Comedown Machine

The Strokes Comedown Machine Lyrics
1.Tap Out

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

They found our city under the water
Gotta get my hands on something new
You don't want to be without this
Something isn't adding up.

Pre Chorus:
Decide my past
Define my life
Don't ask questions
'Cause I don't know why.

Chorus:
Someone
Didn't wanna know their name.
Drifting
You don't wanna know what's going down
Even though I really like your place
Somehow we don't have to know each other's name

They found our city under the water
I began to listen to your eyes
You don't want to live without it
Even others, they'd abide

Pre Chorus:
Decide my past
Define my life
Don't ask questions
'Cause I don't know why.

2 x Chorus:
Someone
Didn't wanna know their name
Drifting
You don't wanna know what's going down
Even though I really like your place
Somehow we don't have to know each other's name

Decide my past
Define my life
Don't ask questions
Cause I don't know why
I don't listen
And I don't speak
Well, it's a talent
I don't know why


2.All The Time

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

Those that try anything once
Should we care about the only ones?
All the time that I need is never quite enough
All the time that I have is all that's necessary

You're livin' a lie,
You're livin' a lie,
You're living too fast,
You gotta pray for the best
You never ask why,
You never ask why,
You're living a lie,
Maybe you're flying too high

No one talks, about the horror
On my block, or by the shore
I'm all alone in a room,
Do you want what I want too?
All the time in the world
Is all that's necessary

You're livin' a lie,
You're livin' a lie,
You're living too fast,
You gotta pray for the best
You never ask why,
You never ask why,
You're living a lie,
Baby you're flying too high

You never ask why,
You never ask why,
You're livin' a lie,
Baby you're flying too high
Don't get on the phone
Don't reach for the door
You know the answer that you're looking for

You're livin' a lie,
You're livin' a lie,
You're living too fast,
You gotta pray for the best
You never ask why,
You never ask why,
You're livin' a lie,
Baby you're flying too high


3.One Way Trigger

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

Interesting up there, all seems so safe
It isn't right, but it isn't hard
Tell me, tell me what to understand
Show me, show me, show me a better plan
In some ways, it's someone else's plan
That it comes with

You ask me to stay,
You ask me to stay,
You ask me to stay,
But there's a million reasons to leave

Find a job, find a plan, find a home, find a dog
Settle down, out of town
Find a dream, shut it down!

Please, please don't point it that way
It's just a trigger and you're the worst and you'll be unafraid
I wish that I didn't notice, but it never goes that way
The silence that you brought is gone, gone, gone

Tell me, tell me won't you understand?
Show me, show me, show me

You ask me to stay,
You ask me to stay,
You ask me to stay,
But there's a million reasons to leave

Show me what to say, show me what to be
Show me what to see, show me what to be

Find a job, find a plan, find a home, find a dog
Settle down, out of town
Find a dream, shut it down!

I don't wanna tell you, darling, no
I don't wanna live a day without your lovely love
I waited for your loss
Can you wait for all of this?


4.Welcome To Japan

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

If we don't watch the sun
It will rise
If we don't take our time
It's not wise

Putting posters up
For your band
Now I'll tear them down in one hand.

I didn't want to know this,
Didn't know the gun was loaded
Didn't really know this
What kind of asshole drives a Lotus?

Come here and go get with me
I wanna see you Wednesday
Come on, come on, come over
Take it off your shoulder
Come on and pull me over
We gotta get to work now
Sliding it off your shoulder
As we're falling over.

Uh, uh, uh
Welcome to Japan!
Uh, uh, uh
Scuba-dancing touchdown!

I didn't want to know this,
Didn't know the gun was loaded
Didn't really know this
What kind of asshole drives a Lotus?
I didn't wanna bore ya
Didn't want to pick up your shit for ya
I've been ready to do this
I've been ready

Come here and go get with me
I wanna see you Wednesday
Come on, come on, come over
Take it off your shoulder
Come on and pull me over
We gotta get to work now
Sliding it off your shoulder
As we're falling over.

You did it alone, you did it for fun
You did for everyone who's on the run
You're not just a friend, you're me born again
You'll be in this race until the very end
He lives on the phone, he cheats on his clone
You never believe it, until you're on your own
Comes in once a month and he never leaves
He said he is broken, yet he lives free

Didn't wanna floor ya
I didn't wanna be there for ya
Didn't wanna warn ya
I'll be there


5.80's Comedown Machine

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

It's not the first time I'm watching you passing by
I've tried too hard to get back there
But you're not on time anymore
Tried to get in with you for a second time
You said the world closed in but you calling back inside

So please run away
So please run away

I tried to believe in it for a second try
And the stare in the safe, why don't you
Close the blinds for the night

So please run away
So please run away

So please run away
So please run away
So please run away
Run away


6.50 / 50

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

Why she telling me the story of her life?
All the things you wanna kill will give you spite
And if you've taken all the prisoners inside
As they're doling out their wisdom in the fire.

