Bad Suns - Language & Perspective Lyrics
Matthew James
Hungry for a meaning, this all seems unclear
I've come to the conclusion we're all clueless here
The more I try and simplify, I realize it passes by
I find myself enamored with an explanation that doesn't exist, no
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
What's the point in counting when it never ends?
Face yourself at night, it's time to make amends
The TV's on, it helps me sleep
The force of habit killing me
The kiss goodnight, a stale routine
The spark is gone, what's wrong with me?
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
Language and perspective shape the way we live
Some things are hard to take and even harder to give
Lost circling a moment deep inside my head
I won't get this moment back, I'll move instead
This place just ain't the same without you
Out with the old, in with the new
I think you know this pressure
Welcome to a depression that I'll learn was never true
The more I try and simplify, I realize it passes by
I find myself enamored with an answer that does not exist
The more I try and simplify (The more I try and simplify)
I realize it passes by (I realize it passes by)
I find myself enamored with an answer that does not exist
The more I try and simplify, I realize it passes by
I find myself enamored with an answer that does not exist
Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
We Move Like The Ocean
Sit me down
I know I haven't been by your side
I'm dragging my feet, lost my stride
I've been painting pictures in my head and falling short
Losing my direction, turn me around
I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore
Wake me up
I fell in love in a dream, but I can't remember your face
Take me for a test drive
Chew me up, spit me out
I don't need your pat on the back
I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore
I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore
I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore
But I can't swim
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Cardiac Arrest
I've been tryin' to keep my grip, yeah I think I'm over this
I can hear it now, oh no, oh no-o
Yeah my tongue will let it slip, why'd I do those things I did
I can taste it now, oh no, oh no-o
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss.
My innards turn, your eyes, they roll. I'll be there to take the fall
I can feel it now, oh no, oh no-o
Same old story since day one, but I've got no place to run
I can see it now, oh no, oh no-o
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss
(Oh, woah)
High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip
(Oh, woah)
High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss
(Oh, woah)
(Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips) (Oh, woah)
(Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss)
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips, I'll try my best...
Writer: Christopher Michael Bowman, Gavin Austin Bennett, Miles Scott Atkins Kottak, Raymond Torrey Libby
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Pretend
Sometimes I wish that we could all forget
Your figure fades into a silhouette
But I hear you breathing
I'm done believing.
We're painting portraits but the canvas is blank
If this life is a gift then who do we pay?
You're desperate for the answer
It eats at you like cancer.
Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend?
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again.
Your head is filled with unproven thoughts
Twisting theories into bigger knots
And I feel you dreaming
You're done believing.
Tried to avoid this but I'm weak to the bone
My inner compass points me to the unknown
But I still keep running faster
Yea, someday I'll find the answer.
Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend?
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again.
Ooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
We'll paint the walls instead, and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again.
I wanted to know you
Though I still don't know myself
I've got so much to show you
Won't you show me the way? (yea)
Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend?
I don't want this to end so I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again
Ooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend instead?
Lights turned low
Lights turned low cause I don't wanna see this go
So can I just pretend, pretend, pretend instead?
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Take My Love And Run
"Drop dead" you said this feels so liberating, take my love and run
Never been fond of instigating, take my love
Oh you took my love and then you left, called it your own
Yeah you took my love, of course you left, I should have known
"Drop dead" you said this feels so liberating (take my love and run)
I've never been fond of instigating
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Grab my back and bring me into the ocean, take my love and run
The tide rolls in void of all emotion, take my love
Oh, break my heart, disintegrated what would be
Yeah, take my love, you might as well what's it to me
"Drop dead" you said this feels so liberating (take my love and run)
The tide rolls in void of all emotion
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
"Drop dead" you said this feels so liberating
The tide rolls in void of all emotion
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
You took my, you took my, I won't come back
You took my, you took my, I won't come back
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Dancing On Quicksand
I lose myself in a moment
Can't find my way out for days
I'll come to you on my hands and knees
On my hands and knees
I ran out of luck, well I f*cked up
And nothing's gonna change that, whoa oh
And when it's too much, you thought
Time was supposed to make this right again
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
I run to the elevator
You see me, but let the door shut
Don't be upset, it's hard not to laugh
I love you when you're mad
I ran out of luck, well I f*cked up
And nothing's gonna change that, whoa oh
And when it's too much, you thought
Time was supposed to make this right again
[x2]
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
[x2]
I think I'm coming around, oh yeah
I ran out of luck, well I f*cked up
And nothing's gonna change that, whoa oh
And when it's too much, you thought
Time was supposed to make this right again
[x2]
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
[x2]
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Salt
Stuck inside of the wrong frame
I don't feel attached to this name
My body, I must reclaim
With different eyes and no shame
Try, try to just hear me out
Don't ask why, why
I'm taking this route
It's alright, right?
