Posts Tagged ‘WILCO’

WAR ON WAR

It’s a war on war
it’s a war on war
it’s a war on war
it’s a war on war
it’s a war on war
it’s a war on war
it’s a war on war
there’s a war on
You’re gonna lose
you have to lose
you have to learn how to die
Just watching the miles flying by
just watching the miles flying by
you are not my typewriter
but you could be my demon
moving forward through the flaming doors
You have to lose
you have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive, okay?
You have to lose
you have to lose
you have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive
You have to die
you have to die
you have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive, okay?

ASHES OF AMERICAN FLAGS

The cash machine is blue and green
for a bundle of twenties and a small service fee
i could spend three dollars and sixty-three cents
on diet coca-cola and unlit cigarettes
i wonder why we listen to poets when nobody gives a fuck
how hot and sorrowful, the machine begs for luck
All my lies are always wishes
i know i would die if i could come back new
We want a good life with a nose for things
the fresh wind and bright sky to endure my suffering
i’m a hole without a key if i break my tongue
oh, speaking of tomorrow, how will it ever come?
All my lies are always wishes
i know i would die if i could come back new
I’m down on my hands and knees
every time i hear a doorbell ring
i shake like a toothache
every time i hear myself sing

All my lies are only wishes
i know i would die if i could come back new
I would like to salute
the ashes of american flags
and all the fallen leaves
filling up shopping bags

IN A FUTURE AGE

Genuine
day will come
when the wind
decides to run
and shakes the stairs
that stab the wall
and turns the page
in a future age
Some trees will bend
and some will fall
but then again
so will us all
lets turn our prayers
into outrageous dares
and mark our page
in a future age
High above
the sea of cars
and barking dogs
in fenced-in yards

PIEHOLDEN SUITE

Theres a whisper
i would like to breathe
into your ear
but i’m too scared
to get that close
to you right now
There are dreams
we might have shared
and i still care
and i still love you
but you know how ive been untrue
In the beginning
we closed our eyes
whenever we kissed
we were surprised
to find so much inside

THEOLOGIANS

Theologians
they don’t know nothing
about my soul
about my soul
I’m an ocean
an abyss in motion
slow motion
slow motion
Inlitterati lumen fidei
god is with us everyday
that illiterate light
is with us every night
Theologians
that don’t know nothing
about my soul
oh they don’t know
They thin my heart with little things
and my life with change
oh in so many ways
i find more missing every day
Theologians
I’m going away
where you will look for me
where i’m going you cannot come
No one’s ever gonna take my life from me
i lay it down
a ghost is born
a ghost is born
a ghost is born
I’m an ocean
i’m all emotion
i’m a cherry ghost
cherry ghost
Hey i’m a cherry ghost
a cherry ghost

ELT

I, i shouldve been listening
to every word you said
oh, what have i been missing
wishing, wishing that you were dead
I didn’t mean to be so disturbing
so far from home
oh, what have i been learning
by being all alone
Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
(is gonna) just tears you apart
Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
(is gonna) just tears you apart
When, when we were younger
sleep while i’m awake
i was trying to keep the door locked
i realize thats a mistake
Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
is gonna tear you apart
Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
is gonna tear you apart
Every little thing that you do
seems so much better than i could do
oh, i shouldve been listening
to every word you said
Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
is gonna tear you apart
Every little thing
every little thing
every little thing
is gonna tear you apart (it’s gonna)
Every little thing (it’s gonna)
every little thing (it’s gonna)
every little thing (it’s gonna)
is gonna tear you apart
Every little thing (it’s gonna)
every little thing (it’s gonna)
every little thing (it’s gonna)
is gonna tear you apart
It’s gonna
it’s gonna
it’s gonna tear you apart
It’s gonna
it’s gonna
it’s gonna tear you apart

HANDSHAKE DRUGS

I was chewin’ gum for something to do
the blinds were being pulled down on the dew
inside, out of love, what a laugh
i was looking for you
Saxophones started blowing me down
i was buried in sound
taxicabs were driving me around
to the handshake drugs i bought downtown
to the handshake drugs i bought downtown
They were translated poorly, i felt like a clown
i looked like someone i used to know
i felt alright
and if i ever was myself
i wasn’t that night
Oh it’s okay for you to say
what you want from me
i believe that’s the only
way for me to be, exactly
what you want me to be
Oh it’s okay for you to say
what you want from me
i believe that’s the only
way for me to be
exactly what you want me to be
Oh i was chewin’ gum for something to do
the blinds were being pulled down on the dew
inside, out of love, what a laugh
i was looking for you
Saxophones started blowin’ me down
i was buried in sound
the taxicabs were driving me around
to the handshake drugs i bought downtown
to the handshake drugs i bought downtown
Oh it’s okay for you to say
what you want from me
i believe that’s the only
way for me to be
exactly what do you want me to be?
exactly what do you want me to be?
Felt like a clown
they were translating poorly
i looked like someone
i used to know
and if i ever was myself
i wasn’t that night
Exactly what do you want me to be?
exactly what do you want me to be?

RADIO CURE

Cheer up, honey, i hope you can
there is something wrong with me
my mind is filled with silvery stars
honey, kisses, clouds of fog
shoulders shrugging off
Cheer up, honey, i hope you can
there is something wrong wit h me
my mind is filled with radio cures
electronic surgical words
Picking apples for kings and queens of things i have never seen
oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
Cheer up, honey, i hope you can
there is something wrong with me
my mind is filled with silvery stars
honey, kisses, clouds of fog
Picking apples for the kings and queens of things i’ve never seen
oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
oh, distance has no way of making love understandable
oh, distance the way of making love understandable
oh, distance the way of making love understandable
Cheer up honey, i hope you can…

COMPANY IN MY BACK

I attack with love, pure bug beauty
i curl my lips and crawl up to you
i attack with love, pure bug beauty
i curl my lips and crawl up to you
And your afternoon
and i’ve been puking
I move so slow, a steady crushing hand
holy shit there’s a company in my back
i move so slow, a steady crushing hand
holy shit there’s a company in my back
Hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine
listen to my eyes
hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine
listen to my eyes
They are hissing radiator tunes
I move so slow, a steady crushing hand
holy shit there’s a company in my back
i move so slow, a steady crushing hand
holy shit there’s a company in my back
You learn so slow, old radiant beauty
i’ll curve my flight
you learn so slow, old radiant beauty
i’ll curve my flight
Under your bended knee
and i will always die
i will always die
i will always die
so you can remember me
I move so slow, a steady crushing hand
holy shit there’s a company in my back
i move so slow, a steady crushing hand
holy shit, there’s a company in my back
There’s a company in my back