he says he wants to live the kind of life that will make the folks back home all bitch and whine
So Much For The Afterglow Lyrics
Contents:
- So Much For the Afterglow
- Everything to Everyone
- Ataraxia
- Normal Like You
- I Will Buy You A New life
- Father Of Mine
- One Hit Wonder
- El Distorto de Melodica
- Amphetamine
- White Men In Black Suits
- Sunflowers
- Why I Don't Believe In God
- Like A California King
- Hating You For Christmas
So Much For The Afterglow
This is a song about Susan
This is a song about the girl next door
This is a song about the every day occurances that makes me feel like letting go
Yes I think we gotta problem
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
This is a song about Susan
Yeah, this is a song about the way things are
This is a song about the scary things you see from the corner of your eye
Don't you wonder why
We never talk about the future
Yeah, we never talk about the past anymore
We never ask ourselves hte questions to the answers that nobody even wants to know
Yes our honeymoon is over
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
I remember we could talk about anything
I remember when we used to want to hang out
I remember we could talk about anything
I remember when we used to want to hang out
I remember we could talk about anything
I remember when we used to want to hang out
I remember when we used to want to hang out
I remember we could talk about anything
I remember I remember I remember I remember
Yeah we never talk about the future
Oh we never talk about the past anymore
We never ask ourselves the questions to the answers that nobody needs to know
Oh well oh well
So much for the afterglow
Oh well oh well
So much for the afterglow
Oh well oh well
So much for the afterglow
Yes I guess we need the drama
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
Yeah so much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow
So much for the afterglow...
Everything to Everyone
You put yourself in stupid places
Yes I think you know it's true
Situation's where it's easy to look down on you
I think you like to be the victum
I think you like to be in pain
I think you make yourself a victum almost every single day
You do what you do
You say what you say
You try to be everything to everyone
You know all the right people
You play all the right games
You always try to be everything to everyone
Yeah you do it again
You always do it again
You say they taught you how to read and write
Yeah they taught you how to count
I say they taught you how to buy and sell your own body by the pound
I think you like to be their simple toy
I think you love to play the clown
I think your blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down
You do what you do
You say what you say
You try to be everything to everyone
You know all the right people
You play all the right games
You always try to be everything to everyone
Spin around and fall down
Do it again
Yeah you stumble and fall
Yeah why won't you ever learn?
Spin around and fall down
Do it again
Yeah you stumble and you fall
I wonder if you'll ever learn
Yeah why won't you ever learn?
Come on now do that stupid dance for me
Yeah, you do what you do
You say what you say
You try to be everything to everyone
You jump threw the big hoop
You play all the right games
You always try to be everything to everyone
Spin around and fall down
Do it again
You stumble and you fall
Yeah you do it again
Spin around and fall down
Do it again
You stumble and you fall
Ataraxia
Today medical science recognizes
That some folks aren't helped by relaxing exercizes.
In cases of difficult tension,
And nervous apprehension,
Doctors are now prescribing medicine.
It makes those who fear they're about to quit
Feel like they're ready to begin.
Bidding their darkened spirits goodbye
For the calming peace of a cloudless sky.
Normal Like You
Yeah they said you called me maybe yesturday
I don't even have the strength to pick up the phone
You wouldn't even know me since you went away
The prozac doesn't do it for me anymore
Yeah you want to take your medication every day
Be a good dog, live life in a wonderful way
Tell me why
You want to be blind
I don't want to be
Normal like you
I know now everyday
I get closer to the place inside
Where I can be normal too
Heard those stupid people talk about you again
I just have to laugh to keep from hurting bad
Their simple minds cannot seem to understand
You are neurotic and depressed
It doesn't mean that you're sad
You walk around oblivious to everything
You wear that party dress, black mascara
Like you're queen of the day
Tell me why
You want to be blind
I don't want to be
Normal like you
I know now everyday
I get closer to the place inside
Where I can be normal too
I will never be normal you
You walk around oblivious to everyone
I see you walking slow and simple underneath the big black sun
Tell me why
You want to be blind
I don't want to be
Normal like you
I know now everyday
I get closer to the place inside
Where I can be complacent
I get closer to the place inside
Where I can be sedated
Yes I get closer to the place inside
Where I can be normal too, I can be normal too
I can be normal like you
Maybe normal like you
I can be normal like you
I Will Buy You A New Life
Here is the money that I owe you
So you can pay the bills
I will give you some more when I get paid again
I hate those people who love to tell you
Money is the root of all that kills
They have never been poor
They have never felt the joy of a welfare christmas
Oh I know we will never look back
You say you wake up crying
Yes and you don't know why
You get up and you go lay down inside my baby's room
Yeah guess I'm doing ok, I moved in with the strangest guy
Can you believe he actually thinks that I am really alive?
