MATCHBOX 20 - YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU (1996)
It’s sitting by the overcoat, the second shelf, the note she wrote
That I can’t bring myself to throw away
And also reach she said for no one else but you
Cuz you won’t turn away, when someone else is gone
I’m sorry ‘bout the attitude
I need to give when I’m with you
But no one else would take this shit from me
And I’m so terrified of no one else but me
I’m here all the time, I won’t go away
It’s me, yeah well, I can’t get myself to go away
It’s me, and I can’t get myself to go away
Oh God shouldn’t feel this way
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Pull out some hope for me
It’s been a long day, always ain’t that right
And no Lord your hand won’t stop it
Just keep you trembling
It’s been a long day, always ain’t that right
Well I’m surprised that you’d believe
In anything that comes from me
I didn’t hear from you or from someone else
And you’re so set in life man, a pisser they’re waiting
Too damn bad you get so far so fast
So what, so long
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Pull out some hope for me
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
And no Lord your hand won't stop it
Just keep you trembling
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
It’s me, yeah and I can’t get myself to go away
It’s me, yeah and I can’t get myself to go away
Oh God I shouldn’t feel this way
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Pull out some hope for me
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
And no Lord your hand won't stop it
Just keep you trembling
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Reach down your hand right now
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
Ain't that right
She says it’s cold outside and she hands me my raincoat
She’s always worried about things like that
She says it’s all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
And she only sleeps when it’s raining
And she screams and her voice is straining
She says baby, it’s 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can’t help but be scared of it all sometimes
Says the rain’s gonna wash away I believe it
She’s got a little bit of something, God it’s better than nothing
And in her color portrait world she believes that she’s got it all
She swears the moon don’t hang quite as high as it used to
And she only sleeps when it’s raining
And she screams and her voice is straining
She says baby, it's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
Says the rain's gonna wash away I believe it
She believes that life is made up of all that you’re used to
And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days
She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway
But outside it stopped raining
She says baby, it's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
Says the rain's gonna wash away, I believe it
It's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
She said I don’t know if I’ve ever been good enough
I’m a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in
And I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved
By a hand that’s touched me, and I feel like something’s gonna give
And I’m a little bit angry, well this ain’t over, no not here
Not while I still need you around
You don’t owe me, we might change
Yeah we just might feel good
I wanna push you around, I will, I will
I wanna push you down, I will, I will
I wanna take you for granted
I wanna take you for granted I will
She said I don’t know why you ever would lie to me
Like I’m a little untrusting when I think that the truth is gonna hurt ya
And I don’t know why you couldn’t just stay with me
You couldn’t stand to be near me, when my face don’t seem to want to shine
Cuz it’s a little bit dirty
Don’t just stand there, say nice things to me
Cause I’ve been cheated I’ve been wronged
And you you don’t know me, I can’t change
I won’t do anything at all
I wanna push you around, I will, I will
I wanna push you down, I will, I will
I wanna take you for granted
I wanna take you for granted I will
Oh but don’t bowl me over
Just wait a minute well it kinda fell apart, things get so crazy, crazy
Don’t rush this baby, don’t rush this baby, baby
I wanna push you around, I will, I will
I wanna push you down, I will, I will
I wanna take you for granted
I wanna take you for granted I will
I will, I will, I will
Push you around
I wanna push you around, I will
You think this life would make me bolder
But I’m running scared is all
I hang on everything about you
You think I’d settle down cause I’m older
But I roll with the changes is all
I’m same old trailer trash in new shoes
She gets sad when there’s nothing going on
She says it makes her feel damn worthless
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
Well, it’s better than nothing
I put my hands around your shoulder
You’re saying you’re scared is all
I think I know too much about you
You think this life would make me colder
I’d give in to the alcohol
I put my loving arms around you, child
You knew damn well there was nothing going on
Is that what makes you feel damn worthless
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
Well, it’s better than nothing
You got to think, with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
Well, it’s better than nothing
