Less Than Jake

Unless you could see inside my head,
you couldn't possibly understand
I'm happier when things are falling apart at the seams
and you'd never know just by looking at me
and I'm strung out on the future
and burnt out on the past
sometimes I'd rather just burn this place right to the ground
And y'know it just may be me
but the parking lot with all those creeps
keeps me convincing myself I'm completely sane
with sleep over rated
and my ideals outdated
I know that I wouldn't have it any other way
and I can't explain what this place races through my mind

"1989"

Let me give you some insight into my insides
I haven't been this confused in such a long time
you can't believe I've spent just losing my mind
I can't believe that 10 years have really gone by
it's been a long time
Had a plan for every year I've been alive
a million more I've built up inside of me
there's a million more that I have bottled up
and that I've fucked up
do you feel like the hard times are mountains you've climbed lying awake
it still feels like it's '89 it's been along time
those mindless days the plans that I've made
the countless mistakes all the times I've changed
through the years I faced all that's kept me sane
every single day

Which will it be, sympathy or apathy,
Which part of the human condition will I believe?
Tried than it's tested, if I just decided,
Tried than it's tested, if I have decided,
I fell

When it al cames down on a Saturday night,
Should I choose a side at 9th Pine?
Can we still say where civilized?
Watch a kid go down.

Is this a crowed?
Or the way it's going down,
Is being human watching all day?s without a sound.
Tried than it's tested, if I just decided,
Tried than it's tested, if I just decided,
I fell

When it al came down on a Saturday night,
Should I choose a side at 9th Pine?
Can we still say where civilized?
Watch a kid go down at 9th Pine

When it al came down on a Saturday night,
Should I choose a side at 9th Pine?
Can we still say where civilized?
Watch a kid go down at 9th Pine
Watch a kid go down at 9th Pine
Should I choose a side at 9th Pine

"A Still Life Franchise"

I remember that I kind of laughed at the sparks that spread the flames
Over all the ugly memories these past three years have made
Then I waited for the smoke to fill my lungs and suffocate my pain away

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
Well I'm gone, woah, woah.
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone

I remember when I found the place for the ends to list that normal scene
Living in this haunted house on this otherwise normal street
Postcards and photographs of who we were start to burn and fade away

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
Well I'm gone, woah, woah.
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
And I'll just say so long

"A Still Life Franchise"

I remember that I kind of laughed at the sparks that spread the flames
Over all the ugly memories these past three years have made
Then I waited for the smoke to fill my lungs and suffocate my pain away

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
Well I'm gone, woah, woah.
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone

I remember when I found the place for the ends to list that normal scene
Living in this haunted house on this otherwise normal street
Postcards and photographs of who we were start to burn and fade away

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
Well I'm gone, woah, woah.
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
And I'll just say so long

"A Still Life Franchise"

I remember that I kind of laughed at the sparks that spread the flames
Over all the ugly memories these past three years have made
Then I waited for the smoke to fill my lungs and suffocate my pain away

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
Well I'm gone, woah, woah.
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone

I remember when I found the place for the ends to list that normal scene
Living in this haunted house on this otherwise normal street
Postcards and photographs of who we were start to burn and fade away

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
Well I'm gone, woah, woah.
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone

So I say goodbye and I just say so long
Almost feeling paralyzed
My still life with vital signs
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
And I'll just say so long
My good intentions felt so wrong
Left me feeling so far gone
And I'll just say so long

This song is for everyone that said i was
programmed, part wired, that i'd self-destruct
They'd say i was destined to always be desperate
say i was destined to always fuck up
and i was voted the first one crumble and break
I'd never have a chance the biggest waste

But now i'm the one whos laughing last
Because you're the one who keeps looking back
you're the one thats faded away

But i say this song is for everyone that said i was
programmed, part wired, that i's self-destruct
they'd say i was destined to always be desperate
say i was destined to always fuck up
and i was voted the first one to crumble and break
I'd never have a chance the biggest watse

but now i'm the one whos laughing last
because you're the one who keeps looking back
you'e the one thats faded away
faded away
faded away!

Al said goodbye to his mom and dad for the first time in his life
tonight left the house and walked out to the waiting car outside
and somehow he thought they'd never understand that nothing lasts
and he just knows that time is just spinning by
and life is passing him by so fast
And sometimes I think I'm the only one
that feels like going nowhere is like giving up
Al said to me a few days ago
that he just thought for the first time in his life
he feels the last 10 years were only a waste of time
and that it was only a compromise of what he always felt inside
his declaration of independence
said to me under the orange street lights
he was the one
who always did the right thing
he was the one that listened to everything they'd say
but today he's never going back

Do you think it's strange
that there's this way of how you look at,
how you act like, and how you think and pretend they're not the same as you
Do you know about his strength of convictions
or how she puts all her faith in religion
Did you ever take the time
to really discover how little we know about each other?
this all becomes one more chance to
keep us from saying anything
and separate from everything.
And all this really means
you're one in a crowd and paranoid of every sound
another friend you won't miss anyhow

I think, I think I know it all,
but can I be sure of the things I've grown to know,
and can I say I know it all,
when rules just guide me to blindly follow
and things are automatic when you see them everyday
is it the same routine
or my fucked up dreams,
that keep me walking mindless all the way?
I think, I think I know it all
but is our beliefs just stringing us along
and was there something wrong in what I heard,
for every hour of the day

"Bad Scene And A Basement Show"

Well the scene here he wants her back
he's trying to use the phone
she's hanging up he's given up
he should've known
looking lost then he wanders off
and tries to sing along to some song he's never heard
but just keeps mouthing all the words
It gets worse before it's all over
I know I'll get through this somehow
and nothing's gonna change her mind for now
Well the scene here he's still alone
another band goes on in this crowded basement
with too much smal talk and lame inside jokes
feeling useless out of excuses
he should've known to let it go
she said "it's done"
second chances seem to never come
After all the bad endings and misunderstandings
and all of the late night last hopes and lost time
and all that she left for me wasonly a memory
all I can say is she don't understand me

By this time tomorrow
Youll be out on the streets of Chicago
Walking all the way home from commuter trains

By this time tomorrow
Youll be back at home in Chicago
At the bars until they close
Back at places that youve known and
Itll be skylines and rooftops
And its gonna be crowded tourist stops

So its goodbye
To your brand new life
So its good luck
Best wishes to your black lung

By this time tomorrow
Youll be walking home thru Chicago
Past the nine to five crowds underneath
Those unused fire escapes
By this time tomorrow
Youll be at the bars in Chicago
Back with people that you know
Going places you used to go
Its gonna be skylines and rooftops
And its gonna be crowded tourist stops

So its goodbye
To your brand new life
So its good luck
Best wishes to your black lung
So when youre leaving the party just to beat the crowd
Just make sure that youre the first one out

Sometimes, I think
something's wrong with me
because I was never one to believe
in anyone or anything
it's always been just me.
and y'know they've always had big plans for you
just to walk you through and cloud your views
and I'll never say that everything's O.K.
and you don't want to say that you're giving up right now
so hold your ground
don't give up in what you believe
why be different
when you can't be yourself
sometimes I think
something's wrong with me
because I was never one to believe
in anyone or anything.
and I don't want to say I'll ever change
because things always change

"Bigger Picture"

Breaking down from every insult that you've taken
from one sided conversations
Burning out from all the minor misconceptions
that just play on your frustrations
your self doubt has your head so turned around
there's not a catch phrase that can save you
and it's not that hard to figure out
disappointment doesn't have to cut to a commercial now
I'm breaking down I'm burning out
and it's not funny like on television
when your self doubt turns you inside out
it's still not funny like on television
I'm passing time since I've been right
and it's not funny like on television
those times I've cracked with no laugh track
and it wasn't funny like on television

"Bridge And Tunnel Authority"

i remember every bridge i ever jumped off blindly
And all my boring stories keep reminding me

'cause in all honesty i used to be an authority
on irony and remembering my broken dreams and everything that used to be around
and it's not so complicated to explaine why these feelings faded

please pass some sanity, saint of mediocrity and keep me out of my sobriety 14 and 23,
bridge and tunnel authority will keep me out of my sobriety

I say we just celebrate (I say we just celebrate)
And all my past mistakes and all my too little to lates

'cause in all honesty i used to be an authority
on irony and remembering my broken dreams and everything that used to be around

