"Cutthroat Collapse" TIME RUNS OUT Those words seemed so sincere And I've been so lonely here I find

myself lost in escape Mar ed by hands I held as my anchor !"t in yo"r shallow sea I drown I can still hear the trees At my bac and ha"ntin# me$ Unafraid% "naffected% This has all #one so wron#$ Under this &ecember s y% I wal ed away compromised% 'o"ntin# steps% of what's left To brin# this all to an end O"tside yo" will find the rin# that once belon#ed to me ()"st #ive me one reason why *ell maybe some other time+ Sharin# space with her face (,o" thin this all is a #ame% It's not a #ame to me+ -ict"res on the drivers seat So now we% we will both ill the messen#er It's s"ch a bl"r ,o" didn't even see This meant everythin# to me Invisible% plans yo" made &econstr"ct me Tethered to the dream of yo" !"t disappearin# If it's #rey then )"st leave it Some colors start bleedin# So #"ard yo"rself That's what my fol s "sed to say &efended yo"r secrets 'laimin# past loves and re#rets The ambition was hidden To shield yo"rself from the blame O"tside yo" will find the rin# that once belon#ed to me ()"st #ive me one reason why *ell maybe some other time+ Sharin# space with her face (,o" thin this all is a #ame% It's not a #ame to me+ -ict"res on the drivers seat ,o"r failin# words once moved heaven and earth !"t now they can't ma e me believe Invisible% plans yo" made &econstr"ct me Tethered to the dream of yo" !"t disappearin# Those words seemed so sincere% In this shallow sea I drown$ ,o" want to r"n and hide to catch yo"r breath (This can't be happenin#+ !"t why don't yo" come inside and capt"re all that's left (This can't be happenin#+ 'apt"re all that's left (Oh% b"t this is happenin#+ I don't want to wait for this A r"ined list% the lon#in# iss Ma in# all the moments last

As if we had% the sentiment ,earnin# for the so"nd !rea in# from the crowd .eavin# all the cynics Racin# for the finish Time r"ns Time r"ns Time r"ns time r"ns o"t If I sho"ld die If I sho"ld$ /012 "Curbside Goodbye" ,o"3ve b"ried me here And I can3t t"rn off my eyes% only sin in#$ ,o"3ve hidden the eys to sleep$ The sweet caref"l lines we3ve crossed And now we never can #o bac $ This is what I felt% 4"st bein# myself% !"t I now that yo" wo"ldn3t stay$ Standin# at my car with my reasons spent% As yo" drove and made yo"r escape$ The silence cr"shin# me% li e I swore it wo"ld% And I3m left watchin#$$$ Red li#hts fadin# o"t (I ref"se to accept these e0c"ses yo"3re ma in#+ As yo" drive bac to yo"r ho"se (To save yo"rself from ta in# blame the only reason that yo" came at all+$ I3m here sin in# and now we never can #o bac $ I chose every word that I new wo"ld h"rt b"t that was a poor choice at best$ This wea dis#"ise% yo"r careless replies that yo" made at my e0pense$ ,o" swore this was ri#ht% It was better that yo"3re leavin# b"t I3m here with$$$ Red li#hts fadin# o"t (I ref"se to accept these e0c"ses yo"3re ma in#+ As yo" drive bac to yo"r ho"se (To save yo"rself from ta in# blame the only reason that yo" came at all+ And I3m here with my c"rbside #oodbye$ This stin# in my eyes won3t leave me toni#ht As I stay awa e to watch the day start witho"t yo"$ I3m here sin in#% now we can never #o bac $ My fo"ndation crippled and crac ed$ !ro en% severed% bleed o"t the h"rt$ Two people dissolve into words$ Red li#hts fadin# o"t as yo" drive bac to yo"r ho"se$ The way I3ve #one a h"ndred times before% !"t now I3m left behind to ma e all of this ma e sense$ And now yo"r voice is ha"ntin# me% )"st o"t of reach% it b"ries me$ Is this the better off that yo" meant5 The way I3ve #one a h"ndred times before% !"t now I3m left behind to ma e all of this ma e sense$ And now yo"r voice is ha"ntin# me% )"st o"t of reach% it b"ries me% It b"ries me I3m here sin in#% we never can #o bac $ "Inside Our Skin" This is what comes of the best intentions we have They #et lost with the rest and soon for#otten And the money we spend is to ma e amends 6or the time that we3ve never To ma e amends for the time that we3ve never #iven

*e all feel real inside o"r s in *ith selfish hearts that hide o"r sin !"t everyone that r"ns a race can3t win *e all% we all feel real% feel real Inside% o"r s in$ If 7od is #ood% then what are we5 There is no plant witho"t a seed *hen mornin# comes% will we believe All that was lost can be retrieved5 ,o" say yo"3re #ood% then let me see A faith is dead witho"t the deed$ 8ow can we fail if we believe5 .et3s be who we were meant to be$ *e all feel real inside o"r s in *ith selfish hearts that hide o"r sin !"t no one really nows o"r deepest secrets *e will separate o"rselves from everyone that we now *e can3t allow a sin#le do"bt or wea ness to show And 4"st one more day witho"t the shame And I can move on$ I3ll be happier% happier when I3ve$$$ *e say% we3re so mis"nderstood% (*e will separate o"rselves from everyone that we now+ b"t I now we don3t do the thin#s we sho"ld (*e can3t allow a sin#le do"bt or wea ness to show+ So lon# to what I tho"#ht I was (And 4"st one more day witho"t the shame and I can move on+ I3ll be happier% happier when I3ve #iven "p$ *isdom li#ht my way into the dar ,o"r words% the melody that carries me *e can3t ma e a chan#e 9til we now who we are *hat b"rns5 The fire refinin# me *isdom li#ht my way into the dar The melody that carries me *e can3t ma e a chan#e% now who we are The fire refinin# me Refinin# me$ "Churches And Serial Killers" There is a part of me that always sees the easy way o"t$ If it doesn't h"rt% then not another word$ ,o" eep the reasons all b"t hidden% it feels li e we will drown$ &o I hold on% when it's so far #one5 To recall all the footsteps in the hall% with o"r loose lips$ 'hemicals in the bloodstream$ Start the s"r#ery$ Ta e care not to h"rt me$ Send the si#nal$ Send the si#nal$ Send the si#nal$ Send the si#nal$ There is a part of me that always sees the easy way o"t$ (Is this the easy way5+ If it doesn't h"rt% then not another word$ (then ta e me bac inside$$$+ ,o" eep the reasons all b"t hidden% it feels li e we will drown$ (is this is where we were$$$+ &o I hold on% when it's so far #one5 !r"sh the s in: blood involved$ .ose the voice$ She re4oices if I'm all alone$ !ea"ty ta es more than anythin#$ !"t I can't stop whats inside of me$ Send the si#nal$ Send the si#nal$ Send the si#nal$ Send the si#nal$ There is a part of me that always sees the easy way o"t$ (Is this the easy way5+ If it doesn't h"rt% then not another word$ (then ta e me bac inside$$$+ ,o" eep the reasons all b"t hidden% it feels li e we will drown$ (is this is where we were$$$+

&o I hold on% when it's so far #one5 Is there a chance% 4"st a chance that yo" need me5 Or are we better off thin in# that in this dance the romance is a secret5 !"t I'm not ;"ite s"re I believe it$ *ith my eyes% with my words% slowly rise and fall$$$ ('atch me% I'm slippin# thro"#h+ Slowly rise and fall$ ('atch me% I'm slippin# thro"#h+ Slowly rise and fall$ ('atch me% I'm slippin# thro"#h yo"r fin#ers+ "Butcher's Mouth" I3ve #ot a way of findin# o"t what yo" said% b"t I want to hear it from the b"tcher3s mo"th$ I3ve #ot a way of frea in# o"t all yo"r friends when I3m tal in# o"t lo"d$ !"t it ends me when I can tell that I3ve become the person I can3t ta e% that I hate% a person so m"ch li e yo"$ I3ve #ot a way$ ,o"r 4ealo"s eyes% with rec less pride% feastin# on the wealth$ I3ve #ot a way$ This little clic % bric by bric % has t"rned "pon itself$ ,o"3re a bro en record repeatin# these vanities$ Over and over a#ain$ ,o" find yo"r words and made them wor for yo"% and tr"st me% people will drin them in$ The absence of a witness% no one to see this$ 8id yo"r affection for self<obsession and the #reed$ !"t now it3s bac to yo"r% bac to yo"r nees$ I3ve #ot a way$ ,o"r 4ealo"s eyes% with rec less pride% feastin# on the wealth$ I3ve #ot a way$ This little clic % bric by bric % has t"rned "pon itself$ ,o"3re a bro en record repeatin# these vanities$ Over and over% the same old story$ (Throw yo"rself a pity party% p"llin# each and every heartstrin#$ *e bro"#ht yo" here$ *e bro"#ht yo" here$ And no one will come to yo"r defense$+ .et3s brea that smile ri#ht off yo"r face$ Ta in# time to save the place where names are of no "se and ridic"lo"s answers will find their sleep% and yo" will find yo"r sleep too$ (*ay% I3ve #ot a way$+ ,o"3re a bro en record repeatin# these vanities$ Over and over a#ain$ "In Shallow Seas We Sail" I #ot eyes in the bac of my head and I% see where yo"'re #oin# with this I'm not s"rprised ,o" ta e me for a fool% maybe yo"'re ri#ht If I was wiser I wo"ld not have let myself come here toni#ht ,o" sold yo"rself% yo"'ll never learn (,o" sold yo"rself$$$+ 8ere I am watchin# the s"mmer fadin# (The s"mmer we shared fade away with the winter+ ,o"r hands were warm on my face$ Now they're cold% p"shin# away (,o"r hands were warm now$$$+ Slowly now ('older than ice and they are slowly p"shin# me away+ -"shin# me away I new it (I new it+ ri#ht from the start I #ot this bi#% bi# hole in my heart

I wanted (I wanted+ to p"t yo" in !"t for some reason yo" 4"st wo"ldn't fit ,o" 4"st wo"ldn't fit ,o" sold yo"rself% ,o"'ll never learn (,o" sold yo"rself$$$+ 8ere I am watchin# the s"mmer fadin# (The s"mmer we shared fade away with the winter+ ,o"r hands were warm on my face$ Now they're cold% p"shin# away (,o"r hands were warm now$$$+ Slowly now ('older than ice and they are slowly p"shin# me away+ -"shin# me away% p"shin# me away% p"shin# me away ."st can #ive a man so many re#rets )"st this once is what we tell o"rselves Oh% oh% oh% oh% oh Oh% oh% oh% oh% oh Ships don't sin if they have wind in their sails !"t if the wind fails is there hope for me (I #"ess yo"r love% was only as safe$$$+ I tho"#ht yo"r love was safe as promise yo" made ($$$as the promise yo" made$$$+ Now I am drownin# in yo"r shallow sea: I swim (yo" are the storm% the wind and the waves% yo" brea me in two and toss me away+ ,o" are the waves that toss me in$ (I fell apart when I fell for yo"+ 8ow can I float above the water that fills my l"n#s5 (yo" are the water filin# my l"n#s% illin# me softly witho"t a word+ =illin# me softly witho"t a word$ (*itho"t a word+ " he !oor And he !re"alent" I've #ot to p"t a stop to all this$ (I've seen this+ To all this bein# separated and then c"t off$ (I taste this+ I've #ot to p"t a stop to all this$ (I've seen this+ I've #ot to p"t a stop to all this$ To all this bein# separated and then c"t off$ I've #ot to p"t a stop to all this$ 6loat over the world and decide for o"rselves if we wo"ld ever ret"rn$ If only o"r dreams were fires to i#nite$ Then we wo"ld co"ld let the whole world b"rn$$$ ,o" said this was over when yo" s"ffocate the tr"th and trade the isses and the distances and clin#in# to my wea nesses$ Send somebody% help me here beca"se I can't stand bein# a world away$ ,o" #ave into my worries and then ca"#ht me witho"t my defense$ There's a death inside% and it's yo"rs in mind$ So c"t "p yo"r identities invented for the fre;"encies of need$ &oes it depend a circ"mstance or e0c"se5 My inheritance of the ab"se$ The importance of yo"$ My choice of the two$ The tr"th is that I choose yo"$$$ ,o" said this was over when yo" s"ffocate the tr"th and trade the isses and the distances and clin#in# to my wea nesses$ Send somebody% help me here beca"se I can't stand bein# a world away$ ,o" #ave into my worries and then ca"#ht me witho"t my defense$ There's a death inside% and it's yo"rs in mind$ So c"t "p yo"r identities invented for the fre;"encies of need$ I've #ot to p"t a stop to all this$ (I've seen this+ To all this bein# separated and then c"t off$ (I taste it+ I've #ot to p"t a stop to all this$

