Like the latest fashion Like a spreading disease The kids are strappin′ on their way to the classroom Getting weapons with the greatest of ease The gangs stake their own campus locale And if they catch you slippin′ then it′s all over pal If one guys colors and the others don′t mix They′re gonna bash it up Hey - man you talkin′ back to me? Take him out You gotta keep ′em separated Hey - man you disrespecting me? Take him out You gotta keep ′em separated Hey they don′t pay no mind If you′re under 18 you won′t be doing any time Hey come out and play By the time you hear the siren It′s already too late One goes to the morgue and the other to jail One guy′s wasted and the other′s a waste It goes down the same as the thousand before No one′s getting smarter No one′s learning the score Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate Is gonna tie your own rope
I′ve been told that to get what you want You just gotta give what you can But I know for what I want it don′t come easy as that They say, "Look out, boy Tomorrow comes and things will look better by then." But I′ll look out the window Then look in the mirror at the same old me again
Still can′t get it right And for all I know I swear I never will
Do you think you′d sell your soul To just have one thing to turn out right? For the thousandth time you turn and find That it just makes no difference to try Like Holden Caulfield, I tell myself There′s got to be a better way Then I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling Dream of brighter days
No way out Same old stuff always drags me down No way out Never gonna get it
Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway Dodging bullets while you′re trying to find your way Everyone′s around, but no one does a damn thing It brings me down, but I won′t let them
If I seem bleak, well, you′d be correct And if I don′t speak, it′s ′cause I can′t disconnect But I won′t be burned by the reflection Of the fire in your eyes
As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun As you′re staring at the sun
Hey, when I ran I didn′t feel like a runaway Hey, when I escaped I didn′t feel like I got away Hey, there′s more to living than only surviving Maybe I′m not there, but I′m still trying
Though you hear me, I don′t think that you relate My will is something that you can′t confiscate So forgive me, but I won′t be frustrated By destruction in your eyes
As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun, whoa
Hey, when I ran I didn′t feel like a runaway Hey, when I escaped I didn′t feel like I got away Hey, there′s more to living than only surviving Maybe I′m not there, but I′m still trying
Though you hear me, I don′t think that you relate My will is something that you can′t confiscate So forgive me, but I won′t be frustrated By destruction in your eyes
As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun, whoa
Hey, maybe life is like a ride on a freeway Hey, dodging bullets while you′re trying to find your way Hey, everyone′s around, but no one does a damn thing It brings me down, but I won′t let them
If I seem bleak, well, you′d be correct And if I don′t speak, it′s ′cause I can′t disconnect But I won′t be burned by the reflection Of the fire in your eyes
As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun, whoa As you′re staring at the sun As you′re staring at the sun
If you could only read my mind You would know that things between us Ain′t right I know your arms are open wide But you′re a little on the straight side I can′t lie
Your one vice Is you′re too nice Come around now can′t you see
I want you All tattooed I want you bad
Complete me Mistreat me Want you to be bad
If you could only read my mind You would know that I′ve been waiting So long For someone almost like you But with attitude, I′m waiting So come on
Get out of clothes time Grow out those highlights Come around now can′t you see
I want you In a vinyl suit I want you bad
Complicated X-rated I want you bad
Don′t get me wrong I know you′re only being good But that′s what′s wrong I guess I just misunderstood
In this world of hate and shallowness Where enemies become your consolation And those of us who win the game give up our minds I don′t call that winning Say this doesn′t apply to you But ask yourself first What have I done today to win the game And just what have I sacrificed
Win the battle lose the war I know I′ve played this game before When people were still real I don′t want this anymore It′s time for me to close the door There′s nothing left to feel
Reflect on all our yesterdays My own words choke me Why were they spoken Regret for the things I′ve said and done Just can′t compare with Regret for those that I have never tried So blame this world or blame yourself It′s really all the same When you are standing on the precipice From which you just cannot return
Win the battle or lose the war I know I′ve played this game before When people were still real I don′t want this anymore It′s time for me to close the door There′s nothing left to feel
In the style of forgotten men I look to my horizon I see nothing While thoughts of guns and desecration Sweep through my mind But only coffins and bones remain As I look to you The emptiness behind your eyes Seals my decision Can′t carry on in this world of jugglers Where all this thoughtlessness and bludgeonings Your key to success What kind of tradition to carry on
Blackball The new disease Blackball The new disease Blackball Your evil ways Have found their way inside me
Blackball The new disease Blackball The new disease Blackball For a better life In this high tech dog eat dog existence
Things are coming down on me They never seem to let it be It seems like everything I say just starts another fight The pressure′s building up inside I gotta let it out tonight Shattered glass will cure my ills and make me feel alright
