Guster Album

I live on the second floor
of an old row house
down in Baltimore.
Watching all the colors and the shades
standing up here
my face against the window.

ooooooo
My face against the window
ooooooo

These moments they can never last
like a sad old man with his photographs.
Who's wishing for the things he cannot change
standing tall up here
my face against the window.

ooooooo
My face against the window.
ooooooo

So the architects and the engineers,
build the monuments
make the souvenirs.
We are occupants.
It's a trap this town.
We are burning up.
We are fading out.
We are shooting stars.

ohhhhhhh

We were young,
21,
all those years ago.
In came the fascinations
everything was out of control.
Our life,
untried,
thickets and some thorns.
Out came a revelation
everything was out of control.

Do you feel it?
Do you feel it now?
Cuz we want it,
but we don't know how.
Do we have it?
As much as anybody has ever has.

I want to wake you from your dream.
I wanna know just who your talking to when you're singing in your sleep.
I wanna find out what it means.
Do you love me?

Now were fine.
Alright,
but all those days are gone
we read out constellations
everything is under control.
Are you tired?(I'm tired)
I'm tired
TV sparks and glows.
The news man gives information
everything is under control.


Do you feel it?
Do you feel it now?
Cuz we want it,
but we don't know how.
Do we have it?
As much as anybody has ever has.

I want to wake you from your dream.
I wanna know just who your talking to when you're singing in your sleep.
I wanna find out what it means.
Do you love me?

I got marbles in my mouth
A thousand words I wanna say but it's impossible spilling out.
I can barely make a sound.
Do you love me?

dooo doo doo....

Do you feel it?
Do you feel it now?
Cuz we want it,
but we don't know how.
Do we have it?
As much as anybody has ever has.

I want to wake you from your dream.
I wanna know just who your talking to when you're singing in your sleep.
I wanna find out what it means.
Do you love me?

I got marbles in my mouth
A thousand words I wanna say but it's impossible spilling out.
I can barely make a sound.
Do you love me?
Love me!

dooo doo doo...

Am I asleep?
Is this a dream?
Oh my god, what have I done?
Anything?

At twenty-three,
You walked out on me.
Oh my god, where have you gone?
Anyway?

On the ocean,
I think I'm taking on water.
The storm is on the way,
But I will hold on anyway.

Ten thousand leagues,
under the sea,
Oh my god, what have you done?
Anything?

Twenty nine years,
I've wondered around,
There's no beauty here,
No emerald town,
I shall all?, what will be forgotten?
Everything?

On the ocean,
I think I'm taking on water.
The storm is on the way,
But I will hold on anyway.

I close my eyes and there's someone beside me.
Hand in hand we can only speak in tongues.
She's pulling me along.

Follow'n down, a trail of crumbs behind me,
My head's in her hands,
But everything, it still feels wrong.
This isn't what I thought,
So can I just go home?

Am I asleep?
Is this a dream?
Oh my God, what have I done?
Anything?

(On the ocean)
Ten thousand leagues,
(I think I'm taking on water)
Under the sea,
(The storm is on the way)
Oh my God, what have you done?
(Where have you been?)
Anything?
On the ocean . . .

There's a message in the skies and in the streets
Opportunity, the American dream.
It's in the radio, it's superstars
Are the arteries and veins that feed your heart.

From the Dairy Queen to the head of the parade
In a blink your life could change

This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours, be yours someday

Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
Someday
Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
Someday
Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
Someday
Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh

You come as Elvis Presley every Halloween
And dream of sing-a-longs the whole wide world will sing
Into the great unknown, Horatio
Desire and ambition fuel this heart

So take a breath and step into the light
Everything will be all right

This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours, all yours someday

Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
Someday
Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
Someday
Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh
Someday
Oh-oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh

This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours someday
This could all be yours, all yours someday
Someday
Someday
Someday

1945, the year I was born
My mother died, but left behind a son
You stayed with me Jesus
Yes, you showed the way
You flew down from Heaven, to steal me away

In 1959 two cars collide
Nine in the crash and 1 survived
You stayed with me Jesus
Yes, I testify
You flew down from Heaven, to keep me alive

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

1985 I missed a plane
which then disappeared, never seen again
You came to me Jesus, stood right in my way
You flew down from Heaven to save me again

Everywhere I go they run in fear
This mortal coil, the end is near
You stayed with me Jesus, bow my head and pray
You've come down from Heaven to keep me safe
You've come down from Heaven to keep me safe

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

I'm wide awake,
Its the middle of the night
Standin in the dark
Waitin up for the light

And here I'll remain
Till the sun is in the sky
Standin' in the dark
Waitin' up for the light

There is love
There is peace
In this world
So take it back
Say its not what you'd of thought
Grab a hold
Take these melodies
With you hands
Write a song to sing
Isn't such a bad bad world and I say...

whoo who hoo hoo hoo

There times are strange
I can feel it in the night
Sandin in the dark
Holdin up for the light

And here I'll remain,
Till the great sun shines
Standin in the dark
Waitin up for the light

There is love
There is peace
In theis world
So take it back
Say it's not what you'd of thought
Grab a hold
Take theses melodies
With your hands
Write a song to sing
It isnt such a bad bad world and I say

