I was born on Snake Hill
And that's where I'll probably die
Because I don't like to kill
But I've got poison in my bite
Well, I feel safe to say
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill
My mother told me, "Son
You got strychnine in your blood
It comes from pedigree ancestory"
She warned me not to leave
Said my concience was too deep
That when I bite
It would hurt mostly me
For many many years
I stayed up on that hill
Occasionaly I'd go down to the edge
Just to see what I could see
So curiousity got the best of me
Well, it's a big world and it's not fair to me
To stay up there when there's so much to see
I want to play with others that I need to meet
Poison will be poison till it's through
Soon I hit the world
I discovered that a girl
Was what my mother tried to hide from me
She could make you feel alive
She could make you want to die
And that's exactly what she did to me
And it was only self defense
But I coiled up and I bit
I let my venom run into her veins
And I sat and watched her die
To me
Then I realized
I was born on Snake Hill
And that's where I'll probably die
Because I don't like to kill
But I've got poison in my bite
Well, I feel safe to say
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill
And it's a big world and it's not fair to me
To have to stay when there's so much to see
I want to play with others that I need to meet
And poison will be poison till it's through
Poison will be poison till it's through
Poison will be poison till it's through
Poison will be poison till it's through
Cape Canaveral lyrics - Conor Oberst
Oh, oh, oh brother totem pole
I saw your legends lined up
And I never felt more natural
Apart, I just came apart
Please, please, please sister Socrates
You always answer with a question
Show some kindness to a petty thief
Forgive, you did forgive
And watch the migrants' smoke in the old orange grove
And the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral
You've been a father to me, your 1960s speak
Give me comatose joy like re-run TV
While the mountainside was shining
Wild colors of my destiny
I watched your face age backwards
Changing shape in my memory
You taught me victory's sweet
Even deep in the cheap seats
Hey, hey, hey mother interstate
Can you deliver me from evil
Make me honest, make me wedding cake
Atone, I will atone
Wait, wait, wait mighty outer space
All that flying saucer terror
Made me lazy, drinking lemonade
A waste, it just went to waste
Like the freon cold out the hotel door
Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral
You've been a daughter to me, your buried shoebox grief
I felt your poltergeist love like Savannah heat
While the waterfall was pouring
Crazy symbols of my destiny
I watched your face die backwards
Little baby in my memory
You told me victory's sweet
Even deep in the cheap seats
And you don't judge me
That's not your style
But I won't see you for a little while
And there's no worries, oh Lord, who's got time
All these changes gonna fill your mind
Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove
Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral
It's been a nightmare for me, some 1980's greed
Gives me parachute dreams like old war movies
While the universe was drawing
Perfect circles for infinity
I watched the stars get smaller
Tiny diamonds in my memory
I know that victory is sweet
Even deep in the cheap seats
I saw your legends lined up
And I never felt more natural
Apart, I just came apart
Please, please, please sister Socrates
You always answer with a question
Show some kindness to a petty thief
Forgive, you did forgive
And watch the migrants' smoke in the old orange grove
And the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral
You've been a father to me, your 1960s speak
Give me comatose joy like re-run TV
While the mountainside was shining
Wild colors of my destiny
I watched your face age backwards
Changing shape in my memory
You taught me victory's sweet
Even deep in the cheap seats
Hey, hey, hey mother interstate
Can you deliver me from evil
Make me honest, make me wedding cake
Atone, I will atone
Wait, wait, wait mighty outer space
All that flying saucer terror
Made me lazy, drinking lemonade
A waste, it just went to waste
Like the freon cold out the hotel door
Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral
You've been a daughter to me, your buried shoebox grief
I felt your poltergeist love like Savannah heat
While the waterfall was pouring
Crazy symbols of my destiny
I watched your face die backwards
Little baby in my memory
You told me victory's sweet
Even deep in the cheap seats
And you don't judge me
That's not your style
But I won't see you for a little while
And there's no worries, oh Lord, who's got time
All these changes gonna fill your mind
Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove
Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral
It's been a nightmare for me, some 1980's greed
Gives me parachute dreams like old war movies
While the universe was drawing
Perfect circles for infinity
I watched the stars get smaller
Tiny diamonds in my memory
I know that victory is sweet
Even deep in the cheap seats
Sausalito lyrics - Conor Oberst
Hair blowing in the hot wind
Time hanging from a clothespin
There's no sorrow that the sun's not gonna heal
I smell the leather of your new car
Drive through the desert after nightfall
Sleep on the shoulder, keep the stars all to ourselves
The kind of love that makes my back hurt
Wearin' nothing but a T-shirt
She's turning over on a mattress made of air
I close my eyes and see a staircase
Leading upwards into blank space
All of creation makes a sound too soft to hear
So I remain between her legs
Sheltered from all my fears
While bikers glide by highway shrines
Where pilgrims disappear
I know that trouble's been your good friend
Kept you company on the weekends
Kept you company even once your mind was made
You said, it's over and it's finished
Now a headache's all you're left with
We're no different, I've got debts I'd like to pay
We should move to Sausalito
Living's easy on a house boat
Let the ocean rock us back and forth to sleep
And in the morning when the sunrise
Look in the water, see the blue sky
As if heaven has been laid there at our feet
So we remain between these waves
Sheltered for all our years
While bikers glide by highway shrines
Where pilgrims disappear
Where time takes icebergs
Where fields burn westward
Where pilgrims disappear
Time hanging from a clothespin
There's no sorrow that the sun's not gonna heal
I smell the leather of your new car
Drive through the desert after nightfall
Sleep on the shoulder, keep the stars all to ourselves
The kind of love that makes my back hurt
Wearin' nothing but a T-shirt
She's turning over on a mattress made of air
I close my eyes and see a staircase
Leading upwards into blank space
All of creation makes a sound too soft to hear
So I remain between her legs
Sheltered from all my fears
While bikers glide by highway shrines
Where pilgrims disappear
I know that trouble's been your good friend
Kept you company on the weekends
Kept you company even once your mind was made
You said, it's over and it's finished
Now a headache's all you're left with
We're no different, I've got debts I'd like to pay
We should move to Sausalito
Living's easy on a house boat
Let the ocean rock us back and forth to sleep
And in the morning when the sunrise
Look in the water, see the blue sky
As if heaven has been laid there at our feet
So we remain between these waves
Sheltered for all our years
While bikers glide by highway shrines
Where pilgrims disappear
Where time takes icebergs
Where fields burn westward
Where pilgrims disappear
Get-Well-Cards lyrics - Conor Oberst
All the peacock people left their plumes in a pile
They look good to a fault
And the Gulf water's warm like a bathtub
Full of lavender and epsom salt
See a bleach blond boy put his long board down
Help his girl get her sunscreen on
I thought about you in your little house
Think you're lonely but I could be wrong and
I wanna be a bootlegger
Wanna mix you up something strange
Braid your hair like a sister
Name you like a hurricane
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a letter to deliver
But I can't stay mad, oh
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a get-well-card to deliver
He's gonna do it by hand
He's gonna do it by hand
Now they drive their cars up and down the beach
It's ridiculous and everybody knows
Hear the Mustangs rev at the four-way stop
You get ghosted when the light says go
But in a town like this
In the checkered flag dawn
It's so empty it could make somebody dream
So maybe it's you in your four-post bed
Sound asleep bu still grinding your teeth
I wanna be your happiness
I wanna be your common sense pain
Wrap your head in a picket fence
Rebuild after the hurricane
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got my letters to deliver
But I'm still not mad, oh
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a get-well-card to deliver
He's gonna do it by hand
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it by hand
Oh
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a letter to deliver
But I can't stay mad, oh
Right there, that's the postman asleep in the sand
He's got a head-stack now to deliver
He wants to do it by hand
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it by hand
They look good to a fault
And the Gulf water's warm like a bathtub
Full of lavender and epsom salt
See a bleach blond boy put his long board down
Help his girl get her sunscreen on
I thought about you in your little house
Think you're lonely but I could be wrong and
I wanna be a bootlegger
Wanna mix you up something strange
Braid your hair like a sister
Name you like a hurricane
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a letter to deliver
But I can't stay mad, oh
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a get-well-card to deliver
He's gonna do it by hand
He's gonna do it by hand
Now they drive their cars up and down the beach
It's ridiculous and everybody knows
Hear the Mustangs rev at the four-way stop
You get ghosted when the light says go
But in a town like this
In the checkered flag dawn
It's so empty it could make somebody dream
So maybe it's you in your four-post bed
Sound asleep bu still grinding your teeth
I wanna be your happiness
I wanna be your common sense pain
Wrap your head in a picket fence
Rebuild after the hurricane
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got my letters to deliver
But I'm still not mad, oh
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a get-well-card to deliver
He's gonna do it by hand
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it by hand
Oh
Right there
That's the postman sleeping in the sand
He's got a letter to deliver
But I can't stay mad, oh
Right there, that's the postman asleep in the sand
He's got a head-stack now to deliver
He wants to do it by hand
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it
He's gonna do it, he's gonna do it by hand
Lenders In The Temple lyrics - Conor Oberst
A short delay, the parrot blues
Little voices mimic you
It's not so hard to make that sound
So watch your back, the Ides of March
Cut your hair like Joan of Arc
Disguise your will, they'll find you out
And when they do
Look out
There's money-lenders inside the temple
That circus tiger's gonna break your heart
Something so wild turned into paper
If I loved you, well that's my fault
A bitch in heat, the alpha male
Not something she'd ever tell
Except when she got deathly high
And out it came like summer rain
It washed the cars and everything
Felt clean for just a little while
A telethon
We drunk dialed
Those starving children they ain't got no mother
There's pink flamingos living in the mall
I'd give a fortune to your infomercial
If somebody would just take my call
Take my call
Take my call
Hello
Patterns in my mind now moving slow
Sorrow all across the surface rolls
Smoothing out the edges of the stone
The lights are out. Where'd everybody go?
Alone
Erase yourself and you'll be free
Mandala destroyed by the sea
All we are is colored sand
So pay to ride the ferris wheel
Smile, all that you can feel
Is gratitude for what has been
'Cause it did not
Happen
There's money-lenders inside the temple
That circus tiger's gonna break my heart
Something so wild turned into paper
If you love me, then that's your fault
There's money-lenders inside the temple
This crystal city's gonna fall apart
When all their power turns into vapor
If I miss you, well that's my fault
That's my fault
That's my fault
Little voices mimic you
It's not so hard to make that sound
So watch your back, the Ides of March
Cut your hair like Joan of Arc
Disguise your will, they'll find you out
And when they do
Look out
There's money-lenders inside the temple
That circus tiger's gonna break your heart
Something so wild turned into paper
If I loved you, well that's my fault
A bitch in heat, the alpha male
Not something she'd ever tell
Except when she got deathly high
And out it came like summer rain
It washed the cars and everything
Felt clean for just a little while
A telethon
We drunk dialed
Those starving children they ain't got no mother
There's pink flamingos living in the mall
I'd give a fortune to your infomercial
If somebody would just take my call
Take my call
Take my call
Hello
Patterns in my mind now moving slow
Sorrow all across the surface rolls
Smoothing out the edges of the stone
The lights are out. Where'd everybody go?
