Eight Arms To Hold You

Veruca Salt Eight Arms To Hold You Lyrics
1.Loneliness

When you've had enough
when you've got it bad enough
and you can't let go
when it comes to blows
and you start to overflow
but you can't get home
it's a subtle kind of cruel
it taps my spine
here I'm drawing a line
I'm asking you please
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
I know the loneliness is worse
you've gotta try...
December's all alone
and he's calling me on the phone
but he sounds so cold...
he says he loves me so
but how would I ever know?
certain words grow old
it's a vicious kind of catch
it sides me blind
now I'm out of my mind
I wanna scream
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
the loneliness is worse
you've gotta try...
love liked me long ago
it had a way of making everyone the same
but how the angels
(how the angels)
must laugh inside
(singing with me now)
with me screaming with you
and needing you this way
(needing you this way)
oh, why don't you wanna be
happy with me?
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
I know the loneliness is worse
you've gotta try...
to stay mine
all the way
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
don't you wanna be
happy with me?
I'm afraid if you don't come around soon
I'll turn sadder than you ever were
it's got a way of making everyone the same
it's got a way of making everyone the same
it's got a way of making everyone the same
it's got a way of making everyone the same


2.Volcano Girl

Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go

Tell me, tell me what you really want from me
You gotta let me know
I'm falling off and I need you terribly
One down, and one to go

Volcano girls we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow
Now and then we fail and we admit defeat
We're falling off
We are watered down and fully grown

Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go

A million miles of running
And I hit the wall
I bounce back and I run some more
This is it, I'm giving up
I'm calling quits
So get down and meet me on the floor
Way to go, way to flip off everyone
I steal your thunder then I try to bolt
But I could stand a little pity now and then
I'm falling off, I am watered down and fully grown

Go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go

I told you about the seether before
You know, the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise
(One, Two, Three, Wow)

Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go
Leave me
Lying here
Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me, leave me, leave me
Go, I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go


3.The Morning Sad

Wake up and talk to me
it's a long time since last night
I know we said things, the saddest things
and I'm not sure it was wise
when the morning's sad
you don't look back
and you sure don't look ahead
the morning sad
you know, the morning sad
the morning sad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
I'm writing desperate songs
while you're fast asleep inside
I could try to sing
(I could try to bide my time to wake up)
until it rings
but my voice comes out uptight
when the morning's sad
you don't relax
you'll be ??? your mind
the morning sad
you know the morning sad
the morning sad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
I tried a little
I tried a lot
I'm not a window
and you've seen through everything I've got
oh, I don't think that I'll be safe
until everyone's awake
everybody, everybody, everybody, yeah...
so wake up and talk to me
such a long time since last night
I know we said things, the maddest things
and I'm not sure who was right
when the morning's sad
you won't attack
cause you're much to weak to bite
the morning sad
you know the morning sad
the morning sad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
never had it so bad
no...
never had it so bad
yeah, yeah, yeah...
never had it so bad


4.Sound of the Bell

Found a place where we can talk
I found a way to reach a little ground
keep your castle in my sandbox
build it up so we can burn it down
anyway I love my man
love to keep him spinning round and round
keep him feeling love for my hand
any way to turn him inside out
I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
meet me up and down again
every time is sweeter than the last
once you get a taste of impact
you're always hungry for the crash
I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
and this is everything
I have loved
yeah, I have loved
break...
my...
heart...
down, I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
I don't wanna go down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight
I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
the sound of the bell
yeah...
(I don't wanna be found in the sunshine
I don't wanna be dim like a night light
I don't wanna be down like the sunlight
I don't wanna go out like the moonlight...)


5.Stoneface

Didn't notice I was gone
cause you were tying up your arm
oh...
and when I stand on my head
you never react
I can't get you to crack
I can't get you to crack
not one fucking smile
and when it comes right down to it
I'm gonna run right back to him
I want a peace mapped out
cause I really love his stoneface, oh
I really love his stoneface, oh
I really love it
a sneaky ?god? has got my man, man
that kind of love don't understand
him
oh, oh
and when I swallow my gum
you never react
I can't get you to crack
I can't get you to crack
not one fucking smile
and when it comes right down to it
I'm gonna run right back to him
I want a peace mapped out
cause I really love his stoneface, oh
I really love his stoneface, oh
I really love it
swallow hard, until you
I'll be the one to thrill you
I'll be the first to kill you
and if you won't die, I will
when I shortsheet the bed
you never react
I can't get you to crack
I can't get you to crack
I can't get you to crack
I can't get you to crack
I can't get you to crack
not one fucking smile
and when it comes right down to it
I'm gonna run right back to him
I want a piece knocked out of him
I really love his stoneface, oh
I really love his stoneface, oh
I really love it


