Nada Surf - Let Go (2002) by Nada Surf (보컬) on maniadb.com

in blizzard of '77
the cars were just lumps on the snow
and then later
tripping in 7-11
the shelves were stretching out of control
on a plane ride
the more it shakes
the more i have to let go
now the signals
still getting all mixed up
we're always doing damage control
but in the middle of the night i worry
it's blurry even without light
i know i have got a negative edge
that's why i sharpen all the others a lot
it's like flowers or ladybugs
pretty weeds or red beetles with dots
(chorus)
i miss you more than i knew
(repeat)

I'm just a happy kid
Stuck with the heart of a sad punk
Drowning in my id
Always searching like it's on junk
No matter who I hang out with
I can hear the clack-clunk
Of the chains that pull the cars up
The roller coaster mountain top so high
When it comes down it shoots back up
Straight back to the sky
I gotta laugh and then I'm asleep
And then I walk around and wanna cry

Out at night to do the strand
The little candles make the bottles glow
Got ink all over my right hand
Getting crushes with no chance to grow
It's like I'll never ever land
There's always too much sun
Or too much snow

Chorus:

I get slow days and no days
I get rusty and it's hard
But I get notions and oceans
Are coming to my call

(interlude)

You can learn to get along (x4)

Chorus (x1)

And I'm just a happy kid
Stuck with the heart of a sad punk
Drowning in my id
Always searching like it's on junk
No matter who I hang out with
I can hear the clack-clunk
Of the chains that pull the cars up
The roller coaster mountain top so high
When it comes down it shoots back up
Straight back to the sky
I gotta laugh and then I'm asleep
And then I walk around and wanna cry

I'm just a happy kid (x4)

Watching terrible TV, it kills all thought
Getting spacier than an astronaut
Making out with people I hardly know or like
I can't believe what I do late at night

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I'm standing at the gates
I see the beauty above

Only when we get to see the aerial view
Will the patterns show, we'll know what to do
I know the last page so well, I can't read the first
So I just don't start, it's getting worse

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I'm standing at the gates
I see the beauty above

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I can't find my way in
I try again and again

I'm on the outside of love
Always under or above
I can't find my way in
I try again and again

I'm on the outside of love
Always under or above
Must be a different view
To be a me with a you

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
I'm standing at the gates
I see the beauty above

I wanna know what it's like
On the inside of love
Of course I'll be alright
I just had a bad night
I had a bad night

left some food wrapped up
in a plastic bag
on the kitchen table
way too long
i sat down to eat
next to the bag
i was too tired
to throw it out
i saw a swarm of fruit flies
i took the bag downstairs
when i came back
they were still there
flying jerky patterns
like snowflakes in the air

i'm sorry you've got nowhere to go. (X2)

left straight right straight
i can't find a reason
i know i'll keep going but
i can't find a reason
nothing looks right
nothing smells right
and i can't land
geometric patterns
smearing out of control
only have enough gas left
for the beer can to the bowl

what can you do but go on? (X3)

oh no you make your own mistakes
i cannot bring them back to you
oh no you make your own mistakes
i cannot measure up to you. (X2)

cats and dogs are coming down
14th street is gonna drown
everyone else rushing round.

CHORUS:
i've got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio.

i've got no time i wanna lose
to people with something to prove
what can you do but let them talk
and make your way down the block.

CHORUS:
i've got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio. (X3)

it's a lullabye
from a giant golden radio.

it's a lullabye
from wonder-woman's radio. (X2)

it's a lullabye. (X6)

Do you ever feel like you just landed on this earth?
You see the creatures all do their dances back and forth
You get restless and then you join them on the floor
Suddenly it's tomorrow

It's not today anymore (X2)

Chorus:

You talk to the ceiling every day
The speakers are shaking
Why do i hear you okay?
They're playing soul at the wrong speed
It sounds right now
What are you doing to me?