Alone
Erase yourself and you'll be free
Mandala destroyed by the sea
All we are is colored sand
So pay to ride the ferris wheel
Smile, all that you can feel
Is gratitude for what has been
'Cause it did not
Happen
There's money-lenders inside the temple
That circus tiger's gonna break my heart
Something so wild turned into paper
If you love me, then that's your fault
There's money-lenders inside the temple
This crystal city's gonna fall apart
When all their power turns into vapor
If I miss you, well that's my fault
That's my fault
That's my fault
Danny Callahan lyrics - Conor Oberst
Green world, lovely chloroform
Front porch in the thunderstorm
Controlled chaos, confused energy
Stop reading the weather charts
Stop counting the playing cards
There's no system, there's no guarantees
That the love you feel and carry inside can be passed
But you try, I know you do, you still talk to your plants
Ask, how are you getting on alone
Some wander the wilderness
Some drink cosmopolitans
Some cull science, some glean astral planes
I can't tell where the canvas stops
Homesick as an astronaut
Just keep drifting, but still can't explain
How the love we feel we carry inside can be passed
See a brother in the gutter, you reach out your hand
Ask, how are you getting on alone
What guage measures miracles
And whose heartbeat's electrical
We feign sickness with our modern joy
But even Western medicine
It couldn't save Danny Callahan
Bad bone marrow, a bald little boy
But the love he feels he carries inside can be passed
He lay still, his mother kissed him goodbye
Said, come back, where are you going to alone
Where are you going all alone?
Front porch in the thunderstorm
Controlled chaos, confused energy
Stop reading the weather charts
Stop counting the playing cards
There's no system, there's no guarantees
That the love you feel and carry inside can be passed
But you try, I know you do, you still talk to your plants
Ask, how are you getting on alone
Some wander the wilderness
Some drink cosmopolitans
Some cull science, some glean astral planes
I can't tell where the canvas stops
Homesick as an astronaut
Just keep drifting, but still can't explain
How the love we feel we carry inside can be passed
See a brother in the gutter, you reach out your hand
Ask, how are you getting on alone
What guage measures miracles
And whose heartbeat's electrical
We feign sickness with our modern joy
But even Western medicine
It couldn't save Danny Callahan
Bad bone marrow, a bald little boy
But the love he feels he carries inside can be passed
He lay still, his mother kissed him goodbye
Said, come back, where are you going to alone
Where are you going all alone?
I Don't Want To Die (In The Hospital) lyrics - Conor Oberst
I don't want to die in the hospital
I don't want to die in the hospital
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
I don't want to hear all these factory sounds
Looking like a girl in this sleeping gown
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
Can you make a sound to distract the nurse
Before I take a ride in that long black hearse
I don't want to die in the hospital
You go to take me back outside
Ah, help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
I go to go, go, go, go
'Cause I don't have long
I don't give a damn what the doctors say
I ain't gonna spend another lonesome day
I don't want to die in the hospital
You go to take me back outside
And they don't let you smoke and you can't get drunk
All there is to watch are these soap operas
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
Can you get this tube out of my arm?
Morphine in my blood like a slow sad song
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
Ah, help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
I got to go, go, go
'Cause I don't have long
Is there still a world at my windowsill
All there ever was I remember still
I don't want to die in this hospital
You got to take me back outside
Don't know when it's day or when it's night
All I ever see are florescent lights
I don't want to die in this hospital
You got to take me back outside
They give me all these flowers and these big balloons
But I don't want to stay in this little room
I don't want to die in this hospital
I don't want to die
Are the stars still in the sky?
Is that fat moon on the rise?
Feel the earth's against my feet
As the cold wind calls for me
I don't want to die in this hospital
No, I don't want to die in this hospital
No, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
You got to take me back outside
Yeah, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
No, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
No, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
You're gonna take me back outside
I don't want to die in the hospital
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
I don't want to hear all these factory sounds
Looking like a girl in this sleeping gown
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
Can you make a sound to distract the nurse
Before I take a ride in that long black hearse
I don't want to die in the hospital
You go to take me back outside
Ah, help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
I go to go, go, go, go
'Cause I don't have long
I don't give a damn what the doctors say
I ain't gonna spend another lonesome day
I don't want to die in the hospital
You go to take me back outside
And they don't let you smoke and you can't get drunk
All there is to watch are these soap operas
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
Can you get this tube out of my arm?
Morphine in my blood like a slow sad song
I don't want to die in the hospital
You got to take me back outside
Ah, help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots on
Help me get my boots back on
I got to go, go, go
'Cause I don't have long
Is there still a world at my windowsill
All there ever was I remember still
I don't want to die in this hospital
You got to take me back outside
Don't know when it's day or when it's night
All I ever see are florescent lights
I don't want to die in this hospital
You got to take me back outside
They give me all these flowers and these big balloons
But I don't want to stay in this little room
I don't want to die in this hospital
I don't want to die
Are the stars still in the sky?
Is that fat moon on the rise?
Feel the earth's against my feet
As the cold wind calls for me
I don't want to die in this hospital
No, I don't want to die in this hospital
No, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
You got to take me back outside
Yeah, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
No, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
No, I ain't gonna die in this hospital
You're gonna take me back outside
Eagle On A Pole lyrics - Conor Oberst
Saw an eagle on a pole
I think it was an eagle
Watched its shadow fly across the cement
I woke up in the snow
All the trees were crowds of people
No coat, no shoes, no idea where they went
I followed the fence-line thin
Back where the yard begins
My woman, she stood crying like a man
So, where have you been?
Where have you been?
I thought you said that all of that was done
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
Thought the kettle was a train
Thought that Monday was a door frame
I tried so hard to finally settle down
Heard the fire pop and snap
Like a tack piano rag
I never could get used to happy sounds
Yeah, I hope the world's exposed
A cruel and elaborate hoax
That convinces me to walk without a cane
But what can you do?
What can you do?
I always heard that what is done is done
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
The past don't ever quit
Those boxes in the attic
Baby shoes and taxidermy dreams
While the ashes of the dead
Like a dandelion head
Explode and then are scattered by the breeze
And it's such a long way back
To all the fun I had
When nothing ever seemed to bother me
But what can you do, child?
What can you do?
Sleep 'neath the stars and toil in the sun
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
I think it was an eagle
Watched its shadow fly across the cement
I woke up in the snow
All the trees were crowds of people
No coat, no shoes, no idea where they went
I followed the fence-line thin
Back where the yard begins
My woman, she stood crying like a man
So, where have you been?
Where have you been?
I thought you said that all of that was done
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
Thought the kettle was a train
Thought that Monday was a door frame
I tried so hard to finally settle down
Heard the fire pop and snap
Like a tack piano rag
I never could get used to happy sounds
Yeah, I hope the world's exposed
A cruel and elaborate hoax
That convinces me to walk without a cane
But what can you do?
What can you do?
I always heard that what is done is done
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
The past don't ever quit
Those boxes in the attic
Baby shoes and taxidermy dreams
While the ashes of the dead
Like a dandelion head
Explode and then are scattered by the breeze
And it's such a long way back
To all the fun I had
When nothing ever seemed to bother me
But what can you do, child?
What can you do?
