1.Trash
Lyricist:John Grant
Mesmerizing, hypnotizing, resolve made of steel
You've got all the good cards baby
Don't say no and don't say maybe
What you fighting for, what is it you fight for?
It's okay to not have answers, they don't have them anyway
Save that bullshit for the bedroom
That's where all your best work gets done
You're all by yourself, you're your only lover
What do you think, you'll do to me, that you have not already
done?
Why don't you try sticking your dick
Into all the things that you bought
With your hard earned cash, you don't know what trash is
2.Zippermouth
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Jeff Linsenmaier, John Grant
I demand, I demand
That I be seen by you
For all my overtime
You want to make it home now
Don't you?
I guess I am the one that really needs
To get through to you
Because we're wasting time
You spend your life getting through
I thought it over, will you be the one?
So I said to myself, I said to myself
Are you willing to make the change?
I thought it over, will you be the one?
So I said to myself, I said to myself
I'm not willing to go there yet
I demand, I demand
That I be seen by you
For all my overtime
You want to make it somewhere
Don't you?
I had a dream last night
You were the one to make the change
So I said to myself, I said to myself
Were you not willing to lead me
Now along the path you've chosen?
Lying to yourself, saying to yourself, I'm not the one
3.The Hymn
Lyricist:John Grant
People say to me you cannot change
People say you always stay the same
If that were true I would leave this place
I would vanish from this place without a trace
I would leave you alone, build yourself a throne
You have said to me you cannot change
Coming from you that sounds very strange
'Cause you have changed in so many ways
That I have trouble recognizing you from day to day
And trouble is your thing, it takes away the sting
Someday these concerns may be your own
When you're lost and far away from home
But you won't have it any other way
Now you'll have to pay
Clever tricks so sly but you cannot cry
4.Bright Black Eyes
Lyricist:John Grant, Roger Green, Andrew Monley
I thought that I knew where my heart it had landed
I thought that I'd worked it all out
I thought she'd be willing to hold me at night
And I thought that that's what I would want
But I was a blind man in love with a demon
And I couldn't figure it out
Your bright black eyes
Have started to quench the light in my soul
Your bright black eyes
Have started to strip all the sense from my mind
This desert it seems to have no plans of ending
So I have to make it my home
You gave me a chance, now I know I can't take it
I'd rather just be here alone
Your bright black eyes
Have started to quench the light in my soul
I have let you play me and take me to places
That I thought that I couldn't find, oh oh
Don't talk to me about love
This has nothing to do with that word
This is just good old fashioned exploitation
You're not serious
So just like a dog that returns to his vomit
I guess that I do it because
I get no more pleasure from self-deprecation
It's not as much fun as it was, oh, oh
Your bright black eyes
Have started to quench the light in my soul
Your bright black eyes
Have started to strip all the sense from my mind
Your bright black eyes
Have started to quench the light in my soul, in my soul
Your bright black eyes
Have started to strip all the sense from my mind
5.I Saw A Ship
Lyricist:John Grant
I saw a ship on the horizon
I hadn't seen before
I wanted to cry tears of joy
But I don't have them anymore
I've wasted them on trifles
Things that just don't mean a thing
But when I come back home to you
My love is what I'll bring
I saw a ship on the horizon
I hadn't seen before
I wanted to cry tears of joy
But I don't have them anymore
I've wasted them on trifles
Things that just don't mean a thing
And when I come back home to you
My love is what I'll bring
I saw a ship on the horizon
I hadn't seen before
I found those tears I lost
â~Cause you don't love me anymore
You left me so that you could go
And have an easy life
One filled with zero trouble
And one filled with zero strife
6.My Love
Lyricist:John Grant, Roger Green
If you are lucky, lucky enough today
To have someone
To whom you feel you got something to say
Don't think it over, don't let 'em slip away
He read to her from his poetry
But that could never be enough
To really make her see
So he climbed up high into a tree
Made the choice to turn into a leaf
If you are lucky, lucky enough today
To have found a love
To whom you feel you got something to say
Don't think it over, it's gonna be okay
Read to her from his poetry
But that could never be enough
To really make her see
So he climbed up high into a tree
Made the choice to turn into a leaf
Read to her from his poetry
But that could never be enough
To really make her see
So he climbed up high into a tree
Made the choice to turn into a leaf
7.I Am The Man
Lyricist:John Grant
You are beyond any reproach now
You are so cool, you're so flawless now
Perfect approach, impeccable execution
When you are done, can you show me how?
