He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Hold on, there's a hole in my heart
Everyone can see right through me
It goes all the way to the waves
Where my love she tried to wash it away
see we break for the summers
So she can find lovers
She treats them like a bottle of wine
They make you dinner
And they sing you to sleep
But by the morning find the bottle is empty
'Cause she never gives it the time
Every bottle she finds
They don't compare
To the ones she left behind
There is never a note
So she waits for me to come back home
I'm looking for a dead end song
You wish that smoke
Could change its color
I love it when you talk so much
And act like nothing went wrong
I'm looking for a dead end song
While we sit and find flaws in everyone
I want to keep you by my side
Holding off tidal waves
"Mint car" is keeping us warm
She lays crossed upon the bed
We are puzzles making shapes
With our hands
I take my finger, turn into a pen
Then I run my hand down your spine
You guess I wrote something profound
Something like:
"Our love will last 'till we die"
I say "you're good at this game"
But what I really wrote is
"How I've yet to be saved"
Everyone can see right through me
It goes all the way to the waves
Where my love she tried to wash it away
see we break for the summers
So she can find lovers
She treats them like a bottle of wine
They make you dinner
And they sing you to sleep
But by the morning find the bottle is empty
'Cause she never gives it the time
Every bottle she finds
They don't compare
To the ones she left behind
There is never a note
So she waits for me to come back home
I'm looking for a dead end song
You wish that smoke
Could change its color
I love it when you talk so much
And act like nothing went wrong
I'm looking for a dead end song
While we sit and find flaws in everyone
I want to keep you by my side
Holding off tidal waves
"Mint car" is keeping us warm
She lays crossed upon the bed
We are puzzles making shapes
With our hands
I take my finger, turn into a pen
Then I run my hand down your spine
You guess I wrote something profound
Something like:
"Our love will last 'till we die"
I say "you're good at this game"
But what I really wrote is
"How I've yet to be saved"
Lyrics submitted by charcoalsketch
Dead End Lyrics as written by Nate Rues Linda Perry
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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