Approaching Normal
Blue October
2009 Released
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1
Weight of the World
04 : 05
2
Say It
03 : 39
3
Dirt Room
03 : 26
4
Been Down
04 : 21
5
My Never
03 : 48
6
Should Be Loved
04 : 04
7
Kangaroo Cry
04 : 53
8
Picking Up Pieces
04 : 22
9
Jump Rope
03 : 20
10
Blue Skies
03 : 46
11
Blue Does
03 : 29
12
The End
05 : 00
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Track Lyrics
Weight of the World Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
A blackout in the room again
A busted lip and broken skin
I wake up in the bathroom
And dare not bother asking
Why the mirror's cracked and all I see
Are shards of glass inside of me
There's voices there to dare me
My father's here to scare me
And my mother, she sits beyond the door
She's curled up crying on the floor
Look at what her son's done
[Chorus:]
When the weight of all the world's gone wrong
Wrong again
Gone fucking wrong again
[Verse 2:]
Well, liars they leave a guilty trail
Let me tell you: I've been lying for years
That must be why I'm standing in this space
Constantly, over and over
I'm disregarding that I have created these monsters
That are on both of my sides
So I wipe the blood from both of their eyes
From all four of their eyes
And while I wait for wounds to heal, I see you by the windowsill
Your heart's torn out, a plastic spoon
When honesty lit up that room
So I stole the pillowcase to clean
This mess I've made of someone's dream
Now you've seen what I've done
[Chorus:]
When the weight of all the world's gone wrong again
Gone fucking wrong again
[Bridge:]
This room is old and wise
I fall onto the bed and wonder
"How did I get here?"
I was a little boy who would argue with a tree
Go ahead, thump his head
He'll turn back to normal
Now why is that what I see?
[Outro]
Don't bother trusting me, don't bother waiting
Don't bother changing things that won't give into changing
Just let me go away
I'm packed
Down, whenever
Let's go
Let's really, really go
Say It Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
It's all about esteem, it's all about dreams
It's all about making the best out of everything
You'll know when you're fine, 'cause you'll talk like a mime
You'll fall on your face, you get back up, and you're doing fine
"A considerate clown, a preachy preaching machine"
Is one of the sweetest things you would say about me
But I don't have the time for your distorted esteem
Why are you toying with my mind?
[Chorus:]
I don't wanna hear you say it
I don't wanna hear you say it
I don't wanna hear you say it
Now you're messing with my pride
[Verse 2:]
You think you're smarter than me, well, everyone knows
You will never be smarter than me, that's how it goes
I gained forty pounds because of you
Was there an "S" on my chest?
Well I confess, you were too much stress
I'd have a heart attack at best
So now I breathe it out, I breathe it out
And I spit it on the crowd
'Cause they lift me up, they lift me up
They lift me up when I'm feeling down
What am I spitting out, spitting out?
Something we never talk about
It's called my mind
[Chorus:]
I don't wanna hear you say it
I don't wanna hear you say it
I don't wanna hear you say it
Now you're messing with my pride
[Bridge:]
Well, I'm sick of standing in your line
So now you'll have to take it
Take this to heart: I will never let you fuck me over
Stop talking down to me
Your war is old, your game is over
So here's my coldest shoulder
[Chorus:]
I don't wanna hear you say it
I don't wanna hear you say it
I don't wanna hear you say it
Now you're messing with my pride, my pride
[Outro:]
Something we don't talk about
Something we don't talk about
Picking Up Pieces Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I really need to talk with you
I keep stepping on the vein
That keeps my lifeline flowing through
I wanna be your perfect stick of glue
But I don't feel perfect at all
Sad and insecure flaw
I find it hard to hold conversations
I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away
No, it's not you; it's strictly me in this situation
But I'm wondering, will it ever go away?
Just go away, still
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes, I feel like weeping
Awake and when I'm sleeping
Perfecting how to put a game face on
And this puzzle I've been keeping
Has been in hiding, creeping out the closet door
Spilling out onto the floor
[Chorus]
How long will I be picking up pieces?
How long will I be picking up my heart?
[Verse 2]
Listen...
I'll be as honest as I feel
I'm getting more paranoid 'cause I'm hearing things
And they never turn out real
It feels like my heart is made of pure steel
It's just so heavy all the time
I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living
I gave up on the past 'cause it's unforgiving
I misplaced my trust, I watched my word begin to rust
I'm that balloon about to bust
I need a place for reliving, still
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes, I feel like weeping
Awake and when I'm sleeping
Perfecting how to put a game face on
And this puzzle I've been keeping
Has been in hiding, creeping out the closet door
Spilling out onto the floor
[Chorus]
How long will I be picking up pieces?
How long will I be picking up my heart?
Be picking up my heart?
[Bridge]
I've been picking up my heart
Be picking up my heart
Be picking up my heart
Picking up my heart
Keep picking up my heart
[Chorus]
How long, in another space and time?
Keep picking up pieces in the corner of my mind
How long, getting oh-so hard to find?
