popsmearlyrics

bullies on vacation
(vander ark 2)

A bully enjoying his vacation oblivious to all our confrontations speaking fondly of his junior years when i was fighting tears a bully enjoying his vacation i can taste the anger and the hate i have come to set the record straight
twenty years seems long enough to wait a bully enjoying his vacation cruising with my nemesis on high seas five drinks, he doesn't recognize me full of anticipation i don't notice his depression cruising with my nemesis on high seas my act of concern is just to tease i'm about to send him to his knees so close to force him begging please he mentions terminal disease a bully enjoying his vacation and how he feels someone is dangling his vile existence on a string and now the sea he's conquering knows he can conquer anything a bully enjoying his vacation aware of his terminal condition
frustrated by my indecision knowing i'd regret this very day i hit him anyway aware of his terminal condition once again, he got the best of me i left him conquering the sea a bully enjoying his vacation

honest
(brown/vander ark)

who will leave your bed this morning? who will be the one to leave you now amidst adoring light cause it feels right?
who will be the one to leave you as tomorrow's dawning? and though i'm asking, please don't give specifics
i'm so unterrifically honest who will hold your door this evening? who will be the one to steal the smile through shining candlelight cause it feels right? who will be the one to leave you as tomorrow's dawning? i'm not trying to be scientific i'm not trying to be anything at all but this chemistry just turns me turns me terribly honest honest
who will leave your bed this morning? will he be the one who snuffs the smile that once had shined so bright?
are you alright? will he be the one who leaves you as tomorrow's dawning? i'm not trying to be sympathetic
i'm not trying to be anything at all but this story's happened to me and it's turned me terribly honest
honest

is it worth it?
(brown)

is it worth it to wait forever when you find out there's really not much that you can say would it be worth it to wait forever and everyone is saying you will come around is it worth it to search forever when you find out there really isn't any other way would it be worth it to wait does it make it any easier to save your time and give yourself
to open faces, open mouths to any other one who reaches out does it make it any easier

out like a lamb
(vander ark)

i'm feeling very moses like you think that i could lead you? or humble, more like david would you help me cause i need you? or i'll be charismatic with the power to persuade you supposing i'm a saviour or a drunkard, or your highness
you slither in these sheets and then you ask me for forgiveness i'll tell you parables of making love and spreading kindness flames rise like butterflies been frightened by my stompin' i'm laughing 'cause they don't know who i am
the philistines toss tangerines 'cause springtime is for dancing in like a lion and out like a lamb goliath sits and watches
tired of this investigation so children grab your M-16s and load your ammunition i will work all night
rewrite the book of revelations flames rise like butterflies been frightened by my stompin' i'm laughing 'cause they don't know who i am the philistines toss tangerines 'cause springtime is for dancing in like a lion and out like a lamb
now go and tune your guitars and i'll meet you here tomorrow grab that case of scotch it's all the courage you can swallow i'll burn for all your sins but i'm expecting you to follow flames rise like butterflies been frightened by my stompin' i'm laughing 'cause they don't know who i am the philistines load magazines 'cause springtime is for dancing
in like a lion and out like a lamb

pretty for you
(vander ark)

swallow this scene, I'm on fire arms waving, burning higher impressing you with what I've done but every minute I'm losing one by one swallow this scene, sharpen knives pin cushion, pierce my sides and every blade will catch the sun
and every minute I'm losing one by one right now pretty for you am I finally pretty? an ornament for everyone
but every minute I'm losing one by one swallow this scene, there is laughter for the ugly ever-after and after they have poked their fun and every lover I'm losing one by one

senator speak
(vander ark)

senator speak your mind if i smoke filled room with a view on the top floor me the president seal the deal yourself a better hand jobless homeless man on the moon beam the capital gains some weight around forever and a day break a leg of lamb off in the distance runner uplift your spirit of '76 trombones lead i, you bet i been speaking in tongues
speak well, the deficit yourself right down in the front row row row your boat is sinking the cold war of the world beat around the Bush campaign in the ask yourself absorbing (junior) the economy, myself and i gotta go thank you very much

spoonful of sugar
(vander ark)

