Feeling Like Flying Songtext

von Jane Wiedlin

FALLEN

Perfect for so long
Yeah I was so strong
Playing it straight and true
Walking the narrow
Then came the arrow
Completely out of the blue
And I never dreamed I'd blow it
But I've hit the wall
So many years I thought I knew it all
RIGHT OFF THE WAGON
CHASING THE DRAGON
OVER THE EDGE I'VE FALLEN
UNDER THE WIRE
INTO THE FIRE
BURNING MY BRIDGES FALLEN
How are you feeling
Now that I'm reeling
What is it like to be you
What were you thinking
What was I drinking
When you staged your little coup
And I never dreamed I'd mess up
But I've hit the wall
Why did I think I knew it all
RIGHT OFF THE WAGON
CHASING THE DRAGON
OVER THE EDGE I'VE FALLEN
UNDER THE WIRE
INTO THE FIRE
BURNING MY BRIDGES FALLEN
Well I never dreamed I'd fuck up
Till I hit the wall
So many years I thought I knew it all
GOOD-BYE THE ANGEL BROKEN THE HALO
SLAM HEAVEN'S GATE I'VE FALLEN
RIGHT OFF THE WAGON CHASING THE DRAGON
OVER THE EDGE I'VE FALLEN
UNDER THE WIRE
INTO THE FIRE
BURNING MY BRIDGES FALLEN

Jane: electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, background vocals
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Brian Waters: additional guitar, background vocals
Dave Bassett: background vocals
© 2000 Wiedlin/Bruce/Vallance

MESSY

Nobody is perfect
It's the struggle that counts
And I'm the perfect example
Of trouble in small amounts
'Cause I'm strong in my weakness
And I'm sweet but I'm mean
And it's a dirty old world
So don't try to keep it clean
MESSY
LIFE IS MESSY
MESSY
LIFE IS MESSY
Some people gotta cause chaos
Stir up a steady life
Make things complicated
Start some trouble and strife
'Cause it's hard to be easy going
And it feels good to be bad
And no one is ever satisfied
With the things they have.
MESSY
LIFE IS MESSY
MESSY
LIFE IS MESSY
And everything changes
That's the certain chance
So don't walk the straight line
Might as well dance.

Jane: electric guitar, vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, background vocals, percussion
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Brian Waters: additional guitar, background vocals
Petra Haden: background vocals, violin
Dave Bassett: background vocals
© 2000 Wiedlin
MUSE

When I see you want to need you
When I touch you want you to feel it too
Inside my head come these wicked thoughts
Gotta write them down gotta get it out
BE MY MUSE
LET ME USE YOU
BE THE ONE
'CAUSE I CHOOSE YOU
BRING ME WORDS
YOU'D BETTER AMUSE ME TOO
BE MY MUSE
Things were gray but that was yesterday
Now it's changed and nothing is the same
Now it's red I feel it through my veins
Now it's clear and plain it's all good again
BE MY MUSE
LET ME USE YOU
BE THE ONE
'CAUSE I CHOOSE YOU
BRING ME WORDS
YOU'D BETTER AMUSE ME TOO
BE MY MUSE
When I kiss you I hear music
When I smell you so sweet a kick
Inside my head inspiration hits
It's so present tense it's all making sense

Jane: electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Brian Waters: additional guitar
Petra Haden: background vocals
© 2000 Wiedlin

DRAIN

I can feel your life-force
So strong
It makes me want to bleed you
All night long
DRAIN DRAIN DRAIN DRAIN
I will make your veins pour
Into me
I would like to drink you dry
So greedy
DRAIN-CONSUME YOU
DRAIN-POSSESS YOU
DRAIN-DEVOUR
DRAIN-OBSESS YOU
I can read the writing
On your skin
Can't you see I'm thirsty
Let me in
I'm thirsty-Let me in
I'm thirsty-Let me in
DRAIN-CONSUME YOU
DRAIN-POSSESS YOU
DRAIN-DEVOUR
DRAIN-OBSESSED WITH YOU

