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