Feeling Like Flying Songtext
von Jane Wiedlin

FALLEN Perfect for so long
Yeah I was so strong
Playing it straight and true
Walking the narrow
Then came the arrow
Completely out of the blue
And I never dreamed I′d blow it
But I've hit the wall
So many years I thought I knew it all
RIGHT OFF THE WAGONCHASING THE DRAGONOVER THE EDGE I′VE FALLEN UNDER THE WIREINTO THE FIRE BURNING MY BRIDGES FALLENHow are you feeling
Now that I'm reeling
What is it like to be you
What were you thinking
What was I drinking
When you staged your little coup
And I never dreamed I'd mess up
But I′ve hit the wall
Why did I think I knew it all
RIGHT OFF THE WAGONCHASING THE DRAGONOVER THE EDGE I′VE FALLENUNDER THE WIREINTO THE FIRE BURNING MY BRIDGES FALLENWell I never dreamed I'd fuck up
Till I hit the wall


So many years I thought I knew it all
GOOD-BYE THE ANGEL BROKEN THE HALOSLAM HEAVEN′S GATE I'VE FALLENRIGHT OFF THE WAGON CHASING THE DRAGONOVER THE EDGE I′VE FALLENUNDER THE WIREINTO THE FIRE BURNING MY BRIDGES FALLEN Jane: electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, background vocals
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Brian Waters: additional guitar, background vocals
Dave Bassett: background vocals© 2000 Wiedlin/Bruce/Vallance MESSY Nobody is perfect
It's the struggle that counts
And I′m the perfect example
Of trouble in small amounts'Cause I'm strong in my weakness
And I′m sweet but I′m mean
And it's a dirty old world
So don′t try to keep it clean
MESSYLIFE IS MESSYMESSYLIFE IS MESSY Some people gotta cause chaos
Stir up a steady life
Make things complicated
Start some trouble and strife'Cause it′s hard to be easy going
And it feels good to be bad
And no one is ever satisfied
With the things they have.
MESSYLIFE IS MESSYMESSYLIFE IS MESSYAnd everything changes
That's the certain chance
So don′t walk the straight line
Might as well dance. Jane: electric guitar, vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, background vocals, percussion
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Brian Waters: additional guitar, background vocals
Petra Haden: background vocals, violin
Dave Bassett: background vocals© 2000 Wiedlin MUSE When I see you want to need you
When I touch you want you to feel it too
Inside my head come these wicked thoughts
Gotta write them down gotta get it out BE MY MUSELET ME USE YOUBE THE ONE'CAUSE I CHOOSE YOUBRING ME WORDSYOU'D BETTER AMUSE ME TOOBE MY MUSE Things were gray but that was yesterday
Now it′s changed and nothing is the same
Now it′s red I feel it through my veins
Now it's clear and plain it′s all good again BE MY MUSELET ME USE YOUBE THE ONE'CAUSE I CHOOSE YOUBRING ME WORDSYOU′D BETTER AMUSE ME TOOBE MY MUSE When I kiss you I hear music
When I smell you so sweet a kick
Inside my head inspiration hits
It's so present tense it′s all making sense Jane: electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Brian Waters: additional guitar
Petra Haden: background vocals© 2000 Wiedlin DRAIN I can feel your life-force
So strong
It makes me want to bleed you
All night long DRAIN DRAIN DRAIN DRAINI will make your veins pour
Into me
I would like to drink you dry
So greedy
DRAIN-CONSUME YOUDRAIN-POSSESS YOUDRAIN-DEVOURDRAIN-OBSESS YOU I can read the writing On your skin
Can't you see I'm thirsty
Let me in
I′m thirsty-Let me in
I′m thirsty-Let me in DRAIN-CONSUME YOUDRAIN-POSSESS YOUDRAIN-DEVOURDRAIN-OBSESSED WITH YOU Jane: electric guitar, vocals, background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, background vocals, percussion