Jane: electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, background vocals, percussion
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Dave Bassett: background vocals
© 2000 Wiedlin

SOONER OR LATER

Who do you think you are
Like you're different like you're special
Who do you think you are
Screaming your opinion
Like it really matters
You'd be anybody do anything
To be the center of attention
BUT SOONER OR LATER
SURROUNDED BY SILENCE
YOU'LL COME FACE TO FACE WITH FEAR
REVELATION BORN OF VIOLENCE
I WILL BE YOUR MIRROR
You lock and load and you jump the gun
Superficial competition
All alone in the race you run
Chasing after something
Something that means nothing
You'd go to any length do anything
Just to be the winner
BUT SOONER OR LATER
SURROUNDED BY SILENCE
YOU'LL COME FACE TO FACE WITH FEAR
REVELATION BORN OF VIOLENCE
I WILL BE YOUR MIRROR
I WILL BE YOUR MIRROR
I AM YOU
YOU ARE ME

Jane: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drum loop programming
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Petra Haden: all background vocals
Tom Caffey: piano
© 2000 Wiedlin/Hector/Troy

ICICLE

How can I escape
The force of gravity
I feel it pulling my heart out of me
I'm pointed like a knife
That's hanging by a thread
And when I strike I wound myself instead
CLEAR AS GLASS
TWICE AS WEAK
COLD IS NOT ENOUGH TO SHELTER ME
I AM AN ICICLE
DON'T WATCH ME FALL
I wish that I was strong
Impossible to break
As thick-skinned as a January lake
But sometimes ice is thin
And easy to see through
Cracking when you least expect it to
CLEAR AS GLASS
TWICE AS WEAK
COLD IS NOT ENOUGH TO SHELTER ME
I AM AN ICICLE
DON'T WATCH ME FALL

Jane: electric guitar, vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Luke Tierney: electric guitar, electric 12 string guitar
Petra Haden: all background vocals
Tom Caffey: keyboards
© 2000 Wiedlin/Caffey/Forbes
THE GOOD WIFE

It was always easy to blame you
When things seemed to fall apart
But now I know where evil dwells
In my heart
Because I'm sweet on the outside and rotten within
Polite on the edges and mean in between
And the harder I try the lower I go
You don't know
I AM ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING A HUSBAND
AND I AM THE QUEEN OF MY SAFE LITTLE LIFE
I HAD A ROUTINE BUT I'VE GOTTEN SO BAD AT
PLAYING THE GOOD WIFE
Now I know I won't be a mother
Now I see I make a bad wife
It's obvious I'll always be
Trouble and strife
Because I'm sweet on the outside and rotten within
Polite on the edges and mean in between
And the harder I try the lower I go
You don't know
I AM ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING A HUSBAND
AND I AM THE QUEEN OF MY SAFE LITTLE LIFE
I HAD A ROUTINE BUT I'VE GOTTEN SO BAD AT
PLAYING THE GOOD WIFE
I NEED I NEED
A MIRACLE A MIRACLE

Jane: vocals, 12 string electric guitar
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, percussion loop track
Luke Tierney: electric guitar, electric 12 string guitar
Petra Haden: all background vocals
Tom Caffey: keyboards, percussion loop track
© 2000 Wiedlin/Hardy

HE'S NOT TALKING

He's not talking
And I don't know why
And no matter how hard I try
I can't seem to get past that wall
He's not talking at all
He looks weary
And it makes me sad
To see him so torn between me
And the dreams that he had
He's not talking at all
THIS SILENCE IS KILLING US BOTH ONE BY ONE
CAN'T YOU SEE
WHAT IT'S DOING TO YOU
WHAT IT'S DOING TO ME
THIS QUIET BETWEEN US IS SETTING US UP FOR A FALL
YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO ME
YOU'RE NOT TALKING AT ALL
He seems distant
In another place
I can't read that look on his face
Could I once? It's hard to recall
He's not talking at all
He's not smiling
I remember when
It was easy to make him laugh
Over and over again
He's not talking at all

