The Universe Is Laughing

The Guggenheim Grotto The Universe Is Laughing Lyrics
1.Trust Me I'm A Thief

Lyricist:Michael Henry Lynch, Kevin Gerard May

Take in the restless nature
The promise of a bold adventure

Careful what you wish for
Careful what you wish
Oh, the devil's in the details

Baby, shoot straight
Bay box clever
Speak in tongues of gold and silver

Careful what you wish for
Careful what you wish
Oh, the devil's in the details

Trust me, trust me
I'm a thief

Please, be quick and swear forever
We can draw the stars together

Careful what you wish for
Careful what you wish
Oh, the devil's in the details

Cross your heart and hope to die
Stick a needle in your eye
Careful what you wish for
Careful what you wish
Oh, the devil's in the details

Trust me, trust me
I'm a thief
Trust me, trust me
I'm a thief

Promises break, that's what they do
Scorpions sting, that's what they do
Hurricanes take, that's what they do
Just like I'm gonna steal a piece of you

Trust me, I'm a thief
Trust me, I'm a thief
Trust me, I'm a thief


2.Map Of The Human Heart

Lyricist:Michael Henry Lynch, Kevin Gerard May

Doh, doh, doh, doh

Following a feeling
Marching in the snow
And we are, we are
Only just begun

Can you keep a secret
I never felt it so
And we are, we are
Only just begun

The stars cry, they are strangers
They come from worlds apart
They are strangers, they're marching
For a map of the human heart

Together falling headlong
Steady as she goes
And we are, we are
Only just begun

The stars cry, they are strangers
They come from worlds apart
They are strangers, they're marching
For a map of the human heart

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Doh, doh, doh, doh


3.Wings And Feathers

Maybe we're mad, it's possible*
You're talking again
Like your books and your movies sings

I'm throwing myself at the world like a lunatic
You're a rocket exploding like spiders across the sky

Tonight we take the city
The marrow and the fringes
We'll set our dogs on beauty
We're growing wings and feathers
We'll drink the wine that moves us
And if we don't break
We're not trying hard enough

Oooh...

Baby you're mad, you're incredible
And I can't resist you
You and your crazy talk

Tonight we take the city
The marrow and the fringes
We'll set our dogs on beauty
We're growing wings and feathers
We'll drink the wine that moves us
And if we don't break
We're not trying hard enough


4.Never Before

Lyricist:Michael Henry Lynch, Kevin Gerard May

Never before and never since then
Have I seen grass grow so high
And so when I reach for her now
There's just the wash of grain in my mind

Ooh, I let her slide
I let her slide

And if I could recall just one of her eyes
I could comfort the other side
But of all of the cells in my head, the first ones to die
Were the ones that held her inside

Ooh, I let her slide
I let her slide, ooh

Ooh, I let her slide
I let her slide


5.Concentrate

Lyricist:Michael Henry Lynch, Kevin Gerard May

If I concentrate I can see your curve
The length of you in silhouette
And if I concentrate I can hear your voice
I will tremble those when you get upset

If I really try, the moon appears
It's come a very long way
To play with your head

And the soles of your feet
Are pressed against my skin
But that's where it fades
Yeah, that's how it ends

Though I concentrate
Yes, I concentrate
Oh

If I concentrate, if I give my all
The fog of thoughts evaporate
If I concentrate, I can disappear
Like a ringing church 'neath the perfect lane

And if I lose myself the world appears
Shaking the gold of the sun from her hair
And the soul of the sea is pressed against my mind
Joy in the air, arms open wide

And I concentrate
Yes, I concentrate
Yes, I concentrate
Yes, I concentrate
Oh


6.Wisdom

The road is long
You're gonna get thrown about
Stick to the rhythm
Breathe it in and breath it out

Do what you do, there isn't any secret
Chop wood, draw water, roll cigarettes
Find a lover, put a flower in her hair
Climb a mountain, see the mountain disappear

Be the first to go back to the ghost town
Break bread with the man that's gonna bring you down
Deep, deep down

