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Titolo: Prime trascrizioni dei testi di ATS

A piu' tardi magari qualche prima traduzione...
Dal forum di 
www.murmurs.com
LEAVING NEW YORK
It's quiet now, and what it brings is everything...
Comes calling back a brilliant night, I'm still awake
I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there
You don't need me to tell you now, that nothing can compare
You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden the frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around
It's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York never easy
I saw the life fading out
Now life is sweet and what it brings I tried to take...
The loneliness, it wears me out, it lies in way
And on our lost till in my eyes, shadow of necklace across your thigh
I might have lived my life in a dream, but i swear, this is real
Memory fuses in shatters out glass, but carry your future, forget the
past
But it's you, it's what i feel.
You might have laughed if I told you (it's pulling me apart)
You might have hidden the frown (change)
You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart)
I might have been turned around (change)
It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
Leaving was never my proud (change)
Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out
You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart
You find it in your heart, change...
I told you, forever, I love you, forever (you find it in your heart,
it's pulling me apart)
I told you ,I love you, I love you, forever (you find it in your
heart, change)
I told you, forever, I love you, forever (you find it in your heart,
it's pulling me apart)
I told you, I love you, I love you, forever (you find it in your
heart, change)
You might have laughed if I told you (forever, forever,I told You,
forever)
You might have hidden the frown (change)
You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart)
I might have been turned around (change)
It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart)
Leaving was never my proud (change)
Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out (change)
Leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out (change)
Leaving new york never wasy (it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out (change)
BOY IN THE WELL
look at this, it's me walking away
look at you drowning on display
every time i've dropped by, i've tried to say
the water is rising, you don't want to stay
it's that sinking feeling
you know what it's bringing
you might as well say it
i see it, i feel it
this town is going wrong
it's turning away
you wanted me to be someone that i could never be
all my new friends are offering the things i've never dreamed
it's beautiful, i'd like for them to take me on
the ?? gang went off on the tennessee ?
a lunar moth you chrysalis and flail
the water was rising you try to rappel
a rousing cheer for the boy in the well
it's that sinking feeling
you know what it's bringing
you might as well say it
i see it, i feel it
this town is going wrong
it's turning away
you wanted me to be someone that i could never be
all my new friends are offering the things i've never dreamed
it's beautiful, i'd like for them to take me on
here is where i look back, here's where you fell
this is where i got a shaking off my tail
this is where your rope trick started to look stale
a greyhound pass for the boy in the well
it's that sinking feeling
you know what it's bringing
you might as well say it
i see it, i feel it
this town is going wrong
it's turning away
you wanted me to be someone that i could never be
all my new friends are offering the things i've never dreamed
it's beautiful, i'd like for them to take me on
you wanted me to be something that i could never be
all my new friends are offering the things i've never dreamed
it's beautiful, i'd like for them to take me on
AFTERMATH
Now the radio starters snaps to life
Some sour song, it sets it right
And when London falls
He’d like to call
But the stars collide
They’re beautiful and much more light
In a Universe, where you see the worst
And it’s up to you to fix it
Now you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
And you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
And you want to shout
How you see it all
It’s easy to dismiss and what’s it all about, crowd
There is no doubt, it’s this here now
And you close your eyes, he’s not coming back
So you work it out, overfeed the cat
And the plants are dry and they need to drink
So you do your best and you flood the sink
Sit down in the kitchen and cry
Now you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
And you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
And you want to shout
How you see it all
PEZZO STRUMENTALE BELLISSIMO!
