You never know
Some folks think the world just moves too slow
But was it you
Told me I'm your everything you
Hit me like I never felt before
(Hit me like I never felt before)
Hit me like a sucker punch
Running to the car and now you're
Hit me like I never felt before
Stealing for the last time
You never take
A promise from a man who sheds his skin
Had to wait
Formed my aching heart to break it
Now everyone gets angry
And I feel it when you're holding me
In the right place
At the right time
To the right degree
It's greater than for the great I found
For dealing with your own ??scene??
You know that it ain't easy
(That ain't easy)
(That ain't easy)
(that ain't easy)
Hit me like I never felt before
(Hit me like I never felt before)
Hit me like I never felt before
(Hit me like I never felt before)
When you're feeling all wrong in the back of your mind again
How does it feel?
When you drop down
Everything's all the same
Oh, yeah
Saccharine, caffeine, nicotine gum
All tastes sweet but it's not for long
And I just think you thought it would be
And when you're looking for truth on the cover of a magazine
How does it feel?
When you found out what you're not going to be
Oh, yeah
They give you your image and the things you believe
Open your eyes, tell me what did you see
And I just think you thought it so real
And how does it feel when you're out on your own?
And now it's too late to go home
And it's hard to be free when you're down on your knees
Take it easy 'til you make it alone
Now your supermarket, punk rock, television, comedy
Out on the scene
Yeah, I been down now there's no hand to feed
Oh, yeah
And all the beautiful images lining your walls
Pop radio screaming down the halls
And now you think you found something real
When it's all about money and the things that you need
Live a big lie and they all believe
And I just find that somehow obscene
And how does it feel to be out on your own?
And now it's too late to go home
And it's hard to be free when you're down on your knees
Take it easy 'til you make it alone
Take it easy 'til you make it alone
What a scene
(Yeah)
It's all been said before
And all been done
Take it easy 'til you make it alone
Take it easy 'til you make it alone
La na na na na
La na na na na
'Cause lies weigh more than truth
Innocence looks good on you
Now everybody wants to know your name
La na na na na
Are you listenin' now ?
Are you feelin' that way
Aren't you terrified?
Of wakin' up too tired to try again?
Are you happy now
That you've shut yourself down
Are you paralyzed
By all the nonsense that's gone down
I know you're gonna see these things some day
Sorry-eyed we spent so much of your time
Now I'm tryin' to put your riddle to a rhyme
Now it's up up up I'm headin for this evenin'
And it's up up up I'm headed for the clouds
Comin' down ain't the worst part
It only takes a second
To make a change that's gonna last
I hope you're gonna see these things some day
So don't stop lookin' for that light along the way
Sorry that we've spent so much of your time
Now I'm tryin' to put your riddle to a rhyme
Now it's up up up and headin' for this evenin'
And it's up up up I'm headed for the clouds
Up yours
Stop your whine
Feelin' swell
And I'm doin' fine
Yeah, fuck your suicide
It's all bullshit cuz I tried
And it really don't impress me all that much
Up yours
What'd you find
Sit right down
I got time
And you say here comes the end
And you haven't got a friend
And I'm standing here just screaming at the wall
Up yours
Stop your whine
Whatcha ya got
I got mine
And you shake your stupid head
And you wish that you were dead
And I swear sometimes you're happier than me
And you know it's hard to be
All the things you want me to be
And you go and make it hard on me
But I swear that anything you could be, I could be, can't you see
Up yours
Got no mind
That's too bad
You got time
Yeah, fuck your silly game
Cuz it's driving me insane
Well I went down to your house just the other day,
Only to discover you had gone astray.
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Well I called you on the telly just the other day
Only to discover you had gone astray
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Torn apart
Well, I saw you once
Then I blew it for the next ten thousand days
I should have flapped away
I needed to come back and show you
I needed to go back
I know it's wrong
I laughed to get along
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away another day
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away
Mama just called
Says she's extra sad today
Well, I spent the whole day yesterday
On clich¨¦s about love
Making me remember when your pushes became shoves
I wanted to come back and show you
Needed to go back
I know it's wrong
I laughed to get along
So why'd you go and play my trust
Today's the same as yesterday, and I'm okay
??I take the time this weatherman did time again to get along??
Since you've been gone
I'll get along anyway at all
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away another day
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away
Mama just called
Says she's tucked away another day
(Tucked away)
(Tucked away)
(Tucked away)
Give me a reason now that I can understand
Pick up the pieces now and put 'em in my hand
I've been up and down for you, my sufferin' extreme
I fell on my face for you, now I know what it means
And I self destruct
I close my eyes and there
There you are
There you are
You are
There you are
Yeah, you can run out west, forget you know my name
You say you got your shit together, but you ain't got no faith
Method in madness now, there's madness in my soul
I run from the darkness, now I ain't got no place to go
And I self destruct
I close my eyes and there
There you are
There you are
You are
There you are
There you are
There you are
You are
There you are
There you are
It's getting near dawn
The lights close their tired eyes
I'll soon be with you, my love
To give you my dawn surprise
I'll stay with you, darling, soon
I'll stay with you 'til the seas are dried up
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love
Be with me, my love
The light shining through on you
Be with me, my love
It's the morning and just we two
I'll stay with you, darling, soon
I'll stay with you 'til the seas are dried up
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love
Be with me, my love
The light shining through on you
Be with me, my love
It's the morning and just we two
I'll stay with you, darling, soon
Oh, 'til the seas are dried up
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love
In the sunshine of your love
In the sunshine of your love
You take a lot of chances with your feelings
No one really knows what you feel
Fixing is the only way you're dealin'
You turn your pretty head and think it's real
Oh, you
(You)
You take it so slowly
And your eyes look so lonely
But it's only when you think about me
Oh, yeah
When you think about me
Think about me
And I got ahead
Don't let me speak
And you got a secret I can't keep
You see a little stranger in your mirror
The guy you never knew is what you fear
And all you want is something I can't be
All you want from me is what you need
And now I'm saying I don't know
You take it so slowly
And your eyes look so lonely
But it's only
(But it's only)
Oh, you
(Oh, you)
You take it so slowly
And it's only
(And it's only)
'Bout me
When you think about me
Think about me
Oh, when you think about me
Oh, yeah
When you think about me
(Oh, yeah)
Think about me
Why do you stare me down?
Am I wrong?
Should I turn and kiss the ground?
And I never felt that way
I ain't the one and you know I don't come from such a place
And I didn't get those things
Those things that you can't grow
You say that it's all my fault
And I don't need to know
Tell me something I don't know
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me
You said that it's all been said before
Now I find that there's something I don't know
And I hate your attitude
I ain't scared at all cuz it don't matter what you do
And I'll turn around to see the truth
You're tearing it down, yeah, you're bringing it down
And it's all on you
And I didn't get those things
Those things that you can't grow
You say that it's all my fault
And I don't need to know
Tell me something I don't know
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me
You said that it's all been said before
Now I find that there's something I don't know
And I know
I don't know
(Rock and roll)
And I'll stay there
If you break enough glass and there's no one to hear
And your heart's full of hate cuz your mind's full of fear
Let it go
Oh, so far away
So far away
So far away
(Something I don't know)
Oh, so far away
So far away
I heard the floor creak, or so I thought
I had my head a-rubbin' on the ceiling
You said that indecision makes one weak
My indecision's suddenly been deepened
One day ain't forever
You'll find your time
You look outside, there's snow
Been snow so long, you know
Just feel like lettin' go
So outta line
You've worked so hard for everything you've got
Ten minutes later, you're a loser
Count your blessings and the ones you love
At this point, we beggars can't be choosers
One day ain't forever
You'll find your time
You look outside, there's snow
Been snow so long, you know
Just feel like lettin' go
So outta line
One day ain't forever
You'll find your time
You look outside, there's snow
Been snow so long, you know
Just feel like lettin' go
So outta line
One day ain't forever
What are you thinking
I tried to reach your face
See what you're thinking
Don't carry around that pain
Everytime I see you
Picking at yourself
I love
I love when things worked out
Smash
I heard you crying
Seven times this year
Crash
'Cause now you're smilin'
Holding back those tears
Every time I see you
Picking at yourself
I love
I love when things worked out
Every time I see you
Torturing yourself
I love
I love when things worked out
I see it from another place right now
I'm coming home before I hit the ground
Run fast there I wanna be gone now
Smash
And I feel it
Smash
And I feel it
Smash
And I feel it
Well, they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food
If I'm old then I would have a tainted attitude
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue?
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Well I see her walking round the block till six a.m.
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To her head or towards a shred of dignity
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Well I was hangin' around the railway station
My mind was insane from total degradation
Little boy blue was a tootin' his horn now
Scared those cows right out of the door now
I hear you screaming but you can't come in
Cuz I know that you're just a sex maggot!
Mommy and daddy used to play this game now
Told me boys and girls are really all the same now
I don't know the difference at the age of 21
Who's telling me, I don't like anyone, hah!
I hear you screaming but you can't come in, no, no,
Cuz I know, that you're just a sex maggot!
I hear you screaming but you can't be found
Being afraid can be okay, if you're willing to let things go
If you'd lay me to die and try to learn what you don't know
I don't know why I drive behind the wheel
Sun's the sky, and I was
On the road to salinas
Down the road I thought could free us
Ordinary dreams would go, and I would always get back home
Took the time inside to find the boy inside my brain
Someone waited out on him and was trying to get away
I don't know why I feel the way I feel
Sun's in the sky, and I was
On the road to salinas
Down the road I thought could free us
Ordinary dreams would go, and I would always get back home
See myself in someone else, and I just don't know why
When I lay my head to sleep I lay awake and cry
I don't know why I drive behind the wheel
Sun's in the sky, and I was
On the road to salinas
Down the road I thought could free us
Out of my face
I don't know your name
As time goes by
You're the same
The last time that you saw me
I didn't even care
The next time that I saw you
It was me who stood and stared
I'm out of sight
You're out of mind
I'm out of sight
You're out of mind
Hangin' in the bar
Loud rockin' noise
You have a Chevy
I guess it's your choice
You really thought you had me
Thought you put me in my place
You were super cool in high school
But now I'm in your face
I'm out of sight
You're out of mind
I'm out of sight
You're out of mind
You tell me you got a wife
I heard she's fat
You got a kid
And I got a cat
You really thought you had me
Thought you put me in my place
You were super cool in high school
But now I'm in your face
I'm out of sight
You're out of mind
I'm out of sight
And if the accident will, well we'll both fade away
And I'll leave you still, and we will both be safe
Say you're safe, your life will pass away
Only to be saved, by another's lonely stay
All the flowers I can grow and all the children's tears
And everything I know will vanish with the years
Say you're safe, your life will pass away
Only to be saved by another's lonely stay
And if the accidents will, well we'll both fade away
But the trees will grow, until my dying day
All the flowers I can grow, and all the children's tears
And everything I know will vanish with the years
Say you're safe and your life will pass away
See me scream a thousand screams
Every time I start to dream
Scream and dream of my little love
Oh, I gotta find my glove
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
See me think then you interrupt
Wrap it up, put me back in my trunk
Turned ill from this hatred fifty times
Oh we're goin' down in my screamin' mind
I lie awake in a cold, cold sweat
Rolling around in the sheets and screaming wet
Oh my God, here it comes
Yeah I'm fadin' and I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word
Weighed down
Safe now
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
And shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
Yeah I'm hiding in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say
Weighed down
Safe now
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
And shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
Inside your head
No one's there
And I don't think I'll ever be
And I don't care
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
And shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
By anyone
And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
Cuz all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Got lost or thrown away
And now we're grown up orphans
And never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name
And scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?
