Cold War Kids Lyrics

Love Is Mystical lyrics - Cold War Kids

And when my heart won't break

An empty space between my lungs

And when my knees won't shake

I'll drink to find inspiration

Cause I'm a red blooded man

But I can't see behind the sun

(I can't see behind the sun)

A supernatural plan

Is coming to meet me now

Living life with no need for the brakes

Something happens when I lean on my mistakes

Love is mystical

Love will break the chains

You might feel invincible

And you might be afraid

Light in darkness will show you the way

Give you the power to believe again

Cause I'm a rational man

And I can see how far I've come

(I can see how far I've come)

But I don't know where to stand

Or who's coming to meet me now

Living life with no need for the brakes

Something happens when I lean on my mistakes

If the words are true

And the words reveal the same

I come alive when I don't even think

Love is mystical

Love will break the chains

You might feel invincible

And you might be afraid

Light in darkness will show you the way

Give you the power to believe again

Oh, can't you hear the future is calling

For heaven's sake

It's either hell or high water

Let's get outta this place

I feel your skeptical eyes

On my mental state

I lift my hands to the sky

And I lower the stakes, oh yeah

And I lower the stakes

Love is mystical

Do you feel the same?

Love is irresistible

It's calling out your name

Light in darkness will show you the way

Give you the power to believe again

To believe again

Can We Hang On? lyrics - Cold War Kids

I come here nine times asking you to not make it ten

I'm peeling off all the honor and protecting my skin

Apologize, I'm laying down my ego to rest

Would you be mine forever? Just in case it exists

I think about the old days

What we didn't do to survive

Do we get better with time?

Tell me I'm wrong

Looking back to the start who we were when we met

This box of pictures tells a story when we fight, we forget

And I can barely recognize those back that we were obsessed

Can't cut out this madness and get back to the best

Think about the old days

What we didn't do to survive

Do we get better with time?

Tell me I'm wrong

I'm looking to your old ways

We follow the same dotted line

Passing like ships in the night

Can we hang on?

This could've gone either way if one of us had walked

If I'd gone off, and you'd caved in

And we broke it off, I'd be lost

I'd be chasing some broke down dream

I'd be bored to death

But we cannot stay forever young and out of our heads

Out of our heads

I think about tomorrow

If I can get through tonight

I know that we'll be alright

Can we be strong?

I'm looking to your old ways

Even though we like ships in the night

Don't you go passing me by

Can we hang on?

You can't find it

If you're dying to live

If you want to know the secret, hang on

You can't find it

If you're dying to live

If you want to know the secret, hang on

You can't find it

If you're dying to live

If you want to know the secret, hang on

So Tied Up lyrics - Cold War Kids (feat. Bishop Briggs)

You can't cut me loose until you show me

I told you the truth about the old me

And now you use confession as the proof

Do what you have to do

Go ahead and act the fool

What if in the end

You want so bad to forgive

But you cannot forget

So (so tied up)

We've been here before

So (so tied up)

You want something more

Lover, best friend, my worst enemy

You know I won't let you get away

I get you to swerve right outta fast lane

You still got champagne running through your veins

You dare me to step up and challenge you

Neither one of us can stand to lose

Stand to lose

Remember we said it'd be like after the rain

Washes away our sins

They never said that love is a twisted game

And no one ever wins

So (so tied up)

We've been here before

So (so tied up)

You want something more

Lover, best friend, my worst enemy

You know I won't let you get away

So so, so tied up

So, so, so, so tied up

So so, so tied up

So, so, so, so tied up

You threw me a rope

Opposites attract

I'm self absorbed and you're superficial

We round each other up

Being true to yourself could never be enough

(So so, so tied up)

I tried to let go

(So, so, so, so tied up)

We've been here before

Lover, best friend, my worst enemy

You know I won't let you get away

So tied up

Restless lyrics - Cold War Kids

People wonder, people talk

We're supposed to settle down

How we ever got this far

Without our feet touching the ground

What time is it now where you are?

We follow beats with different drums

We're looking at the same star

It is a talent staying young

So why you think we both

Run around in circles

Walk through fire

Nothing hurts us

Every mountain you climb takes you further away

All the common lifetime, every day

No, we can't help it

We're always restless

Now you're wired and you're tired

There is never a break

You only come alive at the thrill of the chase

No, we can't help it

We're always restless

Try to keep it all up in the air

You ruin it when you ask why

You know it's not that I don't care

I don't get jealous, I get free

Everything good comes back to me

It seems like wherever you are

Is just a better place to be

So why you think we both

Run around in circles

Will you meet me

In the middle?

Every mountain you climb takes you further away

All the common lifetime, every day

No, we can't help it

We're always restless

Now you're wired and you're tired

There is never a break

You only come alive at the thrill of the chase

No, we can't help it

We're always restless

We already know the ending

When the credits roll down slow

I'll hurry back

To you

Every mountain you climb takes you further away

All the common lifetime, every day

No, we can't help it

We're always restless

Now you're wired and you're tired

There is never a break

You only come alive at the thrill of the chase

No, we can't help it

We're always restless

I'll hurry back

(Restless, restless, I feel restless)

I'll hurry back (restless)

I'll hurry (restless) back

(I feel) I'll hurry (restless) back

(I feel restless)

(Restless, restless)

LA River lyrics - Cold War Kids

On the LA river

I know it's familiar

But tell me why you wanna stay in New York

Why you wanna stay in New York

[?]

And you can't find the right chord

On the LA river

Come on, come on, come on

On the LA river

No Reason To Run lyrics - Cold War Kids

In the mirror I see my face

I've got to let this go

What if all my decisions are fear based?

What if I lose control?

I'm asking for an intervention

I've tried to fly solo

It's not a question of whether I will fall, it's how hard I hit the floor

When did I feel it?

How did I know that you were the one?

I am defeated

I got no reason to run, no reason to run

I wanna be proud of your movement

Somebody sign me up

Have you ever felt so authentic?

Like you belong to the world

Freedom is overrated

I'm not gonna come undone

I can't lose my motivation

Laying out, day in the sun

When did I feel it?

How did I know that you were the one?

I am defeated

I got no reason to run, no reason to run

Don't wanna hear your praise

Don't reminisce on glory days

Bite the tears, yeah I'm okay

I'm like a crow

Man-to-man

Walking out of my cage

I have evolved like a fish growing legs

Hope you like a light hole crept in my brain

I am changed, yeah I have changed

I got you

And I'm never gonna be the same

When did I feel it? (When did I feel it?)

How did I know that you were the one?