Now the universe left you for a runner’s lap
It feels like home, when it comes crashing back
And it makes you laugh
And it makes you cry
When London falls, and you’re still alive
The radio starters makes you laugh
And the aftermath, open up your eyes
You’re so alive
Now you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
And you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
And you want to shout
Now you see it all
How you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
How you’ve worked it out
And you see it all
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ALTERNATIVO
Now the radio stutters, snaps to life
Some sour song, it sets it right
And when London falls
He’d like to call
But the stars collide
They’re beautiful and much maligned
In a Universe, where you see the worst
And it’s up to you to fix it
It’s easy to dismiss the 'what’s it all about' crowd,
There is no doubt, it’s this here now
And you close your eyes, he’s not coming back
So you work it out, overfeed the cat
And the plants are dry and they need to drink
So you do your best and you flood the sink
Sit down in the kitchen and cry
Now the universe left you for a runner’s lap
It feels like home, when it comes crashing back
And it makes you laugh
And it makes you cry
When London falls, and you’re still alive
The radio stutters, makes you laugh
And the aftermath, open up your eyes
You’re so alive
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THE ASCENT OF MAN
so hesitation pulled me back
i'm stronger when i don't ??
in your eyes i'm a lamb without the rack
and i'm getting confused
i'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
as you pan for ore in the desert floored
i say to you
that i could never imagine a place
so beautiful
i could never steal your gold away
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH....YEAH
i tried to walk like a big wham bam
i came across like a battering ram
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH....YEAH
i tried to float like a telegram sam
i'm trying to divine you
my book is called 'the ascent of man'
i marked your chapter with a catamaran
the accent's all but i am what i am
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH....YEAH
i tried to walk like a big wham bam
i came across like a battering ram
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH....YEAH
i tried to float like a telegram sam
i'm trying to divine you
i looked for you it's my last grand stand
a motor scooter goat leg pen
a figure eight in quicksand
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH....YEAH
i tried to walk like a big wham bam
i came across like a battering ram
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH....YEAH
i tried to float like a telegram sam
i'm trying to divine you
so hesitation pulled me back
i'm so in love i don't attract
with my hands tied
I won't crack
WANDERLUST
Looks like I pulled a fast one 
Looks like I went to town
Looks like the world revolves around me
Looks like its falling down
I thought I kicked the traces
I thought the wheels would spin
I thought I jumped the fence and bolted
Looks like I’m back again
I got my signals crossed
Its overwhelming because
I’m all alone and I can’t get back yeah
Back with my wanderlust
I had to grab a suitcase
I had to change my clothes
I had to run the shower hot until the water froze
I brushed against confusion
I wanted time to grow
I want the sticks and stones not to throw me
Get back to what I know
I got my signals crossed
Its overwhelming because
I’m all alone and I can’t get back yeah
Back with my wanderlust
I’m searching for a ?
? I smear it on my face
I want to bathe in ?
? Swim the length of the Milky Way
I want it to be brilliant
I want it to be sweet
I want to kiss the astronauts when they salute to me, me, me, me
I got my signals crossed
Its overwhelming because
I’m all alone and I can’t get back yeah
Back with my wanderlust
Repeat chorus
THE WORST JOKE EVER
you see there's this cat burglar
who can't see in the dark
he lays his bets on eight more lives
and walks into a bar
he slips on the eight ball, falls on his knife
says, 'i don't know what i've done
but it doesn't feel right'
somethings don't hold up over the course of a lifetime
when's the first time you heard that one - 1954
get to the punchline, fall to the floor
give me a minute, i'll tell you the setup
for the worst joke ever, i never
i'll tell you my version of the greatest life story
don't bore me
now i am floating, i feel released
the ? have been dropped
the weights unleashed
everything is crystalline, simple and free
the crown of good men who can't wrestle with change
are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
you're not hurting anybody else's chances
but you're disfiguring your own
give me a minute, i'll tell you the setup
for the worst joke ever, i never
i'll tell you my version of the greatest life story
don't bore me - i never
give me a minute, i'll tell you the setup
you see there's this feeling that i've heard this one before
ELECTRON BLUE
You're on your ear, the ocean's near
The light that started to fade
Your highest time, you found a climb
It's hard to focus and more than what's in front of you
Electron Blue
Adventure rings with a page and
when it dawns on you,
It singes blue 
You're buzz beginning to wain.
Adventure's laid its claim on you
its all you want to do.
You
You know where to run
You run, Electron Blue.
And who am I?
