Metric – Nothing but time Nothing but time Steal once Pay twice Advice to heed I won’t I might Advice to heed Steal once Pay twice Advice to heed I won’t I might Advice to heed Steal once Pay twice Advice to heed I won’t I might Advice to heed Steal once Pay twice Advice …
Metric – Artificial nocturne Artificial nocturne I’m just as fucked up as they say, I can’t fake the daytime. Found an entrance to escape into the dark, Got false lights for the sun. It’s an artificial nocturne, It’s an outsider’s escape for a broken heart. We hide out in the back, Like shadows in a …
Metric – Sick muse Sick muse Watch out Cupid Stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out Let me live my life You better watch out Cupid Stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out Let me live my life The one I’d better lead All the blondes of fantasies And …
Metric – Gimme sympathy Gimme sympathy Get hot, get too close to the flame Wild, open space Talk like an open book Sign me up Got no time to take a picture I’ll remember someday all the chances we took We’re so close to something better left unknown We’re so close to something better left …
Metric – Help I’m alive Help I’m alive I tremble, they’re gonna eat me alive If I stumble they’re gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer? Beating like a hammer Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be soft, tough to be tender Come …
Metric – Twilight galaxy Twilight galaxy Did they tell you You should grow up When you wanted To dream Did they warn you Better shape up If you want to succeed I don’t know about you Who are they talking to They’re not talking to me I’m higher than high Lower than deep I’m doing …
Metric – Collect call Collect call If the fire’s out baby, How you gonna keep me warm? Supposing you let me, With the door wide open, no one can leave. I know it’s a lie, I want it to be true The rest of the ride is riding on you Over goodbyes we’ll buy some …
Metric – Youth without youth Youth without youth Hangman we played, Rubber Soul with a razor blade. Behind the church, hiding place, It was a long joke, Till the punch line came. Can you read my mind? Read my mind, Follow along to the end of the song. Hangman we played, Double dutch with a …
Metric – Breathing underwater Breathing underwater I’m the blade You’re the knife I’m the weight You’re the kite They were right when they said We were breathing underwater Out of place all the time In a world that wasn’t mine to take I’ll wait Is this my life? Am I breathing underwater? Is this my …
Metric – Speed the collapse Speed the collapse All the way from where we came Built a mansion in a day Distant lightning, thunder claps Watch our neighbor’s house collapse Looked the other way And then the storm was overhead All the oceans boiled and rivers bled We auctioned off our memories In the absence …