THIRD EYE BLIND:- Third Eye Blind [from Waxing Lyrical]
Track Listing:
(1) Losing a Whole Year (8) Burning Man
(2) Narcolepsy (9) Good For You
(3) Semi-Charmed Life (10) London
(4) Jumper (11) I Want You
(5) Graduate (12) The Background
(6) How's it Going To Be? (13) Motorcycle Driveby
(7) Thanks a Lot (14) God of Wine
The Lyrics:
(1) Losing a Whole Year
Losing a whole year
I remember you and me used to spend the whole damned day in bed
Losing a whole year
Lying in your room we'd lay like dogs
The phone would ring like a joke that's left unsaid
Rich daddy left you with a parachute
Your voice sounds like money and your face is cute
But your daddy left you with no love
You touch everything with a velvet glove and
Now you want to try a life of sin
You want to be down with the down and in
Always copping my truths
I kind of get the feeling like I'm being used
And now I realize you never heard
One goddamned thing I ever said
Losing a whole year
Took your stuff and put it in the basement
When I found out what the smile on your face meant
I've seen you pop that check
Craning your neck at my car wreck
It always seems the juice used to flow
In the car, in the kitchen you were good to go
Now we're stuck with the tube
A sink full of dishes and some aqualube
I remember you and me used to spend the whole damned day in bed
Losing a whole year
And if it's not the defense then you're on the attack
When you start talking I hear the Prozac
Convinced you've found your place
With the pierced queer teens in Cyberspace
When you were yourself it tasted sweet
But it sours into a routine deceit
Well this drama is a bore
And I don't want to play no more
I remember you and me used to spend the whole damned day in bed
Losing a whole year
(2) Narcolepsy
I'm on a train, but there's no one at the helm,
And there's a demon in my brain starts to overwhelm,
And there it goes, my last chance for peace,
I lay me down, but I get no release,
I try to keep awake, I try to swim beneath,
But still I find this narcolepsy slides,
Into another nightmare.
And there's a demon in my head who starts to play,
A nightmare tape loop of what went wrong yesterday,
And I hold my breath `till it's more than I can take,
And I close my eyes and dream that I'm awake,
I try to keep awake,
I try to keep awake,
But still I find this Narcolepsy slides,
Into another nightmare.
I read dead Russian authors,
Volumes at a time,
I write everything down except what's on my mind,
`Cause my greatest fear is that sucking sound,
And then I know that I will neer get back out,
And there's a bone in my hand that connects to a drink,
In a crowded room where the glasses clink,
And I'll buy you a beer and we'll drink it deep,
Because that keeps me from felling asleep,
How'd you like to be alone and drowning,
How'd you like to be alone and drowning,
How'd you like to be alone and drowning,
Still I find this narcolepsy slide slide slides,
Into another nightmare,
Keep awake, Keep awake, Keep awake,
Still I find this narcolepsy slides...
(3) Semi-Charmed Life
I'm packed and I'm holding
I'm smiling, she's living, she's golden
And she lives for me
She says she lives for me
Ovation
She's got her own motivation
She comes round and she goes down on me
And I make her smile
It's like a drug for you
Do ever what you want to do
Coming over you
Keep on smiling, what we go through
One stop to the rhythm that divides you
And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse
Chop another line like a coda with a curse
And I come on like a freak show takes the stage
We give them the games we play, she said
I want something else
To get me through this
Semi-charmed kind of life, baby baby
I want something else
I'm not listening when you say
Goodbye
The sky it was gold, it was rose
I was taking sips of it through my nose
And I wish I could get back there
Some place back there
Smiling in the pictures you would take
Doing crystal myth
Will lift you up until you break
It won't stop
I won't come down, I keep stock
With a tick-tock rhythm and a bump for the drop
And then I bumped up
I took the hit I was given
Then I bumped again
And then I bumped again
I said: How do I get back there to
The place where I fell asleep inside you?
How do I get myself back to
The place where you said
I want something else
To get me through this
Semi-charmed kind of life
I want something else
I'm not listening when you say
Goodbye
I believe in the sand beneath my toes
The beach gives a feeling
An earthy feeling
I believe in the faith that grows
And the four right chords can make me cry
When I'm with you I feel like I could die
And that would be all right
All right
I want something else
To get me through this
Semi-charmed kind of life, baby
I want something else
Not listening when you say
Goodbye
When the plane came in
She said she was crashing
The velvet it rips
In the city we tripped
On the urge to feel alive
But now I'm struggling to survive
The days you were wearing
That velvet dress
You're the priestess, I must confess
Those little red panties
They pass the test
Slide up around the belly
Face down on the mattress
One
Now you hold me
And we're broken
Still its all that I want to do
Feel myself with a head made of the ground
I'm scared but I'm not coming down
And I won't run for my life
She's got her jaws just locked now in smile
But nothing is all right
All right
I want something else
To get me through this
Semi charmed kind of life
I want something else
I'm not listening when you say
Goodbye
(4) Jumper
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies
That you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand
I would understand
The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
You know you don't belong
You're the first to fight
You're way too loud
You're The flash of light
On a burial shroud
I know something's wrong
Well everyone I know has got a reason to say
Put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies
That you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand
I would understand
Well he's on the table
And he's gone to code
And I do not think anyone knows
What they are doing here
And your friends have left
You've been dismissed
I never thought it would come to this
And I, I want you to know
Everyone's got to face down the demons
Maybe today we can put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies
That you've been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand
I would understand
I would understand...
