The Tragically Hip

[fox69]

"Apartment Song"

"Apartment Song"



Illuminate the obvious
It's standing right here in front of us
What our apartment does
When we're not around does not concern us

Simulate the obvious
It's standing, standing right here in front of us
Just what our apartment does
When we're not around does not concern us

She's the horrible aesthete
And she hates her ugly feet
At a place where her friends all meet
She takes her shoes off and invites everyone to see

Eliminate the obvious
It's standing right here, right here in front of us
Just what our apartment does
When we're not around does not concern us

She's the horrible aesthete
At a place where her friends all meet
While her clock enforces its conceit
And her mirror checks out other things
And her walls stand a little more at ease
And her books they chat so expertly
And her cups and saucers get some sleep
And things get all together neat
At the clicking of the key
Returns the horrible aesthete

 

[fox69]

"Are We Family"

"Are We Family"



It's only human to want to inhabit every feeling you've got
And more often than not let's take it to the nth degree
Here he goes, "Give me ten bucks and a head start"
Here's where he goes, "The puzzle's pulling apart"

And here's the scene
You're yelling calmly up the street
"Are we family?"
Or what?

From happy go lucky to surly go crazy the lot
And more often than not admission to the battles is free
Here he goes, "Give me ten bucks and a head start"
Here's where he goes, "Pulling the puzzle apart"

And here's the scene
Where you whisper down the crookedest street
"Are we family?"
Or what?

Are we family
When it's only if not when
Sisters and brothers
Wolf, wolf lover
And the boy who stamped too many ants?
Are we family?

It's only human to want to inherit every feeling you've got
And like it or not let's take it to the nth degree
Here we go, "Give us ten bucks and a head start"
Here's where we go, "The puzzle's pulling apart"

And here's the scene
Your horse is going the wrong way up the street
Are we family?
Or what?

Are we family
When it's not if but when
Taking care of each other
One bullet to another
When it's all, "if a song can't save us then nothing can"
Are we family?
Or what?

Are we family or what?
Are we family or what?
Are we family or what?

To one another?
The lost to the recovered?
The new Caledonian crow to the chimpanzee?
The tribal jury to the pakistani teen?
Ill starred evenings to champion mystique?
Sick as a writer writing to be lighter than the uncanny
When the invasion of Antarctica's complete
Are we family?

 

[fox69]

"Are You Ready"

"Are You Ready"



Hear the old whistle blowing, they're pulling the plug
We got to get going, they got our hole dug
Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready to love?
And are you ready, ready, are you ready to love?

The devil's in the blues, smoke it to the stub
Never accept, then accept with a shrug
Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready to love?
And are you ready, ready, are you ready to love?
To love, to love, to love, to love

They got safety fifth, and they take the world straight
Whatever it is, they'll just have to wait
To get pretend back, who wants to be tough
To be permanent, permanent enough

Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready to love?
And are you ready, are you ready, are you ready to love?
And are you ready, ready, are you ready to love?
And are you ready, ready, are you ready to love?
To love, to love, to love, to love, to love

 

[fox69]

"As I Wind Down The Pines"

"As I Wind Down The Pines"



As I wind down the pines
It's the lines on your face
Playing on your face

Without thinking so much
As abandoning thought
I went through open country
Over water, meadows, streams
Lakes and wires and roosts in reeds
To a nest in the hole of this dead tree

To play without stopping or pause
Not for silence, not for applause
Not without thinking
And thinking is abandoning thought

As I wind down the pines
It's the lines on your face
Playing on your face

 

[fox69]

"As Makeshift As We Are"

"As Makeshift As We Are"



You do the combat math
I'm the war artist
You can't take your shots back
I have to watch them miss
The basketball rim
Shook like a tambourine
Not an unlikely event
In a game that means nothing
In a game that means nothing

Makeshift we are
Lead never leaves your system no matter who you are
Makeshift we are
As makeshift as we are

You're a complex dune
I'm a cloud of octopus ink
You're and elusive tune
I'm more ice sculpture than I think
You're the neutral tribe
And I got the wrong openness
Here's where I slowly close my eyes
And say, "I'm too drunk for this"
Yeah, I'm too drunk for this

Makeshift we are
"Weaklings Make Trouble" you played on your guitar
Makeshift we are
As makeshift as we are
We are, we are, we are

The loneliest buoys
On dolphin property
You're as quiet as a fish
I only sing for the whole sea
From memory metal tension springs
We were gunsmoke and the truth
Let's shake some snow off of his shoulders
Let's shake some snow off of the roof
Let's shake some snow off of the roof

Makeshift we are
Occurring to each other under the setups of the stars
Makeshift we are
We imagine us here and here we are
Makeshift we are
Through half-squinted eyes becoming a mirage
Makeshift we are
We are, we are

 

[fox69]

"At The Hundredth Meridian"

"At The Hundredth Meridian"



Me debunk an american myth?
And take my life in my hands?
Where the great plains begin
At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin

Driving down a corduroy road
Weeds standing shoulder high
Ferris wheel is rusting
Off in the distance

At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian
At the hundredth meridian
Where the great plains begin

