"55 Clicks" Lyrics - Copyright 2001, Rebecca Ryan and Languid
**trax**
i have seen your body pullin trains in dreams
& it seemed the same awake
& the soundtrack didn't sound right
different day, same page
& i wanna be your baby
waitin' at the station
it won't matter if we never make it home
you won't need a distraction
you won't need your phone.
you could know me to the bone
& never believe my skin
i could be your bitter sweet
but i'd rather be your heroine.
i have seen your body doin' time in dreams
& it seemed the same awake
& the sentence didn't justify the crime
same place, same time.
you could know me to the bone
& never believe my skin
i could be your bitter sweet
but i'd rather be your heroine.
**alien**
i've got a lot to learn
but it seems to be your turn.
when music is all you have
it's the song that brings you back
& it could be hard to tell
but i guess it's just as well
& i got a line for you:
this isn't glass you see through.
& you can keep it a secret
beause you never found out
how you can get it like you wanted it
& still not figure it out
if freedom is just a word
i guess freedom's for the birds
but love isn't like you think
there's the ever-missing link
this could be all there is
so i guess this must be bliss
& i got a dime for you
yeah, but that won't get you through
& you can keep it a secret
beause you never found out
how you can get it like you wanted it
& still not figure it out
you've got a lot to learn
but it seems to be my turn
love isn't like you think
there's the ever-missing link.
& it could be hard to tell
but i guess it's just as well
& i got a line for you
yeah but that won't get you through
& you can keep it a secret
beause you never found out
how you can get it like you wanted it
& still not figure it out
& it's a long time comin
& a longer time gone.
'cause you can get it like you needed it
& it could still be wrong
morpheus in palestrina
well you seemed so mysterious
so i got a little curious
but you couldn't have been serious
backin' down like you did.
& i didn't know what to bring
so i disconnected everything
but i blush in your presence baby
doesn't that tell you anything
cobblestone, cobblestone, cobblestone ride
cobblestone, cobblestone, cobblestone ride
a tall drink of water with a smooth side
takin a cobblestone ride
& it seemed more than obvious
so i got a little curious
but i should have trusted
every bone in my body
(& repeat chorus)
**desperation**
you have your causes
that you'd die to save
& you're travelin'
never hangin
your hat at one place
tellin me the home you need
is not a 'place' per se
home again
it's not just shelter
you need to be home again
you turn me to water
& the water's warm
any time i needed you
you were never very far
you laugh out loud
in the blue backseat
of your getaway car.
(repeat chorus)
**55 clicks**
i can't walk away
i can;t seem to say
i have every right
after all these wrecks
to change my mind
& i've heard it said
you decide your bed
& i've slept on floors
& i slept just fine
but i'd rather have more
& it's in the mean time(3xs)
that you build a fire
i don't know who's right
who am i to mind
i have all i need
& i'd rather have more
but that's just greed
i don't know who's right
i lost track last night
& i've heard it said
that you pay for
every word you shed
(& repeat chorus)
**midway through**
i have rode to the river
i have rose from my knees
i have taken love for granted
& i have paid dearly
don't take it on
take the highway
baby don't take it on
fall away
i have sailed
through the water
to find my family
& it felt
strangely familiar
it felt closer than here
don't take it on
take the highway
baby don't take it on
fall away
you will soon
be delivered
you are only so free
by the time
you're forgiven
you will be my relief
(& repeat chorus)
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he took a trip
to figure it
to clear the sin
w/ out a heart
w/ out a head
to keep it in
& it only comes around
when you're feelin' fallen-down
you breathe it in.
FEBRUARY WEATHER
one man overboard
that's enough
you never had to wish for nothin else
& it seems like a long, long time
& it seems like the wink of an eye
one eye open wide
one eye open wide
one eye open, open wide
one eye closed tight
& it falls from skies
to the west it's blinding
& i overhear the tide that
never minds
& the final tree
falls without warning
somebody's mama's
gonna wonder why
& it seem like a long long time
& it seem like the blink of an eye
(& repeat chorus)
**deliberation**
& it peels away
learn to love the quiet
cause she's never gonna say
& it stands so still
promisin' the world
but the order's never filled
cause it's easy, easy
easier to swallow what you really want to say
cause it's easy, easy
easier to drift away & never have to say
it comes in waves
paler then the night that
you meant to pull the page
would it cause you pain
this could be the sound
that you never meant to make
& it peels away
learn to love the quiet
cause she's never gonna say
& it stands so still
promisin' the world
but the order's never filled
cause it's easy, easy
easier to swallow what you really want to say
cause it's easy, easy
easier to drift away & never have to say
**rainy song**
leave the light on
leave it on in case i come back
leave the light on
leave it on in case i change my mind
tell me slowly
tell me slow so i can understand
tell me love is
in a langage softly spoken
let the light in
circle round
and settle on in
let the light in
crcle round
and settle on down
& it comes & goes
where it comes from
don't nobody know
don't nobody wanna know lately
they;re innocent
these days have a habit of forming you
what else is a girl to do
these days have a habit of fallin through
what else is a girl to do
& when it's dry all the water will call you too
what else is a girl to do
these days have a habit of forming you
what else is a girl to do
& it comes & goes
where it come from
don't nobody know
don't nobody wanna know lately
**saf**
take the train that gets you there
you will be suspended in air
this feels a lot like love
you know the answer
no one else does
know yourself the way i do
you would shed a layer of blue
there before the grace go i
there is love to quiet your mind
take the boat that no one's on
you will feel the motion my love
to the passion of the seas
i give you my sweetest release
take the road that no one's on
you will know when nothing is wrong
take the train that gets you there
you will be suspended in air
take the boat that no one's on
you will feel the motion my love
to the passion of the sea
i give you my sweetest release
take the train that gets you there
you will be suspended in air
this feels a lot like love
you know the answer
no one else does
know yourself the way i do
you would shed a layer of blue
there before the grace go i
there is love to quiet your mind
**billy**
i went downtown
& you weren't around
so i turned around
there was a time
when i thought up
was up-side down
but there;s some distance now
& i love you still
but that don't seem
to work somehow
tell me somethin'
i don't know
all you ever had to say
had to just say so
but i don't think
you know yourself
so i could see
it might be hard
to tell someone else