Say No to Love

Yeah I’m looking for you
and I know you’ll be found
with the parking lot kids,
with the loneliest crowd
And his heart’s on his sleeve

and your hand’s on the wheel
trying hard not to say
what you just don’t feel -
yeah you just don’t feel

Now you’re looking away
could you plan an escape
from the places you’ve known,
where they know your mistakes?

And you wish he would stop
and you wish you weren’t steel
should you try to do something
that you just don’t feel?

Something’s coming,
but nothing ever does
Something’s coming
you better say no to love

When everything he says is wrong
and all you want to feel is “gone”
go on

When everything he does is wrong
and all you want to feel is “gone”
go on

Lost Saint

Father asks you where you’ve been,
you tell him and he tells you “sin,”
He tells you what you think of him,
but you don’t think of him

Saint Heloise you’re not the only one,
just the only one who knows
there are things you just can’t let show

Saint Heloise, you’re not the only one,
just the only one who knows
the hidden things you just can’t let go

Tell me where the pain resides,
a bully’s fist, a teacher’s pride,
Wound him with impassive eyes,
he knows his wasted life

Higher Than the Stars EP

Higher Than the Stars

shitfaced, fumbling in a dark place, drinking in the last days
this street looks just like the next street, bumblefuck on repeat

this time you should have stopped but where’s the fun?
the outcome, the only friend you ever had is setting off with a rich son

so sure she was like a brother ’til you dropped another
so sure you kept it under covers, until you knew you loved her

now you can’t think straight, because you’re not straight
in the back of her mothers car
no secret’s too safe, and how you can’t stay
in the back of her mother’s car

no secret’s too safe, and how you can’t stay
higher than the stars.

103

you can pray all day to satan
you can drive pretty fast
you can drink with your prescriptions
but it never comes to pass

I know you don’t believe me
but you’re gonna see 103

you can make marks with a razor
you can choke out on the bed
but do you feel a sense of failure
when you just can’t end up dead

so how can I get it through to you
i just don’t think you’re death wish is going to come true

Falling Over

if you can’t decide, i should step aside
he is well and good and does what he should
but i just can’t understand what you’re doing with my hand
on the longest day of the year
this night should never end, no this night should never spend
could you walk away?

don’t you touch me, just be cool
don’t you touch me, i’d fall over for you

now i see our sad century
and our luck is hardly good
so why do just what we would?

it’s not the love it’s just the tear
and i know i should be scared
but i don’t ‘don’t care’ anymore

it’s the opposite of faith
and i know these aren’t the days
could you walk away?

it’s not a matter of letting go
it’s just a matter of vertigo

Twins

you were a friend or maybe a twin
i never really could decide
you came to my door, i was on the floor
i couldn’t let you up inside

i didn’t mean to let you down
and now i know everything that’s good is gone

i couldn’t explain when i said you’re a pain
i never knew another way
all the times that we saw falling down every hall
the better parts have been erased

i tried to make it happen
i tried to do things right
i swallowed two and thought of you
but never saw your sight

i slept away the summer
i dreamt away the days
but the nightmares came when i woke up
and knew you were away

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART LP

CONTENDER

LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE WHAT DO YOU HAVE NOW?
THINGS THAT NEVER COME,?IS IT TIME TO COME DOWN?
AT THE BACK OF A CROWDED SCENE

YOU SAW THE BOYS IN WHITE SING
“I’M A PRETENDER”
BUT YOU NEVER WERE A CONTENDER

I HEARD YOUR SAME OLD TUNE,
SINGING CITY SINS? LIKE YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE
GAVE UP BOOKS FOR FILM, GAVE UP FILM FOR TIME
NOW THAT YOU’VE GOT NONE

COME SATURDAY

I CAN’T STAND TO SEE YOUR PICTURE
ON THE DRESSER WHERE I LEFT YOU
ANOTHER SUNNY DAY,
AND YOU’RE 80 MILES AWAY, TUESDAY.

