Playlist Guster

guster - getting even

She leans closer to me
I give a warning of a higher calling
Must go over with me
We're not happy in the place we are

Get up
The countdown will begin
Get up
Towards devotion
Get up
Leave everything with them
Get up
'Cause you won't need anything

We'll be shielded up above
And the screams will not reach us
Fear will be undone
On the path of the chosen ones
Getting even

They haven't heard a word we've said
They make mistakes, they doubt his calling
To taste revenge will be so sweet
When we leave them in this place

And as we leave our sacrifice
One final step outside
No longer feel these things around
Soon we'll be happy in the place we are.

guster - may parade

We went down to the May Parade
Mumbled words under my breath
There is something I've been meaning to do
I am dying to tell you
I've been so damn tired

It went down at the May Parade
Bitter words under my breath
There is somethign I've been meaning to do
I was meaning to tell you
I've been so damn tired
Cuz I spy something wrong

You don't know how far you've gone
Or recognize who you've become
How'd you grow to be so hard
Sick of playing my part

We went down at the May Parade
Alcohol under my breath
There is something I've been meaning to do
I am dying to tell you
I've been so damn sad
Cuz I spy something wrong

You don't know how far you've gone
Or recognize who you've become
How'd you grow to be so hard
Sick of playing my part

guster - on the ocean

Verse:
Am I asleep?
Is this a dream?
Oh my God, what have I done?
Anything?

Verse:
At twenty-three,
You walked out on me.
Oh my God, where have you gone?
Anyway?

Chorus:
On the ocean,
I think I'm taking on water.
The storm is on the way,
But I will hold on anyway.

Verse:
Ten thousand leagues,
under the sea,
Oh my God, what have you done?
Anything?

Bridge:
Twenty nine years,
I've wondered around,
There's no beauty here,
No emerald town,
I shall all?, what will be forgotten?
Everything?

Chorus:
On the ocean,

I think I'm taking on water.
The storm is on the way,
But I will hold on anyway.

Bridge:
I close my eyes and there's someone beside me.
Hand in hand we can only speak in tongues.
She's pulling me along.

Follow'n down, a trail of crumbs behind me,
My head's in her hands,
But everything, it still feels wrong.
This isn't what I thought,
So can I just go home?

Verse:
Am I asleep?
Is this a dream?
Oh my God, what have I done?
Anything?

(ROUND)
On the ocean,
Ten thousand leagues,
I think I'm taking on water,
Under the sea,
The storm is on the way,
Oh my God, what have you done?
But I will be? you? anyway.
Anything?
On the ocean . . .

guster - airport song

Glad you made it, welcome to the farm.
Who's your daddy, I'm your daddy now.
I'm here seeking only what I need.
In your mind is where I'll plant my seed.
It's for sure.

Let me keep you in this place you'll be better off this way.
I will keep you warm and safe, you'll be better off this way.
You learn to love the price you pay.
Trust me dear you're better off this way.

Put to bed the sun and sister moon.
I'll be hiding in your dirty room.
I'll go there seeking only what I need.
La de da we'll stay there till we bleed.
It's for sure.

Let me keep you in this place, you'll be better off this way.
I will keep you warm and safe, you'll be better off this way.
I will not wake you from this sleep,
Leave you wandering counting sheep.
No more sad and sunshine days.
Trust me dear, you're better off this way

You'll be selling books at the airport.

guster - all the way up to heaven

He said to only look up
he said to never look down
down is where he cam from
he said to hope for the best and take a load off my chest
soon i could be happy
and go all the way up to heaven
and go all the way back home
(whistles)
he thought i might need hid help
no one gets high on themselves
i just seem so lonely
he;s just trying to be nice
and spread around his advice
i could be that happy
and go all the way up to heaven
and go all the way back home
stay the way i am today and serve to more disaster
he could tell a fairy tale that's happy ever after
just relax and greener grass will grow here for a chance
maybe then we'll last a million years or more..or more..or more
and go all the way up to heaven
and go all the way back home
yes, i do believe what he says
i want to be happy
i could show you this hell
no one gets by on themselves
he can make me happy
(it's a long silent peace)
and i will never look down
(it's a weakness in your knees)
and i will never look down
down is where he came from
(it's a perfect place to go for everlasting love)
because it's all in the past
(nothing to fear, nothing to hide)
he took a load off my chest
(you just say what's on your mind)
(needn't think before you speak)
ooh cause it's not happy
(this is how it's meant to be)
cause i had needed his help
(never high, never fall)
no matter how by myself
(you can do no wrong at all)
i am going nowhere
(in this heaven up above filled with everlasting love)
and now i'm changing my plas
because we only live once
ooh could be this happy
once, i could live by his side

