Matthew Sweet Album

Well you can make your way through living and loving
Looking good from where I sit
But with your great big eyes you see what is coming
And you're not a part of it

Millennium blues
Lived half in one and half in the other
They say it's not you anymore

Part of me wants to stay in the middle
But I know it's old news now
And how far forward will I have to travel
To stay ahead of you

Millennium blues
Lived half in one and half in the other
It's not about you anymore

I'm finally up to speed


I'm in over my head
And I'm not looking back

Millennium blues
Lived half in one and half in the other
They say it's not you anymore

Part of me wants to stay in the middle
Part of me wants to lose control

Millennium blues
Lived half in one and half in the other
Millennium blues
You'll never get the chance to recover
They say it's not you anymore
It's not about you anymore
It's not about you anymore
They say it's not you anymore

I don't wanna do it over 'cause I've made my case
But I wish that I could live another place
Try to make it over but it won't erase
So it looks like I'm still trapped inside this space

If time permits me
To right my wrong deed
If time permits me to live

I could throw a hundred things you did away
If it meant that we could have another day

If time permits me
To right my wrong deed
If time permits me to live

I don't want to do it over
I don't want to do it over
But it looks like I'm still trapped inside this space

If time permits me
To right my wrong deed
If time permits me to live

Have to wonder if I care
If I want to know you only
As if you weren't really there
You begin to touch me slowly
I don't feel it any more
Than I feel the path I follow
Everything I gave away
Was supposed to come back

I believe my love
I didn't mean to hurt you
Beware my love
You know you don't deserve to be abused

Ask me if I want to know
No I won't be needing to
I got a message from the country
And I'll be leaving soon

Believe my love
I didn't mean to hurt you
Beware my love
You know you don't deserve to be abused
My love
I didn't mean to hurt you for myself

Believe my love
I didn't mean to hurt you
Beware my love
You don't deserve to be abused
My love
I didn't mean to hurt you
Beware my love
You know you don't deserve to be abused

Have to wonder if I care
If I want to know you only...

I'm looking all around me
And there's so much room to move
But I don't believe in miracles
Should I put my faith in you

I lay down in the evening
And I look up at the stars
But I don't believe in miracles
Should I put my faith in ours

I wake up in the morning
And I look up at the blue
For something deep inside of me
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you

What do I have to believe in
Now that everything else was a lie
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you

What do I have to believe in
Now that everything else was a lie
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you

I lay down in the evening
And I look up at the stars
But I don't believe in miracles
Should I put my faith in ours

I wake up in the morning
And I look up at the blue
For something deep inside of me
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you

Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you
Should I put my faith in you

Now you'll have to be
Hurt when you think of me
With vision but you can't see far

You hide every thing you can
But the world keeps breaking through
Anywhere you run
And it always will
Before I knew I had you you were gone

Fake too close to the truth
Break when I look at you
And feel how I never knew why

I hide every thing I can
But the world keeps breaking through
Anywhere I run
And it always will
Before I knew I had you you were gone

Fake too close to the truth
Break when I look at you oh

You hide everything you can
But the world keeps breaking through
Anywhere you run
And it always will
Before I knew I had you
You were gone

I never wanted to be more than passing time
And you would rather disappear than cross the line
And I'm only waiting for you
'Cause I can't decide
If you're only saying one thing
With something else inside

From the start there is a coldness in my eye
Until the moment that I speak you won't know why
But you never ask the question
You just close the door
And you never get the answer
I was waiting for

Maybe that's someplace time won't take you
Looking around I could replace you
Wanting for something you have never had

But you never ask the question
You just close the door
And you never get the answer
I was waiting for

Maybe that's someplace time won't take you
Looking around I could replace you
Wanting for something you have never had

You've never had
You've never had
You've never had

I can't remember what I thought of you
Just a minute before
I've got to take another look at who
I do believe it's true
I've got a split personality
When I let it fly
I've got a split personality

And I'm bottled up most times
But I don't think I'd forget you
My memory is fine
And I don't believe I've met you
It's time
I get a piece of your mind

You must prepare yourself for what you'll see
'Cause it won't be long
I'm going to ask you not to look at me
When it all goes wrong
I've got a split personality
When I let it fly
I've got a split personality

I can't remember what I thought of you
Just a minute before
I've got to take another look at who
I do believe it's true
I've got a split personality
When I let it fly
I've got a split personality

And I'm bottled up most times
But I don't think I'd forget you
My memory is fine
And I don't believe I've met you
It's time

I'm bottled up most times
But I don't think I'd forget you
My memory is fine
And I don't believe I've met you
It's time
I get a piece of your mind
I get a piece of your mind

I should never have let you know
That I could be what I was not
I should never have let you know
That I was weaker than you thought

Can you show me
'Cause I did it for you once and now you owe me
'Cause you say that you possess me and then you loan me
Out to anyone who passes by

I should never have let you know
That I could see beyond the dawn
I should never have let you know
The night is short the day is long

Can you show me
'Cause I did it for you once and now you owe me
'Cause you say that you possess me and then you loan me
Out to anyone that passes by

Never have let you know
Never have let you know
Never have let you know
I should never have let you know
Never have let you know
Never have let you know

Can you show me
'Cause I did it for you once and now you owe me
'Cause you say that you possess me and then you loan me
Out to anyone that passes by

Never have let you know
Never have let you know

Inside my deepest feelings
I know you won't do wrong
Don't say that I believe you
Because you know it's true

You've looked for something greater than this
I promise you it doesn't exist
And I wouldn't trade places for what I know

