You know that your government's been lying to you
You know the resistance is too
You know that we'll all become billionaires someday
You know only bad people do
Right? Right? Right?

And lightning strikes the Vatican again
(The Vatican again, oh)

Despite all the pressures to conform to yourself
Despite all those risks to your health
You keep trying to express your own unique identity
Just like everyone else
Right, right, right?

And lightning strikes the Vatican again
(The Vatican again, oh)

We like to wring our hands about the modern ways of war
We like to praise the Greatest Generation gone before
Their glory and their righteousness and the last good battle fought
As if mankind hadn't been there when first club was born from rock.
Cuz God's still our provider, though lately calls get dropped
Yeah we still have the contracts, but His signature's left off
Why must all these Gods keep shouting "I'm the only one!"
Their insecurities are driving all our people nuts
And I know we're all scared of losing everything we have
But some things can't be taken, unlike wealth, or life, or land
Your dignity, your courage, your conscience most all
So fortify your better side and help bring down the wall
Give love. Give all. Give up.

And lightning strikes the Vatican again
(The Vatican again, oh)
Lightning strikes the Vatican again
(The Vatican again, oh)

LIGHTNING STRIKES THE VATICAN

Lightning Strikes the Vatican

Saw you in that window
Sweet Autumn in your hair
There's years between us now

But you're still stealin' my air
Baby where you goin'?
Baby where you been?
'Cuz I'm still sitting here waiting
But you won't let me in

Snow in my bedroom
Cobwebs on the covers
I can taste the caramel
From when we were lovers
Baby where's my heart?
Baby where's my sight?
'Cuz I been sitting here waiting
Ever since you took flight

And I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one

Don't know where you been
Or who you been with
Don't care why or how
'Cuz you're here with me now
And I'm not gonna miss
This one chance to get you jealous

I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one who loves you
I'm not the only one

SONGS WITHOUT FACES, FRIENDS WITHOUT WORDS

CARAMEL

Caramel

Haven't spoken with Jesus in quite a spell
I wonder what he would say
Wonder what he would tell
Cast an eye to the tops of the trees
And throw the other in the wishing well
Send more money for the missions
On the road to hell
'Cuz we're like any other church
We just make you feel worse
We just hold you to the ground
We just kick you in the purse
Love to make you fit the mold
Burn you up then leave you cold
Rise above and rot below
And you know...

You can't save yourself
And you can't save your soul
And if you're sleeping now,
Out amongst the stars about to fall
It's gonna perish all

And while I'm mentioning your name
My one and only confession
Is how I needed you to kill the pain

You can't save yourself
And you can't save your soul
And if you're sleeping now,
Out amongst the stars about to fall
It's gonna perish all

SONGS WITHOUT FACES FRIENDS WITHOUT WORDS

ALL SOULS' PARISH

All Souls' Parish

I told a lie and I dodged the hit
And I picked a fight I knew I could win
I spun the tale to bolster my rep
I don't agree and I don't accept
I took a risk, I came on top
I was down south and I couldn't stop
I can do better, I can act tough
I can make good and I can clean up

For all the right reasons, for all the right wrongs

I saw the light and I bore the whip
And I weighed the worth of my life to his
I spared the rod to see what I'd get
But I don't forgive and I don't forget
I condescend, I crack a grin
I let you think I'm such a good friend
I can look pretty, I can play dumb
I can do anything that I want

For all the right reasons, for all the right wrongs
For all the right reasons, for all the right wrongs

All the right friends, all the right clothes,
All the right moves, and all the right notes
All the right places, all the right songs,
All the right people, all the right wrongs
All the right money, all the right words,
All the right his, and all the right hers
All the right drugs, all the right jobs,
All the write homes, and all the ride stops

For all the right reasons, for all the right wrongs

All the right friends, all the right clothes,
All the right moves, and all the right notes
All the right places, all the right songs,
All the right people, all the right wrongs
All the right money, all the right words,
All the right his, and all the right hers
All the right drugs, all the right jobs,
All the write homes, and all the ride stops

For all the right reasons, for all the right wrongs

All the right friends, all the right clothes,
All the right moves, and all the right notes
All the right places, all the right songs,
All the right people, all the right wrongs
All the right money, all the right words,
All the right his, and all the right hers
All the right drugs, all the right jobs,
All the write homes, and all the ride stops

WHAT'S "REDEMPTION FOR WHIMPS?"

What's "Redemption for Whimps?"

Way up in the cloud city they like to race
And all of the angels got to earn their own place
And who knows what the winner gets

But it shows in his face when he's singing,
"Na-na-na-na -na"

Norman the Angel would always come in last
He went to the devil, said
"Can't you make me fast?"
And that old green-eyed devil said
"Well, do you really have to ask?" he said

"I'm your new model angel,
Stronger, faster, on my own
I'm your new model angel,
I've got nowhere to go"

That green-eyed devil
Rubbed some oil on Norman's tongue
He raised up his hatchet, said
"The time for payment's come
And I suppose you know what it is I want"
And down he swung, singing

"I'm your new model angel,
Stronger, faster, on my own
I'm your new model angel,
I've got nowhere to go. Oh-oh-oh"

"When these things happen
You just look away
Search for the words you think
Might clear your name
You place your bets but you know
You just can't pay
So how can I trust anything you say?"

