Head Like a Road Map lyrics

HEAD LIKE A ROAD MAP

1. waves

2. i'm not sayin' (i'm just sayin')

3. ugly tree

4. #12 looks just like you

5. ceaser, nero, next

6. an alternative to sleep

7. water

8. ditty one

9. buddy

10. romp

11. sex, guns and ear protection

12. waves

1. waves

did what you want me to...you know.

fit in a box for you...you know.

there was a person, now there's

pictures, ripped up letters and napkin notes.

when i get old who'll save face for me?...

2. i'm not sayin' (i'm just sayin')

he stepped into the 2 seater she said you'd

better not make any plans

he said "i have some ideas." she said

"well i have a list. it's my list

of demands and its not excessive

and its not too much."

he thought once twice in the 2 seat she

said, "youd better not think too hard."

he said, "i feel woozy." she said, "well my

head's like a road map. do you think

im scarred? i'm not scarred! and

its not excessive! and its not

too much!"

someday he'll find you out...(i hope i live

to see the day)

someday he'll find you out...(i hope that he pulls

through ok)

you say jump, he says how high?

well, whatever gets you by.

just keep this thought in the back of

your mind - 

i know some secrets...

and are they excessive?

and are they too much?

3. ugly tree

when i was born they planted and grew this

tree - and they cheered and they cried.

when it grew sick they stole from another

knowing full well i'd pay for it later

ten fold

its all just a story to tell in time 2x

when i was small i started to climb this

tree - and i climbed and climbed.

when i got scared they stole me a ladder

knowing full well i'd pay for it later ten fold.

and they were all there to say my words

and they were all there to make my mind

they gave me all that they said i'd want

cuz its all just a story to tell in time, in time,

...repeat that to yourself, boy.

i don't wanna fly anymore, i don't wanna float

anymore, i don't wanna fall anymore -

i just want to hit the hard, hard ground.

hope i hit every branch on the way down

hope i break every branch on the way down 2x

hope i take this whole damn tree down with me

ill never know if this is just what

you had in mind

but i'm through with fighting every battle that

you leave behind

and i'm through with pacifist ways to

which i have been so resigned

cuz this is not just another damn story

to tell in time

and you can preach me my problems...

at least they're all mine

4. #12 looks just like you

5. caesar, nero, next...

everything i know? that's the gift im

giving here and all around will know

of something wiser. everything i say?

i'm just shy of telling you and all

around will feel just that much richer

how long til you cover all these bets you make? you were

fine til you realized yours can bend a river straight and

mine is ordinary yes i am.

everything you hear? its because im

letting you and that should let you know

youre that much weaker. everything you

see? its because i'm letting you and

that should let you know you're that much

poorer

how long til you hold me down is suffocate? mine is

less than nothing to you since yours is filled with words

of weight.

the never time, the give it up? you're gonna wish it

all away. the you know best, the nothing worse? you're

gonna miss it all.

your deeper mind is not a match for one little look

in this eye.

your heavy words are nothing to the sincerity in

this reply.

and you will know

and you will hurt

and you'll know why

how long til your open eyes will clear the slate? its a

fine time to realize.

you can't bend - but i can't break.

and mine is ordinary yes i...

...if we make it to next time, you can carry me all the way.

7. water

the waters low

its going out now. its going back out

it messes my shore and runs away

the waters low

with heavy shoes on i'm going out now

to pick the things up its brought my way

never fails when i'm halfway through

it comes back again

i'm in love with the way light moves

when the surface bends

im at home in the cold, cold blue

i've just one request

(just) give me room if i come up for air

please give me room i'm coming up for air

i heard a white lie there'll be better

times than these

lead shoes and high tide?

there's no better time!

you've got 2 eyes and 10 toes - i see you

and you're not lifting one finger - i see you

so i'm not lifting one either.

8. ditty one

9. buddy

you lie awake too sick to sleep

in you tell yourself, "this is the

last time" once again

its hard to take each time it begins

but ride it out and seal the

deal with handshakes

you lie all day each time the crave comes

you tell yourself its something

that youve been through

and its getting late its

late enough now youve worn

yourself down just enough to buy

what you say

youll be better when its gone better

in the long run - much worse for

it now.

whyd you take this on? why'd you bring

this home?

it grows old, but youve grown older now,

so make peace with what you owe.

10. romp

11. sex, guns, ear protection

theyre supposed to be dancing to gun shots

in the basement of a gun shop...

...thats what it said.

instead i'm trying to map out something that

took too long and didnt make any sense

in a bar that scottie said was

too loud ("its too loud in here!")

this never made into the movie that

it was for, but theres nothing

sexy about gunshots or gun shops

anyways.

hindsight is 20/20 and often funny.

and even if you knew me, this still

wouldnt make any sense.

12. waves

dont think i'm here today, you know

dont mean to be this way, you know

in shallow eyes theres shallow comfort

in mending words that you don't make

when i get old please save face for me

when my sights red and

my hands shake.

watered down me for you, you know.

lacked on the follow through, you know.

when i proudly go my own way

i proudly make my same mistakes,

when i get old please save face for

me when my sights poor (red) and

my bones ache.

my chests burning 2x 1x

but the more i try the more i

fake.

when i get old don't listen to me just

hold my hand until i break

i tried my best then i tried harder

thats when things got their worst yet

i know some things i'll try to remember

and i know some things i'll forget.