(dc g6 174 p 8) beck

the new beck album is great, but lately i've been enamored with "sea change" (thanks, j), possibly because it's chocobloc with sad songs that i can totally relate to, like:

already dead

time wears away
all the pleaures of the day
all the treasures you could hold
days turn to sand
losing strength in every hand
they can't hold you anymore
already dead to me now
'cuz it feels like i'm watching something die
love looks away
in the harsh light of the day
on the edge of nothing more
days fade to black
in the light of what they lack
nothing's measured by what it needs
already dead to me now
cuz it feels like i'm watching something dyin'

and

guess i'm doing fine

there's a blue bird at my window
i can't hear the songs he sings
all the jewels in heaven
they don't look the same to me
i just wade the tides that turned
till i learn to leave the past behind

it's only lies that i'm living
it's only tears that i'm crying
it's only you that i'm losing
guess i'm doing fine

all the battlements are empty
and the moon is laying low
yellow roses in the graveyard
got no time to watch them grow
now i bade a friend farewell
i can do whatever pleases me

it's only lies that i'm living
it's only tears that i'm crying
it's only you that i'm losing
guess i'm doing fine

press my face up to the window
to see how warm it is inside
see the things that i've veen missing
missing all this time

it's only lies that i'm living
it's only tears that i'm crying
it's only you that i'm losing
guess i'm doing fine