Zombies On Broadway

Okay, all right.
(Just let me think)

My Heart is a troubled captain in poisoned television waters
I had this air-conditioned nightmare like that book you gave to me last summer
That made me think that everything was so much worse than it really was
My heart is a troubled captain but let’s not get caught up in the weather
I could keep searching for the meaning, try, try to keep this all together
But you’ve got green eyes like the forest, I got lost in on the way to some other life

Brooklyn, Brooklyn my dear
Brooklyn my dear you’re killing me
Brooklyn, Brooklyn my dear
Brooklyn my dear you’re killing me

My hand is a brain-dead magnet so I keep waking up on fire
Beneath this low-rise second city that’s turning good men into liars
And maybe I’m not all that good but I was better in your west coast bed
My hand is a brain-dead magnet but let’s not get caught up on connections
I could keep searching for a meaning but I’m still looking for directions
I was baptized in your parent’s pool in Southern California then I fled

Brooklyn, Brooklyn my dear
Brooklyn my dear you’re killing me
Brooklyn, Brooklyn my dear
Brooklyn my dear you’re killing me

My hand is a brain-dead magnet so I keep waking up on fire
Beneath this low-rise second city that’s turning good man into liars

Brooklyn, Brooklyn my dear
Brooklyn my dear you’re killing me
Brooklyn, Brooklyn my dear
Brooklyn my dear you’re killing me

We crossed the country
In an airplane with the wings on fire
Hanging from the seatbelt sign
That’s the one thing
There’s no safety in desire
Preserving life’s as good as dying

And these could be the best or darkest days
The lines we walk are paper-thin
And we could pull this off or push away
‘Cause you and me have always been

So close
So close to giving up
So close to going all the way
So close
So close to taking off
So close to going nowhere

I heard you whisper
Over the hum of an electric chair
To live like this could take its toll
But you’re no stranger
To the high of almost getting there
Are we losing touch or taking hold

And these could be the best or darkest days
The lines we walk are paper-thin
And we could pull this off or push away
But you and me have always been

So close
So close to giving up
So close to going all the way
So close
So close to taking off
So close to going nowhere

I wanna go there
I wanna go there
I wanna go there
With you

So close
So close to giving up
So close to going all the way
So close
So close to taking off
So close to going nowhere

I think I dug a hole so deep
And lately it's been hard to sleep
Maybe I should dig a little more
Buried under covers friend
Don't wanna play those songs again
Until I found someone to play them for

Don't speak for me
I'll get with it, give it just a little longer
Don't speak for me
Yeah I'll be there soon
Honestly
Every day I feel a little bit stronger than I was when I was
When I was with you
Yeah it's true
Yeah it's true

People try to box me in
Telling me it's sink or swim
Maybe I should sink until I stand
Out here where the water's deep
I think I found a voice in me
And someday we will walk upon dry land

Don't speak for me
I'll get with it, give it just a little longer
Don't speak for me
Yeah I'll be there soon
Honestly
Every day I feel a little bit stronger than I was when I was
When I was with you
Yeah it's true
Yeah it's true
Yeah it's true

I couldn't find myself in you
You led me the long way down
I couldn't find myself in you
You led me the long way down
I couldn't find myself in you
I couldn't find myself, it's true

Don't speak for me
I'll get with it, give it just a little longer
Don't speak for me
Yeah I'll be there soon
Honestly
Every day I feel a little bit stronger than I was when I was
When I was with you
Yeah it's true (you don't speak for me)
Yeah it's true (you don't speak for me)
Yeah it’s true (you don't speak for me)

No, you don't speak for me

I met up with an acrobat
In Brooklyn or some place like that
With life and taxis flying past
We tore that dance hall down

Pocket change and subway cars
Our big ideas filled empty bars
You might be from the moon or mars
Either way, I'm never going home

So, lets hang an anchor from the sun
There’s a million city lights but
You're number one
You're the reason I’m still
Up at dawn
Just to see your face
We'll be going strong
With the vampires, baby
We belong, we belong awake
Swinging from the fire escape

I was drinking from the wishing well
Some junkie metal-head hotel
When we boarded the carousel
The roof was caving in
On the stage my Oxblood friend
Was singing songs about the end
The bankers in the lion's den
Were dropping lines like beggars in the snow

