matt nathanson

kiss quick

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

This year all but disappeared,
Bought into fairy tales,
But Sleeping Beauty just
Kept score and tried to sleep more.
She said “I’m not quite myself tonight,
But the way you touch me, oh, makes me tongue tied,
That could be the wine, too.”

“Kiss quick, I’ve got a line out the door
Who all think they can save me.
One by one, they lay the world at my feet,
One by one, they drive me crazy.”

She said “I know Love,
And it’s all push and shove,
So stop talking
And put your back into it.”
Loaded, oh my hands shook to hold it
I turned her body on, I turned her body on myself.

Kiss quick, I’ve got a line out the door
Who all think they can save me.
One by one, they lay the world at my feet,
One by one, they drive me crazy.

Shut your mouth,
Pull me out, before this all goes grey.
One by one, they lay the world at my feet.
One by one, they go away.

Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh

Come on, come on,
Kiss quick, got a line out the door
Who all think they can save me.
Oh, one by one, they lay the world at my feet.
One by one, they drive me crazy.

Shut your mouth,
Pull me out before this all goes grey.
One by one, they lay the world at my feet.
One by one, they go away.
They go away.
They go away.

Sold my blood for money, baby, baby.
And I love how it feels.

This year, all but disappears.

room @ the end of the world

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

I was weaving with the drunks,
Singing Sinatra loud.
I let go of love
Since it finally had me figured out

I was buried like a treasure
But no one ever came to mark the spot
So I got good at pleasure
And started tyin’ tighter knots

Sad can’t catch me
Or call me baby now
When it’s all I use to believe

If the sun don’t light
And the night won’t turn
We’ll get a room at the end of the world
And we’ll rewrite
All the wrongs we’ve learned
Safe in our room at the end of the world

These streets are haunted
With ghosts who wait on luck to come
And they sleep with hornets
And they wonder why they wake up stung

Sad can’t catch me
Or call me baby now
Oh now, well it’s all I use to believe

If the sun don’t light
And the night won’t turn
We’ll get a room at the end of the world
And we’ll rewrite
All the wrongs we’ve learned
Safe in our room at the end of the world

One heart is never enough, alone
One heart is never enough alone
Come on, come on,
Come on and you dance with me, love
Just come on and dance with me love
‘Cause I need it, yeah I need it now
I can see it, I can see it, believe it

If the sun don’t light
And the night won’t turn
We’ll get a room at the end of the world
And we’ll rewrite
All the wrongs we’ve learned
Safe in our room
We’ll be safe in our room at the end of the world

Yes I can see it

You and me at the end of the world

car crash

Monday, November 8th, 2010

I’m wide awake and so alive
Ringing like a bell
Tell me this is paradise
And not someplace I fell
‘Cause I keep on fallin’ down

I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop
The earth stop ’til I’m satisfied

I wanna feel the car crash
‘Cause I’m dyin’ on the inside
I wanna let go and know
That I’ll be alright, alright

Push me ’til I have to fly
I’ve shed my skin, my scars
Take me deep out past the lights
Where, where nothing dims these stars
Nothing dims these stars, stars

I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop
The earth stop ’til I’m satisfied

I wanna feel the car crash
‘Cause I’m dyin’ on the inside
I wanna let go and know
That I’ll be alright, alright

So right, so wrong
I’m wide awake and so alive

I wanna feel the car crash
I wanna feel the capsize
I wanna feel the bomb drop
The earth stop ’til I’m satisfied

I wanna feel the car crash
‘Cause I’m dyin’ on the inside
I wanna let go and know
That I’ll be alright, alright

‘Cause I’m open wide
So right, so right

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