The Swimmer Sleater-Kinney

The swimmer is so far from the distant shore The only time she never feels alone On the land her body distorts In the water lines are true to her mind I can hardly see you now Are you getting closer and

The Remainder Sleater-Kinney

You round it up or round it down And if youre scared by what youre left with Destroy the answer that youve found You were the one When the day had begun The sun was shining on us Blinding me such

The Professional Sleater-Kinney

There is a sound they don't want you to own arrest every word that escapes from your throat They hand you the world's smallest microphone It's still too loud and you're asked to go home She can stay as

The Fox Sleater-Kinney

On the day the duck was born The fox was watching all along He said, Land Ho when he saw the duck Land Ho and the duck saw him too Shiny pretty fox thought the duck The duck came up onto the land The fox

Price Tag Sleater-Kinney

The bells go off The buzzer coughs The traffic starts to buzz The clothes are stiff The fabrics itch The fit's a little rough But I suck it in To every stitch Try to fit inside the glove I scramble eggs

Light Rail Coyote Sleater-Kinney

Let's meet in the city where the rivers cross, bridges there Let's float down into the stream of Rich and Poor Pioneers A kid from a western town wants to be seen, and go out Let's borrow my parent's car

No Cities To Love Sleater-Kinney

of emptiness There are no cities, no cities to love There are no cities, no cities to love It's not the city, it's the weather we love It's not the city, it's the weather we love We walk to a walk off

Wilderness Sleater-Kinney

Kenny and Linda on the way to Chelan Transmission's shot, no back up plan Will they hitch a ride Or get into a fight Moved to the West Coast, packed up their things The winters are gray, now so are the

Banned From The End Of The World Sleater-Kinney

Banned from the end of the world I've no millenial fear the future is here, it comes every year If you want me there, I'll play forever dear Open up the box a new life rushes out Nasty little bug, much

Jumpers Sleater-Kinney

I spend the afternoon in cars I sit in traffic jams for hours Don't push me I am not OK The sky is blue most every day The lemons grow like tumors they Are tiny suns infused with sour Lonely

No Anthems Sleater-Kinney

I'm the locust telling you something's amiss Then you hear the sound I'm the whisper, I can do it better When I look around I'm the siren sail beamin' from the highest shelf You should really look down

Fade Sleater-Kinney

When the last strip of light is dimming When the spotlight starts to fade If there's no tomorrow You better live All of the roles that we played Hit your mark, push the walls, stretch the stage Oh, what

The Last Song Sleater-Kinney

this song your song is the last song that i'll ever do for you about me cuz your games are through i won't think i won't breathe i won't close my eyes to dream i'd starve you right out of me if i knew

Call The Doctor Sleater-Kinney

terrify you this is love and you can't make it in a formula or shake me i'm your monster i'm not like you all your life is written for you look out they want what you know steal a kid break a heart steal the

The End of You Sleater-Kinney

Build for me your tightest ship make the oars run swift and fast Send me out your strongest crew make their hearts and minds steadfast Bless me with Athena there's no meaner, she's the best For when we

Far Away Sleater-Kinney

7:30 am nurse the baby on the couch then the phone rings "Turn on the T.V."

Funeral Song Sleater-Kinney

Stay away from the haunted heart You swore to yourself that you'd make a new start But you just love the demon with the poison dart There's nothing left to see Turn out the light Stay away from the burning

You're No Rock N' Roll Fun Sleater-Kinney

You're no rock n' roll fun like a party that's over before it's begun You're no walk in the park more like a shot in the dark with clues left for no one And all the boys in the band know how to get down

Little Babies Sleater-Kinney

i'm the water i'm the dishes i'm the soap i will comfort make you clean help you cope when you're tired feeling helpless come inside i am the shelter and then when you're feeling better i'll watch you

Sympathy Sleater-Kinney

rust This decay in my blood I dont like the doctor with the deep long face Only wants to give us the very worst case Id rather shout out and shake him and do anything For him Id beg you on bended

Surface Envy Sleater-Kinney

Throw me a rope, give me a leg I haven't seen daylight in what must be day I took the long way down, lost track of myself Confidence fell down the steepest of slopes I'll row you an ocean, I could do more

Hey Darling Sleater-Kinney

you're not home This is your phone though, right Explanations are thin, but I feel it's time You want to know where I've been For such a long time Disappearing act right before your eyes It seems to me the

One Beat Sleater-Kinney

(Take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly oh my, imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme) If you think like Thomas Edison Could you invent a world for me Now all that's on

Rollercoaster Sleater-Kinney

Sweet like my tomato red cherry tomato Down at the market pick out the ripe one Tempting me sorely and I want to bite one Wait, wait save it for later We had a good time at the beginning It tasted just

Burn, Don't Freeze! Sleater-Kinney

I'd set your heart on fire but arson is no way to make a love burn brighter When you saw me, on that first day said I'd blossom under your care Always thought that the devil was the only one who knew the

