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Soft light, total silence So tired to take the table near the door The table near the door Sat back on the fire Only as stable as I choose to show If I choose to show But where were you that night? When I was Well, I feel that this an explosion That nobody else could ever really know Well, I will follow you anywhere You say you don't believe in science You're always afraid of what you can't co...
One song about a girl, can't breathe when I'm around her I wait here everyday in case she scratch the surface She'll never notice I'm not in love, this is not my heart I'm not gonna waste these words about a girl Last night I knew what to say but you weren't there to hear it These lines so well rehearsed, tongue-tied and overloaded You never notice I'm not in love, this is not my heart I'm not...
case is closed, you're back into focus the jury's out, you're closing in this battle of mind over matters spent this scar, this scar is not permanent choices or chances, or what sinks in water your secret's out, what you held within you've found your plague, your cancer, stop i bet you've got something clever this house is caving in your last words, caught trembling decisions, make decisions f...
It?s a drunken midnight on the streets Brightly dusted with a neon light We duck behind the corner store Smoke your smokes while I keep a watchful eye Right here, right now I hope before the night is through One fumbled touch will finally hit the spot You?ve got everything going for you So I?ll go for you with everything I've got Right here, the best days of our lives Is this coincidence or a ...
So listen up So listen up I worked in daylight feeding fashion to housewives For just this once For just this once I'll take my chances at truck stops and state lines Go ahead and tell them again Well, I think that I know that they won't remember Go out and tell them twice Yeah, twice is nice but three times is just right Hey, hey, now we're almost home I'm missing you to death but it's all fo...
Attention, attention, may I have all your eyes and ears To the front of the room if only, if only for one second This table has taken a turn for the worst Rock bottom and over the edge Well, it?s not like it hurts that much anyway Upside-down and inside-out When I leave here I?m going alone Well, it?s not like, not like it hurts much anyway Attention, attention, may I have all your eyes and ea...
Staring at the mirror through your hair You can't see everything that you did to me With your automatic eyes, five years disappeared Five years disappeared that night Do you want me to stay? Do you want me to go? Do you think I recognize the look on your face when you think that I know? Blinded as the shades draw closed, time's up for us Would you want me to go if you knew what I know If you k...
When I met you, you were on your back We still spend most afternoons like that But not for long Well, I find myself enjoying you But you play these reckless games you'll never lose As long as I'm around Do you wanna tie me up? Do you wanna tie me down? Go ahead and do it now So far, so good, let it roll, let it ride, ride So far, so good, let us fall, let us fight, fight It's no fun on the sid...
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 ...
Some people have it and other people don?t You've been making some threats, got my name and address I?m breaking habits you don?t want to know Although I?m wearing my clothes, feeling cold and exposed Yeah woah woah Don?t say you miss me you probably don?t Well, I've been crossing some lines that most folks won't Yeah woah woah Don?t say you?re more than this or above all this With your blah b...
So there you are and here I stand As far as I remember you weren't half bad Your bedroom behavior was never more Then checkmarks on bedposts For I remember we never had You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that no one So ...
Chop, chop I've got myself to blame for this I've tried to compensate for everything I'm not And every face forgotten You felt the sun warming your bed You looked so quintessential impressed against that cross In the face of what was lost Still I'm not asking much of me And you're ignoring the matter You'll shut me up and bleed me dry A little cheap champagne and a complicated lifestyle But if...
My life reads like the classifieds Pages of what's for sale, what's on the auction block Attention bidders, it's line 45 He's got a decent voice, he's got that crooked smile Hold on, you haven't heard the best yet He writes good story lines, he's got those honest eyes So take him home for just 9.95 He'll sing the songs you like, he'll keep you warm at night, at night Back, back, back, back Bac...
Do you think you're up for this? Are you ready to get undressed? Undressed in your evening best Besides every heart is like a house on fire With escape routes in every room These are the trials of our youth But this charade is never going to last So pick the poison and pour yourself a glass I, I still feel the same I, I, no one's to blame I will be waiting outside if you're ready to go Your su...
Excuse me, yeah I?m talking to you Look in the mirror, could you tell me what you see? Hard hearts are crashing in a crowded room You never felt so good, you never felt so free Save you from yourself Before you start to deal with everyone else You should have kept it to yourself Now we?re looking to fight, this isn?t alright Alright, you better hold your scripted tongue If you ever plan to use...
get out of the city if it hurts you're too blind, move it over try to get closer to the lifestyles of the gluttons seem so seamless and perfect i've been the secret that you've been keeping ears to the wall, eyes on the prize see that you've made a mistake and we all know what you've done here dear interceptor, i've been waiting show me something, hold the phone, we've found an answer full moo...