I am defeated (I am defeated)

I got no reason to run, no reason to run

Stay by my side

No reason to run

So we're in love, so alive

No reason to run

Stay by my side

No reason to run

So we're in love, so alive

No reason to run

Stay by my side

No reason to run

So we're in love, so alive

I got no reason to run

Stay by my side

No, no reason to run

So we're in love, so alive

No reason to run

Open Up The Heavens lyrics - Cold War Kids

Secrets ain't no good

Their dyes keep on lying

I'm like Robin Hood

I've made myself an island

I'm hiding in the shade

I go dark on summer days

This is the price of my freedom

Cars, boats, airplanes

I'm bored, insane

Do you know how long I'll wait for you?

Till I'm black and blue

And do you think we all hide from the truth?

In ways, I do

No I'm not looking back no more

The past is close behind

I [?]

The passport and the driver

My job is laying low

Camouflage, filming gold

In disguise at the border

Cars, boats, airplanes

I'm bored, insane

Do you know how long I'll wait for you?

Till I'm black and blue

And do you think we all hide from the truth?

In ways, I do

Open up the heavens, we're kicking down the gate

Ask you real, real nice

Will you let us stay?

Open up the heavens, we're kicking down the gate

You smile real, real wide

Then slap us in the face

Do you know how long I'll wait for you?

Till I'm black and blue

And do you think we all hide from the truth?

In ways, I do

Do you know how long I'll wait for you?

Till I'm black and blue

And do you think we all hide from the truth?

In ways, I do

Open up the heavens, kicking down the gate

We're asking real, real nice

Will you let us stay?

Open up the heavens, kicking down the gate

You smile real, real wide

Then slap us in the face

Invincible lyrics - Cold War Kids

Detached from the violence

Paradise, we're chilled to the bone

It only takes a moment of silence

We stare in disbelief at our phones

We cried out for justice

Now it's just a fairytale

Box in our cars on Christmas

Is it just a wasted prayer?

And no

I don't feel invincible anymore

What can I get closer for?

From my bed

I can't feel your suffering

I'm seeing red

Can't get you out of my head

Your beautiful body

Watching arrows fall from above

What if we attack like an army?

The only weapon we use is love

And no

I don't feel invincible anymore

What can I get closer for?

From my bed

I can't feel your suffering

I'm seeing red

Can't get you out of my head

I don't feel invincible

Invincible

I don't feel invincible

Invincible

I don't feel invincible

Invincible

What are we still talking about?

What you said

Nothing is shocking

Can't get you out of my head

Invincible

Can't get you out of my head

Invincible

Can't get you out of my head

Wilshire Protest lyrics - Cold War Kids

I am marching with the protest

I got so much to say, but I'm only here to witness

There's a war inside my head

And I'm surrendering to weakness

We're separated by steel and glass

In traffic trapped on the freeway, every body is a DJ

Looking down at our phones for the fastest way to get home

Don't text me there should be no king

I can wait

My chemical's are spiking like a lie detector

Dopamine, serotonin, happiness is not the answer

We dream of being a true spirit

We are divided by false Gods and hyped up leaders

We binge on the [?] on the bleachers

We worship talent, but we don't see if anybody can even see it

First you must believe it

So keep your nosebleed seats

I'd rather be irrelevant

What if I crossover and nobody remembers it?

Will we stay together?

Even if I never get discovered?

This is the west coast where dreams will make a line

This is the promise land, the gold rush

Luck Down lyrics - Cold War Kids

We're fireworks

We shoot so high

But tell me what becomes of the rising sun

It burns before it shines

Now the same thing happens every time

And now the same thing happens every time

You're going bottoms up

And you get down

You're going bottoms up

And you get down on your luck

You're not the first

To touch the sky

Well I could try to save you from the fall

I'll be your alibi

Now the same thing happens every time

And now the same thing happens every time

You're going bottoms up

And you get down

You're going bottoms up

And you get down on your luck

You got the [?]

The true romantic [?]

Friends don't let friends suffer long

You're gonna drag me down instead

Now the same thing happens every time

And now the same thing happens every time

You're going bottoms up

And you get down

You're going bottoms up

And you get down

You're going bottoms up

You're down and down and down on your luck

Thanks to you I'm invincible

You won't hear me out, selection no

You better [?] with every pull

I'm looking out for you

It's you and I at the door

Ordinary Idols lyrics - Cold War Kids

I spiral down again

Such a struggle just to keep an ordinary love

Ain't got the time for friends

Why am I working so hard and barely keeping up?

Who remains when you drop?

Who do you call when it stops?

I spiral down again

Somebody protect me or I'm gone

Why would you idolize me?

There's nothing I got that you don't

You keep on fantasizing

I'll always be the underdog

Give me more

I'm the one you that you ignore

Give me more

I'm the one you that you ignore

Where'd you find your confidence?

Are you willing to make out of yourself?

It's curse of common sense

We all wanna be something different, someone else

You become what you watch

What I love can't be taught

Imitation is not a sin

You're only guilty if you're caught

Why would you idolize me?

There's nothing I got that you don't

You keep on fantasizing

I'll always be the underdog

Give me more

I'm the one you that you ignore

Give me more

I'm the one you that you ignore

This city's made for dreamers

It's like the Garden of Eden

Before the apple leading

You're just sleeping

Drink and play all day

But you won't ever fall in love

No you won't ever lift it up

You just wanna fall in love

No you won't ever fall in love

Why would you idolize me?

There's nothing I got that you don't

Obsessing and fantasizing

I'll always be the underdog

Give me more

Give me more, give me more, give me more

I'm the one you that you ignore

Cameras Always On lyrics - Cold War Kids

I can't live in my mind

But I can't be everything to you at the same time

I want to be famous in your eyes

But the camera's always on

The camera's always on

Part Of The Night lyrics - Cold War Kids

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

You see me through my darkest times

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

I feel you when I close my eyes

I hate to get all emotional

The separation leaves us vulnerable

I'm so aware of what you must think of me

I used to have so many tricks up my sleeve

I wish I could be the one who's shining, who's always honest

And I feel the daze driving to right my wrongs

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

You see me through my darkest times

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

I feel you when I close my eyes

I guess you knew what you were getting into

I'm temperamental and [?]

Will we divide and [?]

Who set out, who set out to live two separate dreams

Do your friends say I'm playing the artist card?

But they don't sympathize when it gets too hard

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

You see me through my darkest times

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

I feel you when I close my eyes

Careful not to overexpose

Do you remember what we started this for?

The damage we gave up is bigger than us

It was a vision built from the ground up

So it's ours to crush

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

You see me through my darkest times

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

You see me through my darkest times

We are a part of the night

Part of the night

I feel you when I close my eyes

We are a part of the night

Part of the night, part of the night, part of the night that I need you

We are a part of the night

Part of the night, part of the night, part of the night that I need you

Free To Breathe lyrics - Cold War Kids

So why should I believe that everything will be alright?

That everything will be alright

If only we were free to breathe

And why should I believe that everything will be alright?

That everything will be alright

Imagine how good we could be

We like to drink with our feet on the fire

We like to argue the meaning of life

Like brothers, we know how to fight

It's on our shoulders to set the world right

What's the difference if we disagree?

