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It's Nice to Lose
03:27
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I am not your muse
though it's nice to lose
and it's comforting to look at the ground and be small like a mouse
I am not your girl
though it's nice to think
if we had another drink maybe I would be
I don't want to know
the stories well over
take the hint or another unlit cigarette
Sitting on the fence again (I feel stupid)
Clear your mind talk with your friends (words are stupid)
Boy I got more in my heart then I do in my brain though
Getting out of beds the same (drinking liquid)
a slow and painful get away
Oh boy it's a mistake that I make every morning (I don't need it)
everything we built I guess it's just dust
flames in my brain and pictures of us
I am not a toy
though it's nice to play
and it's comforting to waste the day
You are not my boy
though it's nice to lie
and run around the desert kicking sand in your eye
I don't want to know
the stories well over
take the hint or another unlit cigarette
Sitting on the fence again (I feel stupid)
Clear your mind talk with your friends (words are stupid)
Boy I got more in my heart then I do in my brain though
Getting out of beds the same (drinking liquid)
a slow and painful getaway
Oh boy it's a mistake that I make every morning (I don't need it)
everything we built I guess it's just dust
flames in my brain and pictures of us
I want you to know I'm not your muse but
It's nice to lose
It's fine to lose
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2. |
Sadness Takes The Gold
01:32
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I tell myself
"Don't contribute to the noise"
But all I hear is other boys and I can't help but think it's time to drown them out with some girls who can speak and think for themselves
I tell myself
to be proud of the world that I live in
but the environment's destroyed with every bar code that they're printing
and blood is spilling on my neighbor's doorstep and you stand behind your flag and endorse it?
I tell myself
to be confident in everything that I do
but every billboard is telling me that I need to get something new and that my skin isn't worthy of a second look until I pay for a body and learn how to cook
I tell myself
to be gracious and to be kind
but baby I think I'm losing my mind
and I can't help but hope I'll die before I get old cause I'm a loner whose sadness takes the gold
Whose alone and whose sadness takes the gold
A rush of blood to my brain
baby I think I'm going insane
Just close your eyes
We're gonna die
Baby, It's alright.
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3. |
Sweep
02:55
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5. |
Sand In My Tobacco
03:55
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Eatin' Thai food, I'm outta my mind
You're wearing a fez, you're acting so nice
My walk to the bathroom speed up and slowed down
The walls were closing in so I came back out
and drew on your eyes, you roll a ciggerette
How fear and loathing can ones life get?
We hang in the carpark, you find a little boys shoe
you toss it to the side, what more could you do?
We listen to Sonic Youth our own daydream nation
Giggles by the cannel, lifes a strange sensation
I'm falling in deep but you keep me sane
I love you boys but I forgot your names..
I think its something like (I think its something like)
Joey or James or Dean? (Joey or James or Dean?)
Don't be offended cause (Don't be offended cause)
I don't know what I'm sayin
We walk through dirt alleyways to our own paradise
The houses we pass seem so warm, quiet and nice
We find the sun setting on Venice beach and we think we must of died and woke up in a rock stars dream
There's sand in my hair! There's sand in my tobacco!
I don't trust the ground but you don't think I'm a weirdo
I tell you 'bout my home across the foreign seas and I pray for my friends and my family
We pick up your bikes and walk them past the water
and a tree that's been drapping over it forever
We run to your room and I get on the bass and you get on the drums and you sing about space
I think it's something like (I think it's something like)
Mars or Jupiter? (Mars or Jupiter?)
Don't be offended cause (Don't be offended cause)
I'm just getting stupider
We sit by the fire and look at the moon and talk about how were gonna leave this place soon
We fill our mouths with sugar and drive to downtown and check out a band thats visiting
Now i'm drinking beer and feeling so nice and dancing with your hand interlaced with mine
Who would want this night to end? But its gotta
Cause were adults now were no longer just sons and daughters
I think its something like (I think its something like)
Kissing everyones ass? (Kissing everyones ass?)
Don't be offended cause (Don't be offended cause)
I've lost all my class
I think its something like (I think its something like)
Geting up early? (Getting up early?)
Don't be offended cause (Don't be offended cause)
Nothing matters to me
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6. |
21
03:49
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It's enough to want to run
from everything you've ever done
but now I'm gonna spew
Is this what you do to get to heaven?
working at at 7/11
and getting home in time for the 5'oclock news
And when the laughter is all done
the alcohol sits on your tounge
like a bitter reminder of your emptiness
Remember when you brought that sweater?
You thought your life would get so much better
but it only kept you warm for that one long winter
CHORUS:
I'm worried for my children
When they take their first breath
They'll ask me what have I done
Then they will have to do the rest
The earth warms and the market crashes
you are but some sprinkled ashes
what will we do when the cash is out?
Who are you working for?
The man at the top or the bottem floor?
I guess we just don't know anymore
Millions at the thumb of one
Kill the daughter, praise the son
Is this what it feels like to be 21?
Guess I should finish my degree
find a man who's good to me
Isn't that what it's like to be 30?
CHORUS
When I'm lying in the ground
with all my family around
I hope that I can leave the world better than it was
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8. |
He Was
02:24
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9. |
go out nd get some
02:22
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