Between the lines.

Staring out into your dreams, searching for the words to sing 'cause your soul has long been laid to rest along with the rosary around his chest Do you feel the same as I did? Do you feel the same? Tell me now (the theme) 'cause it's gonna be a long, long time before I get you And it kills me to know that you were better off alone, but it thrills you to see how the better likes of me were to remain oblivious to the things you read in some god damn magazine when there's writing on the wall that says, "I don't know how I love you. Do you feel the same?" Do you feel the same? Do you feel ashamed? Do I feel ashamed? Do I feel the same? Oh, did you think of me when you were lying next to him, I wonder? What would it be like if I could just conjure up the strength to knock down the door? And spray writing on the wall that says, “I don't know how I love you and I don't know if you feel the same” Do you feel the same?

Say, how long have you been gone? I know that these wasted days won't let me stand still or let me stand tall Instead I watched you from across the room without a clue, the words to say to convey that I'll forever be this way 'Cause this is not a game There is not a song that we didn't used to sing I'm certain that the rain is going to fall and surely bring a chance to hide the tears you cried in bed, "Oh, it's all the same" You'd say, ‘cause you were never one to complain 'Cause this is all a game?

I'll let you know when I feel your spotlight starting to fade, when the clouds connect, and the sunlight turns to shade But I swear I saw a star, and you swear you'd had enough Give me fortunes for your everlasting fame When I'm staring from afar through spells of tunnel vision, telescopic lenses are my own masquerade Would you turn out the lights in my head? Could I sing the same songs to you from my bed? Could you laugh the same as you did back then when I would sing to you right from the stars? And you swear you'd had enough of white lies and superstition There's somethin' that tells me that someday I will be the one with your feathers in my hand Yet you know, your spotlight's starting to fade The transmissions from a love that's burning away When I'm connecting the stars with this red-eyed tunnel vision, telescopic lenses are my own masquerade Yet it's all in my head and it was just a dream

There was always somethin' there, but then you gave me that long-lasting stare Then something took over and it's really difficult for me to try to understand the privilege of being here for you, and being your man So now that the days don't turn into night, I really think it's safe to say that I'm so much in love and, "So much for loneliness!" I'm not gonna be "the guy who explains" just how good it feels to be so much in love So where are all those lasting stares and why don't I see them these days? Are you still there? So now that the days just turn into night I really think it's safe to say, "So much for love!" I'm right back to loneliness. I don't wanna be the guy who explains "not having to deal" with being so much in love and so far from loneliness It's hard to explain just how good it feels not having to deal with being so much in love

Was it real, was it wrong, or was it a dream? Could it be that nothing was the way that it seemed? Happiness was only a smile away There's nothin' you can say now to me to make me feel better 'cause these pills won't help me get over your eyes And we need no more reactions of compassion You stare me in the eyes and say, "Hello, oh, this hurt much more but just for a little distraction. Things won't be the same, but things can get better" Tell me now, tell me when you'll tell me at all There's nothing you can say now to me to break my fall I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be a killer than be you I'd rather not say that I was the killer in your eyes, maybe? I would rather be a red blood stain on a pillow than be your eyes tonight I'd rather not say that I was the killer in your eyes Maybe I would rather be dead, I’d rather be a killer, than be you I’d rather be a red blood stain on a pillow than be your eyes tonight I'd rather be dead than an old man dreaming of you I'd rather not say that I'm just a killer in your eyes Maybe?

