Something For Kate
....The Answer To Both Your Questions (EP)
Subject to change
and nothing’s coming out
there simply aren’t enough words to go around
make it up and write it down
pretending we’re not heard
because you don’t agree with my use of the word
well i have mine and you have yours
you have yours!
everything i say is nothing
and nothing i say is anything
i’d like to show you what i mean
but i’m sick of talking to your answering machine
the time it takes
for two people like us to communicate
i do not know what i’m trying to say
so while pretending we’re not heard
eliminate unwanted words
it’s packaged well and
kept secure
kept secure
everything i say is nothing
and nothing i say is anything
i’d like to show you what i mean
but i’m sick of talking, sick of talking
i’m sick of talking, sick of talking
i’m sick of, sick of, sick of
i’m sick, i’m sick, i’m sick, i’m
Higher than you think
again
again
again
again
it’s up and down
it switches
bad and good, good and bad
one step forward, two steps back
i’ve been laughing for so long
i liked it better before
before the words didn’t fall from your mouth
i know, i couldn’t disagree more
the end
the end
the end
it’s the end
it’s the end
it sounds the same
it’s you again
same face inside the frame
i knew before that this would change
i’ve been laughing for so long
i liked it better before
before the words would fall from your mouth
i know, i couldn’t disagree more
i’ve been laughing for so long now
so long that i’m afraid
afraid to say so so so long now
so long now
so long now
so long now
so long now
it seems to me that the sun shines bright
when i’m looking at parcels of sky
silence
silence
silence
silence
it’s higher than you think
and it’s not coming back
if you have anything left
hand it over at the desk
hand it over at the desk
at the desk
at the desk
i’ve been laughing for so long
i liked it better before
before the words didn’t fall from your mouth
i know, i couldn’t disagree more
i’ve been laughing for so long now
so long that i’m afraid
afraid to say so so so long now
so long now
so long now
so long now
so long now
so long
Tomorrow and the next day....
walked for hours so i can think for a minute
this is a crowded road and i’ve got a speed limit
drag me out of my bed cos i’m drowning in it
pick up a clean slate and beat me to death with it
and if you scrub it hard enough it might
shine
shine
shine
going over all the things you said
i carve you out of a tree
to get you out of my head
and all the peace keeping troops are dead
of all my problems you’re the best one yet and
if you hate me then sign along the dotted
line
line
line
line
line
line
yeah
let’s go to heaven that sounds like fun
let’s go scratch yellow paint from the sun
i know it’s easier said than done
but i’ve got a funny feeling that everything is
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
fine
Picard’s Lament
tell me the same thing
a few more times
and maybe in the end it’ll sink into my head
and i’ll leave
i’m not saying nothing’s wrong
but there’s nothing right
so howcome, howcome, howcome
the sky is so blue?
if it’s carved in stone
will you feel safe?
the man on the tv said
things’d be okay
no need to panic
no need to panic
i’m not saying nothing’s wrong
but there’s nothing right
so howcome, howcome, howcome
the sky is so blue?
tell me the same thing
tell me the same thing
tell me the same thing
(tell me, tell me)
(i can’t hear you)
Slow
behaving like a ten year old
slap me and i’ll shut up
spilt some milk on the table
can you help me clean it up?
i think too much
find something that’ll fit me
and you won’t hear another word
i’d appreciate it if you’d hit me
teach me how to learn
i want too much
i never asked you for much
i never asked you for much
but i always took way too much
now i’m stuck here in a cartoon
with a bubble by my head
so you can write in exactly
what you’d like me to have said
and i could stand on my head
but will it do me any good?
ask you to explain again
but i don’t think you would
would you?
would you?
would you?
would you?
Toothpaste
minutes seem like seconds
and the seconds seem like days
that doesn’t make sense
put down the phone
be sure you hang up first
that doesn’t make sense
something, nothing, maybe
could we get away with it?
do you think we’ll get away with it?
or should we just stay sitting still?
my little world
you’re welcome to intrude
and we can do something
come talk to me
keep me company
and we’ll think of something
something, nothing, maybe
could we get away with it?
do you think we’ll get away with it?
because i’m sick of sitting still
something, nothing, maybe
(could we get away with it?, do you think we’ll get away with it?)
maybe not
maybe not
maybe not
maybe not
maybe not
maybe not
Clint
some things will stay the same
the shape of a power point won’t change
and i won’t back away and run
if you make me feel strange
she’s a hand on the end of the earth
and she’s got a lot to say
she thinks her world is falling apart
but that’s okay
she just wants to be happy
a place for everything
and everything in it’s place
i had better wait and see
they’re confusing me (she amazes me)
it’s kinda hard to see in here
but there’s nothing to see
so who cares?
drank coffee all night and now i can’t sleep
i think i opened a secret file
i let her look for a little while
and now i’m waiting for the ambulance to arrive
she just wants to be happy
a place for everything
and everything in it’s place
i had better wait and see
they’re confusing me (she amazes me)
i couldn’t understand the instructions
and the clock sounds like it’s ticking slow
and this book is in another language
a language i don’t know
i used to tie double knots
but now i couldn’t be fucked
things are getting stupider all the time
she just wants to be happy
a place for everything
and everything in its place
i had better wait and see
she amazes me, you’re confusing me
you’re confusing me