Cartoon
| Composer: | Dan Murphy |
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Video
Lyrics
Now everybody's looking after me
If I'm dragging by some coat tail, I can't see, it's too dark
But I've got to know what's got the best of me
When the circus that you left goes on parade
In those bleacher seats of fire in your charades it's too far
But I'm feeling like I don't dare look away
Don't look away
Did it almost make you feel that something's got to happen soon
When you wake up feeling lost in your own room
If you're crying and you fear you're gonna drown
If you think we'll rise above you better look around you'll see
It's a mountain made of sand crumbling under me
Maybe I'm chasing shadows on your wall
They loom so large but make me feel so small somehow
When you're chasing your own tail, spinning your own wheels
[Simultaneously]
Dan: On a night when the wolves were all silent, and the moon howled
Dave: And I tried to leave, and I tried to stay, tried everything, tried looking away (×2)
Did it almost make you feel that something's gotta happen soon
You're in the movies now and I'm in your cartoon
There's a ringing in my ear that's heaven sent
There's a beast out on the ruins
Some broken down lover's lament
It goes on and on but it won't go away
Trivia
- Its music video features segments from three different cartoons: Meet King Joe (1949), In My Merry Oldsmobile (1931), and A is For Atom (1952).
- When performed live the line "If you're crying and you fear you're gonna drown" is sometimes substituted with "If you're crying in your beer you're gonna drown".
Appearances
- On Hang Time. (Track #4, 3:53)
- On Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum. (Track #3, 3:53)
- On the Cartoon single. (Track #1, 3:53)
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