And did i ever mention that i've lost al my best intentions

please pass some sanity, saint of mediocrity and keep me out of my sobriety 14 and 23,
bridge and tunnel authority will keep me out of my sobriety

Danny says that he got caught up
in all the talk of how it used to be
and he says "I never used to mind"
that same lame line "it's just you and me"
Danny says that he's so boring now
since he figured out that back in the day
really says"..how I remember this,
and don't give a shit about what you have to say"
He's only 19 burnt out on this scene
and just getting by on its memories

I could hear all the plans we had when the wind hits me just right
and i'm so sick of wanting all the things i'm haunted by
my sympathy goes to the oldest joke that's survived another year
i wonder where i'm going from where i'm at i wonder why i'm still here.
the writing on the subway walls reminds me why your words don't
console me anymore while i'm lying wide awake on my bedroom floor.
i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here this is my last chance to disappear.
i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here, i think i may freeze on the last
days of summertime. the local papers always opened up to obituaries
and engagements cause i keep track of all the fresh starts and he dying famous
and there's a hate of second-hand smoke underneath the summer stars
along with conversations we had on this subway car. the writing on the subway
walls reminds me why your words don't console me anymore while i'm lying
wide awake on my bedroom floor. i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here
this is my last chance to disappear, i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here,
i think i may freeze on the last days of summertime. remember when, when you said,
you said take these words and do what you want with them. the writing on the subway
walls reminds me why your words don't console me anymore, while i'm lying wide awake
on my bedroom floor. i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here this is my last
chance to disappear. i'm the lucky one, i;m getting out of here, i think
i may freeze on the last days of summertime.

I could hear all the plans we had when the wind hits me just right
and i'm so sick of wanting all the things i'm haunted by
my sympathy goes to the oldest joke that's survived another year
i wonder where i'm going from where i'm at i wonder why i'm still here.
the writing on the subway walls reminds me why your words don't
console me anymore while i'm lying wide awake on my bedroom floor.
i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here this is my last chance to disappear.
i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here, i think i may freeze on the last
days of summertime. the local papers always opened up to obituaries
and engagements cause i keep track of all the fresh starts and he dying famous
and there's a hate of second-hand smoke underneath the summer stars
along with conversations we had on this subway car. the writing on the subway
walls reminds me why your words don't console me anymore while i'm lying
wide awake on my bedroom floor. i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here
this is my last chance to disappear, i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here,
i think i may freeze on the last days of summertime. remember when, when you said,
you said take these words and do what you want with them. the writing on the subway
walls reminds me why your words don't console me anymore, while i'm lying wide awake
on my bedroom floor. i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here this is my last
chance to disappear. i'm the lucky one, i;m getting out of here, i think
i may freeze on the last days of summertime.

I could hear all the plans we had when the wind hits me just right
and i'm so sick of wanting all the things i'm haunted by
my sympathy goes to the oldest joke that's survived another year
i wonder where i'm going from where i'm at i wonder why i'm still here.
the writing on the subway walls reminds me why your words don't
console me anymore while i'm lying wide awake on my bedroom floor.
i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here this is my last chance to disappear.
i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here, i think i may freeze on the last
days of summertime. the local papers always opened up to obituaries
and engagements cause i keep track of all the fresh starts and he dying famous
and there's a hate of second-hand smoke underneath the summer stars
along with conversations we had on this subway car. the writing on the subway
walls reminds me why your words don't console me anymore while i'm lying
wide awake on my bedroom floor. i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here
this is my last chance to disappear, i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here,
i think i may freeze on the last days of summertime. remember when, when you said,
you said take these words and do what you want with them. the writing on the subway
walls reminds me why your words don't console me anymore, while i'm lying wide awake
on my bedroom floor. i'm the lucky one, i'm getting out of here this is my last
chance to disappear. i'm the lucky one, i;m getting out of here, i think
i may freeze on the last days of summertime.

Dopeman dopeman's got another big plan
to sell it to you or anyone he can
because this is much better than minimum wage
no matter how things work he's still gonna get paid
think about it for a minute more -
it's either work at McDonalds or the corner store
a quick money fix from a deal or 2
when a decision comes down
what would you do? you take - take a welfare state
or a dopeman's fate
and keep the cycle spinnin' round dopeman dopeman's got the upperhand
people wanna get as much as they can
because those reasons they'll always stay the same
and for some people it's the only way to stay sane
and think about it for a minute more -
a life of crime or hangin' round the liquor store
a quick drug fix to get you through
when the decision comes down
what would you do

Dear mom and dad,
Ive been making plans
To leave this house and yes Im sure
So lock the door, and turn the front porch lights out

After all the endless fights
The whos been wrong and whos been right
We just never saw eye to eye

So theres no need to apologize
Dont wait up, Ill be fine
If you could see inside my head
Maybe youd understand
That Im better off
Im better off gone

Dear mom and dad,
Ive been making plans
To leave this house and yes Im sure
That nothings wrong, so just be strong on my way out

After all the endless fights
The whos been wrong and whos been right
We just never saw eye to eye

So theres no need to apologize
Dont wait up, Ill be fine
If you could see inside my head
Maybe youd understand
That Im better off cause we dont see eye to eye

"Faction"

And I
I wonder if you'd understand
if I said I'll never go never go along again
And if I told you all that I believe in
and gave you my reasons and always had an answer
an honest answer for all of them
sometimes you just want to belong
at any loss or any cost
yeah I've
I've made mistakes before
but I just can't seem to remember them anymore
and I've followed everyone's lead before
and I've made my own decisions
and I've never felt so strong before
I've never felt so strong before
sometimes you just want to belong
at any loss or any cost
sometimes your best defense is a good reminder
of your common sense
strike a match and hope it lasts
here's to following your own lead
it's the path that I have taken
after all the contemplation
it's the promise I have made
I hope it lasts

Frustration that I've been facing
I don't remember how but I've lost motivation
I can't stop this sinking feeling from creeping over me
I can't stop myself seeing the darkness in front of me

It's not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, from the start.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.

Repeating, I keep retreating,
I don't remember how, but I lost all my meaning.
Can't stop mistakes I'm making from hanging over me,
Can't stop myself from facing the darkness in front of me.

It's not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, from the start.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.

I remember when I'm reaching my breaking point,
Pressure pushing on me till I lost my voice,
I don't think I ever had a choice,
With this every day decay and destroy.

It's not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, from the start.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.

Frustration that I've been facing
I don't remember how but I've lost motivation
I can't stop this sinking feeling from creeping over me
I can't stop myself seeing the darkness in front of me

It's not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, from the start.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.

Repeating, I keep retreating,
I don't remember how, but I lost all my meaning.
Can't stop mistakes I'm making from hanging over me,
Can't stop myself from facing the darkness in front of me.

It's not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, from the start.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.

I remember when I'm reaching my breaking point,
Pressure pushing on me till I lost my voice,
I don't think I ever had a choice,
With this every day decay and destroy.

It's not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, from the start.
It's not that hard to just fall apart, I'm falling apart.

Got on the 47, transferred to the 89
left town eastbound past all the city signs
and y'know sometimes it's hard to leave your past behind
and as I pass the crummy bars and beat up cars
nothing's gonna change my mind this time
By now you think I've found that things changed, just don't look that way to me
by now you think I've found that things change, and look rearranged to me
it never used to look that me.
At half past seven I'm on the 95
sick of malls and alcohol
just passed the next state line
and I know sometimes it's hard to leave your past behind
and as I think of the corner creeps and dirty streets
nothing will change my mind,
there's no turning back this time.
And when going off is like going on
and never going back is just like giving up
it's like I'm going nowhere fast

"Gainesville Rock City"

This map hung up on the truck stop hallway door
is looking worn and I can hardly read it anymore
I feel like I'm a speck thrown on the map
and I can't help my urge to laugh
I never used to feel like that
Well I'm half awake half a world away
all my past mistakes and every wasted day
I wouldn't have it any other way
I'll try through my haze and half shut eyes
to count up all the reasons why
I should be back at home tonight
Half awake half a world away
all my past mistakes and every wasted day
proves that I'll never change
I'll always stay the same
I wouldn't have it any other way

"Goodbye In Gasoline"

My lungs are aching
From the cold from being outside.
And the windows in my car
Have started to fog up.
And it's colder than I remember it ever being in Florida.

