1990's and Newer
Jewel: Foolish Games
Jimmie's Chicken Shack: Do Right
Meridith Brooks: Bitch
Suzanne Vega: Luka
Vertical Horizon: Everything You Want
Foolish Games
you took your coat off and stood in the rain. you're always crazy like that. and i watched from my window. i always felt i was outside looking in on you. you're always the mysterious one with dark eyes and careless hair. you're fashionably sensitive but too cool to care. you stood in my doorway with nothing to say besides some comment on the weather.
well in case you failed to notice, in case you failed to see, this is my heart bleeding before you, this is me down on my knees. and these foolish games are tearing me apart, and your thoughtless words are breaking my heart. you're breaking my heart.
you're always brilliant in the morning, smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee. your philosophies are all baroque mood, you love mozart, and you speak of your loved ones as i clumsily strum my guitar. well, excuse me. guess i've mistaken you for somebody else, somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself. and these foolish games are tearing me, tearing me, tearing me apart. and your thoughtless words are breaking my heart. you're breaking my heart.
you took your coat off and stood in the rain. you're always crazy like that.
-A song by Jewel-
Bitch
I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
So take me as I am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way
-Sung by Meredith Brooks-
Luka
my name is luka
i live on the second floor
i live upstairs from you
yes, i think you've seen me before
if you hear something late at night
some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
just don't ask me what it was
just don't ask me what it was
just don't ask me what it was
i think it's cause i'm clumsy
i try not to talk too loud
maybe it's because i'm crazy
i try not to act too proud
they only hit until you cry
after that you don't ask why
you just don't argue anymore
you just don't argue anymore
you just don't argue anymore
yes, i think i'm ok
i walked into the door again
if you ask that's what i'll say
that's not your business anyway
i guess i'd like to be alone
with nothing broken, nothing thrown
just don't ask me how i am
just don't ask me how i am
just don't ask me how i am
my name is luka
i live on the second floor
i live upstairs from you
yes, i think you've seen me before
if you hear something late at night
some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
just don't ask me what it was
just don't ask me what it was
just don't ask me what it was
they only hit until you cry
after that you don't ask why
you just don't argue anymore
you just don't argue anymore
you just don't argue anymore
-Sung by Suzanne Vega-
Everything You Want
Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh and it's rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why
But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away
There's always another wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
But you'll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what you're asking for
And you'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what you're waiting for
Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won't return
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why
And I don't know why
Why
I don't know
-Sung by Vertical Horizon- |
