2 AM and she calls me ′cause I′m still awake, "Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?, I don′t love him. Winter just wasn′t my season" Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes Like they have any right at all to criticize, Hypocrites. You′re all here for the very same reason
′Cause you can′t jump the track, we′re like cars on a cable And life′s like an hourglass, glued to the table No one can find the rewind button, girl. So cradle your head in your hands And breathe... just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe
May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss "Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist, "Ain′t been sober, since maybe October of last year." Here in town you can tell he′s been down for a while, But, my God, it′s so beautiful when the boy smiles, Wanna hold him. Maybe I′ll just sing about it.
Cause you can′t jump the track, we′re like cars on a cable, And life′s like an hourglass, glued to the table. No one can find the rewind button, boys, So cradle your head in your hands, And breathe... just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe
There′s a light at each end of this tunnel, You shout ′cause you′re just as far in as you′ll ever be out And these mistakes you′ve made, you′ll just make them again If you only try turning around.
2 AM and I′m still awake, writing a song If I get it all down on paper, it′s no longer inside of me, Threatening the life it belongs to And I feel like I′m naked in front of the crowd Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud And I know that you′ll use them, however you want to
But you can′t jump the track, we′re like cars on a cable, And life′s like an hourglass, glued to the table No one can find the rewind button now Sing it if you understand. and breathe, just breathe woah breathe, just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe, Oh breathe, just breathe.
You say you fell while holding diamonds in your hands "It′s your fault for running, holding diamonds," I said And I offer no sympathy for that I hear that it was you who died alone And I offer no sympathy for that Better off I sparkle on my own
And someday love will find me in the rough Someday love will finally be enough
I turned around 3 times and wound up at your door Now you say you know all you did not know before And I offer no sympathy for that I hear that it was you who died alone And I offer no sympathy for that Better off I sparkle on my own
And someday love will find me in the rough Someday love will finally be enough
I got your love letters I threw them all away And I hear you think that I′m crazy I′m driving 95 And I′m driving you away And I shine a little more lately
Someday love will find me in the rough Someday love will finally be enough
Someday love will find me in the rough Someday love will finally be enough
I′ve tripped again and things are starting to get interesting Don′t give me choices cause I can′t decide My mind is soaked in words I′ve come to terms with all my insecurities And purity′s no friend of mine
And dreaming doesn′t do no good Cause I don′t wanna lie That I′m okay and I′m alright I′d rather take it and forget it Consider this a warning Cause I′ll start another fight And you′ll say its all alright I′ll wait for the day when you find I′m too much for you, baby So lay your hands over me And feel what you only see But don′t bother wasting your time if you′re trying to change me
You′re kinda cool but I know better than to break the rules Of messin′ with a lesson that I′ll never learn I′ll go from bad to worse and later back to better But I′ll never better bridges that I′m bent to burn
And dreaming doesn′t do no good Cause I don′t wanna lie That I′m okay and I′m alright I′d rather take it and forget it Consider this a warning Cause I′ll start another fight And you′ll say its all alright I′ll wait for the day when you find I′m too much for you, baby So lay your hands over me And feel what you only see But don′t bother wasting your time if you′re trying to change me
This is a warning This is a warning This is a warning
And dreaming doesn′t do no good Cause I don′t wanna lie That I′m okay and I′m alright I′d rather take it and forget it Consider this a warning Cause I′ll start another fight And you′ll say its all alright I′ll wait for the day when you find I′m too much for you, baby So lay your hands over me And feel what you only see But don′t bother wasting your time if you′re trying to change me If you′re trying to change me If you′re trying to change me
He was a soldier He always was He left his city to fight for America And we fell in love to music We were just kids We didn′t have time to be sorry for what we did
[chorus] And I said hey boy Whatchya cryin′ for It′ll be OK in the end And if this life doesn′t give you the love you expect There′s always the next
She was a pretty Texas girl The answer to his prayers He called me to tell me he′d fallen in love with her She sang like an angel Loved like a friend And she made my soldier believe he could live aain When she said
[chorus]
So I′ll be a gambler And He′ll be home free He′ll marry Texas and I′ll marry melody So love like my soldier Fight for what′s true And smile at the gates ′cause their hate don′t belong to you
Well, it′s been almost a year to the moment When I finally realized it was over And I knew that love wasn′t good enough Of a reason for me to stay Well, I saw you yesterday; you were drivin′ And I tried so hard to forget You were alive, and as you passed by I began to cry Over things that I did not say
