As she listens very carefully to a room of conversation
She can feel the planet orbiting through space
She hears pieces of arguments, beginnings of jokes
And the odd lines of a song she cannot place
And it all makes up an image that resists interpretation
Which is lately how she likes to see herself
How she does not believe in accidents, doesn't disagree out loud
And falls in love with every man she cannot help
And she thinks "most people don't talk enough about how lucky they are
Most people don't know what it takes for me to get through the day
Most people don't talk enough about the love in their hearts"
But she doesn't know most people feel that same way
If she focuses her energies on just walking through the neighborhood
With depths and shallows nobody could sound
Like January Christmas lights under billion year old stars
She comes up with more of what is lost than what is found
So by the time that she explains to me just a glimpse of what she's understood
She betrays the meaning putting it in words
So she smiles at me lovingly and says, "just let me hold your hand
So far it's the only way I can let myself be heard"
And she thinks "most people don't talk enough about how lucky they are
Most people don't know what it takes for me to get through the day
Most people don't talk enough about the love in their hearts"
But she doesn't know most people feel that same way
And she thinks "most people don't talk enough about how lucky they are
Most people don't know what it takes for me to get through the day
Most people don't talk enough about the love in their hearts"
But she doesn't know most people feel that same way
And she thinks "most people don't talk enough about how lucky they are
Most people don't know what it takes for me to get through the day
Most people don't talk enough about the love in their hearts"
But she doesn't know most people feel that same way
Hey Lover lyrics - Dawes
Someone plays a solo on a saxophone
Oh, you've never seen somebody throw their head so slow
And I see her cringe your lips and drop an ear that way
Scratch a dog behind its ear and it might do the same
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Blue and white racing stripe pick-up truck
And when did I decide to grow this beard and gut?
Well, I may be white but I don't like my people much
But I want to raise with you and watch our younglings hatch,
Fucking make the first letters of their first names match
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Well I'm back into the boring life that I once led
Stuffing white spread asshole on a sofa bed
Sometimes I hate myself for trying to be so bold
But nothing ever seems to get this story told
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
I never tell her when she plays a song I never heard
Because I always learn the music and forget the words
But I want to ride with her and I wish I sung that well
Just copy, paste, Google search, and send it to myself
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Oh, you've never seen somebody throw their head so slow
And I see her cringe your lips and drop an ear that way
Scratch a dog behind its ear and it might do the same
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Blue and white racing stripe pick-up truck
And when did I decide to grow this beard and gut?
Well, I may be white but I don't like my people much
But I want to raise with you and watch our younglings hatch,
Fucking make the first letters of their first names match
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Well I'm back into the boring life that I once led
Stuffing white spread asshole on a sofa bed
Sometimes I hate myself for trying to be so bold
But nothing ever seems to get this story told
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
I never tell her when she plays a song I never heard
Because I always learn the music and forget the words
But I want to ride with her and I wish I sung that well
Just copy, paste, Google search, and send it to myself
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Hey Lover, hey Lover
Bear Witness lyrics - Dawes
You can put them on the counter, there with all the other flowers
And help me figure out how to turn off this TV
I'm glad you made the visit, and if you think you have a minute
You should sit and talk until it's time to leave
Is my granddaughter Ruthie still working at the movies?
Does she still let all her boyfriends in for free?
Does she still stare out of the front door as she's serving people popcorn
And talk about how nice today was supposed to be?
Oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
Oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
Did you notice walking over at the house down on the corner
There's a dog behind a window that doesn't move
I've seen him staring in the mornings, I've seen him staring in the evenings
As if time stops until his master's in the room
Oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
Oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
Some nights get worse than others, and I start thinking about your mother
And she's here with me as far as I can tell
As if the world revealed its secret and it's asking me to keep it
Like a kid that hears the ocean in a shell
And that's the love that I came to bear witness to
And the love I'm taking with me when I go
Oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
Oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
And help me figure out how to turn off this TV
I'm glad you made the visit, and if you think you have a minute
You should sit and talk until it's time to leave
Is my granddaughter Ruthie still working at the movies?
Does she still let all her boyfriends in for free?
Does she still stare out of the front door as she's serving people popcorn
And talk about how nice today was supposed to be?
Oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
Oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
Did you notice walking over at the house down on the corner
There's a dog behind a window that doesn't move
I've seen him staring in the mornings, I've seen him staring in the evenings
As if time stops until his master's in the room
Oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
Oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
Some nights get worse than others, and I start thinking about your mother
And she's here with me as far as I can tell
As if the world revealed its secret and it's asking me to keep it
Like a kid that hears the ocean in a shell
And that's the love that I came to bear witness to
And the love I'm taking with me when I go
Oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
Oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
Stories Don't End lyrics - Dawes
From the paper umbrellas in both of our drinks
To the shadows that walk without us
My account of the details is as clear as you'd think
Kept up by friends that still ask about us
If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
It'd be longer than I'd recommend
'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don't end
The remains of a person, the habits of a ghost
You could still find in the places you used to
Still reading off cue cards and raising a toast
To the stories I still tell about you
But the plot line wanders and versions change
And I don't know where to quit
If I tried to show every side of you through words of a song
I'd say a fraction of what I'd intend
'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don't end
The next time I see you and my conscience tells me
That the episode has long since been closed
But he's not the one that gets up every morning
And wonders how long a memory keeps its pose
And how much that the man beside you knows
And how much of the toll it's taken shows
Like a famous singer that lost his voice
That we all still want to meet
If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
It'd be longer than I could defend
'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don't end
Stories don't end
They go on and on
Just someone stops listening
To the shadows that walk without us
My account of the details is as clear as you'd think
Kept up by friends that still ask about us
If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
It'd be longer than I'd recommend
'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don't end
The remains of a person, the habits of a ghost
You could still find in the places you used to
Still reading off cue cards and raising a toast
To the stories I still tell about you
But the plot line wanders and versions change
And I don't know where to quit
If I tried to show every side of you through words of a song
I'd say a fraction of what I'd intend
'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don't end
The next time I see you and my conscience tells me
That the episode has long since been closed
But he's not the one that gets up every morning
And wonders how long a memory keeps its pose
And how much that the man beside you knows
And how much of the toll it's taken shows
Like a famous singer that lost his voice
That we all still want to meet
If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
It'd be longer than I could defend
'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
But stories don't end
Stories don't end
They go on and on
Just someone stops listening
From The Right Angle lyrics - Dawes
You have found me on the other side of a loser's winning streak
Where my thoughts all wander further than they should
Let me sing to you my solitude, let me pay for your next drink
Let me defend these hearts which are so rarely understood
From the right angle, in the right light
I might seem like I could take care of you
For a brief moment, for a few nights
Until the changing world has tumbled back into view
When nothing really matters the world gets harder to resist
