Matt Nathanson

I'd never fall in love with someone else again If I could only taste your lips and this adrenaline I'd never leave here, never leave your bed I forgot how good this could feel Close my eyes, holding the steering wheel Spilling my confessions, midnight on...

I am held together by clothes pins and tension, a wealth of odds and ends I'm dazzling so dazzling like the neon street sign hiccuping off and on again all night long well I've got magazine friends and enough jealousy to lose them all and I know this has all b...

I tasted, tasted love so sweet And all of it was lost on me Bought and sold like property Sugar on my tongue I kept falling over I kept looking backward I went broke believing That the simple should be hard All we are we are All we are we are And e...

I must be glorious I must be a sight to see Oh maybe you could comfort me And I come to you strangled In things I'm told are flattering Maybe you could come and comfort me And all the wan, hip, full lipped lovers Are locked against one another And I waiver, u...

you sounded so good on the phone all moved up and all moved on me and gravity we never could agree I can almost see the sky when I need to close my eyes you're the only thing that's worth holding on to angel you sing about beautiful things and all I want to d...

I met a new one and she looks just like you She gives me everything that you didn't want to And maybe I don't need saving after all She sticks in my ribs almost better than you did And maybe I'm tired or maybe she glows I wonder if you're still defending I wo...

In the light In the daylight it's all wrong To revel in your memory The smell of your body And the seconds that it kept me warm And I'm coming down Hitting ground Breaking open Twisted around The sweet sound of the lies you told When you were broken Cause th...

If I bent like you said was best Would that change a thing? If I spent myself 'till nothing's left Would you still leave me here? You're so sorry about it all Now that it's over Should i thank you for that dear? You're so sorry about it all And I hope you'll...

I fell asleep Had a dream Bill Murray and I were friends We drove the world From Boston to Japan Blasting old Van Halen And one night over drinks Bill started crying He said to me "Kid, of all the stupid things I ever did You know, I let her go when...

come on down to the bottom of the sea come on down here ya there's room right next to me i'm tired of getting even lets get odd odd and live life at the bottom of the sea too many cars drinking too much gasoline there's no good news on my tv screen th...

How ironic it all seems because I remember you telling me about other lovers running out of words to say to each other and how beautiful you thought it was and I agreed that would never happen to you and me so here we sit in silence, searching our heads for co...

Somewhere in between The beginning and the end September took the tourist And settled in for good We could hear the trains again Brooklyn girls in scarves Summer left and no one said a word We'd open your window Stay in your bed All day 'til the str...

I'm wide awake and so alive Ringing like a bell Tell me this is paradise And not someplace I fell 'Cause I keep on fallin' down I wanna feel the car crash I wanna feel the capsize I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop 'Til I'm satisfied I wanna feel the...

I've spent more than my share on temptation trying to cool my swollen tongue Gorged myself on all that free good will and left the others none What I wear like church clothes, you wear just like jewelry All the simple things you revel in, they just suffocate m...

Am I pretty enough for you now that my ribs show through? With a little makeup I can look brand new, but can I be pretty enough for you? Fill me with secrets and I'll never tell fatten me up, and I'll feed you well you can polish me perfectly and I'll shine pr...

I miss the sound of your voice I miss the rush of your skin I miss the still of the silence As you breathe out and I breathe in If I could walk on water If i could tell you whats next Make you believe Make you forget Come on get higher Loosen my lip...

I shouldn't need to wish that I am all I am not I shouldn't need to always offer you my thoughts, but I do And I've opened myself up to the wrong and felt that pain And I've opened myself all up to you and felt the same Please don't explain, just let me contin...

I tried to come down from you I tried with your voice in my head Knocking me back Every inch I moved I'm a sucker for a good lie The way you say you understand and how you always talk of catching me but never open up your hand Tell me does the world revolve t...

So, we let it go to start again Knowing now how all our best intensions Never lit the world on fire Lights, illuminate the exit signs And over the wings the skies an open endless sea Crowding up surrounding me And all, Detroit waves Goodnight Spread out Benea...

3 AM I scream your name I don't sleep, I don't change There's no magic left No card up my sleeve Forever's gone And I watched it leave Maybe I get drunk enough to call you Admit the thing I'm finally seeing clear I can make good turn amazing Then...

don't worship me, I'm not what you need My words are my words, nothing more I love and hate just like you I'm beautiful and weak just like you I worship too But disciples are such useless vessels Empty and scarred and ready to receive I'm here on my soapbox, l...

I've got a love that comes in colors. I got a voice, comes in screaming. My old clothes they don't fit me now-ow-ow. When I was young, I took off running. I had a head full of tangles. I had my heart full of splinters oh-oh-oh. And you came around - to s...