So, lets hang an anchor from the sun
There’s a million city lights but
You're number one
You're the reason I’m still
Up at dawn
Just to see your face
We'll be going strong
With the vampires, baby
We belong, we belong awake

Swinging from the fire escape
Swinging from the fire escape
Swinging from the fire escape

Walking home your hand in mine
Tattoos on the river line
The morning birds are taking flight
Either way I thought that you should know

You're number one
You're the reason I’m still
Up at dawn
Just to see your face
We'll be going strong
With the vampires, baby
We belong, we belong awake

Swinging from the fire escape
Swinging from the fire escape
Swinging from the fire escape
Swinging from the fire escape

Don’t wait until the morning
Don’t wait until the light
Hits the cracks in the floor
Been living in the flight path
Not perfect but it’s all that we can afford
I spent the whole day working
Been trying to pin these dreams to the
Wings of a check
Don’t wait until the morning
So tired but I don’t want
To go to sleep yet

Yeah I’ve been killing myself to make the Dead man’s dollar
Been killing myself to make the dead Man’s dollar
Been killing myself
Killing myself
‘Cause I want to make a life
Make a life for you

I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you
I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you
I want to make a life but I want to live
There too

I know this isn’t easy
You got that baby sleeping all by yourself
Feels like I’m always leaving
I swear to god one day I’ll be there to help
Till then

I’ve been killing myself to make the Dead man’s dollar
Been killing myself to make the dead Man’s dollar
Been killing myself
Killing myself
‘Cause I want to make a life
Make a life for you

I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you
I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you
I want to make a life but I want to live
There too

You and me and the dark make light
Let’s work all day and stay up all night
You and me and the dark make light
We can work all day and stay up all night
All night

I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you
I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you

I, I want to make a
I, I want to make a
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you

I, I want to make a
You and me and the dark make light
I, I want to make a
Let’s work all day and stay up all night
I, I want to make a
You and me and the dark make light
I do
Yeah I want to make a life
Make a life for you

I want to make a life but I want to live
There too

Don’t wait until the morning

Even with the lights and the power down
Even when the earth shakes and breaks your crown
Even if the cops run us out of town I wouldn’t care
And when you speak but you make no sound
Flying like a kite on the battle ground
I’ll be ready
Hold me steady
When we travel through the air

Shot out of a cannon
I’m defying gravity and you’re the drug that’s keeping me
From landing
Yeah
We could fall or we could fly or we could borrow wings
I’m tired of standing
Yeah
Catapult our destiny tonight we’re leaving for another
planet, planet
Shot out of a cannon, cannon
Shot out of a
Cannon

We could tell the world that we disappeared
We could tell the way out was up here
We could tell the truth even if no one would ever care
‘Cause I’m ready
Hold me steady
We can travel through the air

Shot out of a cannon
I’m defying gravity and you’re the drug that’s keeping me
From landing
Yeah
We could fall or we could fly or we could borrow wings
I’m tired of standing
Yeah
Catapult our destiny tonight we’re leaving for another
planet, planet
Shot out of a cannon, cannon
Shot out of a
Cannon

In the dark, in the dark, in the dead of night
You’ve got a heart, got a heart, like a neon sign
In the dark, in the dark, when I’m flying blind
You’ve got a heart like a neon sign
It’s true

Shot out of a cannon
I’m defying gravity and you’re the drug that’s keeping me
From landing
Yeah
We could fall or we could fly or we could borrow wings
I’m tired of standing
Yeah
Catapult our destiny tonight we’re leaving for another
planet, planet
Shot out of a cannon, cannon
Shot out of a
Cannon
Shot out of a
Shot out of a
Shot out of a
Cannon, cannon
Shot out of a cannon

Sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep

Ghosts on the corner
I used to think that's all we'd ever be
Come home to California
Hey, wild heart, I'd give up everything
To see the world in blinding color

I keep going back there
To the crowded street where
I could see you walking in my sleep
I'll never stop trying
You're my silver lining
Even when I'm walking in my sleep
In my sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep
In my sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep

This is me in a bedroom
Broken window, sunlight coming through
This is you, shotgun on a highway
When you feel that same sun coming into view
And you see the world in blinding color

