Stellastarr* Album

I'll stop the day
You'll rise again
Don't count the news man to signal the end
'Cos you can trust your farthest friends across the world

We'll take the car
You're in the room but your head's in the stars
You can run, but you can't hide who you are

He couldn't stay
Thanksgiving's gone
His growing children continue his song
He was young
Did nothing wrong

I tried to say I miss you tonight
And they claim you've already died
But the truth is that we're lost in time
We're lost in time
We're lost in time
We're losing time

These haunted dreams are brushed aside
We'll meet again
Another life

I tried to say I miss you tonight
And they claim you've already died
But the truth is that we're lost in time
We're lost in time
We're lost in time
We're losing time
Time...

I wanna see the flame
Behind your silent rage
Behind your lonely eyes
I never wanna see you cry

So d-d-don’t you run
No matter whatcha done
No matter how you bleed
Loving is a dangerous dream

Well, I’m gonna go in (sane)
Yes I’m gonna go insane
I don’t know your name
But you’re the reason why
I just have to try
And it feels like I should stay
But I am too afraid
Damn this foolish heart

C’mon and celebrate
You can control your fate
This lonely evening
I wanna hear the DJ sing
So n-n-never leave
Imagine trusting me
Oh, I hope you understand
I never wanna see you sad

Well, I’m gonna go in (sane)
Yes I’m gonna go insane
I don’t know your name
But you’re the reason why
I just have to try
And it feels like I should stay
But I am too afraid
Damn this foolish heart

Damn this foolish heart

You say that you’re drowning
You’re losing your touch
Have you thrown yourself into the crunch?
They say you’re a product with nothing to sell
You can fool your fans but you can’t fool yourself

They’re gonna love you when you’re lost,
You’ve prayed and you’ve sinned
It’s the last road taken
They’re gonna love you when you’ve died
It’s the last wave goodbye

Straight outta Kansas
To the city of fame
Don’t let those blinding lights start blinding your game
You say that you’re loaded, a thousand degrees
Does it feel cold now that you’re down on your knees?

Oh, they’re gonna love you when you’ve lost, you’ve prayed and you’ve sinned
It’s the last road taken
They’re gonna love you when you’ve died
It’s the last wave goodbye
Can you honestly say you felt better yesterday?
You are the champion they thrive
Are you drowning inside?

Oh lonely boy, I know you cry
But there’s no people here to sympathize

I'm a jealous man
Oooh, I can't relate
She's a doe-eyed girl
Oooh, with no complaints

But there's another side that I'm trying to crack
If you open your mind and let me take a stab
At the secrets that you know
Sweet troubled soul

She's a summer tramp
Oooh, all dressed in black
A flourescent tan
Oooh, sweet heart attack

Oh, but there's another side that I'm trying to crack,
If you open your mind and let me take a stab
At the secrets that you know
Sweet troubled soul

I want to suffer in your arms
And when you're naked in the dark,
I want to see your face in the reflection of my bedroom stereo
We'll take it slow
Sweet troubled soul

But there's another side that I'm trying to crack,
If you open your mind and let me take a stab
At the secrets that you know
Just let it goooo......
I want to suffer in your arms
And when you're naked in the dark
I want to see your face in the reflection of my bedroom stereo
We'll take it slow, sweet troubled soul

Oh, sweet troubled soul

Suddenly a silence in the house
Suddenly another father disappears
Family caught in something backwards
The fact is, he never was here
Counting all the crickets on the porch
Telling haunted stories on the trains
He had a warped imagination
This patient was never the same

He’s just looking for a crumb
Paranoia haunts him, wondering what he has done
No one is safe, no one is safe

Writing long letters to his dad
That he knows won’t be sent
Mother doesn’t hurt his feelings
Assures him he’s no accident
One more tire in the swamp
One more fire burning thin
He knows where his bleeding heart is
Determined to never give in