And saves you a place at the end of an empty glass
I am here as a reminder, the quick glance off of a cliff
I guess that's why I though you would never ask
From the right angle, in the right light
I might seem like I could take care of you
For a brief moment, for a few nights
Until the changing world has tumbled back into view
At the scene of all I've left unlearned, in the directions to your house
In every swing I took to crack the code
I need a cold beer from a dressing room, I need a string of dates back out
I think there are a few of us that still belong out on the road
From the right angle, in the right light
I might seem like I could take care of you
For a brief moment, for a few nights
Until the changing world has tumbled back into view
Until all you want is all I know how to do
I might seem like I could take care of you
Where my thoughts all wander further than they should
Let me sing to you my solitude, let me pay for your next drink
Let me defend these hearts which are so rarely understood
From the right angle, in the right light
I might seem like I could take care of you
For a brief moment, for a few nights
Until the changing world has tumbled back into view
When nothing really matters the world gets harder to resist
And saves you a place at the end of an empty glass
I am here as a reminder, the quick glance off of a cliff
I guess that's why I though you would never ask
From the right angle, in the right light
I might seem like I could take care of you
For a brief moment, for a few nights
Until the changing world has tumbled back into view
At the scene of all I've left unlearned, in the directions to your house
In every swing I took to crack the code
I need a cold beer from a dressing room, I need a string of dates back out
I think there are a few of us that still belong out on the road
From the right angle, in the right light
I might seem like I could take care of you
For a brief moment, for a few nights
Until the changing world has tumbled back into view
Until all you want is all I know how to do
I might seem like I could take care of you
Side Effects lyrics - Dawes
If there was no word for love now
We'd see how strong it really is
We could find out what it looks like
Or if it ever did exist
'Cause every time you said you loved me
Seems like the point escaped us both
And the current interrupted
The moment that you spoke
Now there's a loophole in the theory
That I cannot figure out
'Cause if love was what they said it would be
Then you'd be here with me now
It's a loneliness perfected
It's how to laugh when you should cry
The side effects of broken promise
Becomes a way of getting by
So the next time that you see me
And our exchange feels somehow cheap
Know that I feel every word you're saying
But from just a few steps out of reach
Where the view is a little hazy
And the noise a little loud
'Cause if love was what they said it would be
Well then you'd be here with me now
If love was what they said it would be
Then you'd be here with me now
We'd see how strong it really is
We could find out what it looks like
Or if it ever did exist
'Cause every time you said you loved me
Seems like the point escaped us both
And the current interrupted
The moment that you spoke
Now there's a loophole in the theory
That I cannot figure out
'Cause if love was what they said it would be
Then you'd be here with me now
It's a loneliness perfected
It's how to laugh when you should cry
The side effects of broken promise
Becomes a way of getting by
So the next time that you see me
And our exchange feels somehow cheap
Know that I feel every word you're saying
But from just a few steps out of reach
Where the view is a little hazy
And the noise a little loud
'Cause if love was what they said it would be
Well then you'd be here with me now
If love was what they said it would be
Then you'd be here with me now
Just Beneath The Surface (Reprise) lyrics -
And when the singing is through
There's not much else I can do for you
Which might be more than what you'd want
But less than you'd expect
From a coded dream
From a final scene
Where all the heroes and villains intersect
And that lost feeling through the credits feels correct
Just beneath the surface, there's another one of her
The one I'm taking with me, the one that I prefer
After all her reasons, but right before she left
Just beneath the surface is where she will stay kept
Just beneath the surface
Just beneath the surface
There's not much else I can do for you
Which might be more than what you'd want
But less than you'd expect
From a coded dream
From a final scene
Where all the heroes and villains intersect
And that lost feeling through the credits feels correct
Just beneath the surface, there's another one of her
The one I'm taking with me, the one that I prefer
After all her reasons, but right before she left
Just beneath the surface is where she will stay kept
Just beneath the surface
Just beneath the surface
Time Spent In Los Angeles lyrics - Dawes
These days my friends don’t seem to know me
Without my suitcase in my hand
Where I am standing still
I seem to disappear
But maybe that's how I found you
Maybe that's taught me exactly what I want
Maybe meeting you so far away from home
Is what makes it all so clear
But you got that special kind of sadness
You got that tragic set of charms
That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
When people ask me where I come from
To see what that says about man
I only end up giving bad directions
That never lead them there at all
It’s something written in the head lights
Is something swimming in my drink
And if I were the moon
It would be exactly where I fall
Cause you got that special kind of sadness
You got that tragic set of charms
That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
I used to think someone would love me
For places I have been
And the dirt I have been gathering
Deep beneath my nails
But now I know what I’ve been missing
And I’m going home to make it mine
And I'll be battening the hatches and pulling in the sails.
But you got that special kind of sadness
You got that tragic set of charms [x2]
That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
Without my suitcase in my hand
Where I am standing still
I seem to disappear
But maybe that's how I found you
Maybe that's taught me exactly what I want
Maybe meeting you so far away from home
Is what makes it all so clear
But you got that special kind of sadness
You got that tragic set of charms
That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
When people ask me where I come from
To see what that says about man
I only end up giving bad directions
That never lead them there at all
It’s something written in the head lights
Is something swimming in my drink
And if I were the moon
It would be exactly where I fall
Cause you got that special kind of sadness
You got that tragic set of charms
That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
I used to think someone would love me
For places I have been
And the dirt I have been gathering
Deep beneath my nails
But now I know what I’ve been missing
And I’m going home to make it mine
And I'll be battening the hatches and pulling in the sails.
But you got that special kind of sadness
You got that tragic set of charms [x2]
That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
If I Wanted Someone lyrics - Dawes
Like the memory from your mother's house
From before you got too old
Like the feeling from a photograph
Before it's meanings all got told
The words I say can be silver
But what's left unsaid can be gold
So get to know me once I go away
Maybe 'cause I come from such an empty-hearted town
Or maybe 'cause some love of mine had really let me down
But the only time I am lonely is when others are around
I just never end up knowing what to say
If I wanted someone to clean me up
I'd find myself a maid
If I wanted someone to spend my money
I wouldn't need to get paid
If I wanted someone to understand me
I'd have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
I took everything I thought from what it means to be a man
We need words to be put to what we do not understand
While you lean into the echoes and you do not raise a hand
Oh woman, help me see it like it is
If I wanted someone to clean me up
I'd find myself a maid
If I wanted someone to spend my money
I wouldn't need to get paid
If I wanted someone to understand me
I'd have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
If I wanted someone to clean me up
I'd find myself a maid
If I wanted someone to spend my money
I wouldn't need to get paid
If I wanted someone to cut me down
I'd have handed you the blade
I want you to make the days move easy
I just want you to make the days move easy
From before you got too old
Like the feeling from a photograph
Before it's meanings all got told
The words I say can be silver
But what's left unsaid can be gold
So get to know me once I go away
Maybe 'cause I come from such an empty-hearted town
Or maybe 'cause some love of mine had really let me down
But the only time I am lonely is when others are around
I just never end up knowing what to say
If I wanted someone to clean me up
I'd find myself a maid
If I wanted someone to spend my money
I wouldn't need to get paid
If I wanted someone to understand me
I'd have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
I took everything I thought from what it means to be a man
We need words to be put to what we do not understand
While you lean into the echoes and you do not raise a hand
Oh woman, help me see it like it is
If I wanted someone to clean me up
I'd find myself a maid
If I wanted someone to spend my money
I wouldn't need to get paid
If I wanted someone to understand me
I'd have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
If I wanted someone to clean me up
I'd find myself a maid
