eight

Eight Arms to Hold You

Straight

you sleep better when you're

you eat better when you're

you sing better when you're

you need me more when you're straight

is this the weekend?

is that your girlfriend?

she's green and innocent

you smoke her like she's incense

you smile

i'll wait 'til summer's over

i'll love you through october

i'll give you everything

i'll trade you anything for her

stay straight for me

Volcano Girl

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Tell me, tell me what you really want from me

You gotta let me know

I'm falling off and I need you terribly

One down, and one to go

Volcano girls we really can't be beat

Warm us up and watch us blow

But now and then we fail and we admit defeat

We're falling off

We are watered down and

Fully grown

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

A million miles of running

And I hit the wall

I bounce back and I run some more

But this is it, I'm giving up

I'm calling quits

So get down and meet me on the floor

Way to go, way to flip off everyone

I steal your thunder then I try to bolt

But I could stand a little pity now and then

I'm falling off, I am watered down and fully grown

Go, I don't wanna go

I don't wanna go

I told you about the seether before

You know, the one that's neither or nor

Well here's another clue if you please

The seether's Louise

(One, Two, Three, Wow)

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me

Lying here

Cause I don't wanna go

Leave me, leave me, leave me

Go, I don't wanna go

I don't wanna go

Don't Make Me Prove It

Zero, one...

two...

three...

four days without you

eight...

nine...

now we're five times two

now we're fives times two

words won't do

words won't do it

(words)

they can't stay true

words won't get me through it

get me through it

honey, please...

seize...

me...

I know what I need...

plan...

B...

some security

words won't do

words won't do it

(words)

they can't stay true

words won't get me through it

don't make me prove it

in the heat of the waiting

when I'm starting to stall

I can see what you're saying

but I don't hear you at all

I don't hear you at all

words won't do

words won't do it

(words)

they can't stay true

words won't get me through it

don't make me prove it

words won't do

words won't do it

(words)

they can't stay true

words won't get me through it

don't make me prove it

yeah

Awesome

Goodbye, 25

you were a good year for the girls

goodbye, 25

you will be the goldfinch

I'm the harpies

there's something in my unity

forget humility

oh, what's coming over me?

is awesome

awesome

god, forgive me

i know it's so

awesome

heaven, help me

I know it's a fine place to be

goodbye, indolence

your filthy left hand kept me down

goodbye, cowardice

you'll be the tigres

I'm the euphrates

there's something in my unity

forget humility

oh, what's coming over me?

is awesome

awesome

god, forgive me

i know it's so

awesome

heaven, help me

I know, I know it's a fine place to be

and it's a fine place to be

there's something in my unity

what's coming over me?

go, fuck humility

we're awesome

awesome

all the salts go i know it's so awesome

awesome

everybody I know, I know

it's a fine place to be

and it's a fine place to be

yeah it's a fine place to be

oh it's a fine place to be

yeah it's a fine place to be

oh it's a fine place to be

yeah it's a fine place to be

(awesome, so awesome...)

heaven help me

One Last Time

I wind you up

then I wait for the melancholy

I give you up

while you sit here in all your glory

I never thought you would

I never knew you could

but now you're gone

and I don't think I care

I sold your love

down the river for a bow and arrow

euphoria has just been here

and she's looking terrible

I never sunk this low

it's better if you go

when you're nearby

I see you and want you to try

to love me like a monster

one last time

control me like a father

one last time

stay with me till I'm stronger

one last

round to kick me when I'm down

don't kick me when I'm down

I never thought you would

I never understood

and that's why I'm weak and I want you to try

to make me an example

one last time

to drag me through the cycle

one last time

to make me a disciple

one last

round, will get me to the ground

you'll get me on the ground

(oh yeah)

I'll see you around

yeah, I'll see you around

one last town

and I'll see you around

yeah, I'll see you around

(na na na na na na na......)