(I've seen this+ To all this bein# separated and then c"t off$ (I taste it+ ('"t off$ '"t off$+ I'm cr"shed$ *hen I'm ready for this$ O"tside of yo"$ .et this severance torn from my hands$ I still taste it$ Torn from my hands with my co"ntenance$ ,o" said this was over when yo" s"ffocate the tr"th and trade the isses and the distances and clin#in# to my wea nesses$ Send somebody% help me here beca"se I can't stand bein# a world a way$ ,o" #ave into my worries and then ca"#ht me witho"t my defense$ There's a death inside% and it's yo"rs in mind$ So c"t "p yo"r identities invented for the fre;"encies of need$ " he S#ile$ he %ace" I was never #oin# to fall (I was never #oin# to fall+ !"t the smile and face have sealed my fate (The smile% the face+ So sweet% an addict of it all (I was an addict of it all+ I was blind for another taste I have nothin# left to #ive% the veins are dry% yo" have drained me dry The world has t"rned blac and cold And I can't catch my breath ,o" rehearsed yo"r lines with rhythmic details They match the po"ndin# in my chest The s"mmer came and yo" left me with yo"r words The clever so"nds from yo"r mo"th That can ma e me feel so worthless And yo" say that I am not eno"#h !"t tho"#h my heart is brea in# open =now that I will not be bro en The person yo" claimed to be% is not who ha"nts me now The careless lies% behind those brown eyes That yo" swore were tr"e more times than I can co"nt The s"mmer came and yo" left me with yo"r words The clever so"nds from yo"r mo"th That can ma e me feel so worthless And yo" say that I am not eno"#h !"t tho"#h my heart is brea in# open =now that I will not be bro en I now these words are wea and yo"n# Spo en as I come "ndone !"t while I drown in these mista es ,o"r e#o swells% b"t I can tell ,o" now that yo"'re a fa e$ (,o" cried in front of yo"r friends+ )"st to save some face (,o" didn't want it to end+ In 4"st a wee I'm replaced (,o" wo"ldn't listen% listen to me+ !"t can yo" hear me now (,o"'re 4"st a sic ness and the cancer+ the cancer is yo"r filthy mo"th "A Sin o &old On o" *hen I saw yo" wal in# by I co"ld not believe my eyes

Underneath the city li#hts Reflectin# all yo"r c"rves 4"st ri#ht 'an I have yo"r attention 6or a moment I need to 4"st say somethin# If yo"'ve #ot the time Then I #ot the reason for the sin If yo"'ve #ot the time Then I #ot the reason for the sin 8ave yo" been loo in# o"t 8ave yo" been watchin# my bac My patients is r"nnin# o"t And I can't seem to stay on the ri#ht trac ,o"'re wantin# eyes eep me comin# bac for more and more each time .ets #et this ri#ht ''a"se there is no second chance after toni#ht No chance after toni#ht I now yo"'ve #ot it in yo" *on't yo" let it o"t (.et it o"t+ &i# a little deeper and I now yo"'ll find stren#th inside If we can be the ones to hold on% to stay stron# Maybe we can ma e a difference in somebody life In somebody I won't be part of the riot I won't be part of the revol"tion ,o" thin yo" eepin# "s ;"ite *e're not the problem b"t we are the sol"tion I won't be part of the riot I won't be part of the revol"tion ,o" thin yo" eepin# "s ;"ite *e're not the problem b"t we are the sol"tion .ets #et this ri#ht ''a"se there are no second chances I now yo"'ve #ot it in yo" *on't yo" let it o"t (.et it o"t+ &i# a little deeper and I now yo"'ll find stren#th inside If we can be the ones to hold on% to stay stron# Maybe we can ma e a difference in somebody's life I now yo"'ve #ot it in yo" *on't yo" let it o"t (.et it o"t+ &i# a little deeper and I now yo"'ll find stren#th inside If we can be the ones to hold on% to stay stron# Maybe we can ma e a difference in somebody's life In somebody "!i''y Bank (ies" All these answers for the words that yo" omitted$ ,o" omit them still$ Never tho"#ht I wo"ld find o"t% b"t we're here now I'm achin# for this% achin# for it$ ,o" said yo"'d never been with anyone else b"t yo" lied% as yo" try say somehow that I was the one to blame$ Is this the way yo"'ve fo"nd for savin# yo"rself (if lies were wealth+ yo" need help% co"ntin# riches form yo"r mo"th's pi##y ban $ I drove these streets to yo"r front door% so co"ld yo" please 4"st help me o"t5 It's sad to say b"t there's always more% and yo" 4"st stare li e yo" can't hear "s o"t$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$

This is where yo" say this is not what it loo s li e$ 8e's #ot his hands wrapped aro"nd yo"r waist$ I want this% do yo" want it5 I hate this% b"t yo" fla"nt it$ It so"nds abs"rd% so I waited for my own eyes to p"t a face on the person that b"ilt these lies$ &id yo" want this5 ''a"se I want it$ 'o"ld have fooled me% ca"se I bo"#ht it$ (,o" have been fo"nd o"t+ I told myself it was the 4ealo"sy that ca"#ht my distr"st% b"t I'm s"ch a #ood pretender I s"rrendered my do"bts$ Of all the liars n"mber one is where yo" made yo"r deb"t% b"t I'll teach yo" the tr"th% beca"se I've fi#"red yo" o"t$ I drove these streets to yo"r front door% so co"ld yo" please 4"st help me o"t5 It's sad to say b"t there's always more% and yo" 4"st stare li e yo" can't hear a so"nd$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ I've finally fi#"red yo" o"t$ I've finally fi#"red yo" o"t$ This is where yo" say this is not what it loo s li e$ 8e's #ot his hands wrapped aro"nd yo"r waist$ I want this% do yo" want it5 I hate this% b"t yo" fla"nt it$ It so"nds abs"rd% so I waited for my own eyes to p"t a face on the person that b"ilt these lies$ &id yo" want this5 ''a"se I want it$ 'o"ld have fooled me% ca"se I bo"#ht it$ Tryin# to for#et (I sho"ld have been caref"l+ wishin# we never met (instead of faithf"l+ I sho"ld have been caref"l (I sho"ld have been caref"l+ I tho"#ht I was "nbrea able !"t sometimes% yo" find o"t (I sho"ld have been caref"l+ That yo" can not control yo"r heart (instead of faithf"l+ or re#ain the person that yo" were from the start (I sho"ld have been caref"l+ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ 8ide the s"spects$ This is where yo" say this is not what it loo s li e$ 8e's #ot his hands wrapped aro"nd yo"r waist$ I want this% do yo" want it5 I hate this% b"t yo" fla"nt it$ It so"nds abs"rd% so I waited for my own eyes to p"t a face on the person that b"ilt these lies$ &id yo" want this5 ''a"se I want it$ 'o"ld have fooled me% ca"se I bo"#ht it$ ")d'e O* he World" I now yo"r face I now yo"r smile and how it plays Into the minds of those who 'lin# to every word yo" say This isn't how I wanted to Remember me and yo" ,o"r eyes are tal in# b"t ,o"r lips are standin# still$$ Open yo"r mo"th tell me 8ow I'm s"pposed to feel5 My fin#er pointin#s 4"st a warnin#

So I s"##est yo"$$ Say yo"'re wron# .et's #et this over% I wo"ld li e to #et some sleep toni#ht .et's #et this over% I'd li e to #et some sleep toni#ht ,o" ma e it hard for me to leave So very hard for me to leave !y now the lies yo" told are wei#hin# on yo"r chest If I provide the rope I now yo"'ll do the rest$$ !"t I will not be an accessory No I'm not who yo" thin And I will never be yo"r enemy So don't ins"lt me Say yo"'re wron# This co"ld be easier If I was over her Say yo"'re wron# .et's #et this over I I now she's 4"st a #irl !"t shes #ot me standin# on the ed#e I'm on the ed#e of the world (My eyes are open for the first time+ (This place not yo"rs it's in my own eyes+ I am not a man who lives a life of soldiers I am not the ind of man who wal s away I will stand "p face to face or toe to toe with anyone ,es anyone$$$ Everythin# yo" said abo"t me was the tr"th b"t I 4"st don't thin that I can loo at yo" the same ,o"'re li e a splinter that will never show its head to anyone To anyone$$ Now I now that I was not the man yo" wanted ,o" now I loved yo" and I wanted to ma e yo" pro"d My intentions were to never #ive myself to anyone .oo what I've done ()"st loo at what I've done+ My intentions were to never #ive myself to anyone .oo what I've done "+ear +eath !art ," Time is r"nnin# o"t as yo" die% die% die in this bed not ma in# a so"nd$ It has all come crashin# down to the heel% and watch yo" breathe yo"r last$ So helpless to stop yo" from slippin# away so fast$ Oh% 7od% are yo" listenin# now5 As this cancer dances thro"#h her% and then ta es a bow$ It won't disappoint the crowd% whose word is a c"rse% as I hear them one<by<one$ -lease p"ll the strin#% and I come "ndone$ I now this$ I felt the same$ I'm sleepin# by yo"r side$ ,o"'re worth this$ I wo"ldn't trade a day$ So many days I've been blind$ I want to stop and rewind$ =ic off o"r shoes and dance with the #host of yo"$ *ho co"ld tease me and leave me be##in# for the ab"se5 ,o"'re the only I new that co"ld tame me% and ma e me who I am$ !"t now% there's self<blamin# and there's nothin# left of all my plans$ I now this$ I felt the same$ I'm sleepin# by yo"r side$ ,o"'re worth this$ I wo"ldn't trade a day$ So many days I've been blind$ I want to stop and rewind$ =ic off o"r shoes and dance$$ .et's dance a#ain$ *e'll t"rn "p o"r sleeves$ I now 4"st where to be#in$

&ance% let's dance a#ain$ *e co"ld find o"rselves before this happens$$$ *ords of mine are trite and simple shame$ Still we find a place in everythin#$ It's 4"st to brea the silence that has been cr"shin# me$ 8alf of me is dead% already #one$ 8alf is screamin# everyone is wron#$ 6inally as in# now% will yo" 4"st hear me o"t5 This was all my fa"lt$ ,o" bro"#ht me death% and it's everythin# I wanted$ It's the wron# side of fear that ept me o"t$ "Closed )yes$ Open &ands" *e can ma e believe *e're happy and free It's a"tomatic when The money is in o"r hands -eople always try To loo beyond their own lives !"t% I now that It wont last -ride comes before o"r fellow man Oh<oh% Oh<oh% Oh<oh<oh Oh<oh% Oh<oh% Oh<oh<oh<oh It's a perfect day 6or "s to ma e a chan#e 6or#et abo"t the watered down Mista es that we have made And there's a way To clear o"r tainted names )"st loo ahead and don't be scared *e've #ot so many choices to ma e Ta e a loo aro"nd ()"st loo aro"nd+ *here is yo"r hope fo"nd (*here is it fo"nd+ Is it the ones yo" love Or 4"st yo"r ban acco"nt5 (*e all want to be The people we sho"ld never be *e're tryin# thin#s we 4"st don't need It's a perfect day 6or "s to ma e a chan#e 6or#et abo"t the watered down Mista es that we have made And there's a way To clear o"r tainted names )"st loo ahead and don't be scared *e #ot so many choices to ma e -aint the thin#s we don't need To impress those we don't now Indebted to o"r own accessories *e hide behind o"r own lies !"t the fa e dreams% it can't be The only thin# we have worth livin# for It's a perfect day 6or "s to ma e a chan#e 6or#et abo"t the watered down Mista es that we have made Mornin# brea s into a brand new day So loo ahead and don't be scared *e've #ot so many choices to ma e

