Someone long gone
Said to stay calm
Keep your head on
If you need love
Hide your cradle
And a headstone
In the watermark
When the sea comes
Help me, swallow up
All of your better nature
Please, can you summon up
All of your better nature
When your mind's off
In a tight knot
Can you feel caught
If you need love
Help me, swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature (nature, nature, nature, nature)
Hold on
I think you're wrong
Help me, swallow up
All of your better nature
Please, can you summon up
All of your better nature
Better nature, better nature, better nature, better nature
Better nature, better nature, better nature, better nature
Silversun Pickups - Better Nature Album Lyrics
Silversun Pickups - Better Nature Lyrics
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
Connection
How in the world can i explain
When the words leap off from the page?
Is there a way to celebrate
When I'm scared straight from the past parades?
The kids are throwing all their charms at
The ladies stuck in victory march
With no new trails to blaze
This is my connection
This will leave an impression
How in the world can I compete
With I'm plugged into the new machines?
Lazer focused on the screens
I was lit up with self-esteem
My ears will ring with monotome
When their bodies fill with memory foam
I can't help it, I wanna hear them scream
This is my connection
this will leave an impression
Burn on in
Burn on in
This is not a connection
This is not an infection
This will leave an impression
(This is my connection)
When the words leap off from the page?
Is there a way to celebrate
When I'm scared straight from the past parades?
The kids are throwing all their charms at
The ladies stuck in victory march
With no new trails to blaze
This is my connection
This will leave an impression
How in the world can I compete
With I'm plugged into the new machines?
Lazer focused on the screens
I was lit up with self-esteem
My ears will ring with monotome
When their bodies fill with memory foam
I can't help it, I wanna hear them scream
This is my connection
this will leave an impression
Burn on in
Burn on in
This is not a connection
This is not an infection
This will leave an impression
(This is my connection)
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Pins And Needles
Someone long gone
Said to stay calm
Keep your head on
If you need love
Hide your cradle
And a headstone
In the watermark
When the sea comes
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
When your mind's off
In a tight knot
Can you feel caught
If you need love
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Hold on
I think you're wrong
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Better nature
Better nature...
Said to stay calm
Keep your head on
If you need love
Hide your cradle
And a headstone
In the watermark
When the sea comes
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
When your mind's off
In a tight knot
Can you feel caught
If you need love
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Hold on
I think you're wrong
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Better nature
Better nature...
Writer: BRIAN AUBERT, CHRISTOPHER GUANLAO, GARRET LEE, JOSEPH LESTER, NICOLE MONNINGER
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Word Collections Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Word Collections Publishing
Friendly Fires
Oh, the things we see
Through connected wires
Are the people that flee
From friendly fire?
When they separate me
Into being stored
With all the recessed genes
That are left ignored
Getting naked all the time
Why dodge the friendly fire?
So who could ever break you down?
And what could ever freak you out?
If you can carry this around.
Then you will never break down.
People like me
On the weekend, run
For all the weekday freaks
That are free and fun
Like they physically
Stormed into homes
They like to revel like me
Just to feel employed
A little wasted on desire
A minute later, friendly fire
A little wasted on desire
A minute later, friendly fire
So could ever break you down?
And what could ever freak you out?
If you can carry this around.
Then you will never break down
Getting naked all the time
A little wasted on desire
A minute later, friendly fire
So who could ever break you down?
And what could ever freak you out?
If you can carry this around.
Then you will never break down
Then you will never break down
Then you carry this around.
Through connected wires
Are the people that flee
From friendly fire?
When they separate me
Into being stored
With all the recessed genes
That are left ignored
Getting naked all the time
Why dodge the friendly fire?
So who could ever break you down?
And what could ever freak you out?
If you can carry this around.
Then you will never break down.
People like me
On the weekend, run
For all the weekday freaks
That are free and fun
Like they physically
Stormed into homes
They like to revel like me
Just to feel employed
A little wasted on desire
A minute later, friendly fire
A little wasted on desire
A minute later, friendly fire
So could ever break you down?
And what could ever freak you out?
If you can carry this around.
Then you will never break down
Getting naked all the time
A little wasted on desire
A minute later, friendly fire
So who could ever break you down?
And what could ever freak you out?
If you can carry this around.
Then you will never break down
Then you will never break down
Then you carry this around.
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Nightlight
When the wind, behind our eyes swell
Starring down all, who generalize well
A chemical change of the spirit
Will be the exchange for our visit
Putting more makeup on the masks that we wear
Turning our nightlights on in the daytime to scare
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If it's a game, well? (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we enter, through the front door
With the keys we stole the night before
Now we have right to be the masters
Of the tangles of disaster
Ladies and gentlemen its time to unveil
If this is the moment now to ask "do we dare?"