That's what I tell myself, but I don't know know
So I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
These memories are nothing to me just salt
Look in the mirror and tell me
What it is like to be free
How do I grasp reality
When I don't have an identity!
Who, who can I look to 'cause I'm not like you, you
And I don't believe in the truth, truth
Because all of my life's built on lies
So I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
I know what you're implying
I'm trying to get my feet off the ground
I know - I know, I'm trying - I'm trying
These memories are nothing to me just salt!
Stuck inside of the wrong frame,
I don't feel attached to this name
How do I grasp reality
When I don't have an identity!
Who, who can I look to 'cause I'm not like you, you
And I don't believe in the truth, truth
'Cause all of my life's built on lies, uh!
So I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
Yeah, I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
(I'm trying to get my feet off the ground)
These memories are nothing to me just salt in the wound
Writer: Christopher Michael Bowman, Gavin Austin Bennett, Miles Scott Atkins Kottak, Raymond Torrey Libby
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Transpose
Ooh, ooh, ooh [x4]
[Verse 1]
Sleepless nights are new to me,
All these thoughts are killing me,
Someone come and put me at ease.
All of my anxiety
There's no cause that I can see.
What's this scratching at my brain?
[Chorus]
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through and,
It's true, maybe I've been wasting my time,
All this time, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh
[Verse 2]
I come creeping, no one can hear you now
Listen, so you can show me how,
Something that I'm missing here
Softly stop my evil dreams
Faster, help me fall asleep
No one knows that's how it goes,
All the thoughts that we transpose.
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh, ooh [x6]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
From time to time,
We fall in line,
But now it seems that we are blind.
No one knows that's how it goes,
All the thoughts that we transpose.
Ooh, ooh, ooh [x9]
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Learn To Trust
Can I hold it down? Have I been trying my best?
Eternal questions, always asking, feeling distressed, oh
I'm a ticking bomb inside a selfless man
You're a casualty I can't forget, so come on and let me know
A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it and mean it, so this heart learns to trust
Can I change my ways? Can I confront the past?
Eternal questions, always asking, feeling detached, oh
I'm a ticking bomb inside a selfless man
You're a casualty I can't forget, so come on and let me know
A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it and mean it, so this heart learns to trust
And the truth it makes no sense, my senses don't ring true
I'm feeling the pressure to start anew
Tell me one more time, why should I listen?
Tell me one more time, the words all go missing
Hold it down, have I been trying my best?
Eternal questions always asking, feeling distressed, oh
So come on and let me know
A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it and mean it, so this heart learns to trust
And the truth it makes no sense, my senses don't ring true
I'm feeling the pressure to start anew
A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it and mean it, so this heart learns to trust
A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it and mean it, so this heart learns to trust
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Sleep Paralysis
[2x]
Oh, carve your name in a tree
Or just run your fingers through wet concrete, yeah
Leave a mark, a mark worth leaving
What's self worth? The moment's fleeting
The sand runs through your fingers
It's gone but a feeling lingers
Oh, I've been having this dream
Mixed with sleep paralysis I can't scream, no
But I can watch, I watch them leaving
I wake up and I believe it
Who knows where these fears come from
I know what I can't become
[3x]
Hold my hand whoever you are, oh, oh
Take me there, no matter how far, I'll go
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Rearview
You wear your hair down, your face is made up
You know this town so well, you talk a lot, it's okay
Pretend that you look the same, a crown of a different edge
You wonder where it went
Feels so far from home, try to fill a hole
Sunset in the rearview, losing your control
No matter what she took, it feels so far from home
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
Losing your control
That quarter moonlight, rev up the engine
The rusty neon glow, complain a lot, it's okay
The city's just ain't the same, shadow of a brighter day
You wonder where it went, though
Feels so far from home, try to fill a hole
Sunset in the rearview, losing your control
No matter what she took, it feels so far from home
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
Losing your control, losing your control
Man you keep calling, time starts scrolling by
Knows how the hedges behind you
You keep running, time starts scrolling by
The fact is there's no one behind you
Feels so far from home, try to fill a hole
Sunset in the rearview, losing your control
No matter what she took, it feels so far from home
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
Losing your control, losing your control, losing your control, you're losing your control
Losing your control, losing your control, losing your control
Writer: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOWMAN, GAVIN AUSTIN BENNETT, MILES SCOTT ATKINS KOTTAK, RAYMOND TORREY LIBBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group