I have seen my own gravestone
and worshiped the golden statue
I’ve made my bed in the lion's den
and walked in dead man's shoes
I have witnessed coastline
from a bird's eye view
And I made the request that we plunge to our death
so that I could get to You
I will walk through the fire
I will not be afraid
They can take everything that I have
But they can’t give me my name
I have climbed every bookshelf
In search of hardcover proof
And if I am judged by the things I have loved
I hope some of them are true
"Do whatever fulfills you
Make the most of each day"
That’s what we’re taught since before we could walk
We never get it on the first time
We never get it right
So we wander through the desert under cover of night
Looking for a fire that can bring us to life
seen a lot of bad in a short time,
so we’ve lived in spite
yeah, we boarded all the doors to the good outside
but you only get as old as the callous on your soul
and if you let the darkness grow,
you will get hungry for more
until it consumes all
Oh, to be young again
To be confident and charming and believe it never ends
Oh, to be young again
I want to feel like I am closer to the start than to the end
I’ve been walking on a fine line
Between wrong and right
And it’s taken me to places I knew better to go
Put on a lot of faces at the theatre shows
Behind the curtain I am not a nice guy
I live with spite
And my bitterness compounded by the kids in the crowd
So innocent and open as they sing it out loud
There’s nothing you can do to stop from aging
All you have is this day
Every thought is a blessing
Every breath that you take
Everything outside of right now is illusory
It’s not real
The past, the future, they don’t exist.
All you have is now
The guardrail is tempting me
Standing like a sentry to the left of me
It's guarding adventure that certain's to be
life threatening, life threatening
I need a tragedy to wake me
from perpetual dreaming
the proverbial "pinch me"
I'm so sick of sleeping
I'm so sick of sleeping
And you wonder why my eyes don't leave my phone
(Oh whoa oh oh)
It's no wonder that you feel like you're alone, alone
I think I need a new story
One where I take on the world
The one I'm living is boring
It's killing you and me both
The car crash in front of me
Pulls me back from deep and desperate fantasy
Snaps me wide awake to see the horrible scene
What's happening?
What's happening?
Is this the tragedy I asked for?
Is this blood on my hands a consequence of my own war?
I'm so sick of sleeping
I'm so sick of needing more
And you wonder why my eyes don't leave my phone
(Oh whoa oh oh)
It's no wonder that you feel like you're alone, alone
I think I need a new story
One where I take on the world
The one I'm living is boring
It's killing you and me both
And you watch every time
As I give myself to death and neglect life
And I blindly desert the plot line you deserve
And you wonder why my eyes don't leave my phone
(Oh whoa oh oh oh)
It's no wonder that you feel like you're alone, alone
I think I need a new story
One where I take on the world
The one I'm living is boring
It's killing you and me both
It's killing you and me both
I long to taste adventure like the nature of the sea
Always moving, always hiding, all the creatures from beneath
Singing silent songs of sadness, my heart waits for its chance
To dance upon the ashes of my burned up little plans
And I stand alone before the night
My nakedness is so clear in the glow of the moonlight
Life is old but so short
We are young, we want more
I'm drowning but I don't care
Because when you got what I got, what I got
Who needs air? I don't need air
My addiction too danger like the rush of the sea
Like a wave on the rocks, the lessons crash down on me
I don?t need to prove the world to you, only to myself
So step back, look away as I dive into the swell
I'm drowning but I don't care
Because when you got what I got, what I got
Who needs air?
So take me down to the river like a little child
And take my hand and tell me it's okay to be wild
I never knew the world until I saw through your eyes
I never knew myself until I ripped off my disguise
I'm drowning but I don't care
Because when you got what I got, what I got
Who needs air?
I'm drowning
(I have come to the realization that)
But I don't care
(Life is more than what I have accomplished and)
Because when you got what I got, what I got
(Life is more then the realization that)
Who needs air?
(We have accomplished nothing at all)
I'm drowning
(True success is so selfless so drown in the)
But I don't care
(Lyrics of your life and give up the air that you breathe)
Because when you got what I got, what I got
(You don?t need anything)
I don't need air
(You don?t need anything)
When the time comes I put my feet in the water
It's not as warm as I expect
Will I go down like a preachers son?
Or will I come back up like a world war vet?
Will I watch my brothers die?
Speak true words into their lives?
Will I hold them close and tell them why
The life they led was sacrifice?
I don't know much
But I know about love
And how it hurts me to give up
It hurts me to give up
When the time comes I put my hands on the table
They are examined for what they are
A long life line that's been cut short
By the road, the time, the battle scars
What I would give to be back home
Where the sunsets over the water
Someone save me from these preachers sons
Save me from their daughters
Still I don't know much but
But I know about love
And how it hurts me to give up
It hurts me to give up
Why do we always say we're fine
When it's obvious we lie
Why don't we ever tell the truth
What do we got to lose?
And I don't know much
But I know about love
And how it hurts me to give up
It hurts me to give up
And I don't know much
But I know about love
And how it hurts me to give up
Jenny left from Idaho and made her home in Capitol Hill
In a 300 square foot studio above a coffee shop near the Broadway Grill
And every night she walks the block to trade in her time for cheap thrills
And everyone she meets is cool, but just out of reach and it kills
She used to spend her nights by firelight and singing to the stars
Now she’s ours
Kevin left from Denver where the air is clear and people are nice
And he traded it for sea level, for misty rain, what a bitter compromise
For now he felt like he belonged to those who understood him
But he sold his soul to fight right in and he watched his friends desert him
He used to spend his nights by candlelight and drinking wine to vinyl
Now he’s ours
It’s a city of orphans
Who had nowhere to go
So they cashed in their dreams
Headed northwest to the sea and they called it their home
But most don’t belong here
We’re all running away
And we’ll drain you dry of all semblance of life
We don’t give we just take, take, take
But this city has no Bible
There’s no meaning you can use
We’re all desperately searching for truth
We’re a city of orphans
Who had no place to go
So we cashed in our dreams, filled our glasses with Beam
and our bodies with smoke
and we spend every weeknight
trading pints at the Streamline
and we talk about truth and we talk about love but we wake up to lies, lies, lies
it’s a city of orphans
where did our fathers go
we stumble around in the bad part of town at the end of our rope
but there are no answers
on the tables of oak
if God could just hear us
we think that He’s near, but He left long ago
we’re a city of orphans
what do we do to ourselves?