Jane: vocals
Matthew Sweet: vocals
Luke Tierney: electric guitar, fuzzy bass
Tom Caffey: keyboards
© 2000 Wiedlin/Hanley
MY LOVELY REVENGE

Shiny hair and a perfect body
A great life where everyone adores me
Killer boyfriend, big fancy car
And a mansion made for a movie star
You'll regret it that you blew it
And I'll make sure that you knew it
And till I get more than enough
Be scheming still be dreaming of
MY LOVELY REVENGE
MY LOVELY REVENGE
Accumulating more and more stuff
Without neglecting inside and up above
Advancing the spiritual
Not forgetting my intellectual
Till I become the perfect combination
The paragon of a generation
You'll be sorry of course you will
When you see me completely fulfilled
MY LOVELY REVENGE
MY LOVELY REVENGE
Everything you want/Everything you need/Everything you hope for I'll be
Everything I want/everything I need/Everything I get will be...
MY LOVELY REVENGE
MY LOVELY REVENGE

Jane: electric guitar, vocals, all background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Frank Agnew: guitars
© 2000 Wiedlin/Agnew

DIE NOW! PAY LATER!

There's only this one moment
I've got to live in it
And learn to wear my skin
Always running toward the future
Dragging the past behind me
When will my real life begin?
Special offer! Die now! Pay later!
I DON'T NEED REGRETS
CAN'T BEAR TO LIVE WITH DOUBT
SOMETIMES I FEEL SO STUCK LEMME OUT
IS THERE NO ESCAPE
THE ONE DIRECTION DOWN
I JUST WANNA BE HAPPY NOW
What if I choose the easy way out
Premature evacuation
Early retirement
Will I just end up pissed off
And missing all the fun
And much too dead to vent
As seen on TV! Die now! Pay later!
I DON'T NEED REGRETS
CAN'T BEAR TO LIVE WITH DOUBT
SOMETIMES I FEEL SO STUCK LEMME OUT
IS THERE NO ESCAPE
THE ONE DIRECTION DOWN
I JUST WANNA BE HAPPY NOW
Failure is not an option/Wait there's more! Maybe there's something worth living for

Jane: electric guitar, vocals, all background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Frank Agnew: lead guitars
© 2000 Wiedlin/Agnew

KISSPROOF WORLD

Baby it's cold out there
People are ugly and they're mean
Don't have a thing to wear
When it gets extreme
So we better stick like glue
We gotta know who we can trust
Do what we gotta do
And when it gets to be too much remember
WE ARE LOST BUT LOVE IS NOT
EVERY DAY THE WAR IS FOUGHT
IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD
GRAB YOUR ARMOR PAINT YOUR FACE
TIME TO FIGHT THE HUMAN RACE
IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD
Fortune favors the ones prepared
Go into battle fully armed
Ready to take the dare
Walk away unharmed
WE ARE LOST BUT LOVE IS NOT
EVERY DAY THE WAR IS FOUGHT
IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD
GRAB YOUR ARMOR PAINT YOUR FACE
TIME TO FIGHT THE HUMAN RACE
IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD
We will do all that it takes
Build it up or make it break
Crash the party better move it
Keep on shooting for the stars
We are gonna get the scars
To prove it

Jane: vocals
Charles Bernal: bass

What if you knew how to fly
Better than you do now
What if the struggle was gone
You could just breathe and soar
What if you didn't fall
When you realized you were lost
And blue skies were all around
Not just above but below like ground
WHAT IF THERE WAS A WORD
FOR FEELING LIKE FLYING
What if you climbed so high
You wouldn't care to come down
And cradled in warm summer wind
Silence replaces sound
WHAT IF THERE WAS A WORD
FOR FEELING LIKE FLYING
WHAT IF THERE WAS A WORD
FOR FEELING LIKE FLYING