I'm just a guy
I've got a story like everyone
But in your eyes
You looked surpised 
And didn't know where to run
I looked to her
She's found the cure
Her future's already begun
Tomorrow's gaining speed on you
It's all you want to do
You
You know where to run
You run Electron Blue
You
You know where to run
You run electron blue
So bide your time
You feel the climb
Your heart builds like a lightningstorm
It sings like pearls
You know that girl
And no one is any the wiser
So as if on cue.....
Electron Blue
Tomorrow's gaining speed on you
It's all you want to do
You
You know where to run
You run, Electron Blue
You
You know where to run
You run, Electron Blue
You
You know where to run
You run, Electron Blue
AROUND THE SUN
i want the sun to shine on me
i want the truth to set me free
i wish the followers would lead
with a voice so strong 
it could knock me to my knees
hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming
hold on world 'cause i'm not jumping off
hold on to this boy a little longer
take another trip around the sun
if i jumped into the ocean to believe
if i climbed a mountain would i have to reach
do i even dare to speak, to dream, believe
give me a voice so strong 
i can question what i have seen
hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming
hold on world 'cause i'm not jumping off
hold on to this boy a little longer
take another trip around the sun
let my dreams set me free
believe, believe
HIGH SPEED TRAIN
when i look into your eyes,
your drop-like-an-anchor eyes
i scatter to clip the sky
just shy of making it
and you almost got away
i told you i was afraid
did i really want to try
you're holding me to my claim
i jump on a high speed train
i'll never look back again
i flail like the antelope
who jumped from the building
and you caught me on the sly
you've taken me by surprise
you've mirrored my disguise 
and turned it back on me
i jump on a high speed train
i'll never look back again
i flail like the antelope
who jumped from the building
i jump on a high speed train
i'll never look back again
to berlin, kyoto or marseille
i'll go anywhere for you
i'll bring you a big bouquet
i picked it myself today
it compliments your eyes
there's love at the end of the line
i jump on a high speed train
i'll never look back again
i flail like the antelope
who jumped from the building
i jump on a high speed train
i'll never look back again
to berlin, kyoto or marseille
i'd go anywhere for you
and that's what i always knew
i'd like to have hung the moon
i'd wrestle you for a spoon
inside your sleeping bag
just dusk, no war, no hate, no past
it's real, i'm here, i'm yours, i'm fast
i'm long in the eye, i cry when i try
i just want to fly, just you and i together
I  WANTED TO BE WRONG
you know where i come from
you know what i feel
you're yul brenner, westworld
reporting from the field
i threw it into reverse
made a motion to repeal
you kicked my legs from under me
and tried to take the wheel
i told you i wanted to be wrong
but everyone is humming a song
i don't understand
i know that the sun is shined
on my side of the street
the basket of america
the weevils with the wheat
the milk and honey congregations
scrubbed and apple-cheeked
salute apollo thirteen
from rattle jewelry seats
mythology seducted and it turned a trick on me
that i have just begun to understand
i told you i wanted to be wrong
but everyone is humming a song
i don't understand
the rodeo is stage gold circle
goat-ropers and clowns 
a rumble in the third act
tie 'em up and burn 'em down
we're armed to the teeth
born a little breach
blue plate special analyst
sells in suvs
we can't approach the allies 'cause they seem a little peeved
and speak a language we don't understand
i told you i wanted to be wrong
but everyone is humming a song
i don't understand
storm into the boardroom of the conquering in lead (elite)
did you recognize a madman who is shining in the streets
destroy the things that i don't understand
destory the things that i don't understand
--
La parte a sinistra della chiocciolina e' inROT13 e sostituisci 
dante.it
 con 
aliceposta.it
Quando riesci a mantenere la calma mentre tutti intorno a te hanno 
perso il controllo, forse non hai capito bene cosa succede...

Memory fuses and shatters like glass, mercurial future, forget the
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Non e' "And on our lost till in my eyes" ma "And all not lost still in
my eyes"
Ci sono un po di versioni discordanti, guardate anche qui.
http://img7.imgspot.com/u/04/264/21/LNYlyrics93425.jpg
LASCIARE NUOVA YORK :-)
E' tutto tranquillo adesso, e cio' che porta, e' tuttoquanto....
viene a richiamarci, una notte splendente, sono ancora sveglio
Ho guardato avanti sono sicuro di averti visto(a) la'
Non hai bisogno che ora ti dica, che niente puo' essere paragonato..
