I took the five best songs When I quit the band Didn't hear them on radio But you know them if you're a fan They're gonna keep the name I'll keep my tattoo Hurt to get it done anyway Why hurt to get it removed? I took the five best songs And I'm gonna play them You bring your cello and I'll See if I can replicate The way we used to sing together I am sick of being a bellwether In the eye of the storm It all seems overblown, yeah I'm gonna perform And sing both parts alone, then I will write five new songs And I will be honest I'm glad not to have the sneaking Feeling I don't want this The way we used to sing together I am sick of being a bellwether You can't help but grieve, I get it I'd much rather be untethered I took the five best songs And I'm gonna play them You bring your cello and I'll See if I can take it

The girl I like is tight with indie rockers Every show, the front row, "isn't it awesome?" Knows their songs before they're on a record No doubt what they're about, unless they correct her Saw their video, one shot in slow motion Concept EP's gonna be about the ocean With lyrics so deep, repeated nine times over You know they look nineteen, apparently they're much older At their day jobs, they are heartthrobs In the dive bars, they are superstars You can sing along, feel like you belong You can buy a shirt and wear it to work And if you get their CD won't you lend it to me? The girl I like spent a night with the singer The high sign was the tan line on his finger Pen to the paper, he wrote her a song Took some time, took some time, made it rhyme And played along On toy keyboards, broken chords, no bass The parts in his K-mart guitar are all replaced And like their video, living in slow motion Smoking weed, saying they need the right promotion At their day jobs, they are heartthrobs In the dive bars, they are superstars You can sing along, pretend you belong You can buy a shirt and wear it to work But if you get their CD won't you lend it to me?

Remember when I gave you new money? I worked the till, you found it so funny Held it up into the light To decide it was alright Back then you would play the dummy Remember when you brought me to your house? You were rich and that's how I found out Your dad would work from home You said you felt alone I didn't get what that was all about 'Cause you had enough Remember when your dad got broken in? He was upstairs, they didn't take a thing Doubt they would enjoy the spoils All the sculpture and the oils The wooden mask you got him in Beijing Remember then he got a new alarm? It was impossible to make disarm So you'd smoke in the basement I said it was displacement You said he didn't mean any harm But you had enough Remember when I finally had enough? We moved away, hardly had any stuff You made a tent out of your sheets I threw away receipts We both pretended we were tough Remember then I made my own CDs? You helped me mail them but looked ill at ease I kept an envelope of cash You had written on the back "No one's retired yet from selling these" Why did you hold on to that old bill? The one I gave you when I worked the till That feeling of elation Stays in circulation And we could spend it still

I'm spending time in your sculpture garden Men you knew before they hardened I know you leave it unlocked Every one of them made of marble Oh so authentic I can but marvel I know you come here a lot Every night, they come to life You visit them Every night they come to life Again I should leave but I'm fascinated Is there a pedestal where I'm slated? I know I'll prob'ly get caught How am I supposed to ask you Oh, I found your park of statues I know you saved me a spot Every night, they come to life You visit them Every night they come to life Again Every night, they come to life You visit them Every night they come to life Again Monuments are all that will last Monuments, forget we lest Monuments too numerous to list Monuments to what you have lost Monuments of long forgotten lust

Put it down as it comes Shape the ink as it runs Let the page disappear Make it frighteningly clear Put the feeling to rest Watch it all coalesce Lose it under your hand Never read it again I'm the left hand smear Chasing you across the page I will be right here Erasing everything you make I'm the left hand smear And no matter how you slave I will be right here You will take me to your grave Keep it all in your head Take an Advil instead Let the page remain white Watch it fade with the light Hold the feeling inside Give it someplace to hide Think of it time to time In between every line I'm the left hand smear Chasing you across the page I will be right here Erasing everything you make I'm the left hand smear And no matter how you slave I will be right here You will take me to your grave Put it down as it comes Shape the ink as it runs Lose it under your hand Never read it again