If I wanted someone to spend my money
I wouldn't need to get paid
If I wanted someone to cut me down
I'd have handed you the blade
I want you to make the days move easy
I just want you to make the days move easy
My Way Back Home lyrics - Dawes
A ballerina in Phoenix
The pines up north
The sunrise from a highway
That was not there before
If I can place it all together
Make out the nature of the call
I start to feel the love and the silence
That was always at the root of it all
And in my constant quest for truth
I am condemned to facts alone
And though my dreams all lead me nowhere
I won't forget my way back home
From the corner of a coffee shop
Or from the center of a stage
From the words used in a love note
Or from an empty page
While I struggle with these beauties
And my renditions end up dry
I'm like a bird that crashes into the window
That was drawn to the reflection of the sky
And the more I try to speak
The more I lose that earthly tone
And before heaven proves me hopeless
I won't forget my way back home
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I admit that these answers that I seek
Are all to questions I've never known
But I pray to keep on looking for as long as I can roam
And when the world finally fulfills me
I will not forget my way back home
The pines up north
The sunrise from a highway
That was not there before
If I can place it all together
Make out the nature of the call
I start to feel the love and the silence
That was always at the root of it all
And in my constant quest for truth
I am condemned to facts alone
And though my dreams all lead me nowhere
I won't forget my way back home
From the corner of a coffee shop
Or from the center of a stage
From the words used in a love note
Or from an empty page
While I struggle with these beauties
And my renditions end up dry
I'm like a bird that crashes into the window
That was drawn to the reflection of the sky
And the more I try to speak
The more I lose that earthly tone
And before heaven proves me hopeless
I won't forget my way back home
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I admit that these answers that I seek
Are all to questions I've never known
But I pray to keep on looking for as long as I can roam
And when the world finally fulfills me
I will not forget my way back home
Coming Back To A Man lyrics - Dawes
You still wear your hair to your shoulder
You still look like a Friday night
You're still caught somewhere
Between the plans and the dreams
So that neither end up turning out right
And I myself look a few moments older
When I learned that love is not as simple as I thought
It starts to feel more real and the wounds all start to heal
Whether I want them to or not
So tell me why you think I should forgive what you did
And I'll tell you if I understand
'Cause you broke the quick-giving heart of a kid
But you're now coming back to a man
It means a lot that you came here to speak to me
And I will listen in ways I never did before
I'll hear the pause between each word
And when your presentations heard
Then I'll need to show you to the door
'Cause some people were just meant to be a memory
To be called upon to remind us how we've changed
The way the scattered ever-busy bright lights of a city
Might look off to a distant mountain range
And the guy you know is someone I work hard at keeping hid
And he is very good at sticking to the plan
'Cause you broke the quick-giving heart of a kid
But you're now coming back to a man
I might think of you more often then I'm willing to admit
But I can't show every card I'm holding in my hand
'Cause you broke the quick-giving heart of a kid
But you're now coming back to a man
You still look like a Friday night
You're still caught somewhere
Between the plans and the dreams
So that neither end up turning out right
And I myself look a few moments older
When I learned that love is not as simple as I thought
It starts to feel more real and the wounds all start to heal
Whether I want them to or not
So tell me why you think I should forgive what you did
And I'll tell you if I understand
'Cause you broke the quick-giving heart of a kid
But you're now coming back to a man
It means a lot that you came here to speak to me
And I will listen in ways I never did before
I'll hear the pause between each word
And when your presentations heard
Then I'll need to show you to the door
'Cause some people were just meant to be a memory
To be called upon to remind us how we've changed
The way the scattered ever-busy bright lights of a city
Might look off to a distant mountain range
And the guy you know is someone I work hard at keeping hid
And he is very good at sticking to the plan
'Cause you broke the quick-giving heart of a kid
But you're now coming back to a man
I might think of you more often then I'm willing to admit
But I can't show every card I'm holding in my hand
'Cause you broke the quick-giving heart of a kid
But you're now coming back to a man
So Well lyrics - Dawes
I am an old, old sailor
With a future much shorter than his past
I live alone, I do not wander
A world that just slips further from my grasp
And from my home I watch the people
Struggle through the burden of each day
That's where Marie sweet and gentle
Smiles to me when she passes on her way
And she does it so well
She pulls me out of times cruel spell
For long enough to finally tell
That nothing is wrong
I am a boy, I am a child
With those simple dreams still burning in my heart
I've known Marie for a while
She shows me where all my beginnings are
And once a week she takes me dancing
She shows me friends and places I never knew
And it always ends watching her leaving
With a man she knows don't understand
What loneliness will make you do
And she does it so well
She shows me where my dreams dwell
She shows me how to find myself
And that nothing is wrong
I am a lonely singer
With a song for every feeling I cannot name
And I find Marie in every measure
And somehow the clearer it becomes the longer she's away
And she does it so well
I was still falling in love when she said farewell
For long enough to finally tell
That nothing is wrong, that nothing is wrong
With a future much shorter than his past
I live alone, I do not wander
A world that just slips further from my grasp
And from my home I watch the people
Struggle through the burden of each day
That's where Marie sweet and gentle
Smiles to me when she passes on her way
And she does it so well
She pulls me out of times cruel spell
For long enough to finally tell
That nothing is wrong
I am a boy, I am a child
With those simple dreams still burning in my heart
I've known Marie for a while
She shows me where all my beginnings are
And once a week she takes me dancing
She shows me friends and places I never knew
And it always ends watching her leaving
With a man she knows don't understand
What loneliness will make you do
And she does it so well
She shows me where my dreams dwell
She shows me how to find myself
And that nothing is wrong
I am a lonely singer
With a song for every feeling I cannot name
And I find Marie in every measure
And somehow the clearer it becomes the longer she's away
And she does it so well
I was still falling in love when she said farewell
For long enough to finally tell
That nothing is wrong, that nothing is wrong
How Far We've Come lyrics - Dawes
Stars, please shine the way for me
Show the one that I have followed
To see how far I've come
Sun that slowly sets on me
Be the same to rise tomorrow
To see how far I've come
These are the days we swore upon
So barman keep the TV on
To see how far we've come
Peak to peak and shore to shore
This is all love was ever for
Is to see how far we've come
California's greenest parts
I reach out for my brother
To see how far he's come
For the girl that came to break my heart
I call on her new lover
To see how far she's come
Why your mother keeps a record of her child's height
Why we all are here tonight
Is to see how far we've come
The only point of clocks and maps
The only point of looking back
Is to see how far we've come
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Stars, please shine the way for me
Show the one that I have followed
To see how far I've come
And sun that slowly sets on me
Be the same to rise tomorrow
To see how far I've come
Show the one that I have followed
To see how far I've come
Sun that slowly sets on me
Be the same to rise tomorrow
To see how far I've come
These are the days we swore upon
So barman keep the TV on
To see how far we've come
Peak to peak and shore to shore
This is all love was ever for
Is to see how far we've come
California's greenest parts
I reach out for my brother
To see how far he's come
For the girl that came to break my heart
I call on her new lover
To see how far she's come
Why your mother keeps a record of her child's height
Why we all are here tonight
Is to see how far we've come
The only point of clocks and maps
The only point of looking back
Is to see how far we've come
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Stars, please shine the way for me
Show the one that I have followed
To see how far I've come
And sun that slowly sets on me
Be the same to rise tomorrow
To see how far I've come
Fire Away lyrics - Dawes
This one's going out to you
As the taxi pulls away
A song to keep you company for the ride
There's something wrong with a goodbye
In the middle of the day
So pretend I am still sitting at your side
And if you want to talk about all the differences
Between the shackle and the man
Or if you've got reasons no one ever let you say
Then fire away
Fire away
This one's going out to you
On the day they let you out
For the thousand ways they ask if you're okay
Because whatever answer that you give
It's only gonna play into their doubts
And be just half of what's behind each word you say
So if you finally roped that heartbreak song
