LONG WAY DOWN
Oh here you are, there's nothing left to say.
You're not supposed to be that way. . .
Did they push you out, did they throw you away?
Touch me now and I don't care.
When you take me I'm not there.
Almost human, but I'll never be the same.
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own.
Long way down, I don't want to live in here for long (alone).
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own.
I never put you down, I never pushed you away.
You're not supposed to be that way.
And anything you want, there's nothing I could say.
Is there anything to feel?
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me.
I never put you down, I never pushed you away.
Take another piece of me.
Give my mind a new disease.
And the black and white world never fades to gray.
BURNIN
UP
You said you're burnin' up inside, and no one seems to tell.
Your living from a personalized manual from hell.
Life is pretty (it seems so) easy when it's from my easy chair.
And you're burnin' up inside and no one's cares.
You said you had enough of this town, this town don't treat you well.
You always find coincidence, well I do parallel.
Come and take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start.
'Cuz every word that left your lips, like a needle through my heart.
NAKED
Yeah I'm fadin'
And I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word
Weighed down
Say it now
You're naked inside your fears
Can't take back all those years
Shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
Yeah I'm hiding
in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say
Weighed down
Say it now
You're naked inside your fears
Can't take back all those years
Shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
Inside your head
Noone's there
And I don't think I'll ver be
And I don't care
You're naked inside your fears
Can't take back all those years
Shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
by anyone
by anyone
FLAT
TOP
Flat top intervention
Bringing home a new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
Look at all the washed out Hippie dreams
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kinda joke they're trying to pull on us
Fallin' all around us
I turned my head off for a while
The tabloid generation's lost
Choking on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
Conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked loves to speak
His knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street.
A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as there's a victim on TV
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kinda joke they're trying to pull on us
Fallin' all around us
I turned my head off for a while
And my dirty dreams all come alive
On my TV screen
And assasination plots
Show me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, Who I'm supposed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me
And it's fallin all around us
Is this some kinda joke they'r trying to pull on us
Fallin' all around us
I turned my head off for a while
IMPERSONALITY
When I was three feet tall
I loved the mall
and lived life for myself
Fallin down for laughs
Your photograph
some puppets made of felt
Watching ????
last Thanksgiving eve
on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout
I twist and shout
for everyone to see
Impersonality
It's leaning hard on me
Mama's in her shop
watching little sister by myself
Robbed the wishing pond
in a fleeting bond
Bound to share the wealth
Scooping up the coins
a warning shout from some authority
Doesn't matter now
But I'll shout out loud
For everyone to see
Never got to know ya
Did you ever wonder why
Now it's nice to know ya
And I'm glad you're doing fine
Think of all the time lost
Was it really lost at all
Now I'm so prou of ya
I'd love to tell you all I see
Listen hard to your reality
Impersonality
It's leaning hard on me
Impersonality
It's leaning hard on me
NAME
And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
I saw the dreams you never thought you'd lose
tossed along the way
Letters that you never meant to send
Lost or thrown away
And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
Don't belong to no one
That's a shame
You could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
and I won't tell noone your name
I won't tell em' your name
Scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
did you get to be a star
Don't it make you sad to know that life
is more that who we are
You grew up way too fast
and now there's nothing to believe
And reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
and I won't tell noone your name
I won't tell em' your name
I won't tell em' your name
I won't tell em' your name
Think about you all the time
But I don't need the s
If it's lonely where you are
come back down,
and I won't tell em your name
ONLY
ONE
I'll open up my head awhile,
It's been dead for years.
I must have been a victim of my peeĀrs.
One is for my happiness,
The other for my health.
The last is something bigger than myself.
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one.
I ain't the only one to say.
I'm talkin' to myself again,
I'll just start a fight.
When nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right.
Anti-hero idol
With a suicide excuse.
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes.
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one.
I ain't the only one to say.
Little pictures in my head,
Are turnin' inside out again.