Did you get to be a star?
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are
We grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
And reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name
I won't tell em' your name
Oooh, oooh, oooh
I won't tell em' your name
I think about you all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are
Come back down
Why are you so green
How can you say that to me?
When did you fall from grace?
You've got a dirty face
And it's killin' me
Why don't you listen?
Why don't you listen to me?
I'm drownin' but I never felt so free
Can you follow me?
Will you justify me please?
Said you're wrong
Said you're gone
I'll guess I'll wait another night
For what you're gonna say
Back to me
Why don't you listen?
Why don't you listen to me?
I'm drownin' but I never felt so free
And I try
But I never try too long
When you're gone
Why don't you listen?
Why don't you listen to me?
I'm drownin' but I never felt so free
I don't wanna lie around with this feeling anymore
Every time you push me you just push me out the door
And I don't wanna stand up, when I'm by your side
For you to make your silly mind, instead you won't
Laughing love doll
Boy, you're so proud
Love is sold out
Every time I look into your sad, pathetic face
I don't even wanna restore your faith in the human race
And I don't wanna stand up, around no more
For you to walk right out, walk right out, walk out the door
Laughing love doll
Boy, you're so proud
Love is sold out
Laughing love doll
Boy, you're so proud
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed - up - messed
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed - up - messed
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed - up - messed
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
Messed up, yeah
I've got an ugly liver from drinking too much
I've got painful sliver from thinking too much
Oh, I don't want to go on livin' in this rut
Oh, I think I'll go out and build me a hut but
Curiosity has got me
Tied up right back where it wants me
And all the things that you will do
Make me think I haven't got a clue
I've good a real good sense for seeking out the booze
But I can't afford to buy a pair of shoes
And when I get some cash it's already been spent
Oh, I can smoke and drink but I can't pay my rent
I've got an ugly liver from drinking too much
I've got painful sliver from thinking too much
Oh, I don't want to go on livin' in this rut
Oh, I think I'll go out and build me a hut but
Curiosity has got me
Tied up right back where it wants me
And all the things that you will do
Oh, here you are
There's nothing left to say
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out?
Did they throw you away?
Touch me now and I don't care
When you take me, I'm not there
Almost human, but I'll never be the same
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down
I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down
I never pushed you away
You're not supposed to be that way
And anything you want
There's nothing I could say
Is there anything to feel?
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down
I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down
I never pushed you away
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to grey
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down
I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down
I don't think I'll make it on my own
On my own
instrumental
I wake up, I'm staring at the clock
My belly hurts and my head is like a rock
I get up to see what I can see
Furthest I got was my black and white TV
Eyewitness News brought to you at noon
Oh my God, guess I got up too soon because
Oh, I feel like laughing
Oh, I feel like laughing
Oh, I feel like laughing
All because of you
All because of you
I didn't mean to wear this disguise
But I can't stand the look in my eyes
Oh, I didn't mean to lie
I was doing what I thought was right
Come on, walk right down the line
You'll be walking 'til the end of time because
Oh, I feel like laughing
Oh, I feel like laughing
Oh, I feel like laughing
All because of you
All because of you
Oh, I feel like laughing
Oh, I feel like laughing
Oh, I feel like laughing
All because of you
What kind of situation have I brought upon myself?
Some kind of bad reaction, blamed it all on someone else
Oh well
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
You got me laughing at me, laughing all by myself
I had a drink on Friday, heard the news from someone else
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
You've got me running, running far from myself
You've got me coming, coming home to someone else
Oh well
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
I tried to find the truth but every word I said came back
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
Don't pretend like you know my name
Cuz I ain't never seen you before
Don't pretend like you know my name
I'm in love because I know you
And I'm sorry I don't show you
And if I find that you ain't by me
Afraid no one know the things you see
How could you believe in someone sorry-sad like me?
I know the deal and I thank you anyway
And if you leave, you know I'm crawlin' at your feet
You never get weak when I'm leanin' hard on you
But I guess that's just the way you are
And I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
And all the things that you don't show me
Like when you pretend that you don't know me
I waste a dime and I can't call you
I spend a lifetime if I fall for you
How could you believe in someone sorry-sad like me?
I know the deal and I thank you anyway
And if you leave, you know I'm crawlin' at your feet
You never get weak when I'm leanin' hard on you
But I guess that's just the way you are
And I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
Well, I guess it's just the way you are
Hold me up
Hold me up
Hold me up
One, two, three, four!
Look around this dirty town
Drink it up till we fall down
Don't want to live forever this way
But it's gonna have to do for today
Oh, I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
Before that hurried call
I had my back against the wall
No, don't want to be shown
Go out and learn your own
Oh, I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
One, two, three, four!
Before that hurried call
I had my back against the wall
No, don't want to be shown
Go out and learn your own
Oh, I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
I'm addicted as I want to be
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
When I was three feet tall
I loved the mall
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt
Watching life in Oz Thanksgivin' Eve on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout, I'd twist and shout for everyone to see
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Mama's in a shop
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond
Vowed to share the wealth
Scooping up the coins
A warning shot from some authority
Doesn't matter now, but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see
Never got to know you
Did you ever wonder why?
Now it's nice to know ya
And I'm glad you're doing fine
Think of all the time lost
Was it really lost at all?
Now I'm so proud of ya
I'd love to tell you all I see
Listen hard to your reality
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Impersonality
If I leave today, don't know where to go that I can stay
I know what I need, but I won't follow, I can't lead
And when I stood there and I felt November chill
You crushed my heart, and I really lost my will
You think you understand the way it made me feel
I started to choke on you, cuz I know what you fear
Cuz I've had enough, and I don't really need it
Had enough, and I don't really feel it
Had enough, but you really can't see it
But you'll see it for the first time in your life
If you had a brain, you'd be smart enough to change
Watch yourself, the thoughts of you plague no one else
And I stood there and I felt November chill
You broke my heart, and I really lost my will
You try to understand the way you make me feel
I started to choke on you, and I know what you fear
Cuz I've had enough, and I don't really need it
Had enough, and I don't really feel it
Had enough, but you really can't see it
But you'll see it for the first time in your life
Cuz I've had enough, and I don't really need it
Had enough, and I don't really feel it
Had enough, but you really can't see it
But you'll see it for the first time in your life
Cuz I've had enough, and I don't really need it
Had enough, and I don't really feel it
Had enough, but you really can't see it
I don't know what you want
You and your silly stomp
You shake your back for me
Then wish that you were dead
And every single time
You blow your silly mind
With more laughing glue
I don't know who you are
I don't see any proof
You got a filthy trick
Then get a filthy dick
And every time you wait
You have to masturbate
Oh, you know it well
Wait, don't stop!
And now I'm done with this
And it's so viscious
You criticize my view
Then criticize my 'tude
But there's just one thing
That I'm interested in,
Dog corn another me buy gonna I'm, Mama
(Mama, I'm gonna buy me another corn dog - only backwards)
Gone away
Who knows where you been
But you take all your lies
And wish them all away
I somehow doubt
We'll ever be the same
There's too much poison
And confusion on your face
Can you feel it?
I didn't mean it
Can I see you?
What are we doin'?
I think I love you
But I ain't sayin'
Nothin' you don't know
Hold on dreamaway
You're my sweet charade
Take your time
Move yourself to me
Yeah, I can take your lies
Until you fall away
You know I'm lost
Hiding in your bed
No, I don't think it's wrong
It's just gone to my head
Can you feel it?
I didn't mean it
Can I see you?
What are we doin'?
I think I love you
But I ain't sayin'
Nothin' you don't know
Hold on dreamaway
You're my sweet charade
Hey, whatcha do to me?
Would you come back to me?
Yeah, I can't do another day
I'm not certain of it anyway
I ain't messin' with another life
Can I get along without you?
Tell me the lies that you know I need
Hold on dreamaway
You're my sweet charade
Hold on dreamaway
You're my sweet charade
Hold on dreamaway
Do you know where you wanna go?
I ain't got time for you now
Do you think, that I'll ever be?
Cuz all I ever wanted's so far gone
And if I had my chance, I'd go along
You're makin' me fall down
I'm fallin' down again
I wish you could fall down
Can you catch me darling?
Do you see what you do to me?
You ain't got time for it now
Do you think, that I'll ever be?
Cuz all I ever wanted's so far gone
And if I had my chance, I'd go along
You're makin' me fall down
I'm falling down again
I wish you could fall down
Can you catch me darling?
Cuz all I ever wanted's so far gone
And if I had my chance, I'd go along
You're makin' me fall down
I'm falling down again
I wish you could fall down
Can you catch me darling, oh no
I'm home,
I'm home,
I'm home,
Oh, the storm is threatening
My very life today.
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
See the fire sweepin'
Our very streets today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Well, murder
It's just a shot away
Well, murder
It's just a shot away
Brother, sister
It's just a kiss away
Well, murder
Flat top intervention
Bringin' home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
A-sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
Just look at all the washed out Hippie dreams
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
The tabloid generation's lost
Choking on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street
A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as there's a victim on TV
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
And my dirty dreams all come alive on my TV screen
And assasination plots show me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, and who I'm supposed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
Early on the evening, just about suppertime
Over by the courthouse, they're startin' to unwind
Poor kids on the corner tryin' to bring you up
Willie picks a tune out and he knows they gonna start
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willie and the Poor Boys are playin'
Bring a nickel tap your feet
Johnny hits the washboard, people just gotta smile
Robby thumbs a gut-bass and solos for a while
Poor boy brings the rhythm on his kalamazoo
And Willie goes into a dance doubles on kazoo, hey!
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willie and the Poor Boys are playin'
Bring a nickel tap your feet
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willie and the Poor Boys are playin'
Bring a nickel tap your feet
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willie and the Poor Boys are playin'
Bring a nickel tap your feet
You don't need a penny just to hang around
But if you got a nickel won't ya lay your money down
Over on the corner there's a happy noise
People come from all around to watch the magic boy
Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willie and the Poor Boys are playin'
All our time has come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
(We can be like they are)
Come on baby
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby take my hand
(Don't fear the reaper)
We'll be able to fly
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby I'm your man
All our time has gone
Here but now it's gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity
(Romeo and Juliet)
Forty thousand men and women everyday
(Like Romeo and Juliet)
Forty thousand men and women everyday
(Redefine happiness)
Another forty thousand coming everyday
(We can be like they are)
Come on baby
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby take my hand
(Don't fear the reaper)
We'll be able to fly
(Don't fear the reaper)
You're cynical and beautiful
You always make a scene
You're monochrome delerious
You're nothing that you seem
I'm drownin' in your vanity
Your laugh is a disease
You're dirty and you're sweet
You know you're everything to me
Everything you are
Falls from the sky like a star
Everything you are
Whatever ever you are
I wanna kick at the machine
That made you piss away you dreams
Tear down your defenses
'Til there's nothing there but me
You're angry when you're beautiful
Your love is such a tease
I'm drowning in your dizzy noise
I wanna feel you scream
Everything you are
Falls from the sky like a star
Everything you are
Whatever ever you are
Everything you are
Falls from the sky like a star
Everything you are
Whatever ever you are
Everything you are
Whatever ever you are
Whatever ever you are
I don't remember
It doesn't ring a bell
And when you call me everything is swell
I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter cuz I feel so sad
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh, you're so distant
Nothing's come along, yeah
We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me, you'll find me home
I've found another, someone to take your place
Now if you don't mind, please get outta of my face
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh, you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah
Cuz, I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh, you're so distant
Said you're burnin' up inside, no one seems to tell
You're living from a personalized manual from hell
Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares
Said you had enough this time, cause time don't treat you well
You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallel
Life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
burnin' up inside and you hurt me!
