DIG UP THE DEAD LYRICS

DIG UP THE DEAD

I saw that mountain burn, or was it in my head?
I’ll track down the words, if you dig up the dead.

Well I have never been free, but I have always been cheap.
I have never been free.

But nothing in my bones can say just where you’ve been.
Nothing in my bones can let me start again.
I’ll start again.

My eyelids falling down, all my dreams in black and white.
I see so clearly now.  I’ll never get it right.
But I don’t wanna be free.  I don’t wanna be me.
I don’t wanna be free.

You want me to scream at your ex-girlfriend.
But I wanna be much better than I am.
You want me to scream at your ex-boyfriend.
But I wanna be, and I don’t think I can.

Nothing in my bones can say just where you’ve been.
Nothing in my bones can let me start again.
I’ll start again.
I’ll start again.

BLACKEST SKY

It was a star in the blackest of skies.
We jumped the fence and then there was five.
Snuck in the window, and we turned off all of the lights.
Bottle of whiskey, throw the chairs in the pool.
My friends are with me.  I just wanna be cool, to be the big thing.
The one who people believe.

My youth was stolen from underneath my nose.
Bodies were broken underneath all those clothes.

Had an escape route on the back of my hand,
But then that dark cloud washed away all my plans.
So now I’m indoors, asleep in the back of a van.
I drive the same streets, but the stoplights have changed.
Did all my friends leave, or did I put them away?
Am I a lost art or whatever it is that you say?

My youth was stolen from underneath my nose.
Bodies were broken underneath all those clothes.
You’ll spend half your life waiting in line,
half your life waiting to go home.

NOT MY BLOOD

You jump out a moving car and call it a good thing.
“If you can’t feel your beating heart, then you are not living.”
Well you are the shallow end of smoke.
You think that normal life is just some joke that’s played on those who don’t know.

Adrenaline is not my blood.
Amphetamines are not my love.
You say it’s tired.  You say I’m stuck.
Say what I’ve got is not enough.

I taught myself not to feel my body in motion.
A daydream that got too real, like the salt in the ocean.
“If nobody sees you, then you’re not there.”
If nobody’s listening, then why should I care?
Why waste the air?

Adrenaline is not my blood.
Amphetamines are not my love.
You say it’s tired.  You say I’m stuck.
Say what I’ve got is not enough.
No what I have will never be enough.

I could go out every night,
Or I could work that nine to five.
Neither makes me more or less alive.
I am more or less alive.

Adrenaline is not my blood.
Amphetamines are not my love.
You say it’s tired.  You say I’m stuck.
Say what I’ve got is not enough.
No what I have will never be,
Who I am will never be enough.

CITY DON’T CARE

My tired hearts ticks like an electric clock.
Heavy on my wrist, wish I could make it stop.
I’ve always waited for you.
I’ve always waited for you.

They must have known I was talking in code.
Come on, officer.  Officer, let me go.

I fell off branches and landed on my back.
Thought I could take it, but my wings are made of wax.
I’ve always waited for

You must have known I was talking in code.
Come on, officer.  Officer, let me go.
All that salt in the air.  They just talk and they stare.
I’m a tired ghost, barely there.
And the city don’t care.

I must admit I’m a little bit lost in space.
I must admit I’m a little bit out of place.

They must have known I was talking in code.
Come on give it up.  Give it up.  Take me home.
All that sound in the air.  They just spit and they stare.
I am lost, I know.  Losing hope, barely there.
And the city don’t care.

CALL ME WHEN IT’S OVER

Call me when it’s over, when it’s time to fade away,
Cause I got bruises I won’t let you see.
We were never friends, and man I swear that that’s ok.
I always knew the truth but tried so hard not to believe.

But I found out every word they ever said was true.
And I want it back, those sleepless nights I gave to you.

Call me when it’s over, I’ll come by and get my things.
I won’t look in your eye.  Yeah I’ll stay out of your way.
Well god is dead and there are no good reasons I should sing,
But I still do it anyway.
Yeah I am singing all the same.

But I found out every word they ever said was true.
And I want it back, those sleepless nights I gave to you.
Well what about me?
Ah just forget it.  It’s not that big of a deal.
It’s not that big of a deal to me.

WORMHOLE

The only thing that ever was.
The letter nailed to your front door.
The end is here, so give it up.
You get a little and you just want more.
I lit a fire and threw you in.
Can’t get you to see with blue eyes.
Another thing that I don’t have control of,
Nothing suits me quite right.