Yeah, she drags you down and she pulls you up, she pulls you up
Says that she’s sorry now but it’s not enough to pull you up
She’s sorry
I wake up quick just like I want to
Yeah, but I stay out much too late
You think this life can get a bit unkind but she stays
Down till the worth is gone
And pulls you up, she pulls you up
She pulls you up and over, over
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
Well, it's better than nothing
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
Well, it's better than nothing
Well you got to think with a girl like that
You got to think with a girl like that
It’s nothing and it’s so normal
You just stand there, I could say so much
But I don’t go there cause I don’t want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
Maybe we could leave here and no one would know
At least not to the point that we would think so
Everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else
It’s best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn’t tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I’m lonely now, and I don’t know how to get it back to good
This don’t mean that, you own me
This ain’t no good, in fact it’s phony as hell
But things worked out just like you wanted too
If you see me out, you don’t know me
Try to turn your head, try to give me some room
To figure out just what I’m going to do
Cause everyone here, hates everyone here for doing just like they do
And it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead
And I couldn’t tell, why everyone here was doing me like they do
But I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how to get it back to good
Everyone here, is wondering what it’s like to be with somebody else
Everyone here’s to blame, everyone here gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain
Everyone hides shades of shame, but looking inside we’re the same, we’re the same
And we’re all grown now, but we don’t know how to get it back to good
But everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else
It’s best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn’t tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But it’s over now, and I don’t know how, guess it’s over now
Tthere’s no getting back to good
This old world, well, don’t it make you wanna think damn
This cold girl, well, I know she wanna make you scream, damn
What’s the matter girl, don’t you think I’m good enough
This old heart’s had a whole lot a breakin’ down
She’s got all these reasons in her head
All that time she knew if I lied
You can bet she will
She’s taking her time ‘til I thought I would die
And I can’t sit still
Things got turned ‘round, don’t know where I started from, damn
I can’t eat, can’t sleep, could have been a bigger man, damn
Oh what’s the matter girl well don’t you think I’m bright enough
This old man had hard time getting here
You can leave your number at the door
All that time she knew if I lied
You can bet she will
She’s taking her time ‘til I thought I would die
And I can’t sit still
And there’s nothing at all
Yeah there’s nothing at all
Well there’s nothing at all
To make her change her mind
Make her change her mind
Make her change her
This old house been quiet since you went away, damn
Mixed up fixed out, don’t forget who got you here, damn
What’s the matter world
Well don’t you see I opened up
This whole part been played by another man
I pulled out the reason card instead
All that time she knew if I lied
You can bet she will
She’s taking her time ‘til I thought I would die
And I can’t sit still
Says she can find the things that make up a life, I bet she will
She stays behind, I could stay here all night
I could stay here until
Until there’s nothing at all
Yeah there’s nothing at all
Well there’s nothing at all
To make her change her mind
Make her change her mind
Make her change her
She don’t, but she will
He says anything to keep her by him
She takes what she gets, and she never did flinch, no
So over, and over, well anyone
With any mind would think that’s all she gets
If you want you can get to know me well
We get along so we shouldn’t argue
And I don’t know, said I don’t know
All these feelings cloud up my reasoning
Cloud up my reasoning
I know, but I still believe in ignorance as my best defence
So go on, wreck me, funny how I carry on, and not be taken over
Will not roll over on anyone, cause anyone would stand up on my side
If you want you can get to know me well
We get along so we shouldn’t argue
And I don’t know, said I don’t know
All these feelings cloud up my reasoning
Cloud up my reasoning
You know it’s funny how sometimes, it don’t work out like you want to
No you never get nothing at all
Then she tells you that it’s over, boy don’t you hate it when it’s over
I guess something just got lost, and it deeply saddens me
So over, and over anyone, who’s anyone
If you want you can get to know me well
We get along so we shouldn’t argue
And I don’t know, said I don’t know
All these feelings, they cloud up my reasoning
We get along so we shouldn’t argue
We shouldn't argue
Kody sat down on the avenue
He tapped his feet, to the humming of the highway
He watched the light shine down on the broken glass and thought
I don’t got no reasons, yet
There it is and there it was
It was clear to all of us, we kept this hat of broken dreams
