Mates of State
Team Boo

Ha Ha

I can't tell what kind of life I've led today
All that's known is what's debatable again

Oh, I can't see where you are
Where is the problem?
Squared-off, all bother
We're not to blame

And I can't see the darker wood
Squared-off, all bother
Where is the problem?
We're not to blame

I can't tell what kind of life I've led today
All that's known is what's debatable again

And I imagine I will see you there
You will have long flowers in your hair
I imagine I will see you there

This is the blood that we're made of
So tell it like a chronicle

Who's dancing all around?
Let's give it to me, give it to me now
We're dancing all around
Let's give it to me, give it to me now

And I imagine I will see you there
You will have long flowers in your hair
The telegram said: are you gonna call our way home?

I imagine I will see you there
Can't you hear the laughter in the air?
The telegram said: are you gonna call our way home?

And I imagine I will see you there
I know it's stout but it's shallow
I'm not aware
The telegram said: who rejuvenated your eyes, boy?

This is the blood that we're made of
Go tell it like a chronicle

Who's dancing all around?
Let's give it to me, give it to me now
We're dancing all around
Let's give it to me, give it to me now

This is the blood that we're made of
Go tell it like a chronicle
We're dancing all around
Let's give it to me, give it to me now




Whiner's Bio

You can wait all night
I'll never stop complaining
As I look into those eyes, I can't behave
'Cause this song's not right
It's the legend that you're after
I'm occluded 'round the clock a central shame

This is the writing of the whiner's bio
Who wants to win them over

I can relate when everything stays the same
To achieve gall and orders first

Kori:
We all join hands the whistle blows
What's with this competition though
Let's all join hands the whistle goes
No need for competition though

Jason:
This jag it's a positive force that won't budge
These tastes of silver belong on a ship
And if I had any language it's yours
This jag it's a positive force that won't budge

I can relate when everything stays the same
The answers are beneath you, sweet

We all join hands the whistle blows
This jag it's a positive force that won't budge
This is the writing of the whiner's bio
What's with this competition though?
These tastes of silver belong on a ship
That was the writing of the whiner's bio




Fluke

We lied in so many words
We say that we'd take you down
To the water's edge and watch you drown
We lied in so many words

We don't need to drive
Hang us out to dry
About to bust

We don't need to drive, oh no
What you got?

We lied in so many words
I said that I'd take you down
To the water's edge and watch you drown
We lied in so many words

We don't need to drive
Hang us out to dry
About to bust
We don't need to drive
We don't need to...

Kori:
I saw you walking on the sidewalk
Your head was taller than the trees
The reconstruction had just started
And I knew we'd view it piece by piece

Jason:
I can't say, who do I believe?
Chance would have it that way
I can't say, who do I believe?
I'll follow it at the same pace

What do you think you see?

Kori:
The horses their collision courses
I know exactly what you mean
'Cause I'm obsessed with what would happen
If we'd had never changed a thing

Jason:
I can't say, who do I believe?
Chance would have it that way
I can't say, who do I believe?
I'll follow it at the same pace

I'm about to bust




Open Book

It all begins with a smile
Who is reading this?
Who is leading this?

Kori:
'Cause I thought you should know that this is not an open book
They read so much it tears them down
They're all around the kinder people like the Federman's tale

Jason:
It's the cycle of five
And I know myself of course 'cause it's certifiable

And the people that are pushing in their cheeks, oh

Kori:
And I thought you should warn them that this is not an open book
Don't read so much it tears you down, you're all around
The kind of people like the prodigal heirs and their sons

Jason:
It's the cycle of five
And I know how strong the pull of what's fortified, make sense?

And the people that are pushing in their cheeks, oh

Tell me what you have and that's when I'll know
If you have anything to start with

Kori:
Then I thought you should warn them that this is not an open book
Don't read so much it tears you down, you're turning into people
The people like the prodigal heirs and their sons

Jason:
It's the cycle of five
And I know myself of course 'cause it's certifiable

And the people that are pushing in their cheeks, oh

Tell me what you have and that's when I'll know
If you have anything to start with

These are the fibers of what makes the world
Left are the fibrous ones who've met the world
Here with the favors done, left are the fibers of letting go




Middle is Gold

Catch them when you can, 'cause it takes them to know
Who, can you tell me, who do you love?
You ought to know things will never be the same, boy
Middle is gold and gold does not forgive

That's enough to drive you mad

Nora's on the step trying to make a mama go
You ought to know things will never be the same, boy
Who, can you tell me
Middle is gold and gold does not forgive

Tempered on the block, and a black-ade is a must
You ought to know things will never be the same, boy
Who, can you tell me
Middle is gold, and who do you love?

