sooner or later you will long
when you wake you will see
sooner or later all the songs
that make you shake will be by me
sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
we used to appreciate will come rushing back

you're thinking about
how you thought you knew me better
you're looking around town
and wondering how I met her
you're pulling away
pray you're making the right choice
you're pulling away
stay and listen to my voice
to my voice

sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
we used to appreciate will come rushing back
when you wake you will see

don't wake me as you leave
don't make me believe I have a chance in hell
don't tell me what I know too well
don't wake me

as you're leaving me here dear
alone with all your letters
don't let go of your innocence and feathers
now I find every sound reminds me of our song
since you left me here dear
alone with all my wrongs
with my wrongs

this city life is dragging
this city life is dragging us down
don't push me
don't push me
don't push me
anyway, well I can barely face the day

is it already a quarter to ten?
how can I drag my body from this bed again
when I feel so heavy
from the weight of nothing
it's not about you as I said
not it's a quarter to two, another night run through
without connecting
to anything

this city life is dragging us down

I'm already so far away from where I need to be
I'm already so far away

we move a mile a minute
just to keep ourselves in it
now I think we've come too far not to win it
what is it?
if I wasn't here all of this shit would just go on anyway
if you weren't here
everything would just go on anyway
that's what you learn
why do you stay
when this city life is dragging us down

don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
for your little black backpack
up, smack, turn around he's on his back and
don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

I feel you
yes I can
what about that don't you understand?
I sense you
it's something sensual
but it's less than I planned
don't wanna

don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
for your little black backpack
up, smack, turn around he's on his back and
don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

you're trying to find a reason for the way you feel tonight
your mind is lined with layers of lead
have you heard one thing that I've said?

don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
for your little black backpack
up, smack, turn around he's on his back and
don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

I know it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the floor, but when I look down it's gone

This is the way it should always be
I've never had the propensity to work, breed and die
I prefer to spend mine on the fly
The be'ers got to be and the flee'ers got to flee
But as for me, well... don't worry about me

I know it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the floor but when I look down, it's gone
I know, it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door but when I turn around
When I turn around, it's gone

It seems like today I'm looking back
Well maybe tomorrow I'll see further
than my little head allows me to
I'll be cruising then I'll crack
Oh something better happen to these feelings
that I'm going through
This is the summer that'll never come
It's like someone's holding on to the tail of the sun
I wanna waste time and walk the line
From my beat routine to where I'm feeling alright
I can't hold out, I don't care about offending
The world's descending...

I know it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the floor but when I look down, it's gone
I know, it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door but when I turn around
When I turn around, it's gone

It seems like today I'm looking back
Well maybe tomorrow I'll see further
than my little head allows me to
I'll be cruising then I'll crack
Oh something better happen to these feelings
that I'm going through

Well the word is out, what's it all about
Doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
In moderation, this sensation would be fabulous
But she's figured me out
She's in my shower for an hour
She's just washin' and wonderin'
And trying to figure me out...

And I wanna shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in...
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans and these are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate...

It's a little bit of something that I feel...
Oh man, I just can't deal...
And other than this distance that has covered me
Can't you see that you have smothered me

Well, you're out there, just stay out there
Just when I was on to something else
That's when she figures me out

the way that you feel now
it's cool as long as I know
the way it's gonna be

make it last for an hour
we'll never feel this way again
make it all that you want
and everything that I need

the booze reaches her blood
she forgets his name
the wood has turned to coal
but our desire feeds the flame
will we surrender to the night?
or will our conscience win the fight?
she won't regress, but can't confess
that everything's alright and I say

the way that you feel now
it's cool as long as I know
the way it's gonna be
it's gonna take more
where we're gonna go...

make it last for an hour
we'll never feel this way again
make it all that you want
and everything that I need
make it last make it last 'cause you're not making me
any promises, make it last
make the best of what you see

you give to me what I need to see.
you can't feed my imagination
you give to me what I need to see, it's a twisted fascination
it feels so good to make it through the cold
but you know that he'll
close all the doors just close 'em all
for the rest of time

make it last for an hour
we'll never feel this way again
make it all that you want
and everything that I need
make it last make it last 'cause you're not making me
any promises, make it last
make the best of what you see
(repeat and fade...)

