Alix Olson - Unsteady Things lyrics

We sailed past fancy people in their black pants and fancy bars And we pointed out the gravestones and the flags on the cars We were rebels released from this world for a time We had our own way of watching And in a one way window, you beamed right back at me You said,"that's exactly what i don't want to be" Your eyes were two hitchhikers, right then Thumbing a cheap ride And i'm a s**er for road travellers Yeah, weary gets me every time You are half a good idea And i am half a good trip We're a pyramid of unsteady things And the trick is not to tip The trick is not to tip And i been told that i push it too much Like how i never switch into fifth gear fast enough I must just enjoy the strain The groaning of the engine As it moans, as it's grasping And i guess i could just guess at what would make you mutter my name But, i prefer to give to those who commit to the asking Yeah, i prefer to give to those who commit to the asking So ask me with your hands up See, if one thing leads to another Then another is way past due Cause i would say that we have done a thing or two Yes, i would say that we have done a little thing, or two But nothing ever comes in quite the right dose We are way too little, we could be way too much No, nothing ever comes in quite the right dose You are way too right, we could be way too close So, now we're a couple of awkward stranges on the street Doing that 'which way are you moving two-step dance" But my coaches always taught me to ignore the shifty feet It's the hips that will lead you where the ball is gonna land So i'm watching your hips I'm watching your hips And i'm woozy, i'm getting woozy My stomach's gone for a little spin around the block And you tilt towards me and my pendulum swings We are a gla** pyramid of unsteady things Unsteady things, unsteady Like high school chearleaders mounting each other And the bottom level is cringing That's how you and i layer our words With the subtext trembling And i'm jumping on the shoulders of phrases Our words are never lazy But the base layer of gazes Is just too much to hold up These unsteady things, these unsteady things And i've never claimed balance as a credential I've never pretended to know how to climb We're winding our way up this precarious hill Let's make like jill and jill And tumble down the waterslide Of these unsteady things So now we're slipping from the top Drenched in the sweat of our attempts And i am feeling stupid now And you are feeling sheepish But since that is what we do best Let's just lie back and stare I've never felt stars in my eyes like this I feel like half of a cartoon pair I've never been so pick-up line Never been so bare And you're unfurling your flag of breath, now Into the bent crook of my arm And i'm thinking "maybe i could love you But i'm not sure we'd get along" And then you unfold your tongue to show me your best And i think "yes, okay,..........go on" Because your best is impossibly beautiful Your charm transcends unbearable And i've got all this desire clutched behind my back I will lay down my resistance I will wait for you to crack Like your smile splitting like my windshield Stretching crooked and slow Bearing the scar of an unseen roadside stone I should beware, by now, of falling rocks From the shifting cliffs of unsaid things You know, earthquakes are measured By the unsteady signs they bring You're like water in the gla** And i'm shaking, i'm shaking I'm shaking from these unsteady things These unsteady things You tickle me so pink now that i'm in the red My blood shooting up like mercury Heading up until it stings And i know, you can't handcuff heat Degrees rise when they please All you can do is guess at the effects And put your head between your knees All you can do is hide from the ride of these Unsteady things All i can do is hide from the ride of these Unsteady things, unsteady