LYRICS
ALL LYRICS BY BLAKE SANDBERG
HEAD FIRST ALBUM:
"MOVING PARTS"
AUTO SOCIETY
PROGRAM HUMANITY
FORCE FED IMAGERY
REALITY TV
AUDITION ME
LABEL ME
DON'T LABEL ME
FRAGMENTED PERSONALITY
LESSON RESPONSIBILITY
CONVIENIT SOVERIGHNTY
CONVEININCE IS ABUNDANCY
ILL IFORM ME
CONTROL ME
CAN'T CONTOL ME
FORMATIVE INDUSTRY
INSPIRE BY CATASTROPHE
SPECULATE CONSTANTLY
POPULARIZE IGNORANCY
CONFINE ME
YOU TELL ME
DON'T TELL ME
"STOW AWAY"
LIQUIDATE THE ILLITERATE
WIRE LESS COMMUNICATION
PROGRAMMER SAYS
WE ARE STILL BORED
GROW A BEARD IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
COUNTING SHEEP ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
QUIET YOUR STOMACH
TURN OFF YOUR MIND
MISTAKE MYSELF FOR SOMEONE ELSE
STILL CONFIDENT
THOUGH I LAMENT THE LOSS
AND ASSUMING THERE ARE NO OTHERS
SHAVE YOUR FACE IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
COUNTING SHEEP ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
QUIET YOUR STOMACH TURN OFF YOUR MIND
YOUR EYES ARE PASTER UPSIDE DOWN
AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
WILL YOU LIKE WHAT YOUV'E FOUND?
IT'S REASSURING TO KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST
GROW A BEARD IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
SHAVE YOUR FACE IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
WEAR A WIG IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
COUNTING SHEEP ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
QUIET YOUR STOMACH TURN OFF YOUR MIND
"BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS"
DIDN'T BRUSH MY TEETH
SAVE YOUR TASTE IN MY MOUTH
PERFUME STAINS
BROKEMN SPELLS
TOUCH YOUR SKIN
FEVER TELLS
SWOLLEN GLANDS
USE TWO HANDS
RELEASE FLUID
MARK YOUR BRAND
IT'S EMOTION
THAT'S IMPORTANT
IT'S THE MOTION
THAT'S IMPORTANT
""COMMITTED TO WIND"
RAISED ON POP CULTURE
CHEWING FLINTSTONE VITAMINS
TURN TO POWDER ON MY TEETH
FEED THIS CULT OF CULTURE
TURNING TRICKS
DNA MUTATES WITH EACH TWIST
SHAKE IT UP BABY NOW
TURN AND SIT
SIT DOWN
HANDS IN POCKETS NEVER FEEL AROUND
BEND A NEEDLE
WHAT SHOULD WE EAT?
STYLISH COWS
COVER YOUR FEET
COMMITTED TO WIND
COMMITTED TO WIND
PERMITTED TO WIND
COMMITTED TO WIND
"SERIAL KILLER"
AS YOU LIE ASLEEP
DREAMING YOUR AWAKE
QUIET TIME
IT SEEMS TO RELATE
24 HOUR CYCLE
DIVIDED BY THREE
EVEN THE BLIND
SEEM TO FEEL
WHAT THEY CANNOT SEE
"YET THE CATS STILL COME OUT
AT NIGHT TO MATE
AND THE SPARROWS STILL SING
IN THE MORNING"
BACON AND EGGS ON YOUR PLATE
HEADLINES READ
IT FILLS YOUR HEAD
CAN YOU STOMACH YOUR OWN MIND
LEAVING CLUES
YOURSELF TO FIND
"YET THE CATS STILL COME OUT
AT NIGHT TO MATE
AND THE SPARROWS STILL SING
IN THE MORNING"
QUOTES ARE FROM A LETTER BY "THE SON OF SAM" DAVID BERKOWITZ
"GUINEA PIG"
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
TRY IT OUT ON ME
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
WAIT AND SEE
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU DID TO ME
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
I LOVE YOU
NO I HATE YOU
I NEED YOU
I NEED TO
I WANT YOU
I WANT YOU
I WANT YOU
TO HELP ME
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
TRY IT OUT ON ME
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
WAIT AND SEE
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU DID TO ME
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
"SHAPE SHIFTER"
SLIPPING THROUGH YOUR HANDS
HAVEN'T FOUND A PLAN
CUT MY FINGER ON A FEELING
WORDS I CAN'T SAY I CAN SING
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
BUY A TICKET AND DISAPPEAR
TAPE THE PIECES TOGETHER BUT
STILL SEE THE SEAMS
NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
SUBJECT SUSPECT INCOMPLETE
ELIMINATE YOUR SENSE OF MYSTERY
FILL OUT FORM
FIND SOMEONE TO BE
RIDICULE NATURE BUT BE DISCREET
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
"GLACIER"
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
TEMPERATURE BEGINS TO RISE
EASY TO TAN
BURN THROUGH YOUR SKIN
SUN IS BRIGHT
SQUINT YOUR EYES
RECEDING MASCULINE HAIRLINE
EXPOSED SCALP FRIES
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
TEMPERATURE BEGINS TO RISE
EASY TO TAN
BURN THROUGH YOUR SKIN
SUN IS BRIGHT
SQUINT YOUR EYES
RECEDING MASCULINE HAIRLINE
EXPOSED SCALP FRIES
IS IT ANY REAL SURPRISE?
