"Meadevil" Lyrics

(transcribed by monks;

data entered by some kid who thought "liberal arts degree" didn't mean "temp job")

Say Uncle

I got a feelin’ what you did to me

Wasn’t the first time

Wasn’t the first time

I got a feelin’, I got a feelin’

It wasn’t the first time

Wasn’t the first time

I got a feelin’ what you did to me

Won’t be the last time

Won’t be the last time

I got a feelin’, I got a feelin’

It won’t be the last time

Won’t be the last time

Round and round

And round and round

And round again

Round and round

We end up back

Where we began

I say uncle

I say uncle

Whoa

I say uncle

I say uncle

I say whoa

Feel

I got burned by my last flame

It severed every nerve

Now, I feel no pain

I float numb from place to place

Like blind and deaf and dumb

Listless in the chase

Then I feel your hand brush on my back

And I feel like my head’s about to crack

Don’t make me feel again

Don’t make me feel again

‘Cause I haven’t felt this way in a long, long time

Needles and pins in my waking heart

I want to know the sin

That sets this world apart

This moment of bliss

This second of time

Loaded in your kiss

The gun that blows my mind

And I feel the weight of wanting you pulling me down

Oh it’s daunting wanting you

All I wanted was your love

Push me off if I’m too much

Broken

You can give me a black hat

Tie a damsel to the tracks

Send a steam engine rolling along

To confuse the facts

And with blood on my hands

You get off scott-free

An illusion of mind’s little eye

Leaves it all on me

We all want to believe in something real

Like a love that you can taste and feel

Like a light that shines on truth unspoken

Like a bond that can’t be broken

Now I’m a villain of course

But never work alone

So if you’re expecting to see some remorse

Why don’t you atone

It’s a sin of omission

That we’re guilty of

Trusting all will work out in the end

Crows circle above

Love is just another word

For nothing left to lose

You bet your life on

The one you choose

Wreck Me

Every time I see a line

I try to cross to the opposite side

My mind gets paralyzed in this paradise

Combine the cask of wine

With the apple from the serpentine

I’m fine, intertwined, till I can’t rewind

Whoa-oh, oh, you wreck me

My head goes spinning round and round

Whoa-oh, oh, you wreck me

My world comes crashing to the ground

You move in a groove

Like a needle and it plays my tune

I croon for you in this afternoon

I’m the plate and you’re the spoon

Come on, baby, let’s jump over the moon

It’s me and you, it’s me and you

My heart is empty, head it empty

Since you met me head on

I fought you weakly, night and weekly

‘Cause my day was dead and gone

Blood drains through my veins

And away from my addled brain

I’m numb from my need to entertain

No contain, no restrain

I’m just an Abel who became a Cain

Forever stained, forever stained

Forever stained, forever stained

I remain forever stained

Do It Again

Baby, I think you’re perfect

Yeah, perfectly wrong for me

And don’t you think it’s a little suspect

That everybody else is so damn easy

Come on baby, let’s do it again

(Do it again)

Over and over and over again

(Do it again)

Come on baby, let’s do it again

All your friends think you’re crazy

Yeah, certifiably insane

But they think that when we’re fighting

Is the only time you’re screaming my name

Once is never enough

In a full-contact sport like love

Once is never enough

Never, ever enough

Movin’ On

If I turn around, I’m a pillar of salt

I’d fall to my knees and say that it’s my fault

But my stomach’s doing somersaults again

And again and again

And I bend, but don’t break

I’ve taken more than I can take

I made the decision that was never really mine to make

People say, “hey, where is it that you’re going?”

I gotta get away before this little pain in me keeps growin’

I’m movin’ on

I’ve seen towers tumble to the ground

Stand up people who keep falling down

And this burning, yearning world keeps turning around

And around and around

And I’ve found

That I’m fine

A little heartache from time to time

But it’s no big deal

You’re not the only thing that’s on my mind

No, I won’t be thinking of you

Morning through night, every little thing you do

I know that I’ll forget you fast

As soon as I file all those photographs

Box and lock and the nicks and nacks

That I’ve held on for too long

And just move on

I really think it’s better this way

I’ll have more freedom come the holidays

So don’t ask me to stay

‘Cause I’m going, going gone

Yeah, I’m gone

Yeah, I’m movin’ on

Quicksand

We sold your silver spoon, what now?

What now?

Another call to your daddy

Is something I can’t allow

Work my fingers past bone into dust

Play the lottery, hope God smiles on us

And it pulls me down like quicksand

Pulls me down, underneath the ground

Add one more smile to the family

But a second child is just a second job to me

On my way to buy some groceries

I have to force myself to not drive until I’m free

I thank God every day for you

I’ve gotten more out of this than I ever expected to

I love our family and I love you, too

That’s why it makes me so sad

That it pulls me down like quicksand

Rosy Eyed Girl

I see spiders

I see snakes

My world is full of rogues and rakes

You see laughter

You get the shakes

Your smile heals a million heartaches

How do you do it?

