Tom P Buckley

Lyrics

[Intro]
[percussive acoustic guitar strumming with hammer-ons]
[Verse 1]
[raspy male vocals]
Sun's beat down on my brow
I don't care if you hear everything now
Emboldened by men with scars
Just fell off bricks and walked underneath
I don't know what you're thinking
I don't know what you're thinking
[Chorus]
[vocal intensity increases]
And I want to know now
Somehow I feel everything changes
And I want to know now
Somehow I know everything's strange tonight
I only knew why you do what you do
Strange tonight
I only knew why you keep putting me through
Strange tonight
I only knew why you do what you do
[Bridge]
[guitar continues rhythmic strumming]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Oh man, just a young man)
(Stole away some brown from the sun)
(Now his skin looks like he's up on all the time)
(Young lady, she's looking so aged today)
(Probably smoke, well probably not caffeine)
(Now she's driving around like she's deaf and dumb)
[Outro]
[vocal shifts to high-register belting and melisma]
I only knew why you were thinking
Probably be thinking the same
I only knew what was on your mind
Maybe I knew today
Here we are
Everything's cold
Here we are
Everything's cold
I only knew why you were thinking
Probably be thinking the same
I only knew what was on your mind
Maybe I knew today
Here we are
Everything's cold
Here we are
Everything's cold
Here we are, here we are, here we are
Here we are, here we are, here we are, here we are
Here we are, here we are, here we are
Here we are, here we are, here we are, here we are
Here we are, here we are, here we are
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Here we are, here we are, oh yeah my little honey
Walking the sand, I just began
This young boy walking along
Wondering why he'd be running so far
So far away from home
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
[guitar ends on a final strum]