Jenny Sleater-Kinney

do you see her face when she's gone sometimes so bright your heart just stops did she answer you your other half you know they say she comes just once i am the girl i am the ghost i am the wife i am the

Step Aside Sleater-Kinney

Will you come knocking on my door Pull me pick me off the floor I might need something to get me going Feel it one time IT ROLLS dig it When I feel worn out when I feel beaten Like a used up shoe or a

Ironclad Sleater-Kinney

You went down in the very first round sitting ringside in a tiny town knock out first round This could be our very last stand The Monitor and the Merrimac too bad you're ironclad When you fall you will

All Hands On The Bad One Sleater-Kinney

You can't get to heaven in a silver spoon You can polish everything except for the mark on you Come be the first in line To shake the hand of mine They call you out and up All Hands on the Bad One We would

Male Model Sleater-Kinney

play just like him Kick it out, could you show me your riffs You always measure me by him Don't get me wrong I'm not opposed to something big I'm so sick of tests Go ahead and flunk my ass You don't own the

Combat Rock Sleater-Kinney

They tell us there are only two sides to be on If you are on our side you're right if not you're wrong But are we innocent, paragons of good Is our guilt erased by the pain that we've endured Hey look

The Size Of Our Love Sleater-Kinney

Our love is the size of these tumors inside us Our love is the size of this hospital room you're my hospital groom Put the ring on my finger, so tight it turns blue A constant reminder I'll die in this

One More Hour Sleater-Kinney

In one more hour i will be gone in one more hour i'll leave this room the dress you wore the pretty shoes are things i left behind for you oh, you've got the darkest eyes I needed it i know it's so hard

#1 Must Have Sleater-Kinney

Bearer of the flag from the beginning Now who would have believed this riot grrrl's a cynic But they took our ideas to their marketing stars and now i'm spending all my days at girlpowercom Trying to buy

Night Light Sleater-Kinney

Oh little light That shines for me in the dark of night Oh little sigh Sometimes I follow you all the way home I would almost have to ask you I hate to be led So give me a spark I can look for instead

Steep Air Sleater-Kinney

I'm tired of waiting on a ship that won't leave shore I'm tired of waiting on a ship that won't leave shore The water's bloody with the ones who came before The water's bloody with the ones who came before

Was It A Lie? Sleater-Kinney

The yard was cold and dark the tracks were clearly marked But she was tired she didn't see She was just out alone She wasn't going home she was going somewhere far away the train was moving through as

Milkshake N' Honey Sleater-Kinney

14 Rue de Savoy is where the flat was let We shacked up in Paris two days after we had met Eighteen bars of the sonata and you were mine This music gig doesn't pay that good but the fans are alright Darling

Start Together Sleater-Kinney

If you want me it's changing If you want everything's changing If you want the sky would open up If you want your eyes could open up I'm a mess I'm the worst But the best that you've heard Come so far

Things You Say Sleater-Kinney

your words but they make you stuck now you can't feel now you can't want it's just too messy it's just too think is it too scary is it too real it is one desire burning hot and bright it could fill up the

Dance Song '97 Sleater-Kinney

well you know there ain't no doubt when the feeling finds you out you know you can try to run i tell you it still will come when you feel your body shake trip and fall you can't walk straight baby then

Hot Rock Sleater-Kinney

I'm onto you before the night is through I'm going to steal this diamond hot rock to you I'm not the one you wanted not the thing you keep how am I to know what you want me to feel counterfeit or real

Heart Factory Sleater-Kinney

we're manufacturing hearts we've got the perfect thing the word on the street we've got the new love machine heart with and on off switch and a remote control now you can program how you feel before you

Oh! Sleater Kinney

If you're tired of the big so so Get yourself into some self-control Play the game by putting on the brakes Slow down and make less mistakes Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart Nobody figures

Oh! Sleater-Kinney

If you're tired of the big so so Get yourself into some self control Play the game by putting on the brakes Slow down and make less mistakes Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart Nobody figures like

One Song For You Sleater-Kinney

If you want it and you're going out of your mind If you want me in your bed we better do it on the sly and you know why One Song for you We wrote a little tune it takes off for you Hold on, hold on it's

Words And Guitars Sleater-Kinney

words and guitar i got it words and guitar i like it way way too loud i got it words and guitar i play it all i play it all i play it words and guitar can't take this away from me music is the air I breathe

Gimme Love Sleater-Kinney

Gimme love, gimme love Never enough Gimme love, gimme love Never enough Gimme love, gimme love Never enough Gimme love, gimme love Never enough My hands reached out to touch the earth I'm too small to

What's Mine Is Yours Sleater-Kinney

time Rest your head on this heart of mine Tell me, honey, 'cause you look so blue Just how did they, did they get to you If it's all just a waste of time I'm gonna spend it Yours and mine Someone's in the

Stay Where You Are Sleater-Kinney

i can't find you stay where you are i'm in the dark stay where you are i'm alright i feel fine you're my life i'm alright she's dead if you want and that's me if you want stuffed in the corner little girl