I will say!
I will say don't judge me!
I will say!
I will say don't judge me!
I wait on a darkened highway!
I wait on a darkened highway!

I can take as long as without looking by
Why she telling me the story of her life
And if you've taken all the prisoners inside
As they've thrown all their wisdom in the fire

I will say!
I will say don't judge me!
I will say!
I will say don't judge me!
I wait on a darkened highway!
I wait on a darkened highway!

One pays to take..damn.. record for the worst..here
in the history of the playoffs.

I will say!
I will say don't judge me!
I will say!
I will say don't judge me!
I wait on a darkened highway!
I wait on a darkened highway!


7.Slow Animals

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

You don't have to be so down
Everyone can hear you in this whole damn crowd
You don't have to try so hard
I think they got the message, you were out of your mind
It's not so good to see you so upset
But the next generation will forget
They're always scared of where their daughters been
'Cause who knows, she could be alone with men
Don't think they wanna see or hear or think about again

Is it gone? I hope that that's wrong
Is it gone? I hope that that's wrong

Please don't tell it to my face
Everyone can see that you were circling your face
The next generation will forget
Where their daughters been
Or who know, they could be alone with men
They never gonna let you understand
And show you what it is to be a man
You don't wanna sit down or think or hear
You don't think anyone is in your ear
Then they are gonna see your face accuse
It's no one's fault

Is it gone? I hope that that's wrong
Is it gone? I hope that that's wrong

Is it gone? I hope that that's wrong
Is it gone? I hope that that's wrong

Now they're scared of where their daughters been
'Cause who knows, they could be alone with men
They never wanna see or hear or think about again


8.Partners In Crime

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

I forgot your jacket outdoors
Day's been something
See if I care
One it's not okay your day, just goodness
if you insist
Okay

Oh, alright,
I know where tonight

Hey there, how goes it?
Any time they're closing
Why need a lawyer
Let's all be honest
Where there's a forest
We don't belong.

Pleased to get who's standing around
Life forgives you when you rebound
See, what friends locked up at the zoo
Why aren't we leaving town right now?

Oh, alright, I know where tonight

I'm on the guest list
We got the door but
Can't seem to find it.
Pants on a tiger
Winter is white and
I won't be here buzzing.

Oh well, oh well
Oh well, leaving your tears alone
Run down your face
And escapes

Hey there, how goes it?
Any time they're closing?
You'll need a lawyer
Let's all be honest
We're in a forest
We don't belong.

I'm on the guest list
No need to welcome
Can't seem to find it
March to the war drum
Tigers have pants on
We have no gun
Thank you for staying
What are you saying?
I won't forget


9.Chances

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

I waited for ya
I waited for ya
I waited on ya
But now I know
You didn't see it
I didn't see it
I didn't see it,
But now oh, I do!
I play your game
I play your game
No! I play your game!

I take my chances alone!
Get on your horse and be gone
I did not wait for you anymore!
So you can ask me if something is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore!

When the night isn't ready for you
It's a feeling I know it dogs you
They invited a stewardess, too
Now they want you to see it.
Here's two days, he decides he's got time
And he claims that it's not a surprise
When he finds that the truth's on his side!
I take my chances alone!
Get on your horse and be gone
I did not wait for you anymore!
So you can ask me if something is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore!

I take my chances alone!
Get on your horse and be gone
I did not wait for you anymore!
So you can ask me if something is wrong
Will you go?
I don't know anymore!
I don't believe anyone
As I crawl on my way!

Waiting for the night
Leaving night by night
You can see me travel
We can be in trouble every night
We're having a new life!


10.Happy Ending

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

Say it all,
Just get it all off your chest
Shake it up, 500000 times
Say no more, we don't believe anything
Teenage angst, I only know

Baby, show me where to go
Some things, I don't wanna know
Baby, tell me if you're sure
I wanna die

Say no more, I'm not awake anymore
Changed my mind 2000 times before
Seen a knight dance on the side of the road
Teenage angst, I only know

Baby, show me where to go
Some things, I don't wanna know
Baby, tell me if you're sure
I wanna die!

Feel the dizzy...
Feel the running show
All I want to see
All I want to know
Watch you as you stay
Faces at your door
Waiting for your piers
Call each other, please

Baby, show me where to go
Some things, I don't wanna know
Baby, tell me if you're sure
I wanna die


11.Call It Fate, Call It Karma

Lyricist:The Strokes
Writer(s):The Strokes

Close the door
Not all the way
We don't understand
We don't understand
So don't you go and remind me
I don't know a thing
And some of us remember
And some out of place

Can I wait for you down little December
Can I stand in your light just for a while?
I've waited around to..
I made up more time watching you.

You got it down now, don't you?
I wanted to understand your face
So don't you go and remind me
I don't know a thing
And some of us remember
And some run out of place.

Can I wait for you down little December
Can I stand in your light just for a while?
I've waited around to..
I made up more time watching you
Watching you.