Built To Spill

this strange
plan is random at best

this strange
how much more can I take?

this strange
change in atmosphere
and in gravity too
and it's severity

this strange
day is almost over

just started to
get sick of it

and it's strange
but not all that strange
that it's strange
but what's so strange
about that?

yeah it's strange
but why is that strange
that it's strange
but oh, well

this strange
plan is random at best

this strange
how much more can I take?

this strange
sound you said I said

you're not listening or
I'm not saying it right

this strange
war of promises

let's call us a truce
and call it the truth

and it's strange
but not all that strange
that it's strange
but what's so strange
about that?

yeah it's strange
but what isn't strange
yeah it's strange
but oh well

they never feel

they dont even seem real

they never try, so why should i

something is wrong

something invisible is gone

they never mind, so why should i

dont you get hurt

dont you ever need a cure

dont you get tired

and why and why

after awhile

after _

they wont decide, so why should i

when they hand it over

give it all away

well how can you explain

when they hand it over

noone gets their way

noone gets their (plane?)

dont you get tired

of everyone that you admire

theyll never die, so why should i

something is wrong

something invisible is gone

they never mind, so why should i

when they hand it over

give it all away

well how can you explain

when they hand it over

noone gets away

noone gets the (blame?)

the symptoms of our getting older
the problems that say we don't mind
that most of us never get over
the memories mingled with lies

coincidence gave a confession
that no one's allowed to forget
I don't wanna give the impression
that predestination is set

the distance will increase the danger
where certainty's never enjoyed
regarded as equal yet stranger
embark then embrace then destroy

observing the process will change it
and afterwards even if you
subconsciously rearrange it
it doesn't seem any less true

remnants of thought disappearing
and even transcending concern
disturbing but somehow endearing
conditioned to never unlearn

and no one can tell me to listen
and no one can tell me what's right
'cause nobody has my permission
and no one can see in your mind
in your mind
in your mind
in your mind

when magnifications explore
there slowly emerges a pattern
the details you normally ignore
you notice really what matters

there isn't a time or a place
only an ebb and a flowing
a permanent repeating space
occuring, connecting and growing

and no one can tell me to listen
and no one can tell me what's right
'cause nobody has my permission
and no one can see in your mind
in your mind
in your mind
in your mind

in the hurry of the past

i forgot to make it last

simple choices made too fast

didnt count?

im alarmed and i cant _

crashing onto this island weve become

words for fight and words for fun

theyve all melted into one

on the tip of every tongue

like a for the sun

im alarmed and i _

crashing onto this island weve become

allright now, dont decide about that now

oh how can you blame the only one

every stay, every stay, every stay around and you would

never say never say all the harms been done

and you were

also gone oh so long so long

did you make it or _ so wrong

did you wait oh so long, so long

did you take it all on so long

took it all and take it over

taking as much as you can see

i can almost think about it

but i cant arrange for you to see yeah

didnt know what im afraid of

i can learn it from a dream

theres a light that never goes out

burning a hole inside of me yeah

keep your lamps all trimmed and burning

might be alarmed with what you see

i agreed to always love you but never enough to set you free

havent had half a hand

half of what i am

havent heard of half the things

that happened in the past

havent given half the time

to half the people who have the things ive planned

you dont have to be so cruel, cuz all i do is a little lesson when i can

happiness will only

happen when it can

happiness will only

happen when it can

havent had the half of mind to _ to start to take a stand

havent held on half as long, as i had hoped as i had hoped _

havent missed half the shit, they said id never have? a chance

you dont have to be so cruel cuz all i do is a little lesson when i can

happiness

happen

happiness

happen

happiness

happen

happiness

happen

youre life

that sky?

mayve try?

all guy?

for i might

one tries?

but dont try

their time?

no dont try

their kind

they might

seem fine

your light

so shine?

inside

all mine

everyone goes on and on

and everyone goes on and on

everyone

and everyone

everyone

everyone

everyone

everyone

your light

last night

we make time?