I adore a confrontation, and I should be ashamed a carnival of complication, everyone's to blame we can see the rocket's red glare pipe bomb bursting in the air as we proudly hail our taxis out of the fight singing born of this nation of white bread foundation we're taping a king, beaten of his crown my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony spoonful of sugar to wash it down i have seen the hungry faces, and i have been removed evidence in welfare cases, never being proved
we've written books on education summoned federal regulation skeleton hid deeply 'til its bones turn to dust
i know an old lady who swallowed a fly i don't know why exactly, i guess she'll die my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony spoonful of sugar to wash it down and god save the queen, oh, and pardon the king
and our ballots we'll stuff, then drink 'till we drown my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of irony
spoonful of sugar to wash it down

the river
(brown)

she fell in love with a lover boy in the old days i would walk alone any other day not disturbing while the others roamed
and i listened to her song but would walk on the other side we'd be lonely, blue and lonely then she fell in love with another one i was older now, and followed a path she had learned to be cool, to be caring and i thought i should say
it's too much just to be but not enough for the life of me to be lonely, blue and lonely that's when the river ran dry
that's when the river was all but a spill that's when the river ran dry every soul on the shore without sail, without will
she said her saviour was soon to come from a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew to be true and all loving
in the very best ways and i listened to her song but would walk on the other side we'd be lonely, blue and lonely
that's when the river ran dry that's when the river was all but a spill that's when the river ran dry every soul on the shore without sail, without will if time were a second if life were a moment that once stood still i'd leave it untattered, untouched, until but it's too much just to be but not enough for the life of me to be lonely, blue and lonely
she fell in love with a lover boy in the old days, i would walk alone any other day not disturbing
and i listened to her song but would walk on the other side we'd be lonely, blue and lonely that's when the river ran dry
that's when the river was all but a spill that's when the river ran dry every soul on the shore without sail, without will
and i knew it before, and i do know it still

victoria
(vander ark)

stripping flowers at pedal pace twirling blur of legs, legs and lace victoria, she loves her name running flushed our faces red daring her to kiss, to kiss my head victoria, she loves her name bathing in her innocence then drowned in her indifference victoria i left her on her frozen route i grew up while she, she grew out victoria, she loves her name
a social climb by offering love 'til everyone was inside of victoria loves now my love won't make amends
you cut the cord on which your life depends victoria, she loves her name like cheating in a children's game
victory doesn't taste the same yet victoria, she loves her name victoria loves

wanna be
(brown/vander ark)

we all love a millionaire on the radio, with a great video and all the orchestration backing up your screaming guitar
how'd you make it this far? do you gotta be straight on the line? do you gotta look great all the time? do you gotta be straight? we'll even pay you, millionaire tell us of your abuse, we stand so amused and what you said about the audience simple lyrics will do cause they don't have a clue do i gotta be straight on the line? do i gotta look great all the time?
do i gotta be straight?
wannabewannabewishiwereyouknowiwishiwereyouknow
wannabewannabewishiwereyouknowiwishiwereyou
now love me i'm a millionaire running out of cliches, but i'm keeping the faith now, should i repeat the second verse?
or maybe the third? it's becoming absurd but i gotta be straight on the line and i wanna be high all the time
well, i gotta be straight gottakeepthefaith, gottaplayitstraight givepeaceachance, sittingonafence gottatowtheline, sweetchildo'mine pushcomestoshove, allyouneedislove

what you wanted
(vander ark)

through the remains i have been sorting seeking refuge underneath flourescent skies an apocalypse of pity
i know she is safe and building her disguise bracing for the scavengers who reign upon my humble domain
fills my face with anger into permanent distortion i'm ugly getting over you it's what you wanted you're gorgeous running out of me it's what you wanted i'm ugly getting over you i know that you're more beautiful now everday's survival lesson brings another scarring session to sustain i anticipate a lesion it's a chemical reaction to my pain
7,000 weathered faces hide my beautiful and buried smile sleeping seems to be the greatest medication
i'm switching channels, silly sitcoms are a metronome one beat about half an hour i will shun the radio
because i hear my life in every song brushing off the bottle i become a connoisseur for a night
rake the dead grass from the bitter green that's growing wild