Park Ave.

Cloak And Dagger

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Cloak And Dagger Lyrics

	


I woke up dead today 
And what's worse, I didn't care 
I just laid there and waited for the feeling to return 
But the feeling never returned 
It's a fear 
And if I lay still enough 
I can pretend that you're still here 
And when the city's cloaked in black 
The only color that attracts 
The lonely people here
ask one and they'll tell you 
What's the point of falling in love 
When all it does is leave you cold? 
And I don't want to do this anymore
I woke up all alone 
It's the first day in a long, long time 
That I couldn't imagine myself crying when I think of you
But I'm too tired to hurt anymore 
And I know that it can't last forever 
And in the darkness of my apartment 
I found light there and it burns 
But I came to welcome the pain 
'Cause it's the only thing that makes you strong 
And I miss you still but I guess I'll just move on

	

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planes On May 21, 2002

Invitation To A Closet

Lachrymose Obsequious Vehement Elated

All Boy Band

She Teaches Art?

It's A Life

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by Supriya

23y ago

ahh..such a great song, neelys got such a beautiful voice

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by a town like paris

22y ago

two words for you... conor, oberst.

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by McaringIscreepyM4

22y ago

bands that sprawled out of park ave's ashes are all great: cursive, faint, bright eyes, desaprecidos, tilly and the wall, magic kiss. and others its hard to believe all that from 4 smalltown kids. and for a town like paris dont be so shallow just becuas conor is a good lyricist doenst mean you cant open your mind to others... just keep taht in mind

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by thomas doyle

20y ago

Tilly and The Wall are pretty deck, but park ave. can never exist again. Not with the same honest youthful love. I love it.

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by brokenspoons

20y ago

Great lyrics. Have yet to hear it :( But I will soon...

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by dontthinktwice

20y ago

mcaringiscreepy, you've got some facts wrong. bright eyes, cursive, and the faint did not sprawl from park ave.'s ashes, they were pretty much in existance while park ave. was. and no one from cursive was in park ave.

oh, and there were five members of the group.

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by finetine

20y ago

Bright Eyes, Cursive and The Faint came from Commander Venus. Not Park Ave. Par Ave came after Commander Venus. Bright Eyes did not exist before Park Ave did, though. Park Ave was Conors 2. project.

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by aliveinfortyfive

18y ago

My general understanding has been that Park Ave came before Commander Venus because Conor was it existed from 1993-1995, while as Commander Venus existed from 1995-1997. But, I could be wrong, you never know.

And also, I believe that a town like paris meant that this song is about Conor, not that he wrote it. It's a well known fact that Conor and Neely were quite the couple back in the day, and many of Conors early songs are about Neely, or at least can be interpreted as being about Neely. Which makes sense, because, in my opinion, now that Conor has found Maria, and has moved on from Neely, his lyrics have taken a far less somber tone when concerning relationships. I dunno, I'm a fan of Early Bright Eyes/Commander Venus/Park Ave myself, so who knows?

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by Bright_Tigress

16y ago

Is this on When Jamie went to London?

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by Tri_T

16y ago

@ Bright_Tigress

No it was on: 1997 Park Ave/ The Wrens Split

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by Bright_Tigress 16y ago

Thanks, Tri T

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