Sleep 'neath the stars and toil in the sun
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
El cielo es azul, just don't go telling everyone
NYC-Gone, Gone lyrics - Conor Oberst
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a head that empty
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Down, down to Mexico City
Got myself a lady, she knows how to treat me
Down, down to Mexico City
Got myself a lady to lay me down, to lay me down, lay me down
All my friends that you don't know
I'm gonna miss you when I go
But I'll see you down your road
Meet me at the station way down low, way down low
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a head that empty
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a head that empty
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a head that empty
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Down, down to Mexico City
Got myself a lady, she knows how to treat me
Down, down to Mexico City
Got myself a lady to lay me down, to lay me down, lay me down
All my friends that you don't know
I'm gonna miss you when I go
But I'll see you down your road
Meet me at the station way down low, way down low
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a head that empty
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a head that empty
Gone, gone from New York City
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Where you gonna go with a heart that gone
Moab lyrics - Conor Oberst
I used up your compassion
So I've come to make a trade
You can hate me but just love me in return
And if I know where to find you
I'll stay out of your way
I won't come beg to borrow all the happiness you've earned
I'll just slide back down to the bottom
While you make your place in the hills
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Washed under the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Claro que si
They say the sun won't burn forever
But that's a science too exact
I can prove it, watch, we're crossing the state line
See those headlights coming towards us
That's someone going back
To a town they said they'd never, yeah, they swore it on their life
But you can't break out of a circle
That you never knew you were in
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Washed under the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Some would spend their precious time
Trying to decorate their lives
Taking measurements for some new look they want
So from one to ten, ten's exactly what I am
Zero being everything I'm not
Tell me what you like
Is it less than five
Is it less than five
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
When I make it to Moab
I'll get my canteen filled
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Washed under the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
So I've come to make a trade
You can hate me but just love me in return
And if I know where to find you
I'll stay out of your way
I won't come beg to borrow all the happiness you've earned
I'll just slide back down to the bottom
While you make your place in the hills
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Washed under the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Claro que si
They say the sun won't burn forever
But that's a science too exact
I can prove it, watch, we're crossing the state line
See those headlights coming towards us
That's someone going back
To a town they said they'd never, yeah, they swore it on their life
But you can't break out of a circle
That you never knew you were in
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Washed under the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Some would spend their precious time
Trying to decorate their lives
Taking measurements for some new look they want
So from one to ten, ten's exactly what I am
Zero being everything I'm not
Tell me what you like
Is it less than five
Is it less than five
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
When I make it to Moab
I'll get my canteen filled
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Washed under the blacktop
Gone beneath my wheels
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Souled Out!!! lyrics - Conor Oberst
The barrio starts two streets over
Miguel, he's a friend of mine
With brick weed built a reputation
Like dry ice in the summertime
Now all you need is an electric razor
A magic bullet and a grassy knoll
The whole world is just a little oyster
To Snow White and her poison apples
I woke up in the age of wires
I fell asleep at the dusk of man
Now I'm cold as Popocatépetl
Fingers crossed in the promised land
But you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
All souled out in heaven
The barrio starts two streets over
Monse, she's a friend of mine
Keeps it peace like a whistleblower
Flying kites in the wintertime
Magic carpet is the transportation
Went to the moon in a soda can
Not all my boys believe in science
Stretching truth in the promised land
But you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
It's souled out in heaven
Chorus again, or another one? Another one
El Popocatépetl esta dormido pero pronto despertara
You know by now
You know by now
You know by now
But you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
It's souled out, in heaven
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
To heaven
To heaven (you know by now)
To heaven (you know by now)
(You know by now)
To heaven
Miguel, he's a friend of mine
With brick weed built a reputation
Like dry ice in the summertime
Now all you need is an electric razor
A magic bullet and a grassy knoll
The whole world is just a little oyster
To Snow White and her poison apples
I woke up in the age of wires
I fell asleep at the dusk of man
Now I'm cold as Popocatépetl
Fingers crossed in the promised land
But you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
All souled out in heaven
The barrio starts two streets over
Monse, she's a friend of mine
Keeps it peace like a whistleblower
Flying kites in the wintertime
Magic carpet is the transportation
Went to the moon in a soda can
Not all my boys believe in science
Stretching truth in the promised land
But you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
It's souled out in heaven
Chorus again, or another one? Another one
El Popocatépetl esta dormido pero pronto despertara
You know by now
You know by now
You know by now
But you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
It's souled out, in heaven
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
No, you won't be getting in (you know by now)
To heaven
To heaven (you know by now)
To heaven (you know by now)
(You know by now)
To heaven
Milk Thistle lyrics - Conor Oberst
Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Help me go slow
I've been carryin' on
I'm not scared of nothin'
I'll go pound for pound
I keep death on my mind
Like a heavy crown
If I go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a little baby
At the bottom of a well
Fairchild, fairchild
How are you, man
Did you fix that storefront
Did you start that band
Don't be scared of nothin'
You go pound for pound
You'll bring peace to midnight
Like a spotted owl
I'll be rootin' for you
Like my favorite team
If somebody sweats you
You just point 'em out to me
All the sights and sounds
This little world's too crowded now
And there's only one way out
An elevator ride
Through the tunnel towards the light
And I'm nowhere bound
Keep going up and down
Up and down
Newspaper, newspaper
Can't take no more
You're here every morning
Waitin' at my door
And I'm just tryin' to kiss you
And you stab my eyes
Make me blue forever
Like an island sky
And I'm not pretending
That it's all okay
Just let me have my coffee
Before you take away the day
Lazarus, Lazarus
Why all the tears
Did your faithful chauffer just disappear
What a lonesome feeling
To be waitin' around
Like some washed-up actress
In a tinsel town
But for the record
I'd come pick you up
We'll head for the ocean
Just say when you've had enogh
All the light and sound
This little world's too fragile now
And there's only one way out
But if you let me slide
I'll do my best to make things right
And I know where bound
Just going up and down
Up and down
Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Just help me go slow
I've been hurrin' on
I was poised for greatness
I was down and out
I keep death at my heels
Like a basset hound
If I go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a crying baby at the bottom of a well
Let me down slow
Help me go slow
I've been carryin' on
I'm not scared of nothin'
I'll go pound for pound
I keep death on my mind
Like a heavy crown
If I go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a little baby
At the bottom of a well
Fairchild, fairchild
How are you, man
Did you fix that storefront
Did you start that band
Don't be scared of nothin'
You go pound for pound
You'll bring peace to midnight
Like a spotted owl
I'll be rootin' for you
Like my favorite team
If somebody sweats you
You just point 'em out to me
All the sights and sounds
This little world's too crowded now
And there's only one way out
An elevator ride
Through the tunnel towards the light
And I'm nowhere bound
Keep going up and down
Up and down
Newspaper, newspaper
Can't take no more
You're here every morning
Waitin' at my door
And I'm just tryin' to kiss you
And you stab my eyes
Make me blue forever
Like an island sky
And I'm not pretending
That it's all okay
Just let me have my coffee
Before you take away the day
Lazarus, Lazarus
Why all the tears
Did your faithful chauffer just disappear
What a lonesome feeling
To be waitin' around
Like some washed-up actress
In a tinsel town
But for the record
I'd come pick you up
We'll head for the ocean
Just say when you've had enogh
All the light and sound
This little world's too fragile now
And there's only one way out
But if you let me slide
I'll do my best to make things right
And I know where bound
Just going up and down
Up and down
Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Just help me go slow
I've been hurrin' on
I was poised for greatness
I was down and out
I keep death at my heels
Like a basset hound
If I go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a crying baby at the bottom of a well
In My Sights lyrics - Conor Oberst
I can't,
I can't wait to see you again
I can't wait to see you again
I've been waiting,
I've waited all week,
I have waited all week
And I can't wait to see you again, again
And everything is fine when you're around
I can't wait anymore, anymore
Anymore
I can't wait to see you again
I can't wait to see you again
I've been waiting,
I've waited all week,
I have waited all week
And I can't wait to see you again, again
And everything is fine when you're around
I can't wait anymore, anymore
Anymore
The Halcyon Days lyrics - Conor Oberst
Evening news is coming out my ears
My splitting head cracks open every fifteen minutes
I read the newspapers review so how did you think you'd do?
Another standing ovation I'm sure, something that you can hold on to
And I can just picture you in that big empty house all alone
Listening to the heavy breathing on the other end of your telephone
So turn on all of your lights and do what you must to survive
Stay close to the floor and don't make a sound
Cause the bender of my truth
And nothing, nothing, nothing can hurt you
My dark can cut through molted rock
But it gets burned when it tastes decent-ion come through these wires
And you probably don't notice it but shocking pulling at the roof of your mouth
I, I can taste it, I can feel it when I, when I talk to you
I can feel it too,
Turn off all of the lights and hope that you're safe tonight
My eyes are now shields to the benders of pride
Sneak up to see through the darkest nothing, nothing, nothing to find you
And nothing, nothing, nothing can hurt you,
Nothing can hurt you
My splitting head cracks open every fifteen minutes
I read the newspapers review so how did you think you'd do?
Another standing ovation I'm sure, something that you can hold on to
And I can just picture you in that big empty house all alone
Listening to the heavy breathing on the other end of your telephone
So turn on all of your lights and do what you must to survive
Stay close to the floor and don't make a sound
Cause the bender of my truth
And nothing, nothing, nothing can hurt you
My dark can cut through molted rock
But it gets burned when it tastes decent-ion come through these wires
And you probably don't notice it but shocking pulling at the roof of your mouth
I, I can taste it, I can feel it when I, when I talk to you
I can feel it too,
Turn off all of the lights and hope that you're safe tonight
My eyes are now shields to the benders of pride
Sneak up to see through the darkest nothing, nothing, nothing to find you
And nothing, nothing, nothing can hurt you,
Nothing can hurt you
Opened And Spent lyrics - Conor Oberst
The air was all dust, the night so untamed
The ground opened up and swallowed all of the rain
It swallowed you too into greatness unknown
They sat down at dinner and waited for you to get home
They set a place for you so don't believe everything that you read in that diary of yours
And this nervousness isn't all your fault
These shaky hands won't do what I want them to
And I tried to guess what it is you thought
About the lack of compassion that breathes through the holes in my skin
What are you crying for? Just dust my heart and you will find no fingers printed there
The untouched place that lies inside of every lonely boy tonight
And this opened air has caused me to choke
On your new found hope in me
The ground opened up and swallowed all of the rain
It swallowed you too into greatness unknown
They sat down at dinner and waited for you to get home
They set a place for you so don't believe everything that you read in that diary of yours
And this nervousness isn't all your fault
These shaky hands won't do what I want them to
And I tried to guess what it is you thought
About the lack of compassion that breathes through the holes in my skin
What are you crying for? Just dust my heart and you will find no fingers printed there
The untouched place that lies inside of every lonely boy tonight
And this opened air has caused me to choke
On your new found hope in me
Flying J lyrics - Conor Oberst
One, two, three, four
I declare a thumb war
On you!
"Shut it!" he screams at the top of his lungs
To the stupid car across the street
And he stops, that's a sure way of voicing your defeat
And I guess in his eyes I'm oblivious to what goes on
But that's fine because J-bone can just fill me in later
[?]
This late in the season, this late in the season
It's automatic
Oh yeah, he's very systematic
Oh but J-bone is never democratic
He wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And that there my friend that you see
Is a crawling Jemima
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
What it is that I know
Is J-bone's not like the other little boys
and I guess I can't expect him to see things always in my way
And he's like in my mind a bridge I can walk on
So I'm cool with the things that happen
two below on the ground stupid girls just look at the pieces now
[?]
I'm drifting to sleep, I'm drifting to sleep as J-Bone speaks to me
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And that there my friend that you see
Is a crawling Jemima
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
I declare a thumb war
On you!
"Shut it!" he screams at the top of his lungs
To the stupid car across the street
And he stops, that's a sure way of voicing your defeat
And I guess in his eyes I'm oblivious to what goes on
But that's fine because J-bone can just fill me in later
[?]
This late in the season, this late in the season
It's automatic
Oh yeah, he's very systematic
Oh but J-bone is never democratic
He wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And that there my friend that you see
Is a crawling Jemima
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
What it is that I know
Is J-bone's not like the other little boys
and I guess I can't expect him to see things always in my way
And he's like in my mind a bridge I can walk on
So I'm cool with the things that happen
two below on the ground stupid girls just look at the pieces now
[?]
I'm drifting to sleep, I'm drifting to sleep as J-Bone speaks to me
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
And that there my friend that you see
Is a crawling Jemima
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in China
Oh, Sweetest Heart lyrics - Conor Oberst
The days seem long and dark when we're apart
I never know exactly where to start or stop
But I know exactly where to start and stop
And nothing is embarrassing, nothing that you do
A heart that's made of Kara-sine, it burns only for you
I guess I finally know cause when I saw you at the show
I realized I had loved you all this time
The nights so dark at night and I can't know why
[?]
And I finally know cause when I saw you at the show
I realized that I loved you all this time
And all I really need is to have you close to me
For you to tell me that you love me this much too
This much too, this much too,
All you need to say is that you'll never go away
You'll stay in my eyes and never go
I never know exactly where to start or stop
But I know exactly where to start and stop
And nothing is embarrassing, nothing that you do
A heart that's made of Kara-sine, it burns only for you
I guess I finally know cause when I saw you at the show
I realized I had loved you all this time
The nights so dark at night and I can't know why
[?]