Gonna break it And never stop running Making nothing from something Making nothing from something
Cut me for the lion′s share It′s mindless, but I don′t care ′Cause no matter what I say I′m in another fight Take more shit, I′ve had enough Tonight I′m gonna rip it up Broken windows cure my ills and make me feel alright
Have you ever walked through a room But it was more like the room passed around you Like there was a leash around your neck that pulled you through Have you ever been at some place Recognizing everybody′s face Until you realized that there was no one there you knew, well, I know
Some days, my soul′s confined And out of mind, sleep forever Some days, I′m so outshined And out of time, have you ever
Falling I′m falling Falling I′m falling
Have you ever buried your face in your hands ′cause no one around you understands Or has the slightest idea what it is that makes you be Have you ever felt like there was more Like someone else was keeping score And what could make you whole was simply out of reach, well, I know
Someday, I′ll try again And not pretend, this time forever Someday, I′ll get it straight But not today, have you ever
Falling I′m falling Falling I′m falling
Some days, my soul′s confined (falling) And out of mind, sleep forever (I′m falling) Some days, my darkest friend (falling) Is me again, have you ever (I′m falling)
Someday, I′ll try again (falling) And not pretend, this time forever (I′m falling) Someday, I′ll get it straight But not today, have you ever
When the truth walks away Everybody stays ′cause the truth about the world Is that crime does pay
So if you walk away Who is gonna stay ′cause I′d like to think the world Is a better place
When the truth walks away Everybody stays ′cause the truth about the world Is that crime does pay
So if you walk away Who is gonna stay ′cause I′d like to make the world Be a better place
When the truth walks away Everybody stays ′cause the truth about the world Is that crime does pay
So if you walk away Who is gonna stay ′cause I′d like to think the world Is a better place
I′d like to leave the world As a better place I′d like to think the world...
I am the one, your help I’ve refused Your offering hand just set off the fuse I am the rock that pushes away I gave up tomorrow to spite today
Too proud to beg Too stubborn to try I’d look in your face And spit in your eye
But I’m willing to find what’s really inside And show I am strong enough to
Trust in you. Trust in you. Trust in you. Pull me up Quo modo – shadow to light Quo modo – shadow to light Quo modo – pull me up Pull me up Cause I am ready
… (waiting…) I am the one who blames only you The flame in my eyes now blackens my view I am the one who wanders alone Darkness inside blocks how you’ve shone
Who tied the other End of my rope? I want to move on I want to have hope
So I’m willing to change I’m going to try To show I am strong enough to
I see the way the salesmen stare into the sun I stood and watched them as they fell off one by one And everyone′s so blind They′re not to help mankind Reach into your bag of tricks and pull another one You don′t want to change the world Like you say You′re in it for yourself No one else You′re ready Saving yourself You′re gonna change the world You′re ready Saving yourself You′re gonna change the world Now when the day is set they′ll line up all the same And those that need the most will never get or gain The ones you call your friends Are failing you again Reach into your bag of tricks and make it go away You don′t want to change the world Like you say You′re in it for yourself No one else You′re ready Saving yourself You′re gonna change the world You′re ready Saving yourself You′re gonna change the world And since you ain′t what you say Then just go away Cause some don′t lie Some don′t lie Go on now they won′t tell Go on now and save yourself
Look at me I′m fallin′ Off of a cliff now I can still hear my mama yelling No No No But the words mean nothing Can′t catch up to me now And the view is so beautiful All the way down When I was a little boy Suckin′ juice from a bottle Believing my perceptions were oh so real But I don′t know nothing Still knowing nothing Was just enough for me to know the way I feel This is life What a fucked up thing we do What a nightmare come true Or a playground if we choose And I choose
Look at me I′m swollen Like a banana fish now I′m never gonna make it out of my hole But I keep on laughing Doesn′t really matter There′s dozens of reasons for explaining my soul When I was a teenager Suckin′ booze with the Vatos Discussing who was gonna live to be 21 They said they wouldn′t make it They didn′t make it We′re all naked when the day is said and done This is life What a fucked up thing we do What a nightmare come true Or a playground if we choose And I choose
Don′t know who made this all come true But now while you′re here You just gotta do what you gotta do Now if I wasn′t such a weenie Do you think you′d still love me Pretending I′m an airplane on the living Room floor But like a lovely generator You stand right by me And if words were wisdom I′d be talking Even more So I keep on falling As I′m looking back above me Watching as my mama just becomes a little dot Now I′m like DeNiro I′m amarillo And I′ll never know when I hit the ground
Mota! Everyday, well it′s the same That bong that′s on the table starts to call My name I take a hit and zone out again I′ll be paranoid and hungry by a quarter to ten Watching reruns on my TV I′m laughing off my ass at Three′s Company I don′t know if I′m understood Buy hearing Jimmy Buffett never sounded so good Your memory′s gone and so is your life (your life)
Mota Boy But losing out just never felt so right Your enemy′s you and so is your life (your life) Mota Boy But losing out might feel okay all night Mota!
