The Academy Is...

we've got one chance to break out
and we need it now
cause i'm sick and tired of waiting
sick of this fucking apartment

love me or leave me or rip me apart
this is the voice that i was given and
if you don't like it take a long walk
off of the shortest pier you can find

and i'll be singing it out i'll be singing...
oh, Mr. Magazine i never wrote one single thing for you
or your so-called music scene
you don't mean a thing to me

pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up, and you need it too.
pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up.

when they review the debut
what if the critics hate you
don't worry cause they
might just catch somebody off their feet
well they can love it or leave it or rip it apart
we're living while we're singing
so i guess that's a step in the right direction
clever composition in the honesty, honesty

oh, Mr. Magazine
i never wrote one single thing for you
or your so-called music scene
you both mean shit to me

pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up, and you need it too.
pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up.

so save your breath and the money you spent
go work in retail and spare the suspense
just don't take chances on anything at all
anything at all

so afraid of anything that may not come that easy
too afraid of anything that you may not have seen before
so afraid of anything that may not come that easy
too afraid of anything that may not...

pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up, and you need it too.
pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up. wooo
pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up, and you need it too.
pick it up, pick it up, it's what you wanted.
pick it up, pick it up.

so save your breath and the money you spent
go work in retail and spare the suspense
just don't take chances on anything at all
anything at all
go work in retail and spare the suspense
just don't take chances on anything at all
anything at all

to moonn6pence from shootingstar (papayeverte)




You were the only face I'd ever known
I was the light from the lamp on the floor
And only as bright as you wanted me to be
But, I am no gentleman, I can be a prick
And I do regret more than I admit
You have been followed back to the same place
I sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist

Everything we had, everything we had
Everything we had, everything we had
Is no longer there

It was the only place I'd never known
Turned off the light on my way out the door
I will be watching wherever you go
through the eyes of a fly on the wall
You have been followed back to the same place
I sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist

Everything we had, everything we had
everything we had, everything we had
Is no longer there, longer there

You saw for yourself, the way it played out
For you, I am blinded
For you, I am blinded, for you

I am no gentleman, I can be a prick
And I do regret more than I admit
You have been followed back to the same place
I sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love and then love won't exist

Everything we had, everything we had
(You have been followed, you have been followed)
Everything we had, everything we had
(You have been followed, you have been followed)
Everything we had, everything we had
(You have been followed, you have been followed)
Everything we had...

I'll be with you wherever you go
through the eyes of a fly on the wall
to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)

You were the only face I'd ever known
I was the light
from the lamp on the floor
and only as bright as you
wanted me to be
But I am no gentleman
I can be a prick
and I do regret more than I admit
You have been followed
back to the same place
I sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love
and then love won't exist
Everything we had
everything we had
everything we had
everything we had is no longer there

It was the only place I'd never known
Turned off the light
on my way out the door
I will be watching wherever you go
through the eyes of a fly on the wall
You have been followed
back to the same place
I sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love
and then love won't exist
Everything we had
everything we had
everything we had
everything we had is no longer there
longer there
You saw for yourself
the way it played out
For you I am blinded
For you I am blinded for you
I am no gentleman I can be a prick
And I do regret more than I admit
You have been followed
back to the same place
I sat with you drink for drink
Take the pain out of love
and then love won't exist

Everything we had
everything we had
Everything we had
everything we had
everything we had
everything we had
I'll be with you wherever you go
through the eyes of a fly on the wall

Hey, stop on a dime.
Take both your hands,
reach them above, one at a time.
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly.

I tried not to breathe.
Tried not to speak.
Clamping my tongue between my teeth.
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly say,

Well, there are fine lines I've seen we are stuck in between.
With separate eyes to use and throw aside.
How we die, nobody wants to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
Where everybody goes.

Oh, no, this can't be it.
I start to sweat.
Haunted by all the things I've missed.
This can't be right.
I realize right then that it's me or him, yeah.

There are fine lines I've seen we are stuck in between.
With separate eyes to use and throw aside.
How we die, nobody has to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
Where everybody goes.
(What if I don't?)

Oh, no, I can't believe this.
I don't know why this had to happen.
I had no choice.
Well, it was me or him.

There's a fine line between what is justified or just obscene.
Fragile lines to use and throw aside.
How to die, nobody wants to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.

How we die, no, I will never know.
Who decides where everybody goes.

Who decides where everybody goes.

Hey, stop on a dime.
Take both your hands,
reach them above, one at a time.
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly.