all right

i might

go try?

but dont try

their kind?

everybody

everybody

everybody

everybody

everybody know everybody know

everybody know everybody know

that you that you that you that you are

I know you're making
accidents and stars for everyone
you're amazing
half of them won't know until you're gone

and in this ritual
you take command and lose control
and in this situation
find an ocean, sell your soul

fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss

and when it's over
set aside a moment to forget
it's now or never
now's the chance to choose what you'll regret

to taking all your time
and leaving me with more than I want
because I know this time
absolutely, positively
may...maybe
may...maybe
may...maybe
may

fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss

and all the signs of your life
you're making all time alright
and all the lines of your life
you make it fine

and when it's later
open up your window just in case
you're a radar
built to scan the deeps of outer space

and if you recognize
subtle patterns in the sky
don't take it as a sign
unless it eases your mind

why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss
why don't you
fly around my pretty little miss

Do you want it to be outside the cool night the stars gravitate toward you

do you want it to be outside the cool night with the fog wraps itself around you

do you want it to be outside the sunshine where the clouds take their places for you

and the wind and snow and the rain that blows none of those would matter much without you

and as long as its talking with you, talk of the weather will do

do you want it to be outside in the cool night with the stars gravitate toward you

do you want it to be outside in the sunshine where the song keeps itself inside you

and the wind and snow and the rain that blows none of those would matter much without you

nobodys hoping for better days

noone knows what to do

youre ok in your secret ways

noone bothering you

might save time if i meet you there

but i dont care, id rather wait for you

and noones fine and the weathers fine

id rather wait for you

and noones home and the weathers fine

id rather wait for you

Daylight can never really hide what's alive
I know it's hard sometimes
For you to tell where you end
And where the world begins

You do your best to avoid assimilation
Guess that's the best you can do

And all the parts of it that matter change
All traces disintegrate

At night
My mind gets on this
Train of thought


And can't get back off
And when you know
How few things there are worth knowing
I suppose anyone who tries could forget

Responding now
To trains that crash before you
Never thought crashing could happen to you

And all the parts of it that matter change
All traces disintegrate

I wouldn't be a liar
No i wouldn't be a liar if i told you that
I wouldn't be a liar

When things are all you think of
And plans are all you make
and thoughts are all you dream of
your falls are all you take
look out the world's destroying ya
relax it isn't fair
mother natures disposition
she don't mind she don't care
she don't mind she don't care

And I wouldn't be a liar
No i wouldn't be a liar if I told you that
I wouldn't be a liar

Passing over, passions pour, passing everything

I wouldn't be a liar
No I wouldn't be a liar if I told you that



It takes up all of your life
these decisions you make
it takes up all of a day
making them all

Well i sat on the patio
while the pianos were being tuned
forget about it all for a little while
she don't mind she dont care
she don't mind she don't care
she don't mind she don't care

And I wouldn't be a liar
No I wouldn't be a liar if I told you that
I wouldn't be a liar

You see it seems minor to me
You see it seems minor to me
You see it seems minor to me
You see it seems minor

You waited for Saturday
And waited for my birthday
And most of us probably
Expect even less than that
And I'm glad you're not like us
And by us I mean everyone in the world who isn't you

All this time
I thought was mine
Your proximity made
When boredom comes
It won't be long
Before I sing to you
There's nothing you can do
There's nothing you can say
To make my problems go away
Or to make me do the same

From the outside
My ideas
Pour me outside
Bottled feeling
For a mountain
Marbled ceiling
Commence the healing

sometimes life surprises
'cause you never expected to be that
Dangerous disguises
that you never expect to see

Some things never change
nothing's gonna change that
Some things you can't explain
Like why were all embracing conventional wisdom in a world that's just so unconventional

Made you turn around
But you never expected to see that
Thats what makes that sound
That you never expect to hear



Some things never change
Something's gotta change that
Some things you can't explain
Like why were all embracing conventional wisdom in a world that's just so unconventional