Avresti potuto ridere se te l' avessi detto 
Avresti potuto nascondere la tua disapprovazione
Avresti potuto avere successo nel cambiarmi 
Avrei potuto avere un cambiamento improvviso
E' piu' facile lasciare che essere lasciati dietro
Andarsene non e' mai stato qualcosa di cui sono orgoglioso  
Lasciare New York mai facile
Ho visto la luce svanire via 
Ora la vita e' dolce, e cio' che porta, ho provato a prenderlo....
La solitudine mi logora, giace lungo il cammino
E' tutto cio' non e' ancora andato perduto nei miei occhi,
l' ombra della collana da una parte all' altra della tua coscia,
avrei potuto vivere la mia vita in un sogno ma lo giuro, questo e'
reale.
I ricordi si fondono e si frantumano come vetro,
futuro di mercurio, dimentica il passato,
sei tu, 
e' cio' che sento
Avresti potuto ridere se te l' avessi detto (mi sta tirando da parte)
Avresti potuto nascondere la tua disapprovazione (cambiare)
Avresti potuto avere successo nel cambiarmi (mi sta tirando da parte)
Avrei potuto avere un cambiamento improvviso (cambiare)
E' piu' facile lasciare che essere lasciati dietro (mi sta tirando da
parte)
Andarsene non e' mai stato qualcosa di cui sono orgoglioso  (cambiare)
Lasciare New York mai facile(mi sta tirando da parte) 
Ho visto la luce che  via (cambiare)
Lo trovi nel tuo cuore, mi sta tirando da parte
Lo trovi nel tuo cuore, cambia
Ti dissi, per sempre
Ti dissi, per sempre
Ti dissi, ti amo
Ti amo, per sempre
Tu mai, tu mai
Mi dissi, per sempre
(lo trovi nel tuo cuore, cambia)
(Lo trovi nel tuo cuore, mi sta tirando da parte)
[ringraziamo i Backstreet Boys per l ispirazione di questo pezzo]
Avresti potuto ridere se te l' avessi detto (mi sta tirando da parte)
Avresti potuto nascondere la tua disapprovazione (cambiare)
Avresti potuto avere successo nel cambiarmi (mi sta tirando da parte)
Avrei potuto avere un cambiamento improvviso (cambiare)
E' piu' facile lasciare che essere lasciati dietro (mi sta tirando da
parte)
Andarsene non e' mai stato qualcosa di cui sono orgoglioso  (cambiare)
Lasciare New York mai facile(mi sta tirando da parte) 
Ho visto la luce svanire via (cambiare)
Lasciare New York mai facile(mi sta tirando da parte) 
Ho visto la vita svanire via (cambiare)
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I testi sono pure quelli su myspace... ecco la trascrizione:
"LEAVING NEW YORK" 
it's quiet now 
and what it brings 
is everything 
comes calling back 
a brilliant night 
I'm still awake 
I looked ahead 
I'm sure I saw you there 
you don't need me 
to tell you now 
that nothing can compare 
you might have laughed if I told you 
you might have hidden a frown. 
you might have succeeded in changing me 
I might have been turned around. 
it's easier to leave 
than to be left behind 
leaving was never my proud. 
leaving new york, never easy. 
I saw the light fading out 
now life is sweet 
and what it brings 
I try to take 
but loneliness 
it wears me out 
it lies in wait 
and all not lost 
still in my eye, 
the shadow of necklace 
across your thigh, I might've lived my life in a 
dream but I swear it. 
this is real. 
memory fuses 
and shatters like glass, 
mercurial future, forget the past 
it's you 
it's what I feel 
you might have laughed if I told you 
you might have hidden a frown. 
you might have succeeded in changing me 
I might have been turned around. 
it's easier to leave 
than to be left behind 
leaving was never my proud. 
leaving new york, never easy. 
