Nightlife
We're heading for the nightlife
Cause you know it's time
We gotta go
Leave behind this real life
This real life's not real anymore
Take us to the people
And the places
That we wanna know
Leave behind this wasteland
The TV and the radio
Cause I can't stand to listen
To this static anymore
We're heading for the nightlife
Where the shadows don't lie
You never know what we'll find
Cause there's truth between
The fine lines
We're heading for the night life
Cause you know it's time
We gotta go
Forget about this real life
This real life's not real anymore
Take us to the people
And the places
That we wanna know
Leave behind this wasteland
The TV and the radio
Cause I can't stand to listen
To this static anymore
We're heading for the nightlife
To the jungle and the wild side
Cause you never know
What we'll find
Yeah, we know exactly
What we'll find
Cause we're heading for the nightlife
Where the shadows don't lie...
Music: Gord Deppe & Matthew Deppe
Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Take The World
The day's so long
Time keeps ticking on
We're going underground
Where the night lives
There's a storm before the calm
And that's where we belong
You know that we're not done
By a long shot
We'll take the world
And make it ours
For just one night
Before it's gone
Still so bright
The way we feel tonight
There's nothing in this life
That we can't do
Now we're broken but we're whole
And our lives were never dull
We can bring it back if we want to
We'll take the world
And make it ours
For just one night
Before it's gone
We'll take the world
And make it ours
One last time
And then move on
Let's go out tonight
If it feels so right
We'll take what comes
Whatever
Let's take the world...
Let's take the world
And make it ours
For just one night
Before it's gone
Let's take the world
And make it ours
One last time
Then move on
Let's go out tonight
If it feels so right
We'll take what comes
Whatever
Let's go out tonight
Not come back this time
We can make this last forever...
Music & Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Better Late Than Never Did It
It doesn't have to be so
Complicated
Think of all the dreams
That we could have wasted
Well, it took some time
But I'm glad we made it
Cause it's better late
Than we never did it
There's only one way there
And we need to find it
If there's another way
You know we've tried it
Well, I coulda' lost it
If I wasn't watchin' it
Cause it's better late
Than we never did it
Cause we knew it all along
I'm just glad we waited
When we hesitated
Cause you know
We had it all
Think of all the dreams
That we could have wasted
For so long
Well, it took some time
But I'm glad we made it
Yeah, it took some time
But I'm glad we made it
Cause it's better late
Than we never did it
It's better late
Than we never did it
Yeah, it's better late
Than never did it
I know you're right
Most of the time
But can't we both be right?
It doesn't have to be
So complicated
Without mistakes
We would have never made it
Cause we knew it all along
I'm just glad we I waited
When we hesitated
Cause you know we had it all
Think of all the dreams
That we could have wasted
For so long
Well, it took some time
But I'm glad we made it
Yeah, it took some time
But I'm glad we made it
Cause it's better late than
Never never did it
Yeah, it's better late
Than we never did it
Yeah, it's better late
Than never did it.
Music: Gord Deppe & Matthew Deppe
Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Phenomenal
When we were young
We heard their words
In the highschool halls
All the rules they made
Were so absurd
We found our place
In the world
We had a band
And we drowned out all their
Empty words
When we were young
We played their games
We made the rules
And I know we'd do it all again
We never thought
That it would end
The world was ours
We can get it back
If we just pretend
We can have it
If we really want
We're phenomenal
If we give what we
Give what we got
Even if the odds
Are stacked against it all
We're phenomenal
We get what we
Get what we want
If we give what we
Give what we got
Yeah...
All these years
Have come and gone
The lyrics fade
But we still sing the
Same old songs
When we were young
We believed those words
We need to get them back
Cause the rules they made
Are still absurd
We can have it
If we really want
We're phenomenal
If we give what we
Give what we got
Even if the odds
Are stacked against it all
We're phenomenal
We get what we
Get what we want
If we give what we
Give what we got
Yeah...
All these years
Have come and gone
The lyrics fade
But we still sing the
Same old song...
Music & Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Doomed
There's footsteps
On the sidewalk
That we left there yesterday
We can see now
Where they started
As they wash away in the rain
There's shadows on the ceiling
Frozen in time
Some days now we can see them
As they start to move again
Please take us back to the start
Start again
Wake us up from this dream
That we're in
Please take us back
To the day that we met
I promise you
You won't regret anything
Anything...
There's footsteps
On the sidewalk
That we left there yesterday
There's echoes
Down the hallway
Of things that
We once said
I'm trying hard
Just to call out
So they may echo
Back again
Please take us back
To the start
Start again
Wake us up from this dream
That we're in
Please take us back
To the day that we met
I promise you
You won't regret anything
Anything...
There's footsteps
On the sidewalk
That wash away in the rain
But we can make a new path
And find our way again
There's shadows on the ceiling
Just turn on all the lights
We can make a better life
Than the one we left behind.
Music: Gord Deppe & Matthew Deppe
Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Push Repeat & Go
Well, here we are again
We won't be fooled by anything
We've seen it all before
You know the story never ends
Like a movie on TV
Or a picture in a magazine
We can push pause and repeat
And play all the good parts
Back again
Woah...
Just push repeat and go
Now there's monsters at the door
Scratching at the world we know
We've beat them all before
We just need to make it
Till the dawn
Then we'll shut this
Whole thing down
We'll move the party underground
We'll break the mould we found
And keep what we have
Right here right now
Woah...
