The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get
For Lack of a Better Word - Instrumental
The Big Picture
She says I don't care
But that's not the way it
is
I know it's not
But her words are so strong
It's hard not to believe
in them
I say I don't mind
But that's not the way it
is
I know it's not
But my words are so small
It's hard to hang on to
them
I could spend my whole life
Thinking about
what's important to me
I could spend my whole life
Thinking about what
matters to me
I could spend my whole life
Worrying about
what's going to happen to me
I could waste my whole life
Thinking about just
what it is my life means
She says I don't try
But that's not the way it
is
I know it's not
But she can read me like a book
She's read a
hundered thousand times
I say it's all right
But that's not the way it
is
I know it's not
But I know in my heart
That I'm so very tired of
pretending
Sometimes what matters doesn't really matter at
all
Sometimes it doesn't fit inside the big picture
Sometimes I need to be just where I am
Sometimes
I need to know that right here is good enough
She says I don't care
But that's not the way it
is
I know it's not
But her words are so strong
It's hard not to believe
in them
I say I don't mind
But that's not the way it
is
I know it's not
But my words are so small
It's hard to hang on to
them
I could spend my whole life
Thinking about
what's important to me
I could spend my whole life
Thinking about what
matters to me
I could spend my whole life
Worrying about
what's going to happen to me
I could waste my whole life
Thinking about just
what it is my life means
Sometimes what matters doesn't really matter at
all
Sometimes it doesn't fit inside the big picture
Sometimes I need to be just where I am
Sometimes
I need to know that right here is good enough
Sometimes I need to be just where I am
Sometimes
I need to know that right here is good enough
Seven Years
I've got the keys in my hand
And I'm not
just talking
I'll take to the road
And I won't stop driving
Until I've
put a thousand miles
Between you and me
You don't think that I'll do
it
But you don't really know for sure
And neither do I
That's why I've
got to try
Seven years is not the kind of
time
You can just leave behind
Memories linger and
Mistakes come clear
Seven years is not the kind of
time
You can just leave behind
Even with that
distance
I still feel near to you
Standing at pump number three
I watch the
numbers fly by
And the dollars become hours
Since I left without
goodbyes
I was always the coward
Could never stand a scene
And now I
got what I wanted
And I'm running away again
Seven years is not the kind of
time
You can just leave behind
Memories linger and
Mistakes come clear
Seven years is not the kind of
time
You can just leave behind
Even with that
distance
I still feel near to you
No matter how far I go
I can never get
away
And I'm just kidding myself
If I think that I can
Even in the
worst time
You were just a thought away
Well some things never
change
Seven years is not the kind of
time
You can just leave behind
Memories linger and
Mistakes come clear
Seven years is not the kind of
time
You can just leave behind
Even with that
distance
I still feel near to you
Too Far Gone
Doctor I've been thinking
That maybe this
drinking
Is talking it's toll
Doctor I've been feeling
That panicky
feeling
Of losing control
And everywhere I turn there's an enemy
And
everywhere I turn there's an enemy
Doctor I've been thinking
That maybe this
thinking
Is gonna be the end of me
I could count my friends on the fingers of one
hand
I could count my friends on the fingers of one hand
Need a calculator
to count up my problems
But I could count my friends on the fingers of one
hand
Doctor I've been thinking
That maybe
it's
Time to put it aside
I can't stop thinking
That maybe I've got
No
good left inside
And every new leaf I turn turns deadly
Every new
leaf I turn turns deadly
Doctor I've been thinking
That maybe I'm
drinking
So I won't see what's left of me
I could count my friends on the fingers of one
hand
I could count my friends on the fingers of one hand
Need a calculator
to count up my problems
But I could count my friends on the fingers of one
hand
Doctor I've been thinking
That maybe this
drinking
Is plain out of control
I can't stop thinking
That maybe it'll
Never
ever let me go
In every mirror I see my worst enemy
In every
mirror I see my worst enemy
Doctor I've been thinking
That maybe this
thinking
Is gonna be the end of me
I could count my friends on the fingers of one
hand
I could count my friends on the fingers of one hand
Need a calculator
to count up my problems
But I could count my friends on the fingers of one
hand
Am I too far gone? Doctor tell me straight
Am I
too far gone? Did I come too late?
Am I too far gone? Do I have the
time?
Am I too far gone to walk a straight line?
