The New Amsterdams Album

White lines come anodyne
Like a calm summer sea
But all these creatures they've been watching me
Midnight by candlelight
Just my heart in a spoon
All my insides howl at the moon
The music begins. Violins.
The sad state we're in wears so thin
Tattoo covers needle bruises
Like I won't ever know
Long sleeve shirt sleeves like it's twenty below
Glass eyes don't recognize
Like you can't even see
You say these monsters they've been watching me
There is no sin my skin
The madness within wears so thin
It's done me in

If I ever catch your red hand
Talking shit on my friends again
I will institute my revenge
It is cold and sweet

Lack of faith may be the final straw
A power struggle that could end it all
A test of confidence has come to call
Is your trust in me?

I don't know why but I do
Anything anything
That you ask me to

Heard your answer on the radio
About them famous words you used to know
That was so three years ago
Aren't you over it?

I don't want you coming close to me
California falls into the sea
But if the stars align for your fifteen
Here's your minutes

I don't know why but I do
Anything anything
That you ask me to

If I ever catch your red hand
Talking shit on my friends again
I will institute my revenge
It is cold and sweet

The world's caving in, I got tickets for two
They're not the best seats and they're not the best view
Take my hand, you can squeeze on my arm
Wake from your slumber, baby, it's gonna start
It was worth the price of admission
The two of us watch the world cave in
The world's caving in like the prophecy calls
Barter redemption for diamonds and pearls
The rich got the camel through the eye of a needle
The deed in itself was inherently evil
When all's been said and written
The two of us watch the world cave in
The world's caving in, they're releasing the souls
Trapped in the earth where we can't hear their calls
Unbelievable torture, you wouldn't believe
This is their passion, their chance to be free
But they're beaten into submission
Free at last, watch the world cave in
When all's been said and written
The two of us watch the world cave in

maybe i'm a fool for believing you
never be the proof but then it all came true
wrote it in a letter that i sent to you
suns coming up
finally waking up
everyone says this is it
this isn't it
maybe i'm a fool
maybe i'm a fool for believing you
said you never knew never had a clue
couldn't keep a secret i wont ask you to
its all i got it may not be a lot
but everything is over now
so over now
maybe i'm a fool
maybe i'm a fool for believing you
your off into the blue without a word or two
maybe this is better once i'm over you
its all my fault that every grain salt
want to hope that your to blame
your only half the blame
your only half the blame
maybe i'm a fool

Drinking in the afternoon
This is what it's driven to
Is there anything else to do
I could've sworn it's three AM
It's quiet in the room again
This is where the story ends
Time for me to act my age
I've got nothing if I'm not the rage
Like that would matter anyway
I just don't think you understand
I just don't think you understand
A story needs a scene to end
But it's hard to say goodbye
At least we got to have this time
Drinking in the afternoon
The loneliest hotel room
I hope the answer comes to you
This is not the way for me
This is not my last defeat
Try to make the ends meet
But it's hard to say goodbye
At least we got to have this time

I'm just so over you,
I'm just so over you
I hope that you get to see
what you've done to me

What good does patience do?
Rewards aren't coming true
It doesn't seem worth the wait
for I'll gotten fate

I could not speak for you
but I think you feel it too
this instinct to hesitate
but then you make mistakes

And I'll see things clearly when
madness starts happening
is this the end in sight?
unless I change my mind.

It's nothing personal
It's nothing personal
It's just my time and place
to make my escape.

taste the forbidden from the tree
all the questions begging me
i'm plagued with curiosity
these are all worth answering

it takes talent to have an original sin
is it a tragedy if you are just a fool

(chorus)
all this is heaven sent
give me a chance to repent
forgive me this
decadance
give me a chance to repent

walk in the garden next to me
but there are all these walls around it
how could you take this place from me
i left all my lessons in it

baby needs a new paradise
the sweetest of the songs that she's singing

all this is heaven sent
give me a chance to repent
forgive me this
decadance
give me a chance to repent

come see the flood,
step to the tune
your mother's blood,
full thunder moon

full thunder moon
full thunder moon
bathe us in blue
full thunder moon

come sing to me,
my soul to save
our fight to sea,
bob like a wave

oh silent night,
near waters edge
show me the light
of my promises.

full thunder moon
full thunder moon
bathe us in blue
full thunder moon

full thunder moon
full thunder moon
bathe us in blue
full thunder moon

full thunder moon
full thunder moon
bathe us in blue
full thunder moon

Weak for lack of oxygen
Strangled by the thought
Promise you'll remember when I'm gone
Sleep is mostly optional
Trace lines around my heart
Steal the only breath from my lungs
But if I had your faith
I'd be fearless
But until that day
I'm envious
Miles and miles that distance us
Like meters on a map
Trace lines that only translate to a day
But if you're awake
Tell me it's safe
If you ask me to stay
Then I'll stay
Don't leave me here when I'm bleeding
When I'm fading but I'm true
It's tempting to stop everything
When I'm pouring out to you
So take everything, take it all from me
Because all I want is you

i'm a saint, i'm a bonified servant
an angel on a bar stool, anyone seen my wings?
i'm always losing the damn things
i'm the glue i'm a permanent fixture
i'm an anchor in the concrete if i went to find my fate
the foundation would break
alies
i never had none
but that would be one to see
yeah
i'm your fate yeah, your looking in the future
there's a bitter old man who's under your skin
but don't let him in
capsize
did anyone catch me?
nobody broke my fall
yeah
i'm a saint on a mission from the head man
you got a shoe start running boy leave him to us
leave them in your dust