Well I′m happy to report, My long standing last resort, Ended by just stopping short, Of me burning like a torch. Step off, stand back. Cause it′s a fact I′ve got to match, And all my fingers crossed behind my back.
Give me some breathing room. Cause I′m breathing fumes I′ll light the fuse. Give me some breathing room. Cause there′s something that I need to prove. Give me some breathing room. Cause I′m breathing fumes I′ll light the fuse, And I′m gonna make the evening news.
Well I′m busy making plans, With a flare gun in my hand. Kerosene soaked through my pants, The last words of my last stand. Step up, step back. Cause it′s a fact I′ve gotta match, And all my fingers crossed behind my back.
Give me some breathing room. Cause I′m breathing fumes I′ll light the fuse. Give me some breathing room. Cause there′s something that I need to prove. Give me some breathing room. Cause I′m breathing fumes I′ll light the fuse, And I′m gonna make the evening news.
And I′m gonna make the evening news.
Give me some breathing room. Cause I′m breathing fumes I′ll light the fuse. Give me some breathing room. Cause there′s something that I need to prove. Give me some breathing room. Cause I′m breathing fumes I′ll light the fuse, Give me some breathing room. I′m on fire it′s all ending soon, And I′m gonna make the evening news.
So i will, i′ll be the one who′s coming clean with ever single thing and all my thoughts in between i wonder if anyone is just like me a walking talking catastrophe another story of dependency i neve thought the face in the mirror would be me
hey 911 to everyone [x3] im in a state of emergancy
like a shot, a shot without a chaser life′s in a flash it moves way to fast the most bitter pill you′ve ever tasted i wonder if anyone is just like me a walking talking catastrophe another story of dependency i neve thought the face in the mirror would be me
im afraid of growing up and growing old afriad of the past and present and what my future might hold
hey 911 to everyone [x3] im in a state of emergancy
hey 911 to everyone [x3] im in a state of emergancy
There′s a black cloud over this house That′s been around for 3 years now There′s a thunderstorm inside And it won′t go away
That′s why they call it a union That′s why they call it a union So both of you please forgive me tonight That′s why they call it a union So please forgive me tonight
I remember him turning around He said, "Son, I′ll be leaving now, I can′t be the person that you want me to be And then she said, "So things aew finally ending now, I knew you′d be walking out, You can′t be the person that you want me to be."
3 years of all the arguments 3 years of all this silence Has been enough to last me a lifetime 3 years of all the arguments 3 years of all this pain
That′s why they call it a union That′s why they call it a union So both of you please forgive me tonight That′s why they call it a union So please forgive me tonight
I can′t look at the pictures anymore Because i know how it′s run its course And i know hoe the story ends I know it ends
There′s a black cloud over this house That′s been around for 3 years now There′s a thunderstorm inside, And another fight tonight
There′s a black cloud over this house That′s been around for 3 years now There′s a thunderstorm tonight And it won′t go away, no it won′t go away
Hey Miss "Die A Little" Cuts and bruises will always heal But you still pick your poisons When you dream of alcohol and pills Hey Miss "Die A Little" How do you expect yourself to live?
Punch me awake. We′re the uninspired There′ll be no white flags over the heads Of the sick and tired This world is for the living not the dead But we′re still the uninspired
Hey Mr. "Always Wonder" Why′s the inside of your head so filled? You can′t see your future Through all the walls that you′ve ever built Hey Mr. "Always Wonder" How do you expect yourself to live?
Punch me awake. We′re the uninspired There′ll be no white flags over the heads Of the sick and tired Maybe its the standing still that kills What′s alive inside us? This world is for the living not the dead But we′re still the uninspired
March me in with the rank and file, Bury me in deep denial, I′ll sit here and gladly smile, With the rest of the uninspired
Punch me awake. We′re the uninspired There′ll be no white flags over the heads Of the sick and tired Maybe its the standing still that kills What′s alive inside us? This world is for the living not the dead But we′re still the uninspired
[Roger:] So you say, all your white flags are up and that you′ve had enough and that you were tired of collecting dust, you say everything always looks the same and you made your brand new face to match your brand new place, you say all your distress calls have gone out and your ship is going down
[Pre-chorus] [Chris:] Well I say it to myself all the time, "Stop living half and a life and stop feeling like I′m half alive."
[Chorus] [Roger:] I can′t get enough, I′m not satisfied, I′ve wasted my time with this daily grind, in single file line, is this real life, I′ve been telling myself sometimes, what matters is on the inside.
[Roger:] Do you remember when we had all the answers, and can you really remember when we wished for anything better, just to feel like it′s been forever, does it feel like a broken record, a head full of yesterdays, you keep wishing your life away, you can′t keep looking over you own shoulder, things′ll never look up unless you start to move forward.
