Talon of the Hawk

The Front Bottoms Talon of the Hawk Lyrics
1.Au Revoir (Adios)

You know what I think's really sad?
I know how really sad you are
I'm probably going to leave real soon
I just want to let you know before I say

Au Revoir, Au Revoir
I bet you don't even know what that means
Au Revoir, Au Revoir
I bet you don't even know what that means

She says 'Oh, it's French, I know what it means
You don't have to be so mean
If you want to leave, why don't you go?'
Right before she walks away, I'm pretty sure I hear her say

Adios, Adios
I bet you think I don't know what that means
Adios, Adios
I bet you think I don't know what that means

Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll
You probably don't understand what I mean
Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll
You probably don't understand what I mean


2.Skeleton

I walk around like a skeleton last night
Trying to find my way home


This white frame is all that I got left
'cause not even you could chew through my bones
I got very strong bones


I walk around like a skeleton last night
Confused and alone
Who was I kidding
I can't get past you
You are the cops
You are my student loans


You are a head-shaped hole in a sheet rock wall
You are the pain I feel
You are the stud in the wall
Better than nothing at all


And I got so stoned
I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned


I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned


C'mon baby calm me down
You're the only one who knows how

Reunied and it feels so good
So much better than I thought it would
'Cause I feel fucked
But in a good way

I Start to cough
Taste the butane

I can tell that he's asking her yes or no questions
By the way she's shaking her head
From left to right
Then up and down
And left to right again


I'm gonna go get so stoned


I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned

I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned

C'mon baby calm me down
You're the only one who knows how

I got miles to go 'til I ever get home
But the sound of your laugh
And your voice on the phone
Makes it feel like I am already there

I got so stoned

I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned

I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned

I fell asleep in the front sleep
I never sleep in the front seat
I'm too tall
But I got so stoned


3.I Swear To God The Devil Made Me Do It

Space age crystals
I've been growing 'em since I was a kid
Like my mother plays the lottery
'Til I get rich some other way or she wins it

And there is someone out there just like me, probably keeping to
themselves
I know CPR, I know mouth-to-mouth
When your legs give in and your lungs give out
I will blow air into your open mouth
Baby, I can spit this game all day

I swear to god the devil made me do it
It's a shame the bad habits are the hardest ones to break
Our love's a dangerous, dangerous game
One that I'm definitely losing, can not walk away

But there is someone out there just like me, probably keeping to
themselves
I know CPR, I know mouth-to-mouth
When your legs give in and your lungs give out
I will blow air into your open mouth
Baby, I can spit this game all day

I wanna make tear-jerking-shower-curtain-camera's-running genius
I wanna make them think they're seeing something they ain't
never seen before
But I am full of shit, I'm a plagiarist
As a liar, I'm a ten
I just want this to mean something to anyone even if they don't
know who I am
I am
I am
I am

But I know CPR, I know mouth-to-mouth
When your legs give in and your lungs give out
I will blow air into your open mouth
I know CPR

Space age crystals


4.Twin Size Mattress

This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my
friends bodies.
When the flood water comes, it ain't gonna be clear. It's gonna
look like mud.
But I will help you swim.
I will help you swim.
I'm gonna help you swim.

This is for the snakes and the people they bite;
For the friends I've made; for the sleepless nights;
For the warning signs I've completely ignored.
There's an amount to take, reasons to take more.
It's no big surprise you turned out this way.
When they close their eyes and prayed you would change
And they cut your hair, and sent you away
You stopped by my house the night you escaped
With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay
You said, Hey man, I love you but no fucking way

I'm sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.

This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and
dumb on a drunken night
And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on
repeat in the back of my mind
Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face
There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid
things I say
And it is no big surprise you turned out this way.
The spark in her eyes, The look on your face.
I will not be late.

I'm sure we could find something for you to do on stage.
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing you sing harmonies.

I wanna contribute to the chaos.
I don't wanna watch and then complain,
'Cause I am through finding blame
That is the decision that I have made.

She hopes I'm cursed forever to
Sleep on a twin-sized mattress
In somebody's attic or basement my whole life,
Never graduating up in size to add another
And my nightmares will have nightmares every night
Oh, every night. Every night.


5.Peach

You are my peach, you are my plum, you are my earth, you are my
sun, I love your fingers, I love your toes, the back of your
head, the tip of your nose.

You are the reason I'm smiling when there is nothing to smile
about. Yeah, you are the reason I'm smiling when there is
nothing to smile about.

I bet you will find someone who will love you like you deserve,
but tonight I'm the only one left and I'm bettin' it's a fact
that you will never learn.

Once I sink my teeth, your skin is not so tough, I'll leave a
tiny cut, there'll be a lot of blood but once you wipe it up you
will feel better about our entire situation.

You were my light, no need to hide, you were my clock, keep me
on time, you were my angel, you were my crime, I'll serve this
sentence the rest of my life.

You are the reason I'm smiling when there is nothing to smile
about. Yeah you are the reason I'm smiling when there is nothing
to smile about.

I do things wrong, you thought I might. You say I'm going to
miss you when you leave and you are probably right.

