TABLE FOR GLASSES Sweep the dirty stairs, the ones I waited on This is just for me, I felt it watching her And it happens too fast to make sense of it, make it last It happens too fast to make sense of it, make it last Where do you intend to go with your dirty dress? Lead my skeptic sight to the table and the light It happens too fast to make sense of it, make it last It happens too fast to make sense of it, make it last Lead my skeptic sight Lead my skeptic sight (Lead my skeptic sight) Not asking of me anything Saying nothing about what it means Without anybody telling me How I should feel (Lead my skeptic sight) Not asking of me anything Saying nothing about what it means Without anybody telling me How I should feel What I should feel Lead my skeptic sight to the table and the light LUCKY DENVER MINT This time it's on my own Minutes from somewhere else Somewhere I made a wish With Lucky Denver Mint You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? Hurry go on ahead Good things won't let you wait I'll catch up when we get home At home I'll leave A dollar under water keeps on dreaming for me You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? Why can't I learn? (why can't I learn..?) Why can't I learn, learn, learn? Learn, learn, learn You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? (why can't you learn?) You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? (why can't you learn?) You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? (why can't you learn?) You're not bigger than this, not better Why can't you learn? YOUR NEW AESTHETIC We're lowering the standard in a process selective The formula's too thin But it takes more than one person, so everyone jump on I'll miss you when you're just like them Imitate and water down (Selection breathes on its own) Before we crash I'll write it out (Selection breathes on its own) Make them open the request line And let selection kill the old (Take back the radio) I remember back then thinking easy comes but doesn't stay What comes easy never stays But the politics need means and business never leaves You better sing now while you can Imitate and water down (Selection breathes on its own) Before we crash I'll write it out (Selection breathes on its own) Make them open the request line And let selection kill the old (Take back the radio) Sing now, while you can, while you can Sing now, while you can, while you can Imitate and water down Selection breathes on its own Before we crash I'll write it out Selection breathes on its own Make them open the request line And let selection kill the old Turn off the radio But it takes more than one person, so everyone jump on I'll miss you when you're just like them BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU WANT Don't bother going through your motions Nothing that makes sense ever works out Don't kid yourself, you know they want money Well nothing can be good on its own merit Spinning and spinning Do you believe in what you want? Dancing in plastic shake-up snow Do you believe in what you want? Put your trust in simple acts Make the flyers, get them up all over town Don't kid yourself, you know it's for money Please keep in sight what makes you care You have it always Spinning and spinning Do you believe in what you want? Dancing in plastic shake-up snow Do you believe in what you want? Your camera flash (your camera flash) On us, meaningless (on us, meaningless) You cannot waste (you cannot waste) a single night You cannot ignore a single night What you ignore is priceless to me Spinning and spinning Do you believe in what you want? Dancing in plastic shake-up snow Do you believe in what you want? A SUNDAY On a Sunday I'll think it through On the drive back I'll think it through What you wish for won't come true Live with that, with that And on a Sunday she thought it through Now as I drive back There's thiry-six less hours I have to change the course I send myself Live with that, with that The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday On a Sunday On a Sunday go once around Because when the rides done, the hopes that you have carried They fall out from your hands back to the ground Live with that, with that They fall out from your hands back to the ground Live with that, with that The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday On a Sunday Learn as the drugs leave Learn as you lose it, you will Learn as the drugs leave Learn as you lose it, you will And the haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday On a Sunday Yeah the haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday On a Sunday Yeah the haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday On a Sunday, on a Sunday CRUSH Faintest snow keep falling, falling... yeah Hands around your waste Nameless, standing cold, standing cold Like a breath, like a breath Take in restraint like a breath My lungs are so numb from holding back Walk close to the fence, feel it hit your clothes Turn and smile nice, smile say goodnight, say goodnight In a breath, in a breath Simple discourse breaks you clean Simple discourse breaks you clean in half Regret Do try it once and then you know It's your move Settle for nothing less again Again... Like a breath, like a breath Like a breath, like a breath Take in restraint like a breath My lungs are so numb from holding back Yeah from holding back 12.23.95 Didn't mean to leave you hanging on I didn't mean to leave you all alone I didn't know what to say I didn't know what to say Didn't mean to leave you hanging on I didn't mean to leave you all alone I didn't know what to say Didn't know what to say Merry Christmas baby (Merry Christmas baby) Merry Christmas baby (Merry Christmas baby) Merry Christmas baby (Merry Christmas baby) Merry Christmas... TEN We left behind the busy crowd So it seems we slow down Meet me with a way out through the lies Nowhere, going nowhere in the fake yellow light