They dont know they're wrong
But you know that they never can see that
Thats what makes them strong
that they know that we'll never see

Hey, where were you today
How did you escape
The way no one gets away
Cause no one's gone

Fate guided me to hate
Invited me to take the bait
Realized too late
That I was gone

Say, how can you explain
Person to the pain
And then
Sickness to the sane
But it's all gone

Most of us get riled up
Justify the lies that we believe
Not enough to disbelieve them
I've been thinking you've been treating
Situations seemingly unkind
Stockade seems to still be working

Change your heart
Save yourself
Some damn ?
I get ashamed
Sound that sound

Come on
Whats to decide
Reveal your life
Mostly with life
Review what you have done
I know its gone
Back to its sun

Finally
Something to say
Back to their lives
Not to their face


Where to go for your life
Back to your fire
Mostly on try

Well around your mind
Till I mess with time
How can you unwind
When my hands are tied

he's more farce than fodder
he's more of a dog than dogs are
it depends were just dots and commas
it'd still say you got one on us
theres no reason for it
don't despise an don't adore it
it's just a habit
it's just a habit i formed

this ones a super sonic
this ones got too much on it
this ones off free


this ones him free
theres no reason for it
don't despise it and dont adore it
its just a habit
it's just a habit

this is what i hear, ill send corrections if need be

you wait
you wait
you wait for summer
then you wait for rain

you wait
you wait
you wait for darkness
then you wait for day
yeah you wait

you wait
you wait
you wait

and she says
patience, darling
patience, patience
it will come

you wait
you wait
you wait for august
then you wait for may

you wait
you wait
wait to get there
then you wait to play



you wait
you wait
you wait for someday
that'll make the waiting
worth the wait

the wait
you wait

and she says
patience, darling
patience, patience
it will come

Ahh, Ahhh, Ahhh,
Ahhh-ohh, Ahhh-ohh
Ahhh-ohh

(who is mike jones
who is mike jones
who is mike jones
who is mike jones
hit me up
2813308004, baby)

every thousand years
this metal sphere
ten times the size of Jupiter
floats just a few yards past the earth
you climb on your roof
and take a swipe at it
with a single feather
hit it once every thousand years
‘til you’ve worn it down
to the size of a pea
yeah I’d say that’s a long time
but it’s only half a blink
in the place you’re gonna be

where you gonna be
where will you spend eternity
I’m gonna be perfect from now on
I’m gonna be perfect starting now
stop making that sound
stop making that sound
I will say I forgot
but it was only yesterday
and it’s all you had to say

I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
no one else around even seems to be noticing
it's only small enough for me

I can't get that sound you make out of my head
I can't even figure out what's making it
it feels like fingernails across the moon
or do you rub your wings together
there's a mean bone in my body
it's connected to the problems
that I won't take for an answer
and I won't take that from you
because I'd hurt a fly

let you go to sleep
feeling bad as me
let you go to sleep
feeling bad
there's a mean bone in my body
it's connected to the problems
that I won't take for an answer
and I won't take that from you
because I'd hurt a fly

you don't tell me anything
that's not a dream
that's not a big lie
you're not going anywhere
you don't care
you think that's fine
you don't owe me anything
you're offering
it's already mine
your best friend is everywhere
they don't care
they think you're slime
you don't even know
what it means to take your own advice
and then
expect me to look surprised

after awhile you know their style
and that's enough to know they suck
and when you know they'll stop the show
because they know you know
I know it's sad but don't feel bad
they knew they had it coming
after awhile it hurts to smile
and if you laugh it's just a typical miracle

these thoughts are old
let’s keep it cold
dry lines on me
dry history
dryology

that stupid sound
that awful feel
don’t bring them down
and it never will
no it never will
no it never will
no it never will