BUT COME SATURDAY, YOU’LL COME TO STAY
YOU’LL COME TO SWAY IN MY ARMS
WHO CARES IF THERE’S A PARTY SOMEWHERE
WE’RE GOING TO STAY IN

COME SATURDAY, YOU’LL COME TO SAY
MAYBE THERE’S NO HARM
IN A WASTED SUMMER, WITH NO DRUMMER
WE’RE GOING TO STAY IN

NOW I COULD STAND TO BE A FIXTURE
IN YOUR FADED FAMILY PICTURES
BUT I CAN’T SEE INTO THE SUNSET
ALL I KNOW IS THAT YOU’RE PERFECT RIGHT NOW

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WRITE AT ALL
YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE A CALL
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL COME
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

YOU DON’T HAVE TO DRESS TO PLEASE
PERHAPS UNDRESS FOR ME
I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU COME
WE’LL BE STAYING IN

YOUNG ADULT FRICTION

BETWEEN THE STACKS IN THE LIBRARY
NOT LIKE ANYONE STOPPED TO SEE
WE CAME THEY WENT, OUR BODIES SPENT
AMONG THE DUST AND THE MICROFICHE

DARK WINTERS WEAR YOU DOWN
UP AGAIN TO SEE THE DAWN
IN YOUR WORN SWEATSHIRT
AND YOUR MOTHER’S OLD SKIRT
IT’S ENOUGH TO TURN MY STUDIES DOWN

NOW THAT YOU FEEL, YOU SAY IT’S NOT REAL
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD COME OF AGE
LET ALONE ON A MOLDY PAGE
YOU PUT YOUR BACK TO THE SPINES
AND YOU SAID IT WAS FINE
IF THERE’S NOTHING REALLY LEFT TO SAY

YOU’RE TAKING TOFFEE WITH YOUR VICODIN
SOMETHING SWEET TO FORGET ABOUT HIM
IF YOU GO YOUR OWN WAY I WILL GO MY OWN WAY
AND WE’LL NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN

DON’T CHECK ME OUT!

THIS LOVE IS FUCKING RIGHT!

SWEET SISTER, CAN’T YOU FIND THE WORDS TO SAY?
YOUR MISTER, HE DON’T HURT YOU THE RIGHT WAY

IN A DARK ROOM I CAN SEE YOU SHINING BRIGHT
YOU DON’T HAVE TO TELL ME TWICE IT’S ALRIGHT
IN A DARK ROOM WE CAN DO JUST AS WE LIKE
YOU’RE MY SISTER, AND THIS LOVE IS FUCKING RIGHT!

CAN YOU GO HOME, LOOK YOUR BEST FRIEND IN THE EYE?
NO YOU CAN’T GO HOME AFTER WHERE YOU SLEPT LAST NIGHT

THE TENURE ITCH

HIS INDISCRETIONS, YOU DON’T MIND
HE SAYS YOUR THOUGHTS NEED FORM
BUT YOUR FORM’S NOT HARD TO FIND
THESE LATE NIGHT SESSIONS, HE’S MASTER STILL
JUST ONE MORE LESSON LEAVES YOU TWISTING TO HIS WILL

EVERY NIGHT HE COMES AND GOES AGAIN
IF IT ISN’T RIGHT, IT ISN’T HIM

HE MAKES CORRECTIONS, YOU SHUT THE BLINDS
YOU’RE TALKING LESS AND LESS,
BUT THE WORDS AREN’T HARD TO FIND
HIS LAST SUGGESTION, IT MAKES YOU ILL,
STILL ONE MORE LESSON LEAVES YOU TWISTING TO HIS WILL

STAY ALIVE

COME ON DOWN,
THE FURTHEST REACHES OF YOUR NOWHERE TOWN
THEY SUCK YOU IN,
THE BLACK HOLE KIDS WON’T LET YOU FREE AGAIN

DON’T YOU TRY TO SHOOT UP THE SKY
TONIGHT WE’LL STAY ALIVE

WHEN IT’S GONE,
YOU SIT AND STARE? UNTIL THE GOLDEN DAWN
CAN’T YOU SEE
HIS ARMS ARE A HELL AND YOU WON’T EVER LEAVE?

EVERYTHING WITH YOU

START OFF “SOMETIMES…” NOW IT’S OUR TIME
ARE YOU WITH ME?
STRANGE TEENAGER, WAITING FOR DEATH AT 19
ARE YOU WITH ME?

