Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes Album Lyrics

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The Gospel According To Saint Me

I wanted to live, so I pretended to die.
I had to shut down cash out and get buried alive.
Out of the black and into the daylight
You had to dig me out, dust me off and pull me off the cross and
Break me back open, break me back open, look inside
Break me back open, break me back open, shine a light,
It's gonna be bright

It's gonna get loud (it's gonna get loud, it's gonna get loud)
It's gonna get heavy (it's gonna get loud, it's gonna get heavy)
I wanna to kiss the ground and lay down the gospel according to St. me
I'm out of the vault (out of the vault, out of the vault)
Where no one can fault me (out of the vault, where no one can fault me)

I'm not a black box fort knox time to change the locks
And break me back open, break me back open look inside
You've got to break me back open, break me back open and shield your eyes
Yeah when you kick the door open, kick it wide open,
surprise, surprise, it's gonna be bright

I'm not a black box fort knox time to change the locks
And break me back open, break me back open look inside
You've got to break me back open, break me back open and shield your eyes
Yeah when you kick the door open, kick it wide open,
surprise, surprise, it's gonna be bright

I wanted to live, (I wanted to live, I wanted to live) so I pretended to die.
Out of the black (out of the black, out of the black) and into the daylight
It's gonna get loud (it's gonna get loud, it's gonna get loud) it's gonna get heavy

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Black And Blonde

What's that sound [x3]
You got me hanging on and listening to confessions on the telephone
Hear me now [x3]
You beat me black and blonde somebody tell me what the hell is going on

You beat me black and blonde
Take it like a blonde [x2]
You leave me black and blonde
Take it like a blonde [x2]
Black and blonde
Break me down into the gun
Somebody tell me what the hell is going on

Dumb it down [x3]
I'll spell it out for you,
I'm the greatest f*cking thing that ever happened to you
It's over now [x3]
What a way to go
Cause no one ever really has to know
Cause he was just another bloody so-and-so

You beat me black and blonde
Take it like a blonde [x2]
You leave me black and blonde
Take it like a blonde [x2]
And I'll take you on
Until I'm gone
Somebody tell me what the hell is going on

Sleep little child
I forgive you
And for the tears I cost
I'm sorry, too

Black and blonde
Take it like a blonde
You leave me black and blonde
Take it like a blonde
And I'll take you on
You break me down
And I'll take you on
Until I'm gone

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Eyes On You

I'm falling awake at daybreak
and I've got my eyes on you
I'm playing it back the heart attack
that opened my eyes to you

Wait, don't grow up yet
Cause it's late
We're wired and underslept
I can trace arrows and evidence back
to you

Rewinding again to the moment
when I lost the lives to you
You're holding my gaze
I'd rearrange the clouds in the skies
for you

Wait, don't grow up yet
Cause it's late
We've gotta stay up for the end
I can trace arrows and evidence back
to you

Out under the stars I hear you say
I am your sun and you're my shade
Hey
Hopscotch in the driveway after dark
These are the thorns and these are shards
Float on the hops

I'm falling awake at day break
and I've got my eyes on you

Wait, don't grow up yet
Cause it's late
I'm wired and underslept
I can make sense of the secrets left
I can trace arrows and evidence
And we hide all the letters sent
And we drive reckless and radiant
And we lied

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Prince Of Wales

I remember that day [x3]
I remember the weight [x3]
of you
I remember that ho- [x3]
tel room
I remember that sign [x2]
I remember the line
you drew

I remember that girl [x3]

I remember that girl [x3]

I remember that night [x2]
I remember that heart-shaped moon
I remember that light [x2]
I remember the spaceship, too
Yeah

I remember that girl [x3]

I remember that girl [x3]

I remember that day [x3]
I remember the love [x2]
I remember the blood
you drew
I remember that ho- [x3]
tel room
I remember it all [x2]
Do you?