I′m driving down to the barrio Going 15 miles an hour cause I′m already stoned Give the guy a twenty and wait in the car He tosses me a baggie then he runs real far I take a hit but it smells like a clove Oh fuck I got a baggie of oregano This ritual is destroying me But I guess it could be worse It could be methedrine
Your memory′s gone and so is your life (your life) Mota Boy But losing out just never felt so right Your enemy′s you and your couch is your life (Your Life)
Mota Boy But losing out might take Losing out might take you all night Mota! Losing out might feel okay all night Yeah losing out might feel okay all life
When the siren′s flash is gone And we′re left to carry on All the memories are too few
When the pastor′s music plays And that casket rolls away I could live again if you Just stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone, it′s the end of the line Please stay, I can′t make it on my own, it′s the end of the line (make it on my own) Whoa, it′s the end of the line Whoa
Now that you are dead and gone And I′m left to carry on I could never smile ′cause you Won′t stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone, it′s the end of the line Please stay, I can′t make it on my own, it′s the end of the line (make it on my own) Whoa, it′s the end of the line Whoa
Finally Your final resting day Is without me I weep And think of brighter days What about me?
You can′t take back the one mistake That still lives on after life, it takes In that one day that changed our lives And bitter memories are left behind
You can′t take back the one mistake (whoa) That still lives on after life, it takes In that one day that changed our lives (whoa) And bitter memories are left behind, oh yeah
Please stay now, you left me here alone, it′s the end of the line (whoa) Please stay, I can′t make it on my own, it′s the end of the line (whoa, make it on my own) Please stay now, you left me here alone, it′s the end of the line (whoa) Please stay, I can′t make it on my own (whoa)
There was a time, looking through myself Wanting to pretend If I escaped, I could fill myself I don′t think you can Been far and wide But that hole inside Never really leaves When I went away, what I really left Left behind was me
It′s telling me To be on my way home Million miles away I can′t stay
Each passing day, every passing face Seems like such a blur I long to be Home, silently Lying next to her Just to get back, by her side is all All I need to be Cause I went away But what I really left Left behind was me
I need to be Getting on my way home A million miles away Million miles away I can′t take
Hey, come inside While I stand here acting bold Can′t stand to feel this way Clear out the cobwebs in my soul
This time I turn around And things have changed Now I don′t feel the same Start a fight I can′t defend One more time Dammit, I changed again
Now I don′t see Things the way I did before Can′t stand to feel this way Things important yesterday Don′t matter anymore It doesn′t make any sense To feel so different day to day (Can′t stand to feel this way) When nothing′s changed except for me
I′ve been told that to get what you want In my own simple way I think she wants me only She said," Come over right away." But she′s just not that way Her little soul is stolen See her put on her brand new face
Pull the shades Razor blades You′re so tragic I hate you so but love you more I′m so elastic The things you say Games you play Dirty magic
I should know better than to think I′d reach inside her It′s all a cloudy kind of daze She′s not so sweet today She mocks me, I′m no fighter It all just seems like such a waste It′s oversimplified
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
Goodbye my friend, you messed up again You′re going to prison, you′re off to the pen You gotten off easy so many times I guess no one told you how to get a life
The judge wasn′t lenient like he was before You got three to five and a kick out the door The public defender really did try Too little, too late, you didn′t get a life
Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Slap on the wrist, well, not this time Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Slap on the wrist, well, not this time In the scheme of life, we′re all just brothers Rehabilitate with all the others, whoa, well, I′ll see ya
That car looked so tempting, so easy to drive Just like that apartment that you burglarized You started to run, but didn′t get far ′cause under your arm was a vcr
Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Slap on the wrist, well, not this time Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Slap on the wrist, well, not this time In the scheme of life, we′re all just brothers Rehabilitate with all the others, whoa, well, I′ll see ya
- I′m innocent! I didn′t do it! I didn′t do nothin′, man! this is bullshit. they just gave it to me, it was, it was a present!