I'm standing outside your bedroom window It doesn't make sense for you to hear this frequency I walked for miles just to see your beautiful eyes, behind the glass, staring straight back at me Don't find this strange, but I've been spying on you I'm so scared that you'll see me but I want you to If only you'd turn on your radio, you'll hear this frequency When this spell is cast it cannot be reversed, like this song I wrote for you My love, the strangest thing is I will keep this up forever, for you You and me have never gone to sleep, without wanting to know that if we don't wake up, we might sing this song alone This might be a hard secret to keep, but I want you to know that if you don't wake up, I might sing this song alone This is not what I came here for So stare at the screen, my love Tonight, I'll stare at you dream My love, it’s so nice to stare at you dream My love, it’s so nice to stare at you scream My love, it's so nice to glare at you scream

We're watchin' the passin' cars, they're passin' like thoughts in my head I'll never forget the way you move, the way you laugh at nothing My dear, every song on the radio reminds me of the day you left for andromeda So I said, "I'm gonna regret your love all night" "I'll never forget you, love, but I'll try" "I'm willing to let you know as long as you promise not to stay in my head." "Don't ever forget that; I'll never regret your love, but I'll try" The stars are spinning around my heart, around in my head I'll never forget the way you dance to the songs on a distant radio When the stars align just right, I hear your song on the radio one more time So I said, "I'm gonna regret your love all night" "I'll never forget your love, but I'll try" "I'm willing to let you know as long as you promise not to stay in my head" "Don't ever forget that; I'll never regret your love, but I'll try” “Oh, I’ll try”

I want you bad, you're the first love that I had You're the last one I wanna see before I go to sleep You're on my mind every day Every night, in every song are the words of the star-struck lover mixed with the music of a sad, sad song

I was standing there on that Sunday afternoon and oh, I was spent, and oh-so-lonesome too But still I was curious and had thing on my mind Oh, how I can't sleep, or leave my woes behind But I must confess that might have accidentally watched you undress from that rundown, abandoned victorian across the street The one place where I hoped that we would first meet But there's somethin' about our love that I can't take And I'm leavin' you, woe If I stay, then I'll go right outta my mind This love is the only thing that keeps me hangin' on This love, is the only thing It's the only thing that only thing that keeps me hangin' It's the only thing The only thing

I'm hopping on the first train headed wherever.  Don't wanna hear your words, I wanna hear a stranger's. But by the time you get this letter I'll be dead and gone. But by that time you'll realize that I was dead all along.  So if this is the last chance that I'll ever get to tell you what's been making me lose so much sleep: I feel connection when I put my hand up to the glass, don't bother, you'll never take the place of me or change the way I feel. I see the storm outside, it's gonna be a bad one. Won't hear the things you say, the thunder's gonna drown you out.  You'll be lost, you'll be better, I'll be in between.  It seems the only thing I’m ever gonna do is dream. So if this is the last chance that I'll ever get to tell you what's been making me lose so much sleep: I feel connection when I put my hands up to the glass, don't bother, you'll never take the place of me or change the way that my heart can't help but beat a little faster when I think of you. You’re running fast, but my heart is beating faster and faster... Faster and faster, until it bursts...

Today I can't walk, I can't stand, or stand the thought of your hand holding someone else from falling.  Oh, you might say I can't talk, but oh I can sing, "How the thought of you makes me cringe, but the sight of you makes me weak!" But I'm tearing that last thread that let you own me for so many words and way too long.  All the countless stars I've wasted wishes on were the same ones that lit up our lives. What would you say if I severed every tie with you without a blink from my bloodshot, weeping eyes? You won't believe how quickly I can turn away.  I'm holding you close, but I watch you from the stars. I’ll watch you from the night... I've watched you while you're sleeping and wondered what secrets you're keeping. Tonight, I'm crawling inside of your head so tomorrow, when I wake up, I'll know just what to say to make you think that someday I might wake up too... But I'll watch you from the stars...

Over the railroad, and across the dream, was where we were when that look in your eye said something is wrong with broken hearts and wishing wells.  You're trying to smile but you're not fooling anyone with trying something different.  I'm having the same dream, when you fall asleep, I'm pulling you in. Oh, how I want in your mind, but I'm feeling for the door in the dark.  And who'd ever guess, there's no door at all? The lighthouse dismissed all signs of life so your distress signals might go on, but I took a last glance at some small reflection and there's something ashore. But what have we here?  What have I found, but a message in a bottle? It's too bad the water had washed the ink away.  Well, that's just my luck and your bad timing. (Interlude) Put a message in a bottle. So with this last wish I will make sure not to waste it, but no matter what I'll make sure you're under my lovespell. That here, under my lovespell, you're under my lovespell...

