Lyrics

HERE BE LIONS

Will you take me round the bend?
Show me where you lived when nothing pulled you down
Walk the street to see your friend
All the buildings change where no one sticks around

And I can't see around the corner but I'll say it'll be alright
Cause you should know I'll find your tunnel at the end of the light

Tell your people we will stay
Can you show me how to lose the way we came
Wear the sky upon your face
Pinch me all you can, just keep me wide awake

Come on pretty people, pass it on
Run the mountain, howl it at the sun
Look the lion straight into the eye


BUT THE NEIGHBORS DON'T COMPLAIN

Come hang your head with me
We'll hide below the streets a rising sun
And they will hear the sound
You gotta hard knock down for everyone

But the neighbors don't complain

We got time!

I'll lick your wounds, my friend
Until the magic ends in yellow dawn
And to the morning sky
We'll scream our lullabies all over town


AS WE SPEAK

You got to be kidding thinking that I know right where I'm going
I just know where I've been
I'm making a living trying to level this taking and giving
You give me what I need

But I know we'll expire, so let's spend everything we've got today
Just keep on betting higher and let the chips fall where they may

You're full of intentions and plans for tomorrow
Counting your pension, but I think you're counting down
So why are you saying you'll save me for later
While I keep on playing, you just keep cashing in


SO MANY WINDOWS

I got so many windows, I cannot find the door
I'm longing for some danger, I'm aching for some more
The morning bell is screaming to be or not to be
I'll float a minute longer in my house under the sea

And coffee tastes like leather, like numbers in a row
Let's go grab some lunch now, the clock says we can go
Another elevator, I'm always on the move
But where's that magic button to shoot it through the roof?

When I grow up I want to be an astronaut or a sailor free
I'll travel space or I'll sail the sea
When I grow up I want to be...

This caravan is endless, hold on to your cocoon
Cold rain hits the asphalt, I hope I'll be home soon
Hey there next door neighbor, your house looks just like mine
I'm sorry for your loss man, but I can't, I don't have time

Another TV dinner, a movie about a man
Stuck upon an island, but at least he's got a tan
I got so many windows, I cannot find the door
I'm longing for some danger, I'm aching for some more

Home


MOVING ON

Wondering what I'm gonna do now the daybreak's waiting
I'm getting old in your hideaway, I can hear you saying
What's there to enjoy?
Are you looking for something, boy?
But I'm just looking around

Making plans for another day, I'm looking past your shoulder
The little things that ruin everything when the days get shorter
You say you just don't understand
Are you looking for something, man?
But I'm just looking around

And I'm pushing forward, outward bound
I won't be coming back around
I'm pushing forward, outward bound again
Cause I feel like moving on

Waking up, feeling like a child, can I keep on changing?
Window seat on a landing plane, I wanna be a stranger

And everything you say I know
Cause I've been around your head before
And I don't know what to do when it gets old
So I keep on moving on

A little bit of everyone is everything I want


THREE KINGS

We are falling through the meadow
We are crawling through the air
We're the ones who make the circles
Leaving breadcrumbs everywhere

While we're slowing down the sunset
We are yellow, we are green
And we lost the silver screen
Yeah we dropped the silver screen, we're out

I can see you running errands
Driving fast in little cars
How you're fogging up your windows
How you're clouding up your stars

And I'm calling all my lovers
Don't you ever ever die
We will laugh and we will cry
And then we'll multi-multiply our thoughts

I'm a little Mississippi
I'm a river without end
Come on hold me little brother
Come and hold me dearest friend

While we're turning up the twilight
We can't find the words to say
You can go whichever way
You can go whichever way you want


VESUVIO

We keep it hiding light-years below
And talk away the feeling
But all the while we glow in the deep
Until we hit the ceiling

Vesuvio!

You scratch the mountain every night
You love the way we holler
And dare to stick to one of our kind
You know you had it coming


IN THE MEANTIME

Just when I start to unwind
There's a mirror waiting
What's at the end of the line?
Now your river left me dry

In the meantime, can somebody set me on fire?

Everyone's working today
While I light my candles
Stuck in the woods far away
Now the summer left me high

In the meantime, can somebody set me on fire?
I am on the other side, somebody throw me a line


BREAK THE WALL

Sleep, little rambler, don't let the black dog bite
Your plane will be waiting, I'm sure you'll make your flight

Let your wind shake this heavy curtain
I'll wait for you on the dawn side
Hear it rumble inside my belly
I want to see the day that you

Cross the wire, break the wall
Climb the fences, break the wall

Wake, little drifter, go beat the angry drum
We'll dig us a tunnel, I'm sure the day will come

Let the sun raise this dusty shadow
We'll meet again at the checkpoint
See the lightning inside my bottle
I want to hear it fall when you

Cross the wire, break the wall
Climb the fences, break the wall


I CAN'T LAY DOWN

Mother, I can hear you call
Be safe outside
You go to sleep to see me fall
Cause it's one big fight out there

But I wake up to the sound of the morning
And I feel like leaving without warning you now

Father, I can see you try
But I'm on my way
You tell your wrongs where to go right
But that's not the shape I'm in

Somebody shake me, shake me
Show me something new
Why don't you take me, take me
Trust me, I'll be good

And I wake up to the sound of the morning
And I feel like leaving without warning you now
And I hear you say that everything is better back home

But I can't lay down
I can't lay down no more


YOU GIVE ME SO MUCH

Give me some time so I can find
What's on my mind
Give me some room so I can do
Something to you

You pulled me down your wishing well
I thought I could tell
Now I wanna burst into your sun
And come down as one

You give me so much!


ANDAMAN BLUES

See the three of us
Middle of the ocean
Writing songs for today
Forty days adrift
Going with the motion
Now the wind's on our way

And when you're ready too
Come and find me in Andaman blues

Better take a chance
While your head is mellow
Go as far as you can
Paint your submarine
If you don't feel yellow
I will give you my hand

And when you're ready too
Come and find me in Andaman blues

Wash all your troubles away
Day by day
Drown all your tears in the bay
Day by day
We'll build our town in blue and brown
Say what you wanted to say
When you find me in Andaman blues