Left alone to get gigantic
Hard, huge and haunted
A generation so much dumber than it's parents
Came crashing through the window

A raven strains along the line of the road
carrying muddy old skull
The wires whistle their approval
Off down the distance

At the hundredth meridian (hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (you're going to miss me)
At the hundredth meridian (trust me)
Where the great plains begin (at the hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (at the hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (you're going to miss me)
At the hundredth meridian (trust me)
Where the great plains begin

I remember, I remember Buffalo
And I remember Hengelo
It would seem to me
I remember every single fucking thing I know

If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me
If they bury me some place I don't want to be
You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously
Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees
Whispers of disease and the acts of enormity
And lower me slowly and sadly and properly
Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy

At the hundredth meridian (hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (you're going to miss me)
At the hundredth meridian (trust me)
Where the great plains begin (at the hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (at the hundredth meridian)
At the hundredth meridian (baby, you're going to miss me)
At the hundredth meridian (trust me)
Where the great plains begin

 

[fox69]

"At Transformation"

"At Transformation"



Gently breathing
Lit by the morning sun
Through the night
It had been raining venom
I don't want to be kind
Not a bullet in the right place
Or just of two minds
More important than important

I want to help you lift enormous things
A pinch, a sting, I don't feel a thing
As the Earth revolved around the sun

All those shadows
Waiting on the last lights
If I dream of being
Here comes the night
All of the tiptoeing
Past all (almost) fear building
I only say this now because
I didn't when it was happening

I want to help you lift enormous things
A pinch, a sting, I don't feel a thing
But as the Earth revolves around the sun

I can see it all at once
And, oh, what a glittering chance
In my head the game goes quiet
And I can see it all at once
Figuring you're not the goods
A kid before the rapids
But in my head the game is quiet
Oh, what a glittering chance
Oh, what a glittering chance
Oh, what a glittering chance
At transformation
At transformation

It's my dream of being
That's my dream of being
It's my dream of being

 

[fox69]

"Blow At High Dough"

"Blow At High Dough"



They shot a movie once in my hometown
Everybody was in it from miles around
Out at the speedway, some kind of Elvis thing
Well, I ain't no movie star but I can get behind anything
Yeah, I can get behind anything

Get it out, get it all out, yeah, stretch that thing
Make it last, make it last, at least till the supper bell rings
Well, the taxi driver liked his rhythm, never liked the stops
Throes of passion, throes of passion, then something just threw him off

Well, sometimes the faster it gets
The less you need to know
But you got to remember the smarter it gets
The further it's going to go
When you blow at high dough
When you blow at high dough

Whoo, baby, I feel fine, I'm pretty sure it's genuine
It makes no sense, no, it makes no sense, but I'll take it free any time
Whoever fits her usually gets her, it was the strangest thing
How'd she move so fast, move so fast, into that wedding ring?

Well, sometimes the faster it gets
The less you need to know
But you got to remember the smarter it gets
The further it's going to go
When you blow at high dough
When you blow at high dough

Out at the speedway, same Elvis thing
Well, I can't catch her but I can get behind anything
Yeah, I can get behind anything
Well, I can get behind anything

Well, sometimes the faster it gets
The less you need to know
But you got to remember the smarter it gets
The further it's going to go
When you blow at high dough
When you blow at high dough

Yeah, blow at high dough
Blow at high Dough
Oh blow

Out at the speedway, same Elvis thing

 

[fox69]

"Bobcaygeon"

"Bobcaygeon"



I left your house this morning
About a quarter after nine
Could have been the Willie Nelson
Could have been the wine
When I left your house this morning
It was a little after nine
It was in Bobcaygeon, I saw the constellations
Reveal themselves one star at a time

Drove back to town this morning
With working on my mind
I thought of maybe quitting
I thought of leaving it behind
I went back to bed this morning
And as I'm pulling down the blind
Yeah, the sky was dull, and hypothetical
And falling one cloud at a time

That night in Toronto
With its checkerboard floors
Riding on horseback
And keeping order restored
Till the men they couldn't hang
Stepped to the mic and sang
And their voices rang
With that Aryan twang

I got to your house this morning
Just a little after nine
In the middle of that riot
Couldn't get you off my mind
So I'm at your house this morning
Just a little after nine
'Cause it was in Bobcaygeon, where I saw the constellations
Reveal themselves one star at a time

 

[fox69]

"Boots Or Hearts"

"Boots Or Hearts"



Well, I think that there's a problem here
Her voice just don't sound right
But I left myself on her answering machine
Said, "I'm back in town tonight"
I feel I've stepped out of the wilderness
All squint eyed and confused
But even babies raised by wolves
They know exactly when they've been used

See when it starts
To fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts
Oh when they start
They really fall apart

Fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty one if you include
The fact that we don't care
Now you've blocked off most of Main Street
For your faith parade
Well, everyone in town now, they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made

See when it starts
To fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts
Oh when they start
They really fall apart
Well, fall apart

Now you won't even let me talk to you
We got some air to clear
We'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
That's what the hell is happening here?
Fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty one if you include
The fact that we don't care

See when it starts
To fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts
Oh when they start
They really fall apart
Well, fall apart