My stomach's burning
And the stereo in this car is screaming so loud.
It's 3 a.m.
I'm just starting to wake up.
And it's darker than I remember it ever being in Florida.

The saddest song always plays
On the radio on the coldest days,
So I'm saying goodbye in gasoline.
It's the only way I know

My head in spinning
And the engine is purring, yeah it's clicking in time.
To the pounding in my head
And this heart on my sleeve
And it's quieter than I remember.
And it can go on forever.

Do you know how many times
How many times I've counted the signs of State lines
and roads I've known.
I know, this time, feels like goodbye.

My lungs are aching
From the cold from standing outside.
After all this time I'm still fucked up.
And it's colder than I remember it ever being in Florida.

So you think of what it could've been
when "time is all you've lost"
keeps burning through your head
now you fall asleep standing but lie awake in bed
watch the clock drag on and think about what you should've said
It's for the better your better half is gone
its O.K. you didn't need her anyway
and I don't want to hear you say nobody can take her place
and what more can I say you didn't need her anyways
So you think of how it should've been
and "it's just over" keeps going through your head
you're hearing all those words
time and time again
watch the phone all night and think about what you should've said.
It's for the better your better half is gone

Happyman smiles almost every single day
Too numb to notice that he's walking in a haze
He's pushed himself here and doesn't know what to do
Choked by the clock and he doesn't know what to do
I say you say, you say it's work, yeah it's work all day
Happyman is mad at the world

"Hell Looks A Lot Like L.A."

He got in his car and told himself to drive
gotta leave it all behind if he wants to feel alive
19 and lost and never thought he'd ever leave this place
vacant mind from endless grind so what's to lose anyways
Another fast food job?
Another 8 to 5 day?
Ten minutes and two miles is just a mile too many today
and you can see why it's easy to say
y'know that hell looks a lot like L.A.
six months ago was the last she felt alive
moved down from the north and told herself she'd try
18 and lost and never thought this place would change
ignored and bored the same feelings as yesterday
she said it's way too much more than she could take
it's one less car that's in the way
y'know that hell looks a lot like L.A.

And just outside I can heard the sounds
of the early morning street becoming way too loud
and the hum of the engines of the cars on the street
And with this cigarette that I just lit
as I pass the 53rd St. Bridge
Right now the world just seems too big
so sit down and remind me how
this is the same old story of growing up and getting lost.
And outside I can see my breath
in between the words that fog my spinning head
and I can see the sun coming up. And it's just light enough to see
Another cigarette that I just lit
as I pass the 53rd St. bridge
right now the world just seems to big
And all the late night calls and all the lost hopes
and the missed connections and the lost direction

Just talked to this girl who used to live on my street
after all these years you're here and you remember me
She said her old boyfriend
packed up and headed back east
but she always knew someday he would go
she just got a new job but doubts it will last
so lets take a drink and never think
here's to the past
She says it's so funny how life burns out so fast
it's just another wasted day
A boring life in a boring town
with the same old crowd
and I used to say that I'd never stay
but I'm rotting here today
With that same old crowd that's always been around
and I always thought I'd be the first to go
That same old crowd that brings me down
another day in a boring town
And remember when they'd look through you
and then look past me
we were the ones they said would always leave
when you go think of me

I have this feeling inside that i wouldn't like me if i met me. it seems like a losing fight, if you can see thru my eyes then you'd believe me. the truth is that i'm overrated, I can't think straight I'm formulaic, the truth is that it's sad to say it, but you can't help me. you don't see me that way, you hear the words that i say, you just tell me that my heart's in the right place, it's the world that's confused and it's never too late to save a hopeless case i've always known a ghost like me, can disappear in a moment, i'm my own worst casualty, everything i touch can get broken, the truth is that i'm self-destructive, i'm insecure, i'm out of focus, the truth is that i've had enough but you still help me. you don't see me that way, you hear the words that i say, you just tell me that my heart's in the right place, it's the world that's confused and it's never too late to save a hopeless case. you're giving me perspective, it's better than mine, and i'll still be defective and you're wasting your time.

I have this feeling inside that i wouldn't like me if i met me. it seems like a losing fight, if you can see thru my eyes then you'd believe me. the truth is that i'm overrated, I can't think straight I'm formulaic, the truth is that it's sad to say it, but you can't help me. you don't see me that way, you hear the words that i say, you just tell me that my heart's in the right place, it's the world that's confused and it's never too late to save a hopeless case i've always known a ghost like me, can disappear in a moment, i'm my own worst casualty, everything i touch can get broken, the truth is that i'm self-destructive, i'm insecure, i'm out of focus, the truth is that i've had enough but you still help me. you don't see me that way, you hear the words that i say, you just tell me that my heart's in the right place, it's the world that's confused and it's never too late to save a hopeless case. you're giving me perspective, it's better than mine, and i'll still be defective and you're wasting your time.

Friday nihgt on coke with a crow bar
Left at two in the back of Doug's car
Without a plan and being fucked up
Lookin' to get something something for ourselves
Friday night at three at a side door
Doug said try to get the door just once more
I said man this is all fucked up
Just lookin' to get something something for ourselves
Feeling kinda weird and thinkin' to myself
Fuck Doug I'm not goin' out like this
He said man I'm all I've got and I won't be missed
This makes no sense it makes no sense to me
This isn't the way it's supposed to be

I'm sleeping
right in the middle of a good dream
when all at once I wake up
from somethign that keeps knocking at my brain
before I go insane
I hold my pillow to my head
and spring up in my bed
screaming out the words I dread
I think I love you!
this morning i woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with
and so I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself
and never talk about it
and did not go and shout
when you walked into the room
I think I love you
I think I love you
so what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that im not sure of
a love that there's no cure for
I think I love you
is that what life is made of
though it worries me to say
that i've never felt this way
believe me
you really dont have to worry
I only wanna make you happy
and if you say hey go away I will
but I think better still
I better stare out and love you
do you think I have a case
let me ask you to your face
I think I love you
I think I love you
so what am I so afraid of
im afraid that im not sure of
a love that there's no cure for
I think I love you
is that what life is made of
though it worries me to say
that i've never felt this way
I dont know what I'm up against
I dont know what it's all about
I got so much to think about
I think I love you
so what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
a love that there's no cure for
Do you think you love me?
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you

Rescue me from boring times it's a story
i know line by line different deep on the
inside, isn't different if you have to try
i'm borderline day after day waiting to
get knocked off my feet again time
passes by like a slow parade waiting to
get knocked off my feet again knocked
to my knees again. the measurements of
my success, are always measured in not
making sense my motivation's taking
bets it's apologies or arguments with a
head filled full of cans and can'ts. i try
and try and try to remember why i
think it's now or it's never. i'm borderline
day after day waiting to get knocked off
my feet again time passes by like a slow
parade waiting to get knocked off my
feet again knocked on my knees again.

Rescue me from boring times it's a story
i know line by line different deep on the
inside, isn't different if you have to try
i'm borderline day after day waiting to
get knocked off my feet again time
passes by like a slow parade waiting to
get knocked off my feet again knocked
to my knees again. the measurements of
my success, are always measured in not
making sense my motivation's taking
bets it's apologies or arguments with a
head filled full of cans and can'ts. i try
and try and try to remember why i
think it's now or it's never. i'm borderline
day after day waiting to get knocked off
my feet again time passes by like a slow
parade waiting to get knocked off my
feet again knocked on my knees again.

"Is This Thing On?"

When all the things that you've been thinking
has you so confused and so unglued
your head is spinning
well we've all felt the same inside
I've been on that ledge countless times
and I know what that feels like

you're on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all? [x2]

when all your friends don't have the answers
and you're so convinced that inch by inch
they've turned to strangers
yeah we've all seen the different sides
no one hears even though you've talked all night
and I know what you feel like

you're on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all? [x3]

can we really measure if we're any better
than that skyline that goes on and on forever on and on?

you're on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all? [x3]

"Jay Frenzal"

Looking down the barrel of a gun
All the drinks are free and your x is gone
Another day in the sun has you all fucked up
Watch out this is gonna be good
Because Jay I can see it in your eyes
Theres somthing wrong with that disguise
As you devised, your mind would race
To that ever so destructive fucking place

Jay Frenzal broke our bus, he went and shit he smashed our bus
In Detroit Michigan, with a 2 by 4 and a shitty grin
Our bus, hey fuck face you owe us 500 bucks

I heard you say you're not my friend, I can't believe our friendship didn't end
When you leaned over to me and said "...Oh shit here comes your bus driver he's pissed..."
And your on his shit list-- A big redneck with a meth habit
And a large closed fist that's headed your way
Maybe you need a punch in the face...Jay

Jay Frenzal broke our bus, he went and shit he smashed our bus
In Detroit Michigan, with a 2 by 4 and a shitty grin
Our bus, hey fuck face you owe us 500 bucks.

