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Eucalyptus

I'll plant a row
of eucalyptus

and they will grow
up to protect us

they'll block the rain oh
with their salty leaves

they'll keep the wind oh
from our short short sleeves

well if he comes
and tries to find us

we'll just grab hold
branches above us

and we'll sit up here
we will wait a year

we'll come back oh
we'll come back when the coast is clear

oh no.. oh no oh no oh no oh no
it's a row (a row) a row
a row of stumps surrounding us
it's bright and cold and lonesome
we must have cut them down in our sleep
in our sleep we must have cut down all the trees
oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no

and now the wind, it hits our sleeves
it's freezing we got colder
older we got older

without those trunks surrounding us
i can see for miles tonight
and i think i see a distant light
and i need to find out what those are

goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
sorry about the stumps
sorry about the stumps
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

you're sitting here on bloody knees
where once were eucalyptus trees

goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
see you in the night


goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
see you in the night

oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no

Winter In You

Winter's in you
It sneaks out your mouth
Like a snake spits poison
You decide what comes out

There's ice on the path
To your dangerous house
Your heart plays the owl
Mine plays the mouse

Your heart beats cold and holds
The night shines red against the white
It's a matter of time 'til time is not the matter
'Til all of us mad hatters
just decide to wear our hair
when we go out there

It's fine in passing when it comes with the rest
Your's lasts all year
The winds howl in your chest

Frost makes bones brittle
And soon you will break
And hiss your last curse
When there's no love left to take

I Hope I Become A Ghost

I hope I become a ghost
I hope I can see the end of time
I hope I become a ghost
And make sure the future turns out fine

I hope I become a ghost
Oh when the world is said and done
The stars will become so close
And there will be nowhere that I can't run

I hope I become a ghost
And watch all my grandkids growing old
Some will remember me
and others through the stories they've been told

I don't intend to frighten you
Just want to see if what I think comes true
And then and only then we'll know
If it was worth to become a ghost

There's nothing sad about it
there's nothing sad about it

Now that I've become a ghost
i don't get to laugh with friends like you
it would not have been so bad,
if people like you would have become ghosts too

there's nothing sad about it

Emily Paints

the moon is not quite bright
the time is not quite now
your lips are close to mine
i'm leaving i'm leaving i'm leaving i'm

our brains are not quite full
so stuffed with half thought thoughts
math problems still to solve
i'm leaving i'm leaving i'm leavin i'm

and why don't we move ourselves up the road
i don't know which turn was wrong
but the roughest roads are the ones that take us home
and why dont we lay peacefully at night
i can't count the minutes we've lain here
something ain't right
something ain't right
something' ain't ain't
something ain't right!

look back at whats behind us
left home with eyes ahead
the colors run together
they're bleeding
they're bleeding
they're bleeding

why don't we move ourselves up the road
i don't know which turn was wrong
but the roughest roads are the ones that take us home
and why dont we lay peacefully at night
i can't count the seconds we've lain here
something ain't right
something ain't right
something' ain't ain't
something ain't right!

something ain't right something ain't right something ain't right
i'm leavin i'm leavin i'm leavin
leavin' ain't right
i'm something
i'm leaving
i'm right i'm leavin
i'm

When It All Went Wrong

the mortals laugh beneath the moon and the stars
they have no sights on how lucky they are
stars burst, galaxies

a spark at the edge that heated up
it was so catastrophic when the meteor struck
the mothership, to its knees

then beauty took reign
in the most magnificent array
it was almost like home
familiar
for millions
of folks

make believing for the last chance to
embrace the past
spread a monolithic glow

burning out. burning out

this life
this smile
will find an end
this lifeless smile will begin

they've got their contests
they've got their twins
they've got their failing revolutions
and their breaking experiments
i want to see it this time
all eyes open wide
watching the sun stand still

the parting clouds
they're running out
who saw it coming?
i'm telling you, they didn't see it coming
they didn't see it.

[here, spyder melts your face a bit]

when the lights go off
when the sun burns out
we'll standing there

everyone's alone in the dark
everyone's alone in the dark
everyone's alone in the dark
everyone's alone in the dark
burning out

hearts were
hearts were
thumping along
wasted passengers when it all went wrong
the media turned off

The Ship that Shot It's Selef

please don't describe the way it feels to you
the way it feels
in other words
in other words

the human race it wishes to relate
its thoughts and rhymes
to other worlds
in other words

somethings we push away, the thoughts of you
without me
they seem to stay
and play with me

and when i listen to someone else
it makes me think
that i can kill myself
only to save myself

i'll catch you next time that i fall
if you promise that you'll call again
i'll call you back again

there comes a time when the lights are on
and no one's home
because you left
you left them on

it feels good to know that someone's out of mind
out of time
only to think of you

and when i listen to someone else
it makes me think
that i can kill myself
only to save myself

and when i listen to myself
i think that everyone else should kill themselves
and maybe, save themselves.