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
Lost sense of direction: nobody knows my name
Confidence: correction
I don't know how to play that game
A straight line is quicker
A straight line would make me fast
I've burned my nose enough to know that straight lines
never last
Swallow your soul
And drink from this life
As you choke on your pride
We all look elsewhere
We all look elsewhere
It's safer inside doors, nobody has to flee
A broken vessel passed the rocks and out to sea
Waiting, wanting, mad with purpose
Now we come to talk to one who knows the answer to how
Swallow your soul
And drink from this life
As you choke on your pride
Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You are not alone
They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
You are not alone
Like winter that comes quick in early September
The rain clouds that washed me are what I remember
The stones that I threw piled high like a mountain
Which I had to climb before I reached the fountain
If life is a riddle then riddle me this
The blood tasted sweet as it passed by my lips
Don't, don't waste your time
Don't, don't waste your time
Don't waste your time
Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You are not alone
Liar, liar
They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
It's a beautiful landscape
The sunset makes the coast look so clear
It's the kind that makes your heart break
But no one has those kind of problems here
And from the stage brush comes a dove
It comes to take away the ones you love
In camouflage comes a dove
And it comes to take away the ones you love
Wake up, you're faithless
See your heart break
Gone
From hope is found a way
To lead this foolish flock of sheep astray
And the clouds make fearful noises
And slowly turn black and shake
The darkness comes around you
The darkest come to take
And it will cut the life right from you
Leave you standing in the rain
With nowhere left to run to
And no one left to love you but the pain
Wake up, you're faithless
See your heart break
Gone
It's no use trying to hold on
Wake up, you're faithless
Won't be here for long
And this shipwreck will soon be gone (this shipwreck
will soon be gone)
All that I know is what I've learned from troubled
times
I've stood alone on the last shore with burning hand
under black skies
I have been hunted through the valleys and the corners
of my life
Fight or die
Wake up, you're faithless
See your heart break
Gone
It's no use trying to hold on
Wake up you're faithless
Won't be here for long
And this shipwreck will soon be gone
I can't get enough
Of livin' in the city
I get off the bus
At Dexter and Denny
The sun's comin' up
Over the lake to my east
And I feel the love
In the rhythm of the music of the street, yeah
And no one is gonna take that away from me
So I pick up a Real Change paper
As I walk on down the street
Yeah, because
Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
Yeah, come on
In the jet city of love
Northwest in the evergreen state
People can't get enough
Of living in the darkness and the rain
But when the sun comes out
The streets are filled with songs
And people playing it loud
So the whole world can sing along, yeah
And the cops go screaming by on the 99
There's a man with a smile and his guitar on
And he's holdin' a sign
And it says
Vagabonds and troubadours
I built this city on punk rock cores
And I for one cannot ignore the facts, yeah
So we will make music
'Til no one refuses
We will take our airwaves back
He gets his information from overhearing conversations
He doesn't ask questions, doesn't learn many lessons
And he keeps his mouth shut until he boils over and he blows up
And then he can't form his words right, and they don't fit together so tight
And I hope to God that he will find his name,
and not listen to his so called friends when they so boldly say,
"This is the way that you are," don't let them say,
"This is the way that you are."
She doesn't have much to say about yesterday or what happened to her when she was eight
So she drinks a lot and it makes her feel okay for the moment, but it's gone when she awakes.
And I hope you know that Someone out there loves you
So don't give yourself away
and don't listen to them when they say,
"This is the way that you are," don't let them say,
"This is the way that you are."
"This is the way that you are," don't let them say,
"This is the way that you are."
Don't let them say,
"This is the way, this is the way that you are."
All i can see is as far as my headlights can show me
and all of the roads look the same in each state that i drove in
as i grip the wheel and i drift away
wishin i could wake up just a second too late
so that i could see heaven and i'd a taste
but i just keep goin
so here's to the promise of glamorous living
you must drink up now, cause it's all that your getting
if you haven't been tested, you certainly will
and i promise,it's going, to kill.
all i can think of, is how much i'd kill to be sleeping
and squinting my eyes my mind is drifting to secrets i'm keeping
and the long hauling trucks are all in their stops
just like luminous ghosts of something that once was
their rigs look so empty when framed by their lights
and thats how i'm feeling
so here's to the promise of glamorous living
you must drink up now, cause its all that your getting
if you haven't been tested you certainly will
and i promise, it's going, to kill.
its all at their expense,
if this is real, i'm a fake
at least i feel important
i won't lie, i lie to get paid
so heres to the promise of glamorous living
you must drink up now, cause its all that your getting
if you haven't been tested, you certainly will
I wish I could play the violin
I’d play ‘til tears rolled down your cheek and chin
And if you sang along
We could write the saddest song
Sometimes I indulge my every whim
And piece-by-piece I build the cell I’m in
But I only stay here long enough
to write the saddest song
I dreamt I stood on a hill that I wished was a mountain
To look back on all my accomplishments
Well they must have been small because I couldn’t seem to find them
so I took a leap off of the precipice
I wish I could play piano well
I’d hit the keys that make your spirit swell
And if you sang along
We could write the saddest song
Whatever the cost
Whether it works out or not
Whatever the cost
Whether it works out or not
It couldn't be more far from the truth
If you could do to me the things you would do
And I know you're on to me
I'm watching you wanting me
You hung down the rebels and punish them wrongfully
You came with fire and weapons to kill
A warrior poet once said
You're not dead yet so live like you could be
A warrior poet said
Have no regrets when you're old
Have no regrets when you're old
I'm not looking for you to be anything
But my ultimate enemy
So back off, you're not what I would prefer to see
When my body rots I still won't give you the courtesy
You came with fire for the last time
A warrior poet once said
You're not dead yet so live like you could be
A warrior poet said
Have no regrets when you're old
Have no regrets when you're old
When your body wants to run
But your heart knows you're better than that
The blood you spilled on battlefields
I promise you will not go unspent
Neither will I leave you stranded
The promise rings as our battle cry
You're never alone regardless of doubt
But faith comes so easy to some
Better luck next time, better luck next time
Watch as the teargas burns my eyes
It burns my eyes
A warrior poet once said
You're not dead yet so live like you could be
A warrior poet said
Have no regrets when you're old
I am a happy nihilist, no absolute truth does exist
When I decide to shake my fist, I only got myself to
blame
Cause we’re all players and life's the game
I only take what I need, I am so light on my feet
I will not stop or concede, I am not driven by greed
No moral compass for me, it's all just natural feelings
Existence has no meaning, there's no such thing as
happy
But late at night when I sleep, I dream of more than I
There's something burning in me, a driving need to be
free,
Why do I sit here and think about the things that I
need?
There's nothing left to believe, oh is it all just a
dream?
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h*ll to trust nobody else but
I used to read everything, I used to need nothing
I put my money on me, I used to be something
Now I can’t sleep, cause I’m not happy
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h*ll to trust nobody else but
Whoa oh oh
Why am I haunted by the metaphysical?
Is it a cosmic lie or is it literal?