Keep picking up pieces in the corner of my mind
[Outro]
But I still walk on
Blue Skies Lyrics
[Chorus:]
Blue skies
Calling on blue skies
Don't take them away, boys
Don't take them away
'Cause I'll never stop
[Verse 1:]
I've been to both knees
Raised my hands up to the skies, forgive me
Is something out there far beyond the clouds?
I'm asking help me
Help me to see the world
Through baby eyes and hold me closely
I need a fresh start on the roller coaster
Made for coasting
It's time to wake up, time to make up
Time to shake these memories
It's time to leave the past in the past
And lace up a new set of shoestrings
I want the world to know I've got your back
Through up and down, see
So we can sit together, side by side
Through amazing
[Chorus:]
Blue skies
Calling on blue skies
Don't take them away, boys
Don't take them away
'Cause I'll never stop
[Verse 2:]
I've broken every bone
And fell through what felt never-ending
I thought my head was made of sadness
My heart is mending
I scream at sunsets, give applause to what I can't control
Then somehow laugh at how
The moon divides an ocean soul, well
I wanna be that ocean
I wanna shine like that
I want to smile so big, my daughter jumps into my lap
I wanna tell her daddy's fine and always plans to be
Then take her in my arms
This is what we'll always see
[Chorus:]
Blue skies
Calling on blue skies
Don't take them away, boys
Don't take them away
'Cause I'll never stop loving my
Blue skies
Calling on blue skies
Don't take them away, boys
Don't take them away, yeah
[Bridge:]
And when I'm gone, I won't go screaming in the end
'Cause I'll give you everything my life amounts to
So raise this life up with me
And baby, let's go dancing
Come on!
[Chorus:]
Blue skies
Calling on blue skies
Don't take them away, boys
Never take them away
Don't take them away
No, no, no
Blue Does Lyrics
[Verse]
Blue does
Everything I've never seen before
Blue does
Everything I've never seen before
[Chorus]
She's the answer to the prayer I hadn't found
She's the answer to the silence; she's my sound
Oh, what a girl
Oh, what a beautiful girl she is
[Verse]
Blue does
Everything I've never seen before
Blue does
Everything I've never seen before
[Chorus]
She's the answer to the prayer I hadn't found
She's the answer to the silence; she's my sound
Oh, what a girl
Oh, what a beautiful girl she is
I said, oh, what a girl
Oh, what a beautiful girl she is
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
Oh, what a girl
Oh, what a beautiful girl she is
The End Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Here alone, standing barefoot in our lawn
Worms squeezing their way through my toes
Tonight that's how it goes
I'm at your window kneeling quiet
I thought at least I'd maybe try to get your head right your heart right
"Let him go!"
Then through the glass, I see your dress
Fall to the floor as he embraces every inch of you
The woman I adore
I can't believe the way you're bending
Can't believe this neverending moaning asking him for more
Begging him for more
[Pre-Chorus]
How far will I go to make it feel right?
"Come home"
I have to fix this on my own
[Chorus]
Replace my heart
'Cause I'm convinced mine broke the day I let us end
Replace my heart
I don't wanna live by coping, I'm done with hoping
End
[Verse 2]
I creeped in close enough to see the way he touched her
From her feet across her knees, inside her sweetest spot
He pleased and pleased her
I turned around and tried to take control, but no control was capable
It was a centerfold of how less than low can possibly go
I squeezed the life into my brain
Like pushing knives into a vein
I've gotta get, I said I've gotta get inside
So to the back window, I crawl in silent
Standing in the darkness of my living room
This used to be my home
[Pre-Chorus]
How far will I go to make it feel right?
"Come home"
I'm moving forward to the bedroom door
[Chorus]
'Replace my heart
Cause I'm convinced mine broke the day I let us end
Replace my heart
I don't wanna live by coping, I'm done with hoping
End
[Verse 3]
I turn the doorknob with two fingers
To be slow enough to sneak into the room
Among the corner darkness gloom
I had to see this happening
He pushed himself so deep inside her
Clapping rang and bounced off every wooden walled room
And that's when all went silent, blank except for the color red
As I walked calmly numbing paralyzed beside the bed
I said "I know I'm not allowed to be here
I just had to see how good your new man really fucks you
'Cause you both been fucking me."
"So now I planned the last thing you can both do as a pair
I tie both blindfolds tight around your fucking eyes to blind your stare
I don't want to alarm you, but I figured we could end this in what seems easy quick, and painless
Man, so I'll get down to business
I choose you first, there's a gun, it's at your head
So laugh at me one more time but keep your face inside the bed
You sit and watch me while I do this shit and learn from what I've said"
I cocked the pistol, pulled the trigger, and all I saw was red
[Pre-Chorus]
How far will I go to make it feel right?
"Come home"
I have to fix this on my own
[Verse 4]
Then the screaming, oh the screaming
It's nice to see you scared
Of such a weak and stupid husband
Who knows you never really cared
I'll leave you with a question that I need to hear from your head
Was all this worth it knowing you have just seconds left to live?
Now think about your answer, as you lay face down on the bed
I cocked the pistol, pulled the trigger and all I saw was red
I gently stroke her arm as she lies lifeless on her back
Then I placed the barrel in my mouth
All I saw was black