I will buy you a garden where your flowers can bloom
I will buy you a new car, perfect shiny and new
I will buy you that big house way up in the west hills
I will buy you a new life
Yes I will
Yes, I know all about that other guy
The handsome man with athletic thighs
I know all about the time before
With that obsessive little rich boy
They might make you think you're happy
Yeah, maybe for a minute or two
They can't make you laugh
No they can't make you feel the way that I do
I will buy you a garden where your flowers can bloom
I will buy you a new car, perfect shiny and new
I will buy you that big house way up in the west hills
I will buy you a new life
Yeah I will buy you a new life
Oh, yeah, I know we can never look back
Will you please let me stay the night? No one will ever know
Will you please let me stay the night? No one will ever know
I will buy you a garden where your flowers can bloom
I will buy you a new car, perfect shiny and new
I will buy you that big house way up in the west hills
I will buy you a new life
I will buy you a garden where your flowers can bloom
I will buy you a new car, perfect shiny and new
I will buy you that big house way up in the west hills
I will buy you a new life
I will buy you a new life
I will buy you a new life
Father Of Mine
Father Of Mine, tell me where have you been
You know I just closed my eyes, my whole world disappeared
Father of mine, take me back to the day
Yeah when I was still your golden boy back before you went away
I remember the blue skies, walking the block.
I loved the way you held me high
I loved to hear you talk
You would take me to the movies, you would take me to the beach, you take me to a place inside that's so hard to reach
Father Of Mine
Tell me where did you go
Yeah you had the world inside ya man but you did not seem to know
Father of mine, tell me what do you see, when you look back at your wasted life and you dont see me
I was 10 years old, doing all that I could
Wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood
Sometimes you would send me a birthday card with a 5 dollar bill, yeah I never understood you then and I guess I never will
Daddy gave me again
My daddy gave me a name
Then he walked away
Daddy gave me a name
Then he walked away
My daddy gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
Daddy gave me a name
Then he walked away
Daddy gave me a name
Then he walked away
Daddy gave me a name
Father of mine, tell me where have you been
Yeah I just closed my eyes and the world disappeared
Father of mine, tell me how do you sleep with the childern you abandoned and the wife I saw you beat
I will never be the same, I will never be sane, I will always be weird inside I will always be weird
Now I am a grown man, with a child of my own, and I swear I'm not gonna let her know, all the pain I have known
Then he walked away
Daddy gave me a name
And then he walked away
Daddy gave me a name
Then he walked away
My daddy gave me a name
Then he walked away
My daddy gave me a name
One Hit Wonder
Loopy says he likes it up on top
Yes he knows if he ever lets go the pretty machine will swallow him whole
He has no fear he has no sense of shame
He will not stop until everybody everywhere wants to know his name
The one hit wonder he likes the big time
He says he wants to live the kind of life that will make the folks back home all bitch and whine
He knows if he ever even gets the chance
He'd sell his soul to make the monster dance
They can't hurt you unless you let them
Loopy says he sure does like the good life
Yes he knows all those women who scheme
Are just pretty pictures in the pretty machine
He knows if ever even gets to try
He will bite down harder to make the monster cry
He knows if he ever even gets the chance
He'd sell his soul to make the monster dance
They can't hurt you unless you let them
I will say it again
They cannot hurt you unless you let them
Loopy says he likes it up on top
He prays to god and he hopes like hell
That the pretty machine will never fail
He has no fear he doesnt really even had the time
He knows that the world is in love with the pretty machine
The One hit wonder he likes the big time
He wants to live the kind of life that will make the folks back home scream bitch and whine
He knows if he ever even gets to try, he'll bite down harder to make the monster cry
He knows if he ever even gets the chance, he'd sell his soul to make the monster dance
He knows if he ever even gets to play, he'll stop like god to make the monster say
They can't hurt you unless you let them