Is heaven above? Is hell underneath?

Doesn't change the news on the streets

Doesn't bring us closer to peace

So why should I believe that everything will be alright?

That everything will be alright

If only we were free to breathe

So why should I believe that everything will be alright?

That everything will be alright

Imagine how good we could be

Woah, woah, woah

Woah

What kinda father leaves his kids in the rain?

What kinda God would not explain?

If this life is all that we get

You better hope something good comes next

The world is changing

Can you feel the tension?

If you're not angry, then you must not be listening

The world is changing

Can you feel the tension?

If you're not angry, you must not be listening

1 x 1 lyrics - Cold War Kids (feat. Wesley Schultz)

In a flash of sleep

The dream that broke my heart

There were no border lines

Keeping us apart

But then I wake up

To the sound of crying kids

No mothers here to hold

We can only wish

So I'll sing you a song

To show you my mind

Its all that I can do

To help us pass the time

One by one

We will come

You make me wait

Counting my mistakes

One by one

We will come

You make me wait

At the gate

To see your face again

Walked a thousand miles

To this promised land

Little did we know

We were already damned

How can I find sleep

When they wont turn off the light

My stomachs rumbling

No more dreams tonight

I'll sing you a song

Cuz I'm so far down

The hardest thing to do

Make a joyful sound

One by one

We will come

You make me wait

Counting my mistakes

One by one

We will come

You make me wait

At the gate

To see your face again

One by one

We will come

One by one

You make me wait

Counting my mistakes

One by one

We will come

You make me wait

Counting my mistakes

Freedom lyrics - Cold War Kids

(originally by George Michael)

All white as snow and black as night

You know you can't give up the fight

There with the stars up in the sky

The angel band sings by and by

I want to walk, I can't sit down

I want the road, I want the crown

Fear not the day when all is lost

This earthly wealth ain't worth the cost

Shadows and lights in pair that cling

Allow your soul the right to sing

All through the night, the moon will shine

The whispers heard defeat the time

Allowed to be with feasting eyes

And life alone, it is the prize

And all the things you thought you knew

Accuse the sky of being blue

Freedom from these trials in this troubled world below

Heaven In Your Hands lyrics - Cold War Kids

In the land of the plenty, your cup is empty

So tired but waiting your turn

You tried being clever, down for whatever

How many times you've been burned

Now with random statistics, detached and cryptic

You only see the bad signs

The system is failing, can't stop despairing

Nothing is changing your mind

There's a moment when you got to ask

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

When your walls come down and the lights go up

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

Cast out and hopeless, we were the closest

When did everything change

Is it lack of religion that makes you willing

You spin like a whirlpool there

So shout what you're feeling, truth is revealing

There's so much beauty that remains

There's a moment when you got to ask

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

When your walls come down and the lights go up

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

There's a moment when you got to ask

What if heaven was to, what if heaven was to

There's a moment when you got to ask

There's a moment when you got to say what you want

Whoever it hurts, whatever the cost

When the love that you need is so hard to find

Get up off your knees and reach for the sky

There's a moment when you got to ask

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

When your walls come down and the lights go up

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

When your walls come down and the lights go up

What if heaven was to fall right in your hands

Locker Room Talk lyrics - Cold War Kids (feat. Reggie Watts)

Locker room talk

I can't believe

You think you're gonna get around it

Dirt in your mouth

Mic on the sleeve

We all heard how it sounded

So many lies

Ya think that its true

Try walking on water

With a brick

In your shoes

You're gonna end up

Drowning

Ya conquer the small

To live like a king

From way up in your tower

Show us your hand

We know you're just bluffing

You got no real power

Keeping your word

Don't mean a thing

All your friends

Turn in to enemies

How could you be grounded

The hate in your heart

Everybody can see

Your head is hollow, man

You ain't fit to lead

Lets stand up and be counted

Minimum Mistake lyrics - Cold War Kids

Remember when I saw a movie 'bout the rapture

Strange '70s zombie movie eschatology

One day the non-believers woke to alarm clocks

Empty houses, barking dogs

Half the human race was gone

Oh, the minimum day

The minimum day

Took them away

I left feeling terrified

Ripped me a new behind

What happened to the people on a plane if the pilot might

Spontaneously disappear

When it goes down for real

The motherless babies and the quixotic teenagers cry

Oh, the minimum day

The minimum day

Take me away

The minimum day

Take me away

Once upon a time even Tom needed proof (Peter)

And Peter would sell you out

Deep down Judas was a sweet kid

James had the nerve to ask you for a VIP

I look around and say

On my hands, no I can't hide 'em

On my knees, no I can't stand 'em

On my hands, no I can't hide 'em

On my knees

On my time, on that day

I'm sorry sugar but speaking's a mistake

On my time, on that day

I'm sorry sugar but speaking's a mistake

On my time, on that day

I'm sorry sugar but speaking's a mistake

I might as well just lay down and die

(I might as well just lay down and die)

Opium Tea lyrics - Cold War Kids

(originally by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

Here I sleep the morning through

'Til the wail of the call to prayer awakes me

And there is nothing at all to do

But rise and follow the day wherever it takes me

I stand at the window and I look at the sea

And I am what I am and what will be will be

I stand at the window and I look at the sea

And I make me a pot of opium tea

Down at the port I watch the boats come in

Watching the boats come in can do somethin' to ya

And the kids gather 'round with an outstretched hand

And I toss them a dirham or two

Well, I wonder if my children are thinking of me

'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be

I wonder if my kids are thinking of me

And I smile and I sip my opium tea

At night the sea lashes the red rust ramparts

In the shapes of hooded men who pass me

And the moan and the wind laughs and laughs and laughs

The strange lot that fate has cast me

The cats on the rampart sing merrily

That he is what he is and what will be will be

The cats on the rampart sing merrily

And I sit and I drink my opium tea

I'm a prisoner here, I can never go home

There is nothing here to win or lose

There are no choices need to be made at all

Not even the choice of havin' to choose

But I'm a prisoner yes, but I'm also free

'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be

I'm a prisoner here but I'm also free

And I smile and I sip my opium tea

Past Life lyrics - Arkells & Cold War Kids

Feeling like I'm falling

I've been getting uptight

Staring at the ceiling

Trying to get it just right

You know what's on my mind

I can't look you in the eye

I'm getting on the freeway

Underneath the night sky

I'm a little wallflower

Singing 'One Headlight'

Looking for a sign

Superstitions make me blind

I'm sick of running from a past life

I don't care about the next one

Am I running from the moment?

Or the city where I come from?