Baby, let me sleep in your bed

I wanna dream the dreams that are in your head

Baby, let me sleep in your bed

I wanna dream the dreams that are in your head

When you’re drinking, your glass stays full

Your life is like a musical

I have to struggle to keep my glass

I’m tripped up by the song and dance

How do you do it?

I wanna know what’s under your pillow

What rabbit hole you’re falling down

So tug with your tongue and pull me under

My rosy-eyed girl

It’s to your world now

Little Piece

You can’t take away all of your love

If I knew it would be the last time

I’d-a said a little more

I would have said a little more

If I knew it would be the last time

I’d-a said a little more

I would have said a little more

But I didn’t know

So I watch you go

You can’t take away all of your love

‘Cause I got a little piece here in my heart

And no matter where you go

You and I will always know

That I got a little piece here in my heart

If I knew that you needed more time

I’d-a give a little more

I would have given you more

If I knew that you needed more time

I’d a give a little more

I would have given you more

But I didn’t see

You were done with me

Have It All

All the thoughts and all the words

That float away like humming birds

You’d have them all

You could have them all

Every cut and every bruise

Every black and every blue

You’d have them all

You could have them all

If you want

I sit so regal on my throne

Ruling over lands alone

You’d have them all

You could have them all

Surrounded by these fortunes here

But no one for to share them, dear

You’d have them all

You could have them all

If you want

If you don’t come in, then close the door

And I won’t bother you, dear, anymore

Here’s my soul for you to take

Here’s my heart for you to break

You’d have them all

You could have them all

If you leave them dormant, dear

They’re moss and mold within the year

You’d have them all

You could have them all

If you want

Let Me Down Easy

Long legs

The better to walk away from me

A pretty smile

The better to sell the lies to me

And I’m thinking

While I’m sinking

How you’re unblinking

And all I ask is that you

Let me down easy

(Let me down easy)

Let me down easy tonight

Let me down easy

(Let me down easy)

Let me down-down easy tonight

And she just smiled

Said, “I couldn’t if I tried”

Baby blue eyes

The better to hypnotize me

The voice of an angel

The better to fell the pride

Pride of me

Saw it coming

From the ending

And you’re unbending

And all I ask is that you

Let me down easy

(Let me down easy)

Let me down easy tonight

Let me down easy

(Let me down easy)

Let me down-down easy tonight

And she just smiled, waved

“Baby, bye-bye”

Hanging

There’s so much left I want to do

But I feel my grace slip through my fingers

It’s this old crowd and this old town

That brings me down

I’ve even started to malinger

But I’ll be all right

If you save me tonight

I’ll be all right

But I’m down

And I’m my best

When I’m hanging around you

Past the test

When I’m hanging around you

Come to rest

When I’m hanging around your heart

I’ll build a home inside of me

So I can feel your permanent sunshine

Got different faces for different places

But they’re not me

The one I wear near you is really mine

I’ll be all right

If you save me tonight

Just show me the light ‘cause I’m down

And I’m my best

When I’m hanging around you

Past the test

When I’m hanging around you

Come to rest

When I’m hanging around your heart

I’m a mess

When I can’t be around you

I impress

When I’m hanging around you

My success

Is from hanging around your heart

Show me the light

Save me tonight, ‘cause I’m down

Hot Monkey Love

Move a little closer

Now before you say, “no sir”

Put away the book and the flannel pajamas

Come on baby let’s go bananas

While the night is still young

And she said,

“Tomorrow, tomorrow

Come on baby let’s wait ‘til tomorrow

Tomorrow”

She said,

“Tomorrow, tomorrow

I’ll feel better about tomorrow”

And I said,

“Baby

Let’s make hot monkey love

‘Cause tomorrow may never come

Let the apocalypse move your hips

Let push come to shove

Let’s make hot monkey love

‘Til the sky falls from above

Let the end of time blow your mind

And make hot monkey love”

Now come on baby

Don’t say no so fast

The mistake you’re making

Is that the future will be like the past

But what about war and the state of the union

Come on baby cut out confusion

‘Cause tonight may be our last

If you can’t step twice

Into the same river

Better get your feet wet

Before it’s gone

Come on

Why should you want to know

Don’t you mind about the future

Don’t you try to think ahead

Save tomorrow for tomorrow

Think about today instead

Exclusively

I felt her eyes push me back

I felt my blood begin to burn

I put my hands in my pocket

And let my body have its turn

Then the room started to cool

Like the ice inside my glass

She said, “can I fill you up?”

I just took a pass

Everything seems so strange

I used to play the game

The game’s the same

It must be me who’s changed

Whoa-no, woe is me

I feel my spreading wings

But I’m not free

Whoa-no, woe is me

I’ve fallen in love and forever I will be

Exclusively yours

And then this girl started to swirl

In a whirlwind of conversation

And the game of who was who

Only stirred my consternation

And amidst all of this

All that I can think of is you

Stumble into the street

Knowing going home’s the only thing

That I can do

I hold my head in my hands

Here I am, heading home again

I’m a different man

The cage bird whistles a happy tune

He sings his tune, that crazy loon

All for the likes of you