a lyrical timeline of sorts..
story of my life:
this is the story of the boys who loved you
who love you now and loved you then
and some were sweet
and some were cold and snubbed you
and some just layed around in bed
and some had crumbled you straight to your knees
did it cruel did it tenderly
some had crawled their way into your heart
to rend your ventricles apart
this is the story of the boys who loved you
for my daughter:
for different times and different situations…
“When you feel embarrassed then i'll be your pride
When you need directions then i'll be the guide
For all time.
For all time.”
“when you try your best but don't succeed
when you get what you want but not what you need
when you feel so tired but you can't sleep
stuck in reverse
when the tears come streaming down your face
when you lose something you can't replace
or you love someone and it goes to waste
what could be worse
lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
and i will try
to fix you”
“these are the days that i won't get back
i won't hear you cry or hear you laugh
but when it's quiet and i don't hear a thing
well i can't always hear you breathe
you know there's nowhere else i've wanted to be
than be there when you needed me
i'm sorry too but don't give up on me
and just remember that when you were asleep
i got a little bit closer to you”
“the new war will get you
it will not protect you
but I will be there with you when you turn out the light”
for the ex:
And it's true we named our children after towns that we've never been to.
And it's true that the clouds just hung around
like Black Cadillacs outside a funeral.
And we're done, done, done with all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around.
You were so true to yourself.
You were true to no one n' that's why I should put you in the ground.
I've got the time, I got the hours, I got the days, I got the weaks.
I could say to myself I've got the words but I can't speak.
Well, I was done, done, done with all the circ, circ, circlin' round.
I didn't die and I ain't complainin'.
I ain't blamin' you.
I didn't know that the words you said to me meant more to me
than they ever could you
I didn't lie and I ain't sayin' I told the whole truth.
I didn't know that this game we were playin' even had a set of rules.
for me:
i like songs about drifters, books about the same
they both seem to make me feel a little less insane
walked on off to another spot
i still haven't gotten anywhere that i want
did i want love, did i need to know
why does it always feel like i'm caught in an undertow
the moths beat themselves to death against the lights
adding their breeze to the summer nights
outside, water like air was great
i didn't know what i had that day
walk a little farther to another plan
you said that you did but you didn't understand
i know that starting over is not what life's about
but my thoughts were so loud i couldn't hear my mouth
my thoughts were so loud i couldn't hear my mouth
my thoughts were so loud