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1. Bixby Canyon Bridge
I descended a dusty gravel ridge
Beneath the Bixby Canyon Bridge
Until I eventually arrived
At the place where your soul had died

Barefoot in the shallow creek
I grab some stones from underneath
And waited for you to speak to me

In the silence it became so very clear
That you had long ago disappeared
And I cursed myself for being surprised
That this didn't play like it did in my mind

All the way from San Francisco
As I chased the end of your rope
'Cause I've still got miles to go

And I want to know my fate
If I keep up this way
And it's hard to want to stay
Away

When everyone you meet
They all seem to be asleep
And you wonder if you're missing your dream
You can't see your dream
You can't see your dream
You just can't see your dream

A dream

And then it started getting dark
And I trudged back to where the car was parked
No closer to any kind of truth
As I must assume was the case with you

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2. I Will Possess Your Heart
How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It's like a book elegantly bound but
In a language you can't read just yet

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

There are days when outside your window
I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective
When we'll be lovers, lovers at last

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you let me down so easily
So easily

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You gotta spend some time love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

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3. No Sunlight
When I was young
Lying in the grass
I felt so safe
In the warming bath

Of sunlight
Of sunlight

Vast open sky
Could do no harm
Like an embrace
From mother's arms

In sunlight
In sunlight

In sunlight
In sunlight

With every year
That came to pass
More clouds appeared
'Til the sky went black, and there was

No sunlight
No sunlight
And there was

No sunlight
No sunlight
Anymore

And it disappeared at the same speed
As the idealistic things I believed
The optimist died inside of me

No sunlight
No sunlight

No sunlight
No sunlight

And it disappeared at the same speed
As the idealistic things I believed
The optimist died inside of me

No sunlight
No sunlight

No sunlight
No sunlight

No sunlight
No sunlight
No sunlight
No sunlight
No sunlight
Anymore

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4. Cath...
Cath, she stands
With a well intentioned man
But she can't relax
With his hand on the small of her back
And as the flash bulbs burst
She holds a smile
Like someone would hold
A crying child

And soon everybody will ask
What became of you
'Cause your heart was dying fast
And you didn't know what to do

Cath, it seems
That you live in someone else's dream
In a hand-me-down wedding dress
With the things that could of been
All repressed

But you said your vows
And you closed the door
On so many men
Who would of loved you more

And soon everybody will ask
What became of you
'Cause your heart was dying fast
And you didn't know what to do

The whispers that it won't last
Run up and down the pews
But if their hearts were dying that fast
They have done the same as you

And I'd of done the same as you

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5. Talking Bird
Oh, my talking bird
Though you know so few words
They're on infinite repeat
Like your brain can't keep up with your beak

And you're kept in an open cage
So you're free to leave or stay
And sometimes you get confused
Like there is a hint that I'm trying to give you

And the longer you think
The less you know what to do

It's hard to see your way out
When you live in a house in a house
'Cause you don't realize
That the windows were open the whole time

But oh, my talking bird
Though your feathers are tattered and furled
I'll love you all your days
'Til the breath leaves your delicate frame

It's all here for you
As long as you choose to stay
It's all here for you
As long as you don't fly away

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6. You Can Do Better Than Me
I'm starting to feel
We stay together
Out of fear
Of dying alone

I've been slipping through the years
And my old clothes don't fit like
They once did
So they hang like ghosts
Of the people I've been

But it's like my heart can't be tamed
And I fall in love everyday
And I feel like a fool

I have to face the truth
That no one could ever look at me
Like you do
Like I'm something worth
Holding to

But it's times I think of leaving
But it's something I'll never do
'Cause you can do better than me
But I can't do better than you

You can do better than me
But I can't do better than you

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7. Grapevine Fires
When the wind picked up the fire spread
And the grapevines seemed left for dead
And the Northern sky looked like the end of days
The end of days

The wake-up call to a rented room
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom
To warn us it's only a matter of time
Before we all burn

Before we all burn
Before we all burn
Before we all burn

We bought some wine and some paper cups
Near your daughters school when we picked her up
And drove to a cemetery on a hill
On a hill

And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
But she laughed and danced through the field of graves
And there I knew it would be alright
That everything would be alright

