Jack'S Mannequin

She walks to the mailbox
Each morning at 9
Every day she begins she's always one day behind
At least when it comes to the mail
She sits on the balcony paying the bills
Her letters just ashing her cigarettes onto the sill
Every breath a little more pale
The hill still left to climb is just so

High
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on fire
It's just so high
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on

He sits in his basement
From midnight till four
Painting pictures that nobody sees
From his days in the war
Canvases bathed in bright red
He heats up the shower
He paces the hall
He'll scrub for an hour or more
But he won't get it all
Paint in his fingernail beds
The hill still left to climb is just so

High
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on fire
It's just so high
And I'm so tired
Come on look up at
The bloodshot sky
The clouds are all on
Fire

We wait in valleys while the clouds come in
We see no shadows
'Cuz a shadow's all there is
And we climb
And we climb
But it's just so

High
And I'm so tired
Come on look me in my bloodshot eyes
The clouds are all on fire
It's just so high
And I'm so tired
Come on look up at
The bloodshot sky
The clouds are all on
Fire

I'll give you this confession,
I am taking you with me.
Where we can contemplate our chemistry.
And your eyes were lined with questions,
with the blood rushing the way.
To take this feeling with us to our graves, to our graves.

Chorus:
I got the feeling were still misdirected,
I get the feeling we have lost control.
Tune in,
I'll turn you to the new religion.
We're dropping out into the so unknown.
The so unknown.

And we won't wake up on Sundays,
so I'm building us a church.
Where we can sleep in with the gods at work.
And our friends will write us letters,
they'll never understand why we don't call.
We're hiding out until the empire falls,
let it fall.

{Chorus}

If we have lost control,
we're drifting slow.
Into the so unknown.
If we have lost control,
we're drifting slow.
And so we drop out.


And I'll give you this confession,
I am taking you with me.

{Chorus}

I got the feeling we got disconnected.
I got the feeling we have lost control.
Tune in,
I'll turn you to the new religion.
We're dropping out into the so unknown.
The so unknown.

These hammers and strings
Been following me around
From a box filled garage
To the dark punk rock clubs of one thousand American towns

And my friend calls me up
She says how have you been
I say, dear, I've been well
Yea the money's comin
But I miss you like hell
I still hear you in this old piano, yeah

She says Andy, I know
We don't talk as much
But I still hear your ghost in these old punk rock clubs
C'mon write me a song
Give me something to trust
Just promise you won't let it be just the keys that you touch...

Give me something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So whats' the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night
I've got nowhere to hide
So I'll write you a lullaby
A lullaby

These hammers and strings
Been following me around
Behind passenger vans
Through the snow dirt and the sand
Of one thousand American towns

And my friend calls me up
With her heart heavy still
She says Andy the doctors prescribed me the pills
But I know I'm not crazy,
I just lost my will
So why am I, why am I
Taking them still...?

I need something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
To the sleepless this is my reply
I will write you a lullaby
A lullaby

Give me something to believe in
So write it down
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping
It's just that at night
I've got nowhere to hide
To the sleepless this is my reply
I will write you a lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby

There's a lot that I don't know
There's a lot that I'm still learning
But I think I'm letting go
To find my body is still burning
And you hold me down
And you got me living in the past
Come on and pick me up
Somebody clear the wreckage from the blast

And I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution

And the bars are finally closed
So I try living in the moment
'Til the moment it just froze
And I felt sick and so alone
I can hear the sound
Of your voice still ringing in my ear
I'm going underground
But you'll find me anywhere I feel

That I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution

You hold me down
You hold me down
I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness

I'm alive
And I don't need a witness
To know that I survived
I'm not looking for forgiveness
I just need light
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light in the dark as I search for the resolution
I need light, I need light

I am looking for a sign
My spirit's faded
She holds on like a vine
Patterns in traffic
They sound just like my heart
Race in the dark
In time to catch you.
No one should let you
Go wandering off into the night
You're not an orphan.