This fuckin' up takes practice,
I feel I'm well rehearsed.
Because the past is a bully,
And the futures even worse.
You tell me what you fear,
'Cuz I can feel it like a curse.
I used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer.
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a
rope singer.
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one.
I ain't the only one to say.
SOMETHIN'
BAD
Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And they're holding up for cheaper chinese food
If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude
What those neon lights ????
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Aw but I know that somethin' bad is gonna change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad is gonna change
Well I see you working round the clock till six A.M.
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To a head above a shred of dignity
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Aw but I know that somethin' bad is gonna change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad is gonna change
GO!
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Aw but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad had gotta change
yes
has
gott
has
gott
AIN'T
THAT UNUSUAL
Can you talk to me
Honestly
Cuz I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean
Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made for TV movie
And I just blew my lines
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
It ain't that unusual
Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared
What's that supposed to mean
I'm burnt out on some empty reasons
And other wastes of time
Something that I wish I'd said
But I don't think it rhymed
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
It ain't that unusual
See I'd love to be you
Least then I'd see you
Sorry I put the words in your mouth
but you wouldn't talk to me
Everything I want I haven't got
Sick of everything I'm not
Put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezing in the corner of my mind
Someday you never made it
and maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now ain't that unusual
Now ain't that unusual
Now ain't that unusual
SO LONG
Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright.
Your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
I gotta get back to where I belong
Long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
EYES
WIDE OPEN
I'm a fortunate son, of a fortunate son,
Living large on the wrong side of town.
Too many friends and the fun never ends,
Drinkin' and hangin' around.
I wanna' own the world, I wanna' swallow it whole.
At least I could kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be.
I don't take the bus, and I never walked too far,
The furthest I got was my own backyard.
A fist full of cash that somebody else earned,
They sent me some more when it all got burned.
I wanna' take control, I wanna' make it all mine.
At least I could kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be.
I'll get what I want as I make up my mind,
I'm turnin' you inside out.
I wanna' own the world, I wanna' swallow it whole.
I think I can kick it all down.
I wanna' kick it all down.
Eyes wide open, I can't see.
Eyes wide open, what you mean.
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be.
DISCONNECTED
i dont remember
it doesnt ring a bell
and when you call me
everything is swell
i tend to forget
about the times we had
and now it doesnt matter
cuz i feel so sad
refrain
ive been disconnected
someone pulled the plug
oh youre so distant
wont you come along....yeah
weve paid the price
and now we're both alone
and if you call me
youll find me home
i found another
someone to take your place
now if you dont mind
just get out of my face
refrain
SLAVE
GIRL
Let me tell you bout a girl i know
i drag her around wherever i go
this little woman drives me insane
shes tied to my ankle with a ball chain
For sixteen years shes been hangin around
trying to bury me in a hole in the ground
well i think its time that i even the score
there's only room for one in this cage of yours
DONT SAVE ME
WHEN IM STARTING TO DROWN
DONT USE ME
WHEN YOU DONT WANT ME AROUND
JUST BE MY SLAVE GIRL
CUZ THATS ALL I NEED
SO TAKE A LITTLE STEP BACK TO THE STONE AGE WITH ME
(come on)
well i hear a strange noise as i lie in my bed
i feel a lotta water drippin on my head
i look around try to see through my hair
you left me alone but do you think i care
COULD YOU MOVE ME
WHEN I WAS TAKING MY TIME
COULD YOU ABUSE ME
WHEN IM OUTTA LINE
YOU TRY TO WARN ME
OF THE DANGER SIGNS
so watch out
you got me in the bondage of another rage
you drive me to distraction in a primitive way
i cant control my instincts when i hear her say
just come along and see me if you lose your way
SO JOIN MY CHAIN GANG
PLAY ALONG WITH ME
ILL BE YOUR CAVEMAN
AS BASIC AS CAN BE
IM NOT INSANE MAN
IM JUST OUTTA MY TREE
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