BOIL US ALIVE
IN THE OCEAN WATER IS HARD TO FIND
"CLAMMY"
STOP TO SHUDDER
STICKY PALMS
SWEATY BALLS
STICK TOGETHER
STOP TO SHUDDER
OPEN A DOOR
SEE IT THROUGH
IT IS TRUE
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
STOP TO SHUDDER
SIT AND COMPUTE
CALL FOR A HERO
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
THIS SONG LASTS FOREVER
"SKELETON"
NOTHING BUT A SKELETON
MEMORIES DON'T HANG ON BONE
NOTHING BUT A SKELETON
MEMORIES DON'T CLING TO BONE
HOME
HOPE
"REFLEX MOTOR"
ALL YOUR GOOD LUCK CHARMS
ALL YOUR BAD LUCK SCARS
IN BETWEEN YOUR ARMS
DON'T LEAD ME ON
ARE WE OUT OF CONTROL?
SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL?
CHOOSE YOUR POISON
THE OIL IS OINTMENT
FAN THE FLAMES
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
OUT OF CONTROL
OUT OF CONTROL
BEFORE YOU HIT THE GROUND
"SURVIVOR STORY"
SEE THE SKY TURN BLUE
HEAR THE BIRDS HOWL
HEAR THE BIRDS HOW?
WE ARE ALRIGHT NOW
SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY
SURVIVE ANOTHER WAY
SEE THE SKY TURN BLUE
HEAR THE BIRDS HOWL
HEAR THE BIRDS HOW?
LIVE THROUGH ANOTHER TOMORROW
SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY
SURVIVE ANOTHER WAY
"ALIEN MIND CONTROL" (DANIEL JOHNSTON)
Toss my thoughts into the wind
I think I’ll never think them again
Hope I die before I lose my soul
Alien Automatic Mind Control
Alien Automatic Mind Control
How do we have to go
Oh daddy don’t tell me you don’t know
How do we have to go
Are we there yet?
Alien Automatic Mind Control
"ENJOY KILLING TIME"
Allergic to the air we breathe
Nothing is rare anymore
Awash in the mundane
Control by remote
Run on checks
Don’t bank on friends
Blessed homogeny born in trends
What you want is what you get
Knowing when to say when
Learn it all just to forget
It’s the search that never sleeps
Burn the warnings ignorance in bliss
This is freedom minus the risk
Posted notice lose your wits
It’s the search that never sleeps
Invertebrate dreamer discontent
Suppress history let’s pretend
Take up a hobby to transcend
Spoon fed comfort for he who has most wins
What you want is what you get
Knowing when to say when
Learn it all just to forget
It’s the search that never sleeps
"CLEAN UP WELL"
YOUR THE COW WHO NEEDS TO BE MILKED
I'M THE VESSEL HOUSE YOUR GUILT
9 MONTHS OF SALTY WATER
20 YEARS IN THE FLESH
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
BUILD A TOWER OR LAY AN EGG
TAKE A BREAK MAKE SOME TIME
HONEY I'M HOME I KNOW YOUR KIND
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
IN A RACE TO SETTLE DOWN
PICTURE PERFECT FORMULA FOUND
RAKES PROGRESS MAKE ME PR0UD
TEST PROVEN WORLD ROUND
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
"ThE In SidE" (Explicit)
Wouldn't it be nice
to be a big star
dance all night
pull your jet
right up to the house
come on inside
the party is just getting started now that you've arrived
ain't it nice here on the inside
who said he said
she said
see your face on the front page
anm\d your name in lights
all the chicks dig scientologists
you can fuck your god
hollywood used to be a land
now its a mob
but aint it nice here on the inside
where do you live?