Is there anyone out there that hears this transmission or frequency?  You're sitting alone, but don't bother wishing that you were with me. I wish I could ask you about me and you (and all of the miles between.) The signals I send won't be in vain if you could just hear this tonight. I was hoping that you would give me a sign that you will willingly give me your life. There’s not anyone else out there that bares this burden that you're leaving me? You're sitting alone but don't bother wishing that you could see me. I would only ask you about me and you (and all of the smiles between.) The visions I've fed won't be in vain if you could just hear this tonight. If you decide, would you tell me back then all that you were thinking? There's a whisper from the wind that tells me all I knows, when it blows. But this cannot be real, and how could everything come down so fast?  Is it the way you feel that makes you so indecisive, but so curious? Don't take this love, but understand that I'm not leaving without you.  And if you say, "I'm never leaving you!", I won't change a single thing...

Did you have a nightmare again?  I'm watching you sleep, and I think to myself that, "it's over." And you're taking a breath, it's making me sick, and I'm wondering: "What is she thinking of?" You're so beautiful, and it's so unfair that I had to be this way, I'm sorry.  I'm still taking a breath and watching you with the same wondrous eyes I have always. And so I wasn't thinking clearly of you at the time?  But it's all your fault. Yet it's all 'cause I wasn't thinking clearly of you at the time, but it's all your fault. It's just one more night...I'm passing the time without wishing or longing for something. And if things don't go right, I'll always have you and I won't need this gun or this deathwish. You’re so beautiful and it’s so unfair that it had to be this way, I’m sorry. I'm still taking a breath and watching you with the same curious eyes I have always. And so I wasn't thinking clearly of you at the time, but it's all your fault. And it's all 'cause I wasn't thinking clearly of you at the time. But it's all your fault. Just close your eyes, I'll rock you to sleep... Just close your eyes, let me rock you to sleep...

Don't leave me in this prison cell, clawing at the walls when I hear your voice on the radio  Silence would be so good when you're hearing sounds of hell   So crawl all over the walls to the ocean air But will you make it there?  So talk to the walls  Falling from the sky will be your demise There's cold inside you when you say "it's all the same"  A pale reminder of the perfect words to make you say, "I'm awake with no way to find you"  So sound off if you notice things just change Afterall, it's so good when you feel nothing at all Clawing at the walls when you try sleeping in your bed Then the perfect song with the perfect words surrounds you  In my head it was the perfect love, but instead it's the perfect love that drowns you If you'll play along, you'll say that the perfect words astound you In my head it was the perfect song but, instead, it's the perfect song that drowns you if you sing along Hangin' around on these streets, I know that she knows  Want to be in love, want to feel alive when the stars in the sky are all gray  Two can be in love but it takes two to play that game, oh, that game they call love Want to feel alive, when I am alone and the stars in the sky are all gray  Two can be in love, but it takes two to play that game, oh, that tango of love Once you feel in love, once you feel alive, then the stars in the sky aren't all gray  It's hard to be in love, it's hard to play the game and get tangled in love Walkin' around on the streets when the stars in the sky are all dead Well what do I do now? Shout loud enough to destroy me, furious confession  Long enough to preserve your own distorted reflection and the perfect love around you  In my head they were the perfect words, but instead it's the perfect words that drowned you as you sang along Sound off long enough to endure this world-renowned obsession Fury 'til you ignore this warrior's confession when you pull me aside, my love 'Cause this love will leave you back  Just put me aside my love cause this love leave you black, but sound enough to ignore me wandering your direction I wonder if you deserve this warrior's affection when you put me aside, my love. 'Cause this love will leave you back Just pull me aside my love 'cause this love leave you black in the time it takes to glow Love will leave you black before you even know

