The Death of a Dictionary lyrics

if i talk too soft, they
think i'm preaching if i talk too slow, they think i care.
if i walk too fast, then i've got purpose here.
can't you see, see through the prayer
it's got you now, so i will play
it's got you now, so i will play, play,
saviour for a day

if you go too far, i'm not reaching.
don't care who you are, try and see.
i am here like there is sky and there is air

i watched a miracle in the making
then had a scientist tell me that i
couldn't live without breaking,
my habits of fearlessness and crying for the world...

who put the fear in here
was it you, who finally shed the tear

someone told me that two lovers bound
could put another sun in the sky
if you believed it, there'd be
twice the light and no one would be scared to fly

He said, he said, he said
"There was nothing to fear boy"
And he said, he said, he said,
"Worthless are you tears boy"

"Just realize you senses
And realize you earth
Just realize your essence first"

I'll never be the same again
I want to walk in the sun
I am alive and well again
No more bittersweet
No more good pain
No more

So many of us stand in the middle
Looking back to the worst

slippery jack, no more turning back,
all around, morning humor
i am a waiter and i am a server
i'll run to your needs with strength and fervor
in times when you are wasted i will walk in
through the door, pick you from the floor
then watch you grow into a man

with a big burly beard
and a mustache to match
i'll watch you love the world
and all that it has...

with that morning humor,

you seem like a girl who likes to tell her bed is made
you seem like a girl who likes to wear her pearls
well i'm not the type who likes to dwell,
save my money or kiss and tell, yeah

oh why does she water them, paper flowers

this girl walks up so graciously,
slips something in my pocket so secretly,
i said: "honey, what's this you gave to me"
"oh nothing, water, wait and see"

optimism,
optimism perished from the face of my earth
and then you came along, came along and swept me away,
she kissed me, as we stood on the edge,
the night made the day as we made for the bridge
it started raining hard, and i saw we may live to regret

no i never really understood
no i never really understood why,
because i've never been given,
never been given two tries,

see me walking aimlessly about,
don't know whether to whisper or to shout,
i could be wrong, i could be very, very right.
here i stand, innocence in my room
she's naked in my bed, wild thoughts inside my head
oh no! she's my...

sister, with her, don't let your heart
break too soon.
maybe, baby, come on sister,
lady you're my breath!

i could have been to you tonight

let's gather round the supper table,
and tell the boy he's just as able
to die with his boots untied
evening's come, let's settle down
and sing one more song without a frown
sing for, sing for our voices
and more, sing for our choices,
just don't lie, lie, lie, lie, lie...

love must stand when raising a man... raising a man...
to teach him direction and the best that he can

libra, take my eyes from me
oh libra, make me blind so that i can see
everyone's dreamin' of a truth to be
everyone's changin' channels on a big tv

oh libra, like a balance

time tried to hold her, tried to tie her down
but i beat the clock,
now the balance makes my world go round,

oh libra, like a balance
libra, my love
libra, my love...

kill the lights
you and i
on the boat
hypnotized
i look at you,
you say to me
"i'm the lock, now
you're the key"

it's all the same
just play the game
carry the weight
of this ball and chain

save the lies
you and i
on the road to rationalize
you and i should never guess
you and i should never regret

it's all the same
just play the game
carry the weight
of this ball and chain
this ball and chain