Just push repeat and go
If every day we live
Could be like this the way it is
I'd hold this moment for all time
Cause it may never be as
Good as this the way it is
This perfect moment in our lives
Hold on, hold on
Nothing's gonna stop us now
If every day we live
Could be like this the way it is
I'd never let the sun go down
Hold on, hold on...
Faces fading in and out
Around us now
A million glimpses of the world
That we once knew
And as it spins
I keep my eyes locked on you
Woah...
Just push repeat and...
Hold on
If every day we live
Could be like this the way it is
I'd hold this moment for all time
Cause it may never be as
Good as this the way it is
This perfect moment in our lives
Hold on, hold on
Nothing's gonna stop us now
If every day we live
Could be like this the way it is
I'd never let the sun go down
Hold on, hold on...
Now we're standing in the street
The trash is swirling at our feet
The parade stopped long ago
But the band still plays
For you and me
Woah...
Just push repeat and go.
Music: Gord Deppe & Matthew Deppe
Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Safety Lines
You'll never know
You'll never know
What you're feeling
You'll never know
You'll never know
Why you're feeling
Like this
Cause there's a place
That we can go
That no one else will ever know
We keep it safe
We keep it close
It's a dream we won't let go
At the edge of the world
There's a light in the distance
Where we'll meet
That they'll never find
We'll be safe from the world
Every time we start drifting
Into space
Without safety lines
You'll never know
You'll never know
What you're missing
You'll never know
No, you'll never know
Why you're missing all this
Cause beyond the starry skies
Where the constellations lie
There's a universe inside
Where our galaxies collide
At the edge of the world
There's a light in the distance
Where we'll meet
That they'll never find
We'll be safe from it all
Every time we start drifting
Into space
You're my safety line
Safety line
Woah...
You'll never know
You'll never know
What you're doing
You'll never know
You'll never know
What you're doing
Till you do it
Cause it's been a long, long road
That no one else will ever know
We keep it safe
We keep it close
It's a dream
We can't let go
At the edge of the world
There's a light in the distance
Where we'll meet
That they'll never find
We'll be safe from it all
Every time we start drifting
Into space
Without safety lines
At the ends of the earth
There's a spark in the distance
Where we'll go
And leave it all behind
We'll be safe from the world
Every time we start drifting
Into space
You're my safety line
Safety line
Woah...
We'll never know
We'll never know
What we're doing
We'll never know
We'll never know
What we're doing
Till we do it
Music & Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Day By Day
If I could find the words
I'd write a book about you
Every day another chapter
In our lives
Like this one right here
That we're living right now
The way it's going
This book could write itself
Day by day
Step by step
We break these chains
Locked in our heads
Day by day
Step by step
We keep stumbling
Back to something
Day by day
Breath by breath
We wake our dreams
Up from the dead
Day by day
Step by step...
If I could make a movie
About the future
Don't think it'd be much different Than the past
The signs are always there
We just need to find them
We just give away the ending
Way too fast
Day by day
Step by step
We break these chains
Locked our heads
Day by day
Step by step
We keep stumbling
Back to something
Day by day
Breath by breath
We wake our dreams
Up from the dead
Day by day
Step by step...
We keep stumbling
Back to something
Day by day
Step by step
We break these chains
Locked our heads
Day by day
Step by step
We keep stumbling
Back to something
Day by day
Breath by breath
We wake our dreams
Up from the dead
Day by day
Step by step...
We keep stumbling
Back to something..
Music: Gord Deppe & Matthew Deppe
Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Perfect Ending For A Perfect Story
There's a million songs
About a broken heart
But not this one
You can take the words
And tear them all apart
But not this time
It's a perfect ending
For a perfect story
It's a perfect goodbye
So don't be sorry
There's a million stories
About a broken dream
But not this one
Cause everything's
Not what it seems
No, not this time
It's a perfect ending
Written for a perfect story
It's a perfect goodbye
So don't be sorry
No, don't be sorry
Cause it's alright alright
It's alright
Don't you cry
There's a million songs
About a sad goodbye
But not this one
You know we had it good
For a while
We had a good run
It's a perfect ending
For a perfect story
It's a perfect goodbye
So don't be sorry
No, don't be sorry
Don't be sorry
It's a perfect ending
For a perfect story
Music & Lyrics: Gord Deppe
Your Heart Not Your Head
Lose myself in the conversation
Drown myself in your perfect eyes
I know exactly what I'm facing
No complicated hidden signs
Cause here we are
Right here right now
And nothing else
Should matter
Take my hand
And walk me down
To where
We first met
Using your heart
Not your head
Breaking the walls
Down instead
Leaving your arms open
Keeping your eyes
Straight ahead
There's flattery in imitation
When you think you've got it
Figured out
Don't lose the meaning
In translation
It doesn't have to be
So difficult
Cause here we are
Right here right now
And nothing else should
Even matter
Take my hand
And walk me down
To where
We first met
Using your heart
Not your head
Breaking the walls down instead
Keeping the door open
Leaving the light
On instead
Yeah...
Remember the things that we said
Remember the things
That we said we would never
Remember the things
That we said we would never forget
Using your heart
Not your head
Breaking the walls
Down instead
Leaving your arms open
Keeping your eyes
Straight ahead
Lead with your heart
Not our head
Even when nothing is said
Keeping the door open
Leaving the light
On instead...Instead
Using your heart not your head.
Music & Lyrics: Gord Deppe