Song Lyrics

Boy From Mars

It's barely midnight
where the hell are you going?
how can you just walk out
with all your weirdness showing
I have to learn you
I have to figure out your game
you have to talk to me
you can't walk out without a name

and if your name isn't good enough
I'll give you a better one
you boy from Mars, you beautiful boy from Mars

where are you from
I see the gravity is different there
how did you get here
why do you hide behind your hair
you dance like you're insane
all over like you own the place
I like your weird tattoos
I like your pretty pretty pretty face

and if the view from here's not good enough
you can take me to a better one
you boy from Mars, you beautiful boy from Mars

and when your spaceship comes for you
I want to ride in the spaceship too
I don't care if you're stupid or mean
drunk or on amphetamines
I don't care if you're just like me
or from another galaxy
I just want to know
what makes you so damn strange
you beautiful boy from Mars.

Window

Welcome to my life
you’re welcome to it
you can have it
I’ve worn through it
I’m breaking away
I swore that I was happy
in this dark and smoky tomb
but something is different today

How long have I been hiding
in a swamp of dirty ashtrays
in the dark up to my neck
in worn-out ways
how long has it been winter
in my room and in my head
how well did I pretend
did I believe that I was dead

[chorus]
I am opening the window now
I am opening the window right now

I’ve worn a path into the carpet
made it safe to weep
that’s all I’ve done
tell me how long was I asleep
I hear the gutters running
hear that spring has finally come
I can’t remember now
what I thought I was hiding from

and all this time
the world’s been spinning on without me
while I chained myself
and thought that I was free
I hear the rain is falling
and I’m opening my eyes
this time I won’t refuse to see

I am opening the window now
I am opening the window right now

This is real

When I reach the end of the highway
and my car flies right off the roadway
rev the engine gunning into space
then I know I’m really living
banging the wheel and screaming

This is real

When I reach the end of my tether
fly right off the handle
tell the world exactly what I think
then I know I’m really living
and I know I’ll get in trouble

This is real

When my heart of glass is broken
when I’m left with nothing
to hold on to hands are empty
I know there’s no point in crying
this kind of shit just happens

This is real

When the world is handed to me
on a silver platter
all tied up with a bow
I know it won’t last forever
so enjoy it while I can

This is real
This is real now
This is right now
This is real

Note about the next one: I really did know a guy named Stormy, and if he ever somehow finds out about this song, tell him I KNOW he was never quite that bad but he was still a head case and I'm sticking by that.

Stormy Spins

Did you see Stormy yesterday
his eyes so wild I thought he’d fly away
he thought that I was someone else
did you hear the crazy way he was laughing to himself

Were you at his birthday bash
he watched his cigarette turn into ash
he drank sloe gin and 7-up
and everybody left while he was throwing up

Stormy spins around and around
and won’t let anybody catch him
Stormy spins around and around
and we can’t make him stop

There’s nothing Stormy hasn’t done
he makes slow suicide look like so much fun
said I was worried yesterday
he said I’m so fucked up I can’t hear a word you say

I tried to call him on the phone
it’s been three weeks since anyone was home
his car’s a snowdrift in the drive
down at the club they’re taking bets on whether
Stormy’s still alive

Stormy spins around and around
and won’t let anybody catch him
Stormy spins around and around
and we can’t make him stop