hard to believe
that after all this time
that after all this I’m
still me

no one wants to hear
what you dreamt about unless you dreamt about them
don’t let that stop you
tell them anyway
and you can make it up as you go
I’m already gone now
you were outside just waiting
I’m already nothing
you just noticed me fading
it takes a lot to make me crazy
and a lot is always going on

if there’s a word for you
it doesn’t mean anything
I’ve got some words for you
they don’t offer anything
you cold called everybody
but you haven’t sold a thing
a bad idea gone funny
a pinch felt in a dream
you thought of everything but some things can’t be thought
you thought of everything but one thing you forgot is you’re wrong

and you better not be angry
and you better not be sad
you better just enjoy the luxury of sympathy
if that’s a luxury you have
and you know no private bad
you know that that’s the meaning of you’re done
in a world that’s not so bad
in a world time was killing in the sun
in a world that’s not so bad
in a world time was killing in the sun
in the sun
in the sun
you took all that moment
and you left it in the sun
now it’s gone because you left it in the sun
was a brave idea
didn’t mean no harm
now it’s burnt because you left it in the sun
was a grave mistake
but how could you have known
the temperature, the distance of the sun

backwashed thoughts and you made me talk
no you made me listen
there’s a feeling from ada to irene
there’s something
there’s nothing you haven’t seen
tiny tv on at three
so serene no place to be alone
so come on over yeah
let’s sit down a little while
some wine, you will find the same things
the same things
the same things
the same things
the same things
by the time you read this
you kicked it in the sun
it was all that you could do
how could you refuse
and you kicked it in the sun
it was all you had to do
and you kicked it in the sun
it was all you had to do
how could you refuse
and you kicked it in the sun
it was wrong and it was rude
and you kicked it in the sun
it was wrong and it was rude
how could you refuse
and you kicked it in the sun

it’s alright now I’m getting over getting mine
it’s alright now I’m getting over getting mine

he seemed so unashamed of how he operated
corresponds to the facts that you want
despite his expectations
he turned out mediocre
his master plan was so so
we’re special in other ways
ways our mothers appreciate
that net does not make me feel safe
all those holes make me nervous

he woke up late that morning
went to the window
and saw the sun had stopped its shining
so so
we’re special in other ways
ways our mothers appreciate
we’re special in other ways
ways our mothers appreciate
we’re special
we’re special

you can’t trust anyone
cause you’re untrustable
how can you trust someone you know can’t trust you
you won’t help anyone
cause you’re unusable
no one can tie you down
you’re nobody’s fool
and I’d love to see it but it’s something you just feel
and I’d like to feel it but it just isn’t real
and god is whoever you’re performing for
and god is whoever you perform for

you don’t like anything cause you’re unlikable
all because you’re not interested in you anymore
it’s so unthinkable cause you don’t think of it
how many ideas can fit in your reality
and I’d love to see it but it’s something you just feel
and I’d like to feel it but it just isn’t real

and I’d love to see it but it’s something you just feel
and I’d like to feel it but it just isn’t real
and god is whoever you’re performing for
and god is whoever you perform for

- Pt. 2 (about someone else)

I know you
feel the things you see you know they’re true
what are you gonna do
why can’t you
**EMPATHIZE WITH JESUS’ POINT OF VIEW**
what are you gonna do
can you feel the darkness shining through
what are you gonna do
why can’t you
move yourself like other people do
what are you gonna do
I know you wouldn’t be the way you feel
if you could choose
what are you gonna do
can you feel the darkness shining through
what are you gonna do

I heard what I said to you and it was so out of sync
With the way I wanted to make myself out to seem
I don’t like this air
But that doesn’t mean I’ll stop breathing it
Who doesn’t think they’re at
The center of the universe Being it
Don’t look now
Just keep watching your TV Hating what’s to see
Waiting for someone to say something that’s right
...

