Norah Jones - Pick Me Up Off The Floor Album Lyrics

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How I Weep

How I
How I
Weep for the loss
And it creeps down my chin
For the heart and the hair
And the skin and the air
That swirls itself around the bare

How I weep
How I weep
How I weep and I sleep
And I march and I dance
And I sing and I laugh
And I laugh and I laugh
But inside
But inside
Inside I weep
Inside I weep
And I weep for a loss
That's so deep
That it hardens and turns into stone

There it stays
And rolls through bones
Till they crumble
And the earth doesn't spin
It's got no way to win
And the stars stare down with sad clown faces
And they taunt me
They taunt me
So I run and I run, and I run and I run
But I've nowhere to go except into the sun

And I weep for the loss and the loss weeps for me
The loss weeps for me
Then it whacks me straight into my stomach at night
It's a hard blow to take with all of its might
And it tries to be sorry, it tries to be sweet
Then it runs out the door as if on two feet

And I stand there and wonder when will I be free
Then I realized I held it, it never held me
It had to hurt me to finally be gone
'Cause I made the mistake of dragging it on
And I wonder what kind of person am I
Who weeps for a loss but can't tell it goodbye

How I
How I weep
How I weep
How I weep

How I
How I weep
How I weep
How I weep

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Flame Twin

I am the runner
You are the chaser
My twin in flames
'Til we meet again

I am the lost
You can't be found
My twin in flames
Lift me from the ground

You are the hider
I am the seeker
My twin, I'm in flames
I'm rolling about

I have a name
You call me by none
My twin, I'm on fire
Come put me out

As God is my witness
I try to be strong
But my twin, I'm on fire
Don't string me along

Wake you from slumber
You fall so hard
Twin, we're in flames
We've gone too far

My pockets are empty
Your heart is stripped bare
My twin in flames
We're not even there

Can't see
Past the border or smoke
My twin, inflamed
Who I'm sorry I woke

The circle continues
As plain as can be
My love, let me go
I should let you be

You are the runner
I am the chaser
My twin in flames
'Til we meet again

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Hurts To Be Alone

Take from me what you can hold
The things I need, already sold
I'll try to be somebody else
Or find new ways to be myself

Never hurts to be alone
Never hurts to be alone
Never hurts to be alone
Never hurts to be alone

Can you make me disappear
At least for once or twice a year?

It hurts to be alone
It hurts to be alone
It hurts to be alone
It hurts to be alone

Everybody is my friend
Until I run into my end

But it hurts to be alone
But it hurts to be alone
But it hurts to be alone
It hurts to be alone, ooh

It hurts to be alone
It hurts to be alone, ooh
It hurts to be alone
It hurts to be alone

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Heartbroken, Day After

Heartbroken, day after
My mind is spinning
Hopelessly out of control
Heartbroken, day after
Your side is winning
And I find myself in the cold

Hey, hey
It's gonna be okay
At least that's what I tell myself
Anyway
Hey, hey
Don't look so sad
It's not that bad
Or is it?
It might be today

Heartbroken, day after
My heart is racing
To find a way out of this place
Heartbroken, day after
Our world is wasting away
And it's too much to face

Oh, hey, hey
It's gonna be okay
My little one
I promise
We'll find our way
Hey, hey
Don't look so worried
We'll have to hurry
And climb out of this mess we've made

Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out
Find a way out

Heartbroken, day after
My mind is spinning
Hopelessly out of control

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Say No More

You might find me a little undone
You might drive me mad
All the voices tell me to run
But I know what we had

If I try to escape you
Which way should I go?
Pull the red tape off my lips
No one has to know

Say no more
All the lies will wash up on the shore
Stay with me
I'll pretend you're everything I need

Take the bullet out of that gun
I'll bare you my soul
Everything you want to know
Swallow me up whole

If I call you a stranger
Will you play the part?
Even if you disappear
I'll hold you in my heart

Say no more
All the lies will wash up on the shore
Stay the night
I'll pretend that I put up a fight

Say no more
All the lies will wash up on the shore
Stay the night
I'll pretend that I put up a fight

You might find me a little undone
You might find me strange
All the voices tell me to run
Maybe I'm deranged?
Maybe I'm deranged?