In some other eyes, and gaze, in some far off galaxy, is someone that's curious  I'm gonna quit right now to get right under your skin  In love with the first star out, the first star out tonight When the full moon's in your eyes, oh dandelion, would you play her song on the radio?  I'll stand in line till I can't stand all the world outside  Oh dandelion, when you play that song, will you let me know just how to find the world you know, the world outside? It's happiness, it's the world you know  Yes, the world's alive and hard to find when you can't find all the worlds aligned  I'm standing by when they steal your song from the stereo  Just me why and I'll ask you how you let me go Oh dandelion, would you sing that song just the way it goes when I was wise and so curious to let you know?  I'll stand in line when the world is gone, 'cause the world has died  So obvious that it's all a ruse and your world's arrived, aligned   The sun is falling now and it won't stop till the world you love is the world that's died There's a star that's still and burning bright  Don't stand in line when they play our songs on the stereo and the fiery eyes that the world is burning, as it's turning In some other time and place, in some far off galaxy is someone that's pure  I hear the jukebox calling from the corner, love Give me a quarter to wash away the things you say Oh, dandelion Dandelion?

It's nights like this we've got to stop and think about how far apart we are  The strangest thing just happens to my heart  When we're in love, I wonder what the future has in store It's nights like this that have me coming back askin' for more  But I wonder "do you feel the same about coming to get my love?"  About meeting me halfway and coming to get my love, love?  I've got this sickness, you won't believe a word I say, under your spell  Doctor says that I have California blues  Under my spell; California blues 

Oh, don't make me wait, I need you honey  Tell your daddy "don't fret" Don't ask for money, 'cause tonight's on me  I'll make you feel secure  We're gonna rock and roll just like it's 1959   Tell your mama don't stay up late and worry 'cause tonight you're safe, so there's no hurry  I will make damn sure I have you home by 2 I wanna rock and roll with you I see your ruby red lips with your hair in a bun and your hips don't lie, you're killing me honey  I'm gonna make your head spin when I make my move tonight  We're gonna rock and roll just like it's 1959  We're gonna rock, we're gonna roll, we're gonna shake and groove tonight

Burn all of the pages of the everlasting book and everyone who believes that all those words are true I'm casting a spell on you right from this prison cell  Just turn on the radio and listen to the souls as they're screaming from your own nightmares Sold to the demons you were dodging all along  Reminiscent of the monster you've become  Will you turn it up or turn it off?  You said you would follow me if you were heaven sent  I will watch you as the world comes to an end  Will you follow me on my final descent back home?  Turn away as I turn into the monster I've become as I open up your eyes to all the ones that are curious to where it all comes from  Are you worried that your father is the son of a pure nightmare? The one, or the one that chose you to be the one that's shunned to the world of fallen angels on the run from the ones that worship all things but the sun Crawling all over the walls when we were young I wonder if you dream when your life is finally done? Will the curses of the angels of the sun have you sinking still? So here we are, strangers to the sun So we'll be dangerous black angels on the run We'll be strangers to the dangers of the sun I know that you're the type to have nightmares of the perfect dream, so stay away from the perfect things and the dangers of the angles of the sun  We'll be famous just like strangers on the run I know that I might have nightmares but that'd be the perfect thing for me to stay awake instead of the perfect dream where we're in love with only the perfect things  I know that you will always have nightmares of a perfect dream So stay away, I'm in love with a perfect thing  I know that you will always have nightmares, so stay away from the perfect day, angels on the run

