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Monday, I drifted away
With some coffee to keep me awake
And you saw New York one final time
As this credit card shut up your eyes
Tuesday, I woke with the dawn
And put my old wedding ring on
She said, "Time is a fickle mistress.
You can drink but you'll never fool it."
And I am invisible to you
All on my own, what can I do?
Southbound is Heaven, the City of Sin
Wednesday, I hung from a tree
Hoping that you'd notice me
That you'd bath all my wounds in your tears
And shower me with sympathy
Thursday was harder to take
These pills pile high on my plate
So, I swallowed each one in a haze
In a cascade of light I was saved
And I am invisible to you
All on my own, what can I do?
Southbound is Heaven, the City of Sin
She says, "I'm sorry, my darling.
Time stole the joy we were hiding.
But I am in love and this baby is yours."
And I don't wanna live in this light
Let your darkness just cover my eyes
And I'm trying to get myself clean
But it's all I can do to just scream
With some coffee to keep me awake
And you saw New York one final time
As this credit card shut up your eyes
And put my old wedding ring on
She said, "Time is a fickle mistress.
You can drink but you'll never fool it."
All on my own, what can I do?
Southbound is Heaven, the City of Sin
Hoping that you'd notice me
That you'd bath all my wounds in your tears
And shower me with sympathy
These pills pile high on my plate
So, I swallowed each one in a haze
In a cascade of light I was saved
All on my own, what can I do?
Southbound is Heaven, the City of Sin
Time stole the joy we were hiding.
But I am in love and this baby is yours."
Let your darkness just cover my eyes
And I'm trying to get myself clean
But it's all I can do to just scream
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Submitted by
charcoalsketch On Oct 25, 2006
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these lyrics are beautiful
The lyrics are poetry.
The lyrics are poetry.
"and wednesday i hung from a tree hoping that you'd notice me, that you'd bathe all my wounds in your tears and shower me with sympathy."
"and wednesday i hung from a tree hoping that you'd notice me, that you'd bathe all my wounds in your tears and shower me with sympathy."
Such incredible lyrics. We can all relate to this at somepoint in our lives.
Such incredible lyrics. We can all relate to this at somepoint in our lives.
this song is so sad. i think that two people were once married, "and put my old wedding ring on," but they eventually broke up. he was really in love with her, and he couldnt take the divorce, so he tried killing himself, but never succeeded: "and wednesday i hung from a tree" "with these pills piled high on my plate, so i swallow each one in a haze."
he wanted her to notice him at least one more time; he thought his life was already hell, so if he died it couldn't get any worse. "southbound is heaven, the city of sin."
"she says, 'i'm sorry, my darling. time stole the joy we were hiding. i am in love and this baby is yours.'"
this i'm not sure about, but i think she fell in love with someone else, but she was having a child with him. the divorce and such was what the time was, and the baby was what it was hiding.
"and i don't wanna live in this light. let your darkness just cover my eyes. and i'm trying to get myself clean, but it's all i can do to just scream."
but he couldn't take her being with another man and having his child, but to help her out he's trying to fix himself up and stay clean, but inside his life is still a wreck.
and thursday was harder to take with these pills piled high on my plate, so i swallow each one in a haze. in a cascade of light, i was saved.
Those lines just kill me. He justs sounds like he's so tired of being saved from death when his life is just so much worse.
It's one of those heart wrenching songs that just makes you teary eyed.
I think the line is "as this credit card shuttered your eyes"
or "as this credit card shut up your eyes"
this band has some of the mot freakin beautiful lyrics.
I dunnoooo ive seen some lyrics sites post "credit card shoved up your ass" like saying since she went to new york she wasnt bout to blow her money on all the expensive things there or something. I dont see much relevance to either of the eye ones but then again we dont really know why they went to new york 1 final time either. I havent heard the song in a while though so maybe its eyes i dont know if all the lyirc sites are right
I dunnoooo ive seen some lyrics sites post "credit card shoved up your ass" like saying since she went to new york she wasnt bout to blow her money on all the expensive things there or something. I dont see much relevance to either of the eye ones but then again we dont really know why they went to new york 1 final time either. I havent heard the song in a while though so maybe its eyes i dont know if all the lyirc sites are right
I always thought it was "As his credit card shut up your eyes", implying she left him for a wealthier man.
I always thought it was "As his credit card shut up your eyes", implying she left him for a wealthier man.
Incredible. These lyrics tear at my body. And at the last line I just lose it.
I think it's.. "Monday I drifted away with some coffee to keep me awake and you saw New York one final time as this credit card shut up your eyes."
and I believe instead of "and i don't wanna live in this light." it's "and I don't wanna live in this lie."
Super amazing song, the lyrics are so brilliant. Absolutely adore this band.
It bothers me that several of the lyrics for this band are just blatantly to the wrong song.