"If Not Now, When?" (2011)




If Not Now, When? lyrics - Incubus

I have waited
Dined on ashes
Swung from chandeliers and climbed Everest
And none of it's got me close to this

I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?

We've been good
Even a blast, but
Don't you feel like something's missing here?
Don't you dare

I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?
Stand up and face the bright light
Don't hide your eyes
It's time

No umbrellas
No sunglasses
Hailing Hallelujah everyday

I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?
Stand up and face the bright light
Don't hide your eyes
It's time

Promises, Promises lyrics - Incubus

I'm only twenty-three for
Another hour, give or take,
I'm a fan of yours
And I need a good mistake

I'm not a sinner, a preacher
All I have is slight of hand
I do magic tricks for
All the boys in the band

[Bridge]
Baby could I be
The rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me..
Hand me the bat

[Refrain]
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give into this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises..
No promises, no promises

I've never done this before
Promises, promises,
I'm enjoying the illusion
And the things my body says

Now you see me, now you don't
Oh, how well you disappear
What are you running from
And may I interfere?

[Bridge X2]
Baby could I be
The rabbit in your hat?
I'd swing if you'd hand me..
Hand me the bat

[Refrain X2]
I'm on the road of least resistance
I'd rather give up than give into this
So promise me only one thing, would you?
Just don't ever make me promises..
No promises, no promises

Friends And Lovers lyrics - Incubus

I'm an empty well
Running out of black gold
It's high time I pulled over
And walked around for a while

I've seen the porcelain shell
Your exoskeleton
And I feel like we'd walk well together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers

If asked of me I would
Gobble them to bits
The things that wall us off from
Where we belong

What's wrong with you is good
For what's wrong with me
And I think maybe we should stick together

Because in the end, we are friends and lovers
We are friends and lovers

Abandon all the bones
We've got to pick
They'll only weigh us down and
We are better than that

If they all throw stones
Start a collection
Of everything we're not
And won't be-cause

You should never have to defend
(Never have to defend)
Being friends and lovers
Being friends and lovers (oh)
Being friends and lovers

Thieves lyrics - Incubus

You're happy all the time
I just don't understand why I can't be happy too
Your smiles are salt in the wound
A slap upon a back that's been toiling in the sun

When will I get mine?
Or must I be a god-fearing, white american?
Oh everything is fine
As long as you're a god-fearing, white american

Why should the thieves have all of the fun?
Selling us water by the river, they don't speak for everyone
I'm ready to run and you're making me crawl
Selling me water by the river, they don't speak for me at all

The man about the town
The beauty queen, the paragon of civilization
But shadows cling to us all
Even those convinced that they're sheltered and immune

When will I get mine?
Or must I be a god-fearing, white american?

Why should the thieves have all of the fun?
Selling us water by the river, they don't speak for everyone
I'm ready to run and you're making me crawl
Selling me water by the river, they don't speak for me at all

Isadore lyrics - Incubus

Erica and her Isadore
climbed aboard a balloon
I want more than this kite will soar
I've set our sights on the moon

You can't just leave, I've given everything
I can't believe you're taking everything
You're taking everything
Oh...

It's not who you were
it's who you are
and we've come this far lover
No, I won't rest
until the world
knows the name Isadore

Blinded by their unbridled height
our lovers turned dissolute

You can't just leave, I've given everything
I can't believe you're taking everything
You're taking everything
Oh...

It's not who you were
it's who you are
and we've come this far lover
No, I won't rest
until the world
knows the name Isadore
knows the name Isadore

Then with eyes wide, a splintered sight
There's just one parachute
Goodbye Erica now I see
that my worst fears were in tune

It's not who you were
it's who you are
and we've come this far lover
No, I won't rest
until the world
knows the name Isadore
knows the name Isadore
Won't rest
until the world
knows the name Isadore

The Original lyrics - Incubus

I only go where I'm wanted
You go only where you want
I aim to be more like you
There is a ghost in my house
Rattling handles on every door
Show us an open window or two
Would you?