And I finally know cause when I saw you at the show
I realized that I loved you all this time
And all I really need is to have you close to me
For you to tell me that you love me this much too
This much too, this much too,
All you need to say is that you'll never go away
You'll stay in my eyes and never go
German Chocolate lyrics - Conor Oberst
Your lips are ruby red
The color of my blood
The color of my life
Your hair is german chocolate
German chocolate
The color of the night
And when I look into your starry eyes
Girl, you know that I'm hypnotized
And mesmerized
And don't you know,
Don't you know that I love you so
I never want to let you go
German chocolate, chocolate
I will never let you go
Don't you know that I love you so
I never want to let you go
I'm never gonna let you go
The color of my blood
The color of my life
Your hair is german chocolate
German chocolate
The color of the night
And when I look into your starry eyes
Girl, you know that I'm hypnotized
And mesmerized
And don't you know,
Don't you know that I love you so
I never want to let you go
German chocolate, chocolate
I will never let you go
Don't you know that I love you so
I never want to let you go
I'm never gonna let you go
Animal Prints lyrics - Conor Oberst
I was talking in my sleep
But your name was never mentioned
I'll sell all my race car shit to keep you and the baby
I've got so many sad words,
She said "I'll never wear that. I look so terrible in animal prints"
Another paycheck gone,
But you was forever giving me a sore throat
You came on strong only cause I hadn't seen it yet
You came on strong and looked for hidden meanings
Cause I like all that lazy shit
But your name was never mentioned
I'll sell all my race car shit to keep you and the baby
I've got so many sad words,
She said "I'll never wear that. I look so terrible in animal prints"
Another paycheck gone,
But you was forever giving me a sore throat
You came on strong only cause I hadn't seen it yet
You came on strong and looked for hidden meanings
Cause I like all that lazy shit
Another Night On Your Tightropes lyrics - Conor Oberst
The punch is finally spiked
The turntables revolution has begun
Everyones laughing but you don't look like you're having any fun
She sits on the bean bag, her lips parted like she's going to speak
You head for the bathroom, your stomach spins and you suddenly feel weak
Is it true that you haven't slept in weeks?
I'm asking you why is it so easy for you to, to be uptight towards me?
So unnerving, so lambasting, I cannot think how this lasted but it's been awhile
Let's go away for the weekend, find some place where we can feel at home
We'll sleep in the car, between the gas attendants and you how could I feel alone?
But I did the drive on the highway, Canada looks nice from this distance
We enter bear country and maybe with a little persistence
I could get one of them to eat you up
And is it true that you haven't breathed in months?
I'm asking you, why is it so easy for you to, to be so cold towards me?
Something I did? Something I said? Maybe it's because you're dead
Maybe it's because you're dead, possibly it is cause you're dead
The punch finally spiked, the turntables revolution has begun
Let's hope it ends peacefully cause we're all better off as soon as it is done
The turntables revolution has begun
Everyones laughing but you don't look like you're having any fun
She sits on the bean bag, her lips parted like she's going to speak
You head for the bathroom, your stomach spins and you suddenly feel weak
Is it true that you haven't slept in weeks?
I'm asking you why is it so easy for you to, to be uptight towards me?
So unnerving, so lambasting, I cannot think how this lasted but it's been awhile
Let's go away for the weekend, find some place where we can feel at home
We'll sleep in the car, between the gas attendants and you how could I feel alone?
But I did the drive on the highway, Canada looks nice from this distance
We enter bear country and maybe with a little persistence
I could get one of them to eat you up
And is it true that you haven't breathed in months?
I'm asking you, why is it so easy for you to, to be so cold towards me?
Something I did? Something I said? Maybe it's because you're dead
Maybe it's because you're dead, possibly it is cause you're dead
The punch finally spiked, the turntables revolution has begun
Let's hope it ends peacefully cause we're all better off as soon as it is done
The Reason I Exist lyrics - Conor Oberst
He walks slow, he walks slower then me
He gets angry when you tell him that he talks, he talks faster then me
He doesn't notice when he says nothing at all
You're a real machine when it comes to saying things that you don't mean
Do you mean? Cause I can't tell at all,
This conversations ended cause I'd rather be alone
Then to hear your fucking torture as it spills out of your throat
How many times we tried it, I guess I just lost track
Tell all your friends I'm bitter, I don't care just don't come back
Just don't come back, just don't come back
I gave up a long time ago the thought that you could ever talk to me
In a tone of voice that doesn't make me feel like I am three
Like I am three years old as you explain exactly what I've done
Or what you thought I did,
[?]
He gets angry when you tell him that he talks, he talks faster then me
He doesn't notice when he says nothing at all
You're a real machine when it comes to saying things that you don't mean
Do you mean? Cause I can't tell at all,
This conversations ended cause I'd rather be alone
Then to hear your fucking torture as it spills out of your throat
How many times we tried it, I guess I just lost track
Tell all your friends I'm bitter, I don't care just don't come back
Just don't come back, just don't come back
I gave up a long time ago the thought that you could ever talk to me
In a tone of voice that doesn't make me feel like I am three
Like I am three years old as you explain exactly what I've done
Or what you thought I did,
[?]
Sledge Winston And The Element Of Surprise lyrics - Conor Oberst
Lost all of the feeling in my lower body
Searching for my pulse, but it's not there
Metaphysic content has trapped all of my emotions
I hope I can break this and decompose
And decompose in peace, in peace, in peace
Little peace
Little peace
Little peace
You're waiting for my reaction
But you're not going to get one
You're waiting for some sign of consciousness
I'm waiting for my reaction
But I can never find one
Because all I ever feel is this unstoppable numbness
This numbness
This numbness
This numbness
Do not be discouraged from this lack of feeling
Trailing you in assumptions the sad shape
Because although there's no anger to fill your disposition
Numbness is just something you can't take
You can't take
You can't take
And I can't take
I'm waiting for my reaction
But I can never find one
I'm waiting for some sign of consciousness
You're waiting for my reaction
But you will never get one
Because all I ever feel is this unstoppable numbness
This numbness
This numbness
This numbness
Searching for my pulse, but it's not there
Metaphysic content has trapped all of my emotions
I hope I can break this and decompose
And decompose in peace, in peace, in peace
Little peace
Little peace
Little peace
You're waiting for my reaction
But you're not going to get one
You're waiting for some sign of consciousness
I'm waiting for my reaction
But I can never find one
Because all I ever feel is this unstoppable numbness
This numbness
This numbness
This numbness
Do not be discouraged from this lack of feeling
Trailing you in assumptions the sad shape
Because although there's no anger to fill your disposition
Numbness is just something you can't take
You can't take
You can't take
And I can't take
I'm waiting for my reaction
But I can never find one
I'm waiting for some sign of consciousness
You're waiting for my reaction
But you will never get one
Because all I ever feel is this unstoppable numbness
This numbness
This numbness
This numbness
Things You Know lyrics - Conor Oberst
Stealing quiet on my bed
And fighting wars inside my head
While counting footprints on the ceiling
Blank and colorless tapestries
The voices yell inside of me
And I knew then the paint was peeling
You say you know this misery
Well that's no more than sympathy for me
Because this time you were faking
Your motive very questioning
This silence is so defining now see
You see you've got me shaking
Screaming cursing then you spit
And saying all your worthless shit
And I, of course, I'm worth hearing
And I don't know of what I sing
But you, my friend, don't know anything
And that's what makes you not worth fearing
And I've been lying here for a while now
Sitting and acting like a child
And if you find my garden, could you bring it back?
Because I've been lying here for a while now
And I, I've been dying here for a while now
And I, I've been dying for a while, for a while now
If your finger is an untamed beast
Then I am just a centerpiece
On the table of your feelings
I find it sort of an interlude
It's just that helpless attitude of mine
Because there's no footprints on your ceiling
And everything slips through my hand
I'm sorry, I don't understand
Those points I should be making
Your selflessness I should have missed
I never knew this emptiness
Like a child been mistaken
That all the things you never take
The toys you purposely would break
Like a gift that I was giving
I know I just did hear and stare
Never thinking about how unfair it was
Like a light that was leaving
And I've been lying here for a while now
Sitting and acting like I was in exile
But if you see my sister could you send her home?
Because I've been dying here for a while now
And I, I'll be dying here in a while now
Dying for a while, for a while now
I'm dying for a while, a while, a while now
For a while, for a while now
And fighting wars inside my head
While counting footprints on the ceiling
Blank and colorless tapestries
The voices yell inside of me
And I knew then the paint was peeling
You say you know this misery
Well that's no more than sympathy for me
Because this time you were faking
Your motive very questioning
This silence is so defining now see
You see you've got me shaking
Screaming cursing then you spit
And saying all your worthless shit
And I, of course, I'm worth hearing
And I don't know of what I sing
But you, my friend, don't know anything
And that's what makes you not worth fearing
And I've been lying here for a while now
Sitting and acting like a child
And if you find my garden, could you bring it back?
Because I've been lying here for a while now
And I, I've been dying here for a while now
And I, I've been dying for a while, for a while now
If your finger is an untamed beast
Then I am just a centerpiece
On the table of your feelings
I find it sort of an interlude
It's just that helpless attitude of mine
Because there's no footprints on your ceiling
And everything slips through my hand
I'm sorry, I don't understand
Those points I should be making
Your selflessness I should have missed
I never knew this emptiness
Like a child been mistaken
That all the things you never take
The toys you purposely would break
Like a gift that I was giving
I know I just did hear and stare
Never thinking about how unfair it was
Like a light that was leaving
And I've been lying here for a while now
Sitting and acting like I was in exile
But if you see my sister could you send her home?
Because I've been dying here for a while now
And I, I'll be dying here in a while now
Dying for a while, for a while now
I'm dying for a while, a while, a while now
For a while, for a while now
Tar lyrics - Conor Oberst
Gentleness is worn and battered
She smells of cigarettes
She knows how many times before, he's been shattered
But she hasn't gave up yet
But she hasn't gave up yet
But she hasn't gave up yet
But she hasn't gave up yet
Would you tear me up
Would you tear me all apart
Would you tear me up
Would you rip me all apart
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
I told you
Sacred altar's on it's last leg
She knows that it's not all
She's held there by that ruthless pig
But she's not afraid to fall
But she's not afraid to fall
But she's not afraid to fall
But she's not afraid to fall
Would you tear me up
Would you rip me all to shreds
Would you tear me up
Would you cut me right in half
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the true truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
I fed you
She smells of cigarettes
She knows how many times before, he's been shattered
But she hasn't gave up yet
But she hasn't gave up yet
But she hasn't gave up yet
But she hasn't gave up yet
Would you tear me up
Would you tear me all apart
Would you tear me up
Would you rip me all apart
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
I told you
Sacred altar's on it's last leg
She knows that it's not all
She's held there by that ruthless pig
But she's not afraid to fall
But she's not afraid to fall
But she's not afraid to fall
But she's not afraid to fall
Would you tear me up
Would you rip me all to shreds
Would you tear me up
Would you cut me right in half
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
To get to the bottom of the true truth
To get to the bottom of the truth
I fed you
Space Invaders lyrics - Conor Oberst
I know what you're thinking
Or atleast I think I do
What's on my mind isn't half of what on your's
And I turn, see you quaking
And I'm wrapped in your old man coat
Like a present or a broken in leather shoe
And buried in that warmness I can't even remember my fears
Is it obvious to you yet that you hold me up?
