Cannon To A Whisper

from a cannon to a whisper,
he whispered "maybe i'll disappear"
play you songs from the road
with all these lyrics i stole
from torn up record sleeves
and all these secrets you don't keep

well you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so delicate, i am, i am a machine

well it went from a cannon to a whisper
from a lover to a kisser
and you thought you were one step closer
but you've never been farther away
and i only wanted an answer
so whisper, whisper, whisper

well you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so delicate, i am, i am a machine

we're all killers just like you
(cannon to a whisper)
we're all dying just like you
(take apart the words)
we're all killers just like you
(cannon to a whisper)
we're all dying just like you
(take apart the words)
we're starting fires just like you
(cannon to a whisper)
we're just as lost as you

we're gonna die like this you know,
rusted, faded and old
say i'd disappear, say i'd disappear,
say i won't, say i won't, say i won't
(are you sure? are you sure? are you sure?)
we're gonna die like this you know,
rusted, faded and old
say i'd disappear, say i'd disappear,s
ay i won't, say i won't, say i won't
(are you sure? are you sure? are you sure?)

You'd Be In Good Shape If You Ran Like Your Mouth Does

lie to all your friends say everything is alright
let them sing you sad songs in the night
did your lover ever tell you his plight?
because i saw you shrug him off your shoulders
couldn't roll over when he laid down for the night

did your lungs ever tire of the poison?
you're changing colors with the season
i never said i didn't believe
but i've got no faith in you and me

pull down all the trees
burn down all these clouds
tell your God what you thought you knew about
just say what you think you believe
i won't listen, tell you what you'll never see
tell them all what you thought you knew about me

did your lungs ever tire of poison?
because you're full of everything but reason
i never said i didn't believe
but i've got no faith in you or me

we're all dead, pull down all the trees
everything's said, burn down the clouds
breathe in, breathe in, breathe in

lie to everyone that you know
(go ahead and pick up the knife)
i hope my name tastes good on your tongue
i'd like to see what you're made of)
i hope it burns like your liquor
(go ahead and pick up the knife)
hope it gets you angry faster
(i'd like to see what you're made of)
i hope it pulls the ground from your feet

lie to everyone that you know
(go ahead and pick up the knife)
i hope my name tastes good on your tongue
i'd like to see what you're made of)
i hope it burns like your liquor
(go ahead and pick up the knife)
hope it gets you angry faster
(i'd like to see what you're made of)
i hope it pulls the ground from your feet

The Faith You've Found I've Never Felt

we all said your prayers
whether you wanted us to or not
the preacher man led the songs
and the choir sang them all from heart
like we knew them all from heart
the curtain's closing, but you're not really leaving,
you can't, the sun can set but...

could i sell this procession for one last kiss?
could i leave this reception and see you again?

the funeral procession happened on a sunny day
the kind you used to love
the sun tried, and finally
fought past the clouds

the preacher man said don't,
don't come visit you
because you're not,
not staying here
but it's so hard to drive past and, and, and
and try not to ask

could i sell this feeling for one last kiss?
could i leave this stone and see you again?

so picture me devoid of energy, and all this broken heart
and i keep hearing it might come if i need it
the preacher man wants me to believe it
but this always seemed the one thing we can't avoid

we've got all these broken melodies and children lost for words
and i keep hearing it might come if i need it
the preacher man wants me to believe it
but this always seemed the one thing i can't avoid

but now the choir's staying quiet,
i think the preacher man is tired
does this city ever sleep?
cause i don't, and i don't, and i don't
and i know i can't but...

could i sell this procession for one last kiss?
could i leave this reception and see you again?
could i sell this feeling for one last kiss?
could i leave this stone and see you again?

photographs make you look good

i wish you could see your face when i tell you
it's just another thing wasted on you

remember when you had potential?
remember when the sun shone for you?
remember when it weasn't something you coudln't handle?
remember when i used to love you too?

you were teh stars in the sky,
shining bright,
lighting my way back home
but time's been cruel
now you're dim and dull,
and nothing more is coming from you

remember when you first told me?
remember when it wasn't mine?
remember how you hoped it looked like me?
remember the remorse in your eyes
the day that part of you died?

it's been years and years and years
and you only come back here when your ears need to be filled
beacuse all he can do is drain all the fluids from you
and you can't blame a firl for sticking to...
can't blame a girl for sticking to what she knows

and oh, what's she know? and oh, what's she know?

the secret

it's that time of year again,
where we see eachother's eyes and pretend
we're gonna fly away, just you and me
grab your things because your feet are leaving the ground

and i'm thinking of the things we could be
just so long as we don't float too far away
thinking of you holding on to me
the way i've always held the things you'd say
can you see me at all?
can you see me at all?

if i try hard enough i can see
the way you smile when you're waving at me
holding out your hand to erase this ghost town
i swear i'll never, never let you down

and i'm thinking of the things we could be
just so long as we don't float too far away
thinking of you holding on to me
the way i've always held the things you'd say
can you see me at all?
can you see me at all?

I'll fly you to the stars
We'll swim in the big dipper and we'll camp somewhere on mars
if you promise, if you swear that you'll be mine
i'll dive into the sky with you
we'll swim in ursa major and watch the stars fly by
we'll fly to black holes and you'll
paint them blue with your eyes

I'll fly you anywhere you want to be and
show you what you've been missing
Let me take you by the hand,
ask you what's in your big plans
then i'll tell you mine
they're all in your hands

OK, happy

By this time tomorrow i'll be a headline at best,
she said break a leg and i said i'll break all the rest
you're just vain enough to think this song's about you
when i know you're just like every other girl
one, your name's not in my head, and
two, she pulls off what you pretend to

did they ever tell you your beauty puts the angels to shame?
i couldn't tell you to your face because your eyes are just too blinding
but rest assured, i've loved you since your gaze graced this sad shaking form
will you ever know? Will you ever know?

well i'm not going to stop this, whether you like it or not
this is so difficult for the both of us
i know we tried so hard, it seems like there's no hope for us,
just look across the table
just look on the stage

just look at you, sitting in that plastic chair.
just keep rocking, shake all the evil out
just look at you, and your glowing auburn hair
just keep talking, get all the evil out

well i'm not going to stop this, whether you like it or not
this is so difficult for the both of us
i know we tried so hard, it seems like there's no hope for us,
just look across the table (it's all in my head)
just look on the stage (it's just a mess)
just look across the table (it's all in my head)
just look on the stage (it's just a mess)

i wasn't prepared for this

we're just boys singing at microphones
stealing lines from record sleeves
and wishing on your hipbones

and if this isn't a cry for help,
then i couldn't tell you what is
but you've got me wrapped around your finger
and i'm never prepared for this...

now i'm in stitches because of you
(can you feel it slipping through your fingers?)
all you ever, ever do
(life's just away a breath away)
is find new ways to rip me in two
(if you give in to these sinners)
just to break in two

we're just kids breaking hearts and bones
because it's all we ever learned
contradictions will always leave you alone

so please teach me something new
because i can't keep falling apart over you
but you've got me wrapped around your finger
and i'm never prepared for this

now i'm in stitches because of you
(can you feel it slipping through your fingers?)
all you ever, ever do
(life's just away a breath away)
is find new ways to rip me in two
(if you give in to these sinners)
just to break in two

and i'm better at this
than slitting wrists
but i never said i was above it
if my voice is your nicotine
don't you wish you could breathe me in?

