Showing posts with label Weepies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weepies. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

The Ashes Just Look Pretty on Your Eyes



"Ashes on Your Eyes" - The Weepies (Deb Talan)

Just about the time
your heart breaks like a wheel
Not in a straight line,
but all in pieces
Some you'll leave behind
on a road you won't revise
No, you won't revisit that
dirty compromise.

Now you only dream in peaceful blue
The morning doesn't even scare you
anymore
You are a phoenix with your feathers
still a little wet
Baby,
the ashes just look pretty on your eyes.

So look up, up ahead
The city lights are dancing for you
Or is it the aurora burning
off the edges of the sky?
Don't cry, don't cry
That's all over now.

Now you only dream in peaceful blue
The morning doesn't even scare you
anymore
You are a phoenix with your feathers
still a little wet
Baby,
the ashes just look pretty on your eyes.

Dry your wings in the sun
You have only begun
to understand
When it's time to move on
there is no one
To hold your hand.
So let go,
let go,
let go.

Here the night is fine
The stars are sparks of steel
Chiseled in the mines of twilight
You tell me something real, say
"Don't try, don't try
Just remember how, remember, remember"

Now you only dream in peaceful blue
The morning doesn't even scare you
anymore
You are a phoenix with your feathers
still a little wet
Baby,
the ashes just look pretty on your eyes
pretty on your eyes
pretty on your eyes










Saturday, January 22, 2011

Faces

I love faces and all their gestural expressions, whether subtle or goofy, smooth or awkward. I love the ineffable something that shines through sometimes.

"Nobody Knows Me at All" by The Weepies



When I was a child everybody smiled
Nobody knows me at all
Very late at night and in the morning light
Nobody knows me at all

Now I got lots of friends, yes, but then again
Nobody knows me at all
Kids and a wife, it's a beautiful life
Nobody knows me at all

And oh when the lights are low
Oh with someone I don't know

I don't give a damn, I'm happy as a clam
Nobody knows me at all
Ah, what can you do? There's nobody like you
Nobody knows me at all

I know how you feel, no secrets to reveal
Nobody knows me at all
Very late at night and in the morning light
Nobody knows me at all
Nobody knows me, nobody knows me
Nobody knows me at all