Only the lonely know How to love you, babe Only the stunted grow In interesting shapes Only the bad ones know What good can be Only the ones who die can know a thing about living (And we know)

Well what you want ‘cause I got nothin’ to say, I guess I got the mic anyway Want some advice? It should be no surprise that you don’t wanna keep me I shouldn’t try/ I should lay down and die but something keeps me alive and gets me up up up up I guess by now I should have given up but b-b-b-b-baby, I’m a fool for love I’m not a joiner/ I don’t want what you’re sellin’/ I’m not a fan of the greeting card I left one cult and I do not need another/ Yea, mostly I am okay alone Don’t feel the love when they speak in tongues and I do not believe that Jesus died for my sake Give me a warranty and I’ll do my best to bend a thing until it breaks What’s even real, baby? What do you feel in this increasingly disposable age? I don’t believe in nothin’ above but b-b-b-b-baby, I’m a fool for love, yeah I’m a fool for love Should be the type where nothing is right and I don’t trust no one to get me up up up but Despite the skeptic and the bitter’s hold a-b-b-b-b-baby… I’m a fool… I’m a fool for love I’m a fool for love, yeah…

You cross your legs, I’ve already seen everything In all my life, never met a less guarded secret Bird in my ear whispers “you can have everything” But all I want’s to drink my beer, get out of here Uh huh, okay, I ride the wave your sendin’ me I can’t say no, your spell got hold of me, ah Hh huh, okay, you don’t care much for me So tell me why I’m the one in your clutches tonight Ladies room stall’s not the ideal mating hall But oh my love, it’s certainly nicer in here Vending machines and no used condoms in a urinal A boy could get used to such copious luxuries Uh huh, okay, you really got hold of me Well not too tight, this thing could end much too early The band is hot, I can hear ‘em through the concrete wall Oh that a vent? Well that would stand to reason, oh oh We made a mess, panties come out of your pocket now As diary lyrics go, this’ll need some editing though I suppose it’s not really fit either way for general performance And certainly not radio play Uh huh, okay, we’re goin’ to your apartment now I have to say your expectations might not be reasonable Uh huh, okay, just let me go and tell my friends Well no? Okay, they were starting to annoy me anyway and Uh huh, okay, guess I got money for a cab, you seem to be in a hurry And fuckin’ on the L train Seems like complication with some kind of authority could bring the whole thing down But I guess you want me on my knees, babe Uh huh, okay, well I’ll get on my knees, and Uh tell me what you want and, ah, honey, oh honey uh huh…

I thought that maybe I could count on you You figured that you prob’ly shouldn’t count on me And you were prob’ly right But you let me down So you’re that guy now What a trick Forgiving things I can’t forgive about myself What charity Is it really all for me? It is? Well, can I buy you a drink? We’ll reminisce about a past that we don’t share Maybe a different kind of future starts here But oh, no I thought that maybe I could count on you You figured that you prob’ly shouldn’t count on me And you were prob’ly right But you let me down So you’re that guy now If you can’t love yourself How you gonna expect someone else to Maybe you can lift each other up That only works If you’re both on the ground Otherwise you’re just beholden to someone standin’ And lookin’ down at you Maybe it’s just a problem of perspective Maybe it’s just you that knows you fell And this friendly, smiley, pretty motherfucker Just wants to dance Wouldn’t that be some kind of romance Come on, stupid, take a chance Some thing really truly la-a-a-a-ast Oh, no I thought that maybe I could count on you You figured that you prob’ly shouldn’t count on me And you were prob’ly right But you let me down Yeah, I thought that maybe I could count on you You figured that you prob’ly shouldn’t count on me And you know you were right But you let me down So you’re that guy now

Let’s take a walk, Dee Let’s keep a stride a’ like we can sleep Move like we’re not afraid it’s goin’ up in smoke And we know who lit the match It’s like we’re livin’ in a crime scene Villainless victims in a red sea Water’s on fire and a’ all we really got Is new conspiracy theory Aw and honey, can you tell me what it’s worth To be right about these things? If we can dance to an apocalypse beat Is it really happening? And if we have a couple kids, maybe then I’ll start to feel a little guilty Or is that obscene to suggest in the middle of paid therapy?