and i'm better at this than slitting wrists
but i never said i was above it
and if my voice is your nicotine
i bet you wish you could breathe me in

now i'm in stitches because of you
(we're just boys singing at microphones)
all you ever, ever do
(stealing lines from record sleeves)
is find new ways to rip me in two
(and wishing on your hipbones)
just to break in two

and i already told you, i'm never prepared for this

you are the prescription i could never fill,
the only thing i could never fix with a pill
i'll crawl back to you,
eat scraps from your table like the mutt i am
eat scraps from your bed like the mutt i am

i am the fly on the wall
annoyance you could never kill
so come gliding back to me like teh angel you are
like the angel you are

and it was so sweet wrapped around your little finger
and every little thing you did only made it sweeter
now every road leads to your place, and ever mirror reflects your face
and i jsut can't keep my mind off of you

so you're the fire in my heart,
i'll be the smoke in your lungs
we're both addicted to the words i always sung
you're teh music in these broken bones
but i'm just the smoke in your lungs
we're both addicted like the words i always said... to you
and only you, and only you, it was only you, only you

so turn around again, in my heart and in my hands, i've got this and i've got you
so flip your hair again, in my heart and in my hands i've got this, i've got you

you're always saying never

that's an awful pretty mouth babe
but you better shut it or you'll be to blame, again
now let me in, let me in, let me in
do you even remember?
then what's my name? what's my name?

hope the drugs felt good, hope the sex was better
hope you're always, always saying never
but tell me something, dear, tell me
just what exactly what were you thinking?

i just c-c-c-c-can't decide
what we're gonna do with you
and oh, i just can't decide
what we're gonna tell them happened to you

hope the drugs felt good, hope the sex was better
hope you're always, always saying never
but tell me something, dear, tell me
just what exactly what were you thinking?

fingerprints match the .45
bullets match the holes in my side
you had to motive, you had the incentive
you had the reasons, seasons just right
too bad you're just as bad a shot
as you are at keeping promises

hope the drugs felt good, hope the sex was better
hope you're always, always saying never
but tell me something, dear, tell me
just what exactly what were you thinking?
did you think you'd get away
that you'd ever see the sun again?
did you think you'd get away?
that you'd ever see...

hope the drugs felt good, hope the sex was better
hope you're always, always saying never
but tell me something, dear, tell me
just what exactly what were you thinking?
did you think you'd get away
that you'd ever see the sun again?
did you think you'd get away?
that you'd ever see...

i'm not addicted, i just don't wanna stop (blur)

well i couldn't stop the burning in my ear
when you told me exactly what i wanted to hear
louder, louder with my mic wrapped round your wrist
(they're just lies, they're just lies)
breathe in and out, come down, come down
breathe in and out, come down, come down

it's all such a blur to her to her to her
and it's all such a blur to this girl
and she just needs some attention
and she just wants some affection
and she just needs some direction
she could use in anything

i've often wondered if my teeth would fit
in those tracks marks stitched in your skin
if they did would you shoot me up?
(she's just a liar, just a liar)
breathe in and out, come down, come down
breathe in and out, come down, come down

it's all such a blur to her to her to her
and it's all such a blur to this girl
and she can't fight this infection
and she's bruised from these injections
and she's left with these inflections
she could use in anything

whisper all your secrets in my microphone
will it keep them? will it keep them?
whisper all your secrets in my microphone
will it keep them? would i keep them?
could you keep them?

whisper all your secrets in your permanent ink
the one that reminds you of me
breathe in more smoke like your lungs are fresh and unsold
collect more needles like a more a reminder of the color you sold

sickly, not sober, quickly, before we see her
sickly, not sober, quickly, before we see her
you got us good, you got us good,
serious like a heart attack
you got us good, you got us good,
sharpened blade right through the back
you got us good, you got us good,
serious like a heart attack
you got us good, you got us good,
but we're getting, getting you back

cuz all your ex best friends say intervention,
all your ex best friends say intervention,
all your ex best friends say intervention,
all your ex best friends say...

oh, you didn't know? (Summer song)

you can say everything you want to,
it won't change a thing
(I'd rather see you win this one)
I'm waiting on those summer rains,
lightning under sunshine
(I'd rather see you win this one)
and you can't change a thing

well let the summer rain wash down on me,
i'll let you wash down on me too
let the summer rain sweep me away all the ways i want you to

well now tell me that you changed for the better
and I'd rather see you win this one
you'll never forget how bad things were
before the weather
I'd rather see you win this one
but you'd rather just forget

well let the summer rain wash down on me,
i'll let you wash down on me too
let the summer rain sweep me away all the ways i want you to

and we've got nothing on these summer storms,
we'll just lay out on the floor
leave the cooler on and listen to the doors
we can melt together, melt together
melt together in the summer storms

i'd rather see you win this one
but you win every time
and i'd rather see you win this one
but you win every time
well let the summer rain wash down on me,
i'll let you wash down on me too
let the summer rain sweep me away all the ways i want you to

bruised or not, you're still cute

we got buzzed the last night we really talked
we made love under stars and everywhere we'd walked
i couldn't think of any other way to say goodbye so i kissed you on the mouth
if i'd have known you'd die that night i would have said everything else

i remember so much life in you
i remember so much breath in you
i remember holding hands with you
when we talked of what we'd do

i thought i'd write you a letter, like i used to
like i saved you, before,
but you wouldn't read it now
instead i'll just sit here, like we used to
as if we could ever save you, before
it's all so stupid on paper
it's fucked up, i fucked up, you fucked up,
but i thought you should know i still mean it when i say
i love you

i remember so much life in you
i remember so much breath in you
i remember holding hands with you
when we talked of what we'd do

we'll have to, we'll have to, we'll have to, i should do.
i want to, i want you, i miss you, we should do...
well without you, without you, without you, i would do...
without you, without you, without you, i could do
you always knew, you always knew, we always do, what we shouldn't do
i'd like to, just tell you, but you're too..... far

remember when we used to dance on the stars?
we'd spend the night on mars?
now you're just covered in scars
now i'm just covered in scars.
remember when we used to dance on the stars?
when we'd spend the night on mars?
now you're just covered in scars
now i'm just covered in scars

part 4: last words

we thought we made it through, we thought we had a chance
we sounded so commanding and without a second glance
we dreamed of this endearing like your last slow dance
but no we're pinned against the wall as bullets fill the air
this was the perfect plan, i said,
this was the perfect-

i stole all your inspiration
and made sure your heart was broken
just because you were right all along
just because i keep writing you songs

we won't hold out much longer
i hope he makes you happy
and i hope this still hurts
but no matter what happens to me
you'll always be in my last words

i stole all your inspiration
and made sure your heart was broken
just because you were right all along
just because i keep writing you songs

the bullets hit the windows first and brought them crashing to the ground
the same way your feet used to hit the ground running back to
footsteps and screams are background melody for the symphony
that is our demise

nobody moves, nobody get any smart ideas
this is your first night here so you've gotta pray
a chorus of shots ring out in the night
nobody moves, nobody make a scene
we'll break you down, burn who you love, shoot you now
i think it's safe to say we're losing this fight
nobody moves, nobody be a hero today
all we're gonna do is make you lonely lonely lonely

i hope this still hurts, but you'll always be my last words
(this was the perfect plan, i said, this was the perfect-)
i hope this still hurts, but you'll always be my last words
(this was the perfect plan, i said, this was the perfect-)
i hope this still hurts, but you'll always be my last words
(this was the perfect plan, i said, this was the perfect-)

part 3: getaways

drive, drive drive and get alone
all you want to be is lonely lonely lonely

you played your part,
every word thrown like a star through my heart
"well at least i taught you to aim well enough," I said,
"at least i know a conviction you've never felt," she said,
it was enough to fool you and bring you to your knees
and break you down, burn who you love, shoot you down

so drive, drive drive and get alone
(sirens and gunshots in rearviews)
all i wanna do is get you lonely lonely lonely
(spike strips in your heels you'll never feel anything again)

we pulled this off and you said we never would
we called all your bluffs because you always said we couldn't
well it's your first night here so you've gotta play
pick up the revolver and pray
she's not a prize but she'll show you
slight (break you down)
of (burn who you love)
hand (shoot you dead)

could you make this jump if i promised i'd catch you?
would you leap to my arms or run like you always do?
(we'll take aim and never feel anything again)
could you make this jump if i promised i'd catch you?
would you leap to my arms or run like you always do?
(we'll take aim and never feel anything again)

lorene drive has catchy songs, though.