Oh oh, not this time my friend You′ll be in lockdown by ten I′m afraid you can′t talk your way outta this one, son Now, four walls are your 24-hour-a-day, constant companions
Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Slap on the wrist, well, not this time Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in walla, I′ll see you in walla walla Slap on the wrist, well, not this time In the scheme of life, we′re all just brothers Rehabilitate with all the others, whoa, well, I′ll see ya, well, I′ll see ya
Head over heals I′ve fit in before Now I don′t want to do it no more I′ve held it all in with blood on my face Built it up man so bad you can taste I don′t slag no one I don′t even judge Don′t give a shit cause I′m not gonna budge I just want to be who I want to be Guess that′s hard for others to see I′m not a trendy asshole I do what I want I do what I feel like I′m not a trendy asshole I don′t give a fuck if it′s good enough for you Cause I′m alive Smash is the way you feel all alone Like an outcast you′re out on your own Smash is the way you deal with your life Like an outcast you′re smashing your strife Head over heals I′ve fit in before Now I don′t want to do it no more I just want to be who I want to be Guess that′s hard for others to see
Until the break of dawn Life life Cannot go by the letter Time time Prozac can make it better Noise noise Any kind will do Can you feel it slip away When it′s all on you
Crime crime Rockin′ like Janet Reno Time time Eighteen and life in Chino Freud Freud All along it′s true Well you′ll see there comes a day Catches up to you
Knock down the walls, it′s alive in you Knock down the place, you′re alone it′s true Knock down the world, it′s alive in you You gotta keep your head up through it all You′re gonna Bust out on it - original prankster Break out yeah - original yeah Bust out on it - original prankster You never stop now, stop now That′s what the main man say
You know it smells like shit Goddamn Tag team the double header Son of Sam Fire always makes it better Navigate With style and aplomb Cause wherever you′re at That′s the tip you′s on
Lies, lies Says he′s down in the Bahamas Tries tries Bangin′ little hoochie mamas No way None of this is true Well he′ll see there comes a day When the joke′s on you yeah
Dime dime So good to see ya Nine nine Don′t want to be ya Crime crime Fine sensimilla
I don′t know when it got this way I don′t know how long she′s gonna stay Every week it′s the same in her room That′s why I came
Here I go, I go again Our rendezvous never seem to end I know where I′ll be, I′ll make this confession Back in her bed for another goddamn session
I′ll never learn God knows I try Keep coming back for session And I don′t know why I′ll never learn, I′ll never see Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on me
Some might say it′s a fling For all I know it don′t mean a thing Either way I can′t complain Ain′t no strings Guess I got it made
Here I go, I go again Our rendezvous never seem to end I know where I′ll be I′ll make this confession Back in her bed for another goddamn session
Me and my old lady Lay in bed all day And when I say I love her Well she rolls the other way But really she don′t mean it Everything she says Still if I believe in love There′s nothing wrong There′s nothing wrong with my head
Me and my old lady Sit and sip on wine And when she says she loves me Will I say that love is blind But really I don′t mean it Everything I say Still if she believes in love There′s nothing wrong There′s nothing wrong with her head
So what if we′re making a scene now You know she don′t give a shit When she′s pawin′ and grabbin′ on me now You know I don′t mind a bit It′s all good and we Ain′t gonna change now The world is unaware So if you want to go on and stare Cause we don′t care
She ain′t no ball and chain Me and my old lady Suck each other dry And when in that position I′m the luckiest man alive Quenching our libidos Passing time away Now that I believe in love There′s nothing wrong There′s nothing wrong with my head
Day after day your home life′s a wreck The powers that be just Breathe down your neck You get no respect You get no relief You gotta speak up And yell out your piece So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I′m sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I′m not asking a lot I just don′t want to be controlled That′s all I want All I want How many times is it gonna take Till someone around you hears what you say You′ve tried being cool You feel like a lie You′ve played by their rules Now it′s their turn to try So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I′m sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I′m not asking a lot I just don′t want to be controlled That′s all I want All I want I said it before I′ll say it again If you could just listen Then it might make sense
Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh And all the girlies say I′m pretty fly for a white guy
Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinquo, senco, ses You know, it′s kinda hard just to get along today Our subject isn′t cool, but he fakes it anyway He may not have a clue and he may not have style But everything he lacks, well, he makes up in denial
So don′t debate, a player straight You know he really doesn′t get it anyway Gonna play the field, and keep it real For you, no way, for you, no way
So if you don′t rate, just overcompensate At least, you′ll know you can always go on ricki lake The world needs wannabes So hey hey, do that brand new thing
Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh And all the girlies say I′m pretty fly for a white guy
He needs some cool tunes, not just any will suffice But they didn′t have ice cube, so he bought vanilla ice Now cruising in his pinto, he sees homies as he pass But if he looks twice, they′re gonna kick his lily ass
So don′t debate, a player straight You know he really doesn′t get it anyway Gonna play the field, and keep it real For you, no way, for you, no way
So if you don′t rate, just overcompensate At least, you′ll know you can always go on ricki lake The world likes wannabes So hey hey, do that brand new thing
Now, he′s getting a tattoo, yeah, he′s gettin′ ink done He asked for a 13, but they drew a 31 Friends say he′s trying too hard and he′s not quite hip But in his own mind, he′s the, he′s the dopest trip
Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Give it to me, baby, huh huh, huh huh Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinquo, senco, ses
So don′t debate, a player straight You know he really doesn′t get it anyway Gonna play the field, and keep it real For you, no way, for you, no way
So if you don′t rate, just overcompensate At least, you′ll know you can always go on ricki lake The world needs wannabes The world loves wannabes Let′s get some more wannabes And hey hey, do that brand new thing
Two weeks late like a surplus reprieve I found a hair the length of yours on my sleeve I wound it round and round my finger so tight It turned to purple and a pulse formed inside
And I knew the beat since it matched your own beat I still remember it from our chest to chest and feet to feet The easy silence then was a sweet relief to this hush Of ovens, aeroplanes and distant car horns
A fire a fire, you can only take what you can carry A pulse your pulse, it′s the only thing I can remember I break you don′t, I was always set to self destruct though The fire the fire, it cracks and barks like primal music
I said I knew the beat ′cause it matched your own beat It′s become my engine my own source of heat The sea between us only amplifies the sound waves Every hum and echo and crash paints my cave.
I want something That′s purer than the water Like we were
It′s not there now Ineloquence and anger Are all we have
Like Saturn′s rings An icy loop around me Too hard to hold
Lash out first At all the things we don′t like Or understand
And it′s beginning to get to me That I know more of the stars and sea Than I do of what′s in your head Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point They′re always fighting with aching joints It′s doing nothing but tire us out No one knows what this fight′s about
The answer phone The lonely sound of your voice Frozen in time
I only need The compass that you gave me To guide me on
And it′s beginning to get to me That I know more of the stars and sea Than I do of what′s in your head Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point They′re always fighting with aching joints It′s doing nothing but tire us out No one knows what this fight′s about
It′s so thrilling but also wrong Don′t have to prove that you are so strong Cos I can carry you on my back After our enemies attack
I tried to tell you before I left But I was screaming under my breath You are the only thing that makes sense Just ignore all this present tense
We need to feel breathless with love And not collapse under its weight I′m gasping for the air to fill My lungs with everything I′ve lost
We need to feel breathless with love And not collapse under its weight I′m gasping for the air to fill My lungs with everything I′ve lost
Hold on, hold on, let me get the words out before I burst There′s no truth at all, poking at the giant eyes of ancient gods Cool hats have failed, now it′s time for me to have my turn Kiss me, kiss me, life is far too short to scream and shout
Flashed up in my wildest dreams, like red blood streams, stretch up like vast skies The veins of you, the veins of me, like gold forest trees Pushing through and on and in Gliding like a satellite in the broken night And when I wake you′re there I′m saved Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky That seems to balance on its own
Sing out sing out the silence only eats us from the inside up I meant no harm but I only get to say these words too late Wake up wake up dreaming only leads to more and more nightmares Snap out of it you said it in a wy that showed you really cared.
