Close the door and take the stairs
Up or down, Up's and down's
Don't pretend you've never been there
You kiss me like an over dramatic actor
Who's starving for work
With one last shot to make it happen
You won the role, you've played your part
You've been cordially invited
But I'm not impressed
And I'm definitely not excited
Cause the film runs a shallow budget
And the writer's subject script isn't any deeper
So dive right in
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills and you
Who are you kidding?
I'm not like them
I won't buy in
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills and you
Who are you kidding?
Don't quit 'til forty-seven
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster
Take back everything you ever said
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said
You never meant a word of it
You never did
She said, 'Alright, alright slow down'
Oh no, oh no we won't
Cause I regret everything that I said
To ever make her feel like she was something special
Or that she ever really mattered
Or did she ever really matter?
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills and you
Who are you kidding?
I'm not like them
I won't buy in
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Just don't count on this summer
Don't quit 'til forty-seven
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster
Take back everything you ever said
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said
You never meant a word of it
You never did
I'm not sayin' that I'm not breakin' some hearts tonight, girl
Oh, I'm not sayin' that I'm not breakin' some hearts tonight, girl
Alright, alright, slow down
Take back everything you ever said
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills and you
Who are you kidding?
I'm not like them
If you're under the impression I'm alright.
I guess you never noticed.
I guess you might have known
I've been holding this together for so long.
But I guess you might have noticed.
Well I guess you...
The beast within the burden is all mine
A product of his father. A slave to his bride.
I feel I need to reveal my true stripes,
But the bitch behind all this trouble it,
Waits behind the wind to find out.
[Chorus]
You set me up to leave me,
You wanted to feel,
Shallow love, shallow lives.
With every word, you speak of what you wanted from me.
Wanted from me... Yeah
I'm sinking more and more into my lies.
Now home is just a pinprick in the vastness of my life.
Feel the pressure, feel the pleasure,
Feel the pain, you're not alone.
Feel the pleasure, feel the pain,
Feel the pain.
[Chorus]
You set me up to leave me,
You wanted to feel,
Shallow love, shallow lives.
With every word, you speak of what you wanted from me.
Wanted from me... Yeah
Realizations, I am not what you thought I was.
You change directions everytime someone judges us.
In moderation, what was once us now never was.
You change directions everytime someone judges us.
[Chorus]
You set me up to leave me,
You wanted to feel,
Shallow love, shallow lives.
With every word, you speak of what you wanted from me.
Wanted from me... Yeah
Realizations, I am not what you thought I was.
(originally by John Lennon)
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time, instead of at all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
They hit you at home and they hurt you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow the rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
They've tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
Till you can't really function,
You're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religion, sex and TV
You think you're so clever, and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
There's room at the top
I am telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile while you kill
If you want to be like all the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
Well, if you want to be a hero then just follow me
It's winter again, a white washed and frozen sky?
I came to the door, eyes maladjusted from the light,
but your voice rang clear.
You said, 'For all I thought I'd ever need,
it's hard to face the holidays without.'
Well I've left my last message on your machine
It's hard to face the holidays
when you're looking for the words to say.
So you've found a friend.
You spend all your cold nights with him,
but if I was there, then I'd wonder why you still wear my jacket closed
with traces of my scent.
I'd say, 'For all I thought I'd ever need,
it's hard to face the holidays without.'
Well I've left my last message on your machine
It's hard to face the holidays
when you're looking for the words to say.
So stay with me here.
Nose to nose, cold enough to see as our breath slowly escapes
and exchanges from my lungs to yours, from your mouth to mine.
For all I thought I'd ever need,
it's hard to face the holidays without.
Well I've left my last message on your machine
it's hard to face the holidays
When you're looking for the words to say.
I’ve got that lefty curse
Where everything I do is flipped
And awkwardly reversed
You’re seldom known and barely missed
I always put myself
In destructive situations
I need oxygen
To be exposed where no one goes, where no one’s been
When it all comes crashing…
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we’ve got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (yeah)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we’ve got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Somebody get my phone
So I can throw it in a public
Pool and watch it float
And as it slowly sinking down,
Become a social ghost
Inside a box, cut at the top
To let some light shine in
To remind me what I’ve done and where I’ve been
When it all comes crashing…
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we’ve got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (yeah)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we’ve got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands.
Don’t give in, don’t give up,
I’ll be gone.
You don’t look innocent enough.
We’re too young to be critics
We won’t miss anything at all
Don’t give in, don’t give up
I don’t look innocent with this big, big mess on,
I’ll say something else.
(woah)
(woah)
(woah oh)
We've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
A big, big mess
Now we've got a big, big mess
A big, big mess
Now come on
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we’ve got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (yeah)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we’ve got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands,
Don’t give in, don’t give up (we've got a big, big mess)
I’ll be gone. (a big, big mess)
I don’t look innocent enough
We’re too young to be cynics (we've got a big, big mess on our hands)
We won’t wish any harm at all
Don’t give in, don’t give up (we've got a big, big mess)
No one looks innocent with this big big mess on our hands tonight.
(a big, big mess. we've got a big, big mess on our hands)
Don't try and tell me you've been looking at me.
Cuz I've been looking at you.
And I can read what you think. Yea.
Don't cut no corners when you're talking to me.
Like I don't know how it is,
But I can see all of it.
[Chorus]
We always have to wait (wait)
By the choice we had to make. (make)
You sold yourself so short,
Is this the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places...
Don't try and tell me you've been thinking of us,
Cuz I will never believe you now you're shit out of luck, yeah.
Don't cut no corners when you're looking at me.
Like you don't know how it is
But I can see all of it...
[Chorus]
We always have to wait (wait)
By the choice we had to make. (make)
You sold yourself so short,
Is this the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places...
We always have been caged
By the choices we make.
You sold yourself so short.
Is that the way to carry on?
In the most unexpected places. I see changes.
In the most unexpected places, I see changes.
We sold ourselves so short.
Is this the way to carry on?
I'm not impressed, the slightest bit,
by anything that you said.
Rinse and repeat your opinion of me,
and all of my off-beat friends.
While we'll be making plans,
you'll be too cool to clash between these lines.
September nights, we've come so far
from broken homes and battle scars.
Tomorrow drops, we'll still remain.
What if I saw you now?
I doubt you'll ever change.
I'm not distressed, the slightest bit,
If you think that you've got me pegged.
You sit, unwrung, like a tired sponge,
soaking up all the piss.
You'll never take a stance,
'cause you're too cool to clash beneath these lights.
September nights, we've come so far
from broken homes and battle scars.
Tomorrow drops, we'll still remain.
What if I saw you now?
September nights, we've come so far
from broken homes and battle scars.
Tomorrow drops, we'll still remain.
What if I saw you now?
