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b l a c k* *estimated lyrics
P E A R L J A M
Sheets of empty canvas
Untouched sheets of clay
Her legs spread out before me
As her body lies still
All of my horizons
Revolved around her soul, as the Earth to the Sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
And all I taught her was everything, that's all
I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black
Tattooed everything
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter
So what can I say
And twisted thoughts that spin, round my head
I'm spinnin, I'm spinnin
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands
Grate on broken glass
Of what was everything
All my pictures have been washed in black
Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, All that I am
All that I'll be
I know some day you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a sun, in somebody elses sky, but why
Can't it be, Can't it be mine...
We, we belong, we belong together, together,
We belong together...
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P E A R L J A M
I will light a match this morning,
So I won't be alone.
Watch as she lies silent,
But soon light will be gone.
Oh, I will stand arms out-stretched,
Pretend I'm free to roam.
Oh, I will make my way through one more day in hell.
How much difference does it make? ...
I will hold the candle
'Til it burns up my arm
Oh, I'll keep taking punches
Until their will grows tired
Oh, I will stare the sun down
Until my eyes go blind
Yeah, I won't change direction and I won't change my mind
How much difference does it make? ...
I'll swallow poison until I grow immune
I will scream my lungs out 'til it fills this room
How much difference ...
How much difference does it make?
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i r i s
G O O G O O D O L L S
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
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i r o n i c
A L A N I S M O R I S S E T T E
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic... don't you think
(chorus)
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well, isn't this nice."
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think
(repeat chorus)
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everthing blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...
(repeat chorus)
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
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J E W E L
you took your coat off and stood in the rain
you were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
always felt that I was outside looking in on you
you were always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair,
you were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather
well in case you failed to notice,
in case you failed to see,
this is my heart bleeding before you,
this is me down on my knees
these foolish games are tearing me apart
your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
you're breaking my heart
you were always brilliant in the morning
smoking your cigarettes, talking over coffee
your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
you loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
as I clumsily strummed my guitar
you'd teach me of honest things
things that were daring, things that were clean
things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
so I hid my soiled hands behind my back
somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you
excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
somebody who gave a damn
somebody more like myself
these foolish games are tearing me apart
your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
you're breaking my heart
you took your coat off and stood in the rain
you were always crazy like that
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J E W E L
I was thinking that I might fly today
just to disprove all the things that you say
it doesn't take a talent to be mean
your words can crush things that are unseen
so please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
and I'd like to stay that way
you always tell me that it's impossible
to be respected and be a girl
why's it gotta be so complicated?
Why you gotta tell me if I'm hated?
So please be careful with me, I?m sensitive
and I'd like to stay that way
I was thinking that it might do some good
if we robbed the cynics and took all their food
that way what they believe will have taken place
and we can give it to the people who have some faith
so please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
and I'd like to stay that way
I have this theory that if we're told we're bad
then that's the only idea we'll ever have
but maybe if we are surrounded in beauty
someday we will become what we see
cause anyone can start a conflict
it's harder yet to disregard it
I'd rather see the world from another angle
we are everyday angels
be careful with me cause I'd like to stay that way
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y o u w e r e m e a n t f o r m e
J E W E L
I hear the clock it's six am
I feel so far from where I am
got my eggs, got my pancakes too
got my maple syrup, everything but you
break the yolks, make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off of the mirror
don't leave the keys in the door
never put wet towels on the floor anymore cause
dreams last for so long
even after you're gone
I know you love me
and soon you will see
you were meant for me
and I was meant for you
called my momma she was out for a walk
consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk
picked up a paper, it was more bad news
more hearts being broken or people being used
put on my coat in the pouring rain
saw a movie it just wasn't the same
cause it was happy and I was sad
it made me miss you oh so bad
dreams last for so long
even after you're gone
I know you love me
and soon you will see
you were meant for me
and I was meant for you
go about my business, I'm doing fine
besides, what would I say if I had you on the line
same old story, not much to say
hearts are broken every day
brush my teeth and put the cap back on
I know you hate it when I leave the light on
I pick a book up, turn the sheets down
take a deep breath and a good look around
put on my pjs and hop into bed
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
I try and tell myself it'll be all right
I just shouldn't think anymore tonight
dreams last for so long
even after your gone
I know you love me
and soon you will see
you were meant for me
and I was meant for you
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w i s h
N I N E I N C H N A I L S
this is the first day of my last days
i built it up now i take it apart
climbed up real high now fall down real far
no need for me to stay the last thing left i just threw it away
i put my faith in god and my trust in you
now there's nothing more fucked up i could do
wish there was something real wish there was something true
wish there was something real in this world full of you
i'm the one without a soul i'm the one with this big fucking hole
no new tale to tell twenty-six years on my way to hell
gotta listen to your big time hard line bad luck fist fuck
don't think you're having all the fun
you know me i hate everyone
wish there was something real wish there was something true
wish there was something real in this world full of you
i want to but i can't turn back
but i want to
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h u r t
N I N E I N C H N A I L S
i hurt myself today
to see if i still feel
i focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but i remember everything
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
i wear my crown of shit
on my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
i cannot repair
beneath the stain of time
the feeling disappears
you are someone else
i am still right here
what have i become?