The books I read that used to free my mind
Have made me more blind but the truth I’ll find it
I was a happy nihilist
Now I’m wondering why I exist
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
But it still hurts like h*ll to trust nobody else but
Would you go to war for me, baby
Would you cry for the weak
And die for the peace of men
Oh how can we know
You and I both know
So let's make this boatload of excuses burn and sing
One day it all comes down to this
You can sink or swim
You can handle this
One day it all comes down
One day we all go down
I'll take my heart back
And set the people free
I'll leave the dead to die
And take what's coming with me
Step back for all the world to see
Your life means all the world to me
I'll take your pain and suffering
I'm such a sucker sometimes
Sometimes we don't know
So plug up those bullet holes
Oh you feel so close, don't let go until I say
One day we'll drink to this and say
Remember when we died
We went out in flames
I'll take my heart back
And set the people free
And take what's coming with me
Step back for all the world to see
Your life means all the world to me
I'll take your pain and suffering
I'm such a sucker sometimes
Sometimes we don't know
So plug up those bullet holes
Oh you feel so close, don't let go until I say
One day we'll drink to this and say
Remember when we died
We went out in flames
I'll take my heart back
And set the people free
Call me a liar,
Call me your friend.
I will let you down again,
'Cause I'm a disaster of epic proportions.
I will let you down again.
I am not worthy to be called your savior,
I am not going to catch all your blame,
But to warn you some may fall on my name.
"How could you do this to all your believers?
How could you do this to all of your friends?"
You know this is the end!"
I know this is the end.
Be good to me as you once were when you pulled me from
the brink of death
My enemies were frenzied for a taste of my flesh
And now I've got the same feeling again
The beasts are closing in their teeth are dripping with
rattlesnake poison
So I will run into Your open arms I've got nowhere else
to go
I don't want to live like this anymore
Trading truth for the simple things
I don't want to live like this anymore
Will You give me the will to sing out
When I'm filled with the darkest of doubt
When I'm down for the count
Protect me from mutiny
From those who miscarried your baby
From those who miscarried the truth
So they could selfishly do whatever they thought was
pleasing
Protect me from insincerity
From between their teeth it's practically oozing
Their eyes are hollow and blind they're always wasting my
time
A couple of years and I'm a silhouette
My halo is broken now and I'm all that's left
I hate to disappoint but it's the way things went
I was bound to the things I did and after what was said
Tie up these loose ends
These voices are calling me out
I've got the solution
You can feed me to something
That is leaving this doubt
Whoa, I'm losing hope
There's a hole in my heart
That's been cut out of stone
Whoa, cold comes cold goes
Could you fill this hole?
'Cause I can't do it alone
A couple of tears and I'm a broken mess
The sadness has taken me far too deep in regret
So sing me a song about something good
My heart's on the thrashing floor
And I've done every single thing I could
I use to believe in some kind of feelin'
That could change everything I thought I knew
But that door is closed and
My heart feels like it's frozen
If you hear me I can feel you
Whoa, I'm losing hope
There's a hole in my heart
That's been cut out of stone
Whoa, cold comes cold goes
Could you fill this hole?
'Cause I can't do it alone
The coldest heart can be brought to life
When it's thrown into the fire of goodbyes
The coldest heart can be brought to life
When it's thrown into the fire of goodbyes
The coldest heart can be brought to life
When it's thrown into the fire of goodbyes
The coldest heart can be brought to life
When it's thrown into the fire of goodbyes
Whoa, I'm losing hope
There's a hole in my heart
That's been cut out of stone
Whoa, cold comes cold goes
Could you fill this hole?
'Cause I can't do it alone
Whoa, I'm losing hope
There's a hole in my heart
That's been cut out of stone
Whoa, cold comes cold goes
Could you fill this hole?
'Cause I can't do it alone
I've got the coldest heart
('Cause I can't do it alone)
I've got the coldest heart
I've got the coldest heart
I left my heart in a plastic box
On the bedside table
It will be locked 'til I get home
I've grown feeble and tired of the world
Tired of constantly missing my girl
And I long to smell the sea
And I long to smell the sea
The sea
The sea
The sea
The sea
The sea, yeah
I miss the Pacific Ocean and the northwestern air
And run each of my fingers
Through the strands of her hair
I've been all over this country lately
But I've been nowhere it seems, nowhere
Well, I've found the cure for my landlocked blues
It's coming home to you
It's coming home to you
You, oh, you, oh
You, oh, you, oh
If a simple seed gets just what it needs
Then a redwood tree can grow
Up to a hundred feet for the world to see
And endure the sleet and the snow
But if my whole life was wrapped and priced
I wonder what the tag would show
'Cause every time I'm close to the Holy Ghost
I always seem to let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go, go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go
I let her go, go
I left my heart in a plastic box
On the bedside table
She's got a solar powered life
She dies without direct sunlight
But every morning in the spring
She wakes up early
And this is what she sings
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
Yeah
My baby gets depressed at night
All hope is gone with the twilight
But every morning after dawn
She sings to me
And this is her love song
My oh my what a beautiful day outside
Hey hey what a beautiful day
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day
Yeah
I give you everything you need
I give vacations by the sea
If that's what you need girl
I give you everything you want
Sitting sipping smoothies with your sunglasses on
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
My oh my what a beautiful day outside (beautiful day)
Hey hey what a beautiful day (beautiful day)
We sing the same song you and I
With lead feet in deep water we cry out to live or die
Instead we tread in waves to stay alive
Our heads above the grave but
there's no one to save us this time
So I will sing
and you will hear me,
and join the chorus so we can start again.
Our voices raised
are flawed but freeing
our souls so we can change and start again.
My life's a painting I've done blind
With each brushstroke you'll watch me blur every solid
line
Over this canvas I have stood with no one left beside
no one to decide if it's good.
So I will sing
and you will hear me,
and join the chorus so we can start again.
Our voices raised
are flawed but freeing
our souls so we can change and start again,
again, again, again, again! again! Yeah!
I will sing
and you will hear me,
and join the chorus so we can start again.
Our voices raised
are flawed but freeing
our souls so we can change and start again,
We painted dreams and how we wished they’d all come true
We hoped for more than pallet brush and canvas could ever prove
Well maybe we could get our hopes up one more time
We’re not the kids we were that doesn’t mean we should be blind
Chasing the painting of a dream
Chasing the only thing that ever made sense to me
Oh, it is hard but it is easy
It might seem wrong but it’s so right
So let us conjure up the feeling
And paint the dreams we used to paint tonight
We flew so high, we didn’t know limits existed then
‘til we got older and woke up and stopped playing pretend
well what’s more real than how I feel and how I felt back then
I will dust my paint and brushes off
And I will dream again
Chasing the painting of a dream
Chasing the only thing that ever made sense to me
Oh, it is hard but it is easy
It might seem wrong but it’s so right
So let us conjure up the feeling
And paint the dreams we used to paint tonight
Oh, it is hard but it is easy
It might seem wrong but it ‘s so right
So let us conjure up the feeling
My real estate
My life is dull
And dried up like the sound
A voice makes when the heart grows cold
And it's going that way
I think I'll move out of state
Somewhere far from Seattle city lights
They burn my eyes
California sounds nice but California's a lie
Maybe I'm out of luck or maybe I'm just blind
All this time
Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that I know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be there long ago
My life is like a rolling river
So muddy and absurd
And although I might be mistaken
I know that I'll be heard
And I find the second I try to pull away
I'm thrown back in line
All this time
Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that I know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be there long ago
Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that I know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be there long ago
And we are looking for the same thing. the same thing
Seattle is calling me back home, back home
Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that I know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be there long ago
Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that I know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be there long ago
Whoa, whoa
I had months to write a song
That captured who you are
But I fear I have done you wrong
Because I've failed you so far
The chord that struck, an angel fell
Skies went dark and it all comes down
The choices made, the lies forgotten
Oh, well
This is the way that I know
This is the way that I know
I would give everything for some hope
Are you different?
