DYING IN CROSSWALKS

Running laps in the Sam's
With extended hands, drinking sugar water
And all the fans of the demo stands
Turn the static up to see how loud

Name tags are getting wet
Leaking down, leaking periodically
We're dying in the crosswalks
And leaping in the elevators

Bleeding go green light
The claque surrenders tonight
Seated in the sharp grass
Waiting for the fireworks show

We'll forget about the fireflies
And trap the mosquitoes
And forget what it felt like
To ever be alone

And as for today
Hey hey
And as for today
We'll jay-walk
And take the stairway
As for today we'll jay-walk
And take the stairway

A LAMP PROVIDED SHADE

I drew a sign for you
Sometimes it'll shine real bright
I tried to keep them locked up
Bet I let the bulk of them go
I read a sample about a man who had control
I've got that stiff upper lip held and a glass jaw
I can stop the movement if I think, I'll hold, I'll hold
the though close to me
I'll hold the carbon, oh so cold

a lamp provided the shade

I'll hold it close to me and I will make the stand
A blink weighs a lot on me, with hold let loose my hand
Ease the tension of the knob that spins inside my head
So when I wind down twist me up again

a lamp provided the shade

I can stop the movement if I think I'll hold, I'll hold
The thought close to me, I'll hold the carbon, oh so close
With the litebright pegs and handkerchiefs spilt on the floor
I'll change shadows into angels when I close the door

THE CAN CAN

There's something foreign in my head
And the pop will be good or bad
Depending on the days events

From the steps of Charlie's house
I think about going back to France
And I'll map out a pretty plan
If I ever get a second chance

I'll drive to the Eiffel tower
With a parachute man in my hand
I'll climb the Eiffel tower
Using my available hand

And when I reach the top
Toss the toy to the side
Sprint to the elevator
Stand in line for my ride

If that motherfucker lands
We'll do the can can

DEWEY DECIMAL

The girl is an open book
Encyclopedia fatale
Do I get a closer look
If I say I dig her profile

And If I do forget about you
I'll find your name in a dust-jacket
I'll write you letters
I'll write them with the short pencil
Proclaiming my knowledge of the dewey decimal

The girl is an open book
Encyclopedia fatale
Do I get a closer look
If I say I dig her profile

So if you do forget about me too
You'll get a letter lacking pink eraser marks
Straight to the point
And careless in retraction
Proclaiming that you never knew a dewey decimal

The girl's an open book

OBLIQUE

Whispering sands
Whispering sands
Blowing this ghost away
Whispering sands
Whispering sands
Sandblasting this ghost to market streets
Go stations

Here we go out to reach
Changes changes are oblique
Listening to a blanket speech
Changes, changes are oblique

Whispering sands
Whispering sands
Telling this ghost to wait
Whispering sands
Whispering sands
Showing this apparition sight

Go stations

Here we go out to reach
Changes changes are oblique
Listening to a blanket speech
Changes changes are oblique
On and on and on
(Whispering sands, teaching this apparation sight)

FEELINGS LIKE SPINNING

Doctors crowding over me
Where's the antidote?
Ship it on over, it's getting worse
Flashing through in rote
Antidote makes it much worse
Cure makes my head
Makes it so it's not there
On a raft of a capsized boat

Feelings like spinning, feelings like spinning
Been sick for so long

Fall into an ocean
The waters make me wake
Feelings like a spinning ghost
Feelings like a skate
I can't catch the grasp
Feelings flat in wake
I can't catch the clasp
Feelings big mistake

Feelings like spinning, feelings like spinning
Been sick for so long

ROUTINE

This routine has been getting exciting
In finding out the things that I would rather be doing
It's exciting to see what could be going on
It's exciting to see what should be going on
I'm over in a three-point stance
Waiting for the loudest blank
Over in a three-point stance
Waiting for something to break
And things feel good right before they break
And things feel good right before they break

This misery, promiscuous and flirty
Slipping past the turnstile moving in the current company
And things feel good right before I wake
And things feel good right before they break

So I'll collect the wood
And you protect the goods
I'll collect the wood
I'll direct the crew

And things feel good right before I wake
And things feel good right before they break

YELLOW AND BROWN

I clean my sneaks on the welcome mats
And pet the porcupine figurine
Wave hellos to the garbage man
He's seen them all, he picked one out

We draw the notes that no one will hear
We color them loud
We sing them clear

We've ridden bicycles on similar streets
We've hidden talent among the meek
Each of us once wore yellow and brown
As gladiators for the town

Let's go out and paint the town
Yellow and brown
Yellow and brown

We draw the notes that no one will hear

We color them loud
We sing them clear

THERMOS

When I look in disguise
It feels like an outline
Soon we'll get it right
We'll blow the words by and smile
I knew right away there was something there between us
I had to hit the defog
But just to make sure I put the lid back on my thermos
Draw your own conclusions

If you pinch me twice I might awake without a fight
If I do not decide, I will try again tonight
I knew there could be something between her ears
She went and used the word implement
But just to make sure I had to ask her what implement meant

Draw your own conclusions

Take off from the roof on top of Whitwell place
Let go at the top of Columbus to see your face

DEEP GREEN SEA

They'll come swimming through your window
Into your room
Into your room
Swirling round, a billion years old
To flood your room
To flood your room
Swim through your keyhole
Swim through your keyhole out to sea

Dive deep down into a deep green sea
Keep them safe but it does no good for me
Soaking wet

Anglers light you on the way down
Incandescent to the benthos
Lazy filter fish
Gobble up the debris here

I'm no shark, nor chum
Till the hook comes deep enough to snag and bring us
Right back up, I'll awake in my bed
Soaking wet
Soaking wet
Dive deep down into a deep green sea
Keep them safe but it does no good for me
Soaking wet

all music and lyrics ©2002 The Defog