That the experts never could
Or if you just wanted someone to listen to you play
Then fire away
Fire away
Fire away
This one's going out to you
If you ever start to slip and you learn
To read between these lines you've drawn
When what is wrong and what is right
Seem more like just the ocean and the ship
And the straight line that you've followed here is gone
And if that same old fox comes and sweeps you up
Each time you spread your wings
I could at least love you through each stumble, shift and sway
So fire away
Fire away
Fire away
When you need someone to walk away from
When you need someone to let you in
(Through each stumble, shift and sway)
As the taxi pulls away
A song to keep you company for the ride
There's something wrong with a goodbye
In the middle of the day
So pretend I am still sitting at your side
And if you want to talk about all the differences
Between the shackle and the man
Or if you've got reasons no one ever let you say
Then fire away
Fire away
This one's going out to you
On the day they let you out
For the thousand ways they ask if you're okay
Because whatever answer that you give
It's only gonna play into their doubts
And be just half of what's behind each word you say
So if you finally roped that heartbreak song
That the experts never could
Or if you just wanted someone to listen to you play
Then fire away
Fire away
Fire away
This one's going out to you
If you ever start to slip and you learn
To read between these lines you've drawn
When what is wrong and what is right
Seem more like just the ocean and the ship
And the straight line that you've followed here is gone
And if that same old fox comes and sweeps you up
Each time you spread your wings
I could at least love you through each stumble, shift and sway
So fire away
Fire away
Fire away
When you need someone to walk away from
When you need someone to let you in
(Through each stumble, shift and sway)
Moon In The Water lyrics - Dawes
When the wind is with me
But somehow out of sight
Not knowing where it comes from
Or where it goes
That's the way your memory
Shapes the middle of my night
Since the last time I saw you
And the words you chose when I said
"This must be what love is
Like I saw it in a dream"
You looked into my eyes and said
"You don't know what you mean
'Cause love is for the fisherman
Who cast his nets too far upstream
Fishing for the moon in the water"
So I act now as if I've forgot
My efforts all in vain
I spent some time with a new girl
Who made the simple world seem fine
But like a rose placed in a flower pot
A true nature contained
Not knowing what she asks for
Or what she'll find
When she says, "If I've had love
In my life then surely this is it"
I said, "Anyone who talks like
That doesn't understand one bit
That love is for the fighter born to lose
But never quit, swinging for the moon in the water"
So I left her with her dreams
Where I thought that she belonged
Not with my secrets
Which she heard but never knew
I hoped my loneliness found peace
I hoped my number had been drawn
When all I wanted from her was to
Remind me of you
So I stay out in the streets
Hoping to find you anywhere
Now that I understand
The woman you need to be
I can feel you in the heat
I can taste you in the air
And I can't help but find your face in
Everything I see
And once I can admit you're gone
I'll place it on a star
And wait for the day I'm what you need
And then reach out for heart
'Cause even if love is more my mistress
Than my lovers ever are
You'll always be the moon in the water
But somehow out of sight
Not knowing where it comes from
Or where it goes
That's the way your memory
Shapes the middle of my night
Since the last time I saw you
And the words you chose when I said
"This must be what love is
Like I saw it in a dream"
You looked into my eyes and said
"You don't know what you mean
'Cause love is for the fisherman
Who cast his nets too far upstream
Fishing for the moon in the water"
So I act now as if I've forgot
My efforts all in vain
I spent some time with a new girl
Who made the simple world seem fine
But like a rose placed in a flower pot
A true nature contained
Not knowing what she asks for
Or what she'll find
When she says, "If I've had love
In my life then surely this is it"
I said, "Anyone who talks like
That doesn't understand one bit
That love is for the fighter born to lose
But never quit, swinging for the moon in the water"
So I left her with her dreams
Where I thought that she belonged
Not with my secrets
Which she heard but never knew
I hoped my loneliness found peace
I hoped my number had been drawn
When all I wanted from her was to
Remind me of you
So I stay out in the streets
Hoping to find you anywhere
Now that I understand
The woman you need to be
I can feel you in the heat
I can taste you in the air
And I can't help but find your face in
Everything I see
And once I can admit you're gone
I'll place it on a star
And wait for the day I'm what you need
And then reach out for heart
'Cause even if love is more my mistress
Than my lovers ever are
You'll always be the moon in the water
Million Dollar Bill lyrics - Dawes
When it hits me what she's gone
I think I'll run for president
Get my face put on the million dollar bill
So when these rich men that she wants
Show her ways they can take care of her
I'll have found a way to be there with her still
When it hits me that she's gone
I think I'll be an astronaut
Make the moon my home
And leave the earth behind
So when she steps out into the night
And finds the light that makes her prettiest
She'll be facing me every time she shines
When it hits me that she's left me alone
When I finally move on with my life
Her goodbye written into stone
And her shadow grown into a night
When it hits me that she's gone
I think I'll be a movie star
Play the finest men the world has ever seen
So when these lovers that she's found
Show her ways they learned to talk to her
Behind each perfect word there'll be a little bit of me
I think I'll run for president
Get my face put on the million dollar bill
So when these rich men that she wants
Show her ways they can take care of her
I'll have found a way to be there with her still
When it hits me that she's gone
I think I'll be an astronaut
Make the moon my home
And leave the earth behind
So when she steps out into the night
And finds the light that makes her prettiest
She'll be facing me every time she shines
When it hits me that she's left me alone
When I finally move on with my life
Her goodbye written into stone
And her shadow grown into a night
When it hits me that she's gone
I think I'll be a movie star
Play the finest men the world has ever seen
So when these lovers that she's found
Show her ways they learned to talk to her
Behind each perfect word there'll be a little bit of me
The Way You Laugh lyrics - Dawes
I suppose we are born from our silence
But you seem to take yours with you
Like a child that refuses to bloom
You forced me to face all of your beauty
Then turned your beauty away from yourself
This road that we've taken doesn't seem to stop here
But doesn't seem to go anywhere else
And your heart rests in your chest
Like a charm 'round your neck
That you couldn't find words to refuse
And this high horse you ride
It has broken its stride
As it leads us through worlds built for you
So walk with me a little bit further
So I can find the tenderness you keep inside
God made you with a taste for the madness in love
But you confuse your gift with your pride
And I can't help you with removed that bandage
I will leave you all to yourself while you heal
As I'm learning time is a language
And it's the best way to explain how I feel
And while the magician you meet
Sweeps you off your feet
Saying he'll teach you tricks all for free
I'll be in the way that you laugh
As he cuts you in half
And holds you up for the crowds all to see
So forgive me for feeling so strongly
But I feel like we can finally agree
That true lovers always end up lonely
'Cause they know how good it could be
I've heard the men in your wake
Describe you as a snake
As you slip away when they start to wilt
But I firmly believe
You're a lot more like Eve
As she enjoys a bit of her guilt
But you seem to take yours with you
Like a child that refuses to bloom
You forced me to face all of your beauty
Then turned your beauty away from yourself
This road that we've taken doesn't seem to stop here
But doesn't seem to go anywhere else
And your heart rests in your chest
Like a charm 'round your neck
That you couldn't find words to refuse
And this high horse you ride
It has broken its stride
As it leads us through worlds built for you
So walk with me a little bit further
So I can find the tenderness you keep inside
God made you with a taste for the madness in love
But you confuse your gift with your pride
And I can't help you with removed that bandage
I will leave you all to yourself while you heal
As I'm learning time is a language
And it's the best way to explain how I feel
And while the magician you meet
Sweeps you off your feet
Saying he'll teach you tricks all for free
I'll be in the way that you laugh
As he cuts you in half
And holds you up for the crowds all to see
So forgive me for feeling so strongly
But I feel like we can finally agree
That true lovers always end up lonely
'Cause they know how good it could be
I've heard the men in your wake
Describe you as a snake
As you slip away when they start to wilt
But I firmly believe
You're a lot more like Eve
As she enjoys a bit of her guilt
A Little Bit Of Everything lyrics - Dawes
With his back against the San Francisco traffic
On the bridge's side that faces towards the jail
Setting out to join a demographic
He hoists his first leg up over the rail
A phone call's made, police cars show up quickly
The sergeant slams his passenger door
He says, "Hey son why don't you talk through this with me?