Doubt you'll ever change.
I'm seeing clearly now...
With the backseat window down.
From the corner of my eye,
I see you in the rear view mirror.
You feel so good to leave behind,
without your face against the window.
September nights, we've come so far
from broken homes and battle scars.
Tomorrow drops, we'll still remain.
What if I saw you now?
September nights, we've come so far
from broken homes and battle scars.
Tomorrow drops, we'll still remain.
What if I saw you now?
Doubt you'll ever change.
With the backseat window down.
From the corner of my eye,
I see you in the rear view mirror.
It feels so good to leave behind,
without your face against the window.
So the season's changed your face,
toasted skin turned darker shades
so as to better disguise your figure from the streetlights.
First floor window opened up
as you tip-toe on the back porch,
to meet the new girl on the corner,
Make your big plans for the summer.
No one's gonna stay inside,
We're singing,
(dododododo)
We are finally here,
and we're not going nowhere without our friends.
And we can't stop singing,
(dododododo)
Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset,
but we can't forget.
If we ever find our way back,
this is all we've got.
S-so you borrow your best friend's Jeep,
cracked her windshield and lost her keys.
Crashed the rich kids' parties,
got kicked off of private beaches.
We introduced our friends to yours,
and we would laugh while we were ignored.
And from coast to coast, we'll soon disperse,
but let's live tonight like it's our first.
We've got fast food, tattoos, late talks, longer walks,
checking for the music, for the fireworks and alcohol.
No one's gonna stay inside,
we're singing,
(dododododo)
We are finally here,
and we're not going nowhere without our friends.
And we can't stop singing,
Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset,
but we can't forget.
If we ever find our way back,
this is all we've got.
I remember sleeping in with the shades drawn,
casting shadows on the bed
Tomorrow feels like it's meant for the fight,
soaring beyond, twisting above.
And when I sleep, I still can feel it,
I can feel it, I can feel.
When I sleep, I still can feel it,
I can feel it, I can feel.
When I sleep, I still can feel it,
I can feel it, I can feel.
No one's gonna stay inside,
we're singing,
(dododododo)
Fuck yeah!
Finally here, and we're not going nowhere without our friends.
And we can't stop singing,
Everybody's making sure we stay up 'till sunset,
but we can't forget.
If we ever find our way back,
if we ever find our way back.
First floor window opened up,
as you tip-toe on the back porch.
(if we ever find our way back)
To meet the new girl on the corner,
make your big plans for the summer.
(if we ever find our way back)
If we ever find our way back,
Look like a lush. Talk like a tease.
The way you like it.
In front of your house, alone on the street,
you ask me to come inside.
Asleep through all our classes,
you hang me out to dry.
If this is a test
I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care
as much as I did?
If this is a test,
I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well,
and not at all.
Heart on a hook thrown out to the sea,
your basement busy.
Sitting in the dark, I turn the radio off for a
phone call you’ll likely miss.
Wake me when it’s over.
The last sound of goodbye.
“Let’s imagine the end before we even begin,”
you said.
My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
And I want them answered on the spot, right now.
Is it serious?
I'm afraid it is.
Am I gonna die?
Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day,
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours.
Some things I may have taken for granted again and again,
well here's what was said then
Hold your head high heavy heart.
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
I never tried to make the best of my time,
When I thought that I had plenty of it.
Is this serious?
I don't know what to think.
Is it all a lie?
Well one thing's for sure
I'm taken back to the glory days when..
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say.
Now my life is one big make it, or break it.
Hold your head high heavy heart
Save your strength for the morning after.
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
Hold your head high heavy heart
Save your strength for the morning after.
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big, planning something big
So take a chance and make it big,
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
I make plans to break plans,
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes and I don't believe you
When the summer is gone it won't be long till someone's got the fever creeping inside
When the city is moving and the eyes of yours are moving and you just can't fight that feeling, but you said "It's the last time"
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and I don't believe you
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and I don't believe you
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, lies are lies
Can't fight it, no I just can't fight it
Can't fight it, no I just can't fight it now..
When the summer is gone it won't be long till someone's got the fever creeping inside
When the city is moving and the eyes of yours are moving and you just can't stop, you just can't fight it!
This is the last time..
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and I don't believe you
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and I don't believe you
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, lies are lies
Can't fight it, no I just can't fight it
Can't fight it, no I just can't...
Well, we all agree that we don't believe
This is the last time
This is the last time
Well they promised you
Now you've seen the truth
This is the last time
This is the last time
This is the last time
And everyone's got the fever
(Lies are lies) x6
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and I don't believe you
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and I don't believe you
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes, and lies are lies
Can't fight it, no I just can't fight it
Can't fight it, no I just cant...
Well, we all agree that we don't believe
This is the last time
This is the last time
Well they promised you
Now you've seen the truth
This is the last time
This is the last time
This is the last time
This is the last time
This is the last time...
The search has begun, this is page one.
Man, meet your maker, I give you The Author.
He may seem familiar because he looks like your mirror.
You've lied like a lawyer, but don't deny it when you're face to face
with demons dancing off mirror images reflecting all that you wanted.
So far from perfect, onward we will strive.
Take it for what it's worth, this truth that you've realized.
You're not who you thought you were, it's time to see the other side of what you have become.
Nothing but your single serving selfish chapters of sacrificial moral standards.
No stranger to apathy in bold situations, take your time to make it happen.
Leave your mirror, and spare your excuse as a self-serving actor.
So close to perfect.
It's all the same, no face or complexion.
You're not worth what you're spending.
When you're screaming "Danger, Danger!", don't stop, go on alone.
Desperate endeavor, you've got to take it or leave it, if you will.
It's not so convincing that you're the only one here who can be like me.
The search has begun. Leave your letters, but it won't matter.
Take back what is left before your death, but is it really you that they suspect?
You take shots, who's the figure before the flame?
It's not hard to spark, but it's hard to master. So look for the answer.
Single serving selfish chapters on your condition. Lust and liars.
So get out, stop dreaming, if you're one for breathing.
Sacrificial moral standards of two reflections.
Truth and fire, something you'll live for.
So close to perfect.
It's all you've got, one chance for conviction.
Lies fuel fires and your suspect won't walk.
When you're screaming "Danger, danger!"
Don't, don't stop, just go on alone.
Desperate endeavor, you've got to take it or leave it if you will. (run, run)
It's not so convincing that you're the only one who could be like me.
From this point on.
The way you thought it would all work out...
But we've hit Autumn.
Just follow the story, the fall of The Author.
Just one more year and you'll choose to regret.
One on one to repent, your eyes are fading.
Sleep alone, sleep alone, sleep alone.
I am (I am), I am Superman
And I know what's happening
I am (I am), I am Superman
And I can do anything
You don't really love that guy you're making with now do ya?