Jen thinks it isn't fair
That I don't really care
If she likes me or not

Jen doesn't like to settle
Until she makes me feel like Howie Reynolds
She thinks that I'm all that I've got

So, Jen doesn't like me anymore
And Jen doesn't like to go to my shows
She hates to hear my whoa-whoas
Jen doesn't like me anymore

Well I really don't know
if it matters at all so
but we try to keep the prices low
for our records and our shows
but is that
is that enough
or is (it) that we're not punk enough
or is (it) that you think ska just sucks
(but) Johnny Quest, he thinks we're what?

Chorus:
Johnny Quest thinks we're sellouts, sellouts
Johnny Quest thinks we're sellin' out, (we're) sellin' out, yeah
Johnny Quest thinks we're sellouts, sellouts
Johnny, yeah

Well I really don't know
if it matters at all so
but we try to keep the prices low
for our records and our shows
does it matter
that you see our shirts
besides going to school and going to work
or that you think that ska just sucks
Johnny Quest, he thinks we're what?

(Chorus) (x2)

(He thinks we're sellin' out
sellin' out (x5)
yeah
sellin' out (x6)
yeah)

He's just like anyone
He's just like anybody
He's just like Frank
And I know it
And he knows it
It's his one sided point of view
I know it when he says it's
My way or the wrong way
And I don't care about you
But to see my side wouldn't be
The worst thing he could do
When someone's politics
Blinds you and binds you
To something you don't believe in
And he's just like anyone...
And I saw him walking on my may
Past Third St. just the other day
Why doesn't he understand views keep changing

Ideals are like opinions and beliefs just like tradition
Sometimes both are not enough
Faded stickers and crumpled flyers They've become the reminder
that there's an anthem in us that fits
the flag we've flown for years
I've always had this same old song
Stuck in my head for so damn long
A soundtrack to whether I'm right or wrong
Ideals are like opinions beliefs just like tradition
Sometimes both are not enough
faded pictures and yellowed flyers
and memories so far behind us


there's an anthem in us that fits
the flag we've flown for years
Ideals and its actions
Beliefs and convictions
Faith and tradition
The flags we've flown for years

It seems I can't explain it all
all the reasons gone and I just can't seem to shake
what I've been brought up on
and well it hard to say
and its hard to explain
that all the things I've known are feeling strange
I guess I'll always have tradition
to fall back on
and just what the hell
am I supposed to do
just accept someone else's point of view
and we could ramble on and on and still not know...
and what keeps rolling through my brain
it keeps running like a non-stop freight train
its that tradition seems to stick to you
just like krazy glue

<i>[Verse 1]</i>
Dear "you won't answer me"
Did you honestly
Think I'd ever leave?
If you'd somehow just believe me
You've gotta know right now that these words still sting
I've lost everything I've ever touched

<i>[Pre-chorus:]</i>
The results were eating me up
For once I've had enough

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Landmines-landslides no matter how I try
Landmines-landslides every single time

<i>[Verse 2]</i>
I fell asleep while watching TV
While the living dead
They walk my streets this evening
This sitting target's been
Stuck on the couch again
Pretending I'm stable when the panic sets in

<i>[Pre-chorus]</i>

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Landmines-landslides no matter how I try.
I'm destined for disaster a failure by design
Landmines-landslides every single time.
I'm destined for disaster I'm trapped on every side

<i>[Bridge:]</i>
You know how hard I try sometimes
You can see it in my eyes
It's always eating me alive
The day to day of getting by
Self-control from all the helplessness I've known
I'm a wreck
Lacking confidence there's no arguments you know

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Landmines-landslides no matter how I try.
I'm destined for disaster a failure by design
Landmines-landslides every single time.
I'm destined for disaster I'm trapped on every side.

<i>[Verse 1]</i>
Dear "you won't answer me"
Did you honestly
Think I'd ever leave?
If you'd somehow just believe me
You've gotta know right now that these words still sting
I've lost everything I've ever touched

<i>[Pre-chorus:]</i>
The results were eating me up
For once I've had enough

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Landmines-landslides no matter how I try
Landmines-landslides every single time

<i>[Verse 2]</i>
I fell asleep while watching TV
While the living dead
They walk my streets this evening
This sitting target's been
Stuck on the couch again
Pretending I'm stable when the panic sets in

<i>[Pre-chorus]</i>

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Landmines-landslides no matter how I try.
I'm destined for disaster a failure by design
Landmines-landslides every single time.
I'm destined for disaster I'm trapped on every side

<i>[Bridge:]</i>
You know how hard I try sometimes
You can see it in my eyes
It's always eating me alive
The day to day of getting by
Self-control from all the helplessness I've known
I'm a wreck
Lacking confidence there's no arguments you know

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
Landmines-landslides no matter how I try.
I'm destined for disaster a failure by design
Landmines-landslides every single time.
I'm destined for disaster I'm trapped on every side.

"Last Hour Of The Last Day Of Work"

I couldn't help but think back to the advice
that I got from my dad a few times
he said"...time goes by so fast in a blink of an eye
so never close your eyes..."
"...I always wanted something more than 50 hours every week
and a paid vacation on the jersey shoreline"
And he said
So when ambition turns into competition
I'll never be the better man
I can't help but think back to the time
he said "life goes right by"
And told me never think twice
"you can't second guess how to live your life"
All these years have been way too short
to be spent on some factory floor like me
I never went back again
I never looked back again
And he said
So when ambition turns into competition
I'll never be the better man
It's the last hour of the last day
don't fall so far behind now
you'll be another nameless face
he said

I know there comes a time when you lose faith in what you believe inside
and did you know somehow it's just a spark that's a start
that keeps us from the crowd.
The other day this girl came up to me
and asked if she used to go to school with me and kinda laughed
and she said wasn't I the guy her friends always called a waste of time.
I know just who I am
and what's in my head is that I don't really give a damn
who you think I am.
When I stop and think about to where I'll be 10 years from now
I wonder if the me of now would call myself washed up or watered down
or part of the crowd?
and the other night this guy came up to me downtown
and can't believe that after 5 years I'm still around
and he said, wasn't I the guy who walked these streets all night?
It's such a waste of time

"Last Rites To Sleepless Nights"

Tonight i'll be wiping my slate clean
I''ll be clearing out those clouded memories
cause i don't to keep living in the past
and i can't stand how i always do that
tonight because you know i'm sick to death with every last regret and what i've said
and now all i really have left is my head
and its just a mess

Tonight i will dance on the graves of all my darkest days
and erase all the worries of all the time i wasted my scars may never go away
but i'll learn not to mind them along the way

tonight because you know i'm sick to death with every last regret and what i've said
and now all i really have left is my head
and its just a mess

Tonight i will dance on the graves of all my darkest days
and erase all the worries of all the time i wasted my scars may never go away
but i'll learn not to mind them along the way

right now i am giving the last rights to all my sleepless nights
right now i am starting clean and i am going on with my life
amen

Going back and forth inside my shut up brain again
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
Worlds apart, I'm torn apart, I'll stall up my senses
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
Somehow through it all we've become defenseless
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
I'm living this lie and I can't pretend
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

And I know I'll get that feeling when we meet again
And I know I will be stronger in the end

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

Now we realize the compromises you and I
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You fell from heaven to heartbreak in the blink of an eye
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

And I know I'll get that feeling when we meet again
And I know I will be stronger in the end

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

If I leave right now, get up and walk away
Our yesterdays will begin to fade
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

If I leave right now, get up and walk away
Our yesterdays will begin to fade

You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

Going back and forth inside my shut up brain again
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
Worlds apart, I'm torn apart, I'll stall up my senses
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
Somehow through it all we've become defenseless
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
I'm living this lie and I can't pretend
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

And I know I'll get that feeling when we meet again
And I know I will be stronger in the end

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

Now we realize the compromises you and I
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You fell from heaven to heartbreak in the blink of an eye
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

And I know I'll get that feeling when we meet again
And I know I will be stronger in the end

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

If I leave right now, get up and walk away
Our yesterdays will begin to fade
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye
I think I'm gonna lose my mind
'Cause I don't wanna say goodbye

You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

If I leave right now, get up and walk away
Our yesterdays will begin to fade

You gotta let her go, gotta let her go
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go

Something's not right
Urban sprawl, from urban blight
something's not right
when history turn into a building site
locked out, fenced up, closed down without a sound
Something's not right
when downtown is just all blinking lights
Something's not right
when strip malls and condos are at your every side

And I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
Yeah we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try...

