Staring off, into outer-space stumbling, creating my entity
One that is, not belonging in my Kino sphere
I want to perfect the art of doing nothing
I want to see your paintings come alive
I want to see you smile when I say, I love thee

Can't believe my eyes
As my thought hit the sky
All this nonsense, all this beauty
Has truly come alive

Drive all night, middle of nowhere
Ship-wreckage, left of this page
And on the bottom and in the top
Where are we going, maybe we should

I don't want to write a depressing song
I don't want to hide behind my music
I don't want to see the world through
These tinted yellow glasses

Time keeps eating me
Against that time
If ever that time come
Running, running

Time keeps cutting me
Against that time
If ever that time come
Running, running



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Art of Nothing Lyrics as written by Derrick William Sherman Brian K Diaz

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    how can it be that no one else left a comment yet? well, i'll be numero uno then hehe. i LOVE the reunion show, and they kicked major ass live. the lyrics to this song are great. "want to perfect the art of doing nothing"...my life in a nutshell =P

    str8edgegurlion September 25, 2002   Link
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    just recently saw these guys. they put on a kick ass show. good music.

    jamie02122on October 17, 2002   Link
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    This is is most excellent. i saw them dec. 2002 with taking back sunday,northstar and the starting line....they opened and i liked them a lot but no one else seemed to. like people were just standing there not even bobbing thier heads...haha it was sad/funny.....yeah, I THINK THIS SONG IS JUST ABOUT FALLING IN LOVE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT

    SoLastSummer7on March 30, 2003   Link
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    This is a must listen. The demo is a trillion times better than the real version. I wish this band would have stayed together, I like just about every song from them.

    Jagrobby182on May 30, 2009   Link

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