Try to take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start
'Cause every word that left your lips is like a needle through my heart
And life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
burnin' up inside and you hurt my eyes
(cause you're burnin' up inside)
Hurt my eyes
(cause you're burnin' up inside)
Hurt my eyes
(cause you're burnin' up inside)
Said you're burnin' up inside and no one seems to tell
You're living from a personalized manual from hell
Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares
Said you had enough this time cuz time don't treat you well
You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallels
Life, it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
Burnin' up inside and you hurt me
(Really hurt me)
(Oh, you hurt me)
Try to take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start
Cuz every word that left your lips is like a needle through my heart
And life, it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
Burnin' up inside and you hurt my eyes
(Cuz you're burnin' up inside)
Hurt my eyes
(Cuz you're burnin' up inside)
Hurt my eyes
(Cuz you're burnin' up inside)
I wish I had a saxophone
I'd play the blues 'til you came home
With a little sadness in your eyes
Now that all my time was spent
In the walk your heaven sent
Thinking 'bout all the nights you cried
Had a certain passion
And I had silly dreams
A look of vicious actions
Don't close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Oh, don't close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
I wish I had a camera lens
To film the things my mind had said
Before they reached my mouth and got all bad
Looking at the skies of blue
All day long, I think of you
Even after all the shit we've been through
Had a certain passion
And I had silly dreams
A look of vicious actions
Don't close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Please don't close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Oh, don't close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Close your eyes to me
Don't close your eyes to me
Come on and show me
Just what you mean to me
Come on and show me
Your daily atrophy
Come on and show me
Just what I mean to you
Come on and show me
Just what you are
Come on and hold me
Just like you used to do
Come on and squeeze me
When I make love with you
Come on and show me
I picked out who you are
Come on and blame me
I like it now
Come on and stroke me
Just like you whip your bat
Come on and show me
I ain't seen nothing yet
Come on and show me
I don't know where I'll go
Come on and show me
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And designer love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cause everyone is forgiven now
Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
I need someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child who saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cause everyone is forgiven now
Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cause everyone is forgiven now
Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
Do you listen to yourself?
Never live for someone else
Do you like the way you feel?
Nothing hurts when no one's real
She wants to shake this scene
Yeah, she wants to shake with me
She's not looking for the holes in all their lies
I wanna bullet proof your soul
Would you like to lose control?
I won't let you fall until you tell me so
What are we?
(Whatcha wanna be?)
Everything
(That ya wanna be)
All I need
(Right in front of me)
I've know before
Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end?
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
Yeah, she wants to tear you down
And she leaves without a sound
It's like fallin' backwards into no one's arms
You're a bullet through my soul
And I'll never let you know
I won't let you fall until you let it go
What are we?
(Whatcha wanna be?)
Everything
(That ya wanna be)
All I need
(Right in front of me)
I've know before
Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end?
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end?
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
Should have listened when you called my name
Should have listened when you called my name
Baby's black balloon makes her fly
I almost fell into that hole in your life
And you're not thinking 'bout tomorrow
'Cause you were the same as me
But on your knees
A thousand other boys could never reach you
How could I have been the one?
I saw the world spin beneath you
And scatter like ice from the spoon
That was your womb
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone's prayer
You know the lies they always told you
And the love you never know
What's the things they never showed you
That swallow the light from the sun
Inside your room, yeah
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Always someone
And there's no time left for losin'
When you stand they fall
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
All because I'm
Comin' down the years turn over
And angels fall without you there
And I'll go on to bring you home and
All because I'm
All because I'm
And I'll become
What you became to me
Happy, smilin', cryin,
Outburst to my past.
I guess those stormy gray skies simply couldn't last.
And now I find myself a-tuggin' at your dress.
The fun of holdin' you down, or seein' you frown, is never gonna pass.
Somewhere there's a place a soul can never go,
Grey like stormy skies I hoped you didn't know.
All our postcards full of things I won't forget,
And now it's comin' down, that laughing clown is all I ever get.
Another second time around I've been runnin' from ya,
Another second time around.
Another second, one more second time I waited for ya,
Another second time around.
Couldn't help myself,
I felt like everything was gonna pass.
It was an awkward time,
I hoped it wouldn't, hoped it couldn't last.
And I didn't know exactly what to say,
'Bout the things you saw me do my evil way.
And I know you're lyin', cryin' in your bed,
Well I'm all tired out, so wired out, it's ringing in my head.
Another second time around I've been runnin' from ya,
Another second time around.
Another second, one more second time I waited for ya,
Another second time around.
Another second time around
I look outside my window,e verything was blanketed in white
The neighbors pushing cars out from snow that fell on us last night
Started thinking 'bout the things we used to do when we were young
Back when things were simple, getting up was fun
I couldn't care, cuz I'm already there
I'm already there, and I'm ready there
Turn around and face the clock
I sit and watch, as time went hoppin' by
I'm still growing up, my friends are growing old before my eyes
Count the stars above, wonder when the heavens will subside
Knowing our two worlds will someday just collide
I couldn't care, cuz I'm already there
I'm already there, and I'm ready there
Just a boy who's young at heart, his smile was a bit like yours today
Had a wife, a kid, some strife, never had to go astray
Happiness evolved, life was in full swing at 17
All the things he wanted were things he'd never seen
It don't seem fair, cuz I'm already there
Walking over the same ole grass
Trying to stay off the beaten path
I don't need to apologize
For the things I don't recognize
Artie, take a look at me
And I wanna think about all the little things
That piss you off about me
Hey there man
I'll take and scratch your cat
But I'll apologize for all the little things
That piss you off about me
Walking over the same ole ground
Thinking 'bout all the things we found
I don't wanna let it bring me down
I'm wantin' out of this dirty town
Artie, take a look at me
I might not wanna think of all the little things
That piss you off about me
Walking over the same ole grass
Trying to stay on the beaten path
I don't need to apologize
For the things I don't recognize
Walking over the same ole ground
Thinking 'bout all the things we found
I don't wanna let it bring me down
I'm wantin' out of this dirty town
You - you... no, no,
Don't do, don't do, don't do anything, anything irrational
Here's the starting line
Everytime you point your finger
Three more point right back at you
I'm not sayin' that there's something wrong with life
Cuz that's a sad excuse
And age old game of rat and mouse
Chasin' us from house to house
I'm not sayin' that there's something wrong with you
It's wrong with me as well
Are you alive?
Amigone
(Miracles gone wrong)
Is it too late to call and tell you to be strong?
Are you alive?
Amigone
(Miracles gone wrong)
Was the poison in our blood there all along?
Amigone
Heavenly intoxication
Love's been marred by medication
Ain't it funny how a life can take a turn
When the end is near
Are you alive?
Amigone
(Miracles gone wrong)
Is it too late to call and tell you to be strong?
Are you alive?
Amigone
(Miracles gone wrong)
Is it too late to face the truth that it was wrong?
Amigone
I'm not sayin' that it's nothin'
I ain't gonna play along
I ain't wishin' for a miracle
That miracle's gone wrong
And you're too strong
Are you alive?
Amigone
(Miracles gone wrong)
Is it too late to call and tell you to be strong?
Are you alive?
Amigone
(Miracles gone wrong)
Was the poison in our blood there all along?
(instrumental)
(No words to this excellent instrumental)
I feel so important today and I wish I didn't
I feel so important today and I wish I didn't
Daylight burns your sleepy eyes
And it's hard to see you dreaming
You hide inside yourself
I wonder what you're thinkin'
And everything you're chasing
It seems to leave you empty
And I won't take long to burn
All eyes on me
Through the nothing that you've learned
All eyes on me
And the things you choose to be
All eyes on me
But your eyes look away
It's so hard to be someone
Strung out from today
And all that you knew slips away
You drown in deeper oceans
Inventing new religions
They smile and stab my back and
I lie and have to laugh
And I won't take long to burn
All eyes on me
Through the nothing that you've learned
All eyes on me
And the things you choose to be
All eyes on me
But your eyes look away
It's so hard to be someone
Strung out from today
And all that you knew slips away
And you hide in your room
And the lights turn away
And you move from the truth
They painted up your secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knew
And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
No one's listening anyway
Your voice is small and fading
And you're hiding here alone
And your mother loves your father
Cuz she's got nowhere to go
And she wonders where these dreams go
Cuz the world got in her way
What's the point in ever trying
Nothing's changing anyway
They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anyway
And you know I see right through you
Cuz the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
You're not listening anyway
You need someone to hold you
You need somethin' that you ain't been getting
Yeah, I could be the one
To tell you what to do, but it don't mean nothing
And you're holding on forever
But that something just ain't true
I'm just like you
And I know
It's what I'd do
Here I go
Cuz I couldn't stop the world, cuz I loved you
I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to
I couldn't stop the world, and I won't
Cuz it ain't enough
You had another bad day
You let me know that you just can't take it
I've given up on you
You live in truth and I know I can't fake it
Cuz the stars you see on dirty sidewalks
And they ain't for wishin', ooh
They don't come true
And I know, it's what I'd do
Here I go
Cuz I couldn't stop the world, cuz I loved you
I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to
I couldn't stop the world, and I won't
Cuz it ain't enough
Am I too young for the world?