"+ear +eath !art -" )"st hear me o"t This was all my fa"lt Now yo"'ve bro"#ht me death And it everythin# I wanted It's the wron# side of fear that ept me o"t It's the wron# inside that fills my mo"th It's left me witho"t In this dar ness I've #iven my #ro"nd !"t no% this ni#ht will be mine !"t no% this ni#ht will be mine *ill be mine Esta noche ser> mia$ Esta noche ser> mia$ Esta noche ser> mia$ Esta noche ser> mia$ "Say he hin's ./ou Want0" These are the words I will say This is the story I'll tell *hen I spea yo"r name ,o"'ll probably li e it yo"rself That's what I never co"ld ta e ,o" wanted me when yo" wanted me and the rest was 4"st a waste of yo"r time I'll say the words that yo" want I tho"#ht yo" loved me b"t yo" don't% yo" don't And now as two become three If yo"'re h"rtin# I can't see And yo"'re ta in# what's left of me 6or what its worth I believed Every word that yo" said So here is what I will say *ith these last wasted breaths Ta e ta e ta e ta e !ac yo"r promises and those sweet isses That I tho"#ht were only for me To find myself at the end of these lines that yo"'re sellin# Is tellin# I wo"ld have always #ave in !"t those late ni#hts and phone calls *hisperin# everythin# I'd ever want 6or what its worth I believed Every word that yo" said So here is what I will say *ith these last wasted breaths Ta e ta e ta e ta e !ac yo"r promises and those sweet isses That I tho"#ht were only for me ,o" d"# My heart o"t Of me I tho"#ht yo" love me b"t yo" don't 'ca"se ,o" d"# My heart o"t Of me I waited for ,o" to answer why !"t waitin#'s not a reply This is the story I'll tell ,o" wanted me when yo" wanted me (yo" wanted me+ 6or what its worth I believed

Every word that yo" said So here is what I will say *ith these last wasted breaths Ta e ta e ta e ta e !ac yo"r promises and those sweet isses That I tho"#ht were only for me " en alents" .ast ni#ht I had a dream that yo" decided to leave me and no matter what I said% my pers"asion fell "pon yo"r deaf ears$ &on't leave me here alone$ I'm not so #ood on my own$ I'm not so #ood$ I'm not so #ood on my own$ Is it too late5 Am I too #one5 Is there somethin# I sho"ld now5 Am I wor in# for nothin#5 *ill there ever be anythin# to show5 Is it tr"e5 I don't now what the storyboo s have told$ Tho"#h I wo"ldn't be so bold to say so$ *ill I do what I'm told5 *ill I play my hand or fold5 *ill I stand my #ro"nd and hold5 I wo"ld li e to thin so$ !"t if I 4"st wal ed away% wo"ld yo" still save me5 Or wo"ld yo" ta e bac all that yo" #ave me5 Is it too late5 Am I too #one5 Is there somethin# I sho"ld now5 Are we wor in# for nothin#5 Is there anythin# to show for the service5 Is it worthless5 All the waitin# is the hardest part$ 'ome home my dear beca"se I love yo"$ I love yo" still$ It's a slap in the face when I feel my complacency #row$ It's the thrill of the chase% when yo" catch it yo" 4"st let it #o$ I ta e for #ranted the #race that is #iven me daily I now% oh$ 8ow can yo" say that yo" love me when all that I want$ All that I want is yo"r blessin# and then I am #one$ Nothin# I do can ma e "p for the thin#s I have done% oh$ ,o"r love is all we need$ *e're #onna ma e it$ So let's close o"r eyes toni#ht and 4"st believe$ "It Always +epends" I wish I co"ld p"t yo" into words% so it wo"ld all ma e sense$ I'd write yo" a tho"sand times% yo"r faces in pa#es$ R"n yo"r answers the best way yo" can% It's that yo" never tho"#ht that yo"'d be comin# in last$ (This is the wron# time% the wron# place+ I was waitin# for pa#es to read from (,o"'re always the same way The fresh starts with stained hands wear yo" o"t+ The wee end towns% the pict"re frames% It's my favorite shirt% I'm so #lad yo" came$ And I thin yo"'re wron#% it's not 4"st vacation% It's more than boys and #irls and late ni#hts$ (The lines fadin#$ *hy can't yo" see5 If yo"'re everythin#% there's nothin# left of me+ R"n yo"r answers the best way yo" can% It's that yo" never tho"#ht that yo"'d be comin# in last$ (This is the wron# time% the wron# place+ ,o" said that yo" co"ld and that's all that yo" wanted To brin# to the show and the leave witho"t reasons (I was waitin# for pa#es to read from+ *ho cares if it's ri#ht% it's been more than en#a#in# These lon# wal s and tal s b"t these faces yo"'re ma in# now (!"t yo" never decided to show yo"r face+ &on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h &on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h &on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h &on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h &on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h &on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h

&on't bother now yo" 4"st said eno"#h &on't bother now ,o" said that yo" co"ld and that's all that yo" wanted To brin# to the show and then leave witho"t reasons *ho cares if it's ri#ht% it's been more than en#a#in# These lon# wal s and tal s b"t these faces yo"'re ma in# ,o" said that yo" co"ld and that's all that yo" wanted To brin# to the show and then leave witho"t reasons *ho cares if it's ri#ht% it's been more than en#a#in# These lon# wal s and tal s b"t these faces yo"'re ma in# now These faces yo"'re ma in# now " hou'htli*e" And my heart% .eft my chest% So for#ive me$ As yo" leave to find That ne0t somethin# new !"t I can't 6or the life of me remember when ,o" chan#ed yo"r words from ?I love yo"? To sayin#% ?yo" don't now? )"st now that yo" can't Ta e bac what yo" said &arlin#% I'm not in the for#ivin# mood ,o" ept on replyin#% it was all in my head *ell yo"3re 4"st a liar% and I've #ot the proof I've #ot the proof So with these few words yo"'ll erase me Two years of o"r lives% meant nothin# to yo" !"t this fool% that yo" made of me has a lesson learned ,o" can't tr"st a lover% who was never a friend$$$ )"st now that yo" can't Ta e bac what yo" said &arlin# I'm not in the for#ivin# mood ,o" ept on replyin#% it was all in my head *ell yo"3re 4"st a liar% and I've #ot the proof I've #ot the proof I wo"ld have offered my life% Ta en yo" home% made yo" my wife% !"t hearin# yo" now% 6illin# yo"r mo"th% *ith the cowards lies% ,o"3re 4"st a dis#"ise$ Of the #irl of my dreams !"t I now she's waitin# for me So I'll open my eyes% To the day that's before me% And leave here to find That ne0t somethin# new "+o he hin's ./ou Want0" .et's write the son#s that they want I tho"#ht they'd love "s b"t they don't They don't *ith tails t"c ed between o"r le#s *e'll find a home made of re#rets *e'll stay shipwrec ed And sin in# *hat a terrible tho"#ht To be thin in# ,o" were with "s b"t yo" let these tho"#hts in yo"r head *e're not who we're s"pposed to be%

*ith all the symptoms of the sic ness we have scene@ Are yo" better off leavin#5 To"#h words held behind my teeth -leadin# that they be set free% !"t they're empty That's what some always will want A #ame of who's best with their ta"nts That are faceless and cred<less ,o" were with "s b"t yo" let these tho"#hts in yo"r head *e're not who we're s"pposed to be% *ith all the symptoms of the sic ness we have scene@ Are yo" better off leavin#5 *ith every son# that yo" sin# (I can't wal away+ It's yo"rs to the heart And when yo" fly or fall (I can't wal away+ Then a new one will start My eyes b"rn with hope (I can't wal away+ That yo" hear what we say If this was 4"st for the #ain (,o" can't wal away+ Then may we never #et paid And the m"sic that ma es (,o" can't wal away+ My feet move too Is the same as the m"sic (,o" can't wal away+ That's inside of yo" The tr"th is that when (,o" can't wal away+ ,o" can see past yo"rself ,o"r son# is the same (,o" can't wal away+ As everyone else .et's write the son#s that they want I tho"#ht they'd love "s b"t they don't They don't ,o" were with "s b"t yo" let these tho"#hts in yo"r head *e're not who we're s"pposed to be% *ith all the symptoms of the sic ness we have scene@ Are yo" better off leavin#5 "1ock2321ule" This is a wa in# "p This is yo"r final call and I wo"ld never want to see yo" #et torn apart I can't believe it I can't believe yo"'re a part of this world ,o" were a sic % sad man from the start Now yo"'re not even worth my time I can't be stopped% I'll 4"st eep #oin# all the way yo" will try b"t yo" will fail 4"st say it's over and it's done with I drove aro"nd 'hica#o% headed to 'hampai#n I passed ri#ht thro"#h the co"ntry where the corn is as hi#h as any 7od has ever made I saw a man beside the road% he said ?E0c"se me% sir$ I thin I've lost my way? And I told him as I p"lled bac on the road and headed so"th% ?I've #ot no time to waste? I said% ?I #"ess yo" don't have faith? ?I #"ess yo" don't have faith? ?I #"ess yo" don't have faith? &oes it matter anyway5 It's the way It's the way yo" wanted$ Everythin# Everythin# in its place /0A2

I #"ess yo" don't have faith I #"ess yo" don't have faith I #"ess yo" don't have faith This is a wa in# "p This is yo"r final call So don't yo" e0pect me to be there *hen yo" fall *hen yo" fall " he !arty Son'" *ell I now yo" li e the party% b"t the party never stops I now yo" li e the party% b"t the party never stops well I now yo" I now yo" I now yo" I now yo" want to be here so yo" 4"st let #o and no one3s ever #onna tell yo" no b"t I want to% ca"se I now yo" I now yo" !"t yo" party on% party on #et yo"r party on #et yo"r party on This is my last advice leave with me ca"se yo" co"ld die toni#ht (I #ot this% I #ot this% I #ot this so #o ahead home+ the dr"#s yo" "sed as a place to hide% it3s really bad if yo" don3t #et this ri#ht (I #ot this% I #ot this% I #ot this I don3t need yo"+ ,o" #ot ic ed o"t of yo"r mothers ho"se ,o" stole money from her p"rse she finally fo"nd yo" o"t ,o" sho"ld be ashamed% (don't sit there 4"d#in# me+ what a waste (yo"'d be the same if yo" co"ld see% so lets have another drin + And we'll party on% party on #et yo"r party on #et yo"r party on This is my last advice leave with me ca"se yo" co"ld die toni#ht (I #ot this% I #ot this% I #ot this so #o ahead home+ the dr"#s yo" "sed as a place to hide% it3s really bad if yo" don3t #et this ri#ht (I #ot this% I #ot this% I #ot this I don3t need yo"+ 6ebr"ary is still as scary% the month yo"r father died a little #irl in a shrie in# world% loo in# for her place to r"n and hide *ell I now yo" li e the party% b"t the party never stops I now yo" li e the party% b"t the party never stops well I now yo" I now yo" I now yo" !"t yo" party on% party on #et yo"r party on #et yo"r party on #ive it one last time ca"se this is all yo"3ve #ot@ This is my last advice leave with me ca"se yo" co"ld die toni#ht (I #ot this% I #ot this% I #ot this so #o ahead home+ the dr"#s yo" "sed as a place to hide% it3s really bad if yo" don3t #et this ri#ht (I #ot this% I #ot this% I #ot this I don3t need yo"+ "World Away" ,o" want to see me disappear *ell% it starts here Tryin# my best Not to say what yo" don't want to hear !"t it's all ri#ht < ,o" can cover yo"r% cover yo"r ears$ 6ace my fears )"st once a year The feelin# I #et