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Dave Bassett: background vocals© 2000 Wiedlin SOONER OR LATER Who do you think you are
Like you're different like you′re special
Who do you think you are
Screaming your opinion
Like it really matters
You'd be anybody do anything
To be the center of attention
BUT SOONER OR LATERSURROUNDED BY SILENCEYOU′LL COME FACE TO FACE WITH FEARREVELATION BORN OF VIOLENCEI WILL BE YOUR MIRROR You lock and load and you jump the gun
Superficial competition
All alone in the race you run
Chasing after something
Something that means nothing
You'd go to any length do anything
Just to be the winner
BUT SOONER OR LATERSURROUNDED BY SILENCEYOU′LL COME FACE TO FACE WITH FEARREVELATION BORN OF VIOLENCEI WILL BE YOUR MIRRORI WILL BE YOUR MIRROR I AM YOUYOU ARE ME Jane: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drum loop programming
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Luke Tierney: electric guitar
Petra Haden: all background vocals
Tom Caffey: piano© 2000 Wiedlin/Hector/Troy ICICLE How can I escape
The force of gravity
I feel it pulling my heart out of me
I'm pointed like a knife
That's hanging by a thread
And when I strike I wound myself instead CLEAR AS GLASSTWICE AS WEAKCOLD IS NOT ENOUGH TO SHELTER MEI AM AN ICICLEDON′T WATCH ME FALL I wish that I was strong
Impossible to break
As thick-skinned as a January lake
But sometimes ice is thin
And easy to see through
Cracking when you least expect it to CLEAR AS GLASSTWICE AS WEAKCOLD IS NOT ENOUGH TO SHELTER MEI AM AN ICICLEDON′T WATCH ME FALL Jane: electric guitar, vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Luke Tierney: electric guitar, electric 12 string guitar
Petra Haden: all background vocals
Tom Caffey: keyboards© 2000 Wiedlin/Caffey/Forbes THE GOOD WIFE It was always easy to blame you
When things seemed to fall apart
But now I know where evil dwells
In my heart
Because I'm sweet on the outside and rotten within
Polite on the edges and mean in between
And the harder I try the lower I go
You don′t know
I AM ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING A HUSBANDAND I AM THE QUEEN OF MY SAFE LITTLE LIFEI HAD A ROUTINE BUT I'VE GOTTEN SO BAD AT PLAYING THE GOOD WIFE Now I know I won′t be a mother
Now I see I make a bad wife
It's obvious I′ll always be Trouble and strife
Because I'm sweet on the outside and rotten within
Polite on the edges and mean in between
And the harder I try the lower I go
You don't know
I AM ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING A HUSBANDAND I AM THE QUEEN OF MY SAFE LITTLE LIFEI HAD A ROUTINE BUT I′VE GOTTEN SO BAD ATPLAYING THE GOOD WIFE I NEED I NEEDA MIRACLE A MIRACLE Jane: vocals, 12 string electric guitar
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums, percussion loop track
Luke Tierney: electric guitar, electric 12 string guitar
Petra Haden: all background vocals
Tom Caffey: keyboards, percussion loop track© 2000 Wiedlin/Hardy HE′S NOT TALKING He's not talking
And I don′t know why
And no matter how hard I try
I can't seem to get past that wall
He′s not talking at all He looks weary
And it makes me sad
To see him so torn between me
And the dreams that he had
He's not talking at all THIS SILENCE IS KILLING US BOTH ONE BY ONECAN′T YOU SEEWHAT IT'S DOING TO YOUWHAT IT'S DOING TO METHIS QUIET BETWEEN US IS SETTING US UP FOR A FALLYOU′RE NOT TALKING TO MEYOU′RE NOT TALKING AT ALLHe seems distant
In another place
I can't read that look on his face
Could I once? It′s hard to recall
