Bottom of the Curve lyrics

BOTTOM OF THE CURVE

1. dumb rock 1

2. it’s a shame

3. chicken little

4. intro

5. home for the holidays

6. our puffy little lives

7. the day she cracked

8. i’m a girl

9. heave

10. the time of the fall of love

11. true love forever

12. dumb rock 1

13. weathervane

14. part one

15. big three

16. this lousy picture i took

1. dumb rock 1

so...

you think you wanna be closer

youre thinkin you wanna know

youre thinkin you've got a bead on me

you think youve something to show

you think i have a big secret

youre thinkin you could get through

THE TRUTH IS:

for as long as a song goes?

i mean that much to you.

so...

youre curious how it feels here?

you wanna get close and see?

you wanna claim your 15 minutes?

(weve narrowed that down to 3...)

you think i have a big secret

youre thinkin you could get through

THE TRUTH IS:

for as long as this song goes...

i mean that much to you.

you wanna know my big secret?

you want me to let you in? 

youre begging for the ending

of something you wont begin.

and youre way out on a limb here

and you dont even know.

youre putting words in my mouth now

and you dont even know.

for years i tried to gain your favor

and it all was lost on you

i dont know a thing about you,

SO I DONT PRETEND I DO.

but now that fate has turned the tables

(as we know that fate will do)

youre waving in my face an answer

that theres not a question to.

some say "too little too late"

but what i say is:

"it's time to say goodbye."

2. it’s a shame

if we stood in one place

if time never changed for you

what would you do

where would you go?

if you could just stay in one moment that you knew

what would you do?

cuz i know--

i said that i KNOW

that mine is with you. 

my hands on your face

i was saying goodbye to you

and you looked as though you were going to cry.

but it all is erased, everything--

save just you

and me, staring into those eyes

those beautiful eyes

that were sending me home.

and hair that crept out

from under that jealous hand of mine

held tight against

that beautiful face

that belonged to someone else.

and the look on your face screamed: 

i was made for you

ive been here for you all this time.

everything else erased.

nothing but me and you.

you just staring into my eyes.

and the weight of the days i had ahead of me

had been lightened

just with you by my side.

and i wasnt afraid

and i wasnt alone

for those two seconds.

and it wasnt that long

and it wasnt that much

and it wasnt that wrong

cuz it was just a touch.

but it was everything.

3. chicken little

the sky seems fake up there sometimes

even though i know that its not true 

kinda like a painting there up high

like i could just break it right in two

like what started off as something goods gone wrong

realy wrong

the sky seems fake up there sometimes

even though they say that its not true

kinda like a billboard way up high

how its all the same to me and you

like what started off as something goods gone wrong 

really wrong

the sky is fake!

i just found out!

even though they say that its not true!

it takes a dozen angels

(with know how)

just to make it stay up there for you.

like what started off as something goods gone wrong!

really wrong!

everyone is so the same

youd best leave this alone

(we will call you out by name).

everything is so the same

youd best leave this alone

(we will call you out by name).

everyone is so the same

dont go off on your own

(WE WILL CALL YOU OUT BY NAME).

and your next words may be your last

so youd best leave this alone.

yeah--

what started off as something good...

the sky looks great up there sometimes

even though i know that its not true

every word they said has been a lie 

so to hell with all i thought i knew

so what started off as something goods gone wrong.

really wrong.

4. intro

5. home for the holidays

i creep around like this every year

like theres something that id actually do

sometimes i look in your window

sometimes i see you

but usually the lights are off

what would i say if you came out here?

ive got half a bottle in my car

and a full one at home

theres something that i never told you:

i want to wake up

and know youre waiting somewhere for me.

ITS CONVERSATIONS WE NEVER HAVE

i sat there staring

heart pounding

every single voice in my head screamed

and i said nothing. 

i wish i would have told you my side

instead of standing there trying to breathe

forcing dead air through my fake smile.

how could i have known

there were just four months to go

until things would never change? 

now every days longer 

and every years shorter

and im still the same.

6. our puffy little lives

youre just as privy to this insight

its not a secret that is kept

but the truth is always twice as ugly

as anything under rug swept

a by-product of my surroundings

as much as you

(or someone else)

but i guess im not as quick to blame you

as i am to blame myself

hello again! goodbye again!

and so on and so on!

hello again! goodbye again!

and we want THIS to go on?

if i sit still i get too squirrely

if i go fast its too hard to see

so i guess im off to find myself--

or at least someone who looks like me.

hello again! goodbye again!

and so on and so on!

hello again! goodbye again!

and we want this to go on?

just leave me alone one time,

TRULY alone one time

and youll know.

just leave me alone one time

with NO FUCKING PHONE ONE TIME...

so i guess im finally off to find me

or finally fine to off me

yeah, theres a difference

JUST NONE TO ME.