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If it's a game, well? (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we survive this (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
So delegate it! (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
Turning our nightlights on in the daytime to scare
If this is the moment now to ask "do we dare?"
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT, WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If it's a game, well? (WE WANT IT)
If we survive this (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If it's a game, well?(WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we survive this (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
So delegate it! (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
Starring down all, who generalize well
A chemical change of the spirit
Will be the exchange for our visit
Putting more makeup on the masks that we wear
Turning our nightlights on in the daytime to scare
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If it's a game, well? (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we enter, through the front door
With the keys we stole the night before
Now we have right to be the masters
Of the tangles of disaster
Ladies and gentlemen its time to unveil
If this is the moment now to ask "do we dare?"
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If it's a game, well? (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we survive this (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
So delegate it! (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
Turning our nightlights on in the daytime to scare
If this is the moment now to ask "do we dare?"
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT, WE WANT IT)
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
If it's a game, well? (WE WANT IT)
If we survive this (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we say that (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If it's a game, well?(WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
If we survive this (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
So delegate it! (WE WANT IT)
We only want it with the lights out
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)
Someone long gone
Said to stay calm
Keep your head on
If you need love
Hide your cradle
And a headstone
In the watermark
When the sea comes
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
When your mind's off
In a tight knot
Can you feel caught
If you need love
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Hold on
I think you're wrong
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Better nature
Better nature...
Said to stay calm
Keep your head on
If you need love
Hide your cradle
And a headstone
In the watermark
When the sea comes
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
When your mind's off
In a tight knot
Can you feel caught
If you need love
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Hold on
I think you're wrong
Help me swallow up
All of your better nature
Please can you summon up
All of your better nature
Better nature
Better nature...
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Tapedeck
This tapedeck you brought is physically smoldering
A road catalog of history frozen
These voices you call a bitter sweet morning
It must mean so much, this forgotten touch
It used to be fun, but we were young
Has-been dream, irreverent
It used to be fun, but we were young
This used to be fun, now we're in love
You set me up when you wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You said enough to wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a home
I miss the breath and the dust
I seem ashamed to be broken
And here stands the cross
Our story got sorted
I won't sleep again til' I here it come to the end
I remember now, how it all turned out
It used to be fun, but we were young
I feel so bad, we were had
It used to be fun, but we were young
This used ot be fun, now we're in love
You set me up when you wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You said enough to wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a home
Come in
Come in
This used to be fun, but we were young
This used to be fun, now we're in love
You set me up when you wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You said enough to wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a home
You wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a...
A road catalog of history frozen
These voices you call a bitter sweet morning
It must mean so much, this forgotten touch
It used to be fun, but we were young
Has-been dream, irreverent
It used to be fun, but we were young
This used to be fun, now we're in love
You set me up when you wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You said enough to wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a home
I miss the breath and the dust
I seem ashamed to be broken
And here stands the cross
Our story got sorted
I won't sleep again til' I here it come to the end
I remember now, how it all turned out
It used to be fun, but we were young
I feel so bad, we were had
It used to be fun, but we were young
This used ot be fun, now we're in love
You set me up when you wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You said enough to wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a home
Come in
Come in
This used to be fun, but we were young
This used to be fun, now we're in love
You set me up when you wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You said enough to wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a home
You wake the ghost in me,
as you shake the ghost in me
You wake the ghost in me
No mistake, this ghost in me has found a...
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Latchkey Kids
You keep dancing around
What you want so bad
Please concentrate, hear me out
You might get caught but if you want
You can keep your fingers crossed
We're outside and free from all tethers
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
C'mon
The Latchkey kids have all come together
So unlock the door, it'll make you feel better
C'mon
We've been sneaking around
But we do it lightly
No more middle school tongues
If you show up unarmed
Be still our beating hearts
We're outside and free from all tethers
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
What's in store is not so unusual
The latchkey kids have all come together
So unlock the door, it'll make you feel better
If it's not flesh and blood that leads you on honey
Then unlock the door
Unlock the door and move on
Be still, our beating hearts
Keep your fingers crossed
You keep dancing around
What you want so bad, bad
We're outside and free from all tethers
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
What's in store is not so unusual
The latchkey kids have all come together
So unlock the door, it'll make you feel better
If it's not flesh and blood that leads you on honey
Then unlock the door and move on
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
And unlock the door
What you want so bad
Please concentrate, hear me out
You might get caught but if you want
You can keep your fingers crossed
We're outside and free from all tethers
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
C'mon
The Latchkey kids have all come together
So unlock the door, it'll make you feel better
C'mon
We've been sneaking around
But we do it lightly
No more middle school tongues
If you show up unarmed
Be still our beating hearts
We're outside and free from all tethers
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
What's in store is not so unusual
The latchkey kids have all come together
So unlock the door, it'll make you feel better
If it's not flesh and blood that leads you on honey
Then unlock the door
Unlock the door and move on
Be still, our beating hearts
Keep your fingers crossed
You keep dancing around
What you want so bad, bad
We're outside and free from all tethers
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
What's in store is not so unusual
The latchkey kids have all come together
So unlock the door, it'll make you feel better
If it's not flesh and blood that leads you on honey
Then unlock the door and move on
So get off the floor if you're under the weather
And unlock the door
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Ragamuffin
Here, on the summit we cry
Tears down the mountain side
Waves, crashing over the roads
And down to bury our home
Enough to bury our home
Then, as the years flew by
And all the water dried
There, I saw you dancing alone
On everything we own
Dancing alone
Hey, you sing in youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
When you shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate
Hey, you sing in youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate
Fighting fires with water guns
This ragamuffin has swallowed enough
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)
Flags are down, speed trials are done
The engine has failed and there's nowhere to run
(Run, run, nowhere to run)
(Run, run, nowhere to run)
Covered your tracks, so how would you know
This ragamuffin wants to follow you home?
