Baggage — SIRSY

D E L I C I O U S
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Krahmer/Libutti/Larabee/Schultz
©2000 sirsymusic (BMI)

You are mesmerizing, luscious, and divine
And I can’t believe your heart would even look at mine
I am frightened and amazed by all your stuff
And because you make me feel like I am good enough

But I still recall
Sinking into gray
And I still recall
Surfacing

So I drink to your love
And it tastes delicious

Just when I feel small and crazy and used up
You have this easy way to simply pick me up
And you promise to stay after the rush is gone
I guess I’ve been afraid of promises for far too long

But I still recall
Sinking into gray
And I still recall
Surfacing

So I drink to your love
And it tastes delicious

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T H I S T I M E

lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Melanie Krahmer & Rich Libutti
©1999 sirsymusic (BMI)

Yesterday, he told me that he was the king
Well, practically anyway
Yesterday, he told me about her potential
To be anything he made her into

And so I sat, and I thought, and I wondered
About his stupid little universe
And how it all spins around on its axis of nonsense
And how anyone believes him at all

But I want to be mistaken
I want someone to prove me wrong
I want someone to figure it out for me this time

Just today he called to find I’m still alive
Well practically, anyway
Just today I left out the part where I tried
‘Cause I am just so tired of it all

And so I sat, and I thought, and I wondered
About his stupid little universe
And how it all spins around on its axis of nonsense
And how anyone believes him at all

But I want to be mistaken
I want someone to prove me wrong
I want someone to catch me so I’ll fall, fall again
And I, I want to be mistaken
I want someone to prove me wrong
I want someone to figure it out for me this time

Have you ever been in love where good days were just purely accidental?
Next time I’m hoping I can just at least get something right

Finally, I see that I have never loved him
Not half as much as he loves himself
And finally, I see that’s it’s all kind of tragic
That I wasted so much time there myself.

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S O O N
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Melanie Krahmer & Rich Libutti
©1999 sirsymusic (BMI)

Circle, circle here I go
Back in this place again
So, will you see me falling down
Or will you just pretend?

I just hope you’re here
Before my darkness weighs
Don’t know how to try

I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I hope you’re coming home
Soon

They say if you just let go
The shadows lose their way
But I just keep holding on
To this familiar pain

At least I know what’s here
Where my darkness weighs
I’m afraid to try

I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I hope you’re coming home
Soon

And it’s never
Far behind
And I wonder
Will it be here all the time?
And it’s never
Far behind
And I wonder
Will it be here

I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I hope you’re coming home
Soon

Gets so crowded here
Where my darkness weighs
Maybe I should try

I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I’ve got this feeling again
I don’t know, but I hope you’re coming home
Soon

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D R Y
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Krahmer/Libutti/Larabee/Schultz
©2000 sirsymusic (BMI)

I just cannot forget the way you left me stranded
I just cannot forget the way you left me dry

I just cannot forget the way you left me stranded
I just cannot forget the way you left me dry
And I just cannot forget all of the fucking damage
That seems to be here ‘cause you always were so high.

I seem to be attached to everything you taught me
And I seem to recognize you everywhere I go
Numb to the crisis when I know I should be coping
Sucking it up until I’m just about to blow.

And the skeptic that’s in me
Doesn’t believe in you
And the skeptic that’s in me
Doesn’t believe that you’re dry

I just cannot believe the way I let you in here
And I’m so ashamed that I was ever so naive
I just cannot believe I gave you so much power
And God, how I hate the way it took so long to leave.

I just cannot forget the way you shoved me down there
Eyes open, mind shut off so that I couldn’t see
And I just cannot forget the way your love was blinding
And how it seemed to make a stupid fool of me.

And the skeptic that’s in me
Doesn’t believe in you
And the skeptic that’s in me
Doesn’t believe you’ve changed
And the skeptic that’s in me
Doesn’t believe in you
And the skeptic that’s in me
Doesn’t believe that you’re dry
I just cannot forget the way you left me stranded
I just cannot forget the way you left me dry
And I just cannot forget all of the fucking damage
That seems to be here ‘cause you always had to lie

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S O G O O D
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Melanie Krahmer & Rich Libutti
©1999 sirsymusic (BMI)

Should’ve kept your smile, yeah
Seems like we could both use it today
I still have your breath, yeah
Been so long since I took that away

When we were so good
Wasn’t it so?

You still make my heart laugh
Can I still fade your bad days when I sing?
And we still have those crazy words
Tell me if they still mean anything

Say we’re still so good
That it’s still so
Tell me we’re so good
Isn’t it so?

