You are one hundred thousand years old
You know everything ever been told
You can map the globe in a millisecond, can't you?
You are five thousand leagues under the sea
You see everything in sight
You don't need binoculars; you have your eyes
If you had hope would you feel stronger?
If you knew how would you sleep longer?
If you did not fear what you fear most,
Would you feel anything at all?
Would you see anything all?
Would you feel anything at all?
You are an old owl sitting in the treetops
Looking at the housetops, you are in the know
Watching newcomers come and go, come and go
You are all alone, cooped up inside
Cold by the fireplace's haunting gold size
You are dwarfed by your own self-loathing, ambitious tendencies
If you had hope would you feel stronger?
If you knew how would you sleep longer?
If you did not fear what you fear most,
Would you feel anything at all?
Would you see anything all?
Would you feel anything at all?
We all hide from our minds
When the lamplight goes out and dims
We all try to de-rust the hinges squeaking deep inside
Rest now while you're still alive
You will rest more in the afterlife
I can't catch you, and you don't want me to
You read those books all alone
Looking for the home you never owned
You can be whatever you need to be
Don't let that bomb explode, like in the Twilight Zone
Your glasses are still intact, you know
People: A Theory lyrics - Katie Costello
People can be mean and people can be nice
People can be any single way you'd like
People can be meaner, people can be greener
Than you'd ever thought you'd know
Paris or London or New York or Mars
People can be any single way they are
Wherever you go you just have know
People can be mean or nice
Float far away from all the lights and the paint
Makeup and curtain and stage
Away from what you think you are
Away from who you think you are
Away from all the burnt down sights
Away from all the sunken kites
People can be big and people can be small
People can be any single shape at all
People can be richer, people can be slicker
Than you'd ever thought you'd know
Dumpsters or mansions or boxes or barns
Everybody lives underneath the stars
Wherever you go you just have know
People can be real or molds of steel
Float far away from all the lights and the paint
Makeup and curtain and stage
Away from what you think you are
Away from who you think you are
Away from all the burnt down sights
Away from all the sunken kites
Float like a cloud in the stratosphere
Float like a bubble in the mesosphere
Float like a seahorse in the troposphere
Float like whatever you are
As long as you're in the atmosphere
People can be any single way you'd like
People can be meaner, people can be greener
Than you'd ever thought you'd know
Paris or London or New York or Mars
People can be any single way they are
Wherever you go you just have know
People can be mean or nice
Float far away from all the lights and the paint
Makeup and curtain and stage
Away from what you think you are
Away from who you think you are
Away from all the burnt down sights
Away from all the sunken kites
People can be big and people can be small
People can be any single shape at all
People can be richer, people can be slicker
Than you'd ever thought you'd know
Dumpsters or mansions or boxes or barns
Everybody lives underneath the stars
Wherever you go you just have know
People can be real or molds of steel
Float far away from all the lights and the paint
Makeup and curtain and stage
Away from what you think you are
Away from who you think you are
Away from all the burnt down sights
Away from all the sunken kites
Float like a cloud in the stratosphere
Float like a bubble in the mesosphere
Float like a seahorse in the troposphere
Float like whatever you are
As long as you're in the atmosphere
The Weirds lyrics - Katie Costello
Tiny raindrops salute gravity
The pavement smells like the taste of blood
I need to get out of here - even the trees are gilded
Smiles ooze of depression with no creative perks
I've overstayed my welcome in this life
And it seems as though time won't tell you exactly what you'd like
I've given up on waving off the flies that have blackened my mind -
My sugarcoated mind
Why can't I whistle? And why can't I cry?
Why can't I be the way I wish I liked?
I guess I have The Weirds
Which truth is true? And which real is real?
Why must we whistle to what we cannot feel?
I guess I have The Weirds, oh I have them bad, and it's so sad
Starring contests with eggshell-tinted walls
It's all that seems productive - you'd be surprised
Procrastination Nation is where I've learned to live
Turn on the tube, romanticized until you can't move
I've overstayed my welcome in this life
And it seems as though time won't tell you exactly what you'd like
I've given up on waving off the flies that have blackened my mind -
My sugarcoated mind
Why can't I whistle? And why can't I cry?