what do you do?
where do you live?
what do you do?
where do you live?
what do you do?
where do you live?
what car do you drive?
where do you live?
what car do you drive?
where do you live?
what car do you drive?
who do you love?
where do you live?
who do you love?
where do you live?
who do you love?
where do you live?
who gives a fuck!
list of random acronyms
"NEVERSLEEP"
Got Nothing To Do Tonight
No Plans
Nothing To Do
Nothing to Eat In My Fridge
Don't Want To Be All Alone
Out Of Sight - Outta My Mind
I'm Gonna Walk In The Streets Of The City Tonight
All I See Is All I Need
I Can Feel Concrete
I Will Neversleep
Neversleep
I Will Dream
I Can Dream
I Will Dream
Dream
All Day All Night
All Day All Night
All Day All Night
"LEAVE LUCK TO HEAVEN"
THRILL SEEKER
SIGN SEER
SOAP BOX SPEAKER
SAY YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
HOW?
WINE DRINKER
SIGN SEEKER
CIGARETTE SPEAKER
SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN
NOW!
FEEL YOUR HAIR GROW
SEE YOUR SKIN AGE
I KNEW YOU WHEN
I KNOW YOU WHEN
NOW!
CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?
I CANT SEE YOU NOW
"TOWER OF SONG" (LEONARD COHEN)
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song
I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song
I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song
So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song
Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices in the Tower of Song
I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again
Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song
Yeah, my friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song
"MOVING PARTS"
AUTO SOCIETY
PROGRAM HUMANITY
FORCE FED IMAGERY
REALITY TV
AUDITION ME
LABEL ME
DON'T LABEL ME
FRAGMENTED PERSONALITY
LESSON RESPONSIBILITY
CONVIENIT SOVERIGHNTY
CONVEININCE IS ABUNDANCY
ILL IFORM ME
CONTROL ME
CAN'T CONTOL ME
FORMATIVE INDUSTRY
INSPIRE BY CATASTROPHE
SPECULATE CONSTANTLY
POPULARIZE IGNORANCY
CONFINE ME
YOU TELL ME
DON'T TELL ME
"STOW AWAY"
LIQUIDATE THE ILLITERATE
WIRE LESS COMMUNICATION
PROGRAMMER SAYS
WE ARE STILL BORED
GROW A BEARD IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
COUNTING SHEEP ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
QUIET YOUR STOMACH
TURN OFF YOUR MIND
MISTAKE MYSELF FOR SOMEONE ELSE
STILL CONFIDENT
THOUGH I LAMENT THE LOSS
AND ASSUMING THERE ARE NO OTHERS
SHAVE YOUR FACE IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
COUNTING SHEEP ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
QUIET YOUR STOMACH TURN OFF YOUR MIND
YOUR EYES ARE PASTER UPSIDE DOWN
AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
WILL YOU LIKE WHAT YOUV'E FOUND?
IT'S REASSURING TO KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST
GROW A BEARD IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
SHAVE YOUR FACE IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
WEAR A WIG IT'S A CLEVER DISGUISE
COUNTING SHEEP ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
QUIET YOUR STOMACH TURN OFF YOUR MIND
"BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS"
DIDN'T BRUSH MY TEETH
SAVE YOUR TASTE IN MY MOUTH
PERFUME STAINS
BROKEMN SPELLS
TOUCH YOUR SKIN
FEVER TELLS
SWOLLEN GLANDS
USE TWO HANDS
RELEASE FLUID
MARK YOUR BRAND
IT'S EMOTION
THAT'S IMPORTANT
IT'S THE MOTION
THAT'S IMPORTANT
""COMMITTED TO WIND"
RAISED ON POP CULTURE
CHEWING FLINTSTONE VITAMINS
TURN TO POWDER ON MY TEETH
FEED THIS CULT OF CULTURE
TURNING TRICKS
DNA MUTATES WITH EACH TWIST
SHAKE IT UP BABY NOW
TURN AND SIT
SIT DOWN
HANDS IN POCKETS NEVER FEEL AROUND
BEND A NEEDLE
WHAT SHOULD WE EAT?
