SLEATER-KINNEY - The Center Won't Hold Album Lyrics

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The Center Won't Hold

I need something pretty
To help me ease my pain
I need something ugly
To put me in my place

I need something holy
Give me a little taste
I need something muddy
To cover up the stain

The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold

I need a little money
So I got something to save
I need a quick injection
To get you out of my way

I need a real affliction
Gives me a reason to stay
I need a new reflection
Don't wanna see my face

The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold

The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold

(The center won't hold)
(The center won't hold)
(The center won't hold)
(The center won't hold)

The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold

The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold
The center won't hold

The center won't hold
No, The center won't hold
The center won't hold
No, The center won't hold
The center won't hold
No, the center won't hold
The center won't hold
No, the center won't hold

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Hurry On Home

Hurry on home to me
I've set a place for two
Hurry on back to me
I've made my mood your mood

You know I'm
Dress down-able
Uptown-able
Hair grab-able
Grand-slammable

But just hurry on home to me
'Cause it's just what we do

Disconnect me from my bones
So I can float, so I can roam
Disconnect me from my skin
Erase the marks begin again

Hurry on home to me
I've been in bed since noon
Hurry on back to me
I've cleared out all the rooms

You know I'm
Unf*ckable
Unlovable
Unlistenable
Unwatchable

But just hurry on home to me
I've made more space for you

Disconnect me from my bones
So I can float, so I can roam
Disconnect me from my skin
Erase the mark begin again

Disconnect me from my bones
So I can float, so I can roam
Disconnect me from my skin
Erase the mark begin again

You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you
You got me used to loving you

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Reach Out

When I look down
I was a mess
My face was smeared
My clothes were wet
My shoes untied
Stone in my chest
I washed up on
The shore again

Reach out, touch me
I'm stuck on the edge
Reach out, the darkness
Is winning again
Reach out and see me
I'm losing my head
Reach out, I can't fight
Without you my friend

When my feet
Touched on to land
The sweet relief
The hot, dry sand
With one short breath
My chest expands
My body is
My own again

Reach out, touch me
I'm stuck on the edge
Reach out, the darkness
Is winning again
Reach out and see me
I'm losing my head
Reach out, I can't fight
Without you my friend

Reach out, touch me
I'm stuck on the edge
Reach out, the darkness
Is winning again
Reach out and see me
I'm losing my head
Reach out, I can't fight
Without you my friend

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Can I Go On

Everyone I know is tired
And everyone I know is wired
To machines, it's obscene
I'll just scream 'til it don't hurt no more
Everyone I know is happy
But everyone I know is napping
Half the day thrown away
But I can't find the thrill anymore

Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on, I wanna go on
Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on at all

Everyone I know is funny
But jokes don't make us money
Sell our rage, buy and trade
But we still cry for free every day
Everyone I know is bored
But everyone I know is floored
Crawl around on the ground
Let the sound of your blood lead the way

Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on, I wanna go on
Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on at all

My desire is contagious
My desire is contagious
My desire is contagious
My desire is contagious
My desire is contagious
My desire is contagious

Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on, I wanna go on
Baby, I'm not sure
I wanna go on at all

Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on, I wanna go on
Maybe I'm not sure
I wanna go on at all

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Restless

Took my car, got out of town
It is a restless life, a restless life
You and me, we don't f*ck around
It is a restless life, a restless life

And my heart wants the ugliest things
My heart wants the ugliest things
But I've learned to love the ugliest things
Like you and me, and me and you
And me

You know I meant to stick around
It is a restless life, a restless life
My one regret is that I let you down
It is a restless life, a restless life

And my heart wants the ugliest things
My heart wants the ugliest things
But I've learned to love the ugliest things
Like you and me, and me and you
And me

My heart wants the ugliest things
My heart is the ugliest thing
And I've learned to love the ugliest things
Like you and me, and me and you
And me

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RUINS

And just before midnight
You came into our room
A demon so frightening
Both ancient and new

Gonna leave the light on for you
Gonna leave the light on for you
Gonna leave the light on for you

You're a creature of sorrow
You're the beast we made
You scratch at our sadness
'Til we're broken and frayed

Gonna leave the light on for you
Gonna leave the light on for you
Gonna leave the light on for you

Eat the weak, and devour the sane
From our bones, are new monsters made
Smash the buildings, eat the places, destroy all day

Do you feast on nostalgia?
Take pleasure from pain
Look out 'cause the children
Will learn your real name

Gonna leave the light on for you
Gonna leave the light on for you
Gonna leave the light on for you

Eat the weak, and devour the sane
From our bones, are new monsters made
Smash the buildings, eat the places, destroy all day

Eat the weak, and devour the sane
From our bones, are new monsters made
Nothing left but ruins at the end of our day

Eat the weak, and devour the sane
From our bones, are new monsters made
Smash the buildings, eat the places, destroy all day