guster - amsterdam

I threw away your greatest hits
You left them here the day you split
Your bass guitar and Shaggs CD
Well they don't mean that much to me right now

I'm going through your things
These days, I'm changing all my strings

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

You won't get too far from me
Believing everything you read
You're wasted in the great unknown
And I am getting ready to dispose

Of all your vintage clothes
Your drugs and every secret code

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

From your red balloon you were
A super high tech jet fighter
Floating over planet earth
Come back down here I'll show you where it hurts

Take this bitter pill
Is it easy to swallow?

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
You're never coming down
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

Amsterdam

guster - architecs amp engineers

I live on the second floor
Of an old row house down in Baltimore
Watching all the colors and the shapes
Standing tall up here

My face against the window
Oooooo....
My face against the window
Oooooo....

These moments, they can never last
Like a sad old man with his photographs
Keeps wishing for the things he cannot change
Standing tall up here

My face against the window
Oooooo....

My face against the window
Oooooo....

So the architects and the engineers
Build their monuments, make their souvenirs
We are occupants
It's a trap, this town
We are burning up
We are fading out
We are shooting stars

Oooooo....
Oooooo....
Oooooo....

guster - backyard

In the backyard
In the garden
You were always there
Digging down where roots
Would burrow underneath

Now the grass is always overgrown
And the weeds are choking out the sun
Pretty soon they'll come under the door
And you don't care

In the backyard
Since last summer
Almost nothing left
Just some pieces of the roots that once dug in

Now the grass is always overgrown
And the weeds are choking out the sun
Why do you still come home anymore
When you don't care?

guster - bad bad world

I'm wide awake
It's the middle of the night
I'm standing in the dark,
Waiting up for the light
And here I'll remain
Til the sun is in the sky
Standing in the dark
Waiting up for the light.

There is love,
There is peace in this world
So take it back
Say it's not what you thought

Grab a hold
Take these melodies
With your hands
Write a song to sing.

Isn't such a bad, bad world
And I say

These times are strange
I can feel it in the night
I'm standing in the dark
Holding up for the light
And here I'll remain
Til the great sun shines
Standing in the dark
Waiting up for the light

There is love,
There is peace in this world
So take it back
Say it's not what you thought

Grab a hold
Take these melodies
With your hands
Write a song to sing.

Isn't such a bad, bad world
And I say

guster - barrel of a gun

I know a movie star, i've got her plastered to my wall
just like we're dear old friends, like she already knows me
she's perfect as she seems, lifts me right out the Mezanine
i finally fell in love, i've been waiting forever
4 3 2 1 went out the barrel of the gun
keep my head way down
stand, i'll stand
half dead and half numb
she's enough to make me warm
it's all so safe and sound
lie back and fast asleep, if you could see what i could see,
drop, drop a lovely dream,
God damn you movie star, can you just play a minute more
we'd be the best of friends, you could stay here forever
4 3 2 1 went out the barrel of a gun
keep my head way down
stand, i'll stand
half dead and half numb
she's enough to make me warm
it's all so safe and sound
she will be sweet on me, just like a mystery
and all that i can say is that she's all i want and all that ilive for
4 3 2 1 went out the barrel of a gun
keep my head way down
stand, i'll stand
half dead and half numb
she's enough to make me warm
it's all so safe and sound

guster - bury me

When the day will come along and you have been there
Find the angels at your feet, prone on the ground there
So, come and bury me
I'll find mine underneath
Don't you see the kingdom?
You hold your crown so high
Don't know where the angels gone, haven't been there
Find the jackals at your feet, stain the ground there.