I'm not just a man
I am the man you can't have
I need something else
You are the one who can't help
You've gotten sick on self-satisfaction
And now my patience is wearing thin
You seem surprised, how could this happen?
You knew what I was when you took me in
I'm not just a man
I am the man you can't have
I need something else
And you are the one who can't help
And I'm not just a man
I am the man you can't have
And I need something else
And you are the one who can't help
I'm not just a man
I am the man you can't have
I need something else
And you are the one who can't help
8.Goodbye
Lyricist:John Grant
I'm waiting over here
Just to see you, my love
For the last time
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I love to see you fade and die
I love to see you kicking, screaming
As you try to reach the sky
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I love to see you fade and die
I love to see you kicking, screaming
As you try to reach the sky and fly
I'm begging you tonight
I want to free you, my love
Just one last time forever
Maybe we could change
We always seem to fall again
We are still alive
We have to give up everything and die
And all I want is you
And all I want is you
So it's over now
And I have loved you with my life
But this is the last time for you
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I love to see you fade and die
I love to see you kicking, screaming
As you try to reach the sky
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I love to see you fade and die
I love to see you kicking, screaming
As you try to reach the sky and fly
9.Los
Lyricist:John Grant
You keep on pushing and you'll get your answer
But it won't be the one you want it to be
I think it's funny how we don't get storms around here anymore
And the rain, when it comes, it tastes like nothing
I want you to remember me
For things I never did
'Cause no one in this world deserves
To see my happiness
I know what it's supposed to be like to be young
But it is not the way I thought it would be
My paranoia functioned like a broken mirror
To distort and destroy any clarity and what's more
I want you to give back to me
The child I never was
'Cause I believed what I was told
Like everybody does
10.Pain
Lyricist:John Grant
Pain, it takes so much pain
To help you feel, if you can't feel at all
It takes so much pain
To help you feel, if you can't feel at all
And if you think you need more pain
You can get all that you need
You can get it all for free
Just keep doing what you are
Did somebody tell you that they loved you
Then they said they never loved you?
How did you feel? How did you feel?
It doesn't really matter how you felt â~cause
You can't make them love you
That is for sure, that is for real
Pain, it takes so much pain
To help you feel, if you can't feel at all
It takes so much pain
To help you feel, if you can't feel at all
And if you think you need more pain
You can get all that you need
You can get it all for free
Just keep doing what you are
Do you really think that it won't kill you?
â~Cause I know that it will kill you
Maybe not now, but you'll find out how
Don't tell me that you wanna to end up
That would be tragic, that would be sad
Baby, please don't misunderstand me
â~Cause I don't really give a damn
I saw you had a problem and I wanted to help
That's just how I am
It really doesn't matter that much to me
Pain, it takes so much pain
To help you feel, if you can't feel at all
It takes so much pain
To help you feel, if you can't feel at all
And if you think you need more pain
You can get all that you need
You can get it all for free
Just keep doing what you are
11.Killjoy
Lyricist:John Grant, Roger Green, Jeff Linsenmaier, Andrew Monley,
Chris Pearson
Just one vice is all, is all any man needs
To make him happy
This old man, he's got, he's got all he needs
To keep him happy
Just one lie is all you find you can't read
But you are happy,
My advice, why not take two or three
If you're feeling lucky
Hold on tight
Let it eat you from inside
Take you away
You are safe
Just one lie is all, is all any man needs
To keep him happy
My advice, why not take two or three
If you're feeling lucky
Hold on tight
Don't let go
Let it eat you from inside
Take you away
You are safe
12.X Would Rather Listen To Y
Lyricist:John Grant, Roger Green, Jeff Linsenmaier, Andrew T Monley,
Chris Pearson
I sat and watched the sun go down
I thought about the things that I have said and done
You won't be seeing me around
I won't be running in this shitty little town
Run as fast as you can, find another man
He's not here, he is gone, got the address wrong
What kind of formula did you employ?
Is it the kind that turns a person to a toy?
You will not get that far with me
My mind consumes you, you throw the rest into the sea
Run as fast as you can, find another man
He's not here, he is gone, got the address wrong
13.Anger
Lyricist:John Grant, Roger Green, Jeff Linsenmaier, Andrew Monley,
Chris Pearson
Don't say that, make them understand
Don't try that, it just makes everything seem so useless
Honestly, no one seems to hurt you like you do
Tell me please, how does anyone take so much abuse?
