Rilo Kiley tidbits
Ok. I've decided to post some small parts (or in one case the whole) lyrics of Rilo Kiley songs. (The ones I like a lot).
I will most likely add more, as the time goes by, feel free to give some of your FAVORITE parts of a song (you know like a line of lyric that hits you) of ONLY Rilo Kiley. :)
RILO KILEY LYRICS:
Portions For Foxes
There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week
I keep on talkin' trash but I never say anything
'Cause you're just damage control
For a walking corpse like me - like you
I don't blame you
I do the same thing
I get lonely too
Wires And Waves
And you called to say you're sorry in your own way
There are oceans and waves and wires between us
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier
How did you survive all those fires and floods?
How did you survive your insufferable friends?
It was the plow that broke the western plains
And its just my heart gets rejected by my veins
Ripchord
Pull the ripchord
The ship has lost it's sail
Your mama's got a new man
Your daddy always fails
And you're eating again
At them because no body loves you
and even fancy things have finally lost their charm
wine and diamond rings that never get you anymore
you're sleeping again alone
because nobody loves you
It Just Is
He wasn't our son
He belonged to everyone
And this loss isn't good enough
For sorrow or inspiration
It's such a loss for the good guys
Afraid of this life
That it just is
Cause everybody dies
A Man/Me/Then Jim
I had one friend in high school recently hung himself with string
His note said if living is the problem, well that's just baffling
The slow fade of love
Its soft edge might cut you
I'm in love with you completely, i'm afraid that's all i can do
She said "you can sleep upon my doorstep,
You can promise me indifference, jim.
But my mind is made up, and i'll never let you in again"
DOES He LOVE You?
Used to say you were flawed if you weren't free
But he's distant and you found him
Let's not forget ourselves good friend
The Execution Of All Things
Soldiers come quickly, I feel the earth beneath my feet
I'm feeling badly, it's not an attempt at decency
And if you're well off, well then I'm happy some for you
But I'd rather not celebrate my defeat and humiliation here with you
Someone come quickly, this place was built for moving out
Leave behind buildings, the city planners got mapped out
Glendora
You know I always like to play the victim
You're in your bedroom with some dancers, I'm beneath you
Come back for more, do it again
An afterthought, straight to the tabby
I cry, cry, cry, then I complain
It's A Hit
Any chimp can play human for a day
Deplore more troops than a salt shaker
Its a sheep in wolves clothing, smoking gun holding ape
Im not buying anything but ill try selling it anyway
Any idiot can play greek for a day, join a soriority or write a tragedy
Its a sin when success complains
Its only a switch or syringe, exempt from eternal sin
You still wear a cross and think you're going to get in
Love And War
all is fair in love and we're in love
now that everybody's dead we can finally talk
can vanity and happiness coexist?
all the lovers we've takin' in direct view of the enemy
and we shift each other's body to accept the bullet
and continue the pleasure
the treasures of battle
it's only for the wounded, the purple-hearted
why must you try to ruin my peace of mind?
and they were only words and i never meant them
i never loved you
even in my weakness
you were fuel for the fire - cannon fodder
and my grandpa drank, fell and broke his face in two
when the cops arrived he exclaimed "i fought in world war II"
and then they carried him to darkened hospital room
and saw him moan and curse and he remembers you
and we can't identify the enemy
and it could be you so it'll cost you
and it only cost me my wife
and my job
now what?
and my mom and i went to identify the body
and i wanted to see but she wouldn't let me
i had to wait for the military cemetary
and when we got there this is what she said to me
"love and war, in heaven and in hell
you get what you deserve
you'd better spread it well
all is fair in love and war and love
a civil world like this it always sells itself"
Science Vs. Romance
i used to think if i could realize i'd die
then i would be a lot nicer
used to believe in a lot more
now i just see straight ahead
that's not to say i don't have good times
but as for my days
i spend them waiting
crash sites keep me up at night
impact division it splits in two
directly underneath you
as for those things (as for those things)
that act as markers in your life
but in between (but in between)
you can't remember
and so it seems (and so it seems)
that you've grown up and over me (up and over me)
and these silly things (these silly things)
i like to dwell on
I will most likely add more, as the time goes by, feel free to give some of your FAVORITE parts of a song (you know like a line of lyric that hits you) of ONLY Rilo Kiley. :)
RILO KILEY LYRICS:
Portions For Foxes
There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week
I keep on talkin' trash but I never say anything
'Cause you're just damage control
For a walking corpse like me - like you
I don't blame you
I do the same thing
I get lonely too
Wires And Waves
And you called to say you're sorry in your own way
There are oceans and waves and wires between us
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier
How did you survive all those fires and floods?
