Juliana Hatfield - Peace and Love lyrics

Peace and Love

you sang me into my dreams so I forgave you everything
you held my hand until I was asleep
you checked my heart periodically
with an ear to my ribcage
you made sure I was still breathing
then you left when I awoke
never to be seen again
I won't give up on peace and love
I won't give up on peace and love

I don't want to be angry it takes too much energy
it's such a waste of time falling off of this thin line
I just gotta get back up stop waiting on apologies
everything will happen if it's meant to be
I won't give up on peace and love
I won't give up on peace and love

don't give up on peace and love
don't give up on peace and love
don't give up on peace and love
don't give up on peace and love
I want the ice to melt I want the sun to shine
on me and my enemies I want us all to be happy
I want the pain to go away I want to sleep a while
I want to think of you and smile

The End Of The War

I'm on my way when winter comes
I'll be ok again
so quiet here and no more tears
just bloody memories
I survived the famous fall
our injuries explain it all
empty shells on the beach like poems
cowards lie down in the tall grass
waiting for the battles to pass
they'll do anything to save themselves
you sent someone to fight for you
but no one fought for me
I advanced into the fray
to kill the sorrow and the pain
I was tired and so hungry at the end of the story
now I'm building strength I paid such a price to be free
ah
ah
ah
ah

Why Can't We Love Each Other

I feel like I'm broken
I know you feel the same
we're both pretty damaged
fragile and afraid
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
we both need somebody our houses are not homes
why don't I ever see you when you live just down the road
it is a choice we can make our lives a song
will it be a blues or a hymn
a dirge or a psalm

why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
life is so short what are we waiting for
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
it could be so simple just tell me what you want
don't keep it to yourself don't stay shut in for too long
aren't you tired of being lonely
aren't you sick of crying your eyes out
don't you want to stick with something
are you ready for forever now
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other
why can't we love each other

Butterflies

I'm trying to get through this night without any help from anyone
I close my eyes and try to breathe after a while I drift off to sleep
and then I see butterflies everywhere landing on my palms and in my hair
so fragile and beautiful like all the souls of people so easily broken
wings can be torn apart by a hard rain a red red rain a red red rain
oh butterflies everywhere landing upon my palms and in my hair

butterflies everywhere landing on my palms and in my hair

What Is Wrong

oh what is wrong why can't you sleep
what is your trouble don't you miss your dreams
can't you find a reason to keep believing
oh what is wrong you need to eat
oh didn't you hear me I swore I'd never leave
can't you find a reason to keep believing

what tears you up and breaks you down
when I wake will you be gone
you're disappearing slipping away
why can't this be as easy as it is to breathe
can't you find a reason to keep believing
I don't need a reason to keep believing
what tears you up and breaks you down
when I wake will you be gone
oh what is wrong why can't you sleep
why are you still doubting I swore I'd never leave

Unsung

(instrumental)

Evan

Evan I've never been the same
since the day I hit my forehead on the doorframe
when I jumped over you and out of the bed
to answer the phone in my mother's room
there was blood but I was all smiles cause I was in love
the mourning doves were waking up
now people tell me you're a casualty
but that's just a story they heard
shafts of light dart down between the trees
can't speak to you in spoken words
oh if we could only be but we could never be
Evan we're burned by the same sun
wherever you are wherever I run
I've never been completely anywhere I never could count on anyone
I've tried to write you off
but I can't so I'll give it up
Evan I just love you I guess
Evan I just love you I guess
Evan I just love you I guess
Evan I just love you I guess

Evan I just love you I guess
Evan I just love you I guess
Evan I just love you I guess
Evan I just love you I guess

Let's Go Home

the leaves are turning to yellow orange and red
the street is like a painting you should see it
baby I'm sorry come back with me let's go home
I made the bed for you I filled the fridge with food
I swept under the couch I haven't seen the mouse
the dog is dreaming the radiators clanging
same old everything but somethings missing
baby I'm sorry come back with me let's go home
I love you so much but a love I can't touch
I'm trying to let go and breathe real deep and slow
the train is so lonely when you got nobody at the other end
hold my hand again don't let go
they're just little bumps in the road
maybe I'm sorry come back with me let's go home
maybe I'm sorry come back with me let's go home
let's go home
let's go home

I Picked You Up

there's nothing worse than a sad man alone
who came from nothing and says he's done
a hotel is just a temporary home
go into the light now
I picked you up cause maybe I'm what you need
you didn't know it but you were saving me too
let's make some music and talk everything through
I picked you up cause I needed you
you fell in with a guy and a girl
over coffee your story made her cry
you stopped looking you stopped hoping you stopped sleeping very well
but don't say you didn't try
I picked you up cause baby I'm what you need
maybe you didn't know it but you were saving me too
let's make some music and talk everything through
I picked you up because I needed you
you walked out the door and down the street
and you fell on your phone and I was suddenly there
out of the blue and into the red I saw your face
and I knew it
I picked you up cause maybe I'm what you need
you didn't know it but you were saving me too
let's make some music and talk everything through
I picked you up cause I needed you
I know who you are
cause I know who I am
and my friend I'm taking you home with me where you can finally sleep
I picked you up cause baby I'm what you need
maybe you didn't know it but you were saving me too
let's make some music and talk everything through
I picked you up because I needed you

Faith In Our Friends

love comes and goes out the window
lovers ask too much you're always not something enough
or you're just too too honest too mad or too blue
but your friends think you're just right the way you are
they don't hold it against you if you got a stormy heart
and if you find that you've lost all hope in men
you can still have faith in your friends
the last one really let you down
he stuck you in that place alone
he was weak when he needed to be strong
he never visited and he never even called
and he knew how hard it was for you
you promised yourself that you wouldn't fall for the wrong guy
and now you need someone to pull the needle from your eye
every time I say I can't go through this again
I go back to my faith in my friends

there for you in the middle of the night
with blurry eyes you're griefstricken
and you can curse and cry with no consequences or conditions
your friends think you're just right the way you are
they don't hold it against you if you got a stormy heart
and if you find that you've lost all hope in men
you can still have faith in your friends
you promised yourself that you wouldn't fall for the wrong guy
and now you need someone to pull the needle from your eye
every time I say I can't go through this again
I thank god for my faith in my friends
faith in my friends

I'm Disappearing

my bluest veins are hidden by what I'm wearing
my palest skin is almost transparent
it feels just like a bird of prey could take me away
I'm disappearing I'm disappearing
I'm afraid this heart beats too slow
I have failed to make myself known
still I fight with all my strength down to the bones
I'm disappearing I'm disappearing
I'm losing again I just nod my head
and refuse everything from here in my bed
a heavy heart must shed its weight for the life that's bound to escape
I'm losing again
I just nod my head and refuse everything
it's my punishment
I'm disappearing I'm disappearing

Dear Anonymous

dear anonymous why do you taunt me
the war you're in is all in your head
oh my god it must be terrible to be too scared to sign your name
too ashamed to show your face
oh what did they do to you to make you this way
dear anonymous do you think the sun shines on everyone but you
but can't you see I'm nobody too
I'm just singing into the void
just trying to say my piece
I thank god I got no real enemies
I killed them all with kindness
so we could live in peace

dear anonymous
too scared to sign your name
your name