We rode across that bridge all night,
we talked our way through city lights.
Traced all the lines,
We're killing time,
Under those buzzing signs.

From downtown to anywhere but here,
Tonight, yeah, I swear,
To these rooftops,
And just hoped that car would never stop.

And I swear, it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.

We drove around this place all night,
Past closed signs and familiar sights.
We're moving by, passing time,
Counting those center lines.

With 20,000 lines left to go,
What lead to somewhere, I don't know,
It might be the time, that we, leave this all behind.

And I swear, it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.

And there's been a few times,
That we thought it felt right,
To take the westbound signs,
And just leave town tonight.

And I swear, itc12

And I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
Yeah we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try...

We rode across that bridge all night,
we talked our way through city lights.
Traced all the lines,
We're killing time,
Under those buzzing signs.

From downtown to anywhere but here,
Tonight, yeah, I swear,
To these rooftops,
And just hoped that car would never stop.

And I swear, it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.

We drove around this place all night,
Past closed signs and familiar sights.
We're moving by, passing time,
Counting those center lines.

With 20,000 lines left to go,
What lead to somewhere, I don't know,
It might be the time, that we, leave this all behind.

And I swear, it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.

And there's been a few times,
That we thought it felt right,
To take the westbound signs,
And just leave town tonight.

And I swear, itc12

And I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
Yeah we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try...

We rode across that bridge all night,
we talked our way through city lights.
Traced all the lines,
We're killing time,
Under those buzzing signs.

From downtown to anywhere but here,
Tonight, yeah, I swear,
To these rooftops,
And just hoped that car would never stop.

And I swear, it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.

We drove around this place all night,
Past closed signs and familiar sights.
We're moving by, passing time,
Counting those center lines.

With 20,000 lines left to go,
What lead to somewhere, I don't know,
It might be the time, that we, leave this all behind.

And I swear, it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.
And we'll walk in circles around this whole block,
Walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks.

And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving.
I swear it's the last time,
And I swear it's my last try.

And there's been a few times,
That we thought it felt right,
To take the westbound signs,
And just leave town tonight.

And I swear, itc12

There's been borders and there'll be boundaries
and there's been times misidirection's found me
There's been clear heads and there'll be clean slates
and times we'd find we'd pass the night away thinking
Everyone here hates everyone here
for doing the same thing that they do
There's been new starts and they'll be no sleep
and there's been times when inspiration's found me
and there's been walls built and there's been worse days
and times we'd find we spent the night awake thinking
all those people they keep watching me
all those people that hate me
all those people they watch me
all those people are just like me

"Malt Liquor Tastes Better When You've Got Problems"

And I've been so busy trying
that I've only wound up living
weekend to weekend
getting by just simply "trying"
And I should be out looking for a job
but only wind up heading for a stiff drink
left with nothing else so I think
"it's time to stumble home"
So I say Hello to wasted hours
and I say bottoms up to better days
I've been so busy dying
that I've always wound up living
paycheck to paycheck
scraping by but hardly trying
what will it take to get me out of bed
when half the check goes to rent
the other half goes to debt
I should be out looking for another job
Instead I stumble home
Another day not trying
there's no one left to blame
it's just the routine and the repetition
I've spun out of control

I can't seem to recognize, either side of this modern version or
fading person i was, i tried to memorize dates and times of old
accidents and the failed attempts now, i'm still afraid of those
mistakes i've made. i'm mostly memories, most missed
opportunities, mostly minor tragedies, i'm mostly you and me.
i'm mostly memories, mostly missed opportunities, mostly
abnormalities, i'm mostly you and me, and you and you and
me. i can't seem to recognize, either side of my conversations or
contemplations i've done, i've tried to memorize the truth and
lies, of the facts and fictions and the half truth admissions i've
done. i'm still afraid of those mistakes i've made. i'm mostly
memories, mostly missed opportunities, mostly minor tragedies,
i'm mostly you and me. i'm mostly memories, mostly missed
opportunities, mostly abnormalities, i'm mostly you and me,
and you and you and me. out of luck and had enough
out of trust and out of touch, out of time i'm hanging up
i'm mostly memories, mostly missed opportunities, mostly
minor tragedies, i'm mostly you and me. i'm mostly memories,
mostly missed opportunities, mostly abnormalities, i'm mostly
you and me, and you and you and me.

I can't seem to recognize, either side of this modern version or
fading person i was, i tried to memorize dates and times of old
accidents and the failed attempts now, i'm still afraid of those
mistakes i've made. i'm mostly memories, most missed
opportunities, mostly minor tragedies, i'm mostly you and me.
i'm mostly memories, mostly missed opportunities, mostly
abnormalities, i'm mostly you and me, and you and you and
me. i can't seem to recognize, either side of my conversations or
contemplations i've done, i've tried to memorize the truth and
lies, of the facts and fictions and the half truth admissions i've
done. i'm still afraid of those mistakes i've made. i'm mostly
memories, mostly missed opportunities, mostly minor tragedies,
i'm mostly you and me. i'm mostly memories, mostly missed
opportunities, mostly abnormalities, i'm mostly you and me,
and you and you and me. out of luck and had enough
out of trust and out of touch, out of time i'm hanging up
i'm mostly memories, mostly missed opportunities, mostly
minor tragedies, i'm mostly you and me. i'm mostly memories,
mostly missed opportunities, mostly abnormalities, i'm mostly
you and me, and you and you and me.

So you say, all you white flags are up
And that youve had enough
And youre tired of collecting dust
You say everything always looks the same
And you need a brand new face
To match a brand new place
You say your distress calls have gone out
And your ship is going down

Well, I say it to myself all the time
Stop living half a life and stop
Feeling like Im half alive

I cant get enough; Im not satisfied
Ive wasted my time with this daily grind
In single file lines, is this real life?
I keep telling myself sometimes what matters is on the inside

Do you remember when we had all the answers
And can you really remember
When we wished anything better
Does it feel like its been forever,
Does it feel like a broken record,
Head full of yesterdays
You keep wishing your life away
You cant keep looking over your own shoulder
Things will never look up unless you start to look forward

I cant get enough; Im not satisfied
Ive wasted my time with this daily grind
In single file lines, is this real life?
I keep telling myself sometimes what matters is on the inside

I cant get enough; Im not satisfied
Ive wasted my time with this daily grind

I cant get enough; Im just getting by
I cant stand this design for our bitter lives
I keep feeling lost, Im not satisfied
With traffic lights and turnpikes
And these tired eyes
I cant get enough; Im not satisfied
Ive wasted my time with this daily grind
In single file lines, is this real life?
I keep telling myself sometimes what matters is on the inside

Have you ever felt that something,
you know that something that keeps you sane?
and you can't explain why
But you know it's what's left inside you
and I know that it's that something
you know that something that keeps me sane
and I can't explain why when it's all I have I have left to hold onto
And when I say It's everything
from my highest hopes to my dumbest schemes
you'll never know what it means to me.
I'm just a reason away, from that something that keeps me sane

"Mr. Chevy Celebrity"