Right now I'm feeling like a stranger

Don't recognize the voice inside my head

Cuz I've been running from a past life

I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live

I wanna live this life instead

Today I saw my reflection

In a broken window

Gave me a flashback

Crying in my pillow

It's not my first time

On this rodeo ride

Because I never got to be young

I was born an old soul

I feel like Bob Dylan's son

Always in the shadows

I've gotta find my own

Way to write a song

I'm sick of running from a past life

I don't care about the next one

Am I running from the moment?

Or the city where I come from?

Right now I'm feeling like a stranger

Don't recognize the voice inside my head

Cuz I'm running from a past life

I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live

I wanna live this life instead

Can we take back

All these lies that

Added up to wasted

Years and wasted time

Let's make it right

Here in this life

After all we've been through

There's nothing left to lose

I'm sick of running from a past life (Running from a past life)

I don't care about the next one (I don't care about the next one)

Am I running from the moment? (Am I running from the moment?)

Or the city where I come from? (Or the city where I come from?)

Right now I'm feeling like a stranger (Feeling like a stranger)

Don't recognize the voice inside my head

Cuz I've been running from a past life (Running from a past life)

I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live

I wanna live this life instead

I wanna live, I wanna live this life instead

I wanna live, I wanna live this life, live this life

Sick of running from a past life

I'm sick of running, sick of running from a past life

Romance Languages #1 lyrics - Cold War Kids

(from "Dallas Buyers Club" soundtrack)

I have never had a devastating loss

Watch over me, when my bell rings

I would rather be lucky than smart

Blow me a rode so I can blow rings

I'm exhausted by romance

I was lost in the languages

Guardian angel what do you see?

I have tripped on all your signs

I would rather give blood than make art

Your so mysterious when your light shines

I'm exhausted by romance

I was lost in the languages

I'm exhausted by romance

I was lost I was lost in the languages

I'm exhausted by romance

Teachers, teachers for twenty odd years

My head balloned you tried to pierce my ears

Preachers, preachers send them in so well

They can't compare, to the women I sells

I'm exhausted by romance

I was lost in the languages

I'm exhasted by romance

I was lost, I was lost in the languages

I'm exhausted by romance

Story Of Our Lives lyrics - Cold War Kids

(from "Bill & Ted Face The Music" soundtrack)

I'm getting older but I don't feel like

I've got all the answer like I know I'm right

If anything I think I know less now

We can't even agree on if the world is round

Took me for granted, I could understand

This ain't a situation you got yourself in

I kept watching you from the sidelines

I didn't do nothing while you sat there crying

I'm here to listen, how could I help out

I'm the one who needs to get my heart broke now

I'm moving slow but I can't be fixed

Tell me what did I miss?

The story of our lives

In the end it's just you and me

I used to live and I had too much

Thought I couldn't really make a difference

Now it feels like the eleventh hour

Feels like it's time to give up my power

I'm here to listen, how could I help out

I'm the one who needs to get my heart broke now

I'm moving slow but I can't be fixed

Tell me what did I miss?

That's why I need you tonight

I feel like I'm gonna lose my way

The story of our lives

In the end it's just you and me

Can you hear me now?

So now you opened by eyes

I feel like I'm gonna lose my way

The story of our lives

In the end it's just you and me

I wanna tell you the story of our lives

Story of our lives

Even after the music fades

The story of our lives

But can you tell me the story of our lives

Ooh, can you hear me now?

Can you hear me, can you hear me now?

Can you hear me now?

Vacation In Chicago lyrics - Cold War Kids

I kiss the kids at noon

Then stumble out the room

I caught a cab

Ran up a tab on 7th and Flower

Best recital I had to run

Missed my son's graduation

Punched the Nichols boy for taking his seat

He gets all that anger from me

Still thing could be much worse

Natural disaters on the evening news

Still things could be much worse

We still got our health

My paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children

I'd never touch another drink aslong as I lived

But even then

It sounds so soothing

This will blow over in time

This will all blow over in time

I'm just an honest man

Provide for me and mine

I give a cheque to tax deductable charity organisations

Two weeks paid vaction won't heal the damage done

I need another one

Still things could be much worse

Natural disaters on the evening news

Still things could be much worse

We still got our health

My paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children

I'd never touch another drink as long as I lived

But even then, it sounds so soothing to mix a gin

And sink into oblivion

I promised to my wife and children

That accident left everyone a little sup

But at the meetings I felt so empty

This will blow over in time

This will all blow over in time

What You Say (Remix) lyrics - Cold War Kids (feat. Zella Day)

Another, what this song, like

Another

Do you have something specific?

Oh yeah

I've been working my whole life to cover

Afraid to speak my mind from judgement

So let's shake it up this time, be honest

I'm not ashamed of what I love in the darkness

When the stars realign, we are gonna let it shine

I'm waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the tide to pull me in

I'm waiting 'til I find the one

Someone who will take me as I am

If I show you that I'm soft, I worry

So I let the gloves come off in a hurry

The taste of my own blood is salty

But I'll fight for what I love 'cause I'm worthy

It's all the silly little fears that break

If you got time to think

I'm feeling all the ways

Are you feeling all the ways?

When the stars realign, we are gonna let it shine

I'm waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the tide to pull me in (What you say)

I'm waiting 'til I find the one

Someone who will take me as I am (What you say)

I'm waiting for the night to come

I've waited all my life

I'll shout it from the rooftops

When I'm looking in your eyes

I'm waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the night to begin

Saving, saving (Saving, ooh)

Saving my love for ya (Saving my love for you)

Saving, saving (Saving, ooh)

Saving my love for ya

I'm waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the tide to pull me in

I'm waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the night to begin (What you say)

I'm waiting for the night to come

I've waited all my life

I'll shout it from the rooftops

When I'm looking in your eyes

I'm waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the night to begin (What you say)

(What you say)

Waiting for the night to come

I'm waiting for the night to begin

Stop / Rewind lyrics - Cold War Kids

Oh, when I met you
Was it a dream?
Or a simulation
Reality, well I was just wondering

Cause I need to stop and rewind
Are you ahead of your time?

In Ancient Egypt
In native tribes
Life was so messy
So well organized
I'd be naked
You felt alive
Didn't you tell me
So satisfied
And I was just wonderin'

Cause I need to stop and rewind
Oh I need to stop and rewind
What I know is go ahead of its time
And all I want is to stop and rewind

All I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind

One Song At A Time lyrics - Cold War Kids

I am over too exposed
Easy target to dispose
Are you saying something?
Find an inch to pay a soul
Pressure for the catapult
Do not miss your moment!

One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time

Find a way to do what takes
Dynasty humiliates
Do your best impression
Claim to start up counterfeit
Not becoming your own name
Powers of persuasion

One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time

Shizzle spark, has he known?
Isn't that a dose of you?
Tell me what's the difference!
We need another narcissist
I could hold business here
Whatever makes you discern

One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time

Only I became
All the dream to entertain
How do I feel straight?
While my heart is under space?

