LYRICS
The Decline Of Nations
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
This is the decline of nations
This is the decline of nations
This is the decline of nations
Promise me you’ll stay until you try to make things right
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
This is the decline of nations
This is the decline of nations
This is the decline of nations
Put me in a box and send me off into the night
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
What’s that you say? I must not have heard right, cause I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
What if I block out all the noise circling, passing by?
Strangle thoughts and images, keep them from my tender eyes?
Will it keep me innocent? Halo-topped? Conscious clean?
Or will I see them in my mind, in my head, in my dreams?
Yeah, I still see them in my mind, in my head, in my dreams.
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
What’s that you say? I must not have heard right, cause I don’t believe a word
I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe, no, I don’t believe a word
This is the decline of nations
This is the decline of nations
This is the decline of nations
Promise me you’ll stay until you
Promise me you’ll stay (hey!)
Promise me you’ll stay until you try to make things right
Tin Roof Now
Bulbs lit up as the thunder rushed
To approach our bones with a glorious tone
Barking dogs and the big bullfrogs
Breathing deep, I’m listening
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Drown out my senses, let the world be flooded out
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Absent moon and a stained glass room
One half there and a side left bare
Spider bites and a grey cast night
Words uncrossed, forever lost
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Drown out my senses, let the world be flooded out
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
All I’m asking for…
Hanging fog on a mountaintop
Road unknown, a chilling moan
Holding onto a rope dropped long
Feel the ring, I’m still listening
All I’m asking for…
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
Drown out my senses, let the world be flooded out
Oh, how I wish for the sound of a tin roof now
If We Don't Now We Never Will
Tell me your name before you go
And I’ll tell you my name before I go
Cause if we don’t now we’ll never know
I’ll remember your face regardless though
Tell me everything that you feel
And I’ll tell you everything that I feel
Cause if we don’t now we never will
I’ll remember your eyes regardless still
Fall back behind
I do the same thing every time
My words wait in line
But I don’t trust my mouth to get it right
Don’t tell me where you’re coming from
I won’t tell you where I’m coming from
Cause if we did the past would come
And spoil our present endless sun
Don’t tell me what you think I should
I won’t tell you what I think you should
I wish right now but I never could
Have the nerve to claim I’d love you good
Fall back behind
I do the same thing every time
My words wait in line
But I don’t trust my mouth to get it right
Tell me what you want from me
And I’ll tell you what I know of me
That I’m not right now and I’ll never be
Good enough for what you need
Fall back behind
I do the same thing every time
My words wait in line
But I don’t trust my mouth to get it right
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Go away and never come back
Go away and never come back
Go away and don’t you ever come back
Go away and never come back
Otherwise, it’s a mess.
And in a way, it’s best that you be gone.
So what? I left you.
It’s for the best.
Yeah, in a way.
In a way…
Now whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do?
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
Hear me out when I’m talking to you
I’m going away and never coming back
I’m going away and never coming back
I’m going away and never coming back
Going away and never coming back
Cause don’t you know you’re a mess?
And in a way, you were the best when you were gone or when I left you.
You were the best.
Yeah, in a way.
In a way...
But whatcha gonna do?
Hear Me Out
Ring til I hear your voice. Ring until I hear your voice...
“ You could be my brother true. I could be there for you too. ”
<< Dites-moi, mon amour, qu’est-ce que tu veux que je te dise? >>
“ Tell me, did she break your heart?
You are the only one, the only one who’ll ever know.
I could be your sister true.
You could be there for me too. ”
Can’t bear the question posed. I cannot bear the question posed.
Hardly coming out my throat, choking on the words I spoke:
“ Tell me, did I break your heart?
At night, when you fall asleep, do we dream the same dream?
Are the tears that our eyes bring flowing from the same spring?
Hold on! Don’t let go!
Hold me! Don’t let me go!
You could be my blood in truth!
I could be there for you too! ”
<< Dites-moi, mon amour, qu’est-ce que tu veux que je te dise? >>
1) Quand il y a tellement d’espace
2) Quand toute l’écume des vagues passe
3) Quand j’oublie tout ce que je veux que tu sache
4) Quand je me souviens plus tes mots d’une lâche
5) Quand je me rappelle plus de toute l'angoisse autour de toi, tes rêves, tes yeux de glace,
ton apathie, et ta manque de grâce...
→ → → J’effacerais ce tâche
“ Will it always break your heart?
Hold on! Don’t let go!
Hold me! Don’t let me go!
You could be my blood in truth!
I could be there for you too! ”
Brother True
I just wanna love you!
I just wanna love you!
Why can’t I want you like I want to?
You’re beautiful and you know me well, but somehow this isn’t what I meant...
Is it cause of all the things I didn’t say I didn’t want?
Is it cause of all the ways I shut down hard and hesitate?
Is it cause I never say exactly what I mean?
Now I’m freaking out,
I’m freaking out,
I’m freaking out,
I’M FREAKING OUT
Cause…
I just wanna love you!
I just wanna love you!
Why can’t I want you like I want to?
I’m trying hard to think of how it felt before, when we’d stop the hours and the world was ours...
All I ever thought about was all the ways I’d get you close.
I remember all the times we’d breathe the air in unison.
I’m fluent in the words I know will make you melt,
but now I can’t even say it,
I can’t even say it,
I can’t even say it,
WHY CAN’T I SAY IT?
I just wanna love you!
I just wanna love you!
Why can’t I want you like I want to?
I can’t take it anymore
Just Wanna Love You
Follow me into the darkness
Wiping clean the path behind us
Don’t let ‘em get in your head
Consumed by all the jaws we fled
Take it slow just like you told me
Take it slow just like I showed you it could be
You said that you’d let me know
But I cannot see what you cannot show
Tell me what you want now baby
I’ll give you everything you need
Tell me what you want now darlin
I got you
I got you
Anything just to keep you close
All these flowers I had cradled
Gentle gathered white bloom petals
That you picked off one by one
And threw to the ground like a spoiled son
Until the sunset’s over
I’m your ready loyal soldier
Hold your heel so you don’t fall in
Upon your shadow, clear on the river’s edge
Tell me what you want now baby
I’ll give you everything you need
Tell me what you want now darlin
I got you
I got you
Anything just to keep you close
Candy
Ran across fallow fields
Roads of mud gripped my heels
Stole my way to a boat
Tiny river take me home
Little seen, little known
Hiding in overgrowth
Keeping still, keeping close
Big line river take me home
To all the ones who held me down
And all the ones who helped me out
And all the ones who didn’t make it out
Now you now that…
I am here, I am here, I am here, I am, here I am
I am here, I am here, I am here, I am, here I am
Shielded by blackened sky
Blowing winds lift my cry
Widened gaze, crawling low
Open river take me home
Linger in all I’ve done
All the ones turned away from
Why does this take so long?
Endless ocean take me home
All the ones who held me down
And all the ones who helped me out
And all the ones who didn’t make it out
Now you now that…
I am here, I am here, I am here, I am, here I am
I am here, I am here, I am here, I am, here I am
I am here, I am here, I am here, I am, here I am
I am here, I am here, I am here, I am, here I am
I Am Here I Am
Take my hand and I’ll take your hand and we’ll run away, run away.
Run away, run away
Maybe it’s you or perhaps it’s me. All I know is that it’s the simple things.
Will it be enough, the simple things?
I don’t know what’ll become of us, but I know you’re on my mind.
You’re always on my mind.
Wish I could return to childhood, just to say that I knew you then.
Just to say that I knew you then.
Sometimes it feels like it’s not enough, all the things I do to show you what you mean to me.
You’ll never know.