Oil Change Lyrics

Vent
 
Well I fell into a terrible lie
It seems my life was passing me by
When all is gone and turns to dust
I know of nothing I can trust

I lost the things that I held dear
And now I cannot have you near
You turn away from me and sigh
Will your life just pass me by?

I lost myself in my vent
Maybe I was wrong, but I meant
Every word, every look
Everything I said and took
And in that vent, I got lost
And lost you
Vent

Your silence rings loud in my ears
In my heart and drowns my tears
I hate that I made this with the lie
I hate that my life is passing me by

Chorus

Silence from you deafens the sound
The buzz from life all around
I hear nothing, see nothing from you
Is this the life I was born into?

Chorus (2x)

And lost you
And lost you
Vent

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Out of Time
 
We catalogue the stars
Pretend that they are ours
But like everything we've made
They are gonna fade
Fade into the time and live
Fade into the time and die

And you and I, you and I
We are out of time
We tried so hard so we could fly
But we are out of time

We walked far, hand in hand
Through grass, rain wind and sand
An hourglass slinking by our heads
Grains pouring down to rounded beds
Slide into the time and live
Slide into the time and die

Chorus

And though the ticktockticking in my brain
Takes me now without you I will fade
Time so loud so slow and you not here
I wonder if you're feeling it where
You are
Where you are

We catalogue the stars
Pretend that they are ours
But like everything we've made
They are gonna fade
Fade into the time and live
Fade into the time and die

Chorus (3x)

But we are out
Out of time

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You Were My Idea
 
You
Were my idea
I brought you to life
You're breathing my breath
I taught you the rules of the game
And now you want to leave me

Clay
Just mud and water
That's all you are
In your secret heart
My hands
Were the tools that shaped you
Your life
Is a product of my art
You say you want to cut the ties
And I can't understand
How you think that you can
Live without me

Chorus

Stay
Be near me now
You know that
You're a part of me
My heart
Was the power that shaped your soul
You're mine
Until I set you free
You say you want to cut the ties
And I can't understand
How you think that you can
Live without me

Chorus

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Long Way South
 
I thought I heard your voice last night
So sincere and loving
Your lips on mine so right
I tasted the brandy on your lips

I've fallen a long way south
For these hallucinations to seem so real
Who will pull me back up?

Another day is gone, and I cry alone
My regrets cripple me
How did I fall such a long way south?

So sweet was that seduction
The scorn in your voice cut deep
Had to fall a long way south to realize my mistakes
Broken as I was
Had to learn how to breathe again
Needed some time to complete myself

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White Elephant
 
There is a time where I need you
There is a place where you need me to
Be there with you every day and say
"I love you" incessantly and
This here now is not that time
And this whole world is not that place and I
Don't know what I can do
With you

Chorus (instrumental)
With you

There was maybe a time I could say
"I love you" and mean it - you'd play
Up to me and it made me smile to see
How you needed me there and
I cannot go on pretending now that
This is still that time and still that place and I
Don't know what I can do
With you

Chorus (instrumental)
With you

With you there and me here and I
Think this is right but what do you care
If it makes me sad that you should be gone
It makes me glad when you are gone
And does that make me happy, you will ask
And does that make me satisfied?
But would it make you happy to know
It breaks my heart and tears me up inside?

Maybe one day you'll come home to me
Maybe one day I'll come home to you
And it will feel like home, but now it feels
So lonely when you are here
And I don't know if it's lonely for you
Or just for me or even if you care that I am breaking up inside
But it's not for you but what was past and I
Don't know what I can do
With you

Chorus (instrumental)
With you

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Merge
 
It's hard to see, to see where things are going
Blind corners without warning reveal things you never want to see
Focus shifts and boundaries change
Standing on shifting foundations

Don't feel the same as before it all changed
Being so many things for different people
I want to merge my parts together
Be whole again
But I can't see where to start

Things move fast and it's hard to keep up
People grab at me, hanging on to drag themselves into the light
Easier to hide behind the façade
Never stopping, always moving on

Chorus

Maybe you can be the one who makes me whole again
Pulls the pieces back together
If we merge I can stop running and be myself again
I can get back the person from before

Merge
Pull together the pieces back together
Merge
Find out who I was before
Merge
Stop running and rest a while with you
Merge

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Seven
 
You can judge a man
By the clothes he wears
That's what the good old
Proverbs say
But if you judge that man
By the clothes he wears
Then you're judging someone different
Every day

You've got seven faces
One for each day of the week
Seven variations
On the theme of who you are
Seven ways you change with each and
Every passing sunrise
And every time I see you
It's like I hardly know you...