I know you don't love that guy cause I can see right through ya
I am (I am), I am Superman
And I know what's happening
I am (I am), I am Superman
And I can do anything
If you go a million miles away, I'll track you down girl
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
[x2]
I am Superman and I know what's happening
I am (I am), I am Superman
And I can do anything
I am (I am), I am Superman
And I know what's happening
I am (I am), I am Superman
We're crashing cars we used to share
with summer girls
with summer hair
we're driving 'round chasing the stars
but the party's busted up
before it ever starts
i'll never let you go
don't ever forget
tell me you'll remember
forever young
i'll never let you fall
it's not over yet
you and me forever
forever young
we're forever young
stop making plans, start making sense
don't you believe a word they said
sparked up sparked up like a book of matches
falling through the night
rising from the ashes
i'll never let you go
don't ever forget
tell me you'll remember
forever young
i'll never let you fall
it's not over yet
you and me forever
forever young
we're forever young
don't come any closer
don't tell me it's over
don't kiss me goodbye
here we are, am i taking this too hard?
don't say it's easy
The hardest part is leavin
don't you wonder why...
suddenly, we're all running out of time
i'll never let you go
don't ever forget
tell me you'll remember
forever young
i'll never let you fall
it's not over yet
you and me forever
forever young
we're forever young
we're forever young
Wake up, try on your new disguise,
Would they recognize you anyway?
Would they?
Dead leaves lie down beneath your feet
As you step into the street and
Notice the distance between the hearts and homes
But still you know it's alright.
You're not looking back this time.
You know it's alright.
You're stepping on the cracks and you feel fine.
Don't waste your breath.
You wouldn't want this anyway.
And if you did, I think I'd let you,
Talk this to death, or in circles like we're aeroplanes.
But all along I knew that we would sputter out.
We would sputter.
Outside constructions workers pour
A brand new basement floor.
But then the ground starts shaking
fault lines to your own front door.
I looked at this and thought of you,
And all that is and isn't true,
And with the strength left in me,
walked on while the walls came down.
It's alright.
You're not looking back this time.
You know it's alright.
I'm stepping on the cracks and I feel fine.
Don't waste your breath.
You wouldn't want this anyway.
And if you did, I think I'd let you,
Talk this to death, or in circles like we're aeroplanes.
But all along I knew that we would sputter out.
We would sputter.
We would sputter...
We would sputter...
We would sputter out...
We would sputter out.
Don't waste your breath.
You wouldn't want this anyway.
And if you did, I think I'd let you,
Talk this to death, or in circles like we're aeroplanes.
But all along I knew that we would sputter out. (We would sputter)
But all along I knew that we would sputter out. (We would sputter)
But all along I knew that we would sputter out.
We would sputter
Don't call, don't write, don't speak my name
Though we've tried this twice
I'm just another face
Even when you're running out of luck
You think we'll get it right this time
Get it right, all right, all right, all right
Run, in another five months you'll be alone
And you'll drive around this empty town
To the places, to the places we used to go
You gotta get used to going out
And you'll drive around this empty town
To the places, to the places we used to go
By now, by now, I'm sure you've heard
So you called me yesterday
But I had nothin' to say
Message said I'm running out of time
So, so much for the honesty
Because after all, you know you've won
Run, in another five months you'll be alone
And you'll drive around this empty town
To the places, to the places we used to go
You gotta get used to going out
And you'll drive around this empty town
To the places, to the places we used to go
I'll write you one more song
Spell it out for you to leave you
Where you're standing now
You're running out of lies
So, so much for the honesty
Because after all, you know you've won
Run, in another five months you'll be alone
And you'll drive around this empty town
To the places, to the places we used to go
You gotta get used to going out
And you'll drive around this empty town
To the places, to the places we used to go
To the places, to the places we used to go
Close the door and take the stairs.
Up or down? Ups and downs.
Don't pretend you've never been there.
You kiss me like an overdramatic actor who's starving for work,
with one last shot to make it happen.
You've won the role, you've played your part, you've been cordially invited.
But I'm not impressed, and I'm definitely not excited.
'Cause the film runs a shallow budget, and the writer's subject script isn't any deeper.
So dive right in...
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
Don't quit 'til 47.
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.
[Chorus:]
Take back everything you ever said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.
Take back everything you said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.
She said 'Alright, Alright, slow down!"
Oh no, oh no, we won't.
'Cause I regret every thing that I said
To ever make her feel like she was something special,
Or that she ever really mattered.
Or did she ever really matter?
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
just don't count on this summer.
Don't quit 'til 47.
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.
[Chorus]
I'm not saying that I'm not breaking some hearts tonight, girl.
Oh...
I'm not saying that I'm not breaking some hearts tonight, girl.
Alright, alright, slow down...
[Chorus]
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I've noticed, people, they all have motives.
Different, yet all the same.
I fumble through every word that was spoken,
and I barely knew your name.
I'm tongue-tied, it runs through my blood and my insides;
Some things we can't escape.
But if we try, if we try, we can leave this behind.
It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we waited for.
A simple question, kid, "are you with me or not at all?"
Your eyes wide, always ahead of the curve tide,
Quiet, and confident.
Oh, we stood there, awkward and youthful, we tangled;
A piece of my soul escaped.
Oh, we are restless and tired of sleeping with giants,
A modern mankind with their egos of fire and it seems like
It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we've waited for.
A simple question, kid, "are you with me or not at all?"
Are we wasting time or is it wasting us?
It's been a lifetime waiting for now, now.
Well, you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way before you fold.
It's been a lifetime, a lifetime I've been waiting for.
A simple question, kid, "are you with me or not at all?"
It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we waited for.
I need an answer, kid, you're either with me or not at all, no, no.
Are we wasting time or is it wasting us?
It's been a lifetime, a lifetime, a lifetime, lifetime, yeah.
Well, you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way.
Son you've got to find a way,
you've got to find a way,
Don't be so scared
We will not lead you on
Like you've been doing for weeks
So you're selfish and I'm sorry
When I'm gone
You'll be going nowhere fast
Nowhere fast, nowhere fast
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
'Cause I wouldn't believe you
If you said the same to me, and
Near death, last breath
And barely hanging on
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
Don't be so scared
To take a second for reflection
To take a leave of absence
See what you're made of
So I'm selfish and you're sorry
When I'm gone
You'll be going nowhere fast
So who's selfish and who's sorry?
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
'Cause I wouldn't believe you
If you said the same to me, and
Near death, last breath
And barely hanging on
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
Someone, somewhere said some things
That may have sparked some sympathy
But don't believe
Don't believe a word
You've heard about me
Don't be so scared
It's harder for me
Don't be so scared
Don't be so scared
It's harder for me
Don't be so scared
It's harder for me
Don't be so scared
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
'Cause I wouldn't believe you
If you said the same to me, and
Near death, last breath
And barely hanging on
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
Someone, somewhere said some things
That may have sparked some sympathy
But don't believe
Don't believe a word you've heard
Would you believe me
If I said I didn't need you?
