you don't understand me- raconteurs

You don't understand me
but if the feeling was right you might
comprehend me.
And why do you feel the need to tease me?
Why don't you turn it around,
it might be easier to please me.

And there's always another point of view,
A better way to do the things we do.
and how can you know me and I know you
if nothing is true?

What do you think that you are doing?
Who is the fool, the fool
or the fool that you are fooling?
And maybe I just don't see the reason
but in the core of my heart
your ignorance is treason.

And there's always another point of view.
A better way to do the things we do.
and how can you know me and I know you
if nothing is true?

You think you know how I feel.
It's not that big of a deal.
There's no such thing, it's not real.
Oh...

You don't understand me.
but if the feeling was right you might
comprehend me.
And I don't claim to understand you..
but I've been looking around
and I haven't found anybody like you..

And there's always another point of view..
a better way to do the things we do.
and how can you know me and I know you
if nothing is true?

i ache for you- ben lee

In the rain
I'm walking slowly
there's a light
in your apartmant
I don't know why
I ache for you

and it's alright if you're undecided or,
if you're scared that you might like it or
if it's true, I ache for you

there's no rhyme and there's no reason
you're the secret in the back of my skull
there's no logic, so please believe me
our love's confusing, but it never gets dull

it's getting late
anticipation
and if we talk
communication
and then you'll know
I ache for you

and yes sometimes it's just desire
another problem there you really don't want
but anyway, I ache for you.

there's no rhyme and there's no reason
I know the secret in the back of my skull
there's no logic, so please believe me
our love's confusing, but it never gets, it never gets dull

I ache for you.

I ache for you.

and I'm tired, of so much wanting
and what if, don't even think it
but why not.

there's no rhyme and there's no reason
put a secret in the back of my skull (back of my skull)
there's no logic, so please believe me
our love's confusing, but it never gets dull (it never gets dull)

there's no rhyme and there's no reason
you're the secret in the back of my skull (back of my skull)
there's no logic, so please believe me
our love's confusing, but it never gets dull (never gets dull)
but it never gets dull (never gets dull)
never gets dull
I ache for you

paper bag- fiona apple

I was staring at the sky
Just looking for a star
To pray on, or wish on
Or something like that

I was having a sweet fix
Of a daydream of a boy
Whose reality I knew
Was a hopeless to be had

But then the dove of hope began its downward slope
And I believed for a moment that my chances were
Approaching to be grabbed
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag

Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love

And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb
Looking for a little hope
Baby said he couldn't stay put, wouldn't put his lips to mine,
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope

And I said, "Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified
Come on put a little love here in my void"
He said, "It's all in your head"
And I said, "So's everything'" but he didn't get it
I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy

Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love

academia- sia

you can be my alphabet and i will be your calculator
and together we'll work out on the escalator
i will time you as you run up the down
and you'll measure my footsteps as i blow through this town
the mean of our heights is divided by the nights
which is times'd by the daggers and the route of all our fights,
the pass of your poem is to swathe me in your knowing
and the beauty of the word is that you don't have to show it

oh academia you can't pick me up
soothe me with your words when i need your love

i am a dash and you are a dot
when will you see that i am all that you've got
i'm a binary code that you cracked long ago
but to you i'm just a novel that you wish you'd never wrote
i'm greater than x and lesser than y, so why is it
that i still can't catch your eye?
you're a cryptic crossword, a song i've never heard
while i sit here drawing circles i'm afraid of being hurt

oh academia you can't pick me up
soothe me with your words when i need your love

you're a difficult equation with a knack for heart evasion
will you listen to my proof or will you add another page on
it appears to me the graph has come and stolen all the laughs
it appears to me the pen has over analysed again
and if i am a number i'm infinity plus one
and if you are five words you are afraid to be the one
and if you are a number you're infinity plus one
and if i am four words then i am needing of your love

oh academia you can't pick me up
soothe me with your words when i need your love

point: alanis.

