the leaves sympathize
they break from the skies
like whispers, like fossils
worn smooth and revived
absolutes testify...
every kind of dreamer comes through this door from a hole in their head when they fall asleep wanting more.
The spring is pushing against my breast
My fist clenched
I'm trying to hold back
I am bursting
It will break forth!
It will pounce!
Tracks in the bloody snow melt and reveal
A busy and wakeful splendor.
Seeing red, then blue
Burning hot in two.
Ice fills every cappilary.
If it happens all around,
It must be happening to me,
It's just more difficult to see
By the light of my TV.
I'll hide out from the sun
Or light the fuse and run.
How does this dog expect
To have it's day?
If it happens all around,
It must be happening to me,
It's just more difficult to see
By this stupid candlelight.
Seeing red, then blue
Burning hot in two.
Ice fills every cappilary.
Pedals push out and swim
Pressing into form.
The little nests,
What could be more dear?
(Spoken:)
Somehow there is a record
The lies don't matter
The unrealistic claims and tall tales
Exist as their own tiny addition
To the only true and accurate picture
This is comprehensible to noone in it's vast entirety
But somewhere,
Just as the word goes out
To release the commencement of springtime
And all related effects,
My own failed attempts to live an honest life
Are illuminated perfectly, cleanly
And without judgement.
I know you're trying
I know your heart is breaking
I know you feel like the most useless thing that ever walked the earth
And it's true that we all come to this one time or another
A kiss will kill ya, brother
But it's a sweet death, I know
So close your eyes and let yourself come undone
This strange world is overrun by bastards and fools like you
And if you need to cry, go ahead,
Cry a bathtub into your bed
Darling
You never alone when you're by yourself
You simply join the ranks of the ones whose ship has sank club;
The ones who lay awake and long for love...
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm....
I know you're trying
I know your heart is breaking
I know you feel like the most useless thing to ever walk the earth
And it's true that we all come to this one time or another
A kiss can kill ya, brother
But it's a sweet death
I know.
set me down in the shadiest spot you can find
my mind will sink like a stone
down down down
so dark it seems i'm blind
i'll never find my way back home
unless i find a trail of dandelions
with little yellow faces
dandelions in a class with the weeds
dandelions
cut the heads off with scissors
you know they're gonna save the day
you're the little devil in my heart
i let you out of your box
run run run
you ticking timebomb clock
there's not telling what trouble you'll start
once you catch a glimmer of dandelions
between your toes
dandelions with their face to the window
dandelions are deviant
they're here now
they're here now
they're watching you
they're watching you
they know you gotta have it
they know you gotta have it
you know they're gonna save the day
gorgeous, glorious, sweet satisfaction
it's mine
i'm looking for a sign
green light, go, you're on my mind
you're the little devil in my heart
i let you out of your box
run run run
you ticking timebomb clock
there's no telling what trouble you'll start
once you catch a glimmer of dandelions
between your toes
dandelions
cut the heads off with scissors
dandelions are deviant
they're here now
they're here now
they're watching you
they're watching you
they know you gotta have it
they know you gotta have it
you know they're gonna save the day
the dandelions save the day
Stretch long, white prince
Blink your black eyes
Throw back the curtains
And swing swing swing the windows wide.
Balance up high
In the secret place
Hold your own
With an evolved grace.
You are a tiny galaxy
In which everything finally makes sense.
We can swim anew
And stay stay stay out of the water.
Don't send for the doctor.
Don't send for the exorcist.
We can swim anew
We can swim anew.
Stretch long, white prince
Blink your black eyes
Throw back the curtains
And swing swing swing the windows wide.
Don't send for the doctor.
Don't send for the exorcist.
We can swim anew
We can swim anew.
Silent repetitive thoughts make you strong
Without wings you insist you will fly.
Dirty little big-nosed boy
Grappling with things that girls keep
Walking with a quiet joy
Fall down suddenly and go to sleep.
What can pass for sticks and stones
What can pass for sticks and stones these days
Wipe off my pretty hands pretty fingers
Let go your plans. Make way for my mouth.
It's all louder on the western front.
Should you reside in this snakepit
Make way make way for my mouth
It's a powder keg!
Fuck you Mark E.
Nothing makes you happy anyway
Load up the death by northwest
Then louder.
South is where the heart is
zig zagging the continent straddling the salt and the sea
Make way for death by nothwest
It's a tiger trap turned into a cookie jar
It's not far
Settle your accounts
The end is near
In the last remaining weeks
we realize there's nothing left to lose
the stars can break free from the heavens now and fall
We'll have a ball in the last remaining weeks
In the last remaining days we blow off everything
that doesn't mean the very most
Let's drink a toast to the last remaining days
tick tick tick and turn around
you're smiling as you spin away
tick tock tick tock
tick tick and turnaround
you're smiling as you spin away
In the last remaining hours swimming in your eyes
fireworks nail us to a sky that looks just like an orchid blooming black
Step on a crack in the last remaining hours
tick tick tick and turn around
you're smiling as you spin away
tick tock tick tock
tick tick and turnaround
you're smiling as you spin away
The funny times and torn up rhymes
play just like a movie in my dizzy head
Another year is dead and i still never told you that i love you
In the last remaining seconds we reconcile resistance and let go
the instinct to survive has gone to hell
Let's ring the bells in the last remaining seconds
tick tick tick and turn around
you're smiling as you spin away
tick tock tick tock
tick tick and turnaround
you're smiling as you spin away
They say where I come from, it never rains,
But they lied.
The darkness of the drop drill was brightened
By what I spied.
Dr. Pepper, mac and cheese,
Green goddess hides behind the sneeze guard,
Staying cool.
A mother and her child look out on
A sea of Mr. Bubble
And no showers at school.
Pain in my chest;
Guess ours is not the best.
Chesterfields and ethyl gasoline.
Woke up at dawn.
Choking out loud, I saw you
Floating in a bright and silent sea.
Like last night you know it's gone.
Northern light at midnight,
When your blood arrests me, fall into my dreams.
Father, my corrosive core,
Bright blue harbor,
Shining drama queen.
Songs in my head,
Sweet rolls in bed on Sunday.
Slept in these sheets another week.
Fried teenage dream--
If I wish hard enough
Can everyone I see hold on to her for me?
Like last night you know you're gone.
So move along.
Get ready for the change.
The one that never comes.
So happy when you're crying
So ancient when you're young.
Photographs in black and white.
Caught you in your nightgown.
Not a boy.
Not a girl.
Not anything.
Not anything.
Get ready for the change.
The one that never comes.
So happy when you're crying.
So ancient when you're young.
Wake, Sleeping Beauty.
Stay in bed with me.
Wake.
You know it's coming.
Stay in bed with me.
Mad about the girl
That lives inside the man.
Drowns just like Ophelia
And flies like Peter Pan.
Get ready for the change.
The one that never comes.
So happy when you're crying.
So ancient when you're young.
Wake, Sleeping Beauty.
Stay in bed with me.
Wake.
You know it's coming.
Stay in bed with me.
Wake. Wake. Wake. Wake. Wake.....
Wake, Sleeping Beauty.
Stay in bed with me.
Wake.
You know it's coming.
Stay in bed with me.