'Cause I wouldn't believe you
Subjects are thrown around the room
Looking for the ones that got away
A feeling of soft anticipation
Another confrontation I won't make
But how do we do it
We turned into something else entirely
We fake it
But I wanted it so desperately to be real
Run, run, holding on to some pieces that you left behind
Hope now, as I walk away, you're the one that finds me out
Run from the only thing left that I hold close
While he's letting you in
You've got the feeling you've been followed under your skin
It will be weighing on your shoulder, believe it.
If I could express it in a different dialect or in a delicate way
I'd capture the phrases inside the cage beneath my chest
And keep it locked for days
I wanted you so desperately to believe me
Run, run, why are you running from another conversation?
Someone that I've been planning on, you're the one that finds me out.
There's nowhere, now I found you, that I won't go.
I'm always letting you in.
You've got the feeling you've been followed under your skin.
It will be weighing on your shoulder.
You've got that seed in you.
You've got that seed in you.
Run, run, what are you running from?
Let all your small steps expose your secrets.
You don't have to speak for me to believe it.
But what do you mean? Yeah...ha-ha
Shaken and faint, you've got the feeling you've been followed
under your skin. It will be weighing on your shoulder.
You've got that seed in you.
You've got that seed in...
While letting you in, you got the feeling you've been followed.
Are you listening to anything I said?
Said to anything I said (You've got that seed in you)
Said (You've got that seed in you)
Shaken and faint, it was the hardest thing to swallow.
Pretending you don't miss me.
You've got that seed in you.
You've got that seed in...
While letting you in, I'll be thinking about tomorrow.
And every time we cross those lines.
You've got that seed in you.
You've got that seed in...
Wake up, think fast, three weeks have past.
We are changing. No sleep, no gas, no excuses will pass
these lips
Cause we're shaping up to be all you wish you could have been
To write the hits and to turn their heads
And to open eyes(open your eyes)to a brand new season,
A brand new season.
So show me something we haven't heard yet,
But I'm not convinced and your heartless songs won't stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is now who I am.
Wake up, think fast, three weeks have passed these lips
Cause we're shaping up to be all you wish you could have been
To write the hits and to turn heads(to turn heads,to turn heads)
And to open eyes(open your eyes)to a brand new season,
A brand new season.
So show me something we haven't heard yet,
But I'm not convinced and your heartless songs won't stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is now who I am.
You'll see what we mean,
You'll notice when we're gone
So show me something we haven't heard yet,
But I'm not convinced and your heartless songs won't stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is now who I am.
So show me something we haven't heard yet,
But I'm not convinced and your heartless songs won't stick.
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
Like a cold day in august
I was not prepared for this
You think that nobody noticed
The way that you still care about it...
With all the people we need to love and hate,
Everybody makes the same mistakes
Divided by these walls,
Together we are lost
We are the same blood
all of us. we are. we are
While half of us were lost
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same
You remind me of august
The way that I still care about
All the things that you promised
When I was still around
Pick you up and drive you down
We are the same blood
all of us. we are. we are
While half of us were lost
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same...
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh...
We are the same blood
all of us. we are. we are.
We are the same blood
all of us. we are. we are.
We are the same blood
While half of us were lost
(Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
The other half forgot
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
We are the same blood
I walked you home most days
to beat the traffic after class
with all my best intentions.
But when the weather changed,
like fine print, you were hard to read.
Blind-folded, eyes wide open,
staring through me.
I never heard the words that were spoken,
with the rumored nights, with the rendezvous.
I never thought the whispers were true 'til now...
I saw things that I shouldn't have, tonight, tonight.
I know now, what I couldn't have, I've gone too far to turn it back.
I've gone too far to turn it back.
Followed you home halfway,
over the fence to your backyard,
with all my best intentions.
And through your window frame,
outstretched and lying on your bed,
Blind-folded, eyes wide open,
staring through me.
I never heard the words that were spoken,
with the rumored nights, with the rendezvous.
I never look at you like I used to now.
I saw things that I shouldn't have, tonight, tonight.
I know now, what I couldn't have, I've gone too far to turn it back.
I've gone too far to turn it back.
Uninvited, no one knows
how much I care, how bad you are,
How good we'd be, but you won't let me in
Goodnight I'm leaving.
I never heard the words that were spoken,
with the rumored nights, with the rendezvous.
I never thought the whispers were ture 'til now...
I saw things that I shouldn't have, tonight, tonight.
I know now, what I couldn't have, I've gone too far to turn it back.
I saw things that I shouldn't have, tonight, tonight.
I know now, what I couldn't have, I've gone too far to turn it back.
I walked you home most days, I had the best intentions.
I walked you home most days, I had the best intentions.
Pour yourself a drink girl, then make one for me.
We haven't even met yet, and I'm already sure that we won't.
..and I'm right back where I started.
The air in here is shaking every single nerve.
I'm trying hard to let go, but my heart, it won't let me love you.
..and I'm right back where I started. Right back...
Moving on up. We're walking on the edge.
Everyone here has demons in their past
Now move it on up. You're walking on the edge.
Everyone here has demons in their past now.
The only thing worse for you than you is me.
The only thing worse for you than you is me.
The life that I've chosen to live will take your heart and swallow it
The only thing worse for you than you is to make you wait for me.
Please stand by,
we've come so far.
Four years,we survived the ride
that turned us inside out.
Repeat after me,
just scream and shout.
"It was the best of times from broken homes
and battle scars to where we are"
Graduate, Paper chase,
We'll get out of this place
Don't turn around,
Hit the highway
Pour some liquor out for this town
Now that's all for us,
It's last call drink up
Roll it out,
It's over now
We're the cast-outs
With messed up friends
Who never did fit in
Don't care where it ends
Doesn't matter now,
Long as we're as one,
We'll take the next bus
Destination: setting sun
Graduate, Paper chase,
We'll get out of this place
Don't turn around,
Hit the highway
Pour some liquor out for this town
Now that's all for us,
It's last call drink up
Graduate, Paper chase,
We'll get out of this place
Don't turn around,
Hit the highway
Pour some liquor out for this town
Now that's all for us,
It's last call drink up
This is an open invite
For all to attend
Don't ask too many questions now
Don't tell us how it ends
Because we're the ones who wrote the end
Graduate, Paper chase,
We'll get out of this place
Don't turn around,
Hit the highway
Pour some liquor out for this town
Now that's all for us,
It's last call drink up
Graduate, Paper chase,
We'll get out of this place
Don't turn around,
Hit the highway
Pour some liquor out for this town
Now that's all for us,
Somewhere hiding underneath
Kickin' off covers while you sleep
Soon you're gonna leave
So leave us one more weekend
You've got all the friends you need
Bad tattoos and worse ideas
You feel alive
Do you feel alive?
