Bombs Above

All my life

I’ve played a part

In the bombs above

The ones you love

I’m taking a moment to apologize

I should have done more

To stop the war

So I’m sorry

I leave behind

A trail of songs

From the darkest gloom

To the brightest sun

I’ve lost my way

But it’s hard to say

What I’ve been through

Should matter to you

A man so drunk

He could hardly stand

Told me once

Holding my hand

Suffering is the same

For everyone

He was right

But I was wrong

To agree

Ahh ahh ahh ahh

Ahh

Some Birds

Some birds
Just sit
Useless
Like fists
I wrestle
On TV
But no one ever
Let’s me win
I lean
On the wall
Like a broom
Confused
By the scope
Of it all
Any fool
Can tell the truth

And though I don’t
Think that I should
Add one
To the sum
Of all that you fear
I’d love to take you down
And leave you there

In my window
I have a twin
I look out
He looks in
He has a point
I applaud

Oh my goodness
Oh my god
Is it my fault
The countrysides
Are so full
Of suicide?
I break bricks
With my heart
But only a fool
Would call it art.

No I don’t
Think that I should
Be one
Of the sum
Of all that you fear
I’d love to take you down
And leave you there
I’d love to take you down
And leave you there

So why fuss
Why not bend
Like a nail
Hammered in
Times are tough
If I recall Oh it ain’t easy
No not at all

And no I don’t
Think I should
Complete

The sum
Of all that you fear
I’d love to take you down
And leave you there
I’d love to take you down
Down, and leave you there

Don't Forget

Don’t forget

Don’t forget you’ve got a key

Yeah a cosmic key

Oh I love you so much

Don’t forget

We’re all blowing in

The interstellar wind

I’m your little galaxy

Don’t forget

Don’t forget sometimes

We all

We all think about dying

Don’t let it kill you

Don’t forget

I won’t forget the long drive

We arrived in time to say goodbye

And the way my roses shook

I won’t overlook

The willows bending by the graves

The very next day in the shade

Sweating in a new suit

I don’t regret

I don’t regret sometimes

We all

We all think about dying

Don’t let it kill you

Don’t forget

Don’t forget to brush your teeth

Or you’ll have a funny smile

You don’t have to smile at me

Don’t forget

Don’t forget sometimes

We all

We all think about dying

Don’t let it kill you

Don’t forget

Don’t forget sometimes

We all

We all think about dying

Oh

How hard it is for a desert to die

I hear your laugh in my laughter

An old photograph I’ve never seen

Where each set of eyes finds a different camera

Shining like the sun on the rain

I follow the wires to the horizon

There’s zero chance I’m going to cry

I think that fame is a misunderstanding

How hard is it for a desert to die

Let's Go Rain

Oh I’ve heard about Noah’s flood
Washed away a world of sin
Some say destruction is an act of love
And think it should happen again
Let’s go rain
Let's go rain
Again
Let’s go rain
Let's go rain
Again
Once upon a time I was a Christian
I didn’t know I didn’t need to know
Now when the sky speaks I’m going to listen
And when it’s pissing I’ll just figure I’m alone
Let’s go rain
Let's go rain
Again
Let’s go rain
Let's go rain
Again
Oh I should
Build a wooden ark
Wouldn’t you rather live
On an ocean of guitars
Aw c’mon rain
Let’s go rain
Again
Let’s go rain
Let's go rain
Again
Oooooh oooh ooh
Aah aah aaah
Maybe you’re not a believer
Or maybe you don’t have a choice
Or maybe it’s a fever that you haven’t caught yet
‘Cause you haven’t met
Scott McCaughey
Let’s go rain
Let's go rain
Again
Still no rain
Let’s go rain
Again

From Far Away

From outer space
I am you
At distances
You’re me too
From far away
I assume
Everything
Needs less room

My ribs are turned
Like parentheses
And my lips have learned
What I don’t believe
Could I
Find a world just right
Or will I
Always look too high

If I die
Don’t bury me
Rattle me down
Like an old machine
Take my books
And my magazines
My photographs
Of you and me
Everything
I won’t need

I Know What It's Like

Far away

From the fireworks display

Quiet and bright

I know what it’s like x 3

To not feel love

When a sunny day

Starts to rain

Keep me in mind

I know what it’s like x 3

Even when I’m wide awake

I keep turning back one page

I can’t find the plot

Something else is taking shape

I know what it’s like

To keep losing your place

My shadow stays

Even when I’m miles away

Waiting outside

I know what it’s like x 3

To not feel pain

When the lights are dim

In my window I have a twin

I’m always looking out

And he’s always looking in

I know what it’s like

Starting over again

I know what it’s like x 2

To not feel love

Far away

From the fireworks display

Quiet and bright

I know what it’s like x 3

To not feel love

Even when it’s years away

I still think it’s yesterday

I can’t find the plot

Something else is taking shape

I know it’s a lie

When you say it’s ok

I know what it’s like x 9

To not feel love

I know what it’s like

To not feel love

Having Been Is No Way To Be

Oh I was naive

My shoes were untied

In heaven everything is just fine

But the phones are dead

And so is the light

And so are you

And honey so am I

But the earth still turns

For the unconcerned

Days pass below like train windows

I was a sapling tree

The birds looked like me

So I begged my nerves to kick me something new

From time to time

I’d watch you sleep

I wonder how much freedom we can dream

And I’m sorry when you wake up to me

I just got tired

Shining steady like a spider web

Is an empty stage

Now people say

“What drugs did you take?”

And “Why don’t you start taking them again?”

What difference would it ever make to them

But they’re not my friends

And if I was dead

What difference would it ever make to them

If I got high

From time to time

I wonder how much freedom you would need

And I’d be sorry when you wake to me

I’m reaching out to you

I’m writing all the time

I don’t see deep but I see far and wide

I see dead trees

But the roots have leaves

Just because I can’t describe it doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try

To untwist the knife

To unmake my mind

Having been is no way to be alive

And I’m alive

When I watch you sleep

I wonder how much freedom we need

And I’m here

When you wake up to me

I’m still here

When you wake up to me

 

The Red Brick

My lonely said to me

Love won’t show

It’s a cold case

You’re never going to close

Oh I could never let it go

Oh I could never let it go

So I drank myself

Back into your life

And I cried

On the yellow telephone

Oh I could never let it go

Oh I could never let it go

Then I aimed my scope

Out a broken window

I could feel it in my bones

Oh I could never let it go

Oh I could never let you go

Warm (when the sun has died)

Please take my advice

Worry into your song

Grow away from your anger

Distance belongs

Oh I don’t believe in heaven

I keep some heat inside

Like a red brick in the summer

Warm when the sun has died

How will I find you?

How will I find you?

How will I find you?

I don’t know

I don’t know

How will I find you?

I don’t know

I don’t know

You will know

You will know

How will I find you?

How will I find you?

I don’t know

I don’t know

How will I find you?

I don’t know

I don’t know

You will know

You will know