I've got bravery that shorts out on me I see superstars in common thieves And I see all you give up And I try to be as much Everything you say it sounds like gospel Everything you say it sounds like gospel to me I feel cheated Tangled up repeatedly Owed a pi...

Would you fall to pieces If I never came back? Tear it all apart Til there was nothing left Fall to pieces If I never came back? Spent so long waiting here So I wear you out So who would've thought that you'd still be here now And I swore dear That...

Maybe it's because I'm crazy, Maybe it's because I just can't, Honestly tell you what I want. It's never enough to stay still and hold you, To break loose and run the taste of you, Wild on my tongue. Am I no good to you now? Am I no good to you now? Whoa-oh,...

You're so delicious you're so soft sweet on the tip of my tongue you taste like sunlight and strawberry bubble gum you bite my lip you spike my blood you make my heart beat faster own me, you own you rattle my bones you turn me over and over 'till...

I'm ready to embrace this, I'm ready for repair I've got so many layers left by amateur painters who covered over what was there I stuffed myself sick on your memory and the beautiful mess we'd made But I'm so tired of being inspired only when things slip away...

I don’t want to see the wires in the circus anymore I wanna dream and make believe people can fly I don’t need to be reminded what it takes to kill the fun I got a head full of sharp knives. Yeah, it’s easy to get colder and it’s easy to forget So meet m...

Summertime, summertime, summertime I gotta get that feeling Summertime, summertime, summertime It's too hot to sleep; laughing in the heat We lay together and watch the sky turn on Sirens come in waves up the fire escape Every shadow disappearing into d...

Love, I'm aching to believe Give me something real enough Give me somewhere to fall from 'cause in the dark I can't find my feet Built my world on promises Colorless and cold I'm short of breath, I'm sure Gone, let it wash away the best I had Gone, and when...

My idols are cracking And breaking apart, piece by piece I brush their dust off my pedestal And through the cloud I've kicked up I can just make out your face In a world of plastic people I know you're real I know you're real I'm just a confused child A ball...

Oh, oh (headphones on on) Cinderella's gone to New York City Wants to shave her head and disappear 18 years of never feeling pretty Says she's finally thinking clear Ain't too proud to swim or drown now baby Ain't too proud to sink or see it through S...

Hold me, and save me from my self. I claim to be so righteous, but I'm just like everyone else. I was judging you, and I realized just how big a lie I lead,yeah Hold me. I truly wish you could follow me in my walk through brilliance. But I've grown so much ho...

And it's amazing With the look in your eyes Like you could save me But you won't even try And then you tell me again How everything will be alright And if I told you That I'm sorry Would you tell me that you were wrong Or would you hold me down forever If I c...

I believe in your strength Though I understand you've felt alone 'Cause when you need a friend There's no one strong to fall back on And your past will still burden you But I'll hold you through the pain So in the end it's just you With your memories and your...

I watched the flames slow and strange Make the walls fill my eyes I heard your voice through the noise I was cold and it was warm inside And I should have kept my head I should have kept my arms inside I believe it now I should have kept my head I sho...

I've been fascinated with lost love for sometime now and I'm not quite sure why I've been waking up to the images that I thought I'd left behind But they're just as clear, and just as naive as they were before But now they seem more beautiful, the past always...

This year, all but disappeared, bought into fairy tales, But sleeping beauty just kept score and tried to sleep more She said "I'm not quite, myself tonight, But the way you touch me, oh, makes me tongue tied, That could be the wine too." Kiss Quick, I...

This bed is on fire With passion and love The neighbours complain about the noises above But she only comes when she’s on top My therapist said not to see you no more She said you’re like a disease without any cure She said I’m so obsessed that I’m beco...

I don't feel much like talking to you tonight I'd rather not let you twist my words around again until they give you something to feel I would rather keep my distance, thank you very much What do you want? Do you want my apologies? Do you want me to tell you I...

This time, I'll be sailing No more bailing boats for me I'll be out there on the sea Just my confidence and me And I'll be awful sometimes Weakened to my knees But I'll learn to get by On little victories This time, I'll have no fear I'll be standing strong...

I was holding you so tight and you were holding me So wrapped up in the moment I was feeling such security And the first few weeks felt just like heaven, but I never really seemed to get that high So now I sit here laughing at the time that past me by. Its tim...

You win I quit I'm certain you let my hands Wander your hips Just to leave me Desperate now I remember your thread thin arms I remember your hands And how easily It seemed to me That they could rip me open Baby, I'm falling away Baby, I'm falling away Waste...

you tried to keep me warm I was falling through the sky you whispered to me baby hold on tight I was starting wars saying my good-byes still you never took your hand from mine all the stars above our heads the faster they came the faster they went...