guster - c mon

I look out of my bedroom window pane
Every day, but the view just stays the same
I was young I would run straight from this place
Come back home and then start it all again

I know just what I want, I know just what I need
It's a big old house and it's coming back to haunt me
We'll be alright, we'll be easy
Dont look back, dont look back
Just c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

Look around at the people in this place
I'm afraid that we'll end up the same way
So let's rise, dye our hair, and change our names
Make a wish and just blow it all away

I know just what I want, I know just what I need
It's a big old house and its coming back to haunt me
We'll be alright, we'll be easy
Dont look back, dont look back
Just c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

We'll be alright, we'll be easy
Dont look back, dont look back
Just c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

Cause you know what you want
So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

guster - careful

And you walked out when I ask you to stay
As usual you will get your way
You closed the door and stumbled down to the street
Where you wring your hands
And you drag your feet

Where the words can't find you
To crawl inside you

I'm ringing all the warning bells
Careful or you'll hurt yourself
Others lie, lie, lie they adore you

I'll be the one to tell
Careful or you'll hurt yourself
Gonna try, try, try 'til the morning comes

But you can't hide standing under these stars
Know everything and know where you are
You're in your head you're all turned around with it
And they're shining down their light to bring you back again

Back where I can find you
To crawl inside you

I'm ringing all the warning bells
Careful or you'll hurt yourself
Others lie, lie, lie they adore you

I'll be the one to tell
Careful or you'll hurt yourself
Gonna try, try, try 'til the morning comes
All you want to see is make believe
It's nothing
But way down underneath

I'm ringing all the warning bells
Careful you don't hurt yourself
Others lie, lie, lie they adore you

I'll be the one to tell
Careful or you'll hurt yourself
Gonna try, try, try 'til the morning comes

guster - center of attention

Center of Attention
One of us won't last the night, between you and me it's nosurprise
There's two of us, both can't be right
Neither will move till it's over
I'm the center of attention in the walls inside my head
And no one will ever know it if I keep my mouth shut tight
My own little world is what I deserve
Cause I am the only child there is
I'm king of it all, the belle of the ball
I promise I've always been like this
Forever the first, my bubble can't burst
It's almost like only I exist
Where everything's fine, if I can keep my mouth shuttight...tight...tight
All by myself, I'm so much better on my own
And way out there, it is the same old place that it always hasbeen
I'm the center of attention in the walls inside my head
And no one will ever know it if I keep my mouth shuttight..tight...tight
My own little world is what I deserve
Cause I am the only child there is
I'm king of it all, the belle of the ball
I promise I've always been like this
Forever the first, my bubble can't burst
It's almost like only I exist
Where everything's fine, if I can keep my mouth shuttight...tight...tight
One of us won't last the night, between you and me it's nosurprise
There's two of us, both can't be right
Neither will move till it's over
I'm the center of attention in the walls inside my head
And no one will ever know it if I keep my mouth shut tight
Yeah, no one will ever notice if I keep my mouth shuttight...tight...tight
Cause I am the only child there is
I'm king of it all, the bell of the ball
I promise I've always been like this
Forever the first, my bubble can't burst
It's almost like only I exist
Where everything's mine, if I can keep my mouth shuttight...tight...tight

guster - cocoon

Just one more time he says
As he crawls into his hole
I'm doing fine he says
As the tears fall down alone

Why must you question me
Do you want your future blown?
Look at the site of him
What can he do to show you?

Living life for others
Shuffle through the day
Everyone is out to get him
What do they have to say

Pull yourself up out of this rut
Make it all come clean
Cause the day the sun gets in your eyes
Is the day you'll be free

Open the door
The world is too young
To see all that you felt before
When all the sleeps ends restlessly
Without time

Dream yourself to sleep at night
Only lying beneath the clouds
Spend your lifetime in the shade
When the early morning sun wakes up
To reveal the pain you've laid

Open the door
The world is too young
To see all that you felt before
When all the sleeps ends restlessly
Without time

guster