*hen I want to ret"rn everythin# That's in my life I'll be b"stin# at the seams$ It's a #amble either way If yo" play yo"r cards It's another tidal wave I'll be waitin# with my eyes closed$ No% I don't want to be The one who lives a lie !"t never new it$ *e're 4"st a world away from where I can feel li e I've never felt before So loc the door$ ,o" want to see me disappear *ell% it starts here Tryin# my best )"st to say what yo" don't want to hear !"t it's all ri#ht < ,o" can cover yo"r% cover yo"r ears$ It's a #amble either way If yo" play yo"r cards It's another tidal wave I'll be waitin# with my eyes closed$ No% I don't want to be The one who lives a lie !"t never new it$ *e're 4"st a world away from where I can feel li e I've never felt before So loc the door$ ,o"'re the one who told me To pac "p all my thin#s And leave in the mornin# It's 4"st a world away from here And I will never bother yo" no more And that's for s"re$ No% I don't want to be The one who lives a lie !"t never new it$ *e're 4"st a world away from where I can feel li e I've never felt before So loc the door$ ,o"'re the one who told me To pac "p all my thin#s And leave in the mornin# It's 4"st a world away from here And I will never bother yo" no more And that's for s"re$ "A*ter he +e"il Beats &is Wi*e" ,o" wanna swim in the river I wanna dance in the s"mmer ,o"'ve always been the believer I'm always left to wonder The water is r"shin# so fast I thin it will ta e "s "nder Oh% what tho"#ht did yo" recall That wo"ld ma e yo" say my name5 The water's so deep A friend says ?&on't #o? !"t my mo"th betrays me And says ?8old on? (And now I now+ This is the pain of believin#

(The dan#er is real+ And there's no easy way o"t (8ow did I #et here5+ ,o" tr"st too m"ch in my bravery It's my safety yo"'re ta in# *e're #onna drown in the river I cannot swim any farther My blood is p"mpin# so fast To my heart and limbs "nderwater Then I reach and find yo"r hand in mine And they say yo" will be saved% b"t no I p"ll and I p"ll and I p"ll !"t yo"r foot% it's anchored deep ,o"r face tells me yo" won't be freed (And now I now+ This is the pain of believin# (The dan#er is real+ And there's no easy way o"t (8ow did I #et here5+ ,o" tr"st too m"ch in my bravery It's my safety yo"'re ta in# I decided lon# a#o Never let yo"r loved ones now *ho yo" really are% who yo" really are -eople want the tr"th b"t never want the scars And now I'm here% my best friend died And I'm the one that's still alive And yo" say it's #onna be o ay Over and over and over and over and over and over a#ain$$$ River% wash me clean River% wash me clean River% wash me clean River% wash me clean "Can't Stop he Killer" ,o"'ll raise the da"#hter and she'll raise the son$ ,o"'ll live li e two people that wish they were one$ She may not be perfect% b"t oh% my friend% neither are yo"$ ,o" feel li e yo"'re waitin# for somebody to remind yo" of all the thin#s that yo"'re s"pposed to do$ 'aref"l what yo" reach for% one more step and yo"'re fallin# thro"#h$ ,o"r family's a 4o e and yo"r 4ob is yo"r life$ The time spent witho"t them is time spent most every ni#ht$ 7et yo"r ho"se in order% 'ca"se it's #onna be a b"mpy ride$ (,o" can't stop% yo" can't stop the iller$+ (,o" can't stop% yo" can't stop the iller$+ I wor my hands ri#ht down to the bone still yo" don't #ive me what I want$ ,o" are so "n#ratef"l% we're more li e a ho"se than a home$ -lease% dear% "nderstand% I'm sorry a#ain for all that I said$ And how co"ld yo" leave5 I swear that I'll be a better man$ *ell% #o ahead and r"n% r"n% R"n from the man with the #"n in his hand$ &arlin#% I wo"ld shoot yo" before I wo"ld ever let yo" leave$ Oh% dear 7od$$$ In a certain place I've ept my o"ts% one for "s both% two for my do"bts% I'm sha in#$ I'm hollow beca"se I now how to #et this done

so I will be the only one to follow% to follow thro"#h with this$ /0A2 ,o" neel beside her at the foot of the #rave$ ,o"r da"#hter is cryin#% and yo" say she's in a better place$ She was never perfect% oh% my friend% neither were yo"$ "Story About A Man With A Bad &eart" *atch yo"r ma e"p% There is 4"st a sm"d#e beneath the eye$ ,o" loo #reat in that dress% It hits every c"rve 4"st ri#ht$ *e've #ot dinner at ei#ht% and then drin s by nine$ I love yo" so% it's o"r anniversary toni#ht$ S"ddenly everythin# sha es as if it's startin# to brea $ And now I'm on my nees% My wife screams% ?*hat's *ron#@5? As the stereo plays o"r son#% Only In &reams$ )"st last 6riday is when my heart failed a#ain$ I was thin in# that I sho"ld find a friend$ I bo"#ht her several drin s% And slipped the rin# into my hand$ *e drove to her place And let the #ood times roll a#ain$ S"ddenly everythin# sha es as my protection brea s$ And now I'm on my nees% and I scream% ?This was wron#@? As I leave% the stereo plays the son#% The 6inishin#$ Is this it5 Is this how I have spent my life5 .yin# there with a bro en heart on bedroom floors$ And finally% finally% I realiBe% I realiBe that I'm only a man$ I'm only a man$ I'm only a man$ I'm only a man$ (One thin# I have to now% where did the miracles #o5 And if a simple man believes% will it start a#ain with me5+ (If I were the ma er I wo"ld fashion o"t a blade$ To c"t o"t every inch of dead heart I've made$+ I3m watchin# this screen These lies played o"t before my eyes And how they now everythin# Everythin# comes easy *ell I never had it easy I was never l"c y It was never easy And yo" sit there And yo" 4"d#e my commitment (One thin# I have to now% where did the miracles #o5 And if a simple man believes% will it start a#ain with me5+ (If I were the ma er I wo"ld fashion o"t a blade$ To c"t o"t every inch of dead heart I've made$+ ,o" people co"ld say that I3m the bad #"y !eca"se I was wea I was wea once or twice *ell let me tell yo" I'm standin# in the lead I am standin# in the lead !eca"se I can't control this person behind my hands

"+on't Bore 4s$ Get o he Chorus" 8e's never #onna #o away 8e's never #onna #o away 8e's never #onna #o away 8e's never #onna #o away 8e's never #onna #o away 8e's never #onna #o away So we sit and we wait 6or the c"rtains to fall And there are words we co"ld "se !"t sho"ld never say at all !"t yo" do% yo" do% yo" do ,o" do% yo" do% yo" do *e met in the co"rtyard *here no one wo"ld notice Two ids contemplatin# All hi#h school had shown "s And I told yo" I loved yo" And I new yo" believed it As I ;"ited my conscience 8opin# yo" wo"ldn't see it !"t I do% I do% I do I do% I do% I do I 4"st want to be with yo" toni#ht The mood is set and we're here by candleli#ht I paid my d"es so don't be r"de Stop p"ttin# "p a fi#ht I 4"st want to #et with yo" toni#ht !"t ?No? they say *hat doesn't ill yo" Ma es yo" stron#er !"t the ;"estions remain Until yo" can't ta e it any lon#er !"t I am still so yo"n# And I didn't now I co"ld be so d"mb And yo" yo"r still so yo"n# !"t now I now that yo"r so d"mb 8e's never #onna #o away I'm never #onna #o away I 4"st want to be with yo" toni#ht The mood is set and we're here by candleli#ht I paid my d"es so don't be r"de Stop p"ttin# "p a fi#ht I 4"st want to% I 4"st want to% I% I% I% I do% I do% I do% I do% I do% I do% So what abo"t yo" Never satisfied I'm never satisfied Never satisfied So let them all fall Side by side Side by side One more will fall toni#ht "What Makes A Man A Man" Ta e a loo and see for yo"rself what ma es a man a man$ And I will step bac to the life I left$ Maybe yo" won't for#et who I am$ *a e "p in the middle of the ni#ht% )"st don't believe everythin#'s all ri#ht when these tho"#hts are r"nnin# aro"nd yo"r head$ And it's late% so yo" don't really want to say #oodbye%

so yo" 4"st head down the stairs that lead yo" o"t$ The so"nd of silence is as lo"d as a #"nshot$ ?6or#ive me? were the only words they read on the note yo" left$ Sin#in#% oh$$$ I can't find any way o"t$ I wish I co"ld live where the sea meets the land$ The ocean and I wo"ld be the best of friends$ I'd ma e her my own$ I wo"ld float in her waves$ She wo"ld sin# me to sleep as she carries me away$ *on't yo" carry me away5 Oh% please% carry me away$ Ocean% carry me away$ ,o"'re my better half$ Sin#in#% oh$$$ I can't find any way o"t$ (I don't really want to sin# anymore$ There's #ot to be somethin# I co"ld live for% so 4"st show me now$ Everyday is 4"st another re#ret$ It's time for me to #ive it a rest and it's over now$+ " he Mo"ie Son'" I'm the #"y that dies at the be#innin# of the movie$ I'm the one who never ma es it o"t of the cave$ It's beca"se 4"st when I have #ot everythin# #oin# for me baby% yo" come aro"nd and ta e it all away$ It's tr"e% I'd do anythin# for yo"$ She as ed if this is cool$ *hat did yo" say5 I played it li e a fool$ Oh% no@ It's li e I've said before% I co"ld die toni#ht for 4"st one iss more$ On the brin % abo"t to sin $ I'm drownin# baby and I can't thin Of a way to p"ll myself bac to shore$ It's yo"r face I can't ta e% and my nees are abo"t to b"c le The same way as they did the ni#ht yo" wal ed thro"#h my door$ It's tr"e% I'd do anythin# for yo"$ She as ed if this is cool$ *hat did yo" say5 I played it li e a fool$ Oh% no@ It's li e I've said before% I co"ld die toni#ht for 4"st one iss more$ Every time my eyes are closin# there is 4"st one word$ Once it's spo en% my eyes open% and I'm yo"rs to serve$ *hen yo"r world tries to blow itself "p from the inside% I will di# a fo0hole for two$ So yo" now that I will always be there for yo"% And maybe yo" wo"ld find a love for me too$ It's tr"e% I'd do anythin# for yo"$ She as ed if this is cool$ *hat did yo" say5 I played it li e a fool$ Oh% no@ It's li e I've said before% I co"ld die toni#ht for 4"st one iss more$ One iss more$ Oh% my darlin#$ My love% 4"st one$ )"st one$

)"st one$ "/ou hink /ou're 3ickel Slick .But I Got /our !enny Chan'e0" I'd ta e it bac to have the chance to see her la"#h% no see her dance ,o" never told me it wo"ld be so hard$ And now I wait for everyday to #o away% 4"st #o away 7oodni#ht% #oodni#ht$ I wo"ld t"c yo" in so ti#ht% b"t I'm 4"st a tired man with those tired hands of mine$ *a e "p% baby$ It's time for "s to leave$ ,o"'re 4"st a little #irl in yo"r lonely world with me So let's #o all the way$ .et's #o all the way$ This dar road will lead ri#ht where yo" want to be$ ,o"'re drivin#% so ta e the wheel$ ,o"r conscience is pleadin# as yo" start believin# that what yo"'re doin# is not for yo"$ !"t there's no mista in# the life that yo"'re ta in#% so ill the inconvenient tr"th$ So let's #o all the way$ .et's #o all the way$ This dar road will lead ri#ht where yo" want to be$ ,o"'re drivin#% so ta e the wheel$ "%ro# Crib o Co**in" I "sed to be a better man$ !"t the re#ret came% and here I am$ I "sed to wal o"tside my door$ !"t I don't #o o"tside anymore *hen will they carry me to my #rave5 So I can pay for the thin#s my hands have made$ Two sons will ta e my body and place it in the #ro"nd$ And I hope they now to be nothin# li e me$ No nothin# li e me$ My !lood is tainted with bitterness$ I want it o"t% I want it o"t of me$ Oh% the taste of my inheritance$ 8ow I have fallen% the hills will cover me$ ,o" too will become wea $ ,o" too will become wea $ The trees are #reen what happens when they t"rn dry$ The trees are #reen what happens when they t"rn dry$ *e chose o"r words and threw them towards the s y$ The trees were #reen% now they have all t"rned dry$ There was a bird whose win#s were cr"shed by a windshield$ So fast to the #ro"nd% the roadside it fo"nd as its eyes closed$ I heard the driver say as she p"lled away% ?*hat co"ld I have done5 The worst is over$? I tho"#ht to myself with ris to o"r health$ No one ever offers help$ *hen we were boys we chased thro"#h nei#hbors' fields$ *e co"ld r"n forever% and I swore to my friends% their lives I wo"ld defend% as a s"perhero$ !"t a#e finds the l"st and #ives it yo"r tr"st$ And be#s yo"r devotion in trade for discretion$ The years play o"t as days as those friends pass away$ !"t yo" are ta en care of% there is always television$ "Whoa5 Man" Ta e% a lonely heart before it brea s