I'm not too young for the world
And I can't change for the world
(I don't need to stop the world)
'Cause I don't care for the world
(I'm too young, I'm too young)
I don't make sense to the world
(I don't need to stop the world)
I'm feeling so tired can't understand it
Just had a fortnights sleep
I'm feeling strong, oh, so distracted
Ain't touched a thing all week
I'm feeling drunk, yes I am, juiced up 'n' sloppy
Ain't touched a drink all night
I'm feeling hungry, can't see the reason
Just had a horse meat pie
Yeah, when you call my name
I salivate like a Pavlov dog
Yeah, when you lay me out
My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum
You got to mix it child
You got the fix, this must be love
It's a bitch
Yeah, you got to mix it child
You got the fix, this must be love
It's a bitch, alright
Sometimes I'm sexy, move like a stud
Kick with the girls all night
Sometimes I'm so shy, got to be worked on
Don't have no bark or bite
Yeah, when you call my name
I salivate like a Pavlov dog
Yeah, when you lay me out
My heart is pumping louder than a big bass drum, alright
You know what I want, baby
I said, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny,
Don't you know, I said
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny,
Don't you know
I didn't love you
All of the time
But now you left me
And it's a crime
Shanamama, I ain't beaten now
Shanamama, don't you know, I said
Shanamama, I ain't beaten now
Shanamama, don't you know
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny,
Don't you know, I said
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny, don't you know
I could've loved you
I didn't try
You made me happy
Yeah I tried so hard to make it
And then I watched it slip away
And the hardest thing to face
Is the silence and the space
The times I feel so empty throught the day
Can we make it through the darkness
Will we make it through the day
Calling out for you again
You always find my way
Calling out for you
You know you heal these empty days
And it's all because
You take me as I am
And it's all because
You take me as I am
you know I run to find the answer
But what I need to find is you
And I don't need anything
No, I don't need anything
Because I know
You always take me as I am
You know you get me through the darkness
You know you get me through the day
Calling out for you again
You always find my way
Calling out for you
You know you heal these empty days
And it's all because
You take me as I am
And it's all because
You take me as I am
Friday night, I just got back
Had my eyes shut, was dreamin' 'bout the past
I thought about you while the radio played
I shoulda got loaded, some reason I stayed
I started drifting to a different place
I realized I was fallin' off the face of the world
And there was nothing there to bring you back
Cuz you're a million miles away
A million miles away
And there's nothing there to bring you back today
Today, oh no
I took a ride way downtown
The streets were empty, there was no one around
I went to places that we used to go
Seen all the faces that we used to know
I'm at the wrong end of the looking-glass
I tried to hold onto the hand of the past and then you
And there's nothing there to bring you back
Cuz you're a million miles away
A million miles away
And there's nothing there to bring you back today
Today, oh no
Cuz you're a million miles away
A million miles away
You're just a million miles away
A million miles away
And there's nothing there to bring you back today
You ask me to come out
When the sun does shine
Gonna stay here with curtains drawn
In darkness you'll be mine
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Well welcome to my basement flat
No windows to see through
With darkness closing in, my friend
We both know what to do
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Come with me, you always say
To keep us both alive
Now everything has lasted here
Then I would survive
Let's wait for the blackout
The lights are too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
In darkness there is no sin
Light only brings in fear
There's nothing to corrupt the eyes
There is no vision here
At first you may find it strange
But do not go away
The darkness holds a power
That you won't find in the day
There is no vision here
There is no vision here
There is no vision here
There is no vision here
There is no vision here
Somewhere there's a culprit lowin'
Hard rain is gonna fall
While old man Dillion laughs at our song
Now I'm feelin' all alone
And I'm cold and bare as stone
But it just doesn't matter
I can't stand it
Gonna die alone
Can't understand it anyhow
Was a time I felt like dyin'
Now I'm glad that time is gone
Cuz tonight we're gonna live forever on
And when I wrote this down
I was drinkin' all alone
But it just doesn't matter
I can't stand it
Gonna die alone
Can't understand it anyhow
Lookin' for a place I know
Ain't been there for so long
And I gotta back there
I can't stand it
Gonna die alone
Can't understand it anyhow oh
I can't stand it
Gonna die alone
Can't understand it anyhow oh
The world spins 'round the secret lives
Of everyone that needs to hide (yeah, hide)
A cheap parade of endless lies
Filters through this lazy eye
And I don't believe in signs
No, I don't believe your lies
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Lose yourself in no one's life
Trapped in nowhere's empty light (oh, light)
Words like fists that tear you down
Crash before we hit the ground
And I don't believe in signs
No, I don't believe your lies
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
And I don't believe in signs
No, I don't believe your lies
No, I don't believe your lies
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Caught in the breakdown
Breakdown
'Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
By the color TV
Here asleep on the couch
All cozy and warm
With a dream for the light
Inside it's safe
On a cold Christmas night
Do You believe in him?
I don't know how long it's been
Do you believe in him?
All you got to do is let him in
All you got to do is let him in
'Twas the night before Christmas
And out on the street
Through the window the snow such a holiday treat
Outside the trees and the cars in the back
Are perfectly dressed for a wine when it's time
Do You believe in him?
I don't know how long it's been
Do you believe in him?
All you got to do is let him in
All you got to do is let him in
'Twas the night before Xmas
A man sleeps alone
Out in the cold cause he ain't got a home
Give him a hand, give him a share
Let's give him a smile
Instead of a stare
Do You believe in him?
I don't know how long it's been
Do you believe in him?
All you got to do is let him in
All you got to do is let him in
Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to?
You give me something I can hold on to
I know you think I'm like the others before
We saw your name and number on the wall
Jenny, I got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny, don't change your number
867-5309 (867-5309)
867-5309 (867-5309)
Jenny Jenny, you're the girl for me
You don't know me but you make me so happy
I tried to call you before, but I lost my nerve
I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed
Jenny, I got your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny, don't change yur number
867-5309 (867-5309)
867-5309 (867-5309)
I got it (I got it)
I got it
I got your number on the wall
I got it (I got it)
I got it
For a good time, for a good time call
Jenny, don't change your number
I need to make you mine
Jenny, I got your number
867-5309 (867-5309)
867-5309 (867-5309)
Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to? (867-5309)
For the price of a dime, I can always turn to you (867-5309)
867-5309 (867-5309)
867-5309 (867-5309)
867-5309 (867-5309)
I wandered through fiction to look for the truth
Buried beneath all the lies
And I stood at a distance to feel who you are
Hiding myself in your eyes
And hold on before it's too late
We'll run 'til we leave this behind
Don't fall, just be who you are
It's all that we need in our lives
And the risk that might break you
Is the one that would save
A life you don't live is still lost
So stand on the edge with me
Hold back your fear and see
Nothing is real 'til it's gone
And hold on before it's too late
We'll run 'til we leave this behind
Don't fall, just be who you are
It's all that we need in our lives
So live like you mean it
Love 'til you feel it
It's all that we need in our lives
So stand on the edge with me
Hold back your fear and see
Nothing is real 'til it's gone
Hold on before it's too late
We'll run 'til we leave this behind
Don't fall, just be who you are
It's all that we need in our lives
And hold on before it's too late
We'll run 'til we leave this behind
Don't fall, just be who you are
It's all that we need in our lives
It's all that we need in our lives
And through the fence I see a ghost
Of a place that used to breathe
You know it choked away the sun
But we still had food to eat
And now everyone is gone
To a place that won't be home
Can they keep their family strong?
Will they make it on their own?
And we'll be standing when you're gone
And we'll be heard again
We missed our chance but not for long
I know somehow we will hold on we'll be here
When you're gone
Then one day we realized
That they couldn't hear our voice
And it's so hard to understand
When it's caught up in the noise
But the ones who fight and die
Are the truth inside the lie
Now it's all built on our backs
And we struggle to survive
And we'll be standing when you're gone
And we'll be heard again
We missed our chance but not for long
I know somehow we will hold on we'll be here
You're likin' what I say
Guess I was afraid you'd run away now
I'm loyal like a stray
Never gonna turn and run away now
A passion junkie's fix is never satisfied
You're never gonna break his heart so have some fun abuse it
Strange Love
You're a Strange One
You washed away your yesterday
I saw you cleanin' up
A bucket full of doubts
And a little bit of power grabbin'
When it's all done
What are you gonna do
With you
A passion junkie's dog ain't got a collar on
He's never gonna break so go ahead and shake him
Strange Love
Breaks Us Down
Strange Love
Though nothing's gonna break us now
And you're actin' suprised
Oh, all of the time
Into your charms
Slips my life
Strange Love
Breaks Us Down
Strange Love
These streets
Turn me inside out
Everything shines
But leaves me empty still
I'll, I'll burn this lonely house down
If you run with me
If you run with me
And I'll stay with you
The walls will fall before we do
So take my hand now, we'll run forever
I can feel the storm inside you
I'll stay with you
Am I fooled by my own desires?
I twist my fate just to feel you
And you, you turn me toward the light
And you're one with me, will you run with me?
And I'll stay with you
The walls will fall before we do
So take my hand now, we'll run forever
I can feel the storm inside you
I'll stay with you
Now come in from this storm
And I taste you sweet and warm
Take what you need
Take what you need from me
Now wake up this world
Wake up tonight
And run to me
Run to me now
And I'll stay with you
The walls will fall before we do
So take my hand now
We'll run forever
I can feel the storm inside you
I'll stay with you
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
I feel it coming on again
Just like it did before
They fill your mind with boredom
And they lead you off to war
The way we treat each other
Really makes me feel ill
And if you're gonna fight
Then you're just dying to get killed
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
A box upon the media
And everything you read
They tell you your opinions
And they're very good indeed
I wanna destroy you
And when I have destroyed you
I'll come pickin' at your bones
And you won't have a single atom
Left to call your own
I wanna destroy you
I wanna destroy you
Wanna destroy you
Wanna destroy you
Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
See the man with the lonely eyes
Take his hand, you'll be suprised
So i'll give a little bit
I'll give a lttle bit of my life for you
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your time to me
Now's the time that we need to share
So send a smile, we're on our way back home
ooh yea yea
We gotta feel it
Yea yea yea yea...
Don't you need to feel at home
Ooo you gotta feel it
Yea you gotta want to
OO you gotta sing, we've come along way tonight
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
Now's the time we need to share
So send a smile, we're on our way back home
Yea come along too
Yea we gotta feel it
Cause i need to feel at home
Come along too
Such a long ride
oo come a long way
Such a long ride
Come a long way
You lie awake at night
With blue eyes that never cry
All you remember now
Is what you feel
The truth remains
In midnight conversations
I asked for this moment
But you turned away
Sad like a lonely child
Broken the day you're born
I held the light to you
But I was so vain
And you remain
A promise unfulfilled
I ask you for more
But you push me away
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside
Everything means more now than
Words could explain
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside us
Looking for something more to say
I don't know where I'm going
Only know where I been
But you move through my soul like a hurricane wind
We've been so lost for so long
I don't know how to get back again
And we're drowning in the water
That flows under this bridge
When you're fighting the current
You forget how to live
And I wanted to reach you but I don't know where to begin
And you remain
A promise unfulfilled until today
And if we feel the silence
Holding this all inside
Everything means more now than
Words could explain
And if we feel the silence
Leaving this all behind us
When it's gone what will you say
How do we hold on
How do we hold on
How do we hold on
How do we hold on
How do we hold on
You lie awake at night
You said you'd light a candle
And you'd say a prayer for me
I feel the light has dimmed and gone
Half the world is begging
While the other half steals
Where did everything go wrong?
Some days I can't believe
Others, I'm on my knees
Trying to be heard
I was your anger
And you were my fear
Now that it's over
Of course it's so clear
But you were no angel
And I was no sin
Somehow I can't let it go
I can't let it go
And half the world is sleeping
While the other half dreams
You close your eyes
And then you're gone
And maybe my intentions
Have been misunderstood
I know you feel so beautifully wronged
Some days I can't believe
Others, I'm on my knees
Hoping I belong
I was your anger
And you were my fear
Now that it's over
Of course it's so clear
But you were no angel
And I was no sin
Somehow I can't let it go
I can't let it go
And laughter is my soul's release
But we're not smiling anymore
And can't we try to win this peace?