One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time

Thunderhearts lyrics - Cold War Kids

I was wired, I was not myself
Between police and the Lotus bed
Echo Park sunset caught my eye
Figured it's worth a try

Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change

Glove compartment, hacksaw blade
I walked down to the water's edge
With a t-shirt, through the cloud
My back-pocket concealed

Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change

Five quick cuts from a single strand
Of tiny tubers from the tangle
Shoved them into my plastic bag
Security didn't see a thing
It's a crime but you know sometimes
You intervene or nature dies
You cut it off so it will live on
After you're gone

Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change

I will find a way
I will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break

Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change

"Hold My Home" (2014)

All This Could Be Yours lyrics - Cold War Kids

I've been silent partner, I've been your shrink
I have heard your sad look misfortune speech"
But I'll have sympathy when you get off your seat
Before this bitter mess becomes a disease

I have cracked the code on this old machine
Ten thousands hours to be released
But I've been wondering: why can't you see?
That the door opens up and go where it leads

I have been waiting
For you to find
That all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight

Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!

You were packing up but I gave you a bed
You would rather crash then go straight ahead
I wrote this years ago but it's finished today
With the help of a friend who has feelings to say

And I have been waiting
But you need a sign
That all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight

I have been patient
But you've got to try
Then all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight

Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!

All this could be yours
And all this could be yours
And all this could be yours
And all this could be yours, could be yours
All this could be yours

First lyrics - Cold War Kids

Cheated and lied, broken so bad
You made a vow, never get mad
You play the game, though it's unfair
They're all the same, who can compare?
First you lose trust, then you get worried

Night after night, bar after club
Dropping like flies, who woke you up
On the front lawn, sprinklers turned on
It's not your house, where'd you go wrong?
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry

Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry

There comes a time, in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite
Call it a dark, night of the soul
Ticking of clocks, gravity’s pull
First you get close, then you get worried

Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry

You're going silent, the silent treatment
It's not inviting now, don't deny what you meant
You get excited, you get excited
You got a feel it, oh, at least you can pretend
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You get excited, you get excited

Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first

First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried

You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends

Hot Coals lyrics - Cold War Kids

I don't feel a thing
Walking on hot coals
No sensitivity in a fog of war
Try to unwind
To enjoy the good life
But the pressure that I hold
On my shoulders goes

I suspect the reason I am loved
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
Nowadays you're supposed to talk
Problems on and on
Whatever happened to the old -fashioned
Strong and silent type

What they didn't know is once you get us in
Touch with our feelings
You would never hear the end
Once you pull the pin
I suspect the reason I am loved
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
If I set you free, If I let go
Tell me would I still be the one you want

Even a broken clock
Is right twice a day
Even a busted lock
Can keep a thief away

He's not the type and soldiers
Don't go to hell
It's a place reserved for the
Twisted and evil
Now you ask how I'm feeling
I told you then
You're gonna torture me slowly with it

I am falling behind

Drive Desperate lyrics - Cold War Kids

The road, a yellow line unfolds
Jagged then corrodes, Pomona first of all
Machines they rush in a trance
Engines of despair
The taste of desert air
The wheels while we turn
Slowly will burn

Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will

In parking lots you learned
Boredom made you small
Asphalt and the oil
Conversations dull
Memories pull you down
Engine presses toward
The dark the future holds
Will bring some bright morning

Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
[x2]

To find the words that lift me high
I'd tear a hole up in the sky
I'd beg for your approval just to know
I'm on the right course
A trance, the engines of despair
The taste of desert air
The wheels while we turn
They will slowly burn

We're not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road

Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
[x2]

(Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road)
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will

Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road

Hotel Anywhere lyrics - Cold War Kids

I have withdrawn
Out of the game
Erase my image
Rewrite my name
I can be invisible
The room service cleans
Sulley will bang on my door
With the cream

I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA

It's 3 AM
The bed moans and quakes
I'm dying to know who's in ecstasy
I put my ear up to the wall
Somehow I feel connected to it all

I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA

I am awake, I am awake
On the run
Hotel Anywhere, USA

Hold me down, I won't float away

I write and I paint
I live and I breathe
It's incredible how little I need
I've been enlightened, away from my scene
I find the beauty in everything

I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA

I am awake, I am awake
A full stop
Hotel Anywhere, USA

Hold me down, I'm floating in space
Hold me down, I won't float away
Hold me down, I won't float away

Go Quietly lyrics - Cold War Kids

Talk to me well
All I could say
Is I need a few days
Of quiet and space

Now that I'm here
Restless in chains
It could have been fun
If it wasn't so strange

And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But no, you can't have 'em both
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows

I could become some other man
You easily crush in the palm of your hand
Or one who puts you in the ring
Who runs away, runs away, runs when you swing

And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But it's all or nothing you know
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows

Keep up with me, baby
I would never wanna force your hand
It's a mystery to me
In a language that you understand

And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But no, you can't have 'em both
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows

Keep up with me, baby
I would never wanna force your hand
It's a mystery to me
In a language that you understand
[x2]

Nights & Weekends lyrics - Cold War Kids

While they lined up to wait on Black Friday
In a panic with shopping bags
There were magazine racks of cruel attacks
Seven new ways to please your man

She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
Where you look

Well she wanted to dance but lost her chance
Now she feels like a waste of space
On an island you might be in your mind
But your soul won't be cast away

She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
Everywhere you look
Where you look

Here she comes
Oh, here she comes
Here she comes
Oh, here she comes

You're above it
You're above it
You wanted it all
You're above it
You're above it
You wanted it all

Here she comes

Hold My Home lyrics - Cold War Kids

London fog and an empty suitcase
Choreography in Piccadilly
It's time to carve out a place in the sun
I'd like to hold my home where
The seasons never ever ever change

Charlie the painter in Japan
We have grown apart
The cigarette the gardener throws in the grass
I'd like to hold my home where
The mountains run right into the sea

Holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves

Feet in the sand in St. Tropez
She is a woman of the world
Letting the past go to get what you want
I'd like to hold my home where
The seasons never ever change

Holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Holiday, holiday in the waves
Holiday, holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves

Flower Drum Song lyrics - Cold War Kids

Clear out the spiderwebs
In your mind
When a hint of violence
Makes you cry
Get on my speedboat
The water's fine
The ocean calms you down
Leaves you kind

You're no psychologist
But you know why
You get so upset
When time slips by
Face your enemy
He's laughing while
You run circles round
But you can't hide

I'll be the one who reaches out when you're gone
I need the salt in the wound for another song
I'll be the one who gets us both out of this
I tell it like it is
You call it arrogance

You're drawn to confidence
It gets you high
But it leaves you powerless
In a trophy life
You're no apologist
And you'd go blind
Before you ever let
Let 'em see you cry