Just tell me what you're doing it for."
"Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the mountains, it's the fog
It's the news at six o'clock
It's the death of my first dog."
"It's the angels up above me
It's the song that they don't sing
It's a little bit of everything."
There's an older man who stands in a buffet line,
He is smiling and he's holding out his plate,
And the further he looks back into his timeline
That hard road always led him to today,
Making up for when his bright future had left him
Making up for the fact his only son is gone,
And letting everything out once, his server asks him
"Have you figured out yet, what it is you want?"
I want a little bit of everything
The biscuits and the beans
Whatever helps me to forget about
The things that brought me to my knees
So pile on those mashed potatoes
And an extra chicken wing
I'm having a little bit of everything
Somewhere a pretty girl is writing invitations
To a wedding she has scheduled for the fall
Her man says, "Baby, can I make an observation?
You don't seem to be having any fun at all."
She said, "You just worry about your groomsmen and your shirt-size
And rest assured that this is making me feel good."
I think that love is so much easier than you realize
If you can give yourself to someone, then you should
'Cause it's a little bit of everything
The way you joke, the way you ache,
It is getting up before you,
So I could watch you as you wake.
So on that day in late September,
It's not some stupid little ring,
I'm getting a little bit of everything.
Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the matador and the bull
It's the suggested daily dosage
It's the red moon when it's full.
All these psychics and these doctors
They're alright and they're all wrong,
It's like trying to make out every word
When they should simply hum along
It's not some message written in the dark
Or some truth that no one's seen
It's a little bit of everything
On the bridge's side that faces towards the jail
Setting out to join a demographic
He hoists his first leg up over the rail
A phone call's made, police cars show up quickly
The sergeant slams his passenger door
He says, "Hey son why don't you talk through this with me?
Just tell me what you're doing it for."
"Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the mountains, it's the fog
It's the news at six o'clock
It's the death of my first dog."
"It's the angels up above me
It's the song that they don't sing
It's a little bit of everything."
There's an older man who stands in a buffet line,
He is smiling and he's holding out his plate,
And the further he looks back into his timeline
That hard road always led him to today,
Making up for when his bright future had left him
Making up for the fact his only son is gone,
And letting everything out once, his server asks him
"Have you figured out yet, what it is you want?"
I want a little bit of everything
The biscuits and the beans
Whatever helps me to forget about
The things that brought me to my knees
So pile on those mashed potatoes
And an extra chicken wing
I'm having a little bit of everything
Somewhere a pretty girl is writing invitations
To a wedding she has scheduled for the fall
Her man says, "Baby, can I make an observation?
You don't seem to be having any fun at all."
She said, "You just worry about your groomsmen and your shirt-size
And rest assured that this is making me feel good."
I think that love is so much easier than you realize
If you can give yourself to someone, then you should
'Cause it's a little bit of everything
The way you joke, the way you ache,
It is getting up before you,
So I could watch you as you wake.
So on that day in late September,
It's not some stupid little ring,
I'm getting a little bit of everything.
Oh, it's a little bit of everything
It's the matador and the bull
It's the suggested daily dosage
It's the red moon when it's full.
All these psychics and these doctors
They're alright and they're all wrong,
It's like trying to make out every word
When they should simply hum along
It's not some message written in the dark
Or some truth that no one's seen
It's a little bit of everything
Rest Easy lyrics - Dawes
There’s a place in my heart
Where you can always be found
However long you’ve been gone
Or however far away I happen to be bound,
And even though I only hear you in the whispers
I take a deep breath and I listen to that sound,
‘Cause there’s a place in my heart
Where you can always be found.
There’s a place in my heart
Where I will always wait,
Like the mother of a sailor
Who spends her time sitting by the waves
And the time it takes to work out your intentions
However small or how great
There’s a place in my heart
Where I can always wait.
And on the day that you return
Because your feelings get confirmed,
And you search my face for the changes that it lacks,
I hope this broken heart is healed
And that you definitely feel
That it was worth the time apart to come on back
There’s a place in my heart
Where you should always feel loved
However alone you end up feeling
Or however small you think the world has become,
Because even though the devil got his way
And stole that future we got very little of
There’s a place in my heart
Where you should always feel loved.
Where you can always be found
However long you’ve been gone
Or however far away I happen to be bound,
And even though I only hear you in the whispers
I take a deep breath and I listen to that sound,
‘Cause there’s a place in my heart
Where you can always be found.
There’s a place in my heart
Where I will always wait,
Like the mother of a sailor
Who spends her time sitting by the waves
And the time it takes to work out your intentions
However small or how great
There’s a place in my heart
Where I can always wait.
And on the day that you return
Because your feelings get confirmed,
And you search my face for the changes that it lacks,
I hope this broken heart is healed
And that you definitely feel
That it was worth the time apart to come on back
There’s a place in my heart
Where you should always feel loved
However alone you end up feeling
Or however small you think the world has become,
Because even though the devil got his way
And stole that future we got very little of
There’s a place in my heart
Where you should always feel loved.
Strangers Getting Stranger lyrics - Dawes
Did you hear the one about a joke without a punch-line
Or the song about a movie of a book
Like a stolen bouquet meant to be given away
To the girl that never gives you a look
Well that's how I've been spending all my meantime
Wondering if it's doing any harm
Resetting myself to when everything felt
Like a book I'm holding under my arm
But it's not that I want back all my innocence
Just the joy of losing it again
The favorites get their favors
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
The great one's all get greater
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
We got doctors that know everything about us
We can level cities by the end of the day
The world is turning back into dust or maybe it's just
We're becoming all the god's that we've praised
Or maybe the world is finally moving on without us
While we wait to see who's winning some debate
It's like we're running a race after spinning in place
We're pulling left when we've been moving straight
But me I think I'll keep on spinning
And smile as I hit the ground
The favorites get their favors
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
The great one's all get greater
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
Like a tree that doesn't look for it's root, it grows
Like a bird on the day that it's season is through, it knows
The favorites get their favors
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
The great one's all get greater
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
Or the song about a movie of a book
Like a stolen bouquet meant to be given away
To the girl that never gives you a look
Well that's how I've been spending all my meantime
Wondering if it's doing any harm
Resetting myself to when everything felt
Like a book I'm holding under my arm
But it's not that I want back all my innocence
Just the joy of losing it again
The favorites get their favors
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
The great one's all get greater
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
We got doctors that know everything about us
We can level cities by the end of the day
The world is turning back into dust or maybe it's just
We're becoming all the god's that we've praised
Or maybe the world is finally moving on without us
While we wait to see who's winning some debate
It's like we're running a race after spinning in place
We're pulling left when we've been moving straight
But me I think I'll keep on spinning
And smile as I hit the ground
The favorites get their favors
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
The great one's all get greater
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
Like a tree that doesn't look for it's root, it grows
Like a bird on the day that it's season is through, it knows
The favorites get their favors
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
The great one's all get greater
And this stranger's getting stranger everyday
"North Hills" (2009)
- That Western Skyline lyrics - Dawes
- Love Is All I Am lyrics - Dawes
- When You Call My Name lyrics - Dawes
- Give Me Time lyrics - Dawes
- When My Time Comes lyrics - Dawes
- God Rest My Soul lyrics - Dawes
- Bedside Manner lyrics - Dawes
- My Girl To Me lyrics - Dawe
- Take Me Out Of The City lyrics - Dawes
- If You Let Me Be Your Anchor lyrics - Dawes
- Peace In The Valley lyrics - Dawes
That Western Skyline lyrics - Dawes
Oh Lou, I'd like to let you know that I do not feel welcome.
