like they do in movies
© Rushmore Beekeepers, released October 28, 2006Written and recorded at Dirt to Mud Studios between October 2003 and March 2005.
- Cover art; all songs written and recorded by Zach Fountain
- Album insert art / design by Amanda Hawkins
Tracklist
- never would have said a thing 4:44
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we could have a talk tonight and i could find out where we stand
but it would never be so simple with you
and i could hold your hand or i could shake it goodbye
i wonder if it doesn’t matter to you
i dream of a perfect love and i can’t convince myself
i haven’t found her
i dream of a perfect love, when i look in your eyes
i think i’ve found her
and i’m in love, and you’re playing along
but i won’t pretend just to be your good friend
the devil winks when an angel smiles
because everything beautiful will end
winter comes and we’re home again
the cold will kill the thirst
i was hoping i’d die tonight if i could call you first
i’m feeling lonesome but i doubt there’s anything you can do
i never would have said a thing if i hadn’t thought you felt something too - your new car 3:30
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we sat in your car and talked about nothing
i wanted to tell you i still feel that something
every once in a while it goes away but most of the time
i think it’ll never change
and i’m looking for a way out of my doubt about doubts
and i’m seeing your face with or without you
i swear i’m trying to stop but i can’t help but think you’re not
we sat at other ends of the couch at the party
you drank and i talked to everyone but you
i wanted to walk you out, i wanted to know anything about myself
and i’m looking for a way out of thoughts about you
and i’m seein’ your face and i’m needin’ you
and i don’t know how i made you the answer
but things may never be the way they were when they were
your name is always on the tip of my tongue
and your picture is right behind my eyes
and i’m thinkin’, i’m lyin’, i’m tryin’ to make it stop
because everything, everything it’s not
everything we think it is or everything i think you are
or everything we’d never be - the moon is bright 3:04
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wait till your car fades from my view and your face from my mind
your words are a sea of unanswered questions and retired song lines
if your life was nothing more than notes on a piano
how far would your words go
how far would your thoughts go
leaves scatter as you leave a house that was never mine
your dreams are not far from mine
but your home is far from mine
the night is cold but the moon is bright
and your words they hold me
like a baby they hold me
like a priest they hold me
like a lie they hold me
like a siren’s wail there’s nothing else but your voice in song
tied to your bumper and i’m strung along
your home is far from mine
your smile is a memory i refuse to erase
your touch is a feeling i never will case
streetlights blur as these thoughts stir and i’m glad i’m alone
but it won’t be long till i’m home with my lights off
sit in the dark and wait for you with my lights off
your dreams are not far from mine - the time that passes 4:05
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traces of glitter on my jacket
frost on my windows
it’s two a.m. and i can’t sleep
make a list of thoughts i can’t express
knowing nothing’s meaningless and nothing is quite so deep
so i hold on for you
and i hold on to you
the sky won’t pass its grace onto me
and doors open with uncertainty
the time that passes splits into pieces
all the things you try to keep you’ll wish you’d let go
and i will never believe this
so i hold out, and you
you’re thinking of words like love i hope
because i am too
you take me someplace i don’t know where
but it feels like home when i am there
and the feelings pour out while the words stay in
if you hold my hand you’ll have my heart
there’s nothing quite as beautiful as you
this is someplace i’ve never been - lost in the lack of a moment 3:40
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i could be the one who never lets you down
i could be the one whenever you need anybody around
it’s long-sleeve weather and we’re better off together
i’m singing your song and hoping you will know
i’m singing your song and this time you will know
called me after work, i’m sure you had something more to say
than sorry you missed a cancelled lunch date
i’m waiting for you
i’ll wait forever
i’ll stay this way forever
i’ll give you all the hope and faith i haven’t left behind
i’ll be in your dreams if you will be in mine
i’ll call your name, i’ll sing your name
lost in the lack of a moment - distances 3:52
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you say i’m never listening and i say you’re just talking
and i wanna know where you go when you’re not alone
and distances grow greater between friends and lovers
and those sons and daughters aren’t waiting for mother to sober up
and i don’t want you to feel alone, i just want you to come home
you say i’m just waiting for something perfect that’ll never come
and i’ll wait for you to phone and spend my days alone just to prove you right
and the strings that hold us together aren’t that strong
and the flings last just long enough to make you think you belong
and i want you to know there’s something here for you
i want you to know i’m sticking around for you - ufos 3:10
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i wanted to be something but i wasn’t sure just what, so i stuck with what i knew
and i wanted to be someone, i wasn’t sure just what
i wanted to be someone with nothing to do
now i just wanna be someone to you
so i will be me and you you, and we will be us
one and one is one and two
and we will hold each other as we stare at ufos
up too late but never too late for you
and i’d sing this at your window if you wanted me to
when you let go of both my hands i hope you’re still holding me
and thinking of some far away planet
where neither you or i have been, even in our dreams
but it’s right here, exactly where we want it
and maybe nothing is really that far away - nine states 3:46
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i wish i had something to say
at a loss for some careful phrase
if i said i love you, would it be too much
if i said i need you, would it be too much
but you’re years away and miles away and i know everything for you will be ok, someday
got your postcard yesterday and we talked too
now i have something tangible, a little piece of you
it’s beautiful, the town where you live
it’s wonderful and just like you it’s something i never had to give up
and i could draw a map, but i’d still have to get through nine states
before i get to you
and if i touched your heart, you’re still miles away and we’re years apart
if you should ever hear these words, know my heart is stronger than the sadness you’ve heard
i am true to you even though you’re far away
i hear your voice and see your face everyday
