Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown
01. I Live
02. Miracle Medicine
03. Hectified
04. Don't Show Me Heaven
05. She Goes To Bed
06. ...Nobody Knows
07. Follow Me
08. Before My Heart Attacks
09. Afraid Himself To Be
10. Miss Understanding
11. I Go Astray
12. Untitled
13. A Song From Under the Floorboards *
(* bonus track on Japanese release)
I Live
Swear to God, cross my heart, stick a needle right through my eye
She's the one that I've seen smile at me when she's driving by
But I turn away as if it's enough just to say to myself
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
Now and then ask a friend to make it happen, we're introduced
She says we've met, I don't think so, I'd remember a face like that
She's just standing there - better show her what fate looks like
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
I live...(repeat several times)
Brace myself and tell her how it is
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
If I had you I could never ever ask for anything again as long as I live
I live... live...I live...
Miracle Medicine
"It's like I'm dizzy all the time," he said as he got back in line
"I've been to three or more like him who all said I should do just fine
I've spent more money than I'm worth, I've got some more for what that's worth"
If I was ever to confuse things (these things), I would most certainly abuse things (my thing)
If you should ever read my mind, I think it's safe to say you'd mind (my mind)
I'm always reading between the line - what exactly do you have in mind?
I try to let go but I'm stuck stickin' round, give me something to calm me down
It's like the doctors used to say, "All work and no play, makes Jason run away"
Nimbutal, demeral, codeine with the dream team
I'd trade anything to feel as good as I used to
Hey doc, whatever faith I had in your miracle medicine
Is out the window with the birds, been replaced by the Indian
I've been to ten or more like you, I'm sure they'll all agree with you
If I was ever to confuse things (these things), I would most certainly abuse things (my thing)
Now that you all can read my mind, I think it's safe to say you mind
You would then subsequently lose, you'd lose your mind...ouch
Codeine with my cream dream - codeine with my dream...
Hectified
Things seem so hectified now, I ain't gots me no peace
I'm, well, entirely pent up now, can't gets me no release
Started jotting stupid things down
I could repeat later on
When I feel the timing's just right
I hope no one here's heard this song...this song
Cause we've retired all that came before
Well I talked about the future
Lord knows we've talked about the past
When I know the time is just right
Good God I only hope it lasts.
I got some friends who feel important
Seems they've swayed some who really are
It's just a trick of natural lighting
Make your mind see very far...so far
Cause we've retired all that came before
It's mans way to think
No one could handle what he's been through
What was alright for me
Would not work for you
Can you believe in anything now
Now everything's believable
Thought I might bring up the future
If that's at all conceivable
Cause I'm a slave to all that's insight
Hovering round the truth awhile
Like some messenger of alright
Who wears upon his face a smile...I'm smiling
Cause we've retired all that came before
Don't Show Me Heaven
I've been hiding my sins in the ground
All the while without making a single sound
This in spite of the fact I know you're all around
Oh my God, don't show me heaven
I don't want to have to tell 'em...there's more
Train of thought slips my tracks once again
And I'm holding the hand of a long lost friend
It's a light that I've seen in your curious eyes
Like that thing we're supposed to see when we die
Can I help it I want to see more
More and more and I need more
Till then, my God, don't show me heaven
I don't want to have to tell 'em...there's more
Don't it make you wonder what came first
The insatiable hunger or unquenchable thirst
Does it matter at all once you check...out of here
Oh my God, don't show me heaven
I don't want to have to tell 'em
Oh my God, don't show me heaven
I don't want to ever tell 'em
Oh my God, don't show me heaven
I don't want to ever tell 'em
She Goes To Bed
She goes to bed, but it's always alone
With a handful of friends and trouble at home
She wants to be good, she knows that she should
But with her knowledge of this, there's no way she could...oh, no
We're no more than friends and that's where it ends
But funny enough we're both wearing grins
And I'll spend half the day just running around
With a pocket of change and you on my mind
We play with some words you might not have heard
But we're never afraid of sounding absurd
And it's not hard to see the way this could be
And if it's alright with you, well then, it's OK with me...
Some things are better unsaid...
She goes to bed, but it's always alone
With a handful of friends and trouble at home
She wants to be real, to learn how to feel
What can a poor girl do, but take your heart from you
She'll break your heart in two...
...Nobody Knows
Warm and true from me to you
The words we use could never do
You're in the cast that's in my dreams
My everywhere, my in between, but
Have you seen my baby
Where she goes nobody knows
Have you seen my baby
Where she goes nobody knows
Wake up dear, I'm walking out the door
I'm still in love with you, I still come home to you
So hot and cold, we're not exactly old
I'm picturing your face, your understanding face
Have you seen my baby
Where she goes nobody knows
Have you seen my baby
Where she goes nobody knows
Have you seen my baby
Where she goes nobody knows
Have you seen my baby
Where she goes nobody knows
Have you seen my baby...