How did you survive your insufferable friends?
It was the plow that broke the western plains
And its just my heart gets rejected by my veins
Ripchord
Pull the ripchord
The ship has lost it's sail
Your mama's got a new man
Your daddy always fails
And you're eating again
At them because no body loves you
and even fancy things have finally lost their charm
wine and diamond rings that never get you anymore
you're sleeping again alone
because nobody loves you
It Just Is
He wasn't our son
He belonged to everyone
And this loss isn't good enough
For sorrow or inspiration
It's such a loss for the good guys
Afraid of this life
That it just is
Cause everybody dies
A Man/Me/Then Jim
I had one friend in high school recently hung himself with string
His note said if living is the problem, well that's just baffling
The slow fade of love
Its soft edge might cut you
I'm in love with you completely, i'm afraid that's all i can do
She said "you can sleep upon my doorstep,
You can promise me indifference, jim.
But my mind is made up, and i'll never let you in again"
DOES He LOVE You?
Used to say you were flawed if you weren't free
But he's distant and you found him
Let's not forget ourselves good friend
The Execution Of All Things
Soldiers come quickly, I feel the earth beneath my feet
I'm feeling badly, it's not an attempt at decency
And if you're well off, well then I'm happy some for you
But I'd rather not celebrate my defeat and humiliation here with you
Someone come quickly, this place was built for moving out
Leave behind buildings, the city planners got mapped out
Glendora
You know I always like to play the victim
You're in your bedroom with some dancers, I'm beneath you
Come back for more, do it again
An afterthought, straight to the tabby
I cry, cry, cry, then I complain
It's A Hit
Any chimp can play human for a day
Deplore more troops than a salt shaker
Its a sheep in wolves clothing, smoking gun holding ape
Im not buying anything but ill try selling it anyway
Any idiot can play greek for a day, join a soriority or write a tragedy
Its a sin when success complains
Its only a switch or syringe, exempt from eternal sin
You still wear a cross and think you're going to get in
Love And War
all is fair in love and we're in love
now that everybody's dead we can finally talk
can vanity and happiness coexist?
all the lovers we've takin' in direct view of the enemy
and we shift each other's body to accept the bullet
and continue the pleasure
the treasures of battle
it's only for the wounded, the purple-hearted
why must you try to ruin my peace of mind?
and they were only words and i never meant them
i never loved you
even in my weakness
you were fuel for the fire - cannon fodder
and my grandpa drank, fell and broke his face in two
when the cops arrived he exclaimed "i fought in world war II"
and then they carried him to darkened hospital room
and saw him moan and curse and he remembers you
and we can't identify the enemy
and it could be you so it'll cost you
and it only cost me my wife
and my job
now what?
and my mom and i went to identify the body
and i wanted to see but she wouldn't let me
i had to wait for the military cemetary
and when we got there this is what she said to me
"love and war, in heaven and in hell
you get what you deserve
you'd better spread it well
all is fair in love and war and love
a civil world like this it always sells itself"
Science Vs. Romance
i used to think if i could realize i'd die
then i would be a lot nicer
used to believe in a lot more
now i just see straight ahead
that's not to say i don't have good times
but as for my days
i spend them waiting
crash sites keep me up at night
impact division it splits in two
directly underneath you
as for those things (as for those things)
that act as markers in your life
but in between (but in between)
you can't remember
and so it seems (and so it seems)
that you've grown up and over me (up and over me)
and these silly things (these silly things)
i like to dwell on