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[Chorus 2] [Roger:] I can′t get enough, I′m not satisfied, I′ve wasted my time with this daily grind, I can′t get enough, I′m just getting by, I can′t stand this design for our bitter lives, I keep feeling lost and I′m not satisfied with traffic and turnpikes and these tired eyes
So it′s sunrise sober eyes see my room spin around crowded bars and crumbling town I′m a mess a monument two clenching fists of helplessness oblivious to all of it situation hopeless will all the assholes in this room please raise your right hand
It′s sunrise sober eyes see my room spin around crowded bars and crumbling towns I′m a mess a monument two clenching fists of helplessness oblivious to all of it situation hopeless will all the assholes in this room please raise your right hand [ Sobriety Is A Serious Business And Business Ain′t So Good Lyrics on
And I swear it′s the last time and I swear it′s my last try and we′ll walk in circles around this whole block walk on the cracks of the same old sidewalks then we′ll talk about leaving town yeah we′ll talk about leaving I swear it′s the last time, and I swear it′s my last try
We rode across that bridge all night we talked our way through city lights traced all the lines, we′re killing time under those buzzing signs from downtown to anywhere but here tonight, yeah, I swear to these rooftops and just hoped that car would never stop
[Chorus:] And I swear it′s the last time and I swear it′s my last try and we′ll walk in circles around this whole block walk on the cracks of the same old sidewalks and we′ll talk about leaving town and we′ll talk about leaving I swear it′s the last time and I swear it′s my last try
We drove around this place all night past closed signs and familiar sights we′re moving by, passing time counting those center lines with 20,000 lines left to go that lead to somewhere I don′t know it might be the time that we leave this all behind
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And there′s been a few times that we thought it felt right to take all the westbound signs and just leave town tonight
And I swear it′s the last time and I swear it′s my last try and we′ll walk in circles around this whole block walk on the cracks of the same old sidewalks and we′ll talk about leaving town yeah we′ll talk about leaving I swear it′s the last time and I swear it′s my last try and I swear it′s my last try and we′ll talk about leaving town and we′ll talk about leaving town
[Chorus:] She’s gonna break soon Gonna break soon Gonna break soon She’s gonna break soon Gonna break soon Gonna break soon With so many problems in her life it really comes as no surprise She’s gonna break soon Gonna break soon She’s gonna break
Welcome to her busy dizzy life Of going out and getting high And following all the latest trends While shedding all her oldest friends It’s been weeks worth of weekends when fake I.D.s and fake passions are her best friends.
[Chorus]
She’s been thinkin’ wishin’ she could hide From the girls with the comments passing by It’s the boys in bars on Friday night That replace the emptiness inside She’ll be spending her whole weekend Faking laughs and faking smiles with her fake friends
[Chorus]
Promises you made back home Are crumpled like the goodbye notes And last night’s dirty clothes Were on the floor next to the phone And it’s been disconnected months ago No calls from your friends back home You lost your point of view and now It’s got the best of got the best of got the best of you
By this time tomorrow You′ll be out on the streets of Chicago Walking all the way home from commuter trains
By this time tomorrow You′ll be back home in Chicago At the bars until they close Back at the places that you′ve known and It′l be skylines and rooftops And it′s gunna be crowded tourist stops
So it′s goodbye To your brand new life So it′s good luck Best wishes to your black lung
By this time tomorrow You′ll be walking home thru Chicago Past the nine to five crowds and underneath Those unused fire escapes By this time tomorrow You′ll be at the bars in Chicago Back with people that you know Going places you used to go It′s gunna be skyline and rooftops And it′s gunna be crowded tourist stops
So it′s goodbye To your brand new life So it′s good luck Best wishes to your black lung So when you′re leaving the party just to beat the crowd Just make sure that you′re the first one out
I could hear all the plans we had when the wind hits me just right and i′m so sick of wanting all the things i′m haunted by my sympathy goes to the oldest joke that′s survived another year i wonder where i′m going from where i′m at i wonder why i′m still here. the writing on the subway walls reminds me why your words don′t console me anymore while i′m lying wide awake on my bedroom floor. i′m the lucky one, i′m getting out of here this is my last chance to disappear. i′m the lucky one, i′m getting out of here, i think i may freeze on the last days of summertime. the local papers always opened up to obituaries and engagements cause i keep track of all the fresh starts and he dying famous and there′s a hate of second-hand smoke underneath the summer stars along with conversations we had on this subway car. the writing on the subway walls reminds me why your words don′t console me anymore while i′m lying wide awake on my bedroom floor. i′m the lucky one, i′m getting out of here this is my last chance to disappear, i′m the lucky one, i′m getting out of here, i think i may freeze on the last days of summertime. remember when, when you said, you said take these words and do what you want with them. the writing on the subway walls reminds me why your words don′t console me anymore, while i′m lying wide awake on my bedroom floor. i′m the lucky one, i′m getting out of here this is my last chance to disappear. i′m the lucky one, i;m getting out of here, i think i may freeze on the last days of summertime.
This blood that′s in our veins it, Carries all of these mistakes that we′ve ever made, When we′re not thinking straight. Don′t remember every name, But it seems like every face is back at the place, The same place they′ve tried to escape.
Tonight′s a party for the misfits doing time. (woah) Not giving up, just getting by. Sticking it out through hardest times. Tonight′s a party for the misfits doing time. Just standing in this crowded room, Still makes me feel alive.
These thoughts stuck in our brains were, Were razor sharp but all the years made them fade, Or wrote them in a way. It′s years of sleeping late and drinking everyday and, It′s the same things we blamed, The same things we′ve tried to escape.
Tonight′s a party for the misfits doing time. (woah) Not giving up, just getting by. Sticking it out through hardest times. Tonight′s a party for the misfits doing time. Just standing in this crowded room, Still makes me feel alive.
This smokey crowded and cloudy room, Flashes me back to my misspent youth. So when i walk home drunk and I wake up bruised, I′d like to thank each of you. [x2]
I′d like to thank each of you... You.. you.. I′d like to thank each of you... You.. you.. I′d like to thank each of you.
All my friends always talk about The stories of moving on and getting out Then packing up and heading south Their heads full of hopes and dreams They’re just like me
My friends aren’t going anywhere My friends all act so unaware Now that they have to face Their best plans have all gone up in flames
They’re just looking for something to take To break up the day to day and all its Loneliness, vacant space The tragedy of minimum wage
All my friends always talk about The stories of moving on and getting out Then packing up and heading south Their heads full of hopes and dreams They’re just like me
My friends are worried about last calls And working jobs at shopping malls Because they’re in between A mixed up pride and apathy So tonight they’ll talk of call in Calling in with bitter grins Laughing at the state they’re in What a mess, I’m just like them
All my friends always talk about The stories of moving on and getting out Then packing up and heading south Their heads full of hopes and dreams They’re just like me
So they’re sleep walking their way through life Sitting there and getting by Like all the other friends of mine Wishing for something more Wishing for something more
All my friends always talk about The stories of moving on and getting out Then packing up and heading south Their heads full of hopes and dreams They’re just like me
So you′re feeling like you′re just a waste of space now. And you keep feeling like you′re always out of place. Don′t you think it′s strange you always feel the same now? So you′re feeling like you′re just a waste of space now. And you keep feeling like you′re always out of place. Don′t you think it′s strange you always feel the same now? Who measure the desperate measures, When it gets too much remember.
