Filligar - The Nerve

LYRICS TO THE NERVE BY FILLIGAR

1. ROBBERY (SHOCKING LOVE)

She kinda robbed me. What do you know?
She kinda caught me off guard in high hopes
It kinda bothered me losing my cool
Yeah that's a robbery, and yeah I'm a fool
She's got a gun in the house, but she wouldn't harm a fly
She screams danger but she kisses the thought
That she could maybe be mine
Give me my fool's gold
All of those things that you said
Are no more than loose change baby
But they're pretty in my head
Give me my oh no, shocking love
She kinda robbed me, took up my time
She kinda got me, but I'm doing fine
Yeah I didn't expect much
I swear I didn't think too hard, I just had a hunch
For a long, long while I had you in my sights
I just wanted a chance to treat you right
She's got a gun in the house, but she wouldn't harm a fly
She takes me home and shoots me straight in the eyes
with a look that's making me blind
Give me my fool's gold, cold steel, and lead
She took my loose change from me
but she's pretty in my head
Give me my oh no, shocking love
I called her up to make plans and she said
"I can't go. I got the flu, I'm in bed"
Sick of the truth are you baby?
Is it all in your head?
She said "I can't go," and in a minute she's gone
Shocking love
Yeah give me my fool's gold
All of that time that I spent
She took my loose change from me
But she's pretty in my head
Give me my oh no
Shocking love

2. GUILTY GOOD INTENTIONS

It's hard to believe now that the truth comes out
But I couldn't keep myself from crying foul
It's hard to believe now that I've run my mouth
But I couldn't keep myself from crying out
Guilty good intentions
making my good intentions guilty
All this jealousy has got the best of me
Big bad jealousy
Jealousy has been eating at me
Help me out, help me out. Help me secure my release
Would you believe me if I said,
the boy who cried wolf is innocent?
Well then won't you pin it on good intentions?
It's hard to believe didn't mean to cause any harm
But there's a little bit of truth in every false alarm
Yeah it's hard to believe, well I know it's hard
But there's a little bit of truth in every false alarm
Guilty good intentions making my good intentions guilty
All this jealousy has got the best of me
Big bad jealousy, now I'm back in the belly of the beast
Help me out, help me out. Help me secure my release
Would you believe me if I said
the boy who cried wolf is innocent?
Well then won't you pin it on good intentions?

Won't you pin it on good intentions?

3. HEALTH

Go on, go on. Cat got your tongue?
Well, won't you go on?
Won't you go on?
We'll find health
We'll find health, something good
Right now we can't tell
But I know we'll find health
We'll find health again
Health in the highs, health in the lows
Health of the mind, health of the soul
For some control of the highs and the lows
The highs and the lows
Why don't you go on 'til it's said and done
Feels like the health we had is gone
Feels like the health we had is gone
Why don't you go on
Something good will come along
Feels like the health we had is gone
Feels like the health we had is gone
But we'll find health again
We'll find health, if you're not feeling well
Don't keep it to yourself, no pray do tell
'cause we'll find health
we'll work it out
Through these peaks and valleys
the more that you look, the less that you see
But we'll stay steady underneath
Yeah we'll keep health in the highs, health in the lows
Health of the mind, health of the soul
For some control of the highs and the lows

4. NOT GONNA SETTLE

Missing out on this and that
Missing out now are you still?
No I'm gonna do this and that
Gonna gonna get my fill
And just for kicks
Just for kicks
I'm not gonna settle
No I'm gonna gonna get my way
No I'm not gonna settle
No not no not today
So out of my way
Won't be missing out on this and that
You're heading heading out on the town
Said I'm gonna do this and that
Take a break to take a look around
And just for kicks
yeah just for kicks
I'm not gonna settle
No I'm gonna get my way
No I'm not gonna settle
No not no not today
No I'm not gonna settle
No I'm gonna gonna get my way
No I'm not gonna settle
No not no not today
So out of my way
I'm not gonna settle and wait for a second chance
I'm not gonna settle and do that dance
I'm not gonna settle no if you can't tell
I'm not gonna settle I'm gonna enjoy myself

