Scribble and Strum

All the unappreciated minutes of that time, one after another, arose before him, but not as insignificant moments of a fleeting present, but as arrested, expanding, reprobating forms of the past. He contemplated them with joy and wept, — he wept not because the time had passed which he might have employed to better advantage (if that time were given back to him, he would not undertake to make better use of it), but because that time was past and would never return.

The recollections arose of their own accord, and Albert's violin kept saying one and the same thing. It said: "Past is the time for you, for ever past the time of strength, of love, and of happiness, past, — and it shall never return. Weep for it, weep all your tears, die in the tears for that time, — this is the one, best happiness which is left for you."

The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy

Signs flash light on the river
I won’t miss them when I’m gone
Behind these eyes, I remember
The bridge I’m standing on

Where is my home?
Why do I roam?
Abandoned
They cut the cord

If God made Joey and Mary
Then God made Mom and Papa, too
With all these years I’ve forgotten
How I ever relied on you two

No longer a son
A family of one
Abandoned
I cut the cord

Tonight I’ll cry me a river
As signs flash nothing, one by one
With salty eyes I’ll be walking
My back to the rising sun, one

I’m saying goodbye
Now I know why
Abandoned
They cut the cord

I cut the cord
We cut the cord
We cut the cord

There's a friend of a friend
Who told me you're troubled
That friend of a friend
Is no friend to me

I see nothing, no trouble
We're the happiest couple
Though these ignorant people
All disagree

*Yeah, we'll be fine
'Cause you don't lie

You used to have friends
Now you never see them
Your days are pure patience
Spent waiting for me

To come home from the furnace
To give you some purpose
No storybook knows us
Turn off that TV

*Yeah, we'll be fine
'Cause you don't lie
And, baby, I've got mine

+The boys are so jealous
I tell them you're so sweet
When you treat me this well
You just can't be beat

Because we're best friends
We're close like companions
We share all the small things
From deep in our hearts

Now you expect me to eat this?
Please, go and reheat this
I'm glad we've no secrets
We both know our parts

*And we'll be fine
'Cause you don't lie

We will be fine
You don't lie--right?
Baby, I've got mine...

Oh, Tracy White
Have you gathered for your flight
Left everything tonight
To penetrate the sun?

You've shot off too soon
Beyond these avenues
They don't matter to you
You're the only one

Soaring, high above it all
You're in, but be prepared to fall

Is time standing still
Is your stratosphere your will
Do you feel you've had your fill
Are you lowering your gear?

Well, if that's who you are
I'm sure you'll hit that star
Nothing familiar
Is bound to bind you here

So I'll wait here on the ground
While you trade your halo for a crown

(interlude)

So I look tiny to your eye
You look as small up in the sky

Oh, Tracy White
You're pulling toward the light
I hope you'll be all right
When you penetrate the sun

*Drinks and drama
Drown, drown
By the office
By the pound
Most are here on
Opening night
Puzzle pieces
Under colored light
Love is here on
Opening night
To make a show
Of you

The playwright laughs
At his blasphemy
He has no idea
What it does to me

My best friend pours
Another month
It's killing me
For what that's worth

*

Talk of future
Talk of age
Talk up the glow
Push another page

It's four o'clock
My mind won't stop
And I can't get to sleep!

My heart has stopped
My jaw has dropped
Still, I can't get to sleep!

My gripes have turned me sour
There goes another hour
And here comes the sun to help me sleep

Every night
I feel the bite
Of insomnia's sting

Then up to fight
The pulsing light
That morning brightness brings

What else can I say?
This happens every day!
And I just want the sandman to...

Show me dreams
In a silver sequin scheme
You know the ones I mean
I was young then

They're in the dark
'Neath the shadows of the stars
My dreams would take me far
If I had them!

There's a little old
Lady in the snow
Don't you know
And she's sweating like
Fire in her coat
Though it's cold

In the mountains of frost
There's a little dog lost
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Out there...

In the middle of the
Night, on a hill
In the chill
She's calling out his
Name to the air:
Baudelaire

He's asleep, safe and sound
With the little girl he found
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Out there...

*And through the night,
She cries, she smiles
She's sad, she's glad
They dream for miles
When the light
Goes out for one
The sun comes up again

(interlude)

Now there's a kid, a
Girl, playing in the snow
Don't you know
And though his name's changed
I bet you know who's there:
Baudelaire

When he digs through the white
There's a terrible sight
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
In there...

*Through the night,
She cries, she smiles
She's sad, she's glad
She dreams for miles
When the light
Goes out for one
The sun comes up again

Through the night
She cries, she smiles
She holds him tight
And dreams for miles
Learns though the light
Goes out for some
The sun comes up again

*The words are "crack" and "fuck". I'm going to see if I can find an uncensored version. Fish deserve to be heard!