And p"t it in yo"r little bo0 of "nwashed hands and mista es *ords% so necessary% b"t abs"rd To tell yo" that I want to be with yo" toni#ht so bad it h"rts *hoa@ *hoa@ This co"ld be perfect b"t yo" won3t let it play o"t *hoa@ *hoa@ And yo" 4"st sit there with yo"r folded arms in *hoa@ *hoa@ 6or#et abo"t the past% it3s #one *a e% wa e "p while it3s still yo"rs to ta e !efore I #et a better offer from someone who will stay I% I don3t believe in wastin# time And 4"st before yo" now its #one% its #one for #ood% so don3t cry And it feels that today is li e every other day !"t I will for#et abo"t myself -"t this boo bac on the shelf% toni#ht *hoa@ *hoa@ This co"ld be perfect b"t yo" won3t let it play o"t *hoa@ *hoa@ And yo" 4"st sit there with yo"r folded arms in *hoa@ *hoa@ 6or#et abo"t the past% it3s #one *hoa@ *hoa@ This co"ld be perfect b"t yo" won3t let it play o"t *hoa@ *hoa@ And yo" 4"st sit there with yo"r folded arms in *hoa@ *hoa@ 6or#et abo"t the past% it3s #one And yo" say that yo"3ve chan#ed !"t yo"3re basically the same !"t I% I can say that I tried And move on with my life So yo" can calm yo"r worried mind 9'a"se when I leave I wont be comin# bac this time No% not this time$ "So Cold I Could See My Breath" .et's start with 4"st the basics then I'm s"re that we co"ld fa e it when It's time to say how m"ch it meant And we wal o"t so innocent ,o" can be so pers"asive *hen yo" say it's More than a day trip And convince me I'm condescendin# *hen I as % ?*ill this be endin#5? 8ow ;"ic ly l"st can pretend it's love *e're 4"st the boys and #irls that thin they always now *ith answers for the world The ambi#"ity shows *e're 4"st the boys and #irls that dance with all their clothes (we are the boys and the #irls+ 8idin# "nder the sheets !elievin# nobody nows All the s"spense That we've created Now it's wasted And we can't chan#e it The be#innin# to the endin# I find myself rememberin# 8ow ;"ic ly l"st can pretend it's love &esi#nin# words to help "s believe

It's so m"ch more than 4"st toni#ht So we have #ot to #et this ri#ht 8ow ;"ic ly words can become o"r hands (yo" wanted more% yo" wanted more+ Resi#nin# everythin# we believe (yo" wanted more% yo" wanted$$$+ ,o" wanted more% yo" wanted more$ *e're 4"st the boys and #irls that thin they always now (we are the boys and the #irls+ *ith answers for the world The ambi#"ity shows *e're 4"st the boys and #irls that dance with all their clothes (we are the boys and the #irls+ 8idin# "nder the sheets !elievin# nobody nows ,o" co"ld be the one to stay Made from birth for 4"st this day !"t somethin# tells me it's not ri#ht If we co"ld lose it all toni#ht I'm no better on my own .eave the messa#e on yo"r phone$ Always tryin# what I can$ To be a child and not a man *e're 4"st the boys and #irls that thin they always now (we are the boys and the #irls+ *ith answers for the world The ambi#"ity shows *e're 4"st the boys and #irls that dance with all their clothes (we are the boys and the #irls+ 8idin# "nder the sheets !elievin# nobody nows My hands across yo"r clothes (my hands across yo"r clothes+ And me witho"t a plan (Somethin# I'll miss+ To eep "s boys and #irls (to eep "s boys and #irls+ Another woman and man5 (Somethin# I will always miss+ "!layin' With %ire" -ardon me for sayin# so b"t yo" loo more pitif"l Than I had ever ima#ined &espite perfect fashion And yo"r photo#raphs depict yo" so differently I always tho"#ht yo" wo"ld be% some sort of match for me So let's decide who can s"rvive Stompin# feet and racin# beats Of hearts that don't ever slow Then I'll write letters on white paper E0pressin# my deep disappointment &rippin# where I stand from my watery hands 8opin# to #et past the open bedroom door *here her clothes on the floor Remind me of o"r conversations The feelin# of sli#ht hesitation To t"rn o"t the li#hts C1 days now since we started (I'm not+ To complicate the sit"ation (I'm not hidin# from this sit"ation+ I'm not hidin#% (I'm not+ I'm 4"st b"yin# some time for "s to find the bac door (I'm not hidin# from this sit"ation+ *e will come o"t when it's safe for "s when it's safe for "s when it's safe for "s% "s for "s all There's nothin# left to say (&on't believe me when I say it's over$+ To e0c"se the way that I've behaved I still feel him #rippin# li e a stain to this fabric (!y the time yo"'re #one it's all "ncovered+ Torn in every seam Then thrown away One witho"t re#ret% I will not for#et

One witho"t re#ret% I will not for#et *hy sho"ld I ta e all the blame for my mista es5 (One witho"t re#ret+ ,o" were there with every promise made to brea (I will not for#et+ *hen did yo" become the one witho"t re#ret5 (One witho"t re#ret+ =ill me% b"rn me down% I swear I won't for#et (I will not for#et+ *hen did yo" become the one witho"t re#ret5 (=ill me% ill me% ill me+ =ill me% b"rn me down% I swear I won't for#et (=ill me% ill me+ "1eturnin' he S#ile /ou &a"e &ad %ro# he Start" ,o" wanted to now if If it was worth the pain that it has ca"sed "s$ !oth o"r lives < s"btract one life To now why it was yo" deserved this As simple as I can I'll tell yo" the difference !etween a pencil and a pen And where it will leave "s now As yo"r body lets yo" die% And I sit here still alive In my memory I wrote yo" down in in I never wanted to erase yo"r story Even with the tra#edy it brin#s The fl"id in yo"r l"n#s That tells yo" yo"'re losin#% stop breathin# The medicine that comes will fi0 yo" *ill help yo" b"t ta es yo" from conscio"s to sleep -lace my hands to face and weep In my memory I wrote yo" down in in I never wanted to erase yo"r story Even with the tra#edy it brin#s Somethin# bea"tif"l Somethin# torn from my hands I'm not ready for yo" to die (I can't leave here li e this% #et away from her+ This day will end with a life complete (that is not all that she was$ I don't want to say #oodbye yet+ This day will end with a life complete My closest friend here in front of me ,o" wanted to now if If it was worth the pain that it has ca"sed "s$ !oth o"r lives < s"btract one life To now why it was yo" deserved this "Studyin' !olitics" It3s li e a pencil with erasers at both ends I want it all b"t we3re dealin# in percents And these activities that yo" have en#a#ed in This is the politics of seein# yo" dance with him *e be#an with concl"din# remar s -ic "p the pieces and e0amine the parts ,o"r words always c"t when they're clichD !"t here3s my nife beca"se I came for the b"ffet This is the way it #oes *ith yo" a part of it Nervo"sly sayin# words That oh<so<ti#htly fit A mar beneath the chin (Uh Uh+ I3ve ca"#ht yo" once a#ain It3s in the way yo" sell every word and phrase And leavin# me to now how m"ch the meanin# wei#hs Sayin# that b"t meanin# this (Uh Uh+ Usin# hands for emphasis (Oh 8o+ /0E2

,o"3d li e to thin that yo"3re the best part of me !"t I confess there is nothin# left of yo" here (nothin# left of yo" here+ These parallels and silly #ames 8ide yo"r face and say the name Say the name (say the name+ This is the way it #oes *ith yo" a part of it Nervo"sly sayin# words That oh<so<ti#htly fit A mar beneath the chin (Uh Uh+ And I3ve ca"#ht yo" once a#ain It3s in the way yo" sell every word and phrase And leavin# me to now how m"ch the meanin# wei#hs Sayin# that b"t meanin# this (Uh Uh+ ,o"r tears for emphasis (Ahhhh+ There3s that smile a#ain (there3s that smile a#ain+ ,o" fa e it and I follow yo" ri#ht in *hat a fool I've been To fall for it each time This is the way it #oes *ith yo" a part of it Nervo"sly sayin# words That oh<so<ti#htly fit It3s in the way yo" sell every word and phrase And leavin# me to now how m"ch the meanin# wei#hs This is the way it #oes *ith yo" a part of it Nervo"sly sayin# words That oh<so<ti#htly fit It3s in the way yo" sell every word and phrase And leavin# me to now how m"ch the meanin# wei#hs (Oh 8o+ /0F2 That dress and those eyes are tellin# white white lies *hite white lies That dress and those eyes are tellin# white white lies *hite white lies "(e*t With Alibis And (yin' )yes" *atchin# someone stop breathin#$ 6eel their arms and palms releasin#$ The color% the smell of the s in% All of this with yo"r fin#erprints$ And there isn't a thin# that we can do$ &rive drive drive drive% I don't want to #et ca"#ht$ *e'll say% we'll say we're innocent$ And there is eno"#h to prove we're not$ They will believe anythin#$ I'm pac in# all my clothes and never #oin# to #o home a#ain$ There isn't one thin# we for#ot$ ,o"'ll see% we'll #et away with this$ My 4eans% yo"r shoes% we'll throw away everythin# we've "sed$ !"t there's still yo"r worried mo"th To match yo"r worried eyes$ The only two thin#s left to find$ &rive drive drive drive% I don't want to #et ca"#ht$ *e'll say% we'll say we're innocent$ And there is eno"#h to prove we're not$ They will believe anythin#$ I'm pac in# all my clothes and never #oin# to #o home a#ain$ There isn't one thin# we for#ot$

,o"'ll see% we'll #et away with this$ (M"rderer% with yo"r teena#e eyes% resist confession$ Oh% the wei#ht is so m"ch% my heart is hollow$ *ith this foolish thin# I've done+ There's no compromise$ So remember this$ ,o"r hands are lies$ It's too late for ifs$ *e'll #o home and close the door% then p"ll the sheets "p to o"r heads and sleep$ And there isn't a thin# that they can do$ &rive drive drive drive% I don't want to #et ca"#ht$ *e'll say% we'll say we're innocent$ And there is eno"#h to prove we're not$ They will believe anythin#$ I'm pac in# all my clothes and never #oin# to #o home a#ain$ There isn't one thin# we for#ot$ ,o"'ll see% we'll #et away with this$ "(istenin' o %reddie Mercury" Every once in a while I thin I'm lyin#$ Ta e it to the ban $ I believe every word I say$ (This 4"st isn't how% this 4"st isn't how+ Then a#ain this is when yo" start yo"r pryin#$ (This 4"st isn't how% this 4"st isn't how+ !"t there's a tho"#ht it co"ld be tr"e$ !"t this 4"st isn't how I ima#ined it wo"ld be$ *ith these random people 4"st as in# the most personal thin#s$ And to thin that somehow I co"ld always come clean$ And yo" sha e yo"r head 4"st li e yo" now what I mean$ ,o"'re a 'hristian tell the sinner find repentance it's yo"r last chance$ ,o" believer% where's yo"r patience5 Answer ;"estions% p"t on faces$ (*hat abo"t 7od5+ To see if it's ri#ht or wron# (*hat abo"t 7od5+ to listen to this son#$ (*hat abo"t 7od5+ I don't want yo" too$ (*hat does it mean5+ And see if yo"'re o ay (*hat does it mean5+ with all the words I say$ (6or yo"% for me$+ It can't be this way$ (All have fallen short+ Somehow% someone's more e;"al than others$ &ependin# on the words we choose to say$ A #lance at her too lon# toni#ht$ !"t everythin# I am sayin#'s ri#ht in yo"r ears$ *e are all the sisters and the brothers$ Until we find we don't believe the same% li e$$$ 7ary is #ettin# dr"n to for#et Sarah$ Sarah is stealin# money from her parents$ Aaron is lyin# strai#ht to )on$ Abo"t Me#an and the thin#s that went on$ )essica is a #ossip% .a"ra is a sl"t$ &erric hits !rid#et and !en deals dr"#s$ Seth spends all his money #amblin#$ )oey stopped prayin#$ It's all the same$ *e are all the same people$ *ith sinnin# hearts that ma e "s e;"al$ 8ere is my hand% not words said desperately$ It's not o"r 4ob to ma e anyone believe$

