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Living At The Bottom Of The Sea

by The Christines

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1.
The ground swells up in circles, in she goes The face of everyone she knew Came true and now it's over This time is the last time you'd ever See her with kind eyes Through with those, and she knows See her with kind eyes Through with those, and she knows I never meant to be so into only So into only me, I never meant An early morning ego hits the road Exposed, escaping out of view Breathes better every corner Last time was the last time you'd ever See her with kind eyes Through with those, and she knows See her with kind eyes Through with those, and she knows I never meant to be so into only So into only me, I never meant The star cracks the machine The watcher hates close calls And I am in between your worlds
2.
Always around, always there Half a glance away Take off high flyer, catch the wire Underneath your skin You were closing in I can't allow that now To bring it alive you go out clean I hide away trying not to breathe (it's all we want to know) There's something bad she knows about me that makes her call Passed out in showers, hours and hours People look so strange Shaking it off, waking up Somehow last the day but how does that make everything ok To bring it alive you go out clean I hide away trying not to breathe (it's all we want to know) There's something bad she knows about me that makes her call
3.
Used to be I was floating on your world Used to be another kind of girl It never was too hard to get me under your shirt Much too hard to get you to stay When the summer's here Gotta look past the good times and make it real Used to be another kind of face Now I feel I'm getting in your space It never was too hard to nail you down for a flirt Much too hard to get you to stay When there's others near Gotta look past the good times and make it real
4.
Tossed up on the shore Crushed gold and nearly cast in so bright When it washed away I could hardly recognize her face She knows it's good to be dusted gleam In the summer, through the winter Don't abide disgrace You'll still be my idol when you come clean Busted open wide A statue's soul can always take the slide She knows it's good to be dusted gleam In the summer, through the winter
5.
Babyface 05:19
I blew it, I know it I hate this, where I'm at I'm such a cold bastard Too fast to take it back Now it's all escape, I got you running away But when you comin' back to stay? I gotta get off it You threw it all to me I gotta get with it Just brighten up and see Now it's all escape, I got you running away But when you comin' back to stay? And it's been so long And it's been so long since I said one good thing to you And it's been so long since I said one good thing to you
6.
The Cat 05:08
You should have called me up What I said was true You were just so far and I was too You're takin' bets I'll make it home Where other voices speak with care They shiver through the walls They're visions in the halls The cat I kicked out coughs and says I'm the only one You had to be afraid Where others would have stayed You should have called me up What I said was true You were just so far and I was too It never would have worked Never would have flown But where your subconscious goes it goes
7.
What does it take to get you out Get you out, get you out Rocks at the window to get you up Get you up, get you out You say your sister's awake You got no weed to take Ah yeah but I can't wait another minute now Come on I'll help you down, down Ah yeah the air's so clean tonight And behind the school the concrete's cold but This bottle's gonna make us warm and bright What if we took a day or two Stole away, different view Hide out on the crowded streets What do you say, are you with me? You say you wanna go But it's like this, you know Ah yeah but I can't wait another minute now I wish you'd come around, around Ah yeah the air's so clean tonight And behind the school the concrete's cold but This bottle's gonna make us warm and bright And at midnight I closed into her hand sweet joint Ah that Julie couldn't wait 'til morning to light
8.
Distancing 04:19
She could chase it all away I could barely see her then And this part of me that knows it all Keeps quiet in the wake of finding out that it doesn't really What if we both tried What if we both played it cool Cause you're getting through to me Distancing, distancing She could see right through it all And she told me so I'd know And there's only so much anyone can take Until it all comes falling in, then that empty feeling What if we both tried What if we both played it cool Cause you're getting through to me Distancing, distancing
9.
Secretaries 02:05
I didn't want to see you in person I wanted to hear about you second hand All familiar things are written in stone And so we know it goes Secretaries are always like you on Mondays Please be gone on Sunday I didn't want to meet you for coffee I wanted to try to kick the habit I'm sure you pulled that thought from some other head I know you know I know Secretaries are always like you on Mondays Please be gone on Sunday Fly this old car from its space And jet speed cold on a bitter night alone Tomorrow you're staying home And secretaries are always like you on Mondays Please be gone on Sunday Maybe tonight will be the one
10.
You lost all your glitter It's showing What's wrong with the picture It doesn't breathe Splitting your tongue Slithered and stoned Up to lunar June Where everything turned untrue You didn't slow, why Like the day before Bottled in blue and a legend old A fine way to go You sweetened your offer It's cooling It can't get much better You're fluttering Splitting your tongue Slithered and stoned Up to lunar June Where everything turned untrue You didn't slow, why Like the day before Bottled in blue and a legend old A fine way to go
11.
All that's going on All left alone Never get too close to home God, I'm trying to give it up Send a wall of fun Send a fall out a window alone Wasn't long ago we got some It used to be that song Crawl on radio Wait up for the sun A sip of what's to come Call up long before Wade in to the shore All that's been and gone Can stay where it belongs Places I never go Tired faces given up Send a wall of fun Send a fall out a window alone Wasn't long ago we got some It used to be that song Crawl on radio Wait up for the sun A sip of what's to come Call up long before Wade in to the shore
12.
I can feel the sand It kicks up in clouds Strolling at the bottom Miles from the land And to say I don't have to try Is true and more as I see no sky I love it this deep, I need no sleep The ocean floor is the friend I'll keep Can't remember when I last saw the sun It's nothing I miss Just like everyone And to say I don't have to try Is true and more as I see no sky I love it this deep, I need no sleep The ocean floor is the friend I'll keep And what if this is all tomorrow holds A thousand more as I get old I love it this deep, I need no sleep The ocean floor is the friend I'll keep

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Michael Kirschmann - vocals, guitar, keyboards / Tim Hourigan - bass / Alex Vota - guitar, backing vocals / John Rector - drums

Eric Lowe - songwriting contributor

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released June 1, 1996

Executive producer: Tammy Olsen

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The Christines Denver, Colorado

Formed in Denver in 1992. FM & college radio play from first two releases (1994 The Christines, 1996 Living At The Bottom Of The Sea). Lineup changed and relocated to San Francisco 1997. One 3-song EP (Eyeballs Of 1998). Broke up 2001. Here It Comes Again written 1998-2000, released in 2008. Original lineup re-formed in Denver 2005. New material recorded in 2019, dripping out as we speak. ... more

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