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Winter Pays for Summer 1. Duck
and Cover |
Someone’s in
the backyard banging on the door
Daddy’s gone away he’s coming back no more
His baby’s curled up on a stranger’s floor
Momma’s thinking family dinners weren’t too much to ask for
Everybody here’s
got a story to tell
Everybody’s been through their own hell
Nothing too special about getting hurt
But getting over it, now that takes the work
One way or the other
we’ll all need each other
Nothing’s gonna turn out the way you thought it would
But friends and lovers don’t you duck and cover
‘Cause everything turns out the way it should
Blessed are the humble,
blessed are the weak
Blessed are the hungry, blessed are the meek
Blessed are the ones on the other side
And blessed are we just for being alive
One day I stopped
wanting anything at all
The heavens opened up like a waterfall
No use in worrying about when it ends
Just for now be thankful for what I get
One way or another
a man’s gonna suffer
Nothing’s gonna turn out the way you wanted it
But friends and lovers don’t you duck and cover
‘Cause everything turns out the way it should in the end
Seems like life is
a palindrome
Cry when you die, cry when you’re born
In between it’s all about the ups and downs
Add them all together they’ll cancel each other out
One way or another,
one way or another
You won’t get what you wanted but you’ll get enough for sure
One way or another, the winter pays for the summer
Won’t get what you wanted but what you got’ll be good
Someone’s in
the backyard banging on the door
Daddy’s gone away he’s coming back no more
His baby’s curled up on a stranger’s floor
Momma’s thinking happy endings weren’t too much to ask for
Forgive me this sin
I’m falling over
Flashing tin grins
And rolling in clover
So ready to get out
And eager to please
Well it’s late in the day in the middle of a life
But it’s early in the century
I never got it, I never got it before
Hey, hello, how do
you get on
With so much undone, it’s like it was before
We’ve both got a lot to be thankful for
Forgive me my tongue
It doesn’t know what it’s doing
It used to get washed out
Now it’s undisciplined and crude
I’m losing my language
And calling a truce
And the shape of the thoughts in my head
Aren’t right for the words I’ve got to use
I got it never, never it got I before
Hey, hello, how do
you get on
With so much undone, and still you shine like a sun
We’ve both got a lot to be thankful for
We’ve both got a lot to be thankful for
White dwarf, red
giant
It’s empty in space
And where there’s matter there’s violence
I never got it, I never got it before
Hey, hello, how do
you get on
With so much undone, it’s like it was before
We’ve both got
a lot to be thankful for
We’ve both got a lot to be thankful for
We’ve both got a lot to be thankful for
We’ve both got a lot to be thankful for
At the start of the
conversation
I didn’t have too much to say
I was needing some inspiration
And you just got in my way
I took a shot at an easy target
You were too stunned to say anything
You were the unsuspecting martyr
You were not the most dangerous game
Bring my courage
back now
Bring it back to me
I’m tired of being afraid of what I can’t change
I want to be living free
Well it could be
that I was mistaken
Or maybe I deceived myself
But it’s hard to understand somebody
Doesn’t want to understand himself
There’s an ocean of unlatched windows
And a world of unlocked homes
The only reason anybody can still feel safe
Is most people still knock on the door
Bring my courage
back now
Bring it back to me
I’m tired of being afraid of what I can’t change
I want to be living free
I don’t want to be a prisoner
Bound in these chains
Don’t want to be a prisoner
I want to be free again
And though we all return to dust
There’s a lot of us in a terrible rush to
By the end of the
inquisition
I was brought back from the brink
Torquemada and a couple of friends got together
And they all went out for drinks
Left me here in this empty dungeon
While they’re living it up downtown
As if they ever even existed
It doesn’t make much difference now
Doesn't make much difference now
Gonna take my courage
back now
Bring it back to me
I’m tired of being afraid of what I can’t change
I want to be living free
I don’t want to be a prisoner
Bound by these chains
Slave to my fear
I want to be free again
Some take the road
to Damascus
Some take the road to hell
I’ll take Highway One to the evergreens
And everything will turn out well
Clouds rumble, earth
will shift
Walls tumble, hearts will skip