Planes Crashing
I saw the end of the world in a dream
And
woke up feeling cheated
In what turned out to be an ordinary room
My
massive tragedy defeated
And all the power of emotion that had gripped
me
Had drained out into black silence
Still I could hear the buses running
on schedule
Two hours until the new day
At night I lay me
Down to sleep
Planes
crashing
Through my dreams
Lives flashing
In front of my eyes
Pray
shall I wake
Before I die
I saw the end of my life in a dream
And woke up
in a cold sweat
Only dimly aware of what I'd seen
But still feeling a
vague threat
And as the power of fear overwhelmed me
I fought to turn on
the radio
To hear the damning voice of a minister
Two hours until the new
day
At night I lay me
Down to sleep
Planes
crashing
Through my dreams
Lives flashing
In front of my eyes
Pray
shall I wake
Before I die
Boundaries
I built a shrine to you
Sacrificed my
will
Offered up my needs
Swallowed bitter pills
I carved a niche for you
Deep inside my
heart
Wrote a glorious script
and played the perfect part
My life revolved around you
The center of my
world
My life dissolved into you
the center of my world
God knows I have a weakness
I put you on a
pedestal
My devotion knows no boundaries
What you want and what I want
Who is right and
who is wrong
It's such a blurry scene
God knows I have a weakness
I put you on a
pedestal
My devotion knows no boundaries
I am yours you are mine
We are fused
Until
the end of time
I built a shrine to you
Sacrificed my
will
Offered up my needs
Swallowed bitter pills
I lived a life through you
So easy to
submerge
My own desires in yours
Things I did not deserve
My life revolved around you
The center of my
world
My life dissolved into you
the center of my world
God knows I have a weakness
I put you on a
pedestal
My devotion knows no boundaries
What you want and what I want
Who is right and
who is wrong
It's such a blurry scene
God knows I have a weakness
I put you on a
pedestal
My devotion knows no boundaries
I am yours you are mine
We are fused
Until
the end of time
Can't Get Started
Flat on my back again
Feeling like
deadwood
Floating downstream
Let the current take me
Flat on my back again
Feeling like
deadwood
Floating downstream
Let the current take me
Cause I can't get started
My wheels are frozen
solid
I can't get started
Stuck in the muddle of my life
Can't get
started
And I try and I try and I try and I try
But I can't get
started
Here comes the slide
The long downhill ride
Flat on my back again
Feeling like a bag of
bones
Tossed aside in a heap
I Let the earth reclaim me
Flat on my back again
Feeling like a bag of
bones
Tossed aside in a heap
I Let the earth reclaim me
Cause I can't get started
No matter how much I
punish myself
Can't get started
Stick in the mud man
Puddle of blood
man
Can't get started
And I try and I try and I try and I try
But I
can't get started
Here comes the crash
double lightning flash
Sometimes I need a little push
Can't kick my
motor hard enough
Sometimes I need a little shove
Can't turn it over fast
enough
Sometimes I need a little push
Can't kick my motor hard
enough
Sometimes I need a little shove
You ain't pushing hard
enough
Ain't pushing hard enough
I'm
just about run out of gas
Ain't pushing hard enough
Need a little... inspiration
Ain't pushing hard enough
Come on I know you can put me over the edge
Ain't pushing hard
enough
You Ain't pushing hard enough now!
Flat on my back again
Feeling like
deadwood
Floating downstream
Let the current take me
Cause I can't get started
My wheels are frozen
solid
I can't get started
Stuck in the muddle of my life
Can't get started
And I try and I try and I try
and I try
But I can't get started
Here comes the slide
The long
downhill ride
Sometimes I need a little push
I can't kick my
motor hard enough
Sometimes I need a little shove
I can't turn it over
fast enough
Sometimes I need a little push
I can't kick my motor hard
enough
Sometimes I need a little shove
You ain't pushing hard
enough
Ain't pushing hard enough
I'm
just about run out of gas
Ain't pushing hard enough
Need a little... inspiration
Ain't pushing hard enough
Come on I know you can put me over the edge
Ain't pushing hard
enough
You Ain't pushing hard enough now!
The Only One
Sorry for the way
I treated you today
I
was out of my head
I'll admit it
Sorry for the hard time
I gave to you today
I
had a bug up my ass
I'll admit it
Sorry for my attitude
I know there's no
excuse
I was just fed up
And that's all
Can't you see that you're the only
one
that can absorb what I've got to dish out
Can't you see that
you're the only one
I can trust not to just turn and walk out
Can't
you see how much I need you
to swallow your pride and just let me rave
on
Can't you see I don't mean to be vicious
it just comes right out
on it's own
Sorry for the way
I let loose today
I lost my
head
I'll admit it
Sorry for the headache
I gave you today
I had
a lot on my mind
You know how it is
Sorry for that hell
I put you through today
I
just had to pull
Myself out of it
Can't you see that you're the only one
I
can trust not to just turn and walk out
Can't you see that you're the only
one
that can absorb what I've got to dish out
Can't you see how much
I need you
to swallow your pride and just let me rave on
Can't you
see I don't mean to be ruthless
it just comes right out on it's
own
Sorry for the way
I treated you today
I was
out of my head
I'll admit it
Sorry for the hard time
I gave to you today
I
had a bug up my ass
I'll admit it
Sorry for my attitude
I know there's no
excuse
I was just fed up
And that's all
Can't you see that you're the only
one
that can absorb what I've got to dish out
Can't you see that
you're the only one
I can trust not to just turn and walk out
Can't
you see how much I need you
to swallow your pride and just let me rave
on
Can't you see I don't mean to be vicious
it just comes right out
on it's own
World on a String
I've got the world on a string in my back
pocket
And you ain't gonna get it from me
My head is screwed on like a lightbulb in it's
socket
And you ain't getting nothing from me
I am right, you are wrong, end of conversation
I
don't want to hear anymore
I've got the world on a string in my back
pocket
So how come I'm feeling so poor?