I saw the light fading out 
you find it in your heart, 
it's pulling me apart, 
you find it in your heart, change 
I told you, forever 
I love you forever. 
I told you i love you 
I love you forever 
you never, you never 
you told me forever... 
you might have laughed if I told you 
you might have hidden a frown. 
you might have succeeded in changing me 
I might have been turned around. 
it's easier to leave 
than to be left behind 
leaving was never my proud. 
leaving new york, never easy. 
I saw the light fading out 
leaving new york, never easy. 
I saw the light fading out 
leaving new york, never easy. 
I saw the light fading out 
"ELECTRON BLUE"
you're on your ear, the ocean's near.
the light has started to fade.
your high is timed,
you found the climb
it's hard to focus on more than what's
in front of you, electron blue.
adventure rings with a page. 
and when,
it dawns on you, it singes blue,
your buzz beginning to wane.
adventure has laid its claim on you
it's all you want to do
you, you know where to run 
you run electron blue.
and who am I? 
I'm just a guy.
I've got a story like everyone
but in your eyes, 
you looked surprised. 
and didn't know where to run. 
I looked to her 
she's found the cure 
her future's already begun.
tomorrow is gaining speed on you
it's all you want to do
you, you know where to run 
you run electron blue. 
you, you know where to run 
you run electron blue.
so bide your time 
you'll feel the climb
your high it builds like a lightning storm
it sings like pearls 
you know that girl 
and no one is any the wiser so
as if on cue
electron blue
tomorrow is gaining speed on you
it's all you want to do
you, you know where to run 
you run electron blue.
you, you know where to run 
you run electron blue.
you, you know where to run 
you run electron blue.
"THE OUTSIDERS"
you took me to the restaurant where we first met.
you knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head.
I got caught with the stop of the tick tock, tick tock clock
when you told me what you knew. 
lost in the moment, the day that the music stopped.
and I do remember you. 
DRAWING PATTERNS WITH A CORK ON THE TABLECLOTH.
PROMISING VOLCANIC CHANGE OF PLOT.
WHERE WILL THIS LEAD US? I'M SCARED OF THE STORM.
THE OUTSIDERS ARE GATHERING. A NEW DAY IS BORN.
I tried to tell you I am not afraid
you looked up and saw it all across my face
so am I with you or am I against? 
I don't think it's that easy, we're lost in regret.
now I'm trying to remember the feeling when the music stopped.
when you told me what you knew.
lost in the moment, the day that the music stopped.
and I do remember you.
DRAWING PATTERNS WITH A CORK ON THE TABLECLOTH.
PROMISING VOLCANIC CHANGE OF PLOT
WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US, I'M SCARED OF THE STORM.
THE OUTSIDERS ARE GATHERING, A NEW DAY IS BORN.
DRAWING PATTERNS WITH A CORK ON THE TABLECLOTH.
PROMISING VOLCANIC CHANGE OF THOUGHT
WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? I'M SCARED OF THE STORM.
THE OUTSIDERS ARE GATHERING, A NEW DAY IS BORN.
THE OUTSIDERS ARE GATHERING, A NEW DAY IS BORN.
THE OUTSIDERS ARE GATHERING.
A man walks away. when every muscle says to stay.
how many yesterdays? they each weigh heavy. 
who says what changes may come. who says what we call home. 
I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades, 
the dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid. 
I've been a million times, in my mind, and this is really just a
technicality. 
frailty. reality.
uh, It's time to breathe. Time to believe. Let it go and run towards
the sea.
they don't teach that, they don't know what you mean. 
they don't understand, they don't know what you mean. 
they don't get it, I want to scream. 
I want to breathe again, I want to dream. 
I want to float a quote from Martin Luther King 
I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid
I AM NOT AFRAID I AM NOT AFRAID I AM NOT AFRAID I AM NOT AFRAID 
"MAKE IT ALL OKAY" 
You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
You made your ultimatum too big to ignore
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
So you worked out your excuses, 
turned away and shut the door.
