Ended up in trouble And didn't know the way home Left my opinions on the table It's probably better to be alone Looks like we won't make it Can we just start again? Don't say goodbye I've gotta go smile for the cameras Be nice and don't forget your manners You wanna feel somethin' exciting Wait until tomorrow 'til we have the right lighting Flashbacks to closin' your eyelids Last night, you seemed so very quiet Let's go smile for the cameras Don't cry for me Sometimes when I wake up Dreamin' of you so fluorescent Holding back a message A message full of questions I know, I know we need, we need distance Can we just start again? Don't say goodbye I've gotta go smile for the cameras Be nice and don't forget your manners You wanna feel somethin' exciting Wait until tomorrow 'til we have the right lighting Flashbacks to closin' your eyelids Last night, you seemed so very quiet Let's go smile for the cameras Don't cry for me Don't say goodbye Don't say goodbye Don't say goodbye Don't say goodbye Looks like we won't make it any longer (don't say goodbye) Last night, we seemed like strangers, oh (don't say goodbye) I've gotta go smile for the cameras Be nice and don't forget your manners You wanna feel somethin' exciting Wait until tomorrow 'til we have the right lighting Flashbacks to closin' your eyelids Last night, you seemed so very quiet Let's go smile for the cameras Don't cry for me

It was handsome at the auction Oh but when we got it home It grew up into Something we could no longer contain Where's our pigeon camera By now he could be anywhere And after all that training And after all that training Was something we could no longer contain It's boring (boring) I'm embarrassed (embarrassed of it) I don't endorse that (slammed in my face) I didn't want this This house it has it politics Over there that's my room And that's my sister's And that's my sister With something we could no longer contain It's boring (boring) I'm embarrassed (embarrassed of it) I don't endorse that (slammed in my face) I didn't want this (boring) It's horrific (boring) I'm embarrassed (embarrassed of it) I didn't want that (slammed in my face) I didn't want this It's like we burned our boots With no contingency plan

It's a mystery night Like a sawed-off shot gun In the morning light it comes to anyone All the strings that follow you And the things they're tied to My love's behind you colored by the snow The shine is gone I used to know what made you wet Now I'm searching for it Cause it's a mystery all the same Not to get you back On holiday With a broken camera And all I say Is "I could be happier" I could be happier It's a mystery night And I thought we had fun But in the morning light Your cars already gone Do the things I wanna do Not the ones I'm supposed to Why can't I get close to The man I saw in me When I was young On holiday With a broken camera And all I say Is "I could be happier" And all I say Is "I could be happier" All up the way I'm free of all the shadows that follow me Of all the branches up to break With all my faith Destiny and fate Cause I never wanna go there tonight The cameras, cameras I never wanna open my eyes The cameras, the cameras No cameras No cameras Cause I never wanna go there tonight I never wanna open up my eyes

This store has been in my family for four generations See that fiddle on the wall? It belonged to my great-grandmother Her name was Rose Oh, that's my name It's a beautiful name Old-fashioned, you don't hear it a lot anymore The colour is so light, what's it made of? An old breastbone Creepy It was the breastbone of her sister Her name was Pearl I'll tell you the story Rose and Pearl lived by the sea Gathering salt in the moonlight And Rose loved a man who lived in the trees Rose cried to Pearl, "Hold me tight, hold me tight" Rose went to his treehouse And looked at the stars through his telescope She wanted to hold his hand So she wrote him a poem, signed it and sealed it In a rice-paper envelope With a lily for a stamp But the man stole her work He was the editor of a prestigious astronomy journal He wrote down all she saw And published it in his name And Rose grew to hate him And Pearl caught his eye I'm a little confused, and more than a little frightened It's okay my dear, this is a circular story And so Rose ran into the forest and asked a great bear to maul the astronomer And to turn the cruel sister into a black crow And put the corpse and the crow in a cave So the crow started to starve, And she'd have no choice but to peck out the eyes of her lover and eat them! I don't believe any of this Don't you remember? The bear named his price One pot of honey One piece of stardust One secret baptism And a photo of a ghost One pot of honey One piece of stardust One secret baptism And a photo of a ghost Rose stole the honey from a soldier she pretended to love Stole stardust from an ancient, she pretended to care And for the baptism, she stole a baby from its mother A frightened teenager in a mansion And took the child into the sea And the child was blessed

The snakes and arrows a child is heir to Are enough to leave a thousand cuts We build our defenses, a place of safety And leave the darker places unexplored Sometimes the fortress is too strong Or the love is too weak What should have been our armor Becomes a sharp and angry sword Our better natures seek elevation A refuge for the coming night No one gets to their heaven without a fight No one We hold beliefs as a consolation A way to take us out of ourselves Meditation, or medication A comfort, or a promised reward Sometimes that spirit is too strong Or the flesh is too weak Sometimes the need is just too great For the solace we seek The suit of shining armor Becomes a keen and bloody sword No one gets to their heaven without a fight A refuge for the coming night A future of eternal light No one gets to their heaven without a fight No one Confused alarms of struggle and flight Blood is drained of color By the flashes of artillery light No one gets to their heaven without a fight The battle flags are flown At the feet of a god unknown No one gets to their heaven, heaven No one gets to their heaven without a fight Sometimes the damage is too great Or the will is too weak What should have been our armor Becomes a sharp and burning sword No one gets to their heaven without a fight A refuge for the coming night A future of eternal light No one gets to their heaven without a fight No one No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Well, you can stake that claim Good work is the key to good fortune Winners take that praise Losers seldom take that blame If they don't take that game And sometimes the winner takes nothing We draw our own designs Fortune has to make that frame We go out in the world and take our chances Fate is just the weight of circumstances That's the way that lady luck dances So roll the bones Roll the bones Why are we here, because we're here Roll the bones, roll the bones Why does it happen, because it happens Roll the bones, roll the bones Faith is cold as ice Why are little ones born only to suffer For the want of immunity or a bowl of rice? Well, who would hold a price On the heads of the innocent children If there's some immortal power to control the dice? We come into the world and take our chances Fate is just the weight of circumstances That's the way that lady luck dances Roll the bones Roll the bones Why are we here, because we're here Roll the bones, roll the bones Why does it happen, because it happens Roll the bones, roll the bones Why are we here, because we're here Roll the bones, roll the bones Why does it happen? Jack relax, get busy with the facts No zodiacs or almanacs, no maniacs in polyester slacks Just the facts gonna kick some gluteus max It's a parallax, you dig? You move around, the small gets big, it's a rig It's action, reaction, random interaction So who's afraid of a little abstraction? Can't get no satisfaction from the facts? You better run, boy A fact's a fact, from Nome to Rome, boy What's the deal, spin the wheel If the dice are hot, take a shot Play your cards, show us what you got What you're holding, if the cards are cold don't go folding Luck is golden, she favors the bold, that's cold Stop throwing stones, the night has a thousand saxophones So get out there and rock and roll the bones, get busy Roll the bones Why are we here, because we're here Roll the bones, roll the bones Why does it happen, because it happens Roll the bones, roll the bones Why are we here, because we're here Roll the bones, roll the bones Why does it happen, because it happens Roll the bones, roll the bones Why does it happen, because it happens Roll the bones, roll the bones Why are we here, because we're here Roll the bones Because we're here