1.Stupid World
If you were at the bus stop
And I tapped you on the shoulder
When you looked at me,
Would you spit in my face？
If I were a little older
If I were a little smarter
If I looked more like my father？
I don't want to live in this stupid world
I don't fit in, in this stupid world
The woman in the window
Never leaves the house
But heart attacks don't have to travel far
Afraid of all the danger
The city streets can conjure
Her room becomes her coffin
When does push come to shove？
I've felt nothing but a punch
A dirty look can say so much
All the cowards in this room
Staring blankly at their shoes
I wish that there was more I could say to you.
Living in a napalm dream
2.Simple Things (Can Seem So Involved)
I'm tearing up my mail for the hundredth time
I can hear the screen door slam all night
I can feel my eyelids giving in
I grind my teeth as I close my eyes
I curse the dog for breaking wind
Fall asleep + begin again
Simple things (can seem so involved)
I'd love to run my fingers through your greasy hair
You say you don't believe in love
I can't believe in what you don't believe
Simple things (can seem so involved)
I hate my life.
You tell me not to all the time
Things are never clear(er) through your eyes
A thousand times
Simple things (can seem so involved)
3.Earwig
Don't you know it takes some time？
Don't you know it takes some time？
Stuck a needle in my eye
And told me to get it out
With my hands tied behind my back,
All I could do was shout：
Don't you know it takes some time？
Don't you know it takes some time？
They say I'm much too young to die
But I can't see a reason why
Don't you know it takes some time？
Don't you know it takes some time？
Two parents who didn't care
And a life they could never live
Even if they would have dared
'Cause nothing ever works out
4.Dreaming Out Loud
Nothing is darker than a wick
Smokin' in the wind
Left there, out of breath
Wondering what to do next
Scared and happy at the same time
I'm retracing all my steps
Falling in love again
Break my knuckles open
Glue them back in place
Will it ever feel the same？
I'm walking in the rain
5.Spit In The Wind
I scrape my fingernails
To get the green off these dirty teeth
I see you staring back at me
I always hated wishful thinking
But at least it's not a dream
Am I really crazy？
Do you really hate me？
Are we really thinking the same thing？
Father pissing on the Christmas tree
Suicide for the family
The homeless prophet on T.V.
Tells a story about love and time
I thought I lost her
But then I found her
Now she's sitting by my side
6.When Time Caught Up
When you're looking through me
Is it like looking through glass bricks？
You speak the truth so thoughtfully
My 'puzzle piece never fit'
Kicked in the head
I'm spitting out my teeth
One at a time
In a perfect line
We knew the men whose graves we danced on
When we were young
Never thought that it would be us
When time caught up
Like the elderly doctor
That died of a stroke
When the one was away that loved him the most
So far away
But so goddamn close
7.City Bus #30
That city bus, it goes just far enough
Three blocks to your apartment
Kicking stones to clear my mind, tonight
Waiting for that train to cross Morrison
I've got to think about it
Silently affectionate
Quiet like a baseball bat
Patient as a heart attack
It hit my gut like an anvil
Ripping through my stomach
Expanding like an ant hill
Left to die like a sick dog
On an expedition kill
Everything went wrong again
8.Rock Eating People
There's one thing that I can see
You've got a lot of faith in me
You'd tell your story to the breeze
If you thought that it would put your mind at ease
You've got a lot of faith in me
You don't make much sense
Out of past and present tense
9.Blammo
Your mother's got a way of saying everything
Just enough to make it sound so irritating
If something's wrong, you know it's true
They don't understand like you do
Your brother's got those eyes that look so menacing
Mother's worried, but all he thinks about is fucking
Is there something you could say to me
To show that I'm not on your nerves
If everyone here wants to be so beautiful
Then why do they try so damn hard
To look so pitiful？
10.Running Into Mirrors
All these noises ringing in my head
The street lights watch my footsteps
Follow me to bed
Both our hearts beat in and out of time
I said that I'm not perfect, you said：
'That's the perfect kind.'
We've been chasing each other all year
Fools like us are always running into mirrors
The leaves fell off the apple tree a couple weeks ago
The sun drifts in and out of sleep
The rain clouds turn to snow
The floorboards in this empty room
Sine like an old rusty spoon
John Prine on the stereo
Tell me where to go...
11.Skyscraper
Breathing in the exhaust
Of a bus that I just missed
Watching it pull away
I kick the curb and feel the pain
Shoot up through my tired face
Catch my bad luck in the wind
And stomp on it
I guess I'll see you around
Somewhere in the guts of this town
You've got a mind to match your eyes
Sunk deep down and never-ending
Something tells me we both hate the world the same
You take a quick glance at the time
I know you're running late for nothing
Please don't leave me hanging here another day
I thought I lost you when I lost everything
Your facial cues, they got the best of me
You said you hated all my apathy
Come look for me, I'll be waiting still
12.A Death In The Family
You make being a cockroach look so great
How can a goddamn saint be so full of hate？
I still recall the lines upon your face...
Maybe I was born to waste my time
Maybe I'm just not the talking kind
I saw you look at me from across the room
If there's a death in the family
What's in it for me？
Could you tell me where to set my feet？
A cigarette burns out in the street
Lick the pavement, taste the apathy
A world of noise never sung so sweet
Every teenager feels like hanging
Every old man feels like finding a way to survive
13.Schadenfreude
Put me alone in the corner
Just to visit me sometimes
Just to berate me
Just to fuck with me
Fuck with me？
Fuck you.
While you're living out your wet dreams
Reality's killing me
And you couldn't stand me
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