STYLISH COWS
COVER YOUR FEET
COMMITTED TO WIND
COMMITTED TO WIND
PERMITTED TO WIND
COMMITTED TO WIND
"SERIAL KILLER"
AS YOU LIE ASLEEP
DREAMING YOUR AWAKE
QUIET TIME
IT SEEMS TO RELATE
24 HOUR CYCLE
DIVIDED BY THREE
EVEN THE BLIND
SEEM TO FEEL
WHAT THEY CANNOT SEE
"YET THE CATS STILL COME OUT
AT NIGHT TO MATE
AND THE SPARROWS STILL SING
IN THE MORNING"
BACON AND EGGS ON YOUR PLATE
HEADLINES READ
IT FILLS YOUR HEAD
CAN YOU STOMACH YOUR OWN MIND
LEAVING CLUES
YOURSELF TO FIND
"YET THE CATS STILL COME OUT
AT NIGHT TO MATE
AND THE SPARROWS STILL SING
IN THE MORNING"
QUOTES ARE FROM A LETTER BY "THE SON OF SAM" DAVID BERKOWITZ
"GUINEA PIG"
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
TRY IT OUT ON ME
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
WAIT AND SEE
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU DID TO ME
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
I LOVE YOU
NO I HATE YOU
I NEED YOU
I NEED TO
I WANT YOU
I WANT YOU
I WANT YOU
TO HELP ME
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
TRY IT OUT ON ME
I'M YOUR GUINEA PIG
WAIT AND SEE
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU DID TO ME
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO ME
WHAT YOU DO TO ME
"SHAPE SHIFTER"
SLIPPING THROUGH YOUR HANDS
HAVEN'T FOUND A PLAN
CUT MY FINGER ON A FEELING
WORDS I CAN'T SAY I CAN SING
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
BUY A TICKET AND DISAPPEAR
TAPE THE PIECES TOGETHER BUT
STILL SEE THE SEAMS
NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
SUBJECT SUSPECT INCOMPLETE
ELIMINATE YOUR SENSE OF MYSTERY
FILL OUT FORM
FIND SOMEONE TO BE
RIDICULE NATURE BUT BE DISCREET
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
ILLUSORY
"GLACIER"
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
TEMPERATURE BEGINS TO RISE
EASY TO TAN
BURN THROUGH YOUR SKIN
SUN IS BRIGHT
SQUINT YOUR EYES
RECEDING MASCULINE HAIRLINE
EXPOSED SCALP FRIES
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
WATCH THE ICE CAPS MELT
TEMPERATURE BEGINS TO RISE
EASY TO TAN
BURN THROUGH YOUR SKIN
SUN IS BRIGHT
SQUINT YOUR EYES
RECEDING MASCULINE HAIRLINE
EXPOSED SCALP FRIES
IS IT ANY REAL SURPRISE?
BOIL US ALIVE
IN THE OCEAN WATER IS HARD TO FIND
"CLAMMY"
STOP TO SHUDDER
STICKY PALMS
SWEATY BALLS
STICK TOGETHER
STOP TO SHUDDER
OPEN A DOOR
SEE IT THROUGH
IT IS TRUE
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
STOP TO SHUDDER
SIT AND COMPUTE
CALL FOR A HERO
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
THIS SONG LASTS FOREVER
"SKELETON"
NOTHING BUT A SKELETON
MEMORIES DON'T HANG ON BONE
NOTHING BUT A SKELETON
MEMORIES DON'T CLING TO BONE
HOME
HOPE
"REFLEX MOTOR"
ALL YOUR GOOD LUCK CHARMS
ALL YOUR BAD LUCK SCARS
IN BETWEEN YOUR ARMS
DON'T LEAD ME ON
ARE WE OUT OF CONTROL?
SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL?
CHOOSE YOUR POISON
THE OIL IS OINTMENT
FAN THE FLAMES
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
OUT OF CONTROL
OUT OF CONTROL
BEFORE YOU HIT THE GROUND
"SURVIVOR STORY"
SEE THE SKY TURN BLUE
HEAR THE BIRDS HOWL
HEAR THE BIRDS HOW?
WE ARE ALRIGHT NOW
SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY
SURVIVE ANOTHER WAY
SEE THE SKY TURN BLUE
HEAR THE BIRDS HOWL
HEAR THE BIRDS HOW?
LIVE THROUGH ANOTHER TOMORROW
SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY
SURVIVE ANOTHER WAY
"ALIEN MIND CONTROL" (DANIEL JOHNSTON)
Toss my thoughts into the wind
I think I’ll never think them again
Hope I die before I lose my soul
Alien Automatic Mind Control
Alien Automatic Mind Control
How do we have to go
Oh daddy don’t tell me you don’t know
How do we have to go
Are we there yet?
Alien Automatic Mind Control
"ENJOY KILLING TIME"
Allergic to the air we breathe
Nothing is rare anymore
Awash in the mundane
Control by remote
Run on checks
Don’t bank on friends
Blessed homogeny born in trends
What you want is what you get
Knowing when to say when
Learn it all just to forget
It’s the search that never sleeps
Burn the warnings ignorance in bliss
This is freedom minus the risk
Posted notice lose your wits
It’s the search that never sleeps
Invertebrate dreamer discontent
Suppress history let’s pretend
Take up a hobby to transcend
Spoon fed comfort for he who has most wins
What you want is what you get
Knowing when to say when
Learn it all just to forget
It’s the search that never sleeps
"CLEAN UP WELL"
YOUR THE COW WHO NEEDS TO BE MILKED
I'M THE VESSEL HOUSE YOUR GUILT
9 MONTHS OF SALTY WATER
20 YEARS IN THE FLESH
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
BUILD A TOWER OR LAY AN EGG
TAKE A BREAK MAKE SOME TIME
HONEY I'M HOME I KNOW YOUR KIND
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
IN A RACE TO SETTLE DOWN
PICTURE PERFECT FORMULA FOUND
RAKES PROGRESS MAKE ME PR0UD
TEST PROVEN WORLD ROUND
THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
"ThE In SidE" (Explicit)
Wouldn't it be nice
to be a big star
dance all night
pull your jet
right up to the house
come on inside
the party is just getting started now that you've arrived
ain't it nice here on the inside
who said he said
she said
see your face on the front page
anm\d your name in lights
all the chicks dig scientologists
you can fuck your god
hollywood used to be a land
now its a mob
but aint it nice here on the inside
where do you live?
what do you do?
where do you live?
what do you do?
where do you live?
what do you do?
where do you live?
what car do you drive?
where do you live?
what car do you drive?
where do you live?
what car do you drive?
who do you love?
where do you live?
who do you love?
where do you live?
who do you love?
where do you live?
who gives a fuck!
list of random acronyms
"NEVERSLEEP"
Got Nothing To Do Tonight
No Plans
Nothing To Do
Nothing to Eat In My Fridge
Don't Want To Be All Alone
Out Of Sight - Outta My Mind
I'm Gonna Walk In The Streets Of The City Tonight
All I See Is All I Need
I Can Feel Concrete
I Will Neversleep
Neversleep
I Will Dream
I Can Dream
I Will Dream
Dream
All Day All Night
All Day All Night
All Day All Night
"LEAVE LUCK TO HEAVEN"
THRILL SEEKER
SIGN SEER
SOAP BOX SPEAKER
SAY YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
HOW?
WINE DRINKER
SIGN SEEKER
CIGARETTE SPEAKER
SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN
NOW!
FEEL YOUR HAIR GROW
SEE YOUR SKIN AGE
I KNEW YOU WHEN
I KNOW YOU WHEN
NOW!
CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?
I CANT SEE YOU NOW
"TOWER OF SONG" (LEONARD COHEN)
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song
I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song
I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song
So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song
Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices in the Tower of Song
I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again
Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song
Yeah, my friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song