You'll go off, you'll forget
You'll grow out of hanging from the edges
Breaking off the past
You'll know when to move up
You'll know when to take all the right chances
Never looking back
Somewhere hiding underneath
Runnin' around these empty streets
Do you think you're better off dead
Better off dead, better alive than here?
You've got all the friends you need
Bad tattoos and worse ideas
You feel alive
Do you feel alive?
You'll go off, you'll forget
You'll grow out of hanging from the edges
Breaking off the past
You'll know when to move up
You'll know when to take all the right chances
Never looking back
How could you think the time we spent was all wasted?
Sleepwalking through every morning, we took for granted
Maybe this time we spent was all wasted
We'll let it go, I'll let you go
You'll go off, you'll forget
You'll grow out of hanging from the edges
Breaking off the past
You'll know when to move up
You'll know when to take all the right chances
Never looking back
We are half alive and [Incomprehensible]
Now we don't belong to anyone at all
We are half alive and [Incomprehensible]
Now we don't belong to anyone at all
Somewhere hiding underneath
Kicking off covers while you sleep
She said "You can't stay a saint that long in the city."
you laugh at the thought on the the elevator down, you're just a phone call away.
You're placing a big blind bet on the underdog
and though its a stretch, you believe
when you're against the odds, and on your feet
with you at your best, and promises kept,
she'd rather stay here with you on the laziest afternoons with you.
Lost in pacific time with the sound of a dial tone
let the memories count the miles and never be forgotten.
You woke to the screech of the wheels on a runway
over an ocean of praise on a stage,
the songs of your love fall to your knees.
with you at your best, this is all you've got left,
she'd rather stay here with you on the laziest afternoons with you.
Lost in pacific time with the sound of a dial tone
let the memories count the miles and never be forgotten.
When hearts hang on the line, and all that you fear has happened
Let the memories count the miles, and never be forgotten.
Was it something that she said, something that she did
to make you leave her here alone?
Was it something that you said, something that you did
to make her leave you here?
Don't leave me here alone.
Lost in pacific time with the sound of a dial tone
let the memories count the miles and never be forgotten.
When hearts hang on the line, and all that you fear has happened
I took a step back as the room was filling up
I was packed up against some people who were tossing up a storm
Now the door's locked
And the shower's on.
And I realize I don't recognize anyone,
But I don't mind
Well the neighbors have complained damn near every night.
[Chorus]
You shoulda shown up
Shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
Give it a rest. Give it a rest
With a knock at the door,
The knock at the door as it goes...
Whoa...
Well now everybody's losing control!
Intoxicated circulation...
Just try and sit back, get my palette wet,
Getting mentally prepared for the consequences
And you know why...
Because that knock at the door
Calls the crowd to quiet.
The neighbors have complained damn near every night.
[Chorus]
You shoulda shown up
Shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
Give it a rest. Give it a rest
With a knock at the door,
The knock at the door as it goes...
Whoa...
There's no one left lying on the second story floorboards
And I'm sure they heard next door
The bottles are hollow now
And there's room at the bottom
And I would take it back
If I could, but I won't!
[Chorus]
You shoulda shown up
Shoulda shown up by now
You shoulda shown up by now
Give it a rest. Give it a rest
With a knock at the door,
The knock at the door as it goes...
Narrative fear.
A fever is dancing in stride – metronome memory.
Hypocrisy here is painting a portrait that's dripping with crass composition.
Fumbled trust, the father is dead, cathedrals are burning.
Lies fuel fires, fear burns red.
Now I'm cold, is this over?
Going inside of our, going inside of our heads.
When we whisper, "Danger, danger," pull the lever, turn the page
and I burn better in the morning.
Heartlessness narratives. Christ, where'd you go?
Impassioned, abandoned. Why, you were wrong.
This will die out.
Narrative fear.
A fever is dancing in stride – metronome memory.
Hypocrisy here is painting a portrait that's screaming, "The silence of dying."
Fumbled trust, the father is dead, cathedrals are burning.
Lies fuel fire, fear burns read.
Going inside of our, going inside of our heads.
When we whisper, "Danger, danger. Pull the lever,"
and I burn better in the morning.
Heartlessness narratives. Christ, where'd you go?
Impassioned, abandoned. Why, you were wrong.
[Talking]
Heartlessness narratives. Christ, where'd you go?
Impassioned, abandoned. Why, you were wrong.
We've forgotten how to read, we've forgotten how to believe.
The text has gone dark, the author recedes.
We've forgotten how to read, we've forgotten how to believe.
(originally by Smashing Pumpkins)
Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June
We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go
I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream
And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will
Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and all your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad
When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
When I can, I will
Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this
No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
Forever alone until I found you,
and now you're always there;
voice on the air, scent on my clothes.
Oh, but when the sun exposes all my demons,
will you stay or run away?
I'll help you find your way
every moment you're awake.
You know I'll stay,
even in your dreams
I'll pull the stars down from the heavens
to fill your empty skies
I'm yours tonight.
I'm yours tonight.
Wherever you go, they say I'm bad news.
When every one agrees,
whispers start sounding like screams.
Oh, but I know what you want
to say before the words escape your teeth.
Will you trust in me?
I'll help you find your way
every moment you're awake.
You know I'll stay,
even in your dreams
I'll pull the stars down from the heavens
to fill your empty skies
I'm yours tonight.
I'm yours tonight.
My good intentions
can leave the hardest hearts,
the harshest scars you've ever seen.
My bad impressions they follow me,
making enemies that I can't see.
Forever alone, until I found you.
I know that you'll stay.
You won't run away.
I'll help you find your way
every moment you're awake.
You know I'll stay,
even in your dreams
I'll pull the stars down from the heavens
to fill your empty skies
I'm yours tonight.
I'll help you find your way
every moment you're awake.
You know I'll stay,
even in your dreams
I'll pull the stars down from the heavens
to fill your empty skies
I'm yours tonight.
I'm yours tonight.
It was a plane ride from LAX to O'Hare,
and what happened next was a series of unfortunate events.
(Please stay tuned for what happened next...)
The life I breathe for you gives to me new wounds
Well to patch and dress as I reflect on what else I could give you.
Maybe I should blindly throw my faith
into the next thing that comes my way
Standing at the back door with the life that she left behind.
Are we all the same behind the frame
Beneath the glass and fake last names?
I've been waiting far too long to feel the sun on my back.
It was a big bang
and a bright white light from no where.
It turned my coach class window to
A first class seat on the evening news, on NBC.