Out of the box, out of the kitchen Out of the world she's grown so fearful of So fearful of I don't ever want to see you again I don't ever want to see you again I don't ever want to see you again I don't ever want to see you again my friend This is the end Out of the house, she grabs the keys Runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter That way the impact will be much better Away from the m...
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 ...
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 W...
If you knew what you do When no one's in the dark room but me and you, a brilliant disguise It's the taste of the chase I do confess, it's the mess that feels so right Come on a Monday, come on a Tuesday They'll never know Pop off a cork for Wednesday, play with me Thursday But you'll always be his girl Come on a Monday, come on a Tuesday They'll never know Pop off a cork for Wednesday, stay w...
Woo I am I am, I am Superman And I know what's happenin' I am I am, I am Superman And I can do anything You don't really love that guy you're making with now do ya? I know you don't love that guy cause I can see right through ya I am I am, I am Superman And I know what's happenin' I am I am, I am Superman And I can do anything If you go a million miles away, I'll track you down girl Trust me w...
Forever alone, until I found you And now your always there There's only your scent on my clothes Oh, but when the sun exposes all my demons, will you stay or run away? I'll help you find your way Every moment your awake, You know I'll stay Even in your dreams I'll pull the stars down from the heavens, To fill your empty skies I'm yours tonight I'm yours tonight Wherever you go, they say I'm ba...
Forced to the wall, the crosshairs shift from this tied down burden: Courage. What did you expect? A nightmare of reason and faith alike. Because you take shots, my back's turned, you're gutless. You think you're saving face But I'll tell you what I'll tell you what As far as you're concerned the next breath that you take should be underwater. You're worthless. You've been told once before. Th...
take, take these words in take them like you did the foreign excitement you bleed, lust, choke, so was it worth it did you get what you wanted, the silent type did you even come close, did they let you taste it i can see how the rush, and the heat, and the touch of a stranger gets you going you're feeling selfish, you've got the urge don't bother keeping your heavy breathing down for the one w...
It was a plane ride from LAX to O'hare And what happened next was a series of unfortunate events Please stay tuned for what happened next Life I breathe for you gives to me new wounds To patch and dress as I reflect on what else I could give you Maybe I should blindly throw my faith Into the next thing that comes my way Standing at the back door with the life that she left behind Are we all th...
this will die out. Narrative: Fear. a fever is dancing in stride with our metronome memory hipocracy here. painting a portrait that's dripping with crass composition fumbled trust, the father is dead. cathedrals are burning lies fuel fires, fear burns red, now i'm cold. going inside of our heads. when we whisper: danger, danger, pull the lever. turn the page and i burn better in the morning. H...
I took a step back as the room was filling up And I was packed against some people Who were tossing up a strong vibe Now the door's locked and the shower's on And I realize I don't recognize anyone but I don't mind Well, the neighbors have complained damn near every night The neighbors have complained damn near every night You shoulda shown up, shoulda shown up by now You shoulda shown up by n...
Somewhere hiding underneath Kickin' off covers while you sleep Soon you're gonna leave So leave us one more weekend You've got all the friends you need Bad tattoos and worse ideas You feel alive Do you feel alive? You'll go off, you'll forget You'll grow out of hanging from the edges Breaking off the past You'll know when to move up You'll know when to take all the right chances Never looking ...
Please stand by, we've come so far These years we've survived the ride that turned us inside out Repeat after me, just scream and shout It was the best of times from broken homes and battle scars To where we are Graduate, paper chase, we'll get out of this place Don't turn around, hit the highway Pour some liquor out for this town Now that's all for us, it's last call to go Roll it out, it's o...
Pour yourself a drink girl, then make one for me. We haven't even met yet, and I'm already sure that we won't. ..and I'm right back where I started. The air in here is shaking every single nerve. I'm trying hard to let go, but my heart, it won't let me love you. ..and I'm right back where I started. Right back... Moving on up. We're walking on the edge. Everyone here has demons in their past N...
