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LYRICS //
INDIANAPOLANGELES
BUILD IT UP//
I wish the wind would blow me through.
I wish the ground would shake me too
Anything
To break the quiet
It's been days and weeks and months and years
Living with a silent fear
That everything
Could all come crumbling
Down
into the great unknown
Steady as we go
C'mon
I wish the wind would blow us through
And we were off this tight rope too
A fault line
Of doubt and worry
It's a day that lasts a thousand years
While Waiting for the coast to clear
Nothing
Could last so long as
Time
Sliding Into the great unknown
Steady as it goes C’mon
Let it fall down
So we can build it up again.
We won't be face down
For long
It's the last time
This bridge is burning
And we're gone
C'mon
Let it fall down
So we can build it up again
Build it up
Again
I wish the wind would blow us through
The view would change to something new
This tv's
on endless repeat
the hero's hanging in mid air
will she make it out of there
is there hope
or will we all fall
down into the great unknown
steady as she goes
STRONGER//
Are you stronger than the miles between us.
Are you stronger than the odds against us
Are you stronger than anyone's seen
Cause baby you know gravity
has a way of pulling us down
Are you stronger than cement shoes sinking
Are you stronger than four walls shrinking
Are you stronger than anyone's seen
Cause baby you know gravity
has a way of pulling us down
Are you stronger than the steel bars holding me
Are you stronger than the lost and lonely
Are you stronger than anyone's seen
Cause baby you know gravity
has a way of pulling us down
I won't fall down
Not when you're coming around
I know you're stronger than
the rest of the crowd
than the rest of the crowd
You were stronger than the miles between us
You were stronger than the odds against us
You were stronger than anyone's seen
You were stronger than cement shoes sinking
You were stronger than four walls shrinking
You were stronger than anyone's seen
Cause baby I know gravity will never pull you down
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
(UPCOMING DOWNTIME)//
Hey What am I gonna do with all these fresh painted hallways?
Piles of gifts wrapped in silver and this stack full of cards?
Hey.... they're all made out to Mr. & Mrs.
What to do with napkins & dishes
I'd rather eat on the floor
Watch black and white tv
and never turn up the sound
Hey what am I gonna do?
Breaking bottles & pictures of you
Hey what am I gonna do?
With this upcoming downtime
Hey, what am I gonna do with angry calls from your Mother?
Black eye threats from your brother, I can't answer the phone
Hey, which one of US gets that smoke-filled dive bar?
the one you-and-I found on South Clark?
Where I gave you a ring
That you wore for awhile
Now it don't mean a thing
Hey what am I gonna do?
Pawning diamonds not borrowed I’m blue
Hey what am I gonna do?
With this upcoming downtime
All you left me with was pity
I can’t hang that on the wall
All the boys think you’re so pretty
you’ll be back in the saddle in no time at all
Hey, what am I gonna do
Without you?
Gonna do,
Without You?
THINGS TO DO WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE//
Can you walk on the moon?
Kiss gravity goodbye
Be a happy lonely astronaut
like I know you wanna be.
You could always seize the day
it's your reality
pony up the price to pay
if you want to
But your heavy feet are planted firmly on the ground
as the TV delivers memories you've never found
These are the things to do while you're alive
These are the things to do while you're alive
Because when you die you'll never have the chance to be yourself again
Can you dance the jig?
Like your grandma taught you
Jump and jive like you were three
I know you want to.
Are you living like a movie star?
A little high society
You'll only ever get as far
As you want to
But your heavy feet are planted firmly on the ground
as the TV delivers memories you've never found
These are the things to do while you're alive
These are the things to do while you're alive
Because when you die you'll never have the chance to be yourself again
MONUMENTS//
The streetlights are Stars
in a lonely galaxy
The neon in bars
gives no direction home
The pilot a heart
Imperfect easy machine
So simple to start
Can't seem to keep it clean
Missed calls and a stack of mail
monuments to insecurity
fragile girls & clever boys
hide away before the wide world sees
Hide away before the wide world sees
Everything you're feeling
Everything you mean
Emotions too revealing
Who can learn to read between
All the lines you're selling
don't equal
A monument to me
Nothing is wrong
should be inked in your skin
But a screaming alarm
would be more apropos
of the look in your eyes
When they finally lock-in to mine
and your broken façade
crumbles to the ground
Missed calls, and a stack of mail
Monuments to the space between
Fragile girls and clever boys
Hide away before the wide world sees
Hide away before the wide world sees
KNOCK YOU OUT//
There's an early anesthesia
in the atmosphere
Keeping only underwater people
free and clear
You're about to hear a truth
that you can't ignore
This might knock you out
Though I look alive
I'm only skin and bone
My wasted heart
is tired of always faking love
This action figure comes complete
but for a soul
This might knock you out
I’m a mockingbird
Mine are stolen words
and they will knock you out
Oh oh oh
Leave a light if you want me home
Oh oh oh
the charge is set but will it explode?