" he Weakest" -oint the #"n (in yo"r way+ )"st pretend that it is time (it is time+ Say the word and I will fire Sometimes I #et so tired of their lies (it never stops+ It's worth more than my life (than my life+ Say the word and I will die There's no peacef"l for passin# of this new sic ness That I have introd"ced To everyone aro"nd me sayin# that I'm the ca"se of all their crime And when they're dr"n I po"r the wine .ets leave this place and say that we escaped *e'll say that there's no difference between ri#ht and wron# toni#ht *e'll leave no trace of plans that we have made So they can't find "s and ta e what is o"rs -oint the #"n (in yo"r way+ )"st pretend that it is time (it is time+ Say the word and I will fire Ta e me far from this less<than perfect desi#n My contrib"tions only #o so far witho"t monetary #ain for my part$ .ets leave this place (it won't happen this time+ and say that we escaped (decisions that are mine+ *e'll say that there's no difference between ri#ht and wron# toni#ht *e'll leave no trace (the fin#er and the #"n+ of plans that we have made (to be the only one+ So they can't find "s and ta e what is o"rs (ta e what is o"rs+ R"nnin# with the scissors pointed at yo"r heart from yo"r hand Is that yo"r plan5 I don't have time for ;"estions concernin# yo"r f"t"re position .ets leave this place (it won't happen this time+ and say that we escaped (decisions that are mine+ *e'll say that there's no difference between ri#ht and wron# toni#ht *e'll leave no trace (the fin#er and the #"n+ of plans that we have made (to be the only one+ So they can't find "s and ta e what is o"rs (ta e what is o"rs+ -"t on yo"r coat (it's time to #o% it's time to #o+ &ancin# very close (with what I want+ Ta in# every inch to (it's farthest point+ .osin# precio"s time (is not a choice+ *hen I'm dealin# with yo" (I heard yo"r voice+ 7ivin# "p the fi#ht (with arms that br"ise+ delicately shadin# (these #rays and bl"es+ b"t I co"ld never stop (bleedin# for yo"+ endless dedication (my #ift to yo"+ "Miss Beha"in'" No@ She won't% she won't% she won't wait@ No@ She won't% she won't% she won't wait@ No@ She won't% she won't% she won't wait@ No@ She won't% she won't% she won't@ (I co"ld never find s"ch a pretty face% pretty face /0A2+ Always what yo" meant% never what yo" said$ -assin# over me li e a boo yo"'ve read$ !"t I let it fall% valet every wish$ Ta e my hands and eyes% b"t I be# yo" thisG Offer me one iss$ If it's her yo" want% this is what it ta es$$$ If it's her yo" want% this is what it ta es$$$ .et's #et this over$ (.et's #et this over$+ &isc"ss and deny soon we simply 4"st lie$ (.et's #et this over$+

And wait and see if yo" choose somethin# li e me$ If yo" 4"st open yo"r eyes% yo" co"ld #et o"t of this% !"t yo"'re s"ch a s"ccess% yo"'re 4"st not b"ilt for it$ I never new (I never new+ how m"ch it ta es to accept$$$ I never new (I never new+ how m"ch it ta es to accept That yo"'re a fa e$ If yo" 4"st open yo"r eyes% yo" co"ld #et o"t of this% (If yo" 4"st open "p yo"r eyes+ !"t yo"'re s"ch a s"ccess% yo"'re 4"st not b"ilt for it$ (If yo" 4"st open "p yo"r eyes+ If yo" 4"st open yo"r eyes% yo" co"ld #et o"t of this% (If yo" 4"st open "p yo"r eyes+ !"t yo"'re s"ch a s"ccess% yo"'re 4"st not b"ilt for it$ (If yo" 4"st$$$+ Sometimes I thin yo" 4"st need Sometimes I thin yo" 4"st need some time$ Sometimes I thin I need some to #et alon# witho"t$ To #et alon# witho"t$ (To #et alon# witho"t$+ Everyone's sayin# that they've #ot the answers$ !"t hope is deceivin# and spreads li e a cancer$ To #et alon# witho"t$ "In Between 6th And ,th Street" In between fo"rth and second street% I fo"nd that I #ot a new world " he errible Secret" -ave these streets with open arms it's always yo" we're waitin# on the s in% the taste% the dr"#% the need i'm as in#% tellin# yo"% don't leave erase the lines that we have drawn it's always yo" we're waitin# on and waitin# on and waitin# on and on and on and on and on these are o"r words% we fill these mo"ths b"t all the letters of the alphabet co"ld never spell it o"t these palms and frames that we tear thro"#h to clin# to somethin# that is bi##er than the failed attempts at yo" wait wait wait% i don't wanna see wait wait wait% i am not the person anyone wo"ld want to be the perfect shoes with matchin# clothes it is the lie we're always told b"t nothin# mas s the shallow to"ch by sayin# words that cost so m"ch while yo"'re an addict to the need to find yo"rself a way to breathe the se0% the p"r#e% the vein% the loo to refle0 feelin#s that we too these are o"r words% we fill these mo"ths b"t all the letters of the alphabet co"ld never spell it o"t these palms and frames that we tear thro"#h to clin# to somethin# that is bi##er than the failed attempts at yo" perfection% it's perfection b"t never ;"iet eno"#h% and never co"ld dis#"ise the dr"#s to ma e it stay the wantin# in yo"r eyes the money that yo" spent% b"t yo"'re still an accident we are more than words that fill o"r mo"ths drin with eyes that tell "s the answers that we need these are o"r words% we fill these mo"ths b"t all the letters of the alphabet co"ld never spell it o"t these palms and frames that we tear thro"#h

to clin# to somethin# that is bi##er than the failed attempts at yo" wait wait wait% i don't wanna see wait wait wait% i am not the person anyone wo"ld want to be waitin# here "ntil yo" leave$$$ "In A (ose$ (ose Situation" &on't be late There's no time to be afraid There's a way To clean "p the mess yo"'ve made If I co"ld tell the tr"th Or lie wo"ld I attempt the two at the same time E0pect yo" to apolo#iBe for tryin# To ma e me so "p ti#ht &on't say it's 4"st a #ame we play I can't lose the taste If yo" re#"late how the blood is p"mpin# Thro"#h the veins from my heart into my head In time this blood s"pply *ill chan#e me from red to white Every tho"#ht that yo" now I'm thin in# May as well be the nife st"c in my bac This ta0in# fever ma es me #ravitate to this place This is still my life Not yo"rs to define (Anyone in their ri#ht mind wo"ld never let yo" inside Anyone in their ri#ht mind+ I've bro en ties with the nei#hborhood 6eelin# li e a b"m in the city *a in# only to ta e a drin 6rom an empty #lass of nothin# #ood Then sin in# li e a stone in the sea *itho"t the o0y#en I need &ecidin# as I wait for air to entertain 'aref"l not to (to breathe in /H02+ The ri#ht time and the ri#ht way to elevate 'aref"l not to (to breathe in /H02+ To breathe in the air that so pro"dly p"ts to death My own 6athers name I remember when yo"r hand started sha in# There's a better way To clean "p the mess yo"'ve been ma in# "In A Win$ Win Situation" I've noticed yo"r desi#n 'a"se I'm not blind I'm li e a ci#arette !"rnin# b"rnin# every ni#ht !"t there's no ash that falls There's only telephone calls in the afternoon Stretchin# thro"#h a tho"sand walls So I'll pray 6or words to say To ma e these miles disappear If yo" can't sleep alone (If yo" can't sleep alone+ I'm better off I'm better off If yo" can't sleep alone If yo"'re meas"rin# with time In seconds or in lifetimes There's no difference It's constantly 4"st passin# by !"t there's nothin# at all

No vali"m or slow son#s To rela0 my view )"st yo"% maybe yo"r new perf"me So I'll pray 6or words to say To ma e these miles disappear If yo" can't sleep alone (if yo" can't sleep alone+ I'm better off I'm better off If yo" can't hear the son# (if yo" can't hear the son#+ Then t"rn it off Then t"rn if off If yo" cast that first stone Then throw them all Then throw them all I start to sleep b"t it's not over The second hand is movin# slower now I'd ta e it all bac To start over a#ain )"st between the roc and paper The scissors c"t in so m"ch deeper I'd ta e it all bac To start over a#ain "7&idden rack8" And I'll stay here ,o"'ve been #one for another year And words that I say Are fallin# on deaf ears And I'm beside myself Now that yo" have #one And I'm beside myself Now that yo" have #one " he !onytail !arades" H sleepless ni#hts This isn't how its s"pposed to be$ !"t yo"'re so #ood at ta in# yo"r time to #et bac to me$ I will wait for yo" forever% if yo" wo"ld 4"st as me$ I tho"#ht that I co"ld chan#e yo" b"t yo" chan#ed me$ It doesn't feel ri#ht% holdin# someone else's hand$ To#ether on phone line% and livin# at two opposite ends$ It scares me to thin % that yo" co"ld find ta ers other than me and better than me$ !"t yo"r head is elsewhere% and I3m tal in# eno"#h for both of "s$ *hen will yo" see it's not (it3s not+ so easy for me ,o"3re careless% and whispered% ins"ltin#% and br"isin#$ (I fall from yo" eyes% yo"r eyes I tr"sted+ And I tho"#ht that yo" said thin#s were improvin#$ (I fall from yo" eyes% yo" said forever+ These laces are "ntied% (I fall from yo" eyes$$$+ b"t my feet are still wal in# away$ Away I never tho"#ht that yo" co"ld say these words$ Is this really happenin#5 I never tho"#ht that yo" co"ld say these words$ (&on't say$$$+