Could I be different too?
Nobody knows you
Nobody knows you like I do
'Cause there's a song outside my window
And it plays to your tune
And there's a life inside this pencil
And it lives for what is true
'Cause I am lost for words, the cost for her
Was way to much to bear
You're not perfect but I don't care
This is the way that I know
This is the way that I know
I would give everything for some hope
Are you different?
Could I be different too?
Nobody knows you
Nobody knows you like I do
Are you different?
Could I be different too?
Nobody knows you
Nobody knows you like I do
Say the word, say the word
Are you different
Could I be different too?
Nobody knows you
Nobody knows you like I do
Yeah, no
Are you different?
Could I be different too?
Nobody knows you
Nobody knows you like I do
Are you different?
Could I be different too?
Nobody knows you
Give me wings, give me peace
These are the things that I need
I'm tourmented, boken, and shamed
Are you listening?
And give me shelter from the storm
I know its a lot to ask for considering how recent I've piled the dirt on your name
Are you listening?
Are you listening?
I have heard that winter's cold will give way to summers warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road
Is this where I am for your sake?
Stuck between sleep and awake
My mind is dreaming of things
Are you listening?
I took you for granted again
And threw you aside and pretended for one minute that I had control of my life and direction-- it seemed to be "in"
I was wrong again
Are you listening?
I have heard that winter's cold will give way to summers warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road
And I will wait for you to come again
And I can't pretent like I'm confident
And I can't pretend like it makes much sence when it doesn't
I have heard that winter's cold will give way to summers warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow,
Sick with regret, you sputter out.
Your flame swallowed in doubt.
Light the cigarette and take a breath,
The smoke inflates your chest
And thins your blood so you bleed less inside
Left with the mess that came about,
when you chose to live without
On foreign shores you fight or die
Life's thrown before your eyes and leaves its toll
On your calloused, empty soul
How long, how long will we be desperately alone?
how long, how long?
How long, how long will we have to pay for what we've
done?
how long, how long?
"What we would give to feel alive!"
Through the fog, a muffled cry,
"The anchor's lost and so am I"
We fall victims to the tide
I'm free to drift,
And free to die on my terms now
How long, how long will we be desperately alone?
how long, how long?
How long, how long will we have to pay for what we've
done?
how long, how long?
Yeah!
Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa
Whoa...
I may not have a perfect voice
But I’ll still sing at the top of my lungs
Until my days are done
I was once a child with a million plans
Now all I’ve got is what's in my hands
I don’t leave much to chance these days
I may not ever see a dime but I’ll be fine
Yeah I’ll still get by
All the time a smile upon my face
You might see me on the corner with a cup someday
And I’ll smile and wave
And say "God bless you for your change today"
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I may not be a perfect man but I’ll still stand
Yeah I’m counting on grace to win this race for me in the end
I may not sing your favorite songs but I don’t sing for you
Cause if I did I would have been done long ago
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I'm gonna sing it out
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
At the top of my lungs
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I may not have a perfect voice but I won't lie
I’ll sing until I die
Because I may not get the chance another night
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I'm gonna sing it out
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
At the top of my lungs
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I'm gonna sing it out
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh whoa oh oh oh
I've been unalive
Been sleeping for says in this comatose state
I've been unalive
Prone to hide from the messes that I've made
I've been unalive [x2]
I used to let fight the battles before me
But now I stand alone to prove you right
Just a one man army
I used to let you fight the giants before me
But now I stand alone by a fire where I burn my plans to warm me
I've been unalive
Waa-ohh
I used to let you fight
The battles before me
But now I stand alone
Just a one man army
I use to let you fight
All the giants before me
What great risk to truly live
We could die alone.
Our self-proclaimed meaning of bliss
Is getting what we're owed.
It's always getting what we're owed.
I am like a machine,
All that I really need is medicine
And then I'll fall fast asleep
In my dreamlike state, I'll pretend I'm unscathed
But when I wake up, my resilience fades
When I wake up, my resilience fades.
How long, how long?
How long, long...
I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying
I know there's more to life than drinking this soul
sick medicine
Oh no, no I'll never listen or do what I'm told
At twenty-four, you'd think I'd hold my speech
Instead, I'll mix you a cocktail,
Some truth and some slander
And never practice what I preach
I never practice what I preach.
How long, how long?
How long, long...
I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying.
I know there's more to life than drinking this soul
sick medicine
I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying.
I know there's more to life than drinking this soul
sick medicine
I know there's more to life
I know there's more to life
I know there's more,
I know there's more to life than drinking
Tossed by the tempest of life
A victim of storms I contrive
I feel like the best is behind
And I can’t go back
The eye of the storm satisfies
I watch the chaos from inside
But the wind turns and I realize
That I can’t go back
So I go
Pressing on through the wind and the waves
If I drown let me go so that you can be saved
It don’t matter if people remember my name
I have lived
I have lived
Let me die
I fight against what lies beneath
It’s just my will against the sea
I’ve never been one to give in
Of all the virtues I have lacked
The need to fight has been my anchor
I could never ask for you to save me
No your will could never calm the seas I’m braving
Let me die
I have lived
I have lived
Dripping wet with practiced sincerity,
Cute slogans for intangible mysteries.
You reduce your god (pruned to profit your ego)
to a tv commercial,
"Buy what I sell! (advertise, advertise!)" you scream,
"Purchase my lifestyle!"
I once held the key, but now I have nothing.
You are so naïve.
I'm sorry for leading you along.
I'm just a man, I'm just a man.
I'm just a man!
Wake me up and wipe the cliché from my eyes.
It's killing me when all I see is hypocrisy and lies.
I know that my faults bring me down, it's a constant
battle.
That's why I have to be honest with you now.
I'm not your saint, I'm not your savior
I once held the key, but now I have nothing.
You are so naive.
I'm sorry for leading you along.
I'm just a man, I'm just a man.
I'm just a man!
I once held the key to everything you ever dreamed of.
Now I have nothing.
I'm sorry for leading you along.
I'm just a man, I'm just a man
I'm just a man!
I will wait
I used to let you fight
(fight for me again)
but now I stand alone
(will you fight for me again?)
I will wait
Will you fight for me again?
Will you fight for me?
(again)
Will you fight for me?