Took your word like you said I should and look at what good it's done me I've played support system, you played victim and look at what good it's done and you trip me up leave me strangled with your awkward, untouchable lips It's a cruel world, I've found It's...

Hello, my foul weather friend. These thick sheets of rain seem to have hindered your way again and the winds, I can feel the winds, they've gotten so strong, no wonder You're back to our home. My ears are always open to your laments and my will is always weak...

She said she felt clean, sticky clean if I remember She said she felt funny asking and he said he felt funny saying no... but he said no Alone, she shrank away Beautiful sun, elegant bright light shining I will not lay down with you that easy She spat anxiousl...

I want a real love to let me in I want to zero out and be born again no more false starts and no dead ends 'cause I'm no shape do to whats right I see up that's down and black that's white it makes me dizzy I come apart all this love love love in the...

They built a hero out of expectations and what a hopeless hero was he with sticks for legs he shook when the wind blew, even slightly and he welcomed the smiles, he welcomed the applause and he hoped that they'd never forget just who they thought he was they d...

[Chorus] I had a dream you died And I just wanna be with you tonight Mission bells were ringing Somewhere higher I let you get away I let you get away What kind of man misunderstands A woman like you? She's her in black and white It's 5 am and the p...

she said this talking kind of wears me out and all these salesmen baby, make me tired they're no good, to tell you the truth, she said I've been getting used to lying they send me love songs, with store bought words they make me promises, like politic...

"What a spoiled boy I've been My mouth full, mess, my arms outstreched I've got palm sweat, I'm smiling like I'm Competition Well, maybe I'm yours" She said, "I know you, you're a salesman's son And you're pimping pretty junk" And I said, "What am I supposed...

I'm so tired But you probably don't even Know what I mean I'm full of contradictions And hypocrisies I'm so tired I don't even know which side of The fighting I'm on And if I wanted no part of it You'd say I was doing something wrong Today was just like yeste...

I have to stop feeling so sorry for myself But I always have to lean on my own shoulder Because I can't lean on anyone else And it hurts so much to misunderstand and I'm always misunderstood But I'll never forget my memories, even though I should I have to lea...

I remember crowds where you stand alone right now I remember celebrations But now my reign has run all the color from all my decorations And I'm fine; I'm just a little lonely So can I ride on your back for a time? Oh, the seasons change so quickly these days...

Hooray, Hooray Here comes the parade Someday, someday I'll spit these thoughts out Before they stain me Finally, they're here for me I've been waiting now for days Hooray, hooray….hooray. 

Don't touch, leave me here I don't need your sympathy and I don't need your tears I haven't slept for days now, maybe more Just leave me here in selfishness, close the door If you hold me, I might find it safe If you hold me, I just might cling to you If you h...

I threw my phone out of the window tonight So you couldn't go and change my mind What doesn't kill you can drag you for miles 'Til there's nothing left you recognize Meet me out at the end of my rope Won't you meet me at the end of my rope? Every song...

they tied off your arms with all their pretty charms and the same bad lines that always get you and you hate the way they wash you down and summer hums heavy now... still you bolded all your best words so they'd have something to wrap their mouths around. sho...

oh princess you make the party with your hands in your pockets and your innocent eyes and all those things running around in your head oh princess you make the party you've been everybody's darling now everybody's win bold for the boys who keep you guessing a...

i've always liked the fireworks tripping over you i could lie awake for hours wrapped in every brilliant bloom i'll be here always dear i was never any good alone i've always liked the fireworks you're brilliant when you glow prove to me i'm tired of words th...

you blew through me like a hurricane got me twisted, oh you got me twisted you promised blue skys and brought the rain and I went missing, oh I went missing while I was sleeping you robbed me blind drunk on your power your sweet turned sour you s...

A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsus serenade Layin' everybody low With a love song that he made Finds a street light Steps out of the shade And says something like You and me babe, how about it? Juliet says hey it's Romeo You nearly gave me a heart attack He...

I was weaving with the drunks singing Sinatra loud I let go of love once it finally had me figured out I was buried like a treasure But no one ever came to mark the spot So I got good at pleasure And started tyin' tighter knots sad can't catch me c...

(feat. Jennifer Nettles & Kristian Bush) [Verse 1 (Matt):] I watch you undress I wanna watch you glow Let your hair down All around & cover us both You come in a wave We crash and we roll You surround me, pull me, drown me then swallow me whol...

I'm waiting up for you to rescue me, To come around and cover everything, Relying on my best memories To breathe for me, breathe for me So much better than all of this, all of this I'm tired of singing all the sad songs in my head But I can't find enough of...

All my friends are drunk Living in the future All my friends are punks Who never heard the Clash All my friends are vain But scared of their reflection Aiming for the wall Never feel the crash It's ours to win We'll keep throwing punches 'til the wal...