They cannot hurt you unless you let them
El Distorto de Melodica (instrumental)
Amphetamine
She came out west to find the sun
she lost her name but found a new one
Amy goes to school all day but at night in the neighborhood they call her amphetamine
She is perfect in that fucked up way
That all the magazines seem to want to glorify these days
She looks like a teenage anthem, she looks like she use to be happy with the girl inside
Yeah she looks so bored sometimes
She has that super pale skin and those soft green eyes
She looks like she could have been happy in better life
She came out west just to brake away clean from her family and her friends and a little girl's dreams
All she wants to do everynight is sit beside my window and listen to the sirens
She is perfect in that fucked up way that all the magazines seem to want to glorify these days
She looks like a teenage anthem, and she looks like should be happy in another life
She came out west just to brake the spell of three long years in a marriage from hell
Six months clean living sober and right
Her doctors told her everything will be alright
Yeah you just take your pill and everything will be alright
Yeah you just take your pill and everything will be alright
She looks like a teenage anthem, she looks like a magazine girl
She looks like a teenage anthem, like she used to be happy in another world
She looks like a teenage anthem, she is happy with the girl inside
She looks like a teenage anthem, she looks like she could have been happy in another life
I met her at a party and I took her home
She is the saddest girl that I have ever known
Yes she wakes me up in the middle of the night
Just to tell me everything will be alright
Amy smiles at me, tells me everything will be alright
Yeah Amy smiles at me, tells me everything will be alright
Yeah I tell myself the same damn thing everyday
Everything will be alright
White Men in Black Suits
I am just a boy working in a record store
Yes I moved to San Fransico just to see what I could be
I am a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak
Yes I do believe there is a violent thing inside of me
She is just a girl, she is doing what she can
She dances topless when she's not playing in her band
Such a pretty girl happy in an ugly place
Watching all the pretty people doing lots of ugly things
I think it's getting better for two of us
Yes I think it's getting better almost everyday
I could give a damn for what those people say
All I want to do is lose myself in your room
All you want is just a slow fuck in the afternoon
I still see those scary guys when I am all alone at night
I kiss the ring you gave me then I swing with all my might
I think it's getting better for the two of us
I think it's getting easier for you and me to agree
That the white men in the black suits they are diminishing
Yes I think they are diminishing
Yes I think that they diminish you and they diminish me , I think they are diminishing
You know sometimes I hear those people say
Yeah she takes a bus over to the northside of the city
She goes to work stripping for the rich white men
All the words they give her make her feel so soft and pretty
She wears them but they never ever seem to fit
Yes I think it's getting better for the two of us
Yes I think it's getting better in the worst way
I refuse to be afraid of almost anyone
Afraid of all the things they do, all the words that they say
Let's live the way we want to live and hope they go away
I really hope they go away
I really hope they find a nice place, I hope they find it somewhere, I hope they go away
I can still hear all those people say
Sunflowers
I know where you go when you want to fall
Why do you want to be broken?
I know where you go when you want to fall
Yes, your friends they tell me everything
Yes I know where you go, yes I know what you do
Yes I know the awful things you say and who you say them to
Yes I know where you go and I know what you do
I know how you feel, you get crazy inside
They say it runs in the family
I know how just how you feel when you get crazy inside
Your mom she said that you are just like me
I can see it in your eyes
I can see your shakey hands
Yes I think you think I'm stupid
You dont think I understand
Yes I see you and I see myself when I was a younger man
When you were a child
You were happy and free you were my reason to live
I would die when you smiled at me
I can still see you
I remember you painting sunflowers in your room
I know where you go when you want to fall
Hey don't you want to be happy?
