If we both stand with paths on high And sink without the oceans, watch 'em dry Then we can see far to the other side It's you and I forever, and we don't have to hide (we don't have to hide)
If we ignore the signals that mission control will send It's one big ship ride anyway This hell will never end And gaze out on what they left of the stars All we see now we can take as ours
You two've got just moments left to give Come back now and we will let you live Stay inside of our blue protective eye We won't let them take you, we won't let you die
My baby spins propellants, my system's set to blow She's at the milky way now, exploding into snow And she's constructed flashpoints to cover up the sun While I sleep under glass I know that she'll wake me when she's done
You two've got just moments left to give Come back now and we will let you live Stay inside of our blue protective eye We won't let them take you, we won't let you die You two've got just moments left to give Come back now and we will let you live Stay inside of our blue protective eye We won't let them take you, we won't let you die
The Pod
Morning scatters in and I am steady like a drug Feeling out this one She wakes up smashed as hell and steadies her ass against the rail And bends before the pounding rain
She had the widest bright ideas all along about my love And I need this fucking fix and I beg her to pick from One of the billion ways to feel no pain
The morning after bends reflected and I can hardly stand The way this whole thing makes me seem She climbs out from her dream with lungs hardly as She screams stereo scream And bends before astounding rain
She's got a system made of metal and magnet bits inside her brain And she opens her box of tricks and begs me to pick from One of a billion ways to feel no pain
She had the widest bright ideas That all the world would sleep away until the nightmare ends Everyone is on wait wait on the end Hold me uptight, let me breathe now
She had the widest bright ideas That all the world would sleep away until the nightmare ends Everyone is on wait wait on the end And hold me uptight, let me breathe now
Stars
She thinks she missed the train to Mars She's out back counting stars She thinks she missed the train to Mars She's out back counting stars
She's not at work, she's not at school She's not in bed, I think I finally broke her I bring her home everything I want And nothing that she needs
I thought she'd be there holding daisies She always waits for me She thinks she missed the train to Mars She's out back counting stars
I found her out back sitting naked looking up and looking dead A crumpled yellow piece of paper With seven nines and tens
I thought she'd be there holding daisies She always waits for me She thinks she missed the train to Mars She's out back counting stars
I thought you'd be there holding daisies You always wait for me She thinks she missed the train to Mars She's out back counting stars
Suicide Machine
Sleep comes to everyone while we wait for the Sunday afternoons Sleep comes to everyone Everyone baby yeah But you
Sleep comes to everyone while we wait, wide awake and blue Sleep comes to everyone Everyone baby, yeah But me and you
And so I give myself away To everybody every day And so I give myself to you And you need it more than I do
And so I give myself away, to everybody every day And so I give myself to you And you need it more than I do
Sleep comes to everyone while we wait for the Sunday afternoons And sleep comes to everyone Everyone baby, yeah But you
And I had this one figured out That's why the suicide machine is built for two A simple sick device devised to overload on love To bring us colored dreams and soundtracked waves of fun
And so I give myself away To everybody every day And so I give myself to you And you need it more than I do
And so I give myself away To everybody every day And so I give myself to you And you need it more than I do
Sleep comes to no one else like we have falling through the ground Fulfilling promises of endless summer nights I'm losing ground, you're losing sound
Somewhere through a thousand blues a dragonfly descends with just a whisper I'm lonelier than God And all my wishes spin the fishes in the air and everyone A different shade of you
And to the left where up is down Now stands a zebra made of shapes of me And silver and the sun So bring no guilt with you up above the flat-line Let's just hit the sky exploding into one
The Very Old Man
It's eerie and it's awesome How connected two pods scattered on the surface can become Lazy into one He knows lightning kills the other She can't stand to watch his petals fall It's better when cascades become like us all
Afternoon a golden disengagement leaves a woman with a household left to fill Sit, and be still Send the voltage cross his ticker Watch the stars they start to flicker And one by one the levels fall
Another drink, my love And make it tall enough So I can stand on it and see all you've done for me A world of curves and lines electric Remember how you strung the colored lights from Christmas tree to me?
Why I Like the Robins
The distance outside of you comes into focus, collapses away lovingly And hands to the glass and eyes to sky Glued to the south she waits to see
She's looking for birds she met last fall Who said they would come back different than all She's waiting for six who know about sound Who'd promised to come back upside down
And I like your raindrop collector Splash in my eyes and makes everything else look like you So hand me the glasses and teach me to use them Show me the window I wanna look to
I'll take the glasses and cover for you You get some sleep and I'll stay 'til two I'm looking for six who know about sound Who promise to come back upside down
She's got colors to spare and I don't care what they choose I've got nothing to do and nothing like you left to lose She's got colors to spare and I don't care what they choose I've got nothing to do and nothing like you left to lose She's got colors to spare and I don't care what they choose I've got nothing to do and nothing like you left to lose She's got colors to spare and I don't care what they choose
I'd Like Your Hair Long
I'd like your hair long and ladled to the ground You'd prefer an astronaut Someone to relate to and someone to command And I will be a simple man I could hardly wait for my stars to fall in line And synchronize and shine A wasted string of years and a wasted string of lies It's still the same to me
It's a waste of a song It's a waste of a song You're a waste of my lungs It's a waste of a song
I'd like your face gone and in its place the sun And I will be an astronaut For I have come to surface to catch some light and feed And I have everything I need And I could hardly wait for my stars to fall in line And synchronize and shine A wasted string of years and a wasted string of lies You're still the same to me
You're a waste of a song You're a waste of my lungs It's a waste of a song
It's a waste of a song You're a waste of my lungs You're a waste of a song
I Hate It Too
Morning gray ignites a twisted mess of foreign shapes and sounds I wish the ceiling was the ground I'll send you flowers made of silent tiny pieces of the sun To help me make up for this one While you send me tidal waves of love when you're alone And I can't remember what you do To find a way to turn the signal back to heaven sounding blue And bring me faithful back to you
And she don't hold me right She's never gonna get me there And she don't hold me right She's never gonna get me there Not tonight
If we break off gently in slow motion spinning outward into space My hand, always floating gently at the wheel While you sweetly hold my face And I need you to give it meaning I need you to share the view Or it becomes a time for me to love myself Like every other thing I do
And she don't hold me right She's never gonna get me there
And she don't hold me right She's never gonna get me there Not tonight
Songs of Farewell and Departure
Before we steam and send, steady to the sun A simple tale of woe, your hearts will be undone A love song to everyone I know Arms wide open, here we go
She weaves a trail of petals through the embryonic ice Her hair is warm to the touch Her flowers twice as nice And if he stands on the moon he can barely catch her eyes Always open to the sky
And so we land only to find we never left the ground Please leave the walls and the floors exactly as you found A love song to everyone I know Arms wide open, here we go
