JAMIE'S ELSEWHERE LYRICS

1. I'll Make My Peace And Sink

Listen, to the sound
The sound of an angry ocean below
And, look above
The skies open up
The waves begin to groan
They say, it’s nothing personal
It’s what's been decided for you
It is what has to be.
It is what has to be.

If you aren't so easily swayed
I'll make my peace and sink beneath the waves
Until it all fades away
To hues and shades of blues and grays

In this cold
Frigid and oh so lonely
I'm slowly moving toward
The center of a hostile world
Unexplored and in need of
More men like me to uncover
What lies at its ends

If you aren't so easily swayed
I'll make my peace and sink beneath the waves
Until it all fades away
To hues and shades of blues and grays

All I ever needed was just one more day
And I feel so disconnected
So strangely warm
So strangely calm
Calm...

If you aren't so easily swayed
I'll make my peace and sink beneath the waves
Until it all fades away
To hues and shades of blues and grays

2. Let's Pretend That We're Giants

It’s all the same, nothing's changed
Again, I find myself in the current
As I am gracelessly tossed around and around
Your words echo and your voice resounds
When we awake from our sleep
We’ll know that this is where we’re supposed to be
With walls, and walls
Of water for miles, oh

Just know that
We are so fragile
And easily broken
But I'll try my hardest
To put you back together
If you do the same for me

For now just sleep my sweet
Don't worry about what tomorrow brings
So let’s pretend that we're giants among common men
Because we’ve never been taller than our demons within

We are so fragile
And easily broken
But I'll try my hardest
To put you back together
If you do the same

We are so fragile
And easily broken
But I'll try my hardest
To put you back together
If you do the same for me

Why did you have to leave me here to fend for myself?
Am I such a terrible man?

3. One Foot In The Present Day

For so long I have waited
For this sense of urgency
For as long as I can remember
I've always been the type
Of person to just give in

I want to run just as fast I came in
I want to have the chance
To flee the scene
And to find peace
Oh, it’s so hard to find relief
For this excess sensitivity
To the crimes that have been
Committed against others, not only me

How long must I wait
Until I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
Until I am whole again?
And how long must I wait
Until I am at peace again?
And how long must I wait
To see your face again?

I've got one foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave
One foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave
One foot in the present day
And one foot in the grave

But, it’s your grace that gives us
The second chances that we don't deserve
And that we take for granted
But, it’s your grace that gives us
The second chances that we don't deserve
And that we take for granted

And how long must I wait
Until I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
Til I am whole again?
And how long must I wait
Until I’m at peace again?
And how long must I wait
To see your face again?
To see your face again
To see your face again
To see your face again
To see your face, again

4. Prodigal Son

Oh wondrous, is this surrounding
Where gravity releases me
So that I may stay beneath

Ocean blue
Am I really what you seek?
Another nameless sailor’s ghost
Lost to the sea

Oh, what have I become
A prodigal son
A mouth without a word to say
A question begging for an answer?

Open my eyes
To see the crystal blue
In the depths
You were still there

Oh, what have I become
A prodigal son
A mouth without a word to say?
When all is said and done
Will I reap what I've sown?

5. Heavy Eyelids, Heavy Heart

I fell asleep beneath a tree
The one I sat underneath while I spent my day dreaming
Of open windows, and open doors, of the chance to run away
But I think I've grown enough to know there's only so
Between what you think and what you know
What you see and what you don't

Everyone step outside
And scream with the love we felt since we were children
Too often we bury our hearts in treasure chests
And throw away the keys

I once felt that it was all perfect
And that dreams had all become real
The feelings of fear and loss
Had all been stripped away, and cast aside
I've been afraid to lighten my heavy heart
'Cause maybe no one would understand,
And maybe I'll never understand
But I'm shedding my skin

So everyone can step inside
And see the love I've felt since I was a child
Too often I forget to open up
And let the light in
And one day when all the stuff
That bonds and makes us something
Rise and falls away

We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be perfect
We'll all be home

6. Out Of Love

I remember a phone call, a quarter past nine
When you said, "this can't be," and you started to cry
And I could tell by your actions, and words that you spoke,
That you'd lost someone close, and your heart was half broken

And, oh, my God, do you do this out of love,
When you hold them in your arms and take them away from us?

You left us here alone, your old house just a shell.
Like a crab in the sea, you've moved on to another.
Well I know a few things, like, you're terribly missed.
And the whole time in the hospital, I kept thinking this:

That, oh, my God, how can you do this out of love,
When you hold them in your arms and take them away from us?

Well I finally broke down and started to cry.
I said "Was heaven not full enough, was that your reason why?"
I didn't wipe my tears, I let them dry like salt on my eyes,
Because I'm all out of answers; a pillar crumbling from the inside.
But I tried to be strong and be brave for you,
But I'm just a man, just as torn up as you.
But, I promise when you wake that everything will be fine.
When you wake the next morning, your heart will beat in time, and you'll say

Oh, my God, you do this out of love,
When you hold them in your arms and take them away from us.

I hope when it's my time that you can wake me from my sleep,
and say "It's time to go child," but no I won't weep
I'll say, "Make sure that they know this more importantly than others,
That I was a good son, husband, father, and brother."
And, I want you to be there when they talk to the doctors,
When they think all is lost, that you help them discover
That Heaven won't be full until all of us are there, when we're all together.
For now, just share with them:

That, oh, my God, you do this out of love,
When you hold them in your arms and take them away from us.





JAMIE'S ELSEWHERE LYRICS