CRADLE

(BETTER NATuRE)
(verse one)
someone long gone
said to stay calm
keep your head on
if you need love

hide your cradle

and a headstone
in the watermark
when the sea comes

(chorus one)
help me swallow up
all of your better nature
please can you summon up
all of your better nature

(verse two)
when your mind’s off
in a tight knot
can you feel caught
if you need love

(chorus two)
help me swallow up
all of your better nature
please can you summon up
all of your better nature

better nature

(bridge)
hold on
I think you’re wrong

(chorus three)
help me swallow up
all of your better nature
please can you summon up
all of your better nature

better nature...
 PINS AND NEEDLES
(verse one)
I like friends and I like strangers
carved out forms of steamy nature
coming on strong but soon or later
CoNNECTIoN a curtain calls on misbehavior
(verse one)
how in the world can I explain (chorus one)
when the words leap when you seal it away and you’re on
off from the page your own
is there a way to celebrate and you brush away the old war zones
when I’m scared straight from and the music plays for broken bones
the past parades we’ll be running again away we go
the kids are throwing away we go
all their charms
at the latest token victory march (verse two)
with no new trails to blaze I like trends and I like heydays
and being caught in the haze
(chorus one) of sleeping late
this is not connection but when nighttime comes i see you
It’s only an impression straining
through my fingertips i feel you changing
(verse two)
how in the world can i compete (chorus two)
when they’re plugged into when you seal it away and you’re on
the new machines your own
laser focused on the screens and you brush away the old war zones
that will deliver them and the music plays for broken bones
their self esteem we’ll be running again away we go
their ears all ring in monotone away we go
with their bodies snug
in memory foam (bridge)
I can’t help it leave it alone
I wanna hear them scream my how you’ve grown
never knew how low
(chorus two) you could get before zero
this is not connection cling in a way
It’s only an impression that’ll drive us insane
(bridge) wait ‘til you find
plug on in the end of line
plug on in
(chorus three)
(chorus three) when you seal it away and you’re on
this is not connection your own
this is not affection and you brush away the old war zones
It’s only an impression... and the music plays for broken bones
we’ll be running again away we go
away we go

pins and needles in your skin

pins and needles in your skin...
friendly fires
(verse one)
oh the things we see
through connected wires
are the people that flee
from friendly fire
when they separate me
and i’m being stored
with all the recessed genes
that are left ignored

(pre chorus one)

getting naked all the time
while you dodge the friendly fire

(chorus one)
so who could ever break you down
and what could ever freak you out
if you can carry this around
then you will never break down

(verse two) (pre chorus two)

people I meet a little wasted on desire
on the weekend mourn a minute later friendly fire
for all the weekday freaks a little wasted on desire
that are free and bored a minute later friendly fire
like they physically
stormed in their homes (chorus two)
collect whatever they need so who could ever break you down
just to feel employed and what could ever freak you out
if you can carry this around
then you will never break down

(pre chorus two)

getting naked all the time
a little wasted on desire
a minute later friendly fire

(chorus three)
so who could ever break you down
and what could ever freak you out
if you can carry this around
then you will never break down
you will never break down
you can carry this around...
NIGHTLIGHT
(verse one) (pre-chorus two)
when the wind behind our eyes swell ladies and gentlemen
staring down all who generalize well it’s time to beware
a chemical change of the spirit if this is the moment now to ask
will be the exchange for our visit do we dare

(pre-chorus one) (chorus two)

putting more makeup on the if we say that we want it
masks that we wear we only want it with the lights out
turning our nightlights on in if it’s a game well we want it
the daytime to scare we only want it with the lights out
if we survive this we want it
(chorus one) we only want it with the lights out
if we say that we want it so dedicated we want it
we only want it with the lights out we only want it with the lights out
if it’s a game well we want it
we only want it with the lights out (pre-chorus three)
turning our nightlights on in the
(verse two) daytime to scare
if we enter through the front door if this is the moment now to ask
with the keys we stole the night before do we dare
are we afraid to be the masters
of the tingles of disaster (chorus three)
if we say that we want it
if we say that we want it
if we say that we want it
if we say that we want it
we want it
if we say that we want it
if it’s a game well we want it
if we survive this we want it
we only want it with the lights out

if we say that we want it

we only want it with the lights out
if it’s a game well we want it
we only want it with the lights out
if we survive this we want it
we only want it with the lights out
so dedicated to want it
we only want it with the lights out...
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
(LAST DANCE)
(verse one)
another night alone a temporary dream
I came in through your window sleepwalking
standing arm and arm but still so out of reach
there’s nowhere left to go so stay with me
stay with me

(verse two)
footsteps on the floor your body’s just a haze
in a rhythm of our own that’s out of phase
feel my body swoon to hear you say my name
there’s nowhere left to dream so I’ll just stay
awake
stay awake

(chorus one)
at last I’m found
circle around
last dance no sound
there’s nowhere left to go so stay with me
nowhere left to go
stay with me

(bridge)
nowhere to go
nowhere to go
circle around
circle around

(chorus two)
at last I’m found
circle around
last dance no sound
there’s nowhere left to go so stay with me
nowhere left to go
stay with me...
TAPEDECK
(verse one)
This tapedeck you brought
is physically smoldering
our own catalogue
of history frozen
these voices you caught of
bittersweet mornings
this means so much
this forgotten touch