I start to feel that I am suffocating So I stand up to write a song for you About the time we spend together And all the laughs we share, just me and you I get a little lonely Let’s fuckin’ dance

I did not think that you would love me like you love me ’til you loved me like you do (Surprise, surprise, surprise) I did not think that you would look into my eyes until you looked at me the way you did I did not think that you would look into my eyes until you looked into my eyes (Surprise, surprise, surprise) I did not think that you would love me like you love me ’til you looked at me the way you do

Don't you wish you'd spent a little time thinkin’? Any other century, I'd ‘a had to kill this man… You broke promises, lied, stole, cheated, sullied my reputation Any other century, I'd ‘a had to kill this man The townsmen burned liars… You let your guard down on me… The townsmen burned liars… Pistols at dawn…

Well I don’t wanna be in love right now It isn’t very convenient Amorphic Cupid, be lenient, I want so To topple mountains and part the seas To end world hunger and save the honey bees To cure cancer, invent world peace And win a Nobel prize, but selflessly ‘Cause I don’t wanna be in love right now Not with your sister at Seder What an inappropriate detour and incestual Came with intention to eat split pea Have a beer with your dad, hit your childhood sheets With such passionless grunting Like all our other vacations then I met your hotter twin with the tattooed eye liner And I don’t wanna be in love right now Don’t have will power to match this Don’t have the karma to balance such grim mojo Aspire to be a richer man Know every call girl across this great nation Embrace the art of the one night stand It’s simply a more practical plan ‘Cause I don’t wanna be in love right now Said it but I didn’t mean it I’m sure most states would repeal it, verbal or no I’m pretty sure I could represent myself so It’s simply too weak a contract So I’m sure that I could take it back anywhere but New York, which considers verbal contracts legally binding (what bullshit) And I don’t wanna be in love right now… Said I don’t wanna be in love right now… Well, I don’t wanna be in love right now… Not in love right now… But it’s too late

You've always been a part of me Now I cut you loose, I set you free If you don't love me, then you don't love me And you don't have to love me anymore

The ground it swelled and opened up and released demon locusts The moon it fell apart and rained down on the earth last August The best scientists told us for sure the ground would heal But it cracked and steamed until Hell made it up here But you love me It was not Luna’s time, she was scheduled for demolition By an unseen alien government we didn’t get to petition The Mercurians complained about the glint comin’ off the surface They didn’t so much mind earth’s blue but off-white somehow made them nervous It did kinda look like an egg/ “Warning: here be dragons” At least, that’s what Supreme Emperor Glarp said on the solar transmission Which, once it reached us, the speech was sorta lost in auto-text translation So we thought that they were sayin’ “peace among worlds” Cruel fate be damned, my god, what a miscommunication So they lasered anyone holding signs wishin’ “happy landing” When they came off their ships shaped like dandelion seedlings And were then confronted so fast by the literal demon spawn of their indifference Oh, what a mess to clean up in this post-apocalypse But Kim loves me But you love me But you love me But Kim loves me

With fungus on her toes, she stuck one In my ear/ It was painted The color of the one that was bruised black By the boy she hated and she said “I think it’s ten o’clock/ We should get back” And I was so frustrated and said so I summoned up my courage I said, “Well fuck your curfew ‘cause we got all Night to worry Whatever trouble comes will come in Daylight And if I have to fight your dad, well I’ll lose but I’ll have a shiner To match the one on your left side”

It’s a common resolution And one for the ages It just might change your life Does that make it dangerous? It’s a perfect contradiction a real love-hate paradox Like the way one imagines God calls and hangs up To tease the devil Or says dot-dot-dot-dot-dot I’m sorry, love But do you really want her back? And it’s hard to be a friend To the truly deluded With all this narcissistic poetry To which you eluded I’m sure it all has merit But who’s to judge this one? I’m not sure a letter in blood Is really the way to go here She seems more the flowers type Or maybe Candy This weren’t in the job description but I… Never seem to lose the ones like you Who’s senses leave And what’s left is fire that spews I’ve gone blind/ Are you mine I can’t see ‘cause you blinded me This devotion’s not unappealing You are broken but I am healing You’ve got the eyes of John the Baptist Honey-locust eating eyes The kind of certainty that tells me You’re outside reality mine You are young/ You inspire You terrify/ I admire Your fucking tenacity So come along and try to breathe Maybe I Just like You