Well I thought all my friends were sane
then I met this kid in the fourth grade
"let's go throw rocks through the neighbor's windows"
I never wanted to go but he would always make me
I wanna know what you were thinking
I wanna know what you were drinking
Mark Cruce
Have another drink Mark Cruce
He's the guy passing out and crashing on your couch
Mark Cruce Have another drink Mark Cruce
He's the guy pissing in the front yard of your house
Mark Cruce
Through all the years not a whole lot's changed
how 'bout that party where you stole the beer tap
off some burnout's keg
I really hope that you know
I almost got my ass beat
have another drink Mark Cruce
he's the guy with the bat that took your mailbox out
setting fire to bags of shit outside your neighbor's house

well just wait around cause the desperation's kicking in, and its already starting to mix with one of my best peices of fiction
and it's called i'll be getting by and i'll make ends meet does the forty hour week have you bent at the knees and you can't even see that everything's kept just out of reach
ever get that funny feeling that your future is not going to be legit, and that for sale sign thats hanging on your neck might as well spell defeat, yeah its already starting to mix with on of my best peices of fiction
and it's called i'll be getting by and i'll make ends meet does the forty hour week have you bent at the knees and you can't even see that everything's kept just out of reach
my american dream is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it [
]
my american dream is to have it a little bit better than its just a force habit
my american is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it

Trying not to hold my breath
But my lungs are filled inside this chest
I've been hopeless and I couldn't have cared less
Of anything that could or has been said
In the future past and present tense

Been my own best friend
With Clouds over my head
Been on this sinking ship
Decided that it's sink or swim
The water's comin' in
Foundations wearin thin
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be missed
If you swim with the ship again

Trying not to hold my breath
But my lungs are filled inside this chest
I've been hopeless and I couldn't have cared less
Of anything that could or has been said
And what those words mean or what they meant
In the future past and present tense

Been my own best friend
With Clouds over my head
Been on this sinking ship
Decided that it's sink or swim
The water's comin' in
Foundations wearin thin
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be missed
If you swim with the ship
Givin up inch by inch

In twenty words or less I'll describe this mess
I've drank to forget, full of hopelessness
Never cared what they said
I'm on this ledge in crisis and I couldn't care less

Been my own best friend
Clouds over my head
Been on this sinking ship
Decided that it's sink or swim
The water's comin' in
Foundations wearin thin
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be missed
If you swim with the ship
Givin up inch by inch
And I've lost my own bestfriend

Trying not to hold my breath
But my lungs are filled inside this chest
I've been hopeless and I couldn't have cared less
Of anything that could or has been said
In the future past and present tense

Been my own best friend
With Clouds over my head
Been on this sinking ship
Decided that it's sink or swim
The water's comin' in
Foundations wearin thin
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be missed
If you swim with the ship again

Trying not to hold my breath
But my lungs are filled inside this chest
I've been hopeless and I couldn't have cared less
Of anything that could or has been said
And what those words mean or what they meant
In the future past and present tense

Been my own best friend
With Clouds over my head
Been on this sinking ship
Decided that it's sink or swim
The water's comin' in
Foundations wearin thin
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be missed
If you swim with the ship
Givin up inch by inch

In twenty words or less I'll describe this mess
I've drank to forget, full of hopelessness
Never cared what they said
I'm on this ledge in crisis and I couldn't care less

Been my own best friend
Clouds over my head
Been on this sinking ship
Decided that it's sink or swim
The water's comin' in
Foundations wearin thin
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be missed
If you swim with the ship
Givin up inch by inch
And I've lost my own bestfriend

On a tuesday in the rain I never thought there'd come a day
if I put myself to the test would I ever raise a fist
would I just shut my mouth, would I just block it out?
I've sworn a million times never to be left,
standing with that feeling
of hopelessness, just standing nervous in the alley
When all is said and through
would I know just what to do
and if I put myself to the test
would I ever raise a fist
would I just shut my mouth or just block it out
I've sworn a million times never to be left,
standing with that feeling
of hopelessness, just standing nervous in the alley
Is it a change of heart,
that keeps us apart
and you say it's true
and we know it's true
when all we have left is me and you
and it's so strange,
when all I have left to say
is I wonder what's worth fighting for

There was time when
I could say it right to you
That I would neer wanna leave this place
But now it's "I was wrong" and
"I don't wanna fucking talk about it"
'Cause it feels like things have changed
Yeah, well I could talk, talk, talk
And say I'm wrong, wrong, wrong
But I feel like I'm in a place I've never known
and it feels like there's something wrong

Something wrong, something wrong and
I know that I don't wanna know...
I'm never going back again
There was a time when I would say
That I must be crazy that I would say
This place is looking strange but now it's
"I'm kinda lost" and "I just don't remember"
Because things never stay the same...
Yeah, well I could talk, talk

with ever single thing
and all my thoughts in between
i wonder if anyone is just like me
a walking talking catastrophe
another story of dependency
i neve thought the face in the mirror would be me
hey 911 to everyone

im in a state of emergancy
like a shot, a shot without a chaser
life's in a flash it moves way to fast
the most bitter pill you've ever tasted
i wonder if anyone is just like me
a walking talking catastrophe
another story of dependency
i neve thought the face in the mirror would be me
im afraid of growing up and growing old
afriad of the past and present
and what my future might hold
hey 911 to everyone

im in a state of emergancy
hey 911 to everyone

im in a state of emergancy

"Only Human"

There's not a doctor that can fix me,
My disease is chronic and I've lost all self-control.
Have you ever had your heart ripped out your throat?
Anxious and all alone, now stop and remember we're only human

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

Theres not a pill that can make me happy
My complains nescient and I've lost touch with my soul
Have you ever had your words choking your throat?
Another thought up in smoke, now stop and remember we're only human.

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

"Only Human"

There's not a doctor that can fix me,
My disease is chronic and I've lost all self-control.
Have you ever had your heart ripped out your throat?
Anxious and all alone, now stop and remember we're only human

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

Theres not a pill that can make me happy
My complains nescient and I've lost touch with my soul
Have you ever had your words choking your throat?
Another thought up in smoke, now stop and remember we're only human.

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

I've tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.

I'll pretend that I'm stable,
I'm left, lost and labeled
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.
I'm so out of focus,
I'm hopelessly hopeless,
I'll pretend that I'm doing fine.

"Overrated (Everything Is)"

Maybe I'm jaded and bored
Always looking for more
Wait around for the next big fix
I know I'm a wreck, I'm a mess
But I couldn't care less
Don't know what it would take to change me

Everybody's so afraid to be different
Please excuse me now if I don't get it

I think sex is overrated
So is always getting wasted
Designer drugs and dead end jobs
And classic rock is so outdated
I'm so sick of therapy
And all the things it's done to me
How can I be satisfied?
When everything is overrated

Maybe the problem is me
But I won't make believe
And I can't take this mediocrity
What if this is a test?
And I deserve what I get?
Will I wake up with all the answers?

Everybody's too afraid to be different
Please excuse me now if I don't listen

I think sex is overrated
So is always getting wasted
Designer drugs and dead end jobs
And classic rock is so outdated
I'm so sick of therapy
And all the things it's done to me
How can I be satisfied?
When everything is overrated

(Woah, woah).
When everything is overrated.

Can't stand the normal
Can't stand the ordinary
Find me anything that's extraordinary
Show me something
Show me anything
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?

I think sex is overrated
So is always getting wasted
All my friends and family
They make my life so complicated
I'm so sick of apathy and TV show reality
How can I be satisfied?
When everything is overrated.

Woah, woah.
When everything is overrated.

"Overrated (Everything Is)"

Maybe I'm jaded and bored
Always looking for more
Wait around for the next big fix
I know I'm a wreck, I'm a mess
But I couldn't care less
Don't know what it would take to change me

Everybody's so afraid to be different
Please excuse me now if I don't get it

I think sex is overrated
So is always getting wasted
Designer drugs and dead end jobs
And classic rock is so outdated
I'm so sick of therapy
And all the things it's done to me
How can I be satisfied?
When everything is overrated

Maybe the problem is me
But I won't make believe
And I can't take this mediocrity
What if this is a test?
And I deserve what I get?
Will I wake up with all the answers?

Everybody's too afraid to be different
Please excuse me now if I don't listen

I think sex is overrated
So is always getting wasted
Designer drugs and dead end jobs
And classic rock is so outdated
I'm so sick of therapy
And all the things it's done to me
How can I be satisfied?
When everything is overrated

(Woah, woah).
When everything is overrated.

Can't stand the normal
Can't stand the ordinary
Find me anything that's extraordinary
Show me something
Show me anything
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?

I think sex is overrated
So is always getting wasted
All my friends and family
They make my life so complicated
I'm so sick of apathy and TV show reality
How can I be satisfied?
When everything is overrated.

