Western Medicine

All my troubles have found me today
"when will i hit the ground?" i hear myself say
But i just keep on falling weightless and half asleep
But i know someday those troubles will be mine to keep
Right now i'll put it off right now i will be shoving off

Downwardspiral

I have always heard you pay for your mistakes
But what currency will be accepted at that gate?
Have i cried enough? have i thought about it enough?
What's going to count when the road turns rough?

I've forgotten why i came here but i know why i stayed
I came to love this dirty town and its passion plays
But when you relive the same bloody war
Even with different actors you start to want something more

Western medicine

I've forgotten how i lived with my disease
I've forgotten how i lived could you remind me please
Remember when you found me in that silly cage?
You opened the door and said i never really had to stay

Western medicine

It's so simple that's it's stupid, it's so simple: love!

I first saw her face on a silver screen
It was a matinee, a european
I kept returning for at least ten more shows
Then i followed that film 'round until it closed

Someone else should've been thinking for me
They would've said an actress only gives you half the story

The half i saw was more than enough
The half i saw was almost too much

I joined her fan club boy did i ever feel young
I couldn't stop myself i was so badly stung
I found out where she lived i quit my job to find
This flicker in the dark i couldn't leave behind

Someone else should've been thinking for me
They would've said an actress only gives you half the story

I went to santa barbara and tried to find that girl
But no one can ever tell you it's impossible...

I hitchhiked home and i got my old job back
I had to take their shit i had to watch them laugh
Now i spend my nights in front of my t.v.
I finally figured out just what she means to me

No one else has to do my thinking for me
I want my actress to just only tell me half the story

The half i saw was more than enough
The half i saw was almost too much

Fats waller on my stereo raisin' hell
And the tv's got the sound turned down but i see william powell
And he's got myrna loy in a fond embrace
And i know she's not acting by the smile on her face

The undead the undead they fill my head

Bix beiderbecke stayed high as long as he could score
He wanted to play less cornet but the fans wanted more
So he hid away in a cheap motel
And he played his piano in both heaven and in hell

The undead the undead they keep me fed

James whale would not hide the fact that he liked boys
He worked at universal in the 30s making noise
Horror films with black humor and grace
And when he checked himself out he left a note behind in case...we might forget

There's a little rosewood casket filled with her letters
And any other thing she gave to me,
And i don't know why i keep it
She is so long gone and i don't know why i cry every day

I see her on the street, she smiles so sweetly
And i look her in the eye and try to do the same
And i don't know why i do it
She is so long gone and i don't know why i go there every day

I wish i could climb in a little rosewood casket
And i wanna to sleep forever or til my sleep is done
But sleep won't make things better
And time won't move faster, only the end can cure what's wrong

There's a little tiny detail i always leave out
And that is why she left me as if there was some doubt
But all that really matters is i lost the war
And i don't think he's a good friend anymore

Don't wave that flag in my face
You don't have energy to waste
Your arms will break your legs will crack
From marching back and forth and back
You hear a scream and take the bait
We all need a reason to hate
The theater of war is sold out
"give us an encore!" the audience shouts

The general died at dawn he wanted to live but not too long
Some things have more power when they're no longer here
Ideas to believe in that are not clear

A slogan makes the logic stop
Until you're ready to join the mob
But who's gonna buy 'bloodshed'
When you can sell 'pride' instead
Nothin' wrong with national pride
Except when it eats you up inside
And all you can see is red
And the only good foreigner is dead

The general died at dawn he wanted to live but not too long
Some things have more power when they're no longer here
Ideas to believe in that are not clear