There is a space, they just can′t touch. And this pressures on to be good enough. It′s all the words, That add weight trying to drag you down.
So you′re feeling like you′re just a powder keg now? And you keep feeling like you′ve been a cast away. Don′t you think it′s strange that it won′t go away now. So you think you′re feeling like you can′t be saved now? And you keep feeling like everyone′s taking aim, Do you feel you′re pushed and pulled and forced to change now? Who measure the desperate measures, When it gets too much remember.
There is a space, they just can′t touch. And this pressures on to be good enough. It′s all the words, That add weight trying to drag you down.
So remember you′re still bulletproof, Remember the face stares back at you. No matter what they say, No matter what they do. It can′t be taken away from you. It can′t be taken away and that′s the truth.
So you′re feeling like you′re just a waste of space now? And you keep feeling like everyone′s taking aim. Don′t you think it′s strange you always feel the same now? Who measure the desperate measures, When it gets too much remember.
There is a space, they just can′t touch. And this pressures on to be good enough. It′s all the words, That add weight trying to drag you down.
It′s all the words, That add weight trying to drag you down.
It′s all just words that add weight, Trying to drag you down.
Stop the car and let me out I′ve got a bad case, I can′t stay here right now Condition; my small town, Prognosis; let′s get out What′s left except interstates and out-of-town plates
I′m more than all the cell phone towers I′m more than all these warning baring streets I′m more than all these small town skylines More than they thought I′d turn out to be
Let me get this off my chest Every bad idea I′ve had is starting to make sense Feel emotionless, becoming powerless What′s left except making lists and late night double shifts
I′m more than all the cell phone towers I′m more than all these warning baring streets I′m more than all these small town skylines I′m more than they thought
It′s always I want more and what I wish for It′s the never-ending cycle of always being bored Finding an antidote for the underdog And an anthem for the idling side
I′m more than all the cell phone towers I′m more than all these warning baring streets I′m more than all these small town skylines I′m more than they thought I′d turn out to be
Mother told me, yes, she told me I′d meet girls like you. She also told me, "Stay away, you′ll never know what you′ll catch." Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off some Indonesian junk that′s going round.
Mommy′s alright, Daddy′s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don′t give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.
Father says, "Your mother′s right, she′s really up on things." "Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines." Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war. But mommy isn′t one of those, I′ve known her all these years.
Mommy′s alright, Daddy′s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don′t give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.
Whatever happened to all this season′s losers of the year? Ev′ry time I got to thinking, where′d they disappear? When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch. Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out.
Mommy′s alright, Daddy′s alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don′t give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.
I’ll keep my faith alive Cause this is paradise or parricide I can’t believe this sight Streets full of blank faces and junky eyes The streets won’t sleep tonight A lullaby for the half-alive The city swings and whines To the double crime of drugs and hard times
Lion city sirens sing the night away, night away Lion city sirens sing the night away The city feels like a cage Feels like a powder keg That’s almost set to explode
Lion city’s begun to rot It’s a matter of time until the roaring stops The scene from the ground up From the painted walls to the rooftops My city’s closed and locked While the hop of the beat crack our sidewalks The haves and the have-nots Paint the backdrops of drugs and gunshots
lion city sirens sing the night away, night away Lion city sirens sing the night away There’s an overdose on me And he does the cocaine shake Cause the lion city sirens sing the night away
The city seems like it’s trapped Between its future and its past Life or death of a city not coming back The city feels like a cage Feels like a powder keg And now it’s gonna explode
Lion city sirens sing the night away, night away Lion city sirens sing the night away There’s an overdose on me And it’s wearing out good things Cause lion city sirens sing the night away Sing the night away Sing the night away And I won’t be long
If you had all the facts, all the fictions if you knew everything about science and all about religion would you stand by your convictions would you still make all the right decisions would accept someone eles′s opinions in this life
becasue is it whatever it takes to get you by? What′s the right thing to do in this crazy mixed up life? sad or sober or strong or with closed eyes would you still make all the right decisions would accept someone eles′s opinions in this life
cause it′s all a leap of faith from white plastic saints to all those hard questions you have to face every single day
if you had all the facts, all the fictions if you knew everything about science and all about religion would you stand by your convictions would you still make all the right decisions would accept someone eles′s opinions in this life
cause it′s all a leap of faith from white plastic saints to all those hard questions you have to face every single day
i′ve read all the books and i still don′t have all the answers and thats fine whatever it takes to get you by
it′s all a leap of faith from white plastic saints to all those hard questions you have to face every single day
You told me that your 20 years have gone by much too fast And you′ve been hoping this year will be better than the last You said you′ve been waging a war against the loneliest of nights With the strongest drinks and longest lines It′s not that big of a surprise That you′re feeling more dead than alive You′re feeling more dead than alive
So I′ll let you know If you need, somewhere to go I′ll be listening when you call And I′ll be there if you fall off If you need someone to believe in you, I′ll let you know I will
You said the hole in your head has gotten bigger than the hole that′s in your chest And you′re stuck between the past and the present tense You said you′ve been waging a war against so many years of lies With stronger drinks and stronger lines It′s not that big a surprise That you′re feeling more dead than alive You′re feeling more dead than alive
So I′ll let you know If you need, somewhere to go I′ll be listening when you call And I′ll be there if you fall off If you need someone to believe in, I′ll let you know I will
This song is for everyone that said I was Programed, hardwired, that I′d self-destruct They′d say I was destined to always be desperate They′d say I was destined to always fuck up And I was voted the first one to crumble and break I′d never have a chance, the biggest waste
But now I′m the one who′s laughing last Because you′re the one that keeps looking back You′re the one that′s fading away
So I say This song is for everyone that said I was Programed, hardwired, that I′d self-destruct They′d say I was destined to always be desperate They′d say I was destined to always fuck up And I was voted the first one to crumble and break I′d never have a chance, the biggest waste
But now I′m the one who′s laughing last Because you′re the one that keeps looking back You′re the one that′s fading away, fading away
Frustration that I′ve been facing I don′t remember how but I′ve lost motivation I can′t stop this sinking feeling from creeping over me I can′t stop myself seeing the darkness in front of me
It′s not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, I′m falling apart. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, from the start. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, I′m falling apart.