I heard what I said to you
Thought it was all understood
But I wasn’t getting through I’d go on if I could

I don’t like this air
But that doesn’t mean I’ll stop breathing it
Who doesn’t think they’re at
The center of the universe Being it
Don’t look now
Just keep watching your TV Hating what’s to see
Waiting for someone to say something that’s right

I’m not knocking your want to carry that home
Took it with you when you moved and got it broke
Found the pieces, we counted them all alone
Didn’t add up, forgot to carry a zero
...

I can’t be your apologist very long
I’m surprised that you’d want to carry that on
Count your blemishes you can’t they’re all gone
I can’t see your response putting them back on
Like they’re waiting for your guard to fall
So they can see it all
And you’re so occupied with what other persons are occupied with
And vice versa
And you’ve become what you thought was dumb
A fraction of the sum, the middle and the front
And now it’s coming back hasn’t come too far
I was trying to help but I guess I pushed too hard
And now we can’t even touch it
Afraid it’ll fall apart

Come on break it up
It’s gone on long enough
What has it changed for you
What has it changed for you
The tubes tag along
The radar’s got it wrong
What hasn’t changed for you
What hasn’t changed for you
..

Can you wait for the sidewalk.. waiting for you
Can you wait for the sidewalk
Can it wait for you
Can you wait for the sidewalk
Can it wait for you
Can you wait for the sidewalk
Can it wait for you
...

Come on break it up
It’s gone on long enough
What has it changed for you
What has it changed for you
The tubes tag along
The radar’s got it wrong
What hasn’t changed for you
What hasn’t changed for you
...

Can you wait for the sidewalk.. waiting for you
Can you wait for the sidewalk
Can it wait for you
Can you wait for the sidewalk
Can it wait for you
Can you wait for the sidewalk
Can it wait for you..

never forever
what i think is true
never forever
what i hope to do
never forever
what i got from you
never forever
...

never forever
what i think is true
never forever
what i hope to do
never forever
what i got from you
never forever

And all that sun makes so much shine
How this is done like so much science
Can’t be explained through common sense
Takes a firm background in remembering
...

And it takes some math
And there’s so much more
It’s so hard to read in bad light
It’s so hard to read in bad light
It’s so hard to see it bad light
It’s so hard to see it bad light

It’s barely yours on loan
What you think you own
The place that you call home
The ideas in your bones, in your bones

This would still feel dumb
Back where you’re from
Do you, do you want to change your mind
Do you want to change your mind
Cause you could never know that
In a time trap
In a time trap
Guess that’s all fair now because
Guess that’s all there ever was
Gray and sprawling
Save your crawling
Cause you could never know that
In a time trap
In a time trap
Do you want to save your life
Do you want to save your life
Cause you could never know that
In a time trap
In a time trap

Finally I don’t mind
Worthless tries at finding something else
Best not talk to loud
You’re not as smart as you require of them
Your body breaks
Your needs consume you forever
And with this lied the need
To be here together
...

Funny thing with blood
Try to stand but neither leg is awake
Just this side of love
Is where you’ll find the confidence not to continue

Everything’s gonna be alright
You were right when you said
All that glitters isn’t gold
You were right when you said
All we are is dust in the wind
You were right when you said
We are all just bricks in the wall
And when you said manic depression’s a frustrating mess
...

You were wrong when you said
Everything’s gonna be alright
You were wrong when you said
Everything’s gonna be alright
You were wrong when you said
Everything’s gonna be alright
...

You were right when you said
You can’t always get what you want
You were right when you said
It’s a hard rain’s gonna fall
You were right when you said
We’re still running against the wind
And life goes on after the thrill of living is gone
You were right when you said
This is the end
...

Do you ever think about it?
Do you ever think about it?
Do you ever think about it?
Do you ever think about it?..

to moonn6pence from shootingstar




Bet you can't tell I'm
temporarily blind

And how much more can I
get sunburned?

How much more can I
get sunburned?

Bet you can't tell I'm
temporarily blind

Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?

Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?
Isn't everyone?