(again)
I will wait for you
I know it cuts you inside every time that you try
To take a pathway in life that leaves you so un-obliged
Every promise is lies, every smile makes you cry
Leaves you so un-alive, so un-alive
I wish I could take the fall maybe by that I could solve
The problems we're all having
It's been a while since you've felt like you've been home
Your life's just flesh and bone
Your heart is worth more than you know
The one thing that hurts more than your life
Is to wake up one more time alone
It's to wake up one more time alive
So take us in, we'll stop you dead
We'll show you something you won't ever forget
This life's a road, no place is home
My heart's a hole that needs to constantly be filled with love
This time it's all that I've got
Words hit the page like gunshots
My stomach's left in a knot
My pride is left here to rot
It's been a while since I've felt this restless
By definition it's depressing but I'm alright
It kills to wake up one more time alone
It kills to wake up one more time alive
So take us in, we'll stop you dead
We'll show you something you won't ever forget
This life's a road, no place is home
My heart's a hole that needs to constantly be filled with love
I know the feeling of being all alone
So let's drink to the fact that we're not
I know the feeling of being all alone
So let's drink to the fact that we're not
So take us in, we'll stop you dead
We'll show you something you won't ever forget
This life's a road, no place is home
I'm like a lost boy
Looking for his father in the wilderness
Days in the wrong direction
Wondering if I'll ever see his face again
But you know me too well
I bring it all on myself
Between Heaven and Hell
I've got no home
I'm like an old man
Tight lipped filled to the brim with only emptiness
Alone in my apartment
With all my doubt and shame, regret and bitterness
But you know me too well
I bring it all on myself
Between Heaven and Hell
I've got no home
Between Heaven and Hell
I've got no home
We are the heirs to every throne
We wander far from what we've known
We wait for love to call us home
We are the heirs to every throne
We wander far from what we've known
We wait for love to call us home
We are the heirs to every throne
We wander far from what we've known
We wait for love
Friends, I will keep you like trophies
In my heart to remember how loneliness
Was a faded dream on 219th Street
We were more than just young
We were full of it
And no one could touch us or take us in
Watching the sunset from the roof
We’d plan our next adventure
I was 19 and young
Thought I had it all figured out
The world was our oyster
And we dove in to get the pearl out
Now we are
Swimming in memories
How we wish we could go back
I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that
Hindsight only favors good vision
But I’m not one to complain
When it’s all I dream of
We were more than just
Useless and stupid kids
Music kit moved us
We shook our fists
As we sang along
At the top of our lungs
Now we are
Swimming in memories
How we wish we could go back
We hold
The hope that someday
We’ll see the world again
Like that
Like that
Like that
Like that
Now we are
Swimming in memories
How we wish we could go back
We hold
The hope that someday
We'll see the world again
Like that
Like that
Oh! Like that
Like that
A summer drive away from dying
A broken heart, nothing to lose
I know it hurts so bad just trying
To please the ones you hate to love
And I wrote this note
About someone I used to know
So I'd remember how life can be so short
When your left alone to wonder
How it is someone opens and shuts the door
And I know you're cold but come home
It's a shame how short we all have come
You set your mind on cruise control
Knuckles grip the wheel in fear to let it go
Love is empty, love is cruel
Love, it blindly breaks the rules
How could you have been a fool?
It's something all of us go through
You choke back tears and swallow lies
But those wiper blades won't fix you eyes
Count on having clouded vision for at least a little while
And I know you're cold but come home
It's a shame how short we all have come
And I know you're cold but come home
Please don't face the headlights
Of the oncoming cars along
We won't forget the past
We won't forget the past
And I know you're cold
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I won't look back and I won't look back
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I will let you go and I will let you go
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I won't look back and I won't look back
Say all the answers and I will let you go
I will let you go and I will let you go
(Say all the answers and I will let you go)
You're gone
(I won't look back and I won't look back)
Please don't face the headlights
(Say all the answers and I will let you go)
Of the oncoming cars along
(I will let you go)
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey
I've been sitting in the suicide lane on Highway 99
Looking for a sign in the headlights
Well I've been to war with my mind
But things will be different this time
I won't be putting up a fight
Hey Hey (Hey Hey Hey)
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
No longer living
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey
I've been sitting by the train tracks near the backdoor
of my mind
Waiting for the planets to align
Well I've got ever good reason
To make this open season
Hang my head above the mantle piece tonight
Hey Hey (Hey Hey Hey)
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
No longer living
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer lving,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey
Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!
We're digging our own graves!
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
No longer living
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-
crossed grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey
Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!
I’ve scraped the glass for crumbs and asked the mirror for some truth
I’ve loaded my body with chemicals it was no use
Cause retribution’s coming for the years of this abuse
And I can’t get away and still I can’t get close enough to you
(oh oh oh oh)
You won’t go away, but every hit is just a taste
Something scares me in this place, I self destruct for days
It’s a constant reminder of what I can and cannot have
The smell, the taste it’s all just fake, the truth is what I lack
So I will keep on running and keep my head above the ground
And I will look for you in places you cannot be found
(oh oh oh oh)
You won’t go away, but every hit is just a taste
Something scares me in this place, I self destruct for days
You won’t go away, but every hit is just a taste
Of all the things I need to face, but it's all so fake
“It’s okay,” a voice says
“We all look elsewhere.”
It’s true that I look elsewhere for you
you won't go away, you won't go away (III)
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste
something scares me in this place, I self destruct for days
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste
Dead rose, you were once so vibrant
As you stretched out towards the sun
And spread your pedals wide
To take it all inside
Dead rose, tried to keep you alive
But you drank the water dry
And now you’re facing down
Your pedals scattered on the ground
But you grew so naturally at first
And so this natural death occurs
A stem in water never lasts as long
As roots planted in dirt
And although we have had our time
It hurts to watch you fade and die
What once was stunning and alive
Becomes so cold and
Dead rose, I don’t love you anymore
Dead rose, you’re a symbol of the truth
Of the love we had for you
How all good things must end and with each death new life begins
Dead rose, how am I suppose to find
Something equally divine?
No matter where I go I plant the seeds but nothing grows
But you grew so naturally at first
And so this natural death occurs
A stem in water never lasts as long
As roots planted in dirt
And although we have had our time
It hurts to watch you fade and die
What once was stunning and alive
Becomes so cold and dead inside
How fleeting is love, how fleeting is life
When I came home and shut the door
I saw your last pedal hit the floor
And I was struck by something I’d never felt before
Dead rose, I don’t love you any more
We’ll look back on the day
when the dead rose from the grave
No more sorry and shame
The new body and name
Nothing perfect will die
No more tears in our eyes
No more worries and trials
We’ll have faith like a child’s
When I come through that open door
I’ll finally see you as you really are
And I’ll be struck by something I’d never felt before
Dead rose I will love you forever more
I was once a boy in love with strangers,
As I watched them smoke their cigarettes I'd wave
I was much to young to think of danger,
I was curious and innocent and brave
Now the wrinkles in my face have gotten deeper,
I'm an old man at just 25 years young
I try to keep myself away from mirrors,
They remind me of the stupid things I've done
'cause after all mans intellect and power,
All you get is 650,000 hours
If you're lucky then you're dead,
Says the voice inside my head
keeps me moving on,
keeps me singing these songs, so sing along
Oh, oh, here we go, been down this road
about a thousand times before
But we ain't bored
Oh, oh, here we go singing songs we wrote
about a thousand times before
But we aint bored
the same four chords, the same four chords
Now the beard upon my face has gotten thicker
To protect me from the storms that come my way
Maybe when my lifes done I'll be the singer
in the band that plays outside of heavens gate
And even if I die tomorrow
I'll be glad my life was filled with songs,
And even if I die tomorrow
These four chords will keep me living on
Oh, oh, the songs that we wrote,
are playing back on the radio
Oh, oh, if I die tomorrow
Twenty two years have passed by as I contemplate
I can recall you getting me out of every scrape
What comes first to my mind was the change
That I so desperately needed to make
Day and night
Frozen silent, blinding violent fear
A song for my fight
Comes spilling the words I so desperately needed to hear
Do you know this song's for you?