Doors are starting to close
And you drew a rose my, my
Your mind it is original, oh
You're a skeleton key, opening me,
My, my; your mind it is original,
Girl you're the original
Always were
And always will be

The flowers of adaptation
Unfold and lovingly alarm
You effortlessly ring that bell
Your stripes are yours and yours only
The bow ideal of rare birds
And now I am under your spell
Oh, under your spell

Doors are starting to close
And you drew a rose my, my
Your mind it is original, oh
You're a skeleton key, opening me,
My, my; your mind it is original,
Girl you're the original
Always were
And always will be

Defiance lyrics - Incubus

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh

You almost had me there
It was the batting lashes that gave you away
You're bold beyond repair
And there's an absence today
Of defiance
Our most awakened inclination
And your elegant aberration

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Something's happening
When all the rebels and devils have come to not
But hear your sirening
And who would un-ring, oh, your bell?

Defiance, our most awakened inclination
Defiance, your elegant aberration

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh

In The Company Of Wolves lyrics - Incubus

I was lost but now I am found.
A line was crossed, a vessel run aground.
The boy has gone, let's grieve and let him go.
He left at dawn, but it's a new day don't you know?

In the company of wolves I sat in silence
observant and afraid

It was there with their eyes like glowing embers
the man you see was made.

I was low but now I am high.
It helps to know serenity from ennui.
Something's wrong, something's wrong, when it all remains the same.
So face the fire, come into your name.

In the company of wolves I sat in silence, observant and afraid.
It was there with their eyes like glowing embers, the man you see was made. Ohhhhhooo..

Even I can't recall how many days I have been out there
For when Aurora's lights ceased to shine, I was alive I think for the first time.
Infinity it falls, in feathery folds but she bites like loveless ice,
and with her belly full she called this rite of passage, it was the longest night of my life.

(It was, it was, it was, it was
It was, it was...

It was the longest night of my life.

(It was, it was, it was, it was
It was, it was, it was...

Even I can't recall how many days I have been out there for
But when Aurora's lights ceased to shine, I was alive, I think, for the first time.
Infinity it falls, in feathery folds but she bites like loveless ice,
and with her belly full she called this rite of passage, it was the longest night of my life.

(It was, it was, it was, it was
It was, it was...

It was the longest night of my life.

(It was, it was, it was, it was
It was, it was, it was...

Switchblade lyrics - incubus

I keep getting attacked by,
The girl in the black hat
The girl in the black hat

I can't find any shade,
But I'll be suede as long as I got a switchblade

I keep getting the eye from,
The girl in the thigh highs
The girl in the thigh highs

Whose iris is of jade
And built to persuade
And they're swift like a switchblade

Switchblade
Switchblade

They're swift like a switchblade

Switchblade

Nobody wears it like you anymore,
Nobody wears it like you anymore

Light like a feather,
Bright like a dying star

Cut those together,
Girl that is what you are

Wild eyes forever,
Built to punish and persuade

I lied to get her
But all I got was a switchblade

A Switchblade

So just give me the facts,
Who's the girl in the black hat
The girl in the black hat

I can't find any shade,
But I'll be swayed as long as I got a switchblade

I think I'm getting her eyes,
On all American thighs
Her American thighs.

She got her black hat,
And irises of jade
And I got a switchblade.

Switchblade

Yes, I've got a switchblade

Nobody wears it like you anymore,
Nobody wears it like you anymore

Light like a feather,
Bright like a dying star

Cut those together,
Girl that is what you are

Wild eyes forever,
Built to punish and persuade

I lied to get her
But all I got was a switchblade

A switchblade

Nobody wears it like you anymore,
Nobody wears it like you

I keep getting attacked by,
The girl in the black hat
The girl in the black hat

I can't find any shade,
But I'll be swayed as long as I got a switchblade

Switchblade

Light like a feather,
Bright like a dying star

Cut those together,
Girl that is what you are

Wild eyes forever,
Built to punish and persuade

I lied to get her
But all I got was a switchblade

Yes, I got a switchblade

Light like a feather,
Bright like a dying star

Cut those together,
Girl that is what you are

Wild eyes forever,
Built to punish and persuade

I lied to get her
But all I got was a switchblade

Yes, I got a switchblade...