And if you’re angry (I wish I had two lives to live)
If you’re still mad (because the one I got has turned to shit)
If I find that wormhole (you are a gold star covered in dust)
Then I’ll take it back (but you can’t ever get enough)

An imperfect storm.  The end of days.
The city we both grew up in.
Those cats and dogs, don’t be afraid.
Underwater I feel forgiven.
Ain’t just one way to burn a bridge.
An expert on walking backwards.
Just close your eyes and disconnect the dots till you don’t see a pattern.

And if you’re angry (I wish I had two lives to live)
If you’re still mad (because the one I got has turned to shit)
If I find that wormhole (you are a gold star covered in dust)
Then I’ll take it back (but you can’t ever get back)
I’ll take you back to the loneliest days that I’ve had.

You’re all those things that I just can’t see.
Yeah you’re screaming who I will always be.
But I can change.
Yes I will change my face.
Forget my name.

And if you’re angry, if you’re still mad,
If I find that wormhole, then I’ll take it back.
I’ll take you back to the loneliest days that I’ve had.

CLOSE THAT DOOR

You have a car that you never drive.
I have an ex who I never liked.
Rewrite the past.  Don’t even have to try.

You hung me up in that awful town.
On Friday nights I can’t keep nothing down.
Stay on my knees.  My friends go sleep around.

I burned up your letters.
My memory suits me better.
Changed my name.  I made my move.
I’m not the one who laid beside you.

I watched you leave in an altered state.
The corners curl as you fade to gray.
Don’t wanna talk.  Just let me walk away.

I burned up your letters.
My memory suits me better.
Changed my name.  I made my move.
I’m not the one who laid beside you.
Forget before, and close that door.

You’ll always be the one I’m always waiting for.
From coast to coast, I’m sleeping on your wooden floor.
Well I got it.  Alright I get it.

I burned up your letters.
My memory suits me better.
Changed my name.  I made my move.
I’m not the one who laid beside you.
Forget before, and close that door.

SEVEN YEARS

Fires burned for seven years, I never knew.
I rolled the dice and swore I never made a move.
What do I care if she was your girl an hour or two ago?
It’s me and me alone.

Been sleeping through communion for a couple months.
I’ve been too scared to tell you that I gave it up.
If I don’t believe in the afterlife does that mean I can’t go?
Will it be me and me alone?

I’ve got a long black river in the back of my head.
It is taking me down, and I am raising the dead.
But if the chemicals drift away I guess that someday I’ll forget.
But no, I have not yet.

I called you twice today to try to make it right,
But when your girlfriend said you left I lost my appetite.
What do you care if I wanna make this drive out on my own?
Just me and me alone.
It’s me and me alone.

YOU GOT COOL

You got cool and you might never start to thaw.
I’m in luck, cause you won’t talk to me at all.
I admit I had a phase full of black leather jackets, and dark, dark shades.

I can’t stand it.
Caught red-handed and you still deny that you were once so young and dumb.
Now I wish you were like that person I knew before.

You found God hiding underneath the stairs.
Popping pills, you’re making sure you say your prayers.
Convinced that you’ve been cured, but you’re alone just like the earth.

I can’t stand it.
Caught red-handed and you still deny that you were once so young and dumb.
Now I wish you were like that person I knew before.

Can you admit you used to love that stupid band?
Freaking out in your bedroom with your best friend?
Well what happened?
Yeah what happened?

I can’t stand it.
Caught red-handed and you still deny that you were once so young and dumb.
Now I wish you were like…
Yeah I wish you were like…

YER VOICE

If you don’t write it down, then this never happened.
Tell yourself out loud, “not overreacting.”
Cause no one ever hears yer voice the way that they did when they had no choice.
Their headphones are filled with that useless noise that swears that you’re not there.

And the one thing that you need is the dreams back in your sleep, where they belong.  
I’m where I belong, you’ll see.
This means everything to me.

I don’t want your life where everything’s easy.
That Midas touch will unwind.  That gold has no meaning.
And when you’re in that awful place where you call up your friends and it rings for days…
Well I never saw a smile that I could not fake,
But now what’s left to talk about?

And the one thing that I need is the dreams back in my sleep, where they belong.  
I’m where I belong, you’ll see.
This means everything to me.