Given to fly He could’ve tuned in, tuned in But he tuned out A bad time, nothing could save him Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out He got up outta there, ran for hundreds of miles He made it to the ocean, had a smoke in a tree The wind rose up, set him down on his knee A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw Delivered him wings, hey, look at me now Arms wide open with the sea as his floor Oh, power, oh He’s.. flying Whole¡­ High.. wide, oh He floated back down ’cause he wanted to share His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed By faceless men, well, fuckers He still stands And he still gives his love, he just gives it away The love he receives is the love that is saved And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky A human being that was given to fly High.. flying Oh, oh High.. flying Oh, oh He’s¡­flying Oh, oh Black Hey...oooh... Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay Were laid spread out before me as her body once did All five horizons revolved around her soul As the earth to the sun Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn Ooh, and all I taught her was everything Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything? Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything... I take a walk outside I’m surrounded by some kids at play I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head I’m spinning, oh, I’m spinning How quick the sun can, drop away And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass Of what was everything All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything... All the love gone bad turned my world to black Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I’ll ever be...yeah... Uh huh...uh huh...ooh... I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star In somebody else’s sky, but why Why, why can’t it be, why can’t it be mine Corduroy The waiting drove me mad...you’re finally here and I’m a mess I take your entrance back...can’t let you roam inside my head I don’t want to take what you can give... I would rather starve than eat your bread... I would rather run but I can’t walk... Guess I’ll lie alone just like before... I’ll take the firmest path...oh, and I must refuse your test A-push me and I will resist...this behavior’s not unique I don’t want to hear from those who know... They can buy, but can’t put on my clothes... I don’t want to limp for them to walk... Never would have known of me before... I don’t want to be held in your debt... And I’ll pay it off in blood, let I be wed... And I’m already cut up and half dead... I’ll end up alone like I began... Everything has changed, absolutely nothing’s changed Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture I don’t want to take what you can give... I would rather starve than eat your breast... All the things that others want for me... Can’t buy what I want because it’s free... (2x) Can’t be what you want because i’m... I ain’t s’posed to be just fun Oh, to live and die, let it be done I figure I’ll be damned, all alone like I began... It’s your move now... I thought you were a friend, but I guess i, I guess I hate you... Animal One, two, three, four, five against one Five, five, against one Said one, two, three, four, five against one Five, five...five, five...five against one Torture from you to me Abducted from the street I’d rather be... I’d rather be with... I’d rather be with an animal Why would you wanna hurt me, oh Oh, so frightened of your pain...yeah...ooh... I’d rather be... I’d rather be with... I’d rather be with an animal I’d rather be... (2x) I’d rather be with an animal I’d rather be... I’d rather be with... I’d rather be with an animal I’d rather be... I’d rather be with... I’d rather be with an animal Said one, two, three, four, five against one Five, five...five, five...five against one One, two, three, four, five against one Five, five...five, five...five against one Daughter you guys ready... alone...listless...breakfast table in an otherwise empty room young girl...violence...center of her own attention mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it tries to make her proud the shades go down, it's in her head painted room...can't deny there's something wrong... don't call me daughter, not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter, not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me... she holds the hand that holds her down she will...rise above... don't call me daughter, not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter, not fit to be the picture kept will remind me don't call me... don't call me daughter, not fit to the picture kept will remind me don't call me daughter, not fit to be the picture kept will remind me don't call me... the shades go down the shades go down the shades go, go, go... Believe In Miracles I used to be on an endless run. Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one. I have been blessed with the power to survive. After all these years I'm still alive. I'm out here kickin' with the band. I am no longer a solitary man. Every day my time runs out. Lived like a fool, that's what I was about, oh I believe in miracles. I believe in a better world for me and you. Oh, I believe in miracles. I believe in a better world for me and you. Tattooed your name on my arm. I always said my girl's a good luck charm. If she can find a reason to forgive, Then I can find a reason to live. I used to be on an endless run. Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one. I have been blessed with the power to survive. After all these years I'm still alive. I believe in miracles. I believe in a better world for me and you. Oh, I believe in miracles. I believe in a better world for me and you. I close my eyes and think how it might be. The future's here today. It's not too late. It's not too late, yeah! I believe in miracles. I believe in a better world for me and you. Oh, I believe in miracles. I believe in a better world for me and you. Alive Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin’ but a... While you were sittin’ home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin’, sorry you didn’t see him, but I’m glad we talked... Oh i, oh, I’m still alive Hey, i, i, oh, I’m still alive Hey i, oh, I’m still alive Hey...oh... Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man’s room She said I’m ready...for you I can’t remember anything to this very day ’cept the look, the look... Oh, you know where, now I can’t see, I just stare... I, I’m still alive Hey i, but, I’m still alive Hey i, boy, I’m still alive Hey i, i, i, I’m still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh... Is something wrong, she said Well of course there is You’re still alive, she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the question And if so...if so...who answers...who answers... I, oh, I’m still alive Hey i, oh, I’m still alive Hey i, but, I’m still alive Yeah i, ooh, I’m still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Off He goes Know a man, his face seems pulled and tense Like he’s riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds So I approach with tact, suggest that he should relax But he’s always moving much too fast Said he’ll see me on the flipside On this trip he’s taken for a ride He’s been taking too much on ... There he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes There he goes... He’s yet to come back, but I see his picture Doesn’t look the same up on the rack We go way back I wonder about his insides It’s like his thoughts are too big for his size He’s been taken, where, I don’t know? Off he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes And there he goes... And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned! Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned For he still smiles, and he’s still strong Nothing’s changed, but the surrounding bullshit That has grown And now he’s home, and we’re laughing like we always did My same old, same old friend Until a quarter-to-ten I saw the strain creep in He seemed distracted and I know just what is gonna happen next Before his first step, he’s off again Yellow ledbetter Unsealed On a porch a letter sat Then you said ’i wanna leave it again’ Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand And on the sand I wanna leave it again... yeah On a weekend I wanna wish it all away yeah... And they called and I said that I want what I said And then I call out again And the reason oughta leave her calm I know I said ’i don’t know whether I’m the boxer or the bag’ Ah yeah ehh.... Can you see them Out on the porch But they don’t wave I see them round the front way yeah And I know I don’t want to stay... Make me cry Ooooh I see I don’t know there’s something else I wanna drum it all away Oh I said I don’t, I don’t know whether I’m a boxer or the bag Ah yeah ehh.... Can you see them Out on the porch But they don’t wave I see them round the front way yeah And I know I don’t want to stay I don’t wanna stay (2x) Don’t Don’t wanna Oh... yeah... oooh...