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)
Let's speed away, like it's our lives on the line
Hey, you sing in youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate...
Should we hesitate...
It's how we operate
We operate
We operate
We operate
Hey, they're on the side of the road
You've got a ways to go
Tears down the mountain side
Waves, crashing over the roads
And down to bury our home
Enough to bury our home
Then, as the years flew by
And all the water dried
There, I saw you dancing alone
On everything we own
Dancing alone
Hey, you sing in youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
When you shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate
Hey, you sing in youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate
Fighting fires with water guns
This ragamuffin has swallowed enough
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)
(enough, enough, swallowed enough)
Flags are down, speed trials are done
The engine has failed and there's nowhere to run
(Run, run, nowhere to run)
(Run, run, nowhere to run)
Covered your tracks, so how would you know
This ragamuffin wants to follow you home?
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)
(Home, home, follow you home)
Let's speed away, like it's our lives on the line
Hey, you sing in youthful notes
You're wearing different clothes
Should we hesitate?
We can shake the ground
With our voices so loud
It's how we operate...
Should we hesitate...
It's how we operate
We operate
We operate
We operate
Hey, they're on the side of the road
You've got a ways to go
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
The Wild Kind
I feel your head exploding
And now I hear you mourning
For a world of never knowing
To nights of stepping out of line
With the wild kind
I see your body glowing
It's not so easy to define
The wild kind
A spirit overflowing
Your secret, it starts growing
A world of whistleblowing
Is something to leave far behind
If you don't mind
I see the cannons loading
I stay and fight
For the wild kind
You're not the type to pass us by
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to keep this a lie
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to stand aside
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to pass us by
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to keep this a lie
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to stand aside
We ask you, do you feel alive?
I see the cannons loading
Let's stay and fight
For the wild kind
The wild kind
Let's stay and fight
For the wild kind
And now I hear you mourning
For a world of never knowing
To nights of stepping out of line
With the wild kind
I see your body glowing
It's not so easy to define
The wild kind
A spirit overflowing
Your secret, it starts growing
A world of whistleblowing
Is something to leave far behind
If you don't mind
I see the cannons loading
I stay and fight
For the wild kind
You're not the type to pass us by
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to keep this a lie
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to stand aside
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to pass us by
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to keep this a lie
We ask you, do you feel alive?
You're not the type to stand aside
We ask you, do you feel alive?
I see the cannons loading
Let's stay and fight
For the wild kind
The wild kind
Let's stay and fight
For the wild kind
Writer: Brian Aubert, Christopher Guanlao, Garret Lee, Joseph Lester, Nicole Monninger
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Better Nature is the fourth studio album by Los Angeles alternative rock band Silversun Pickups. The album was produced by Jacknife Lee, and was released on September 25, 2015. It is the first of the band's albums to be released on their own label, New Machine Records; as well as their first to be supported by a Pledgemusic campaign.
The album was announced on July 15, 2015. The lead single for the album, "Nightlight," was released to radio on August 6, 2015. It was accompanied by a music video, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Boardwalk Empire actor Meg Steedle.
The album's second single, "Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)," was premiered via The Daily Beast on September 10, 2015. An accompanying video, directed by Scott Weintrob, was released to YouTube and Vevo the following day.
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Silversun PickupsThe album was announced on July 15, 2015. The lead single for the album, "Nightlight," was released to radio on August 6, 2015. It was accompanied by a music video, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Boardwalk Empire actor Meg Steedle.
The album's second single, "Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance)," was premiered via The Daily Beast on September 10, 2015. An accompanying video, directed by Scott Weintrob, was released to YouTube and Vevo the following day.
Genre(s): Alternative rock, new wave, shoegaze
Producer(s): Jacknife Lee
Length: 51:06
Released: September 25th, 2015
Year: 2015