I keep going back there
To the crowded street where
I could see you walking in my sleep
I'll never stop trying
You're my silver lining
Even when I'm walking in my sleep
In my sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep
In my sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep

Come on, wake me up
Come on, wake me up
Feels like I've been walking, walking in my sleep
Come on, wake me up
Come on, wake me up
Feels like I've been walking, walking in my sleep
Walking in my sleep
Come on, wake me up
Come on, wake me up
Feels like I've been
Feels like I've been walking in my sleep

I keep going back there
To the crowded street where
I could see you walking in my sleep
I'll never stop trying
You're my silver lining
Even when I'm walking in my sleep
In my sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep
In my sleep, sleep
Even when I'm walking in my sleep

I was on the rollercoaster
Found the ground just in time
I was underwater when the siren came
Saved my life
Everyday started out last night
Every night started over
I was on the rollercoaster
Found the ground just in time
Underneath the power lines

Last transmission from the island radio
Double vision wrapped in last night’s party
Clothes
I can’t spend another night alone
I tried swimming but I can’t get home
Last transmission from the island radio

I could load the catapult and meet you on the
Other side
You could fold the map in half
I wouldn’t have to take this ride
Every day’s just another flight
Every flight’s almost over
I could load the catapult and meet you on the
Other side

Last transmission from the island radio
Double vision wrapped in last night’s party
Clothes
I can’t spend another night alone
I tried swimming but I can’t get home
Last transmission from the island radio

I wish that you were on what I was on
But you were only on my mind
I wish that you were on what I was on
But you were only on my mind
I wish that you were on what I was on
Yeah I’m so gone

This is my
Last transmission from the island radio
Double vision wrapped in last night’s party
Clothes
I can’t spend another night alone
I tried swimming but I can’t get home
Last transmission from the island radio

My heart is an apartment building on the verge
A testament to days more optimistic
But market shifts can cause storm systems to
Converge
Till all your high-rise dreams seem unrealistic

I wanna keep the lights on
I could raise the rents and resurface the pool
I could take the banks on repay all my debts
Get my ass back to school

Love and great buildings will survive
Strong hearts and concrete stay alive
Through the great depressions
Yeah, the best things are designed to stand the test 0f time

Brick and plaster, beams and broken windows
Shadows pass on sidewalks cracking to the curb

I wanna keep the lights on
Repair the foundation
Maybe hire a crew
Plant a little garden
Start the renovation
Get my ass back to you

Love and great buildings will survive
Strong hearts and concrete stay alive
Through the great depressions
Yeah, the best things are designed to stand the test of time

Hey hey hey…. Oh
Hey hey hey…. Oh oh
Hey hey hey…. Oh
Hey hey hey…. Oh
Hey hey hey

Love and great buildings will survive
Strong hearts and concrete stay alive
Through the great depressions
Yeah, the best things are designed to stand the test of time

Love and great buildings will endure
Blue skies and bloodlines are the cure
For the great deceptions
In a world that’s such a blur
We’ll stand the test of time
We’ll stand the test of time
We’ll stand the test of time

You can pick yourself up, you can start walking straight
Tonight you’re the life of the party
When the bar lights come on at your paper parade
You don’t have to chase down the moon
‘Cause I’ll leave the light on for you

It’s not your birthday
And it’s not the fourth of July
Tomorrow’s a work day
You’ve got a life and a spaceship to fly
You’ve got a woman
And this beautiful yellow-haired daughter
Come back to earth kid
You know you can’t chase the stars under water

You can play all the notes, you can write all the words
You’ve headlined in all the big cities
But when the spotlights are off and the crowds have gone home,
you could be going home too

It’s not your birthday
No, this isn’t Mardi Gras either
Tomorrow’s a work day
You’ve got a life and a spaceship to fly
You’ve got a good job
And this beautiful yellow-haired daughter
Come back to earth kid
You know you can’t chase the stars under water

It’s not your birthday
You should be done waking up on the floor
Come back to earth kid
Don’t you know you’re not a kid anymore
You married a good girl
She gave you this beautiful yellow-haired daughter
Come back to earth kid
You know you can’t chase the stars under water

No it’s not your birthday
So blow out your candles
It’s better than letting them burn out