Eat the weak, and devour the sane
From our bones, are new monsters made
Nothing left but ruins at the end of our day

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LOVE

Raised outside the city
Came up in the void
Needed something sacred
Wanted to destroy
Heard you in my headphones
Slipped you my address
Call the doctor
Dig me out of this mess
Tuned it down to C
Turned the amp to ten
A basement of our own
A mission to begin
You and me
Strings and a melody
It took a little while
But now I see it's

Love
Love

Calling card is empty
Sleeping in the van
But things are looking better
We're only down a grand
Been to every state
From New York to insane
If I turn up any louder
I won't know my own name, what's

Love
Love

We can be young, and we can be old
As long as we have each other to hold
And we can be rough
And we can be smooth
There's nothing to hide
And nothing to prove

Love
Love

Done with being told
That this should be the end
But fighting is the fuel
And anger is a friend
There's nothing more threatening
And nothing more obscene
Than a well worn body
Demanding to be seen
F*ck

Love
Love

Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love

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Bad Dance

And if the world is ending now
Then lets dance, the bad dance
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

Well don't just stand there
Why don't you follow me around
My truth is slack and loose
My morals are unsound

But I'm amusing, I'm amazing
I'm impure
Dip your toes into the chaos
It'll feel just like a cure

And if the world is ending now
Then lets dance, the bad dance
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

And if we're all going down in flames
Then lets dance, the bad dance
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

Come over here and show me
That you crave a little more
Let me defame you
And defile you on the floor

Well I'm indulgent, I'm impulsive
I'm profane
Doesn't matter how long you last
'Cause I have rigged the game

And if the world is ending now
Then lets dance, the bad dance
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

And if we're all going down in flames
Then lets dance, the bad dance
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

Be the weapon, be the love
Be the weapon, be the love
Be the weapon, be the love
Be the weapon, be the love

And if the world is ending now
Then lets dance, the bad dance
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

And if we're all going down in flames
Then lets scream, everybody scream
We've been rehearsing our whole lives

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The Future Is Here

I start my day on a tiny screen
Try to connect the words, they're right in front of me
I walk to work out on the city streets
No one speaks to me, their stony faces beat

Never have I felt so goddamn lost and alone
Are you my friend, are you there for me
Can you come to my house, I'll tell you everything

I need you more than I ever have
Because the future's here, and we can't go back
Na na na na na, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na, na na na na na na na

I end my day on a tiny screen
I try to reach for you through the empty sheets
I close my eyes, and try to find some piece
Of what's left of us, and who we used to be

Tell me if you feel like you are lost and alone
I am your friend, you can cover me
Just come over here and give me everything

I need you more than I ever have
Because the future's here, and we can't go back
I need you more than I ever have
Because the future's here, and we can't go back
Singing na na na na na, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na, na na na na na na na

I need you more than I ever have
Because the future's here, and we can't go back
I need you more than I ever have
Because the future's here, and we can't go back

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The Dog / The Body

I'm just the dog, I'm just the body tonight
I'm just the fist, without the will to fight

And when the shadow comes, I'll have a place to go and hide
You always said my head was what I never leave behind

I'm just a sketch, I'm just an outline tonight
I am the dog, I am the body, alright

Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Can't keep saying the same old lines
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Gonna go and be alone
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Can't see my way out of this night
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
If you go, I'll be alone

I'm just a prop, I'm just a puppet tonight
I'm just the trick without the magic alright

And when the darkness comes and I don't have the nerve, the might
I'll invite myself into an alpine light, goodnight

Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Can't keep saying the same old lines
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Gonna go and be alone
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Can't see my way out of this night
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
If you go, I'll be alone

If you want to go
Can't find a reason not to leave
If you feel unknown
Can't find your name on the dream
Nothing feels like home
Can't find the one to hold

Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Can't keep saying the same old lines
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Gonna go and be alone
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
Can't see my way out of this night
Baby, baby, baby
I don't mind
If you go, I'll be alone

Baby, baby
I don't mind
I'm tired of saying the same old lines
Baby, baby
I don't mind
If you go I'll be alone

Don't mind

I am the dog, I am the body, tonight
If you hear me howl, know I made it out, alive

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Broken

Deep, deep, deep run the feelings
Crawling inside my mind

Keep, keep, keep it together
Afraid to let them fly

I really can't fall apart right now
I really can't touch that place
Thought I was all grown up right now
I really can't show you my face

But I'm breaking in two
But I'm breaking inside
But I'm breaking in two
'Cause I'm broken inside

She, she, she stood up for us
When she testified
Me, me too, my body cried out
When she spoke those lines

I really can't fall apart right now
But it hits me too close to the bone
I thought I was all grown up right now
But I feel like I'll never be done

But I'm breaking in two
But I'm breaking inside
But I'm breaking for you
All the ways that we tried
But I'm breaking in two
Never feeling alright
But I'm breaking in two
'Cause I'm broken inside