Why can't I love you the way I wish I liked?
I guess I have The Weirds
Which truth is true? And which real is real?
Why must we whistle to what we cannot feel?
I guess I have The Weirds, oh I have them bad, and it's so sad
Why can't I whistle? And why can't I cry?
Why can't I love you more than what I'd like?
I guess I have The Weirds, oh I have them bad, and it's so sad
Prisoner of the mind, trapped within the confines
Of self expectation, of obligation -
I guess I'll be just fine
Stranger lyrics - Katie Costello
Stranger I've known you for so long
I found you lost with a compass in the fog
Stranger you know me too much
Illusionary-self had not be touched, until you
Humming Hallelujah in the dark
Whispered poems leave you to be
Humming Hallelujah in the night
The sun might rise, as sometimes does it fall
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Stranger you've followed me so far
Until the roads converged, as did the stars
Stranger the moon looks blue tonight
Your photo framed, raw within my mind, but not tonight
Humming Hallelujah in the dark
Whispered poems leave you to be
Humming Hallelujah in the night
The sun might rise, as sometimes does it fall
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Humming Hallelujah in the dark
Whispered poems leave you to be
Humming Hallelujah in the night
The sun might rise, as sometimes does it fall
Hallelujah
I found you lost with a compass in the fog
Stranger you know me too much
Illusionary-self had not be touched, until you
Humming Hallelujah in the dark
Whispered poems leave you to be
Humming Hallelujah in the night
The sun might rise, as sometimes does it fall
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Stranger you've followed me so far
Until the roads converged, as did the stars
Stranger the moon looks blue tonight
Your photo framed, raw within my mind, but not tonight
Humming Hallelujah in the dark
Whispered poems leave you to be
Humming Hallelujah in the night
The sun might rise, as sometimes does it fall
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Humming Hallelujah in the dark
Whispered poems leave you to be
Humming Hallelujah in the night
The sun might rise, as sometimes does it fall
Hallelujah
We Are The Way We Are lyrics - Katie Costello
We are gray like the sidewalks, old like the sidewalks, wiser now
We are tall like the buildings, strong like the buildings, skyward bound
Who am I to be?
Anything other than the city in me?
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
We ran away from where we couldn't stay
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
Who would I be without this city beneath my feet?
We grow green like the tree's here, we'll always be here
With or without leaves
Let's travel deep like the subway, far like the subway,
Far away from what we know
Who am I to be?
Anything other than the city in me?
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
We ran away from where we couldn't stay
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
Who would I be without this city beneath my feet?
Come here, towards all the bright lights, I'll be your night light, trust me
Don't go, don't let yourself down, know that right now, this is all yours
We are tall like the buildings, strong like the buildings, skyward bound
Who am I to be?
Anything other than the city in me?
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
We ran away from where we couldn't stay
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
Who would I be without this city beneath my feet?
We grow green like the tree's here, we'll always be here
With or without leaves
Let's travel deep like the subway, far like the subway,
Far away from what we know
Who am I to be?
Anything other than the city in me?
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
We ran away from where we couldn't stay
We are the way we are
We are the way we are
Who would I be without this city beneath my feet?