Repeating, I keep retreating, I don′t remember how, but I lost all my meaning. Can′t stop mistakes I′m making from hanging over me, Can′t stop myself from facing the darkness in front of me.
It′s not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, I′m falling apart. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, from the start. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, I′m falling apart.
I remember when I′m reaching my breaking point, Pressure pushing on me till I lost my voice, I don′t think I ever had a choice, With this every day decay and destroy.
It′s not that hard to just fall apart, fall apart. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, I′m falling apart. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, from the start. It′s not that hard to just fall apart, I′m falling apart.
Rescue me from boring times it′s a story i know line by line different deep on the inside, isn′t different if you have to try i′m borderline day after day waiting to get knocked off my feet again time passes by like a slow parade waiting to get knocked off my feet again knocked to my knees again. the measurements of my success, are always measured in not making sense my motivation′s taking bets it′s apologies or arguments with a head filled full of cans and can′ts. i try and try and try to remember why i think it′s now or it′s never. i′m borderline day after day waiting to get knocked off my feet again time passes by like a slow parade waiting to get knocked off my feet again knocked on my knees again.
The cycle circles, stalls, then spins. Describes the current state I′m in. It′s like a nose dive then a crash, With all my blackouts and scraped hands. It′s in the words caught in my throat. It′s in the how did I get home? I′d like to sleep my life away. But I′d just wake up years too late.
My lungs are aching From the cold from being outside. And the windows in my car Have started to fog up. And it′s colder then I remember it ever being in Florida.
My stomach′s burning And the stereo in this car is screaming so loud. It′s 3 in the morning I′m just starting to wake up. And it′s darker then I remember it ever being in Florida.
The saddest song always plays On the radio on the worst days, So I′m saying goodbye in gasoline. It′s the only way I know
My head in spinning And this engine is humming and clicking in time. To the pounding in my head And this heart on my sleeve And it′s quieter then I remember. And it can go on forever.
Do you know how many times How many times I′ve counted the signs of State lines and roads I′ve known. I know, this time, feels like goodbye.
My lungs are aching From the cold from stading outside. And it′s no surprise that we′re fucked up. But you′re colder then I remember you ever being in Florida
I might as well just sleep it off wishful thinking′s got my wires crossed (whoa ho) when i am desperate and alone i know i know i know how low i go
so i′ll drive and disapear and maybe if i′m luck by this time next year no one i know will know my name it′s either change or go or i′ll explode today i′ll leave a note on my machine unplug the phone and finish packing all my things i found a photograph of me its been such a slow decay day to day i don′t even recognize my own face
i had another breakdown and i′m floating face down i might as well just sleep it off wishful thinking′s got my wires crossed (whoa ho) when i am desperate and alone i know i know i know how low i go
i′m going to sleep it off this sinking feeling of always feeling lost hasn′t been that long six years worth of always being wrong i met an old friend out on the street trade stories and out of date memories and she has a photograph of me it′s been such a slow decay day to day did we seem much happier in those days
its been a slow decay day to day i don′t even recognize my face
We have our master plan bottled and canned living in the 352 Steps 1 and 2 walk home drunk wake up confused with a stranger next to you The copied costumes and conversation seem to be totally making this into a strip mall kind of town I use my credit card to buy alcohol student loan spent at the mall and I I may be going broke but I’m never broken down
We have our history just you and me but our future gets tucked away Steps 3 and 4 staying drunk sit on this porch planning out how to escape Cause were two truck stops off the interstate promised land with a twist of fame Were a town for all the lost and found So sleep tight in this smoky room still buzzed from this afternoon and I I may be going broke but I’m never broken down
Looking down the barrel of a gun all the drinks are free and your ex is gone another day in the sun has got you all fucked up watch out this is gonna be good cause jay i can see it see it in your eyes there′s something wrong with that disguise as you devised, your mind would race to that ever so destructive fucking place
jay frenzal broke our bus ya jay frenzal went ape shit he smashed our bus in detroit michigan with a 2 by 4 and a shitty gin our bus hey fuck face you owe us 500 bucks
i heard you say your not my friend i can′t belive our friend ship didn′t end when you leaned over to me and said "... oh shit here comes your bus driver he′s pissed .." and your on his shit list, a big red neck with a meth habit a large closed fist thats headed your way maybe you need a punch in the face ...jay
jay frenzal broke our bus ya jay frenzal went ape shit he smashed our bus in detroit michigan with a 2 by 4 and a shitty gin our bus hey fuck face you owe us 500 bucks
Trying not to hold my breath But my lungs are filled inside this chest I′ve been helpless and I couldn′t have cared less Of anything that could or has been said In the future past and present tense
Been my own best friend With clouds over my head Been on this sinking ship Decided that it′s sink or swim The waters coming in Foundations wearing thin Sometimes I wonder if I′ll ever be missed If I swim with the ship again
Trying not to hold my breath But my lungs are filled inside this chest I′ve been helpless and I couldn′t have cared less Of anything that could or has been said What those words mean or just what they meant In the future past and present tense
Been my own best friend With clouds over my head Been on this sinking ship Decided that it′s sink or swim The waters coming in Foundations wearing thin Sometimes I wonder if I′ll ever be missed If I swim with the ship Giving up inch by inch
In twenty words or less I′ll describe this mess I′ve drank to forget, Full of hopelessness Never cared what they said And I′m on this edge in crisis And I couldn′t care less
Been my own best friend With clouds over my head Been on this sinking ship Decided that it′s sink or swim The waters coming in Foundations wearing thin Sometimes I wonder if I′ll ever be missed again
Been my own best friend With clouds over my head Been on this sinking ship Decided that it′s sink or swim The waters coming in Foundations wearing thin Sometimes I wonder if I′ll ever be missed If I could swim with the ship Giving up inch by inch And I′ve lost my own best friend
I′ve come to my senses, That I′ve become senseless, I could give you lessons on how to ruin your friendships, Every last conviction, I smoked them all away, I drank my frustrations down the drain, out of the way, So I sit and wait and wonder, "Does anyone else feel like me?" Someone so tired of their routines and disappearing self-esteems,
[Chorus:] I′ll sing along, Yeah with every emergency, Just sing along, I′m the king of catastrophies, I′m so far gone, That deep down inside I think it′s fine by me, I′m my own worst enemy
I could be an expert on co-dependency, I could write the best book on underage tragedy, I′ve been spending my time at the local liquor store, I′ve been sleeping nightly on my best friends kitchen floor, So I sit and wait and wonder, "Does anyone else feel like me?" I′m so over-dosed on apathy and burnt out on sympathy.