My heart goes out to the hurt you feel inside
What hurts more than just dying is living barely alive
After all it's easier than falling short every time
I felt the pain and set fire to the grace
That I so desperately needed to take
Day and night
Frozen silent, blinding violent fear
A song for my fight
Comes spilling the words I so desperately needed to hear
Do you know this song's for you?
My heart goes out to the hurt you feel inside
Do you know this song's for you?
My heart goes out to the hurt you feel
I was brought up through the ashes
Like a phoenix birthing wings
And I will fight for my disasters
I will take the flight of kings
And if your life is ever torched
Or if you know the pain I sing
Then will you sing with me this chorus
And we will cut through people's hearts and free them
Do you know this song's for you?
My heart goes out to the hurt you feel inside
Do you know this song's for you?
I've got a bad taste in me
It's like I've been robbed of something
I once was in my childhood memories
And it's buried in sandboxes backyard where we used to see
That dreams could come true if believed
The sidewalks scream our names
We are so far from home, far from home
I've got a bad pain in my heart
It's like the first time that I looked in your eyes
The first time it all feel apart
And it's buried in sandboxes backyard where we used to see
That dreams could come true if believed
The sidewalks scream our names
We are so far from home, far from home
But now we are so far from home, far from home
All I have is words to which I must lay
I scribble them down hoping they'll save me
Me but I'm lost, I'm so lost
These pages will burn and I will pass away
Yesterday is gone and I just can't shake
The fact that I'm lost, I'm so lost
But now we are so far from home
Far from home
Now, we are so far from home
Far from home
But now we are so far from home
Far from home
Now, we are so far from home
Far from home
We are so far from home
Far from home
Now, we are so far from home
Far from home
Now, we are so far from home
I’ve tasted fame but never fortune
And still I couldn’t care less for both
I hope you’re done saying "I told you so"
Cause I think I’m done telling the world what I know
Everything is dark inside the whitest lie
When you take the truth in every half truth
You take the grey over the black and white
I am everything and nothing
Give me one good reason to believe I’m not alone
I will wait for You to answer me
I’ve never been much for smoke and mirrors so I need a
hand to hold
I will wait for You to answer me
I’ve tasted blame poured out by brothers
And I much prefer a woman's scorn
They chastise me for being honest
When they hide behind their pride and their porn
Everything is white inside the blackest truth
I know you hate to hear it but it’s all that I can do
I am everything and nothing
Warm skin, smooth lips
Our hearts are strong and toned,
Our tongues will speak of the unknown
I know that when I'm out here on the road,
Your ear's pressed to your phone as you wait for me
You're waiting there so patiently until
[Chorus]
I throw caution to the wind and suck your sweet poison,
Your body is everything
Your body is everything
As I trip on my desire I dive into your fire,
Your body is everything
Your body is everything
Fast asleep, my chest your cheek
You softly hum a tune to me from deep within your
dreams
Your eyes tell the story of my life
And your smile
The reason I am still alive
[Chorus]
As I trip on my desire I dive into your fire,
Your body is everything
Your body is everything
[Repeat: x2]
You never let me down
I left you a note on the table
I hope it finds you well
I hope you don't hurt like you did
'Cos I'd just blame myself
And I know it's for me
That I'm out on these streets
Bleeding nightly for these people I meet
But it's you who I long for when I cannot sleep
It's enough, it could drive me to drink
And I, I am almost nowhere
And I'm getting there fast
And you, you're the hope in my cold stare
You're the drink in my hand
And I picked up your broken, your tears
You said you weren't busy enough
I still don't know why you need me in my broken down luck
With each second that ticks your voice rings in my ears
And the memories flood back from all of our years
And I tell you "It's ok, there's nothing to fear"
And I secretly hope I am right
And I, I am almost nowhere
And I'm getting there fast
And you, you're the hope in my cold stare
You're the drink in my hand
You're the drink in my hand [x5]
I left you last week and you told me "Go on and follow your dreams"
I think about that lately
Still I don't know what it means
'Cos you're what I dream of when I wake alone
As I drift away as we talk on the phone
You're all I want and it's all that I know
And I still just can't wait to get home
And I, I am almost nowhere
And I'm getting there fast
And you, you're the hope in my cold stare
You're the drink in my hand
The sunset through the blinds reminds me of the time we
You were like a ray of sunlight, penetrating my
apartment
As we walked down by the water I remember what you said
You said we had so much in common and you didn’t see it
coming
I was as surprised to find the love inside your eyes as
you were to see mine
Our friends all laughed and we were warned it was the
calm before the storm
that comes like it always does
Love of mine oh my how we have grown, it's different
Don’t ever want to go back to being alone, it's
different now
And I wouldn’t change a thing
I recall the times we spent down by the coffee shop
We would fight and you would cry, cause in those days I
lied a lot
Trying to protect you from the truth I had to learn
that never worked
I couldn’t hide anything from you, couldn’t bare to see
it hurt you
Oh I was so surprised to find forgiveness in your eyes,
undeserved, but love is blind
We shared our hearts as we drove home it was the calm
before the storm
that comes like it always does
After all the mistakes, its different now.
It seems our love never breaks,
Dead rose, you were once so vibrant
As you stretched out towards the sun
And spread your pedals wide
To take it all inside
Dead rose, tried to keep you alive
But you drank the water dry
And now you’re facing down
Your pedals scattered on the ground
But you grew so naturally at first
And so this natural death occurs
A stem in water never lasts as long
As roots planted in dirt
And although we have had our time
It hurts to watch you fade and die
What once was stunning and alive
Becomes so cold and
Dead rose, I don’t love you anymore
Dead rose, you’re a symbol of the truth
Of the love we had for you
How all good things must end and with each death new life begins
Dead rose, how am I suppose to find
Something equally divine?