Creature, Creature

your flowing garments are a flag
dragging waves into the shore
i know you're stuck out on that island
yeah, we've all been there before
for those who care and want you well
they're only trying hard to help
they say you're really nice and dandy
though it's not that hard to tell

your body waving like a flag
feeding waves into the shore
your skin is getting red and sandy
but you keep going there for more
i know you're still out on the isle
better wait, it'll be a while
i'm finding you are not protected
you're still a pretty little child

are you worth the trouble?
the buried treasure the pirate never wants to find

she's going back

are you worth the trouble?
i think you are the buried treasure the pirate never wants to find

I Release You

She left a book for them to read
About the men she thought they could be
But I'm not all that, my sins gainst my friends
Have been done in the name of fun
The price that they've paid for the trouble I've made
It's been swift and it's been everyone

Don't let me in
Don't let me out
Don't set me free
Don't blame yourself
Don't let me in
Don't let me out
Don't let me in
Don't let me out

The honour I felt as a boy is gone
These toys love back and they're easily cracked
In the attic in the afternoon sun
And I am like that, my sins 'gainst my loves
has been loving the nights I'm alone
The price that they've paid for the nights that they've stayed
It's been swift and it's been everyone

I won't let you in
I won't let you in
I won't let you in
So don't blame yourself
I won't let you in
I won't let you in
I won't let you in
I won't let you out

But Soon, oh so soon, you'll be gone
I release you
If numbers on our phones disappear
Not an issue
My voice in your ear disappears;
Not an issue
Your eyes fade green to gray
I release you
I release you
I release you

Don't let me in
Don't let me out
Don't set me free
Don't blame yourself
Don't let me in
Don't let me out
Don't let me in
Don't let me out

Soon, oh so soon, you'll be gone
I release you

Wolves in the Garden

You say you're going to
The garden, and I should come and play
I feel like I should tell you there,
There were wolves there yesterday

We walked and I said nothing
I didn't want to hurt the mood
I know we can't outrun them
But the flowers smell so good

Those wolves in the garden
Wolves in the garden...
Wolves in the garden...

It's a sunny morning
They gave no warning
Those wolves, those wolves
In the garden

I know I could have saved us
But we'd have never known this day
If this is where we had to go
Well then I'm glad we went this way

All that's left to see is
What kind of flowers we'll become
I'm sure we'll be the kind
That bring children out into the sun

Those wolves in the garden
Wolves in the garden...
Wolves in the garden...
Wolves in the garden...

It's a rainstorm forming
It gave no warning
Those wolves, those wolves
In the garden

Wolves in the garden...
Wolves in the garden
In the garden...
Wolves in the garden...
Wolves in the garden...

Animals Wearing Clothes

This was poorly planned
And executed twice as bad
And now we're swapping stories 'cross the table

Yeah, it's rather sad
That mom would cry 'cause dad got mad
So she locked herself in a burnt out house
While wedding bells were ringing out

This was poorly wrote
It's a shipwreck note for note
Despite it's many flaws it has you smitten

You're blinded by a verse or two
Convinced that they're all about you
But I'm drunk and just sittin'
swingin' on your front porch singing

Keep it to yourself
Make your life a living hell
Die a little every day
Most people die that way

And when it all went wrong
You became a ghost
It's not as hard as you'd supposed
We're animals wearing clothes

Well now you know my tricks
I oversimplify a bit
And I break things down until they're small and friendly

Well that includes your heart
And like a rundown shopping cart
Goes creaking down the aisle
Throwing sparks and faking smiles

Keep it to yourself
Make your life a living hell
Die a little every day
Most people die that way

And when it all went wrong
You became a ghost
It's not as hard as you'd supposed
We're animals wearing clothes

Friends Who Don't Go Out At Night

Why do they stay on
When their work is done?
Why don't they go home?
Home to where they're loved

No one's really home
Until they're in the ground
Rest well tonight with friends
Sleep well tonight with

Friends who don't go out at night
They're friends who stay in
With their lights on
Friends who don't unlock their doors

There's danger here, there's danger here
danger
You're better off inside

It's easier said than done
What's done is never gone
And what's gone ain't coming back
What's gone ain't coming back

No one's really home
The lights just glow alone
They're sleeping in their homes
Of silent, quiet

Friends who don't go out at night
They're friends who stay in
With their lights on
Friends who don't unlock their doors

There's danger here, there's danger here
There's danger
You're better off inside
Better off inside
Better off inside

This Old Home

This old home
Won't let me out
People come and
Some children leave

This hole is deepening
It's going to swallow me

I'm just like
Just like the mites

Their plot's the same as
The same as mine

Tearing down this house
One piece at a time

Where there is nothing left
But small town charm

There's really nothing left
And it seems so far

Dust gathers round us
This house was built to fall

I'll be your compass
If you'll be my wrecking ball

Come back home...
Come back home...
Come back home...
Come back home...

Come back home...
Come back home...
Come back home...
Come back home...

(I'll never go)
Come back home...
(I'll never go)
Come back home...

(I'll never go)
Come back home...
(back home)
Come back home...

Heart

The boy that lost himself

Can find his own way—

Home is just a place you leave

When we get finally—

Grown up and away we’ll go

To a place we’ve never—

Been, a place we’ve never smelled, a place we’ve never

Seen, It’s easier the second time

To feel like we’re alone

To feel like we’re the only one with no place left to go

Out on the open road

That’s where we shall roam

That’s where we shall roam

That’s where we shall roam

Only time will tell

And when it finally does

We’ll be hard of hearing

Barely seeing, and never speaking
Every night is the end of the world. (when we don't!!!)

Have anything to wake up for (and we won’t!!!)

Go to sleep until the sun comes up

On a bed, that we built, with our own two hands.

It makes us tick

It makes us tick

It makes us tick

It makes us tick

It makes us tick,it makes us sick

It makes us tick, it makes us sick

It makes us tick, it makes us sick

It makes us tick,
This is our heart

This is our heart

This is our heart

This is your…

The Ortolan

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doodle deedle doodle deedle doodle
de dum

(chorus)

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dum dum dum dum
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