The world's too vast for us now, 
and you wanted to explore 
It's a long, long long road
And I don't know which way to go
If you offered me your hand again I'd have to walk away.
When I saw you at the street fair, you called out my name
Didn't you, now? Didn't you? 
You said we could start over, try and make it all okay.
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
So our past has been rewritten 
and you threw away the pen.
You'd said that I was useless, 
but now you'll take me in again
Well Jesus loves me fine.
And your words fall flat this time.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
"We don't have a prayer between us."
Didn't you believe that I have finally turned away?
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Anything to hold onto to help me through my day.
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Jesus loves me fine.
But his words fall flat this time.
It's a long, long long road
And I don't know which way to go
If you offered me your world, did you think I'd really stay?
If you offered me the heavens, I would have to turn away.
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
"We don't have a prayer between us." 
Didn't you, now? Didn't you, now?
Didn't you?
"FINAL STRAW" 
as I raise my head to broadcast my objection
as your latest triumph draws the final straw
who died and lifted you up to perfection?
and what silenced me is written into law.
I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me
and I turn my head away
if I look I'm not sure that I could face you.
not again. not today. not today.
if hatred makes a play on me tomorrow
and forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge
there's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected.
there's a voice in me that says you will not win. 
and if I ignore the voice inside,
raise a half glass to my home.
but it's there that I am most afraid,
and forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold.
now I don't believe and I never did
that two wrongs make a right.
if the world were filled with the likes of you
then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight.
putting up a fight. make it right. make it right. 
now love cannot be called into question.
forgiveness is the only hope I hold.
and love- love will be my strongest weapon.
I do believe that I am not alone.
for this fear will not destroy me.
and the tears that have been shed
it's knowing now where I am weakest
and the voice in my head. in my head.
then I raise my voice up higher
and I look you in the eye
and I offer love with one condition.
with conviction, tell me why.
tell me why.
tell me why.
look me in the eye. 
tell me why. 
"I WANTED TO BE WRONG"
You know where I come from 
you know what I feel
you're Yul Brenner Westworld 
reporting from the field. 
I threw it into reverse, 
made a motion to repeal.
You kicked my legs from under me,
and tried to take the wheel.
I told you I wanted to be wrong, 
but everyone is humming a song
that I don't understand.
now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street. 
the basket of America, the weevils and the wheat.
the milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked
salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats.
mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me
that I have just begun to understand.
I told you I wanted to be wrong, 
but everyone is humming a song
that I don't understand. 
the rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns. 
a rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. 
we're armed to the teeth, born a little breech; 
blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's
we can't approach the Allies 'cause they seem a little peeved
and speak a language we don't understand. 
I told you I wanted to be wrong
but everyone is humming a song 
that I don't understand.
[prop up The Omega Man, we're primed for victory, 
God gave us the upper hand, there's honor among thieves.
temper it with arrogance, a dash of sad conceit.
the top's down on the T-Bird, we're the children of the free]
storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite.
did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets? 
destroy the things that I don't understand
destroy the things that I don't understand.
"WANDERLUST"
looks like I pulled a fast one
looks like I went to town
looks like the world revolves around me
looks like it's falling down.
I thought I'd kicked the traces
I thought the wheels would spin
I thought I'd jumped the fence and bolted
looks like I'm back again
I GOT MY SIGNALS CROSSED.
IT'S OVERWHELMING BECAUSE
I'M ALL ALONE AND I CAN'T GET BACK 
GET BACK WITH MY WANDERLUST.
I had to grab a suitcase
I had to change my clothes
I had to run the shower hot 
until the water froze
I brushed against confusion
I wanted time to grow
I want the sticks and stones not to throw me 
get back to what I know 
I GOT MY SIGNALS CROSSED.
IT'S OVERWHELMING BECAUSE
I'M ALL ALONE AND I CAN'T GET BACK 
GET BACK WITH MY WANDERLUST.
