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MTV Unplugged

You learn
Joining you
No pressure over Cappuccino
That I would be good
Head over feet
Princes familiar
I was hoping
Ironic
These r the thoughts
King of pain
You oughta know
Uninvited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No pressure over cappuccino

 

And you're like a 90's Jesus

And you reveal in your psychosis

How dare you?

And you sample concepts like hors d'oeuvres

And you eat their questions for dessert

And is it just me or is it hot in here?

 

And you're like a 90's Kennedy

And you're only a million years old.

You can't fool me.

 

They'll throw opinions like rocks in riots

And they'll stumble around like hypocrites

And is it just me or is it dark in here?

 

You may never be or have a husband

You may never be or have a child

You will learn to loose everything

We are temporary arrangements

 

And you're like a 90's Noah

And they laughed at you as you packed all of your things

And they wonder why you're frustrated

And they wonder why you're so angry

And is it just me or are you fed up?

 

God bless you in your travels, in your conquests, and queries







Princes Familiar

 

Please be philosophical

Please be tapped into your femininity

Please be able to take the wheel from me

Please be crazy and curious

 

Papa love your princess so that she will find

Loving princes familiar

Papa cry for your princess so that she will find

Gentle princes familiar

 

Please be a sexaholic

Please be unpredictably miserable

Please be self absorbed much not the good kind

Please be addicted to some substance

 

Papa listen to your princess so that she will find

Attentive princes familiar

Papa hear your princess so that she will find

Curious princes familiar

 

Please be the jerk of my knee i've fit you always

You finish my sentences I think I love you

What is your name again no matte

I'm guessing your thoughts again correctly

And I love the way you press my buttons

So much sometimes I could strangle you

 

Papa laugh with your princess so that she will find

Funny princes familiar

Papa respect your princess so that she will find

Respectful princes familiar

Papa love your princess so that she will find

Loving princes familiar

Papa cry for your princess so that she will find

Gentle princes familiar

 

Please be strangely enigmatic

Please be just like my







These R the thoughts (MTV unplugged version)

 

These are the thoughts that go through my head

in my backyard on a sunday afternoon

when I have the house to myself and I am not

spending all that energy on fighting with my boyfriend

 

Is he the one that I will marry

and why is it so hard to be objective about myself

why do I feel cellularly alone

am I supposed to live in this crazy city

can blindly continued fear-induced pregurtitated life-denying tradition

be overcome

 

Where does the money go that I send

to those in need, if we have so much why do some people have nothing

still I do, I feel frantic when I first wake up in the morning

why do you say you are spiritual, yet you treat people like shit

 

How can you say you're close to God, and yet you talk behind

my back as though I'm not a part of you, why do you say "you're fine"

when it's obvious you are not, why's it so hard to tell you what I want

why can't you just read my mind?

 

Why do I fear that the quieter I am

the less you will listen

why do I care whether you like me or not

why's it so hard for me to be angry

why is it such work to stay conscious and so easy to get stuck

and not the other way around

 

Will I ever move back to Canada again

I'd be with a lover with whom I am a student

and don't ask, oh why am I encouraged to shut my mouth

when it gets too close to home, why cannot I

live in the moment







King of Pain

 

There's a little black spot on the sun today

It's the same old thing as yesterday

There's a black hat caught in a high tree top

There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop

 

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running 'round my brain

I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

 

There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall

(That's my soul up there)

There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall

(That's my soul up there)

There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb

(That's my soul up there)

There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web

 

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running 'round my brain

I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

 

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out

There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt

There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed

There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

 

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack

There's a black winged gull with a broken back

There's a little black spot on the sun today

It's the same old thing as yesterday

 

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running 'round my brain

I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

But it's my destiny to be the queen of pain.

Queen of pain 

I'll always be queen of pain

I'll always be queen of pain







Uninvited

 

like anyone would be

I am flattered by your fascination with me

like any hotblooded woman

I have simply wanted an object to crave

 

but you you're not allowed

you're uninvited

an unfortunate slight

 

must be strangely exciting

to watch the stoic squirm

must be somewhat heartening

to watch shepherd meet shepherd

 

but you you're not allowed

you're uninvited

an unfortunate slight

 

like any uncharted territory

I must seem greatly intriguing

you speak of my love like

you have experienced love like mine before

 

but this is not allowed

you're uninvited

an unfortunate slight

 

I don't think you're unworthy

I need a moment to deliberate