6.Shutterbug

It's freezing in Bristol
there's love on the tele
a girl grinning at me
she's doing the shimmy
and she's cruel
and she's skinny
and she's a fool
for the last living rock king
it's her thrill
it's her wonder
it's her will
it's her way home
she's right where she always wanted to be
she can't change
change...
change...
it's lightening in London
there's shit on the tele
(there's shit on TV)
you're pushing my buttons
(pushing my buttons)
you know how to touch me
and I knew
that you'd choose me
by the times
that you tried to refuse me
it's your thrill
it's your wonder
it's your will
it's your way home
you're right where you always wanted to be
you can't change
change...
change...
(woah)
it's morning in Philly
my head's feeling heavy
(my head's feeling heavy)
the sun makes me dizzy
(the sun makes me sick)
you monkey, you left me
and I know
that you miss me
by the way
that you kiss and resist me
it's my thrill
it's my wonder
it's my will
it's my way home
I'm right where I always dreamed I would be
I can't change
change...
change...
(woah)


7.Awesome

Goodbye, 25
you were a good year for the girls
goodbye, 25
you will be the ???
I'm the heartbeat
there's something in my unity
forget humidity
oh, what's coming over me?
it's awesome
awesome
god, forgive me
I know it's so
awesome
awesome
heaven, help me
I know it's a fine place to be
goodbye, indolence
your filthy left hand kept me down
goodbye, cowardice
you'll be the tigress
I'm the ???
there's something in my unity
forget humidity
oh, what's coming over me?
its awesome
awesome
god, forgive me
I know it's so
awesome
awesome
heaven, help me
I know, I know it's a fine place to be
and it's a fine place to be
and it's a fine place to be
and it's a fine place to be
there's something in my unity
what's coming over me?
oh, fuck humidity
we're awesome
awesome
all the songs go 'I know it's so awesome'
awesome
awesome
everybody I know, I know
it's a fine place to be
and it's a fine place to be
yeah it's a fine place to be
yeah it's a fine place to be
oh it's a fine place to be
yeah it's a fine place to be
oh it's a fine place to be
yeah it's a fine place to be
(awesome, so awesome...)
heaven help me
heaven help me


8.With David Bowie

will it ever come?
like it did for you
like it did for you
I kinda heard you singing
oh, I never knew
no, I never knew
my heart skips around
when I hear the sound
I'm never alone
cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
my walkman and me
with David Bowie
yeah
(you betcha)
with teenage medication
flowing through my veins
I can face the strain and
it's causing a sensation
that I can't explain
yeah, I can't explain
my heart skips around
when I hear the sound
I'm never alone
cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
my walkman and me
with David Bowie
you want me to sing
I can, I can
you want me to play
I can, I can
you wanna be in a band
I can
I'll never be anything more than I was today
than I was today
(yeah)
and will it ever come?
like it did for you
like it did for you
I kinda heard you singing
oh, I never knew
no, I never knew
my heart skips around
when I hear the sound
I'm never alone
cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
my best friend and me
with David Bowie
him and me
in a tree
i-n-g
yeah
like it did for you
I kinda heard you singing


9.Don't Make Me Prove It

Zero, one...
two...
three...
four days without you
eight...
nine...
now we're five times two
now we're five times two
now we're five times two
words won't do
words won't do it
(words)
can't stay true
words won't get me through it
get me through it
honey, please...
seize...
me...
I know what I need...
plan...
B...
some security
some security
some security
words won't do
words won't do it
(words)
can't stay true
words won't get me through it
don't make me prove it
in the heat of the waiting
when I'm starting to starve
I can see what you're saying
but I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all
I don't hear you at all
words won't do
words won't do it
(words)
you can't stay true
words won't get me through it
don't make me prove it
words won't do
words won't do it
(words)
can't stay true
words won't get me through it
don't make me prove it
don't make me prove it
don't make me prove it
yeah


10.One Last Time

I wind you up
then I wait for the melancholy
I give you up
while you sit here in all your glory
I never thought you would
I never knew you could
but now you're gone
and I don't think I care
I sold your love
down the river for a bow and arrow
euphoria has just been here
and she's looking terrible
I never sung this low
it's better if you go
I know you're mine
I sit here and want you to try
to love me like a monster
one last time
control me like a father
one last time
stay with me till I'm stronger
one last
bound to kick me when I'm down
don't kick me when I'm down
I never thought you would
I never understood
and that's why I'm weak and I want you to try
to make me an example
one last time
to drag me through the cycle
one last time
to make me a disciple
one last
round, will get me to the ground
you'll get me on the ground
(oh yeah)
I'll see you around
yeah, I'll see you around
one last time
and I'll see you around
yeah, I'll see you around
(na na na na na na na......)


