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I Am The Movie

by Motion City Soundtrack

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1.
Cambridge 02:31
Contact was questioned from the boulevard. Head colds in frozen weeks of summer holds. I'm fine, I'm fine wait waiting on the line. We sent ourselves in on the gray card scale... Hold my hand, Where storms are sand. And sand is said, To be sad. Longwinded Cambridge medicative care. Head first the motor runs, the motor must run! They confiscated every accident, And turned ourselves in on our selfish turns With visitations from the underwhelmed, Five years she fears to hold my broken head. Why were you gone? Why were you gone so long? She is the reason that I still believe... Hold my hand, Where storms are sand. And sand is said, To be sad. Cover your eyes in the pouring rain Cover your eyes, everyone is all the same Cover your eyes in the pouring rain Cover your eyes, everyone is all the same Far away. Far away. Far away.
2.
Shiver 02:53
Shiver away, I thought the action was real Somewhere I know that’s just the way you are It’s hard to believe that you’re a part of me And I can’t believe when you carry on and on I can’t believe you got that right (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) I can’t believe you got that right (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh oh) Just as the radio goes on and on and on (oh-oh-oh) Yeah, I can’t believe you got that right Shiver away, after the years past us by Make no mistake we don’t know who you are Upset and amazed, you get to me every time And I can’t believe when you carry on and on I can’t believe you got that right (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) I can’t believe you got that right (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) Just as the radio goes on and on and on (oh-oh-oh) Yeah, I can’t believe you got that right Shiver away, I thought the action was real Somewhere I know that’s just the way you are So let me believe, let me be anything at all ‘Cause I can’t believe when you carry on and on and on I can’t believe you got that right (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh) I can’t believe you got that right (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh oh) Just as the radio goes on and on and on (oh-oh-oh) Yeah, I can’t believe you got that right
3.
I’m on fire and now I think I’m ready to bust a move Check it out I’m rocking steady Go! Betty won’t stop listening to modern rock How she hates to be alone I try to compensate her lack of love with coffee cake Ice cream and a bottle of ten dollar wine she says hey I rock the Haro sport I rock the cow girl blues I rock too fast for love I’m footloose in my Velcro shoes What’s up with Will and Grace? I don’t get drum and bass The future freaks me out I’m on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move Check it out I’m rocking steady To the beat in my head It goes oh, oh-oh-oh I know that she’s the only one I’d rather waste our time together Yeah, ‘cause we can get down Betty can’t quit carving question marks in my wrist How come we’re so alone We waste away the days with nicotine and television samples From an era we hate to admit we embrace We fail to represent We fail to be content We fail at everything we ever even try to attempt And so the story goes As only Betty knows It’s time to take control (Get Down) I’m on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move Check it out I’m rocking steady To the beat in my head It goes oh, oh-oh-oh I know that she’s the only one I’d rather waste my time with her Betty, I need you I miss you I’m so alone without you To call up on the weekends with my cellular phone Betty it’s so hard to relate To the whole human race I don’t know where to begin I don’t know where to begin If we can both find a way To do the things that we say We might not sit in our rooms And drink our daydreams away Betty, I’m a dreamer I’m not a vicious schemer Oh Betty won’t you.. ah fuck it I’m on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move Check it out I’m rocking steady To the beat in my head It goes oh, oh-oh-oh I know that she’s the only one I’d rather waste our time together Yeah, ‘cause we can get down.
4.
Outside the sidelines failing, Harder than the martyred stars of made for tv crime Indoor living in cardboard confines Counts for very little when safe is just a state of mind. I fell off the sidelines long ago, I have no occupation, I'm just wasted for the weekend scene So don't ask me out, don't make me try, 'Cause I don't wanna let you, I don't wanna... I can't complain if I don't know how It's a sad sad song with no story line I fall to sleep in my rented room It's not much to talk about, I've got so much to talk about But I don't wanna let you I don't wanna let you down Last call for societal knockdowns Measure my endeavors loosely based On someone else's song Melodrama and a bottle of wine Yeah, here's to self expression Here's to everyone that's dead Bring back the days that fell behind I'm all wasted conversations In the corner of an empty room So don't ask me out Don't make me try 'Cause I don't wanna let you I don't wanna... I can't complain if I don't know how It's a sad sad song with no story line I fall to sleep in my rented room It's not much to talk about, I've got so much to talk about But I don't wanna let you I don't wanna let you down I can't complain if I don't know how It's a sad sad song with no story line I fall to sleep in my rented room It's not much to talk about, I've got so much to talk about But I don't wanna let you I don't wanna let you down Outside the sidelines Failing harder than the martyred Stars of made for tv crimes So don't ask me out Don't make me try 'Cause I'm just gonna let you I'm just gonna let you down
5.