No matter where I go I plant the seeds but nothing grows
But you grew so naturally at first
And so this natural death occurs
A stem in water never lasts as long
As roots planted in dirt
And although we have had our time
It hurts to watch you fade and die
What once was stunning and alive
Becomes so cold and dead inside
How fleeting is love, how fleeting is life
When I came home and shut the door
I saw your last pedal hit the floor
And I was struck by something I’d never felt before
Dead rose, I don’t love you any more
We’ll look back on the day
when the dead rose from the grave
No more sorry and shame
The new body and name
Nothing perfect will die
No more tears in our eyes
No more worries and trials
We’ll have faith like a child’s
When I come through that open door
I’ll finally see you as you really are
And I’ll be struck by something I’d never felt before
Dead rose I will love you forever more
What’s it gonna take for me?
I’m on my hands and knees
While all the poets fill pages of loose leaf
I feel cheap and I feel empty
We will bathe in the sea of disbelief
But we will not go quickly
No we will not die so easily
And I knew that this would happen, it always does
And I couldn’t stop my reaction so I let it come
I let it come
I still hold the belief that we are free
That we don’t need the rules to see
That despite what we’ve done we’re not alone
We’re closer than we think to home
It didn’t take me long to believe that I could do
anything
We turn the songs up loud so we can sing
I am true and I am living
We will walk through the valley of the shadow of the
boring
and burn it all
No we will not go quietly
And I knew that this would happen, it always does
And I couldn’t stop my reaction so I let it come
I let it come
I still hold the belief that we are free
That we don’t need the rules to see
That despite what we’ve done we’re not alone
We’re closer than we think to home,
to home, to home, to home, to home, to home, to home,
to home.
Across the water you call me, but I’m not listening as
I sink down
Water fills my lungs as I begin to drown
I have a demon in me
It shows its teeth and escapes
when I impatiently speak
that's when i make my mistakes
It seems I'm prone to abuse
I'm just like you, I'm just like you
I keep my mouth shut around
the fools and liars of this town
Starting fast from their lips
They burned it all to the ground
You know if you want the truth
You'll just end up getting burned too
Will the water wash me clean?
You can take it all out on me,
you can take it all out on me.
So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
You walk the walk,
don't you talk the talk too?
But in your heart you died alone
A long, long time ago.
Will the water wash you clean?
You can take it all out on me,
you can take it all out on me.
So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
So go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
Why don't you rub my face in it.
Yeah go ahead and spit your poison out
Yeah go ahead and take your cheap shots
I've never been too proud to sin,
He can't sleep, he can't eat
He keeps thinking about her behind the locked door of
her bedroom
As she knowingly tortures the shell that is left of her
bridegroom
And what did he do to deserve
This whore of a wife who parades her disgrace to his
face now
When he loved her and gave up his life in more ways
than she knows how
And all I can say is that
Love is a terrible art, it’s a hook in the heart
That can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you’re just a
broken mess
Where is God in this rot?
Depraved she commits the most heinous of sins and
breaks her vows
But he loves her despite all the crimes she devises in
his house
Where is God? I’ve been taught
That He’s close to the broken, it's true I have spoken
with Him some
When I look in my brother's eyes I can see where his
love comes from
And all he can say is that
Love is a terrible art, it’s a hook in the heart
That can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you’re just a
broken mess
But he has mercy on her lover and does not bleed him
A credit to his self control if it were me that monster
would probably die
Love is a beautiful thing, she can make your heart sing
When you’re walking on broken glass
She will open your eyes, make your heart feel alive
Point you toward the sunrise
Help you leave all this broken mess behind
Love is a beautiful thing
A showdown at dusk,
This old town is lost,
I'm flat on my back
And I can't see through the dust.
But you never told me that I was worthy,
You didn't let me live just to hurt me.
Desperate
We will lift up our hands.
Stronger
We will rise up against.
Freedom
Is a part of us all
its time to let it go.
Desperate
We will lift up our hands.
Stronger
We will rise up against.
Freedom
Is a part of us all
its time to let it go.
What happens now when I walk out of town?
And the enemy surrounds me bent on hunting me down?
I'll be moving silent while the enemy sleeps,
I'll show no mercy like the first time when they came
after me.
You'll never catch me.
You'll never own me.
Out on this lonely landscape I am free
Desperate
We will lift up our hands.
Stronger
We will rise up against.
Freedom
It's a part of us all
It's time to let it go.
Desperate
We will lift up our hands.
Stronger
We will rise up against.
Freedom
It's a part of us all
It's time to let it go.
I guess we figured it out.
One by one we're picking them off.
I guess we figured it out.
One by one we're picking them off.
I guess we figured it out.
One by one we're picking them off.
Desperate
We will lift up our hands.
Stronger
We will rise up against.
Freedom
It's a part of us all
It's time to let it go.
Desperate
We will lift up our hands.
Stronger
We will rise up against.
Freedom
It's a part of us all
I transcend time with my words, I'll build a house for you and I
We will live there together alone and surrealize
Do we just exist and does love persist?
The questions of purpose and loving of destiny
Our conquest for bliss is as much hit or miss
As it is skimming the fat off our beliefs
I walk around blindfolded
Talk, I'm not listening
I read through a thousand books
But forgot everything
If grace knows my name then I am to blame
Constantly spreading my fear and my shame
The story exists it's an option that ticks
But still my tongue cannot be trusted
It's so poetic like a black widow's kiss
Trembling as my muscles give
I walk around blindfolded
Talk, I'm not listening
I read through a thousand books
But forgot everything
I found out the proof itself
Was not foolproof
And I leave my mind daily
But you never see me move
Never see me move
Never see me move
Never see me move
If you listen to the sound of hope
In the children's voices asking questions
You'll know how blindness is a blessing
But I know your type, you're always right
Your tongue controls your mind
But I guess life's the lesson
If they said forty years I would die before
I let them take the love that I have paid for with my tears
And now the time has come to cut our tongues out
And commit ourselves as you did in your memory
We'll tear down the walls and let them know
We could have it all, we could have some hope
This city could be ours by nightfall
Do you hear the war drums beating?
Are you truly happy doing nothing, darling?
I need to find the center
Because love is something right
It's not cooked up overnight
In sticky situations you try
But less is more forever
If they said forty years, I would die before
I let them take the love that I have paid for with my tears
And now the time has come to cut our tongues out
And commit ourselves as you did in your memory
We'll tear down the walls and let them know
We could have it all, we could have some hope
This city could be ours by nightfall, nightfall
We'll tear down the walls and let them know
We could have it all, we could have some hope
This city could be ours by nightfall
The minute I was born, you stole my heart
The minute I was born, you stole my heart
The minute I was born, you stole my heart
The minute I was born, the minute I was born
Tear down the walls and let them know
We could go all night, we could just stay home
This city could be ours by nightfall, nightfall
We'll tear down the walls and let them know
We could have it all, we could have some hope
The faster I find the bottom
The sooner I turn it around
It seems as though I forgot
Just how far down
That I can go in an instant
And I can take you there
And I can take all my friends and family and I won't care
Cause I have the most reckless heart when I try
I have the most beautiful darkside
I need to find some meaning
Something true to believe in
Cause left to my own devices
The Beautiful darkside wins
The beautiful darkside wins
Always one for a good time
Always one for extremes
Until the fabric of life starts tearing at the seams
And I can never remember
When it started to turn
I just simply forget all of the things I've learned
Cause I have the most reckless heart when I try
I have the most beautiful darkside
I need to find some meaning
Something true to believe in
Cause left to my own devices
The Beautiful darkside wins
The beautiful darkside wins
Some day I will die (Have I just...)