But I'll be the one who reaches out when you're gone
I need the salt in the wound for another song
I'll be the one who gets us both out of this
I tell it like it is
You call it arrogance
[x2]

Oh oh oh
Sing the Flower Drum Song
[x6]

Harold Bloom lyrics - Cold War Kids

When you wake, levitate
Ideas pouring out
Then you set out to make
Something great
But nothing comes out

Are you quick on your feet?
It's time to dig deep

So don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood

Guardians at the gate let you in
Into their mansions
I'm the acid head homeless man
Who demands an explanation

Can you be wise if you never leave the room?
There will always be another Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom
To criticize your every move

So don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood

And don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood

Hear My Baby Call lyrics - Cold War Kids

There's a power in your voice or resistance
Send a telepathic thought like a lightning rod
In the distant blue smiling like you do
I will not disappear

When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what

There's an easy way to test you suspicion
Do you only hang around if there's a dollar in it?
Mr. Generous laid out with mistrust
They will not sleep away

When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what

More than evil, more than shame the emotion
that we long to understand in your fine happiness
Can you hold on to it if it meant you'd lose
Control of everything else

When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what

When I hear my baby call
Reach out to me
Reach out to me

When I hear my baby call
Reach out to me
Reach out to me

When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
Reach out to me [x9]

"Dear Miss Lonelyhearts" (2013)

Miracle Mile lyrics - Cold War Kids

I was supposed to do great things
I know the road was long
But I wasn't raised to shoot for fame
I had the safety on

I cut my ties, I sold my rings
I wanted none of this
If you start from scratch you have to sing
Just for the fun of it

I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air

I feel the air upon my face
Forget the mess I'm in
Hold me again, don't count mistakes
I lost track of them

I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air

I was in the mud, I was in the dirt
Went underground and I found what I was worth
All alone and I know I cant stay
But we're walking up and down the streets to stay awake

Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up

Get outside, get all over the world
You learn to love what you get in return
It may be a problem and it may be peace of mind
Put your head down down and breathe one breath at a time

Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up

I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air

I'd be alright, if I could just see you
A miracle mile, where does it lead to

Lost That Easy lyrics - Cold War Kids

A swollen tongue, a plastic gun
Red burn from an orange sun
These oil rigs will crack and run
These palm trees will be chopped to a stump

I've wandered, seen visions, I never could fit in
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy

You imitate, all night stay awake
You study ancient intelligence
It's a lonely life by candlelight
To make believe, you talk to the dead

I've wandered, seen visions, I've gone off the deep end
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy

My drunken confession, sick in the bathtub
While you take your make-up off
You take yourself so serious
If we didn't laugh, we're crying all the time

No matter where I've been, I never could fit in
Don't worry where I'll be, I never lost that easy

Loner Phase lyrics - Cold War Kids

They're calling you a genius
Is that why you're acting so competitive
And even if they mean it
Don't let the feeling get to your head

I really wanna call you
Better clean up the mess from the last time we met
The roof is gonna fall through
I'll stay out in the cold all alone instead

[Chorus:]
If you think you can, reach out your hand
Like all is well and nothing changed
But I went through hell to watch you in outer-space

The wine is in the basement
So why can't I hide away to hibernate
I'm sleeping through the moment
And we're so afraid of getting worse with age

[Chorus:]
If you think you can, reach out your hand
Like all is well and nothing changed
But I went through hell to watch you in outer-space

I'm so careful, I got out of the way
I'm so grateful, just to be, just to be able to say

Won't you give me distance
Just swallow the words you put on my plate
And maybe then you'd listen
And I could get out of this one act play
You see me waving my white flag
You see me waving my white flag
Won't you ever wanna take me back
Won't you ever wanna take me back

Fear & Trembling lyrics - Cold War Kids

I want to tell you my thoughts
But my thoughts are scattered like crows

I've done whatever you want
I've gone from a mountain to a mole

I can see all my friends in the mirror
They're holding hands
But they don't recognize past and present
In harmony
Every breath
Fear and trembling
The dark.
Fear and trembling
The dark.

Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown

Tuxedos lyrics - Cold War Kids

I think about eyes that watch you.
I think about changes I've made.
I think about all this fancy food going down the drain.
I spend a lot of time by myself,
Imagining great speeches I'd make
To crowds of people; how can I help?
But what would I say?

When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
Or did I find and not realize, I was the fake.

I love to be a stranger at a wedding.
Cause tuxedos don't discriminate
A perfect disguise, so be cool and fill up your plate.

When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
Or did I find and not realize, I was the fake.
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
For the millionth time, for the millionth time I was the fake.
I was the fake, I was to blame.

I think about eyes that watch you.
I think about changes I've made.
I think about all this fancy food
Going down the drain, down the drain, down the drain
Going down the drain, down the drain, down the drain
Going down the drain, the drain, the drain, the drain, the drain
Going down the drain

Bottled Affection lyrics - Cold War Kids

I let the bats out, we walked through
The cathedral out in to the moon
Your flashback is airtight
Like an elephant never hurt a fly
Mother instinct, never gonna die

Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection

Now it's my turn to play cool
Nothing you can say can even break through
I see the weapons, I pulled out
I met my match, so why am I proud?

I'm not the same kid, I grew up
Didn't I? Or did I get stuck?
You get older, it gets worse
You be the good one that gives it up first
Or the bad one that never gets hurt

Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection

My affection, my affection
Pouring out, pouring out
My affection, my affection
Pouring out, pouring out
My affection, my affection

Jailbirds lyrics - Cold War Kids

The sun is rising so late it's early
I have spread myself too thin again
The guest of honor at my guilty party
Me and this silence have become old friends

Father make believe for your daughters
Mother take it easy on your sons
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
But for now, you got to keep them young

My solitude, it makes me softer
My suffering is not in vain.
My depression sings, how much longer
Will I have to wait to see a world free from pain?

Father make believe for your daughters
Mother take it easy on your sons
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
But for now, you got to keep them young
[x3]

Water & Power lyrics - Cold War Kids

Minus the car, look past the dress
Beyond the pearls, who will protect
Drunk on the stars, shadows evolve
No resume, no diamond lane

Are you willing? Are you brave?
Who could make you feel afraid?

Mean what you say, make your mistakes
Head of silver and gold, your feet crumbling clay
Forever be yours, counting the hours
The salt in the mines and the water is ours
The water is ours, the water is ours, the reservoir

Are you willing, are you brave?
Who could make you feel afraid?
Will you give more than you... give more than you take?
Will you show us what you're... show us what you're made?

Cry and move on
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
Cry and move on

What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts lyrics - Cold War Kids

Wonder why you don't like April?
Wonder why you hate the spring?
Wonder why you don't like April?
Oh why won't you sing?

