Incubus - Morning View lyrics
- Nice To Know You
- Circles
- Wish You Were Here
- Just A Phase
- 11am
- Blood On The Ground
- Mexico
- Warning
- Echo
- Have You Ever
- Are You In?
- Under My Umbrella
- Aqueous Transmission
Nice To Know You
Better than watching Geller bending silver spoons
Better than witnessing newborn nebulas in bloom
She who sees from up high smiles and surely sings
Perspective pries your once weighty eyes and it gives you wings
I haven't felt the way I feel today
In so long it's hard for me to specify
I'm beginning to notice how much this feels
Like a waking limb, pins and needles
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you goodbye
Nice to know
To know you
Deeper than the deepest Cousteau would ever go
And higher than the heights of what we often think we know
Blessed she who clearly sees the wood for the trees
To obtain a bird's eye is to turn a blizzard to a breeze
I haven't felt the way I feel today
In so long it's hard for me to specify
I'm beginning to notice how much this feels
Like a waking limb, pins and needles
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you goodbye
Nice to know
To know you...
So could it be that it has been there all along?
I haven't felt the way I feel today
In so long it's hard for me to specify
I'm beginning to notice how much this feels
Like a waking limb, pins and needles
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you, goodbye
Nice to know you goodbye
Nice to know
To know you...
Circles
You saw me lost in treading water
I looked pathetic
I looked as helpless as a stinger without a bee
But underneath my presentation (yeah)
I knew the walls were coming down
And the stones that fell were aiming away from me
CHORUS:
Hey what would it mean to you?
To know that it'll come back around again
Hey whatever it means to you
Know that everything moves in circles
I saw you standing in my headlights (blink, blink, blink)
I thought I'd run you down for the weight you left on me
Instead I punched rewind, reversed and drove away
And seeing you disappear in my rearview
brought to me the word 'reciprocity'
CHORUS
Round and round we go...
Who could have known it'd end so well?
We fall on and we fall off
Existential carousel...spin!
CHORUS
Everything goes in circles round and
around and around and round and round
Wish You Were Here
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy
Happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were, here
I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a back-lit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm counting UFO's, I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment i am happy
Happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were, here
Wish you were here
The world's a rollercoaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air, saying
I wish you were here
I wish you were
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were, here
Wish you were here
Just A Phase
I am bottled, fizzy water and you are shaking me up.
You are a fingernail running down the chalkboard
I thought I left in third grade.
Now my only consolation is that this could not
Last forever even though you're singing and thinking
How well you've got it made
Who are you?
When will you be through?!
Yeah, it's just a phase.. it will be over soon
Yeah, it's just a phase...
Yeah, it's just a...
Call it 'women's intuition' but I think I'm on to
Something here. Temporaryism has been the
'Black Plague' and the 'Jesus' of our age.
I know that I sound opinionated, maybe biased
And quite possibly jaded. But sooner than later
They'll be throwing quarters at you on the stage
Who are you?
When will you be through?
Yeah, it's just a phase.. it will be over soon
Yeah, it's just a phase and I am waiting for it
To be over too.
11am
7am...
The garbage truck beeps as it backs up
And I start my day thinking about what I've thrown away
Could I push rewind?
The credits traverse signifying the end
But I missed the best part
Could we please go back to start?
Forgive my indecision
Then again,
Then again,
Then again, you're always first when no one's on your side...
But then again,
Then again,
Then again, The day will come when I want off that ride
11am
By now you would think that I would be up
But my bed sheets shade the heat of choices I've made....
What did I find?
I never thought I could want someone so much
Cause now you're not here
And I'm knee deep in that old fear
Forgive my indecision...
I am only a man...
Then again,
Then again,
Then again, you're always first when no one's on your side...
But then again,
Then again,
Then again, The day will come when I want off that ride
12 pm and my dusty telephone rings...
Heavy head up from my pillow who, could it be?
I hope its you
It's you
Then again,
Then again,
Then again, you're always first when no one's on your side
But then again,
Then again,
Then again, The day has come and I want off that ride
Blood On The Ground
I don't want to talk to you anymore
I'm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue everytime you come around
Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground
Hand over my heart I swear I've tried everything I could
Within all my power two weeks and one hour
I slaved and now I've got nothing to show
Oh if only you'd grow taller than a brick wall
From now on I'm gonna start holding my breath
When you come around and you flex that fake grin
Cause something inside of me has said more than twice
That breathing less air beats breathing you in
chorus:
I don't want to talk to you anymore
I'm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue everytime you come around
Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground
Hand over my mouth I'm earning the right to my silence
In quiet discerning between ego and timing
Good judgement is once again proving to me that it's
Still worth it's weight in gold
So from now on I'm gonna be so much more wary
When you start to speak and my warm blood starts to boil
That seeing you is like pulling teeth
And hearing your voice is like chewing tin foil
chorus:
I don't want to talk to you anymore
I'm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue everytime you come around
Cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground
High fives to a better judgement
By saying less today, I will gain more
Low twos to you my fickle friend
Who brought the art of silent war
Mexico
You could see me reaching,
So why couldn't you have met me halfway
You could see me bleeding
And you could not put pressure on the wound....