There is love
There is peace
In theis world
So take it back
Say its not what you'd had thought
Grab a hold,
Take these melodies
With your hands
Write a song to sing
It isnt such a bad bad world
Bad bad world
Bad bad world
And I said...

wo ho ho ho ho ho ho
whohohohoohohoh

I'm standin' in the dark,
Waitin up for the light

It was the darkest day
I could tell from the moment you spoke my name
Said in a miserable way with every year you've come to regret it

We've colored in the lines and followed all the signs
Fought a war till the war was over
Said you'd never be the kind with an ordinary life
Now this how it feels to have a broken heart

Look at the mess we made
Now we stopped and say what we always say
And then you make the great escape

With every year you'll come to regret it

We've colored in the lines and followed all the signs
Fought a war till the war was over
Said you'd never be the kind with an ordinary life
Now this how it feels to have a broken heart

And everything we had you think that it's a trap
You fought a war now war was over
You knew what you would find was an ordinary life
Now this how it feels to have a broken heart

I caught a piece of the sunshine, put a little hope in me
But after the flood raged, there's nothing really left to see
But I was not done, or beat, the violence was a source of strength
Not everything is always just as it seems

What you call love, is just urgency
What you call love, is a place you turn in an emergency
Would you give up, when it's not what you want it to be?
But that's not love, what you call love

I caught a piece of the sunshine, burned a little hole in me
But after the flood raged, there's nothing really left to see
But i was not done or beat, the violence was a source of strength
Not everything is always just as it seems

What you call love, is just urgency
What you call love, is a place you turn in an emergency
Would you give up, when its not what you want it to be?
But that's not love, what you call love

What you call love, is just urgency
What you call love is a place to turn in an emergency
Would you give up when its not what you want it to be?
But thats not love, what you call love
No thats not love, what you call love
Thats not love, what you call love

One half of me is still shaking
The other half is still waiting for lover
Walk down the water slide
Look in my eyes show me a sigh

So people swimming in the graying
I'm sitting here and awaiting for little
Come down through the other side
Look in my eyes tell me you're mine

After the cut then comes the blood
Falls to the dirt turns into mud
From the soil we'll grow together
That's no way to get to heaven

And everyone thinks that's crazy
Sitting here and we are waiting for a lover
Step down the water slide
Look in my eyes tell me your mine

After the cut then comes the blood
Falls to the dirt turns into mud
From the soil we grow together
That's no way to get to heaven

Come on dear friends
Come gather round the mountain
Drink from the fountain
Tell your lovers it's time to go
Tell them the tale when Sodom met Gomorrah
The end days are coming the Mullah send the way out the sun

The drummers drum and the motors hum
And the trumpet players make the chords
Sound wakes devil down below

Jesus and Mary and Juliet and Romeo
In a movie on TV plays seven days a week
Turn off that radio we don't wanna hear about it anymore
[whistle]

Kill of the kill the hunters and the hunted
Seems like we're running 2000 years and still under control
So let's go start a war with Gaptiar and Eleanor
These where the ways of the men before
The ammunition and, soldiers and guns

Lovers love and the motors moan
And the trumpet players blow the horn
Sound wakes devil down below

Jesus and Mary and Juliet and Romeo
In a movie on TV plays seven days a week
Turn off that microphone we don't wanna talk about it anymore

Sunned ends with a big Amen and the preachers take it door to door
Sound shakes devil down below

Jesus and Mary and Juliet and Romeo
In a movie on TV plays seven days a week
Turn off that telephone we don't wanna know about it anymore

So maybe let's go start a war

Looks like these afternoons of revery are through
What's left for me to say, what's left for me to do?
Float along and feel the water on my back
Try not to sink down to the bottom

Hollow my head, it echoes like a wooden drum
Peel back my skin and make my ribs a xylophone
Feel the water rise and fall between my bones
And then just sink down to the bottom

It's a simple love affair, dangerous and true
Her arms are all around, reaching out for you

She's a siren in the night, with streaks of red and blue
And though you've disappeared you know, she will get you through
She'll come to the rescue

It's a simple love affair, dangerous and true
Her arms are all around, reaching out for you
She's a siren in the night, with streaks of red and blue
And though you've disappeared you know, she will get you through
She'll come to the rescue

Be a sinner or a saint
Take the beauty over brains
On your mark draw the Xs on the eyes
Fill it in or leave it blank
Be a hero or the crank
Undercover with a secret alibi

Do what you want. just say so
Open up your mind
Doesn't matter at all ah oh oh
No one's gonna care nothing
So ready or not here we come walk into the night
Doesn't matter at all oh oh oh all
No one's gonna care if we disappear

On your knees or on your back
Oversee Johnny attack
I'm forever like I'm done at plenty time
Laugh your fingers in your fist
Twist your lips into a kiss
Cross your heart go into the open wild

Do what you want. just say so
Open up your mind
Doesn't matter at all ah oh oh
No one's gonna care nothing
So ready or not here we come walk into the night
Doesn't matter at all oh oh oh all
No one's gonna care if we disappear

And where we going is so far away
And there I sigh
I know together we could find a place
That's where we are just who we are!

Do what you want. just say so
Open up your mind
Doesn't matter at all ah oh oh
No one's gonna care at all
So if your ready or not here we come walk into the night
Doesn't matter at all oh oh oh all
No one's gonna care if we disappear

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