IMAGO LYRICS
WHEN THE RAIN COMES
Who you gonna call when the rain comes
And your drowned out with something left to say
The windows won’t close and the wind is spinning
And the sound drips down the house for the soil to hold
You’ve a got friend who wants to talk to you about it
She knows all the colors that you wish would fill the frame
Do you remember what it was that you said you wanted
I haven’t forgotten, but it’s not mine to hold
It’s no secret that the circus in you is dying
The tightrope is tightened, but it’s too weak to hold you
You’ve got a diary that wants to see you live
You’ve got everything you need to forgive them
It seems you’re okay without him
But I won’t say I told you so
What will you say about it, for the world to know
So, who are gonna call when the rain comes
And you’re drowned out with something left to say
NO SURPRISE
Well I heard it on the TV and the radio
I grabbed my keys to the car and I pulled out slow
I took a ride, I took a ride, I took a ride
Yea, I rolled down the windows
Let the hot air in
And when our song was over I just played it again
And again and again
It’s no surprise
I told you I loved you and I was willing to try
So I drove all night
When I got to the party that was held in your name
I made my way through the kitchen and I saw you face
You look the same
You’re still the same
You’re still the same way
We took a walk to the river and we had a few laughs
We drank a lot of wine
We rolled our way to the grass
And that was that, that was that…
It’s no surprise
You wanna love me but you don’t wanna try
But just for tonight
I will stay here
Let me stay here
Let me stay
Look in my eyes
I’m gonna love you even though it ain’t right
Just for tonight…
WAY I AM
Never my own friend
Never had my back when it broke from bending
Never was the kind of girl who’d just lye on the grime
But summer left a sting
I hope September softens everything
And my illusions fall and die
Like the leaves in the autumn sky
Could you love me maybe
Just the way I am
Could I listen to that voice that tries to tell me
I’m not so bad
I hold on to this dream
I drove my car to Nashville just to see
I found myself face down on the ground, listening
There’s nothing to pretend
I’m awful but I’ll come around again
I call out to a god I just made up
Yea, could he love me maybe
just the way I am
If I listen to that voice that tries to tell me
I’m not so bad
Caught in the twilight, tell me honey
How is this my life
The colors all once seemed
So beautiful with meaning
Yea, Could I love me maybe
Just the way I am
WAKE UP
Is she out there dizzy from the streets
New York City, it used to be the place
Now everybody looks just the same
And I’m all out of ways to say her name
Black sky
Is she gonna wake up
Is she gonna make it
I do my best,
But is she gonna wake up
Is she gonna make it
We were safe when nobody could see us
Supersonic superheroes
Helped all those who needed it
Lift the sky, just any other day
Take it back, honey
Take it from your grave
Black sky
Is she gonna wake up
Is she gonna make it
I do my best,
But is she gonna wake up
Is she gonna make it
Oh, the ways you say you never knew me
But something in your eyes just got away
Yeah, I heard everything you said
It got away….
So blink your eyes so I know
So I know that you can hear me
I never said I knew everything
I never said I was a sage
All these years and what do you recall
I’m still here to watch you take the fall
Black sky
Is she gonna wake up
Is she gonna make it
I do my best,
But is she gonna wake up
Is she gonna stay with me tonigh
TAKE THAT
Lost in the middle dessert
I moved closer to sun but now I'm craving the sea
You said, you drove all night through a rainstorm
That if our worlds existed side by side
You might get some sleep at night
I am young
No need to regret anything I did
So far you can’t take that from me
So far you can't take that
We broke down in every part of California
With blood on hands, we stained the land
If I knew, I swear to god I would have warned ya
But my heart was slave
To my father's grave
I am young
No need to regret anything I did
So far you can’t take that
The damage is done
I really wanted to stay
But I just couldn't forgive you
You can’t take that
I would dig through the sin and soil of my soul
If it meant I’ll finally let you go
And have that dream where I can fly
So far you can’t take that from me
Nobody can take that
ARMOR
Hold me closer
Leave the light on
Want to see your mouth when you say
You’re so beautiful
It’s so simple but couldn’t hear it before
I tend slightly
To hold things tightly
And I squeeze and I hold, till’ it breaks
Then what was beautiful
Looks like something that just returned from war
Will we always recreate
A thousand different versions of the same mistake
If I lay with you and leave my armor down the hall
Then we can do our best
To let the soldier's rest
And the sun will rise and fall
I think our fate is
What we make it
This could be something that stays
But if we get closer
You might find I’m so sore
It’s not all mine
But I held it for a lifetime
We don’t have to recreate
A thousands different versions of the same mistake
If lay with you then my chest will rise and fall
Until we’re just one breath
And there’s no soldiers left
It’s just my armor down the hall
Lay down, I want to lay down… I want to lay down