With David Bowie

will it ever come?

like it did for you

I kinda heard you singing

and, I never knew

no, I never knew

my heart skips around

when I hear the sound

I'm never alone

cause you're following me home

I'm falling in love

my walkman and me

with David Bowie

yeah

(you betcha)

with teenage medication

flowing through my veins

I can face the strain and

it's causing a sensation

that I can explain

yeah, I can explain

my heart skips around

when I hear the sound

I'm never alone

cause you're following me home

I'm falling in love

my walkman and me

with David Bowie

you want me to sing

I can, I can

you want me to play

I can, I can

you wanna be in a band

I can

I'll never be anything more than I was today

than I was today

(yeah)

and will it ever come?

like it did for you

I kinda heard you singing

oh, I never knew

no, I never knew

my heart skips around

when I hear the sound

I'm never alone

cause you're following me home

I'm falling in love

my best friend and me

with David Bowie

him and me

in a tree

i-n-g

yeah

like it did for you

I kinda heard you singing

Benjamin

Take me away

I know I could use the rest

I want to clear up this mess

I need a few days with my good sense

I need a few good days

Benjamin, no, oh...

Benjamin, no...

where did you go?

no, no...

when you were falling from my tree

I was not scared

I thought you'd meet me back up there

it never dawned on me you were home free

it never dawned on me, no...

Benjamin, no, oh...

Benjamin, no...

where did you go?

no, no, no...

Benjamin, no, oh...

Benjamin, no...

where did you go?

no, no...

you said that I could tie you down, no...

take me away

I know I could use the rest

Shutterbug

It's freezing in Bristol

there's love on the tele

a girl grinning at me

she's doing the shimmy

and she's cool

and she's skinny

and she's a fool

for the last living rock king

it's her thrill

it's her wonder

it's her will

it's her way home

she's right where she always wanted to be

she can't change

change...

it's lightening in London

([whisper] it's lightening in London)

there's shit on the tele

(there's shit on TV)

you're pushing my buttons

(pushing my buttons)

you know how to touch me

and I knew

that you'd choose me

by the times

that you tried to refuse me

it's your thrill

it's your wonder

it's your will

it's your way home

you're right where you always wanted to be

you can't change

change...

(woah)

it's morning in Philly

([whisper] it's morning in Philly)

my head's feeling heavy

(my head's feeling heavy)

the sun makes me dizzy

(the sun makes me sick)

you monkey, you left me

and I know

that you miss me

by the way

that you kiss and resist me

it's my thrill

it's my wonder

it's my will

it's my way home

I'm right where I always dreamed I would be

I can't change

change...

(woah)

The Morning Sad

Wake up and talk to me

it's a long time since last night

I know we said things, the saddest things

and I'm not sure it was wise

when the morning's sad

you don't look back

though you sure don't look ahead

the morning sad

you know, the morning sad

the morning sad

never had it so bad

I'm writing desperate songs

while you're fast asleep inside

I could try to sing

(I could try to bide my time to wake up)

until it rings

but my voice comes out uptight

cause when the morning's sad

you don't relax

no you cannot clear your mind

the morning sad

you know the morning sad

the morning sad

never had it so bad

I tried a little

I tried a lot

I'm not a window

and you've seen through everything I've got

oh, I don't think that I'll be safe

until everyone's awake

everybody, everybody, everybody, yeah...

so wake up and talk to me

such a long time since last night

I know we said things, the maddest things

and I'm not sure who was right

see when the morning's sad

you don't attack

cause you're much to weak to fight

the morning sad

you know the morning sad

the morning sad

never had it so bad

no...

never had it so bad

yeah, yeah, yeah...

never had it so bad

Sound of the Bell

I Found a place where we can talk

I found a way to reach a middle ground

keep your castle in my sandbox

build it up so we can burn it down

anyway I love my man

love to keep him spinning round and round

keep him feeling love from my hand

anyway to turn him inside out

I don't wanna go down like the sunlight

I don't wanna go out like the moonlight

I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell

the sound of the bell

meet me up and down again

everytime is sweeter than the last

once you get a taste of impact

you're always hungry for the crash

I don't wanna go down like the sunlight

I don't wanna go out like the moonlight

I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell

the sound of the bell

and this is everything

I have loved

yeah, I have loved

break...

my...

heart...

down, I don't wanna go down like the sunlight

I don't wanna go out like the moonlight

I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell

the sound of the bell

I don't wanna go down like the sunlight

I don't wanna go out like the moonlight

I don't wanna be found at the sound of the bell

the sound of the bell

yeah...

(I don't wanna be found in the sunshine

I don't wanna be dim like a nightlight

I don't wanna be down like the sunlight

I don't wanna go out like the moonlight...)

