You know
You can be
The first of
This century
To bleed through
To find truth
To know what
You should do
You know
It could be
Anything
Sometimes (sometimes)
You might find (you might find)
A crack or (a crack or)
A fault line (a fault line)
But dressed down (but dressed down)
Or made up (or made up)
You'll find (you'll find)
A real love (a real love)
A place to
Come home to
At night
So what did we pay for?
And why did we care?
What were we after?
And why was it there?
Desire gave way to a false sense of hope
And we fell for the lie that its what we all chose
And I yell to my friends
It will all be okay
But they didn't believe me
They still dont today
They never do anything they haven't before
In the same solid room
With no lock on the door
And over and over and over again
The same false solutions to all the same problems
Scream why why, I cant understand
Why the things that I do never go as I plan
And the vultures begin
Then some circle in
The dogs lay their teeth
Bright white and gleaming
But just hold yourself
Barely begun
So until then (?)
Let's see what you've got(?)
This wide open shot
Take it or leave it
Cause we're getting out
We're getting out
Of here
And you'll never
Find us again
You'll never find us again
So Later that year, the bodies came home,
To Dover wrapped in flags and lined up in rows,
With no one to see and no one to know,
They had to keep morale from getting low:
And the voice inside my head just repeating,
"This is not the way we were told that it was going to be:
This is not the way we were told that it was going to be:"
(And we know who's to blame)
(And we know who's to blame)
(And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all,
We did the math, it wasn't worth it after all, (And we know who's to blame)
We did the math
We did the math (And we know who's to blame)
And all our sins,
Come back to haunt us in the end,
To hang around and tap us on the shoulder,
And smile silent,
It's all implied,
You'll die trying to live this down,
You might as well forget it,
Still I'm convinced,
Wondering what if is the worst thing there is,
So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be,
And all these lines fall short of what I had in mind,
A failed attempt to capsulize a feeling,
So I just try,
Fail and try and try again,
Someday I swear I'm going to get it,
Because I'm convinced that giving in is the worst thing there is,
So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be,
We'll get over it,
Sad, strong, safe, and sober,
We'll move forward,
And know where we went wrong,
But you can't go home again,
You can't go home again,
You can't go home again,
You can't go home again,
You can't go home again!
You can't go home again!
You can't go home again!!!
So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Your name here,
Believe me it's not what you think,
Wish what you want,
It's all the same to me,
Well, not really,
But anyway,
Its just there's nothing so simple,
Nothing so silly,
Nothing so mundane,
Go east on Sunrise Highway,
Turn left at Carman's Avenue,
Go right at the first stoplight,
And I'll be outside waiting for you,
Oh, I'll be waiting for you,
Your name in lights,
It was only a matter of time,
Your name in parenthesis,
You can't see...
Cause after this mess,
I guess you bet,
That I'd collapse before you do,
Well maybe that's true,
Or maybe it's not at all,
Go east on Sunrise Highway,
Turn left at Carman's Avenue,
Go right at the first stoplight,
And I'll be outside waiting for you,
Oh, I'll be waiting for you,
Go east on Sunrise Highway,
Turn left at Carman's Avenue,
Go right at the first stoplight,
And I'll be outside waiting for you,
Some of us are born
And then some of us are born again
Some of us are scared to death
And some just don't believe in it
Something's always wrong
There's a line
An idea i cant get behind
No one knows whats right
Some try
Some just try to find a king
They say
Who will save us now
It's our life
But we dont want to live it
We want to be told how
By something or someone
Who's better than us
Who we know we can trust
Who will always protect us
Keep us scared to death
So we never ask questions
We'll dictate the consequences of our actions
And give us peace of mind about our miserable lives
Find it content all we want is a place we can hide
We can hide
Someone always fought
You can rest assured
It's the young and the poor who fought all out wars
Led to death by men who they chose
And hoped would protect them
Who will save us now
It's our life but we don't want to live it
And all you'll get is down
Cause the people you elect to protect your best interests will just
....?....
Protect themselves
....?....
So we're left
Reality is relative
And that's all the advice i'll give
Life and death are hard
They're such strange and complicated issues
So listen listen well
For insight
And no one knows what's right for you
Who will save us now
It's a wrong
And irrelevant question
We figure it out
With the people who love us
Who call us our brothers
Through lessons we've learned
From our fathers and mothers
Now looking for someone to find our solutions
To battle our battles
....?.....
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die.
I'm gonna wait and watch it die.
Once again, the time is right
To look to the past with clear hindsight.