And don't say...
Really are you in this
'cause I can feel you pulling away
Not to mention all the things you'd never say
Now my visions gone to hell
I keep it in a box... with my memories
Don't bother with me... I can't take it
I'll be on the road with less a load
You're feeling used... a little bit confused

Don't say...
Really are you in this
'cause I can feel you pulling away
Not to mention all the things you'd never say
So really are you in this
'cause I can feel you pulling away
Not to mention all the things you'd never say
The only thing that you really should say

More than a little bit confused about this 'n that
Can I have back all the things we lose
I wish it were that simple, yeah I really do
I'll be on the road with less a load
You're feeling used again

situated in the corner of the corner
so far from nothing
suspecting not accepting
that it's true
it really hits me when I'm
walking into the market
I hear things I used to say
is it wrong to be here anyway

fade away
what was I thinking when I thought I could make you stay
what was I thinking when I thought I was right
not nothin'

I'm on to something here
It's all becoming clear
clearly confusing
less than amusing
castrated like a corpse to a coroner
so close to nothing
forgetful not regretful
of what I am

it really hits me when I'm
hanging with other monkeys
thinking of shit to say
is it wrong to be here anyway

fade away
what was I thinking when I thought I could make you stay
what was I thinking when I thought I was right
not nothin'

I'm on to something
It's something I'm on to
but it's really nothing

well here we go
I like to think I'm on top of things
But this life will bring what it will bring, you know
I like to think I'm on top of things
But this life will bring what it will bring

And my less than large brain is contorting the synapses
Sent from the end of my dangling nerves

Give me just one time
two times
You know it's just where I'm at
I'm waving as I go

I got up, I never thought I'd get there
My mind doesn't mind cause my mind won't share
Wake up, shake up and wind up on my back
How 'bout this and how about that
I wanna wipe the plastic smile off my face
I wanna win without entering the race
I want to say what I mean and mean what I say
I just need something to mean anything

Give me just one time
two times
You know it's just where I'm at
I'm waving as I go
You gotta give me just one time
two times
You know it's just where I'm at
I'm waving as I go
I just wanna get through
I don't know how I'm gonna do it
I wanna get through...

My shoulder to your face is so warm
Dim light from moon outlines our form
You're sinewy and shiftless and so forlorn
Between here and there and everywhere you're torn

Craving out a piece for me, saving three for you
Squeeze me tight and that's all

Waiting...waiting for you

To call out my name, speak to me
And say that it's alright to be on the wrong track
Call out my name, speak to me
And say that it's alright to be on the wrong track

There's a warm breeze in the city tonight
Soft light makes every sad sight seem alright
And I'm spinning around and we're holding tight
Soul to soul and face to face we turn...

Is this my conviction...will it last forever?

So sad and hard it hurts for awhile
I feel it all... stop feeding off me
Don't ask me how you will survive
Or try to stay together amputated

Is this my conviction... will it last forever?
Do I belong to this?

Don't try to make me love, 'cause you can't make me see
The only time I'll know is when happiness is free
I won't rely on you...
'cause that won't get me through
All we've got is this crazy core connecting us
Protecting us from what we'll go through

Tear me in two
and bore a little hole
that I can see right through
Your diversions my digression
Take me apart
Suck my blood until you stop my heart
You encumber my progression

And then you save me

It slips by, it slips right by
Much to my surprise
An you think that I drink too much
Yeah, well I don't mind.
I don't mind

I think of all the time we've wasted
I think of all our time apart
Your seething tongue is not the same
that I need anymore

Tear me in two....