Solid Space — Afghan Dance

John Maus - I Want to Live (2003)

Music by George Sarah, Lyrics by Sarah Folkman.
lyrics
You took my hand 
You took my ear 
Tasted skin 
And bruised my heart 

You took my hand 
You filled my ear 
Looked me over 
Pronounced me good 
Doesn't it start so easy 
When no one cares? 
You smile 'cause it flows like dreaming 
When no one cares 

I promised I'd keep my hands open 
To keep track of you 
I promised I'd keep my heart open 
To hold on to you 
You have a way of keeping control 
With unsaid warning 

Are you seeing? 
Are you leading? 
Are you running with your eyes closed? 
Always in danger of knowing 

Are you crying? 
Are you hiding? 
Are you talking with your mind closed? 
Always in danger 

You draw a crowd to my mouth 
Too many things 
Too many boys 
Too many girls 
Too many ways to be 

You make a crowd in my mouth 
So many things 
So many boys 
So many girls 
I lose track of me 

And now you say there's a devil flying through your head 
And it looks a lot like me 
But you took my hand 
You took my heart 
Bound my life and bled me dream 

So sure I'll be that devil flying through your head 
I'll gladly be that devil ripping through your head 
I looked at you thought I saw me 
We thought we'd be each other's mirror cracked just for fun 

You dripped in idea left a trail I ate it up and now we're lost.
credits
from T​.​H​.​C. Adagio, released July 13, 1999
Keyboards, programming by George Sarah, vocals by Sarah Folkman.

Adagio

T.H.C. Unsaid Warning

Moon Beams

Blouse, "Videotapes"

Devotion

Under Tender

I've always been good at true love

All She Does is Kill Shit

'Bennington' is from John Maus' A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material' out on CD, LP and digitally July 17th in North America and July 16th in the rest of the world. 

Find out more info on the release here: http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/?p=313
Pre-order the Special Edition translucent pink vinyl limited to 500 copies here: http://bit.ly/mausraritieslp

TOUR DATES
07-12 New York, NY - Pier 84 * (River Rocks)
07-14 San Diego, CA - Casbah
07-21 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-09 Oslo, Norway  - Oya Festival
08-10 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-14 London, UK - Scala
09-01 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival
09-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (MusicFest NW)

* w/ Dan Deacon

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