Hold The Water Ransom (BP)

They said what they wanted you to believe
Its hard to believe the words against what you see
Take a picture in black and white
And add some color against the waves
we're bound to come around again
They're bound to come around...

They're throwing punches at ocean waves
The earth shook, the earth shook
I've never seen a lie surf that way
And no one can stay afloat today

When are you supposed to wake up?
All your pockets full of answers
prescriptions for questions
Never make the mark you want to
When will this sinking feeling leave us?
Its Eating us like cancer
Because we never learned the lessons
Never make the mark you want to
Make up the stories we'll all tell to our children

And its raining gasoline
On cigarettes and dreams
Tip your glass to the sea
Watch it burn the night away

untitled as of now

I've been drinking and drinking and drinking gasoline
Now I'm waiting and waiting for you to ignite me
I'll burn for you through your nights sleep
Just don't forget to fill me with kerosene
Because the bad feels so good
And the bad feels good to me
The bad just feels, well it just feels
So good, so good, oh hahaha

Do you remember the last time we spoke?
Take you down to the waters edge
But I can't make you drink, oh no
Do I remember the last time she wrote?
Took the blade down to the finest edge
No but I can't make you, no I can't make you

Because the bad feels so good
And the bad feels good to me
The bad just feels, well it just feels
So good, so good, oh hahaha

You mistook me for someone who cared
Now your words are falling on deaf ears
I've seen enough to know when to love
And I've seen enough of you to know you should give up

Mend Able

You sing the words I'll play the chords
I thought that was the plan
You played it true to form
Now you're torn and I can't stand it
you're throwing stones in a glass home
And I can't stand it

I'm a liar, I'm a liar
I'm a liar, but I learned
All my best tricks from you
Is that what you wanted to hear?
Cuz that's what you wanted to hear

Now you're throwing stones
I hope its biblical
There's no honor between brothers and thieves
There's no honor between the knives in your sleeves
Now You're putting out this fire with gasoline
But don't mind me I'm stoking the flame

I'm a liar, I'm a liar
I'm a liar, but I learned
All my best tricks from you
Is that what you wanted to hear?
Cuz that's what you wanted to hear

How About You Control?

I never tried it but I'm keeping up
I never tried it but I'm always up

Well your shoulder was cold
(and you were throwing stones)
I'm catching sparks and sand
(can you even see from your end?)
We're all freezing from the east
And you're catching up on sleep

Well you never tried it but I'm keeping up
You never tried it but you're always up

We're pushing twenty five at the end
And its thirty two on the skin
We hope you're warm up top
When you turn the radio off
When you turn the radio off
Turn the radio off, turn the radio off

Well you never tried it but I'm keeping up
You never tried it but you're always up

Well how about you control?
How about you control?
How about you control?
And how about you control?

The Tragedy (pt 2)

Well this is what living like this does
Weren't you taught better than this?
I hope you keep drinking gasoline
I'll sit on this stage and light you on fire
Did you tell your daughter you're the best of liars?

Were there wedding bells when you said I do?
Did you notice she was looking straight through you?

Get out the cross, here comes the martyr
Bleeding from his ears for the screams of his daughter
She has the same name, oh, she has the same name
The children always pay for the sins of the father

Were there wedding bells when you said I do?
Hope you feel good that you had her fooled

So look out you son of a bitch
Why don't you keep talking shit?
Cuz snitches and talkers
Get stitches and walkers
Now we know which bullet fits
You've already shot yourself to pieces,

I just want to tear straight into you
I just want to slit your throat the way you do
Would it break your heart, tell her the truth?
(the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...)
Because I just wanna tear straight into you

I just wanna tear straight into you
I just wanna tear straight into you

The Tragedy (pt 1)

She sits on the porch and smokes camel wides
Oh, and all the things that lead her to this life
He hasn't said he loves her in months
But she knows exactly why

Were there wedding bells when you said I do?
Could you even tell if he was looking at you?

She sits on the couch and watches their daughter play
she can't even begin to guess what he'll say
Because he hasn't said he loves her in months
She says "if I believed in God I'd pray"

She sits on the porch and smokes camel wides
The ash burns her skin and the tears douse the fire
The truth, the while truth and nothing but?
"how can you trade in your children for a far away love?
How can you tell your daughter she never mattered?
How can you trade in your children?"

Brittany's song

Smoke from the last cigarette sits
Cold like stone and colorless
You're sleeping like the peace you keep
I'm sinking like a stone in the sea
These thoughts run through my head
Over and over and over and over

But when you wake, the color comes alive
The silver smoke turns gold with light from your eyes
Green like the grass, bright as the sun
Deep like the space you don't believe exists

I had prayers that need no answer
Now, let it turn to ashes, blow it out
you're waking like the sun in the morning,
I've finally found a reason to sing again
You put a stop to these thoughts in my head
Over and over and over and over

And when you wake, the color comes alive
The silver smoke turns gold with light from your eyes
Green like the grass, bright as the sun
Deep like the space you don't believe exists

We watched orion dance across the sky
It doesn't have to be warm to pretend its summertime
We watched satellites streak across the night
It doesn't have to be cold to hold you tight

And when you wake, the color comes alive
The silver smoke turns gold with light from your eyes
Green like the grass, bright as the sun
Deep like the space you don't believe exists

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-)