[Chorus]
Let the meaning slip away Lost my faith in another day, Self deprication seems okay, I never thought I′d make it anyway
Hello six pack of confidence Been so many nights since we first met Glad to see you′ve brought all your friends For another night of plastic cup politics
Hello Mr. Six Pack of confidence I′m glad to see you′ve already met Ms. Twelve ounces of loneliness And Mr. Plastic cup politics I see you′re under the influence Of warm beer and the comfort of all your friends And I see that Mr. Loud Mouth has had his forty ounce And will pass out I have no doubt So drop your plastic cup and clear your clouded heads
I keep asking myself if they realize That their fears are really just the same as mine
Do they know all their insecurities Are the same ones that are inside of me As people come and go Do they know they′re really not alone? And the life of the party just left I guess I couldn′t cure his emptiness Like all the rest So drop your plastic cups and clear your clouded heads
Here we are, another wasted night and I am right along side of forty sets of bloodshot eyes And plastic smiles miles wide match plastic cups we′ll leave behind
It′s just another night of plastic cup politics So drop your empty cups and clear your clouded heads
I′m on a mission To see what’s been missing My favorite song is on repeat But it’s just not helping me My eyes have been wider but never been brighter Something else is going on I need a reminder of why I feel this way
There’s a fine line between Living a lie and feeling alive There are times that I′ve been Looking from the outside in And here I go again Falling behind losing my mind I′m pretending it’s alright Listening to the soundtrack of my life
Wo-oh Listening to the soundtrack of my life
I still believe in Facing all my demons And everything that people promise Everything I’ve always wanted My mouth has been open My words have been stolen It may have been used against me It’s starting to affect me And now I feel this way
There’s a fine line between Living a lie and feeling alive There are times that I’ve been Looking from the outside in And here I go again Falling behind losing my mind I′m pretending it’s alright Listening to the soundtrack of my life
Wo-oh Listening to the soundtrack of my life
And it goes like this…
And it takes me back…
And it spins around And round and round And round and round And it goes around And always leads to black
There’s a fine line between Living a lie and feeling alive There are times that I’ve been Looking from the outside in And here I go again Falling behind losing my mind I′m pretending it’s alright Listening to the soundtrack of my life
Get yourself ready, Hold your hand steady Cause it′s shaking from all this waiting. Fingers bent your fist starts to clench, As the pen signs the check today for the rent. Dollars and cents, are not making sense. We can tell em′ all to go to hell. (tell them all go to hell)
Give em′ our conviction notice.
Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Tell them all to go to hell.
Get yourself ready, Hold your hand steady Cause it′s shaking from all this waiting. Fingers bent your fist starts to clench, As the pen signs the check today for the rent. Dollars and cents, are not making sense. We can tell em′ all to go to hell. (tell them all go to hell)
Give em′ our conviction notice.
Welcome to a place where rent meets debt, It feels like a price on your head. Money can′t buy happiness , But it sure can pay the rent. We always try to buy a better life, I think we may have over spent. Mixing pride and dollar signs, Is easier said than done.
Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Tell them all to go to hell.
Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice. Na na na na, Na na na na. Give em′ our conviction notice.
Give em′ our conviction notice. Tell them all to go to hell.
