What The Pillar of Salt Held Up

Album: Everclear (1991)
Play Video
  • The take-off makes no sound
    It's high and far away
    Your blue sky by the moon
    It takes my breath away

    Why do you choose
    What you choose to throw away into the undertow
    A happiness like we'll never know

    You can overcome your bitterness and pain
    And you don't remember how
    To start your life again

    You were born to please
    Born to put on a show
    But you always run away
    From a happiness like we'll never know

    No hiding place in all the sky
    No camouflage to keep you warm at night
    No clothes you got seem to keep out the wind or the rain
    No way out from your shame

    The take-off makes no sound
    As you fly away with that look on your face
    That gives it all away

    Secrets that the sea would never tell the soul
    But where the current flows
    A happiness like we'll never know Writer/s: Mark Eitzel
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith

Steven Tyler of AerosmithSongwriter Interviews

Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.

Graham Nash

Graham NashSongwriter Interviews

Graham Nash tells the stories behind some of his famous songs and photos, and is asked about "yacht rock" for the first time.

Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum

Dave Pirner of Soul AsylumSongwriter Interviews

Dave explains how the video appropriated the meaning of "Runaway Train," and what he thought of getting parodied by Weird Al.

Jimmy Webb

Jimmy WebbSongwriter Interviews

Webb talks about his classic songs "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman" and "MacArthur Park."

Amy Lee of Evanescence

Amy Lee of EvanescenceSongwriter Interviews

The Evanescence frontwoman on the songs that have shifted meaning and her foray into kids' music.

Concert Disasters

Concert DisastersFact or Fiction

Ozzy biting a dove? Alice Cooper causing mayhem with a chicken? Creed so bad they were sued? See if you can spot the real concert mishaps.