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She said it's best to change than stay the same,
'cause you know that they won't want you if you don't
Your former ways will make you lose the game
I'll change all of them for you if you won't
'But what about the astronauts' I say?
'They must have found a different way,
And all the heroes who journey far away
They didn't change, but they didn't stay.'
Sounds like you're angry, she replied,
If you can't handle this, then just go home,
I'm sick and tired of trying to change your mind
It's clear you'd rather be out there on your own.
'But do you think we're meant to be?' I cry
'So many questions and no time,
I'd never hurt you, I would rather die,
I just don't wanna change, so goodbye.'
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I wanna be a happy man tonight
I wanna be myself and feel all right
So I will wait until the crowd has gone
And left their broken bottles on the lawn
For some tired mother's son to sweep and clean
And shout sweet prayers to our land so green
When he begins to question what went wrong
Oh then I'll smile and sing a different song
I wanna be a peaceful man tonight
I wanna be docile and feel all right
So I will sit until the spotlights fade
And books forget the words their pages made
For some tired critic trying to bring me down
Whose smile grows as mine turns to a frown
When he begins to taste the sour truth
Then I will act more like the ignant youth
I wanna be a smarter man tonight
I wanna know a ton and feel all right
So I will hold until these needles drop
And bubbles that we live in start to pop
For when I'm tired, what can I say
To make it worth waiting one more day?
When you begin to see the world that's free
Oh then maybe you'll sit and wait with me
But we could be as dumb as we could be,
Well at least we'll be happy.
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Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
Wipe the blood from your face and your hands
Forgive yourself if you think you can
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man...
Twenty-one days lost at sea I fought
For twenty two years, non-stop I talked through the desert
Piss drunk, and confused I walked
I spit a tooth in the palm of my hand
Lay back, lay back...
Well the wind and the trees are gangin' up on me
They sing my funeral song in harmony
I just wanna walk home unaccompanied
They keep singin, they keep singin, singin they keep singin
Singin they keep singin to me
(La la la la la la) I hear 'em singin'
Well I wish things were different, true indeed
But everything is so shallow, is everything about me?
Well they told me I could just take my money and leave
I hope the people on the ground will understand
I hope the people in the crowd will understand
Lay back, lay back ...
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Expiration Date
03:21
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The man said "Hey, where do you think you are?
You've got to want to take control from them,
These liberties you love don't mean a thing
I couldn't understand him in the end.
Skimming all dimensional contact,
I found a greater purpose in the sky
He said "Why do you think these souls react?
Potentials change, but mankind shall not fly."
The man said I sound like an atheist,
The book can only grab me for so long
But when I say they've chained you 'round the wrist,
With greater purpose, man will burn my song.
If you think there's something we can do
Before the expiration date's a joke
Then stay a while, I want to be with you,
Alone for any longer, I might choke.
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I feel so loved, I feel so alone. I feel so lonely, I feel so unloved.
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Julia, when I met you I started to
Droolia, all I wanted was to hold you-ia
Julia, and all I want is to hold you in my arms again
Night and day, wonder what you're doin
Call me up and say, that you're cupcake's brewin
Way, so far away, I miss your lips, I miss your touch
I wanna be with you oh so much
And now that I am sittin next to you again
I feel like I can fly
A hundred thousand times, I wanna say I love you
But how the time flies by
Julia, I said won't you be my girlfriend tonight?
I wanna love you, and treat you right
Ooh yeah, Julia, I miss your lips, I miss your touch
I wanna be with you oh so much
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Try to get high, but you fall face down
Bury a head in the snow
Wanting to fly and get tossed around
The music becomes so mellow
As the lights dim, all I see is a floating fantasy
You, frozen and it's all on me
We can't control the road and snow falls fast
Quietly the song rolls on, caught in the past
Floorboards creak in a lifeless tomb
Only one can feel the pain
Walls of sound keep me in their womb
Trapped in an endless rain
As we sink in, water's cold and the car is going
Last breath, I try to grab her as she falls
We can't control the road and snow falls fast
Quietly the song rolls on, caught in the past
Fantasy, you frozen and it's all on me
We can't control the road and snow falls fast
Quietly the song rolls on, caught in the past
Can you read the unreal?
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I can't call the people animals
'Cause I'd be an animal, too
The wild and senseless things I've done
Could land me a cage at the zoo
Keepers would cover children's eyes
They'd curse me for all that I do
No I can't call the people animals
'Cause I'd be an animal too
And I could be locked up with you.
I can't call the government evil
'Cause I'd be sent straight down to hell
The cruel and unjust desires I've had
I simply could not ever tell
Councils would have me burned alive
They'd lock my remains in a cell
No I can't call the government evil
'Cause I'd be sent straight down to hell
And you could be down there as well.
I can't call the teachers ignorant
'Cause I'd be as simple as they
The brainless and stupid things I've said
Could fill up a volume a day
Textbooks would call me a failure,
They'd warn how I'd wandered astray
No I can't call the teachers ignorant
'Cause I'd be as simple as they
And you could be with me all day.
I can't call the parents psychotic
'Cause I'd be at least twice as ill
The strange and bizarre beliefs I've held
Could fetch quite an interesting pill
Mothers would crusade against me
They'd toil to restrain my free will
No I can't call the parents psychotic
'Cause I'd be at least twice as ill
And you could be footing the bill.
I can't call you a friend or lover,
'Cause I'd never want you to be
The spiteful and cold things you whisper
Could only create misery
This guilt and self-doubt are disgusting
They root all the problems I see
No I can't call you a friend or lover
'Cause I'd never want you to be
But you could be a part of me.
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