Sworn to secrecy I might go after school She was an angel I saw her swimming there I am in such a mess I can′t cope without this She just teases me pretends she can′t see me here
So let me go out there I can breathe fresh air Stay with you all night Just let me love you Just for a while want to Be with you all night Be with you all night
Until I fall asleep Just let me be here I won′t tell anyone
Don′t want to wake up
The blind lead the blind so why can′t I find my way This could be heaven but I don′t know where I am I am too scared to come out from behind here My body is aching it feels like it′s wearing me
I couldn′t believe what I was seeing Faces all screwed up like what I′d done I didn′t mean to hurt you so much I knew it would hurt you but not like this We all make a mess from time to time dear But it′ll take me a lifetime to get this cleared Somebody muttered something under their breath But I let on like I was a little deaf
Nobody′s perfect that′s what I say No one has hurt me so much you say I′m sorry
Running away seemed like the easy Thing to do because I wanted time To put a smile back on my dour face For once nothing′s missing and I feel fine I was afraid to tell you some things But some things all find a way to get told Hearing it from the lips of somebody else Must have knocked the wind out of your sweet face
Only the faintest only the faintest glance buries you buries me So fire your engine see if I give a damn we′ll be dust instantly Caught in a jet stream caught in a gorgeous howl all the world lost in noise Use me forever use as rocket fuel I′ll be air I′ll be fire
You say you love me like the silence of the turning earth You say you love me like the endless roar of modern of life You say you love me like the laughter and the kissed back tears You say you love me like the past the now the coming years
What will you remember what will you think of me after I say goodbye Returning in bodies, plants and the sand you′ll squeeze between shoeless feet
I know I love you like the silvered gold of dying days I know I love you like an ancient history brought to life I know I love you like the sunlit water on your skin I know I love you like the million times I never said
I know you love me like the silence of the turning earth I know you love me like the endless roar of modern of life I know you love me like the laughter and the kissed back tears I know you love me like the past the now the coming years
Take back the city for yourself tonight Or I’ll take back the city for me Take back the city for yourself tonight Whoa
God knows you put your life in two a times And it’s both cradled you and crushed But now it’s time to make your own demands Whoa
All these years later and it’s killing me Your broken records and words Ten thousand craters where it all should be Whoa
No need to put your words into my mouth Don’t need convincing at all I love this place enough to have no doubt Whoa
It’s a mess It’s a start It’s a flawed work of art Your city, your call Every crack, every wall Pick a side, pick a fight Get your epitaph right You can sing ‘til you drop Cause the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight I love this city always It bears it’s teeth like a light And spits me out after days But we’re all gluttons for it We know what’s wrong and it’s right For every time it’s been hit Take back the city tonight
Tell me you never wanted more from this And I will stop talking now One perfect partner, one eternal kiss Whoa
Take back the city for yourself tonight Or I’ll take back the city for me Take back the city for yourself tonight Whoa
It’s a mess It’s a start It’s a flawed work of art Your city, your call Every crack, every wall Pick a side, pick a fight Get your epitaph right You can sing ‘til you drop Cause the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight I love this city always It bears it’s teeth like a light And spits me out after days But we’re all gluttons for it We know what’s wrong and it’s right For every time it’s been hit Take back the city tonight
I love this city tonight I love this city always It bears it’s teeth like a light And spits me out after days But we’re all gluttons for it We know what’s wrong and it’s right For every time it’s been hit Take back the city tonight
I love this city tonight I love this city always I love this city tonight I love this city always
The yellowed page of the books and books I′d forgotten that I had These paperbacks they know their age they smell of weight and time that′s resting warm The opened box beside the endless box parade that haunts my house Is fit to split with photographs that tell the wanderlust of years smashed on to years
When all this actual life played out Where the hell on Earth was I? I rack my brains but it won′t come
Through water damaged bloodshot eyes The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies All seem to mingle into one
I read your name under words in your elegant hand you probably don′t mean now I fold the letter and think of a million and one things that I could have done different
When all this actual life played out Where the hell on Earth was I? I rack my brains but it won′t come
Through water damaged bloodshot eyes The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies All seem to mingle into one
One gigantic fairy tale Of friends I haven′t seen in years Drinking ′til the daylight hurts
You seem friendly who are you? That′s a lot of wine that we got through We′ve made playtime look like work
This could be the very minute I′m aware I′m alive All these places feel like home
With a name I′d never chosen I can make my first steps As a child of 25
This is the straw, final straw in the Roof of my mouth as I lie to you Just because I′m sorry doesn′t mean I didn′t enjoy it at the time
You′re the only thing that I love It scares me more every day On my knees I think clearer
Goodness I saw it coming Or at least I′ll claim I did But in truth I′m lost for words
What have I done it′s too late for that What have become truth is nothing yet A simple mistake starts the hardest time I promise I′ll do anything you ask...this time
Please don′t go crazy if I tell you the truth No, you don′t know what happened and you never will If you don′t listen to me while I talk to the wall This blanket is freezing it′s been out in the hall Where you′ve had me for hours til I′m sure what I want But darling I want the same thing that I wanted before So sweetheart tell me what′s up I won′t stop. No way.