But I'll do something for you
No one else is going to do
Amplify your expectations
Transfer all my fears to you

You've looked for something greater than this
I promise you it doesn't exist
And I wouldn't trade places for what I know

But I'll do something for you
No one else is going to do

You've looked for something greater than this
I promise you it doesn't exist
And I wouldn't trade places for what I know
No I wouldn't trade places for what I know
I wouldn't trade places for what I know

But I'll do something for you
No one else is going to do

In my mind I can't imagine
How the world has come to me
And in my heart I can't detach
The feeling that it couldn't be

And no, I don't want to kiss you
Don't want to miss you if you go away
I'll fake it don't want to make it
Don't want to feel another way

Once you had a love and you let it go
Now you know what matters
Once you had a dream that you realized
But do you know what matters

'Cause you're alone in the sense that I am
But you know we're not alone
And we aren't perfect nothing is
But try to understand
The moment leaves you without a vision
Can't see decisions being made
I can describe the picture I'm painting
It's not amazing when you know

Once you had a love and you let it go
Now you know what matters
Once you had a dream that you realized
But do you know what matters

To leave your feelings in the past
Part of it is you know you can't go back for free

And no, I don't want to kiss you
Don't want to miss you if you go away
I'll fake it don't want to make it
Don't want to feel another way

Once you had a love and you let it go
Now you know what matters
Once you had a dream that you realized
But do you know what matters

To leave your feelings in the past
Part of it is you know you can't go back for free

What matters...

I guess I live in a world you'll never get a glimpse inside of
If the thought of me selling out gets you excited
Do you think everything that nobody else has thought of
Do you feel everything that no one else can feel
I do too

Why don't you write your own song
If mine doesn't do it for you
You might get it all wrong
Or you might create the hit
You wish that I would write for you
'Cause I haven't been able to do what you need

And you're right there fighting for what I find appalling
Bringing me further down than I've already fallen
And you tell me that I only have one chance to win
And you only want to take me where I've never been
I'm with you

Why don't you write your own song
And I won't have to hear it
When you get it all wrong
I'll find a way to clear it
From my memory of you
You just do what you have to do
'Cause I'm not listening

Why don't you write your own song
If mine doesn't do it for you
You might get it all wrong
Or you might create the hit

Why don't you write your own song
I'll find a way to clear it
From my memory of you
You just do what you have to do
'Cause I'm not listening

If you're big enough to take it
When the truth gets overwhelming
Then along with many others
You fight
If you're small enough to fit yourself
Among so many millions
With your own set of problems to face

If it's worse to live than to let go
You've got to let me know
If it's worse to live than to let go
You've got to let me know

In my nightmare
When I try so hard to find you
I can't see your way or want you to be free

If it's worse to live than to let go
You've got to let me know
If it's worse to live than to let go
You've got to let me know

Worse to live
Worse to live

If it's worse to live than to let go
You've got to let me know
If it's worse to live than to let go
You've got to let me know...

Don't let me go on
Sad and unfinished
Don't make mine a chord
That is diminished
Don't make me go on long
Untitled

Don't let me get lost
Fighting with nature
Do let me grow cold
Deep in a glacier
Don't let me hang on long
Untitled

I can feel that the swirl of the wind
Was made for me
The curve of the earth
Cuts through my dreams
The sun is up for the asking
If you follow it down
Don't let me go on...

Don't let me go wrong
Steer me the right way
Yes I will grow strong
Darling if you say
Don't let me go on long
Untitled

I can feel that the swirl of the wind
Was made for me
The curve of the earth
Cuts through my dreams
The sun is up for the asking
If you follow it down
Don't let me go on...

Don't let me go on (on and on)
Don't let me go on (on and on)
Don't let me go on (on and on)
Don't let me go on (on and on and on)

Sun is gone
And I'm on my own in a thunderstorm
But it's not about to turn me around
Hail is under my feet
And lightning is in my head
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind if the rain is coming

Walking onto the water
Where I was meant to be
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind that the rain is coming
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind that the rain is coming down...

*****

Lost my way into you
And I don't know what else to do
But wait for a calm in the storm
Hoping it subsides
And nothing is wrong when it rains
Even from my eyes

Broke your vision of love
As I saw through the sky above
And heaven was windy with change
Blowing through my time
And nothing is wrong when it rains
Even from my eyes

I wait for a calm in the storm
Hoping it subsides
And nothing is wrong when it rains
Even from my eyes...

*****

Yes I do
Believe the rain
And yes I do
Deceive it when I can
If I was running and I fell
If it's subsiding I can't tell
Looking at nature through a hole in the clouds

As you take a final bow
The earth creates
A dark and stormy now
But you must answer if it calls
Under the sky and when it falls
Looking at nature through a hole in clouds

Yes
I can explain
Anyone's pain
If It isn't mine to know
Yes
I feel it too
No
No I'm not you
Is that the way you feel

*****

When the first light closes the night
And you feel unusually right

As sun streams it all around
Filling you up with desire

But I love you only to find
I can't have your heart inside mine
On the outside you run away
Having your day in sun

And you won't realize
'Til after it's done
You're back where your dreams began

Before I became who I am
And before you were ever like this
Even though you came to me
Everything but what I see
Having my day in the sun

And will I find myself
After it's done
Suddenly realize
I'm back where my dreams began

*****

I'm on my own
I'm on my own
Sun is gone and I'm on my own in a thunderstorm
Sun is gone and I'm on my own in a thunderstorm
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind that the rain is coming
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind that the rain is coming down