7. the day she cracked

lost my ground

fell down again

tried to make up for lost time

just once

to see you

and know my eyes were open

fell down

losing sleep again

i fear luck wont change

i just want to see you

and hear you say im ok

i need to feel you breathe on my face

i forgot where i am again

makes it hard some days

once more to breathe you

and know i wasnt sleeping

its so easy to forget

i lost again

shouldnt be ashamed

i just want to see you

and youll say ill be ok

i never expected to see you here...

so let me hold you this time

instead of run away

its been so many years since we started

half way around the world

i see your face again?

so let me hold you this time!

(instead of run away...)

its been so many years since this started

and half way around the world

i see your face again.

id give it all to put it all behind me.

i hate missing you.

8. i’m a girl

you cant see the forest for all the trees

are you making excuses or giving me lies?

i usually get whatever i please

but the pickins get slim

towards the end of the night

so lets get on thing clear:

YOU NO SPECIAL.

ill cry my eyes out

you cant do that to me.

ill claw your eyes out

you cant do that to me.

ill change my mind

you cant do that to me.

ill fake deaf dumb and blind

til you run away.

9. heave

drove around and watched the hell come out

after families went to bed

model citizens 

they hit the bottle

road

and sheets.

and whats wrong with that?

ill bite my toungue clean off.

get home late

and watch the one trick ponies

do their little dance

and its a lie to say

it doesnt make me sick 

and whats wrong with that?

id love to tell you,

but i bite my toungue clean off.

all along we tried to slip out

unnoticed

then gone

now we know

we cant get away

we can barely go on

howd they drag this out so long?

spent the night accross the table

and watched you aim your subtle charm

you learned this trick through repetition

and whats wrong with that?

i bite my toungue clean off.

i know its hard to know its over

but dont take it out on anyone

your loaded words

carelessly fired off without thought...

and whats wrong with that?

each bullet word, it hits someone.

all along we tried to slip out

unnoticed

then gone

now we know

we cant get away

we can barely go on

howd they drag this out so long?

running will only run you down

fighting is only good for scars

hiding will only cause a scare...

just know where you came from

is all you are

10. the time of the fall of love

its hard to sing songs about hope

in the time of the fall of love

its hard to wake up every day 

to something you want no part of

theres thousands of things we can say

but none can take back whats been said.

its hard to accept what is done 

when somebody gets away

when someone whos guilty and smirking

got the best of everyone today

and you find out you dont have a clue

in the breath before you have your say.

everythings right here

this is where the bottom begins

where mathematics takes us over

and its crystal clear nobody wins

we found out:

those who taught us our values?

they lived life by seven deadly sins. 

an unlucky few are reacting...

and everyone else is digging in.

-its hard to keep caring at all-

is the last thing that i heard her say.

then her eyes rolled back into her skull,

and she dropped 

and then she slipped away.

and somebody somewhere yelled:

ACTION!

and then someone somewhere presses PLAY...

and while the unlucky few are reacting,

everyone else picks out their display.

11. true love forever

should have known

thered be excuses for everything

and anything

but none from me

where the buck stops 

is just how far i can reach

what on earth was she thinking?

she acts like that

and says those words

what on earth was she thinking?

id let it go cuz its her?

im just holding her down

til she finds a way

to kinda work things out

and shes making a sound

like if she said what she wants to

itd kinda creep me out...

shes kinda creeping me out.

you walk in

and you tell me this looks real bad.

you havent been here.

you dont know the year weve had.

you say theres options

(and choices)

to get us through.

i say:

her lies justify anything we do.

im just holding her down

til she finds a way

to just kinda work things out.

and shes making a sound

like if she said what she wants to

itd really creep me out.

im just holding her down

until she finds a way

to kinda work things out.

im just holding her down...

listen.

listen.

LISTENLISTENLISTEN.

of course this looks bad

cuz you walked in at the end

but this is true love THIS IS TRUE LOVE

12. dumb rock 1

so this is what ive waited for:

to drink in air conditioning...

see that guy up on tv?

i just hung out with him last week.

i sat and whined,

and she rolled around

doing sommersaults inside

as i drank to jealousy

she somehow let it slide.

but ill always have this memory

thats all that i will say

it always makes things better

it always has a way

running down the hallway

laughing all the while 

i said:

will you still be here?

she said that shell always.

looking back

it hurts and stings

cuz ive learned sometimes theres no why

sometimes things dont ever change

NO MATTER WHAT WE TRY.

but ill always have this memory

thats all that i will say

it always makes things better

it always has a way

running down the hallway

laughing all the while 

i said:

will you still be here?

she said that shell always.

13. weathervane

lakeshore

the waters high again this year

it rose up above the dock again

and swallowed up the yard

remember how we walked out 100 yards

and it never got any more than waist deep?

front door

wouldnt open from inside

(no matter how we tried)

snowed in

it all drifted up outside

if it wasnt 8 feet high

then it wasnt an inch

but last year we saw clear ground

in january.

CLEAR GROUND IN JANUARY.

i miss all those bad memories

and hate how this feels so much

like the wrong ending

to the right story...

how i keep holding out for you.

14. part one

15. big three

16. this lousy picture i took