Follow Me
I don't want to believe
All the ugly things about you I read
Seems to me we could move right along
Without singing the same old song
Everyday I see your picture
And it makes me smile, that's for sure
But are you proud of all that you've done
After all, it has been so much fun
Can't they see you're not like the fakes
Who have careers off of others mistakes
Well, I can see and I understand
Follow me, you'll like what you see
Pull yourself out of your own history
I'm someone that you've come to believe
Follow me, now I've got just what you need
Everybody's talkin' so loud
Of how they knew you before you became proud
Well, I can dream of a day
When we'll never have to go our own ways
Go your own way
Can't they see you're not like the fakes
Who have careers off of public mistakes
Well, I can see and I understand, so
Follow me, you'll like what you see
Pull yourself out of your own history
I'm someone that you've come to believe
Follow me, now I've got just what you need
Follow me, you'll like what you see
Pull yourself out of your own misery
I'm someone that you've come to believe
Follow me, now I've got just what you need
Before My Heart Attacks
The flowers I bought when you took off are wilted in the vase
There's something here beneath the hair that kind of looks like my face
Garbage man, oh garbage man, why won't you leave my street
How can this street possibly excrete this much trash seven days a week
I am here and you are there and it don't make me feel any better
My baby blue, my you know who
Bring your sugar back before my heart attacks
I feel I should abandon all and travel down to the south
I swear I would, if only I could get last night's party out of my mouth
I am here and you are there, and it don't make me feel any better
My baby blue, my beautiful darlin' sweetheart, honey pooh
Bring your sugar back before my heart attacks
I'm drinking more and more and more, can't hold onto myself
There ain't no use when you're not here, appreciating my good health
I know I'm here and I know you're there but it don't make me feel any better
About eating more and sleeping less, I'm just waiting on your letter
Afraid Himself To Be
Anything you want, anything you need from me
Don't be afraid to ask cause I am here for you
Embrace my every charm, hold me in your arms tonight
Don't take me for a ride, I've nowhere to reside, yeah...
I approached you that way only to find no peace of mind
Yes, I'm guilty of love - if that is a crime
One thing I know is true
What once was me everyone now believes is you
Originality was never big on your list of things to be
Take me home to keep, picture me inside your sleep
I'm here inside your dreams, I'll wake you with a scream
A crime it seems to me, like a bird without a tree
To sleep and rest his weary wings
Just listen to him sing, yeah...
I approached you that way only to find no peace of mind
Yes, I'm guilty of love - if that is a crime
One thing I know is true
What once was me everyone now believes is you
Originality was never big on your list of things
Your list of things to be
Drop your gun and your guard put your hands up in the air
Give me back what you stole and get out
Get the hell outta here
One thing I know is true
What once was me everyone now believes is you
Originality was never big on your list of things to be
A closer look only to find you standing without reason or rhyme
And when the lights go up we'll see a man who's afraid of himself
Afraid of himself
Afraid himself to be
Miss Understanding
If I were a fighter I'd probably kick your ass
But since I'm such a lover I'll just have to let these things pass
Because as time goes by
I can no longer deny
That a part of me died
When I met miss understanding
Baby, baby, baby, don't you know me
Baby, baby, baby, can't control me
I was born a butterfly
With a twinkle in my eye
And as time goes by
I can no longer deny
That a part of me died
When I met miss understandings
I've held so long
Just to find I took you wrong
It's you that's been here all along
In truth together we belong
So I left Mr. demanding, I did (that's me)
Baby, baby, baby, don't you know me
Believe me baby, no one can console me
I have lived a thousand lives
With a penchant for disguise
What I tried to hide
Is that I knew you lied
And it cranked up my pride
So incredibly high
And as time goes by
I can no longer deny
That a part of me died
When I met miss understanding
When I met miss understanding
I don't need miss understandings
Bye bye...
I Go Astray
Don't lock the door
I just might be back at four
Don't fret your pretty face
Or tidy up the place
Cause I'm no the one who promised you
Anything but this truth
That's if there will be storms you haven't seen
And you're not here nor there but in between
We might have to start again
Only this time as better friends
He was your prince in white
With a curious lust for the night
But you never seemed to mind
Even as you were left behind
There hardly seemed a thing to say
She saw blue when the sky was gray
And even though he's out a lot
You still got him
He's what you got
But if he falls asleep again
"I'm going out with my girlfriends"
And It seems I've finally found a way by which to say
How I'm sorry everyday I go astray
Yes, it seems I've finally found a way by which to say
How I'm sorry everyday I go astray
Astray, astray, astray...I go
She wakes up late and she sees before her newspapers spinning round
Takes just a second to grab her senses as her love comes tumblin' down
Ah, but she knows inside this is worth each heartache as she hears a familiar sound
In the form of an apology
I've finally found a way by which to say
How I'm sorry everyday I go astray
Yes, it seems I've finally found a way by which to say
How I'm sorry everyday I go astray
I've finally found a way by which to say...
Untitled
When a dog chases its tail
You just know the poor thing is ganna fail
Ah, it seems you finally caught yours
Last seen with a friend and a family member
Pitch black outside, bright white indoors
Come back inside
Pictured here with a throat that would deliver
A fist of nails and a harrowing tale
And what a tale you told
You ran outside and caught the moon
I knew then and there I'd never catch up to you
When you ran outside and caught the moon
I knew then and there I'd never catch up to you
You may not have been able to change the world
But at least you changed my world
You may not have been able to change the world
But at least you changed my world...
A Song From Under the Floorboards
(by Magazine)
I am angry, I am ill, and I am as ugly as sin
My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit
I know beauty, and I know a good thing when I see it
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that
I know the highest and the best
I accord them all due respect
But the brightest jewel inside of me
Glows with pleasure at my own stupidity
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that
Used to make phantoms I could later chase
Images of all that could be desired
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings
...And then I just got tired...
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell about that