All the birds, the trees, the falling snow;
No, they were not made for me.
And though this is where her heart resides, we met in California.
She saw a city's promise reaching through my eyes,
And she turned her self away.
Well how I curse that western skyline.
And yet I thanked it for my start.
Oh Lou, no my dreams did not come true.
No, they only came apart.
So I followed her here to Birmingham, where the soil is so much richer
And though my aching pride might guide my hand, she did not ask for me to come.
So I wait for her all through the day, as if I wait for her surrender.
And every time I get her to look my way, she says I'm not where I belong.
But I watch her father preach on Sundays.
I know the hymnals all by heart.
But oh Lou, no my dreams did not come true.
No, they only came apart.
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
All the snow fall this time of year, it's not what Birmingham is used to
I get the feeling that I brought it here, and now I'm taking it away.
But let's share one more drink together, before I go reload my car.
And oh Lou, no my dreams did not come true.
No they only came apart.
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Take me home,
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
All the birds, the trees, the falling snow;
No, they were not made for me.
And though this is where her heart resides, we met in California.
She saw a city's promise reaching through my eyes,
And she turned her self away.
Well how I curse that western skyline.
And yet I thanked it for my start.
Oh Lou, no my dreams did not come true.
No, they only came apart.
So I followed her here to Birmingham, where the soil is so much richer
And though my aching pride might guide my hand, she did not ask for me to come.
So I wait for her all through the day, as if I wait for her surrender.
And every time I get her to look my way, she says I'm not where I belong.
But I watch her father preach on Sundays.
I know the hymnals all by heart.
But oh Lou, no my dreams did not come true.
No, they only came apart.
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
All the snow fall this time of year, it's not what Birmingham is used to
I get the feeling that I brought it here, and now I'm taking it away.
But let's share one more drink together, before I go reload my car.
And oh Lou, no my dreams did not come true.
No they only came apart.
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Take me home,
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Ohhhh, oh oh oh oh
Love Is All I Am lyrics - Dawes
I need a silent, true way to admire,
like you as a sunset and I as a wildfire.
And I can't let the day go.
I've locked up these words in fear that I'd say them wrong.
Is it love as a mountain, or love as a simple song?
And the moment that the two meet
has now laid itself at your feet.
And love is not convenient.
It does not cease at your command.
You might take and leave it,
but love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
I need a boundless, soft way to commend,
like you as a temper and I as its tender end.
And however long your fits last,
I will live within your shadow cast.
And love is still your stranger.
It does not respect how much you'll stand.
You might be love's reminder,
but love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
I need a graceful, proud way to let go,
to smile and accept the things that you don't know.
The losses and the gains blurred
the weight of these as last words.
And love is not excitement.
It's not kissing or holding hands.
I'm not some assignment,
no, love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
like you as a sunset and I as a wildfire.
And I can't let the day go.
I've locked up these words in fear that I'd say them wrong.
Is it love as a mountain, or love as a simple song?
And the moment that the two meet
has now laid itself at your feet.
And love is not convenient.
It does not cease at your command.
You might take and leave it,
but love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
I need a boundless, soft way to commend,
like you as a temper and I as its tender end.
And however long your fits last,
I will live within your shadow cast.
And love is still your stranger.
It does not respect how much you'll stand.
You might be love's reminder,
but love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
I need a graceful, proud way to let go,
to smile and accept the things that you don't know.
The losses and the gains blurred
the weight of these as last words.
And love is not excitement.
It's not kissing or holding hands.
I'm not some assignment,
no, love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
Love is all I am.
When You Call My Name lyrics - Dawes
If all my lovers sing the big words,
and all my brothers keep them small,
then I'll get lost in the difference
between their whisper and the echo of their call.
So I am headed for the ocean
to let the sea smoke guide me in.
I'd give up my belongings and questions
They only ever taught me, to begin.
So I will not turn around
as I step up to the train,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
And I will not be the sound
of your roof under the rain,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
So I am takin' off my wristwatch
to let the time move how I please,
to let my day be guided by the sunlight
through morning's mill and twilight's soft release.
So if you wanna get to know me
follow my smile down into its curves.
All these lines are born in sorrows and pleasures
and every man ends up with the face that he deserves.
So I will not give you bread
as you reach out from your cage,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
And I will not give applause
as you step off of the stage,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
There's a river running through the city
gently reminding me what's what.
Of course you are invited to come with me,
but I don't think that's really what you want.
I think you want a world that will hold you
through security and gravity and love
and I can't think of anyone who'd blame you
and I can't think of how that'd be enough.
So I won't come back around
when you curse the ground you've tamed,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
And when you realize, once I'm gone,
that I never really came,
oh I'll hear it when you call my name.
And when the burden of the sun
reveals to you its pain,
oh I'll hear it when you call my name.
And when you realize that you're wrong
but you still give me all the blame,
I'll hear it when you call my name.
and all my brothers keep them small,
then I'll get lost in the difference
between their whisper and the echo of their call.
So I am headed for the ocean
to let the sea smoke guide me in.
I'd give up my belongings and questions
They only ever taught me, to begin.
So I will not turn around
as I step up to the train,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
And I will not be the sound
of your roof under the rain,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
So I am takin' off my wristwatch
to let the time move how I please,
to let my day be guided by the sunlight
through morning's mill and twilight's soft release.
So if you wanna get to know me
follow my smile down into its curves.
All these lines are born in sorrows and pleasures
and every man ends up with the face that he deserves.
So I will not give you bread
as you reach out from your cage,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
And I will not give applause
as you step off of the stage,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
There's a river running through the city
gently reminding me what's what.
Of course you are invited to come with me,
but I don't think that's really what you want.
I think you want a world that will hold you
through security and gravity and love
and I can't think of anyone who'd blame you
and I can't think of how that'd be enough.
So I won't come back around
when you curse the ground you've tamed,
but I'll hear it when you call my name.
And when you realize, once I'm gone,
that I never really came,
oh I'll hear it when you call my name.
And when the burden of the sun
reveals to you its pain,
oh I'll hear it when you call my name.
And when you realize that you're wrong
but you still give me all the blame,
I'll hear it when you call my name.
Give Me Time lyrics - Dawes
Give me time.
Give me time.
