lyrics:
she's bringing out the old scars
but that's the price i pay
and our love is like a cold star
that can't shine but will not fade
nobody can tell her
if she don't wanna see
her kisses make it better
but they aren't just for me

i'm waiting for the moment she finally comes around
waiting, and i don't want to need her
but i do anyway
even if the sun disintegrates
cold stars never fade

we had an understanding
but she sleeps around
then she comes back demanding
i let my defenses down
and i wish i could forget her
i'm drinking myself blind
it's been the same way forever
in another place and time

turn around, i can't ignore it
don't kick me out, i can't afford it
make it count, i'm ready for today
because cold stars never fade

i'm waiting, i'm waiting
cuz cold stars never fade

Cold Stars

lyrics:
i think that you could be the type to cut me down to size
but i'm aware you've probably heard it before
and i don't remember if i ever saw you close your eyes
it's a quarter to three, but you don't sleep anymore

so tell me why it's gotta be this way
cuz i don't wanna drive your heart away
do you think that i can't tell you been crying?
but you're too good to come back over today

don't take your time
make me believe i can count on you
to be there whenever i'm low
show me a sign
that things will be different this time
before you let go

all that you say is inconsistent with the things i see
can't you decide if you don't want me to stay
and i don't know what i'd even ask if you would let me speak
so i step to the side and just stay out of your way

tell me if you want somebody new
cuz no one can make me feel the way you do
do you think that i can't tell when you're lying
you know that you can't keep running away

Show Me A Sign

dilemma.instrumental

lyrics:
it's so easy to see it when everything you do and you say
makes me believe in what we promised each other
to keep hope alive
if i let you convince me to trust in every word that you say
please don't be careless with the love that i offer
somewhere down the line

i been through this before
but i feel something new this time

i never thought that i would find
a feeling so deep, too great to measure
i think it might last forever
but what do i know

do you remember the mornings, vapor trails dividing the sky
i may not be the kind of person you hope to find
but are you willing to take your chances
thought i'd forgotten the feeling, lost it when i needed it most
but you traced the outline of the space that i need to fill
guess i knew from the start to keep it close

"i won't be coming back"
i try to tell myself a lie

yeah i can't believe that you could be mistaken
it may be drastic but i thought it through
i just wanna be with you

i couldn't run, you set my heart on fire
i'm burning till the end of time

Last Forever

lyrics:
i wish i was closer
but i'm too far away
for you to come over
i'm a stranger and this place is unfamiliar
at least you're on my mind
it's an even trade

whoa, the only things between us
are distance and our pride
try hard to keep our affection flowing
we get so caught up in the moment
history we cannot hide
reminding me when i can see the signs
they're showing
i'm showing you

what i been thinking
even though it's hard to make it clear
woah i had to go, though you don't understand it
but despite it all i wish you were here

the future looks uncertain
but it's always worth a try
don't be sad, i know our roots are growing
we get so caught up in the moment
history we can't deny
reminding me when i can see the signs
they're showing, i'm showing you

so don't forget to tell me
every time i cross your mind
even though we don't know where we're going
we get so caught up in the moment
but history won't let us hide
reminding me when i can see the signs
they're showing
i'm showing you

Wish I Was Closer

lyrics:
you been waiting for the smoke to clear
you been working since your junior year
followed every word the wise ones say
it wasn't supposed to work out this way

but i hope you see
the sights you came to see
i hope you see 
how much you mean to me
even if you cannot hear it
cannot taste it, i hope you see

spent the winter in your dented car
between the walmart and a shady bar
you can't remember when you shaved your legs
stumbling blind into the coming days

thanksgiving day in the employment line
please don't worry, it just takes some time

paranoia got the best of you
can't help thinking if its fake or true
it makes no difference if you're right or wrong
cuz we'll return to dust before too long

I Hope You See

Did you ever feel like you were floating
When you looked into someone's eyes
I wish that you would give some warning
When you're about to blow my mind

I'm only using what I choose to see
But lately the rest is killing me
I don't think anyone knows what to do
Babe, can you hear what I'm telling you

Oh, whoa oh - Oh, whoa oh
Oh, whoa oh
Babe, can you hear what I'm telling you

Sometimes I get so contentious
And stand up for what I believe
How could you be so pretentious
To assume the worst of me

I'm only using what I choose to see
But lately the rest is killing me
I don't think anyone knows what to do
Babe, can you hear what I'm telling you

I'm only using what I choose to see
But lately the rest is killing me
I don't think anyone knows what to do
Babe, can you hear what I'm telling you

Oh, whoa oh - Oh, whoa oh
Oh, whoa oh
Babe, can you hear what I'm - what I'm telling you
Oh, whoa oh

WHAT I CHOOSE TO SEE

You caught me staring in your window
At your living room light
I gotta get back to my friends though
I can't stay here all night

I can't stay here all night
I gotta get back to my friends though
I can't stay here all night

I don't wanna make you angry
But I don't want to be sad
Oh, tape me up until I can't speak
You're the best that I've had

Oh, you're the best that I've had
Tape me up until I can't speak
You're the best that I've had

One day we'll both be where we came from
We'll go back to the start
Comparing kinks all day is no fun
Let me into your heart

Oh, let me into your heart
Comparing kinks all day is no fun, ooh
Let me into your heart
We'll go back to the start

You caught me staring in your window
You caught me staring in your window
You caught me staring in your -