I'm searching for a greatness
I smear it on my face
I want to bathe in grape must 
swim the length of the milky way
I want it to be brilliant
I want it to be sweet
I want to kiss the astronauts 
when they salute to me me me me
I GOT MY SIGNALS CROSSED.
IT'S OVERWHELMING BECAUSE
I'M ALL ALONE AND I CAN'T GET BACK 
GET BACK WITH MY WANDERLUST.
I GOT MY SIGNALS CROSSED.
IT'S OVERWHELMING BECAUSE
I'M ALL ALONE AND I CAN'T GET BACK 
GET BACK WITH MY WANDERLUST.
"BOY IN THE WELL" 
Look at this, it's me, walking away.
Look at you drowning, on display. 
every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say
the water is rising.
you don't want to stay. 
It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on.
you might as well say it, 
I see it, I feel it. 
this town is going wrong. 
it's turning away. 
YOU WANTED ME TO BE SOMEONE THAT I COULD NEVER BE
MY NEW FRIENDS ARE OFFERING THINGS I'VE NEVER DREAMED
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, 
I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO TAKE ME ON...
the track mall gang went off
on the Tennessee goth. a lunar moth, 
you chrysalis and flail.
the water is rising. you try to rappel. 
a rousing cheer for the boy in the well. 
it's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on.
you might as well say it, 
I see it, I feel it. 
this town is going wrong. 
it's turning away.
YOU WANTED ME TO BE SOMEONE THAT I COULD NEVER BE
MY NEW FRIENDS ARE OFFERING THINGS I'VE NEVER DREAMED
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, 
I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO TAKE ME ON...
here is where I look back. 
here is where you fell. 
this is where I got up,
shaking off my tail 
this is where your rope trick
started to look stale. 
a greyhound pass for the boy in the well. 
it's that sinking feeling 
you know what it's bringing on
I might as well say it.
I see it, I feel it
this town is going wrong.
it's turning away.
YOU WANTED ME TO BE SOMEONE THAT I COULD NEVER BE
MY NEW FRIENDS ARE OFFERING THINGS I'VE NEVER DREAMED
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, 
I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO TAKE ME ON
YOU WANTED ME TO BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD NEVER BE
MY NEW FRIENDS ARE OFFERING THINGS I'VE NEVER DREAMED
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, 
I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO TAKE ME ON
"AFTERMATH"
now the radio stutters. snaps to life.
some sour song that sets it right. 
and when London falls
he'd like to call
but the stars collide.
they're beautiful and much maligned.
in a universe where you see the worst,
and it's up to you to fix it.
now you've worked it out 
and you see it all
and you've worked it out
and you see it all 
and you want to shout
how you see it all 
it's easy to dismiss the "what's it all about" crowd.
there is no doubt. it's this, here, now. 
and you close your eyes.
he's not coming back. 
so you work it out, overfeed the cat.
and the plants are dry and they need to drink.
so you do your best. and you flood the sink. 
sit down in the kitchen and cry.
now you've worked it out 
and you see it all
and you've worked it out
and you see it all 
and you want to shout
how you see it all
now the universe left you for a runners lap. 
it feels like home when it comes crashing back.
and it makes you laugh
and it makes you cry, 
when London falls
and you're still alive.
the radio stutters, 
it makes you laugh
and the aftermath, 
open up your eyes.
you're so alive.
now you've worked it out 
and you see it all
and you've worked it out
and you see it all 
and you want to shout
how you see it all
how you've worked it out 
and you see it all
how you've worked it out
and you see it all
"HIGH SPEED TRAIN"
when I look into your eyes. 
your drop like an anchor eyes. 
I scudded and clipped the sky 
just shy of making it.
and you almost got away.
I told you I was afraid.
did I really want to try 
you're holding me to my claim
I JUMP ON A HIGH SPEED TRAIN
I'LL NEVER LOOK BACK AGAIN 
I FLAIL LIKE THE ANTELOPE. 
WHO JUMPED FROM THE BUILDING
and you caught me on the sly
you've taken me by surprise.
you've mirrored my best disguise and 
turned it back on me. 