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This Life

This life as we know it
This life as we know it
This life as we know it is over

This life as we know it
This life as we know it
This life as we know it is over

Some may run
But I won't hide
Now take my pride with you

If we find
What we lost
God might see us through

Hearts frozen
Arms open
Hands shaking
Bonds breaking

This life as we know it
This life as we know it
This life as we know it is over

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To Live

Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

To live in this moment
And finally be free
Is what I was after
No chains holding me

If love is the answer
In front of my face
And I'll live in this moment
And find my true place

These cracks in my heart
Can't be filled with cement
Can't find or use up
All the time that I've spent

I want a life in color
To breathe outside the lines
To live in this moment
Find peace in my mind

Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

Who said all those things
To make you go and hide?
So stuck in your head
That you can't come outside

Please, throw down the darkness
As best as you can
And live in this moment
I'll reach out my hand

To live in this moment
And finally be free
Is what I was after
No chains holding me

If love is the answer
In front of my face
I'll live in this moment
And find my true place

I'll live in this moment
And find my true place
I'll live in this moment
And find my true place

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I'm Alive

Just sit and wait
Don't move, just hesitate
You can hope and pray
You can moan
Maybe things will change

You feel your soul
Get hollowed out
While the world implodes
You just live without

She walks, she runs
She fights, almost as one
And finds her voice
She'll march
She has no choice

She's crushed by thoughts
At night of men
Who want her rights
And usually win

But she's alive
Oh, she's alive
She's alive
Oh, she's alive

He screams, he shouts
The heads on the TV bow
They take the bait
They mirror waves of hate

They break down walls
To free their sins
And then their hearts
Come caving in

Oh, I watch, I think
I dance and sometimes I drink
I sing my songs
I'll hope someone sings along

If I should break
My silent streak
Will knives come out
To cut my cheek?

Oh, I'm alive, yes, I'm alive
But I'm alive, oh, I'm alive
I'm alive, oh, I'm alive
Yes, I'm alive, yes, I'm alive

I care a lot
I know the things I'm not
It's alright, it's okay
And it's not
Maybe things will change

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Were You Watching?

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Were you watching
When I dropped the seeds from the window?
Were you watching
When I built walls from paper and glue?
Were you watching
When the flowers bloomed in the springtime?
Were you watching
Darling, where were you?

Were you listening
When there was nothing more to say?
Were you listening?
I sang sad songs, anyway
Were you hiding
When our love was in the deepest danger?
Were you watching
As we slowly turned into strangers?

Were you watching?
Were you watching?
Were you watching?
Were you watching?

Were you watching
When the flowers died in the winter?
Were you watching
When I burned the walls of paper and glue?
Were you watching
Darling, where were you?
Were you watching
Darling, where were you?
Darling, where were you?
Darling, where were you?
Darling, where were you?

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Stumble On My Way

Above the clouds
I found the place
Where I can be
Without a trace

Wandering eyes
Can dance away
All of their blues
Out into space

You hold me up
I can't come down
Until I turn
Myself around

The sun is fading
Into white
All of the beauty
And all of your light

Is almost gone
A passing dream
And I'll never know
What it all means

I'll sing a song
I'll have a time
And I'm holding on
To what is mine

But I'll kiss the dawn
Of a new day
And then I'll stumble
On my way

I'll sing a song
I'll have the time
And I'm holding on
To what is mine

I'll kiss the dawn
Of a new day
And then I'll stumble on my way
And then I'll stumble on my way

Ooh, ooh-ooh
Mm-mm

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Heaven Above

I'm lonely
'Cause I'm looking at pictures of you
While I listen to snow
Being pushed off of the roof

I can't stand it
When I forget the things that I've got
And I'm wondering why
They were not in my line of sight

I was mistaken
When I thought we could have it all
We can see what we wanna see
Before we have to fall

I'm just smiling
At the thought of a day long ago
When you asked me to stay and I left
At the fork in the road

We were dancing
In the place where your heart was in love
And the pieces were in the right place
Sent from heaven above