Is this really happenin#5 I never tho"#ht that yo" co"ld say these words$ (&on't say that we can$$$+ Is this really happenin#5 I never tho"#ht that yo" co"ld say these words$ (&on't say that we can still be$$$+ Is this really happenin#5 I never tho"#ht that yo" co"ld say these words$ (&on't say that we can still be friends+ Is this really happenin#5 Erase my name from this pa#e$ 8ow can yo" ta e all these days (*hat is inside of me what have I done5+ and throw them away (Is this the only way that yo" will notice me5+ as I sit here waitin# for yo" (for yo"+ (&ead words for closed ears all this is s"n# for yo"+ I stay "p ni#hts (If yo" are still pretendin# this is what's ri#ht+ "ntil stars leave the s y (*hy can't yo" loo at me can yo" only see5+ nowin# what my dreams can ta e away (One side% yo"r side% can ta e away+ *al away from me$ This ni#ht is done$ "+is'uisin' Mistakes With Goodbyes" 4"st ta e it bac (I feel+ they're only words (yo"r hair+ we hold the tethers (thro"#h my+ we're here to#ether (fin#ers+ we paint the ni#ht (every+ only to find (sil stand+ it's crac ed and peelin# (ta es my+ each face revealin# (breath a<+ what we don't say (<way+ let's ta e these lines and draw o"rselves o"t of here this shipwrec from set<sail we'll map the stars toni#ht they help to find a way when all is said words can breathe more life than death the inner sense that people share to"chin# on secrets and lettin# down hair over and over let's not for#et last time i've ept the best parts and play them in my mind this is tomorrow so ta e it or leave it empty diaries there's nothin# to say and we'll ta e the ri#ht steps to eep these pa#es clean yo" want the answers i see them on yo"r face yo" need to now this is where the promise brea s i can #ive yo" my answer i can #ive yo" my answer i can #ive yo" my answer i can #ive yo" my answer i now (i now+ if yo" stay (if yo" stay+ this will be (this will+ o"rs to ta e (be o"rs to ta e+ inside i (i feel+ am overwhelmed (so #ood+

from holdin# bac (i want+ b"t now that this won't be forever (yo" for all my days% b"t toni#ht$$$+ i can't stay here yo" can't as me 4"st so yo" wo"ld now "Walls" Are yo" listenin#5 *e write a tho"sand pa#es% they're torn and on the floor$ 8eadli#hts hammer the windows% we're loc ed behind these doors$ And we are never leavin#% this place is part of "s$ And all these scenes repeatin# are cold to the to"ch$ My hands seem to deceive me *hen I'm nervo"s or when I'm healthy$ The scenery's all drawn$ They han# here from the walls dear% -aintin# pict"res% bleedin# colors% !lan et the windows$ Sometimes it #ets so hard to breathe$ ,o"r eyes can see ri#ht thro"#h me$ These fi#hts with yo"r arms left beside$ It's one thin# and one more says #oodni#ht$ ,o"'ve #ot the map come #et to me$ These n"c les brea before they bleed$ Tear o"t these veins that own my heart$ This s in that wears yo"r lastin# mar s$ I've b"ilt these walls come #et to me% come #et to me$ Is this yo"r lesson% a sli#ht discretion% The lines that eep yo"% the lines that sweep yo"$ .oc the doors from the inside$ ,o"r face is so conta#io"s% it wears anno"ncements% It leaves me breathless% I won't for#et this% I won't for#et$ Sometimes it #ets so hard to breathe$ ,o"r eyes can see ri#ht thro"#h me$ .et the walls have their say$ /0I2 8ave their say$ There's no conversation% words witho"t remorse$ And this television drowns the only so"rce$ *a e from these dreams of yo" in my arms$ 7o to the staircase where yo" hold my heart$ This place% these walls mean everythin# to me$ "By All Accounts . oday Was A +isaster0" wasted% paralyBed beneath ten tho"sand layers of dis#"ise b"ilt to save what's left that has already worn away inside this vacant made<"p plastic life only yo"r heart s"rvived for one last cry one last cry one last cry how lon# (m"st i always remember all that i want to for#et+ "ntil it's my day (my day+ to die these bro en animals "seless as they are these bro en animals as "seless as they are these bro en animals as "seless as they are #ravity #ets to me

holds me here witho"t release now's the time to c"t the line cross my heart i realiBe ni#hts are lon# and hope is #one 7od help me ma e it home ma e it home (ma e it home% this time% yeah+ "%ractions" one and three% yo"'re here (one and three% yo"'re here to tell me we can't do this+ to tell me we can't do this (three for three% i'll disa#ree+ anymore yo"r hair and face a#ainst the mirror as i ta e the steps to save what's left of me someone's o"t when it's over people steal from yo" and they ta e anythin# they choose it's #ood to see yo" i missed yo" last ni#ht that's s"ch a lovely color it #oes with yo"r eyes before we fall asleep i 4"st wanted to say this all seems so easy b"t there's choices to ma e can't decide% then loo at the faces candleli#ht we're b"rnin# the pa#es b"t as "s why and h"rtin# o"rselves with this false start resi#n yo"rself and always be (and we pretend+ witho"t the one (as if it #ets easier+ thin# yo" need (b"t does it #et easier5+ readin# words with no replies when we have these mornin#s where we can say #oodbye i wanted to mean everythin# to yo" b"t this isn't ri#ht yo" eep comin# bac disassembled and i eep losin# this fi#ht i won't answer dancin# "nder starli#ht #low no one in the city nows confidence can ta e yo" nerves try to sha e yo" from #oin# all the way it's not that far it's #ood to see yo" i missed yo" last ni#ht that's s"ch a lovely color it #oes with yo"r eyes before we fall asleep 4"st wanted to say this all seems so easy

there's choices to ma e we watch the tide roll in with cold air and coffee ca es holdin# o"r words at lips stoppin# the so"nds they ma e we now the way to #o we now each step to ta e to be here these words with no replies stoppin# we's and startin# i's this need is illin# me and ta in# me over i wanted to mean everythin# to yo" b"t this isn't ri#ht yo" eep comin# bac disassembled and i eep losin# this fi#ht " he 3ote %ro# Which A Chord Is Built" yo" have always seen the best parts of me with my "ncovered eyes loose from lenses absorbin# li#ht yo"r hand is wrapped in mine the s"n set for the last time carpet stains from coffee c"ps thrown to stop from h"rtin# so m"ch paralyBed% I tho"#ht I'd fail yo" somehow and let yo" down b"t yo" saved me from death% awa ened the life for the first time 4oinin# as voices sin#% to#ether% the same son# "Bloodless" (ta e me+ far from all that's wron# and$$$ (let these+ fears collapse inside (ta e me+ bac to when i$$$ (believed+ and as a little boy he tried to hide his eyes with reeds and rit"als with paper and a nife the fire will always b"rn the s in and for#ery an answer when yo" won't the bloodless hands of fear he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now he was h"n#ry he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now he was h"n#ry someone had a nife (someone had a nife+ too away my eyes (my eyes+ the last time is ri#ht now this choice will ta e or ma e everythin# yo"r face is fadin# o"t (wash those days+ (from yo"r eyes and let them fall away+

(drown the fear that holds yo"+ (wash those days+ (from yo"r eyes and let them fall away+ (drown the fear+ he felt the wa e of torrid days "shered thro"#h by warm mista es s"ddenly (s"ddenly+ his bro en feet (his bro en feet+ too their rest on bended nee he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now he was h"n#ry he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now (he didn't now+ he didn't now he was h"n#ry he was h"n#ry someone had a nife (someone had a nife+ too away my eyes (my eyes+ the last time is ri#ht now this choice will ta e or ma e everythin# yo"r face is fadin# o"t i won't stand here this dance won't stop the m"sic yo"r promise will help me lead "ntil the end (if this is the last time+ what words have yo" to say (i won't for#et yo"+ (e0hale the last breath+ (tear down the stat"es+ (this scar will remain here+ before we spill this blood (to mar where we severed+ (my hands from yo"r hands+ (yo"r hands from my heart+ (if this+ this time yo" will be afraid (is the last time+ (if this+ yo"'ve lost me% yo"r plan failed (is the last time+ (this is the last time+ (this is the last time+ (this is the last time+ "4nder Serious Attack" yo"'ve ta en this too far now it has to stop yo"'ve ta en this too far once a#ain the table's t"rned and i'm behind pic in# "p the pieces from the ni#ht my face is scarred sometimes i feel that i can't tr"st myself at all and every time the s y (every time the s y+

brea s open with s"nshine as streamin# swords collide (streamin# swords collide+ it ta es me bac in time i float away to another place where heaven is waitin# ri#ht o"tside this is war can I ta e it anymore5 (can I ta e it anymore5+ i'm fallin# faster and bleedin# more than i have bled before certain death (this blade will carve a p"rpose+ lin#ers on the other hand (and ma e yo" feel defeated+ b"t i will fi#ht yo" and victory will be mine in the end circ"mstances mean nothin# when it's over we will be heroes constantly p"shin# forward witho"t any fear if i erased the line between for#otten days and memories i'd never chan#e resol"tion made in vain to face (to play o"t+ the day life is yo"rs to save (save it+ or ta e (ta e it+ away "As /our 9oice %ades" Somebody please tell me *hat am I s"ppose to do5 ,o"'ve died and I'm here Thin in# that I hear yo"r voice !"t it's somebody else It's always somebody else *hy did yo" die5 &on't leave me please I be# yo" 7od toni#ht brin# me peace I'll never sleep witho"t The dreams of yo" alive here with me Alive here with me The bri#htness left yo"r eyes As I held yo"r face &on't tell me it's the ri#ht time And yo"r last words will s"stain me Until my end Until I see yo" a#ain *hile words (yo"r life+ evade me (b"t a moment+ I'll wait to (I'll clin# to+ remember yo" (forever+ And what yo" had (yo"r words+ meant to me (on my blood+ 'o"ld never be for#otten The chains (why+ of death (don't ta e+ Are fallin# (away+% b"t my heart still bleeds It lon#s for (why+ the day (did yo" die+ *hen we will be as one% one% one ?The Secret? Send ?The Secret? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell

on the way to #rey i co"ld hardly wait to see yo" a#ain to feel yo"r hands coverin# me til the storm is done what seemed to be the end was not the end at all when i hear the rain sho"ld i be afraid for my% for my for my$$$ life why do yo" loo at me that way5 i told yo" that i was too b"sy to see yo" i wo"ld never eep a secret from yo" from yo" from yo" is it over5 i am fine than yo" dearly for yo"r time i'll be leavin# don't yo" cry i'll be bac soon at least i'll try can't yo" see there is no time to thin selfishly yesterday's #one tomorrow's here can't t"rn bac now i won't ;"it i still love yo" i swear i always will ?It Always &epends? Send ?It Always &epends? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell I wish I co"ld p"t yo" into words% so it wo"ld all ma e sense$ I'd write yo" a tho"sand times% yo"r faces in pa#es$ R"n yo"r answers the best way yo" can% It's that yo" never tho"#ht that yo"'d be comin# in last$ (This is the wron# time% the wron# place+ I was waitin# for pa#es to read from (,o"'re always the same way The fresh starts with stained hands wear yo" o"t+ The wee end towns% the pict"re frames% It's my favorite shirt% I'm so #lad yo" came$ And I thin yo"'re wron#% it's not 4"st vacation% It's more than boys and #irls and late ni#hts$

(The lines fadin#$ *hy can't yo" see5 If yo"'re everythin#% there's nothin# left of me+ R"n yo"r answers the best way yo" can% It's that yo" never tho"#ht that yo"'d be comin# in last$ (This is the wron# time% the wron# place+ ,o" said that yo" co"ld and that's all that yo" wanted To brin# to the show and the leave witho"t reasons (I was waitin# for pa#es to read from+ *ho cares if it's ri#ht% it's been more than en#a#in# These lon# wal s and tal s b"t these faces yo"'re ma in# now (!"t yo" never decided to show yo"r face+ &on't &on't &on't &on't &on't &on't &on't &on't bother bother bother bother bother bother bother bother now now now now yo" yo" yo" yo" 4"st 4"st 4"st 4"st said said said said eno"#h eno"#h eno"#h eno"#h

now yo" 4"st said eno"#h now yo" 4"st said eno"#h now yo" 4"st said eno"#h now

,o" said that yo" co"ld and that's all that yo" wanted To brin# to the show and then leave witho"t reasons *ho cares if it's ri#ht% it's been more than en#a#in# These lon# wal s and tal s b"t these faces yo"'re ma in# ,o" said that yo" co"ld and that's all that yo" wanted To brin# to the show and then leave witho"t reasons *ho cares if it's ri#ht% it's been more than en#a#in# These lon# wal s and tal s b"t these faces yo"'re ma in# now These faces yo"'re ma in# now ?To *hom It May 'oncern? Send ?To *hom It May 'oncern? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell 6allin# away from yo" /0A2 Always seems so tra#ic in my mind$ I hear that yo"'re doin# well now$ Thin#s I wish I co"ld have heard from yo"$ And it's been so lon# since the first time we tried% Oh b"t anyway$ And all my friends say hello$ The phone rin#s% as soft sheets and dayli#ht s"rro"nd me$ She's #one% they tell me$ Are yo" listenin#5 6or the life of me I can't see thro"#h this haBe of sleepless dreamin#$ .i#ht brea s% the mornin# shades wa e b"t rise no more$ I co"ld have called her the ni#ht before empty bro en promises lost$ I never said #oodbye$ I never had the time$ I never said #oodbye$ 6or the life of me I can't see thro"#h this haBe of sleepless dreamin#$ &reamin#$ &reamin#$ &reamin#$ .i#ht brea s% the mornin# shades wa e b"t rise no more$ I sho"ld have called her the ni#ht before yo" were bro en$ Now everythin#'s lost$ Everythin# seems lost$ All I see in my dreams$