i wonder if fergie can spell touché…

know now then- ani difranco

it's not so much that we got closer
it's that her face just got bigger
and by the time it was taking up my whole view
i figured my face had gotten bigger too
so i used it to try and sway her
say something to her
make my case
but my face
never had a chance
all along it was the wrong song and dance

i just stood there
without even a stance
helpless to her advance
and her retreat
backspace, delete

it wasn't so much that we fell in love as
my life just seemed to come down
to a slow walk on a straight line
between her smile and her frown
and maybe we never were as close
as we should have been
but i didn't know what i know now, then
yeah, i didn't know what i
know now, then

the juliana theory - don't push love away

Here's a thought, if you're willing to listen. I only tell the
truth of the feelings I'm given. Can you hear me now? Listen.
Whispers in the rain. Listen. Don't push love away, you know
you do. It's all we have. It's a chore holding onto a vision.
Don't leave her high and dry. She's the one you'll be missing.
Can you hear me now? Listen. Whispers in the rain, while you're
awake. Don't push love away, you know you do. It's all we have.
I hate to think hesitation is a burden. A bittersweet design
for a lesson you're learning. She's crying. Can you feel me
now this time? Whispers in the rain, lying awake. Don't push
love away, you know you do. It's all we have.
Here's a thought, if you're willing to listen.

fast as you can- fiona apple

i let the beast in too soon, i dont know how to live
without my hand on his throat; i fight him always & still
o darling, its so sweet, you think you know how crazy
how crazy i am
you say you dont spook easy, you wont go, but i know
and i pray that you will
fast as you can, baby run-free yourself of me
fast as you can

i may be soft in your palm but i'll soon grow
hungry for a fight, and i will not let you win
my pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will
disprove your faith in man
so if you catch me trying to find my way into your
heart from under your skin
fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
fast as you can
fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
fast as you can

sometimes my mind dont shake and shift
but most of the time, it does
and i get to the place where i'm begging for a lift
or i'll drown in the wonders and the was
and i'll be your girl, if you say its a gift
and you give me some more of your drugs
yeah, i'll be your pet, if you just tell me its a gift
cuz i'm tired of whys, choking on whys,
just need a little because, because

i let the beast in and then;
i even tried forgiving him, but its too soon
so i'll fight again, again, again, again, again.
and for a little while more, i'll soar the
uneven wind, complain and blame
the sterile land
but if you're getting any bright ideas, quiet dear
i'm blooming within
fast as you can, baby wait watch me, i'll be out
fast as i can, maybe late, but at least about
fast as you can leave me, let this thing
run its route

sitting, waiting, wishing- jack johnson

I was sitting, waiting, wishing
You believed in superstitions
Then maybe you would see the signs
But lord knows that this world is cruel
And I ain’t the lord no I’m just a fool
Learning loving somebody
Don’t make them love you
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?
Must I always be playing, playing your fool?

I sang your songs I danced your dance
I gave your friends all a chance
But putting up with them
Wasn’t worth never having you
Maybe you’ve been through this before
But it’s my first time so please ignore
The next few lines because they’re directed at you
I can’t always be waiting, waiting on you
I can’t always be playing, playing your fool

I keep playing your part
But it’s not my scene
Want this plot to twist
I’ve had enough mystery
You keep building it up
But then you’re shooting me down
But I’m already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting, waiting

Well if I was in your position
I’d put down all my ammunition
I’d wonder why it had taken me so long
But lord knows that I’m not you
And if I was I wouldn’t be so cruel
Because waiting on love
Ain’t so easy to do
Must I always be waiting, waiting on you?
Must I always be playing, playing your fool?

city and colour- sensible heart

I get so distracted
By some peoples reactions
That I don't see my own faults
For what they are

At times so self destructive
With no intent or motive
But behind this emotion,
There's a sensible heart
A sensible heart

See I'm no king
I wear no crown
But desperate times
Seem over now
But still I weaken somehow
It tears me apart

I hope to learn as time goes by
That I should trust what's deep inside
Burning bright, oh burning bright
My sensible heart

Dashboard Confessional - As Lovers Go

She said "I've gotta be honest
You're wasting your time if you're fishing around here."
And I said, "You must be mistaken
Cause I'm not foolin. This feeling is real."