Look at me, look straight into my eyes
If I'm acting up, I promise you won't expect a reply
Honestly, no one seems to hurt you, like you do
Tell me please, how does anyone take so much abuse?
14.You Don't Know What Love Is
Lyricist:Gene Depaul, Don Raye
You don't know what love is
Until you've learned the meaning of the blues
Until you've loved a love, you had to lose
You don't know what love is
You don't know how lips hurt
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
You don't know what love is
15.Little Pink House
Lyricist:Grant John William
Lilacs and tiger-lilies
Won't be enough for me when you're gone
Hollyhocks, gladiolas
Will never replace your face
In your little pink house
With the blue polka-dots
I learned what I was and what I was not
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Bleeding heart, lily of the valley
Snapdragon, ramblin' rose
You'll never make it in this world
If you're not one of those
In your little pink house
With the blue polka-dots
I learned what I was and what I was not
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Diadem, orange sensation
Diorama, bell canto
Baby Lune and princess too
But you were the one I chose
In your little pink house
With the blue polka-dots
I learned what I was and what I was not
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
16.Pressure
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Jeff Linsenmaier, John Grant
I will not wait around to face my fortune
I will not wait around for something else
You are around my now
You can have anything that you want
Calling all your resource for another time
That is fine
If I write a note and leave it anywhere
That is fine
You can have anything
You can have anything that you want
17.Paint The Moon
Lyricist:Grant John William
I had a dream last night
A nightmare to be exact
We couldn't take the heat
And the sweat dripped from our backs
I didn't go
I waited for the midnight sun
I didn't wanna leave you
â~Cause I don't have anyone
Don't paint the sun anymore
Paint the moon and the stars in an autumn sky
Paint me cool blue waters with shades of gray
Just don't let me live my life this way without you
Let it go, let it go
Let it fall down from the sky
And leave this world behind
Let it go, let it go
Let it fall down from the sky
And leave this world behind
I saw you suffering
So I knelt down by your side
I saw that you were fading
That you were leaving your own mind
I gave you water
Just to soothe your failing heart
And take away the fear
Of what we both know we will find
Don't paint the sun anymore
Paint the moon and the stars in an autumn sky
Paint me cool blue waters with shades of gray
Just don't let me live my life this way without you
Without you, without you
Without you, without you
18.Get Used To It
Lyricist:Huey 'piano' Smith
I wanted that, I needed that
I anticipated this, for the longest time
I want to be desired by that, I want it to infatuate me
I want to see if I can overcome, without saying that
If this is what you want, then get used to destruction
If this is what you need, then get used to depression
'Cause there's nobody here gonna sit around and listen to your
opinion
If this is what you want, then get used to being alone
When you were a child you laughed and cried
And then somebody filled you full of pride
And we were all there the day your personality died
And we all still feel the loss
But feelings are a little bit steep for you
You've got a lot of things that you must do
Like tapping the sap from the apple trees
For your own self pity stew
If this is what you want, then get used to rejection
If this is what you need, then get used to suppression
'Cause there's nobody here gonna sit around and listen to your
opinion
If this is what you want, then get used to being alone
19.Stay
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Jeff Linsenmaier, John Grant
Stay here, won't you?
I know that you are the best
White force, you know
I cannot be around the rest
I'm gonna make it work this time
Throw you out and be just fine
You know that you are the best
I don't care what you wanna do this time
Throw yourself away this time
I cannot be around the best
Won't you stay a while?
Won't you stay a while?
Won't you stay a while?
Won't you stay a while?
Stay here, won't you?
