Built To Spill Album

every thousand years
this metal sphere
ten times the size of Jupiter
floats just a few yards past the earth
you climb on your roof
and take a swipe at it
with a single feather
hit it once every thousand years
`til you've worn it down
to the size of a pea
yeah I'd say that's a long time
but it's only half a blink
in the place you're gonna be

where you gonna be
where will you spend eternity
I'm gonna be perfect from now on
I'm gonna be perfect starting now
stop making that sound
stop making that sound
I will say I forgot
but it was only yesterday
and it's all you had to say

I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
no one else around even seems to be noticing
it's only small enough for me

I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
it feels like fingernails across the moon
or do you rub your wings together
there's a mean bone in my body
it's connected to the problems that I won't take for an answer
and I won't take that from you
because I'd hurt a fly

let you go to sleep
feeling bad as me
let you go to sleep
feeling bad
there's a mean bone in my body
it's connected to the problems that I won't take for an answer
and I won't take that from you
because I'd hurt a fly

you don't tell me anything
that's not a dream
that's not a big lie
you're not going anywhere
you don't care
you think that's fine
you don't owe me anything
you're offering
it's already mine
your best friend is everywhere
they don't care
they think you're slime
you don't even know
what it means to take your own advice
and then
expect me to look surprised

after awhile you know their style and that's enough to know they suck
and when you know they'll stop the show because they know you know
I know it's sad but don't feel bad they knew they had it coming
after awhile it hurts to smile and if you laugh it's just a typical miracle

these thoughts are old
let's keep it cold
dry lines on me
dry history
dryology

that stupid sound
that awful feel
don't bring them down
and it never will
no it never will
no it never will
no it never will

hard to believe
that after all this time
that after all this I'm
still me

no one wants to hear
what you dreamt about unless you dreamt about them
don't let that stop you
tell them anyway
and you can make it up as you go
I'm already gone now
you were outside just waiting
I'm already nothing
you just noticed me fading
it takes a lot to make me crazy
and a lot is always going on

if there's a word for you
it doesn't mean anything
I've got some words for you
they don't offer anything
you cold called everybody
but you haven't sold a thing
a bad idea gone funny
a pinch felt in a dream
you thought of everything but some things can't be thought
you thought of everything but one thing you forgot is you're wrong

and you better not be angry
and you better not be sad
you better just enjoy the luxury of sympathy
if that's a luxury you have
and you know no private bad
you know that that's the meaning of you're done
in a world that's not so bad
in a world time was killing in the sun
in a world that's not so bad
in a world time was killing in the sun
in the sun
in the sun
you took all that moment
and you left it in the sun
now it's gone because you left it in the sun
was a brave idea
didn't mean no harm
now it's burnt because you left it in the sun
was a great mistake
but how could you have known
the temperature, the distance of the sun

raised unright
so uptight
but why blame you
you wouldn't be if you could choose

most of the time it's out of site
it hit me today
who gave who the right
who took mine away
what a sight
what a sound
what a way to bring people down
what a way to bring me down

I know that you'll get yours when you get empty
it's so close
I'm sure that you would rather do that than be in your clothes

you must have waited a long time
bet you were disappointed
I waited longer than that
just goes to prove
proving's illogical but
(Illogical)
it's sometimes necessary
proving's illogical but
(Illogical)
it's a cinch

fa-la-la
fa-la-laaa
but why blame you
you wouldn't be if you could choose

most of the time it's out of site
it hit me today
who gave who the right
who took mine away
what a sight
what a sound
what a way to bring people down
what a way to bring me down
it goes on and on and on and on and on .....

backwashed thoughts
and you made me talk
no you made me listen
there's a feeling from ada to irene
there's something
there's nothing you haven't seen
tiny tv
on at three
so serene
no place to be alone
so come on over
yeah
let's sit down a little while
some wine
you will find the same things
the same things
the same things
the same things
the same things
by the time you read this
you kicked it in the sun
it was all that you could do
how could you refuse
and you kicked it in the sun
it was all you had to do
and you kicked it in the sun
it was all you had to do
how could you refuse
and you kicked it in the sun
it was wrong and it was rude
and you kicked it in the sun
it was wrong and it was rude
how could you refuse
and you kicked it in the sun

it's alright now I'm getting over getting mine
it's alright now I'm getting over getting mine

he seemed so unashamed of how he operated
corresponds to the facts that you want
despite his expectations
he turned out mediocre
his master plan was so so
we're special in other ways
ways our mothers appreciate
that net does not make me feel safe
all those holes make me nervous

he woke up late that morning
went to the window and saw the sun had stopped its shining
so so
we're special in other ways
ways our mothers appreciate
we're special in other ways
ways our mothers appreciate
we're special
we're special

you can't trust anyone
cause you're untrustable
how can you trust someone you know can't trust you
you won't help anyone
cause you're unusable
no one can tie you down
you're nobody's fool
and I'd love to see it but it's something you just feel
and I'd like to feel it but it just isn't real
and god is whoever you're performing for
and god is whoever you perform for

you don't like anything cause you're unlikable
all because you're not interested in you anymore
it's so unthinkable cause you don't think of it
how many ideas can fit in your reality
and I'd love to see it but it's something you just feel
and I'd like to feel it but it just isn't real

and I'd love to see it but it's something you just feel
and I'd like to feel it but it just isn't real
and god is whoever you're performing for
and god is whoever you perform for

- Pt. 2 (about someone else)

I know you
feel the things you see you know they're true
what are you gonna do
why can't you
EMPATHIZE WITH JESUS' POINT OF VIEW
what are you gonna do
can you feel the darkness shining through
what are you gonna do
why can't you
move yourself like other people do
what are you gonna do
I know you wouldn't be the way you feel if you could choose
what are you gonna do
can you feel the darkness shining through
what are you gonna do