I keep waiting for my breath
To come back never
So take what I have left
Patterns in traffic
That pulls just like my heart
Race in the dark
In time to catch you
No one should let you
Go wandering off into the night
You're not an orphan.
Right there to catch you
I won't forget you.
Now you're wandering to the night
But you're no orphan
You're not an orphan

I never thought the day would come
(you're not an orphan)
They tell me that you've finally run
(you're not an orphan)
I guess you always said you would someday
(you're not an orphan)

I never thought the day would come
(you're not an orphan)
They tell me that you've finally run
(you're not an orphan)
I guess you always said you would someday
(you're not an orphan)

I'm caught
Somewhere in between
Alive
And living a dream
No peace
Just clicking machines
In the quiet of compazine
The walls caved in on me

And she sings
My bird dressed in white
And she stings
My arm in the night
I lay still
Still I'm ready to fight
Have my lungs
But you can't take my sight
And the walls caved in tonight

Out here
I watch the sun circle the earth
The marrows collide in rebirth
In god's glory praise
The spirit calls out from the caves
The walls fell and there I lay
Saved

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

Beat my body like a rag doll
Stuck your needles in my hip
Said we're not going to lie
Son you just might die
Get you on that morphine drip
Drip

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

I fought a war to walk a gangplank
Into a life I left behind
A window's leading to the past
Think it's time I broke some glass
Get this history off my mind

And what if we were buried forever
Like the past never happened
And time did not exist for us at all
I think we'd still be traveling together
Through all kinds of weather
Everything's a piece of everyone
As far as I can see

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There's no one here but me

There's no one here but me

I called Jesus but he didn't check his phone today,
Oh oh, there's my summer girl
I've been wanting her
I hear she's got a boyfriend
Thought I could leave her for a season but it just got cold
Yeah, it's a lonely hour in my cellphone tower,
Broken down transmission.

But I'm gonna take you to my boxcar on the beach
And I'm gonna hang the sun above your bed
And soak your hair in bleach

You'll be missed Miss California
You'll be kissed by only me
When they can't find you you'll turn into a mystery
but you're no mystery to me, Miss California

I called Jesus but he heard I hurt his little girl, yeah,
with my reckless stare, I've been so unfair
Misplacing my affections
She had a reason not to take me back into her care
Oh, I'm just a stray dog now, I can't beg or bow
Just give me some direction.

And I'm gonna take you to the mansion where I hide
and I'm gonna paint a diamond on your hand
And you will be my bride
You'll be missed Miss California
You'll be kissed by only me
When they can't find you you'll turn into a mystery
But you're no mystery to me, Miss California
Miss California
I'll be around, I'll be around.

You'll be missed Miss California.
You'll be kissed by only me.
When they can't find you you'll turn into a mystery
But not to me.

You'll be missed Miss California
We'll be married in the rain
When they can't find you I'm sure I'll be the one they blame
But they can't prove anything
Miss California
Miss California
I'll be around

It started feeling like October
I got stranded on the road
But you know where to find me
Anytime you want me Annie

Annie use your telescope

So they made my life into a movie
As if I could forget those years
But I know where the time's gone
Just not where my mind's been wandering

Annie use your telescope

When it's late don't stop looking
When my eyes turn to glass
When it's late don't stop Annie
I will make it

Home

Is there anybody out there?
Hello?
I'm only getting farther from Earth

It started feeling like October

Annie Use Your Telescope

When it's late don't stop looking
When my eyes turn to glass
When it's late don't stop Annie
I will make it back

Annie I will make it

Two to one
Static to the sound of you and I
Undone for the last time
And there this was
Hiding at the bottom of your
Swimming pool some September
And don't you think
I wish that I could stay

Your lips give you away
I can hear it, a jet engine
Through the center of the storm
And I'm thinking I'd
Prefer not to be rescued

Two to none
Roads that lead away from this
I'm following myself just this once
And I got spun
It appears you're spun as well
It happens when you pay attention
This could take all year, but

When it's quiet, does she hear me?
A jet is sent to the
Center of the storm
And I'm thinking I'd
Prefer not to be rescued

And ohh-oh, I can feel her, she's dying
Just to keep me cool
I'm finally numb, so please
Don't get me rescued... rescued...

And it's unclear
But this may be my last song
Ohh-Oh, I, I can tell
She's raising hell to give to me
But she got me warm
So please don't get me rescued

And ohhh-oh, say you'll miss me (say you'll miss me) one last time
I'll be strong, but whatever you do
Please don't get me rescued...

Cause I'm feeling like
I might need to be near you
And I feel alright, so please
Don't get me rescued...