Various Artists
| The Final Cut - “Pink Floyd” | Like The Weather - “10000 Maniacs” | I Am A Rock - “Simon and Garfunkel” |
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| through the fish eyed lens of tear stained eyes i can barely define the shape of this moment in time and far from flying high in clear blue skies i’m spiralling down to the hole in the ground where i hide if you negotiate the minefield in the drive and beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes and if you make it past the shotgun in the hall dial the combination. open the priesthole and if i’m in i’ll tell you what’s behind the wall there’s a kid who had a big hallucination making love to girls in magazines he wonders if you’re sleeping with your new found faith could anybody love him or is it just a crazy dream and if i show you my dark side will you still hold me tonight and if i open my heart to you and show you my weak side what would you do would you sell your story to rolling stone would you take the children away and leave me alone and smile in reassurance as you whisper down the phone would you send me packing or would you take me home thought i oughta bare my naked feelings thought i oughta tear the curtain down i held the blade in trembling hands prepared to make it but just then the phone rang i never had the nerve to make the final cut |
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again. Shiver in my bones, just thinking about the weather. Quiver in my lip as if I might cry. Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe. Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave. Shiver in my bones, just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my voice as I cry, What a cold and a rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away? Hear the sound of a noon bell chime. Well I’m far behind. You’ve put in ’bout half a day while here I lie With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my voice as if I might cry, What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away? Do I need someone here to scold me or do I need someone who’ll grab and pull me out of four poster dull torpor pulling downward. For it is such a long time since my better days. I say my prayers nightly this will pass away. The color of the sky is grey as I can see through the blinds. Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my voice as if I might cry, A cold and a rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away? A cold and a rainy day I shiver, quiver, and try to wake. |
A winter’s day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing from my window To the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow I am a rock I am an island I’ve built walls A fortress deep and mighty That none may penetrate I have no need for friendship Friendship causes pain It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain. I am a rock I am an island Don’t talk of love Well, I’ve heard the word before It’s sleeping in my memory I won’t disturb the slumber Of feelings that have died If I’d never loved, I never would have cried I am a rock I am an island I have my books And my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor Hiding in my room Safe within my womb I touch no-one and no-one touches me I am a rock I am an island And the rock feels no pain And an island never cries |
| Cut My Skin (makes me human) - “The Gits” | Shut Up - “Simple Plan” | Sunny Came Home - “Shawn Colvin” |
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| cut my skin, it makes me human scorn your mind just feel the pain cuz it’s what makes us human it keeps us all the same you lose your head on your chosen trip the sight of your blood will lose your spit and a broken heart will turn to sin but when the wound is open we’re all the same cut my skin, it makes me human scorn your mind just feel the pain when you’re lookin at pain you’re lookin at truth nothin like pain to make us all the same i see you each day get up nine-to-five you rush in a game of lies for need but you never seem to recognize you’re no better or worse than me i dare you once just to make it hurt how many times can you race around with the world running faster faster then… i never expect to catch up cut my skin, it makes me human scorn your mind just feel the pain when you’re lookin at pain you’re lookin at truth nothin like pain to make us all the same ahh yeah cut my skin, it makes me human scorn your mind just feel the pain cuz it’s what makes us human it keeps us all the same you lose your head on your chosen trip the sight of your blood will lose your spit and a broken heart will turn to sin but when the wound is open you’re all the fuckin same cut my skin it makes me human scorn your mind well just feel the blood cause when you’re lookin at pain you’re lookin at truth nothin like pain to keep us all the same cut my skin, it makes me human scorn your mind just feel the pain cuz it’s what makes us human it keeps us all the same |
There you go You’re always so right It’s all a big show It’s all about you You think you know What everyone needs You always take time To criticize me It seems like everyday I make mistakes I just can’t get it right It’s like I’m the one You love to hate But not today So shut up, shut up, shut up Don’t wanna hear it Get out, get out, get out Get out of my way Step up, step up, step up You’ll never stop me Nothing you say today Is gonna bring me down There you go You never ask why It’s all a big lie Whatever you do You think you’re special But I know, and I know And I know, and we know That you’re not You’re always there to point Out my mistakes And shove them in my face It’s like I’m the one You love to hate But not today So shut up, shut up, shut up Don’t wanna hear it Get out, get out, get out Get out of my way Step up, step up, step up You’ll never stop me Nothing you say today Is gonna bring me down Is gonna bring me down Will never bring me down Don’t tell me who I should be And don’t try to tell me what’s right for me Don’t tell me what I should do I don’t wanna waste my time I’ll watch you fade away So shut up, shut up, shut up Don’t wanna hear it Get out, get out, get out Get out of my way Step up, step up, step up You’ll never stop me Nothing you say today Is gonna bring me down Shut up, shut up, shut up Don’t wanna hear it Get out, get out, get out Get out of my way Step up, step up, step up You’ll never stop me Nothing you say today Is gonna bring me down Bring me down {shut up, shut up, shut up} Won’t bring me down Shut up, shut up, shut up |
Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I’m hypnotized I’m walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Sunny came home with a list of names She didn’t believe in transcendence It’s time for a few small repairs she said Sunny came home with a vengeance She says days go by I don’t know why I’m walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it Strike a match, go on and do it Days go by I’m hypnotized I’m walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Light the sky and hold on tight The world is burning down She’s out there on her own and she’s alright Sunny came home Sunny came home… |