Come here, towards all the bright lights, I'll be your night light, trust me
Don't go, don't let yourself down, know that right now, this is all yours
Lost & Far From Home lyrics - Katie Costello
With her head on her pillow and her pain tucked under the sheets
Music playing softly without a steady beat
The TV flickers flames of color; it ignites the room
A black and white face, the colors escape, her heartache
She ran away, so far away
That the streets were no longer paved with lines
The soles of her feet weren't as tough as she claimed them to be
She wiped her eyes, it was no surprise
That she was lost and far from home, strange unfamiliar signs
Little to coincide, however she packed her bags and made her way
Anywhere her feet could take her
With her arm around her keepsakes and her mind on her mistakes
She climbed a hill - one of a kind, numb to her step, she had to accept
Changed scenery, it was now clear to see torn petals on a flower of her past
Memories she hoped wouldn't last
She ran away, so far away
That the streets were no longer paved with lines
The sole of her feet weren't as tough as she claimed them to be
She wiped her eyes, it was no surprise
That she was lost and far from home, strange unfamiliar signs
Little to coincide, however she packed her bags and made her way
Anywhere her feet could take her
With her head on her pillow and her pain tucked under the sheets
Music playing softly without a steady beat, without a steady beat
Music playing softly without a steady beat
The TV flickers flames of color; it ignites the room
A black and white face, the colors escape, her heartache
She ran away, so far away
That the streets were no longer paved with lines
The soles of her feet weren't as tough as she claimed them to be
She wiped her eyes, it was no surprise
That she was lost and far from home, strange unfamiliar signs
Little to coincide, however she packed her bags and made her way
Anywhere her feet could take her
With her arm around her keepsakes and her mind on her mistakes
She climbed a hill - one of a kind, numb to her step, she had to accept
Changed scenery, it was now clear to see torn petals on a flower of her past
Memories she hoped wouldn't last
She ran away, so far away
That the streets were no longer paved with lines
The sole of her feet weren't as tough as she claimed them to be
She wiped her eyes, it was no surprise
That she was lost and far from home, strange unfamiliar signs
Little to coincide, however she packed her bags and made her way
Anywhere her feet could take her
With her head on her pillow and her pain tucked under the sheets
Music playing softly without a steady beat, without a steady beat
Cityscapes lyrics - Katie Costello
Cityscape, I want to escape, take me to the root of your light
Cityscape, forever engraved, stuck in time, stuck inside my mind
And how, did you ever get so bright?
And how, did you soar so very high?
When did I not love you?
When did I not know you?
You make me better than I could be
I'm bursting at my seams
Cityscape, I know I'm home when I see your skyline in the night
Cityscape, you've let me see, that I'm my home wherever I shall be
And how, have you taken all my fears?
And how, have you made everything seem clear?
When did I not love you?
When did I not know you?
You make me better than I could be
I'm bursting at my seams
Cityscape, you're more than a place, you're part of everything that I am
Cityscape, you make me chase, you make me follow everything I can
Cityscape, forever engraved, stuck in time, stuck inside my mind
And how, did you ever get so bright?
And how, did you soar so very high?
When did I not love you?
When did I not know you?
You make me better than I could be
I'm bursting at my seams
Cityscape, I know I'm home when I see your skyline in the night
Cityscape, you've let me see, that I'm my home wherever I shall be
And how, have you taken all my fears?
And how, have you made everything seem clear?
When did I not love you?
When did I not know you?
You make me better than I could be
I'm bursting at my seams
Cityscape, you're more than a place, you're part of everything that I am
Cityscape, you make me chase, you make me follow everything I can
Ships In The Night lyrics - Katie Costello
I'm finding farewell is the word I won't say, at the risk of being what it is
I'm finding so long is what took so long to finally utter with strength
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
You're so far away, I don't know what that means; It's finally dawned upon me
I couldn't hold on to what's moving on; We've passed like ships in the night
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
I will haunt you, haunt you
I will never feel you gone
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
I'm finding so long is what took so long to finally utter with strength
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
You're so far away, I don't know what that means; It's finally dawned upon me
I couldn't hold on to what's moving on; We've passed like ships in the night
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
I will haunt you, haunt you
I will never feel you gone
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
I can't be what I need
And I can't treat you right
Nothing lasts forever
But this, my friend, won't pass in the night
And this, my friend, is still a goodbye
