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Caveman
02:15
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All this time I’ve been thinking ’bout you
And I’m watching you rot but there’s nothing I can do
It’s not that strange
To build these little caves
But please get out of mine
I just don’t have the time to waste
But please get out of mine
I just don’t have the time to waste
Months slip by and we’re running in the same race
Not so bad but we’re running at the same pace
Not at all it’s hard to keep a straight face
But please don’t laugh at mine
I just don’t have the time to wait
Please don’t laugh at mine
I just don’t have the time to wait
This is hard
This is what I wanted
Kind of sort of maybe I feel fine
All this time I’ve been worried ’bout you
And I’m watching you rot but there’s something you can do
It’s not that strange
To build these little caves
But please get out of mine
I just don’t have the time to waste
But please get out of mine
I just don’t have the time to waste
But please don’t laugh at mine
I just don’t have the time to wait
Please don’t laugh at mine
I just don’t have the time to wait
There’s only so much time
And we’ve got bigger fish to fry
So if you feel alright
Don’t forget to please turn out the light
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2. |
Bet Your Life
03:15
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Baby what have you done?
Life has only begun
Don’t go throwing it all away on some hip fantasy
All the fun that it seems
Living to the extremes
Only hides all the lonely times that’s the lone guarantee
Would you bet your life on that,
Oh wouldn’t you baby?
Would you bet your life on that,
Oh wouldn’t you darlin’?
Would you bet your life away on me?
Some of those from before
All the ones you adore
Brought a light to the world to fill the dark within
Don’t be somebody else
Recognizing yourself
Dressing up ain’t so hot when the dress you wear’s wearing thin
Would you bet your life on that,
Oh wouldn’t you baby?
Would you bet your life on that,
Oh wouldn’t you darlin’?
Would you bet your life away on me?
Don’t want to lead you to loneliness
But don’t want to leave you alone
Staring back at me, “are you into this?”
Oh no
Come back down to the fact
Once gone no coming back
Sometimes dreamin’ is all it is and all that it should be
Would you bet your life on that,
Oh wouldn’t you baby?
Would you bet your life on that,
Oh wouldn’t you darlin’?
Would you bet your life away on me?
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3. |
X-Ray Kids
03:13
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About a love that never happened
Unwritten words upon a note left unsent
A distant heart, so pure it’s see-through
Unlocks the door forthcoming for a moment
Colors don’t do any good
If the people don’t see what they should
A window sits, stone’s throw away yet
It never feels the pain of struck emotion
A mix of song, and chances promised
And hidden messages that say much more than
All in the world he could say
But a difference it won’t make today
Obviously this ain’t the only kind of love we see
That gets no chance to be
But while the thrill is slowly dying
It’s nice to know that feeling for awhile
The girl next door, she holds affection
Or should I say she keeps it caged and locked in-
Side. Nobody knows, that distant-heart boy
Is just the one to get her heart a-pumpin’
Sounds from the stereo play
All the lines that she wishes he’d say
Eyes to the ground, perceptive ears set
Decoding messages from sounds they’re hearing
So there she sits, up by her window
A tear betrays the loneliness she’s shielding
Welcome to living my dear
Where everything’s something to fear
Obviously this ain’t the only kind of love we see
That gets no chance to be
But while the thrill is slowly dying
It’s nice to know that feeling for awhile
He gets that feeling deep inside within his heart
She gets that feeling deep inside within her heart
Open up, let it go
Let it wake and rise and fall
Time to feel, time to see, time to be
Obviously this ain’t the only kind of love we see
That gets no chance to be
But while the thrill is slowly dying
It’s nice to know that feeling for awhile
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Lights
03:28
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Well maybe I can’t explain
Well maybe it’s obvious and there isn’t that much to say
And maybe we’re on the same page or maybe you changed
And really I’m the one to blame
We get tired of everybody but ourselves
And somehow this is part of me
Am I inspired by something old and destructive?
Oh my God am I defined
By something I did not consider binding at the time
Hey I just lost my place in line
By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind
And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights
When somebody came to play
I couldn’t be bothered with details
I was nervous but I didn’t know it was just a game
These are the rules I knew and they were nothing new to you
After all these years I did what I wanted to
We get tired of everybody but ourselves
And somehow this is part of me
Am I inspired by something old and destructive?
Oh my God am I defined
By something I did not consider binding at the time
Hey I just lost my place in line
By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind
And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights
Oh my God am I defined
By something I did not consider binding at the time
Hey I just lost my place in line
By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind
And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights
Oh my God am I defined
By something I did not consider binding at the time
Hey I just lost my place in line
By standards I did not invent, and stay inside my mind
And chase me up the basement steps but leave on all the lights
Leave on all the lights
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5. |
Far Behind This Game
03:49
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So here we are again
Conflicting points of view
I think its love, you don’t know who I am
A dead philosophy
Was not, too long ago
You were the spark inside my circuitry
Why did you have to say no?
My memory won’t let go
It turns but it won’t budge, reporting dangerous
Why did you have to say no?
I wish it wasn’t so
You turned out differently
You’re nothing like the ‘You’ I had in mind
And though it’s weathering
Something subconsciously
Wants every drop of fantasy to stay
Why did you have to say no?
My memory won’t let go
It turns but it won’t budge, reporting dangerous
Why did you have to say no?
We could have been so good
How you misunderstood
All you’d left to do was learn my name
So far behind this game
far behind but now it’s done
no need to start when you’ve just won
I can’t continue, can’t advance
No second place, no second chance
But I remember how it was before
Inside my head before you locked that door
We could have been so good
How you misunderstood
All you’d left to do was learn my name
So far behind this game
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6. |
Cold Comfort
03:22
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Older by the minute
Steady second-hand won’t stop
It says without going
Guaranteed to make you drop
I don’t want to leave this place too soon
Slowly climbing more stairs every day
I don’t want to leave this place too soon
Slowly meeting more stares every day
I ain’t never told no one what I’m telling you
i used to say my favorite’s gold but now it’s blue
next time you must promise me not to laugh (stop) and sigh
laughing too uneasily
what a funny guy
Wicked welcome wagon
Nothing here is meant to stay
Flashing lights and sirens
Frightening the birds away
I don’t want to leave this place too soon
Gently climbing more stairs every day
I don’t want to leave this place too soon
Slowly meeting more stares every day
I ain’t never told no one what I’m telling you
i used to say my favorite’s gold but now it’s blue
next time you must promise me not to laugh (stop) and sigh
laughing too uneasily
what a funny guy
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