so maybe i was speeding and maybe you couldn't see
and maybe the only thing i was thinking was you and me
the way you fell asleep in my arms
they was i tried to keep you from harm

the way i didn't want to drop you off
this car is beg enough for the two of us
and that's what we'll call home

all iwanted was a kiss,
a way to seal the deal in our little tryst
all i wanted was your hand
steady you as you float off the grass
you just sang along to Lorene Drive
content just to be alone with me in your drive way

the way i didn't want to drop you off
this car is beg enough for the two of us
and that's what we'll call home

and i loved you. and i love you.
and you left without a word.
i'll siong to you through the static
the airwaves where you'll find me
i'll sing to you, feel my heartbeat in the stereo
i'll sing to you, feel our heartbeat in the stereo
listen to me on your drive home if you're ever feeling lonely or alone
just know i'll sing to you and feel you in the stereo

part 2: hostages

noboy moves, nobody get any smart ideas
tooth by tooth i'll pull your smile apart with ease
nobody moves, nobody be a hero today
you'll make it home in time to see your daughter play
nobody moves, nobody has to die here today
i'll rob you blinder than you've ever been
and easily make my escape this day
but i'll keep you alive cause you're beautiful
and i'll need something to look at when i'm stealing your soul
the same way you stole mine

nobody moves, nobody call the cops
their sirens ring louder than the scream at the top of your lungs
they'll drown the news that i got away with every one of these songs
nobody moves, nobody try to talk me down
i'm floating on clouds where none of you can hurt me now
i'll keep you alive cause you're the cutest thing ever
but you're just a convenience now
someone to talk to when i'm behind bars in a jail cell
the same way you talked me through last time...

i've got nine reasons to say goodbye this time,
nine ways tot ell you how bad i hurt this time
and they're loaded in this gun.

one is how he told you he loved you
two is how you said it back
three is how you always said you loved me back
four is how i'm the first person you trust
five is he way i'm just a vessel for your lust
six is the way you fake your confidence
seven's the way you've left me bleeding nonchalance
eight is for eevr making me fall for you
nine is the way i'll make you...

nine is the way i'll make you fall too

if you could get her to stay past sunrise

you're sneaking out my window,
i'm blowing smoke ring to try and catch your heart
it's only a quarter past four in the morning
"thanks for tonight, I'll meet you later on my porch"

I played you all my songs just right
just to keep you in my sight
just to make your body tight
but you're still leacing in the dead of night

and you're the least expensive, most addicting drug i've ever had
fell too hard for you but you just can't let this last
you said i hope you understand,
i said i need my fix and it's coming from your hands

i'm sneaking in your window,
you're lighting cigarettes for two
smiling as i'm climbing in and sinking into you
when we collide we're making one from two

shoot me up, breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again
because i can't get enough of her pain
hurts so good like cigarette smoke on the brain

now she walks along, breaking necks like heart attacks
aiming for all the lonely suitor's backs
she's a killer if you let your dosage lapse
but she's every spark in every synapse

how to start a fire (better to have loved and lost than to wake up next to you ever day)

under the covers, it was like a puzzle falling into place,
pieces of you attached to pieces of me and we're floating in space
watching stars explode with every kiss
and planets fall extinct with every "oh... miss..."

it's a long drive back, it's a long drive back
(stay up so i can bring you down)
and it's a long drive back, it's a long drive back
(stay wired so i can calm you down)
it's a long drive back, it's a long drive back
(stay tight so i can ring you out)
it's a long drive back...

under the blankets we shared all our secrets
"nothing can hurt us here" i said
too bad we're both just liars, and sinners
and i was just a vessel for your sixth
"so oh, go see him miss..."

it's a long drive back, it's a long drive back
(stay up so i can bring you down)
and it's a long drive back, it's a long drive back
(stay wired so i can calm you down)
it's a long drive back, it's a long drive back
(stay tight so i can ring you out)
it's a long drive back...

if our mouths were missles we'd be locked away
if our hands were razors we'd cut through our names
our bodies were weapons and we're designed
to bring this place down, cross all the lines
just to get to you, to you, to you
i hope this gets to you, to you, to you

stay up so i can bring you down
(dreams only last one night)
i just want to hold you down
(dreams only last one night)
stay up so i can bring you down
(dreams only last one night)
i just want to hold you down

i'll hang from your words, your baited breath
fall to my knees whenever she says
compliment the mess with baby's breath

starts with a "j" and ends with "ustified"

we played in the garden, in the sunshine and the rain
we were little kids, we barely knew our names
content at just how discontent we were
but when the spring came, it changed everything we knew
i looked up at your trees, "you bear the strangest fruit..."

well it's my turn now, i never wanted to end up like you
but it's my turn now, we're all killers just like you

we plucked from the trees and even ate the seeds
we said, "oh my, oh yes, everything we thought we knew
just got up and left."
we never knew what we had started,
"can you bear what you have started?"

well it's my turn now, i never wanted to end up like you
but it's my turn now, we're all killers just like you
we're all dying just like you

we're all killers just like you
we're all dying just like you
we're starting fires just like you
we're just as lost as you

we're all killers just like you
(you bear the strangest fruit)
we're all dying just like you
(you bear the strangest fruit)
we're starting fires just like you
(you bear the strangest fruit)
we're just as lost as you
(you bear the strangest fruit)

the verdict falls like bachelors for bad luck girls

i wanted to write you something poetic about your eyes and a sunrise
or your porcelain skin and our weekend long stints
i've ust got a bit of writer's block baby, that's all i'm sure
and when it's done, you'll have the prettiest song, the most potent cure

for all your long days and your sleepless nights
and the way your roomate leaves on the lights
i've just got a bit of writer's block baby, that's all i'm sure
and when it's done, you'll have the prettiest song, the most potent cure

i'll smile at the pictures on my wall
and pretend you're doing the same
hum the songs we used to talk through
and hope you remember their names

play the theif and steal all your favorite lines from record sleeves
to make you smile and forget when you need to leave
i've just got this bit of writer's block baby, that's all i'm sure
and when it's done, you'll have the prettiest song, the most potent cure

petty vandalism is it's own reward

can i just crack a window? can i just vent this room?
the same way i'd like to tear some vents in you?
let out all the poison, let out all the memories
start again brand new the way we're supposed to be?
the way we thought we're supposed to be

well at least i hope you're happy, and every other cliche
because i'm sick of all my songs being about you
well at least i hope you're happy,but i'm sick of these cliches
and i'm sick of all my songs being about you

can i just break this wall down? can i just break the ice?
there's a million things i'd lask to ask you tonight
"how does it feel to be so high your feet can't reach the ground?
how does it feel to be so low your ears can't feel the sound?
to be so cliche your thoughts just spin around?"

well at least i hope you're happy, and every other cliche
because i'm sick of all my songs being about you
well at least i hope you're happy,but i'm sick of these cliches
and i'm sick of all my songs being about you

(spin) come tumbling down
(spin) come crashing down
(spin) come around
(spin) the way i sound
(spin) i'm coming down
(spin) i'm calming down
(spin) i'm sinking now
(spin) til i hit the
(spin) i'm sinking now
(spin) til i hit the
(spin)(spin)(spin)(spin)

don't trip potato chip

well hey there platinum bombshell
come teach me what your war is all about
love, oh, and passion, oh
and all the things the mindless masses tout
well do you believe in fate?
i say we rewrite the pages
and do you believe in fate?
i say we rewrite the pages

well you said you're a hard pill to swallow, i said
you just weren't given the right person and
the only way i'll take you is on the rocks
the only way i'll take you is...