Blame no one Blame no one The feelings change so fast Safety scares them away I can't bring myself to say it's my own advice I need Nowhere and then nowhere, living trapped inside the chase Blame no one Blame no one Would you look in my eyes and Blame (so blame) no one Blame no one Our weekness is the same We need poison sometimes Our weekness is the same We need poison sometimes So take another drink, with me Blame (so blame) no one Blame (blame) no one Would you look in my eyes and Blame (blame) no one Blame (blame) no one JUST WATCH THE FIREWORKS Here, you can be anything Anything that scares you I think that scares you I've been here before but only by myself, by myself I promised I'd see it again I promised I'd see this with you now I promised I'd see it again I promised I'd see this with you, now What giving up gives you And where giving up takes you I've had and I've been Here in center frame, here, there's only air And just enough space to fit I promised I'd see it again I promised I'd see this with you now I promised I'd see it again I promised I'd see this with you, now I said, said, said it out loud over and over I said, said, said but what do I know? I said, said, said it out loud but it did not help I said, said, said it out loud over and over I said, said, said but what do I know? I said, said, said it out loud over and over I'll stop now Just so I can hear you I stay up as late as it takes, as long as it takes I promised I'd see it again I promised I'd see this with you now I promised I'd see it again I promised I'd see this with you, now I said, said, said it out loud over and over I said, said, said but what do I know? I said, said, said it out loud over and over Just so I can hear you I stay up as late as it takes, as long as it takes I stay up as late as it takes I stay up as late as it takes I stay up as late as it takes As late as it takes As late as it takes, yeah yeah yeah I stay up as late as it takes, as long as it takes FOR ME, THIS IS HEAVEN The first star I see may not be a star We can't do a thing but wait So let's wait for one more The time such clumsy time in deciding if it's time I'm careful but not sure how it goes You can lose yourself in your courage When the time we have now ends When the big hand goes round again Can you still feel the butterflies? Can you still hear the last goodnight? And the mindless comfort grows When I'm alone with my great plans This is what she says gets her through it If I don't let myself by happy now then when? If not now when? When the time we have now ends When the big hand goes round again Can you still feel the butterflies? Can you still hear the last goodnight? La la la la... la la la la la La la la la la Close my eyes and believe wherever you are, an angel for me When the time we have now ends When the big hand goes round, again Can you still feel the butterflies? Can you still hear the last goodnight? BLISTER Take advantage of these times, you said You let me down, it hasn't been the first time As I'm falling in the pit of fire My mind's made up, I'm never coming back here And how long would it take me To walk across the United States, all alone? The West coast has been traumatized I think I'm the only one still alive Is it just a coincidence To see you by yourself with no direction? Now it's time to move on And don't you know that things aren't getting better And how long would it take me To walk across the United States, all alone? The West coast has been traumatized I think I'm the only one still alive When the world caves in what are you gonna do? When the world caves in what are you gonna do for me? When the world caves in what are you gonna do? When the world caves in what are you gonna do for me? Don't try and stop me Because I'm falling fast into this pit of fire which surrounds us all In a blanket of fear that I've been wrapped in for years You can't stop me When the world caves in what are you going to do for me And how long would it take me To walk across the United States, all alone? The West coast has been traumatized I think I'm the only one still alive And how long would it take me To walk across the United States, all alone? The West coast has been traumatized I think I'm the only one still alive CLARITY I'll take your words as if you were talking to me Say what I know you'll say and say it through your teeth Now in the deep and down, your heart moves Now in the deep and down, I don't know how, but I know I want out Wait for something better Will I know when it can be us? Wait for something better Maybe that doesn't mean us Wait for something better I shouldn't, it's not enough Pull one excuse from another And with pride, keep every failure in And with pride, hold on to the sinking Now in the deep and down, your heart moves Now in the deep and down, I don't know how, but I know I want out Wait for something better Will I know when it can be us? Wait for something better Maybe that doesn't mean us Wait for something better I shouldn't, it's not enough Pull one excuse from another This time it means us Stop... Stop... Wait for something better Will I know when it can be us? Wait for something better Will I know when it can be us? Wait for something better Maybe that doesn't mean us Wait for something better I shouldn't, it's not enough GOODBYE SKY HARBOUR Is tomorrow just a day like all the rest? (How could you know just what you did?) Like all the rest (How could you know just what you did?) So full of faith yet so full of doubt, I ask Again I shall ask you this once again He said I am but one small instrument (Do you) Do you remember that? Time and time again you said don't be afraid "If you believe you can do it" The only voice I want to hear is yours Again I shall ask you this once again He said I am but one small instrument (Do you) Do you remember that? So here I am above palm trees So straight and tall You are smaller, getting smaller But I still see you