The life I gave for you is yours
So keep it, you oughtta keep it.
If I had one last chance to take it all back
You know I'd take take take you.
Maybe I should blindly throw my faith
Into the next thing that comes my way.
Standing at the back door with the life that she left behind.
Are we all the same behind the frame
between the glass and fake last names?
I've been waiting far too long to feel the sun on my back.
"Apologies are all we'll ever be," she said.
Standing on the stairs
Looking back, looking hard at me.
"Well, life is long for those who have to wait," I said.
It's the choice I had to make.
The choice I had to make.
It's the choice I had to...
(Make)
It was a plane ride. (plane ride)
It was a plain ride. (plain ride)
It was a plain ride.
Just a plane...
Maybe I should blindly throw my faith
Into the next thing that comes my way.
Standing at the back door with the life that I'd left behind.
If we know the way we're gonna die
Through everything else we will survive.
I've been waiting far too long to feel the sun on my back-
Yeah
But one day,
Take, take these words in. Take them like you did that foreign excitement. You bleed lust. Choke. So was it worth it? Did you get what you wanted, the silent type. Did you even come close, did they let you taste it? I can see how the rush, and the heat, and the touch of a stranger gets you going. You're feeling selfish, you've got the urge. Don't bother keeping your heavy breathing down for the one who can't hear you scream.
Never pass of your guilt lines, just wear them like a noose on your neck, I'll help you keep it tied tight. When you feel your close to coming, just think about that perfect subtle demon that you've been dreaming into the light, keep it tied tight.
Unlike the way you've become "city feature", you'd love to let them rip you apart until you feel clean, but when it's over he won't take back what is left. I can see how the speed, and the sting, and the wings of the plane home make you nervous. Oh, Mr. Shoddy Content, swept all your dignity under the covers, she'll be lying, keeping secrets, keeping quiet. Now you understand what it's like to dive. Take it back, taken back, she forgets you. Now she pleads "Forgive me again, it's the last time I will..."
Never pass of your guilt lines, just wear them like a noose on your neck, I'll help you keep it tied tight. You're the worst actor that I've ever seen but if this script called for liars, you'd play the lead. "When you've changed, I'll change" what it's like again. What you don't see while you sleep...3 year deceiver, you're not fooling.
So I got your message
And its been a long time
Since we have spoken face to face
I cant help to question your cause of interest
Its just like the dead lay buried in the grave
Right now
and I was feeling just content enough to forget you
I've found skeletons grow stronger when kept from the light
I would rather die than admit that I
Don't know don't know
I would rather die than admit that I
Don't know don't know
You would rather be alone than admit you were wrong
Than admit you were wrong
There's blood on the freeway
Painting a poisoned past
Kissed with a hard rain washed away
You're back to your old ways
Carelessly leaving tracks
The road you have chosen
I refuse to take
Right Now
and I was feeling just content enough to forget you
I've found skeletons grow stronger when kept from the light
I would rather die than admit that I
Don't know don't know
I would rather die than admit that I
Don't know don't know
You would rather be alone than admit you were wrong
I would rather die than admit that I
Don't know don't know
I would rather die than admit that I
Don't know don't know
You would rather be alone
Right now
and I was feeling just content enough to forget you
I've found that skeletons grow stronger when kept in the rearview
Forced to the wall,
the crosshairs shift from this tied down burden: Courage.
What did you expect?
A nightmare of reason and faith alike.
Because you take shots, my back's turned, you're gutless.
You think you're saving face
But I'll tell you what (I‘ll tell you what)
As far as you're concerned the next breath that you take should be underwater.
You're worthless. You've been told once before.
This time you're gonna get back a little more than you paid for.
Forced to the wall the record skips and this satellite sense is detecting.
You run for cover. A nightmare, a vision, a quota, a reason.
You take shots, my back's turned, you're gutless.
You think you're saving face but first things first,
this is a matter of egos and how every single shot you take
Is taken in weakness and vain.
Place your bets, it's a matter of context.
You said it, you mean it, you want it, you've got it.
I've been waiting far too long for this.
You take shots, my back's turned, you're gutless, and you've got no spine at all.
I've been waiting. Take your shot and be on your way.
Spill fiction while my back is turned, when you've got an easy target.
Build stregth, and your heart is gone.
You tell my back that you're more courageous.
We've got our souls held in this dark hotel room.
You're taking chances for the worst and the worst is yet to come.
Place your bets, it's a matter of…
You said it, you mean it, you want it, you've got it.
I've been waiting far too long for…
Show a litte backbone.
In this hole we've dug, you're never crawling out alive.
You won't make it too far, you won't get too far.
In this home we've made, you're never welcome again.
You wont make it too far.
Place your bets son, pay your ransom.
If you knew, what you do
When no one's in the dark room
But me and you
A brilliant disguise
It's the taste of the chase
I do confess, it's the mess
That feels so right
Come on a Monday
Come on a Tuesday
They'll never know
Pop off a cork for Wednesday
Play with me Thursday
But you'll always be his girl
Come on a Monday
Come on a Tuesday
They'll never know
Pop off a cork for Wednesday
Play with me Thursday
But you'll always be his girl
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
Just a kiss, he won't miss
I know your gonna miss this
As long as you live
When you were mine
Bite your lip, pull me in
It's not the sin, it's the mess
That feels so right
Come on a Monday
Come on a Tuesday
They'll never know
Pop off a cork for Wednesday
Play with me Thursday
But you'll always be his girl
Come on a Monday
Come on a Tuesday
They'll never know
Pop off a cork for Wednesday
Play with me Thursday
But you'll always be his girl
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
If you knew, what I knew
You'd think that it's Friday
As I look, all of you
Come on a Monday
Come on a Tuesday
They'll never know
Pop off a cork for Wednesday
Play with me Thursday
But you'll always be his girl
Come on a Monday
Come on a Tuesday
They'll never know
Pop off a cork for Wednesday
Play with me Thursday
But you'll always be his girl
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
His girl Friday
Hey, stop on a dime.
Take both your hands,
reach them above, one at a time.
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly.
I tried not to breathe.
Tried not to speak.
Clamping my tongue between my teeth.
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly say,
Well, there are fine lines I've seen we are stuck in between.
With separate eyes to use and throw aside.
How we die, nobody wants to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
Where everybody goes.
Oh, no, this can't be it.
I start to sweat.
Haunted by all the things I've missed.
This can't be right.
I realize right then that it's me or him, yeah.
There are fine lines I've seen we are stuck in between.
With separate eyes to use and throw aside.
How we die, nobody has to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
Where everybody goes.
(What if I don't?)
Oh, no, I can't believe this.
I don't know why this had to happen.
I had no choice.
Well, it was me or him.