I tried not to breathe.
Tried not to speak.
Clamping my tongue between my teeth.
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly say,

Well, there are fine lines I've seen we are stuck in between.
With separate eyes to use and throw aside.
How we die, nobody wants to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
Where everybody goes.

Oh, no, this can't be it.
I start to sweat.
Haunted by all the things I've missed.
This can't be right.
I realize right then that it's me or him, yeah.

There are fine lines I've seen we are stuck in between.
With separate eyes to use and throw aside.
How we die, nobody has to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.
Where everybody goes.
(What if I don't?)

Oh, no, I can't believe this.
I don't know why this had to happen.
I had no choice.
Well, it was me or him.

There's a fine line between what is justified or just obscene.
Fragile lines to use and throw aside.
How to die, nobody wants to know.
Who decides where everybody goes.

How we die, no, I will never know.
Who decides where everybody goes.

Who decides where everybody goes.

Close the door and take the stairs
Up or down, Ups and downs
Don't pretend you've never been there
You kiss me like an overdramatic actor
Who's starving for work
With one last shot to make it happen

You won the role, you've played your part
You've been cordially invited
But I'm not impressed
And I'm definately not excited
Cause the film has a shallow budget
And the writer's subject script isn't any deeper
So dive right in

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
Hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
Hey you, who are you kidding?
Don't quit 'til 47.
Then we'll turn it up, and we'll play a little faster.

Take back everything you ever said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did

She said, 'Alright, alright slow down'
Oh no, oh no we won't
Cause I regret everything that I said
To ever make her feel like she was something special
Or that she ever really mattered
Or did she ever really matter?

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills and you
Who are you kidding?
I'm not like them
I won't buy it
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Just don't count on the summer
Don't quit till your forty-seven
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster

Take back everything you ever said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did

I'm not sayin' that I'm not breakin'
some hearts tonight, girl
Oh, I'm not sayin' that
I'm not breakin' some hearts tonight, girl

Alright, alright, slow down

Take back everything you ever said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
Hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
Hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.

Times are strange
we've got a free upgrade
For snakes on a Plane
Fuck 'em, I don't care
Pop the cheep champagne
we're going down in flames, hey

Oh! i'm ready for it
Come on, Bring it [x4]

So kiss me goodbye
Honey, i'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye
i can see the venom in your eyes

it's time to fly
Tonight the sky's ailve
with lizards serpentine
Lounging in their suits and ties
watch the whore's parade
For the price of fame, hey

Oh! i'm ready for it
Come on, Bring it [x4]

So kiss me goodbye
Honey, i'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye
i can see the venom in your eyes

So kiss me goodbye
Honey, i'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye
i can see the venom in your eyes

Ladies and gentlemen,
These snakes is slitherin.
With dllar signs in they eyes
With tongues so reptilians
This Industry's venomous
With cold-blooded sentiments
No need for nervousness
It's just a little turbulence

So kiss me goodbye
Honey, i'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye
i can see the venom in your eyes

So kiss me goodbye
Honey, i'm gonna make it out alive
So kiss me goodbye
i can see the venom in your eyes
Goodbye

Oh! i'm ready for it
Come on, Bring it [x4]

We seem to be losing altitude
at an alarming pace

From midtown to downtown
snakes on a blog

I suggest you grab your ankles and kiss your
ass goodbye

So the season's changed your face,
toasted skin turned darker shades
so as to better disguise your figure from the streetlights.

First floor window opened up
as you tip-toe on the back porch,
to meet the new girl on the corner,
Make your big plans for the summer.

No one's gonna stay inside,
We're singing,
(dododododo)
We are finally here,
and we're not going nowhere without our friends.
And we can't stop singing,
(dododododo)
Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset,
but we can't forget.

If we ever find our way back,
this is all we've got.

S-so you borrow your best friend's Jeep,
cracked her windshield and lost her keys.
Crashed the rich kids' parties,
got kicked off of private beaches.
We introduced our friends to yours,
and we would laugh while we were ignored.
And from coast to coast, we'll soon disperse,
but let's live tonight like it's our first.

We've got fast food, tattoos, late talks, longer walks,
checking for the music, for the fireworks and alcohol.

No one's gonna stay inside,
we're singing,
(dododododo)
We are finally here,
and we're not going nowhere without our friends.
And we can't stop singing,

Everybody's making sure we stay up till sunset,
but we can't forget.

If we ever find our way back,
this is all we've got.

I remember sleeping in with the shades drawn,
casting shadows on the bed
Tomorrow feels like it's meant for the fight,
soaring beyond, twisting above.
And when I sleep, I still can feel it,
I can feel it, I can feel.
When I sleep, I still can feel it,
I can feel it, I can feel.
When I sleep, I still can feel it,
I can feel it, I can feel.


