Lyrics

 

The Smell of Caramel

Days like these
the only thing that feels right
is eatin’ dark chocolate and drinkin’ red wine in the night
Yeah, they’re sweet like you
but I can chew them up as they go down
but you blow my mind and paralyze me
every time you’re not around
not around

So ple-e-e-ease, oh please, tell me what you want from me
Oh ple-e-e-ease, oh please, tell me what you want from me

Days like these
when I lay down, it’s the only quiet I have found
’cause my thoughts just won’t shut o-o-off
they just keep on flowin’
and they can’t tell, no way in hell
just where oh, where
this silly game is goin’
this silly game is goin’…

So ple-e-e-ease, oh please, tell me what you want from me
Oh ple-e-e-ease, oh please, tell me what you want from me

I know you’ve got a dream, but am I in it?
I know you’ve got a head, but do I spin it?
do I rattle your bones?
can I take you home, and casually begin it?
oh, I’ll begin it…

So ple-e-e-ease, oh please, tell me what you want from me
Oh ple-e-e-ease, oh please, tell me what you want, tell me what you want
from me…
ooooh…

The Story Song

Usin’ words to write your story
so I’ll know what to say
when the papers come to tell me
that you are gone, gone gone away

And I know that you’re breathin’ but still you
take my breath away
and I know that you’re leavin’ but still I
wish you would stay, baby

And your hips are undulating
while you raise your arms
up over your head, yeah
castin’ trembles through the curtains
spendin’ days without a bed

And I know that you’re breathin’ but still you
take my breath away
and I know that you’re leavin’ but still I
wish you would stay, baby

Too proud to falter
so you play it like you’re shy
tellin’ stories with that flicker
with that flicker in your eye

There are things you tell yourself
there are things you tell the crowd, you tell them loud
there are things you hold inside
but you’re on this ride
until it goes down, do you think it will go down?
do you think it will go down?

And I know that you’re breathin’ but still you
take my breath away
and I know that you’re leavin’ but still I
wish you would stay, baby
I know you’re breathin’
but still you take my breath away
I know you’re leavin’
but still I wish you would stay, baby.

 
I Should Speak

What could be said with two words, I’ll never say
I’ll wrap it up inside a song, and walk away
while it eats the truth, the simple thought grows jaded

And I should speak, but I can’t begin
I feel too weak, my head starts to spin
so I put myself to bed, silent again.

What could be brought upon, with ease
I’ll take the path through every burn, let blood fall from my knees
I often miss the turn
space moves through my lips, and I’m wildly unheard

And I should speak, but I can’t begin
I feel too weak, my head starts to spin
so I put myself to bed, silent again.

Words, oh, fickle words
to stick to words is to be blind to what’s unsaid
to go unheard’s like finding a voice
without any way to listen, oh…

And I should speak, but I can’t begin
I feel too weak, my head starts to spin
so I walk these streets…

And I should speak, but I can’t begin
I feel too weak, my head starts to spin
so I put myself to bed, silent, silent, silent… again

 
Countin’ Pennies

When you’re about an inch away from my face
why don’t you just tell me instead of saying quiet things?
I’m longing for the winter for to hole myself up…
and drink upon the poison that makes my space so tiny
but at least it can quiet my mind

And I’m tired of countin’ pennies when I feel a little scared
’cause if you can’t give me any, well I wanna be, I wanna be aware
of it.

You turn away from words, but maybe you write songs
but I’ll never get to hear them
maybe when I’m dead!
’cause lately I feel just like dyin’
to empty my mind into a cup
and hold it to your lips and tell you
“drink me darling down, drink me up…!”

‘Cause I’m tired of countin’ pennies when I feel a little scared
’cause if you can’t give me any, well I wanna be, I wanna be aware

And it seems you always know where you’re going, ahh…
but you’re the same on the outside
as the hours promise time
and I’m standin’ on this shore
and I’m turnin’ in this tide
so why don’t you show me ’cause I’m tired of tryin’ to hide…

‘Cause I’m tired of countin’ pennies when I feel a little scared
’cause if you can’t give me any, well I wanna be, I wanna be aware
And I’m tired of countin’ pennies when I feel a little scared
’cause if you can’t give me any, well I wanna be, I wanna be aware
of it
of it
of it.

Early Girl

You say crazy is as crazy does
and lookin’ through your furrowed brow, I see you now
“A painting so pure,” that is what he called you
didn’t weigh the weight of words, as he told them to you

Early girl, early girl
Well, you speak tongues and sing them too
well I’m singin’ this to you
for what they say is true of your worries
you’ve lost a good friend now
remember at the end now
what your parents told you not to do

Girl, early girl, early girl, early girl.

You’re early to arrive, quick to complete
are you aware of the roses blooming billows at your feet?
lookin’ at the world on a lonesome night
you’re al right
even though you tell yourself, as I do, that the world, that the world, that the world’s
cavin’ in on you

Early girl, early girl, early girl, early girl.

You say you like to talk of science, but do you think it’s strange
when I take off all my conscience and go dancing in the rain?
you’re one for the crowd now
c’mon let’s sing it loud now!
well we’ll ponder love
and everything that is, everything that is, oh everything that is and isn’t true

Early girl, early girl, early girl
well we’ll ponder love
and everything that is
everything that is, oh everything that is
and isn’t true.