Loneliness

When you've had enough

when you've got it bad enough

and you can't let go

when it comes to blows

and you start to overflow

but you can't get home

it's a subtle kind of cruel

it taps my spine

here im drawing a line

I'm asking you please

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon

I'll turn sadder than you ever were

and you'll learn loneliness is worse

you've gotta try...

December's all alone

and he's calling me on the phone

but he sounds so cold...

he says he loves me so

but how would I ever know?

certain words grow old

it's a vicious kind of catch

it sides me blind

now I'm out of my mind

I wanna scream

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon

I'll turn sadder than you ever were

and you'll learn loneliness is worse

you've gotta try...

love liked me long ago

it had a way of making everyone the same

but now the angels

(how the angels)

must laugh and sigh

(singing with me now)

to hear me pleading

with you needing you this way

(needing you this way)

oh, why don't you wanna be

happy with me?

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon

I'll turn sadder than you ever were

and you'll learn loneliness is worse

you've gotta try...

to stay mine

all the way

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

don't you wanna be

happy with me?

I'm afraid if you don't come around soon

I'll turn sadder than you ever were

it's got a way of making everyone the same

Stoneface

You didn't notice I was gone

guess you were tying up your arm

oh...

and when i stand on my head

you never react

I can't get you to crack

not one fucking smile

and when it comes right down to it

I'm gonna run right back to him

I wanna be smack dab with him

cause I really love his stoneface, oh

I really love his stoneface, oh

I really love it

a snakey goddess got my man, man

that kind of love don't understand

him

oh, oh

and when I swallow my gum

you never react

I can't get you to crack

not one fucking smile

and when it comes right down to it

I'm gonna run right back to him

I want a peace mapped out

cause I really love his stoneface, oh

I really love his stoneface, oh

I really love it

swallow hard, until you

I'll be the one to thrill you

I'll be the first to kill you

and if you won't die, I will

when I shortsheet the bed

you never react

I can't get you to crack

not one fucking smile

and when it comes right down to it

I'm gonna run right back to him

i want a piece knocked out of him

I really love his stoneface, oh

I really love it

Venus Man Trap

(woohoooo

woohoooo

woohoooo)

Waiting for

opportunity to strike

I have been your biggest fan

what a tour

a little blow to cure your fright

that's what it takes to trap a man

water me

I am not a desert plant

and there was life before you

when I close

(will I wear my blue eyes...)

when I open

(...this time)

when I close

(or should I wear my green eyes)

when I open

(that shine and shine)

when I close

(will I wear my green eyes)

when I open

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

(woohoooo

woohoooo

woohoooo)

in my room

underneath the microscope

I remember how it felt

I thought you knew

I was always full of hope

but you could only help yourself

when I close

(will I wear my blue eyes...)

when I open

(...this time)

when I close

(should I wear my green eyes)

when I open

(that shine and shine)

when I close

(will I wear my green eyes)

when I open

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

ladadada

(will I wear my blue eyes...)

ladadada

(...this time)

ladadada

(should I wear my green eyes)

ladadada

(that shine and shine)

when I close

(will I wear my blue eyes...)

when I open

(...this time)

when I close

(or should I wear my green eyes)

when I open

(that shine and shine)

when I close

(will I wear my green eyes)

when I open

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

(woohoooo)

I love you

Earthcrosser

Sleep little flea

little boy ?me?

a freak

am I clean?

([background whisper] sleep)

I feel like men

(sleep little flea)

I feel like boys

(little boy me)

I think I'm peeling

and the ringing in my ears

from playing too loud

I hear the ocean

I hear the crowd

I'm disconnected

I am unattatched

an unmade bed makes me feel like a failure

bedroom eyes lead to blurry vision

blurry vision

oh...

and the ringing in my ears

from playing too loud

I hear the ocean

I hear the crowd

too pale, too sick

too scrawny

but I'll sleep here anyway

and the sheets smell like bodies

not mine

not yours

not yours...

it's 2 am

and it's quiet again

where's my lip gloss?

and the ring in my ears

from playing too loud

I hear the ocean

I hear the crowd

and the ring in my ears

from playing too loud

I hear the ocean

I hear the crowd

and the ring in my ears

from playing too loud

I hear the ocean

I hear the crowd