I read you all wrong,
So I get drunk just to feel I belong,
By a river so dry its barely a river at all.
And we suck one another at night,
Fire pistols and cover our eyes,
And we waltz unseen behind Hollywood's ballroom doors.
I know that it's true
It's gonna be a good year
Out of the darkness
And into the fire
I tell you I love you
And my heart's in the strangest place
That's how it started
And that's how it ends
You want me to come over I got an excuse
Might be holding your hand, but I'm holding it loose
Go to talk then we choke its like our necks in a noose
Avoid the obvious we should be facing the truth
Start to think it could be fizzling out
Kinda shocked because I never really had any doubts
Look into your eyes imagine life with out ya
And the love kick starts again
I propose to climb Mount Normal
My expedition needs supply
And fortune smiles upon the fool
Who gives at least a try
And in the quest to take Mount Normal
I've no Sherpa for a guide
It's the kind of trek that feels its way
As I sacrifice my pride
And deign to dare to risk rejection
From what I don't know how to fake
So much that I would give to this
And I don't know what to take
And I am scaling up Mount Normal
And I get higher every day
And I dream to be somebody else
And every night I pray
That I will stand atop Mount Normal
Proudly survey the land and sea
And have happy endings if I grasp
And cling to normalcy
And you can tell Jane, if she writes,
That I'm drunk off all these stars and all these crazy Hollywood nights.
And that's a total deceit, but she should've married me.
And tell her I spent every night of my youth on the floor,
Bleeding out from all these wounds.
I would've gotten her a ride out of that town she despised.
You tell that to Janey, if she writes.
But boys will be boys and girls have those eyes
That will cut you to ribbons sometimes.
And all you can do is just wait by the moon
And bleed if it's what she says you oughta do.
So I just get loaded
And never leave my house
It's taken way too long to figure this out
Know my name, know I mean it
It's not as bad as it seems
And we try in our own way to get better
Even if we're alone
The walking wounded
Wrap their face in gauze
These kids'll ya just because they can
Their teeth are bleached
And their tits are tanned
Tonight we're gonna stay up late
And stumble towards the day
And try to beat the haze away
still many implications
not enough time to make them explicit
too many generalizations
not enough time to make specific
and i spread my vile seed
from the atlantic to the pacific
now i'm begging you on my knees
please don't make me get down and sniff it
So affections fade away
Or do adults just learn to play
The most ridiculous, repulsive games?
All our favorite ruddy sons
And their double-barreled guns
You'd better hurry rabbit, run, run, run
Just tell me what you've got to say to me
I've been waiting for so long to hear the truth
It comes as no surprise at all you see
So cut the crap and tell me that we're through
Now, I know your heart, I know your mind
You don't even know you're being unkind
So much for all your highbrow Marxist ways
Just use me up and then you walk away
Boy, you can't play me that way
… Well, I guess what you say is true
I could never be the right kind of girl for you
… I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
… When I saw my best friend yesterday
She said she never liked you from the start
Well me, I wish that I could claim the same
But you always knew you held my heart
And you're such a charming, handsome man
Now I think I finally understand
Is it in your genes? I don't know
But I'll soon find out, that's for sure
Why did you play me this way?
… Well, I guess what you say is true
I could never be the right kind of girl for you
… I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
Oh, I could never be your woman
… Well, I guess what they say is true
I could never spend my life with a man like you
… I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
I could never be your woman
Oh, I could never be your woman
Anything to numb the pain
Or to drown out the hurt
I tried to tell her about my kind
And boy did she learn
I just ain’t the type of soul you save
But she tried
And I did what I do best
I took a good thing
And I turned it into goodbye
Took the fire in her eyes
And put it on ice
Turned that angels wold upside down
First of all "Fuck you all" echoes loudly through the funeral parlor
I just can't erase it
A flash of pain spells "you're lame" on my message machine
I just can't erase it
That fucking animal lives on in our song
I just can't erase it
I went to Pittsburgh
And joined a pro team
Talk about a bad dream
I broke a knee
But I can still croon
And make the girls swoon
Isn't that the way life's
Supposed to be
Kind ears captive to the beers you've purchased
Sipping through your seeds of plaster confession
Telling pretty stories, is it your sole purpose?
Telling everybody that you've learned your lesson
But no-one's falling for that nice-guy bullshit
They waited years, you can wait one night
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
The five years we have had have been such good at times
I still love you
But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own
I guess it's just what I must do
I was breaking in a case of suds
At the brass rail, a fall-down drunk
With his tongue torn out
And his balls removed
And I knew that my last lines were gone
While stupidly I lingered on
Other wise men know
When it's time to go and so I should too
And so I fly into the brightest winter sun
Of this frozen town
I'm stripped down to move on
My friends, I'm gone
Some nights I thirst for real blood,
For real knives, for real cries.
And then the flash of steel from real guns
In real life really fills my mind.
I really miss what really did exist
When I held your throat so tight.
And I miss the bus as it swerved from us
Almost came crashing to its side.
Some nights the blood from real cuts
Feels real nice when it's really mine.
And if you want it to be real,
Come over for one night,
And we can really, really climb.
People always told me
That bars are dark and lonely
And talk is often cheap and filled with air
Sure sometimes they thrill me
But nothin' could ever chill me
Like the way they make the time just disappear
I could be anywhere right now
(I'm alone again)
If I only had the nerve to leave this house
(I'm alone again)
Maybe somewhere by the sea
(I'm alone again, in the lap of luxury)
Take me somewhere, anywhere please!
We could make a pillow of sand and sleep
We could roll
We could make
We could see
We could scream!!!!!
Far, Father, Farthest
Oh daddy, you do not do anymore
For God's sake don't pretend to be concerned
Turn into nightmares in the end
Throw a party for all my friends
(Softly sang)
You give up hope
You settle down
With your favourite soap