If there's one thing you could give
to help me show you all that's mine,
give me time.
Show me love.
Show me love.
If there's one thing that you know
that I've not had any of,
show me love.
Help me see.
Help me see.
If you know what it would take
to find the patience that you need,
help me see.
Give me time.
Give me time.
If there's one thing you could give
to help me show you all that's mine,
give me time.
Oh oh oh oh oh
Give me time.
If there's one thing you could give
to help me show you all that's mine,
give me time.
Show me love.
Show me love.
If there's one thing that you know
that I've not had any of,
show me love.
Help me see.
Help me see.
If you know what it would take
to find the patience that you need,
help me see.
Give me time.
Give me time.
If there's one thing you could give
to help me show you all that's mine,
give me time.
Oh oh oh oh oh
When My Time Comes lyrics - Dawes
There were moments of dreams
I was offered to save.
I lived less like a workhorse,
more like a slave.
I thought that one quick moment
that was noble or brave
would be worth the most of my life.
So I pointed my fingers
and shouted few quotes I knew,
as if something that's written
should be taken as true.
But every path I had taken
and conclusion I drew
would put truth back under the knife.
And now the only piece of advice that continues to help
is anyone that's making anything new only breaks something else.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
So I took what I wanted
and put it out of my reach.
I wanted to pay for my successes
with all my defeats.
And if Heaven was all
that was promised to me
why don't I pray for death?
Now it seems like the unravelling
started too soon.
Now I'm sleeping in hallways
and I'm drinking perfume,
and I'm speaking to mirrors,
and I'm howling at moons,
while the worse and the
worse that it gets.
Oh you can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks.
Yes, you can stare into the abyss, but it's starin' right back.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
Well you can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks.
Yes, you can stare into the abyss, but it's starin' right back.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
I was offered to save.
I lived less like a workhorse,
more like a slave.
I thought that one quick moment
that was noble or brave
would be worth the most of my life.
So I pointed my fingers
and shouted few quotes I knew,
as if something that's written
should be taken as true.
But every path I had taken
and conclusion I drew
would put truth back under the knife.
And now the only piece of advice that continues to help
is anyone that's making anything new only breaks something else.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
So I took what I wanted
and put it out of my reach.
I wanted to pay for my successes
with all my defeats.
And if Heaven was all
that was promised to me
why don't I pray for death?
Now it seems like the unravelling
started too soon.
Now I'm sleeping in hallways
and I'm drinking perfume,
and I'm speaking to mirrors,
and I'm howling at moons,
while the worse and the
worse that it gets.
Oh you can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks.
Yes, you can stare into the abyss, but it's starin' right back.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
Well you can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks.
Yes, you can stare into the abyss, but it's starin' right back.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
When my time comes,
Oh oh oh oh.
God Rest My Soul lyrics - Dawes
Take a last look around
Take the fall that is due
Hey, take your time, and I'll take mine
It's the last thing that is left for us to do
You have tried to define moments
And all the things that it is not
Your time became some old man's cane
While he dances to a song that he forgot
Oh you can't throw something out there without watching it fall
Only thing that's scarier than dying is not dying at all
So when I have lost all my control
God will rest my soul
I guess your mind can leave your heart
I guess thats what you're doing now
But it doesn't make us friends, or better men
It is not something that love would allow
Oh you can't throw something out there without watching it fall
Only thing that's scarier than dying is not dying at all
So when I have lost all my control
God will rest my soul
And just like how I'll drink myself through my seventh relapse
Like a captain of his sinking ship clutches to his maps
What the figure on the cross thinks with his one final gasp
This too shall pass
Oh you can't throw something out there without watching it fall
Only thing that's scarier than dying is not dying at all
So when I have lost all my control
God will rest my soul
Take the fall that is due
Hey, take your time, and I'll take mine
It's the last thing that is left for us to do
You have tried to define moments
And all the things that it is not
Your time became some old man's cane
While he dances to a song that he forgot
Oh you can't throw something out there without watching it fall
Only thing that's scarier than dying is not dying at all
So when I have lost all my control
God will rest my soul
I guess your mind can leave your heart
I guess thats what you're doing now
But it doesn't make us friends, or better men
It is not something that love would allow
Oh you can't throw something out there without watching it fall
Only thing that's scarier than dying is not dying at all
So when I have lost all my control
God will rest my soul
And just like how I'll drink myself through my seventh relapse
Like a captain of his sinking ship clutches to his maps
What the figure on the cross thinks with his one final gasp
This too shall pass
Oh you can't throw something out there without watching it fall
Only thing that's scarier than dying is not dying at all
So when I have lost all my control
God will rest my soul
Bedside Manner lyrics - Dawes
Some time as a much older man
I will sit down and put on this song.
It just might make me cry,
Or at the very least a tear in my eye.
I can't take all these years of my life
To be widdle down into a thought
That only appears to the year
I made memories perfectly clear.
Mama, mama
Mama, mama.
I just want to be making my mind,
Keep from changing my mind not to change.
Cause I'm greedy as the sea,
And that's how it always will be.
I'll be somebody now, and I'll be somebody then,
And I'll be all of you all in between.
And then I'll be ready to leave
When the whole world is taken with me.
Mama, mama
Mama, mama.
Mama, mama
Mama, mama.
Cause there're so many days in a year.
And there's so many years in my head.
So I think about when I'll be dead,
And how those very last moments get spent.
And if I think about you is that something you think you'd accept?
Some time as a much older man
I will sit down and put on this song.
It just might make me cry,
Or at the very least a tear in my eye.
I will sit down and put on this song.
It just might make me cry,
Or at the very least a tear in my eye.
I can't take all these years of my life
To be widdle down into a thought
That only appears to the year
I made memories perfectly clear.
Mama, mama
Mama, mama.
I just want to be making my mind,
Keep from changing my mind not to change.
Cause I'm greedy as the sea,
And that's how it always will be.
I'll be somebody now, and I'll be somebody then,
And I'll be all of you all in between.
And then I'll be ready to leave
When the whole world is taken with me.
Mama, mama
Mama, mama.
Mama, mama
Mama, mama.
Cause there're so many days in a year.
And there's so many years in my head.
So I think about when I'll be dead,
And how those very last moments get spent.
And if I think about you is that something you think you'd accept?
Some time as a much older man
I will sit down and put on this song.
It just might make me cry,
Or at the very least a tear in my eye.
My Girl To Me lyrics - Dawes
Go ahead and let your hands stay entwined,
I swear I could not possibly mind.
And when she lets down her guard,
Don't kiss her too hard.
She's sure to repay in kind.
Don't let your courtesy last too long,
My love blooms when I know it's gone.
So if I'm in the room,
It should be fair to assume:
You can both act how you want.
And I won't cross the line you drew
Cause I'm not here to compete
Oh and I don't know what she tells you,
But she's still my girl to me.
She's good with quick goodbyes
And whenever she rolls her eyes
That's her admission of guilt
On the temper she built,
And for me that's her most familiar side.
I'm always watching my bridges burn,
But if she didn't leave then she can't return.
And I don't know you too well,
But it's not too hard to tell
I miss her but I'm not concerned.
And I'm glad to see that someone stayed
I don't want to see her grieve
But it doesn't matter what you say,
She is still my girl to me.
Oh that's the way my sister might give a kiss
Oh, how I feel so passively missed.