Please keep your hands and stop raising your voice It′s hardly what I′d be doing if you gave me the choice It′s a simple suggestion, won′t you give me some time? So just say yes or no, why can′t you shoulder the blame? Cuz both my shoulders are heavy from the weight of us both You′re a big boy now so let′s not talk about growth You′ve not heard a single word I have said. Oh my God.
Please take it easy it can′t all be my fault I haven′t made half the mistakes that you′ve listed so far Baby, let me explain something, it′s all down to drugs. At least I remember taking them and not alot else. It′s seems I′ve stepped over lines you′ve drawn again and again But if the ecstacy′s in, the rest is definately out Doctor Jeckyll is wresting Hyde, for my pride.
The winters mar the Earth It′s floor was frozen glass You slip into my arms And you quickly correct yourself Your freezing speech bubbles Seem to hold your words aloft I want the smoky clouds of laughter To swim about me forever more
I will race you to the waterside And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud So they could hear it in America It′s all for you
The shells crack under our shoes Like punctuation points The planets bend between us A hundred million suns and stars The sea filled in this silence Before you sank those words And now even in the darkness I can see how happy you are
I will race you to the waterside And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud So they could hear it in a America It′s all for you
Please don′t let this turn into something it′s not I can only give you everything I′ve got I can′t be as sorry as you think I should But I still love you more than anyone else could
All that I keep thinking throughout this whole flight Is it could take my whole damn life to make this right This splintered mast I′m holding on won′t save me long Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss in your first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final seconds you ever learned to me was love
We have got through so much worse than this before What′s so different this time that you can′t ignore You say it is much more than just my last mistake And we should spend some time apart for both our sakes
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss in your first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final seconds you ever learned to me was love
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss in your first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final seconds you ever learned to me was love
And I don′t know where to look My words just break and melt Please just save me from this darkness [x2]
And I don′t know where to look My words just break and melt Please just save me from this darkness [x2]
What if this storm ends? And I don′t see you As you are now Ever again
The perfect halo Of gold hair and lightning Sets you off against The planet′s last dance
Just for a minute The silver forked sky Lit you up like a star That I will follow
Now it′s found us Like I have found you I don′t want to run Just overwhelm me
What if this storm ends? And leaves us nothing Except a memory A distant echo
I want pinned down I want unsettled Rattle cage after cage Until my blood boils
I want to see you As you are now Every single day That I am living
Painted in flames All peeling thunder Be the lightning in me That strikes relentless
[II - The Sunlight Through The Flags]
From here the caravans are kids toys And I can hold them all in my palm I watch the sea creep round the corner It connects the dots from here to you The sunlight burning through the loose flags Painted high on white church walls I chase my blood from brain to thumped heart Until I′m out of breath for trying
Worry not everything is sound This is the safest place you′ve found The only noise beating out is ours Lacing our tea from honey jars
These accidents of faith and nature They tend to stick in the spokes of you But every now and then the trend bucks And you′re repaired by more than glue
Worry not everything is sound This is the safest place you′ve found The only noise beating out is ours Lacing our tea from honey jars
Why don′t you rest your fragile bones A minute ago you looked alone Stop waving your arms you′re safe and dry Breathe in and drink up the winter sky
[III - Daybreak]
Slowly the day breaks apart in our hands And soft hallelujahs flow in from the church The one on the corner you said frightened you It was too dark and too large to find your soul in
Something was bound to go right sometime today All these broken pieces fit together to make a perfect picture of us It got cold and then dark so suddenly and rained It rained so hard the two of us were the only thing That we could see for miles and miles
And in the middle of the flood I felt my worth When you held onto me like I was your little life raft Please know that you were mine as well Drops of water hit the ground like God′s own tears And spread out into shapes like Salad bowls and basins and buckets for bailing out the flood
As motionless cars rust on driveways and curbs You take off your raincoat and stretch out your arms We both laugh out loud and surrender to it The sheer force of sky and the cold magnet Earth
All this feels strange and untrue And I won′t waste a minute without you My bones ache, my skin feels cold And I′m getting so tired and so old
