BIGGER MOUNTAINS HIGHER FLAGS
01. the highways are deserted
so we held on to the railway
as they stood up on the bench
they said you'll hear it loud and clear
if you don't flinch
it's a brilliant piece of action
it's a shudder then a thought
it's like a life in technicolor
like the life you said we'd bought
where all the highways are deserted
all the way to point alcaire
we heard it howled across the airwaves
with these drums and these guitars
we're never high above the ocean
we're just crawling underground
all the highways are deserted man
I can hardly feel the neck
on my guitar
and once the whole world was so barren
they said there ain't no coming back
to call it pale and unforgiven
a bit of noise and a long ghost track
and when they left us in the rubble
we looked around at what we had
and all the highways are deserted
all the way to point Alcaire
we heard it howled across the airwaves
with these drums and these guitars
we're never high above the ocean
we're just crawling underground
all the highways are deserted man
I can hardly feel the neck
on my guitar
02. when we were kings
it's a planet of arsonists, cheap quarter artists
where you hardly remember names
where the heroes you once had are scarred and destroyed
by the hollering mob of little boys
in the face of it all they say give me a man
who'll burn way better than me
and I'll watch him descend on the needles, the models
and I'll watch him go down for free
yeah I'll watch him drown for me
how the chords the howls the whispers
that we built when we were kings
end up washed upon the portals
of their aching personal skin
I am not your next of kin
and yes I care
and so what were the chances, a battle of mice
and the death of rock and roll
and we're all coming down
naked and stoned, bowing to those
who now rule the kingdom by self decree
cause the motion is theirs, even we
must be serving the mass, with an absence of class
and a graceless mp3
the only songs they love are free
how the chords the howls the whispers
that we built when we were kings
end up washed upon the portals
of their aching personal skin
I am not your next of kin
and yes I care
yes I care
in your rgb e-world
and yes I care
03. she wakes up every night
oh, the hall is lit all the writing
on the wall, the wit, all the fighting
she wakes up every night
oh, the stink is bad like he's rotting,
but the sex is nice when he sleeps
she wakes up every night
for the role she holds when she's hiding
she wakes up every night
when the world is hurting and lost
and drenched in golden light
she wakes up every night
oh, the hours spent on the ceiling
crawling down again when he wakes
she hopes for nothing at all
just a glance
then one more
she wakes up every night
for the role she holds when she's hiding
she wakes up every night
when the world is hurting and lost
and drenched in golden light
she wakes up every night
04. naked and gasolined
marie got cancer on a saturday night
she said ho, I'm gonna hurl it to a tv show
they said it's simple as simple can get
when they met, they said the public needs a piece of the fun
dress down wear your brightest smile
and light up! and light up!
they want the whole damn set on the summer
they want your whole damn life on the summer screen
they want your eyes to swell up and water
they want you stripped down naked and gasolined
and they all want a part in the scene
it's alright
marie can bear it she's in real good shape
she's ok, she knows it's better than staying home
she knows it's courage that the public wants
and she gives and she gives and she gives
they want the whole damn set on the summer
they want your whole damn life on the summer screen
they want your eyes to swell up and water
they want you stripped down naked and gasolined
and they all want a part in the scene
it's alright
it's alright
it's alright
they want the whole damn set on the summer
they want your whole damn life on the summer screen
they want your eyes to swell up and water
they want you stripped down naked and gasolined
stripped down naked and gasolined
and they all want a part in the scene
05. here, we're nothing
I tried selling the plan to Nigel
but he said man I don't know
I've been feeling kind of worn out kind of low
I said that's just it my friend this place
has the old familiar stink
of a slaughterhouse in the summertime
when the sun is beating hard
against the wind
so we gorged on all the colors
then we boarded up the house
we said we're done this time
we're done with getting high
we'll come out of this why shouldn't we
we've never even really tried
and in the hollow fading evening
as the bridges all went down
we could hear the waters blast across the bay
for just one night
then one year
then my friend we'll disappear
cause here we're nothing
and everything reminds you of her
then we'll gather all we have
and find a place and settle down
we'll look ahead, we'll bury our dead
deep in the ground
and we'll look out every hour
maybe we'll see it when it comes
and in the hollow fading evening
as the bridges all went down
we could hear the waters blast across the bay
for just one night
then one year
then my friend we'll disappear
cause here we're nothing
and everything reminds you of her
06. the goodbye song
he woke up early
the wind howling neath the skin
he saw the walls all closing in
this is how it all begins
he felt the life go out once again