Woah, woah.
When everything is overrated.

It's never been so crystal clear that i've been dying six months a year arguing with strangers about why i'm still here. no on lets me forget questions about my relevance and i'm starting to believe their arguments in my self-defense it's just my self-destructiveness and always wasting all my breath and it's still a mystery to me why i'm doubting all my dreams all the things that i say will someday fade away when the message in the songs has kept me sane all along. the years hit like like fist to face and some days i've tried to replace this person with the same god-given name. some days i shake till noon i've tried to explain to overcrowded rooms across these states my narrow point of view. but what can i do it's just my self-destructiveness and always wasting all my breath and it's a mystery to me why i'm doubting all my dreams all the things that i say will someday fade away when the message in these songs has kept me sane all along.

It's never been so crystal clear that i've been dying six months a year arguing with strangers about why i'm still here. no on lets me forget questions about my relevance and i'm starting to believe their arguments in my self-defense it's just my self-destructiveness and always wasting all my breath and it's still a mystery to me why i'm doubting all my dreams all the things that i say will someday fade away when the message in the songs has kept me sane all along. the years hit like like fist to face and some days i've tried to replace this person with the same god-given name. some days i shake till noon i've tried to explain to overcrowded rooms across these states my narrow point of view. but what can i do it's just my self-destructiveness and always wasting all my breath and it's a mystery to me why i'm doubting all my dreams all the things that i say will someday fade away when the message in these songs has kept me sane all along.

"Pete Jackson Is Getting Married"

I can see it all right now
his mom and dad so proud of his son and his new found wife
and I wonder if after all these years
will his dad still give him a pep talk for his wedding night?
I can smell his cousin's polo mixing with his grandpa's old spice and the
Swedish meatballs look so tempting that his two fat aunts might even fight
and his uncles have all gone drinkin'
highballs and hamms light in the parking lot
while the rest of his relatives are busy just tearing up the Manville Elks Lodge
I can smell his cousin's polo mixing with his grandpa's old spice and the mashed
potatoes look so tasty that his two fat aunts might even fight
on that day what else could I say?
I'd say here's to you staying drunk
here's to all your good luck
you're gonna need it

Hello six pack of confidence
Been so many nights since we first met
Glad to see youve brought all your friends
For another night of plastic cup politics

Hello Mr. Six Pack of confidence
Im glad to see youve already met
Ms. Twelve ounces of loneliness
And Mr. Plastic cup politics
I see youre under the influence
Of warm beer and the comfort of all your friends
And I see that Mr. Loud Mouth has had his 40 ounce
And will pass out
I have no doubt
So drop your plastic cups and clear our clouded heads

I keep asking myself if they realize
That their fears are really just the same as mine
Do they know all their insecurities
Are the same ones that are inside of me
As people come and go
Do they know theyre really not alone?
And the life of the party just left
I guess I couldnt cure his emptiness
Like all the rest
So drop your plastic cups and clear your clouded heads

Here we are, another wasted night
And I am right along the side
Of forty sets of bloodshot eyes
And plastic smiles miles wide
Match plastic cups well leave behind

Its just another night of plastic cup politics
So drop your empty cups and clear your clouded heads

"Portrait Of A Cigarette Smoker At 19"

I used to be a stereotype
Half alive with half open eyes
With a one track mind
And a flawed design
Feeling like I was lost
At sea at only the age of 19
Floating around in alcohol and apathy
Taking in too much caffeine and nicotine
If we make it outta here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind (there might not be a next time)

With all the ups and downs and turn arounds (might not be a next time)
To the breaking up to breaking down (might not be a next time)
Yeah we were the ones to say (there might not be a next time)

I used to be a stereotype
Someone you'd never recognize
With fingers so yellow
That they matched the yellow skies
And there was a few things I memorized
From all those blurry times
Like bottles clinking under blinking signs
And a few last words from long lost friends of mine
If we make it out of here alive
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind (there might not be a next time)

With all the ups and downs and turn arounds (might not be a next time)
To the breaking up to breaking down (might not be a next time)
Yeah we were the ones to say (there might not be a next time)

And if we make it outta here alive (if we make outta here alive)
Just say you won't look back to see
Just who we left behind
Just who we left behind

After all the fuck ups and fallouts (there might not be a next time)
With all the ups and downs and turn arounds (might not be a next time)
Through all the breaking up to breaking down (there might not be a next time)
Yeah we were the ones to say (there might not be a next time)

There might not be a next time (might not be a next time)

Words to live by
we're all doing just fine

I fell asleep last Saturday
Underneath polluted skies
I walked alone on those Jersey nights, and I
Saw the boardwalk start to fall
The emptiness starts to drown
The quiet corners off this town, and I--
Late last night, I made my plans
It was the only thing I felt I could do
Said goodbye, to my best friend
Sometimes there's no one left to tell you the truth

It's gonna kill me... The rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
It's gonna kill me for the rest of my life

This is my all time low
Somehow it feels so familiar
Somehow it seems so familiar
I feel like letting go
And every second that goes by
I'm screaming out for a second try
Said goodbye, to my best friend
Sometimes there's no one left to tell me the truth

It's gonna kill me... The rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
I've got to live with them rest of my life

This is the mess I've made
These are the words I can't erase
This is my life support, shutting down, for the final time
And it twists like a blade
And kills me for the rest of my life

If you won't forgive me
The rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
It's gonna kill me for the rest of my life...

I fell asleep last Saturday
Underneath polluted skies
I walked alone on those Jersey nights, and I
Saw the boardwalk start to fall
The emptiness starts to drown
The quiet corners off this town, and I--
Late last night, I made my plans
It was the only thing I felt I could do
Said goodbye, to my best friend
Sometimes there's no one left to tell you the truth

It's gonna kill me... The rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
It's gonna kill me for the rest of my life

This is my all time low
Somehow it feels so familiar
Somehow it seems so familiar
I feel like letting go
And every second that goes by
I'm screaming out for a second try
Said goodbye, to my best friend
Sometimes there's no one left to tell me the truth

It's gonna kill me... The rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
I've got to live with them rest of my life

This is the mess I've made
These are the words I can't erase
This is my life support, shutting down, for the final time
And it twists like a blade
And kills me for the rest of my life

If you won't forgive me
The rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
It's gonna kill me for the rest of my life...

Don't call me Rich
don't call me George
just call me cheez
that's who I am
Civilized?
yeah until the keg runs dry
and he's tried
to drink from 9 to 5
then from 5 to 9
always drunk and going crazy
you better believe it
chesterfield
where the kegs never dry
it's always filled
have beer with fear!
have a beer or two
then he'll show you his cheese tattoo
drunk and going crazy
you better believe it

"Robots One, Humans Zero"

So what have we really learned today
that some things are easier when we walk away
and acting normal means acting like everyone eles
and you're better of by not acting like yourself

are we buy what they're selling
do we have our eyes open
life's not a fashion statement
it takes more than good intentions

It's just prefect day in our perfect lives
just as long as we have commericals and things to hide behind
it's a life so real you only watch it
on a moive screen getting so close you can almost touch it

are we buy what they're selling
do we have our eyes open
life's not a fashion statement
it takes more than good intentions
[x2]

they never bought or sold you
they can't image and mold you
to chase something cause we think its new
thinking thats the best for you

are we buy what they're selling
do we have our eyes open
life's not a fashion statement
it takes more than good intentions
[x2]

let me tell you what the score is robots 1 humans 0

Man, it's really strange
This city never stays the same
It's always "I've got to keep on moving
And I've got to keep on going"
But just maybe it's to keep itself sane
That it's always "I've got to keep on moving
So I don't have any feeling"
So I'm on my way out of this place
That has me turning numb
I'm on my way
All the feeling in this place
Has all up and gone

So with one hand on the wheel
The other out the window
With a smile on my face
And my middle finger up
With one hand on the wheel
This city's going crazy
Without a care that it's all fucked up

When I think of how things are
right now it feels like
yeah it all feels like some kind of circus show
and how this town it keeps you pinned down
with the same old song from years ago
and y'know this place will chew you up and spit you out
before you go
and when they drag you
kicking and screaming from the scene you know
it's time to leave
when I think of this town right now
it's filled with speed freaks and assholes
and all kinds of creeps
and somehow every new face in every single case
in a year or two will be erased
and to think of how I'm feeling right not somehow
I still remember how I felt 4 years ago
and when I think of how things are right now
it's still the same old song from years ago
what do I know?
that it's still the same old song from years ago