I got the message long before you said you knew There was no chance of us at all With no velocity and empty-headed hard and far-too-long I spent two years alone with you Just when I thought I had forgotten You came back soft without a sound You said we were an accident With accidents you’ll never know what could have been So we were an accident You’ll always be my favorite one You hit the road and left me an ocean I can't swim in the silence of your skin-skin please let me in Side the times we never had right Inside two years alone with you You said we were an accident With accidents you’ll never know what could have been So we were an accident You’ll always be my favorite one We could have been (We could have been again) Instead of accidental running always running (why can’t you believe) We could have been (We could have been again) Long winded promises of future company Up close the sound remains the same Without the reign of terror over every momentary change We are exactly as before You hit the road and left me an ocean I can't swim in the silence of your skin-skin please let me in Side the time I had to forget you Inside no chance of us at all
6.
Someday I fear I will be rescued from the boredom line With lack of memory I fail to question why With perfect sound you bring me down hey I'm not listening You're through killing me with all your facts and late night therapy Like "Paul’s Boutique" on empty streets parked and Waiting for lights to turn on for the good luck And drunk on your parents' favorite wine All the things I remember Were they worth writing down Bury me in memories of CK1 and tight white T's Like air guitar in muscle cars with "perfect teeth" The way we are Back in '95 more def than alive I wrote the screenplay to lack of direction Late night movie "dates" with girls who skate and I just can't relate I'm through with school 'cause I broke the rules Now I work for the man and I'm drunk once again Watching reruns of night court on cable TV All the things I remember Were they worth writing down Bury me in memories of CK1 and tight white T's Like air guitar in muscle cars with "perfect teeth" The way we are Wake up, thought that everybody loved me Wake up, thought that everybody cared Wake up, thought that I might have the strength to carry on Wake up, turns out that I'm barely barely holding on Hey hey hey it's been quite a long time I I I don't miss last November Alright, yeah it's time for a high-five Hey hey hey it's been quite a long time Someday I fear I will be rescued from the boredom line With lack of memory I fail to question why Why?
7.
There's no consolation prize There's no prize for consolation There's no consolation prize There's no prize for consolation All stuck in the middle Between what is and what might be A great sensation Has swept the nation Everybody wants the image you've got for sale With massive confirmations on your part But buddy you've taken the nation Check it out the new teen beat model of the year There's no consolation prize There's no prize for consolation There's no consolation prize There's no prize for consolation Struck down from the pillar Short lived is all you'll ever be A once great sensation Has wiped out the nation Your message is no longer for sale And no proclamation Will return the station You held onto while the rest of us moved on As not quite sensations But mere subatomic particles of the nation We're happy if our songs get heard at all So bring forth donations For the boombox generation That's right There's no consolation prize There's no prize for consolation There's no consolation prize There's no prize for consolation Don't be afraid Of what you say 'Cause anyway Is the only way
8.
We don't like endless cycles Our take is "more than meets the eye" It's our answer, yeah that's our answer 'Cause we don't care at all Don't call it a comeback, no This witness was injured and overthrown away This time it's the last dance, so come on By will alone we set our minds in motion We don't like endless cycles Our take is "more than meets the eye" It's our answer, yeah that's our answer 'Cause we don't care at all Long winded the progress, oh Setback after setback, the need to play remains Call it what you will somehow I know you will And by will alone we set our minds in motion We don't like endless cycles Our take is "more than meets the eye" It's our answer, yeah that's our answer 'Cause we don't care at all I see that part of this has something to do with mediocre memory This take is harder than the old and new combined Head buried attacks this manic man Red glare from the colors of outstretched hands Get it higher We don't like endless cycles Our take is "more than meets the eye" It's our answer, yeah that's our answer 'Cause we don't care at all
9.
I believe in medication And I believe in therapy And I believe in crystal light 'Cause I believe in me, yeah It's so uplifting, fuck yeah I barely have motivation They say I suffer from a lack of serotonin Synapses, they happen too infrequently for me To be functioning properly I took the pills I took the advice The panic stopped But I'm still not right Racing thoughts and wasted time It's the same old story-line This is my nursery rhyme And it goes: I believe in medication And I believe in therapy And I believe in crystal light 'Cause I believe in me, yeah It's so uplifting, fuck yeah I'm barely off the medication And now the walls are closing in again I can't breathe And I can't bleed Will you be my alibi? Tell them that I truly tried To give in? Whoa-oh-oh (hoo hoo) Whoa-oh-oh (hoo hoo) Whoa-oh-oh (hoo hoo) Whoa-oh-oh...