Can you put the past away
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,
I would understand...
(5) Graduate
Can I Graduate
Can I look into the faces that I meet
Can I get my punk-ass off the street
I've been living on for so long
Can I Graduate?
To the bastard talking down to me
Your whipping boy calamity
Cross your fingers
I'm going to knock it all down
Can I Graduate?
Echo fading, we can't let go
She goes walking by in slow mo'
Sell your Heart out for a buck
Go on, fade out,
Before I get stuck
Talking to somebody like you
Do you live the days you go through
Will this song live on long after we do
Can I Graduate?
Can I look into the faces that I meet
Can 1 get my punk-ass off the street
Won't die on the vine I want to knock it all down
Can I Graduate?
Echo fading, candle blow
Did you flash out long ago
Cross my fingers
I don't know someone poked you down below
Can I Graduate?
Can I get my punk-ass off the street
Can I look into the faces that I meet
I'm not waiting here for you to die
Will this song live on long after we do?
(6) How's it Going to be
I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore
Before you take a swing, I wonder what are we fighting for
When I say out loud, I want to get out of this
I wonder, is there anything I'm going to miss
How's it going to be, when you don't know me
How's it going to be, when you're sure I'm not there
How's it going to be, when there is no one there to talk to about
How it's going to be, `cause I don't care
How's it going to be?
Where we used to laugh
There's a shouting match
Sharp as a thumbnail scratch
A silence I can't ignore
Like ... the hammocks and the doorways we spent time in,
Swing empty, don't see lightning like last fall
When it was always about to hit me,
I guess that is how it's going to be.
Want to get back in again,
The soft dive of oblivion
(7) Thanks a Lot
It's all in your mind, She said the darkness and the light
The clock, it bleeds for you but you never got the time in right
I woke you up and I slit the throat of your confidence
And we laughed in the night, And I felt allright
All hands on deck boys `cause this ship was made to sink
Your swabber salutes you now, but I know what he's thinking
I woke you up and I slit the throat of your confidence
And we laughed in the night, And I felt allright
Thanks a lot
The clothes she wears mis-fit, and she's nervous when she speaks
Her zombie mom and dad live in a separate house of freaks
I woke you up and I slit the throat of your confidence
I'm the one for you
`Cause I know all the dirty things you like to do
I'm the fear in your eyes, I'm the fire in your flies
I'm the sound that's buzzing around your head
Thanks a lot
(8) Burning Man
The rise and fall of my sloppy love
The smatterings and splatterings
They'll get you
I'm not the one you were thinking of
Maybe you thought I'd call
Instead of crashing down your hall
Hold me down, but I'll find out
You know you will never get what you need
Blue Diamond strike 'em anywhere
First we caffeinate, then incinerate,
We'll get you.
And sparks will fly in the summer air
Did you pull out of your stall?
Maybe I'll see you after all.
Say we don't know who we are
We say no
I live my life like the burning man
Like a burning man
Like a burning man
And I won't get enough `till my legs are broken
The stars they shine
In an empty void
Life is not to fear, life is to enjoy,
He'll get you
Mr. Death catches all someday
Baby I thought you'd call
Or leave a light on in the hall
Hold me down, but I'll find out.
We say no,
I live my life like a burning man,
And I won't get enough,
Till my legs are broken.
(9) Good For You
Hey, will you stay awhile?
My smile will not misleading
`Cause I've been alone
And my faith turned to stone
Still there's something in you, I believe in
Close to the pierce
I go wild and fierce
Still I let you be
I feel you next to me
`Cause outside I feel
A wind it starts to blow
I'm taken in your undertow
Everything is fine but I'm lonely all the time,
All I want to do is be there
For the things that you're going through
Is that good for you?
Is that good for you?
You haunt my nights when I don't know where my life should go
Is that good for you?
Hey, child please stay awhile
My smile will not mislead you
And roll me out
I go wild with doubt
I grab at you
I can't stop grabbing at you
`Cause I feel you cross my mind in disarray
Intoxicated ricochet
There's nothing wrong
Just don't take too long
All I want to do is be there
For the things that you're going through
Is that good for you
Is that good for you
You haunt my nights when I don't know where my life should go
Is that good for you?