So this pen is starting to become A pipe bomb and these songs Have turned to anthems again To everything that′s changed and to everything that′s gone away Here are my condolences tot he future I never met It′s gone and never coming back, it′s not coming back So don′t hold on to your past, you gotta let it go
′Cause friends leave as time fades away The people and the places along the way Without a doubt Screws fall in and screws they fall out
Tomorrow′s gone up in smoke And I wonder when I′m alone Where′d my convictions go So to everyone that′s gone away Or fades away or stays the same Here are my apologies to the person that I used to be Before I burned down every bridge and every inch Of everything I used to know, I gotta let it go
Friends leave as time fades away The people and the places along the way So don′t hold on to your past No, it′s never coming back, you gotta let it go
Give me some religion, pass the wine Because this time I can′t hold it in Like I always did Give me some more TV, make it loud Make believe, I′m in desperate need For some company Attention, this is not a test, help me get this moving target off my chest From my closest friends Save me from this recklessness Talk some sense into this head And I′ll stop this endless S.O.S
Treading water with weights around my neck A shipwreck of reckless accidents Overboard and I′m about to quit Head first, high dive in this deep end Abandon ship, because it′s sinking way too quick
Give me some forgiveness, and I′ll try Because this time if I pull the pin, I′ll be blown to bits Give me some more music, I′ll sit and read the lyrics Like a bible, a gospel, I′ll sing along Attention, this is not a test, help me swim to shore before unconsciousness My hands feel like they′re made of bricks Save me from this hopelessness, talk some sense into this head And I′ll stop this endless S.O.S
I can′t listen to all the reasons I just need one more thing to believe in The one thing that will keep me breathing I′ll kiss the dirt when I hit dry land
Tonight i′ll be wiping my slate clean I′′ll be clearing out those clouded memories cause i don′t to keep living in the past and i can′t stand how i always do that tonight because you know i′m sick to death with every last regret and what i′ve said and now all i really have left is my head and its just a mess
Tonight i will dance on the graves of all my darkest days and erase all the worries of all the time i wasted my scars may never go away but i′ll learn not to mind them along the way
tonight because you know i′m sick to death with every last regret and what i′ve said and now all i really have left is my head and its just a mess
Tonight i will dance on the graves of all my darkest days and erase all the worries of all the time i wasted my scars may never go away but i′ll learn not to mind them along the way
right now i am giving the last rights to all my sleepless nights right now i am starting clean and i am going on with my life amen
There′s not a doctor that can fix me, My disease is chronic and I′ve lost all self-control. Have you ever had your heart ripped out your throat? Anxious and all alone, now stop and remember we′re only human
I′ve tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.
I′ll pretend that I′m stable, I′m left, lost and labeled I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine. I′m so out of focus, I′m hopelessly hopeless, I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine.
Theres not a pill that can make me happy My complains nescient and I′ve lost touch with my soul Have you ever had your words choking your throat? Another thought up in smoke, now stop and remember we′re only human.
I′ve tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.
I′ll pretend that I′m stable, I′m left, lost and labeled I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine. I′m so out of focus, I′m hopelessly hopeless, I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine.
I′ve tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.
I′ll pretend that I′m stable, I′m left, lost and labeled I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine. I′m so out of focus, I′m hopelessly hopeless, I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine.
I′ve tried it all to kill the pain, but nothing keeps me sane.
I′ll pretend that I′m stable, I′m left, lost and labeled I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine. I′m so out of focus, I′m hopelessly hopeless, I′ll pretend that I′m doing fine. 2x
I used to be a stereotype Half alive with half open eyes With a one track mind And a flawed design Feeling like I was lost At sea at only the age of 19 Floating around in alcohol and apathy Taking in too much caffeine and nicotine If we make it outta here alive Just say you won′t look back to see Just who we left behind (there might not be a next time)
With all the ups and downs and turn arounds (might not be a next time) To the breaking up to breaking down (might not be a next time) Yeah we were the ones to say (there might not be a next time)
I used to be a stereotype Someone you′d never recognize With fingers so yellow That they matched the yellow skies And there was a few things I memorized From all those blurry times Like bottles clinking under blinking signs And a few last words from long lost friends of mine If we make it out of here alive Just say you won′t look back to see Just who we left behind (there might not be a next time)
With all the ups and downs and turn arounds (might not be a next time) To the breaking up to breaking down (might not be a next time) Yeah we were the ones to say (there might not be a next time)
And if we make it outta here alive (if we make outta here alive) Just say you won′t look back to see Just who we left behind Just who we left behind
After all the fuck ups and fallouts (there might not be a next time) With all the ups and downs and turn arounds (might not be a next time) Through all the breaking up to breaking down (there might not be a next time) Yeah we were the ones to say (there might not be a next time)
There might not be a next time (might not be a next time)
Maybe I′m jaded and bored Always looking for more Wait around for the next big fix I know I′m a wreck, I′m a mess But I couldn′t care less Don′t know what it would take to change me
Everybody′s so afraid to be different Please excuse me now if I don′t get it
I think sex is overrated So is always getting wasted Designer drugs and dead end jobs And classic rock is so outdated I′m so sick of therapy And all the things you′ve done to me How can I be satisfied? When everything is overrated
Maybe the problem is me But I won′t make believe And I can′t take this mediocrity What if this is a test? And I deserve what I get? Will I wake up with all the answers?
Everybody′s too afraid to be different Please excuse me now if I don′t listen
I think sex is overrated So is always getting wasted Designer drugs and dead end jobs And classic rock is so outdated I′m so sick of therapy And all the things you′ve done to me How can I be satisfied? When everything is overrated
(Woah, woah). When everything is overrated.
Can′t stand the normal Can′t stand the ordinary Find me anything that′s extraordinary Show me something Show me anything Am I the only one?
I think sex is overrated So is always getting wasted All my friends and family They make my life so complicated I′m so sick of apathy and TV show reality How can I be satisfied? When everything is overrated.
Sit back and watch the train wreck, Watch me jump off the deep end. I won′t lie, my mistakes take up every minute of my life. It′s been the down fall of me, That misery just loves my company. And this voice is scared to say that i don′t really mind.
Cause it′s the golden age of my negative ways, I wouldn′t want it any other way today. I wouldn′t want it any other way.
I′m just a co-dependent. Unemployed and unimportant. I won′t lie, my missteps confuse everyone in my life. I don′t have an answer, Of why I′m always going backward. And this voice is scared to say that I don′t really mind.
I always walk the line, Between lows and highest highs. And I don′t mind.
Cause it′s the golden age of my negative ways, I wouldn′t want it any other way today. I wouldn′t want it any other way.