my sweetest friend
everyone i know
goes away in the end
you could have it all
my empire of dirt
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
if i could start again
a million miles away
i would keep myself
i would find a way
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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
it's you that I adore
you'll always be my whore
you'll be a mother to my child
and child to my heart
we must never be apart
we must never be apart
lovely girl you're the beauty in my world
without you there aren't reasons left to fight
and I'll pull your crooked teeth
you'll be perfect just like me
you'll be a lover in my bed
and a gun to my head
we must never be apart
we must never be apart
lovely girl you're the murder in my world
dressing coffings for the souls I've left to die
drinking mercury to the mystery
of all that you should ever seek to find...in time
in you I see dirty
in you I count stars
in you I feel so pretty
in you I taste god
in you I feel so hungry
in you I crash cars
we must never be apart
drinking mercury to the mystery
of all that you should ever seek to find
lovely girl you're the murder in my world
dressing coffings for the souls I've left behind... in time
we must never be apart
you'll always be my whore
cause you're the one that I adore
and I'll pull your crooked teeth
you'll be perfect just like me
in you I feel so dirty
in you I crash cars
in you I feel so pretty
in you I taste god...god...uh-huh uh-huh
we must never be apart
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s h i m m e r
F U E L
She calls me from the cold
Just when I was low, feeling short of stable
And all that she intends
And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label
She says she's ashamed
And can she take me for awhile
And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past
But maybe I'm not able
And I break at the bend
Chorus:
We're here and now, but will we ever be again
'Cause I have found
All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
Away again
She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her
She says that love is for fools who fall behind
And I'm somewhere in between
I never really know
A killer from a savior
'Til I break at the bend
(chorus)
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away...
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c r e s t f a l l e n
S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
who am I to need you when I'm down
where are you when I need you around
your life is not your own
and all I ask you
is for another chance
another way around you
to live by circumstance, once again
who am I to need you now
to ask you why, to tell you no
to deserve your love and sympathy
you were never meant to belong to me
and you may go, but I know you won't leave
too many years built into memories
your life is not your own
who am I to need you now
to ask you why, to tell you no
to deserve your love and sympathy
you were never meant to belong to me
who am I to you?
along the way
I lost my faith
and as you were, you'll be again
to mold like clay, to break like dirt
to tear me up in your sympathy
you were never meant to belong to me
you were never meant to belong to me
you were never meant to belong to me
who am I?
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b e n t
M A T C H B O X T W E N T Y
If I fall along the way
Pick me up and dust me off
And If I get too tired to make it
Be my breath so I can walk
If I need some other love
Give me more than I can stand
And when my smile gets old and faded
Wait around I’ll smile again
Shouldn’t be so complicated
Just hold me and then
Just hold me and then
Can you help me I’m bent
I’m so scared that I’ll never
Get put back together
You’re breaking me in
And this is how we will end
With you and me bent
If I couldn’t sleep could you sleep
Could you paint me better off
Could you sympathize with my needs
I know you think I need a lot
I started out clean but I’m jaded
Just phoning it in
Just breaking the skin
Start bending me
It’s never enough
I feel all your pieces
Start bending me
Keep bending me until I’m completely broken in
Shouldn’t be so complicated
Just touch me and then
Just touch me again
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