Things changing everywhere but here
Small window, tiny room
Sun hits in the afternoon
For one minute fills this space
It's beautiful illuminated
When I am released
And the gates fly open before me
When I am released
Will you still be waiting for me
Some look and all
they find
Are problems and alibis
But my cup is one sixteenth full
I’m getting there but the getting’s slow
When I walk outside
And I can see the sky
I will leave all this behind
When I walk outside
Sun to warm my skin
Friends to take me in
When I walk outside
When I am released
And the gates fly open before me
When I am released
Will you still be waiting for me
Ever since I was
a kid
I've been clear eyed, clear eyed
I can't forget but I forgive, did you notice
Are you all right
On the edge of memory
Where shapes take form and call to me
Some things I wish
I'd never seen
Had never been
But so it is, so it is
If all I know is what I see
Then certainty is what you are to me
Clear eyed
Someone came and
changed the words
Left me tonguetied, tonguetied
It's not a sky without a cloud
There is no blue sky, blue sky
Beyond the past beyond
the fear
The simple act of being here
Some things I wish
I'd never seen
Had never been
But so it is, so it is
If all I know is what I see
Then certainty is what you are to me
Clear eyed
Blind me with love,
make me blind
Bind me with love, make me blind
'Cause i've seen too much, too much of this life
I have seen too much, too much of this life
I have seen enough, too much of this life
I have seen too much, too much of this life
Now I only see you
Only see you
Clear eyed
Clear eyed
Oh, my enigma
I’ll never forgive you
You have confirmed my suspicions
As if they had mattered
You’re so removed I can’t approach
With an attitude beyond reproach
The constitution of a roach
But skin of satin
You tease, you taunt
You don’t know what you want
You’re too cool, too hot
I’m wishing I’d forgotten
But there is no bottom
There is no bottom
I just keep on falling
Oh, my nemesis
I always knew you were the best
The High Priestess of Bitterness
Queen of the Morning
You’d fight me till the bitter end
No white flags, no chance to make amends
With enemies like you, well who needs friends
They all just seem boring
You tease, you taunt
You don’t know what you want
You’re too cool, too hot
I’m wishing I’d forgotten
But there is no bottom
There is no bottom
I just keep on falling
Are we all right
Are we still here
Are we alive
Does anybody still care
You tease, you taunt
You’re everything I want
You’re too cool, too hot
I’m wishing I’d forgotten
But there is no bottom
There is no bottom
I just keep on falling
Count down the rings
Or pick up the phone
But she’s sure to know
That you’re not alone
More on the side
And less at the home
Dust and dry earth
Where a garden should grow
Make your decision
now
To give love or just get out
Don’t bring another half life to this house
Why’d you come
here?
What did you want?
You did something right though
Look what you got
You can fake at work
Fake it for friends
But not for your children
Or the woman you wed
It’s you your
decision now
Give love or just get out
Don’t bring another half life to this house
Don’t be another half life in this house
I know you’ve
got it in you
Let it go, just let her in to you
Dirt in your nails
Blood on the floor
Play for the angles
Play what you know
So it’s your
decision now
Dig in or get the hell out
Don’t be another half life in this house
Don’t bring another half life to this house
Don’t be another half life in this house
But I know you've
got it in you
Just let them into you
Why can't you let them in
Why can't you
Let them in
So how, how did I
lose the thread
When you reeled it in again
I could be caught on that line
Spending my time swimming with you
Your love is often unkind bitter and blind
Sometimes casually cruel
But it's true
But it's true
You give more than
you would ever take
Forgive the mess I leave in my wake
I'm inconsistent at best
Never at rest, ever the fool
I'm always stumbling around knocking things down
But whatever else I do
I'll be true
I'll be true
You're in and out
of my hands
Slipping like sand, passing like time
Your love is brutally bold careless and cold
But it's mine, mine
I won't tell you
a lie so be careful what you ask
I don't care, I don't mind if you never understand me
Every day, every night I can promise you
I'll be true
I'll be true
I'll be true
I was eighteen, so
were you
I was that Birkenstock geek-rock dude
You were the back flip doe-eyed
Tree climbing earth mama beautiful Evergreen girl