And hide underneath my blankets and sheets I′m finally free I′m killin′ the ghost of you, and I′m close to Awakening me
Yeah, yeah So I′m takin′ my heart and I′m gettin′ me out And love′s something that I wouldn′t wanna live without So I′m takin′ my heart and I′m gettin′ me out On my own, my own, my own
Well, it takes all of my strength to be stable And I force your insults under the table And if you were wise you would compromise And allow me to live my way ′Cause I am not a force to be reckoned with And you don′t have a clue what you′re messin′ with And you can′t see to the best in me ′Cause it′s more than your heart can take
And hide underneath my blankets and sheets I′m finally free I′m killin′ the ghost of you, and I′m close to Awakening me
I′m awakening me
I′m awakening me, yeah
I′m awakening me
So I′m takin′ my heart and I′m gettin′ me out And love′s something that I wouldn′t wanna live without So I′m takin′ my heart and I′m gettin′ me out On my own, my own, my own
I′m takin′ my heart and I′m settin′ you free And, baby, now you′re just another song to me And the edge of your sword isn′t sharp enough for me To bleed
L.A. lights never shine quite as bright as in the movies Still wanna go? ′Cause something here In the way, in the way that we′re constantly moving Reminds you of home
So you′re taking these pills For to fill up your soul And you′re drinking them down with cheap alcohol And I′d be inclined to be yours for the taking And part of this terrible mess that you′re making But me, I′m the catalyst
When you say love is a simple chemical reaction Can′t say I agree ′Cause my chemical, yeah, left me a beautiful disaster Still love′s all I see
So I′m taking these pills for to fill up my soul And I′m drinking them down with cheap alcohol And you′d be inclined to be mine for the taking And part of this terrible mess that I′m making But you, you′re the catalyst
You′ll be the vein You′ll be the pain You′ll be the scar You′ll be the road, rolling below The wheels of a car And all of the thoughts, on God Don′t know if I′m strong enough now You′ll be the vein You′ll be the pain You′ll be the Catalyst
These L.A. lights, no no, They don′t shine quite as bright as back in Frisco Do you wanna go? Still wanna go
Hey Mr. Love I′ve been singing and still There′s a hole in my heart only a man can fill But he′s had a blistered love and we′re sharing a bed And he′s not in a state to be readily left in my hands In my hands, in my hands, in my hands
Hey love, live it up Cuz I′m getting closer And I want love, give it up This poetry and prose and words are not enough Cuz you′re more than melody to me...I think
So morning come and I′m nervously clad In these sheets not my own and these hands where they don′t belong And I′m all but a victim in my prison head I should run for my gun but I′m lying instead in your hands In your hands, in your hands, in your hands
And you say hey love, live it up Cuz I′m getting closer And I want love, give it up This poetry and prose and words are not enough Cuz you′re more than melody to me...I think
And holding out our hands before us All the world will love and whore us My heart, oh Lord, is in your hands
In my hands, in your hands In my hands in your hands In my hands, in your hands In my hands, in my hands, in my... Ooohhhh, yeah
Hey Mr. Love, I′m too tired to sing but he is more than melody to me
Black and blue I chose my wave I, the candid castaway In a way delayed by one more broken season To find reason for appeasing you and
So I found my guiding light Lambent, flashing red and white Through a starry night I′m better nowhere-bound Than drowning on your solid ground
Satellite, save my life I′m wishing on a two-way radio Love might be just like me Jaded, waiting, all alone A whisper on a two-way radio
Ahhhhhhh Ahhhhhhh
All in all I fare the same Wishing on an airplane As calling stars by name A lonely song of freedom rings In hope of someone listening and So I send my feeble flare Through the silent arctic air Heading anywhere Until at last I′ve finally found A place to lay my anchor down
Satellite, save my life I′m wishing on a two-way radio Love might be just like me Jaded, waiting, all alone You never know never never
Heaven help me I′m Drowning and I can′t save me Send some salvation To keep me alive
Satellite, save my life I′m wishing on a two-way radio Love might be just like me Jaded, waiting, all alone Satellite, save my life I′m wishing on a two-way radio Love might be just like me Jaded, waiting, all alone A whisper on a two-way radio
She don′t run from the sun no more She boxed her shadow and she won Said I can see you laugh Through these bottle caps And this wire around my neck ain′t There for fun
But someday we′ll all be old And I′ll be so damn beautiful Meanwhile I′ll hide my head Here in this paper bag Cause if I cant see you Then you can′t see me And it′ll be okay Fly little bee away To where theres no more rain And I can be me
Yeah they talk about her She smiles like shes so tough She says "hey can you talk a little louder, I don′t think my heart is broken enough"
But someday we′ll all be old And I′ll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I′ll hide my head Here in this paper bag Cause if I can′t see you Then you can′t see me And it′ll be okay Fly little bee away To where theres no more rain And I can be me
Some days I wade in the indigo Singing that song on the radio I blame these puddles on the rain You know I gotta keep these cheeks dry today Gotta keep my cheating strategy And baby I′m gonna have it made.