hey there bright eyed lightning bolt,
come teach me bout that spark in your eye
when i strum these chords and play you these lullabies
well do you believe in fate?
i say we rewrite the pages
and do you believe in fate?
i say we write our own pages

well you said you're a hard pill to swallow, i said
you just weren't given the right person and
the only way i'll take you is on the rocks
the only way i'll take you is...

and don't dilute the passion, or the poison
don't dilute your poison, don't lose your passion
i don't know what you said, but you get the best
and i don't know what you said, but you always get the best of...

you're like this drug i just can't get enough of
so roll me into your cigarette
smoke me care and don't let me get, oh, get, get ready and
on your mark, get ready, set go...

definitely maybe, maybe maybe
we'll live in your bed, your town your city
definitely maybe maybe maybe you'll fall in love
and i learned all about broken hearts before, love
just to break me, break me, break me
you'd have to build me, build me back up

oh, oh, oh

well you said you're a hard pill to swallow, i said
you just weren't given the right person and
the only way i'll take you is on the rocks
theonly way i'll take you is...

why me?

if i drove my car through a brick wall
that might teach you what it's like to fall
if i sliced myself open so could see my heart
that would teach you what it's like to fall apart

it's my fist against the whiskey
and that should teach you to keep it
it's my will and fucking sleepers
and that will teach you to keep this

if I broke my fingers on this guitar
that would teach you to wish on all your God damned stars
and if I broke my bones against the bar
that would teach you to leave me with your mark

it's my fist against the whiskey
and that should teach you to keep it
it's my will and fucking sleepers
and that will teach you to keep this

and you can lay on your back
let the mattress break your fall
and i'll just have a little heart attack
it's nothing much at all

if I knew you wouldn't shed a tear
i'd do this all tonight
but even though you stoke my fear
i'll still think of you tonight

would you be embarrassed if I (blanked) you?

wear that smile on your face like you're an angel
in disguise and out of mind, oh you're no angel
mail me pictures of how happy we could be,
i'll tear them apart and mail them back
and show you just how heartless i can be

it's cute how you're so fake
and it's cute how you're oh so tasteless
well we won't get anywhere
with these stories that you make
to take me home, take me home

wear that frown on your face like you're so sad
useless and out of sight and you're so bad
write me stories of how happy we could be
i'll correct the grammer and show you just how clever i can be

it's cute how you're so fake
and it's cute how you're oh so tasteless
well we won't get anywhere
with these stories that you make
to take me home, take me home

i'll rip you apart at the seams and shower you in everyone else's dreams
tack your sins up on the wall and watch you fall, oh, fall
was he that bad? did you wonder where i was?
did you make him so glad? when you wondered how i was?

well you're so delicate, i became a machine
you're so full of it, i became a machine
you're so powerless, i cbecame a machine
you're so full of shit, i am, i am a machine

it's cute how you're so fake
and it's cute how you're oh so tasteless
well we won't get anywhere
with these stories that you make
to take me home, i can't stand to hear you anymore

Ghosts

these songs are just shells of what they used to be
written with heart and played until they fall apart...

these songs are just shells of what they used to be
written with heart and played until they fall apart
I've lost every bolt that ever held you to me
and every srew that meant something to me

i'm falling apart with all the best intentions
all my words are disentigrating
cut to the bone with all your grave decisions
and the way your hips keep swinging

well every word I ever wrote down
is running off with all your tear drops and your loss of life
no I never wrote you a song
without your fall planned out ahead of time
so take this ink with you
put it in your skin and in your hair
and take this kink with you
out of the small of my back and all my cares

i'm falling apart with all the best intentions
all my words are disentigrating
cut to the bone with all your grave decisions
and the way your hips keep swinging

will you ever know i wrote all these letters for you?
under this starlight and the city streets?
i wrote all these letters for you
gave up sleepless nights and city streets
I'm writing all these letters for you
for the ghost of this machine
we built when you stayed up late with me

these songs are just shells of what they used to be
written for the ghosts, the ghosts of you and me

it's not the lipstick that's poison, this time

how does everyone keep breathing when true love ends?
because it does, and it always does and it does
keep going through the motions, holding on to the crutches
someone's bound to come along and change all that, right?

you'll just stumble through life and take shallow breaths
eyes glazed over from the cold and alone of your bed
drink to take care of all those emotions that try to hold steady
stay empty inside, the way she left you so broken you wept

said I don't care that I don't care anymore,
it's just something we do to pass the time away
instead of thinking of all the things she used to say
and I don't care that I don't care anymore,
she never meant a thing to me anyway
alright, she did, but she threw that all away

my bones are aching as I'm thinking of you some more
so go ahead, pour me some more
because this poison will kill you faster than me
my head is pounding as I'm thinking of you some more
so go ahead, pour me another,
because this poison will kill you faster than me

you'll just stumble through life and take shallow breaths
eyes glazed over from the cold and alone of your bed
drink to take care of all those emotions that try to hold steady
stay empty inside, the way she left you so broken you wept

wrapped up in you

you look like a lush, you talk like a tease
you have me wrapped around your fingers
talk with a hush, i'm looking to please.
you got me wrapped around your fingers
the only place i want to be

I told you everything, all my deepest and darkest
and every single street
how you're my queen, how you're my everything....

how i miss the way we collide
the way we hit, and your hair wrapped around my finger tips
and the way the planets explode every time we kiss
and i love the way the stars glow every time we embrace

so stay awake, dreams only last one night,
and what we have should last a lifetime
stay awake, dreams only last one night
and what we have should last a lifetime

how i miss the way we would fight
the way we hit, and your hair wrapped around my finger tips
and the way the planets explode every time we kiss
and the way the stars glow every time we embrace

you look like a lush, you talk like a tease
you have me wrapped around your fingers
talk with a hush, i'm looking to please.
you got me wrapped around your fingers
the only place i want to be

We lived inside eachother

it's in the quiet when I realize it,
all my thoughts creep back to you
it's in the quiet when I realize it,
everything creeps back to you
your name, oh, your picture in my mind
they used to force a smile on my lips
now it only makes me think of things I miss

where are you now? Where are you now?
I'm done waiting by the phone
I'm doen with things we used to know
Where are you now? Where are you now?
don't pick up the phone, it's full of things we used to know

it's a long drive home
and we all have a place to call our own
it's a long drive, oh, a long drive home
remember when we used to call eachother our home?
and it's a long drive home
and you're cute when you fall asleep
and the way you you're sinking like a stone
the way you dream of things we used to know

it's in the quiet when i realize it,
we used to call eachother home
you never used to care about it
done with what we used to know
you're a mastermind with plans for this
we used to call eachother home
I'm terrible company when i think of it

where are you now? Where are you now?
I'm done waiting by the phone
I'm doen with things we used to know
Where are you now? Where are you now?
don't pick up the phone, I won't answer it anymore

Sweets for the sweet, i think that's what i said

I love the way you smile when your'e with me,
like the brightest ray of sun on the gloomiest day
and i love the way your seem to see everything
but somehow manage to stay focused on me

it's like everything i ever wished for came bundled up in you
and i just can't keep my eyes away from you
and I love the way you float across the room
hiding your wings, but i can seem them in the gloom

and i looked up in the sky, and saw the sunlight shingin bright
but I love the way you put it's rays to shame
every time i catch a glimpse of your perfect frame
and I looked up in the sky of this lonely desert town
saw the stars all trying just to keep your glowing down
but i love the way their efforts never seem make you frown

and i love the way the friction between us
is throwing sparks on everything around us
and if we're not careful we'll burn this building down,
we'll burn this building down

and oh i love the way the tension between us
is making sparks hit everything around us
and i love the way we bring these buildings down
we bring these buildings down all around us

and i love the way the terror between us
is something we've never even felt
but it'll bring this city down like nothing else
(all around us)
and i love the way we bring this city down
(all around us)
and i love the way i'm wrapped around your finger
anything for you sweetheart, I'm willing and eager