No one is safe

Well broken child don't be afraid
So many years your future hasn't been made
Some day you will understand
I wish I could hold your hand
But I'm doing the best that I can
Doing the best that I can
When the love/hate day turned into years
Voices of your teardrops whispered into my ears
She lives in a different world
Says I'm not in love with her
But I'm doing the best that I can
Doing the best that I can
On my own
In the fight for life whos gonna win
Millions of people try to get a word in
You might be the last to mind (? dunno about this line)
I wish that I could force a smile
But I'm doing the best that I can
Doing the best that I can
On my own (x4)
And you know that there's a feeling
That a new day has arrived
And it scares me in a way
But somehow I feel alive
So don't tell me that you're leaving
'Cause I won't know what to say
When I'm going ahead with my plans
Yes I'm going ahead with my plans
Do you realize that you have just kissed kissed kissed it all away
'Cause I won't say if nobody cared if you lived or you died this day(? dunno about this line)
Well now that you're back on your feet
Oh you don't even talk to me
But I'm doing the best that I can
Yes I'm doing the best that I can
On my own
On my own

Look at the photographs on the wall
The faces that you keep
Isn't it crowded here in the hall?
A lonely place to be
Walk away, walk away but don't retreat
I'm in the photograph on your wall
And it's all you'll ever need…

She was a stranger in her own house
The wind beneath her feet
Isn't it strange when you figure out
The monsters in your sleep?
Walk away, walk away but don't retreat
You're in the photograph on my wall
And it's all you'll ever be…

Well times are different, love is changing
God is watching, hell is raining
Times are different, love is changing
God is watching, hell is raining on you

And together we'll find, we're better apart
I don't know the way and I don't know the start
But I won't regret you, I won't regret you

And together we'll see, we're better apart
I don't know the way and I don't know the start
But I won't regret you, I won't regret you

Goodnight,
Tomorrow morning isn’t far
I will be interesting
When you’re alone and feeling bored
I watched a city cry, I thought I lost you in the fall
I thought of everything, I cannot lose you anymore

So won’t you stay? I’m drowning in the rain
Darlin’ say the words and I will stay the night

I’m just the trouble that you need
I’m just a year away from when the future swallows me
And when you’re left behind
It takes a lifetime to be seen
Cuz something happened here
Somehow we’re younger in our dreams

So won’t you stay? I’m drowning in the rain
Darlin’ say the words and I will stay

You’re different, and all the rest are the same
Yes, you’re different, and all the rest are the same

Angela
I'd like to get away
The world is very large
Photographs in books are real enough

I know it's not just me
I've seen it in your eyes
The reasons that you live seem so alive

You wanna take it all
Take it all with me
But Angela don't let your mother see

Angela
Just be the corner store
The stories that you told
Remind me that you're just a chapter old

You wanna take it all
Take it all with me
But Angela don't let your mother see

But it's a wall it's a wall that you built so high
It's the reason that you're leaving when you can't get by
It's the things that you wanted him to know a long long time ago

It's the reason that you've leaving when she says no way
It's the voice in your throat when you can not stay
It's the reason that you're standing here today

An-ge-la-a
An-ge-la-a
Thanks so much for coming over
(You took it all with me)
(You took it all with me)
(An-gela)

In your life, did you ever really feel alive?
It’s no surprise, it’s not in your veins
‘cause you won't never change, you will never compromise
friend of mine, yesterday has died…

And through it all, did you ever really take the fall?
Probably not, you never gave it a thought
you never got involved, trying to be neutral
well friend of mine, yesterday has died…

stay entertained

And who am I? Who am I to judge your lonely life?
I don’t mind, ‘cause it ain’t in your game
‘cause you won’t ever play, watching from the sidelines
friend of mine, yesterday has died…

stay entertained

I don’t wanna stay, she don’t wanna leave
Pictures of our life; the island lost at sea
Travel here tonight, and count the stars with me
Breathing in the sky, oh the moonlight through the leaves
Now I don’t see the ground
And she don’t feel the breeze
‘Cause we were the problem with the island lost at sea
What makes us wanna change this?

Take my bloated wife, yeah she’s crampin’ my style
Tell her I’m going sailin’
This corroded lake, I could die just the same
Tell her I’m gonna sail it

Met a man on the sidewalk, and he had a bird in a metal cage
And he told me love is not a crime
So I asked him what he thought I meant
And he pointed at my bloated life
And he pointed at his mouth and said:

“Makes you feel more alive, makes you feel more inside
Makes a fool out of cancer…
Just a couple of thieves
Do ya know what I mean? Do ya know what I mean?”