I know where you go when you want to fall
Your useless friends, they tell me everything, everything
I see you run around in circles
I see you digging your own hole
I see you fight the fights you just can't win
I see you losing self control
What it does to me deep down inside I hope you will never know
When you were a child
You were happy and free you were my reason to live
I would die when you smiled at me
I can still see you
I remember you painting sunflowers in your room
All I want to remember, pretty pictures on the wall
I remember you happy, I remember it all
All I want to remember,sunflowers in your room
Why I don't Believe in God
I heard the truth about you, and it really doesnt read at all
Like the whipping stick you raised me with
Scared woman in a private hell
Hush little voice like electric bell
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's
I heard the truth about you, yeah you
Mama they woke me up
I was deep in an idiot sleep
I was just 8 years old, heard big words with horrible sounds
Why'd they have to call my school, tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown
I wish I believe like you do
Yeah you
In the myth of a merciful god
In the myth of a heaven and hell
I hear the voices you hear sometimes
Sometimes it gets so much I feel like letting go
Sometimes it gets so hard, I feel like letting go
Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go
Letting it all go
I ran away, went looking for you
Back to Culver City and the old neighborhood
Need to know if you were really gone
Need to know if you were gone for good
I ran through the projects at night
Hide in the dark from my friends in the light
Hide from my brother-in-law
Hide from the things he'd say
Said you weren't losing your mind
Yeah he said that you just needed a rest
He said that you would be coming home soon
He said the doctors there would know what's best
Said that maybe I could go live with them for awhile
I know the truth about you
I know the truth about you
I know the truth I know the truth
I know the truth about you
Mama they woke me up
I was just 8 years old
Sometimes it gets so hard I feel like letting it go
Sometimes it gets so hard I feel like letting it go
Letting it all go
Like a California King
I see you have made yourself a brand new life
Such a cool blue star with a bright new shine
I see you wear your checkered past just like a shining suit of gold
I know you think you look so special
I am told you have found yourself a brand new time
Watch the world stand still as the years go by
I know you think you are so new and different
But it makes no sense to me
There is nothing new about you
Just another self-made man
There is nothing new that I can see
Enjoy it while you can
I know you think you look so special
What makes you think you are so special?
What makes you think you are unique?
I see you smile and I get angry
As i watch you go collosal
Like a California King
("All these Californians, coming up here and changing
everything; they're just a bunch of carpetbaggers and
I wish they'd all just go--")
Go!
I hear you gave the world a brand new voice
Such a happy melody with a new wave whine
Yeah I see you hide behind your own noise
I think I've seen enough
I will find you in the crowded room
I will knock you off your feet
I will burn you just like teenage love
I will eat you just like meat
I will break you into pieces
Hold you up for all the world to see
What makes you think you're better than me?
What makes you think you're better?
What makes you think you are complete?
What makes you think you are the only one immune to
falling down
Why can't you see
I see you fall and I get happy
I will watch you burn like fire
I will watch you burn like a California King
Hating You for Christmas
Thanks for the Christmas card
I don't want to hear about your new job now
I don't want to hear about your new boyfriend
I don't want to hear about it all working out for you
No, I don't want to hear it now
I don't want to hear about your swinging new place
I don't want to hear how everyone thinks it's great
I just want to sit in our apartment and hate you
Yes, I will be hating you for Christmas
You can have the Christmas tree
Remember when we bought it at the store down the street?
Remember when I found that cheesy color wheel?
I don't want to think about the lights on your white
skin
No, I don't want to think about it
I don't want to think about last year at your dad's
You said it was the best sex that we both ever had
I don't want to think about my face in your soft hair
I will be hating you for Christmas...
I must be losing my mind
There's gotta be a better way to deal with the pain
There's gotta be a better way to deal with the hate
Wish that I could find some way to make you go away
Wish that I could have a drink and make you fade
I wish that I could have myself a drink and make you fade
I wish that I could have a drink and make you go away
Yeah make you go away
Wish that I could make you go away
I will be hating you for Christmas
Yeah I will be hating you for Christmas...
Thanks for the Christmas card