Is it obvious to you yet that you keep me up?
Do you know, do you know that you hold me up?
And the planet is safe for now
And my planet is safe for now
Space invaders is getting closer
And my space ships not sure how to fight them, to fight them without you
To fight them, to fight them without you
Can't fight them without you, without you, without you
I'm sorry if its scary for me to depend on you
I don't mean to be a burden at all
I decided in this silence that I can't do this alone
I need safety and hope that you're not pissed off
And I'm selfish and I know it
To ask this of you at a time when your life's so upside down
Now at a time when your life's already mess up as it is
At a time when your life's so up side down
The planet is safe for now
Well my planet is fine for now
Space invaders is getting closer and I'm really not sure how to fight them, to fight them without you
And they're coming so close now
And they're getting so close now
Invaders right on top of me and my space ships don't know how to fight them, to fight them without you
I need you now, I need you now, I need you now
Don't leave me now, don't leave me now, don't leave me now, don't leave me now
Can't fight them, can't fight them, can't fight them, won't fight them, can't fight them without you
And I guess you are like a clown fish in a sea of animals
Yeah that's a sweeping metaphor
Or atleast I think I do
What's on my mind isn't half of what on your's
And I turn, see you quaking
And I'm wrapped in your old man coat
Like a present or a broken in leather shoe
And buried in that warmness I can't even remember my fears
Is it obvious to you yet that you hold me up?
Is it obvious to you yet that you keep me up?
Do you know, do you know that you hold me up?
And the planet is safe for now
And my planet is safe for now
Space invaders is getting closer
And my space ships not sure how to fight them, to fight them without you
To fight them, to fight them without you
Can't fight them without you, without you, without you
I'm sorry if its scary for me to depend on you
I don't mean to be a burden at all
I decided in this silence that I can't do this alone
I need safety and hope that you're not pissed off
And I'm selfish and I know it
To ask this of you at a time when your life's so upside down
Now at a time when your life's already mess up as it is
At a time when your life's so up side down
The planet is safe for now
Well my planet is fine for now
Space invaders is getting closer and I'm really not sure how to fight them, to fight them without you
And they're coming so close now
And they're getting so close now
Invaders right on top of me and my space ships don't know how to fight them, to fight them without you
I need you now, I need you now, I need you now
Don't leave me now, don't leave me now, don't leave me now, don't leave me now
Can't fight them, can't fight them, can't fight them, won't fight them, can't fight them without you
And I guess you are like a clown fish in a sea of animals
Yeah that's a sweeping metaphor
Lava Monster lyrics - Conor Oberst
Depression sets in again
I know how that goes
Nothing seems to work out anymore
And you hurt so much
Feel so helpless
Want to crawl into a hole somewhere
And just give up
And just give up
And just give up,
But I can't let you
Because you never let me
Let me
You never let me
You never let me
And you say your life is useless
And you say this is all meaningless
But I, I know that that is just bullshit
Because you will not give up
Because you will not give up
Give up
Because the moment that you do,
I would give up too
That's what I'd do
That's what I'd do
And it's not easy when this happens
Fighting something, that you can't see by
Don't you worry cuz I'll get in there
And take some hits for you
I'll take some hits for you
I'll take them all for you
I'll take them all for you
No more limits
No more limits
Take them
Take them
Take them all for
And I know your life's not useless
And if there's some way, I'd prove it
When the lava comes
I swear, I'll block it
It will not touch you
It will not touch you
Touch you
And if the lava monster came,
I would block it's flame from hurting you
From hurting you
He will not hurt you
Will not hurt you
Will not touch you
I know how that goes
Nothing seems to work out anymore
And you hurt so much
Feel so helpless
Want to crawl into a hole somewhere
And just give up
And just give up
And just give up,
But I can't let you
Because you never let me
Let me
You never let me
You never let me
And you say your life is useless
And you say this is all meaningless
But I, I know that that is just bullshit
Because you will not give up
Because you will not give up
Give up
Because the moment that you do,
I would give up too
That's what I'd do
That's what I'd do
And it's not easy when this happens
Fighting something, that you can't see by
Don't you worry cuz I'll get in there
And take some hits for you
I'll take some hits for you
I'll take them all for you
I'll take them all for you
No more limits
No more limits
Take them
Take them
Take them all for
And I know your life's not useless
And if there's some way, I'd prove it
When the lava comes
I swear, I'll block it
It will not touch you
It will not touch you
Touch you
And if the lava monster came,
I would block it's flame from hurting you
From hurting you
He will not hurt you
Will not hurt you
Will not touch you
Puddle Stomper lyrics - Conor Oberst
Ok go
I can remember sitting around at my house
And watching the smoke fill the living room
As you rested your feet on my coffee table
And we watched something on TV
Talked about the world
But the lines were already drawn from the magazines
And you called me a sponge
And you were just like diamond coated plastic
Just plastic, so invincible, so invincible
But it's not like that at all, it's not like that anymore and I'm not
Like that anymore
And I gotta hold my breath
'cause the puddle that got you is bound to get me too
And I shouldn't hold my breath
'cause a sponge like you needs a puddle to go to
And I, I have breathing room
'cause the puddle in which you fell
My diamond coated plastic could repel
Could repel, could repel
Diamond coated plastic could repel
Could repel
My diamond coated plastic could repel
And I will repel you just like you're one of the others
And I will expel you just like you're one of the others
Because you are, one of the others now
It's kinda weird I think the way that people change
Think you know someone, but you don't, but you can't
So come up, so come up
'cause I don't even care anymore
'cause you'll never be alone
And I'll always be alone
'cause you're a sponge
'cause you're a sponge
'cause you're a sponge
Who would ever guess it?
Not me, not me, but I don't even know anymore
And how am I to know anymore
And I, I'm out of breath, cause I've been holding it for years
And holding back the tears
Please let me catch my breath
And soak up a puddle there
And scrambling for air
I finally got my breath
And now at least I know for sure
I'm a puddle stomper, stomper, stomper, stomper, stomper, stomper
I am a puddle stomper, stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
I'm a puddle stomper now
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
And you're a sponge
And you're a
I'm a puddle stomper
I can remember sitting around at my house
And watching the smoke fill the living room
As you rested your feet on my coffee table
And we watched something on TV
Talked about the world
But the lines were already drawn from the magazines
And you called me a sponge
And you were just like diamond coated plastic
Just plastic, so invincible, so invincible
But it's not like that at all, it's not like that anymore and I'm not
Like that anymore
And I gotta hold my breath
'cause the puddle that got you is bound to get me too
And I shouldn't hold my breath
'cause a sponge like you needs a puddle to go to
And I, I have breathing room
'cause the puddle in which you fell
My diamond coated plastic could repel
Could repel, could repel
Diamond coated plastic could repel
Could repel
My diamond coated plastic could repel
And I will repel you just like you're one of the others
And I will expel you just like you're one of the others
Because you are, one of the others now
It's kinda weird I think the way that people change
Think you know someone, but you don't, but you can't
So come up, so come up
'cause I don't even care anymore
'cause you'll never be alone
And I'll always be alone
'cause you're a sponge
'cause you're a sponge
'cause you're a sponge
Who would ever guess it?
Not me, not me, but I don't even know anymore
And how am I to know anymore
And I, I'm out of breath, cause I've been holding it for years
And holding back the tears
Please let me catch my breath
And soak up a puddle there
And scrambling for air
I finally got my breath
And now at least I know for sure
I'm a puddle stomper, stomper, stomper, stomper, stomper, stomper
I am a puddle stomper, stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
And you're a sponge
I'm a puddle stomper now
I'm a puddle stomper
I'm a puddle stomper
And you're a sponge
And you're a
I'm a puddle stomper
The Day Statues Broke lyrics - Conor Oberst
For sale sign on your favorite dumpster
Hills so huge it's hard to tell
I hope you don't get your nice hands dirty when you jump her
The burning bushes that couldn't sell
That couldn't sell
That couldn't sell
That you couldn't sell
Shelly got lucky, her warnings wouldn't sell
Beginning by shining the light
But your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Just fell
It just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Never got your genius stature
Pretty stupid little feeble mind
And you figured they would build you a statue
And my titles smashed and gone it says
On the crooked, crooked line
Crooked line
Crooked line
Crooked line
Shelly got lucky, her warnings wouldn't sell
Forgive me for stepping on you
But your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Just fell
It just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
All the pieces that you couldn't sell
Your memorial just fell
All the bits you wouldn't tell
Your memorial just fell
But you can just go to hell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Hills so huge it's hard to tell
I hope you don't get your nice hands dirty when you jump her
The burning bushes that couldn't sell
That couldn't sell
That couldn't sell
That you couldn't sell
Shelly got lucky, her warnings wouldn't sell
Beginning by shining the light
But your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Just fell
It just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Never got your genius stature
Pretty stupid little feeble mind
And you figured they would build you a statue
And my titles smashed and gone it says
On the crooked, crooked line
Crooked line
Crooked line
Crooked line
Shelly got lucky, her warnings wouldn't sell
Forgive me for stepping on you
But your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Your memorial
Just fell
It just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
All the pieces that you couldn't sell
Your memorial just fell
All the bits you wouldn't tell
Your memorial just fell
But you can just go to hell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
Your memorial just fell
The Bumpercar Blues lyrics - Conor Oberst
You sit there with your sad eyes and you ask me if there's something you can do
Well I hate to burst your bubble but there's nothing and you know that it's true
My mind is a desert and this conversations dry
It's hard to find an answer when you know you have to lie
At the thought of my helplessness my stomach starts to churn
If I caught on fire would you watch me burn
Would you watch me burn
I try to phase it out so I could extend my disbelief
I never knew someone so broken could bring another such relief
Well it's easier to understand when you don't know how I feel
This whole damn situation just seems so unreal
Time heals all wounds
There's not much of a choice
If I screamed till my vocal chords exploded you wouldn't hear my voice
You wouldn't hear my voice
I feel like I'm in that bumpercar and I just got knocked off the track
'cause I just put on the straw that broke the camel's back
Blinded by the light so I can't see three feet in front of me
It's easy to make a mistake when you've lost all sense of direction
I try to squirm away, but the grip just gets tighter
I know you're going to stomp my head into the ground
But could you be a little quieter
Could you be a little quieter
Oh
I'm trying to get some sleep here
Oh
I'm trying to get sleep, quiet, sleep