Don’t know why our everyday
Just steals our energy
And though I see you everyday
I miss you

And I know your soul, yeah
‘Cause it is my soul’s very best friend
But what we just don’t know, yet
Is where any of this loneliness began

When we were so good
Yeah it was so
Say that we’re so good
Isn’t it so
Tell me we’re so good
Isn’t it so?
Say that we’re so good
Isn’t it so

I want you to love me madly
Kiss me wildly
With crazy abandon
Recklessly
The way we did before
Life had to come on in

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I O U
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Melanie Krahmer & Rich Libutti
©2000 sirsymusic (BMI)

So you told me you thought that I was beautiful
And it made me forget the everyday
But then you forced and you ‘creep’ed your way inside
And you left me with this hollow body
Left me here with all the blame

I don’t owe you anything
But you will take it anyway
When there is nothing left to feel
Is that when I’ll no longer ache?

See I know that you need fond memories
And you, and you want me to feed you pleasantries
But I, I don’t think that I can cooperate
And I don’t really care if you can’t take it
‘Cause you deserve all the shame.

I don’t owe you anything
But you will take it anyway
When there is nothing left to feel
Is that when I’ll no longer ache?

And you can tell all your friends I was the crazy one
And maybe I’d agree with you on that
Time with you taught me to find what I need
From my very favorite delusions
You can still hold me down to whatever you want
Yeah I know that’s the way that you feel strong
But you can’t keep here inside your box
‘Cause I don’t belong there anymore
I don’t want to be here anymore
So I’m giving you all the pain.

I don’t owe you anything
But you will take it anyway
When there is nothing left to feel
Is that when I’ll no longer ache?

I don’t owe you anything
But you will take it anyway
When I have nothing left for you to steal
Is that when I’ll no longer ache?

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S O F T L I K E A G I R L
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Melanie Krahmer/ Rich Libutti/ Michael Steiner
©1999 sirsymusic (BMI)

If I’m soft like a girl
Will you shape me your way
Take a piece of me and
Twist me ’til I break

If I’m soft like a girl
Would it be obscene
To expose my insides
If they’re not all clean

I will push you over
I will force it out

If I’m soft like a girl
Would I seem benign
Muted just enough to
Soothe and tranquilize

I will push you over
I will force it out

I’m afraid that you’ll want bits of me
That I could never give, never give

I will push you over
I will force it out

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I anticipate having days
Because I’ve forgotten now

Couldn’t change my world
So I changed the girl
Who thought she knew it all
Chasing down every flaw
So we were dysfunctional
Well tell me who isn’t
You’ll always be home to me

So I let go
‘Cause I know that you did the best you could
I let go
‘Cause I know that you did the best…

Lost my gravity
And this selfish need
For an apology
‘Cause now I see everything
In tracing the logic lines
I was surprised to find
That you were just lost like me

So I let go
‘Cause I know that you did the best you could
I let go
‘Cause I know you did the best…

Sometimes you just have to get by
These things work themselves out in time

So I let go
‘Cause I know that you did the best you could
And I let go
‘Cause I know you did the best…

See everybody takes
And sometimes heroes make mistakes
So let’s just forget it now

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H U R R I C A N E
lyrics by: Melanie Krahmer
music by: Melanie Krahmer/Rich Libutti/Michael Steiner
©1999 sirsymusic (BMI)

You go through me like a hurricane
You pick me up only to crash me down again
You fill me up for just a second
And then spill me out again

The local expert had his hands on me
But you were the rescue ‘cause the opportunity
Was what you noticed
As your entry to our chewed up candy land

When I wake from dreaming
I am left alone again
So is that the reason
Why I keep you in my head?

I was just a mess
I was just a waste
I was just so stupid
It was just your smile
It was just your face
It was just so stupid
And I fell down

And so I wonder how we came this far
‘Cause without the medicine I only see the scar
Did we slip outside of our senses
To try not to see the flaws

When I wake from dreaming
I am left alone again
So is that the reason
Why I keep you in my head?

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It could be like witchcraft how you trick me up
And it could be like a bad b-movie how you try to just sell me out, sell me out now
‘Cause you try to seduce me with your brand new start
And I wish your slippery words were the spell that could sell my broken heart, broken heart yeah

Don’t we all, don’t we all
Don’t we all wish sometimes that we were wishless
Don’t we all, don’t we all
Don’t we all wish sometimes that we were wishless

You’re not the only one whose got regret for sale
Just because I don’t eat apples doesn’t mean that I never fell, never fell no
And maybe you’ll settle for the not so bad
‘Cause sometimes you find that your mistakes are all you have now

Don’t we all, don’t we all
Don’t we all wish sometimes that we were wishless
Don’t we all, don’t we all
Don’t we all wish sometimes that we were wishless

Starlight
First star I see tonight
Starbright
Just make it better, a bit better
Starlight
First star I see tonight
Starbright
Just make it better, a bit better

Do I keep on singing someone else’s song?
‘Cause everybody likes it better when you just hum along
And do you just forget about those dreams you loved
‘Cause sometimes you get stuck filling in the holes with the easy stuff, the easy stuff.

Don’t we all, don’t we all
Don’t we all wish sometimes that we were wishless
Don’t we all, don’t we all
Don’t we all wish sometimes that we were wishless

Wish I may
Wish I might
Wish upon this star that I see tonight…