Tom P Buckley

Lyrics

[Intro]
[strummed acoustic guitar, G major]
[Verse 1]
[baritone male vocals]
Out on the shore we were so pure
Out in the water we swam
Thought about daughters
No one was sure
[strumming intensifies]
Time would just stop we'd all go inside and die
Time would just stop we'd all run away from life
[Chorus]
[vocal grit increases]
Sanctified, separated
Again and again in the stars so high
[Verse 2]
Thought about nothing
Took quite some time to figure it out
The way that I am
Thought about something to change what I be
The truth was always with me
[Bridge]
[vocal transitions to high-register belt]
And then we were in the Coca-Cola flow
Watched some old movies
Oh I know it was so crazy, crazy, crazy
You don't have to say
I don't have to know
I don't have to say
We don't have to show that we're somebody
[Vocal Break]
[sustained high notes with distortion]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Outro]
So all the men that started proud
Didn't care if we found heaven in the can
No, didn't care if we hit the end of the sand
No, didn't care if we hit the end of the sand
Oh I thought he'd broken us in two
And then the thunder came down and terrified us
We were all broken again
We were all broken again
We were all broken again
[vocal becomes melodic wailing]
Oh your sippy cup was full
Oh sippy cup was full
Sippy cup was full
No one seems the way they were
I'm just asking for the sandman
[acoustic guitar fades out]