Getting It All Wrong - Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards

Two, three, four You know that feeling you get You feel you're older than time You ain't exactly sure If you've been away a while Do you keep the receipts For the friends that you buy? And ain't it bittersweet You're only just getting by? But I hope you know that it won't let go It sticks around with you until the day you die And I hope you know that it's touch and go I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside Where did it all go wrong? And until you've repaid The dreams you bought for your lies You'll be cast away Alone under stormy skies Alone under stormy skies But I hope you know that it won't let go It sticks around with you until the day you die And I hope you know that it's touch and go I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside Where did it all go wrong? But I hope you know that it won't let go It sticks around with you until the day you die And I hope you know that it's touch and go I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside And I hope you know that it won't let go It sticks around with you until the day you die And I hope you know that it's touch and go I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside Where did it all go wrong?

This is the place for celebrating This is the crowd that's fascinating This is the time for concentrating To hear some words worth translating He's rapping 'bout his meditating She's dying for some medicating And though I shouldn't be complaining What's lacking here is entertaining We're all looking for a good time But what we get is empty rhyme When everything's right but nothing's fine It's everything but partytime Talk about redecorating A room that needs sophisticating When conversations become straining No one's good at interest feigning We're all looking for a good time But what we get is empty rhyme When everything's right but nothing's fine It's everything but partytime We're all looking for a good time But what we get is empty rhyme When everything's right but nothing's fine It's everything but partytime We're all looking for a good time But what we get is empty rhyme When everything's right but nothing's fine It's everything but partytime It's everything but partytime It's everything but partytime It's everything but partytime

I don't stop breathing every time the phone rings My heart don't race when someone's at my door I've almost given up thinkin' you're ever gonna call I don't believe in magic anymore I just don't lie awake at night Asking God would get you off my mind It's getting better all the time It's getting better all the time Yeah, I got to work on time again this morning This old job is all that I got to live And no one even noticed I'd been crying But at least I don't have whiskey on my breath Yeah, I think I'm gonna make it 'Cause God won't make a mountain I can't climb It's getting better all the time It's getting better all the time God, I hope you're happy Girl, I wish you well I just might get over you You can never tell, hmm I always thought that I'd do something crazy If I ever saw you out with someone else But when the moment came last night I couldn't say a word I stood there in the dark all by myself Yeah, I could've said a million things But all I did was keep it locked inside It's getting better all the time It's getting better all the time It's getting better all the time

I know you've heard it all before so I won't tell you any more I'll slip my keys under the door if I don't need them any more No more will I wake to kiss your sweet face I count every footstep that takes me away I promised a thousand 'til I turn and say That I miss you every step of the way I strip the sheets out from the bed makes it easier to forget And wipe my footprints from the floor so you forget which size I wore And take the records that we shared so you can't hear what isn't there And when I'm aching for more we can't hurt this any more No more will I wake to kiss your sweet face I count every footstep that takes me away I promised a thousand 'til I turn and say That I miss you every step of the way

We're on our own It took some time, I know Now there's no one else around To show you how To be alone To hold your hands down Knowing no one else is there To break your fall Don't I owe you more? Don't I owe you more? Don't I owe you more? Don't I owe you more? You feel the draught in every door So rip the hinges off the wall And let the wind blow down the hall It doesn't hurt to change it all

When all the leaves are brown and fallen to the floor Been whipped up by the wind and blown around your door Then I'll come down from here. Whisper gently dear Didn't we say it would stay green this year. When we were just beginning here. A frost the gently thaws and crumbles underfoot A sheer of misty glass that melts around your shoes A shaft of burning light that melts the coldest mood Til I come back to you. Whisper gently dear Didn't we say it would stay green this year. When we were just beginning here Remember how we swept lost leaves from around those trees Only fools think love is evergreen