But I'm just as stoned, I don't want to fight.
You say I should think before I talk, you say I should think
about my life because once I finally hit the ground who's gonna
drag me into the light

It's just so hard to see tomorrow past tonight,
it's just so hard to see tomorrow past tonight


6.Santa Monica

Sometimes I cry when I get sad
I guess it's true what they say
Emotional baby boy, emotional man (x2)
Emotional man (x2)
I am emotional

I wish we were forever lying on the Santa Monica beach
Drinking Tecate 24 ounces underneath the stars
being the superior couple, loving who I am cause what we are
I wanna confess it in a whisper that's just loud enough to make
out
I want you to listen from the kitchen to me confessing on the
couch
I wanna be stronger than your dad was for your mom (x2)

Where I'm standing there is a cool, cool breeze
Heavenly bodies make the devil a little uncomfortable
I guess there are some things I was just born to be
Emotional baby boy, emotional man (x2)
Emotional man (x2)
I am emotional

It's such a big city
I feel so stupid thinking I might see you if I wander around
If I do the things we used to do together and we were on the
same level
You'd be doing them as well
There's something about drowning I can't shake, or someone dying
anyway

I wanna confess it in a whisper that's just loud enough to make
out
I want you to listen from the kitchen to me confessing on the
couch
I wanna be stronger than your dad was for your mom (x2)
From where I'm standing, there is a cool, cool breeze (x2)
Emotional baby boy, emotional man (x2)
Emotional man (x2)


7.The Feud

I was so bored before i met you
but then i met you, then everything changed
and now it seems i could be abused
and the littlest things, lye so much truth

she says you should admit, she knows i, i probably wont
hes the sound you want now and im just the noise you don't
and im just saying its a bummer man sorry for inturupting
I guess ill go

you were my girl you where my baby you where my homemade
mashpatatos, biscots, and gravy
you where to good i should have know
you where a prize my hands could never hold

she says you should admit, she knows i, i probably wont
hes the sound you want now and im just the noise you don't
and im just saying its a bummer man sorry for inturupting
I guess ill go

and she said tell me what i need to hear what i want to hear
or else i call her baby, i ask her to sit down ask her to sit
down
alow me to explain myself

she says you should probably admit, she knows i, i probably wont
hes the sound you want now and im just the noise you don't
and im just saying its a bummer man sorry for inturupting
I guess ill go


8.Funny You Should Ask

the good thing about this cast,
is i can still hold on to hide,
so if you ever twist my arm again i'll be sure to put up a fight
you see i just don't wanna do the things that you want me to do
but i'm a sucker, so i do them
because i am still in love with you

She said Honey, you gotta learn that love is simple just like
mud.
If you play the dirt and I'll play the water, all we gotta do is
touch.

Cuz i was young, i thought i didn't have to care about anything,
but i'm older now and know that i should (2x)

And it's freezing,
and i'm watching you shovel snow, off a driveway across from my
parent's home.
now it's summer, and you were laying out on your lawn
You look so sexy Chelsea, with your polka dot bikini on.

C'mon Chelsea, speak a little french to me.
Heard you spent two whole semesters drinking wine.
While i was stuck in Jersey, trying to save some money.
I guess i'm just another thing you left behind.

But you were young, and thought you didn't have to care about
anyone
but you're older now and wish that you could.

Cuz you were young, you thought you didn't have to care about
anyone
but you're older now and know that you should.

It's funny you should ask, cuz I don't remember.
It's funny you should ask, I coulda been a contender.

One two three, everyone say cheese.
Thought you got the best of me, turns out it was a video of me
and my best friend, me and my cousins,
sitting there smiling, turns out it was a video.

But i was young, i thought i didn't have to care about anyone,
but i'm older now and know that i should (2x)

It's funny you should ask, cuz i don't remember.
It's funny you should ask, i coulda been a contender.
It's funny you should ask, no i will not surrender.
It's funny you should ask, cuz i don't remember.


9.Tattooed Tears


10.Lone Star


11.Backflip

I don't see me mad at situations; I see me turn and walk away.
I see a tattoo on my right thigh that I will probably regret one
day.
Yeah, I will probably regret it one day.
But I am happy to be bonding in a kitchen with my friends.
A spool of thread, a few more good vibes, a safety pin, and a
ball point pen.
A safety pin and a ball point pen.
A safety pin and a ball point pen; a ball point pen.

But there are answers here that I am trying to figure out.
Since all your questions got harder to dodge and dip around.
And there is nothing wrong with my lifestyle no matter how many
times I tell myself
to breathe in
hold it, hold it, now let it out.

One day I will realize I don't need this because it is just not
who I am.
Until that day comes, I'll keep my eyes closed, and I will try
to feel all of the effects.
Yeah I will try to feel all of the effects.
Now I am talking way too fast, and a little louder than I
should.
Trying to say thank you for understanding
my side of the story the best that you could.
My side of the story the best that you could.
My side of the story the best that you could. The best that you
could.

(whoa oh oh)
But there are answers here that I am trying to figure out.
Since all your questions got harder to dodge and dip around.
And there is nothing wrong with my lifestyle no matter how many
times I tell myself
to breathe in
hold it, hold it, now let it out.

And this how the cool boyfriend sits in the passenger seat of
his girlfriends car.
He's looking at me.
Oh, I wish the light would turn green.
Set me free, oh, set me free. Oh, set me.
Teach my rolling veins where there's a will there is a way.
Just cut me open. Let me drain. Oh, let me drain. Oh let me
drain.

I'll move to Florida.
I'll buy a brand new pick up truck.
I'll tint all the windows including the driver's side.

Now you can't see me
cause you can't touch me.
so I sit in love
and watch your boyfriend wonder if I'm inside.


12.Everything I Own