songs to center yourself...or get lost way outside
01. I Have My Fears (But Fear Isn't One of Them)
02. Hiking Alone
03. Prizefighter or the Brief and Tragic Career of Robert Cohn
04. I Don't Need Love (I Got Songs)
05. The Limbic System
06. I'm Going to Break Your Heart
I.
I want to wake up when the sun is setting
And spend the day devouring the stars
I want the river to run backwards
I want to hate how I feel in your arms
I want all my lies to reflect something true
I want to swim when it's deep inside of winter
I want cigarettes to be good for you
I want to love, but on my own terms
Why do I walk so slowly?
Should I pretend to run?
Maybe I'm scared of nothing
They're broadcasting the ending
Because we're spending too much time
Pouring little hearts into a big blue cup
That gets you fucked up like wine
II.
You could touch me if I weren't fire.
Bleed me if I were a wound.
She said, "Your love was like the full moon humming."
I said, "The days are dark behind me."
You could keep me if I were a moment.
Release me if I were a breath.
She said, "Your love was like the full moon humming."
I said, "The days are dark behind me."
We will be eaten by wolves
Beaten by the thoughts inside us.
III.
He stood still, barely noticed
Except for the bruises on his hands
The socket he had cut open
Only to hide underneath the bands
Oh, prizefighter
What is it that you have won?
When you took so many jabs
Waiting for the knockout punch
He carried home, slept with himself
With none more than a story to tell
And the wish someone had called his name
And said, "All glory comes with flames."
Oh, prizefighter
What is it that you have won?
When you took so many jabs
Waiting for the knockout punch
To be left standing after you've knocked down everyone.
What is it that you have won?
IV.
I want to tell you how much i love you girl
But I don't know how to say it
I'm just faking this shit when I'm up here
I look good in my blazer or so I hear
You know I'm blazing all times of year
I don't need love
I got songs
But I could use someone
To string along
I want to tell you that I feel
The world's a place to get hurt
But I got this thing about being a man
So I never say a word
I want to show you how bold I can be
Like I'm driving the wrong way down the street
On impulse to get away
From everything
V.
And I've run out of rhymes with
Any more meaning than
Fold and then cut
I was the tin man
She was the lioness
Now this thin frame
Has begun to rust
VI.
Leave the heater
This winter
And leave the door unlocked
I'm going to break your heart
Hear a whisper
In the summer
I promise it won't stop
I'm going to break your heart
You said it was something infinite
But it was temporary at best
Leave the dreams you had
For the fate of another man
But don't leave your jaw dropped
I'm going to break your heart
Leave the untended covers
For someone else to crawl under
And leave the broken watch
I'm going to break your heart
You said it was something infinite
It was temporary at best
02. Hiking Alone
03. Prizefighter or the Brief and Tragic Career of Robert Cohn
04. I Don't Need Love (I Got Songs)
05. The Limbic System
06. I'm Going to Break Your Heart
I.
I want to wake up when the sun is setting
And spend the day devouring the stars
I want the river to run backwards
I want to hate how I feel in your arms
I want all my lies to reflect something true
I want to swim when it's deep inside of winter
I want cigarettes to be good for you
I want to love, but on my own terms
Why do I walk so slowly?
Should I pretend to run?
Maybe I'm scared of nothing
They're broadcasting the ending
Because we're spending too much time
Pouring little hearts into a big blue cup
That gets you fucked up like wine
II.
You could touch me if I weren't fire.
Bleed me if I were a wound.
She said, "Your love was like the full moon humming."
I said, "The days are dark behind me."
You could keep me if I were a moment.
Release me if I were a breath.
She said, "Your love was like the full moon humming."
I said, "The days are dark behind me."
We will be eaten by wolves
Beaten by the thoughts inside us.
III.
He stood still, barely noticed
Except for the bruises on his hands
The socket he had cut open
Only to hide underneath the bands
Oh, prizefighter
What is it that you have won?
When you took so many jabs
Waiting for the knockout punch
He carried home, slept with himself
With none more than a story to tell
And the wish someone had called his name
And said, "All glory comes with flames."
Oh, prizefighter
What is it that you have won?
When you took so many jabs
Waiting for the knockout punch
To be left standing after you've knocked down everyone.
What is it that you have won?
IV.
I want to tell you how much i love you girl
But I don't know how to say it
I'm just faking this shit when I'm up here
I look good in my blazer or so I hear
You know I'm blazing all times of year
I don't need love
I got songs
But I could use someone
To string along
I want to tell you that I feel
The world's a place to get hurt
But I got this thing about being a man
So I never say a word
I want to show you how bold I can be
Like I'm driving the wrong way down the street
On impulse to get away
From everything
V.
And I've run out of rhymes with
Any more meaning than
Fold and then cut
I was the tin man
She was the lioness
Now this thin frame
Has begun to rust
VI.
Leave the heater
This winter
And leave the door unlocked
I'm going to break your heart
Hear a whisper
In the summer
I promise it won't stop
I'm going to break your heart
You said it was something infinite
But it was temporary at best
Leave the dreams you had
For the fate of another man
But don't leave your jaw dropped
I'm going to break your heart
Leave the untended covers
For someone else to crawl under
And leave the broken watch
I'm going to break your heart
You said it was something infinite
It was temporary at best