That's enough to drive you mad

I derive and I know you're gonna cheer up someday
We have enough to make us stay
This ain't enough to make us stay
We don't desire alien ways
I don't desire any other way

I derive and I know you're gonna cheer up someday
We have enough to make us stay
This ain't enough to make us stay
We don't desire alien ways
I don't desire any other way

I derive and I know you're gonna come back someday soon

You can get only what it is you want
It's always the same by and by

The window down
By and by



The Kissaway

When we came inside
You asked me if I'm well
Living like this

It gets you thought the night
Sure you can, Mr. Bet's on the prowl again
It gets you thought the night
That at least tells the rest of the drawing, king
It gets you thought the night
Sure you can, Mr. Bet's on the prowl again
It gets you thought the night
As we're doting along

Come out to the west backside of my eye(s)
True that's true that's true

You're selling what you own
Selling yourself short of the life that's teeming in the dirt
Stop telling what you know
Suddenly you're so sure of the life that's breeding in the dirt

It gets you thought the night
Sure you can, Mr. Bet's on the prowl again
It gets you thought the night
As we're doting along

Come out to the west backsides of my eyes
True that's true that's true
I'm off to the west, it's blinding my eyes
True that's true that's true
Come out to the west backsides of my eyes

You opened up
This is the kind of place I know
Let's add up all the mischief and mercy ruins
'Cause these walls have all worn white




Gotta Get a Problem

Why must we open all other doors
We tied them up well
'Cause I don't want to live with two
Unless we remember one second more
We tied them up well

I break it down
Break it up to the ground
Some branch it out, staking out all the sound

Who bumped it up, bumped it up, bumped it, who?
I sat around tonight with the rocks and the ghosts in the yard
We sat around tonight
And out of the thinking air, one of us doesn't care

And we sat around tonight
Who bumped it up, bumped it up, bumped it, who?
With the rocks and the ghosts in the yard
Who is, who is, who has known us?
We sat around tonight
Who bumped it up, bumped it up, bumped it, who?
And out of the thinking air, one of us doesn't care

I break it down
Break it up to the ground
Some branch it out, staking out all the sound
And out of the thinking air, one of us doesn't care




Parachutes (Funeral Song)

Twenty-five seconds to live and I'm falling down
There the darling goes, magnetics that are pulling her down
Twenty-five seconds to live and I'm waving high
All this white's a thrill
Turning just to give us the sign

And what I never had were pictures passing by
Forces that make your way down
And what I had between the things I never tried
Was you reaching out in hopes that you could grab
Forces that make your way down
I'd say that's better 'cause at least I know you tried

At least I know you tried

Twenty-five seconds to live and I'm falling down
There the darling goes, whipping out her funeral song
Twenty-five seconds to live and I'm waving high
Now he cuts to go, deciding just to trade it all in

And what I never had were pictures flashing by
Forces that make your way down
But what I had between the things I never tried
Was you reaching out in hopes to hold your hand
Forces that make your way down
I'd say I'm better 'cause I lived before I died

At least I know you tried




An Experiment

Do you want to go dry now
So that I can say we're holding on tomorrow?
Unforgivable faults, nonsense

Do you want to go dry now
So that I can say we're holding out today?
Unforgettable starts, ahhh

I wonder if I could tie the ocean to you knees

Do you want to go dry now
So that I can say we're holding on tomorrow?
Unforgivable faults, nonsense

Do you want to get down now
So that I can say we're holding out today?
Unforgettable starts, ahhh

I wonder if I could tie the ocean to you knees
To your knees, if you please, to the bath at your feet
'Cause it's an experiment, experiment with me
To your knees, if you please, to the bath at your feet

I said, "Don't put up a fight 'cause I know we all get older."
Say, "Don't point out the faults 'cause you know I'm always older."
Said, "Just put out the fight 'cause by now we've gotten older."

To your knees, if you please, to the bath at your feet
I wonder if I could tie the ocean to you knees
'Cause it's an experiment, experiment with me




Sound It Off

You gave up right away
Never too tough to care
You give a brighter way
Never too notice her

What's on the line?
It's not a line

You gave up right away
Never too tough to care
You give a brighter way
Never too notice her

Sound it off, in threes
Do you like the pain?

Set the rocks on fire
It gives you lots of joy
You've only just begun
Set the rocks on fire
You're playing with a loaded gun

Sound it off, in threes
It was especially thorough
As radially we pass these on

Jason:
Take it on the sleeve, it's another twisted road
Tear it from the streets and paste it in the halls
It's Austrian for calm, so call up on your mot
Take it on the sleeve, it's another twisted road

Kori:
And the day lights up
It becomes the cover up
And the day lights up
It becomes your cover up




I Got This Feelin'

I've got this feelin' that I've been here before

Nobody can bend the up and down
As long as you understand
The long undertow
The others can hold their breath so long
So long as they understand
The long undertow

I've got this feelin' that I've been here before

Nobody can bend the up and down
As long as you understand
The long undertow
The others can hold their breath so long
So long as they understand
The long undertow

This couldn't be more ghetto
You and your daughters and their eyes

I've got this feelin' that I've been here before




Separate the People

I will set it up with you
We will get inside his head
And we will tell him how to leave a bitter land

I'll pretend I never know what the giants put them through
And all the shame he made in you
You are the bigger man

And the arms are crossed and the stills must all come down
It's time to separate the people from the men who disregard them

I will set it up with you
We will get inside his head
And we will tell him how to be a bigger man

The arms are crossed and the stills must all come down
It's time to separate the people from the men who disregard them