How You Get By

Get Clean

Lyrics:

I felt like an angel on those marble stairs
you showed me what paradise
tasted like

nothing hurt worse than to fall from your grace
any hell but this
look what I’m left with

a blade of grass
a heart made of glass

and it breaks at the sound of your voice
so I had to leave I had no other choice
there’s something about you that I think is lethal for me

I’m tired of trying to be what you want
you offer some words
but they’re empty

I want to crack open the shell of your mind
confirm all my doubts
see what spills out   

a blade of grass
a heart made of glass

and you don’t care if it hits the floor
when you give me half of yourself I want more
kiss me your poison so that I may quietly go



Lethal

Nightingale

Gone Away

Lyrics:

Snow covers the cars like powdered sugar
Winter won’t last too much longer
I wish that I was much stronger
Strong enough to feed your hunger

And my days of sleeping in are done
It’s gotten harder to ignore the sun
I’ve been thinking I should learn to hold my tongue
And guard my heart with a loaded gun

I’ve been missing you
But not sure what I’m missing
When there’s somebody else
That I’d rather be kissing

And I’m not sure at this point
How you could even make amends
But part of me is always wishing
I could still call you a friend

I wish that you’d stop lurking round my door
I’ve heard you once, I’ve heard it all before
The things you told me cut me to my core
But I guess isn’t that what friends are for

I wanna let it go, but it’s holding on
I keep looking for something I know is gone
and I’m feeling trapped by all these lines I’ve drawn
I’m an ugly duckling banking on being a swan

I’ve been missing you
But not sure what I’m missing
When there’s somebody else
That I’d rather be kissing

And I’m not sure at this point
How you could even make amends
But part of me is always wishing
I could still call you a friend
I could still call you a friend
I could still call you a friend
I could still call you

If I Could Still Call

Honey Honey (cover)

Unraveled


Set adrift, I work, I worry, I pack
never to return again I know that I’m never coming back

Oh I know you think you know me so well
but there still remains some things you won’t ask and I’ll never tell

Take my word for it, I’ll never be the same
but I think that I have gotten better at playing this game

My running is never over, I never catch my breath
but I know there’s plenty of time for me to rest when I am dead

I’ve been stuck for too long, it’s time to go
Leave all this behind for the next, hip borough
Maybe all I need’s a slower tempo
I’ll deal with it all tomorrow

I just want to disappear for while
get my shit in order, make myself into something worthwhile 

Set adrift, I work, I worry, I pack
never to return again I know that I’m never coming back


I'll Rest When I'm Dead

life hands me lemons I can’t seem to make them grow 
keep waiting for the signs that tell me where to go
 I’m getting lost in thoughts that don’t me no good 
anxieties leftover from my childhood  

get up, go 
shake it off 
too much to do 
 no time to waste 

come on just 
move your feet 
don’t you know
 nothing comes for free

what  does it matter if I wake up needing sleep
 the world will still be turning with or without me
 slap on mascara and a smile always intact
 can’t lose my grip no can’t allow myself to crack

keep going even if you end up coughing blood 
spin your wheels faster though you’re stuck deep in the mud 
this city owns you and it’s got you by the throat
 better think twice before you hold out any hope

nothing comes for free

saw a guy on the L 
who had hair as dark as night
glimpsed a guy on the G 
and he had familiar eyes
could’ve sworn that it was you

see your face everywhere
yeah it’s burned into my mind
catch you even in my dreams
oh it happens all the time
could it be you’re haunting me

I can tell by the moon
I’m on your mind
hope you’re coming back soon
hope you stay this time

thousands of miles can’t keep me away
every time I’m wishing you could stay
here in my arms most every day

pass the time, pass the days
oh they seem to go so slow
counting down all the seconds
until I can take you home
want you sleeping next to me

do you feel this ache as well
do you need me by your side
there’s some proof of my affection
I’ve been wanting to provide
all I need is that relief
your touch your kiss your everything

I can tell by the moon
I’m on your mind
hope you’re coming back soon
hope you stay this time

thousands of miles can’t keep me away
every time I’m wishing you could stay
here in my arms most every day

Can't Keep Me

day dreamer, thrill seeker,  daredevil out to play 
I’ve been caught up, I’ve been coughed up
 I keep most things locked away  

you stay in my head, no you’re not far from my mind 
try to have some patience, oh please take your time 
with me, take your time with me

  little devil on my shoulder, I can’t seem to shake him off 
I stay quiet, bide my time and keep his voice out of my thoughts

I hold on to all the times I had with you
 think about a future where you could be here too 
with me, be here too with me

  I’ve been caught up, I’ve been coughed  up
you’re the one thing saving me
 daydreams I keep them locked up
 just in case they try to slip away
 from me, don’t slip away from me

daydreaming

lyrics:

too much attention sends me running for the hills
oh what a bliss would be to never be seen
 I’ve trained myself to fade away
 there’s less of me here every day

oh you might feel a shift in the breeze 
catch me in your periphery 
slipping against traffic without 
touching a sleeve

I’ve gotten so good, I’ve gotten so good at disappearing
 I think that I could, I think that I could be a ghost
given the way, oh given the way that I linger
 do you think you would, do you think you’d call me your ghost?

I think the less I see the better,
the less is seen of me the better,
on the sidewalk I slip against traffic without touching a sleeve
by the time that you think you’ve glimpsed me 
I have twisted away

Genevieve

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