The thought of you waiting
for someone
Turn your back on this hating
Turn your back on this hating

Before I forget
It took so long
Turn your back on this waiting
Turn your back on this waiting

I need to know where you're
coming from
Turn your back on the framing
Turn your back on the framing

Who history doesn't teach
It makes numb
Turn your back on their taming
Turn your back on their taming

Yeah, they might let let you say it
But it'd take all day to explain it

Broken Chairs your body conforms to
Out beyond the quieted garden
You can bring the man form into trust
Through the holes in my everydayness
Lends sustenance where starvation's necessary
Cause my brain's a dictionary
Of long spring days and the speech of crows
Who themselves are mirrors of apprehensions
In the fallen sun
Alright
You can make it stay

Know what good you've done
Seems like I'm just done
No one can be harmed
All sides at once

Everyday something strange
I can't explain, happens to me
Often I am called by name
To clean up aisle 13

No one knows cuz no one wants to


No one they might find
No one sees cuz no one wants
To see what's in their mind

Don't be all so all afraid
Everyone has weird dreams
One day I'll come home to find you
Covered with ants cuz you're so sweet.

> Dusk till dawn, but it feels so dark til then
drowns you out, so you can't be too [i]surreal[/i]
[i]common bonds, and fill me up with me[/i]
everybody in this world is just like me
so what
grow on
Life ain't nothin but a dream
Realistic as it seems
Sounds like fear
Thinking there might be a cure
Waste your life, but you don't know what it's worth
Comb your mind for the treasures of the soul
Too close to find anything outside yourself
so what
grow on
Life ain't nothin but a dream
Realistic as it seems
Miles till dawn, but it feels so dark til then
drowns you out, but you can't be too certain
[i]common bonds, and fill me up with me[/i]
everybody in this world is just like me
and so what
grow on
Life ain't nothin but a dream
Realistic as it seems

I'd hand it to time if I knew where the time had gone
the connoisseurs were wrong
and so was everyone else

I know what they're saying cuz that's all they talk about
just need to figure out
some shit for myself

and just because it's obvious doesn't mean it's even true
heard it all and I believe that we deserve another point of view

we can make it if we try
and if we don't it's gonna still be alright

cuz our minds are still alive
and we can decide why

make up your mind make up your own mythology
afraid of finding me
and of defining you

take what you want but you won't want it where your at
I know this for a fact
just because it's so true

the first place my mind goes is where I never want it to
like where it hurts the most or all the stupid shit I say and do



you can make it if you try
and if you don't it's gonna still be all right

cuz our minds are still alive
and we can even decide what's right

telling me thousands of times what's next to want
just doing their job but you know that's a dirty job
can't stand this game still we're bullied to play along

when bullies grow up they get meaner
yeah they really get it down창?짝oh yeah

they think that they get it but they always get it wrong
they'll play your favorite song
just to sell shit to you

I've heard that they'll sell anything and I think they might
I think Bill Hicks was right
about what they should do

and just because you love something doesn't mean it's yours to buy
been selling it so long that no one even knows the reason why
you've been messing with our minds
gettin' rich wasting our time

Waiting for our answers
This cancer is coming as sand

What happens here stays here
Because no one anywhere else gives a damn

All said and done
Who's gonna bother remembering?
All dead and gone

Like anyone assuming they know what makes us tick
I was just as wrong as I could be
Only knowing that
Explained a lot

The more you have to live for
The more you love your life
The harder it will be for you to die
And we all want
(Living and)
Dying easy

Feels like eternity
But it's just one lifetime
How can a love that unforbidden be so strong?
There's something wrong with me


I try to forget

I try to forget
But my memory won't fail me now

It's wonderful and scary knowing what's alive
A tree, a rock, a turtle, or a thought
That's what makes me wanna never die

At least we have tomorrow
If we have tomorrow
Tomorrow's just the day beyond today
If tomorrow comes tomorrow

Feels like eternity
But it's just one lifetime
How can a love that unforbidden be so strong?
There's something wrong with me
I try to forget
I try to forget
I try to forget
I try to forget
I try to forget