Cardiomyopathy

it's so simple I thought, but you complicate everything,
and one more glimpse of being sought, but you complicate everything
so paint your face up something nice, like a work of art
and it was just like a movie's porn, you're a terrible actress
bad costumes to match this, hope you give up soon cause i can't take much more of this

and i tried to fight this infection, i really did, i really did,
took all the right pills and all those injections, i really did, i really did
but you complicated everything, you really did, you really did

lying on a gurney, and lying to the surgeon
"oh, no I don't smoke, oh, no I don't drink.
oh, no I won't ever think of her again."
but she's watching through the glass,
watching heartbeats pass through monitors and vials filled with the past

and i tried to fight this infection, i really did, i really did,
took all the right pills and all those injections, i really did, i really did
but you complicated everything, you really did, you really did
and these pills aren't working like they said did, like they said they did

so paint your face up something nice, like a work of art
pretend you used something other than lies, just this once
and just for tonight I'll cover up this broken heart
and find someone better than (you)
someone more deserving than (you)
find someone who just isn't you, just isn't you

Accidental Koalas

so now I sit here with this pen
surrounded by friends and all alone again,
and all i can think to write is your name over and over again,
over and over again

I'm listening to say anything,
and the only song that ever plays is girlfriend
but i said i'm not getting my hopes up this time
even though you're more stunning with every line

and now i sit with this guitar,
surrounded by friends and all our cars
and all i can think to play are these melodies i wrote with you in mind
these melodies i wrote with you in mind

i'm listening to the spill canvas
and all i can say is the chemistry
between us will destroy this place
but your more stunning with every line i lace

and you're more beautiful with every line
and every single song
but all my favorite singers have stolen all of my best lines
and all of my best songs
so i've got nothing else to do than sing them to you one at a time
and your'e more beautiful with every line
and every melody i wrote with you in mind

international dialing codes

Goddamn those american boys,
they'll be the death of me just you wait and see,
staying up til dawn just to say hello...

and we've got all these high tech toys
and they don't work but that's just plain to see
so we'll climb to mountaintops and say...

well she said she had this american love,
and somehow missed him though she never met him,
it seems craz yso we'll just wait and see,
she said she had this american love...

well Goddamn those american men,
they're the strangest kind of people you'd have met
but they're just hopeless it would seem...

we've got a million miles,
all the roads lead back to you
cause they're just hopeless it would seem...

well she said she had this american love,
and somehow missed him though she never met him,
it seems craz yso we'll just wait and see,
she said she had this american love...

well what happened to the times
you could travel just by guessing the miles?
and what happened to the times
you could get there just by glancing through smiles?

we've got a million miles and half this world,
but i swear i'll get there someday, girl,
we've got a million miles and half this world,
but i swear i'll get there someday, girl...

My Self Confidence vs. Your New Reliance

well alright, that's it, I've finally had enough of this
you games and all of your bullshit
i refuse to play this with you anymore
once a, well once a, well you're nothing more, said nothing more...

well i'll place bets and watch you drop,
we're all watching as you fall, got tickets to see who will win this all
and if it's me, I'm betting on the drugs and alcohol,
and if it's me, i'll be letting you fall

well your new opinion looks good on you,
glad your new friends helped you pick your new look
and there's enough here to go around
to what comes around you, to what comes around you

and oh, let me tell you,
I'm through with everything you thought you knew
(and oh, let me tell you)
so forget what you've heard because now I'm brand new...
(and oh, let me tell you)

well i'll place bets and watch you drop,
we're all watching as you fall, got tickets to see who will win this all
and if it's me, I'm betting on the drugs and alcohol,
and if it's me, i'll be letting you fall

and now there's colored flashing lights in your rearview
(and oh, let me tell you)
and all the people you thought were freinds will abandon you
(and oh, let me tell you)
and I hope you come crawling back to,
(and oh, let me tell you)
well i hope you go crawling back to...
(and oh, let me tell you)
(and oh, let me tell you)
(and oh, let me tell you)

because I'll let you know I bet just right all because I know you
and i know who you are and how you're nothing more,
nothing more, nothing more than a...

Accidents and Gravity

there was a crash,
violent white splintered through my eyes
and there was the glass,
violent red splinters from the sky
well what are you waiting for?
what, oh, what are you waiting for?

watch the incident in slow motion
watch the metal burn and break,
everything just happened for a reason
we'll never know, we'll watch it fade

and there was a crash
i hit the sandbar but I'm still sinking
waves rolled in,
swept the tide and white away from here
swept the sand and blood against my screaming ears,
what are you waiting for?
what oh, what are you waiting for?

watch the incident in slow motion
watch the wood burn and break,
everything just happened for a reason
we'll never know, we'll watch it fade

tell me all your secrets and i'll keep them
tell me all yoru lies and i'll believe them
but I've gotta keep moving,
i've gotta keep moving if i want to keep breathing
tell me all the ways you hurt
your broken bones and shattered heart
in the back of the ambulance,
they said "you've gotta keep moving if you want to keep breathing"

watch the incident in slow motion
(in the back of the ambulance)
watch the metal burn and break,
(you'ev gotta keep moving)
everything just happened for a reason
(in the back of the ambulance)
we'll never know, we'll watch it fade
(if you, if you want to keep breathing)

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

well i finally know what it's like to be alone
on a valentine's day
no chocolate or candy or pink roses that say
you're the one, the best or my only
and that should be a sad song but all i can say (is)

the day after is just the same,
every rose still has it's name
it's just the same as any other day
and it's just the same to me

went for a walk to clear my head
got halfway through and said "I think I understand,"
watched the sun come up for another day
stood on the balcony and watched some dogs play
looked at the clouds, overcast and gray
thought to myself

the day after is just the same,
every rose still has it's name
it's just the same as any other day
and it's just the same to me

well we haven't had a rain like this in months
wash away the deeds and mistrust
stood out in it and watched it pour
looked around said "boy i hope we're in for more,"
checked into my mental state
they told me eevrything had changed
asked the doctor what had been the cure
he looked at me "son just pray we're in for more."
we're in for more, we're in for more, we're in for more.

the day after is just the same,
every rose still has it's name
it's just the same as any other day
and it's just the same to me

the sky breathed in gave it one last try,
enough to make sure that nothing's dry
said I'll do what I can, boy, I'll do what I can,
but I had to make sure things stayed the same
for valentine's day, for valentine's day
went for a walk to clear my head,
got halfway through and said "i think i understand"

crunch time, punch time

well you're the only thing that I see,
and it's complicated, it's complicated,
but I can't feel this from anyone
no one else but you, see,
but it's complicated, see, complicated...

and i said i doubt you know what you've been missing
shameless degrees of separation
counting your distance from me
every second getting further away

these days, these trials and misdeeds,
come on you used to give it away
you used to give it away
all those times i fought the pain,
when it was blue pills or red pills
but you're the drug i need
come on you used to give it away
you used to give this away

and i said i doubt you know what you've been missing
shameless degrees of separation
counting your distance from me
every second getting further away,
you used to give this away

coffee's only there to pretend to keep you up
when you sleep all day to avoid the pain, reality,
coffee's only there to pretend to keep you up
but i don't give a fuck, said I don't give a fuck...

and i said i doubt you know what you've been missing
shameless degrees of separation
counting your distance from me
every second getting further away

"I still fucking love her, bro."

