Lyrics

I’m dying here before your eyes inside of darkened circles
I’m afraid of savage things I fought to keep away
Before I found out just what I found that I knew you’d become
Now you know the things I’m running from

You could help me hide in the places I once lived and lost the one
Now you know the things I’m running from
Now you know the things I’m running from

You’re killing me kid, but I know your intentions are good
I read what you wrote out, asked me to slow down, I should
I think you’re trying to make it seem like it never could’ve meant enough
But what I’m hearing you say is that you’re running away ‘cause it meant too much

So this isn’t easy, I know the weather in Melbourne is best
San Francisco got cold as I read your note walking Van Ness to Oak
You said I guess I’ll be home soon but things will be different I’m sure
So I thought that you should know if things are gonna change when you come home
Maybe this time don’t

Goldenrod and the 4H stone
The things I brought you when I found out
You had cancer of the bone

Your father cried on the telephone
And he drove his car into the Navy yard
Just to prove that he was sorry

In the morning, through the window shade
When the light pressed up against your shoulderblade
I could see what you were reading

All the glory that the Lord has made
And the complications you could do without
When I kissed you on the mouth

Tuesday night at the Bible study
We lift our hands and pray over your body
But nothing ever happens

I remember at Michael’s house
In the living room when you kissed my neck
And I almost touched your blouse

In the morning at the top of the stairs
When your father found out what we did that night
And you told me you were scared

All the glory when you ran outside
With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied
And you told me not to follow you

Sunday night when I cleaned the house
I found the card where you wrote it out
With the pictures of you mother

On the floor at the great divide
With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied
I am crying in the bathroom

In the morning when you finally go
And the nurse runs in with her head hung low
And the cardinal hits the window

In the morning in the winter shade
On the first of March, on the holiday
I thought I saw you breathing

All the glory that the Lord has made
And the complications when I see His face
In the morning in the window

All the glory when He took our place
But He took my shoulders and He shook my face
And He takes and He takes and He takes

Today you were far away
And I didn’t ask you why
What could I say
I was far away

You just walked away
And I just watched you
What could I say

Tonight you just close your eyes
And I just watch you slip away

Hey, are you awake
Yeah, I’m right here
Well, can I ask you
About today

How close am I to losing you

I can’t imagine all the people that you know
And the places that you go
When the lights are turned down low
And I don’t understand all the things you’ve seen
But I’m slipping in between you and your big dreams
It’s always you in my big dreams

And you tell me that it’s over
Wake up lying in a patch of four leaf clover
And you’re restless, and I’m naked
You gotta get out
You can’t stand to see me shaking, no
Could you let me go?
I didn’t think so

And you don’t wanna be here in the future
So you say the present’s just a pleasant interruption to the past
And you don’t wanna look much closer
‘Cause you’re afraid to find out all this hope
You had sent into the sky by now had crashed
And it did, because of me

And then you bring me home
Afraid to find out that you’re alone
And I’m sleeping in your living room
But we don’t have much room to live

I had these dreams, in them, I learned to play guitar
Maybe cross the country, become a rock star
And there was hope in me that I could take you there
But dammit, you’re so young
Well, I don’t think I care
And if I hurt you then I’m sorry
Please don’t think that this was easy

And then you’d bring me home
‘Cause we both know what it’s like to be alone
And I’m dreaming in your living room
But we don’t have much room to live

And Konstantine is walking down the stairs
Doesn’t she look good?
Standing in her underwear?
And I was thinking
What I was thinking
But we’ve been drinking, and it doesn’t get me anywhere

My Konstantine came walking down the stairs
And all that I could do was touch her long blonde hair
And I’ve been thinking
But it hurts me, thinking that these nights when we were drinking
No, they never got us anywhere
No

This is because I can spell confusion with a K and I can like it
It’s to dying in another’s arms and why I had to try it
It’s to Jimmy Eat World and those nights in my car
When the first star you see may not be a star
I’m not your star
Isn’t that what you said?
What you thought this song meant?

And if this is what it takes
Just to lie with my mistakes
And live with what I did to you
All the hell I put you through
I always catch the clock
It’s 11:11
And now you want to talk
It’s not hard to dream
You’ll always be my Konstantine

My Konstantine

They’ll never hurt you like I do
No, they’ll never hurt you like I do
No, no, no no no no no no no

This is to a girl who got into my head
With all the pretty things she did
Hey, you know
You keep me up in bed
This is to a girl who got into my head
With all these fucked up things I did
Hey, maybe
Baby, you could keep me up in bed

My Konstantine
You spin around me like a dream
We played out on this movie screen
And I said
Did you know I miss you?
Did you know I miss you?
Did you know I miss you?
Did you know I miss you?
Did you know I miss you?
Did you know I miss you?
Did you know I miss you?
I miss you

And then you bring me home
And we’ll go to sleep, but this time, not alone, no no
And you’ll kiss me in your living room
I know
I know you miss me in your living room
‘Cause these nights I think maybe that I miss you in my living room
But we don’t have much room
I said does anybody need that room?
Because we all need a little more room
To live

My Konstantine

Come gather ‘round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’

Come senators, congressman
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he who gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside
And it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
You old road is
Rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin’
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’

There is a house built out of stone
Wooden floors, walls and window sills
Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust
This is a place where I don’t feel alone
This is a place where I feel at home

Out in the garden where we planted the seeds
There is a tree as old as me
Branches were sewn by the color of green
Ground had arose and passed it’s knees

By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top
I climbed the tree to see the world
When the gusts came around to blow me down
I held on as tightly as you held onto me
I held on as tightly as you held onto me

‘Cause, I built a home for you, for me
Until it disappeared from me, from you
And now, it’s time to leave and turn to dust

First time we met
Face became etched
In my mind

You were the sun
I was the one who worshiped you
My hands were your guns
Your eyes were my muse

You broke my heart
You promised me the moon and stars
I fell for your dreams, I fell for your lies
There was no other way, you know I tried

And I knew you could never love me
I had so much sorrow inside you could never reach
But can I still keep a place in your heart

There is something I want you to know
I think you know exactly what it is
I didn’t want to save you, I didn’t want to save you
I set our house on fire to watch it burn
But I couldn’t just leave you

And I knew you could never love me
I had so much sorrow inside you could never reach
But I’ll ask you this
Will you still miss me? (I still miss you)
Will you love me? (Yes, I love you)

Planes fill the sky
We’ll both die tonight, we’ll both die tonight
Hands from the sky
Swat us away like flies
As we follow the light

This union, a battle fought and lost
This union was not about the cause
This union was never about love

We’re too afraid to close our eyes
Afraid that we might drift and lose track of the time
The brilliant lie blanks my blind
Sends ghosts back to their graves and us back to life
I’m sorry, I’m sorry

Over and over
Just say it like you mean it

The best is when you say the worst is over
It’s like saying we had luck with a three leaf clover
And you kept saying that over and over
And I still catch you looking over your shoulder
And it’s okay, I know the only times you really loved me
Were the times when you weren’t sober
And that hurts
We all hurt, we all hurt
And I kept saying that

Over and over
Just say it like you mean it

For the taste
For the sight
For the sound
For the fight
For the weak
For the strong
For the light
Say it like, you say it like you mean it
For the wait
For the crush
For the fear
For the lush
For the love
For the hate
For the touch
Just say it like
I will wait out for you

Over and over
Just say it like you mean it