Curious Quail

Hidden track / at the end of your record You say all those things / you couldn't before So you hide a song / at the end of your CD and hope maybe the die-hards / or someone will notice that track ten / isn't ten minutes long You're just too damn afra

Tell me this year's right Tell me time's on my side and give me skies of grey the chance is lost for me today Don't tell me life is a crime I'm done bein' sad all the time please tell me that I am wrong Please tell me that I am wrong Once in a while

''Match Point'' he says aloud / cuz if it's not one thing then it's always another / I'm packin up my luck / 'cause everything in his eyes is out of touch / ''I'm all in for me'' / he whispers like it's somehow secret anyway / I'm boxin' my brains /

Crashin' through the gates you are the newest usurping the limelight like a whore these camera's clickin', shutter's turnin' flashbulbs burnin', film it's whirrin' on and on / they'll say we don't belong Lights come down and you become the brightest

She wakes up / he's sleepin' / the tears are dryin' on her sheets no place can / redeem her / the words are dyin' on her teeth but it's just / the latest / a string of incidental fears she's fallin' / apart now / with pieces flyin' everywhere and we

Stop Why hesitate when everything is poised to go your way? It's foolish to assume that won't relay if there are ears out Many sized and shaped / Information is a hot commodity and we've waited for this most patiently / with all ears out but I can ba

Marched on / armed with plastic swords and matchsticks it's easier than / the first-name basis, I wish it could stay this safe / until the summer comes and washes it away but everything now has got consequences I know / You're waitin' for the snow /

Stop now / listen here / cuz everything I try to do just breaks It's only been like this for a few weeks but this horror I can't shake / I'm lockin' all my doors, I've barred the windows to keep everyone else safe / and you think I'm alone in this Cr