And we pulled them out, when we needed them around
So please hand me the bottle, I think I’m lonely now
And please give me direction, I think the hurt set in
And I don’t feel nothing
There’s a squeak hinge down on the back gate
It lets us know if he comes around
But I don’t sleep that good anyway, no
If you’ve never heard the silence, it’s a God awful sound
So please hand me the bottle, I think I’m lonely now
And please give me direction, I think the hurt set in
And I don’t feel nothing
I don’t feel nothing, no I don’t feel nothing
There’s nothing to feel good about here
Don’t much get down to the avenue
I could drive, but it takes so much to get there
Don’t get off on all the broken glass, the cadillac scene, well
I’ve seen a lot of good things die and I’m in an over emotional way
So please hand me the bottle, I think I’m lonely now
And please give me direction, I think the hurt sets in
Please hand me the bottle, I think I’m lonely now, lonely now
And please give me direction, I think the hurt sets in
And I don’t feel nothing
I forget when words were only words
She knows the party makes me nervous
In this stage we can’t get hurt
Don’t try to understand me
We’re too cool to be alone
But, not too crazy to get busted
I found out one life ain’t enough
I need another soul to feed on
I’m the flame I can’t get burnt
I’m wholly understated
I found silence in this space
An on and off again attraction
I need such amazing grace
Heaven sweep me away
Love don’t change, don’t come around here
Don’t wear my heart on your sleeve, like a high school letter
Don’t strain, cause nothing ever comes from it
And the people we’ve become, well
They’ve never been the people who we are
I strap on one horse and prayed for luck
I dug another hole to bleed
I know exactly how this works
I need a new feel dirty
I don’t need you crowding up my space
I just want to get inside you
You can’t believe the hearts you save, giving something away
Love don’t change, don’t come around here
Don’t wear my heart on your sleeve, like a high school letter
Don’t strain, cause nothing ever comes from it
And the people we’ve become, well
They’ve never been the people who we are
I dreamed that the world was crumbling down
We sat on my back porch and watched it
I dreamed that the buildings all fell down
We sat on my back porch and watched it
I dreamed that the world was crumbling down
We sat on my back porch and watched it
In my head I heard the sound like fifteen strangers dancing
But oh how I want you to know me
Oh how I want you to know me
Oh how I wish I was somebody else, baby
Oh how I wish you could own me
Love don’t change, don’t come around here
Don’t wear my heart on your sleeve, like a high school letter
Don’t strain, cause nothing ever comes from it
And the people we’ve become, well
They’ve never been the people who we are
Love don’t change, don’t come around here
Don’t wear my heart on your sleeve, like a high school letter
Don’t strain, cause nothing ever comes from it
And the people we’ve become, well
They’ve never been the people who we are
What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone
Past yourself forget the light, things look dirty when it’s on
Funny how it comes to pass, that all the good slips away
And there’s no one around you can remember being good to you
Shame, shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you
And open up more shame, shame, shame
What we lost here is something better left alone
Second steps have been forgotten, will you tell me how they go
Set yourself, situate, like a fool try again
There’s no one around you can remember being good, for you so
Shame, shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you, and open up more
Shame, shame, shame shame
Shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you and open up more
Shame, shame, shame
We never thought we’d get so trouble
We could never think that much
It should never get this bad
So let the wind blow ya, across a big floor
But there’s no one around who can tell us what we’re here for
Funny in a certain light, how we all look the same
And there’s no one in life you can remember ever stood for you, so
Shame, shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you, and open up more
Shame, shame, shame shame,
Shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you and open up more
Shame, shame, shame
She grabs her magazines
She packs her things and she goes
She leaves the pictures hanging on the wall, she burns all her notes
She knows, she’s been here too few years to feel this old
He smokes his cigarette, he stays outside ‘till it’s gone
If anybody ever had a heart, he wouldn’t be alone
He knows, she’s been here too few years, to be gone
And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang
The trouble understand, is she got reasons he don’t
Funny how I couldn’t see at all, ‘til she grabbed up her coat
And she goes, she’s been here too few years, to take it all in stride
But still it’s much too long, to let hurt go (you let her go)
And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang
the same for you, I’ll always hang
Well I always say, it would be good to go away
But if things don’t work out like we think
And there’s nothing there to ease this ache
There’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you, I’ll just hang