But someday we′ll all be old And I′ll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I′ll hide my head Here in this paper bag Cause if I can′t see you Then you can′t see me And it′ll be okay Fly little bee away To where there′s no more rain And I can be me
Driving away from the wreck of the day And the light′s always red in the rear-view Desperately close to a coffin of hope I′d cheat destiny just to be near you If this is giving up, then I′m giving up If this is giving up, then I′m giving up, giving up On love, On love
Driving away from the wreck of the day And I′m thinking ′bout calling on Jesus ′Cause love doesn′t hurt so I know I′m not falling in love I′m just falling to pieces
And if this is giving up then I′m giving up If this is giving up then I′m giving up, giving up On love, On love
And maybe I′m not up for being a victim of love When all my resistance will never be distance enough
Driving away from the wreck of the day And it′s finally quiet in my head Driving alone, finally on my way home to the comfort of my bed And if this is giving up, then I′m giving up If this is giving up, then I′m giving up, giving up On love, On love
I′m sittin′ on a citadel Contemplating life Making a point to waste my time I′m walking on clouds Of white
What if I fall What if I don′t What if I never make it home What if I bleed What if I break And I find that I can′t take The city below the citadel Holding my own hand? Sittin′ alone
And I′m breakin′ on the balcony Breakin′ window panes I′m killing the pain of broken hearts I′m walkin′ on clouds I′m walkin′ on stars
What if I fall What if I don′t What if I never make it home What if I bleed What if I break And I find that I can′t take The city below the citadel Holding my own hand?
Holdin′ on to something That′s keepin′me from jumpin′ So afraid to go in alone Holding up this fortress With imaginary forces Longing for a life down below
What if I fall What if I don′t What if I never make it home What if I bleed What if I break And I find that I can′t take The city below the citadel Holding my own hand?
Talk about the weather Will you miss me ever? Lately I′m obsessed And I need the rest I hope that you′re impressed She′s so pretty, I′m jealous And she′s lost like Alice In a painted past In a looking glass I see me looking back
I′ll take another Drink Me, baby Slowly, I′ll disappear And wear my life like a barbed wire necklace So let′s play it truth or dare
So you′re a fan of Coltrane I wanna be Curt Cobain When the truth gets scary I′ll take my gin and sherry And some Drink Me they′ll be Plath and Joplin with verse writing suiciders Kennedy and Monroe come to see my rock show I′ll be there in the front row
I′ll take another Drink Me, baby Slowly, I′ll disappear And wear my life like a barbed wire necklace So let′s play truth or dare
And I won′t be around to play your games There will come a day when you won′t know my name And I′ll get smaller with Every swallow you′ll Wait tomorrow and things won′t be the same
Talk about the weather Will you miss me ever? Lately I′m obsessed And I need the rest I hope that you′re impressed Cuz I need the rest Yeah my head′s a mess I need the rest I need the rest I need the rest
Under the weight of your wings You are a god and whatever I want you to be And I wonder if truly you are Nearly as beautiful as I believe
In my head Your voice You′ve got all that I need And this make believe will get me through Another lonely night
Under the weight of your wings Should ever we meet on your side of your stereo I will pretend I know not of your thoughts And even the way that they mirror my own I′ll take you away in the way that you take me and go where I go
In my head Your voice You′ve got all that I need And this make believe will get me through Another lonely night
Fall away to the sound of my heart to your beat Melancholy and cool, kind of bitter sweet Love on repeat I′m echoing all your philosophies And as I fall away to the sound of my heart to your beat Melancholy and cool, kind of bitter sweet Love on repeat I′m echoing all your philosophies And as I...
Oh...
I don′t Wanna be fool-hearted Baby, I′m out Numbered in my head I don′t I don′t wanna be fool-hearted Baby, I′m out Numbered in my head My head...
In my head Your voice You′ve got all that I need And this make believe will get me through Another night
Yeah, your voice You′ve got all that I need And this make believe will get me through Another lonely night
Lonely night...
Under the weight of your wings I make believe you are all that I′ll ever need
Oh, the night makes you a star And it holds you cold in its arms You′re the one to whom nobody verses I love you Unless you say it first So you lie there holding your breath And it′s strange how soon you forget That you′re like stars They only show up when it′s dark Cause they don′t know their worth
And I think you need To stop following misery′s lead Shine away, shine away, shine away
Isn′t it time you got over How fragile you are We′re all wait- Waiting on your supernova Cause that′s who you are And you′ve only begun to shine
There are times when The poets and porn stars align and You won′t know who to believe in Well that′s a good time to be leavin′ And the past, it knocks on your door And throws stones at your window at 4 in the morning Well maybe he thinks it′s romantic He′s crazy but you knew that before
And I think you need To stop following misery′s lead Shine away, shine away, shine away
Isn′t it time you got over How fragile you are We′re all wait- Waiting on your supernova Cause that′s who you are And you′ve only begun to shine
Yea you′ve only begun to shine Won′t you shine, shine, shine Shine over shadow, oh oh Shine, shine, shine Shine over shadow, oh oh Shine, shine, shine, shine over
And I think you need To stop following misery′s lead Shine away, shine away, shine away
Isn′t it time you got over How fragile you are We′re all wait- Waiting on your supernova Cause that′s who you are And you′ve only begun to shine
Yeah you′ve only begun to shine Yeah you′ve only begun to shine