just like a goodbye song
that goes on too long
and did it please her
was it right and was I strong
was it good and is good all wrong
is good enough to light the grey zone
if I could spend just one night alone
I'd be myself I swear I'd get out of there
I'd do it once if I really cared
the light is out the thrill is gone
he felt the life go out once again
just like a goodbye song
that goes on too long
and if I breathe it'll all come to end
just like a goodbye song that goes on too long
and if I breathe it'll all come to end
where has it gone, where has it gone
where have I gone
so we're no different
it won't be branded on skin
you won't feel nothing you won't feel bad
guess the first time is the hardest
it's like a key that locks and locks
and I don't like oh the place I'm in
it's a place of whispers of shadows and lies
it's the new world that I live in
I feel the life go out once again
just like a goodbye song
that goes on too long
and if I breathe it'll all come to end
where have I gone
where has it gone
and did it happen
it all seems so far behind
can I do it just one more time
only once and then it's over
I can choose I got all the time
and when I see her man, will she understand
I can keep it in once again
where have I gone
where have I gone
I feel the life go out once again
just like a goodbye song
that goes on too long
and if I breathe it'll all come to end
just like a goodbye song
that goes on too long
and if I breathe it'll all come to end
where have I gone
where have I gone
where has it gone
07. the torch song
so the highs are not that high at all
and the place to go will always let down
it's a town of strife where the wildest hopes
are always treated like a stale joke
so baby kiss on
and baby sing me another song
where the heart ain't worn
on a sleeve all torn
bring it on
you never let down
this city feels like hell to me
she dwells in insecurity
she looks at you and growls as if
a smile would give her away
so you growl back
and when she bites down
well, we all go down alone
so sing me another song
where the heart ain't worn
on a sleeve all torn
bring it on
you never let down
just one last cliché
for the times we had
bring the whole damn world
oh bring it on
yeah bring it on
you never let down
08. and we dance
sevi was a great conductor
he said won't you come outside
down the road and up to marceau's
where the kids all go
the street is ours and all the warnings
flashing faintly down the tracks
could never cut it, cut it out
we're going right down to the dance
and we dance and we dance
on holy waters
on ragged altars
that split the night
jeannie was a strange impostor
she said won't you step inside
I wanna see you strip and squeal
I want you on my side
she could always kill the spirit
of any party when she smiled
she never ever had a chance
but when the rain came ah we danced
and we dance and we dance
on holy waters
on ragged altars
that split the night
and we dance and we dance
on holy waters
on ragged altars
that split the night
so we dance and we dance and we dance
on hollywood waters
so we dance and we dance and we dance
on rivers and borders
johnny has a call for nothing
he says man they're all around
for every one of them there's two
who go down and then we dance and we dance
on holy waters
on ragged altars
that split the night
and we dance and we dance
on holy waters
on ragged altars
that split the night
so we dance and we dance and we dance
on hollywood
so we dance and we dance and we dance
on hollywood
so we dance and we dance and we dance
we're all looking around
09. if i didn't come for forgiveness
soon
10. white limousine
kiss me in the white limousine she moans
it's not killing if it's already dead
it's not living in the past if the feelings last
I'm gonna keep to my side of the bed
sell me all my life like it used to be
I'm not buying I just ain't got the money
but I'll lick it up and then I'll spit it out
and the taste I can keep for free
it's not written down here at all
that I'm never gonna catch your fall
kiss me in the white limousine she moans
it's not heaven but it's sort of ok
before I lay my head where the sun don't shine
I'm gonna keep to your side of the line
so kiss me on the corner of the mouth she says
here on the dashboard here on the road
why don't we do it all day all the digital day
and then we'll leave it out in the cold
it's not written down here at all
that I'm never gonna catch your fall
oh, it ain't so lonely today
and it ain't gone
the solid air won't hold for long
it ain't so lonely today
and all the while
you weren't here
you weren't here
kiss me in the white limousine she cries
you're not a lover but there's no one around
and if we wait just a minute it'll turn out right
we'll get the chemicals all working again
for every one I forget
there's a million I lose I didn't really want to tell you the news
cause if it stinks it'll stink till the moment has come
to throw it all, throw it all to the dogs
it's not written down here at all
that I'm never gonna catch your fall
oh, it ain't so lonely today
and it ain't gone
the solid air won't hold for long
it ain't so lonely today
hell it ain't gone
the solid air won't hold
and all of the while
you were branded, you were sold
and all the while
you weren't here
you weren't here
11. we used to fight a lot
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