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Maybe I'll Catch Fire

Alkaline Trio

Released on Feb 24, 2000 by Asian Man Records

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14 hours ahead - a head that's heavier than lead and I've got toothpicks in my eyes A smile more yellow than the sky I've got a song stuck in my head One that I miss more than my bed It's a song sung from a fallen milkman Who's drinking bleach instead I'm much like him 14 hours unfed - I spent the last cents in my head They're worth much less than pennies now Food for one thought shared with a crowd and I've got a painting in my head A deeper blue bled thicker red More red than Bloody Marys coast to coast I hate flying I said - that's what I said Sad, sorry excuse Just like everything that made her smile and everything I use I won't go back to the way it was I'm now huffing gas and sniffing paint, to take away this buzz that I call you 14 hours ahead - a head that's heavier than lead Toothpicks pry open eyes A smile more yellow than the sky I've got a song stuck in my head One that I miss more than my bed It's a song sung from a fallen milkman Who's drinking bleach instead I'm much like him 14 hours unfed - I spent the last cents in my head They're worth much less than pennies now Food for one thought shared with a crowd I've got a painting in my head A deeper blue bled thicker red More red than Bloody Marys coast to coast I hate flying I said - that's what I said Sad, sorry excuse Just like everything that made her smile and everything I use I won't go back to the way it was I'm now huffing gas and sniffing paint, to take away this buzz that I call you
The sunrise fills your eyes, cannot hear your cries Pleading please just go away I can't take another day of this No surprise, a surplus of lies, freed from the skies Is there something that I missed? Can't even take another day of this Lower than piss, have you ever felt like this? She can't recall the last time she avoided it Lower than piss, have you ever felt like this? Judging by your eyes like crystal balls Madam Me is predicting that your answer will be yes The sunrise burned out your eyes, failed to apologize As it was eating at your face, took your smile away without a trace of it Warmer than piss have you ever felt like this? It just might take a fever to encounter it Knee deep in shit there's no avoiding it From your knees you're coated brown, to your toes there is no sound like this And I will keep you warm in hell And I will keep you warm in hell And I will keep you warm in hell Way down in hell
Soon ends our stay here and it's been fun So tonight I'll raise my glass to us 'cause we've talked so much I think we filled this ashtray twice, and I'm pretty sure we emptied every bottle in the place, so Let's walk home, let's be afraid I wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard Let's do it right under the streetlight I want it now, somehow I forgot how Way to go, way to go Forgot you've got so far to go Way to go, way to go Forgot you've got so far to go I heard everybody's voice cut out when you spoke And I watched all the lights go dim when your eyes opened Well I can't believe you showed up, what do I do now? It's last call, time to go But before we say goodnight Let's walk home, let's be afraid I wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard Let's do it right under the streetlight I want it now, somehow I forgot how Way to go, way to go Forgot you've got so far to go Way to go, way to go Forgot you've got so far to go Forgot you've got so far, you've got so far to go Forgot you've got so far, you've got so far to go Forgot you've got so far, you've got so far to go Forgot you've got so far, you've got so far to go
My, my what a mess we've made of our pretty little heads these days It appears a heavy wind's blown through here recently Best wishes have been made for you You never had no say it's true You have to be the cutest gravedigger I've ever seen And all your lonely nights in the city of lights are much like all these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self stumbling through My, my what a mess was made of my head when I heard what you'd been through that day It appears a violent storm's passed through you recently Letters meant to be sent have been torn The phone lies off the hook, on the floor All these "I'm sorry"s and "I miss you"s are useless, I fucked this one up long ago And all your lonely nights in the city of lights are much like all these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self stumbling through Fuck you Aurora, You took my only friend And although it's all my fault, the blaming myself had to come to an end so I say: Fuck you Aurora, You took my only friend You wont catch me behind the wheel of a Chrysler ever again My, my what a mess we've made of our precious little lives these days It appears a big fucking tornado has twisted us up recently Best wishes have been made for you You never had no say it's true You have to be the cutest gravedigger I've ever seen And all your lonely nights in the city of lights are much like all these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self stumbling through Fuck you Aurora, You took my only friend And although it's all my fault, the blaming myself had to come to an end so I say: Fuck you Aurora, You took my only friend You won't catch me behind the wheel of a Chrysler ever again
All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you The headaches, the shaking, The boredom the boardroom brings You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin The answer in question is over before it begins Hey there sleepy smile, I see you've brought your bedroom eyes Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, I'm assuming you reckon you won't All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you The headaches, the shaking, The boredom the boardroom brings You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin The answer in question is over before it begins Hey there sleepy smile, I see you've brought your bedroom eyes Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, I'm assuming you reckon you won't Nothing to see here but the rain There's nothing to hold you but the flames Nothing to see here but the rain There's nothing to hold you but the flames Nothing to see here but the rain There's nothing to hold you but the flames Nothing to see here but the rain It's raining flames Earth to sleepy smile, Where'd you take those bedroom eyes? Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, I'm assuming you reckon you won't