And she says in your ear, as if I wasn't here
The quixote knows who he is
Oh, call me names if it comforts you
There are worst things I could be
But it doesn't matter if it isn't true-
She is still my girl to me.
I swear I could not possibly mind.
And when she lets down her guard,
Don't kiss her too hard.
She's sure to repay in kind.
Don't let your courtesy last too long,
My love blooms when I know it's gone.
So if I'm in the room,
It should be fair to assume:
You can both act how you want.
And I won't cross the line you drew
Cause I'm not here to compete
Oh and I don't know what she tells you,
But she's still my girl to me.
She's good with quick goodbyes
And whenever she rolls her eyes
That's her admission of guilt
On the temper she built,
And for me that's her most familiar side.
I'm always watching my bridges burn,
But if she didn't leave then she can't return.
And I don't know you too well,
But it's not too hard to tell
I miss her but I'm not concerned.
And I'm glad to see that someone stayed
I don't want to see her grieve
But it doesn't matter what you say,
She is still my girl to me.
Oh that's the way my sister might give a kiss
Oh, how I feel so passively missed.
And she says in your ear, as if I wasn't here
The quixote knows who he is
Oh, call me names if it comforts you
There are worst things I could be
But it doesn't matter if it isn't true-
She is still my girl to me.
Take Me Out Of The City lyrics - Dawes
Take me out of the city
Where my shadow can roam
Let me breathe in the morning
Let my way be my home
Take me out of the city
True love I will not find
Take me in new one's heart
Take me out of my mind
I feel my reflection slide
Along the eyes that march me past
I found my direction high up, close to sun
That I've kept to my back
Take me out of the city
Where God's never been
Where my soul is my sorrow
And it's bound by my skin
Take me out of the city
May I never return
Let the song of the mountain
Be the one that I've earned
I feel my reflection slide
Along the eyes that march me past
I found my direction high up, close to sun
That I've kept to my back
Take me out of the city
Where my shadow can roam
Let me breathe in the morning
Let my way be my home
Where my shadow can roam
Let me breathe in the morning
Let my way be my home
Take me out of the city
True love I will not find
Take me in new one's heart
Take me out of my mind
I feel my reflection slide
Along the eyes that march me past
I found my direction high up, close to sun
That I've kept to my back
Take me out of the city
Where God's never been
Where my soul is my sorrow
And it's bound by my skin
Take me out of the city
May I never return
Let the song of the mountain
Be the one that I've earned
I feel my reflection slide
Along the eyes that march me past
I found my direction high up, close to sun
That I've kept to my back
Take me out of the city
Where my shadow can roam
Let me breathe in the morning
Let my way be my home
If You Let Me Be Your Anchor lyrics - Dawes
1, 2, 3
I want love to stretch it's fingers wide
And touch on all our wandering parts.
Come, sit by my Californian side
With your Carolina heart
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If I see the thin trace of his hands
Let the winter pay all my dues
Let me forgive every single man
That before me came to you
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
So find me when you welcome back your roots
And I will be where all of your ends meet
I want the feeling waking next to you
I want to find my children at your feet
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I want love to stretch it's fingers wide
And touch on all our wandering parts.
Come, sit by my Californian side
With your Carolina heart
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If I see the thin trace of his hands
Let the winter pay all my dues
Let me forgive every single man
That before me came to you
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
So find me when you welcome back your roots
And I will be where all of your ends meet
I want the feeling waking next to you
I want to find my children at your feet
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
If you let me be your anchor
I will hold you down
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Crack The Case lyrics - Dawes
I will do your interview
Give you a quote you can misconstrue
Help you push your claims about the privileged in L.A
A sick version of telephone starts at the clip of the microphone
A game we thought we had all outgrown, but still everybody plays
Ignoring all of the remedies, believing all of the rumors
With their endless staged[?] debates
I wanna sit with my enemies and say, "we should have done this sooner"
While I look them in the face
Maybe that would crack the case
I got a friend who's been thinking 'bout finally kicking her husband out
His second life as a talent scout, finally got him caught
While she was throwing out all his clothes she heard a voice from beyond the throes
"Punish him for the life he chose, but forgive the past that he did not!"
It's really hard to hate anyone once you know what they've lived through
And once they've given you a taste
She said, "This is for you to overcome, but I will always love you"
In her perfect state of grace
Maybe that would crack the case
Now that we're through with formalities
What is it you want to ask of me?
I'll answer open and honestly
Whatever that might mean
Finding out that we occupy
Somebody else's opposing side
There's no use in crossing a great divide that no one's even seen
A long position of centuries trying to tell us the future
Between each commercial break
I wanna call off the cavalry
Declare no winners or losers
And forgive our shared mistakes
They can pick the time and place
Maybe that would crack the case
Give you a quote you can misconstrue
Help you push your claims about the privileged in L.A
A sick version of telephone starts at the clip of the microphone
A game we thought we had all outgrown, but still everybody plays
Ignoring all of the remedies, believing all of the rumors
With their endless staged[?] debates
I wanna sit with my enemies and say, "we should have done this sooner"
While I look them in the face
Maybe that would crack the case
I got a friend who's been thinking 'bout finally kicking her husband out
His second life as a talent scout, finally got him caught
While she was throwing out all his clothes she heard a voice from beyond the throes
"Punish him for the life he chose, but forgive the past that he did not!"
It's really hard to hate anyone once you know what they've lived through
And once they've given you a taste
She said, "This is for you to overcome, but I will always love you"
In her perfect state of grace
Maybe that would crack the case
Now that we're through with formalities
What is it you want to ask of me?
I'll answer open and honestly
Whatever that might mean
Finding out that we occupy
Somebody else's opposing side
There's no use in crossing a great divide that no one's even seen
A long position of centuries trying to tell us the future
Between each commercial break
I wanna call off the cavalry
Declare no winners or losers
And forgive our shared mistakes
They can pick the time and place
Maybe that would crack the case
Peace In The Valley lyrics - Dawes
I think these walls have a message or have changed
Which it is I can't decide.
So I leave with the writer that remains
And let him tell me what his better days were like.
And I sit with the memory of kings
With only words to criticize
As if I finally found the antidote for pain
Without knowing what that's really like.
And our actor ends his love song
And all these lovers sit and stare.
If I don't find peace in the valley
It's cause there wasn't any there.
I will move somewhere the ocean's never seen.
Somewhere weeds just make their claim
Where my best friends exist only on screen
Where my love all fits in frame
But I want fire tumbling out into the night
I want you to know why you hold me close
Pull the quarter from my ear, or say you tried
I need magic or the holy ghost.
And as I drive on through these canyons
I'm still feeling like a crook
If I don't find peace in the valley
I've got no place else to look.
Which it is I can't decide.
So I leave with the writer that remains
And let him tell me what his better days were like.
And I sit with the memory of kings
With only words to criticize
As if I finally found the antidote for pain
Without knowing what that's really like.
And our actor ends his love song
And all these lovers sit and stare.
If I don't find peace in the valley
It's cause there wasn't any there.
I will move somewhere the ocean's never seen.
Somewhere weeds just make their claim
Where my best friends exist only on screen
Where my love all fits in frame
But I want fire tumbling out into the night
I want you to know why you hold me close
Pull the quarter from my ear, or say you tried
I need magic or the holy ghost.
And as I drive on through these canyons
I'm still feeling like a crook
If I don't find peace in the valley
I've got no place else to look.
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