Lyrics

method acting

there’s no beginning to the story
a bookshelf sinks into the sand
and a language learned and forgot in turn is studied once again

it’s a shocking bit of footage viewed from a shitty tv screen
you can squint at it through snowy static to make out the meaning

and keep on stretching the antennae hoping that it will come clear
we need some reception, a higher message
just tell us what to fear

cause i don’t know what tomorrow brings
it’s alive with such possibility 
all i know is i feel better when i sing
burdens are lifted from me
that’s my voice rising

so michael please keep the tape rolling
boys keep strumming those guitars
we need a record of our failures
yes, we must document our love

i have sat too long in my silence
i have grown too old in my pain
to shed the skin, be born again
it starts with an ending

so thank you friends for the time we’ve shared
my love stays with you like sunlight and air
and though i truly wish i could keep hanging around here
my joy is covering me, soon i will disappear

it’s not a movie, no private screening
this method acting, well, i call that living, yeah
it’s like a fountain, a door is opened
we have a problem with no solution but to love and to be loved

so i make peace with the fallen leaves
i see their same fate in my own body
but i won’t be frightened when i’m awoken from this dream
and return to that which gave birth to me

and the story goes
and the story goes
it goes on and on and on and on and on
it’s going on and on and on and on
and on