Adolescents lyrics - Incubus

I'm feeling out of bounds, out of bounds
I'm running out of time, out of time
I know there's no such thing as either of them
But its doesn't make me feel any better

Out of sight, out of mind
Out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time
We're out of mind
Out of mind
Out of mind
Yeah, yeah

I’m feeling overwhelmed, overwhelmed
It’s getting out of line, line, line
I know I’m not alone
Just adolescents, you and I
It doesn’t make me feel any better

Out of sight, out of mind
Out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time
We're out of mind
Out of mind
Out of mind
Yeah, yeah
Out of sight, out of mind
Out of sight, out of mind
We're out of time
We're out of mind
Out of mind
Out of mind
We're out of mind
Yeah

Tomorrow's Food lyrics - Incubus

I know you vie for the good ol' days
and with less of us around, we were a cinch to sway
does it feel like it's the end of the world
well maybe it is, but when was it not,
cause it's true, me and you
we are all tomorrow's food today

there's no such thing as the good ol' days
the older we all get, the better we all were
there's no such as the end of the world
(but just in case!) you'd best batten down and button up
cause it's true, me and you
we are all tomorrow's food today

Rebel Girls lyrics - Incubus

Baby we could make it to the outer reaches of inner space
Create castles
Monuments to flesh
A triangled Valhalla on the side of the moon

Raven eyed those Valkyries
Rebel girls rebel girls tearing it up
Pay no mind to the divide
Raven eyes all over me, rebel girls rebel girls filling my cup
Damnit I need to collide

Do it so
Rebel girls rebel girls tearing it up
No one will know

Rarest pearls
Rebel girls rebel girls filling my cup
Rebel girls

Meeting at the gates is blue eyed and blonde
With black eyed and brown we'll make tangible
Inner space reflect the never quiet rebellion on the side of the moon

Raven eyed those Valkyries
Rebel girl rebel girls tearing it up
Pay no mind to the divide
Raven eyes all over me
Rebel girls rebel girls filling my cup
Damnit I need to collide

Do it so
Rebel girls rebel girls tearing it up
No one will know

Rarest pearls
Rebel girls rebel girls filling my cup
Rebel girls

Raven eyed those Valkyries
Rebel girls rebel girls tearing it up
Pay no mind to the divide.

Surface To Air lyrics - Incubus

Do you read me, mayday
Aeronaut to base
I confess I'm a mess
No egress
Alone, hovering in space

Is there anyone out there
Why the third degree?
Never knew
Until you
How silence could be so sonorous and deep

Wherever you are
Send out a flare
This is an attempt to connect,
Edify and dissect
Send a light
Send repair
From surface to air

Do you hear me, mayday?
I am in search of
But I'm caught in a knot
Goes to say
So below is as above

Is there anyone out there?
I am high and dry
Suffering is a theme
But reckoning is the only reason why
We suffer at all

To send out a flare
This is an attempt to connect
Edify and dissect
Send a light
Send repair
From surface to air

Is there anyone out there?

Suffering is a theme
But reckoning is the only reason why
We suffer at all
So send out a flare

"Monuments And Melodies" (2009)




Black Heart Inertia lyrics - incubus

Walking alone tonight
'Cause I've only got room for two
Me and my burdened black heart
It's all we know how to do

Yet I look for a bigger bang
Than the kind I continually see
Sick of all this inertia
I want a human being

Lover, can you help me?
I'm a child lost in the woods
A black heart pollutes me
And I think

You're a mountain that I'd like to climb
Not to conquer, but to share in the view

Pulled by a false inertia
Pushed out by circumstance
Pistol firing at my feet
That's coercing me to dance

Yet I look for a bigger bang
Than the kind I'm sorry to know.
Here I am, first foot of the climb
Watch me go.

Lover, can you help me?
I'm a child lost in the woods
A lit path eludes me
And I think

You're a mountain that I'd like to climb
Not to conquer, but to share in the view
You're a bonfire and I'm gathered 'round you
Set this old black heart inertia aflame

Send it away [x2]

You're a mountain
That I'd like to climb
Not to conquer, but to share in the view
You're a bonfire
And I'm gathered 'round you
Set this old black heart inertia aflame

Set it aflame, send it away

Midnight Swim lyrics - Incubus

A midnight swim 
Is what I'm needing 
A careless will 
A fast for feeding 

[Chorus]
I take to the deep 
Where the lights been til now 
Gotta break out and find 
What the day left behind 