And she said, She said "You've gotta be crazy
What do you take me for? Some kind of easy mark?"
You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion.
But I swear that you've got me all wrong
All wrong, all wrong. and you've got me."

I'll be true, I'll be useful. I'll be cavalier
I'll be yours, my dear and I'll belong to you
If you just let me through
This is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is telling me what's the sense in waiting?

And I said "I've gotta be honest
I've been waiting for you all my life
For so long I thought I wasn't gonna settle down
But just seeing you makes me think twice

And being with you here makes me sane
I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side
You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion.
But are you brave enough to leave with me tonight?
Tonight, tonight, you've got me

I'll be true, I'll be useful, I'll be cavalier
I'll be yours, my dear. and I'll belong to you
If you just let me through
This is easy as lovers go
So don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is telling me what's the sense in waiting?

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

All the fear has left me now
I'm not frightened anymore
It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh
it's my mouth that pushes out this breath
and if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
and if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love
Companion to our demons
they will dance, and we will play
With chairs, candles, and cloth
making darkness in the day
It will be easy to look in or out
upstream or down without a thought
and if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
and if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love
Peace in the struggle
to find peace
comfort on the way
to comfort
and if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
and if I feel a rage I won't deny it


I won't fear love
I won't fear love
I won't fear love.

Third Planet - Modest Mouse

Everything that keeps me together is falling apart, I've got
this thing that I consider my only art of fucking people over
My boss just quit the job says he's goin' out to find blind
spots and he'll do it
The 3rd Planet is sure that they're being watched by an
eye in the sky that can't be stopped
When you get to the promise land your gonna shake that
eyes hand
Your heart felt good it was drippin' pitch and made of wood
And your hands and knees felt cold and wet on the grass to me
Outside naked, shiverin' looking blue, from the cold
sunlight that's reflected off the moon
Baby cum angels fly around you reminding you we used
to be three and not just two
And that's how the world began
And that's how the world will end
A 3rd had just been made and we were swimming in the
water, didn't know then was it a son was it a daughter
When it occurred to me that the animals are swimming
around in the water in the oceans in our bodies and
another had been found another ocean on the planet
given that our blood is just like the Atlantic
And how
The universe is shaped exactly like the earth if you go
straight long enough you'll end up where you were

all i really want- alanis morissette

do I stress you out
my sweater is on backwards and inside out
and you say how appropriate
i don't want to dissect everything today
i don't mean to pick you apart you see
but I can't help it
there I go jumping before the gunshot has gone off
slap me with a splintered ruler
and it would knock me to the floor if I wasn't there already
if only I could hunt the hunter

and all I really want is some patience
a way to calm the angry voice
and all I really want is deliverance

do I wear you out
you must wonder why I'm so relentless and all strung out
i'm consumed by the chill of solitary
i'm like Estella
i like to reel it in and then spit it out
i'm frustrated by your apathy
and I am frightened by the corrupted ways of this land
if only I could meet the Maker

and I am fascinated by the spiritual man
i am humbled by his humble nature
what I wouldn't give to find a soulmate
someone else to catch this drift
and what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred

enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute
enough about you, let's talk about life for a while
the conflicts, the craziness and the sound of pretenses
falling all around...all around
why are you so petrified of silence
here, can you handle this?

did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines
or when you think you're gonna die
or did you long for the next distraction
and all I need know is intellectual intercourse
a soul to dig the hole much deeper
and I have no concept of time other than it is flying
if only I could kill the killer

all I really want is some peace man
a place to find a common ground
and all I really want is a wavelength
all I really want is some comfort
a way to get my hands untied
and all I really want is some justice...

