Wreck Of The Day (Expanded Edition) lyrics

Well it's been almost a year to the moment
When I finally realized it was over
And I knew that love wasn't good enough of a reason for me to stay

Well I saw you yesterday
You were driving
And I tried so hard to forget you were alive
And as you passed by I began to cry over things that I did not say

And hide underneath my blankets and sheets
I'm finally free

2 a.m. and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake
I don't love him
Winter just wasn't my season

Yeah
We walk through the doors
So accusing their eyes like they have any right at all to criticize
Hypocrites
You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track
We're like cars on a cable and life's like an hourglass glued to the table

L.A. lights never shine quite as bright as in the movies
You still wanna go
'Cause something here in the way
In the way that we're constantly moving reminds you of home

So you're taking these pills for to fill up your soul
And you're drinking 'em down with cheap alcohol
And I'd be inclined to be yours for the taking
And part of this terrible mess that you're making with me
I'm the catalyst

I'm sitting on a citadel
Contemplating life
Making a point to waste my time
I'm walking on clouds of white

What if I fall
What if I don't
What if I never make it home
What if I bleed
What if I break and I find that I can't take the city below the citadel
Holding my own hand
There's a city below

And I'm breaking on the balcony
(Breaking on the balcony)
Breaking window panes

I've tripped again and things are starting to get interesting
Don't give me choices 'cause I can't decide
My mind is soaked in words
I've come to terms with all my insecurities
And purity's no friend of mine

And dreaming doesn't do no good
'Cause I don't wanna lie that I'm okay and I'm alright
I'd rather take it and forget it
Consider this a warning

Talk about the weather
Will you miss me ever
Lately I'm obsessed and I need the rest

I hope that you're impressed but she's so pretty
I'm jealous
And she's lost like Alice in a painted past
In a looking glass
I see me looking back

I'll take another, "Drink me," baby
Slowly I'll disappear and wear my life like a barbed wire necklace
So let's play truth or dare

So you're a fan of Coltrane

Mmm
Mmm

Hey Mr. Love
I've been singing and still
There's a hole in my heart only a man can fill

But he's had a blistered love and we're sharing a bed
But he's not in a state to be readily left in my hands
In my hands
In my hands
In my hands

Hey love
Live it up 'cause I'm getting closer and I want love
Give it up
These poetry and prose and words are not enough

She don't run from the sun no more
She boxed her shadow and she won
Said, "I can see you laugh through these bottle caps
And this wire around my neck ain't there for fun"
But someday we'll all be old and I'll be so damn beautiful

Meanwhile I'll hide my head here in this paper bag
'Cause if I can't see you then you can't see me
And it'll be okay

He was a soldier
He always was
He left his city to fight for America

And we fell in love to music
We were just kids
We didn't have time to be sorry for what we did

And I said, "Hey boy
What you crying for
It'll be okay in the end
And if this life doesn't give you the love you expect there's always the next"

She was a pretty Texas girl
An answer to his prayers

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And the light's always red in the rear view
Desperately close to a coffin of hope
I'd cheat destiny just to be near you

And if this is giving up well I'm giving up
If this is giving up well I'm giving up
Giving up on love
On love

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And I'm thinking 'bout calling on Jesus