Sparkle And Fade Lyrics cont.

10. Nehalem

7. Heartspark Dollarsign

There is this rumor about They say you're leaving Nehalem Ever since our baby died You've been seen with another guy The whole damn town is talking now They say you're leaving Nehalem Hey don't you want me to go? Hey don't you want me? They say you're losing your mind They say you're leaving Nehalem You know how the bad words get around Big noise in a hard small town Tell me if you want me to go Just tell me if you want me They say you're leaving Nehalem They say you're leaving me Yeah, I know you need to break away I don't give a fuck about what Those people say I hope you find everywhere you go All the good things that you need to know They say you're losing your mind They say you're leaving Nehalem There is this rumor out They say you're leaving Nehalem They say you're leaving me They say you're leaving Nehalem I know you're leaving me I know you're leaving Nehalem I know you're leaving me

Time stops when the whispers blare The voices drop hard, but the eyes still stare The world resolves into a death's head grin Because I walk with pride with a black girlfriend My mom said not to bring her around Cause she's black My Family would put her down I'll break the white-trash ties that bind Trade a love so pure for a hate so blind She said- she said Forget the fact that I don't Look like you She said- she said You're possessed with a power Bigger than the pain Time stops when we lie so close In my room where we share What no one knows From the day that we start Until the day that we end I know I know I know now We will never find a place Where we could just fit in Me and my black girlfriend She said- she said Fend for yourself- you're alone She said- she said You are possessed with a power Bigger than the pain A power bigger than the pain Heartspark Dollarsign

8. The Twistinside

11. Queen Of The Air

There is a dream I used to have My dream swallowed me whole There is a bridge where I hate to go That is where I first saw her High on the bridge I seen her red hair shining There is a girl- I never knew She was my Aunt Virginia They said that she- She just disappeared They said I look just like her High on the bridge I seen her Dancing, waving to me there She smiled and raised her head Then she took to the Air There is a dream I can't escape My memories come back to me There is a hell I can't escape My memories come back to me I heard the truth about it] Pictures and headlines hidden away I heard the truth about my real mom Jumping from the bridge that day Now I know why ever since I was 3 years old Been having the same nightmare Now I know the truth about Virginia Why she took to the Air

We have been sleeping with the lights on Just about every night Because we are afraid what the dark might bring I know, I know it's just a childish fear That grows and grows wild in the middle of me I'm gonna get a new tattoo Black and stretching around my arm Like a life that is visible and real I know, I know it's stupid and immature I just want to give shape to the face That twists inside Both you and me Breathing fire - doesn't look good on a resume Neither does anything else we do We got to get ready for the real world Yeah yeah we got to grow up You know I like to die for awhile Everyday in the afternoon I like to let the arms of a bar Wrap around me tight I'm just going to sprawl in the front booth Big drink above my head Cross eyes and smiling as I watch the world Go twisting by I don't want to die with you, Or live in the same dark room I don't want to see your bloodshot eyes No more, no more I just want to take this girl- All curls and big brown eyes Man I can't take the pain Of wanting her, needing her I know the secret of your soul And I just don't want to know- Yeah, man we got to grow up

12. Pale Green Stars

9. Her Brand New Skin

Amanda is in love With the sight of the moon She's got pale green stars In her room Right above her bed Put them on the ceiling Leave on the light When the sun goes down Then the stars might shine Shining in the dark Skinny little girl in her room alone She's got hell to spare In her home If you can call it a home Doesn't want to be Like anybody else When no one is around She talks to herself I can hear her in the night Hey- hey yeah It's hard on a girl When the blood won't come When it ought to come It's hard on a girl When you try to walk around On the shaky ground Hey, hey Daddy's going away Scared little girl Watching Aladdin on TV Amanda always cries When you yell at me Yeah- please don't yell at me Climb up all those stairs Close the door Doesn't want to Hear us fighting anymore Yeah, better call it a day Hey- hey yeah It's hard on a young girl She thinks it's all her fault When it all goes wrong It's hard on a grown man too See my baby crying at the window Calling out my name Hey, hey Daddy's going away She's got pale green stars in her room

She is everywhere I am Yeah when I don't want her to be there I kinda want to leave in a hurry She's walking on the city Heavy in her monster boots I hear her calling my name I hide behind the people that I want to be I hear her calling my name I can see the future when she tells me how it's going to be She is perpetual Kathy All shake and happy in her brand new skin She is perpetual Kathy She is always the same She is everything that I'm not Strong and happy with the sound of the rhythm inside I do not want to be a broken record, But I don't want to live in the shadow of a twelve-step I hear her calling my name Next thing you know I think I'll want to be a better man I hear her calling my name Yeah, I used to be a devil But they never seemed to give a damn She is perpetual Kathy All shake and happy in her brand new skin She is perpetual Kathy She is always the same She is always the same

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