my story why of circumstance (come to circle my stance)

its never been better its been never worse
you are not the first
I found the opposite of now
did you win?, I won
and I think to time it sets in
and towards my cheek a blemish admits my speech
and I want to discover so to uncover this out of that of you to me to glee
I’ll be that morbid curiosity of less than me
do yah say yes to we
I’ve met land to set loose the gentle lapping of tongue (young)
lipped forms smack the dolls
I smell the scent left from your hair the night before filling me
I still the wait of more
full let moons
let full moons of tomorrow rush smile
I’ve always been free
and I don’t want it to be obsessive with you
want it to be memorable with you
that’s a first
do yah want some me to feather the weather
mapping the forbidden
it’s a cluster it’s given
a haven to live in
could yet you let you lay a precious morn
mold the form to ease you find my mind
the climbed rise of may be(may bed)sighs

azaleas- stasia

sometimes i am invisible
sometimes i am invincible
i try make sense of what does not
i take what i can't have 'cause it's all i've got..

and i will dance at any given time
sing in any given space
take you to the end and watch you try to save face
and azaleas will grow in the place we..
you failed me, you know, but you can't see..

why can't i be
what you can see
i can't stay here..

sometimes i climb, but then i fall
sometimes i am nothing at all
i try make you up on the spot
i take what i can't have and make it a lot..

but i will dance at any given time
sing in any given space
take you to the end, and watch you try to replace me
and azaleas will grow in the place we..
you failed me, you know, but you can't see..

why can't i be
what you can see
i can't stay here..

why can't i be
what you can see

sometimes i am..

black- pearl jam

sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
were laid spread out before me as her body once did
all five horizons revolved around her soul
as the earth to the sun
now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

ooh, and all I taught her was everything
ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
and now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
of what was everything
the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
how quick the sun can drop away

and now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
of what was everything
all the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything

all the love gone bad turned my world to black
tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky
but why.. why.. why can't it be.. why can't it be mine

everlong- foo fighters

hello
I've waited here for you
everlong
tonight I throw myself into
and out of the red
out of her head she sang

come down
and waste away with me
down with me
slow how
you wanted it to be
I'm over my head
out of her head she sang

and I wonder
when I sing along with you
if everything could ever feel this real forever
if anything could ever be this good again
the only thing I'll ever ask of you
you've got to promise not to stop when I say when

breathe out so I can breathe you in
hold you in
and now I know you've always been
out of your head
out of my head I sang

Samiam - Mexico

You wanna be some place warm,
Probably Mexico,
Even though it's really not that cold.
You been planning a girl-girl trip in a motor home.
You wanna see how it feels to leave.

You wanted to see just how good it feels to leave,
Never mind the mess you left behind.
You wanted to see just how good it feels to leave,
To leave everything behind.

A chance to breathe,
A little time of your own,
It don't really matter where you’re going.
I’ll buy you some magazines,
You can call me from the roadside phone,
Let me know when you're coming home.

You know where to find me.
Whenever you decide.
And you know that I’ll be here when you get home...
Do you know if I’ll be here?

You wanted to see just how good it feels to leave,
Never mind the mess you left behind.
You wanted to see just how good it feels to leave.

Honestly - Run

I'm falling to a place of recognition
You retreat to avoid the pain
I'm breaking free from my condition
You just sit and wait for change
I won't react if you say there's nothing left to save
You're lying when you tell me everything's gonna be okay

Are you desperate for anything?

Run as far and as fast as I know you can
You lost your faith
That's all you had
Leave behind everything you pretend to be
Just let it go
Or you'll never be free

There's nothing left
Only isolation
You're drowning in apathy
Can you even see a simple revelation
And if it hurt would you feel the sting

You're not desperate for anything

Run as far and as fast as I know you can
You lost your faith
That's all you had
Leave behind everything you pretend to be
Just let it go
Or you'll never be free

Free...

You gotta know I've been there before
(Where you are)
You can't live like this anymore
(Run as far)

Are you desperate for anything?

Run as far and as fast as I know you can
You lost your faith
That's all you had
Leave behind everything you pretend to be
Just let it go
Or you'll never be free

Free...
Free...
Free...

Will you ever be?
Oh, will you ever be free?
Will you ever be?
Will you ever be free?