To kick yourself for doing what you're told.
To smoke up all your medicine,
To piss off your last few friends,
To become no one with nothing left to be.
It's easy.
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die.
I'm gonna wait and watch it die.
Caught in a contract, and caught in a vice.
No one believes you but you know you're right.
I'm gonna wait and watch it die.
They say if you don't believe in something,
Then you're gonna fall for anything.
Well, I say if you believe in anything,
You've already fallen for something.
You've had enough, you've had enough.
Well, you can't stop but you can't go on.
And no one's gonna miss you when you're gone.
So sing another song.
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die.
I'm gonna wait and watch it die.
Caught in a contract, and caught in a vice.
No one believes you but you know you're right.
I'm gonna wait and watch it die.
The man on the TV with fear in his eyes
Says we're all just animals trying to survive.
The weakest get hunted and eaten alive.
Lock all our doors, close our windows up tight.
Cower in fear and thank God that we're so civilized.
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die.
I'm gonna wait and watch it die.
Caught in a contract, and caught in a vice.
No one believes you but you know you're right.
Well, I am just guessing.
I'm doing my best to make some sense out of senselessness.
I'm talking to my wife,
I'm drinking too much wine.
I'm working on words, music, and melodies.
This is the best, this the worst.
I am the last, I am the first.
I'm placing blame and taking credit in a world I can't control.
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
To fill this space and feel like I belong.
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
To fill this space and feel like I belong.
I feel I have to find some meaning.
I don't think I see any.
I don't know what it is I see at all.
Well, no one's got it right, yeah,
They're just telling lies
Combined with their own special kind of truth.
This is the best, this is the worst.
I am the last, I am the first.
I'm placing blame and taking credit in a world I can't control.
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
To fill this space and feel like I belong.
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
To fill this space and feel like I belong.
When truth is just opinion,
When facts entwine with fiction.
Well, I just keep wondering:
What is there to believe in?
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
To fill this space and feel like I belong.
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
(When truth is just opinion)
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
(When facts entwine with fiction)
To fill this space and feel like I belong.
(Well, I just keep wondering:
What is there to believe in?)
I try to find a way just to say what I'm chasing,
Define what I'm making,
Believe what I'm saying.
Living in fear because the world is cold
And hope might be coming but you never know.
There are dead end streets around every turn.
And a road map too beaten up, torn, and burnt to read.
Dead weight carried on for miles and miles.
And someone's telling jokes but you never smile,
As the rows of tombstone houses pass you by.
And I say, you say, we say change.
But we all know just what they say.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
They just stay the same.
This time it's eating me alive.
This time it's eating me alive.
This time it's eating me alive.
It's a long cold winter in the dead of night.
And the candidates are saying they can make it right.
And we'll buy almost anything that they sell.
Drop dead headlights coming down the road.
And we're frozen blind
Believing in a heart of gold
That will swoop right in and save us from our sins.
Save us from our sins.
This time it's eating me alive.
(This time it's eating me alive)
This time it's eating me alive.
(This time it's eating me alive)
This time it's eating me alive.
(This time it's eating me alive)
This time it's eating me alive.
(This time it's eating me alive)
This time...
I'm a bug on its back kicking legs in the air
On a sidewalk in a city somewhere
Seconds from thundering steps and ten ton shoes.
I'm a bug on its back kicking legs in the air
On a sidewalk in a city somewhere
Seconds from thundering steps and ten ton shoes.
I'm a bug on its back kicking legs in the air
(This time it's eating me alive)
On a sidewalk in a city somewhere
(This time it's eating me alive)
Seconds from thundering steps and ten ton shoes.
(This time it's eating me alive)
I'm a bug on its back kicking legs in the air
(This time it's eating me alive)
On a sidewalk in a city somewhere
(This time it's eating me alive)
Seconds from thundering steps and ten ton shoes.
My window pane was leaking glass
Cut my arm
Then you laughed
I jumped from just one story high
And now i'm stuck here till i die
Now i'm stuck here till i die
Now i'm stuck here till i die
Don't you remember me?
I swear i knew you when i knew
You were there we loved and learned under the sun
We had more fun than anyone
She's eight years old and moving out
She's half way cross the country now
She's smarter than the lot of us
She doesn't break or bend or fuss
Maybe she's in heaven now
Or maybe she's back here somehow
She's wearing all her finest clothes
And draped in jewelry head to toe
It is impossible to know
There is no ending to the show
The grand finale ..?..