'Cause we're never gonna win
Never gonna win this war
I was your anger
And you were my fear
Now that it's over
Of course it's so clear
But you were no angel
And I was no sin
Somehow I can't let it go
There's so much more about you that you never let them see
You turn away
But not to me
And I know how they tried to take you
Held you up and meant to break you down
But you can't be
For so long I tried to reach you
I know I'm almost there
I'm close enough for you to see
You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
Let me remind you
The light doesn't blind you at all
It just helps you see
Can you see
Yeah you have become
Yeah you have become beautiful
And I can't be the stranger
That's been sleeping in your bed just
Turn around and come to me
I feel all the pain inside
And everything you been denied you feel
It's all you feel
You've been hiding in the shadows
Have you forgotten how we used to dream
Let me remind you
The light doesn't blind you at all
It helps you see
Can you see
Yeah you have become
Yeah you have become beautiful
Yeah you have become
Yeah you have become beautiful
Brush back your hair and look around you
Feeling like the truth has found you here
You're here with me
Let love become the mirror
With no fear where you're from
I've got no politics, no influential friend or two
I've got ideas, but it's nothin' I picked up at school
I might be running, but I'm never running back to you
And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply
And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie
I had to wait so long that weeks and months that passed me by
You've got no power and my situation don't apply
You ask me how I am, I lie and say I'm doing fine
And with your sugar-sweetend alibis, there was a truth I never knew
And all the attitude you gave me, it's coming back to you
String of lies, it's always compromise with you
String of lies, you know there's nothing left to do
String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you
And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply
And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie
String of lies, we always compromise for you
String of lies, you know there's nothing left to do
String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you
String of lies, we always compromise for you
He burned down the house one night
He had a loaded six-pack gun
He said that Jesus Christ was just like a cop
You know, you never know when they'll come
She said every day above ground was another dream come true
He said I'd hang and swap clichés all night
But I'm not in love with you
And I never got serious
'Til everything went black
And I ain't so curious
That I'm ever going back
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
He said, man you want to be Elvis
I said I ain't dying face down
He said you gotta die facing up in the world
Cuz there's too many holes around
He asked what was wrong with me
He said I looked like a Hollywood girl
I said that Hollywood can fall into the ocean, man
Cuz it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world, and
And I never got serious
'Til everything went black
And I ain't so curious
That I'm ever going back
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie
On the lie, he was
On the lie
On the lie, she was
On the lie
On the lie, he was
On the lie
If I could walk a straight mile
And could write it down in shorthand, I could show you
If you want me to
And if I had an hourglass
I'd save the grains of time I spent with you
That's what I'd do
But I remember
You always said it could be great
And I knew it could be
Well there's a way you look at things
That no one needs to know but you
And you'd shout it with me
Like every time the leaves would fall
You promised me that they'd be back again
And I believed in you
You always said it could be great
But I hadn't time to waste
Now it seems that I've gone too far
As bright as you are, don't get burned by your lucky star
Bright as you are, don't get burned by your lucky star
Written down in hard bound books
The way things used to be, they ain't for me
I'd swear they're all for you
We said sugar, Gramps said shoot
Her momma said shit, I don't know what she'll do
As if it's up to you
But I remember
You always said it could be great
But I hadn't time to waste
Now it seems that I've gone too far
As bright as you are, don't get burned by your lucky star
Bright as you are, don't get burned by your lucky star
Your lucky star will burn out
Your lucky star can turn you 'round
Your lucky star will burn out
Your lucky star can turn you 'round
Turn you 'round, turn you 'round, turn you 'round
I called you up all night 'til mornin'
Left my house by noon today (and I saw you standing there)
No one spoke but we both listened
Heard every word you didn't say
And the sun shines all around us
Smells like summer's on the way (and I saw you standing there)
Tell the story of a lifetime
Tomorrow brings a brand new day
Don't worry 'bout today (and the words that you said)
Don't worry 'bout today (shake the world from your head)
Least for a while
You see, the days keep getting longer
But my nights seem longer still (and my TV's off the air)
Watching repeats on my ceiling
Another hour left to kill
Don't worry 'bout today (and the words that you said)
Don't worry 'bout today (shake the world from your head)
If you never had it then
You don't know how bad it is
There is nothing like it, well
Needless talk, then, I can tell but
Here comes the day I sit and wait... (Dominoes are falling still)
Oh, it's always something
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running... (As I know they always will)
Now I'm bummin' home again
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way... (Dominoes, a test of will)
Just sit and wait
Always ponderin' my fate too late... (Dominoes)
And then the day goes
I bought them from you yesterday
Little buts til you ask me
No one minds, I can tell
Seems I've hid the ones you shall, but
Here comes the day I sit and wait... (Dominoes are falling still)
Oh, it's always something
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running... (As I know they always will)
Now I'm bummin' home again
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way... (Dominoes, a test of will)
Just sit and wait
Always ponderin' my fate too late... (Dominoes)
And then the day goes
Dominoes are falling still... (Oh, every day)
As I know they always will... (I sit and wait)
Dominoes, a test of will... (That's why I'm pondering my fate too late)
I ain't got no outfits to pick and choose
So I really ain't got that much to lose
Picture's gettin' fuzzy and it's stuck on channel three
And the whole thing's lookin' pretty silly to me
Fifty thousand more and I'm out of the red
Heavy metal thrash band, it's all a bunch of shit
People tryin' to name me while I'm tryin' to do my bit
I ain't got the patience or the time to waste
Call me a rock star, you can spit in my face
Gonna take a horse to drag me outta my bed
I'd rather hang with drunks than hang out with myself
Well, the booze is over there, take a glass off the shelf
If you ain't had enough by tomorrow at noon
We're gonna place a call to the boneyard crew
Went to sleep at home and woke up in a shed
I'm on a mission, baby,
I'm not hearin' what you're sayin'
Stop preaching at me now
I'm not a revelation,
Superstar or new sensation
I'm just hidin' away my frowns
Oh no
We don't see eye to eye
On your side
I'm on your side
With a smile and a sigh
On your side
I'm on your side
Five a.m. I shut my eyes
Then my worries tranquilized
Don't think the morning comes too soon
If I don't see the morning,
That's okay, they're pretty boring
See you tomorrow afternoon
Oh no
We don't see eye to eye
On your side
I'm on your side
With a smile and a sigh
On your side
I'm on your side
We don't see eye to eye
On your side
I'm on your side
With a smile and a sigh
On your side
I'm on your side
You're livin' in a trailer
Friends all think that you're a failure
But are you thinkin' for yourself?
You read the Sunday paper
Wife's pissed off cuz you ain't laid her
Rolling pennies for your wealth
Me too
We don't see eye to eye
On your side
I'm on your side
With a smile and a sigh
On your side
I'm on your side
We don't see eye to eye
On your side
I'm on your side
With a smile and a sigh
On your side
I'm on your side
We don't see eye to eye
On your side
I'm on your side
With a smile and a sigh
On your side
1... 2... 1, 2, 3, 4!
I've been around...And I realize it's always the same
All the time...And I realize it's all been unchanged
What I find...And you realize there's no one home
There's no way out...When you realize you're all alone
Some say, there's no way out
Here today, there's no way out
Every time I'm walking down by Delaware Park
You rarely hold my hand when it's after dark
And all of the places that we go and the things that we have seen
There's no way out
There's no way out
Some say...And you realized that time goes by
And I'm still in the way...And you realized you're still alive
Alive today...And you realize you're not gonna die
Ever the same...And you realize the sun goes by
Some say, there's no way out
Here today, there's no way out
Every time I come a-knockin' at your door
You tell me to turn away, pal you're too poor
I ain't a rich boy, I've heard about all that
All the places that I go it's ching ching ching
There's no way out
There's no way out
And I realize it's always the same
And I realize it's all been unchanged
And you realize there's no one home
When you realize you're all alone
(screaming throughout the above phrase)
Every time I'm waiting for you in the rain
My mom says our love is sunk in a God damn vein
I stand around and I think it's gonna work
But you look at me like I'm a jerk, oh!
There's no way out
There's no way out
There's no way out
One to many times I've seen you in a frown
You hold your head down in despair
Oh, but, the time is now you wear that frown
Cause you'll never see me again
Fortune, misfortune
Oh, such a distortion
Fortune, misfortune
Oh, such a distortion
You keep on reaching for those things you just can't keep
You keep on searching for some more
Oh, but I know, in this what you stole, you are so greedy
You bet your stealin' like before
Fortune, misfortune
Fortune, misfortune
Oh, such a distortion
Fortune, misfortune
Stranger than your sympathy
And this is my apology
I killed myself from the inside out
And all my fears have pushed you out
And I wished for things that I don't need
(All I wanted)
And what I chased won't set me free
(It's all I wanted)
And I get scared but I'm not crawlin' on my knees
Oh, yeah
Every thing's all wrong, yeah
Every thing's all wrong, yeah
Where the hell did I think I was?
And stranger than your sympathy
Take these things, so I don't feel
I'm killing myself from the inside out
And now my head's been filled with doubt
We're taught to lead the life you choose
(All I wanted)
You know your love's run out on you
(All I wanted)
And you can't see when all your dreams aren't coming true
Oh, yeah
It's easy to forget, yeah
When you choke on the regrets, yeah
Who the hell did I think I was?
And stranger than your sympathy
And all these thoughts you stole from me
And I'm not sure where I belong
And nowhere's home and no more wrong
And I was in love with things I tried to make you believe I was
And I wouldn't be the one to kneel before the dreams I wanted
And all the dark and all the lies were all the empty things
Disguised as me
Mmm, yeah
Stranger than your sympathy
Stranger than your sympathy
Yeah, it's Saturday night
Will I see you around?
I'm comin' to life
Didn't take a long, long time
Still where she was comin' from
Well, she took the long way around
And I've only come this far
Now, nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
Can you tell me things that you're dreaming of?
Stop fallin' in love
With everything that lets you down
There's someone above
And I know she wears glasses
Sometimes she says it helps her mood
I see her in the long ride home
I guess I never spoke too soon
Now, nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
Can you tell me things that you're dreaming of?
You don't wanna get left behind
You wanna find some piece of mind
You say it takes a long time there
She was there, she was in the crowd
You went rollin' along
When everybody wants to ride
Now Joe's never home
Nothing at the tableside
Where everything is chained to you know that
You're wakin' up to die inside
Now there's nowhere left to go
Now nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
And you tell me things that you love
Now nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?
You give me something I can hold on to
I know you think I'm like the others before
Who saw your name and number on the wall
Yeah, sing it
Jenny, I got your number
need to make you mine
Jenny, don't change your number
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
Jenny, Jenny, you're the girl for me (Woo! Sing it!)
You don't know me, but you make me so
happy!
I tried to call you before but I lost my nerve (short-term memory loss)
I tried my imagination, but someone kept knockin' on the bathroom door
(I'm washin' my hands!)
Jenny -
- I'll be out in a minute!
I - What are you doing in there? Nothing!
Jenny, don't change your number
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
Break it down!
I got it (Got it, got it)
I got your number on the wall
I got it (got it)
For a good time
For a good time call
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
867-5309
a-5309!
867-5309
Press *69!
867-5309
I'm standing here on the ground
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil, in all direction
Resolution of happiness
Things have been dark for too long
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing
For me
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing
For me
I'm found in love I had lost
It had been gone for too long
Hear no evil, in all directions
Execution of bitterness
Message received loud and clear
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing
For me
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing
For me
I'm standing here on the ground
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil, in all directions
Resolution of happiness
Things have been dark for too long
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing
For me
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing
For me
Don't change
Ecstasy is all you need
Livin' in the big machine now
Oh, you're so vain
Now your world is way too fast
Nothin's real and nothin' lasts
And I'm aware
I'm in love but you don't care
Turn your anger into lust
I'm still here, but you don't trust at all
And I'll be waitin'
Love and sex and loneliness
Take what's yours and leave the rest
So I'll survive
God, it's good to be alive
I'm torn in pieces
I'm blind and waitin' for
My heart is reelin'
I'm blind and waitin' for you
Still in love with all your sins
Where you stop and I'll begin
And I'll, I'll be waitin'
Livin' like a house on fire
What's you fear is your desire
It's hard to deal
I still love the way you feel
Now this angry little girl
Drownin' in this petty world
And I'm, who you run to
Swallow all your bitter pills
That's what makes you beautiful
You're all or not
I don't need what you ain't got
I'm torn in pieces
I'm blind and waitin' for
My heart is reelin'
I'm blind and waitin' for you
I'm blind and waitin' for you
I'm blind and waitin' for you
And I can't believe it's comin' true
God, it's good to be alive
I'm still here an' waitin' for you
And I can't believe it's comin' true
A thousand words, but none were spoken
Guess there's nothing left to say
Another dream just got broken
Guess things just turn out that way, yeah
I want you to love me
Want you to know I'm just like you
Just like you
A thousand words were spoken
Another dream, another day, yeah
I want you to feel me
Want you to feel like I do
Like I do
A thousand words were spoken
Guess there's nothing left to say, yeah
Brand new Goo Goo Dolls!