"My boyfriend he gets around, he does favors for Leo downtown
They didn't know it would be a set up, cops surround
That was when we started fighting, that was when I moved out
That was just the beginning, look at me now"

Oh my poor woman!
Water is for for fish like air is for men
You can't fight against the law
Of good times never call
On you because the good times never call
When you're waiting by the phone
The good times never call
On you unless you do it too.
Unless you do it too.
Unless you do it too...

I have given up explaining sorrow,
Oh I have given up on my hotel
I'm up here dancing like a martyr
But I have given up on casting spells
Oh I have given
Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts

"Miss Lonelyhearts you've got to help me,
I have tried most everything
Short of my head in the oven,
Short of drinking kerosene"

Oh I have given
I have given
I have given

Bitter Poem lyrics - Cold War Kids

And even if it's who you really are, you really are,
You wanna feel wanted
And even if it's true you really are, who you really are,
Then I'll look above you.

I'm out of advice, umbrellas wash away in the rain
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.

And even when you lose, you pushed us all, you pushed us all,
A little bit further.
Reminded me of you as I'm nodding off, as I'm nodding off
In a massage parlor.

I don't even know whose side I'm on, are both sides the same?
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.

And even if it's you who ratted on, who ratted on, your only brother
You're purple and you're blue
Is it chemical imbalance or some other struggle?
Nobody's to blame, can't use force
Take me to court, cause I couldn't love you
Nobody could use you if you want, use if you want, ain't it fun?

But I'm out of advice, umbrellas wash away in the rain
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.

And even though it's late the promise stands; it doesn't fade.
And even if it's true you often find the best laid plans,
Will fall down broken all around you now.

Oh I can't hear you!
Are you talking to me?
Now I can't hear you!
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Did you say, did you say,
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Did you say, did you say,
Did you say that you're happy for me?

"Mine Is Yours" (2011)

Mine Is Yours lyrics - Cold War Kids

You were changin' colours like the leaves in fall
I was savin' up for the long winter
Summers wind, hideout in my car
When it broke down we didn't care
We'd figure out another way to get me there

Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours

A realistic love runs out of room
I try to talk big but my mouth don't move
Cuz I don't own the sun I don't own the moon
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised you
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised

What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours

You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
Come on, Come on
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
Come on, Come on
There was no other way
To let you in here to stay
We had to give it away
Come on, Come on
And when we come up for air
And when we come up now we know

All my stones become your pearls
All of my trials are your treasures

All my dead you inherit
All of my?crimson? lines will shine

Cuz Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours is yours is yours is yours

Louder Than Ever lyrics - Cold War Kids

All my windows were barred,
The sun made stripes of shades
I was sitting round like a zombie feedin my own face

I was carrying my cheek, I was digging my strange
I was taken you for granted
You were holding the rains

[Chorus]
But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever

It’s a slippery slope, like that mouse trap game
Inside my television you slept on my train

[Chorus]
But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever

I don’t wanna ignore
You were the past of my feelings
But probably gonna get out of this just
Hear me out anyway
The darkness knockin' and now I’m down in on all my promises
Don’t try to pull me out of this
Just lay down by me and wait

[Chorus]
I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever

I can hear you louder than ever
[repeat]

Royal Blue lyrics - Cold War Kids

Why I make that face? Oh why would I?
Why would I test my faith? Oh why would I?
Oh why? I see that raincloud coming right for me

Why would I say my name? Oh why would I?
When I'm so far away? Oh why would I?
Oh why? I guess I've always been a bit of a fighter

From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue

Why would I stick around? Oh why would I?
Why would I get burned down? Oh why would I?
Oh Why, For me I'm always waiting in shadows
Oh why, For me I'm always looking for a way out

From now on with the sky as my roof
From now on let the risk lead me to
From now on somewhere I never knew
From now on call me royal blue

From now on fly as high as I want
From now on I'll show my weak spot
From now on you know that I do
From now on call me Royal Blue

From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me royal blue

Finally Begin lyrics - Cold War Kids

Holding out, she knows what I'm about
I start to play the silent card
You make this easy or you play me like a shark

Arms folded, nose to the floor
If it's got to be a leap of faith
I wish somebody'd push me
That way I'd know who to blame

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin

Weigh the pros but the cons come first
I've got a black belt in doubt
I get claustrophobic
All these open doors around
Still the pros are the hardest to ignore
I've never felt this light before
I took off my sunglasses
And waited for the words

When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights

Where and when

The hours we keep, the days we save
They add up to years, now face to face
With you by my side, now I can stand, to finally begin

Out Of The Wilderness lyrics - Cold War Kids

The crown on my head is heavy on me
They wouldn't know it
Cos they don't wanna see

The skin on my face is turning bright pink
As I walk by the girl's choir whispering

The street that I walk welcomes my feet
With cryptic graffiti greetings to read
The smile on my mouth, it came dirt cheap
I bought it second hand

I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds
When the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall

The wires to my head
When I press play
Who's this new prophet
Has she got something to say?
The thoughts in my brain are backfiring
I'm a picture perfect passenger

I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness to lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load

You expect the worst
You always get your way
These big buildings these little girls
Are giving me a little shade

Skip The Charades lyrics - Cold War Kids

You wait on letters
Fishing for any sign of life
Drinks after dinner
Your friends will get you to unwind

Let's skip the charades
Can we just speak plain?

I'm two left feet when
I'm home we tapdanced on broken glass
Somehow you manage
To keep your sense of humor in tact

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
Nothing's wrong

You dodged the bullet
You do your best when you're busiest
You're disconnected
You can't find your name in the script

It was you who were wildest
It was you who floated above us all
I held on with wires
Will you come back down if I let you go?

Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong

Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain

Sensitive Kid lyrics - Cold War Kids

I try being sweet
It's very deep in me
Now I can only see red on red
My mom's going out with my best friends' dad
She talking loud I can't believe what she said

A sensitive kid [x2]

They sold the house, left photo albums there
No silver ware while paper walls were bare
I called all my friends, 'Come over! Come one, come all!'
'Let's get a crowd here for one last hoorah!'