There's a fine line between what is justified or just obscene.
Fragile lines to use and throw aside.
How to die, nobody wants to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
How we die, no, I will never know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
(originally by Ace Frehley)
don't wanna know your name,
cause you don't look the same,
the way you did before.
you think you got a pretty face,
but the rest of you is out of place,
You looked all right before.
Fox on the run.
You scream and everybody comes
a running.
Take a run and hide
yourself away.
Foxy's on the run.
F-foxy,
fox on the run
and hide away.
you talk about just every band,
but the names you drop are second hand.
I've heard it all before.
don't wanna know your name,
cause you don't look the same,
the way you did before.
Fox on the run.
You scream and everybody comes
a running.
Take a run and hide
yourself away.
Foxy's on the run.
F-foxy,
fox on the run
and hide away.
Foxy,
fox on the run.
You scream and everybody comes
a running.
Take a run and hide
yourself away.
Foxy's on the run
F-foxy,
fox on the run.
You scream and everybody comes
a running.
Take a run and hide
yourself away.
Foxy's on the run
You were the only face I'd ever known.
I was the light from the lamp on the floor,
and only as bright as you wanted me to be.
But, I am no gentleman, I can be a prick,
and I do regret more than I admit.
You have been followed back to the same place I sat with you drink for
drink.
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist.
Everything we had, everything we had,
everything we had, everything we had is no longer there.
It was the only place I'd never known.
Turned off the light on my way out the door.
I will be watching wherever you go,
through the eyes of a fly on the wall.
You have been followed back to the same place I sat with you drink for
drink.
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist.
Everything we had, everything we had,
everything we had, everything we had is no longer there, longer there.
You saw for yourself, the way it played out.
For you, I am blinded.
For you, I am blinded, for you.
I am no gentleman, I can be a prick.
And I do regret more than I admit.
You have been followed back to the same place I sat with you drink for
drink.
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist.
Everything we had, everything we had,
everything we had, everything we had.
Everything we had, everything we had,
everything we had...
I'll be with you wherever you go,
She'd rather repair her face with the lights turned off.
The door wide open in an empty house.
The frozen minutes are melting slow
as she watches from the window.
The street light's flickering like a tongue that can't stop licking.
Like the cat that caught the cream,
she's never gonna be.
She's never gonna be quite satisfied.
Just like a hundred dollar bill
folded up and tearing at the crease.
There's not much left inside your chest,
but it's worth much more than what you see.
Every burden has a version in somebody else.
She smokes her smokes outside to avoid the fight.
She'd rather be enjoying the silent stillness of the suburbs.
After midnight, what's the point.
Don't try to hide, don't justify a thing.
She's so naive to think she'd be capable.
Like the cat that got the cream,
she's never gonna be quite satisfied.
Just like a hundred dollar bill
folded up and tearing at the crease.
There's not much left inside your chest,
but it's worth much more than what you see.
Just like a hundred dollar bill
folded up and tearing at the crease.
There's not much left inside your chest,
but it's worth much more than what you see.
And this will be the last time she hides her eyes behind her hair.
And this will be the last time, this will be the last time.
And this will be the last time she hides her eyes behind her hair.
And this will be the last time, this will be the last time.
Just like a hundred dollar bill
folded up and tearing at the crease.
There's not much left inside your chest,
but it's worth much more than what you see.
Just like a hundred dollar bill
folded up and tearing at the crease.
There's not much left inside your chest,
but it's worth much more than what you see.
And this will be the last time she hides her eyes behind her hair.
And this will be the last time, this will be the last time.
And this will be the last time she hides her eyes behind her hair.
Out of the box, out of the kitchen.
Out of the world she's grown so fearful of, so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again, my friend.
This is the end.
Out of the house, she grabs the keys, runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter.
That way the impact will be much better.
Away from the man that she's grown so fearful of, so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again.
Why, oh why, do you wear sunglasses in the home
when the sun went down about an hour ago?
Why, oh why, do you wear sunglasses in the home
when the sun went down about an hour ago?
Life should not be that way.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen marriages fall to pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen friendships fall to pieces.
Weekend warriors, and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding about how all good things must end.
Then again some things, then again some things are far too good,
Some things are far too good to go ahead and let go.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace.
We won't forget Tony or Johnny, oh, oh.
No matter how they miss us they still wish us the best on the road.
Garrett took a plane to Paris, France.
Now he's cooking up entrees for the pretty, pretty French girls.
Bookends, Blue and Clarity, to The Wall and Grace.
Darkside, Wish and a toast to the late Figure 8.
Weekend warriors and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding, but the good things will live in our hearts.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Always up or down, never down and out.
Dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Get out of the city if it hurts. You're too blind, move it over, try to get closer to the lifestyles of gluttons; seem so seamless and perfect. I've been the secret that you've been keeping.
Ears to the wall, eyes on the prize. See that you've made a mistake, and we all know what you've done here. Dear Interceptor, I've been waiting... Show me something. Hold the phone, we've found an answer. Full moons and minot keys to get there faster. Mirror, mirror, see this as clear as crystalline. Second-hand interpreter. The spoken word for change.
Wait for me, I wanted to feel this safe. I can't hear you scream. Hold the phone to make it better, I can't hear you.
Blood to the beat. This thirst of the Lion can't be quenched by cigarette strewn cubicle air. Dear diluted, while you're dreaming... Hold the phone, we've found an answer. Full moons and minot keys to get there faster. Mirror, mirror, see this as clear as crystalline. Second-hand interpreter, deep into the Red we need a change.
Just look at this cardboard cut-out, this puppet that you've become. Let me be the first to acknowledge you've no pride, you've no purpose. It's so typical to think less is more when you're out of the lead. Don't hurt yourself. Settle for less. It's so typical to think less is more when you're out of the lead. Second-hand interpreter, the spoken word for change.
I said,
“Hey you, this is me.
The idealist inside that holds your love on a string,
wound and tied like kites to all your hopes and dreams.
What a tangled mess that they've turned out to be.
Excuse me, yeah I'm talking to you.
Look in the mirror, could you tell me
what you see?
Hard hearts are crashing in a crowded room.
You never felt so good, you never felt so free.
Save you from yourself
before you start to deal with everyone else.
You should have kept it to yourself,
now we're looking to fight, this isn't alright.
Alright, you better hold your scripted tongue
if you ever plan to use those words again.
The future doesn't make much sense with you at the helm with your friends.
This is where that ends.
You've got a problem here.
The tide is turning you inside out.
This won't take long, you're rein is done.
We are the innocent ones.
You can't take back the damage done.
This is the last time you will shine.
Spare us your excuse,
cuz this exercise of self-abuse
will swallow everything you hold dear
the further you are, the closer we get,
the more you need to hold your scripted tongue.