I listen and I hear what's said
I follow it from a to zed
But wisdom hasn't found me yet

You're feeling scared, Jesus is your bodyguard
You feel alone, take a look in your backyard
Put your eye to the eye of a telescope
The universe looks back through a microscope

Adopt a highway, dress yourself in camel hair
A wasted life is a life lived unaware
Make money, put it on a number eight
Tempt fate, maybe you're a wheel goin' round
Round and round

I listen and I hear what's said
I follow it from a to zed
But wisdom hasn't found me yet


7.Ruby Heart

Lyricist:Michael Henry Lynch, Kevin Gerard May

Something, something is about to happen
I feel it in my heart a thumping
I'm fired up my thoughts are spinning

This could be what I've been waiting
Waiting for someone to deliver
Saving bottle caps forever
Now I'm running to the door to answer

I really should know better
I've been here before with my arms apart
With a maestro waiting for his show to start
Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart

Hear it, hear it on the tracks, it's coming
Put a glass against the wall, she's singing
She's putting on a dress to meet me

There a whisper in the trees a blowing
A promise of a new beginning
This could be why I've been waiting
This could be my second coming

I really should know better
I've been here before with my arms apart
With a maestro waiting for his show to start

Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart
Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart
Oh be still till you know what you got

Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart
Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart
Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart
Oh be still, oh be still ruby heart


8.Spiegel Song

Reality sits well with him
It's obvious, it's evident
He never folds his arms
He lets them hang

Picks his words as if he knew
The flat man hiding with a new
He never folds his arms
He lets them hang

So what's on his mind
Does it somersault like mine
Play rabbit and weasel
Yeah, what's on his mind
Does he keep his head in line
en spiegel

Oh oh oh oh...

Everyone has troubled thoughts
Jesus wept, and Krishna fought
But he never folds his arms
He lets them hang

He'll play them like a violin
Reality sits well with him
But he never folds his arms
He lets them hang

So what's on his mind
Does it somersault like mine
Play rabbit and weasel
Yeah, what's on his mind
Does he keep his head in line
En spiegel

So what's on his mind
Does it somersault like mine
Play rabbit and weasel
Yeah, what's on his mind
Does he keep his head in line
En spiegel


9.The Universe Is Laughing

October throws herself before my feet
And the sky goes powder blue
Holding her breath for me

I never thought myself a city shoe
But it's made of gold today
And it breaks my heart in two

Cause I want to hold onto it
But there's nothing to hold
And the universe is laughing
Cause all a boy can really do is watch a boy unfold

We were listening to this city hum and hush
Lying perfect in the dark
I felt you tremble neath my touch

Was it everything we love we can't explain
Like if the world should disappear
Only music will remain

And I want to hold onto it
But there's nothing to hold
And the universe is laughing
Cause all a boy can really do is watch a boy unfold


And I want to hold onto it
But there's nothing to hold
And the universe is laughing
Cause all a boy can really do is watch a boy unfold

And the galaxies, the galaxies are howling
The silent moon, a kick of pink and gold
And the whole damn universe is laughing
And all a boy can really do is watch a boy unfold


10.Diamond

Lyricist:Michael Henry Lynch, Kevin Gerard May

Not everyone sees the things you see
The lightning between the trees
Not everyone tastes the things you taste
The salt in being wicked, the sugar on your knees

So don't you dare lose faith
Hang your boots on the nail
Turn yourself into a man in uniform

'Cause this sorry old world needs diamonds like you
Darling, you're a diamond through and through
Darling, you're a diamond true

For every heart that's true, there's a thousand hungry ghosts
Passing through each other on the street
And for everyone that sees, no one ever wins the war
There's an army marching blindfold to the beat

Don't you dare to turn cold
Throw your towel in the rain
Drink the water from the well and fall asleep

'Cause this sorry old world needs diamonds like you
Darling, you're a diamond through and through
Darling, you're a diamond through and through
Darling, you're a diamond true