One day we're here the next we're not
Ohhh look what i've done here
Ooh ooh look what i've done here
Let these thoughts creep in
Let em seep right in
Let these thoughts creep in
Let em seep right in
I hope she doesn't have to see
What became of her family
Her father left after she died
Her brothers cried and cried and cried
She took your man i took your name
A year ago and never came
..?..life is beautiful
She looked at me..?..
I used to sing you lullabies
I'd hold you in and start to cry
I was your mother and your friend
Dont you remember me from then?
I was your mother and you friend
And i've got you on my mind
Seems i almost always all the time
And its soft secure and fun
In the fading summer sunlight
And your hands on the wall
...?..
All that needed to be said
Your body beneath me rising and sinking
We'll never leave again
We'll never leave again
This is all we are
And it's all we'll ever
We'll never leave again
We'll never leave again
This is all we are
And it's all we'll ever need
In love and death
We speak for weeks
So good its almost just too much
To believe
Its your sweet slow smile
Tells me
You always know exactly what it is i need
We'll be safe in our home
Hidden in here alone
And the photos will show
These moments were golden
We'll never leave again
We'll never leave again
This is all we are
And it's all we'll ever
We'll never leave again
We'll never leave again
This is all we are
And its all we'll ever need
Dahh doo dahh dooa dahh
Daah daah dah dah dah
Woahhhoah
Woa doo noo waa daah daah
Took a long time just to find you there
I knew i said a lot but you didn't care
I tried hard to sell myself
You just laughed and brushed me off
Then one day you smiled and said my name
I went back home
And nothing's ever gonna be the same
And who could ask for more
But all week waiting on the weekends
We'll get bored
I called you up and we talked all night
Ranting and raving how it wasn't right
How geography makes love so hard
It's oh so cruel to be oh so far
And you've been back and gone again since then
I just wait around until i see you again
And who could ask for more?
But all week waiting on the weekends
We'll get bored
So we've grown so close though it's been so hard
Being so god damn far apart
Left those lovers that came oh so close
But fell so short, we held out hope
And this is our reward for being brave
For doing what was right
And never playing it safe
And who could ask for more?
But all week waiting on the weekends
We'll get bored
All week waiting on the weekends
Replacing old dreams with flattery from new loves,
A hurricane self help into this evacuation from this.
You never meant to,
You never meant to...
Call me...
Call me...
I'll answer...
Do you think that this could work out?
Do you think you could come around?
Do you think that this could work out again?
I don't...
I don't wanna be forgotten,
While you're putting all your time in,
Into the things that don't mean anything to me,
It's too bad,
It's even sadder,
I'm losing everything that I thought,
This was a lost cause,
It was! And I never knew it.
I never knew it.
Try 'em on and let 'em go,
It might be best to just forget me,
You walk away,
You know you're better off to,
Your better off to...
Call me...
Call me...
I'll answer...
Do you think that this could work out?
Do you think you could come around?
Do you think that this could work out again?
I don't...
I don't wanna be forgotten,
While you're putting all your time in,
Into the things that don't mean anything to me,
Wasting faster than the hourglass,
It's slow but I'm not ready,
Not okay,
Don't make this harder than it already had to be,
Call me...
Call me up...
I'll answer...
Do you think that this could work out?
Do you think you could come around?
Do you think that this could work out again?
I don't...
I don't wanna be forgotten,
While you're putting all your time in,
Into the things that don't mean anything to me,
Do you think that this could work out?
Do you think you could come around?
Do you think that this could work out again?