If I knew what lived
Underneath the fancy clothing
Then I'd recognise who I'm
Talking to
If I knew the heart
Motivating what you're doing
Then I'd understand about
The real you

Chorus

Change is good they say
But have some moderation
How can I connect with just
A fictional creation

Chorus

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Wrong Way
 
I was never one to choose the easy road
Always found the wrong way to go
Never listened to directions, never read a map
Every trip leading to another dead end

This time I thought I'd taken another wrong turn
Instead it took me straight to you
Never expected to find you there
Discovered what I needed
Found it in a place I wasn't supposed to be

It was like you were waiting for me
There you were by the side of my path
Found what I was looking for
Now I'm finally heading the right way

Chorus

Can it really be the wrong way when the ending turned out right?

Wrong way
Turned out to be so right
Wrong way
Found what I was looking for
Wrong way
Found the right direction

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Madding Crowd
 
I stand apart from the madding crowd
Never felt so far away till tonight
I'm left in awe of the crowd mentality
So foreign to one like me

Never been one to fit in
Isolated existence I've had
Won't explain myself to you

Time ago I wished for a generic life
So plain and vanilla - no thinking required
In a delusion where everything is fine
And everything will be better soon

That fake exterior slowly crushed me inside
Realized I can't ignore what's meant to be
Escaped into solitude to save my sanity
Far from the madding crowd

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Surrender
 
No one was speaking, the silence eerie
You were crying, just sitting there crying
So defeated - don't cry over them
Their words were mocking, their deed hurtful
Let their words fall on deaf ears

Something has got to give
Take my hand, don't let them cripple you
Won't let you down, you're too precious to me
Don't you turn away from me
I can never let you be
Surrender and give in to us
 
Dare to believe in us one more time
From the heart of darkness you can count on me
Just surrender to serene splendor that can be us

Give back the borrowed pain and anger
Release their mocking words
You are not alone, never on your own
Bring to life your dreams
Surrender and give in to us

Chorus

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Ask Me Again
 
He who numbers the stars, one by one...

Picture perfect Malibu
Plastic handshake, how-d'ye-do
Have you got the things they chase
'Scuse me, do I know your face
Everything is blue and white
Stare into the neon light
Drink until you tumble down
Hollywood's a party town

I know the names of the stars
(ask me again)

Watching all the magazines
Everyone is like machines
Making money how they chose
Spend it on designer clothes
Change your hair and change your shoes
Any way you go you lose
Yesterday you were page one
Now your whole career is done

Chorus

Who's keeping track of who
Is out and who is in
Does anybody care
The door revolves, you've got to spin

Chorus

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Last Call
 
The streets shine with lamplight glow
Last drinks called and it's time to leave this sanctuary of heat and light
Cold air steals away my alcohol warmth
My newfound friends vanish into the night

Last call
And I wander the streets
I should be home with you
But it's not my home any more

Light shines from curtained window gaps
Taunting hints of happiness from within, things that can't be sold
Memories of our happy days tumble through my mind
Keeping me warm despite the biting cold

Last call
And I wander the streets
I wanna hold you
But you're not mine any more

I always end up here outside your door
Palm spread across the wood, standing silent, afraid to knock, afraid to call
It's been over for so long and I'm the only one who doesn't know
It was so good between us then I took it for granted and lost it all

Last call
And I wander the streets
I wanna beg for you to take me back
But you're not listening any more

Last call

I wanna come home
But it's not my home any more
I wanna hold you
But you're not mine any more
I wanna beg for you to take me back
But you're not listening any more
I wanna come home
I wanna hold you
I wanna beg for you to take me back

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