as soon as I'm ready to give up
you pull me back in like a hurricane
a weather pattern, compliment my fucked up stature
and i said i'll walk home it was more like a stagger
because i'm ready to give up

and i said I'm not the strong one here
let me show you all the scars i laid there
but i just want to see you smile
and if i'll i've gotta do is swallow these...

said it was more like a stagger, drunken charm
swagger and pass her and i'll just sit right here
if i was doing something right someone would have told me tonight
if i was doing this right you'd be holding my hand tonight
it was more like a stagger, drunken charm

and i said I'm not the strong one here
let me show you all the blues i used to spill there
but if all i've gotta do to see you smile
is lay down here and die for a while

well it takes two to believe
and fewer will leave you alone
nothing says i love you like no one saying i love you
and it takes two to believe but you seemed to lose your faith
it takes two to believe, and it takes two to believe
and you seemed to lose your faith

well i said i'm not the strong one here
let me show you all the reds i used to spill here
and all i wanna do is make you smile
so i'll lay down here and die for a while

She's more like a gateway drug

for the longest you were my cocaine,
expensive and addicting
and I'm relapsing again
Said I don't need you
but we both know that's the other way around
said i could forget you
but we both know that's the other way around

shoot me up, breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again
shoot me up, breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again

and these cigarettes don't taste the same
without you around
and talking bout a war
I'll waste the time while you're in town
and until you are, it's whiskey shots in the cheapest bars
i said it's whiskey shots, in the cheapest bars...

shoot me up, breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again
shoot me up, oh baby breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again

well you can fall and fade
there's plenty other stars in the sky
and baby you were the best one they made
just do another line and call it a night

because for the longest you were my cocaine
expensive and addicting
and i'm gonna relapse again
and again and again and again

shoot me up, breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again
shoot me up, breathe me in,
do whatever you have to to feel alive again

but you already do that anyway, don't you.

Something made my heart break

and someone made my lungs ache

and maybe when i'm done serenading all your pain away

and maybe when i'm done singing all my smiles away

well I've been staring at mirrors and breaking glares

and all i wanna do is get you lonely, lonely, lonely

breaking down and crying from all these scares

and all i wanna do is get you lonely, lonely, lonely

up from the dirt and lacking any worth

and i've got a pocket full of broken glass

just to pick all the blood from my shirt

falling away from anything you used to say

i've got a spot where my heart used to pass

for something that used to convey

well i've been staring at mirrors and breaking glass

all i wanna do is get you lonely, lonely, lonely

break you down and  bottle up the cries over past

and all i wanna do is get you lonely, lonely, lonely

drive, drive, drive, babe

and get alone

drive, drive, drive, babe

sink like a stone

drive, drive, drive, babe

and get alone,

drive, drive, drive, babe

help me break something

other than bones

because something made my heart break

and someone made my lungs ache

and something forced my hand's stake

and something made my heart break

well I've been staring at mirrors and breaking glares

and all i wanna do is get you lonely, lonely, lonely

breaking down and crying from all these scares

well i've been staring at mirrors and breaking glass

all i wanna do is get you lonely, lonely, lonely

break you down and  bottle up the cries over past

An Ascetic In a World of Extravagance

if you're the fire in my heart
then I'm just the smoke in your lungs
breathe me in and watch me fade away singing...
but a better anology would have to be
you're all the smoke in my lungs
always there, keeping me aware, aware, aware...

well she said what she said
and it's not the words i care about
too fucked up to remember the eact quote anyhow
I can't remember, can't remember...

and if you're the music in my bones
just keep playing so i can keep strumming
if you're the fractures, crumpled stature
then let me sit up straight for just this once
just this once, oh, just this once

well she said what she said
and it's not the words i care about
too fucked up to remember the eact quote anyhow
I can't remember, can't remember, can't remember...

And I can't remember the words
but I've got you in my lungs
breathing in your air like all the words i wish i'd sung
and i want this to be clever
something at least you'll remember
but all i've got is all the words i wish i'd sung

but if my body's just here to be a safehouse
for you to lie and run your mouth
then you're in my lungs, in my bones,
all the fractures and cancers
now i'm sinking like a stone, a stone, a stone

well she said what she said
and it's not the words i care about
too fucked up to remember the eact quote anyhow
I can't remember, can't remember....

"it sounds to me like she just needs time"

I'll keep the beat on this balcony 

and we've got family singing into the night

and it's a downhill from here

so just sit tight, and I'm just buzzed enough to

play you a lullaby

and I'm sure there's a key I could sing in just to win your heart

so I'll try them all out on you, just play your part

smile real big and you've already won my heart

look me in the eyes again, here's where the fun starts

and that's two down, how many to go?

well I hope you decide to stick around

for the end of the show

because I'm playing al my songs for you girl,

and trying not to shake so hard my heart explodes

and I'm sure there's a key I could sing in just to win your heart

so I'll play all your favorites, just play your part

smile like you do you've already won my heart

look me in the eyes again, here's where the fun starts

and then the music all fades out

and it's just you and me

it may be the jack talking but all i see is you and me

I'll play something pretty

and hope you see only me

and I'll sing anything you want me to

if you'll just smile the way you do

and I'm sure there's a key I could sing in just to win your heart

so I'll play all your favorites, just play your part

smile like you do you've already won my heart

look me in the eyes again, here's where the fun starts

Well Someone has a potty mouth

I watch you smoke those cigarettes

and drink down your pink drinks

and the way your lips move

just makes the heartache sink away

well I'll m, m, meet you in the bedroom

and sh, shake through the taste of you

well I'll meet you in the bedroom...

well I saw those pink drinks get the best of you

mixed drinks made by the best around you

it's almost like watching an angel

and i can't wait for when you fall

becausewell I'll m, m, meet you in the bedroom

a whole night just to taste of you

well I'll meet you in the bedroom 

for a whole night of you

so turn around again, I've got this, I've got you

spin around again, in my hands and mind it's all you

flip your hair again, because all i want is you

and we're all lying just to be the best

but we're trying not to look like we're the best

we've got hearts on our sleeves

broken, tattered like the bedsheets

and we're staring down, staring down, staring down...

because if home is where the heart is 

then I want mine back

if home is where the heart is 

please pick up the slack

because we're all lying just to be the best

and trying just to pass this test

and if i do I'll meet you in the bedroom

breathe in the sweet taste of you

and I'll meet you in the bedroom in you

too infinity

I've got all this ringing in my ears

and it's all I'll ever hear

I'm not even sure

what my voice sounds like anymore

now recordings of me are singing you to sleep

now lay close to blankets and sheets,

dream of gentle things, I hope you dream of me

I've got self esteem to match your low cut jeans,

and memories that seem to sting with words I'd hoped you'd say

but in your eyes...

I've got lullabies for days, 

al the things that I'll never say

and scarred hands that only make chords and notes

because I can't hold you close

so dream of gentle things, I hope you dream of me

I've got self esteem to match your low cut jeans

and memories that seem to sting with words I'd hoped you'd say,

but in your eyes...

And I told you most but kept the rest inside,

but in your eyes all i see is summertime

all the things that I won't ever say seem to melt away in your eyes

and I've got self esteem to match your low cut jeans,

and rhythms to match your idioms

a guitar to sing you to sleep,

wherever you are

So dream of gentle things, I hope you dream of me

lay in blankets and sheets, I hope you pretend they're me

recordings of me are singing you to sleep

so dream of gentle things, well I hope you dream of me

Here's another letter with your name on it

All these words don't mean anything, 

and all the phrases I've nurtured amount to nothing

just some wasted time, wasted space,

wasted strings and calluses until I see your face

I said I was lying when I called you my cure

well if you want to know the truth I was lying there, for sure...

Now I'm lying on the couch and you're lying too, 

how much more of this can we take?

