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)