Would be alright
Would be alright
Would be alright

And the news reports on the radio
Said it was getting worse
As the ocean air fanned the flames
But I couldn't think
Of anywhere I would of rather been
To watch it all burn away

To burn away

And the firemen worked in double shifts
With prayers for rain on their lips
And they knew it was only a matter of time

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8. Your New Twin Sized Bed
You look so defeated lying there
In your new twin sized bed
With a single pillow
Underneath your single head

I guess you decided that that old queen
Was more space than you would need
And now it's in the alley behind your apartment
With a sign that says it's free

And I hope you have more luck with this than me

You used to think that someone
Would come along
And lay beside you in the space
That they belong

But the other side of the mattress
And box spring stayed like new
And what's the point of holding onto
What never gets used?

Other than a sick desire for self-abuse

And I try not to worry
But you've got me terrified
It's like you're in some kind of hurry
To say goodbye
To say goodbye
To say goodbye

You look so defeated lying there
In your new twin sized bed
You look so defeated lying there
In your new twin sized bed

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9. Long Division
His head was a city
With paper buildings
And the echos that remain
Of old friends and lovers
With features bleeding
Together in his brain
Oh, oh, oh

Once it starts it was harder to
Tell them apart
Oh, oh, oh

And he was always distracted
By the very mention
Of an open door
Oh, oh, oh

'Cause he had sworn not be
What he'd been before

To be
A remain, remain, remain
Remainder

To be
A remain, remain, remain
Remainder

The television
Was snowing softly
As she hunted for her keys
She said she never envisioned
Him the type of person
Capable of such deceit
Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

And then they carried on like
Long division
'Cause it was clear with every page
Oh, that they were

Further away from the solution that
Would play

Without
A remain, remain, remain
Remainder

Without
A remain, remain, remain
Remainder

Without
A remain, remain, remain
Remainder

Without
A remain, remain, remain
Remainder

He had sworn not to be
What he'd been before

To be
The remain, remain, remain
Remainder

Etc.....

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10. Pity And Fear
I have such envy
For the stranger lying next to me
Who awakes in the night
And slips out into the pre-dawn light
With no words
A clean escape
No promises or messes made
And chalks it all up
To mistake, mistake, mistake

And there are no tears
Just pity and fear
And a vast ravine
Right in between

A storm at sea
The bow cracked
And I was capsizing
And I sunk below
Where I swore I would never go
If you can't stand in place
You can't tell who is walking away
From who remains
Who stays, who stays, who stays

And there are no tears
Just pity and fear
And a vast ravine
Right in between

'Cause there are no tears
Just pity and fear
And I recall
The push more than the fall
The push more than the fall

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11. The Ice Is Getting Thinner
We're not the same, dear
As we used to be
The seasons have changed
And so have we
And there was little we could say
And even less that we could do
To stop the ice from getting thinner
Under me and you

We buried our love
In a wintery grave
A lump in the snow
Was all that remained
Though we stayed by its side
As the days turned to weeks
And the ice kept getting thinner
With ever word that we'd speak

And when the spring arrived
We were taken by surprise
When the flows under our feet
Bled into the sea
And nothing was left
For you and me

We're not the same, dear
And it seems to me
There's nowhere we can go
With nothing underneath
And it saddens me to say
What we both knew was true
That the ice was getting thinner
Under me and you

The ice was getting thinner
Under me and you

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Why do people who transcribe lyrics never use apostrophes properly/pay any attention to the grammar of the stuff they're transcribing? No offence weerez, but "When the picked up the fire spread"? C'mon! You know that's not the lyric.

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Originally posted by Melanphoria:
Why do people who transcribe lyrics never use apostrophes properly/pay any attention to the grammar of the stuff they're transcribing? No offence weerez, but "When the picked up the fire spread"? C'mon! You know that's not the lyric.

Okay, I forgot the word "wind." Fixed it. I typed these up like at 1:30 last night. And use of apostrophes? Did I make a mistake?

It's "We're not the same, dear". No biggie.

Yeah, that was last song I did. Apostrophe's leave my brain past midnight. I'm going through right now to clarify any missed words, wrong words, apostrophe stuff, etc.

Thanks