Please, thanks, quiet, sleeps, please, thanks, quiet, sleep, thanks
Please, thanks
Well I hate to burst your bubble but there's nothing and you know that it's true
My mind is a desert and this conversations dry
It's hard to find an answer when you know you have to lie
At the thought of my helplessness my stomach starts to churn
If I caught on fire would you watch me burn
Would you watch me burn
I try to phase it out so I could extend my disbelief
I never knew someone so broken could bring another such relief
Well it's easier to understand when you don't know how I feel
This whole damn situation just seems so unreal
Time heals all wounds
There's not much of a choice
If I screamed till my vocal chords exploded you wouldn't hear my voice
You wouldn't hear my voice
I feel like I'm in that bumpercar and I just got knocked off the track
'cause I just put on the straw that broke the camel's back
Blinded by the light so I can't see three feet in front of me
It's easy to make a mistake when you've lost all sense of direction
I try to squirm away, but the grip just gets tighter
I know you're going to stomp my head into the ground
But could you be a little quieter
Could you be a little quieter
Oh
I'm trying to get some sleep here
Oh
I'm trying to get sleep, quiet, sleep
Please, thanks, quiet, sleeps, please, thanks, quiet, sleep, thanks
Please, thanks
Blowtorch lyrics - Conor Oberst
I hope
You don't know what went wrong
'cause if you did
You'd surely stab me dead
I hope
You don't think it was all my fault
But if you do
I guess that doesn't matter much anyway
But it's not like I expected
All the people I respected
To come tumbling
Down on top of me
And acting like I'm joking
So you can't tell me
I've been choking
On every word I've ever tried to say to you
It's not that I intended
This welcome that I have extended
To be revoked in spite of me
In spite of me
In spite of me
I hope
You don't think less of me
But if you do
It wouldn't shock me too much
I hide myself inside of a plastic bag
'cause at least that way
You won't have to see my ugly face
But I'm not afraid of losing
All these atoms I've been fusing
With the blowtorch that you gave me
And can't you see I'm bending
From the wooden postcards that you've been sending
Just break my back
It's easier
And you think I'm broken
From the family fun token
And she gave to me
But it's rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my
Rusting in my hands
And I'm putty in your hands
It's rusting in my hands
It's rusting in my hands
So take it away from me
Just get it away from me
Take this away from me
Before, before, before I am
You don't know what went wrong
'cause if you did
You'd surely stab me dead
I hope
You don't think it was all my fault
But if you do
I guess that doesn't matter much anyway
But it's not like I expected
All the people I respected
To come tumbling
Down on top of me
And acting like I'm joking
So you can't tell me
I've been choking
On every word I've ever tried to say to you
It's not that I intended
This welcome that I have extended
To be revoked in spite of me
In spite of me
In spite of me
I hope
You don't think less of me
But if you do
It wouldn't shock me too much
I hide myself inside of a plastic bag
'cause at least that way
You won't have to see my ugly face
But I'm not afraid of losing
All these atoms I've been fusing
With the blowtorch that you gave me
And can't you see I'm bending
From the wooden postcards that you've been sending
Just break my back
It's easier
And you think I'm broken
From the family fun token
And she gave to me
But it's rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my hands
The token is rusting in my
Rusting in my hands
And I'm putty in your hands
It's rusting in my hands
It's rusting in my hands
So take it away from me
Just get it away from me
Take this away from me
Before, before, before I am
J-Bone lyrics - Conor Oberst
One, two, three, four
I declare a thumb war
On you!
"shut it!" he screams at the top of his lungs
To the stupid car across the street
And he stops, that's a sure way of voicing your defeat
And i guess in his eyes I'm oblivious to what goes on
But that's fine because j-bone can just fill me in later
This late in the season, this late in the season
It's automatic
Oh yeah, he's very systematic
Oh but j-bone is never democratic
He wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in china
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in china
And that there my friend that you see
Is a crawling jemima
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in china
What it is that I know
I declare a thumb war
On you!
"shut it!" he screams at the top of his lungs
To the stupid car across the street
And he stops, that's a sure way of voicing your defeat
And i guess in his eyes I'm oblivious to what goes on
But that's fine because j-bone can just fill me in later
This late in the season, this late in the season
It's automatic
Oh yeah, he's very systematic
Oh but j-bone is never democratic
He wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in china
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in china
And that there my friend that you see
Is a crawling jemima
And he wouldn't stop loving me
For all the tea in china
What it is that I know
Sundress lyrics - Conor Oberst
I might of, gone overboard
I casually broke it off
But I feel so outnumbered
When I'm around you
So I rested up
My soldiers
To make an onslaught
On your castle walls
But you had a force field
And so I fade
And so I fade
And so I fade
And so I fade
Sit in the dark
So I can be by myself for awhile
Sit in the dark
So I can be up in this world for awhile
When I drop off
What is there going to be left to see
Except suffocated thoughts
Suffocated thoughts
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Sitting there looking at a portrait
Of the things you've never known
I wear my rage so well
Like a fifteen hundred dollar suit
Like the sketches you showed me
You reminded me of a spiderman
Weaving a web of insecurity
On your mother's good sundress
But the rage will fade
Oh yes the rage will fade
And my will fade
And my life will fade
Sit in the dark
So I can hate this world for awhile
I sit in the dark
So I can hate myself for a while
When I drop off
What is there going to be left to see
Except suffocated thoughts
Suffocated thoughts
Of what you've done
Of what you've done
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
I casually broke it off
But I feel so outnumbered
When I'm around you
So I rested up
My soldiers
To make an onslaught
On your castle walls
But you had a force field
And so I fade
And so I fade
And so I fade
And so I fade
Sit in the dark
So I can be by myself for awhile
Sit in the dark
So I can be up in this world for awhile
When I drop off
What is there going to be left to see
Except suffocated thoughts
Suffocated thoughts
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Sitting there looking at a portrait
Of the things you've never known
I wear my rage so well
Like a fifteen hundred dollar suit
Like the sketches you showed me
You reminded me of a spiderman
Weaving a web of insecurity
On your mother's good sundress
But the rage will fade
Oh yes the rage will fade
And my will fade
And my life will fade
Sit in the dark
So I can hate this world for awhile
I sit in the dark
So I can hate myself for a while
When I drop off
What is there going to be left to see
Except suffocated thoughts
Suffocated thoughts
Of what you've done
Of what you've done
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
Of what you've done to me
You Should Be In Sweden lyrics - Conor Oberst
I saw you at the subway the other day
You were drinking hot chocolate
I thought about asking you for a sip
But on second thought I didn't want to burn my tongue
I chased you up the stairs and outside
I got into a taxi cab
I didn't want to see you, you were looking good
I wanted to cool off, take some time out of the busy day
I heard a knock on my door, my door
Who was there?
What are you doing here?
I'm really not sure you should be here right now
Because I'm going. It's getting a little pricey
That you should be in Sweden my friend
Because it's the only place for you
I hear they have really nice gear of sorts there
You should be in Sweden my friend
Yeah, you should be in Sweden
Get yourself to Sweden
Take a photo on the plane I don't care
You should be in Sweden
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
You're not bent on calling me
And we'll do lunch, I'm sure
Your fax machine can fax my bags
And it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary
Your hair doesn't shine like it used to
You're not using that conditioner I gave you last year for your birthday
It was salon selected, I thought you would like it
And now I'm so scared, I'm pale as white
I would invite you to sit but I didn't want you to ruin my new sofa
I've felt this too many times
I just get myself back up the nerve to say, the nerve
That you should be in Sweden my friend
What are you doing here?
You should be in Sweden
You can ski when you're there there
That you should be in Sweden my friend
Yeah, get yourself Sweden
I don't care how you do it
Just go to Sweden, go to Sweden
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
You're not bent on calling me
But we'll do lunch, I'm sure
Your fax machine can fax me back
And get in touch with my cappuccino maker
You're not bent on calling me
And we'll take for awhile I'm sure
You can get back my postcard machine
And it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary
You were drinking hot chocolate
I thought about asking you for a sip
But on second thought I didn't want to burn my tongue
I chased you up the stairs and outside
I got into a taxi cab
I didn't want to see you, you were looking good
I wanted to cool off, take some time out of the busy day
I heard a knock on my door, my door
Who was there?
What are you doing here?
I'm really not sure you should be here right now
Because I'm going. It's getting a little pricey
That you should be in Sweden my friend
Because it's the only place for you
I hear they have really nice gear of sorts there
You should be in Sweden my friend
Yeah, you should be in Sweden
Get yourself to Sweden
Take a photo on the plane I don't care
You should be in Sweden
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
You're not bent on calling me
And we'll do lunch, I'm sure
Your fax machine can fax my bags
And it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary
Your hair doesn't shine like it used to
You're not using that conditioner I gave you last year for your birthday
It was salon selected, I thought you would like it
And now I'm so scared, I'm pale as white
I would invite you to sit but I didn't want you to ruin my new sofa
I've felt this too many times
I just get myself back up the nerve to say, the nerve
That you should be in Sweden my friend
What are you doing here?
You should be in Sweden
You can ski when you're there there
That you should be in Sweden my friend
Yeah, get yourself Sweden
I don't care how you do it
Just go to Sweden, go to Sweden
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
I'll tell you what we can do
You're not bent on calling me
But we'll do lunch, I'm sure
Your fax machine can fax me back
And get in touch with my cappuccino maker
You're not bent on calling me
And we'll take for awhile I'm sure
You can get back my postcard machine
And it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary
Hubcap lyrics - Conor Oberst
I'm gonna fall down but at least I know I've tried
I wish I could help you there but my hands are tied
Stay out there for a while waiting for the light
I cannot say what is wrong but I know I'm right
Hey sorry about your car, I'm sure it would have gotten real far
But I know you are, and I put it in a jar, it'll grow into a star
Then I'll let it go, then I'll let it go let it shine
I just want to get my point across
Can't you just listen to my side?
Can't you just listen to my side?
I just want to get my point across
Most of it's on fire,
It doesn't take much to get a person wired
Set it down, just push it away
And the waste basket kills everyone
Sorry about your car, I'm sure it would have got real far
I still hope you are, I'll put it in a jar, and it'll grow into a star
And then I'll make it mine, yeah and then I'll make it mine
I just want to get my point across
Can't you just listen to my side?
And why can't you just listen to my side?
I just want to get....
And I know that you're just so trendy
You get sick inside, just look at you
Hang it on a wall by a post and don't let them see it there
Oh put me in the waste basket!