A sensitive kid [x2]
Who made me
A sensitive kid [x2]

The message was bleak, my brother pounded it in me
You climb it up or you cut it down
This is your family tree
I know you were born with a heart of gold
But, I want a purple heart that cannot dissolve

A sensitive kid [x2]
Don't call me
A sensitive kid [x2]

I can't tell you why you should a known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grown up [x4]

Bulldozer lyrics - Cold War Kids

We can beat this, you and me
Just a matter of degrees
I can't calculate this late at night
Honeymooners moving wet cement
They don't know about the walls that rise and rest

Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were

Come outside this view is free
Only clear moonlight can reach
You and I will stay low to the ground
Honeymooners we are bouncing checks
Cross your fingers that they don't get returned

Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were

Bulldozer
What we need you for
You're the last resort to start over

I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, Hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy [x2]

Bulldozer
I think you're only one
That can work, that can work, that can work
Bulldozer
Step up this is gonna hurt
Gnash your teeth take a bite of the dirt

Broken Open lyrics - Cold War Kids

I locked my keys in the car
I'm pleading for some change
The meter treats me like a stranger now
Flashing zeros

I'm juggling a drink too full
While tugging on a leash that you pull
And jogging my memory for
The way to your door

I have been broken open
By my most trusted friend
I was the wild card, you were the safe bet
I've been broken open

I'm up and down that way
It's easier to say that I'm doing okay
Than bother to explain
The water rising

Threw out your crystal ball and your weather vain
Picasso don't pre-meditate he just paint
Tonight it's so easy
To overflow

I have broken open
Was a perfect gentleman
Now I'm smashing champagne, tying cans
Feel like celebrating

I have been broken open
Dug to china with bare hands
When you asked me if I'd like to dance
I've been broken open

Flow over me, flow over, flow
Over flow

It feels so strange to feel good
And when I was the fire you were wood
So when I was petrified
You understood

I have been broken open
This was not my master plan
I was comfortable watching from the stands
I have been broken open

All my edges are exposed
I was once content alone
Now you brought the one that I call home
I've been broken open

Flow over me, flow over, flow [x7]

Cold Toes On The Cold Floor lyrics - Cold War Kids

Hunger and the lights are off, honey
Trying to find my head
Don't recall lying down
In this black bed

Cold toes on the cold floor [x2]

Feeling up the wall to find a light switch
Like a mime, surprised
What glows in the dark
A zippers broken spine

Cold toes on the cold floor [x4]

I am not alone
All my doves have flown

It's a classic mix-up, baby
An honest mistake
A girl I used know, maybe
Another face on the street
She said to say hello to you soon, and
I awake from my dream state

Cold toes on the cold floor [x2]

I will take out the garbage
I will squeeze your juice
So glad to be making
Scrambled eggs with you

Cold toes on the cold floor [x4]

I am not alone
All my doves have flown

Flying Upside Down lyrics - Cold War Kids

All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend

This planes flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We will see that sky above

Ambition and she looks good on you tonight
She holds your hand and runs
Your lungs are burning bright
Morning comes like it almost always does
You want to hold her but you know you can't keep up

This planes flying upside down
And this how I ask for help
By pulling the fire alarm
And blocking your exit

We argue like two kids that can't share toys
I swing at you with words sharper than any swords
You come back with a trap so good it hurts
You say, 'I will never leave, you know, no matter what'

All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend

I'm shocked when you light the candle (?)
And then I go outside
I can't make you see my hand so
I need you to come in cause
Tell me it's alright

Flying Upside Down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We'll see that sky above

And let go of all that I know
A guest on this crazy game show
They won't make or break the whole world

Flying upside down [x4]

EP: "Behave Yourself" (2009)

Audience lyrics - Cold War Kids

Sunday nights that you want her like velvet cake
Sweet heart can bargain half price mistakes
She will go down with her ship like a good captain
You're sitting on the dock playing for an audience of one

Pacing your apartment, linoleum floors
Get a call from an old friend, she never liked him before
He will drive all over three lanes, you sit tight, shotgun
Windshield wipers waving for an audience of one

You came out from the country wearing mama's clothes
You were born in the city with daddy's domino's
You need a record you can move to, well, we got one
Drop the needle, we are playing for an audience of one
Drop the needle, we are playing for an audience of one

One gets all of you, two's jealous, three gets even less
Four divides you up then you're left pleasing all your guests

Reach out, you point a finger and touch the globe
Spin it round and where it stops you got to pack your bags and go
Land in the Mojave desert, you sing for the sun
Three's too many when you're playing for an audience of one
Two's too busy when you're playing for an audience of one
One is the only way you're playing for an audience of one

Coffee Spoon lyrics - Cold War Kids

I can argue with the mime
I can argue with the mime
He is reading me the riot act
Every line

Every lawyer in his prime
Every lawyer in his prime
Gets nostalgic for the bar's
Naivete to crime

Ascetics wring their hands
This decadent misuse
Inside my china room
You are my coffee spoon

My indulgence is a joke
And while everybody laughs
I'm clipping coupons
And saving my breath

I was celebrating Lent
With a candle in a tent
When you came and snatched me up
Out of retirement

Now I'm buying finer clothes
In department store windows
Throwing credit cards down
Never raise my voice

Santa Ana Winds lyrics - Cold War Kids

I got the roof tied tight
Shiny buildings peak
The LA river swims
Snorkels and knees

Seatbelt sticks in the poison heat
My pores are opening

Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa headlines

Take the elevator to the Getty's highest place
See the cliffs fall to the sea
Do an about face

Easter on Olvera Street
Girls nursing new babies in alleyways
In between is a basin like the great divide
Where the 110 swallow the 105
Chutes and ladders leaving no where I begun
Like Joan Didion

Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds

You tore me up by the roots and fell silent again
My seeds have blown around but never land
You tore me up by the roots and fell silent again
My seeds have blown around but never land

Sermon Vs The Gospel lyrics - Cold War Kids

Getting closer everyday, getting closer everyday
Lord have mercy on me, we're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord have mercy on my
Lord have mercy on me

Got this idea in my head and I can't get it out
'Cause all your money and all your culture
I can surely live without
A pile of treasures up on earth
But what you keep and what you take
Are property, vanity, and even knowledge for knowledge sake

And I said, Lord have mercy on me
We're talking about two different things
Television and Life Magazine
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me

Don't want to see no psychoanalyst
Experienced in assisting to adjust
European travel, the H Bomb, Presidential elections
Front page of the new york times
The front page of the New York Times

Lord have mercy on me
We're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me

Quit your griping, shine your shoes
Tell you a little secret for your blues
Don't make no difference, just watching from the stands
Fat lady always claps her hands

Lord have mercy on me
Sayin', even if you're robbing from the poor
Lord have mercy on me
I believe the words can change the heart
The words can change the heart
The words can change the heart

Have mercy on me, oh Lord
Lord have mercy on me
Talkin' bout two different things
Television, yeah, Life magazine, yeah
Lord have mercy on me, God
Lord have mercy on me
Gettin closer everyday
Getting closer everyday
Closer everyday

"Loyalty To Loyalty" (2008)

Against Privacy lyrics - Cold War Kids

We don’t gamble
We don’t do the stock exchange
We paint paintings
We write scenes for the stage

We will talk about welfare
We will talk about sex
Talk about the pope in Prada shoes
Nobody gets upset, nobody gets upset

And we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy

Forget ex-girlfriends
We want little governments
We tell stories
We want to get you to join in

Call us optimistic
We get the meanest looks
We are bar stool romantics
History books will show, history books will show

And we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy

And we’re waiting and we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy

And we’re waiting
And we’re waiting for your call
We’re sure that you’ll agree

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