See me in a different light
I think it'll be okay
Why are you so blind that you
Can only see today
See me in a different space
That you'd expect to see
Then maybe you'd be taken in by
Everything close to me
See me with a different face
That I've had in my past
Criticize the other jerks
Who make this madness last
See me in a different light
See me in a different light
(You're so blind)
See me in a different light
(You're so blind)
See me in a different light
(You're so blind)
See me in a different light
See me in a different light
(You're so blind)
See me in a different light
(You're so blind)
See me in a different light
Reach
For higher ground
About the way you look
The way you scream out loud
Mine
Just like the last time
It's all the same to me
She said
Let's pretend
My January friend
I'm wanting you again
I wanna touch ya
Every single heart that beats pretend
My January friend
I'm wanting you again
I wanna touch ya
Every single heart that beats
Don't cry out loud
You've gotta bear your cross but never dream too loud
And you're tied
Tied to the next time
You realize
Your crimes
Let's pretend
My January friend
I'm wanting you again
I wanna touch ya
Every single heart that beats pretend
My January friend
I'm wanting you again
I wanna touch ya
Every single heart that beats
Time stood still Monday morning, yeah
Showed me what I had to see
It's not the way I thought it to be, oh yeah
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
And every heart that beats pretend
My January friend
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
You're my January friend
And I've had to fight
Another blurred affair tonight
Eyelids wrestle once again
Never gonna see my friend
Guided by the blinding white
Have you left home in spite
From knowing I'm alone tonight
Waiting for the light of day
Doesn't matter anyway
Something that I need to say
And I've gone underground
I'm never hangin' 'round
Should've made it back again
Why can't the moon stay full forever?
Wednesday's bad but Friday's ain't much better
(Someone's hell)
Why can't the moon stay full forever?
Right now she's got nothin' on her mind
Will this neverland
Free me from its clutching hand
It won't release me
And I've gone underground
Obsessions I have found
Couldn't make it back again
Why can't the moon stay full forever?
Wednesday's bad but Friday's ain't much better
(Someone's hell)
Why can't the moon stay full forever?
Extra pale
Oh, you're frail now
I couldn't laugh about it
Tragedy sets you free, but
I should have known it from the start
I should have known that it was
Just another sequel
Just another reason for you
How's your day
Did it go your way but
You never ask about it
All the things I wish I'd be
I should have known it from the start
I should have known that it was
Just another sequel
Just another reason for you
Just another sequel
Just another reason for your sighs
Extra pale
Oh, you're frail now
I couldn't laugh about it
Tragedy sets you free, but
I should have known that it was
Just another sequel
Just another reason for you
Just another sequel
Do you listen to yourself?
Never live for someone else
Do you like the way you feel?
Nothing hurts when no one's real
She wants to shake this scene
Yeah, she wants to shake with me
She's not looking for the holes in all their lies
I wanna bullet proof your soul
Would you like to lose control?
I won't let you fall until you tell me so
What are we?
(Whatcha wanna be?)
Everything
(That ya wanna be)
All I need
(Right in front of me)
I've know before
Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end?
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
Yeah, she wants to tear you down
And she leaves without a sound
It's like fallin' backwards into no one's arms
You're a bullet through my soul
And I'll never let you know
I won't let you fall until you let it go
What are we?
(Whatcha wanna be?)
Everything
(That ya wanna be)
All I need
(Right in front of me)
I've know before
Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end?
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
Would you come my way
Or did you burn out to the end?
Would you come my way
Should have listened when you called my name
Should have listened when you called my name
Baby's black balloon makes her fly
I almost fell into that hole in your life
And you're not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Cuz you were the same as me
But on your knees
A thousand other boys could never reach you
How could I have been the one?
I saw the world spin beneath you
And scatter like ice from the spoon that was your womb
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone's prayer?
You know the lies they always told you
And the love you never knew
What's the things they never showed you
That swallow the light from the sun inside your room, yeah
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Always someone there
And there's no time left for losin'
When you stand they fall, yeah
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
All because I'm
Comin' down the years turn over
And angels fall without you there
And I'll go on and I'll lead you home and
All because I'm
All because I'm
And I'll become
Could you talk to me
Honestly
Cuz I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean
Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made-for-TV movie
And I just blew my line
Someday you never made it Maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now, ain't that unusual?
Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared, now
Now what's that supposed to mean?
I'm burned out on some empty reasons
Another waste of time
It's somethin' that I wish I'd said
But I don't think it'd rhyme
Someday you never made it
Maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Now, ain't that unusual?
See I'd love to be you
At least then I'd see you
Sorry I put them words in your mouth
But you wouldn't talk to me
You're everything I want and haven't got
I'm sick of everything I'm not
Put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezing in the corner of my mind
Someday you never made it
Maybe you never will
Hey, you never made it
Well you play your part so easily
You fooled yourself again
With your lipstick smeared
Across some face
You'll never see again
And I sat there in the corner
Working back my memories
And I wondered if the time would come
You'd get around to me
Living the sweetest lie
Living the sweetest lie
Well you made me feel electric
Every moment that we shared
But the lights went when I realized
You never even cared
So I picked myself back up
I didn't know where I had been
And the thing
That makes it seem so wrong
Is I want you back again
Living the sweetest lie
Yeah c'mon baby give me love
Living the sweetest lie
Oh c'mon baby give me love
You know you'll never be taken
Your love will never be taken, no
And are you tired of waking
Are you tired of waking alone
Living the sweetest lie
Yeah c'mon baby give me love
Living the sweetest lie
I'll open up my head awhile
Its been dead for years
Must've been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness
The other for my health
The last is something bigger than myself
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
And nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers who try and fill your shoes
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
Little pictures in my head, turnin' inside-out again
Cuz fuckin' up takes practice, I feel I'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the future's even worse
Tell me what you fear cuz I can feel it like a curse
Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin' from a rope singer
I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one
It's been a long, dark, lonely hall
Between the cracks, I can read the scrawl
It's written down in a crooked rhyme
You sold me out before my time, you know
But since then I been back down to the end
I can't believe the things you never said
I can't explain the words I never found
My whole world should come crashing down, you know
But you can't sell me out with everything you think about
I think back now I draw a blank, you know but
There ain't no need to dig the past, you know but
I don't wanna live my life in a day
I ain't got no need for this plastic cage
Cuz you don't think about anything I think about
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
But now you know for sure you're alive
Because you, you watched me leave before your eyes, you know I
I'm afraid to say your name, but I
I ain't afraid to share this blame because
You can't sell me out with everything you think about
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
It's been a long, dark, lonely hall
Between the cracks, I can read the scrawl
Find a place that feels like home, you know
And get some clue to where I'm going, you know but
You don't think about anything I think about
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean, oh no
You know what I mean, oh
You know what I mean, oh no
Your love's a gathered storm I chased across the sky
A moment in your arms became the reason why
And you're still the only light that fills the emptiness
The only one I need until my dying breath
And I would give you everything just to
Feel your open arms
And I'm not sure I believe anything I feel
And now, now that you're near
There's nothing more without you
Without you here
And I'm trying to believe
In things that I don't know
The turning of the world
The color of your soul
That love could kill the pain
Truth is never vain
It turns strangers into lovers
And enemies to brothers
Just say you understand
I never had this planned
And now, now that you're near
There's nothing more without you
Without you here
Without you here
There's nothing more without you
Without you here
My head lies to my heart
And my heart it still believes
It seems the ones who love us are the ones
That we deceive
But you're changing everything
You're changing everything in me
And now, now that you're near
There's nothing more without you
What do you need from me tonight?
I feel you look right through me now
I can't pretend it's all right
Maybe we'll find a way somehow
Why do we need to turn it on?
Why does it always feel so wrong?
What do you need from me tonight?
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
Fear makes you fragile darlin'
Hate is so heavy when you're weak
Now we're both lost in anger
When we're alone we'll find some peace
Why do we need to turn it on?
Why does it always seem so wrong?
What do you need from me tonight?
The truth is so complicated now
You feel so free to say
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
Why do we need to turn it on?
Why does it always seem so wrong?
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
You're wrong, you're wrong
Why do we need to turn it on?
It's a beautiful day, I heard everybody say
The sun shines down for all of us
Just the same, you know I like the rain
That ain't so obvious
It's a beautiful sight, I guess everybody's right
This day belongs to all of us
Even still, I like mine with a chill
That ain't so obvious
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
It's a beautiful life, and I've got it in my sights
And that ain't for all of us
It's a beautiful sound
When my life comes crashin' down
That ain't so obvious
It's a beautiful sin, and I'm doin' it again
And that ain't for all of us
It's a beautiful life, and I've got it in my sights
Ain't that so obvious?
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
There's no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
With no reason why
We are the normal
We live and we die
And the guy across the street
I hung your picture on the wall
But that's all it is
I break my fingers to make a call
But that's all it is
I know you're livin' way out west
But I don't think that I confessed
Everything I feel
You say you got no faith in things that you can't see
Well, I'm sorry I ain't there with you, but you ain't here with me
And I'm down in all my fears
I ain't cryin' no tears over you
Cuz everything's wrong
But it's alright
Everything's wrong
Well, it's alright
You said that this is crazy, you're half a world away
Well, I'm sittin' here and thinkin', but I didn't know what to say
So I said something I can't touch, I always want way too much anyways
Cuz everything's wrong
But it's alright
Everything's wrong
Well, it's alright
I hung your picture on the wall, but that's all it is
I break my fingers to make a call, but that's all it is
I know you're livin' way out west, don't get me wrong
Truth is a whisper only a choice
Nobody hears above this noise
To the ??
There's always a risk when you try to believe
In this ??
I know that there's so much more than me
Yeah
Yeah, you're caught in the rules of the world
It's a just a promise no one ever keeps
Now it's changing while you sleep
There's no one here can see
(You know all I am)
Feel the smoldering
(You know all I am)
Can you teach me to believe in something
Sometimes you choke on the smell just to breathe
I need to question what I need
Living in the silence that beats through the mind
Still you forget what you deny
Yeah
Now you're caught in the rules of the world
It's a just a promise no one ever keeps
And now it's changing in your sleep
There's no one here can see
(You know all I am)
Feel the smoldering
(You know all I am)
Can you teach me to believe in something
There's a wall to answer to
Do you listen when it speaks
Orders everything for you
And do you find it hard to sleep
Or is it easy on your own
Will you ever find some peace
Before you're gone
(You know all I am)
Feel the smoldering
(You know all I am)
I called you up 10 years too late
Just to hear your voice again
And though your voice is still the same
I know that something's changed
My words are choked and full of tears
But still you listen to me dear
And someone's calling you away
And now I understand
The time that I've wasted
So bitter and faithless
Is wearing me down now
Down now
Can you hear me?
Would you sing along
Or turn me down
Forget I ever wrote this for you
Can you hear me?
Or has it been too long
You know that I was wrong
And this is still your song
I turned it on and off again
And now I lost another friend
Who waded through my darkest thoughts
When I was sure to drown
And now I pass you on my way
And if you stopped what could I say
Apologies for yesterday
Like a fool I walked away
The time that I've wasted
So bitter and faithless
Is wearing me down now
Down now
Can you hear me?