How Do We Know lyrics - Katie Costello
I want to make this concrete
I want to make this firm
I want to decide something
But I'm scared of what I'll learn
I don't know that I've been the best boss of myself
I might as well get out of town or hire someone else
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
I want it all right now
All the answers at my door
I know it's wishful thinking
But I still want more
I don't know that I've been the best boss of myself
I might as well get out of town or hire someone else
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
We can't go back in time
That's why we think about it day and night
That's why we think about it day and night
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
I will decide something
Another lesson learned
I will write it down
So the memory doesn't burn
I want to make this firm
I want to decide something
But I'm scared of what I'll learn
I don't know that I've been the best boss of myself
I might as well get out of town or hire someone else
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
I want it all right now
All the answers at my door
I know it's wishful thinking
But I still want more
I don't know that I've been the best boss of myself
I might as well get out of town or hire someone else
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
We can't go back in time
That's why we think about it day and night
That's why we think about it day and night
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
How do we know when it's all going to work
How do we know when being away from home
Makes us stronger, yet I will not stay a moment longer
I will decide something
Another lesson learned
I will write it down
So the memory doesn't burn
Anywhere Place lyrics - Katie Costello
Tell me a story that consists of more than once upon a time the end
Staring that same familiar friend
Sing me a song that I can hum upstairs and back
That can live in my mind, maybe for all time
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place
Walk with me somewhere where I can run until no end
Hands held tight and no one is looking for me this night
Look with me someplace where the sky is as endless as the rhythm of the sea,
It rhymes in ecstasy
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place
Now that the trees are gone and the water is cool
I'll go back where I can find what's true
Where it isn't grey, where I can stay
An anywhere place
Tell me a story that consists of more than once upon a time the end
Staring that same familiar friend
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place, oh
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place
Oh no
Staring that same familiar friend
Sing me a song that I can hum upstairs and back
That can live in my mind, maybe for all time
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place
Walk with me somewhere where I can run until no end
Hands held tight and no one is looking for me this night
Look with me someplace where the sky is as endless as the rhythm of the sea,
It rhymes in ecstasy
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place
Now that the trees are gone and the water is cool
I'll go back where I can find what's true
Where it isn't grey, where I can stay
An anywhere place
Tell me a story that consists of more than once upon a time the end
Staring that same familiar friend
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place, oh
I don't need a wall or face
I just need a place
I can call and name my own
My anywhere place
My anywhere place
Oh no
Songbird lyrics - Katie Costello
I've been told by many books and things
That I can read minds and I agree, at least in my dreams
I've been yelled at by many road-ragers
Making love to their coffee and pagers now, heading down south
The lark was humming and softly I kept drumming
And the world was in rhyme and it made sense for a short time
In this little tune about the old kazoo
Songbird, Songbird, whatever bird you are
Give me your voice and your flight
Songbird I don't care if you're an old kazoo
Sing to me and I will sing to you
I've been seen to be heartbroken
Not so much a heartbreaker but an "I love you,"
And "I think you do too"
I've been known to be confused
By the colors and the shapes of our round little sphere,
On which we appeared
The lark was humming and softly I kept drumming
And the world was in rhyme and it made sense for a short time
In this little tune about the old kazoo
Songbird, Songbird, whatever bird you are
Give me your voice and your flight
Songbird I don't care if you're an old kazoo
Sing to me and I will sing to you
And then the Greek Muses and the sirens on the rocks
Told me they liked my song
And then the Greek Muses told the sirens on the rocks
Don't you dare touch those folks near those rocks
Don't you touch those folks near those rocks
Orpheus told me so
Songbird, Songbird, whatever bird you are
Give me your voice and your flight
Songbird I don't care if you're an old kazoo
Sing to me and I will sing to you
Sing to me and I will sing to you
Sing to me and I will sing to you
That I can read minds and I agree, at least in my dreams
I've been yelled at by many road-ragers
Making love to their coffee and pagers now, heading down south
The lark was humming and softly I kept drumming
And the world was in rhyme and it made sense for a short time
In this little tune about the old kazoo