I’M WITH YOU AND THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO DO
TELL ME IT’S TRUE
AND THE STARS ARE CRASHING THROUGH
I WANT EVERYTHING WITH YOU!

NOW YOUR SOMEONE SAYS YOU’RE NO ONE
STRANGE TEENAGER, YOU’LL NEVER KNOW DEATH AT 19

A TEENAGER IN LOVE

NOW YOU GO UNSEEN, PERFECT YOU’LL STAY HIDDEN
AND I CAN DREAM OF THINGS YOU’LL NEVER SEE
ALLI PLEASE, IF YOU ARE BRAVER THAN THE REST,
THERE’S LITTLE LEFT THAT COULD DISPUTE YOUR CLAIM

AND WHEN YOU’D FINALLY GONE,
HE TELLS ME “SHE WAS DEAD ALL ALONG”
HE WAS WRONG,
HE HADN’T LIVED A DAY
THE WAY YOU LIVED YOUR FINAL DAYS
A TEENAGER IN LOVE WITH CHRIST AND HEROIN

NOW YOU FEEL ASHAMED
BUT HE FEELS NOTHING OF THE KIND
HE TALKS OF THINGS HE WOULDN’T MIND TO TRY
SOMETIME, BUT YOU’VE GOT LITTLE LEFT TO GIVE
HIS TOUCH IS NOT A THING YOU’LL EVER MISS

AND IF YOU MADE A STAND,
I’D STAND WITH YOU ‘TIL THE END
BUT YOU DON’T NEED A FRIEND WHEN YOU’RE
A TEENAGER IN LOVE WITH CHRIST AND HEROIN

HEY PAUL

YOU SAY YOU’VE BEEN WAITING,
WAITING FOR SOMEONE, WAITING FOR SOME SONG,
WAITING SINCE WHEN YOU WERE BORN
FOR A MOMENT WHEN EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT,
AND EVERYTHING’S ALL WHITE,
BUT I JUST CAN’T WAIT ANYMORE

HEY PAUL WHERE HAVE YOU GONE,
I WANNA COME ALONG– WHAT WENT SO WRONG?

HAVE YOU GONE AWAY OR BEEN LEFT BEHIND,
YOU KNOW THAT I DON’T MIND,
YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE MY KIND,

‘CUZ WHEN I HEAR CHURCH BELLS
OR WHEN I SEE FIREFLIES,
YOU KNOW THAT I DON’T LIE,
ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU’LL BELONG

GENTLE SONS

IF YOU SHUT OUT THE SUN,
THE DAY WILL NEVER COME
IF YOU TURN ON YOUR SIDE,
THIS NIGHT WON’T COME UNDONE
NOW YOU SAY YOU NEED A FRIEND,
BUT WE CAN’T LIVE AGAIN

MONDAY MORNING COMES TOO FAST,
YOU STUMBLE DOWN THE DIAMOND PATH
AND EVERY STEP WILL BE YOUR LAST
THE SUNKEN EYES YOU JUST CAN’T SEE
REMIND ME HOW YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE
AND EVERY BREATH COULD BE YOUR LAST

NOW YOU STAND IN THE RAIN SAYING
“NOTHING HAS CHANGED AT ALL”
SAVE THE LINES IN YOUR EYES
THAT REMIND ME OF SUMMER’S FALL
OH NO, YOU SAY YOU NEED A FRIEND,
BUT WE CAN’T LIVE AGAIN

B-Sides

Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan

You say tomorrow is gone, tomorrow’s not gone
just let it come,
I’ll walk the length of your town, ’til no one’s around
except us punks

The way we are now it’s alright,
so don’t tell me it’s the last night of our young lives
The way we are now, it’s alright,
so don’t tell me it’s the last night of our young lives tonight

Again, again stop trying to win
the things that you want, I’ll never miss
We’ve got a rainbow of sound, so tell me what’s wrong
with cum and bliss

The way we are now it’s alright,
so don’t tell me it’s the last night of our young lives,
The way we are now, it’s alright,
so don’t tell me it’s the last night of our young lives,
Won’t you come with me tonight?