This house is full of ears but I can't talk to anyone They've heard this one a thousand times Most exciting thing I do Hang half way out a third floor window, Maybe throw lit cigarettes down And maybe I'll catch fire, Something warm to hold me, Something pure to burn away the darkness That hides inside my mind All that evil shit's not hard to find I guess I only claim to be nice This house is full of eyes but I can't look at anyone They've seen this face a thousand times Most relaxing thing I do Hang half way out a third floor window, And look at rocks if I fall out, And maybe I'll fall hard, Something tough to break me, Something sharp to rip into my insides And bleed out all that pain Sorry I don't even know your name I guess for me it's easy this way Maybe I'll catch fire, Something warm to hold me, Something pure to burn away the darkness That hides inside my mind All that evil shit's not hard to find I guess I only claim to be nice
Tuck me into where it's freezing, Tuck me into bed with snakes Tuck me in with the tarantulas, I wanna let 'em in my mouth and down my throat to lay their eggs Tuck me into where there's bleeding, Where it spills out of the walls onto the floor Tuck me into where your best friend's apologies amount to shit, they always did, for ever more I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen glass Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago It knew it had nowhere else to go Tuck me into where I'm falling, Where I can feel the heat rise underneath my wings and all the fallen angels in hell will tuck me away from you, take me away from everything Tuck me into where there's dying, Tuck me in with flames and tuck me in with flies, Maybe then you will appreciate your only friend with maggots in her eyes or as ashes in the sky I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen glass, Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago It knew it had no place left to go I pour out onto the floor like liquid white from fallen glass, Nothing to cry over My skin went sour long ago It knew it had no place left to go
Do you remember the story of the boy and his first date? She took him to the lake and he fell in love She spent one summer waking up between his arms She told him how good that felt, told him he was the one And then she went away, his calls were not returned He went to see her but her eyes were burning a different stare The focus was somewhere else And that feeling had somehow disappeared Do you remember when they both drove out of state? Stealing kisses behind her cousins back, with a love so strong tell me who could wait When it seems so right and it feels so right Man, it had to be right When it seems so right and it feels so right Man, it had to be right gotta be right When it seems so right and it feels so right Man, it had to be right But then she went away and she's not coming back and I'm pretty sure that boy is staying in tonight
Schoolyard freaks are freezing, down getting teased again I'm looking back and down and watching it go by Down at the stockyards cattle screaming Tthe trains squeak by again I can feel my breath and I'm so thankful I'm not one of them The sound of the ground freezing is pounding once again It comes with the wind that once wiped off our smiles Alarm clock bells are screaming out the same routine again Scrape open your eyes, rise and fucking shine, 7 am Sit down, dead weight, and wonder Unsure, unslept, uncovered The new light of dawn discovered by ungrateful eyes, Through 5-3 eyes Schoolyard freaks are freezing, pushed to the ground again I'm looking up and west for black to fill the sky The sound of bottles breaking still breaking in my ears They opened just in time to empty out And gouge away the years Sit down, dead weight, and wonder Unsure, unslept, uncovered The new light of dawn discovered by ungrateful eyes, Through 5-3 eyes Schoolyard freaks are bleeding, down getting kicked again I can taste the earth and feel it in my eyes The sound of cattle screaming, still screaming in my ears They came in metal coffins - chained me up and hacked me off my years Sit down, dead weight, and wonder Unsure, unslept, uncovered The new light of dawn discovered by ungrateful eyes, Through 5-3 eyes
Shaking like a dog shittin' razorblades, waking up next to nothing after dreaming of you and me I'm waking up all alone, waking up so relieved while you're taking your time with apologies, I'm making my plans for revenge Red eyes on orange horizons If Columbus was wrong I'd drive straight off the edge I'd drive straight off the edge Taking your own life with boredom, I'm taking my own life with wine - it helps you to rule out the sorrow, it helps me to empty my mind Making the most of a bad time I'm smoking the brains from my head Leaving the coal calling the kettle black and orange and red This kettle is seeing red I've got a big fat fuckin' bone to pick with you my darling In case you haven't heard I'm sick and tired of trying I wish you would take my radio to bathe with you, plugged in and ready to fall Shaking like a dog shittin' razorblades, waking up next to nothing after dreaming of you and me I'm waking up all alone, waking up so relieved while you're taking your time with apologies, I'm planning out my revenge Red eyes on orange horizons If Columbus was wrong I'd drive straight off the edge I'm seeing red I've got a big fat fuckin' bone to pick with you my darling In case you haven't heard I'm sick and tired of trying I wish you would take my radio to bathe with you, plugged in and ready to fall Plugged in and ready to fall Plugged in and ready to fall Plugged in and ready to fall
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