And I never thought
that I could be
Getting my gray hair with you beside me
And there’s something I’m blind to
That you still see
And it couldn’t
be better, I know
It shouldn’t be easier, oh
I should just stop waiting for the other boot to fall
I want to be the
toy in your cereal box
I want to be Carter at your peace talks
I want to get almost too familiar
But still notice the way that you walk
And if you said you
were going away
I’d run on the tarmac and I would
Lay down in front of the plane
Just to get you to stay
‘Cause it couldn’t
be better, I know
It shouldn’t be easier, oh
I should just stop waiting for the other boot to fall
I’ve got everything
I ever wanted here
Everything and then this constant fear
Sure I’m gonna lose it all
Just waiting for the other boot to fall
And if you thought
I could be replaced
I wouldn’t just stop with an ear
I would cut off my whole freaking face
Just to make my point clear
That it couldn’t
be better, I know
It shouldn’t be easier, oh
I should just stop waiting for the other boot to fall
You opened the door
and in came the night
Curled 'round a woman and turned out the light
And finally got it figured out
But it's too late to go back now
Proud as a lion of
your new obsession
Tongue of a liar, little recollection
And there's no use in keeping score
'Cause no one plays fair any more
But the voices trailing
doubt
Are finally fading out
Gave all the right
answers to all the wrong questions
And burned a few bridges when they raised objections
Well I probably shouldn't think out loud
But it's too late to take it back now
And the voices trailing
doubt
Are finally fading out
Whatever they said
Just have to swallow it
Whatever you did
No use in bothering
Get out of my head
Out of my head
And the voices trailing
doubt
Are finally fading out
The voices trailing doubt
Are finally fading out
Finally fading
Finally fading out
I’m complication,
live wire down
I’m agitation, distorted sound
You’re celebration, a girl on a swing
Passion and patience, an unbroken ring
It’s simple, simple
You’re simply all I need
I’m jagged rock,
you waterfall
Your gentle touch, you wear me down
Till I am smooth, till I allow
'Till I can bend, until I bow
It’s simple, simple
You’re simply all I need
I’m jagged rock,
you waterfall
Your gentle touch, you wear me down
It’s simple, simple
You’re simply all I need
Twilight sleep
I want to forget everything
These last years
Tear them away
I want to be simple again
Simple, simple, simple
You're simply all I need
Let us be humbled
tonight
In these depths show us the light
Give us peace, lay down the mighty
In these depths, show us the light, please
Oh God, I pray to
thee
Don’t want to die before we're free
Dive down inside this sea
And maybe at the bottom I’ll find the key
Let us be humbled
tonight
In these depths show us the light
Give us strength to lay down the mighty
In these depths, show us the light, please
Oh God, I pray to
thee
Don’t want to die before we’re free
Dive down inside this sea
And maybe at the bottom I’ll find some key
Oh god, can you hear my cry
Don’t want to see another innocent die (on either side)
Dive down to the deepest depths
Keep my faith and hold my breath
The more we fight
the less it bends
Lay down your arms, gather your friends
Strengthen your heart and this will end
Lay down your arms, gather your friends
Lay down your arms and gather your friends
Lay down your arms and gather your friends
Lay down your arms and gather your friends
Gather your friends
Oh God, I pray to
thee
Don’t want to die before we’re free
Dive down inside this sea
And maybe at the bottom I’ll find some key
Oh God, can you hear my cry
Don’t want to see another innocent die
Dive down to the deepest depths
Keep my faith and hold my breath
I've got gardens
growing
Quiet days
Clothes on my back
Food on my plate
I've got friends to help me
If I call for them
I don't need anything
That I don't have
I've got eyes to
see
This beautiful land
And feet to take me
Where I want to stand
And if there's work to be done
There's these two strong hands
I don't need anything
That I don't have
Some years the rains
don't come
And some years floods clear the plains
But if those waters washed this town away
I would still have enough
If she was with me
I've got a roof overhead
The stars if I choose
But I've no itch to fly
I've got no need to move
I've got almost nothing
But I understand
I don't need anything
That I don't have
All songs by Glen Phillips, Umami Music (ASCAP) except True, Cleareyed and Released, written by Glen Phillips and Dan Wilson.