TAPE KINK

"I could never be with another"
At least that's what you're supposed to say
Found elation in the midnight heat
And lost it in the breaking day

So you think I'm a saint, but I know I'm a vagrant
Standing in my finest clothes with holes worn in my shoes
We'll rewrite the rules and we'll break them by sunset
The past is polluted, the future's diluted
It's all the same

Been this way a million times
I don't have to tell you why
If it's wrong, I'll make it right
I won't try to change your mind

Been this way a million times
I don't have to tell you why
If it's wrong, I'll make it right
I won't try to change your mind

When there's nothing left to remind you
Of all-nighters on the subway lines
City limits in a freezing rain
Nothing can remain the same

So you say I'm a thief, and you call me a liar
The Friday boys are talking tall, but they all look broke to me
Oh, we can still laugh when it feels like we're dying
We're in it together, the sooner the better
Whether here or there, I don't care what they say

Been this way a million times
I don't have to tell you why
If it's wrong, I'll make it right
I won't try to change your mind

Been this way a million times
I don't have to tell you why
If it's wrong, I'll make it right
I won't try to change your mind

I won't try to change your mind
I won't try to change your mind
I won't try to change your mind
To change your mind

AVE J

Get up and close the door
I know what you're here for
It always leaves us wanting more
And I don't know why we're still fighting for it

Attached our wings with gum
And flew into the sun
Don't ask who's side I'm on
Woah, I let you down and you're not responding

You grab my stupid face
With hands that used to trace
Your finger in my open I
And I wonder how much you could like it

My back's against the wall
Don't know myself at all
I try to catch you when you fall
Oh, but you don't care, and I'm tired of stalling

Take me as I am, take me as I am
Or throw it away
Take me as I am, take me as I am
Or throw it away
Take me as I am, take me as I am
Or throw it away
Take me as I am, take me as I am
Or throw it away

SIMMER

I'm taking back the space you're occupying
I'm not gonna act like I don't notice when you're lying
The same contradictions
Too many to mention
I can't take the tension
I'm going home
If this house is haunted
Then I'm the ghost

It feels like I'm not really there
I don't think you really care
It's just a bad dream
It don't have no meaning
It could have happened to anybody
It's just a bad dream
It don't have no meaning
It could have happened to anybody

I'm taking back the space you're occupying
I'm not gonna act like I don't notice when you're lying
The same contradictions
Too many to mention
I can't take the tension
I'm going home
The same contradictions
Too many to mention
Too many to mention

By this time I shouldn't have to say it
Shouldn't have to say it
I want you but you just keep on playing
You just keep on playing
Oh woah oh oh whoa
You just keep on playing
Oh woah oh oh whoa

By this time I shouldn't have to say it
By this time I shouldn't have to say it

THIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED

The girls won't turn their heads
But the boy's fixated on her jeans
I don't know what you said
But I'm gonna find out what you mean

All the familiar faces changed
I don't wanna say what's on my mind
We got too high to hit the ground
Don't bring me down, and don't hide your eyes
If you can see it
Then please believe it
Making the best of what you like

I'm so lonely, won't you spend the night
I'm so lonely, won't you spend the night
I'm so lonely, won't you spend the night

I won't hide no more
Cuz lies just turn me inside out
I hate to admit that I still want you to be around

I've made some mistakes I can't justify
But, baby, you know that I'm human too
You got scars and so do I
I can tell when you're lying, I don't need proof
We get so low
But still won't let go
Tying our hands with every fight

I'm so lonely, won't you spend the night
I'm so lonely, won't you spend the night
You don't own me, I know it's not right
I'm so lonely, won't you spend the night

Somehow I'm still too shy to say it
Why am I still too shy to say it

SPEND IT

I tell you what you want to hear
Hoping you won't disappear
I'm checking the time, where could you be this time
You don't wanna say
It's breaking me down, I don't think about it
Push the fears away

We still have the same misunderstandings
What's the point in keeping up a happy face
When it feels like you refuse to understand me
When my back's to the wall
I'll never fall, but I can't escape

You go off to your island when your heart starts to break
While everyone who knows you fights the fires that you made
Someone's gotta say it
I've lost the will to fake it

I'm checking the time, where could you be this time
You don't wanna say
So I tell you what you want to hear

Oh, you go off to your island when your heart starts to break
While everyone who loves you fights the fires that you made
Someone's gotta say it
I've lost the will to fake it

TO YOUR ISLAND

She ran between the vacant houses
Memories come back by the thousands
You never found out why she chose you
You'd understand it if you're supposed to

It's no use to blame the devil
For dragging you down to her level
Count your days within the prison
You shouldn't take more than you're given

The answer breaks off into questions
Tell yourself that you found heaven
A picture from a broken camera
Retrace this fractured panorama

Once you saw her stripped and naked
Now it's you who's desecrated
It used to be so satisfying
Don't it make you feel like dying

You never knew she did it for you
Can't change it even if you want to
The past is gone, those days are over
It's better that we call it closure

CALL IT CLOSURE

One day, you'll say
As we shiver in the winter dawn
"We keep moving,
Down these different roads we're standing on"

You tried to tell me
I didn't hear a word you said
Only listened to what's in my head
But now I know

Early morning
Look for rockets in the sky above
Time is wasting
Is this the moment you were speaking of

You tried to tell me
I didn't hear a word you said
Only listened to what's in my head
But now I know

You tried to tell me
I didn't hear a word you said
Only listened to what's in my head
But now I know

Rollo Brand

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