Hey sorry about your car, I know I could have made it start
Man, I tried so hard to make it, make it try to grow into a star
And then I'll blow you up, push it in my face, put me out of place
I'm losing the race, then I'll let it go, yeah no one has to know
Cause I'll put it in the car, yeah sorry about it sir
And then I'll put it in a jar and it'll go real far
I wish I could help you there but my hands are tied
Stay out there for a while waiting for the light
I cannot say what is wrong but I know I'm right
Hey sorry about your car, I'm sure it would have gotten real far
But I know you are, and I put it in a jar, it'll grow into a star
Then I'll let it go, then I'll let it go let it shine
I just want to get my point across
Can't you just listen to my side?
Can't you just listen to my side?
I just want to get my point across
Most of it's on fire,
It doesn't take much to get a person wired
Set it down, just push it away
And the waste basket kills everyone
Sorry about your car, I'm sure it would have got real far
I still hope you are, I'll put it in a jar, and it'll grow into a star
And then I'll make it mine, yeah and then I'll make it mine
I just want to get my point across
Can't you just listen to my side?
And why can't you just listen to my side?
I just want to get....
And I know that you're just so trendy
You get sick inside, just look at you
Hang it on a wall by a post and don't let them see it there
Oh put me in the waste basket!
Hey sorry about your car, I know I could have made it start
Man, I tried so hard to make it, make it try to grow into a star
And then I'll blow you up, push it in my face, put me out of place
I'm losing the race, then I'll let it go, yeah no one has to know
Cause I'll put it in the car, yeah sorry about it sir
And then I'll put it in a jar and it'll go real far
Over It lyrics - Conor Oberst
Sick of your politics
[?]
I guess I never acted
To be free of this
Running backwards to blind myself
And please don't say the names
No one wants wants to hear them, not from you
Do your best
To work things out
Without making a scene
I want [x4]
I just want
Cover it up
Real real good
I tried [x8]
But I just can't.
I used to think things were pure and good
But then I grew up, yeah I grew up
I just grew up
But if you want and left me too
I jammin might with you
But that was then
And this is now
And all I want to do
Is eat you
Is eat you and beat you
And beat you
Is eat you
Is eat you
Is eat you
I'm over it, I'm over it, I'm over it,
I'm over it, I'm over it, I'm over it
Your money buys you everything
But I'll just fade away
And it's damn good, and it's no good.
I can't stand it for much longer
I'm getting [x3]
So hungry
I can't deal with you anymore
All the things
The things that you can do
And it will stop
It will stop
The anger just builds up inside
I feel like I'll blow up
I'll blow up
Yeah
I guess I'll blow up
Now and then, a long, long time
I'm so damn tired
And now it's through
I'm almost done
And all I wanna do
Is hate you
I hate you [x2]
I want to spit into your face
Hate you
I hate you
I'LL GET ON THE BUS AND KILL YOU!
I hate you
I hate you
Hate you
I'm over it [x3]
I'm ooooverrrrr it
I'm over it [x3]
I'm over it [x3]
[?]
I guess I never acted
To be free of this
Running backwards to blind myself
And please don't say the names
No one wants wants to hear them, not from you
Do your best
To work things out
Without making a scene
I want [x4]
I just want
Cover it up
Real real good
I tried [x8]
But I just can't.
I used to think things were pure and good
But then I grew up, yeah I grew up
I just grew up
But if you want and left me too
I jammin might with you
But that was then
And this is now
And all I want to do
Is eat you
Is eat you and beat you
And beat you
Is eat you
Is eat you
Is eat you
I'm over it, I'm over it, I'm over it,
I'm over it, I'm over it, I'm over it
Your money buys you everything
But I'll just fade away
And it's damn good, and it's no good.
I can't stand it for much longer
I'm getting [x3]
So hungry
I can't deal with you anymore
All the things
The things that you can do
And it will stop
It will stop
The anger just builds up inside
I feel like I'll blow up
I'll blow up
Yeah
I guess I'll blow up
Now and then, a long, long time
I'm so damn tired
And now it's through
I'm almost done
And all I wanna do
Is hate you
I hate you [x2]
I want to spit into your face
Hate you
I hate you
I'LL GET ON THE BUS AND KILL YOU!
I hate you
I hate you
Hate you
I'm over it [x3]
I'm ooooverrrrr it
I'm over it [x3]
I'm over it [x3]
College lyrics - Conor Oberst
When I'm feeling down and it's hard for me to see
I just think of when you slept over watching over me
And it makes me feel better, but really not that much
I reach out my hand frightened to throw your hand a clutch
You taught me how to play this thing then you left me here
I'm running from my sadness and I'm running from my fear
Something deep inside of me will always miss you
But now you're gone and there is nothing I can do
[?] but like it ever was,
My guitar needs tuning and the TV's in a fuss
I lay awake and cry at night waiting for the sound
Of your foot steps coming up the stairs while I watch a show downtown
You taught me how to play this thing, then you left me here
I'm running from my sadness and I'm running from fear
A broken string, a broken heart is all I have to hold
But just like you have always been I'll try to be as bold
I lost a real good friend today but you had to leave
[?]
And now I hope, and every night I pray
That you are kept safe and brought back to me someday
I miss you and I love you, this you already know
What I didn't tell you is that you're my hero
I just think of when you slept over watching over me
And it makes me feel better, but really not that much
I reach out my hand frightened to throw your hand a clutch
You taught me how to play this thing then you left me here
I'm running from my sadness and I'm running from my fear
Something deep inside of me will always miss you
But now you're gone and there is nothing I can do
[?] but like it ever was,
My guitar needs tuning and the TV's in a fuss
I lay awake and cry at night waiting for the sound
Of your foot steps coming up the stairs while I watch a show downtown
You taught me how to play this thing, then you left me here
I'm running from my sadness and I'm running from fear
A broken string, a broken heart is all I have to hold
But just like you have always been I'll try to be as bold
I lost a real good friend today but you had to leave
[?]
And now I hope, and every night I pray
That you are kept safe and brought back to me someday
I miss you and I love you, this you already know
What I didn't tell you is that you're my hero
Ouija lyrics - Conor Oberst
A natural noise,
Is free in the air.
Trying so hard,
to give the whole block a scare.
And that voice so true in my ear,
I go next door, just to be near to it.
Practice is done,
Go outside for a smoke.
Listen to some more of, Porters jokes.
No more man,
Please turn it down.
If you don't we all might bust a gut.
(yeah yeah)
We just might bust a gut
Words don't quite explain,
EVERYTHING I'M TRYING TO SAY.
I, don't know where to go.
I GUESS ILL JUST ASK THE OUIJA BOARD.
It doesn't know.
Everything to me is a gun!
About to go off,
I feel myself, I'm falling right in!
Guys we'll be alright,
We sit and talk,
For most of the night.
Another cool game, with the strobe light.
And that's not all, there's something I lack,
Dirty little boy is a lumberjack.
(tonight)
Clint's really cool, and,
I don't mean to hurt.
But that really is a star stopping shirt.
Oh no no man,
The lynch mob's attacking, again,
Good thing we have a pyschotic like friend
Oh yeah,
To eat some heads for us.
Words don't quite explain,
EVERYTHING I'M TRYING TO SAY.
I, don't know where to go.
I GUESS ILL JUST ASK THE OUIJA BOARD.
It doesn't know.
Everything to me is a gun!
About to go off,
As I try to hold myself down!
Guys we'll be alright,
You guys are so good,
but you think you suck.
More or less time,
My brothers not a big hessian.
Yeah here comes Dill,
Just pulled up in his bus,
I'm in love with Lisa from Toys, R US.
Lisa's straight edge,
The rest of you aren't.
Offer us a smoke,
But we're to smart, again.
Yeah it sure means a lot,
To have you guys here.
To light up dead smoke,
And bring Porter a beer.
Is free in the air.
Trying so hard,
to give the whole block a scare.
And that voice so true in my ear,
I go next door, just to be near to it.
Practice is done,
Go outside for a smoke.
Listen to some more of, Porters jokes.
No more man,
Please turn it down.
If you don't we all might bust a gut.
(yeah yeah)
We just might bust a gut
Words don't quite explain,
EVERYTHING I'M TRYING TO SAY.
I, don't know where to go.
I GUESS ILL JUST ASK THE OUIJA BOARD.
It doesn't know.
Everything to me is a gun!
About to go off,
I feel myself, I'm falling right in!
Guys we'll be alright,
We sit and talk,
For most of the night.
Another cool game, with the strobe light.
And that's not all, there's something I lack,
Dirty little boy is a lumberjack.
(tonight)
Clint's really cool, and,
I don't mean to hurt.
But that really is a star stopping shirt.
Oh no no man,
The lynch mob's attacking, again,
Good thing we have a pyschotic like friend
Oh yeah,
To eat some heads for us.
Words don't quite explain,
EVERYTHING I'M TRYING TO SAY.
I, don't know where to go.
I GUESS ILL JUST ASK THE OUIJA BOARD.
It doesn't know.
Everything to me is a gun!
About to go off,
As I try to hold myself down!
Guys we'll be alright,
You guys are so good,
but you think you suck.
More or less time,
My brothers not a big hessian.
Yeah here comes Dill,
Just pulled up in his bus,
I'm in love with Lisa from Toys, R US.
Lisa's straight edge,
The rest of you aren't.
Offer us a smoke,
But we're to smart, again.
Yeah it sure means a lot,
To have you guys here.
To light up dead smoke,
And bring Porter a beer.
Half A Minute Away lyrics - Conor Oberst
Sometimes she feels like talking,
Sometimes she doesn't know
Sometimes she doesn't want to talk at all
Sometimes she tells me secrets that I just can't expose
Sometimes she doesn't tell me any
And it gets so dark and I can't find my way
In a place where there is no day
White walls and barred up windows leave her astray
I bet she never knew what it was like
And half of the time she didn't have much of a choice
Lay back on your head against the cold tile floor
Close your eyes, fall back for a safety net, it doesn't seem to work
Gives way right at the impact,
That's okay cause that's not what you wanted to ever be
And it's probably better this way
Hide yourself from a world that doesn't seem to care
And the God that doesn't hear you
But every time I get so sick inside
I tell myself I'm a happening...
And she gets so cold sometimes
She just starts to shake
Other times she feels nothing
I live all the time and try to make it, everything seem so expired
I want to be rid of it all, just want to find some place to be yourself, yourself
But then I find I'm between the same four walls, it isn't fair... It just isn't
[?]
I'm dying at times to make amends, anything like that
Sit in a corner, don't look at anyone
Well you're a liar! I know what's wrong but I never knew what was right
So why does it matter? I don't think it does at all
And every time I get so angry I just tell myself to pretend that you're not alone
[?] try and try again just for one in a million chance, chance, one in a million chance
Hold back all your pride and self esteem
Like a mental stability, maybe just control
Well I want or don't want to know what's wrong
She feels like she's in a trash compactor and it's closing in on her
But my voice puts her at ease
She doesn't have time anyway, [?]
