La Mort

if time was asleep and the stars were awake
would you still make that one fateful mistake?
all of the things I have seen in the past
were nothing so special, were not meant to last

wide-eyed and restless and duly prolonged
chaque fois que la mort pleure je ris de ma tombe
lost in a vision and found by the sea
shameless devotion don't mean much to me

supper's on the stove, darling

please let me down 'cause I'm lost in the sound I don't know
I tried and I tried but I can't get it right anymore
shapeless convictions have found me and swept me away
now that you're gone I see no sense in having to stay

Halfheartedly

dizzy are the bones 

that carry a longing 

which many never know

though they claim they've seen the worst of it 

gotta find a way 

to not botch the method 

of the dilated sway

she set my glasses on the chair

and blushed at the thought of how we must have stared

for weeks and weeks with curtains drawn

and our faces pressed till my vision had gone

and I pulled her closer into me

for there's no sense in loving halfheartedly

give another rise

to all that collapses

when you're drifting through the lines

that were set before the earth began

momentary sweep

it's not like I planned for it

the things I couldn't see

she set my glasses on the chair

and blushed at the thought of how we must have stared

for weeks and weeks with curtains drawn

and our faces pressed till my vision had gone

and I pulled her closer into me

for there's no sense in loving halfheartedly

I've been thinking about all you've been through
I've been thinking about all you've been through

Goodnight

well you might say it sounds cheesy
but it's true that nothing good comes easy

so even if you're far away 
when you close your eyes
I'll be the one to say goodnight

I tried to be so perfect
but in time I found it wasn't worth it

so even if you're far away 
when you close your eyes
I'll be the one to say goodnight

said even if you're far away 
when you close your eyes
I'll be the one to say goodnight

Fell Through

in a hundred million ways
I had lost the nerve to say
how every fiber of the heart
is pulled from nothing at the start

so as it spun out of control
should I have sought the half or whole?
for I can see the now from then
will never know this place again

out of focus, out of time everybody needs a little light
anechoic passersby have seen the little sea within her eyes 

and I don't even have to be bold enough to shake the floor
to be the driftless, silken glimmer shining at her door
I'll leave it to conviction alone until I've seen the truth
we were tangled in our hopes before they fell through

must I smash apart the phone
to drown the contrapuntal drone?
they say it's just a little noise
but what's a loss that don't destroy?

out of focus, out of time everybody needs a little light
anechoic passersby have seen the little sea within her eyes 

and I don't even have to be bold enough to shake the floor
to be the driftless, silken glimmer shining at her door
I'll leave it to conviction alone until I've seen the truth
we were tangled in our hopes before they fell through

Dysphoric

how could you possibly screw up any worse?

you were given trust then let it leak till it burst

pale pale guilt that could cut through your hide
until it’s fizzing inside you
you know you’re bound to find it
dysphoric dysphoric dysphoric
cast those myths off the tips of your teeth
before they sour every ballad and pull you underneath

swallowed up, the silent tyrant tangles and frays
viscerally shifting through a circular haze
wrought rocks swivel not like sparks in the eyes
but with furious incisors
you know you’re bound to find it
dysphoric dysphoric dysphoric
cast those myths off the tips of your teeth
before they sour every ballad and pull you underneath

Getaway

You and I, we were lost in the shadows
You got me thinking I won't make it to tomorrow
You stole my mind
Wash the hands, count the spots on the ceiling
Leave it feeling all aligned

(ooh) And I shouldn't have to check the door
(ooh) Eleven times before I fall asleep and
(ooh) You got me walking to the second floor
Up, down, chase back stop and let me fall into the deep

What can I do?
What can I do?
To get away from you
What can I do?
To get away from
You

What can I do?

To get away from you

What can I do?

To get away from

You

When it's over they'll wring out all my bones

For lost is not as lost as we thought it was

And found's not as found

As that sickened soup that drips before the dawn

I don't need the word to say I know

I don't need the word to say I know

To get away from

You

Battin' Lashes

I saw you in the evening sun
You weren't afraid of anyone
The sky was painted out of phase
So count the words; so drown the haze

I saw you in the evening sun

You weren't afraid of anyone

The sky was painted out of phase

So count the words; so drown the haze

Lying on the road as whispers pierce the clouds above

You've got to stay

You got to stay

'Cause I've been thinking about you each and every day

Overcast and dreaming all tumultuously

Take it all back because I saw the sun inside

Saw every little thing you left behind

Deliria beneath the skin

Those flightless eyes are sinking in

So tell the floor; so tell the walls

It takes the climb to learn to fall

Deliria beneath the skin

Those flightless eyes are sinking in

So tell the floor; so tell the walls

It takes the climb to learn to fall

Lying on the road as whispers pierce the clouds above

You've got to stay

You got to stay

'Cause I've been thinking about you each and every day

Overcast and dreaming all tumultuously

Take it all back because I saw the sun inside

Saw every little thing you left behind

Don't try and convince me sweetly; let me collapse completely, babe

As warm as a plate of ashes, we were just battin' lashes, babe

From over your shoulder you could feel me adore you

You could feel me adore you, girl, from over your shoulder

We were trembling softly by the shore - it's something in those eyes

So light it up and show the way

'Cause I've been thinking about you each and every day

Those little words will have to stay

Because of all you had to say

Lying on the road as whispers pierce the clouds above

You've got to stay

You got to stay

'Cause I've been thinking about you each and every day

Overcast and dreaming all tumultuously

Take it all back because I saw the sun inside

Saw every little thing you left behind