Vandalized Lyrics - Matt Nathanson

Well, it's late at night. 

There's nobody around. 

Just the sounds of the cars 

Upon the asphalt ground. 

It's the waiting time, 

When the hours grow still. 

I gaze on through the glass 

Inside my windowsill. 

Though I know that you must be 

Somewhere in this world, 

In this place where, at birth, 

You and I were both hurled, 

To think that we once were relating 

Is a thing that has almost grown foreign to me. 

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It's a bad sight, 

Such a terrible waste, 

To spend your time talking 

In such bad taste. 

It's the same old line, 

Though it's not you I blame. 

It's your teachers and television 

That you put to shame. 

The night's lasting longer 

Because I've filled my head 

With the things I could have done 

And the words I could have said. 

But, in truth, I was only spectating 

And that's a permanent part of reality. 

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So many rude lines, 

So many petty crimes 

And you don't feel a need 

To apologize. 

Tonight is the time 

That you stick in my mind, 

But from now on I won't become 

Vandalized. 

Now the room's started filling 

With the dawn's early light 

And the end has arrived 

Of this long night. 

I turn off the television 

And I hit the bed 

While your shade is still haunting 

My ever-vulnerable head. 

And there's no use 

In trying to compromise 

When the kindest things we say 

But it's time I should quit my complaining 

And behave with a little more dignity. 

So many rude lines, 

So many petty crimes 

And you don't feel a need 

To apologize. 

Tonight is the time 

That you stick in my mind, 

But from now on I won't become 

Vandalized. 

written by Bill Foreman