"Crutch"

i don't want to be the crutch
one step away from down
i don't want to be the crutch
one step away from...

man i feel like hell so come on over
be a love machine and i could be your friend
ain't no shame feel strong for one another
make a real true color come end to end then
god ****. change of pace
i think there's still a piece of my heart
on your face

it's a shame to let it waste
how does it taste?

break it down in pieces, make it simple
'cause you know **** well that i'm a simple man
all these things go changing like the weather
and they stay that way until the weather man says
one down, gone to waste
i think there's still a piece of that smile on your face
and i would like to see it erased
there ain't no two ways about it.

chorus

bring it on then gone, use a lover
like a cigarette the way that lovers do
one sweet song that starts a little slow and
then goes on and on and makes you want to
move around the room in circles
everybody wants to be you
try to find my place up on the map
of all the men you've been through
dig a little deeper and you'll realize
all i'm building up you're tearing down.

chorus


"If you're Gone"

I think I've already lost you
I think you're already gone.
I think I'm finally scared now
You think I'm weak - But I think you're wrong
I think you're already leaving
Feels like your hand is on the door
I thought this place was an empire
But now I'm relaxed - I can't be sure

I think you're so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I'm just scared - I think too much
I know this is wrong it's a problem I'm dealing

If you're gone - maybe it's time to go home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I bet you're hard to get over
I bet the room just won't shine
I bet my hands I can stay here
I bet you need - more than you mind

I think you're so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I'm just scared - that I know too much
I can't relate and that's a problem
I'm feeling

If you're gone - maybe it's time to go home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone - baby you need to come home
cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I think you're so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I'm just scared - do I talk too much
I know it's wrong it's a problem I'm dealing

"Bent"

If I fall along the way
Pick me up and dust me off
If I get too tired to make it
Be my breath so I can walk

If I need some other love
Give me more than I can stand
And when my smile gets old and faded
Wait around I'll smile again

Shouldn't be so complicated
Just hold me and then
Just hold me again

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together
Keep breaking me in
And this is how we will live
With you and me bent

If I couldn't sleep could you sleep
Could you paint me better off
Could you sympathize with my needs
I know you think I need a lot

I started out clean but I'm jaded
Just phoning it in
Oh just breaking the skin

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together
Keep breaking me in
And this is how we will live
With you and me bent

Start bending me
It's never enough
I feel all your pieces
Start bending me
Keep bending me until I'm completely broken in

Shouldn't be so complicated
Just touch me and then
Oh just touch me again

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together
Keep breaking me in
And this is how we will live
With you and me bent

Without understanding
Hell I'll go there again

Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
Get put back together
Yeah, you're breaking me in
And this is how we will live
With you and me bent

"Real World"

I wonder what it’s like to be the rainmaker. I wonder what it’s like to know that I make the rain. I’d store it in boxes with little yellow tags on every one. And you can come see them when I’m . . . done, when I’m done.

I wonder what it’s like to be a super hero. I wonder where I’d go if I could fly around downtown. From some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun. Boy I bet my friends will all be . . . stunned, they’re stunned.

CHORUS: Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here? If I were someone else, would this all fall apart? Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me.

I wonder what it’s like to be the head honcho. I wonder what I’d do if they all did just what I said. I’d shout out an order, I think we’re out of this man get me some. Boy don’t make me wanna change my . . . tone, my tone.

CHORUS

Please don’t change, please don’t break. The only thing that seems to work at all is you. Please don’t change, at all from me. To you, and you to me.

CHORUS

"3 A.M."

She say it’s cold outside and she hands me my raincoat. She’s always worried about things like that. She says it’s all gonna end and it might as well be my fault. And she only sleeps when it’s raining, and she screams and her voice is straining.

CHORUS: She says, baby. It’s 3 A.M. I must be lonely. When she says baby, well I can’t help but be scared of it all sometimes. Says the rain’s gonna wash away I believe it.

She’s got a little bit of something, God it’s better than nothing. And in her color portrait world she believes that she’s got it all. She swears the moon don’t hang quite as high as it used to. And she only sleeps when it’s raining, and she screams and her voice is straining.

CHORUS

She believes that life is made up of all that you’re used to. And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days. She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway. But outside it’s stopped raining.

CHORUS

"Push"

She said, I don’t know if I’ve ever been good enough. I’m a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in. And I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved, by a hand that’s touched me, well I feel like something’s gonna give. And I’m a little bit angry, well.

This ain’t over, no not here, not while I still need you around. You don’t owe me, we might change. Yeah we just might feel good.

CHORUS: I wanna push you around, I will, I will. I wanna push you down, I will, I will.
I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted I will.

She said I don’t know why you ever would lie to me. Like I’m a little untrusting when I think that the truth is gonna hurt you. And I don’t know why you couldn’t just stay with me. You couldn’t stand to be near me, when my face don’t seem to want to shine. 'Cause it’s a little bit dirty well.

Don’t just stand there, say nice things to me. I’ve been cheated I’ve been wronged, and you you don’t know me, I can’t change. I won’t do anything at all.

CHORUS

Oh but don’t bowl me over. Just wait a minute well it kinda fell apart, things get so crazy, crazy. Don’t rush this baby, don’t rush this baby.

CHORUS

"Back 2 Good"

It’s nothing, it’s so normal. You just stand there, I could say so much. But I don’t go there, 'cause I don’t want to. I was thinking if you were lonely, maybe we could leave here and no one would know. At least not to the point that we would think so.

Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else. It’s best if we all keep it under our heads. I couldn’t tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do. But I’m lonely now, and I don’t know how, to get it back to good.

This don’t mean that, you own me. This ain’t no good, in fact it’s phony as hell. But things worked out just like you wanted too. If you see me out you don’t know me. Try to turn your head, try to give me some room. To figure out just what I’m going to do.

And everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do. It’s best if we all keep this quiet instead. And I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do. But I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how. To get it back to good.

Everyone here, is wondering what it’s like to be with somebody else. Everyone here’s to blame, everyone here gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain, everyone hides. Shades of shame, but looking inside we’re the same, we’re the same. And we’re all grown now, but we don’t know how to get it back to good.

Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking ‘bout somebody else. It’s best if we all keep this under our heads. I couldn’t tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do. But it’s over now, and I don’t know how, it’s over now. There’s no getting back to good.