You get a little bit homesick You get a little bit wasted I get a little bit locked inside your Dumpster-diving primitive heart Like fire, swallowing oxygen Good liar, you can be anything once Then you're gone, gone, gone You lose track of where the l...

5 am, undressed In your static, your mess I don't need any new voices I'm thick enough with superstitions and choices Way home A little bit of something Maybe just a way home Chorus: Sing me sweet Sing me low Say you'll never let me go Cause i've gone long...

Don't tell me then How heavy I am I ruined everything I've gotten used to the sound now And it's all I know It's all you want It thickens me up to keep my head down my eyes shut were overwhelmed It's all we've got Cause I've overthought these songs of (?) It...

I'm so confused by what I have and what I want, But I can't stand alone without your help I'm afraid of the truth that I might find when I look inside myself, But I can't stand alone without your help And what once gave me solace, now only gives me pain I over...

She said "come along with me, I've got offerings for you my sweet, sweet boy" she promised warmth too, but I knew better her words broke hot against my neck and tasting the sweet, sweet numb of regret on my lips I filled my pockets and closed the door and I ta...

In the party love, Some band's playing hallelujah Hallelujah In the corner love All night girls drink wine and try to sing along I made a mess of things The stops and in betweens They weigh me down You got someone new singing you your songs now Sooner surrend...

I remember hearts that beat yeah, yeah I remember you and me,yeah, oh yeah Tangled in hotel sheets You wore me out You wore me out I remember honey lips and words so true I remember nonstop earthquake dreams of you You're coming on fast like good dreams do Al...

I grew up just west of the tracks Holdin' me to hold you back around your door just callin' out my name She said "son why don't you go outside I got a man comin' over tonight" seventh one in seven days So I go down to the parkin' lot to hang around with all...

You lead me, fit around my tongue It's so easy, to forget that I'm lost Spent all of my life, waiting for answers To lift me, to numb me, to define it all Sunshine, I'm beginning to like this 'Cause all I wanna be is the minute that you hold me in When you p...

Trailed by a mess Of masking tape construction paper And the best of intentions He tried to patch up every hole as he went Back and forth and back again And his friends half full of half concerns Embarrassed looks and tired words They burrowed deeper into the...

Lets all pack up and move this year Slips the liars and disappear Leave memories for auctionnaires And those just standing still They'll miss the taste of wanting you Call out your name like I still do But they never said a word thats true And they only hold y...

She don’t lie in bed at night Staring at the ceiling She don’t wait to begin She bets on long shots She wants what they’ve got She skates where the ice thins On and on, we keep going Crowded like subway cars On and on, to the beat of our noisy hearts Our hear...

When the leaves have changed When the world around you Starts to grow deranged And the faces that you see Are looking strange And your principles Have all been rearranged When only tears remain In the residue the ruins of your brain You'll start looking for a...

Well, it's late at night. There's nobody around. Just the sounds of the cars Upon the asphalt ground. It's the waiting time, When the hours grow still. I gaze on through the glass Inside my windowsill. Though I know that you must be Somewhere in this world, In...

I recall your kisses and they tasted just like medicine I put all the pieces back together in my head Seems so obvious now how fragile a thing we had And all the leaves were on the ground that fall, the leaves were all around And you fed me stories and you pol...

It snowed in Seattle we fucked on the floor Blue screen TV light behind us Phone on the dresser With a "miss you" message from home Outside on the street, there was no one around Felt like we were an island But guilt has a way Of showing up when you...

I got your letter this morning, got your letter alright It claimed clarity, but came in screaming and I was soaked clean through How could we ever let it get this far? To leave us nothing dear but sickness Me with mine and you with yours And when we can see t...

So we lie here in the dark All the wrong things on fire In sickness and in health To be with you, just to be with you In your wedding dress To have and to hold 'Cause even at my best I wanna let go And you hold me in your arms And all that I can see Is my fu...

i'm weak when you miss me when you roll me on your tongue.. when you whisper me your best moves i almost believe you but you don't know me at all i'm covered by lovers, who recite lines convinced their bodies are gonna save mine but you don't know me at all.....

Lately I can't tell my friends from my enemies when it use to seem so clear I tried rebellion once and look where it s gotten me Banging apologies against your deaf ears And she said, "sing me a sweet song tonight, sing me a new song tonight" We used to lie si...

She said, "Lately, falling's been easy on me...just like breathing used to be and call me crazy, but I was thinking maybe you'd be waiting on the ground to come and catch me and you come around here you open up your wings you open up your wings and I'm drownin...

You're smiling but I sense fear when you say, abandon ship and there's land near And the water is deep around my knees, but still I don't believe. At another time I would have followed you anywhere, but not now You said I was a shackle to you, well you always...