Would you sing along
Or turn me down
Forget I ever wrote this for you
Can you hear me?
Or has it been too long
You know that I was wrong
And this is still your song
All I understand
We're here and gone again
Moving through a thousand
Sleepless nights
I filled the page with my beliefs
It's all I have to keep
Tear it up and start again
Repeat Chorus
I don't pretend to understand
All the things I put you through
And I don't need forgiveness
But I owe one thing to you
And this is your song
When you came back I knew you'd have a story.
You need someone to ease the pain of living life.
You're like a soldier in the fray, seeking shelter
from all the madness that you've seen raining down now.
I know things change, your world has slipped away.
I know things change, but you're living like a soldier
who's caught in the fray.
Don't lose your faith,
it's not so cold,
it's not too late.
When you were naive you were so invincible,
and you laughed at anyone and anything that ever got in your way.
But now the mirror shows the change and you don't see that
you're sinking back into the crowd, an echo fading.
I know things change, your world has slipped away.
I know things change, but you're living like a soldier
who's caught in the fray.
Don't lose your faith,
it's not so cold,
it's not too late
And I never thought I'd see
you living on your knees,
A slave to some disease
that holds you captive.
And you can look inside of me
but the answers that you seek
and everything you need
is all inside you.
I know things change, your world has slipped away.
I know things change, but you're living like a soldier
who's caught in the fray.
Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
Nothing's different now, but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
Your optimistic views, your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome, we all had a laugh about it
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long
Oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
Nothing's different now, but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long
Oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Oh so long
Oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
I gotta get back to where I belong
Long
Oh so long
Oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
So long
Oh so long
Oh so long
Could you whisper in my ear
The things you wanna feel
I'd give you anythin'
To feel it comin'
Do you wake up on your own?
And wonder where you are
You live with all your faults
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all
So why don't you slide
Yeah I'm gonna let it slide
Don't you love the life you killed
The priest is on the phone
Your father hit the wall
Your ma disowned you
Don't supposed I'll ever know
What it means to be a man
Somethin' I can't change
I'll live around it
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all
So why don't you slide
Slide
And I'll do anythin'
You ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
Oh May
Put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful
Oh May
Do you wanna get married
Or run away?
And I'll do anythin'
You ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
Oh May
Put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful
Oh May
Do you wanna get married
Or run away?
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all
And I'll do anythin'
You ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
And I'll do anythin'
You ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
Yeah, slide between the sheet
Of all the beds you never knew
Why don't you slide into my room
Just slide into my room
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
For sixteen years, she's been hangin' around
Tryin' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well, I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours
Don't save me when I startin' to drown
Don't use me when you don't want me around
Just be my slave girl, cuz that's all I need
So take a little step back to the stone age with me
Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in my bed
I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head
I look around tried to see through my hair
You left me alone, but do you think I care?
Cuz you moved me when I was takin' my time
You abused me when I'm outta line
You tried to warn me of the danger sign
So watch out!
Well, you got me in the bondage of another age
You drive me to distraction in a primitive way
I can't control my instincts when I hear her say
Just come around and see me if you lose your way
So join my chain gang, play along with me
I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
God, you still amaze me
When you speak to me that way
Oh, the sound of your voice
The look in your eyes
You stand there in your grace
You told me that the scars you bear
Are beautiful and real
Oh, so turn the lights back on again
I wanna see the things you feel
And we've got one night
To let the whole world know
Just how perfect we can be
Just close your eyes and then you'll see
We've got one night
To let the whole world know
Forget about the falling stars
Tonight we'll show them who we are, we are
I feel it when you're near me
And I know when you're not there
Oh, we're numb on the edge and so alone
And no one seems to care
But you reach out and pull me back
And love me 'til I'm free
All the joy in my life I feel like
I've lost you, see inside of me
And we've got one night
To let the whole world know
Just how perfect we can be
Just close your eyes and then you'll see
We've got one night
To let the whole world know
Forget about the falling stars
Tonight we'll show them who we are, we are
Your life's a song, I'll sing
And it doesn't matter anymore
If anyone is listening to me
'Cause you move like light
And you send all to me
You tend to pull me through my life
We've got one night
To let the whole world know
Just how perfect we can be
Just close your eyes and then you'll see
We've got one night
To let the whole world know
Forget about the falling stars
Tonight we'll show them who we are, we are
Oh, we are, yeah, we are
Oh we are
(Tonight we'll show them who we are)
We are, oh, we are, yeah, we are
Oh, we are
Take time to try and find a lightThat shines behind your eyes tonightI found a deep dark place inside
There's more to both of youThan anyone's expecting here tonightWish I could make that right, well
They covered up your eyesThey never gave youNothing more than pain
Now I hear, yeah, I hearYou're throwing it all awayNow I hear, yeah, I hearYou're throwing it all away
Don't make a soundWe stayed awayFrom all the static on the lineI guess we never stopped to shine
I'd cry aloud if I rememberAll the mess I'd left behindBut then I had to lie and
They covered up your eyesThey never gave you nothing more than painOh, I come around for you, I know'Cause I'm feeling the same way
Now I hear, yeah, I hearYou're throwing it all awayNow I hear, yeah, I hearYou're throwing it all away
Now I hear, yeah, I hearYou showed us all the wayNow I hear, yeah, I hearYou showed us all the way
Hey anybody in this world
Can you talk to me awhile
Find a reason for it all
'Cause I keep looking backwards
To a place I've never been
To a home that never was
It's like I'm losing it again
And it takes so long to say these words
Can you wait that long for me
Hey nothing is real
It's all what you believe
Something you dream inside your head
You know how I feel
Because it's just you and me
Something I need to call my own
To feel and call my own
Dark inside this empty room
And I'm waiting for the sun
To come to me
Someday I'm gonna get this right
Gonna find a better way
Wanna lead another life
I wanted to let you know me
But I'm trapped inside the fear
And I never said a word
Though you always seemed to hear
When I take so long
To say these words
Yeah you wait so long for me
Hey nothing is real
It's all what you believe
Something you dream inside your head
You know how I feel
Because it's just you and me
Something I need to call my own
All I waited for was a chance to make you understand
And tell you these forgotten truths you never thought were real
And if the world should turn its back, you know that I'm still here
Time won't ever steal my soul, we're not broken
So please come home
Morning comes and life moves on
And when it changed you didn't know you belong
And I'll still catch you when you fall through a past that steals your sleep
And scroll these words upon your wall remind you to believe
Time won't ever steal my soul, we're not broken
So please come home
And if the world has worn you down I'll be waiting
So please come home
I won't let them break you down and I won't hear the empty sounds
I'm hopelessly pretending that I know the answer
Angel's light and neon fires that burn so cold through your desires
And all you are is all I need to know
When the world is insane
You get used to the pain and you don't even know what you feel
And I am like you, all alone and confused
But you know it's not forever
Time won't ever steal my soul and we're not broken
So please come home
And if the world has worn you down I'll be waiting
It was only last June when her old man ran away
She couldn't stop cryin', she knew he was gone to stay
Ten thirty five on a lonely Friday night
She was standin' by the fire, uh, she was lookin' alright
I asked her if she wanted to dance and she said
All she wanted was a good man who wanted to know if I thought I was qualified
I said, baby, don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
I may be qualified for a one night stand
But I can never take the place of your man
It hurt me so bad when I saw the tears in her eyes
She was all he ever wanted and now she wanted to die
He left her with a baby and another one on the way
She couldn't stop cryin' she knew he was gone to stay
She asked me if we couldn't be friends and I said
Oh, honey baby, that's okay you know and I know, know, know you wouldn't be satisfied
I said, baby, don't waste your time
And I know what's on your mind
I may be qualified for a one night stand
But I could never take the place of your man
I may be qualified for a one night stand
But I could never take the place of your man
I may be qualified for a one night stand
But I could never take the place of your man
La la la oh oh woah
Never take the place of your man
That's all I need, girl
Is a one night, one night, one night stand
I don't wanna be like a steak in your mind
Oh, girl, if you need a friend I'm there by your side
Sha la la la, sha la la
You wait, wanting this world
To let you in
And you stand there
A frozen light
In dark and empty streets
You smile hiding behind
A God-given face
But I know you're so much more
Everything they ignore
Is all that I need to see
You're the only one I ever believed in
The answer that could never be found
The moment you decided to let love in
Now I'm banging on the door of an angel
The end of fear is where we begin
The moment we decided to let love in
I wish
Wishing for you to find your way
And I'll hold on for all you need
That's all we need to say
I'll take my chances while
You take your time with
This game you play
But I can't control your soul
You need to let me know
You leaving or you gonna stay
You're the only one I ever believed in
The answer that could never be found
The moment you decided to let love in
Now I'm banging on the door of an angel
The end of fear is where we begin
The moment we decided to let love in
There's nothing we can do about
The things we have to do without
The only way to feel again
Is let love in
There's nothing we can do about
The things we have to live without
The only way to see again
Is let love in
You're the only one I ever believed in
The answer that could never be found
The moment you decided to let love in
Now I'm banging on the door of an angel
The end of fear is where we begin
Look around outside
Ain't nothing to do but hang around
Think about all the stupid things that I've done
I guess I ain't nothin' but a clown
If I had a wish, I swear I'd wish, I'd wish for just one thing
And I don't even like to think about all the things my wish'd bring
Cuz I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
I wanna be oversexed and underworked and look at me I'm such a jerk
And I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
Think about stories of the actors and the movies stars
Sittin' here watchin' the old men drinkin' at the bar
I think about Dean and all the things he should've tried
I think about Dean and all the ways he could've died
Yeah, died
And I wouldn't give a shit about anything cuz I'd be such a big movie star
And that don't really do me much good just cryin' at the bar
But I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
See but I'm overworked and undersexed and look at me I'm such a wreck
And I just wanna be James Dean
For a day
Going crazy cuz I'm always all alone
Going crazy no one calls me on the phone
I think about Dean and I know Dean he wouldn't care
If I was Dean I know there'd be somebody there
Yeah, there'd be somebody there
For me
Yeah I think about all the really cool things I could do and say
Then you go and tell me that you found out Dean was gay...
No, I don't wanna be James Dean
I don't wanna be James Dean
I don't wanna be James Dean
And I didn't think about
All the ways I hurt you and myself
And I hide
Wouldn't say a thing to you
I keep it to myself and my mind
I can't stand without you
And I won't find the answers when you're gone
But it's over to you
And I can't find the answers when you're gone
And it's over to you
And you can't find the answer where you are
And you know
(And you know)
I need you now
This ain't easy to admit
And no one needs to know
What goes on behind the door in my room
I'm peeking through the walls in my mind
And I can't stand without you
I won't find the answers when you're gone
But it's over to you
And I can't find the answers when you're gone
And it's over to you
And you can't find the answers where you are
I will tear you down
I will tear you down
To get into the world you wanted
I'm kicking through the wall
No one can believe in things that never change
And it's over to you
And I can't find the answers when you're gone
And I can't find the answers when you're gone
I am a question to the world,
not an answer to be heard,
or a moment that's held in your arms
And what do you think you'd ever say?
I wont listen anyway.
You don't know me and
I'll never be what you want me to be
And what do you think you'd understand?
I'm a boy, no, I'm a man.
You can take me and throw me away.
And how can you learn what's never shown?
Yeah, you stand here on your own.
They don't know me. Cause I'm not here
And I want a moment to be real.
Wanna touch things I don't feel.
Wanna hold on and feel I belong.
And how can the world want me to change.
They're the ones that stay the same.
They don't know me.
