Superchunk Album

well you never did like the way the road stretched out
never knowing where all these oiley black threads are tied

under the lights of a spaceship landed
on the ice of a curve unsanded
theres a clover leaf
that'll wreck your life

and everybody lives in a knot
everybody lives in a knot
everybody's trying to make space around what they think they've got
everybody lives in a knot
everybody lives in a knot
everybody's trying to make space around what they think they've got

it was never better
it was never any better
but a nation is not soothed
when they tell her
and the doctors all look shocked

but everybody grows up weened on some sick late century dream
or the happy face on a shirt smiling "shop till you drop" - yeah

everybody lives in a knot x2
everybody's trying to make space around what they think they've got

everybody's trying to hold on to a dream even as they watch it rot

ta da da da x4

as the two lanes slicken
and the clouds they hug that ridge just stickin'
when the wind that whistles knocks the panes from old windows
down rainy streets
there's a light that meets the ground
in the warm rush of blood to the head fights the sick that's been around
when bags of icy knives pull hard down on the mercury
and winter's whip of cold kills everything in a nursery
down rainy streets
well there's a light that meets the ground
and the warm rush of blood to the head fights the sick that's been around

rosy cheeks and rolling eyes
on a steamy sunday night
they had a date for phone sex
oh but the princess' phone has been quiet

writes his name on the bathroom mirror while she waits
in soapy streaks
probably stuck to his couch back east
depressed
but you know he's safe at least

plane crash footage on TV
i know - i know that could be me
plane crash footage on TV
oh yeah - i know that could be me

keep your nose down
i think there's ice on our wings

another sunday night
well it's still dusk
it's still light

phone starts ringing and she's almost dry
well there'll be other nights
but admit this is the worst time
and what ever made you think i had control?
lets scare everybody lets just roll our own

plane crash footage on TV
i know - i know that could be me

keep your nose down either way
dont you ever feel you just survive some days?

keep your nose down
i think there's ice on our wings - yeah
and if you go now
keep the ice off your wings
keep your nose down and the ice off your wings

and the ice off your wings
keep your nose down
and the ice off your wings x2

there will be no sunday nights
lets just roll out own

dont you know that the dirt's on fire down here? - yeah yeah x2

if you've got the shells build a statue to yourself down here - yeah yeah x2

dig a tunnel if it's where you want to lie down here - yeah yeah

sleeping in the smoke 'cuz the dirt's on fire down here - yeah yeah

dont you want to breathe dont you want to see where we're going?
dont you want to breathe can't you wave and see nothing's changing
nothing's ever changing

florida's - florida's on fire x4

Here's to shutting up
At least until the wheels are off the ground
Hum something to yourself for luck
White knuckles and looking for the sign that says, "Move Around"

She said, "I just can't be called just for this"
But we are not pulling teeth, we are just flying mist

Well I know, but take me to the place where I can taste the mist

Take me there right now
Take me there right now
Make me an example of a world that does not care to know how

Airplanes are heavy
Ships deserve to sink
Well our needs deserve a levy
Well tell me what do you think

Well I know we are just flying
When your whole life feels like lying
And things in the rear start to shrink

Doctor's office wife
Makes my teeth hurt like airplane bathrooms
And photo booths she said
I was raised in natural light
Nothing could be further than where we are

She said, "I just can't be called just for this"
But all the music that I like is out of date
So take me to the place
Where there's no such thing as taste
Take me there right now
Take me there right now
Make me an example of the world that does not care to know how

I never grew up; I just showed up
Never know it how
Now I want out
Out on that wing is where you'll find me

Airplanes are heavy
Ships deserve to sink
Well at least deserve a levy
Well tell me what do you think

Well I know we are just flying
When your whole life feels like lying
And things in the rear start to shrink

Well tell me what do you think?
Well tell me what do you think?
Well tell me what do you think?

there've been skeletons out of steel north of town
and it'll be at least fifteen years before the comet now
well and the charm wears off at the very first rings of frost
well this village is littered with beetle husks
and they're rising like ghosts in the dust

and we all shrug "oh well"
well now the animal has left it's shell
and we all shrug "oh well"
but now the animal has left it's shell

but when there's nothing more to consume
for people that just eat land

well then the crickets are drowning out
the sound of dry wringing hands

leafing through numbers that used to belong
to their bankers, mechanics, and newspaper scores

and we all shrug "oh well"
but now the animal has left it's shell
and we all shrug "oh well"
but now the animal has left it's shell

Standing stunned in the hallway, while you fumble with your lighter
And I could make sure you recall
But I'm a lover not a fighter

And it's a wonder that you're here
and it's a wonder that I'm still waiting...
Well Act suprised
Act suprised now baby

Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Hold still and look at me in the eyes

Well I always loved your accent
Thick how it was
Like you just got back from somewhere
And you could not adjust

And it's a wonder that you're here
and it's a wonder that I'm still waiting...
Well Act suprised
Act suprised now baby

Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Hold still and look at me in the eyes.

The least you could do
The least you could do...
The least you could do
The least you could do...

Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Hold still and look at me in the eyes.

...And act surprised...

Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Drop your delivery
Uh Uh Oh
Hold still and look at me in the eyes.

here we go in spurts
the colors nearly burst
and you may notice a shaking in your eye
mataphors the worst
but are you being driven or do you drive?

on a trip between two points in your infinity net
obliterate yourself from the scene but please do not forget

cover me with spots - black and red dots
until i'm crowding up your visual field
bare assed and beautiful you're climbing on your art like a shield

now i want - i say sang - i do
everybody dance now

welcome to art class
forget your acid-free paper and glass

welcome to art class
be a bride stripped bare of the past

why so serious?
why so serious when it's only your life thats at stake
why so serious
when your life is the art that you make
life is the art that you make

sell anything you want
but it's worth no more and no less than a kiss
try not to represent even that
cuz this moment is all that it is
in a garden of glass theres a red plastic tree
so shit in a can but your art is not free
i sang - i want - i do
and everybody dances with me

welcome to art class
and yes it does involve shaking your ass
welcome to art class
always keep your face to the glass

why so serious?
why so serious - when it's only your life thats at stake
why so serious - when your life is the art that you make
life is the art that you make
why so serious?

I spot a phone across the lot just out of the light
In the breeze familiar icy enemy
And we drift like the little bit of dry snow
Into these stations when it blows
The corporation would like to thank you for your visit tonight
We know it's late and you seek the familiar

Now my left eyes leaking control is sneaking away
And I'm crashing on the phone
My left eyes leaking from what is creeping out of me
I'm gonna ride this blanket home

I saw anticipation and the smile
On the face of this girl and her mother through the glare on the glass
Of the windshield as they drove away
Pale and pretty as the moon
What do you look forward to, cause it can't be today

Please forget what I said on the phone last night
We were lost we weren't lost but it was late alright
And the family, a few suppliers
Would like to thank you for your visit tonight
We know it's late but it's cheap to keep on these lights

i could feel my arms this morning
a little sore - thats just a warning
and i've been getting (?malafoes?)
and it's foolishness i know
but after last night's jibberish i should really sing you something

and it was just one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection
yeah it was just one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection

this morning i could feel my feet
i was surprised 'cuz i had blisters
from running all night in my dreams

running from some draft
i was relieved to find that i did not accidentally kill her standing back

one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection
yeah it was just one of my favorite selections
from my drool collection