Yard Act – Janey Said Lyrics

Janey Said – Yard Act Lyrics

They say East Berlin's too cold, and all the hip kids are off to Lisbon

But I've just been in Friedrichshain again

It's fine, still happening

Had plans with an old flame, Janey

Down this vegan pizzeria

To fill the other in on the year just been and what the future holds from here

And when we're talking of the future, it's always love-life or career

I guess the second of these is a recent disease in regards to what humans fear

I tell her how I can't slow down

How I'm running on fumes for the boon of thе band

How I'm scared all the seeds we sow won't grow, if thе next new tune don't land

But Janey's bigger things to be thinking than all these pointless things that I'm feeling

She just stares out the window vacant, gazing as the fake cheese starts congealing

Fill the silence, tapping absent-minded on the back of the plastic chair

I lean in with a grin and ask Jane again, what's really going on upstairs in there

And you want to, I add

I hate seeing her face look so sad

Still just me in a one way conversation with the best friend that I ever had

Then Janey said

You're gonna hurt someone, one way or the other, so

Just don't stall, don't fall between the cracks

I did and I don't know if I can ever come back

Yeah, you're treading water or chasing waterfalls

The waitress steps out from behind the counter

We pay for the food with the right amount because they don't do change

It proper jarred in regards to the statement that Janey just made

And when she finally spoke, she spoke vague

But through the haze and the smoke what she said really resonated

She looked sane again, plain as day

Engaged and reanimated

Like the problem to plague her was plaguing me too

Maybe she already knew

Maybe we were on the same page?

Or did Ry drop by to say hi

On the same day prior to explain what was really going on

When I lied for the sake of my pride, to save face

The real dilemma I was grappling with

Wasn't anything to do with the band

And the shit that I do or don't give

It was the grip of my own past

No matter how good I can get

I know it won't last

Let go, slow down, I'm on the only road I've ever known, begging to go fast

But even if I never looked back

I was always headed for a car crash

Just don't stall, don't fall between the cracks

I did and I don't know if I can ever come back

Yeah, you're treading water or chasing waterfalls

I poured my heart out to Jane as we headed through the door

Had my head in my hands, feet dragging on the floor

As I laughed real awkward, thoughtless talking

Probably get a good song from this, I said walking out

Hey, Jane said, plain as day

Some things aren't just yours to be giving away

Whatever comes next, know that you're making a start

But at the cost that it comes for some, have a heart, man

Art isn't everything

Anything like that, you wanna get off your chest

Get a therapist

Save it for a friend or say it with a weird fake name on the Internet

I was shivering, she was giggling

I told you that the winter in Berlin is fucking punishing

Next time your visiting, visit late spring

Aww, you poor thing, come 'ere, she said lovingly, pulling me in

And I still hadn't asked how her summer had been

I never did

Just slipped from her grasp suddenly

Troubles gonna bubble if you wanna bit

So why'ma always running like it's coming for me

Just don't stall, don't fall between the cracks

I did and I don't know if I can ever come back

Yeah, you're treading water or chasing waterfalls

Every chance you have to take

But mother nature makes the call

So just don't stall

Don't fall between the cracks

I did and I don't know if I can ever come back

Yeah, you're

Treading water, keep chasing waterfalls