I'm gonna hide out all night
Close my curtains
Dim my lights
I'm gonna lay here alone
Close my eyes
And wish for home
The last time that i saw you
This is the end of
This is the end of
The last time that i saw you
This is the end of
This is the end
Your face is surrounding me
It's the only face i wanna see
For now we're safe on the ground
We've got these words
These songs these sounds
The last time that i saw you
This is the end of
This is the end of
The last time that i saw you
This is the end of
This is the end
Oooh ooh ohoh ohoooh ooh ooh oooh
Last time that i saw you
This is the end of
This is the end of
Last time that i saw you (i'm gonna hide out all night)
This is the end of (close my curtains, dim my lights)
This the end of
Last time that i saw you (im gonna lay here along close my eyes and wish for home)
Last time that i saw you
We'll wait in line
For most our lives
Get out get in
Get on with it
We always hurt the ones we never really loved
We always think we're all alone we're always
Broke
We're always broke
The words we say take different shapes
We'll live and die with all the things we recognize
We'll count our sins
Stop now begin
We know the words are better left unspoken
When they'll be right in
To tear the heads off of us
Oh oh uh
Tear the heads off of us
Oh oh
The words we say
Take different shapes
And you can only do so much
To try to get your point across
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I'll live and die with all the things i recognize
I'll count my sins
So please be honest
What's it mean
Now what have you done
Cant it just be another risk you're running tonight
It's simple soaked and always on my mind
I'm dying
We got these lives to lead
Cut it out
Dont think about it
Cut it out
Dont think about it
Not now
We'll get through some how
This is only temporary
No this is only temporary
Not now
But soon
We'll be living in the future
And please be honest
Whats it mean
Now what have you done
Can't it just be another risk you're running
It's simple soaked and always on my mind
I'm dying
We've got these mouths to feed
Food and drink and hand shaked drugs
Food and drink and hand shaked drugs
And we've
We've got something up our sleeves
No ones gonna see it coming
No no ones gonna see it coming
Not now but soon
Well be living in the future
Please be honest
Whats it mean
Now what have you done
Cant it just be a another risk you're running
Whats it mean
Now what have you done
Cant it just be another risk you're running
It's simple soaked
And always on my mind
It's simple soaked
And always on my mind
So now think of fear, as a person who, wants to know everyone, and what they love,
And he comes at nite, while you're laying there, he just knows, oh he knows, he gets in your head
Now walk through the door, the same one you came in, so we can go back, to how things used to be,
And just walk through the door, the same one, you came in, so we can go back, to how things used to be
He holds the key, to your smile and he, won't let you, to close to half of what you want,
But not I, think of it, we've known him our whole life, and we still don't know who, or what he wants
Just walk through the door, the same one, you came in, so we can go back to how things used to be,
And just walk through the door, the same one, you came in, so we can go back to how things used to be
So now walk, through the door, the same one, you came in, so we can, go back, how it used to be,
And I'll wait, right here, with my arms, by my side, till I can, have back, what I loved before
Now walk through the door, the same one you came in, so we can go back how things used to be,
And I will wait right here, with my arms by my side, until I can, have back, what I loved before
Damage control,
There so thoroughly modern,
We'll tell you how it goes,
It's not a serious problem,
So...
You can get convinced,
That we can get convinced,
But either way the truth is bound to get twisted,
You can't take a break when the pain of the world is weighing on your next decision,
So I focused on what,
I've been promised,
Then they tore us open,
They bled us dry of our dignity and money,
It's all under control,
So keep holding it together,
Well things just fall apart!
But you know,
We can't wait forever,
So...
Come on try and keep this,
Keep this you can grit your teeth,
And do your job they'll never know the difference,
Keep it going one day,
Month, a year or more,
Ignore that sinking feeling,
So I focused on what,
I've been promised,
Then they tore us open,
They bled us dry of our dignity and...
So I focused on what,
I've been promised,
Then they tore us open,
They bled us dry of our dignity and money,
We've should have seen it coming,
We've should have seen it coming,
We've should have seen it coming,
We left ourselves wide open,
So I focused on what,
I've been promised,
Then they tore us open,
They bled us dry of our dignity and...
Maybe we could all retain a bit of ourselves,
Remember who we were and keep on moving,
Put things in perspective,
Try and learn a lesson,
It's not life or death,
It's only business!
And I'm not low!
And I'm not low!
And I'm not low!
What it was wasn't my fault
If i would have known
But who could have known
Cameras and the kids
Candids and the kindling (?)
We're fighting them off
They've done it again
What did her friends say
Who was involved
Oh call it all off
Cause i should have known but
Who could have known
Who could have known
The needles the space
Time cant erase
And buttoned down
You'll get the best of me
But throughout it all
The rise and the fall
Buttoned down
You'll get the best of me
On the way back to the bank
His heads sinking low
He should have known
How hard did it come
When was it that you
Lost your soul
What does it take
What did they make you
What do you know
Would you have done it again again again
Now we'll let you in but we should have known
We should have known
The needles the space
Time cant erase
And buttoned down
You'll get the best of me
But throughout it all
The rise and the fall
Buttoned down
You'll get the best of me
Now buttoned down
You'll get the best of me
Buttoned down
I never to meant to make it any worse
What have I done?
What have I done?
I didn't know then and I still don't know now
Two years have gone by
Two years have gone
And I know it hasn't been easy on you
Voices are pulling in every direction
I know it hasn't been easy on you
But everything's changing
Do you believe
Don't you believe
Do you even want it
Do you even want it
Your heavy head is holding you back
What is it worth?