5. GRAY AREA

Well I'm not sure whether
you want to spend more time together
No maybe it doesn't matter
Yeah I'm not sure whether
I should save face altogether
No maybe it doesn't matter
Well I'm not sure what I see, what I see, what I see
But I want to see you, yeah I want to need you
All the things we could do, what to do, what to do?
Not sure what's in front of me, what's behind me
Or what's keeping us in a gray area, in a gray area
But there's room to breath
I'm not sure whether
you want to spend more time together
No maybe it doesn't matter
I'm not sure whether I'm going to see you out tonight
Yeah it's the middle of the winter
The place we're in isn't black and white
And then you enter
I'm looking at you, and you're looking at me
We're moving through the room
trying to get a good read
We're in a gray area, in a gray area
And I want to leave, yeah I want to leave
I'm not sure what I see, what I see, what I see
But I want to see you, yeah I want to need you
All the things we could do, what to do, what to do?
Not sure what's in front of me, what's behind me
Or what's keeping us in a gray area, in a gray area
But there's room to breath
It's like we're stuck in a gray area
It's like we're stuck in a gray area
Have you had enough?
Are you a little warier?
Now that we're stuck in a gray area.

7. ARCHITECT

What a thick-skinned kid
He goes to sleep to get up again
Pulls out the teeth of the calendar in hand
It's such a sharp pinch for no pain
Now you're afraid of wasting time
Yeah you see all these windows
But you're leaving them behind
'cause well you gotta go you gotta go
'cause there are things you gotta do
Just keep it up
Just keep it up kid
Keep it up, and don't you worry about a thing
Warming up to the guard
of the place that you're creeping through
What ruffles his feathers isn't news
It's just a pill in his cold food
And out out out,
You think you're getting out of touch
So you head out in a rush
Said I'm leaving for good
Just keep it up
Just keep it up kid
Just keep it up
That stepping-stone will come quick kid
Hey architect dream up your pictures of architecture
And don't you worry about a thing
Well hey architect draw up
your pictures of architecture
Don't you worry about a thing
Just keep it up
Just keep it up kid
Just keep it up
That stepping-stone will come kid

8. EARLY RISER

Quiet house
Not a sound
Except the radiator late at night
when you're winding down
Round and around your clanking doubts
Round and around you go
'til suddenly you woke up early
The early riser out of bed
I guess it must have been the sun
and its heat that said
Early riser a good day is here
That said early riser a good day is here
And you could sleep a little longer now
if you need it okay?
But can't you just feel that it's a good day?
It's such an anxious calm
that has your mind's eye on the door
The morning is pacing in the hallway
casting shadows on the floor
A couple hours to go wondering what's in store
A couple hours to go and you can't sleep a wink
You can only think
'til finally you woke up early
The early riser out of bed
Well, I guess it must have been the morning
knocking on the nightstand
Saying early riser a good day is here
Saying early riser a good day is here
Early riser you'll get a bit of what you need
Early riser but you need a bit of sleep
So rest easy early riser
Rest easy until then
Until the morning comes again
Again

9. MUMBLING GIRL

Got all the time in the world
She's got me hanging on to each word
Oh my sweet mumbling darling
There's nobody like my beautiful mumbling girl
She's got a northern tone with a southern hint
She starts to finish then starts to begin
Oh my sweet mumbling darling
There's nobody like my beautiful mumbling girl
My sweet mumbling darling
No nobody like my beautiful mumbling girl
When she speaks you better believe I'll agree
'cause there's no other smile worth so many words
She's worth so many words, my mumbling girl
Mumbling girl, I'll go crazy for her
My mumbling girl, I'll just wait for my turn
Mumbling girl, I'll go crazy for her
Mumbling girl, meet your bumbling boy

10. TICKET LINE

Austin ran away with no destination
'cause hometown hopes ran first
And got it never seemed good
when worse always came to worse
Ticket for a bus ride on the open countryside
Five o'clock scheduled to leave
And running wasn't hard
when all he wants is air to breath
Taken by the wonder of a chance at a new life
Everything felt under him heading out into the night
Far from hometown hopes,
stopped on the side of the road
Had second thoughts, he never felt so lost
He was always caught where the wind had blown
Left a note at school saying he was out sick,
and found out the fool he was
And mother was at home,
when she realized he was on the run
Ticket for a bus ride, stopped in the ticket line,
questioned where his mother went
Don't know sir
I told her that I left, and I'm never coming back

