Puzzles And Games

[edit] Lyrics

I've seen puzzles made out of wood, i've seen games
With pieces and rules
I've decipered a trick or two at the bar, but there's a lot I haven't figured out
This far

I've come up with riddles and jokes about war
I've figured out numbers and what balance sheets are for
I've understood feelings and i've understood words but the mystery remains
I miss you

You are never more beautiful than at the end of a day
When the world's away
Oh, this way
We can all run away
We can't all disappear
At the end of the day
You come back here...
Here...

It's been a long, long day
And it's hard to say i'm just a drunk
Ohhh, just a drunk
If you can imagine words
All that remains
Ohhh, still I'm just drunk
A puddle in the parking lot

You are never more beautiful than at the end of a day
And the world's away
Oh, we can all run away
But we can't all disappear
At the end of the day
You come back here

You are never more beautiful than at the end of a day
From far away
We can all run away
But we can't all disappear
At the end of the day
You come back here

Back here...
Come back here...

[edit] Trivia & Notes

• "Puzzles And Games" was an early version of Light Years. The song was first mentioned by Ed in an August 2000 interview with Revolver where he stated, "We were excited about [Puzzles And Games] for a while, but when we got down to recording it, it was too nice, too right there - it was a little too close to Given To Fly. We changed the tempos, and then one night Mike and I, after working on it all day and getting frustrated, just flipped it backwards, and in about 35 minutes it became Light Years, with words and everything." The bridge and most of the lyrics were the only parts of the song to stay intact through the transformation.
• A demo version of this song was leaked to the internet.
• Some of the music to this song was later used in Mike McCready's side band The Rockfords, in a song called "So Young".

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