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

Welcome to her busy, dizzy life
Of going out and getting high
And following all the latest trends
While shedding all her oldest friends
It's been weeks worth of weekend
When fake ID's and fake passions
Are her best friends

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

She's been thinking, wishing she could hide
From the girls with the comments passing by
It's the boys and bars on Friday night
That replace the emptiness inside
She'll be spending her whole weekend
Faking laughs and faking smiles
With her fake friends

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

The promises you made back home
Are crumbled like the goodbye notes
And last night's dirty clothes
Are on the floor next to the phone
It's been disconnected months ago
No calls from your friends back home
You lost your point of view
Now it's got the best of you

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

Welcome to her busy, dizzy life
Of going out and getting high
And following all the latest trends
While shedding all her oldest friends
It's been weeks worth of weekend
When fake ID's and fake passions
Are her best friends

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

She's been thinking, wishing she could hide
From the girls with the comments passing by
It's the boys and bars on Friday night
That replace the emptiness inside
She'll be spending her whole weekend
Faking laughs and faking smiles
With her fake friends

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

The promises you made back home
Are crumbled like the goodbye notes
And last night's dirty clothes
Are on the floor next to the phone
It's been disconnected months ago
No calls from your friends back home
You lost your point of view
Now it's got the best of you

She's gonna break soon
With so many problems in her life
It really comes as no surprise
She's gonna break soon
She's gonna break

Something's out there and it takes me away
From a world too small to stay
Somethins our there
Another day in this place so small
I'd rather be somebody else
Maybe if my mind wasn't so tall
I wouldn't be able to tell
And I've alked these streets
It seems like 10 million times
And I've seen things up and leave time after time
(And it's just another day) in this place so small
I'D RATHER BE SOMEBODY ELSE.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD

These are all the reasons why
Ill be exploding tonight
And why this chip on my shoulder feel like a mile wide
Its from the overwork, overtime compromise

So Im looking tonight
For some piece of mind
Maybe then Ill find
Some strength inside
Cause Ive lost any hope of ever changing
Im a short fuse burning

And remember who I
Who I used to be
Just this one trick ponys so strung out on routine
Stuck on repeat, like you wouldnt even believe

So Im looking tonight
For some piece of mind
Maybe then Ill find
Some strength inside
Cause Ive lost any hope of ever changing
Im a short fuse burning

Hey everybody dont forget me
Hey everybody dont forget me
I forgot who I used to be
And Im a short fuse burning

Im so close to exploding

"Showbiz? Science? Who Cares?"

If you had all the facts all the fictions
if you knew everything about science and all about religion
would you stand by your convictions
would you still make the right decisions
would you accept someone else's opinions in this life

because whatever it takes to get you by
well that's the right things to do in this crazy mixed up life
sad or sober or strong or with closed eyes
would you still make all the right decisions
would you accept someone else's forgiveness in this life

because its all a leap of faith
from white plastic saints to
to all those hard questions you have to face
every single day [5x]

if you had all the facts all the fictions
if you knew everything about science and all about religion
would you stand by your convictions
would you still make the right decisions
would you accept someone else's opinions in this life

because its all a leap of faith
from white plastic saints to
to all those hard questions you have to face
every single day [9x]

I've read all the books
and I still don't have all the answers
and thats fine whatever it takes to get you by

because its all a leap of faith
from white plastic saints to
to all those hard questions you have to face
every single day

"Sleep It Off"

i might as well just sleep it off
wishful thinking's got my wires crossed (whoa ho)
when i am desperate and alone
i know i know i know how low i go

so i'll drive and disapear
and maybe if i'm luck by this time next year
no one i know will know my name
it's either change or go or i'll explode today
i'll leave a note on my machine
unplug the phone and finish packing all my things
i found a photograph of me
its been such a slow decay
day to day i don't even recognize my own face

i had another breakdown
and i'm floating face down
i might as well just sleep it off
wishful thinking's got my wires crossed (whoa ho)
when i am desperate and alone
i know i know i know how low i go

i'm going to sleep it off
this sinking feeling of always feeling lost
hasn't been that long
six years worth of always being wrong
i met an old friend out on the street
trade stories and out of date memories
and she has a photograph of me it's been such a slow decay day to day
did we seem much happier in those days

its been a slow decay
day to day i don't even recognize my face

i know i know i know how low i go

"Sobriety Is A Serious Business And Business Ain't So Good"

So it's sunrise
sober eyes
see my room spin around
crowded bars and crumbling town
I'm a mess
a monument
two clenching fists of helplessness
oblivious to all of it
situation hopeless
will all the assholes in this room
please raise your right hand

It's sunrise
sober eyes
see my room spin around
crowded bars and crumbling towns
I'm a mess
a monument
two clenching fists of helplessness
oblivious to all of it
situation hopeless
will all the assholes in this room
please raise your right hand

I'm on a mission
To see what's been missing
My favorite song is on repeat
But it's just not helping me
My eyes have been wider but never been brighter
Something else is going on
I need a reminder of why I feel this way

There's a fine line between
Living a lie and feeling alive
There are times that I've been
Looking from the outside in
And here I go again
Falling behind losing my mind
I'm pretending it's alright
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

Wo-oh
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

I still believe in
Facing all my demons
And everything that people promise
Everything I've always wanted
My mouth has been open
My words have been stolen
It may have been used against me
It's starting to affect me
And now I feel this way

There's a fine line between
Living a lie and feeling alive
There are times that I've been
Looking from the outside in
And here I go again
Falling behind losing my mind
I'm pretending it's alright
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

Wo-oh
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

And it goes like this...

And it takes me back...

And it spins around
And round and round
And round and round
And it goes around
And always leads to black

There's a fine line between
Living a lie and feeling alive
There are times that I've been
Looking from the outside in
And here I go again
Falling behind losing my mind
I'm pretending it's alright
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

Wo-oh
Listening to the soundtrack of my life
<i>[x3]</i>

I'm on a mission
To see what's been missing
My favorite song is on repeat
But it's just not helping me
My eyes have been wider but never been brighter
Something else is going on
I need a reminder of why I feel this way

There's a fine line between
Living a lie and feeling alive
There are times that I've been
Looking from the outside in
And here I go again
Falling behind losing my mind
I'm pretending it's alright
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

Wo-oh
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

I still believe in
Facing all my demons
And everything that people promise
Everything I've always wanted
My mouth has been open
My words have been stolen
It may have been used against me
It's starting to affect me
And now I feel this way

There's a fine line between
Living a lie and feeling alive
There are times that I've been
Looking from the outside in
And here I go again
Falling behind losing my mind
I'm pretending it's alright
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

Wo-oh
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

And it goes like this...

And it takes me back...

And it spins around
And round and round
And round and round
And it goes around
And always leads to black

There's a fine line between
Living a lie and feeling alive
There are times that I've been
Looking from the outside in
And here I go again
Falling behind losing my mind
I'm pretending it's alright
Listening to the soundtrack of my life

Wo-oh
Listening to the soundtrack of my life
<i>[x3]</i>

So let's hit the streets tonight
And I'll show you where I lost my job
and where I got chased by cops
so we'll jump the fence at 13th and 10th
to see where we played our first show
I told you everybody loses sight of
All the how it's been and never was
So let's hit the streets tonight
And I'll show you where I drank on the job
and hung out In that parking lot
left at the light there's park 16th on the right
and that's the place that we called home
That place you'll never get a chance to know
and all the people through the years you could've known
it makes me wonder what your seeing is almost "home"

If I had a scheme for everything,
It seems that I'd more content with it all,
If I had it in me to stop my random thoughts,
and my dumb dreams
I could deal with this nonstop spinning world.

If only I could say that everything's ok
take a good look
and look the other way,
frustration, hell, who needs it anyway.
I'd rather sit back,
and just smoke cigarattes.
be the one with the loudest mouth
be the most closed minded that I could get

Mother told me, yes,she told me I'd meet girls like you.
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch."
Just the other day
I heard a soldier falling off some Indonesian junk that's going round.

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things."
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines."
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war.
But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Ev'ry time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Away.
Away.