Closer Live Version Appears On The Pasty Tapes guster.net Tablature Lyrics Ryan Miller Music Guster  Live Sessionography Adam Gardner guitar, vocals Ryan Miller guitar, vocals Brian Rosenworcel percussion Notes: Written before Guster went into the studio to record Lost and Gone Forever. It was never recorded in the studio; only live versions exist. Brian noted that "Closer is a great song... [it's] one of the first songs we wrote after Goldfly, and the freshness [wore] off... it's a song whose energy would not translate easily to tape."

Live Version

Seldom are things just as they seem Calluses grow to keep what's underneath Seeing it now I must admit The cowardly way to keep you from me Cause I have been bought and sold Done just as I've been told If you, if you ask me what was wrong I'd answer nothing Nothing Finally you are gone Can't believe that I cared once Burn this place, burn it down Nothing there's worth being saved Five years ago when I used to think Something is better than nothing I never did learn or did I forget? Once you give it away you cannot take it back Cause I have been bought and sold Done just as I'd been told If you, if you ask me what I'd done Was good for nothing Nothing The closer you are The less that I see But you're not around Finally you are gone Can't believe that I cared once Burn this place, burn it down Nothing there's worth being saved Finally you are gone Can't believe what I've done Burn this place, burn it down Nothing's there worth being saved