I can't talk dirty though I know it turned you on You said I better start or you'd be gone I got too shy and didn't know what I should say Can't help thinking that there was another way I should have done it like a politician Criticize your policy Not mention my position Brought a mike, announced it play-by-play There's the pass, deep in the zone But is it in? Let's see the replay What if I had tried reading aloud With a book behind the pillow I need light, is that allowed? I should have done it like an auctioneer 'Cause I need one, do I see two? Do I see three? Okay, that's weird Imagine all the things I could have tried Instead of giving up and saying that I Can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, yeah I can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, no I can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, yeah I can't talk dirty I should have done it like a movie pitch 'Cause it has action! It has romance! It's just dialogue with tits I should have studied for it like an oral exam Crib notes on my palm to questions I don't understand I should have done it like I was the police Brought a flashlight, got confessions Better than I was a priest I should have done it as if I were condemned My final words were blasphemies About you and your friend Imagine all the things I could have tried Instead of giving up and saying that I Can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, yeah I can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, no I can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, yeah I can't talk dirty I should have done it like I had tourette's That way if I went too far, you couldn't Really get upset I should have done it like I was a mime 'Cause I can't talk inside this box But here's a rope to climb I should have made it more like a debate 'Cause my point's pretty good but your Rebuttal sure is great I should have done it in a limerick 'Cause I'm a poet, didn't know it Til I tried to rhyme with prick Imagine all the things I could have tried Instead of giving up and saying that I Can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, yeah I can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, no I can't talk dirty, I can't talk dirty, yeah I can't talk dirty

Swear I heard this song before Now I know I didn't get it You only gave me one headphone I already like it better When I see you nodding on that beat In the back of the darkened bus How'd I ever miss this before us Thought I played this one for you Come on, I think you must have heard it Oh no, my power's low I think I know some of the words, it goes: Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah... well, maybe I don't I'd sing you more but it hurts my throat And all the people are staring Thinking that I'm rude But I'll keep this one blaring Long as you've got it blaring too If you've never tried this I recommend it If you've never tried this I recommend it If you've never tried this I recommend it If you've never tried this, I recommend it Ringing in my ears began Oh, my body's trying to fight it Sounds I'll never hear again Oh my god, tonight is The last I'll ever hear it sound Exactly like I remember Batteries are wearing down Well they used to last forever I've learned it well enough by now Every single word and note I can leave my headphones at home And all the people are staring Thinking that I'm crazy But I'll keep this one blaring Long as you've got it blaring maybe And all the people are staring Thinking that I'm rude But I'll keep this one blaring As long as you've got it blaring too If you've never tried this I recommend it If you've never tried this I recommend it If you've never tried this I recommend it If you've never tried this, I recommend it It's recommended

I started burning bridges It's awful fun I started really living So I wouldn't kill someone I started leaving parties With little warning I started drinking fifths Instead of forties You're following my eyes My averted eyes Who's on my side? Well, who's on your side? It's just lately I can't keep track So I'll make everyone hurt Like no one deserves And they won't want me back It's just lately I lost count Two thousand and ten Injuries are my friends An open account And I'm closing it down I started burning bridges Now what have I done? My dreams are nightly prisons Feel like I killed someone This is where I admit I'm wrong and really sorry, huh? No, this is where I buy a fifth Go to a party You're following my eyes My averted eyes Who's on my side? Well, who's on your side? It's just lately I can't keep track So I'll make everyone hurt Like no one deserves And they won't want me back It's just lately I lost count Two thousand and ten injuries Are my friends an open account? And I'm closing them down

It's dark, soft shoulder One car, they're older My head hunched over It stops, it opens My shoulders tighten They yell, I'm frightened My knuckles whiten I stop, I fight them You know they're just passing it on Someone pays for all their wrongs You know they're just passing it on From the basement of their mom's You know they're just passing it on Someone pays for other wrongs You know they're just passing it on And you're gonna pay them Slow down, third person Hometown diversion They want to hurt him It starts to worsen No cause, no quarter No real disorder It feels like torture It starts with boredom You know they're just passing it on Someone pays for all their wrongs You know they're just passing it on From the basement of their mom's You know they're just passing it on Someone pays for other wrongs You know they're just passing it on And you're gonna pay them The stars, the silence The bars, the violence It's all behind us They will deny it It's dark, soft shoulder No cars, I'm older

I am an angel awaiting descent I stand like a letter I never sent The way that Abel last looked at Cain I picture myself catch up with the rain And end this wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Before I die a quick calculation My kinematics in one dimension And it turns out I'm falling too far I shouldn't need more than five or six yards And that wouldn't kill me, pretty sure not Hope that you see me, I hope I get caught And it scares me away To a wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Turns out my death wish was passing at best So I take a shower then eat and get dressed I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town Off my feet and I'm gonna see the world I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town Off my feet and I'm gonna see the world It's a wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life Wonderful life