The Tragically Hip

[fox69]

"We Want To Be It"

"We Want To Be It"



Drip, drip, drip
Baby, when'd you get so Zen?
Drip, drip
When I used to know you when
Drip, drip
When you thought all my dreams sucked
Drip, drip
I was just happy you gave a fuck
Drip, drip

And we don't want to do it
Drip, drip, drip
We want to be it
Drip, drip, drip

Tick, tick, tick
The Smartest Guy In The Room
Flick, flick
Might as well be on the moon
Click, click
Or in his tower or his tomb
Cricket
'Cause all I'm hearing is you
Drip, drip

And we don't want to do it
Drip, drip, drip
We want to be it
Drip, drip, drip

Drip, drip, drip
Baby, when'd you get so wrecked?
Drip, drip
And where are things at this moment?
Drip, drip
And all our friends gave us a week
Drip, drip
And we're still happening as we speak
Drip, drip

And we don't want to do it
Drip, drip, drip
We want to be it
Drip, drip, drip
Oh, drip drip drip

And we don't want to do it
Drip, drip, drip
We want to be it
Drip, drip, drip

Drip, drip, drip
Flick, flick, flick
Cricket, cricket
Cricket, cricket, cricket

 

[fox69]

"We'll Go Too"

"We'll Go Too"



To boldly clap
In a room full of nothing
You never know
It could be one of those
Poignant evenings

Museum's locked
And it's long since past closing
You cannot know
You cannot not know
What you're knowing

What can you do
They've all gone and we'll go too
What can you do
They've all gone and we'll go too

The curtain climbs
Over me every morning
I don't know why
I'm so immunized
Against reforming

To coldly slap
At a face full of nothing
You never know
It could've been one of those
Looks of longing

What can you do
They've all gone and we'll go too
What can you do
They've all gone and we'll go too

What can you do
They've all gone and we'll go too
What can you do
They've all gone and we'll go too

We'll go too
We'll go too
We'll go too
We'll go too

 

[fox69]

"Wheat Kings"

"Wheat Kings"



Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
Wheat kings have all treasures buried
And all you hear are the rusty breezes
Pushing around the weathervane Jesus

In his Zippo lighter he sees the killer's face
Maybe it's someone standing in a killer's place
Twenty years for nothing, well, that's nothing new
Besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do

Wheat kings and pretty things
Let's just see what the morning brings

There's a dream he dreams where the high school's dead and stark
It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
Where the walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
Hung with pictures of our parents' prime ministers

Wheat kings and pretty things
Wait and see what tomorrow brings

Late breaking story on the CBC
A nation whispers, "We always knew that he'd go free"
They add, "You can't be fond of living in the past
'Cause if you are then there's no way that you're going to last"

Wheat kings and pretty things
Let's just see what tomorrow brings
Wheat kings and pretty things
Oh that's what tomorrow brings

 

[fox69]

"When The Weight Comes Down"

"When The Weight Comes Down"



Afternoon see a guy with rubies on his head
And he's shifting like, shifting like he was dead
And he's hearing something she never said
On his way back home under his bed

When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down

In the night a girl who doesn't mind her ragged sleeves
Knowing someone is going to grieve
And a man he tells her a story she just don't believe
Called "Adam never could do right by Eve"

When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down

Down on you, down on you
And a girl walks by the burning bush
She asks, "What's gone wrong here, man?"
And he smiles and says, "Open wide, wide, wide"

In my dreams a candy coated train comes to my door
With a little girl I can't have any more
You know a letter washes up to the shore
That I cannot read and I probably should ignore

When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
When the weight, when the weight comes down
Down on me, down on me, down on me
When the weight comes down
Oh no, I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe
When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
Well, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, no, no, no
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
No, no, no

 

[fox69]

"Wild Mountain Honey"

"Wild Mountain Honey"



I don't want to put another thought in my head

The hummingbird is cleared for maintenance
Evacuating long after it made no sense
It's not so much a load out and stay any more
As a got to get down the road before the temperature soars

I don't want to put a little thought in your head

Diplomacy goes even better with drinks
Until the big city trees began to shrink
It's not so much a load out and stay any more
It's got to get down the road before the snarling traffic roars

I don't want to ask you what you got in your head
I'm not going to ask you a whole bunch of questions

Okay, we agree to disagree
Giving up, giving up the embassy
Is a whole lot better than the embassy's surrendering

Flying home under the approval of the stars
I couldn't be more at home with the way things are so hard
It's not so much a load out and stay any more
It's a got to get down the road before the confetti cannon blows with litigious force

I don't want to ask you what you got in your head
I don't want to ask you what you been thinking
I don't want to put another thought in my head

I don't want to put another thought in my head

 

[fox69]

"World Container"

"World Container"



There's a world container with your name on it
And a billion ways to go berserk
When the country quits on you it must be dinner
And the Himmler on this one is there's no dessert

He's the one who couldn't imagine
All the people living life in peace

Good news, you get to vanish
Go to Cleveland, be an indie smash
The good news is now you're smaller
The bad news is you can be smaller than that

Go suck some souls, be a reader, get used
Laugh at a funeral or two
Laugh and laugh till all the chameleons turn black
Laugh and laugh till you're told, "Please don't come back"

Then fake incredulous, say, "I just can't believe
How'd it get this late so early?"