11.Earthcrosser

Sleep little flea
little boy ?me?
a freak
am I clean?
I feel like men
(sleep little flea)
I feel like boys
(little boy me)
I think I'm peeling
and the ring in my ears
from playing too loud
I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd
disconnected
I am unattached
unmade bed makes me feel like a failure
bedroom eyes lead to blurry vision
blurry vision
oh...
oh...
and the ring in my ears
from playing too loud
I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd
too pale, too sick
too scrawny
but I'll sleep here anyway
and the sheets smell like bodies
not mine
not yours
not yours...
it's 2 am
and it's quiet again
where's my lip gloss?
and the ring in my ears
from playing too loud
I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd
and the ring in my ears
from playing too loud
I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd
and the ring in my ears
from playing too loud
I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd


12.Benjamin

Take me away
I know I could use a rest
I wanna clear up this mess
I need a few days with my good sense
I need a few good days
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no...
where did you go?
no, no...
when you were falling from my tree
I was not scared
I thought you'd meet me back up there
it never dawned on me you were home free
it never dawned on me, no...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no...
where did you go?
no, no, no...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no, oh...
Benjamin, no...
where did you go?
no, no...
you said that I could tie you down, no...
you said that I could tie you down, no...
you said that I could tie you down, no...
you said that I could tie you down, no...
take me away
I know I could use the rest


13.Straight

you sleep better when you're
you eat better when you're
you sing better when you're
you need me more when you're straight

is this the weekend?
is that your girlfriend?
she's green and innocent
you smoke her like she's incense
she's smilin'

i'll wait 'til summer's over
i'll love you through october
i'll give you everything
i'll trade you anything for her
stay straight for me
stay straight for me
stay straight for me
stay straight for me


14.Earhtcrosser

Sleep little flea
Little boy
Me a freak
Am i clean?
I feel like men
I feel like boys
I think i'm peeling the ringing in my ears from playing too loud

I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd
I'm disconnected
I am unattached
An unmade bed makes me feel like a failure
Bedroom eyes lead to blurry vision
And the ringing in my ears from playing too loud

I hear the ocean
I hear the crowd
Too pale
Too sick
Too scrawny
But i'll sleep here anyway
And the sheets smell like bodies
Not mine
Not yours
It's two a.m. and it's quiet again
Where's my lip gloss?


15.Loneliness Is Worse

When you've had enough
When you've got it bad enough and you can't let go
When it comes to blows
And you start to overflow
And you can't get home
It's a subtle kind of cruel
It taps my spine here
I'm drawing a line
I'm asking please
Don't you want to be happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon i'll turn sadder than
you ever were
And you'll learn loneliness is worse

You've got to try
December's all alone and he's calling me on the phone
But he sounds so cold
He says he loves me so
But how would i ever know?
Certain words grow old
It's a vicious kind of catch
It sides me blind now
I'm out of my mind
I want to scream
Don't you want to be happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon i'll turn sadder than
you ever were
And you'll learn loneliness is worse

You've got to try
Love liked me long ago
It had a way of making everyone the same
But now the angels must laugh and sigh
To hear me pleading with you
Needing this you this way
Oh why don't you want to be happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon i'll turn sadder than
you ever were
And you'll learn loneliness is worse

You've got to try to stay mine all the way


16.Venus Man Trap

Waiting for opportunity to strike
I have been your biggest fan
What a tour
A little blow to cure your fright
It's what it takes to trap a man
Water me
I am not a desert plant
And there was life before you
When i close
Will i wear my blue eyes when i open this time?
When i close
Or should i wear my green eyes when i open that shine?
And shine in my room underneath the microscope
I remember how it felt
I thought you knew i was always full of hope
But you could only help yourself
When i close
Will i wear my blue eyes when i open this time?
When i close
Or should i wear my green eyes when i open that shine and shine


17.Volcano Girls

Leave me
Lying here
'cause i don't wanna go

Tell me tell me what you really want from me
You've got me let me know
I'm falling off and i need you terribly
One down and one to go

Volcano girls we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow
But now and then we fail and we admit defeat
We're falling off we are watered down and fully grown

Leave me
Lying here
'cause i don't wanna go

A million miles of running and i hit the wall
I bounce back and i run some more
But this is it, i'm giving up, i'm calling quits
So get down and meet me on the floor

Way to go to flip off everyone
I steal your thunder then i try to bolt
But i could stand a little pity now and then
I'm falling off i am watered down and fully grown

I told you 'bout the seether before
You know, the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please....
The seether's louise

Leave me
Lying here
'cause i don't wanna go

Go i don't wanna go i don't wanna go i don't wanna go i don't
wanna go