11. RESURRECTION SONG

You resurrected, came back
Hey, look me in the eyes
Came back to show that you've grown up,
not that you've died
Well, my my
You think you can just walk through the front door
You think that you've arrived
Yeah you think that you can come by when you want to
You look like a dead man in a dead man's shoes
Standing on my steps thinking surely there's room
That you can come by when you want to
Hey man now is that you?
Standing on my steps thinking surely there's room?
Well hey welcome home, we welcome our own
Yeah you can come by when you want to
Hey that's okay, I said come on in
You resurrected, came back
Hey look me in the eyes
Yeah it took us by surprise when you just walked away
So trouble got you down and you felt it settle in
You went through hell just to see if there's a heaven
Thought a hundred miles would give you space to run
You resurrected, came back
Hey, look me in the eyes.

12. WILD NATURE

Wait I was just leaving
Getting through a New York City grind
Well it's looking like I need more time
Yeah I'm running, running low now
Said I'm running, running out now
My mistake, it wasn't easy, no I didn't didn't mean it
Please miss I'm running, running low now
Said well honey could you slow down?
Have you ever held my hand?
Well then you shouldn't now, no don't have to
I'll live a little extra if I can
To keep me moving on and moving along
Have you ever held my hand?
Well would you reach out if I asked you?
And love a little extra when you can
To keep me moving on and moving along
Take anything you need
Your hungry eyes search
And I see what you see
Just take it then
'cause you're running, running low now
you're running, running out now
Help me, I'm feeling lonely
Feeling like I'm running low
And I want a little more
I want to live a little extra, love a little extra
Have you ever held my hand?
Well then you shouldn't now, no don't have to
I'll live a little extra if I can
To keep me moving on and moving along
Have you ever held my hand?
Well would you reach out if I asked you?
And love a little extra when you can
To keep me moving on and moving along
Have you ever held my hand?
You and your wild nature
You live a little extra when you can
To keep you moving on and moving along
Have you ever held my hand?
Yeah yeah you and your wild nature
And love a little extra when you can
You and your wild nature
You give it a wild run
You and your wild nature
You give it a wild,
Hey I think we are getting along
Have you ever held my hand?
Well then you shouldn't now, no don't have to
I'll live a little extra if I can
to keep me moving on and moving along
Have you ever held my hand?
Would you reach out if I asked you?
And love a little extra when you can

13. NEW & OLD

New, yeah time is on the move
Dragging me along to walk a mile in its shoes
New and old, getting further down the road
Some way, somehow, then and now
Driftwood hits the beach
Hey stranger it's been a while since we last talked
Funny running into you
We're trying to pick up where we left off
A new look to an old friend
Here's to new times and being back again
New and old, getting further down the road
Some way, somehow, then and now
Driftwood hits the beach right in front of me
Then and now, then and now
New and old, we're getting further down the road
Some way, somehow, I'm sure I'll see you around
New and old, we're getting further down the road
Some way, somehow, I'm sure I'll see you around
Like driftwood hits the beach

14. SLOW NIGHT AT THE RED SEA

Hang on the shore, white roaring fork
Strange town, strange door but that's alright
'cause there's warm-blooded company
and the night is young and free
I got you, you got me
Walk inside
Smoky room, hot smoky gloom
Yeah the dive bar's mood strikes me right
It's got an Ethiopian vibe under the Minnesota sky
Go tell the busy day goodbye
Goodbye
Slow night, slow at the Red Sea
Lost the fire, but still you keep the heat
Slow night, slow at the Red Sea
Lost the fire, oh but it strikes me right
It strikes me right
Yeah it feels beautiful
We're at the table in back where the strangers unpack
The place is relaxed but with bite
Talk to me my friend, what makes you tick?
How did you end up here?