The Anniversary Album

The muscle and bone - they encase my heart but never touch my soul.
I'll save that for the water and it's shore, fear makes friends with joy.

And I'll march slowly and I'll never forget
How the music stopped or the feel of your breath. (four times)

The flesh and the blood - they keep my body warm but still my mind is cold.
To know what fair is not always fair, but what proves real will never flee.

And I'll march slowly and I'll never forget
How that black dress fell upon your white neck.
Grand isle rests quiet this time of year
And I know you will be leaving soon my dear

I've seen those eyes. I've watched them close at night.
And you breathe in and you breathe out again.
Sister's coming over and I'm afraid to tell her secrets that I know.
Painting without colors, it tends to make it better, it bleaches out the world.

Was it the end - the end that kept you up till the morning?
Was it the boy - the boy who stole your heart?
The summer goes on and then dies quick without much warning. All things ordinary.
Will you stay near my now? Don't leave this town until we've figured out,
Between the two of us, we're strong enough - I feel that in your touch.

Full from the dinner, but feeling somewhat thinner, aching in the chest.
Kids behind the windows, calling out the answers to questions never asked.

Was it the end - the end that kept you up till the morning?
Was it the boy - the boy who stole your heart?
The summer goes on and then dies quick without much warning. All things ordinary.
Will you stay near my now? Don't leave this town until we've figured out,
Between the two of us, we're strong enough - I feel that in your touch.

I've seen those eyes. I've watched them close at night.
And what queen comes in? Always goes out again.

Will you stay near my now? Don't leave this town until we've figured out,
Between the two of us, we're strong enough - I feel that in your touch.

Turn down the headlights and look my way.
We'll tell our parents the best of things no matter how awful they seem.
The sickness of a family.
Trace your eyes, wake and retrieve,
The morning sun can look so mean - the color.
Kiss your head don't say a thing
We'll live forever in books darling.

It's the secrets beneath the leaves I keep with me. I'm falling up and down.
And I'll never write the letter, I wish you could read the words perfectly. (twice)

Feeling the time peel away at my life again.
As memories combine, not sure where I've ever been.
'Cause it's the D in Detroit which scares me to no end. I'll count to ten.
When living this down makes so much sense.

We collide - and onward we do fly
We collide - and onward we do fly
Onward - until we hit again.

I kept your picture just behind the eye those weeks when our distance grew.
Drove north where I found you waiting in Des Moines - thank God I'm not losing
you
And girl I hope you're not alone - and sleep through this weather
And girl I hope you're whole again - back home we'll sleep better.

We collide - and onward we do fly
We collide - and onward we do fly

I kept your picture just behind the eye those weeks when our distance grew.
Drove north where I found you waiting in Des Moines - thank God I'm not losing
you
And girl I hope you're not alone - and sleep through this weather
And girl I hope you're whole again - back home we'll sleep better

Sound mixed in with discovery
Found an ancient landmark to call home
For this cold war my voice gets dry
Place problems on a shelf to sit and die
Sent off my letter, a stapled picture and one short prayer
And if I said that I've never caused an argument, only a commotion
One million commotions - would you still be here?

Sat on your roof young in eighty-two
How you remember is how it remains
Turn down the light so now I can die
We'll always remember how we remained

How could I possibly describe the way we looked back then?
Falling in love - whether or not it lasts - there's truth in that
Under the water things are much calmer
Under the water there's streets and there's towers
Under the water things are much calmer

Sat on your roof young in eighty-two
How you remember is how it remains
Turn down the light so now I can die
We'll always remember how we remained

Blood on the walls the curtain calls
You waited there for no one at all
To the pine and oak trees that stand by your house
And they keep on blowing south to protect you through the winter
Surrounded - we'll never understand

Angel angel angels with your broken wings
Stop asking me sing with those voices I just can't find
A shame to be ashamed now I'm ashamed
Not smarter than the human brain
Just smarter than humans

No - shubat

Lay your arms, strong and unharmed, bend and wave
On the cemetery lawn, follow the sound straight through the ground. (twice)

You're standing off the white church and you're pitching me three words
It yells a name falling off of - off my list of names
Those crashing lights, life is just like that - it's easy to forget
We make plans, and for the second I hit cold as the dirt black night grows close

Who has been painting my roses red?
I have nothing to show for you
I have nothing to show for you
I never wanted to play the fool for you

The dead come out - The beautiful ones are chosen
To dance and shout - Terrified and holding
Onto the one and only thing they ever had
A heart that's not dead but is dying in their hands

Why don't you - you never get tan?
You try and try but you just don't
Your crying eyes they start to bleed
How come I can't get no...
Why don't you - you never get tan?
You try and try but you just don't
Your crying eyes they start to bleed
How come I can't get no sleep?

Your smile grew thin as your family talked
Arrived singing just a holiday song
That didn't stop until you drank too much
How come I'm so out of...

I have nothing to show for you
I have nothing to show for you
I never wanted to play the fool for you

It's never felt so hot within these walls between the cracks
As we forget our manners days slow down and I relapse

Dear Dad - I'm having trouble feeling sad
Your words find secret pathways through my spine
Inside my teeth I'll scream - I know that I miss you - I know that I miss you
Inside my teeth I'll scream

Those diamond streets, invisible runways buried beneath
And I was wrong this time - oh I was so wrong

Every other morning I wake up lost and tired from dreaming
As we distill our vision nights grow long - void of real meaning.

Dear Dad - I'm having trouble feeling sad
Your words find secret pathways through my spine
Inside my teeth I'll scream - I know that I miss you - I know that I miss you
Inside my teeth I'll scream

Those diamond streets, invisible runways buried beneath
And I was wrong this time - oh I was so wrong

And Dad you don't know the half of it this time
You told me what was yours would soon be mine
You taught me to no longer be afraid - no longer be afraid

Those diamond streets, invisible runways buried beneath
And I was wrong this time - oh I was so wrong

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Stay in the house close all the windows
Now you're searching for fire
Some will say as others are listening
Now it's gone too far

Pale face in white surrounds you
You can never forget
Her body fell into the sunlight
Your broken hands missed

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Tomorrow I will bring you down
Tomorrow I will bring you down
Fall through heart - your hands were oh so small
It's the things about this place - tonight we escape

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
(Fall through heart - your hands were oh so small
It's the things about this place - tonight we escape)

Far from our homes
The heat will flash behind the dash
It gathers - such winds blow cold
The fiction of your life's love so deep in the blood
Taking pictures of all of this
Write down the history in the case that we are missed

Far from our homes
The heat will flash behind the dash
It gathers - such winds blow cold
The fiction of your life's love so deep in the blood
Taking pictures of all of this
Write down the history in the case that we are missed
Throw out the medicine - our lives will enhance
Search out complacency we'll never miss the dance, never the dance

The end of this night we'll remember - it redesigns our lives (eight times)