I can't change
No matter how I try
I can't
change you
No matter how I wanted you to change
We're at crossroads, honey
And either way we're
lost
I've got the world on a string in my back
pocket
And you ain't gonna get it from me
My head is screwed on like a lightbulb in it's
socket
And you ain't getting nothing from me
I am right, you are wrong, end of conversation
I
don't want to hear anymore
I've got the world on a string in my back
pocket
So how come I'm feeling so poor?
I can't change
No matter how I try
I can't
change you
No matter how I wanted you to change
We've got to face the facts now
And the facts
ain't forgiving
Meep-Meep - Instrumental
What Can I Do
I want
I can't have
What I want is to
know what I want
I need
You can't give
What i need is to know
what I need
What can I do
Without a frame of
reference?
What can I do
Without a thing to hold on
to?
What can I do
When nothing is
familiar?
What can I do?
Whirlpool
She's got fists the size of the state of New
York
She's hammering away...
She's got words that are bigger than your
life and mine
She's chattering away...
She is the reason I'm all strung out
Never
satisfied until the blood flows
She is the reason I'm all poured out
And her
whirlpool swallows me down
She's got eyes as bright as the rising sun
She's
staring your way...
She's got the power to light up three cities and
you
You're chasing her away...
She is the reason I'm all strung out
Never
satisfied until the blood flows
She is the reason I'm all poured out
And her
whirlpool swallows me down
I'm caught up in your whirlpool
And we're
spinning round and round
I'm caught up in your whirlpool
And we're
spinning round and round
it's dragging us down
Nothing
Special
She killed that boy
And threw his body in
the garbage
Down the hall
She lived with it
Felt like it was nothing
really special
At all
She rid herself
Of the cause of her
pain
She rid herself
Of the cause of her
pain
Evil shines in her eyes
Like fire it roars
through her mind
Evil shines in her eyes
A dark flower thrives in
its light
She killed her man
And thew his body
Down the
back stairs
She denied it all
Said he was nothing really
special
To her
She rid herself
Of the cause of her
pain
She rid herself
Of the cause of her
pain
Evil shines in her eyes
Like fire it roars
through her mind
Evil shines in her eyes
A dark flower thrives in
its light
She killed herself
Blew her body
apart
She left no one
To feel like she was anything
special
At all
She rid them all
of the cause of their
pain
She rid them all
of the cause of their
pain
Evil shines in her eyes
Like fire it roars
through her mind
Evil shines in her eyes
A dark flower thrives in
its night
A Man Possessed
I've got to close my eyes
She's
shining so brightly
And I can't hear anything
She's screaming
so loudly
And I've got to shut her out
She's
looming so close now
And I've got to shut her down
Before she takes
over
Feel like a man possessed
Feel my body slip
away
And I've got to close my eyes
She's
shining so brightly
And I can't hear anything
She's screaming
so loudly
And I've got to shut her out
She's
looming so close now
And I've got to shut her down
While I've got my wits about me still
While it
still makes some sense to me
While I've got my wits about me still
While it
still makes some sense to me
--
Sweet Company
Please take me along, dear
Please take me
along
When you find your paradise
Please take me along
Please remember my name, dear
Please remember my
name
When your ship comes into harbor
Please remember my name
I've been waiting
You've been baiting me
I've
been watching
For a chance to jump on your bandwagon
I don't need love
I don't want money
I don't
want bliss
I just want your sweet company
Oh, sweet company
I've been searching
You've been cursing
me
I've been working to make you see
I'm not so bad after all
I tell you it's fate
It's our destiny
Tied up
in knots
You and I entangled entwined
Two grapes on the vine
I spread the word
All over this town
That you
would never
Ever let me down
So Much To Lose
When you encounter doubts
Do you throw them
out?
Or do you give them passage?
When you encounter shame
Do you send it back
from where it came?
Or do you let it rule you?
When faced with black and white
I always want
the gray
When you ask for yes or no
I have no answer either way
When you encounter peace
Do you bring it to it's
knees?
Or do you let it soothe you?
And when you encounter trust
Do you grind it
into dust?
Or do you let it guide you?
When faced with black and white
I always want
the gray
When you ask for yes or no
I have no answer either way
It's so hard to choose
There's so much to
lose
I just can't make up my mind
It's so hard to choose
There's so much to
lose
I just can't make up my mind