I remember that girl [x6]

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The Sound Of Leaving

I'm awake and you're asleep
Brick house is breathing, breathing
Lying in the castle deep
Sink down, I'm dreaming, dreaming
Skin cold against the sheets
Deep south is freezing, freezing
I'm freezing

Hold onto me
It's the sound of leaving
Hold onto me
That's the sound of leaving

Slip out into the stars
Smoke saddle in your pocket
Suitcase is in your car
You don't stop, you just can't stop it
Someday, somehow
You'll remember when you lost it
The day you lost it

Hold onto me
It's the sound of leaving, leaving
Hold onto me
It's the sound of leaving, leaving
That's the sound

Pinned down against your will
Feel the planets rearranging
I lie here very still
The tiny whispers, the shiny whispers
Oh no, oh wow
The earth beneath our feet is shaking
And now you're breaking

Hold onto me
That's the sound of leaving
That's the sound

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Love You Less

I got this feeling and I hope it never ends
In the nighttime I'm your favorite,
in the daytime we're just friends
And you know that's how I want it, yeah
I really must confess
That I see myself more clearly when I love you less
I love you less

Don't you know that I can't see
When you stand in front of me
And you know that I can't breathe
When you're right on top of me
Can't you see that I'm lonely
When you're lying next to me

I feel so free (now that you're behind me)
Free (now that you're behind me)
Free

I count my blessings and I count my lucky stars
I can count you on my fingers
That's how small your are
And I'm really glad it's over, yeah
I'm glad I passed the test
Because I used to love you more
But now I love you less
I love you less

Don't you know that I can't speak
When you're talking over me
And you know that I can't breathe
When you're right on top of me
Can't you see that I'm lonely
When you're lying next to me

I feel so free (now that you're behind me)
Free (now that you're behind me)
Free

Falling over and I got you
It's like a habit and I have to
It never stops, no it never stops
But this equation's not about you
It's only math and I subtract you
You put the 3 before the 1, 2

I feel so free (now that you're behind me)
Free (now that you're behind me) [x8]

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Laughing In The Sugar Bowl

That day Chinatown burned down
I saw you start the fire
So deep, so sweet, Alphabet street
what a poet what a liar

Gotta spellcheck it
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) F G H
I'm the enemy

No way oh way oh
Whole lotta love is coming on the radio
Oh no here we go
Ha ha look who's laughing in the sugar bowl

Confused, not amused
Parlor belle chanteuse
The morning after
First act, no tact,
what a playback
wasn't that a Good Disaster

Count it up
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 6 7 8
na na na na na

Oh way oh way oh
Whole lotta love is coming on the radio
Oh no here we go
Ha ha look who's laughing in the sugar bowl
Oh way oh way oh
Dirty Backrub is playing on the stereo
She's the flame and I'm the glow
It started raining
It's still coming down

Don't look back
Don't look behind you
Don't look back
Don't look behind you

Let's sing it loud
Do re mi fa so la
la la la la la

Oh way oh way oh
Whole lotta love is coming on the radio
Oh no here we go
Ha ha look who's laughing in the sugar bowl
Oh way oh way oh
Dirty Backrub is playing on the stereo
She's the flame and I'm the glow
Ha ha look who's laughing in the sugar bowl

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Empty Bottle

Time flies and I can't keep up
All the years I have to sweep up
Late at night I'm in my bed and in my head
And all the feelings start to creep up

Remember how we used to dress up
You're beautiful until you're messed up
Take a picture cause I think we're losing light
This is how we say goodbye
it's how we say goodnight

Banging my head against a wall of sound
Wall like a love it brings me to the ground
We surf the crowd, oh we will not go down
I don't want to drown if you're not drowning with me

Late December when we're waking
There's an unfamiliar aching
By the way you held my hand, held my heart
I didn't notice it was breaking
This is how you say goodbye
It's how you say good night

My head cracks open and the stage goes black
I count to 60 and I meet you in the back
I can't stop gushing, I'm a hemophiliac
I don't wanna bleed if you're not bleeding with me

We count the stars but we can't bring them down
It's mistake union it's buzzing all around
Eight more hours and I'm leaving town
I don't wanna leave if you're not leaving with me
I don't wanna breathe if you're not breathing with me

Love is over, it's over and you can't go back
When you're older, you just keep telling yourself that
The door is open, even if it's just a tiny crack
Up at night and wandering

Love is over, it's over and you can't go back
When you're older, you just keep telling yourself that
The door is open, even if it's just a tiny crack
Up at night and wandering
Up at night and wandering

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Come Clean Dark Thing

Nightshade, a pretty flower
You drink the poison and we count the hours
You black out, holding my hand
I dream of letting go but I just can't

Come clean, dark thing
You can breathe the air again and I'll care again
Come clean, dark thing
Look up to the sky again and I'll try again
Come clean, dark thing
You can breathe the air again [x4]
and stop pretending

Dark sky, you're barely breathing
You're still alive but you're already grieving
A headstone, look at what you've become
You see the sadness at the center of everyone