I JUMP ON A HIGH SPEED TRAIN
I'LL NEVER LOOK BACK AGAIN
I FLAIL LIKE THE ANTELOPE. 
WHO JUMPED FROM THE BUILDING
I JUMP ON A HIGH SPEED TRAIN
I'LL NEVER LOOK BACK AGAIN
TO BERLIN, KYOTO OR MARSEILLES 
I'D GO ANYWHERE FOR YOU
I'll bring you a big bouquet
I picked it myself today
it compliments your eyes
there's love at the end of the line
I JUMP ON A HIGH SPEED TRAIN
I'LL NEVER LOOK BACK AGAIN
I FLAIL LIKE THE ANTELOPE 
WHO JUMPED FROM THE BUILDING 
I JUMP ON A HIGH SPEED TRAIN
I'LL NEVER LOOK BACK AGAIN
TO BERLIN KYOTO OR MARSEILLES
I'D GO ANYWHERE FOR YOU
and that's what I always knew
I'd like to have hung the moon.
I'd wrestle you for a spoon inside your sleeping bag.
just us. 
no war. no hate. no past.
It's real. 
I'm here. I'm yours. I'm fast.
I'm long in the eye
I'm cry when I try 
I just want to fly
just you and I, together
"THE WORST JOKE EVER" 
you see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark.
he lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife.
says, "I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!"
some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime,
when's the first time you heard that one, 1954?
get to the punch line. fall to the floor. 
GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SETUP FOR 
THE WORST JOKE EVER, I NEVER.
I'LL TELL YOU MY VERSION OF THE GREATEST LIFE STORY 
DON'T BORE ME
now I am floating, 
I feel released.
the moorings have been dropped, 
the weights unleashed.
everything is crystalline, simple and free. 
the crime of good men who can't wrestle with change, 
or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
you're not hurting anybody else's chances,
but you're disfiguring your own. 
GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SETUP FOR 
THE WORST JOKE EVER, I NEVER.
I'LL TELL YOU MY VERSION OF THE GREATEST LIFE STORY
DON'T BORE ME, I NEVER
GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SETUP
YOU SEE THERE'S THIS FEELING THAT I'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE
"THE ASCENT OF MAN"
SO HESITATION PULLED ME BACK
I'M STRONGER WHEN I DON'T ATTRACT
IN YOUR EYES I'M A LAMB WITHOUT A RACK
AND I AM GETTING CONFUSED.
I'M A CACTUS TRYING TO BE A CANOE.
AS YOU PAN FOR ORE
IN THE DESERT, FLOORED, 
I SAY TO YOU.
THAT I COULD NEVER IMAGINE A PLACE SO BEAUTIFUL 
I COULD NEVER STEAL YOUR GOLD AWAY.
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH...
[I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you. ]
MY BOOK IS CALLED "THE ASCENT OF MAN". 
I MARKED YOUR CHAPTER WITH A CATAMARAN.
THE ACCENT'S OFF,
BUT I AM WHAT I AM.
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH...
[I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ram
I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you.]
I LOOKED FOR YOU, IT'S MY LAST GRANDSTAND.
A MOTORSCOOTERED GOAT LEGGED PAN
FIGURE EIGHTING IN QUICKSAND...
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH...
[I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you. ]
[I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram sam
I came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you. ]
SO HESITATION PULLED ME BACK
I'M SO IN LOVE I DON'T ATTRACT. 
AND WITH MY HANDS TIED I WON'T CRACK
['CAUSE IN MY MIND I CALLED YOU BACK.]
"AROUND THE SUN" 
I want the sun to shine on me
I want the truth to set me free
I wish the followers would lead 
with a voice so strong it could knock me to my knees
hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming
hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off
hold onto this boy a little longer
take another trip around the sun
if I jumped into the ocean to believe
If I climbed a mountain would I have to reach? 
do I even dare to speak?--to dream?--believe? 
give me a voice so strong
I can question what I have seen
hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming
hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off
hold onto this boy a little longer
take another trip around the sun
around the sun 
around the sun
around the sun
let my dreams set me free.
believe. believe. 
now now now now now now