D'you ever feel like what we call real life is not so real?
Tripping up on the same old problems you had last year
We'll pretend it's another planet not so uptight
The stars are shining above the city every night
They come every night

Chorus (x1)

Where are we going?
I don't care
Our friends all left
Let's go anywhere
It's getting late
I don't care
It's just you and me
Let's go anywhere

I'm putting this night down to bed
'cause I was sitting at the bar
Hoping you'd walk in the door
That says Killian'S red
'cause I left you a note that said
Come on out and we'll both get
Right off of our heads
And float up off the chair
We'll go on vacation tonight
Under a sun of neon light
And I almost love this town
When I'm by your side
You woke me from a long sleep
And I'm almost back
Closer than ever
To finding the hidden track
If I told you the truth
You wouldn't like what I said
I almost believed I was dead
There'll be no more waiting
You're gonna melt all the ice in our heads
There'll be no more crying
You're gonna make it all better instead
...
I get secrets at night
But they don't stay
I get secrets at night
But they go away
...

don't push me cause i'll fall in love
with whatever you just said
don't push me cause i'll fall in love
with the way you wear your head

CHORUS:
out in the corner
you're glowing white. (X2)

i want to want you
i need to need you
i'd love to love you
i want to want you
i need to need you
i'm begging to beg you

CHORUS:
out in the corner
you're glowing white. (X2)

i'd like to say good-bye
to a complicated mind
but when i walk and wave
i'm stalked all day
by california lives
and things i didn't try
ways you were unkind
and the strangest colored eyes

CHORUS:
out in the corner
you're glowing white. (X2)

So quiet
It's neither heaven nor space, it's just high
And the ring around the moon
looks like light and love
Neither of which I get enough of
Down there
Where alot of people lie, In a deep sleep
And months on end go by, in a single week
Down there
But much too slow
Can't you see I'm trying so hard to plug up this hole
The air is running out we're sinking much too low
And if you sit long enough
you can hear ghost trains
As if the city speed
is just in our brains
And coke's close as we get to sugar cane
Down there
But much too slow
Can't you see I'm trying so hard to plug up this hole,
The air is running out we're sinking much too low
So quiet, So quiet
It's neither heaven nor space, It's just high
And the ring around the moon
Looks like light and love
Neither of which I get enough of
Neither of which I get enough of

Movies like zoos
Try another me and I will
Try another you
Or put my arms around you
Like I think you want me to
But tell me what you're thinking
I so often misconstrue

Treading water
Treading white wine
Seeing borders seeing straight lines
I get these feelings that I don't have much time
Always rushing always late (x2)

Movies like zoos

I talk to missionaries when they're standing at my door
They tell me what I should be reading I still can't see what for
We both stand there politely trying to change each other's core

When other angels float by
They seem likely to fall from the sky
What I want is difficult I must try
I see traces when you walk

Other voices when you talk
When you talk

When other angels float by
They seem likely to fall from the sky
What I want is difficult I must try
I see traces when you walk

Treading water
Treading white wine
Seeing borders seeing straight lines
I get these feelings that I don't have much time

Always rushing always late (x2)
always late (x2)
I'm always rushing
always late (x4)
I'm always rushing (x2)
always late

Main:
Sit on a train, reading a book
Same damn planet every time I look
Try to relax and slow my heartbeat
Only works when I'm dead asleep
Been thinking and drinking all over the town
Must be gearing up for some kind of meltdown

Chorus:
All I am is, a body floating downwind (x2)

-What's wrong?
-Nothing
-Are you sure nothing's wrong?
-Yeah
-But you're sad about something?
-Yeah
-So tell me what
-I don't know

I can't tell you (x4)

Chorus (x1)
Main (x1)

As the express train passes the local
It moves by just like a paper boat
Although it weighs a million pounds
I swear it almost seems to float
And as we pass by each other
Our heads all full of bother
We can't look, we can't stop
We can't think, we can't stop
Because we're stuck in our own paths
And it's the way it always lasts
But I need something more from you

All I am is, a body floating downwind (x2)

floating downwind...