Come clean, dark thing
You can breathe the air again and you'll care again
Come clean, dark thing
Look into the sky again and you'll try again
Come clean, dark thing
You can breathe the air again [x4]
and stop pretending

How we sleep, how we lie
How we learn to say goodbye
You are safe here, you are right here
You could promise you could try
All your love, all your life
All your days of wasted time

Come clean, dark thing [x3]
You can breathe the air again [x4]
and stop pretending

If you say that you want me, too
If you say that you need me, too
If you say that you love me, too

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I'm Telling You Now

I know it's late but it's better than never
I always thought that you would live forever
I should have told you then but
I'm telling you now [x2]

I had to stop cause I couldn't stand the feedback
Off the rails and I didn't want to be that
I didn't have the facts so
I'm telling you now [x2]

I'm telling you now
When the door has closed and the whole world knows
That it's over
I'm telling you now
When the dust has cleared and you cannot hear me
you cannot
I'm telling you [x2]

It got bitter and I didn't want to taste it
I lost your number and I never replaced it
I couldn't face it then so
I'm telling you now [x2]

I'm telling you now
When the crowd's gone home and we're all alone
and it's over
I'm telling you now
When the bars have closed and the streets are frozen
it's over
I'm telling you now
When the dust has cleared and you cannot hear me
you cannot hear

I waited for the right time
But the right time never came
It doesn't mean a thing until
You call it by its name
I should have called it then

I'm telling you now
When the door has closed and God only knows
that it's over
I'm telling you now
When the lights come on and the freaks are gone
And we're older
I'm telling you now
I'm saying it loud and clear
I'm still here [x2]

I had to stop cause I couldn't stand the feedback
I heard a rumor and I couldn't believe that
I heard it twice and the whole world went black
I'm kneeling down on the tracks

I'm telling you now...
(I had to stop cause I couldn't stand the feedback)...
I'm telling you

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Triage

It's now or never, whether we try
I can't remember why

And I can't believe that you were together
I don't believe you let her inside
I can't believe she wrote me the letter
Why did you bother to leave me alive

Alive and ticking inside [x2]

We said forever, until we die
But we're all offenders
We all lie

I can't believe that you were together
I don't believe you let her inside
I can't believe she wrote me the letter
Why did you bother to leave me alive

Alive and ticking inside [x4]

I don't believe that you were together
I can't believe you let her inside
I don't believe she wrote me the letter
Why did you bother to leave me alive...

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Lost To Me

I'm like a bird without a home
I have the urge to be alone
Too much interpreting the signs
Too much to read between the lines
I got a sympathetic ear
I think I'll find my comfort here
Take a break from the machine
I'll see you in my dreams

You're lost to me...

Our house is lit up by the moon
I see you hiding in your room
It's getting worse, you wanna leave
You're under contract, under siege
My love, what have they done to you
You leave the glitter, take the glue

You're lost to me...
You're lost at sea
You're lost to me

I hung up the phone
I could hardly wait to eliminate you
You hung up the phone
And without a word we kicked it to the curb
And nobody argued, no one heard

I see the future in your face
We're going to war, we're going to waste
You're disappearing in the dark
You play the role, you play the part
It's Wednesday morning on the beach
You're out of contact, out of reach

You're lost to me...
You're lost at sea
You're lost to me

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The Museum Of Broken Relationships

In the garden of rejection, the broken people go
There's a hook where you can hang your heart
Frame it on the wall and let it go
Halalala let it go

Exhibition is of the essence, it's what we come here for
Put the relics of your lost love on display
And lock the door
Halalala lock the door

Snake, always kissing her and this and that
Snake, going underground to skin the cat
Snake, always sneaking out and creeping back
Snake, I set the trap

He's a cheater, a bottom feeder
In this box a lock of his hair
Jubilation, he loves me again
Halalala I don't care
Halalala I don't care
Halalala halalala
Halalala I don't care

Jubilation, he loves me again [x4]
Jubilation...

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Atlernica

I made it
I made it out
Just in time to hear the engines stop
I made it
I made it back
Long enough to sail across your sky

Now I'm whole...

Dislocated
Complicated everything
When it was so simple to love you
I hate it
I hate it now
How you opened up the sky for us
And we fell through
Stepping over bodies, I can't find you

Now I'm whole...

This is Alternica
Desert and the plains
And the ocean waves
Oh brave Alternica
Remember what you know
And you're not alone
All hail Alternica
What you learn is gone
And we're going, going

And in the end it comes around
Comes around again
[x4]