For over half her life she′s worked from 9 to 5, Crossing T′s and dotting I′s the neon lights can′t hide, That she′s lost her shine. She says the mornings taste like turpentine, She said she understands the point of sacrifice, And so should I.
Pay cut but it′s a paycheck. Surviving is my best revenge. What hurt you once won′t hurt you again. She meant what she said.
Weathered lines across her face were an even trade. Finger prints worn down from overwork, And underpay at minimum wage. She said the overtime is worth these aches and pains. But is it worth the precious time that ticks away? Every second everyday.
Pay cut but it′s a paycheck. Surviving is my best revenge. What hurt you once won′t hurt you again. She meant what she said.
She said woah-woah... [x4]
For over half her life she walked the straightest lines. She only wanted to provide a future, For my brother and I.
Pay cut but it′s a paycheck. Surviving is my best revenge. What hurt you once won′t hurt you again. She meant what she said.
Just being here today i feel like a long lost friend well just wait around cause the desperation′s kicking in, and its already starting to mix with one of my best peices of fiction
and it′s called i′ll be getting by and i′ll make ends meet does the forty hour week have you bent at the knees and you can′t even see that everything′s kept just out of reach
ever get that funny feeling that your future is not going to be legit, and that for sale sign thats hanging on your neck might as well spell defeat, yeah its already starting to mix with on of my best peices of fiction
and it′s called i′ll be getting by and i′ll make ends meet does the forty hour week have you bent at the knees and you can′t even see that everything′s kept just out of reach
my american dream is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it [x2]
my american dream is to have it a little bit better than its just a force habit
my american is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it
Welcome home outcasts Because I know how you have Felt over the years The truth is that Looking at me is like Looking in the mirror And I know how it feels To be the best part Of a running joke To all of your friends
And to be on the edge of your bed With your head buried in your hands Wishing that everything would end I know how it feels to be the loneliest
Welcome back outcasts Because I′ve told myself That it would be alright Probably about a million times Over every minute of all of my life I know how it feels To be so confused That you′re so far out of control
And to be on the edge of your bed With your head buried in your hands Wishing that everything would end I know how it feels to be the loneliest
So you sit and wait for a sign That the coming days will be alright And you drink So you can forget another night Bruised from the blackouts And your blood red eyes Try to start looking For the brighter side Wait for a sign Wait for a sign Wait for a sign Welcome home Everything will be alright
And I know how it feels To be the best part Of a running joke all of your life
Welcome home... Outcasts welcome home Outcasts welcome home Outcasts welcome home Welcome home...
So what have we really learned today that some things are easier when we walk away and acting normal means acting like everyone eles and you′re better of by not acting like yourself
are we buy what they′re selling do we have our eyes open life′s not a fashion statement it takes more than good intentions
It′s just prefect day in our perfect lives just as long as we have commericals and things to hide behind it′s a life so real you only watch it on a moive screen getting so close you can almost touch it
are we buy what they′re selling do we have our eyes open life′s not a fashion statement it takes more than good intentions [x2]
they never bought or sold you they can′t image and mold you to chase something cause we think its new thinking thats the best for you
are we buy what they′re selling do we have our eyes open life′s not a fashion statement it takes more than good intentions [x2]
let me tell you what the score is robots 1 humans 0
Calling all mothers and fathers, Come get your sons and daughters. Right now they′re on corners, Finding ways to cure their boredom. I′m sitting right here with them, Waiting on those prescriptions. Like it′s our only mission.
Silver flasks and zip lock bags. Vacant eyes and sweaty hands. Cut in thirds then cut in half. Money to monsters, exchanging hands.
Calling all mothers and fathers, Come get your sons and daughters. Right now they′re feeling awkward, Pills and powders in their lockers. I′m standing right here with them, Waiting on the voice of reason. Glass pipes and tunnel vision.
Silver flasks and zip lock bags. Vacant eyes and sweaty hands. Cut in thirds then cut in half. Money to monsters, exchanging hands.
Please excuse me while I sober up, Hard to tell when you′ve taken enough
Silver flasks and zip lock bags. Vacant eyes and sweaty hands. Cut in thirds then cut in half. Money to monsters, exchanging hands.
(aaa) Giving′ money to monsters, money to monsters. (aaa) Giving money to monsters, summoning monsters.