[?]
And she stops, took a shaking breath and said goodbye
She had managed to save a piece of broken glass inside her side
No, it wasn't gun but it would have to do the job
It would probably do the job
The only thing she ever wanted was for me to be there to hold her hand
But she understood, and nothing but a dial tone ringing in my ear
Soft, but not reassuring,
And every time I get so sick inside
I tell myself I'm a happening...
Sometimes she doesn't know
Sometimes she doesn't want to talk at all
Sometimes she tells me secrets that I just can't expose
Sometimes she doesn't tell me any
And it gets so dark and I can't find my way
In a place where there is no day
White walls and barred up windows leave her astray
I bet she never knew what it was like
And half of the time she didn't have much of a choice
Lay back on your head against the cold tile floor
Close your eyes, fall back for a safety net, it doesn't seem to work
Gives way right at the impact,
That's okay cause that's not what you wanted to ever be
And it's probably better this way
Hide yourself from a world that doesn't seem to care
And the God that doesn't hear you
But every time I get so sick inside
I tell myself I'm a happening...
And she gets so cold sometimes
She just starts to shake
Other times she feels nothing
I live all the time and try to make it, everything seem so expired
I want to be rid of it all, just want to find some place to be yourself, yourself
But then I find I'm between the same four walls, it isn't fair... It just isn't
[?]
I'm dying at times to make amends, anything like that
Sit in a corner, don't look at anyone
Well you're a liar! I know what's wrong but I never knew what was right
So why does it matter? I don't think it does at all
And every time I get so angry I just tell myself to pretend that you're not alone
[?] try and try again just for one in a million chance, chance, one in a million chance
Hold back all your pride and self esteem
Like a mental stability, maybe just control
Well I want or don't want to know what's wrong
She feels like she's in a trash compactor and it's closing in on her
But my voice puts her at ease
She doesn't have time anyway, [?]
[?]
And she stops, took a shaking breath and said goodbye
She had managed to save a piece of broken glass inside her side
No, it wasn't gun but it would have to do the job
It would probably do the job
The only thing she ever wanted was for me to be there to hold her hand
But she understood, and nothing but a dial tone ringing in my ear
Soft, but not reassuring,
And every time I get so sick inside
I tell myself I'm a happening...
Purple Chin lyrics - Conor Oberst
I traveled a million miles by myself
Am I here, or am I somewhere else?
I'm somewhere else, and I smile as to misplace
I woke up and I was face to face
With some strange evil that I just can't erase
And at times I guess I don't care about this [?]
[?]
But I can't let it trouble me,
Not with such great possibility
Will it come, Will it come? We'll just have to wait and see
I have to steal what I cannot take
Once I learn what's at stake
[?]
Why are we still standing here, here, here, still standing here
I've been pushed in, I've been thrown out
I've blew up the things you only read about
[?]
Destructive blood runs through my head
And all the things that are left unfed
How can I sleep when my life is sick in bed?
Like an airplane coming down
Trying to walk or lounging around
I don't know, I don't know but I can't just give up anymore
You gave up, I lost ten
If I had known now where I've been
But someday I plan to go back there again once again
I have to steal what I couldn't make
Once I learned what I couldn't take
And I know what was the best
Each time we put the best to rest
To rest, gonna put it all to rest
To rest, we put it all to rest
It's time I put it all to rest
To rest
Am I here, or am I somewhere else?
I'm somewhere else, and I smile as to misplace
I woke up and I was face to face
With some strange evil that I just can't erase
And at times I guess I don't care about this [?]
[?]
But I can't let it trouble me,
Not with such great possibility
Will it come, Will it come? We'll just have to wait and see
I have to steal what I cannot take
Once I learn what's at stake
[?]
Why are we still standing here, here, here, still standing here
I've been pushed in, I've been thrown out
I've blew up the things you only read about
[?]
Destructive blood runs through my head
And all the things that are left unfed
How can I sleep when my life is sick in bed?
Like an airplane coming down
Trying to walk or lounging around
I don't know, I don't know but I can't just give up anymore
You gave up, I lost ten
If I had known now where I've been
But someday I plan to go back there again once again
I have to steal what I couldn't make
Once I learned what I couldn't take
And I know what was the best
Each time we put the best to rest
To rest, gonna put it all to rest
To rest, we put it all to rest
It's time I put it all to rest
To rest
Lake Havasu (In Florida) lyrics - Conor Oberst
Yo, Wiley, Conor Maynard, Animal
[Wiley:]
Can't believe my eyes, yeah, she's winning,
She's another one of them beautiful women,
Take a look like ten, ten, ten,
She in a skin-tight dress, all fitted,
Eyes like Cat Woman, knows I want her,
I'm looking back so she knows I on her,
Animal instinct, I'm real,
Drive her crazy, she knows the deal,
[Conor Maynard:]
Looking for a girl that was here but now she's gone,
Felt so good even though she did me wrong,
She knows what I want but she's bad for me,
She gets what she wants when she's touching me,
I shoulda known better but she took my self control,
You can take my heart like a criminal,
Won't you make me believe I'm the only one?
So grab me by the neck and don't you ever let go,
Mess me up so good until I'm begging for more,
Girl tear me apart like an animal...
Like an animal, animal,
I know I'm getting close from the trail of broken hearts,
Hope she coming back to finish what she started,
I never see the claws until she's touching me,
She's holding me so tight it's getting hard to breath,
I'll never win the game but it feels too good to care,
You can take my heart like a criminal,
(Like a criminal, like a criminal)
Won't you make me believe I'm the only one?
(I'm the only one, I'm the only one)
So grab me by the neck and don't you ever let go,
Mess me up so good until I'm begging for more,
Girl tear me apart like an animal...
Like an animal, animal,
[Wiley:]
Can't believe my eyes, yeah, she's winning,
She's another one of them beautiful women,
Take a look like ten, ten, ten,
She in a skin-tight dress, all fitted,
Eyes like Cat Woman, knows I want her,
I'm looking back so she knows I want her,
Animal instinct, I'm real,
Drive her crazy, she knows the deal (animal)
Can't believe my eyes, yeah, she's winning (animal)
She's another one of them beautiful women (animal)
Take a look like ten, ten, ten (animal)
She in a skin-tight dress, all fitted (animal)
Eyes like Cat Woman, knows I want her,
I'm looking back so she knows I want her,
Animal instinct, I'm real,
Drive her crazy, she knows the deal,
[Conor Maynard:]
(You can take my heart like a criminal)
So grab me by the neck and don't you ever let go,
Mess me up so good until I'm begging for more,
Girl tear me apart like an animal...The mission has failed
And I am a hopeless mess
Spare me the details
Of how it all worked out
The damages eludes
Me with my own two hands
We did this ourselves
We built this ourselves
But where am I supposed to go running
When all of my friends out there are scared?
Can you feel on your own?
How does it feel on your own?
But I'm not gonna bang against your throat
You know we're all at sea
I've seen it myself
I just want home
You told me to speak in tongues for you
"Puwelo anyabont, Havasu"
So how did I do?
Like an animal, animal.
[Wiley:]
Can't believe my eyes, yeah, she's winning,
She's another one of them beautiful women,
Take a look like ten, ten, ten,
She in a skin-tight dress, all fitted,
Eyes like Cat Woman, knows I want her,
I'm looking back so she knows I on her,
Animal instinct, I'm real,
Drive her crazy, she knows the deal,
[Conor Maynard:]
Looking for a girl that was here but now she's gone,
Felt so good even though she did me wrong,
She knows what I want but she's bad for me,
She gets what she wants when she's touching me,
I shoulda known better but she took my self control,
You can take my heart like a criminal,
Won't you make me believe I'm the only one?
So grab me by the neck and don't you ever let go,
Mess me up so good until I'm begging for more,
Girl tear me apart like an animal...
Like an animal, animal,
I know I'm getting close from the trail of broken hearts,
Hope she coming back to finish what she started,
I never see the claws until she's touching me,
She's holding me so tight it's getting hard to breath,
I'll never win the game but it feels too good to care,
You can take my heart like a criminal,
(Like a criminal, like a criminal)
Won't you make me believe I'm the only one?
(I'm the only one, I'm the only one)
So grab me by the neck and don't you ever let go,
Mess me up so good until I'm begging for more,
Girl tear me apart like an animal...
Like an animal, animal,
[Wiley:]
Can't believe my eyes, yeah, she's winning,
She's another one of them beautiful women,
Take a look like ten, ten, ten,
She in a skin-tight dress, all fitted,
Eyes like Cat Woman, knows I want her,
I'm looking back so she knows I want her,
Animal instinct, I'm real,
Drive her crazy, she knows the deal (animal)
Can't believe my eyes, yeah, she's winning (animal)
She's another one of them beautiful women (animal)
Take a look like ten, ten, ten (animal)
She in a skin-tight dress, all fitted (animal)
Eyes like Cat Woman, knows I want her,
I'm looking back so she knows I want her,
Animal instinct, I'm real,
Drive her crazy, she knows the deal,
[Conor Maynard:]
(You can take my heart like a criminal)
So grab me by the neck and don't you ever let go,
Mess me up so good until I'm begging for more,
Girl tear me apart like an animal...The mission has failed
And I am a hopeless mess
Spare me the details
Of how it all worked out
The damages eludes
Me with my own two hands
We did this ourselves
We built this ourselves
But where am I supposed to go running
When all of my friends out there are scared?
Can you feel on your own?
How does it feel on your own?
But I'm not gonna bang against your throat
You know we're all at sea
I've seen it myself
I just want home
You told me to speak in tongues for you
"Puwelo anyabont, Havasu"
So how did I do?
Like an animal, animal.
North Of The City lyrics - Conor Oberst
Feel blue, miles above you the silver screen
reach out and touch you and the dark of the
back row this is a place where young lover go
when they want to be alone perfection has never
crossed my lips but is there anyway to describe it
when two moviestars kiss. there is magic in the
air...magic in the air
north of the city, on the quiet, quiet road, I find myself
dreaming of days long ago and their lonely, lonely
theater where tragic movies play, he didn't find out
that he loved her till she finally gone away
but they know that nothing lasts forever we should
be grateful for the time we have together.
is that enough to keep me from crying
is that enough to keep me from lying
reach out and touch you and the dark of the
back row this is a place where young lover go
when they want to be alone perfection has never
crossed my lips but is there anyway to describe it
when two moviestars kiss. there is magic in the
air...magic in the air
north of the city, on the quiet, quiet road, I find myself
dreaming of days long ago and their lonely, lonely
theater where tragic movies play, he didn't find out
that he loved her till she finally gone away
but they know that nothing lasts forever we should
be grateful for the time we have together.
is that enough to keep me from crying
is that enough to keep me from lying
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