(pre-chorus one)
this used to be fun back
when we were young
high speed dreamy reverie
this used to be fun back (pre-chorus two)
when we were young this used to be fun back
this used to be fun when we were young
but now we’re in love i’ll feel so bad if we were had
this used to be fun back
(chorus one) when we were young
you set me off this used to be fun
when you wake the ghost in me but now we’re in love
as you shake the ghost in me
you’ve said enough (chorus two)
to wake the ghost in me you set me off
no mistake this ghost in me when you wake the ghost in me
has found a home as you shake the ghost in me
you’ve said enough
(verse two) to wake the ghost in me
i miss the breath in the dust no mistake this ghost in me
i see machinery broken has found a home
in the hiss and the crust
our story got sorted (bridge)
i won’t sleep again calling
‘til i hear it come to the end calling
i remember now
how it all turned out (pre-chorus three)
this used to be fun back
when we were young
this used to be fun but
now we’re in love

(chorus three)
you set me off
when you wake the ghost in me
as you shake the ghost in me
you’ve said enough
LATCHKEY KIDS
(verse one)
you keep dancing around
what you want so bad
please concentrate and hear me out
you might get caught but if you want
you can keep your fingers crossed

(chorus one)
we’re outside and free from all tethers
so get off the floor if you’re under the
weather
c’mon
latchkey kids have all come together
so unlock the door it’ll make you feel (bridge)
better be still our beating hearts
c’mon keep your fingers crossed

(verse two) (verse three)

we’ve been sneaking around you keep dancing around
but we do it lightly what you want so bad
no more middle school tongues
if you show up unarmed (chorus three)
be still our beating hearts we’re outside and free from all tethers
so get off the floor if you’re under the
(chorus two) weather
we’re outside and free from all tethers what’s in store is not so unusual
so get off the floor if you’re the latchkey kids have all come togeth-
under the weather er
what’s in store is not so unusual so unlock the door it’ll make you feel
the latchkey kids have all come togeth- better
er if it’s not flesh and blood that leads you
so unlock the door it’ll make you feel on honey
better then unlock the door and move on
if it’s not flesh and blood that leads you
on honey so get off the floor if you’re under the
then unlock the door weather
unlock the door and move on and unlock the door...
RAGAMUFFIN
(verse one)
here on the summit we cried
tears down the mountainside
waves crashing over the roads
and down to bury our home
enough to bury our home
(chorus two)
(verse two) hey you’re singing beautiful notes
then as the years flew by you’re wearing different clothes
and all the water dried should we hesitate?
there i saw you dancing alone we can shake the ground
on everything we own with our voices so loud
dancing alone it’s how we operate

(chorus one) (bridge)

hey you’re singing beautiful notes fighting fires with water guns
you’re wearing different clothes this ragamuffin has swallowed
should we hesitate? enough
we can shake the ground (swallowed enough)
with our voices so loud flags are down speed
it’s how we operate trials are done
the engine has failed and
there’s nowhere to run
(nowhere to run)
covered your tracks so
how would you know
this ragamuffin wants
to follow you home
(follow you home)
let’s speed away like
it’s our lives on the line

(chorus three)
hey you’re singing beautiful notes
you’re wearing different clothes
should we hesitate?
we can shake the ground
with our voices so loud
it’s how we operate
should we hesitate?
it’s how we operate

(verse three)
hey there on the side of the road
you’ve got a ways to go...
THE WILD KIND
(part I)
I feel your head exploding
and now i hear you mourning
for a world of never knowing
delights of stepping out of line
with the wild kind
I see your body glowing
it’s not so easy to define
the wild kind

(part II)
a spirit overflowing
will sleep when it stops growing
a world of whistle blowing
is something to leave far behind
if you don’t mind
i see the cannons loading
let’s stay and fight
for the wild kind

(part III)
you’re not the type to pass this by
we ask you do you feel alive?
you’re not the type to keep this alight
we ask you do you feel alive?
you’re not the type to stand aside
we ask you do you feel alive?

you’re not the type to pass this by

we ask you do you feel alive?
you’re not the type to keep this alight
we ask you do you feel alive?
you’re not the type to stand aside
we ask you do you feel alive?

(part IV)
I see the cannons loading
let’s stay and fight
for the wild kind
the wild kind
let’s stay and fight
for the wild kind...
Silversun Pickups is Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, Joe Lester

produced by jacknife lee In memory of:

engineered by matt bishop and jacknife lee Christoph Lonnie Balderrama-Buerger
edited by matt bishop Dr. Don Hemphill
recorded at the garage James Harvey Drake
in topanga canyon Laura Esguerra Adams
Rachel Kapuahealani Carnavas
additional instrumentation and vocals by
jacknife lee, esme lee, and betsey lee

mixed by alan moulder

mix engineer - caesar edmunds
mixed at assault & battery 1, london

mastered by john davis at metropolis studios, london

management: q prime inc

label: new machine recordings llc
booking: marsha vlasic at agi (north america)
and emma banks at caa (international)
legal: tamara milagros-butler
at myman greenspan
fox rosenberg & light
business management: wayne kamemoto
and rob salzman at david weise & associates
publicity: ken weinstein at big hassle media

all songs written by silversun pickups

© 2015 silversun pickups music (ASCAP) /
boredom mending music (BMI) administered
outside the united states and canada by fintage
music publishing except australia, new zealand,
papua new guinea and fiji – which are administered
by mushroom music TTY LTD and jacknife lee besme/
big life music (ASCAP).

photography: rebekkah drake

graphic design: lawrence azerrad at LADdesign
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