Say, "Ain't life a grand" and, "I'm in awe of you all"
Then drop into your haunted bunk
Go to your touchless times, out where the water's drying
Go past the 'No Attractions Past This Point' sign

What you'll find there are all flaws in progress
Where all songs are one song and that song is Don't Forget
Yeah, all songs are one song and that song is Don't Forget

Yeah, I've faked incredulous, said, "I just can't believe
How'd it get this late so early?"

Said, "Ain't life a grand" and, "I'm in awe of you all"
I've dropped into my haunted bunk
Been to the touchless times, out where the water's drying
Been past the 'No Attractions Past This Point' sign

What we have here are all flaws in progress
Where all songs are one song and that song is Don't Forget
Where all songs are one song and that song is Don't Forget
Where all songs are one song and that song is Don't Forget

 

[fox69]

"Yawning Or Snarling"

"Yawning Or Snarling"



One day in El Paso
The cops go into the crowd
Under a glaring bladder of light
And the music is so loud
And the tourists take their t-shirts off
A busload of kids gives you the finger
Afternoon when the sidewalk's hot
And the shadow's too chilly to linger
Walk past damaged goods and ugly trends
Past a straw man making a purchase
Down town where the river bends
They're just waiting for you to resurface

Take a look at this photograph
Clearly his teeth were bared
He could have been yawning or snarling
The story was never clear

One night in El Paso
The cops go into the crowd
Under a throbbing bladder of light
And the music is just so loud
And the tourists turn their TV's off
And a bat sees a bug with the sound of a linger
Night time when the shadows cough
And you're chilled to the tips of your fingers
Walk past damaged goods and ugly trends
Past old straw man making a purchase
Down town where the river bends
They're just waiting for you to resurface

Take a look at this photograph
Clearly his teeth were bared
He could have been yawning or snarling
This could have been anywhere

Take a look at this photograph
Clearly his teeth were bared
He could have been yawning or snarling
The story was never clear

 

[fox69]

"Yer Not The Ocean"

"Yer Not The Ocean"



Again I'm talking to the lake, I'm standing on the rocks
You're not the ocean, I'm better to watch
Britney Invisible or The Stranger In Myself
Than a wall of water just hitting the shelf

You're not the ocean, you're up to my toes
You're not the ocean, you're not even close

Though you're so real and you're more youth every day
And you can think and feel and get out of your own way
And though I'm nothing, you are just a lake
Made to take it and take and take and take

You're not the ocean, I'm standing on my toes
You're not the ocean, you're not even close
You're not the ocean, you're up to my chin
You're not the ocean, you're not coming in
You're not coming in, you're not coming in, you're not coming in

You're not the ocean, you're up to my chin
You're not the ocean, you're not coming in
You're not coming in, you're not coming in, you're not coming in

 

[fox69]

"You're Everywhere"

"You're Everywhere"



You are everywhere, within and without
Where it don't matter what we used to do now
Where I feed my people, when I get behind the plow
When I write the tiger hanging on by his eyebrows

Somehow where the gang in me
Is being all that it can be
Somehow part hope is a plan
And part vigilante streak

When I reel my Irish in
When I sleep on the train
In straight lines through shadows, you're there
Where the future lies
Under no moon at night
At the ballroom hanging, you're there

You are there when I stop writing things down
And when I forget about who I am now
Forget about who's kissing her and who's behind my plow
Now it's time to drown all of that poetry out

Somehow where democracy
Is how we all learn to sleep
With ourselves drawing to ourselves
Everything we can carry

When I reel my Irish in
When I sleep in the rain
In straight lines through shadows, you're there
Where the future lies
Under no moon at night
At the ballroom hanging, you're there

There's no escaping
This dream we're dancing
With no distractions

When I reel my Irish in
When I sleep on the plane
In straight lines through shadows, you're there
Where the future lies
Under no moon at night
At the ballroom hanging, you're there
You're everywhere
You're there
You're everywhere
You're there
You're everywhere
You're there
You're everywhere
You're there