Mates of State
Bring It Back

Think Long

On our picture shelves
Statues mocking me
Tell me how am I supposed to feel?
How am I not put at ease?
(Get on or get out)

Talk yourself to sleep
Fall into it deep
I will wash off mine with rolling waves of worry
(Get on or get out)

Hey hey it doesn't have to feel so wrong
Bethany you're riding this one to its grave
You never understood the difference
Between someone's beating and refusal to trade

Bless these tangled veins
None of which will grow the same
Now am I supposed to fake it?
Now are you so poised, at ease?
(Get on or get out)

Talk yourself to sleep
Fall into it deep
I will wash off mine despite no worry
(Get on or get out)

Hey hey it doesn't have to feel so wrong
Bethany you're riding this one to the gates
You never understood the difference
Between someone's beating and refusal to trade

Think long, think think long, think think

Can you feel it surround me?
I think it'll drown me

And I wonder how you could say that we really owe you anything
And I wonder how you could say that you really owe us anything

Think long, think think long, think think

And I wonder how you could say that we really owe you anything
And I wonder how you could say that you really owe us anything

Think long, think think long, think think




Fraud in the 80's

Don't put your hand in the pockets that feed you
You might not get it out
Remember the weight of the yellowish night
No cat is for this dull world

I spent a long time trying to see through
People trying to call me out
Remember the weight of the glorious night
That's just so we drink it in

See the glow up above
See it glow telling us to reign the streets of London
Like the lords of other towns
The glistening of make-up helps to construct a better clown

And you will surely find this news pleasing to your ears

See the glow up above
See it glow telling us it rained the streets of London
Like it pours on other towns
But the glistening of make-up helps to construct a better clown

And you will surely find this news pleasing to your ears

You can surely try to be more alive




Like U Crazy

I like you crazy
You crazy

I'm suffering lonely ones too
And I can't resist sending this on a whim
There's a compulsion to mend
Write on the wall, my loudest pen goes

I can't wait to say all the things you can't see
All the things that make you better
'Cause I can say all the things you can't see
All the things that make you

I like you crazy
You crazy

Hot summers repeating
Bubs noticing bees in the air
Won't get off this rail
Then great hope remains honestly

Observing the critic
I knew you had plenty to say
I could not resist watching you with him

I can't wait to say all the things you can't see
All the things that make you better
'Cause I can say all the things you can't see
All the things that make you

I like you crazy




Beautiful Dreamer

You're spending too long
The people were wrong
They don't even know we're moving on

I just want to feel the taste of the meal
And not the routine of dining here

We'll be so sorry
If we got to the shadow of death
Having missed all the sun on your face
It's thrilling for you now

We do it all the time, do all the time
We're the dreamer in the beautiful mess
And we do it all the time, do all the time

I just want to feel the taste of the meal
And not the routine of dining here
Let's lay here awhile
All the sounds will compile
Forgetting to sleep, we'll ponder this

We'll be so sorry
If we got to the shadow of death
Having missed all the sun on your face
It's thrilling for you now

We do it all the time, do all the time
We're the dreamer in the beautiful mess
And we do it all the time, do all the time

Here's an alibi
We love the voices don't know why
There was a time we lived in truth
Let's bring it back

We do it all the time, do all the time
We're the dreamer in the beautiful mess
And we do it all the time, do all the time

We'll be so sorry
If we got to the shadow of death
Having missed all the sun on your face
It's thrilling for you now

Here's an alibi
We love the voices don't know why
There was a time we lived in truth
Let's bring it back




What It Means

I know what it means
It's a king on his feet with a cavalier face
Such a funny place
He's exhausted and shrewd
Not a man on the move
Just give him a pen

And I can honestly say no
As he can honestly fight

And I know what it means
And I know what it means

And this red ink ain't dry
'Cause this cloth it's not right
Where are you coming from?
But this day it will end
Gather up all his friends and show off a smile

And I can honestly say no
As he can honestly fight

And I know what it means
And I know what it means




For the Actor

Oh, you and me on a fantasy
This is what it's like on a fantasy

No, I wouldn't challenge your home
In the basement of words we knew
There were more of us

