1. |
Muse
03:27
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Somebody lend me their throat
These are words I cannot sing
They sting like needles on my tongue
I part my lips and don't say anything
Would it kill you to take my hand?
I can't do this all alone
Can barely walk can barely stand
I'm a far cry from a rolling stone
Through unfamiliar eyes
My own must seem sad
To those who can't hear the music
The dancers are all mad
I've got some splinters in my mind
See it rolling on the grass
The blades they lick as I go past
Not sure what I'm hoping to find
I knew this one some years ago
She held my head up in her arms
Protect me from hurt and harm
Just what she's doing now
Or why the words taste sour
Or how the white noise got so loud
I wouldn't know
Through unfamiliar eyes
My own must seem sad
To those who can't hear the music
The dancers are all mad
I'm trying to get back
What my sense seem to lack
And I don't even know
Which way's home
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2. |
Gideon's Bible
04:21
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Mary was running
She hadn't left yet
A do not disturb sign
Was the best she could get
Heartache and hairspray
In a turnpike town
Tomorrow's for freeways
Today I'll lay down
And I know, yeah I know
And there she goes
Swimming through white lies and promises
Holding on to faith and hollow grins
It's a sin to love her
Watch her fly
Like a siren soaring ever high
Holy rollers singing in a choir
Only singing for her
Back in the motel
Sipping whiskey in bed
We better start kicking
Or they might think we're dead
I'm hitching the highway
On the first rig I find
Checkout's tomorrow
Come along for the ride
But I know
Yeah I know
And there she goes
Swimming through white lies and promises
Holding on to faith and hollow grins
It's a sin to love her
Watch her fly
Like a siren soaring ever high
Holy rollers singing in a choir
Only singing for her
Now I'm stuck reading Gideon's Bible
As the truck lights fade away
Nothing lives 'cept what you save
Hope was dead on arrival
Carry me to her grave
Wondering if I'll go or stay
The truth is I've confirmed
Not everything does burn
Stuck looking at all these things you've loved and learned
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3. |
Steady
03:14
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I've got a heart of gold but its heavy like lead
I've been anxious since I was a child
You wouldn't know 'cause I smile instead
that I contemplate the big jump every once and awhile
Sure ain't easy it never has been keeping up this tightrope act
Trying to balance all kinds of things
Never giving myself any slack
Just 'cause I carry it well doesn't mean its not heavy
So darling won't you hold me
Hold me close hold me steady
Long days, longer
Every morning's another fight
With the clock on the wall and the dark in my mind
I feel taller and taller as the years go by
Just 'cause I carry it well doesn't mean its not heavy
So darling won't you hold me
Hold me close hold me steady
The voice in my head gets so loud
All I'm after is a decent life
A little comfort, to be a mother
And an honest man's wife
All I'm after is a decent life
Just 'cause I carry it well doesn't mean its not heavy
So darling won't you hold me
Darling won't you hold me
Hold me close hold me steady
Hold me steady
Hold me steady
I guess my cover's blown, I'm a functional mess
I got things I'm still trying to fix
But I'll just keep singing to get shit of my chest
Hell I live for nights like this
Yeah I live for nights like this
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4. |
Interlude
00:31
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5. |
Diana
03:15
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Waking up inside a siren in my mind
Calling out pretending it's fine
Can you get away?
Staring down an empty boulevard
She screams and gears to tear out your heart
Leaves you walking around in fear
And she'll cry to you
Oh, can't you see, Diana
Oh, yes I see, Diana
This is where my next thought should be
In this nice little life we have
Doing the work every night
I know what it's like to be mad
Oh, can't you see, Diana
And if you don't agree
Then why would you believe?
Diana
Here come's Diana again
Seems like she already got her way
You can't escape
Diana
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6. |
Sorry
03:48
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Is saying sorry just for me
Would it do you any good
I'm afraid I'm only asking
'Cause I've never done what I should
And if those times didn't change you
Would you feel the same now
'Cause the you that made the best of this
Ain't the you I let down
I'm saying sorry 'cause I'm chasing
Something long long gone
But you don't have to stick around
If you can lay these weights down
Make some time to forgive me
I'll find time to do it again
Make your mind up to trust me
And we'll see if I can pretend
And sometimes I wonder when I want to feel better
Who can know for sure if we're words or just letters
And all the problems I gave us I built brick by brick
But I was only laying them where they already fit
It might sound like I'm a fool
And I'm sure that's true
Catching all these fallen knives with the hands that held you
Make some time to forgive me
I'll find time to do it again
Make your mind up to trust me
And we'll see if I can pretend
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Common Ground New York, New York
Common Ground is a six piece folk-rock band from NYC.
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