Could be today or tonight (...Wasted time?)
The truth is I'm terrified
Have I just wasted time?
Wasted time
Have I just wasted time?
Cause I have the most reckless heart when I try
I have the most beautiful darkside
I need to find some meaning
Something true to believe in
I'm terrified of seeing
The beautiful darkside win
I can't stop killing songs you like
You look at me with eyes
Beat the sunrise in a contest, no question
Well, talk to all the others
And bring me back to earth
I'm thankful for your mother for what it's worth
Oh, all the memories we had
Framed in our minds like photographs
Take a second, take a second and make this last
Here where the future meets the past
I can never fall in love again
I can never fall in love again
I can't stop moving 'cause I'll feel dead
Give me a second
And I'll turn into a year that you won't forget
We'll make them read our stories
And we'll make them eat their words
We'll make their lives seem boring for what it's worth
Oh, all the memories we had
Framed in our minds like photographs
Take a second, take a second and make this last
Here where the future meets the past
I can never fall in love again
I can never fall in love again
I'll drink your poison and say
I'm still not going away
I'll swallow all your bombs and grenades
And love you like a tsunami wave
Wave, wave
Oh, all the memories we had
Framed in our minds like photographs
Take a second, take a second and make this last
Here where the future meets the past
And I can never fall in love again
I can never fall in love again
Oh, all the memories
Framed in our minds
Take a second, take a second and make this last
Here for a while
I can never fall in love again
I can never fall in love again
Oh, all the memories
Framed in our minds
Take a second, take a second and make this last
Here for a while
I can never fall in love again
I can never fall in love again
It's like I never had time to look away.
Bodies stuck between death and decay,
are plastic and set up on display.
And their eyes are wide and they are looking my way.
Each ligament exposed, each muscle connected.
And every organ that I proudly neglected.
I've been arranged for the common collective.
Stomaching the sight of human flesh resurrected.
It seems we're fearfully made and designed.
But it's a shame we can be so blind.
We're all the same,
made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
for spending way too much time on ourselves.
I have been blessed and now I'm blind.
A veil's been pulled over my eyes.
Now every bad season that kept me believing seems so
contrived.
There's more glory to be seen
and savored through suffering
than ever was through self-serving escape.
It seems we're fearfully made and designed.
But it's a shame we can be so blind.
We're all the same,
made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
for spending way too much time on ourselves.
Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust!
'Cause we're all the same,
made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
Jenny left from Idaho and made her home in Capitol Hill
In a 300 square foot studio above a coffee shop near the Broadway Grill
And every night she walks the block to trade in her time for cheap thrills
And everyone she meets is cool
But just out of reach and it kills
She used to spend her nights by firelight and singing to the stars
Now she’s ours
Now she’s ours
Kevin left from Denver where the air is clear and people are nice
And he traded it for sea level, for misty rain, what a bitter compromise
For now he felt like he belonged to those who understood him
But he sold his soul to fight right in and he watched his friends desert him
He used to spend his nights by candlelight and drinking wine to vinyl
Now he’s ours
Now she’s ours
It’s a city of orphans
Who had nowhere to go
So they cashed in their dreams
Headed northwest to the sea
And they called it their home
But most don’t belong here
We’re all running away
And we’ll drain you dry of all semblance of life
We don’t give we just take, take, take
But this city has no Bible
There’s no meaning you can use
We’re all desperately searching for truth
We’re a city of orphans
Who had no place to go
So we cashed in our dreams
Filled our glasses with Beam
And our bodies with smoke
And we spend every weeknight
Trading pints at the Streamline
And we talk about truth
And we talk about love but we wake up to lies, lies, lies
It’s a city of orphans
Where did our fathers go
We stumble around in the bad part of town at the end of our rope
But there are no answers
On the tables of oak
If God could just hear us
We think that He’s near
But He left long ago
We’re a city of orphans
What do we do to ourselves?
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell
Looking up with a question
throwing up an honest prayer
knowing nothing is less than
what it feels like when your not there
im comforting my suffering i
step down step down
slowly listening i
quickslide into quicksand yeah
just in time to grab your hand and,
breathe deep
i breathe deep
would you be real to me so i
can be real with myself
i give you my misery now (x2)
the fire's burning inside
i feel alive and i can't hide
when im with you im good to go
listen up cause i,
i need to clear out my mind
get down and lift up my favorite soul,
i give it up
i give it up
i give it up
i give it up to you
i give it up
i give it up
i give it up
i give it up to you
and i breathe deep
i breathe deep
would you be real to me so i
can be real with myself
i give you my misery now (x2)
i sacrifice...
i sacrifice...
but your god!
but your god!
god!
would you be real to me so i
can be real with myself
i give you my misery now
would you be real to me so i
can be real with myself!
i give you my misery
What great risk to truly live? We could die alone
Self-proclaimed meaning of bliss
Is getting what we're owed
It's always getting what we're owed
I am like a machine all that I really need is medisin
And then I'll fall fast asleep
In my dreamlike state I'll pretend I'm unscathed
But when I wake up my resilience fades
When I wake up my resilience fades
How long, how long?
How long, long?
I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying
I know there's more to life than drinking
This soul-sick medisin
Oh no, no, I'll never listen to what I'm told
At twenty-four, you'd think I'd hold my speech
Instead, I'll mix you a cocktail, some truth and some slander
And never practice what I preach, I never practice what I preach
How long, how long?
How long, long?
I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying
I know there's more to life than drinking
This soul-sick medisin
I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying
I know there's more to life than drinking
This soul-sick medisin
I know there's more to life
I know there's more to life
I know there's more
I know there's more to life than drinking
It couldn't be more far from the truth
If you could do to me the things you would do
And I know you're on to me
I'm watching you wanting me
You hung down the rebels and punish them wrongfully
You came with fire and weapons to kill
A warrior poet once said
You're not dead yet so live like you could be
A warrior poet said
Have no regrets when you're old
Have no regrets when you're old
I'm not looking for you to be anything
But my ultimate enemy
So back off, you're not what I would prefer to see
When my body rots I still won't give you the courtesy
You came with fire for the last time
A warrior poet once said
You're not dead yet so live like you could be
A warrior poet said
Have no regrets when you're old
Have no regrets when you're old
When your body wants to run
But your heart knows you're better than that
The blood you spilled on battlefields
I promise you will not go unspent
Neither will I leave you stranded
The promise rings as our battle cry
You're never alone regardless of doubt
But faith comes so easy to some
Better luck next time, better luck next time
Watch as the teargas burns my eyes
It burns my eyes
A warrior poet once said
You're not dead yet so live like you could be
A warrior poet said
Have no regrets when you're old