It's just a test to see what's inside me, 

until I can see inside you

Well I sure wasn't lying when I called you my cure

and if you want to know the truth I'm lying on the floor to hear from you

So just take me out, take me anywhere

away from here

knock me out, quick one two

from no one else but you

why is it that all my words come back to you?

All the sad words don't mean anything

and all the sad phrases I've nurtured amount to nothing

it's just amazing times, valued space

I'll break all the strings and calluses to see your face

because all the happy things come back to you

Wearing my heart on my record sleeve

well this hangover is just about as bad as it gets

and from where i'm sitting i got nothing that fits

i'd like to throw on these old shoes, walk around the block

converse with my converse

have a 27 and watch the sidewalk chalk

but then again...

all i wanted was to see you smile

but i saw through your teeth, like a child,

"that's sweet but," just stop there

everything you want to say will just cloud the air

well this hangover stings worse than you

too bad its' temporary because i'll just go back to you

back to all the things that i wish you would say

all the things i'll never ever hear your voice say

I guess  that's ok, I'll have to understand

Now I just don't get to hold your hand, talk about life

tell you how i feel and give in to all the strife

but then again...

all i wanted was to see you smile

but i saw through your teeth, like a child,

"that's sweet but," just stop there

everything you want to say will just cloud the air

and i know i have my problems

i don't sleep, wear my heart on my (record) sleeve

everything i told you was true but not the half of it

i wrote you a song once before, you know

talking about how you were my only cure

i guess that makes me a liar, too

but then again...

all i wanted was to see you smile

but i saw through your teeth, like a child,

"that's sweet but," just stop there

everything you want to say will just cloud the air

Will you go out with me?

Alright, I'll admit. this song is just dripping with... cheesy, hopeless romanticism. But you know what, it's a good change to the violent depressing stuff. So, there ya go. 

Alright, here's the plan

it involves me, you, and a coffee stand

I'll meet you after work 

with your favorite drink in hand

And I'll sing you a cheesy song

if you'll close your eyes, rest your head, lend me your hand

i know you never knew what my plan is,

and even if you did you still put up with my shit

well, I have something I'd like to ask you...

alright, here's the deal

I need you near me to make me feel real

ever since Dinapoli's all you've done is steal

steal my mind, my heart and feelings

and trust me, this only gets cheesier

I hope you never knew what my plan was,

but even if you did you still put up with all my suck.

well, I have something I'd like to ask you,

just look at your coffee cup

I can't move, blush, make a smile

Don't you wish you could be the rain?

Falling, how you feel, washing away your pain?

Did they ever tell you you were their rain?

The on thing that could leave them of all their pain?

Let their fever break out in your head

let their glare break your exterior

let their words grab you against what you said

Is he what you wanted?

nothing more than a whore dressed in boy's clothing

well I see right through, right through him and you

he'll give you the world dipped in deceit and lies

but if he's what you wanted

well I make this sound

this sound of drowns and nouns

twisting around my devotion

twisting around my feelings for you

this isn't what I wanted

faith misplaced is devotion ignored

drown and start to breath

Is he what you wanted?

nothing more than a whore dressed in boy's clothing

well I see right through, right through him and you

he'll give you the world dipped in deceit and lies

but if he's what you wanted

you feel that twisting, falling, tearing down?

you hear that screaming, moaning, drowning out?

well, if he's what you wanted.

you feel that twisting, falling, tearing down?

you hear that screaming, moaning, drowning out?

well, if that's what you wanted then don't call me back.

I'll hold you, hide you, protect your feathered down

you're this sweetness in a world so bitter

you're becoming bitter now

well if that's what you wanted then don't call me back.

desperate disasters, casual pastors

and she said, she had a good time

a great night, somehow this just felt right,

I said we should do it again

and she said for sure, friend, for sure, for sure

is this what i wanted all along?

because they sit in my head and sing

and you're so tired of life, boy

time to look in the mirror 

don't you dare play coy

this will make your head clearer

this has all gone wrong, I said

somewhere along the lines I missed what she meant

now I'm waiting by the phone like in every other song

what happened to the good moods and all the disappearing wrongs?

is this what i wanted all along?

because they sit in my head and sing

and you're so tired of life, boy

time to look in the mirror 

don't you dare play coy

this will make your head clearer

just give up again

it's all you'll ever do

it's all you, it's all you'll

ever amount to

because you're just some skin and bones, now walk

you used to be alive,

and you were raised to be dead

I've seen this once before

I'm really not so sure,

but I've seen this once before

I've seen this once before

and you're so tired of life, boy

time to look in the mirror 

don't you dare play coy

this will make your head clearer

Well, I'm free tomorrow...

it's in the way you sway those hips,

it's in the way you move your lips,

it's in the way your body sits,

these are the parts that tell me to persist

so say those words just one more time

"surre" with two r's let me know you're mine for tonight

close your eyes, baby, you've got a surprise

take my hand, baby, trust me and I've got you tonight

it's in the way you sway those hips,

it's in the way you move your lips,

it's in the way your body sits,

these are the parts that tell me to persist

take me home with you, make me yours

whatever you need for me to do

Just say the words and I'll be there

making sure what's yours stays yours

it's in the way you swing those hips,

it's in the breath i taste on your lips,

it's in the way your body sits,

these are the parts that tell me why i exist

tell me stories, tell me lies

tell me anything to make me feel alive

tell me tales, make me ties,

give me anything to feel alive

About Today

Keep your hands on the wheel,

shake off a little fear,

everything good today has come from you, dear

I didn't mind if you smoked, but you'll ask anyway, I mean,

this whole week of fear and despair rises in breaths and leave in drags

well we could stay in bed all day,

if you'd just stay with me

I'll make sure you're safe and warm with

your arms wrapped around me

I may not be smooth but I think I'm good for you

Let go of the wheel, just this once,

throw it in park and forget the world

Fall with me into the stars,

into the nights, the clouds, the bars

just fall with me, stay with me tonight

because we could stay in bed all day, 

if you'd just stay with me

I'll make sure you're safe and warm

with your arms wrapped around me

I may not be smooth but I think I'm good for you

well have I ever told you, all the things you do to me?

have I ever gave you, all the fear you place in me?

and have i ever told you, all the things you do to me?

and have i ever gave you a heart to swear to me you'd keep?

well have i ever told you? said have i ever told you?

well have i ever told you? have i ever told you?

fall with me into the stars 

(have i ever told you?)

into the nights, the  clouds, the bars

(have i ever told you?)

throw it in park

(have i ever told you?)

forget the world

I'll start to worry when I'm dead

"come on out of your cave and into the city, i said, a come on, out of your cave, and oh, into the city..."


so maybe I could use blogger for actually posting blogs and not just lyrics/poems. eh, worth a shot.

I guess trying new things can be fun. Sure, most people would be all "well duh dickass," but I used to be the kind of person who wouldn't try new things and just kinda stuck to my own thing. Last night alone I tried a bunch of new things and I'm so happy that I did. It was ana amazing night and there's nothing else to it. btw, calamari = pretty tasty.

so, here's the point. if you read this, I'm counting it as a nonverbal contract, and by you reading the previous phrase "nonverbal contract" you're agreeing to it.

Go out today and do something new. Something you've always wanted to do and just never did. I'm going to. I'm nervous as hell. And if you are, too, find someone special to do it with. This is also what I'm doing. I'm scared but excited for it too. But I know being with someone helps out. I mean, come on, I tried calamari and liked it.

hey, this is a contract, you agreed, go do it.