I walked you home most days To beat the traffic after class with all my best intentions But when the weather changed like fine print you were hard to read Blind folded, eyes wide open, staring through me I never heard the words that were spoken With the rumored nights, with the rendezvous I never thought the whispers were true till now I saw things that I shouldn?t have tonight, tonight I know...
Like a cold day in August I was not prepared for this You'd think that nobody noticed The way that you still care about it By all the people we'll need to love and hate Everybody makes the same mistakes Divided by these walls Together we are lost We are the same blood All of us, we are, we are While half of us were lost The other half forgot We are the same blood We are the same blood We are t...
Wake up think fast, three weeks have passed We are changing No sleep, no gas, no excuses will pass These lips 'cause were shapin' up to be All you wish you could have been To write the hits and to turn their heads And to open eyes to a brand new season Open your eyes A brand new season So show me something we haven't heard yet But I'm not convinced and your hopeless songs won't stick But I, I'...
Subjects are thrown around the room Looking for the ones that got away A feeling of soft anticipation Another confrontation I won't make But how do we do it We turned into something else entirely We fake it I wanted it so desperately to be real Run, run, holding on to some pieces that you left behind Hold now as I walk away, you're the one that finds me out Run from the only thing left that I ...
Don't be so scared we will not lead You on like you've been doing for weeks You're selfish and I'm sorry When I'm gone you'll be going nowhere fast Nowhere fast, nowhere fast Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you? 'Cause I wouldn't believe you if you said the same to me And near death, last breath and barely hanging on Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you? Don't be so sc...
I've noticed, people, they all have moments Different, yet all the same I fumble through every word that is spoken And I barely knew your name I'm tongue-tied, it runs through my blood and my insides Some things we can't escape But if we try, if we try We can leave this behind It's been a lifetime, a lifetime we've waited for A simple question, kid, "Are you with me or not at all?" Your eyes w...
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 over dramatic 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 definitely not excited 'Cause the film has a shallow budget And the writer's subject script i...
We're crashing cars we used to share With summer girls, with summer hair We're driving 'round chasing the stars But the party's busted up before it ever starts I'll never let you go, don't ever forget Tell me you'll remember forever young I'll never let you fall, it's not over yet You and me forever, forever young We're forever young Stop making plans, start making sense Don't you believe any ...
I am I am I am Superman And I know what's happening I am I am I am Superman And I can do anything You don't really love that guy You're making with now, do ya? I know you don't love that guy 'Cause I can see right through ya I am I am I am Superman And I know what's happening I am I am I am Superman And I can do anything If you go a million miles away I'll track you down girl Trust me when I s...
Look like a lush, talk like a tease The way you like it In front of your house, alone on the street You ask me to come inside Asleep through all our classes You hang me out to dry If this is a test I?m losing my shit Would it kill you to care as much as I did? If this is a test I?m wasting my breath You?re a stranger I know well and not at all Heart on a hook, thrown out to the sea Your baseme...
the search has begun, this is page one men meet your maker, i give you the author he may seem familiar because he looks like your mirror you've lied like a lawyer, but don't deny it when you're face to face with demons dancing off mirror images, reflecting all that you wanted so far from perfect onward, we will strive take it for what it's worth this truth that you've realized you're not who y...
Lies are lies in everybody's eyes And I don't believe you When the summer is gone It won't be long 'Til someone's got the fever creeping inside When the city is moving And your eyes, they are a-moving And you just can't fight that feeling But you said it's the last time Lies are lies in everybody's eyes And I don't believe you Lies are lies in everybody's eyes And I don't believe you Lies are ...
My eyes can't believe what they have seen In the corner of your room You've stockpiled millions of my memories Oh doctor, doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow I'm going to ask you a series of questions And I want them answered on the spot, right now Is it serious? I'm afraid it is, am I gonna die? Well, son, death is gonna catch up to all one day But yours is coming quicker than ours, ...
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 out 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 dodododododo We are finally here and we're not going no where Without our friends and we can...
Don't try and tell me you've been looking at me 'Cause I've been looking at you and I can read what you're thinking Don't cut no corners when you're talking to me Like I don't know how it is but I can see it You've got no answers but you got your concerns About the people we see and all the secrets we're keeping I think about what you're expecting of me Like you don't know how it is but I can ...
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 yea...
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, now we've got a big, big Mess on our hands tonight, sing it Ah, now we've got a big, big Mess on our hands tonight Somebody ...
