ROB FALGIANO
THINGS I USED TO
KNOW - DISC ONE
All songs by Rob Falgiano (C)(P) 2003 (ASCAP).
01. BURNING SUN Distant stars And every one a burning sun Somewhere, Somewhere Distant souls Have we become the fearful ones? Old bodies for young thoughts We used to run this all She's my favorite She's my favorite Turned a corner on its head Now it is the floor instead I don't wish for much more Than the girls I loved When I was twenty-four We used to run this all She's my favorite She's my favorite Screaming and bursting into flames Falling into the burning sun Screaming and bursting into flames Falling into the burning sun 02. SHE'S SWEET TO ME She's sweet to me She's sweet to me It's all I've ever wanted She's all I've ever wanted When we met I was lost In a sea of sad faces and lies When you smiled at me I was so surprised She's sweet to me She's sweet to me It's all I've ever wanted She's all I've ever wanted You touch me in a way You may never understand As if the whole of me Were right there in your hands She's sweet to me She's sweet to me It's all I've ever wanted She's all I've ever wanted She's sweet to me 03. A MOUTH LIKE YOURS I'd love to write a song like that Make every fragile heart collapse How'd you do it? Reveal the secret A mouth like yours could always keep it A chord change and a perfect phrase It left me in a glassy haze I thought about a million things Beginnings, middles and endings I don't know the names for the things that I know She don't ever seem to let much show I'd love to write a song like that Make every fragile heart collapse How'd you do it? Reveal the secret A mouth like yours could always keep it I don't know the names for the things that I know She don't ever seem to let much show 04. ORION He's like an elevator That ends on 5 You might want to step to the side Find another way to the top Rip it up and shed it all And never stop Seek what makes your heart sing Hold it close, keep it with you In case you break on through Orion Someday I'm gonna grab your belt Orion As all my tears melt Andromeda I'm gonna see you soon I'm launching from the moon Orion 15 billion years is a long time Lined side by side to seven-five Numbers don't lie, there's hardly time To find the ground you stand on Before you die Seek what makes your heart sing Hold it close, keep it with you In case you break on through Orion Someday I'm gonna grab your belt Orion As all my tears melt Andromeda I'm gonna see you soon I'm launching from the moon Orion 05. WIRED The world is shadows I'm the only one in this room I'm worn out on the complications If your will runs out too soon Feel the losses pile on like years A tangled web of heavy fears Wired Pretty cheerless, approaching nothing near And wondering Uninspired The world's a proposition The things you would and wouldn't do Aggression always gets things done But it does something to us too See how the losses pile on like years A tangled web of heavy fears Wired Pretty cheerless, approaching nothing near And wandering Uninspired The fact that you put yourself in a position for this to happen Not considering the risk of harm Why would you with a perfect jaw? Why would you with a perfect jaw? There's no other mouth to feed Which seems best, because it's strange to me Sadder and tired Older, unwiser And then I was wired Then I was wired 06. WELCOME TO OUR SONG We start in these traditions They help us move along Don't want no one to feel left out Welcome to our song At the top there is some laziness and avarice Some of us work for progress In the face of something else Welcome to our song Welcome to our song Shouldn't need a campaign Empathy for human pain In terms of all our hopes and dreams We are the same I think that freedom's bound to win I hope each one will be let in There should be joy that spreads in waves Should we begin? Welcome to our song Welcome to our song 07. HONEY I'M COMING Two kinds of grind, the first in mind Intermittent sleep at night Pictures tell a sorry tale In memories I fail Honey I'm coming Inside of you I'm dying Creation at the same time Nature at the wheel driving Forward is a tricky line My way is longer but it's fine I often wonder if we'll meet By random on some random street Honey I'm coming Inside of you I'm dying Creation at the same time Nature at the wheel driving I got a script ten miles long In every foot another song And scrolling slowly over time Change the names and make it rhyme 08. ADIOS I shouldn't move at all I should lay it out and not worry if anyone calls I should tape myself into a ball Or maybe find some crazy cliff and fall Adios to everybody Good luck to all It was complicated Your feelings may not be resolved It's a waste of time Only the questions are interesting Subconscious youth has got you on the run From 21 to 41 to 61 and done I've kissed some pretty girls I've never kissed much ass I made some enemies Some of the friendships last I work to look myself from the outside in I tried to be a better man It helped me buck you bitter fuckers and not die Well, not until a later time Adios to everybody Good luck to all It was complicated Your feelings may not be resolved It's a waste of time Only the questions are interesting Subconscious youth has got you on the run From 21 to 41 to 61 and done 09. BUTTERFLIES & BUMBLEBEES Butterflies and bumblebees Dandelions and lilac trees Sugarcane and honeydew June afternoon with you Dragonflies and waterfalls Sitting on a concrete wall I touch my finger to your lips Photographs upon the bank The smile upon your back A guy like me can die a million times Finding such wonder in your eyes And later when you come in close I wonder what I'll miss the most It's good and sad to know it goes Ribbon of blue across the sky Orange creamsickle sighs Walking slow and holding hands Things unsaid you understand Ribbon of blue across the sky Orange creamsickle sighs Bumblebees and butterflies 10. CASANOVA There's a poetry to her I can't explain If I had her I would never write again That's not true, though you know, almost in a way Other boys get sugar, I got shame Casanova in his thrift store clothes Kingdom of tar Heart is homeless I can be tender too You can show me what to do I'm on the wrong side of the road I'm watching them take off all their clothes The rain (Lorraine) has made my hair go flat There's still some left back there for the collapse Casanova in his thrift store clothes Kingdom of tar Heart is homeless I can be tender too Does he make you shiver through? Casanova in his thrift store clothes Kingdom of tar Heart is homeless I can be tender too I can show you what to do 11. NOT THIS I'm gonna wait Until their new album comes out Before I jump off a bridge I'll clench it in my first like Jesus Don't let me down Because I can never forgive Or forget You first on the emotional stuff Then I'll show you what I've got You first on the warmth of heart I've found what they respect is Hardness, and not this Roughness, and not this Toughness, and not this You wanna lick like a puppy But you crush like a bear on a rage Fresh out of the caves And hungry from the ice age You first on the emotional stuff Then I'll show you what I've got You first on the warmth of heart I've found what they respect is Hardness, and not this Roughness, and not this Toughness, and not this Chances are I'll crack like a cracker Though I'd much rather fire like a wire Blowing fuses with all of my desire And high off the memory Of someone I never used to be Even though I'm on my knees I never tire for the melodies Even though I'm on my knees I always outlast the maladies So you first on the emotional stuff Then I'll show you what I... You first on the emotional stuff Then I'll show you what I… You first on the warmth of heart I've found what they respect is Hardness, (largess) and not this Roughness, (toughness) and not this Toughness, (excess) and not this 12. APRIL AGAIN Okay, so we've been kicked in the guts But we're pulling ourselves from the dust I learn more of life and love every day Our minds and hearts keep growing We have changed Don't be sad Because this is not the end It isn't over, April It's just begun again The tricky part is staying true To the ideas and dreams that buoyed you With every song I get closer to heaven If I keep singing I think I will get my wings Don't be sad Because this is not the end It isn't over, April It's just begun again April you're a little down But you are coming round Let me get my lips around your little frown The sadness, suffering, tragic They're fading away Tugging on our heartstrings like magic April you're a little down But you are coming around Let me get my mouth around your little frown The sadness, suffering, tragic They're fading away Tugging on our heartstrings like magic Tugging on our heartstrings like magic Tugging on our heartstrings like magic