When is common sense too much to ask? And then when did consequences get left in the past Is it just bad habits or a typical script Is it all big plans then a swing and a miss Can say my influence become by design Or is science and cigarettes my compromise I don′t know by I′m blamed everyone else Just as long as I never put the blame on myself
Cause I know, I′ve wasted way too many times Living way too many lies How can this be my fault, I′m always right There′s a devil in my DNA Programmed parts from all the start Or is there no one else to blame? For my tangled up gears and my turnstile jobs Fact is I′m just a living son of all my parts
When do instruments come with a catch? And when is self-destruction just proven as a fact? Is it blind faith or the family name? Is it all by chance or completely ingrained? Can I say it′s an imbalance of the chemical kind Or is my environment that becomes my only disguise I don′t know but I′m blaming everyone else Just as long as I never put the blame on myself
Cause I know, I′ve wasted way too many times Living way too many lies How can this be my fault, I′m always right There′s a devil in my DNA Programmed parts from all the start Or is there no one else to blame? For my tangled up gears and my turnstile jobs Fact is I′m just a living son of all my parts
Cause I know, I′ve wasted way too many times Living way too many lies How can this be my fault, I′m always right There′s a devil in my DNA Programmed parts from all the start Or is there no one else to blame? For my tangled up gears and my turnstile jobs Every one of five fears and for my fatal flaws Everything that I′ve had and haven′t all chased Cause you know there′s a devil in my DNA
Going back and forth inside my shut up brain again (You gotta let her go, gotta let her go) Worlds apart, I′m torn apart, I′ll stall up my senses (You gotta let her go, gotta let her go) Somehow through it all we′ve become defenseless (You gotta let her go, gotta let her go) I′m living this lie and I can′t pretend (You gotta let her go, gotta let her go)
And I know I′ll get that feeling when we meet again And I know I will be stronger in the end
I think I′m gonna lose my mind ′Cause I don′t wanna say goodbye [x2]
Now we realize the compromises you and I (You gotta let her go, gotta let her go) You fell from heaven to heartbreak in the blink of an eye (You gotta let her go, gotta let her go)
And I know I′ll get that feeling when we meet again And I know I will be stronger in the end
I think I′m gonna lose my mind ′Cause I don′t wanna say goodbye [x2]
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go [x4]
When I leave right now, get up and walk away Our yesterdays will begin to fade
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go [x2]
Nana, nana [x8]
I think I′m gonna lose my mind ′Cause I don′t wanna say goodbye [x4]
You gotta let her go, gotta let her go [x4]
When I leave right now, get up and walk away Our yesterdays will begin to fade
These are all reasons why I′ll be exploding tonite and why this chip on my shoulder feels like a mile wide it′s from the overwork overtime compromise
[Chorus:] So I′m looking tonight for some peace of mind maybe then I′ll find some strength inside ′cause I′ve lost any hope of ever changing I′m a short fuse burning
And remember who I who I used to be just this one-trick pony so strung on routine yeah, stuck on repeat like you couldn′t even believe
[Chorus]
And everybody don′t forget me forget me and everybody don′t forget me I′¬ã forgot who I used to be and everybody don′t for-- and everybody don′t for-- and everybody don′t forget me I′¬ã forgot who I used to be
[Chorus]
And everybody don′t forget me forget me and everybody don′t forget me I′ve forgot who I used to be and everybody don′t for-- and everybody don′t for-- and everybody don′t forget me I′ve forgot who I used to be
I′ve been down wandering past 2nd street and looking at the ghosts of you and me and thinking back on all those memories of how we used to be
I′ve been hearing hear those voices of the noises of the breaking glass and all those plans we had to get us through they′re never coming true
And I hope and hope that you won′t forget and I hope you, hope you know that I can clearly see
The ghosts of you and me ′cause I′m just a long-gone memory and you′re still alive and I′m still getting by on these dead end streets the ghosts of you and me
I′m still talking talk of what we′ll do to the ghosts of me and you and I′m still looking back into the past when we were all we had
And I hope and hope that you won′t forget and I hope you, hope you know that I can clearly see
[Chorus] the ghosts of you and me [x2]
Hope you won′t forget hope you know that I′ll always regret those things I said hope you know that I can clearly see
I fell asleep last Saturday Underneath polluted skies I walked alone on those Jersey nights, and I Saw the boardwalk start to fall The emptiness starts to drown The quiet corners off this town, and I... Late last night, I made my plans It was the only thing I felt I could do Said goodbye, to my best friend Sometimes there′s no one left to tell you the truth
It′s gonna kill me: The rest of my life Let me apologize while I′m still alive I know it′s hard to face all of my past mistakes It′s gonna kill me for the rest of my life
This is my all time low Somehow it feels so familiar Somehow it seems so familiar I feel like letting go And every second that goes by I′m screaming out for a second try Said goodbye, to my best friend Sometimes there′s no one left to tell you the truth
It′s gonna kill me: The rest of my life Let me apologize while I′m still alive I know it′s hard to face all of my past mistakes I′ve got to live with them rest of my life
This is the mess I′ve made These are the words I can′t erase This is my life support, shutting down, for the final time And it twists like a braid And kills me for the rest of my life
If you won′t forgive me The rest of my life Let me apologize while I′m still alive I know it′s hard to face all of my past mistakes It′s gonna kill me for the rest of my life...
Son, take it from me, it′s in the little victories that keep you from shaking hands with defeat. Son, I tell you reality isn′t all it′s cracked up to be but the years go lightning fast that I just can′t help but see.
We believe it′s okay to leave the words caught in your throat. But you know that you′re growing old, you always do what you′re told. Going up in smoke, and you′re a ghost. You know in the end you′ll be walking the tight rope, walking the tight rope.
Son, take it from me, life′s more than the floors of this factory, and working forty hours every single week. Son, I tell you reality isn′t living down on your knees. But my life′s gone in a flash and I just can′t help but see.
We believe it′s okay to leave the words caught in your throat. But you know that you′re growing old, you always do what you′re told. Going up in smoke, and you′re a ghost. You know in the end you′ll be walking the tight rope, walking the tight rope.
Mouthfuls of rotting dynamite, mouthfuls of rotting dynamite. You call this living a normal life? We′re not living a normal life.
We still believe it′s okay to leave the words caught in your throat. But you know that you′re growing old, you always do what you′re told. Going up in smoke, and you′re a ghost. You know in the end you′ll be walking the tight rope, walking the tight rope.
We still believe it′s okay to leave the words caught in your throat. But you know you′ll be walking the tight rope, you always do what you′re told. Going up in smoke, and you′re a ghost. You know in the end you′ll be walking the tight rope, walking the tight rope.
I remember every bridge i ever jumped off blindly And all my boring stories keep reminding me
′cause in all honesty i used to be an authority on irony and remembering my broken dreams and everything that used to be around and it′s not so complicated to explaine why these feelings faded
please pass some sanity, saint of mediocrity and keep me out of my sobriety 14 and 23, bridge and tunnel authority will keep me out of my sobriety
I say we just celebrate (I say we just celebrate) And all my past mistakes and all my too little to lates
′cause in all honesty i used to be an authority on irony and remembering my broken dreams and everything that used to be around
And did i ever mention that i′ve lost al my best intentions
please pass some sanity, saint of mediocrity and keep me out of my sobriety 14 and 23, bridge and tunnel authority will keep me out of my sobriety