You only think about yourself.
You only think about yourself.
You'd better bend before I go...
On the first train to Mexico....(ohhh)
You could see me breathing
But you still kept your hand over my mouth....
You could feel me seething
But you just turned your nose up in the air....(ohh)
You only think about yourself.
You only think about yourself...
You'd better bend before I go
On the first train to Mexico.....(ohh)
You only think about yourself.
You only think about yourself...
You'd better bend before I go
On the first train to Mexico.....(ohh)
Warning
Bat your eyes girl, be otherworldly
Count your blessings, seduce a stranger
What's so wrong with being happy?
Kudos to those who see through sickness yeah...
Over and over and over and over and (oooooo)
She woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
She called out a warning
Don't ever let life pass you by
I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal
When will we learn? When will we change?
Just in time to see it all come down...
Those left standing will make millions
Writing books on the way it should have been
She woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
She called out a warning
Don't ever let life pass you by
Floating in this cosmic jacuzzi
We are like frogs oblivious
To the water starting to boil
No one flinches, we all float face down
She woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
Don't ever let life pass you by...
Pass you by...
Echo
There's something about the look in your eyes
Something I noticed when the light was just right (oh)
It reminded me twice that I was alive
And it reminded me that you're so worth the fight. . .ooh, yeah
My biggest fear will be the rescue of me
Strange how it turns out that way . . .yeah
Could you show me dear, something I've not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
Could you show me dear, something I've not seen?
Something infinitely interesting. . .(oh)
There's something about the way you move
I see your mouth in slow motion when you sing (oh, oh)
More subtle than something someone contrives
Your movements echo that I have seen the real thing. . .ooh, yeah
Your biggest fear will be the rescue of you
Strange how it turns out that way . . .yeah
Could you show me dear, something I've not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
Could you show me dear, something I've not seen?
Something infinitely interesting
Have You Ever
To get up and walk away would be too easy
So stay and stand your ground just watch your mouth with me
On the back of every right, there's a wrong looming
So here you and I should tread as soft
As these razorblades for boots will let be
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes?
Have you ever tried to balance that beam?
And if you ever try to fit in my shoes
They'll never be quite as soft as they seem
(thought!)Unabashed honesty would be ideal
But a prophet did once say, that honesty's a lonely word
So where do we go from here? Abandon ship now!
My problem is you make me melt and I don't want to be frozen anymore
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes?
Have you ever tried to balance that beam?
And if you ever try to fit in my shoes
They'll never be quite as soft as they seem
Ooh oooh no oh no
Have you ever, have you ever tried to, I have never, I have never tried to!
Have you ever tried to step in my shoes?
Have you ever tried to balance that beam?
And if you ever try to fit in my shoes
They'll never be quite as soft as they seem
Ooh oooh no oh no
Are You In?
It's so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
Its so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
Are you in?
Are you in?
Its so much better
When everyone is in
Are you in?
Its so much easier
When sea foam green is in fashion
Are you in?
Are you in?
Are you in?
Under My Umbrella
When I close my eyes... I can see for miles
There's comfort in my dark seat... and chaos in the aisles.
These eyes are not your eyes
and these eyes are not the color that
your arid eyes might be.
No, I was not around
when those eyes of yours decided so
I refuse to kneel before the
sights you choose to see.
When I close my eyes... I remember why I smile.
Under my umbrella... I'm an accomplished exile.
These eyes are not your eyes
and these eyes are not the color that
your arid eyes might be.
No, I was not around
when those eyes of yours decided so
I refuse to kneel before the
sights you choose to see!
If this is right, I'd rather be wrong.
If this is sight, I'd rather be blind.
Aqueous Transmission
I'm floating down a river,
Oars freed from their holes long ago
Lying face up on the floor of my vessel
I marvel at the stars and feel my heart overflow
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Two weeks without my lover,
I'm in this boat alone
Floating down a river named Emotion
Will I make it back to shore or drift into the unknown.
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
I'm building an antenna
Transmissions will be sent when I am through
Maybe we can meet again further down the river
And share what we both discovered, and revel in the view
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
I'm floating down a river (8x)