He's not talking at all He′s not smiling
I remember when It was easy to make him laugh
Over and over again
He's not talking at all Jane: vocals
Matthew Sweet: vocals
Luke Tierney: electric guitar, fuzzy bass
Tom Caffey: keyboards© 2000 Wiedlin/Hanley MY LOVELY REVENGE Shiny hair and a perfect body
A great life where everyone adores me
Killer boyfriend, big fancy car
And a mansion made for a movie star
You′ll regret it that you blew it
And I'll make sure that you knew it
And till I get more than enough
Be scheming still be dreaming of
MY LOVELY REVENGEMY LOVELY REVENGE Accumulating more and more stuff
Without neglecting inside and up above
Advancing the spiritual
Not forgetting my intellectual
Till I become the perfect combination
The paragon of a generation
You'll be sorry of course you will
When you see me completely fulfilled
MY LOVELY REVENGEMY LOVELY REVENGE Everything you want/Everything you need/Everything you hope for I′ll be
Everything I want/everything I need/Everything I get will be... MY LOVELY REVENGEMY LOVELY REVENGE Jane: electric guitar, vocals, all background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Frank Agnew: guitars© 2000 Wiedlin/Agnew DIE NOW! PAY LATER! There′s only this one moment
I've got to live in it
And learn to wear my skin
Always running toward the future
Dragging the past behind me
When will my real life begin? Special offer! Die now! Pay later! I DON′T NEED REGRETSCAN'T BEAR TO LIVE WITH DOUBTSOMETIMES I FEEL SO STUCK LEMME OUTIS THERE NO ESCAPETHE ONE DIRECTION DOWNI JUST WANNA BE HAPPY NOW What if I choose the easy way out
Premature evacuation
Early retirement
Will I just end up pissed off
And missing all the fun
And much too dead to vent
As seen on TV! Die now! Pay later! I DON′T NEED REGRETSCAN'T BEAR TO LIVE WITH DOUBTSOMETIMES I FEEL SO STUCK LEMME OUTIS THERE NO ESCAPE THE ONE DIRECTION DOWNI JUST WANNA BE HAPPY NOWFailure is not an option/Wait there′s more! Maybe there's something worth living for Jane: electric guitar, vocals, all background vocals
Charles Bernal: bass
Eric Skodis: drums
Frank Agnew: lead guitars© 2000 Wiedlin/Agnew KISSPROOF WORLD Baby it's cold out there
People are ugly and they′re mean
Don′t have a thing to wear
When it gets extreme
So we better stick like glue
We gotta know who we can trust
Do what we gotta do
And when it gets to be too much remember
WE ARE LOST BUT LOVE IS NOTEVERY DAY THE WAR IS FOUGHTIT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD GRAB YOUR ARMOR PAINT YOUR FACETIME TO FIGHT THE HUMAN RACEIT′S A KISSPROOF WORLD IT'S A KISSPROOF WORLDFortune favors the ones prepared
Go into battle fully armed
Ready to take the dare
Walk away unharmed
WE ARE LOST BUT LOVE IS NOTEVERY DAY THE WAR IS FOUGHTIT′S A KISSPROOF WORLDGRAB YOUR ARMOR PAINT YOUR FACETIME TO FIGHT THE HUMAN RACEIT'S A KISSPROOF WORLD IT′S A KISSPROOF WORLDWe will do all that it takes
Build it up or make it break
Crash the party better move it Keep on shooting for the stars
We are gonna get the scars
To prove it Jane: vocals
Charles Bernal: bass What if you knew how to fly
Better than you do now
What if the struggle was gone
You could just breathe and soar What if you didn't fall
When you realized you were lost
And blue skies were all around
Not just above but below like ground WHAT IF THERE WAS A WORDFOR FEELING LIKE FLYING What if you climbed so high You wouldn't care to come down And cradled in warm summer wind
Silence replaces sound WHAT IF THERE WAS A WORDFOR FEELING LIKE FLYINGWHAT IF THERE WAS A WORDFOR FEELING LIKE FLYING