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