What is it worth?
Oh I know it hasn't been easy on you
Voices are pulling in every direction
I know it hasn't been easy on you
but everything's changing
And it's getting harder to take
It's getting harder to take
(It's getting harder to take)
It's getting harder to take
(It's getting harder to take)
I know it hasn't been easy
I know it hasn't been easy
I know it hasn't been easy
(I know)
I know
(I know)
I know
(I know)
Moving in slow like the smoke from your cigarette,
Every step a closer's a step that we both will regret,
Keeping a tally, but who can keep track?
Your overreacting is taking me back to a time better left alone,
Holding onto the phone,
Holding onto this glass,
Holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
Waiting for better words,
They'll never come.
So dry your eyes,
It's better,
Now it's done...
Keep a tight grip like a child holding onto a swing set,
Waiting and hoping to find what I can't figure out yet,
Please don't unless this is something to me,
Another nightmare instead of a dream,
Better left alone,
Holding onto the phone,
Holding onto this glass,
Holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
Waiting for better words,
They'll never come.
So dry your eyes,
Its better,
Holding onto the phone,
Holding onto this glass,
Holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
Waiting for better words,
They'll never come.
So dry your eyes,
Its better,
Now it's done...
I never lost so much...
I never lost so much...
I never lost so much...
Holding onto the phone,
Holding onto this glass,
Holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
Waiting for better words,
They'll never come.
So dry your eyes,
Holding onto the phone,
Holding onto this glass,
Holding onto the memory of what didn't last.
Waiting for better words,
They'll never come.
So dry your eyes,
Its better,
It takes more time than I've ever had,
Drains the life from me,
Makes me want to forget,
As young as I was,
I felt older back then,
More disciplined,
Stronger and certain,
But I was scared to death of eternity,
I was saved by grace,
But destroyed by naivety,
And I lied to myself,
And said it was for the best,
And now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
I've disregarded what I was,
Now that I'm older,
And I know much more than I did back then,
But the more I learn,
The more I can't understand,
And I've become content with this life that I lead,
Where I drink to much and don't believe in much of anything,
And I lie to myself,
And say it's for the best,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
And we're waiting on something that will never come,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
And we're waiting on something that will never come,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
And we're waiting on something that will never come,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
And we're waiting on something that will never come,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
And we're waiting on something that will never come,
We're moving forward,
But holding ourselves back,
Taking up my time again (taking up my time again),
More than I can stand (more than I can stand),
Coffee and the conversation never ends when...
All I really need to find (all I really need to find),
Is one short clever line (one short clever line),
To pinpoint my disgust it's always just too much or...
Not...enough...
And I'm overwhelmed.
So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons,
And I'll say what I should and just hope you believe me,
But it never gets easier,
Oh it never gets easier,
Oh no, no.
Sing it to myself again (sing it to myself again),
Can't hear a word you said (can't hear a word you said),
Syllables the sounds you star in sentences and...
All I really want to do (all I really want to do),
Is tear straight into you,
Explode, unload a hail of insults until you finally care...
And...I'm sick...to death.
But I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons,
And I'll say what I should and just hope you believe me,
But it never gets easier,
No it never gets easier,
Oh no, no.
A strong distaste for confrontation,
Leaves no room for self expression,
Such a stranger in me so docile,
Though don't you know it all takes its toll...
I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons,
And I'll say what I should and just hope you believe me,
But it never gets easier,
No it never gets easier,
Oh it never gets easier (all I really want to do),
Well it never gets easier (is tear straight into you),
No it never gets easier (all I really want to do),
I'm tired.
Cynical and broken, but wiser.
Heavy with a sense of resentment,
but i used to be so much different,
I used to have so much faith
when I started.
You knew that I always meant it.
I knew I could make a difference,
I struggled to be heard
and then finally, one day people started listening.
and I knew it
but as soon as it began it was ruined.
A slow descent from unique to routine,
over and over,
"just do it again and this time with feeling".
The spotlight.
The focus on the friends and the feelings.
That made those stupid songs all worth singing.
And don't you say a word
unless you're pretty sure that you want it analyzed.
So we drove
for what seemed like days
over roads
and four lane highways.
We said all we had to say
and I realized in time that it didn't mean anything.
Never,
not ever again.
Not like that.
Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side.
Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.
I've learned to hate others
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's then we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side
Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.
When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.
But now we got weapons
Of chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.