though you’re years away and miles away i hope everything for us will be ok - empty chairs 3:03
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this room was crowded, now it’s full of empty chairs
this house was haunted but the memory is no longer there
the eyes of those you love will look to others soon enough
the people that you knew left because they got tired of you
i’m alone again tonight, and for the first time in a long time
i wish it was different
i can’t make coffee right, and nothing anybody said makes me feel any better
so i got home early and i talked to your answering machine
should’ve left you alone, neither of us needs somebody like me
your heart’s full of dreams and mine’s a mess
saw a picture of you in a wedding dress
but i wasn’t the groom
maybe i’m not the man to stand next to you
the world is a sea of careless love waiting for us to use it up - september whenever 3:01
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painted pictures of you never looked like they were supposed to, but i guess you wanted it that way
and all those blues and greens never seemed to match your feelings
and you’re taking them down today
and your photos lasted a long time but now you’re tired
because the faces never smile like that anymore
now it always seems like the wrong time to call, just to talk
just because you’re bored
and we’re all doing ok
and it’s fine to find the time, if you want the signs you’ll see them
and i’m believing everything i see, and i’m believing every word you say
and i never became what you wanted me to be
and i only stayed because you never asked me to leave
and i only wanted you to stand next to me
we held hands, i didn’t want you to die
and you shook hands like you were waving goodbye
i saved our name just in case
and i put my heart in a safe place, in my chest and not my head - high school again 3:13
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feels like i’m in high school again, you never come when you said you would
you never do what you know you should
and the cliques are just the same, and the people are the same
just in different clothes
if i were really your friend i guess i could say this to your face
but i don’t understand making these divisions within such a small space
and you know you’ve got it good when you’re in with the cool kids
maybe nothing i have to say is as important as what you do
oh brother, friend shouldn’t have to question each other
i’m spending my night alone because i can’t take it anymore
this loneliness i feel around you is far too much for me to ignore
feels like i’m in high school again
everybody knows everybody
everybody knows something bad about somebody else
everybody has something bad to say about somebody else - this girl 2:30
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you’ve got a lot of nerve coming around this place
after all that was said and done you could still keep a smile on your face
you’re never interested unless the interest is in you
you never think about it unless it’s about you
well this girl is crying because of you
you’re such an artist, you have your own studio space
you cut your hair, found new friends and some style in the place of a sweetheart
and left her standing in the rain
you had a sweetheart, and you left her standing in the rain
everything you say is interesting to you, and everything you do is interesting to you
and anything that means anything is all about you
well this girl is crying because of you - here to stay 3:34
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every time i want to talk to you i just talk to myself
and every time i want to be with you i’m just by myself
but i know you’re a safe bet, i’m as sure as can be
and i know, though sometimes i forget that you don’t hate me
and i hope you are here to stay
time goes by so slow when i’m waiting for it to go by
writing these words but no
there’s so much you don’t know
these thoughts sound so funny in songs
so much to get wrong
only days since you’ve been gone
but it’s only taken this long to know there’s nothing wrong - the dressing room 3:53
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grace stands and sniffles and wipes her nose, and straightens the wedding gown she borrowed
in the dressing room backstage, opening night of the play
but she can’t be taught how to care
seven times tim tried to call, but maureen ignored them all, i’m not waiting for him to straighten out
and she said this to herself, and repeated it to everyone else, but he never heard a word of it
finding work and sobriety he found himself just as lonely, good things never come, lest we forget
mary had a love she knew would last, but it went away just as fast
there’s nothing you can find that you can’t lose
she knew things would someday change, that didn’t mean she didn’t have to wait
when there’s good there’s always some bad news
harry did himself in, one pill for every time god didn’t answer him
at one point i tried to understand, i didn’t need a friend, i needed someone to see me through this
time couldn’t go any slower as they all waited for it to be over, just to hear the applause
if only they could see, and reach into the hand of equality, we all get the short straws - an honest answer 1:45
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all i want is to see you like i’ve seen no one before, and not think about what’s not around anymore
the past is not so nice, and that’s why it’s there
the future is so bright and i see you there
but i’m leaving your house and not feeling that great
shouldn’t have been such a jerk but i guess i stayed out too late
i’ll wait till tomorrow and apologize on the phone, sometimes it’s better to hear your thoughts when you’re all alone
and i don’t want to know what’s not gonna happen
and i should remember good things don’t always end
and i don’t want to be everything that’s inside of me
and i don’t want to see all the things hiding in me
and i want to know you like nobody knows you
i want to know you as only i could know you
i want to see you there and know the world is beautiful - some cliches 3:41
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if hope is wasted on the hopeless, here’s to hoping that’s not true
because i’m hoping you’re thinking about me and you
i rambled like an idiot and talked about nothing, trying to fill in the empty space
but you smiled and talked to me, and didn’t seem to be thinking of some other place to be
i want to hold you like they do in movies
and tell you all those things you might find hard to believe
but some clichés serve their purpose, though they sound funny they do
though they seem funny they’re true
and i want to take a walk to your house
though i don’t know where you live, but if i left yesterday i might’ve found it by now
time, and what we make of it, and words, and what we say with them
i want to say goodnight and know there’s a hello
i want to tell you how i feel and know you won’t say no
but i’m waiting a couple of days
i’ll give my anxiety a chance to go away