(10) London
Through the satellites, I fight with you
That local brew is spillin'
I know just how you spend your time
I want to get my hands on him
Somebody's party in a London flat
You're where it's at and I know
You want to see me loose my mind
I'm tired of chasing after you - he is jealous
See me on the dark side of your mind
I want to get my hands on him
To a club that's pounding in the London rain
The world could end
We wouldn't hear it
I know just what's on your mind
I see the way your face has changed
We're no good for each other
You tricked me into coming here - so let go
L don't want to go to London
I told you I don't care
I don't want to go to London
To live there
I don't want to go to London
All your friends afflicted
I don't want to go to London
She's addicted, I saw you with him
I know where you've been
That nose is broken wide open
Your way has got me out of line
I want to get my hands on him
You're so sick just to make me prove
It takes a fight to move you
I know just what's on your mind
It's been this way a thousand years
We torture each other
So why the hell did you call me here
And you know
L don't want to go to London
I told you I don't care
I don't want to go to London
To live there
I don't want to go to London
All your friends afflicted
I don't want to go to London
She's addicted
L don't want to go to London
I told you I don't care
I don't want to go to London
`Cause you're not there
Even when I see you
You're somewhere else in London
(11) I Want You
I've seen suckers loose themselves in the games they learn to play
Children love to sing but then their voices slowly fade away
People always take a step away from what is true
That's why I like you around
I want you
Yeah you do... you make me want you
An open invitation to the dance
Happenstance set the vibe that we are in
No apology because my urge is genuine
And the mystery of your rhythm is so feminine
Here I am and I want to take a hit
Of your scent and it bit
So deep into my soul
I want you
You do you do, you make me want you
Send me all your vampires
And I can't get enough
And I can't get enough
The village church yard is filled with bones weeping in the grave
The silver lining of clouds shines on people Jesus couldn't save
You want to know how deeply my soul goes, Deeper than bones
I want you
And I can't get enough
After we did it by the window sill
Smoke rings drift into the midnight sky
Presently in the quilt that your mother made
And a candle burns to fight off the gloom
I said to live in this way is not for the meek
But you talk real soft and kiss me on the cheek
And like a jazz DJ you talk me into sleep
There will be no regrets when the worms come
And they will surely come
You do you do, I want you
Send me all your vampires
I want you
(12) The Background
Everything is quiet
Since you're not around
And I live in the numbness now
In the background
I do the things we did before
I walk Haight Street to the store
And they say where's that crazy girl?
You don't get drunk on red wine
And light no more
`Cause I don't see you anymore
Since the hospital
But the plans I make still have you in them
Then you come swimming into view
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do
The words they use so lightly
I only feel for you
I only know this `cos I am,
Way back down, in the background
Words they come and memories all repeat
I lift your head while
They change the hospital sheets
I would never lie to you, No
I would never lie to you, No
I felt you long after we were through
And the plans I make still have you in them
`Cause you come swimming into view
And I'm hanging on your words like I always used to do
The words they use so lightly
I only feel for you
I only know this `cos I am,
Way back down, in the background
(13) Motorcycle Driveby
Summer time and the wind is blowing
Outside in lower Chelsea
And I don't know what I'm doing in this city
The sun is always in my eyes
It crashes through the windows
And I'm sleeping on the couch
When I came to visit you
That's when I knew, I could never have you
I knew that before you did
Still I'm feeling stupid
And there's this burning
Like there's always been
I've never been so alone
And I've never been so alive
Visions of you on a motorcycle drive by
Cigarette ash flies in your eyes
And you don't mind, and you smile,
And say the world doesn't fit with you
I don't believe you, you're so serene
Careening through the universe
Your axis on a tilt, guiltless and free
I hope you take a piece of me with you
And there's things I'd like to do that you don't believe in
I would like to build something
You know it's never going to happen
And there's this burning
Like there's always been
I've never been so alone
And I've never been so alive
And there's this burning
There is this burning
Where's the soul?
I want to know, New York City is evil
The surface is everything
But I could never do that
Someone would see through that
And this will be the last time
We'll be friends again
I'll get over you and you'll wonder who I am
And there's this burning
Like there's always been
I've never been so alone
And I've never been so alive
I go home to the coast
It starts to rain
I paddle out, on the water alone
Taste the salt and taste the pain
I'm not thinking of you again
Summer dies and swells rise
The sun goes down in my eyes
See this rolling wave
Darkly coming to take me home
And I never been so alone
And I've never been so alive
(14) God of Wine
Every thought that I repent
There's another chip you haven't spent
And you're cashing them all in
Where do we begin
To get clean again
Can we get clean again
I walk home alone with you
And the mood you're born into
Sometimes you let me in
And I take it on the chin
I can't get clean again
I want to know - can we get clean again?
The God of Wine comes crashing through the headlights of a car
That took you farther than you thought you'd ever want to go,
We can't get back again
We can't get back again
She takes a drink and then she waits
The alcohol it permeates
And soon the cells give way
And cancels out the day
I can't keep it all together
I know...I can't keep it all together
And the siren's song that is your madness
Holds a truth I can't erase
All alone on your face
Every glamorous sunrise
Throws the planets out of line
A star sign out of whack
A fraudulent zodiac
And the God of Wine is crouched down in my room
You let me down, I said it, Now I'm going down
And you're not even around
And I said no...
I can't keep it all together
I know...I can't keep it all together
And there's a memory of a window
Looking through I see you
Searching for something
I could never give you
And there's someone who understands you more than I do
A sadness I can't erase
All alone on your face
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