I know that you are the best
White force, you know
I cannot be around the rest for life
That's the way I like to see you offer
That's the way I like to see you offer
20.Concentrate
Lyricist:L. Russell Brown, Billy Vera
I need a lot of hope from you
But I forgot I went away instead
I hope I'm not disturbing you
But I forgot I'm hurting you
I hope I'm not who you need
I hope you're not talkin' 'bout yesterday
'Cause I can't live, I can't live that way
It's all gone now
And you don't know the truth
So you must go now and find the door
I hope I'm not disturbing you
21.One Single Thing
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Jeff Linsenmaier, John Grant,
Roger Green
I saw the branches of the trees upon a street like this
A patch of grass where mushrooms grew, then I thought again
This is how it's gonna be and I will have to change
This is what you think you mean, you better think again
All I ever wanted was to know one single thing
Instead I kept on listening to a bunch of idiotic kings
At least that's what they thought
At least that's what they thought
People always bitching about dignity, respect
What they mean it's clear to me is fear, money and sex
Being right and being strong, there is no other way
Unless you're weak, unless your wrong, then you'll have to pay
All I ever wanted was to know one single thing
Instead I kept on listening to a bunch of idiotic kings
At least that's what they thought
At least that's what they thought
All I ever wanted was to know one single thing
Instead I kept listening to a bunch of idiotic kings
At least that's what they thought
At least that's what they thought
22.Dave's Dream
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Dave Stringfield, Jeff
Linsenmaier, John Grant
Didn't you go out in the morning?
Didn't you go out in the evening?
I was ready for anything
I don't mind, I won't find out anyway
I'm too blind, to see you at all
Can I have what I feel that I must have?
Multiply by ten, that's what I think I need
Overshadow your life
Do you like asphyxiation?
I don't mind, I won't find out anyway
I'm too blind
I don't mind, I won't find out anyway
I am too blind to see you at all
23.Any Younger
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Jeff Linsenmaier, John Grant
You seem to think you've got
This business figured out inside your head
And all the while you see me
Falling for your name
You seem to think it's easier to steal
And cheat instead of love
But you're not getting any younger
So start your life, it isn't over yet
And all you people, who try to understand
You know, they're not any younger
They start their lives, it isn't over yet
And so I see you on the road to your own
But you're not getting any younger
You start your life, it isn't over yet
24.Val
Lyricist:Andrew Monley , Chris Pearson, Jeff Linsenmaier, John Grant
Emptiness, emptiness, how do I search for you?
Empty everything and strip the walls
Make them colorless, invisible
Stop all thought, I am not losing now
I can't feel anything, I can't see you
Try and make me go away tonight
Try and make yourself pretend
I wanted it, I needed it
For the longest time
Try and make yourself pretend
You can't go on tonight
I wanted it, I needed it
For the longest time
I don't want to do this anymore
I don't want to hear your voice
I wanted it, I needed it
For the longest time
You don't even have to want
You don't even have to care
I wanted it, I needed it
For the longest time
25.Gangrene
Lyricist:Paul Robb
You're professional, you are kind
You always say the right things
You show up on time, everyday smiling
Doing what you do
I'd like to get in your skin
To see what I could see from there
But it isn't that way, is it, darling?
We're not doing this for you
The nail that sticks out, must be hammered down
Hammered down
Oh, the nail that sticks out, must be hammered down
Hammered down
I'd like to do the right thing darling
I'd like to show myself the way to your door
But it isn't that way and it never will be
Wait 'til you see what we've in store for you
It's a band aid for gangrene, a band aid for gangrene
26.Drug
You are a drug to me
I never ever thought it otherwise
And I love the lies you've told to me
While looking me directly in my eyes
This is not ecstasy but it's better than cocaine
And you know that I will miss you when you're gone
But I'm not equipped to play this game
You know your words, they don't mean anything to me
They only serve to fatten up the prey
And when it's time to take them to the slaughterhouse
You slice their throats, continue on your way
This is not jeopardy
And it's not your high school prom
And you know that I will miss you when you're gone
But I'm not equipped to be your mom
You are a drug to me
I never ever thought it otherwise
And I love the lies you've told to me
While looking me directly in my eyes
27.This
This blessing in disguise, somebody to despise
Let's you know how much you really know of love
It's such a loaded word, corrupted and absurd
Twisted out of tune
Lost, I'm beginning to know the cost
Of trying to read your thoughts
But now I know your thoughts
You are worried about you
I wonder how you make it through
Nagging day to day, feeling this way
And the way you look at life as tedium and strife
But let me tell you this
Bliss, I really wondered about your kiss
The flavor of your lips
Before this can occur, strikes a nerve
The pleasure and the pain
What's the difference, what's the difference?
One and all the same
What's the difference, what's the difference?
The pleasure and the pain
What's the difference, what's the difference?
One and all the same
What's the difference, what's the difference?
The pleasure and the pain
What's the difference, what's the difference?
One and all the same, what's the difference?
You, are worried about you
Lost, the ungainly albatross
That you carry like a cross
For those you shed a tear
They are gone and cannot hear
|