"She don’t even ask what time it is anymore
Dressed up like it’s World War 24"
Dressed up like it’s World War 24"
-Ryan Adams - World War 24
"They claim to walk unafraid
I’ll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high"
I’ll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me high"
"I don’t know
I don’t know whether I ever knew you
But I know you
I know you never knew me"
I don’t know whether I ever knew you
But I know you
I know you never knew me"
"Move over, your heart’s not in it
Move over, your heart’s not in it"
Move over, your heart’s not in it"
-Edwyn Collins - What’s the Big Idea?
"It’s my time to go,
I just want the wind to blow
My ashes until they’re completely out of sight.
And they won’t say that,
“He looked so natural tonight.
He had his hair combed just right."
I just want the wind to blow
My ashes until they’re completely out of sight.
And they won’t say that,
“He looked so natural tonight.
He had his hair combed just right."
"Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there’s no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights"
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there’s no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights"
"It’s England on a Saturday night
I wish I could be like them and I try
But I find it more rewarding to walk along the river
Picturing my body discarded in the water"
I wish I could be like them and I try
But I find it more rewarding to walk along the river
Picturing my body discarded in the water"
"Start a fire in the back room
Burn the chair where your father sat and stared
At the television drones, at the white light
Flickers softly as the flames swallow up the night"
Burn the chair where your father sat and stared
At the television drones, at the white light
Flickers softly as the flames swallow up the night"
"Foreign what my lips say
Foreign my hair, my dress
Foreign what your eyes ask
About this strangeness"
Foreign my hair, my dress
Foreign what your eyes ask
About this strangeness"
"My need gnaws at me
My need claws at me
My need lurks inside
It won’t be pacified."
My need claws at me
My need lurks inside
It won’t be pacified."
"Everything is very quiet
Everyone has gone to sleep
I’m wide awake on memories
These memories can’t wait"
Everyone has gone to sleep
I’m wide awake on memories
These memories can’t wait"
"Once more walking into town
You make the calls I keep my eyes to the ground
In waves of anticipation
Breaking vows as I make them
To chase that dream just one last time around
Chase that dream just one last time around"
You make the calls I keep my eyes to the ground
In waves of anticipation
Breaking vows as I make them
To chase that dream just one last time around
Chase that dream just one last time around"
"You ask why I keep still
why I don’t pour it out into the night
You know
You know if it rises and floats
It effaces every piece of light"
why I don’t pour it out into the night
You know
You know if it rises and floats
It effaces every piece of light"
"Home is where the heart is
Home is so remote
Home is just emotion
Sticking in my throat
Let’s go to your place
Let’s go to your place"
Home is so remote
Home is just emotion
Sticking in my throat
Let’s go to your place
Let’s go to your place"