My heart tried to explode (in a good way)

you walked in the room
i was still outside and my heart skipped out of tune
you made your rounds, hugs to everyone
ray of sunshine in this dark cold night

i'll admit, I almost dropped my cigarette
well tonights no different than any other night,
same good friends, same good time
how do you do this to me?

all the nicotine isn't helping my breathing
but the real reason is you sitting here
have i told you have pretty eyes? (no, that's dumb)
did i mention i dig your styel? (no, that's dumb)

i'll admit, i almost dropped my cigarette
well tonight's no different than any other night
same good friends, same good time
how do you do this to me?

is it so much to ask that you don't mess with my breathing?
you already have my heart ready to explode
although I think it's amazing that you're sitting right here
maybe i'll work up the nerve to talk
maybe i'll say something clever, sweep you off your feet?
casanova's got nothing on me, i think,
as i ask you to dinner instead

Blend No. 27

do you ever think of me?
all this smoke, these cigarettes,
do you even think of me?
if not could you let me fade to obscurity?
but if so could you just....please... tell me?

smoke breaks in the middle of the night
hospital rooftops talking about fights
if i could watch the sunrise with you
i'd just about die

well hey thanks for coming to my show
did you know one of those songs i played for you?
i'm cheesy but you, you're soft and only,
and baby you, you're lost and loney,
and only you, well you're just like heaven
and it'll be worth going to prison
if that got a smile out of you

smoke breaks in the middle of the night
hospital rooftops talking about fights
if i could watch the sunrise with you
i'd swear to be alive

i'd swear i wasn't going anywhere
but i'm not giving up on you
so i'll pretend i'm winning you over
if you won't give up either

do you ever think of me?
all this smoke, these cigarettes?
do you even think of me?

do you ever think of me?
have another 27, sweetie,
do you even think of me?

I brought you coffee at work

to say everything i never could

at least you thought it was sweet, and I'm a dork,

but I just knew what you'd say, you would

i just can't stand to say goodbye, babe

and everything i'd ever say you already heard

what else could i do to make you stay?

besides pretty songs and compliments?

smoke breaks in the middle of the night
hospital rooftops talking about fights
if i could watch the sunrise with you
i'd swear to be alive

have another 27, sweetie, do you ever think of me?

"I'm fucked up in stereo"

what's the point in living when living's lost it's love?
what's the point in loving when loving's lost it's life?

all at once the music stopped,
you stepped into the room.
everybody saw and dropped
you're a walking breathing time bomb
just waiting to go off...

well i thought it would be so much harder than this
just let it slip, what happens happens
and it shouldn't be harder than this

all at once the record skipped,
you messed us up again (dammit girl)
come on out of your cave and into the light
and you fucked up the beat again

well i thought it would be so much harder than this
just let it slip, what happens happens
and just let her slip away

well i know
i'm falling into the radio
they always play a slow song
and it's fucking me up in stereo
so here's your life
in black and white
i wrote it out for you
made sure details were covered
only you could know
so listen to the radio
listen to my songs
tell your friends they're about you
before i sing all your wrongs

well i thought it would be so much harder than this
just let it slip, what happens happens
and it's all you know exists

Pretend this isn't about you.

well i hope you regret
everything you said
and if i'm lucky you'll live to see the day the day I wed
cry yourself to sleep
in your broken bed,
let her wake you up, she'd rather see you instead...

i'm done with being alone
and I'm doin with you being gone
it was sweet to be wrapped around your finger
oh the things i've seen only make this sweeter

all the skin i lost on you
only grew back stronger
strong enough to resist your touch
and your lying laughter

if you made the wrong decision,
why don't you try and fix it?
oh, that's right, i forgot, you're just scared to prove it
but don't think i'll forget
all the things you told me
you always said you loved me so
I'll believe it if i see....

i'm done with being alone
and I'm doin with you being gone
it was sweet to be wrapped around your finger
oh the things i've seen only make this sweeter

you must not <3 me

she said she hurts the nice guys,
and maybe she was right
she she loved him more, and I think that's alright,

because as long as you're smiling, babe, I'm smiling too.
as long as you're smiling babe, well I'm smiling too.

I'll construct my songs
so you can deconstruct my thoughts
they're still yours the way there were when you taught me

that as long as I'm smiling, babe, you're smiling too.
and as long as I'm smiling, dear well you're smiling too.

tell me all the things you have,
girl you know i'll listen
and tell me all the things you keep,
girl you know i'll keep them

She said stay positive, and I think she was right
she said it'll work out then and I think she was right,

because if you're smiling, babe, then I'm smiling too
and I know if you're smiling, then I'm smiling too

in no time, there'll be one less boy
singing sogns because he's lonely
he knows she doesn't love him
but she taught him more than any lover ever could
and he knows that she loves him in a way
that no other ever could

This song is for a beautiful girl

i'd like to ask yuou a favor, dear,
one I don't know if you can do
you see you've got my breath trappd again
and I need it to talk to you
You steal it everytimes I hear your voice
and you don't ever give it back

well here's the plan, I'll fly you to the stars
We'll swim in the big dipper
and we'll camp somewhere on mars
if you promise, if you swear
that you'll be mine

I threw you up into the sky once before
and you fell into my arms again
so baby, we'll try this once more

because I'm driving too fast on this old desert highway
driving to see your face, hear your voice against
the sounds of the new freeway

so here's the plan, I'll fly you to spain
ad we'll watch the lovers dance
we'll own the hotel until the day that we go back
if you promise, if you'll swear
that you'll be mine

you said, "well come see me,
let me see what I've been missing."
I'll stay anywhere you want to be
and show you what you've been missing
Let me take you by the hand,
ask you what's in your big plans
then i'll tell you mine
since they're all in your hands

And I'll say "here's the plan
we'll drive until there's no more roads
we'll see the ocean span the world
and we'll lay low, or way up high
as long as you promise, if you swear that you'll be mine"

Right after I wrote this, she said she didn't love me

well this is all new territory

for me

you've got this hold,

this grip on me

your eyes are full of metaphors that I can't even comprehend

so I got nothing on this

but you make me happier than I've been

and I got nothing on this on this on this

you make me rhyme

in ways I can't remember

you've had this hold on me 

ever since september

so I'll just close my eyes

remember times

close my eyes

remember times

so i got nothing on this

but you make me happier than I've been

so I got nothing on this

and I got nothing on you

if I could make this last forever

this one night, with no fights

and the clouds are trying to rain

if I could make this last forever

this one night, the dark skies

and you're shielding me from all the pain

so i got nothing on this

but you make me happier than I've been

so I got nothing on this

and I got nothing on you

I'm done with your shit

i thought you'd be done with this by now

but I guess you'd rather play some more

but I'm done with this, baby, I'm done with you

because I can't play your games anymore

well I let you in again

and let me tell you, dame,

it was a mistake

and I let you in again

and let me tell you

it was a mistake

i've never felt so used

as when you lean on my shoulder

like I'm the only thing you need

what you used to need

well I let you in again

and let me tell you, dame,

it was a mistake

and I let you in again

and let me tell you

it was a mistake

get away from, get away from me

I can't breathe your poison breath,

can't kiss your poison lips

so get away from, get away from me

I can't see your evil eyes

and I can't taste your evil lies

get away from, get away from me

well I let you in again

and let me tell you, dame,

it was a mistake

and I let you in again

and let me tell you

it was a mistake

This is probably the last song about you

I called you up, said I missed you like hell.

You replied, that's great but well,

he'll be home soon.

I said I hope he's better and

you stopped, you paused, you stopped.

Well I hope you're happy now,

because this is the last song.

This is the last song.

I called you up, said let's get some lunch.

You replied, boy I miss your touch

I miss your kiss.

I guess he wasn't better

because you stopped, you thought, you stopped.

Now you're crying on my shoulder

in your own little world

Now you've crashed on the shoulder

tiny white nails in your world

So savor this song, 

savor my voice,

savor your choice,

cause this is the last song.

Cause this is the last song.

And I hope you're happy now

cause this is the last song

this is the last one about you

this is the last song

Short lived like your love

cause this is the last song

Dark and slow like it's your own

so this is the last song

this is the last song.