If you ever plan to use those words again,
The hallways are filled with silence
and gawking stares that don't care
This is where that ends.
You've got a problem here.
The tide is turning you inside out.
This won't take long, you're rein is done.
We are the innocent ones.
You can't take back the damage done.
This is the last time you will shine.
Spare us your excuse,
cuz this exercise of self-abuse
will swallow everything you hold dear
the further you are, the closer we get,
the more you need to hold your scripted tongue.
This is the last time you will shine.
The last time you will shine.
Shine.
Do you think you're up for this?
Are you ready to get undressed,
undressed in your evening best besides,
every heart is like a house on fire with escape
routes in every room.
These are the trials of our youth.
But this charade is never going to last
so pick the poison and pour yourself a glass
I still feel the same
No one's to blame.
I will be waiting outside if you're ready to go.
Your sundress reflects in the headlight glow.
Besides, every heart is like a house of cards
when the walls break down on you.
These are the trials of our youth.
But this charade is never going to last
so pick the poison and pour yourself a glass
I still feel the same
No one's to blame.
These are the fast times
These are the fast times
But this charade is never going to last
so pick the poison and pour yourself a glass
I still feel the same
No one's to blame.
These mistakes are just a part of the ride
and if we choke on the next tongue that we tie
I still feel the same
These are the fast times
These are the fast times
These are the fast times
My life reads like the classifieds.
Pages of what's for sale, whats on the auction block?
Attention bidders, its Lot 45,
He's got a decent voice; he's got that crooked smile.
Hold on, you haven't heard the best yet...
He writes good storylines, he's got those honest eyes.
So, take him home for just $9.95, he'll sing the songs you like, he'll keep you warm at night (at night).
Back down, cash out, that's the city for ya.
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart.
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Ohh oh...
I'm not the type to forget about nights like this,
when every single move that I make is documented and scored for style points.
The once ambitious one, now holds a smoking gun.
And if I die in my sleep, are you still willing to be everything you promised you would be?
Back down, cash out, that's the city for ya.
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Ohh oh...
Will you be the first one to tell the neigborhood papers,
and all my family and friends that still care.
Did you buy what I sold and did you feel what I told you,
I hope that you still do, will you? Promise yourself, that this isn't all we've got...
Back down, cash out, that's the city for ya.
Break down and back out, get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Back down, cash out, that's the city for ya.
Break down and back out, get what's coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Chop chop
I've got myself to blame for this
I've tried to compensate for everything I'm not,
and every face forgotten.
You felt the sun warming your bed
you looked so quintessential pressed against that cross,
in the face of what was lost.
Still I'm not asking much of me,
and you're ignoring the matter...
You'll shut me up and bleed me dry.
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
If nothing else matters, then
I will die trying,
thinking about you and I.
Three years on Friday since we met
you felt that existential kiss upon your neck.
how could we forget that?
Still I'm through acting like this feels right,
and that nothing else matters.
You'll shut me up and bleed me dry.
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
If nothing else matters, then
I will die trying,
trying not to think about you...
Yeah
It's on yourself and no one else.
It's on yourself and no one else.
but without hindsight
I guess it serves me right.
You'll shut me up and bleed me dry.
Cheap champagne and a disappearing lifeline.
if nothing else matters
then I will die trying
thinking about you and I.
Shut me up and bleed me dry
it's only a matter of time
Cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle
it's only a matter of time.
So there you are, and here I stand,
As far as I remember you weren't half bad.
Your bedroom behavior was never more than checkmarks on bedposts.
For I remember we never had.
[Pre-Chorus:]
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes.
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows.
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes.
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that no one...
[Chorus:]
So suck your so called pity down.
Hey, that's not so bad, is it?
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
and don't forget to take deep breaths.
So suck your so called pity down.
Hey, that's not so bad, is it?
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
and don't forget to take deep breaths.
So don't explain cause I know exactly what your going to say.
Big words, recycled phrases, and the bittersweet taste of other boys on your lips.
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all.
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all.
[Prechorus]
[Chorus]
Do you miss looking up from the floor at my face on a stage in a crowded room?
Well it's not the same.
I bet you're still a sucker for those famous faces.
Downtown, looking down, down, looking over the crowd, I hope you're out there, look at me now.
Well it's not the same.
Just look at how we've changed.
Some people have it and other people dont
Youve been making some threats
got my name and address.
Im breakin habits, you dont want to know
Although Im wearin my clothes,
feelin cold and exposed, yeah
Whoa Whoa oh oh oh
Dont say you miss me,
you probably dont.
Well Ive been callin some lines,
that most folks wont, yeah
whoa whoa oh oh oh
Dont think youre more than this
or above all of this
With your "blah blah blah"
with all of your friends
You say you think you know
when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn
and youre still at home.
whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Some people have it and other people dont
though the road that we passed
still goes both ways
Im breaking habits, you dont want to know.
Well Ive been crossig
some lines that most folks wont
Dont think youre more than this
or above all of this
With your "blah blah blah"
with all of your friends
You say you think you know
when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn
and youre still at home.
whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
whoa oh whoa ohhhh
Dont think youre more than this
or above all of this
With your "blah blah blah"
with all of your friends
You say you think you know
when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn said
Dont think youre more than this
or above all of this
With your "blah blah blah"
with all of your friends
You say you think you know
when you know you don't
Because tonight the bulls are in Brooklyn
and youre still at home.
whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
whoa oh whoa ohhhh
whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
We've got one chance to break out
And we need it now
Cause I'm sick and tired of waiting
Sick of this fucking apartment
Love me or leave me or rip me apart
This is the voice that I was given and
If you don't like it take a long walk
Off of the shortest pier you can find
And I'll be singing it out I'll be singing...
Oh,Mr.Magazine I never wrote one single thing for you
Or your so-called music scene
You don't mean a thing to me
Pick it up,pick it up,it's what you wanted
Pick it up,pick it up,and you need it too
Pick it up,pick it up,it's what you wanted
Pick it up,pick it up
When they review the debut
What if the critics hate you
Don't worry cause they
Might just catch somebody off their feet
Well they can love it,or leave it,or rip it apart
We're living while we're singing
So I guess that's a step in the right direction
Clever composition in the honesty,honesty
Oh,Mr.Magazine I never wrote one single thing for you
Or your so-called music scene
You both mean shit to me
Pick it up,pick it up,it's what you wanted
Pick it up,pick it up,and you need it too
Pick it up,pick it up,it's what you wanted
Pick it up,pick it up
So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
Anything at all
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
Too afraid of anything you may not have seen before
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
Too afraid of anything that may not
Pick it up,pick it up,it's what you wanted
Pick it up,pick it up,and you need it too
Pick it up,pick it up,it's what you wanted
Pick it up,pick it up
So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