Don't make believe that this habit's not destructive to yourself  I'm terrified but curious what's weighing on your mind  I have this dream where everything's invisible but you But do you even notice me?  Dead, will you rise if I fall before your eyes and will she hear this frequency in her head? And will she bring me right back from the dead? Oh, sweet Marie if you'd rather not be swept away at all, make believe that this caveat is running towards the door You would leave, but everything's invincible but you So you might as well just tell me that you're not leaving and stay You're not infected by the stone, you're original with all the things you do Repetition at the stone is too traditional, but all the songs are through, so it might as well be said that I get whirled away from you when you're not effected by the storm and perfection is the only way to prove that redemption at the stone is granting wishes when all of the words are true So you might as well be dead, 'cause I'm a world away from you You're not effected by the norm So exceptional, and all the world's our proof Did I mention that it's all in remembrance of the songs I wrote for you? But they might as well be dead, another world away from you I never mentioned that you are so infectious with the words that I'm drawn to You're unaffected by this all, so unconventional with all the things you do So it might as well be said that I get whirled away by you I've traveled every road out there but still I am curious to find just how long it takes to wish on every star burning in the sky I'm wasted but you know I've spent my time on this earth staring far behind I've searched the world a thousand times for you and your endless mind I've worked so hard but still no signs of life I feel like you're marooned on the dark side of the moon May the constellations let me know how far you went to hide your endless mind I feel like you're marooned, but I'll search the whole world one more time and I won't give up until I find your endless mind

Remind me of that perfect day when you were my song and my song to sing  When you were my world and we were alone, I had something, something to call my own And if you watch the stars in the sky, you will see ours floating across the night They lead me to the blood red crescent moon So here I am, the corner of my room  Remind me of that perfect song that you would sing to yourself all night long  It's coming true, the world is ending too  Tonight's the night and I will come to you Tonight's the night, right from this prison cell, I'll get to you If I have to kill, I will, but I'll be there soon

Your smile and your kiss used to drive me up the wall, but oh, how I'll miss your eyes and your taste Oh, your smell still lingers the halls, but after all you won't see me when I fall down and get back up again You won't hear me when I'm calling your name I still hear your voice all through the halls like when you'd smile when we kissed We would dance all night, bounce off the walls For those eyes, I would wait 'Til the end of time, I'll make you mine And you'll smile You'll watch me as I'm sleeping and wonder what secrets I'm keeping  Tomorrow if I wake up would you know just what to say to make me stay, to make me wonder why I have these dreams about love, you, and I? If you have nightmares then it really doesn't show All you had to do was play your stereo You'll still hear this voice all through the halls so just smile when you miss all those conversations, love Close your eyes, and I'll wish that when I come back down, you're around, and I'll smile

Time will be burning everything that's on your mind as it burns into the soul I thought was mine I will watch you as the flame lights up the night as it takes you in and takes you home Instead, sending you off wishes from my cold, cold bed I'm just hoping you will hear them if all is fair between love and war And all between, if you dare Are you serious or delirious in all despair? Lay it all down on the line with that same stare  Oh, if you hear a knock on your window, decide if you're wishin' you could turn back the hands of time I would listen to you, but how do I make you mine with your stereo off and your drapes drawn behind? Turn your TV on, we're all over the air but I'm counting on you to stare at me on your "neon despair" The word is I've got what they repair; all the worry of delaying what is fair You will always be my one and only repair but I'll be burning everything down, if you dare Between love and war, between all the dreams, if you care I'm on the way back to your frequency

I'll be your sun when you're afraid I will not run from rainy days The starless sky will blind your eyes, so you'll wander aimlessly at night Would you stare at me with or without your sight?   You're still thinking of the bruises and the fights There's still plenty of the brutal sleepless nights, but I'll bury you in gold, and I'll be your ghost You will hear this voice when it bounces off the walls You just whisper, and you will feel me by your side If you listen you will hear this song at night I'll be wandering aimlessly all through the halls, so it's never too late at all I'll be right back there singing to you from the walls and I'll bury you in gold, but I'll be your ghost It's a spotlight from the stars, shining only on me and you I will watch you from the brightest stars at night and I'll be your ghost