Do we have more to explore?
The truth is I am only what the mirror sees
Reflecting all that moves me
Now I'm coming clean
Naked and exposed
Here’s some surprising news
This might knock you out
Every word I write
belongs to someone else
My voice is just an echo
and there’s nothing left
to hide behind
a silent glance
my only tell
This might knock you out
WHERE ARE YOU?//
A change is gonna come, so look out lover
wake up stop towing zombie lines
this cartoon life is a blur
We're all freaking out
breaking out
breaking down
nobodies giving in
just help each other slip into our skin
Where Are you?
Where the hell are you?
Where Are you?
Where the hell are you?
What about me?
Did you forget about me?
Cause I don't want to be alone anymore
Callbacks have come now sister
Please play the girl from the bar
These sad words typed on paper
Supporting role
My love's been unrequited
but I'm on the mend
Brave lips are finally finding
three little words
Where Are you?
Where the hell are you?
Where Are you?
Where the hell are you?
What about me?
Did you forget about me?
Cause I don't want to be alone anymore
I'll find forgiveness but it will not be today
we're always broken yet somehow on our way
WOODGRAIN SMILE//
I felt low, broken.
Static, black & white nothing but noise
Now my heart’s been pumping stronger since you turned on the color.
Your Mona Lisa smile it captured me.
made me stand taller
and I believe that something real lives there beneath your skin.
it’s been awhile
since I felt something real
well you’re something new
I've got a taste for you
and here's something true
you taught me how to feel brand new
Let’s rewind, recall
The truth is sober revelation
Then your words landed
hard and your face frozen forever
Your painted plastic wood grain smile
is placed so perfectly
I almost believe
that something real still lives there underneath
it’s been awhile
since I felt something real
well you’re something new
I've got a taste for you
and here's something true
you taught me how to feel bad too
my feet are heavy
planted in the garden of our memory
if I stay still
I'll take root
an angry weed choking the flowers
(So I’ll) put on a plastic wood grain smile
and pretend graciously
And make believe
that something real still lives there underneath
MISTER GIRAFFE//
Hello Mister Giraffe
I see you hold your head so high
Proud as any colorful bird
I bet you think you could even fly
The view up there is thin
You’ll need direction from your friends
but you don’t ever lean down
So we can never see eye to eye
The rest of us
Want to talk to you
What we see from the ground
Might help you make it through
Mister Giraffe, head in the clouds
Won’t you let us know when you’re coming down
There’s blue sky all around
Blue sky all around
Just like Pinocchio
Mister you’ve got such a tale to tell
You think your make believe is real
Well we’ve got some news for you
Yeah the rest of us would never lie to you
What we speak is the truth it might help you make it through
Mister Giraffe, head in the clouds
Won’t you let us know when you’re coming down
There’s blue sky all around
Blue sky all around
We won’t wait for you forever
Won’t send good vibes after bad
Sun or rain we stick together
Cause the blue sky doesn’t always last
DRIVING WITH MY EYES CLOSED//
I want something new
I need something new
I'm driving with my eyes closed
Just to get a different view
And make sure my blood flows
From me and back to you
Am I alive?
I want something new
I need something new
Kiss you with my eyes closed
Recall secret rendez-vous
To get a thrill from living
That I haven't had in years
Am I alive?
I don't know if I feel a thing
I might be numb from my head to my
Might be numb from my head to my heels
I want something new
I need something new
Pull off a string of robberies
In the three-one-two
Take a turn in the big house
All for a prison tattoo
Am I alive?
I want something new
I need something new
Learn to see with my eyes closed
Every things still déja-vu
Running me in circles
Til my shoes are worn through
Am I alive?