So into blue 
Begin an ark 
The man was you 
True and spark oh 

[Chorus]
I take to the deep 
Where the lights been til now, safe 
Gotta break and out and find 
What the day left behind 

Nahhnoooo 
No no noooo 
Whoooooa no no no 
Whoooooa no no noooo 
Whoooooaaaa ahh 

Water and salt 
Secrets like new 
Arrive salt 
A midnight swim 

[Chorus]
I take to the deep 
Where the lights, until now, asleep 
Gotta break in and find 
What the day left behind 

Nooooooooooooooo 
No no noooooohh 
Whoooaaaaaa 
No no nooooooo 
Whooooaaahhooooaaaaa 
No noooooooo 
Whooahooo 
Aha

Make A Move lyrics - incubus

I'm at the end of my ribbon again
For those who own to apathy 
You had the perfect opportunity 
But bled the fifth and walked away 

Say something 
Make us proud
Cast the first stone 
Say anything at all
(Anything is everything, and more)

Make a move 

For every one thing we're ignorant of
A thousand more things beat the maze
You saw the apple hanging on the tree 
But missed the orchard in your gaze 

Say something 
Make us proud
Cast the first stone 
Say anything at all
(Anything is everything, and more)

Make a move 
(Hands on the eyes are the engines of demise)
Make a move

I'm cautious of who I would call a friend 
Who you aquaint is who you are 
The darkest hours are when we choose a side 
So make your pick and take a fall 

Say something 
Say anything at all 
Make a move 
(Hands on the eyes are the engines of demise)
Make a move

Neither Of Us Can See lyrics - Incubus

I am one big walking chemical reaction 
A buzzing hive of cell synapsis and nacent self perception

Isn't it disdainful and curious 
That both of us think we know everything

We both have brains, 
We both have eyes 
(Neither of us can see) 
We both have pains,
We both have lies 
(Neither of us can see) 
One in the same, two of a kind 
And neither of us can see

I am just a blinking, neon roadside attraction 
I sow future wrinkles and I'm told I'm untapped potential

Isn't it disdainful and curious 
That both of us think we know everything

We both have brains,
We both have eyes 
(Neither of us can see) 
We both have pains,
We both have lies 
(Neither of us can see) 
One in the same, two of a kind 
And neither of us can see

I am one big, fleeting errant contradiction 
It's so good to meet you 
We are one in the same

Isn't it disdainful and curious 
That both of us think we know everything

We both have brains, 
We both have eyes 
(Neither of us can see) 
We both have pains, 
We both have lies 
(Neither of us can see) 
One in the same, two of a kind 
And neither of us can see

While All The Vultures Feed lyrics - Incubus

The future is on fire
Of a dying breed
Don't understate our relevance
We're the eyes in the walls
And we witness the vultures feed, yeah

Stay wide awake, 
Stay wide awake, yeah
Make haste 'cause predators precede
Stay wide awake, 
Stay wide awake, yeah
While all the vultures feed

Like angles in a sphere
But of our own design
No more perpetual innocence
With our words we make shapes
And our angles can align, yeah

And their appetite's careless and menacing
It humbles me
When prey softly outwits its predator
Such is a sight to see

[X2]
Stay wide awake, 
Stay wide awake, yeah
Make haste 'cause predators precede
Stay wide awake, 
Stay wide awake, yeah
While all the vultures feed

[to fade] While all the vultures feed

Pantomime lyrics - Incubus

In my fantasy I'm a pantomime 
I'll just move my hands and everyone sees what I mean 
Words are too messy
And it's way past time 
To hand in my mouth 

Paint my face white and try to 
Reinvent the sea 
One wave at a time 
Speak without my voice and see the world by candlelight 

I ain't afraid to let it out 
I'm unafraid to take that fall 
But I have found beyond all doubt 
We say more by saying nothing at all 

In my fantasy no such thing as time 
Minutes bleed into days
Avant garde art
Show me your heresy
And I'll show you mine 
We only speak in pantomimes on this carpet ride 

I ain't afraid to let it out 
I'm unafraid to take that fall 
But I have found beyond all doubt 
We say more by saying nothing at all 

In my fantasy you look good entwined 
In my hair and skin and spit and sweat and spilled red wine 
You're my deep secret 
I'm your pantomime 
I'll just move my hands 
I promise you'll see what I mean

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