June On The West Coast - Bright Eyes

And I went to San Diego, the birthplace of the summer
And watched the ocean dance under the moon
And there was a girl I knew there, one more potential lover
I guess that something's got to happen soon
Because I know I can't keep living in this dead or dying dream
And as I walked along the beach and drank with her
I thought about my true love, the one I really need
With eyes that burn so bright, they make me pure.

Bowl of Oranges - Bright Eyes

The rain, it started tapping
On the window near my bed
There was a loophole in my dreaming
So I got out of it
And to my surprise my eyes were wide
And already open
Just my nightstand and my dresser
Where those nightmares had just been

So I dressed myself and left then
Out into the gray streets
But everything seemed different
And completely new to me
The sky, the trees, houses, buildings
Even my own body
And each person I encountered
I couldn't wait to meet

I came upon a doctor
Who appeared in quite poor health
I said "There is nothing I can do for you
That you can't do for yourself"
He said "Oh yes you can
Just hold my hand
I think that would help"
So I sat with him a while
And then I asked him how he felt
He said, "I think I'm cured
No, in fact, I'm sure
Thank you, Stranger
For your therapeutic smile"

So that is how I learned the lesson
That everyone is alone
And your eyes must do some raining
If you are ever going to grow
But when crying don't help
And you can't compose yourself
It is best to compose a poem
An honest verse of longing
Or simple song of hope

That is why I'm singing
Baby don't worry
Because now I got your back
And every time you feel like crying
I'm gonna try and make you laugh
And if I can't
If it just hurts too bad
Then we will wait for it to pass
And I will keep you company
Through those days so long and black

And we'll keep working on the problem
We know we'll never solve
Of Love's uneven remainders
Our lives are fractions of a whole
But if the world could remain within a frame
Like a painting on a wall
Then I think we would see the beauty
Then we would stand staring in awe
At our still lives posed
Like a bowl of oranges
Like a story told
By the fault lines and the soil

A Diamond and a Tether - Death Cab For Cutie

Pity, take pity on me
Because I'm not half the man that I should be
Always turning to run from the people I should not be afraid of
And darling
You should know
That I have fantasies about being alone
It's like love is a lesson that I can't learn
So I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn
And I know you can't hold out forever
Waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't swim
But will dip his toe in
Just to keep you here with him

I've got this habit I abhor
When we go out I'm always watching the door
As if there's someone I'm going to see who could outdo the things that you do to me

And I know you can't hold out forever
Waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't fly
But who will take to the skies
If he thinks that you're about to say goodbye

Pity, take pity on me
Because I'm not half the man that I should be
And I don't blame you if you've had enough of all these empty promises and countless bluffs

And I know you can't hold out forever
Waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't jump when he falls in love
He just stands with his toes on the edge
And he waits for it to disappear again

On the Bright Side - Never Shout Never

I met a man of two feet tall
This man was quite ambitious
In a world that is so vicious
To us all

I said "Hi"
As he replied, he said
"Listen to these words that I have lived by my whole life
You're only as tall as your heart will let you be
And you're only as small as the world will make you seem
And when the going gets rough
And you feel like you may fall
Just look on the bright side
You're roughly six feet tall"

I met a man of twelve feet tall
He towered like a giant
In a world that was defiant
Of his height

I said "Hi"
As he replied, he said
"Listen to these words that I have dreaded my whole life
You're only as tall as your heart will let you be
And you're only as small
As the world will make you seem
And when the going gets rough
And you feel like you may fall
Just look on the bright side
You're roughly six feet tall"

I am a man of six feet tall
Just looking for some answers
In a world that answers
None of them at all

I'll say "Hi"
But not reply to the letters that you write
Because I found some peace of mind

Because I'm only as tall
As my heart will let me be
And I'm only as small
As the world will make me seem
When the going gets rough
And I feel like I may fall
I'll look on the brightside
I'm roughly six feet tall

Lovelife - Atmosphere

Individually wrapped
Placed in neat little rows
Becoming A piece of everything that grows
Some numbers, a name, to indicate you played the game
Came empty handed and left the same

A soul is A soul and A shell is A shell
The border in between is full of everything you felt
Some cling to a cross because they're tired and lost
They leave it up to the weather to measure the cost
And everytime I look within I recognize the darkness
Familiar to the image of the artist
Staring at the bathroom mirror in a strangers apartment
Can't remember her name, don't remember how I got here

But here I am
Thinking about death again
Humbles out the stress, helps the breath get in
I need to check my friends
As well as my next of kin
To let them know I love them all to the end

And when the soul begins to reap
I think she'll know me from the sleep
I keep caught in the corner of my bloodshot eyes
And if she has the nerve to let me dump a couple last words
I'm gonna turn to the earth and scream "Love your life"

Love your life
Quite cliche but I guess thats me
A ball of pop culture with some arms and feet
As discrete as I've tried to keep the drama and cancer
It's no secret I hunger for someone to feed the answers
I never expected a bowl of cherries
I'm just a Virgo trying to find my own version of the Virgin Mary
And when I let them carry me to a cemetary
I want to be buried with a pocket full of clarity

Now, how many times must you prove you're an angel?
How many more demons do you have to strangle?
How much longer must you remain in this dream
Before I finally figure out if you're insane or a genius?

Let no tears to fall from none of y'all
Just remember it all, the beauty as well as the flaws
L-O-V-E-L-I-F-E
Here lies Sean, finally free
And as I look across the sea, I smile at the sun
While it feeds the weeds the nutrition they need
The people still breathe, the city still bleeds
I'm going to love it to death and keep planting my seeds
I'm going to love it to death and keep an eye on the seeds
I'll be in love until im dead
I keep reaching the seeds
I'll give all I got left just to teach you to read
Love life to the death and keep planting my seeds

And when the soul begins to reap
I think she'll know me from the sleep
I keep caught in the corner of my bloodshot eyes
And if she has the nerve to let me dump a couple last words
I'm going to turn to the earth and scream
Love your life

What Sarah Said - Death Cab

And it came to me then
That every plan is a tiny prayer to father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I'd already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind
That our memories depend on a faulty camera in our minds
But I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all

And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself
'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous pacers bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes round and everyone will lift their heads
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said
That "Love is watching someone die"
So who's going to watch you die?

Along The Way - Devotchka

The gringos block the roads inside your head
Are you sleeping it off when you're not in your bed?
You pray in the darkness
Let me walk in your light
Let me die in my lover's arms
Let me love through this night

You are watching over my three brave soldiers
I have not forgotten
I will send youSomething

So this is the city?
So this is progress?
How can something so prettybecome such a mess?
There is no more than this steal and stone
More than this flesh and bone
There is a little piece of land in me
No other man can own

Who is watching my three brave soldiers?
I have not forgotten
I will send you Something

Well shut my mouth, I have nothing to say
Except, what is this life with no love along the way?
You know that I'm good for it
You know I can pay
We don't have to look for it
It is right here
It's today