Cause I'm not here
And you see the things they never see.
All you wanted I could be.
Now you know me and I'm not afraid.
And I want to tell you who I am.
Can you help me be a man?
They can't break me. As long as I know who I am
And I want a moment to be real.
Wanna touch things I don't feel.
Wanna hold on and feel I belong.
And how can the world want me to change.
They're the ones that stay the same.
They can't see me. But I'm still here.
They can't tell me who to be.
Cause I'm not what they see.
Yeah, the world is still sleepin while I keep on dreaming for me.
And their words are just whispers and lies that I'll never believe
And I want a moment to be real.
Wanna touch things I don't feel.
Wanna hold on and feel I belong.
And how can they say I never changed.
They're the ones that stay the same.
I'm the one now,
Cause I'm still here.
I'm the one,
Cause I'm still here.
I'm still here.
I'm still here.
I've been where the river ran
I'm drownin' in a sunless sea
Sleep has helped me find my end
You promised me you'd set me free
Don't fall asleep to dream
A banshee's at my window pane
There's an angel at my feet
Don't fall asleep to dream
I'm awake now
(You can't touch me, I won't sleep no more)
I'm awake now
In the corner of my mind
Where he sits and waits for me
There's a wall of confusion building
And the sky begins to bleed on me
Don't fall asleep to dream
I'm looking for a way out now
Peace of mind is all I need
Don't fall asleep to dream
I'm awake now
(You can't touch me, I won't sleep no more)
I'm awake now
(You can't touch me, I won't sleep no more)
I'm awake now
(You can't touch me, I won't sleep no more)
I'm awake now
I'm awake now
I'm awake now
I'm awake now
I don't want to know the reasons why love keeps
Right on walking on down the line
I don't understand you and me, baby
I, I just want you to be mine
Finally baby
The truth has come down now
And now you listen to your spirit
It's crying out loud now
Tryin' to believe, yeah
You say you love me, but you don't know
You got me rockin, and a-reelin,
Oh, oh, oh
And I don't want to know the reasons why love keeps
Right on walking on down the line
I don't understand you and me, baby
I, I just want you to be mine
Wanna make you be mine
Finally, baby
The truth has been told
And now you tell me that I'm crazy
Now, it's nothing that I didn't know
Tryin' to survive now
You say you love me, but you don't know
You got me rockin' and a-reelin'
Oh...
And I don't want to know the reasons why love keeps
Right on walking on down the line
I don't understand you and me, baby
I, I just want you to be mine
Make you to be mine
Tryin' to believe in
You say you love me, but you don't know
You got me rockin' and a-reelin'
Oh...
I don't want to know the reason why love keeps
Right on walking on down the line
I don't understand you and me
Baby, I, I just want you to be mine
Make you to be mine
Gonna make you to be mine
Gonna make you to be mine
Wanna make you to be mine
Oh, won't you be mine, mine, mine
Won't you be mine
The crowded room is full of empty faces
The deepest convesation full of lies
Another night with all my friends
The kind you never see again
I wonder if they'll seethrough my disguise
And I want to say
And I can't hold back
And I might be wrong
But it's all I have
Come take me home tonight
Come take me home
Oh I need you now
I'm lost without you
A million miles
But I will find you
So take me home
It's 3 A.M. and I can't sleep without you
I think I found the perfect words to say
Satellite transmits my voice
Sometimes we don't have a choice
I wake you up from half a world away
And I try so hard
Try to be so strong
But you see the cracks
My defenses gone
Come take me home tonight
Come take me home
Oh I need you now
I'm lost without you
A million miles
But I will find you
So take me home
Come take me home tonight
Come take me home
Come take me home tonight
Come take me home
Satellite transmits my voice
Sometimes we don't have a choice
I wake you up from half a world away
Oh I need you now
I'm lost without you
I'm holding on
Till I can find you
I thought about you just last Saturday
My voice got cracked, I didn't know what to say
Down in the shade, or maybe in the sun
And if you need it, I think I've got one
Where are you?
And what's on your mind?
Where are you?
Am I wasting my time?
Where are you?
And what's on your mind?
I just wanna know if I'm wasting my time.
I snuck out of work to see her smile
I'll hold her hostage for a little while
I wrote a letter, thought I'd let you know
I'm right behind you anytime you go.
Where are you?
And what's on your mind?
Where are you?
Am I wasting my time?
Where are you?
And what's on your mind?
I just wanna know if I'm wasting my time.
My mind got busy, 'round three a.m. or so
Crawled in your room through the back window
Hoped when you woke up, you wouldn't be too mad
I hope I never wake up your old man
Where are you?
And what's on your mind?
Where are you?
Am I wasting my time?
Where are you?
And what's on your mind?
You and I got somethin
But it's all and then it's nuthin to me, yeah
And I got my defenses
When it comes through your intentions for me, yeah
And we wake up in the breakdown
With the things we never thought we could be, yeah
I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
I am no solution
To the sound of this pollution in me, yeah
And I was not the answer
So forget you ever thought it was me, yeah
I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We got to move you darlin
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I dont need the fallout
Of all the past that's in between us
And I'm not holding on
And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
And I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
Somehow here is gone, yeah
I know it's out there
I know it's out there
You changed my face
I think I like it better now
It doesn't matter anyhow
Cuz that's the way it is
You said hello
Where the hell you been?
I said I feel like I been off to war
And I may never be the same again
I made my bed, but now I can't sleep at night
Cuz you're tossing and turning, you know, you know it ain't right
I'd love to beg, see, but I'm just too proud
And I don't even know what to say, so I'm thinking out loud
And when you dream, seventeen
I ain't there, so I don't care
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm twenty-three
And she's the girl right next to me
See that girl right next to me
I lie in my bed, you're running through my head
Going over and over and over the things that you said
I'm caught in the trap, I'd run like hell right back to you
Cuz I'm sober with you and you know it beats drinking alone
And when you dream, seventeen
I ain't there, so I don't care
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm twenty-three
And she's the girl right next to me
See that girl right next to me
And when you dream, seventeen
I ain't there, so I don't care
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm twenty-three
And she's the girl right next to me
See that girl right next to me
She's the girl right next to me
I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
Livin' large on the wrong side of town
Too many friends and the fun never ends
Drinkin' and hangin' around
I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down
Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
I don't take the bus and I never walk too far
The furthest I got was my own backyard
A fist full of cash that somebody else earned
Send me some more when it all got burned
I wanna take control, wanna make it all mine
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna' kick it all down
Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
Never ever ever
Never ever ever
Never ever ever
Never ever ever
I get what I want if I make up my mind
I'm turnin' you inside out
I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
I think I'll just kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down
Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
Okay, and I was standing
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
And I worked on it with my friend
Back in 1849, times were hard
I think I'd be a sawed-off shotgun
They had a double-breasted jacket on
I don't care
Take a load off
Out of my freakin' face
You'd be a punk without me
No money without love
Nothin' but a problem, nothin' but a problem
New York's got a problem
Where's our money, money, money, where's our money?
Stop practicing Dr. Marx and John Lennon
No bull
Things don't look to good to me
I feel I'm out of luck
And all because of swollen glands
And just one stupid fuck
This whacko came from Alabammy
That's not where it's at
And now your jock's been chasing me 'round
With a great big baseball bat
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass with a baseball bat, no
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass with a baseball bat, no
Well I was in the mood for some lovin' bulk
Not a wrassling match with a some big hulk
And this here dude, he was an uncool cat
And he beat me by my head with a baseball bat
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass with a baseball bat, no
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass with a baseball bat, no
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass with a baseball bat, no
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass
Don't kick my ass with a baseball bat, no
When I got up from being beat to the ground
I started itchin' around like a blue-tick hound
And I was aghast at what I found
The latest social disease that's been going around
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass with a baseball bat, bitch
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass with a baseball bat, bitch
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass with a baseball bat, bitch
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
I'll kick your ass
(I'll kick your ass)
You whispered in my mouth
And I spit you words right back
How good do you think I'll look
When the words start to break and crack?
You beat your head upon your wall
You disconnect yourself from it all
Cuz you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how
No, I don't know how
Cuz you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back
You held your hand so close
And I just can't push you away
I wished you could be my girl
But you're stuck in a grown up world
You beat your head upon your wall
You disconnect yourself from it all
Cuz you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how
No I don't know how
Cuz you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back
You beat your head upon your wall
You disconnect yourself from it all
Cuz you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how
And I don't know how
Cuz you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back
Broadway's dark tonight
A little bit weaker than you used to be
Broadway's dark tonight
See the young man sittin' in the old man's bar
Waitin' for his turn to die
The cowboy kills the rock star
And Friday night's gone too far
The dim light hides the years
On all the faded girls
Forgotten but not gone
You drink it off your mind
You talk about the world like it's someplace that you've been
You see, you'd love to run home, but you know you ain't got one
Cuz you're livin' in a world that you're best forgotten, around here
Broadway's dark tonight
A little bit weaker than you used to be
Broadway's dark tonight
See the young man sittin' in the old man's bar
Waitin' for his turn to die
You choke down all your anger
Forget your only son
You pray to statues when you sober up for fun
Your anger don't impress me
The world slapped in your face
It always rains like hell on the loser's day parade
You see, you'd love to run home, but you know you ain't got one
Cuz you're livin' in a world that you're best forgotten
When you're thinkin' you're a joke and nobody's gonna listen
To the one small point I know they've been missing around here
Broadway's dark tonight
A little bit weaker than you used to be
Broadway's dark tonight
See the young man sittin' in the old man's bar
Waitin' for his turn to die
You see, you'd love to run home, but you know you ain't got one
Cuz you're livin' in a world that you're best forgotten
When you're thinkin' you're a joke and nobody's gonna listen
To the one small point I know they've been missing around here
Round here, yeah
Broadway's dark tonight
A little bit weaker than you used to be
Broadway's dark tonight
See the young man sittin' in the old man's bar
And I feel,
All the faint morning light,
Filled with hope 'cause you're here in my life,
And we've gone,
From the edge of our souls,
Made it back to a place we call home.
You, see me through,
I was alone in the dark and the fear was my truth.
Yeah, all the things that you are,
Beautifully broken, alive in my heart,
And know that you are everything,
Let your heart sing and tonight, we light up the stars,
All that you are.
I feel wrong,
I'm so human and flawed,
I break down even though I'm still strong,
And time, will make fools of us all,
Builds us up, and then laughs when we fall.
You, pull me through,
When I'm alone in the dark and the fear was my truth.
Yeah, all the things that you are,
Beautifully broken, alive in my heart,
And know that you are everything,
Let your heart sing and tonight, we light up the stars,
All that you are.
You're the sound of redemption,
The faith that I've lost,
The answers I'm seeking no matter the cost,
You opened the window,
Now I can see,
And you taught me forgiveness by giving your love back to me.
Yeah, all the things that you are,
Beautifully broken, alive in my heart,
And know that you are everything,
Let your heart sing and tonight.
Yeah, all the things that you are,
Beautifully broken, alive in my heart,
And know that you are everything,
Let your heart sing and tonight,
Let your heart sing and tonight, we light up the stars,
All that you are.
Oh I feel,
All the faint morning light,
They painted up your secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knew
And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming?
No one's listening anyway
Your voice is small and fading
And you're hiding here alone
And your mother loves your father
Cuz she's got nowhere to go
And she wonders where these dreams go
Cuz the world got in her way
What's the point in ever trying?
Nothing's changing anyway
They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anyway
And you know I see right through you
Cuz the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming?
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