The anger swells in my guts And I won′t feel these slices and cuts I want so much to open your eyes Cos I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you′ll open your eyes [x4]
Get up, get out, get away from these liars Cos they don′t get your soul or your fire Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine And we′ll walk from this dark room for the last time
Every minute from this minute now We can do what we like anywhere I want so much to open your eyes Cos I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you′ll open your eyes [x8]
All this feels strange and untrue And I won′t waste a minute without you
I′m running out of ways to make you see I want you to stay here beside me I won′t be ok and I won′t pretend I am So just tell me today and take my hand Please take my hand Please take my hand Please take my hand Please take my hand
Just say yes, just say there′s nothing holding you back It′s not a test, nor a trick of the mind Only love
It′s so simple and you know it is You know it is, yeah We can′t be to and fro like this All our lives You′re the only way to me The path is clear What do I have to say to you For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear
Just say yes, just say there′s nothing holding you back It′s not a test, nor a trick of the mind Only love
Just say yes, coz I′m aching and I know you are too For the touch of your warm skin As I breathe you in
I can feel your heart beat through my shirt This was all I wanted, all I want Its all I want Its all I want Its all I want Its all I want
Just say yes, just say there′s nothing holding you back It′s not a test, nor a trick of the mind Only love
Just say yes, coz I′m aching and I know you are too For the touch of your warm skin As I breathe you in
Some kind of evidence Some kind of reason Why I can′t find a way To begin my life
Somewhere in this dying day If I can only find a way for my escape I find it hard to concentrate with all my past mistakes
To begin my life
I can′t feel my faith can′t recall my crime I think I sealed my fate along the way I may have lost my mind I guess we′re all damaged in our own way Alone in our own way Distant headlights desolate highway
Sun doesn′t rise at all Who knows how far I′ll fall Sun doesn′t rise at all Who knows how far I′ll fall
With eyes wide open I can′t recall my crime I think I sealed my fate I can watch my world evolve Alone in our own way, I think I sealed my fate Nothing left to die for I can′t recall my crime I think I sealed my fate Thoughts inside can make me crawl Think I sealed my fate Make me drop down on my knees Break me down until I question me Darkness can′t destroy my drive
Sun doesn′t rise at all Who knows how far I′ll fall Sun doesn′t rise at all Welcome my downfall Sun doesn′t rise at all
Somewhere in this dying day as I plan my great escape I find it hard to concentrate while you maintain to control I fold and falter, empty alter, all I gave I pray it makes me whole I think the brink′s around the corner There′s an error in my soul
I can′t feel my faith can′t recall my crime I think I sealed my fate along the way I may have lost my mind I guess we′re all damaged in our own way Alone in our own way Distant headlights desolate highway
Sun doesn′t rise at all Who knows how far I′ll fall Sun doesn′t rise at all Who knows how far I′ll fall
I can′t feel my faith Can′t recall my crime Damaged in our own way Alone in our own way Desolate highway
Distraught in deprived thought within a golden rave I make It a point of being pointless brainwash it all away distressed And I detest vain in a shade of gray telegraphing All of my punches couldn′t fight my way out of a cardboard box And in my own small way I make an indifferent, difference I realize, I fantasize, I apologize crawling under a rock I hold up A white flag I could of been, I should of been I′m just a has been I hold a white flag responsibility, Rationale, religion I hold my head down in disgust distressed And I detest distraught in deprived thought
This cant be so all over And out of my time i′ve wasted So much of my mind is racing To the point of no return
Drown my sorrows flood my soul By tomorrow i′ll be cold (wash it all away, wash it all away) Now i′m hollow and alone Take the shadow Almost gone (wash it all away, wash it all away)
Life can be so much colder I doubt i′m alive, I′m faceless Lost inside replacements Fill the void that Roam the earth
Drown my sorrows flood my soul By tomorrow i′ll be cold (wash it all away, so cold) Now i′m hollow and alone Take the shadow Almost gone
(raise the stakes what have we got to lose no choice in sight where′s our right to choose you cant catch a break so take what you can just ignore the blame you don′t understand cracked picture frames blood stains on the mattress ashes to ashes - gas cans and matches bourbon buries all the memories anything to wash it all away)
Drown my sorrows flood my soul By tomorrow i′ll be cold (wash it all away, wash it all away, wash it all away) Now i′m hollow and alone (both) raise your arrow way to run
(raise the stakes what have we got to lose no choice in sight where′s our right to choose you cant catch a break so take what you can just ignore the blame you don′t understand cracked picture frames blood stains on the mattress ashes to ashes - gas cans and matches bourbon buries all the memories anything to wash it all away)