In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
That if God's on our side
All the boys voices cracking,
Oh, the moaning half tones,
Come summer time,
We're all the same age here,
All the tension and the terror,
Thin limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling,
And I'm going straight to hell,
All the possibility and promise just,
Weighs on me so heavily,
And I try but I'm not convincing,
Your lips they pout and twist and,
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you,
You take in everything with a certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing please,
Oh darling all of these awkward jump-start-stalling conversations,
Mean much more to me than anything,
So it comes down to me and you and,
Whether were supposed to or not we still will,
We're so much better off than them,
All the possibility and promise just,
Weighs on me so heavily,
And I try but I'm not convincing,
Your lips they pout and twist and,
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you,
You take in everything with a certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing please!
A look,
A laugh,
A smile,
A second,
Passes by and I regret it,
Words just aren't right,
Sometimes I just can't explain,
All the ways you devastate me,
Always on my mind,
I try but I'm not convincing,
Your lips they pout and twist and,
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you,
You take in everything with a certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing,
I try but I'm not convincing,
Your lips they pout and twist and,
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you,
You take in everything with a certainty I envy
Taken in context,
It's not a bad thing,
But when you start to pick it apart,
It gets so depressed,
It's that sort of thing,
That makes you think too much,
It's that sort of thing,
Makes you lose your objectivity,
So if you made it,
Just be glad that you did and stay there,
If you ever feel loved or needed,
Remember that you're one of the lucky ones,
And if it's over,
Just remember what I told you,
It was bound to happen so just...
Keep moving on,
There are no perfect endings,
You peel back the layers
And get down to the inside,
But sometimes you loose sight,
Of what it was you were trying to find,
And it's that sort of thing,
That makes you think too much,
It's that sort of thing,
Makes you lose your objectivity
So if you made it,
Just be glad that you did and stay there,
If you ever feel loved or needed,
Remember that you're one of the lucky ones,
And if it's over,
Just remember what I told you,
It was bound to happen so just...
Keep moving on,
There are no perfect endings,
You know
You can be
The first of
This century
To bleed through
To find truth
To know what
You should do
You know
It could be
Anything
Sometimes (sometimes)
You might find (you might find)
A crack or (a crack or)
A fault line (a fault line)
But dressed down (but dressed down)
Or made up (or made up)
You'll find (you'll find)
A real love (a real love)
A place to
Come home to
At night
So what did we pay for
And why did we care
What were we after
And why was it there
Cause i have gave way to a false sense of hope
And we fell for the lie that its what we all chose
And i yell to my friends
It will all be ok
But they didnt believe me
They still dont today
They never do anything the haven't before
In the same
Solid room with no lock on the door and over and over and over again
The same false solutions to all the same problems
Scream why why i cant understand
Why the things that i do never go as i plan
And the vultures begin
Then some circle in (?)
The dogs lay their teeth (?)
Bright white and gleaming
But just hold your self
Barely begun
...?...
Let's see what you've got
This wide open shot
Take it or leave it
Cause we're getting out
We're getting out
Of here
And you'll never
Find us again
Take it to manhattan cause i don't want it
Sell it to someone who cant live without it
You made it for the masses
It passed unnoticed
Death somewhere in kansas
Now i've had it up to here
With i've had enough of all of these songs
Of self imposed unhappiness
Safe from the cell block (?)
I've always wanted something to believe
When you always doubted
There was some logic
Some rhyme or reason that brought us to this place
But now i've had it up to here
With i've i've had enough of all these songs of self imposed unhappiness
Oh oh
Ah now ah now
I've had enough of all these songs of self imposed unhappiness
Songs of self imposed unhappiness
Songs of self imposed unhappiness
Songs of self imposed unhappiness
You've done this to yourself
You've done this to yourself
You've done
You just can't relax,
And you can't rely,
On anyone for anything,
So you make your complaints,
And all everyone's let you down,
You just cant,
Ever win,
Convinced there's a war on,
It's always everybody versus you,
Convinced that your critics are watching,
And you've always got something,
You've always got something to prove,
So tie the noose,
And raise the cross,
The martyr's arrived,
A desperate plea for sympathy,
It's all you'll need,
A laundry list of problems,
Doesn't make you interesting,
And never getting help doesn't make you brave,
Not listening to reason doesn't mean that you have faith,
Your just cutting off your nose to spite your face,
So tie the noose,
And raise the cross,
The martyr's arrived,
A desperate plea for sympathy,
It's all you'll need!
