Red Letter Days
Album - 5 novembre 2002 - Debaser id 46007

I need a bed / That nobody's slept in
I need some air / Nobody's been breathing
I need a thought / That I can believe in
Is this fog / Or is the building really burning

I need you now / Much more than ever
I'm making new friends / But none of them matter
Maybe now / We don't fit together
But you've got your arms around / No one but strangers

Chorus:
I feel fine
With the sun in my eyes
The wind in my hair
I'm falling out of this sky
I'm doing better than I thought I would
But nothing's ever as good
As when you're on top

I want to wake up / And just start running
Into a ditch / Or straight up a mountain
I want to get / What no one's been getting
Make it deeper than hell / Or make it higher than heaven

I need someone / Whose price hasn't been met
When everybody's disappearing / By the minute
There isn't anyone left / I haven't met yet
Well I remember / When they hadn't gotten to you yet

Chorus (x2)
When you're on top

Half way up / And over this rainbow
I heard a shot / Fire up from the ghetto
As I drop / I didn't think you'd follow
Just didn't know / The sky was this shallow

I need a garden / Where nothing's forbidden
I need an apple / No one's been eating
I want to start again / Back at the beginning
I had a vision / That this feeling maybe has an ending

Chorus (x2)
When you're on top

I need you now / Much more than ever
I want to start again / Back at the beginning

Chorus (fades)

Slow down
You're breaking up
Use your words
Don't yell so much
I don't understand a word
That you're saying
Now move in
Come up close
You look like
You've maybe seen a ghost
Tell me
Has someone gotten to you baby
Now open your arms
Pick up your head
Open your eyes
So you can see
What happens next

You won't believe
Just how good it can get
We'll make a lover
Out of you yet

The fog is so thick
I can't see my hands
It got much worse
Soon as I got in
And I know you're somewhere
Here in the water
It's ten feet deep
And the river won't stop
I'll tell you what's in it
When I make it across
You could make it too
If you let someone help you

But you gotta give in
And you gotta let go
Then you can begin
To come up slow
Like a desert rose

[chorus]

Take a deep breath
And hold it in tight
And put your face up
Right into the light
Can't you feel that full moon
Shining down on you
Help is coming
From the great unknown
Just maybe not
When you needed it most
Cause I can see you already
Know that you're leaving
But I wish you'd stay
And just let me in
Cause everything can change
But you gotta be ready
Cause you won't know when

[chorus]

How soft a whisper can get
When you're walking through a crowded space
I hear every word being said
And I remember that everyday
I get a little bit closer to you

How long an hour can take
When you're staring into open space
When I feel I'm slipping further away
I remember that everyday
I get a little bit closer to you

These are the days
That I won't get back
I won't hear you cry
Or hear you laugh
And when it's quite
And I don't hear a thing
I can always hear you breathe

You know there's nowhere else
I've wanted to be
Than be there when you need me
I'm sorry too
But don't give up on me
And just remember that when you were asleep
I got a little bit closer to you

[Now] On your mark
Get set let's go
You got to move now
Before she explodes
Look out the window
Look out below
[Now] Back away from the glass
[Well] There she blows
The city's been leveled
[The] Hills are in flame
[The] Streets cracked open
And they're pushing up clay
[The] Temperature's dropped
[The] Sky is grey
And it ain't even over
Here comes drivin' rain

It ain't me
That you feel
There's something moving
Around in here
[Well] That's blood
[Well] That's tears
This ain't a warning...

(chorus)
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
'Cause you won't be here again
Eveybody out of the water

Now I'm treadin' high water
To get back to you
Been looking for a low spot
Or something to cling to
There's too many bodies
There's not enough room
God help me
And God help you
They say nobody panic
Help is on its way
We're already on it
You've got to be brave
If you can fix it now
Then don't make us wait
Man they ain't nobody coming
Back away from the gates

That bell that you hear
[Well] That's hell
Ringing in your ears
I fear
That my dear
This ain't a warning...

[Now] Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
'Cause you won't be here again
[Well] I loved you then
Like I love you now
That don't matter any how
[Well] This is the new frontier
Everybody out of the water

Now I'm looking up
And the shit keeps coming
Like shooting ducks
In a barrel of honey
Got to learn how to pray
Love won't be enough
Admit it now
Your information sucks
As I slip
Down in
I think of us someplace
High on a mountain
Smoke clears
Fog lifts
Little by little
We rebuild again
'Til then...

Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
'Cause you won't be here again
[Now] I loved you then
Like I love you now
That [It (instead of "That")] won't matter any how
[Well] This is the new frontier
Everybody out of the water

[Everybody out of the water]
[Everybody out of the water]

Takes all my might
To find a hole that feels right
To bury myself
In a deep sleep at night
I hear a voice
Coming from the hillside
Says I'll show you the way
I will show you the light

But I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm much too tired
I'm tired

He's says I know where you were headed
And you're half way there
But you've got to be careful
You've got to beware
Some people want to hurt you
Some people don't care
But I'm never gonna give you
Any more than you can bare

But I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm much too tired
I'm tired

There's nothing left here to rise above
We're not talking bout that kind of love
You've got people here counting on you
Now's a good time
To learn how to pull through

Sometimes a good idea
Just isn't enough
You've got to do the work
Now get your ass up
There isn't really such a thing as bad luck
Yeah, but once I shot an arrow
In the sky and it stuck

But I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm much too tired
I'm tired

You've got to keep movin'
You've got to keep pushin'
You're never gonna get back
Anymore than you're givin'
Life is for the living
You've got to be willin'
Asong ain;t a song
Until someone starts singin'

But I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm much too tired
I'm tired

Thanks to <a href="mailto:meenie9@hotmail.com">Meen</a> for submitting the
lyrics

Well that ain't a parachute
That ain't a ripcord
That ain't a body of water
We're headed for
There's so little time left
So much to be done
Even you are gonna need someone

That ain't a trick of light
Or the morning haze
Come on in from the lake
Get it into your eyes
This invisible breath
Of a storm on the rise
That I feel whenever you arrive

And I may not be quick
I maybe never was
But tell me whatever it is that you've become
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you

This ain't a righteous love
Even a good one
These ain't the kinds of returns
That I was thinking of
I'm unbearable now, you ain't seen nothin yet
You'll see me dead before you see me quit

That ain't a jug of wine that you been drinkin from
Now lay back, now baby and let your fever come
I'll bury you in just to dig you out
I don't have any use for being proud
And the deeper the slide
The higher the rise
Now don't be disappointed how I'm usin mine

Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you

I think I made a mistake
I think I pushed when you said wait
but I never get to hold you

I followed you deep into a berry field
There was someone you were running from
When I needed to sleep that's when you disappeared
But I did get the impossible done
And I always knew that there was god inside of you
I just never did learn which one

Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I would never get to hold you

Now maybe it's not
That I don't care anymore
Now maybe I just never did
You can't say
That I have ever lied
Because I kept the truth well hid
Tell me what's wrong
Is something wrong?
You can't be sad
When something you have never had
Suddenly feels gone

I wish you health
I wish you happiness
But absolutely nothing else

I wish you health
I wish you happiness
But absolutely nothing else

I'm not here to keep and eye on you
I think you misunderstood
Yea I could make things easy for you
I won't
But I could
Does that make you sad?
Cause you look sad
You should be glad
For what you've had
And don't feel bad
I could wish less for you

I wish you health
I wish you happiness
But absolutely nothing else

I wish you health
I wish you happiness
But absolutely nothing else

There is no distance here
To get across
There's nothing to grip
Or get a hold
The emptiness you feel
Is nothing at all
Now nobody broke any bones
Well it could be worse
Yea it can get worse
You've got your strength
And you have got your health
You should be worried 'bout
Somebody else

Well I wish you health
I wish you happiness
But absolutely nothing else

I wish you health
I wish you happiness
But absolutely nothing else

Now I wish you health
And I wish you happiness

Now I wish you health
And I wish you happiness

I do I wish you well
I do wish you happiness

I do I wish you
I do wish you happiness

I'm not lookin� for a warm embrace
I'm not lookin� for a friendly face
I got everything I need
I'm not worried if you're comin� back
I'm in a hurry 'cause I just found out
I got everything I need
I got everything I need

So even if you wanted to
You can't save me
You can't fail me
I'm back up on my feet baby
On the way down
Is when I found out
I got- I got everything I need

I'm not lookin� for a hand to hold
I'm not waitin� for someone to show
I got everything I need
I never found a wall I couldn't climb
I never seen a world as deep as mine
I got everything I need
I got everything I need

So even if you wanted to
You can't save me
You can't fail me
I'm back up on my feet baby
On the way down
Is when I found out
I got- I got everything I need

It doesn't matter if I'm qualified
Or if I ever learn to blow your mind
I got everything I need
I'm not lookin� for a place to shine
I woke up and I'm satisfied
I got everything I need
I got everything I need

So even if you wanted to
You can't save me
You can't fail me
I'm back up on my feet baby
On the way down
Is when I found out
Well I got- I got everything I need

I'm back up on my feet baby
I'm back up on my feet baby
I'm back up on my feet baby
I'm back up on my feet baby

If you could see yourself the way that I do
You might change a thing or two
You wouldn't look so angry
You know it doesn't look good on you

So grab your coat
And grab your hats
There aint no sayin' if we're coming back
Cause something's gone so terribly wrong
Here in Pleasantville

Do you remember how we stayed out so late
We used to have so much fun
We used to wish that the morning sun would never come
But look at us now
We're tucked in tight
We're just prayin' for a little light
Cause something's gone so terribly wrong
Here in Pleasantville

I need to tell you now as we leave
That it's much worse than you would belive
It don't matter
how far you think you've been
The begining
Well, that's where you are

So I'm using my last match
To put a fire up on every hill
and burn down Pleasantville

We never did learn how to use our voices
We never thought that we'd be heard
The only way they'd ever listen
Is if we'd scream every word

Because there ain't nothing in our walk
That just ain't the kind of luck we got
So let's move on
Cause something's gone so terribly wrong
Here in Pleasantville