Now Or Heaven

The Broken West Now Or Heaven Lyrics
1.Gwen, Now And Then

Tonight you show up in disguise
A diamond in a bag of ice, impossible to find
Windows where your eyes were before
A voice laced with malice more than compromise

Gwen, now and then you give me the feeling
I'm not a man I'm a magazine
Gwen, now and then with your feet on the railing
Don't it feel like you're falling again?
Now and then

Look what summer's turned to blond
'Who are you to turn my life around?'
Says the queen to her pawn

Phone rings, you pick up where you never did
You've blown up every negative
Throw them all in the fire

Gwen, now and then you give me the feeling
I'm not a man I'm a magazine
Gwen, now and then making light of my living
Raising your glass to a massacre again
Now and then

I've been someone else too
And I've been through hell
But I will return

Where you whispered to the waves
Now I hear a hurricane
Shout your name on the wind

Come out and say it to my face
You think I'm the one who's changed
But we're both the same

Gwen, now and then you give me the feeling
I'm not a man I'm a magazine, oh yeah
Gwen, now and then you give me the feeling
You're just reaching for a reason to leave
Got no name for your generation
Let's just say it looks like a waning moon
Don't believe in consequences
Lest you forget I got faith in you
Now and then
Now and then


2.Auctioneer


3.Elm City


4.Ambuscade

Innocent as I could be
Given what was given me
Never thought a friend of mine
Would be laughing at my life

But on the side, ooh-ooh
Ambuscade, these are ruthless people
The bed you make is the one you sleep in

Hell, i know much better now
Took a while to figure out
Living in a lion's den
Turned me into one of them

So it began, ooh-ooh
Ambuscade, these are ruthless people
The bed you make, it is the one you sleep in

Ambuscade, these are ruthless people
The bed you make is the one you sleep in
Ambuscade, these are ruthless people
The bed you make, it is the one you sleep in


5.Perfect Games

We sit around looking for flaws in the diamonds
We sit around spillin our ice cubes on the lawn
We sit around finding our way through the darkness
Well we waste our time when we could be righting every wrong.

I get along kicking myself in the lightning
I get along knowing you won't be here
I get along finding myself in the darkness
Well we waste our time when we could be righting every wrong.
And we chase heartbreak where we can see heartbreak don't
belong.

We kick around placing our bets on the evening
We kick around hanging our secrets out for sale
We kick around sticking it out in the darkness
We waste our time when we could be righting every wrong
We waste our time when we could be righting ever
We chase heartbreak where we can see heartbreak don't belong
We chase heartbreak and I was right here all along
We waste our time
We waste our time


6.House Of Lies


7.Smartest Man Alive

As a matter of fact
I got an attitude,
That you will never see.
I've been striking a match
Lighting a cigarette and driving with my knees.

You believe you know just what I'm going through. (Its now or
never)
Now you need to listen to a poor excuse for a substitute

Finding feeling for me I can't say
But only magic knows

I am
Hidden in plain sight
I am
The smartest man alive

I'm all over the map
I gotta hand it to you (It now or never)
I keep covering my tracks
Feeding back into your memories

Finding feelings for me I can't say (Anymore)
Can you bridge the distance In my face
I think I'm comin close

I am
Hidden in a million ways
And I am
A thousand miles away...

Finding feelings for me I can't say (anymore)
Can you bridge the distance in my face
I think I'm coming close

I am (as a matter of fact)
Hidden in plain sight
I am (I keep coverin my tracks)
The smartest man alive

I am...
I am...
As a matter of fact I got an attitude (Its now or heaven)
I am
I'm all over the road
As a matter of fact I got an attitude
I am


8.Got It Bad

Two days in a changing sea
Good Friday meets Hollowen
Cold morning I hear the bell
Everybody has got something to sell

I got it bad
I got it bad
But I am what I am
I got it bad
I got it bad
All I what is what I can't have


Ten days and it's something new
Takes a minute to learn the rule
Maybe this is why we've been down
Maybe this is why we should sail

I got it bad
I got it bad
I am what I am
I got it bad
I got it bad
All I what is what I can't have

I got it bad
I got it bad
I am what I am
I got it bad
I got it bad
All I what is what I can't have

But I am what I am
And I am what I am

Two days in a changing sea (back vocals)
And I am what I am (repeat)
Tens days and it's something new (back vocals repeat)
All I what is what I can't have (repeat)
Two days in a changing sea (back vocals repeat)


9.Terror For Two


10.Embassy Row

Who are you
To offer me
Any comfort?
Who are you
To see me inside?

The city map
Collapsed and cast upon the river
Past embassies, I drive

By the starlit reservoir, we park in our best
I straighten my brother's tie
Too late now to face the crowd
Sudden death, we have suffered and survived

With the plastic off
With a past that's told

I'm the fingerprints on the picture
I'm the Christmas tree on the ground
I'm the fingerprints on the picture
I'm the last of the echoes no one heard

I was told I would get it when I got older
The losing hands, the moving vans
Seems to me now there is no getting over
Now there's only getting back

Welcome home with those empty arms
Where is your loving woman?
(She has moved on)

I'm the fingerprint on the picture
I'm the Christmas tree on the ground
I'm the fingerprints on the picture
I'm the last of the echoes of the goodbye no one heard

The goodbye no one heard
The goodbye no one heard
The goodbye no one heard