10.
Capital H 02:52
I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with my Superman action And I'm off to save the world Silly me, I left a message with no return number For my boys in blue in case of an emergency In case the shit goes down, yeah I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with my Superman action And I'm off to save the world I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with a capital H It stands for hero, and the hero is me I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back at a quarter to 11 I'm half drunk and I can't see straight A hero zero with a capital Z (that's me) Singing songs from the balcony as the city crumbles Under the powers of an evil doctor rocket science monster with capabilities to destroy the entire universe I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with my Superman action And I'm off to save the world I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with a capital H It stands for hero, and the hero is me (not) Yeah Yeah I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with my Superman action And I'm off to save the world I'll be back tomorrow I'll be back in the ballroom swingin' I'll be back with a capital H It stands for hero, and the hero is me
11.
Red Dress 02:36
I like your hair much better that way When it hangs out front, it hangs out front With tilted head like a listener But I'm just thinking about the red dress I like the red dress I'm on my way, I'm on my way, I'm on my way From coast to coast, I'm chilly, most I'm chill I never knew the way to Pasadena But now I know, and now I know and I am grateful You say you'll burn this city down With stars and stripes, I've got the stars and stripes And ask if I'll move out west with you But I'm still thinking about the red dress I like the red dress I like the red dress I like the red dress I like the red dress I like the red dress I'm on my way, I'm on my way, I'm on my way From coast to coast, I'm chilly, most I'm chill I never knew the way to Pasadena But now I know, and now I know and I am grateful Coast to coast and in too deep Saving our secret for the weekends Which I can't remember Motel walls and in disguise Telephone calls with no reply With drink I see things better I'll see you around We'll bring the house down We'll bring the house down I like the red dress I like the red dress
12.
Mary-go-round I'd like to see you when the summer sun sets down Straight from the pages into memories that hang around I can't believe that there is nowhere you can go and not be found Without sound From the pages Of the morning When you mentioned You're worthless to me Hand over hand The pages turn The pages without sound Turn on empty hands Tonight will end Without sound Mary-go-round Hold back the hand-me-downs And bring back the bright sound Head for the razor broken bottle hangman run-arounds Time for the message To return with the sender unsigned and Without sound From the pages Of the morning When you mentioned You're worth less to me It's a battle you can't win It's a battle you lose It's a battle you can't win It's a battle you lose It's a battle you can't win (It's late tonight the stars have gone) It's a battle you lose (Without a sound you're not around) It's a battle you can't win (It's late tonight the stars have gone) It's a battle you lose (Without a sound you're not around) Hand over hand The pages turn The pages without sound Turn on empty hands Tonight will end Without sound Mary-go-round I'd like to see you When the summer sun sets down
13.
Outline of a storyboard with no idea Head first in the shallow end I apologize if I do not care Busy hands keep swimming They don't like swallowing To the abstract motor Gotta make that motor hum, gotta make it run Forward seems like forever when "ever" is hand over hand over hand The busy hands keep swimming Gotta make that motor hum, get it over and done So much for the autographs So much for apologies So much for the promises I never intended to keep How does it all add up? How does the story end? I can't let go I can't pretend Very I'm so friendly Very I'm so Halloween So this is what I wanted Gotta keep those channels clean and other sobering themes I'm drowning by numbers My halo is bent It's a fat fucking lie And so the abstract motor gives in It says, "At least I tried, at least I tried" So much for the autographs So much for apologies So much for the promises I never intended to keep How does it all add up? How does the story end? I can't let go (I can't let go) I can't pretend I can't let go (I can't let go) I can't pretend
14.
A-OK 03:49
This time I thought I'd listen and the story goes I am the same Without medicine I can't pretend, it never ends I'm fine, I'm fine These words are all I have to hide behind So get behind me, you have no right to say I shut my mouth and walk away from the memory game So don't forget, don't forget I am the reason Long lasting this obsession From sleepless Mays to Denver cold Somewhere in-between I threw myself away Someday you'll understand that everything is A-OK Someday you'll understand that everything is A-OK I shut my mouth and walk away from the memory game So don't forget, don't forget I am the reason It's funny when you say you're A-OK It's funny when you say you're A-OK I'm fine, I'm fine These words are all I have to hide behind So get behind me, you have no right to say I shut my mouth and walk away from the memory game So don't forget, don't forget I am the reason It's funny when you say you're A-OK It's funny when you say you're A-OK Someday you'll understand that everything is A-OK Someday you'll understand that everything is A-OK

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