Songbird, Songbird, whatever bird you are
Give me your voice and your flight
Songbird I don't care if you're an old kazoo
Sing to me and I will sing to you
I've been seen to be heartbroken
Not so much a heartbreaker but an "I love you,"
And "I think you do too"
I've been known to be confused
By the colors and the shapes of our round little sphere,
On which we appeared
The lark was humming and softly I kept drumming
And the world was in rhyme and it made sense for a short time
In this little tune about the old kazoo
Songbird, Songbird, whatever bird you are
Give me your voice and your flight
Songbird I don't care if you're an old kazoo
Sing to me and I will sing to you
And then the Greek Muses and the sirens on the rocks
Told me they liked my song
And then the Greek Muses told the sirens on the rocks
Don't you dare touch those folks near those rocks
Don't you touch those folks near those rocks
Orpheus told me so
Songbird, Songbird, whatever bird you are
Give me your voice and your flight
Songbird I don't care if you're an old kazoo
Sing to me and I will sing to you
Sing to me and I will sing to you
Sing to me and I will sing to you
Isn't It Lovely lyrics - Katie Costello
Isn't it lovely: the rhythm of the sea
That deep black blue whispers gentle melodies
Isn't it lovely: the pitter-patter of the rain
The drops fall upon your face each with it's own domain
The sky is vast with stars and it seems impossible
To find a place where there is endless amounts of time and space
But somehow...that beauty's lost in the need to -
Need to be just another symphony
Another weak beat in a worn out tune but never
Of who we are, who we need to be,
What we could do with our own simple melody
Isn't it lovely: the disposition of the trees
So peaceful as they dismiss their falling leaves
Isn't it lovely: that foggy morning rusty sun
Perched on your window sill revealing shades and hues
The sky is vast with stars and it seems impossible
To find a place where there is endless amounts of time and space
But somehow...that beauty's lost in the need to -
Need to be just another symphony
Another weak beat in a worn out tune but never
Of who we are, who we need to be,
What we could do with our own simple melody
That deep black blue whispers gentle melodies
Isn't it lovely: the pitter-patter of the rain
The drops fall upon your face each with it's own domain
The sky is vast with stars and it seems impossible
To find a place where there is endless amounts of time and space
But somehow...that beauty's lost in the need to -
Need to be just another symphony
Another weak beat in a worn out tune but never
Of who we are, who we need to be,
What we could do with our own simple melody
Isn't it lovely: the disposition of the trees
So peaceful as they dismiss their falling leaves
Isn't it lovely: that foggy morning rusty sun
Perched on your window sill revealing shades and hues
The sky is vast with stars and it seems impossible
To find a place where there is endless amounts of time and space
But somehow...that beauty's lost in the need to -
Need to be just another symphony
Another weak beat in a worn out tune but never
Of who we are, who we need to be,
What we could do with our own simple melody
Kaleidoscope Machine lyrics - Katie Costello
When the tears begin to flow
Or I stub my pinky toe
I will somehow never be alone
If I'm bitten by a dog
Or kissed by a charming frog
This will someway make it all okay
I've got something strange about me
But somehow I know
There's a song in my mind and a poem in my eyes
My Kaleidoscope Machine knows what's real
There's a beat in my heart that sets me apart
From the man in the hat who lives down the street
When my night-light starts to fail
Or the wind attacks my sails
This little thing makes it worth my while
When there's zombies at my door
I'll sing out like never before
Oh a happy melody is all I'll ever need
I've got something strange about me
But somehow I know
There's a song in my mind and a poem in my eyes
My Kaleidoscope Machine knows what's real
There's a beat in my heart that sets me apart
From the man in the hat who lives down the street
There's a song in my mind and a poem in my eyes
My Kaleidoscope Machine knows what's real
There's a beat in my heart that sets me apart
From the man in the hat who lives down the street
Or I stub my pinky toe
I will somehow never be alone
If I'm bitten by a dog
Or kissed by a charming frog
This will someway make it all okay
I've got something strange about me
But somehow I know
There's a song in my mind and a poem in my eyes
My Kaleidoscope Machine knows what's real
There's a beat in my heart that sets me apart
From the man in the hat who lives down the street
When my night-light starts to fail
Or the wind attacks my sails
This little thing makes it worth my while
When there's zombies at my door
I'll sing out like never before
Oh a happy melody is all I'll ever need
I've got something strange about me
But somehow I know
There's a song in my mind and a poem in my eyes
My Kaleidoscope Machine knows what's real
There's a beat in my heart that sets me apart
From the man in the hat who lives down the street
There's a song in my mind and a poem in my eyes
My Kaleidoscope Machine knows what's real
There's a beat in my heart that sets me apart
From the man in the hat who lives down the street
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