6allin# away from yo"$ /0H2 Oh$ ?Shift? Send ?Shift? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell ,o" said wait for me by the phone booth *here we "sed to meet before school ,o" had somethin# that yo" wanted to say Abo"t movin# planets and comin# ro"nd a#ain 8ow did we waste s"ch time and ener#y This will r"in everythin# )"st li e my dream I ca"#ht yo"r hand waitin# on arms of the part I can't stand !"t I still wave to yo" Aw b"t I still wave to yo" I can't find my heart (saved for yo"+ I can't find my heart (saved for yo"+ I can't find my heart (saved for yo"+ I can't find my heart The same steps I waited to hear the ri#ht words The words that I'd say to !"t it was somethin# yo" wanted to say abo"t movin# planets and comin# ro"nd a#ain 8ow can we waste s"ch time and ener#y This will r"in everythin# This will r"in everythin#$$$ This will r"in everythin#$$$ Saved for yo"$ ?*hile !ro en 8earts -revail? Send ?*hile !ro en 8earts -revail? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell -"t on yo"r shoes% let's #o o"tside$ It's easy for the brilliant li#ht$ Avoidin# phone calls and lon# #oodbyes$ The city s ylines always brin# bi# smiles to me% As we sit in o"r cars% divided by white lines and si#ns in between$ Electronic letters screamin# it all #ets better And I'm 4"st waitin# for yo" to sin#$ It's nice to be alive and feel nothin# at all$ 6"ll credit for the ri#ht$ &on't sho"t I hear yo"$ It's #onna be hard$ I've already said that to myself it's not worth repeatin#$ ,o" better spea "p before the drive$ Everyone's hidin# somethin#% there's nothin# li e yo" said$ *hen yo"'re holdin# nothin#% no one tr"sts a prayer$ 8an# from yo"r words and #"ard yo"r heart% This is 4"st a new fo"nd transition$ !"t witho"t reason% I fo"nd yo" *ith so m"ch o"tside my window$ ,o"'re not here% by my side%

So that yo" co"ld see how little it matters$ I'm yo"rs now% yo" bro"#ht me thin#s that I've waited to dream$ !"t it's over when yo" say so$ ?The *ea 's End? Send ?The *ea 's End? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell yo" are a smart one sayin# thin#s that can't be "ndone and it shows$ yo" don't now what #oes on here$ yo" don't now what happens each time my breastplate and armor fall% they fall$ desperately abandonin# the hopes that bro"#ht yo" here so far$ if yo" thin yo" can save 4"st one% yo"'ve failed them all$ why don't yo" 4"st see me thro"#h this one5 it wo"ld be o ay$ if yo" choose to be the one to release me how co"ld i say no5 brea in# down and on yo"r nees% yo"'ve #rasped for the thin#s that are 4"st o"t of reach$ b"t it's the led#e that's so far away$ the tr"th that yo" reach for the reasons to stay$ in that instance yo" ma e yo"r choice% drop yo"r blan et% reso"nd yo"r voice$ this is 7od$ when all is done help me stand$ ?(8o 8o 8ey+ A *ay 6or Santa's Slei#h? Send ?(8o 8o 8ey+ A *ay 6or Santa's Slei#h? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell Once "pon a dream of 'hristmas Eve *hen every #lowin# 'hristmas li#ht !e#an to flic er and then died !efore the stro e of midni#ht And every boy and #irl In the entire world !e#an to cry -leadin# that #od wo"ld ma e a way 6or Santa's slei#h toni#ht 7od please ma e A way for Santa's slei#h 8e may fear *e don't want toys this year 7od please ma e A way for Santa's slei#h 8e may fear *e don't want toys this year *ith the s"n and crash of li#ht The dr"n en streams of 'hristmas li#hts !ecame so bri#ht And dried "p all their eyes As every voice was lifted 6ly% fly as fast as yo" can (It's 'hristmas day% it's 'hristmas day+ *e'll wait for yo"% don't be late (It's 'hristmas day% it's 'hristmas day+

So the story ends with every child Receivin# every present They deserve for savin# 'hristmas time And #"idin# Santa's slei#h ride 6ly% fly as fast as yo" can (It's 'hristmas day% it's 'hristmas day+ *e'll wait for yo"% don't be late (It's 'hristmas day% it's 'hristmas day+ 6ly% fly as fast as yo" can (It's 'hristmas day% it's 'hristmas day+ *e'll wait for yo"% don't be late (It's 'hristmas day% it's 'hristmas day+ ?All I *ant? Ori#inally !y Toad The *et Sproc et Send ?All I *ant? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell Nothin#'s so lo"d As hearin# when we lie The tr"th is not ind And yo"'ve said neither am I !"t the air o"tside so soft is sayin# everythin# Everythin# All I want is to feel this way To be this close% to feel the same All I want is to feel this way The evenin# spea s% I feel it say$$$ Nothin#'s so cold As closin# the heart when all we need Is to free the so"l !"t we wo"ldn't be that brave I now And the air o"tside so soft% confessin# everythin# Everythin# All I want is to feel this way To be this close% to feel the same All I want is to feel this way The evenin# spea s% I feel it say$$$ And it won't matter now *hatever happens to me Tho"#h the air spea s of all we'll never be It won't tro"ble me All I want is to feel this way To be this close% to feel the same All I want is to feel this way The evenin# spea s% I feel it say$$$ All I want is to feel this way (And it feels so close+ To be this close% to feel the same (.et it ta e me in+ All I want is to feel this way (.et it hold me so+ The evenin# spea s% I feel it say$$$ (I can feel it say$$$+ ?Anne Marie? Send ?Anne Marie? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell ,o" say that yo" don3t need me anymore *ell that3s 4"st fine ,o" headed for the door And yo" won3t hear me cryin3 anymore

My Anne Marie Anne Marie ,o"3re leavin# me Anne Marie ,o"'re leavin# me And I don3t thin yo"3re comin# bac this time Anne Marie yo"'re leavin# me And I don3t thin that yo" can see That I3m the man for the rest of yo"r life ,o" now it3s not so hard to let yo" #o Remember the time at 'hristmas 'JJ *hen we had a snowball fi#ht and yo" won My Anne Marie Anne Marie ,o"3re leavin# me Anne Marie ,o"'re leavin# me And I don3t thin yo"'re comin# bac this time Anne Marie ,o"'re leavin# me And I don3t thin that yo" can see That I'm the man for the rest of yo"r life A dresser drawer filled with sweet love letters And the bible yo" #ave me I won3t show "p on yo"r doorstep On S"nday mornin# *hen I pray% 7od hears yo"r name Even tho"#h thin#s aren3t the same And now I realiBe why my heart is brea in# in two 9'a"se yo"3re leavin# one piece for me And ta in# the rest with yo" Anne Marie ?&eath To Inconvenience (&emo+? Send ?&eath To Inconvenience (&emo+? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell I'd ta e it bac to have the chance to see her la"#h% to see her dance ,o"% yo" never told me it wo"ld be so hard and now yo" sayin'% yo" can't stay% yo" can't stay so #et away This bedroom tells of o"r mista es perf"me and innocence to ta e (I am+ In love b"t not eno"#h to wait So ta e ta e yo"r place down on my bed I'm not the same man that yo"'ve met (I'll be+ yo"r lover b"t I'm not o"r friend So lets #o% all the way .ets #o% all the way This dar road will lead ri#ht where we wanna be ,o"'re drivin#% so ta e the wheel I'd ta e it bac to have the chance to see her la"#h% to see her dance ,o"% yo" never told me it wo"ld be so hard and now yo" sayin'% yo" can't stay% yo" can't stay so #et away

This clinic smells of death and shame Mis#"ided women with no names (I #"ess+ the children are the ones to blame I'll drop yo" off% be bac at ten *e'll never see this place a#ain (*e will+ recover b"t we won't repent So lets #o% all the way .ets #o% all the way This dar road will lead ri#ht where we wanna be ,o"'re drivin#% so ta e the wheel ,o"'re drivin#% so ta e the wheel /0A2 ,o"'re drivin#% so ta e the wheel Ow@ /012 So ta e the wheel /0A2 ?8oldin# O"t 6or A 8ero? Ori#inally by !onnie Tyler Send ?8oldin# O"t 6or A 8ero? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell *here have all the #ood men #one and where are all the #ods5 *here's the street wise 8erc"les to fi#ht the risin# odds5 Isn't there a white ni#ht "pon a fiery steed5 .ate at ni#ht I toss and I t"rn and I dream of what I need I need a hero I'm holdin# o"t for a hero till the end of the ni#ht he's #otta be stron# and he's #otta be fast and he's #otta be fresh from the fi#ht% fresh from the fi#ht Somewhere after midni#ht In my wildest fantasy Somewhere 4"st beyond my reach There's someone reachin# bac for me Racin# on the th"nder and risin# with the heat It's #onna ta e a S"perman to sweep me off my feet I need a hero I'm holdin# o"t for a hero till the end of the ni#ht he's #otta be stron# and he's #otta be fast and #otta be fresh from the fi#ht I need a hero I'm holdin# o"t for a hero till the mornin# li#ht 8e's #otta be s"re and he's #otta be soon And he's #otta be lar#er than life% .ar#er than life Up where the mo"ntains meet the heavens above% O"t where the li#htnin# splits the sea I wo"ld swear that there's someone somewhere watchin# me Thro"#h the wind and the chill and the rain and the storm and the flood I can feel his approach li e the fire in my blood .i e the fire in my blood% .i e the fire in my blood% .i e the fire in my blood% .i e the fire in my (ohh ohh+ 8e's a bi# city id in a small town% They said he co"ldn't do it% 8e new he had to$ 8ero 8ero

8ero 8ero 8ero 8ero 8ero 8ero 8ero ?Ne#ative Nine? Send ?Ne#ative Nine? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell ,o" say all the thin#s yo" say% To ease yo"r pain$$$ Inside% throw it all away% And start a#ain$$$ ,o" hate all the thin#s yo" hate To ma e me stay$$$ K"iet% I've heard eno"#h from yo"$ It's time to choose$$$ 6ather I want this ta en from me$$$ 6ather I need yo" with me$$$ They don't now they're sin in# mine$$$ They can't see anythin#$$$ *e say all the thin#s yo" say That yo" mi#ht come$$$ Save them% open their eyes$ Their blinded eyes$$$ 6ather we want to ma e them see$$$ 6ather we need relief$$$ They don't now they're sin in# mine$$$ They can't see anythin#$$$ In my selfish way% I won't share everythin#$$$ *ords mean less to yo" Every time I come thro"#h$$$ So leave it o"t once a#ain% ''a"se they can't see anythin#$$$ ?The .ast 'hristmas? Send ?The .ast 'hristmas? Rin#tone to yo"r 'ell This year is different than last% and all of the 'hristmas has past% the carolers sin#in# and slei#h bells are rin#in#$ b"t there's still one thin# I m"st as $ -lease don't leave$ there's still presents "nder the tree$ It's yo"% yo"% yo" I need$ The fireplace is warm and dry% the wind soa s the trees on this cold winters ni#ht$ as yo" tell me we've shared o"t last there's 4"st one thin# that I have to as $ -lease don't leave% there's still presents "nder the tree$

It's yo"% yo"% yo" I need$ A 'hristmas story is on the t$v$% Randy is showin# how the pi##ies eat$ And I'm la"#hin# thro"#h the tears% that was o"r movie for all of these years$ -lease don't leave% there's still presents "nder the tree$ It's yo"% yo"% yo" I need$