"I'm your new model angel,
I've got nowhere to go"

Norman, the Angel Without Wings

Life support's all shot to shit
And Heaven knows how it came to this
Daddy's there beside the bed
Strokes his beard and shakes his head
He's smiling but his eyes are wet
And I don't like to ring the nurse
Maybe it's just a case of nerves
Lord I know she's trying to help
What she's got I can't accept
So in the end she blames herself

And I don't wanna be alone no more
A junky on the jones no more
You gotta understand I'm sorry and I'm sad
So darlin' hold my hand
I think I'd like to stay in bed no. 4
Here on the emergency ward
A screw through the jaw and a rib through the heart
And that's how it starts

We dance around before the fight
Ball up our fists and let 'em fly
Nervous endings sever here
Whole hosts of angels disappear
So shower down the chandeliers

And I don't wanna be alone no more
A junky on the jones no more
You gotta understand I'm sorry and I'm sad
So darlin' hold my hand
I think I'd like to stay in bed no. 4
Here on the emergency ward
A screw through the jaw and a rib through the heart
And that's how it starts

My head was up in the clouds
My family is so damn proud
I'm slamming a double down at Mars Bar
And I said we should shut it down
Get a cab and head uptown
I might have known we'd take it all too far
We'd take it all too far, yeah

THE LION TREE

ESCAPE ARTIST

Escape Artist

It's been a long time
Out on our own
Thinking that somehow we might
We might have got it wrong
I kept telling myself I would
Find my own way
You were only there just to
Try and hold me back
Boy what a brat, yeah

Do you remember
Piggy-backs back home
Tricky at the Mayan and
Breaking all your bones
I'm sorry for every time
I didn't try in school
I'm sorry for every time
I ever lied to you
Oh Alice
I promise I've stopped
Oh Alice
I promise I've stopped

It's just a variation on a common thread
A dedication to a love we can't forget
Passed back through the start
Slipped into my broken heart
And will it carry us unto our dying bed
This secretariat that's hanging overhead.
Pulling up the boulevard,
Right back at the start.

And if we don't
Make mother proud
Who's gonna buy
Our second round
I'll do what I can, ooh yeah
And by the way
I want to thank you all
For everything
That I have
And that I am

ALICE

Alice

Left behind
The hospital
He told himself blood and wine
Weren't so different, so different at all

Held so tight
Wiped the tears from my eyes
And told me our paths through life
Come together time after time

He came in from the East
In a two-door-beat-in Ford
Got a position techin' blood
In an open-hearted ward
And there he met his gal
Said she was all he'd ever need
He put away those childish things
And he took down to a knee
Well in a year they'd had a son
And in seven had one more
‘Cuz he did everything he could
But he was restless at his core
One night he drank 'til he was drunk
Out in the vineyard in the rain
He took a tumble in the mud
He cursed the wife and walked away
But he didn't turn his back
Not the way that some men would
'Cuz he was restless at his core
But he did everything he could

THE NURSE & THE WINE MAKER

The Nurse & The Wine Maker

He never laughed in quite the right way
He never jumped into the fray
He never danced and he never got laid
But he was like a god to me
And when I think back to those first days
He always there, he never left me
I start to wonder if I'm the one to blame
For all his never having done much of anything

Oh won't you help me
I'm drunk I can't sleep
I'm out here on my own
I just want to come home

What ugly things those insect wings
And I don't care for interpreting
Because after all, it's just another stupid dream
And I know it doesn't mean, doesn't mean a thing,
Doesn't mean a thing, doesn't mean a thing

Ooh-Ooh-Ooh. Ooh-Ooh-Ooh.
Half a mile east of anywhere
And the rains began to calm
I left my brother standing there
With a sliver in his palm
Where once I'd swung from his great big arms
We were now both free to roam
But still I find myself missing him
Like the arrow miss the stone

I snuck into your room and I put your records on
I read your comic books, so glad that you were gone
And I hope you understood that it was just my age
I wanted to be you, but with a different name

What ugly things those insect wings
And I don't care for interpreting
Because after all, it's just another stupid dream
And I know it doesn't mean, doesn't mean a thing
And I know it doesn't mean, doesn't mean a thing,
Doesn't mean a thing, doesn't mean a thing

LIKE THE ARROW MISS THE STONE

Like The Arrow Miss The Stone

And she wakes me up
From the dead of sleep
Reminds me of the lights inside
Of each of us
Of each of us
And I know I'm the lucky one
I don't deserve to feel this good
After what I've done
After what I've done

But our love, it is real
Oh, no no no, I said
Our love is real enough

It was the 23rd of January
And the blizzard fell around our feet
And we sang songs
And we kept warm
We passed a flask across the park
Met up with some friends
Down at the snowed-in bar
Tried not to show our hearts

But our love, it is real
Oh girl, I know at least
Our love is real enough

Well the snow turned black
And washed away
And everything went back
The way it used to be
Except for me

And our love, it is real
Oh girl, I know at least
Our love is real enough

It was the 23rd of January
And the blizzard fell around our feet
And we sang songs
And we kept warm

BLACK SNOW

Black Snow

Drawing together immediate melodies and ever evolving instrumentation, STRANGE ANATOMY bridges the gap between the familiar rock and roll that we feel in our bodies and strange sonic artforms that can only be dreamt of in our minds.

Though it began as a bedroom recording experiment in California, the band would only come fully to life in the practice rooms and concert halls of New York City, as songwriter Daniel Adams gradually gathered the talents of five phenomenal players.

Now regulars at venues like Rockwood Music Hall and recording studios like the Bunker in Brooklyn, the band continues to refine their sound. They are currently finishing up their high-concept sophomore album, OBSCURIA.