Even If And Especially When

Yeah i can see for miles and the time is empty
I bounce on a wire just try and stop me
A million things i could think of today
Cause my mind is racing, i wanna stay
And get lost in your eyes
But can you swim when you cry, hey

I'm walking down a spiral staircase
Never gonna ever be able to place
The kind of things i see and hear
A room that's washed in burnin' tears
Well i walk that on by
I can't rest well when you cry, hey

Today my world has been painted light
Where's the snow that's painted white
A million things i could think of today
Cause my mind is racing and i just wanna stay
And get lost in your eyes
Slap me don't even try
Tomorrow's gonna pass on by
But can you swim when you cry

Moving around in the outer reaches
Hiding out with all the creatures there
The dirt is drifting down upon us
But my friends would never crack a frown
We're going to the poison planet
We're going to it now
Looking beyond this point in time
Seems unreal somehow

Time to know just what i'm buying
Cold still walls remain
And i'm flying

Trapped in the valley of love you're giving
Special power
Now what was that
Looking to you with gratitude that seems unreal somehow

Time to know just what i'm buying
Cold still walls remain
And i'm flying
Flying

Moving around in the outer reaches
Hiding out with all the creatures there
The dirt is drifting down upon us
But my friends would have never cracked a frown
Million worlds our soul is gutted
It seems unreal somehow

Time to know just what i'm buying
Cold still walls remain
And i'm flying
Flying
You gotta watch me fly

Watching shadows fall across the floor
And the wind blows wild
Step outside into the night
Step outside myself for awhile

It all comes apart but then my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could i ever
Put it back together

The yellow truck slows to a halt
Now come the dogs it don't matter
Walking all alone down a one way street
Best time i ever had

It all comes apart but then my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could i ever
Put it back together

I watch the shadows fall across the floor
And the wind blows wild
Step outside into the night
Step outside myself for awhile

It all comes apart and my eyes
Try to put it back together
It all comes apart could i ever
Put it back together
(repeat)

Ah come on now won't you tell me how you feel
Black and white explaining that my eyes are all but sealed
Sentimental memories call you back to your life
But a vaguely clouded window pane destroys my views tonight
Come on baby do like me, a cat on the prowl

Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Wanna live in the forest baby, yeah

Now i don't wanna hear it if you're telling me your lies
I wanna leave the city and a million staring eyes
All the leaves surrounded brought up in a sea of green
I've got a pain inside my heart now can't you see babe
Do like a cat, say meow
All right now

Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
I wanna live in the forest baby
Not a lot of miles to take me
Out here to the forest baby, yeah

Well come on out into my forest
Out here they're gonna all ignore us
In the middle of a brand new day
I wanna love you mama, yeah
As many times as a i can
I wanna see this town explode without a sound
Cause no one else would come around, yeah

Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Not a lot of miles to take me
Gotta go where my thoughts would take me
Wanna live in the forest baby
Not a lot of miles to take me
Out here to the forest baby

Oh out in the forest
And she's white and black
They can't call me or turn me back
This animal's wild and he roams where he wants
Don't care about the people cause i can't hear 'em talk
Out here in the forest
Out in the forest

Well clouds divide and i see a shape
Pretty girl through the mind gape
Running back fast away
Past the shadows where i stay
Long, long hair
Knock, not there
Wind dissolves the clouds
But the street light you're the only witness

The girl behind the mask
She's the one
Who never has to ask, yeah

With magic pouring from her eyes
There's nothing she can't recognize
Makes me want to understand
Makes me feel like melting black
When you're the last flash
When time stands still i ask
Where to fall and i could be calling
Never been in a dream where she could see

The girl behind the mask
She's the one
Who never has to ask
She reads through your disguise
It's too late
You never realize
And i never realized

Up the stairs her picture's waiting
In the room she might be waiting
We're baptized still getting blinded in the darkness
If i get back to her i'd walk away into the forest
And into the thicket, where can i go lord

The girl behind the mask
She's the one
Who never has to ask
She reads through your disguise
It's too late
You never realize
You never realize
Then you cry please don't...

Winds are fake but you're over there
Didn't sit here long inside my stare
In those pale blue skies you spy the errors
Strange to see how your vision narrows

An unspoken claim
In your ears it rings
You know where it's at now

Maybe a time for one inspection
You took off in the wrong direction
And nobody wants to hear
Like so many did when the days were clear

An unspoken pain
In your ears it rings
You know where it's at now
Something died when you said goodbye, yeah

Hardly time for one last look
Giving up on what we took
It's no good unless we stand
Face to face alone my friend

An unspoken thing
In your ears it rings
You know where it's at now
You know where it's at now
Something died when you said goodbye