And you want it all
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
You want it, you want it all,
Doing like you said
Taking deep breaths
Keeping my cool
Counting to ten
On my own again
Trying to keep my head clear
Go for walks away from here
But i know
I am still alone still alone
Like the day i was born
Born in
Brought into this world
Still alone still alone
Like the day i was born
Born in
Brought into this world
Hold onto your friends
Thats what he said
I guess that his friends are not like mine
I could write a list of people i dont miss
Im sorry but im so much better off without you
Im still alone still alone
Like the day i was born born in brought into this world
Still alone still alone
Like the day i was born born in brought into this world
Hold it all against me still dont bother
Hold it all against me another complaint
High maitnence
Complain
Oh shut up
Bahh dee bahh doa
Oh shut up
Still alone still alone
Everything has got a sense of permanence attached to it,
sucks you in and feeds you until finally you're used to it.
And now you're so dependent.
Now you're so defensive.
Now you're finding reasons why they're all wrong.
So in love with all your vices.
You can't change or move on.
And it comes to this,
such tragic endings.
You shake your fist,
just stop pretending.
It comes to this,
such tragic endings.
It's hit or miss,
just stop pretending now.
Everyone keeps asking you "what exactly happened?"
You've got all these excuses but
you don't have an answer
because you don't know yourself,
you don't know your own weaknesses.
You're always innocent
because you're never honest.
So wrapped up in your perspective.
Morality has become an opinion.
It comes to this,
such tragic endings.
You shake your fist,
just stop pretending.
It comes to this,
such tragic endings.
It's hit or miss,
just stop pretending now.
You wanted to be left alone
but you wanted someone to say
"boy, I'm always here for you"
but you can't have it both ways.
Now no one knows what you've done.
No one knows what you've done.
No one knows what you've done
and it's just as well.
The only thing that comforts me is
Taking up my time again,
The one thing I can't stand,
The coffee and the conversation never ends when
All I really need to find,
Is one short clever line,
To pinpoint my disgust it's always just too much or not enough,
And I'm overwhelmed.
So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons,
And I'll say what I should and just hope you believe me,
But it never gets easier,
No it never gets easier,
No, no, no.
Sing it to myself again,
I can't hear a word you said,
The syllables, the sounds just aren't sentances and,
All I really want to do,
Is tear straight into you,
Explode, unload a hail of insults until you finally get it,
I'm sick to death.
But I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, (I'll keep it simple)
And I'll say what I should and just hope you believe me, (Say what I should)
But it never gets easier,
No it never gets easier,
Oh no, no.
A strong distaste for confrontation,
Leaves no room for self expression,
Such a stranger in me so docile,
Though don't you know it all takes its toll...
But I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, (I'll keept it simple)
And I'll say what I should and just hope you believe me, (Say what I should)
But it never gets easier,
Aw, it never gets easier,
Hell it never gets easier (all I really want to do),
Yeah it never gets easier (is tear straight into you),
I don't want this anymore
Don't wanna wanna give anymore
Don't wanna be...
Don't wanna be stuck here
I am...
We are not moving ahead
I don't want this anymore
Don't wanna wanna give anymore
Don't wanna be...
Don't wanna be stuck here
I am...
We are not moving ahead
I don't have the time
I don't have the time
Gonna get away too fast
Gonna get away too fast
I don't have the time
I don't have the time
Get up, go ahead and find a way to be happy
When the pigs keep running
And their feet keep kicking up dirt
When the dogs keep eatin’
But the kids keep screaming out loud
When the pigs keep running
And their feet keep kicking up dirt
When the dogs keep eatin up
The kids keep screaming out loud
Wait for it to come around
Wait for it to come around
Gonna get away too fast
Gonna get away too fast
Wait for it to come around
Wait for it to come around
Get up, go ahead and find a way to be happy
When the pigs keep running
And their feet keep kicking up dirt
When the dogs keep eatin’ up
The kids keep screaming out loud
When the pigs keep running
And their feet keep kicking up dirt
When the dogs keep feedin’
But the kids keep screaming out loud
When the pigs keep running
And their feet keep kicking up dirt
When the dogs keep eatin’ up
The kids keep screaming out loud
When the pigs keep running
And their feet keep kicking up dirt
When the dogs keep eatin’ up
Here in this yellow room blocking the screaming
Sounds from the stage
There's sillhouttes passing by in the doorway
I pay no mind
You're half dressed and star struck
Will they pull you out
Will they bring you back
We both know it's coming
You aren't the first
You won't be the last
So take it all off to them
Take it all off to them
I swear they'll like it
I'm listening what they say
Feeling less and less ok
But it's the same old story
How do i fix my head?
