things i could think of today
Cause my mind is racing and i just wanna stay
And get lost in your eyes
Slap me don't even try
Tomorrow's gonna pass on by
But can you swim when you cry


4.Don't Look Down

Don't look down...

As we begin to travel mysteries unravel
Control just seems to twist around
Follow me and oh that sound
Don't look down

Never find that key somewhere
So fire ties your walking stick
It served me well but now it's gone
Changing shape and end is long

Don't look down
Don't look down

Get the strangest feeling
Til both become the ceiling
I'm closer for you
You're closer to the secret i'm revealing

Don't look down

We go back to a time when
Things weren't quite so numbered
Like ashes in the air i'm being scattered everywhere

As we begin to travel the mysteries unravel
Control just seems to twist around
Follow me and oh that sound

Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down


5.The Girl Behind The Mask

Well clouds divide and i see a shape
Pretty girl through the mind gape
Running back fast away
Past the shadows where i stay
Long, long hair
Knock, not there
Wind dissolves the clouds
But the street light you're the only witness

The girl behind the mask
She's the one
Who never has to ask, yeah

With magic pouring from her eyes
There's nothing she can't recognize
Makes me want to understand
Makes me feel like melting black
When you're the last flash
When time stands still i ask
Where to fall and i could be calling
Never been in a dream where she could see

The girl behind the mask
She's the one
Who never has to ask
She reads through your disguise
It's too late
You never realize
And i never realized

Up the stairs her picture's waiting
In the room she might be waiting
We're baptized still getting blinded in the darkness
If i get back to her i'd walk away into the forest
And into the thicket, where can i go lord

The girl behind the mask
She's the one
Who never has to ask
She reads through your disguise
It's too late
You never realize
You never realize
Then you cry please don't...


6.Flying

Moving around in the outer reaches
Hiding out with all the creatures there
The dirt is drifting down upon us
But my friends would never crack a frown
We're going to the poison planet
We're going to it now
Looking beyond this point in time
Seems unreal somehow

Time to know just what i'm buying
Cold still walls remain
And i'm flying

Trapped in the valley of love you're giving
Special power
Now what was that
Looking to you with gratitude that seems unreal somehow

Time to know just what i'm buying
Cold still walls remain
And i'm flying
Flying

Moving around in the outer reaches
Hiding out with all the creatures there
The dirt is drifting down upon us
But my friends would have never cracked a frown
Million worlds our soul is gutted
It seems unreal somehow

Time to know just what i'm buying
Cold still walls remain
And i'm flying
Flying
You gotta watch me fly


7.Cold Rain

I walk in cold rain
With my telescope in my hand
I had to go 27,000 miles with this cane
Now it's broken into pieces
So little time remains

I hear these voices in in the air
And i know they're just repeating
The language of the land
And the sky that i survey

I'm reciting all the verses
Prayin' straight from the book beside my bed
It's different now i'm here
Every question's coming clear

Yeah i found so many places
That i don't know where i'm at
Came right on every story
And now i can't come back

And these voices in the aisle
And i know they're just repeating
The language of the land
And the sky that i survey

Everywhere i have to go
Is so very far away
Away
Yeah, so far away
Too far away

I get these voices in my head
But i know they're just repeating
The language of the land
And the sky that i survey
Everywhere i have to go
Is so very far away

I walk in cold rain
I got my telescope in my hand
I had to go 27,000 miles with this cane
But it's broken into pieces
And so little time remains

I walk in cold rain
I walk in cold rain
Cold rain
I walk in cold rain
Cold rain falling down
I feel the cold rain falling down
I feel cold rain falling down


8.Other Days And Different Planets

You try to think but you find your head full
Time slips into the hands of the wrong people
(i know you know)
Crashing, howling something's coming at you
(you know i know)
Turns to go when you don't want it to, yeah

She turns her head and never tells you who
I'm moving fast so i'm unveiling
The many ways that i am failing to see
(i can see you)
Feeling like two people i can't be
(you can see too)
So many things that got away from you, yeah
Turns to go when you don't want it to

Try to speak with so many voices
They cloud the space with so many noises
I know you know
Other different days on different planets, yeah
Turns to go when you don't want it to, yeah
The girl with silver eyes is calling you
So look into the sun it's shining blue


9.The Pathway

Come on
The sound of the ocean destroys the silence
And he stands on the edge of the morning
With the rising tides and he's watching day lay
His will is strong but his legs are failing, yeah
On the pathway
Moving ever forward down the pathway

Throw flowers from electric circles
No mother, father, brother, sister
The whole of the ocean is bathed in sunlight
His first contact is his only sight
On the pathway
Moving ever further down the pathway

The sound of the ocean destroys the silence
As he stands on the edge of the morning
Maybe the answers don't come at all
Just the pain and echo of his call
On the pathway
Moving ever further down the pathway
Moving ever, ever further down the pathway
Go on
Pathway....


10.You Know Where Its At

Winds are fake but you're over there
Didn't sit here long inside my stare
In those pale blue skies you spy the errors
Strange to see how your vision narrows

An unspoken claim
In your ears it rings
You know where it's at now

Maybe a time for one inspection
You took off in the wrong direction
And nobody wants to hear
Like so many did when the days were clear

An unspoken pain
In your ears it rings
You know where it's at now
Something died when you said goodbye, yeah

Hardly time for one last look
Giving up on what we took
It's no good unless we stand
Face to face alone my friend

An unspoken thing
In your ears it rings
You know where it's at now
You know where it's at now
Something died when you said goodbye


11.Back Together

Watching shadows fall across the floor
And the wind blows wild
Step outside into the night
Step outside myself for awhile

It all comes apart but then my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could i ever
Put it back together

The yellow truck slows to a halt
Now come the dogs it don't matter
Walking all alone down a one way street
Best time i ever had

It all comes apart but then my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could i ever
Put it back together

I watch the shadows fall across the floor
And the wind blows wild
Step outside into the night
Step outside myself for awhile

It all comes apart and my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could i ever
Put it back together
(repeat)


12.In The Forest

Ah come on now won't you tell me how you feel
Black and white explaining that my eyes are all but sealed
Sentimental memories call you back to your life
But a vaguely clouded window pane destroys my views tonight
Come on baby do like me, a cat on the prowl

Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Wanna live in the forest baby, yeah

Now i don't wanna hear it if you're telling me your lies
I wanna leave the city and a million staring eyes
All the leaves surrounded brought up in a sea of green
I've got a pain inside my heart now can't you see babe
Do like a cat, say meow
All right now

Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
I wanna live in the forest baby
Not a lot of miles to take me
Out here to the forest baby, yeah

Well come on out into my forest
Out here they're gonna all ignore us
In the middle of a brand new day
I wanna love you mama, yeah
As many times as a i can
I wanna see this town explode without a sound
Cause no one else would come around, yeah

Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Wanna live in the forest baby
Not a lot of miles to take me
Out here to the forest baby

Oh out in the forest
And she's white and black
They can't call me or turn me back
This animal's wild and he roams where he wants
Don't care about the people cause i can't hear 'em talk
Out here in the forest
Out in the forest