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We All Look Elsewhere
The Classic Crime Lyrics

Lost sense, direction
Nobody knows my name
Confidence, correction
Don't know how to play that game

Straight line is quicker
Straight line would make me fast
I've burned my nose enough to know
That straight lines never last

Swallow your soul
And drink from this life
As you choke on your pride

We all look elsewhere
We all look elsewhere

It's safer inside doors
Nobody has to flee
Broken vessel
Passed the rocks and out to sea

Waiting, wanting
Mad with purpose
Now we come to talk to one
Who knows the answer to how

Swallow your soul
And drink from this life
As you choke on your pride

Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You are not alone

They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
You are not alone

Winter that comes quick in early September
The rain clouds that washed me are what I remember
The stones that I threw piled high like a mountain
Which I had to climb before I reached the fountain

If life is a riddle then riddle me this
The blood tasted sweet as it passed by my lips

Don't, don't waste your time
Don't, don't waste your time
Don't waste your time

Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You are not alone, liar, liar

They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
You are not alone

Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: MATTHEW JAMES MACDONALD

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The Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released their Tooth & Nail debut album, 'Albatross', in 2006. It marked the fastest first-week sales for a new artist in the history of T&N. The band members are Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DuQue (guitar), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Alan Clark (bass), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums).

While touring in support of their full-length album Albatross, the band created the Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions, which was simply a compilation of songs they created while on the road. Read Full BioThe Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released their Tooth & Nail debut album, 'Albatross', in 2006. It marked the fastest first-week sales for a new artist in the history of T&N. The band members are Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DuQue (guitar), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Alan Clark (bass), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums).

While touring in support of their full-length album Albatross, the band created the Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions, which was simply a compilation of songs they created while on the road.

Their next album, 'The Silver Cord', was released on July 22, 2008. With the album being based on the realities of life and death, it signals a move into an alternative genre for TCC. Exactly 5805 copies of 'The Silver Cord' were sold in the first week. 5805 is a significant number because it is a song title on the album and it is the address of the house where the band formed and began to break out.

In 2010, 'Vagabonds' was released.