Its winter again, a white washed and frozen sky. I came to the door, eyes maladjusted from the light. But your voice rang clear. You said, "For all I thought Id ever need, its hard to face the holidays without..." Well Ive left my last message on your machine. Its hard to face the holidays when youre looking for the words to say. When youre looking for the words to say. So you found a friend t...
As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all 'Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate if you're clever and despise a fool 'Til you're so crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something t...
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 ...

Albums

Fast Times at Barrington High
One song about a girl, can't breathe when I'm around her I wait here everyday in case she scratch the surface She'll never notice I'm not in love, this is not my heart I'm not gonna waste these words about a girl Last night I knew what to say but you weren't there to hear it These lines so well rehearsed, tongue-tied and overloaded You never notice I'm not in love, this is not my heart I'm not...
It?s a drunken midnight on the streets Brightly dusted with a neon light We duck behind the corner store Smoke your smokes while I keep a watchful eye Right here, right now I hope before the night is through One fumbled touch will finally hit the spot You?ve got everything going for you So I?ll go for you with everything I've got Right here, the best days of our lives Is this coincidence or a ...
Staring at the mirror through your hair You can't see everything that you did to me With your automatic eyes, five years disappeared Five years disappeared that night Do you want me to stay? Do you want me to go? Do you think I recognize the look on your face when you think that I know? Blinded as the shades draw closed, time's up for us Would you want me to go if you knew what I know If you k...
When I met you, you were on your back We still spend most afternoons like that But not for long Well, I find myself enjoying you But you play these reckless games you'll never lose As long as I'm around Do you wanna tie me up? Do you wanna tie me down? Go ahead and do it now So far, so good, let it roll, let it ride, ride So far, so good, let us fall, let us fight, fight It's no fun on the sid...
Do you think you're up for this? Are you ready to get undressed? Undressed in your evening best Besides every heart is like a house on fire With escape routes in every room These are the trials of our youth But this charade is never going to last So pick the poison and pour yourself a glass I, I still feel the same I, I, no one's to blame I will be waiting outside if you're ready to go Your su...
Excuse me, yeah I?m talking to you Look in the mirror, could you tell me what you see? Hard hearts are crashing in a crowded room You never felt so good, you never felt so free Save you from yourself Before you start to deal with everyone else You should have kept it to yourself Now we?re looking to fight, this isn?t alright Alright, you better hold your scripted tongue If you ever plan to use...
If you knew what you do When no one's in the dark room but me and you, a brilliant disguise It's the taste of the chase I do confess, it's the mess that feels so right Come on a Monday, come on a Tuesday They'll never know Pop off a cork for Wednesday, play with me Thursday But you'll always be his girl Come on a Monday, come on a Tuesday They'll never know Pop off a cork for Wednesday, stay w...
Somewhere hiding underneath Kickin' off covers while you sleep Soon you're gonna leave So leave us one more weekend You've got all the friends you need Bad tattoos and worse ideas You feel alive Do you feel alive? You'll go off, you'll forget You'll grow out of hanging from the edges Breaking off the past You'll know when to move up You'll know when to take all the right chances Never looking ...
Please stand by, we've come so far These years we've survived the ride that turned us inside out Repeat after me, just scream and shout It was the best of times from broken homes and battle scars To where we are Graduate, paper chase, we'll get out of this place Don't turn around, hit the highway Pour some liquor out for this town Now that's all for us, it's last call to go Roll it out, it's o...
I walked you home most days To beat the traffic after class with all my best intentions But when the weather changed like fine print you were hard to read Blind folded, eyes wide open, staring through me I never heard the words that were spoken With the rumored nights, with the rendezvous I never thought the whispers were true till now I saw things that I shouldn?t have tonight, tonight I know...
We're crashing cars we used to share With summer girls, with summer hair We're driving 'round chasing the stars But the party's busted up before it ever starts I'll never let you go, don't ever forget Tell me you'll remember forever young I'll never let you fall, it's not over yet You and me forever, forever young We're forever young Stop making plans, start making sense Don't you believe any ...
Look like a lush, talk like a tease The way you like it In front of your house, alone on the street You ask me to come inside Asleep through all our classes You hang me out to dry If this is a test I?m losing my shit Would it kill you to care as much as I did? If this is a test I?m wasting my breath You?re a stranger I know well and not at all Heart on a hook, thrown out to the sea Your baseme...