No one's gonna stay inside,
we're singing,
(dododododo)
Fuck yeah!
Finally here, and we're not going nowhere without our friends.
And we can't stop singing,

Everybody's making sure we stay up 'till sunset,
but we can't forget.

If we ever find our way back,
if we ever find our way back.

First floor window opened up,
as you tip-toe on the back porch.
(if we ever find our way back)
To meet the new girl on the corner,
make your big plans for the summer.
(if we ever find our way back)

If we ever find our way back,
this is all we've got.

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
I've got that lefty curse
Where everything I do is flipped
And awkwardly reversed
You're seldom known and barely missed
I always put myself
In destructive situations
I need oxygen
To be exposed where no one goes, where no one's been
When it all comes crashing...

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (ow)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.

Somebody get my phone
So I can throw it in a public
Pool and watch it float
And as it slowly sinking down,
Become a social ghost
Inside a box, cut at the top
To let some light shine in
To remind me what I've done and where I've been
When it all comes crashing...

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (ow)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands.

Don't give in, don't give up,
I'll be gone.
You don't look innocent enough.
We're too young to be critics
We won't miss anything at all
Don't give in, don't give up
I don't look innocent with this big, big mess on,
I'll say something else.

(woah)
(woah)
(woah oh)

We've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
A big, big mess
Now we've got a big, big mess
A big, big mess
Now kick it!

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (ow)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands,

Don't give in, don't give up (we've got a big, big mess)
I'll be gone. (a big, big mess)
I don't look innocent enough
We're too young to be cynics (we've got a big, big mess on our hands)
We won't wish any harm at all
Don't give in, don't give up (we've got a big, big mess)
No one looks innocent with this big big mess on our hands tonight.
(a big, big mess. we've got a big, big mess on our hands)

When it all comes crashing.

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
I've got that lefty curse
Where everything I do is flipped
And awkwardly reversed
You're seldom known and barely missed
I always put myself
In destructive situations
I need oxygen
To be exposed where no one goes, where no one's been
When it all comes crashing...

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (ow)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.

Somebody get my phone
So I can throw it in a public
Pool and watch it float
And as it slowly sinking down,
Become a social ghost
Inside a box, cut at the top
To let some light shine in
To remind me what I've done and where I've been
When it all comes crashing...

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (ow)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands.

Don't give in, don't give up,
I'll be gone.
You don't look innocent enough.
We're too young to be critics
We won't miss anything at all
Don't give in, don't give up
I don't look innocent with this big, big mess on,
I'll say something else.

(woah)
(woah)
(woah oh)

We've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
Oh, we've got a big, big mess
A big, big mess
Now we've got a big, big mess
A big, big mess
Now kick it!

(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big
Mess on our hands tonight.
Sing it (ow)
(ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah)
Now we've got a big, big, big, big
Mess on our hands, on our hands,

Don't give in, don't give up (we've got a big, big mess)
I'll be gone. (a big, big mess)
I don't look innocent enough
We're too young to be cynics (we've got a big, big mess on our hands)
We won't wish any harm at all
Don't give in, don't give up (we've got a big, big mess)
No one looks innocent with this big big mess on our hands tonight.
(a big, big mess. we've got a big, big mess on our hands)

When it all comes crashing.

If you're under the impression I'm alright.
I guess you never noticed.
I guess you might have known
I've been holding this together for so long.
But I guess you might have noticed.
Well I guess you...

The beast within the burden is all mine
A product of his father. A slave to his bride.
I feel I need to reveal my true stripes,
But the bitch of all this trouble here,
Waits behind the wind to find out.

[Chorus]
You set me up to leave me,
You wanted to feel,
Shallow love, shallow lives.
With every word, you speak of what you wanted from me.
Wanted from me... Yeah

I'm sinking more and more into my lies.
Now home is just a pinprick in the vastness of my life.
Feel the pressure, feel the pleasure,
Feel the pain, you're not alone.
Feel the pleasure, feel the pain,
Feel the pain.

[Chorus]
You set me up to leave me,
You wanted to feel,
Shallow love, shallow lives.
With every word, you speak of what you wanted from me.
Wanted from me... Yeah

Realizations, I am not what you thought I was.
You change directions everytime someone judges us.
In moderation, what was once us now never was.
You change directions everytime someone judges us.

[Chorus]
You set me up to leave me,
You wanted to feel,
Shallow love, shallow lives.
With every word, you speak of what you wanted from me.
Wanted from me... Yeah

Realizations, I am not what you thought I was.
In moderation, what was once us now never was.