When You're On Top - The Wallflowers

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When You're On Top Lyrics

I need a bed / That nobody's slept in
I need some air / Nobody's been breathing
I need a thought / That I can believe in
Is this fog / Or is the building really burning

I need you now / Much more than ever
I'm making new friends / But none of them matter
Maybe now / We don't fit together
But you've got your arms around / No one but strangers

Chorus:
I feel fine
With the sun in my eyes
The wind in my hair
I'm falling out of this sky
I'm doing better than I thought I would
But nothing's ever as good
As when you're on top

I want to wake up / And just start running
Into a ditch / Or straight up a mountain
I want to get / What no one's been getting
Make it deeper than hell / Or make it higher than heaven

I need someone / Whose price hasn't been met
When everybody's disappearing / By the minute
There isn't anyone left / I haven't met yet
Well I remember / When they hadn't gotten to you yet

Chorus (x2)
When you're on top

Half way up / And over this rainbow
I heard a shot / Fire up from the ghetto
As I drop / I didn't think you'd follow
Just didn't know / The sky was this shallow

I need a garden / Where nothing's forbidden
I need an apple / No one's been eating
I want to start again / Back at the beginning
I had a vision / That this feeling maybe has an ending

Chorus (x2)
When you're on top

I need you now / Much more than ever
I want to start again / Back at the beginning

Chorus (fades)

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Two bands have used the name "The Wallflowers":
1. An American rock band
2. A British indie rock band

1. The Wallflowers are a rock band which formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band's only constant member has been singer/guitarist Jakob Dylan, the son of folk rock legend Bob Dylan. The Wallflowers have released six albums: "The Wallflowers" (1992), "Bringing Down the Horse" (1996), "Breach" (2000), "Red Letter Days" (2002), "Rebel, Sweetheart" (2005) and "Glad All Over" (2012) The band is best known for their hit singles "One Headlight", "6th Avenue Heartache", "Three Marlenas" and "The Difference", all from their second album "Bringing Down the Horse".

The original members of the Wallflowers included Jakob Dylan (vocals and guitar), Barrie Maguire (bass guitar and vocals), Peter Yanowitz (drums and percussion), Rami Jaffee (keyboards and vocals), and Tobi Miller (guitar). Peter Yanowitz and Barrie Maguire left the band shortly after the album's release and went on to join Natalie Merchant's band. The band currently consists of Jakob Dylan and Rami Jaffee with Greg Richling (bass), Stuart Mathis (guitar) and Jack Irons (drums) . Although not an original member, Richling has been in the band longer than any other member aside from Dylan, joining in 1996. Elthringham joined in 2005.

The band left Interscope Records in 2005. According to the Reboot The Mission Songfacts, "Glad All Over", The Wallflowers’ first album for over seven years will be released by Columbia on October 2, 2012. The record was recorded at Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville.

2. The Wallflowers is also the name of UK 80's indie pop/jangle band, which released a number of singles.
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