Don't want to make you grow numb
If it's not what you thought it was
Legs are for discovering

Relieved and now we see the road
This is what it's like on a fantasy

Little codes bring the balance to none
And the shapes of your hands do tell of such a rare variety

Relieved and now we see the road
This is what it's like on a fantasy

You put your life on hold as we interest one another
Two steps closer to the level I imagined
I remember when it poured and you sang to me in summer
It's a fantasy

Relieved and now we see the road
This is what it's like on a fantasy

You put your life on hold as we interest one another
Two steps closer to the level I imagined
I remember when it poured and you sang to me in summer
It's a fantasy

Kori:
No, I wouldn't challenge your home
In the basement of words we knew
There were more of us

Jason:
You put your life on hold as we interest one another
Two steps closer to the level I imagined
I remember when it poured and you sang to me in summer
It's a fantasy

Don't want to make you grow numb
If it's not what you thought it was
Legs are for discovering
This is what it's like
This is what it's like on a fantasy

Put your life on hold
This is what it's like on a fantasy




Nature and the Wreck

Lying down I notice what you see below us
Your arms are like the trees
I know I haven't said enough
I know we haven't said enough

How I will protect and how each day matters
Spying shows your limbs caught in the rails
These simple games will soon be growing tales
And I know we haven't said enough
I know I haven't said too much

How I will protect and how each day matters to me

Since the wreck, I know more what you need
You need me to put you in the trees
I now we haven't said enough
But I know I've never loved this much




So Many Ways

There are only so many ways to earn your own surprise
I know we're giving up too soon
There are only so many ways to float upon the sea
It makes no difference to me

It must be pretty nice my fellow man
We'll miss you much
I think we overestimate our places underground

Ooo, done
Ooo, dust
Ooo, done

Jason:
There are only so many ways to earn your own surprise
It's written down and cannot be changed
If that's what you believe

Kori:
I know we're giving up too soon
I'm never coming here again
It makes no difference to me

Jason:
There are only so many ways to float upon the sea
Or collapse on Union Street
I know that you'll be there

Kori:
I know there's beauty in the fool
So I'll keep reminding you'll agree

It must be pretty nice within your clan
I'll miss you much
I think we overestimate our places underground

Nothing and everything

Oh, oh what have you given me?
Nothing and everything

Ooo, done
Ooo, dust
Ooo, done

There are only so many ways to pardon our divide
Let's sew the canyon to the sky

It must be pretty nice my fellow band
I'll miss you much
I think we overestimate our places underground

Oh, oh what have you given me?
Nothing and everything
Done




Punchlines

Waiting close by the door for us
Can't hardly see out but if you could
You'd make it all worth our while
Punchlines you've been saving up for some 90 years

Waiting close by the door for us
Can't hardly see out but if you could
You'd make it all worth our while
Punchlines take pity on me

It's not the same without you around
It's not the same without you

Waiting close by the door for us
Can't hardly see out but if you could
You'd make it all worth our while
Punchlines you've been saving up for some 90 years

Waiting close by the door for us
Can't hardly see out but if you could
You'd make it all worth our while
Punchlines take pity on me

It's not the same without you around
It's not the same without you

I've been thinking it's an afterthought
Get into the car and you aim it at the sun, boy
Can't you hear me in the aftermath
Get into the car and you point it at the west




Running Out

You have the upper hand to open up the door
Running out, running out
Running out shouldn't give youth back

I have a hardened chain connected to my arms
Running out, running out should pull apart

Let's trade this tired home for all it's worth in paper
Running out, running out
Running out you react

Tired of singing
You're tied up never tired of singing
Tired of singing

Revolutionary minds never know to draw the line
Running out, running out
Running out like a fire so sweet

Tired of singing
You're tied up never tired of singing
Tired of singing

This will bring you closer
You want it, you want it

Imitating Bransby imitating them
This will bring out closer
Never have to say it
Tired of singing

Tired of singing
You're tied up never tired of singing
Tired of singing