How do i fix my head
Living in a world
Where changing what you've got
Makes you better
Whys that plastic surgery
Just what you need then you'll be happy
Surrounded by mirrors and people who stare silently
Judging
Depending on make up
And being adored
Can't be self assured
I wish that i could make you see
How do i make you see
Without it all you're ugly
Im listening what they say
Feelign less and less ok
But it's the same old story
How do i fix my head?
How do i fix my head?
How do i
How do i fix my head
Tear it out of these open pages,
Women and kids of all ages,
Millions of men with blank faces,
Italicised lies, headlines, bold type
Living lives just like deer in headlights,
Terrified, blind, and wait to die,
I wonder when they'll come get me,
I wonder when they'll come get me:
We want you, have to need you:
And we'll tell you when they're hungry again,
And we'll tell you when they're hungry again,
It never ends, never ends:
We want you, have to need you:
And we'll tell you when they're hungry again,
And we'll tell you when they're hungry again,
It never ends, never ends, never ends:
Big shot screaming, "Put your hands in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or you're gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shot screaming, "Put your hands in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or you're gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shot screaming, "Put your hands in the sky,"
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or you're gonna die,
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck,
In the back of the neck right between the eyes."
Big shot screaming, "Put your hands in the sky," (Tear it out of these open pages)
He says, "Give it up boy, give it up or you're gonna die, (Women and kids of all ages)
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck, (Millions of men with blank faces)
In the back of the neck right between the eyes." (Italicised lies, headlines, bold:)
Tear it out of these open pages,
Women and kids of all ages,
Millions of men with blank faces,
When the sun came up,
We were sleeping in,
Sunk inside our blankets,
Sprawled across the bed,
And we were dreaming,
There are moments when,
When I know it and
The world revolves around us,
And we're keeping it,
Keep it all going,
This delicate balance,
Vulnerable all knowing,
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, kill for this
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would...
Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything,
we're glad for what we've got,
Done with what we've lost
Our whole lives laid out right in front of us,
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would,
Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would....
Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Cover your eyes
And reach into your ears
Pull out what you've heard
And replace it with anything
Add to your body
Well take some weight
Cut it and fill it in
Whatever it takes
Aaaohh
To be some sort of beautiful
Phony and frightening
Some sort of beautiful
Phony and frightening
Oooo we must care for these little ones
We must keep them safe
From the horrible ideas
And the people who have them
They're too young
For wondering
Too young for wishing
To be something other than what they were meant to be
Tell them theyre beautiful
Perfectly placed
Tell them they're beautiful
Perfectly placed
Love and be loved
Take air into your lings
And turn into the most beautiful sound you can make
Oooahhh
Ooh ohhh oahhh
Cover your eyes
And reach into your ears
And oh, the awkward ways,
That you recoil when I get close,
And oh, the awful grin,
That greets me when I know I'm wrong,
So down on hands and knees,
Choking, gasping, dripping spit,
I just can't make good on any of these promises,
Then he asked me,
What does that mean?
What's another word for desperate?
Repetition makes an impression,
What's another word for desperate?
I won't be around here for to very long,
So tip the bottle back,
Bubble foam,
And watch it break,
We can all be sure,
Something awful's coming this way,
So take this medicine,
In measured doses,
Take your time,
Cause they'll tear into you!
They will, they will...
They will, they will...
Then he asked me,
What does that mean?
What's another word for desperate?
Repetition makes an impression,
So what's another word for desperate?
I won't be around here for to very long,
I won't be around here for to very long!
And they'll tear into you,
They will, they will...
They will, they will...
Take it apart!
Let it all go!
Holding it back!
It's all just so..!
Why did I care!?
How did it go!?
Wait for awhile!
And I guess that...!
I won't be around here for to very long!
I'm gonna hide out all night
Close my curtain and dim my light
I'm gonna lay here alone
Close my eyes and wish for home
The last time that I saw you
This is the end of, this is the end of
The last time that I saw you
This is the end of, this is the end
Your face is surrounding me
It's the only face I wanna see
For now we're safe on the ground
We've got these words, these songs, these sounds
The last time that I saw you
This is the end of, this is the end of
The last time that I saw you
This is the end of, this is the end
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Last time that I saw you
This is the end of, this is the end of
(I'm gonna hide out all night) Last time that I saw you
(Close my curtains, dim my lights) This is the end of, this is the end of
(I'm gonna lay here alone) Last time that I saw you
