1.Rough Draft
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Like a Saturday night I'll be gone
Like a Saturday night I'll be gone
Before you knew that I was there
So you wrote it down
I'm supposed to care
Even though it's never there
Sorry if I'm not prepared
Is it hard to see the things you substitute?
For me and all my thoughts of you
It's eating me alive to leave you
Maybe it's childish and maybe it's wrong
But so is your blank stare in lieu of this song
Maybe it's childish and maybe it's wrong
Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me
In lieu of this song
Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me
In lieu of this, lieu of this song
I'm breathin' in your skin tonight
Quiet is my loudest cry
Wouldn't wanna wake the eyes, that make me melt inside
And if it's healthier to leave you be
May a sickness come and set me free
Kill me while I still believe that you were meant for me
I'm finding my own words, my own little stage
My own epic drama, my own scripted page
I'll send you the rough draft, I'll seal it with tears
Maybe you'll read it and I'll reappear
From the start it was shaky and the characters rash
A nice setting for heart ache where emotions come last
All I have deep inside, to overcome this desire
Of friendly intentions and fair-weather smiles
And I don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me
In lieu of this song
Don't wanna be, don't wanna be wrong
You're leaving me, you're leaving me
In lieu of this, lieu of this song
Like Saturday night I'll be gone
Like Saturday night I'll be gone
Like Saturday night I'll be gone
Like Saturday night I'll be gone
Before you knew that I was there
2.Starstruck
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Where is your inspiration?
You lost it oh, so long ago
So much for innovation
I saw this coming long before
You had no motivation
Your hopes are high but trapped below
This constant competition
We've won but you're still keeping score
But I grew up, wishing on a star
You think, I won't ever get too far
So high on dedication
It feels so good to get away
From all this repetition
This angry town, this battleground
So, now we'll break tradition
We'll leave you swimming in our wake
Without your inspiration
You won't survive, you'll surely drown
But I grew up, wishing on a star
You think, I won't ever get too far
So, now, I am wishing on a star
You think, I won't ever get too far
But I grew up, wishing on a star
You think, I won't ever get too far
So, now, I am wishing on a star
You think, I won't ever get too far
Where is your inspiration?
You lost it oh, so long ago
3.Drifting
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
When I look into your eyes
I can see such a sad man in disguise
Waiting, wishing, dreaming, drifting from me
I can see, hurts my heart to see you cry
Waiting, wishing, dreaming, drifting from me
I don't know you anymore
I wish I knew what's wrong
Can't we try to slam that door?
Start a brand new song
I know you're lonely and you cry, wondering why
I know you're lonely but if once
You could help me understand
What it takes to be a man
Look back on what you said
And the life you led
Is it what you dreamed
When you were young like me?
And now it's time you took something back
Just for the sake of your mind, your mind, your mind
When I look into your eyes
I can see life has buried you alive
Waiting, wishing, dreaming, drifting from me
And you can't breathe
Heart's as big as ocean's wide
Waiting, wishing, dreaming, drifting from me
4.Something of Value
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
All that I need to hear from you
Something of value but something untrue
All that I wished that I'd find within you
See how what she wanted and she needed
Tore it all down in the end
Some how like a sickness, she infects me
She's simple but deadly my friend
All that I needed to hear from you
Something of value but something untrue
All that I wished that I'd find within you
Stings when I see all the ways that you
Took me for granted and told me it's through
Picked from my pockets and smiled
Empty is nothing and nothing is you
I think I'll just sit for a while, for awhile
See how what I wanted and I needed
It wasn't enough in the end
Some how with the quickness, I forgot her, I realized
She wasn't my friend
See how what I wanted and I needed
It wasn't enough in the end
Some how with the quickness, I forgot her, I realized
She wasn't my friend
All that I needed to hear from you
Something of value but something untrue
All that I wished that I'd find within you
Stings when I see all the ways that you
Took me for granted and told me it's through
Picked from my pockets and smiled
Empty is nothing and nothing is you
I think I'll just sit for a while
All that I wished that I'd find within you
Something of value but something untrue
5.Trembling
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Trembling, hold me now
I'm torn between silence and violent expression
Tired of believing everyone wants to care
And cherish someone I'm so scared
Of never having anyone
Haunted by my abandoned dreams
Tiny voices where would be screams
Now be still, it won't be long
We will be together in search of a new life
Striving as one in this world to find something pure
I'm missing you now I'm quite sure
That I've finally found someone
6.Sureshot
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Get up, face this day
Find some way to make the mean kids pay
Playing it safe, it's your morals at stake
You're a young man who's willing to wage war
Break from the mold, never do what you're told
After all what are feelings of rage for
So I say, I got a sureshot way to work things out
All of this arguing has worn you down
I got a sureshot way to kill your doubts
Find what your following and chase it down
Get up, face this year
Days will fade with all your childhood fears
All of the nights, all of the friends and the fights
You're a young man, who's burning to break free
Here are your rights and your name's up in lights
Don't abuse, be the best that you can be
Bye mom and dad, you're all I had
I'm finding out I'm on my own
I am all alone, I am all alone
Break from the mold, break from the mold
I've got a sureshot way to work things out
All of this growing up has worn you down
I've got a sureshot way to kill your doubts
Find what your following and chase it down
7.Big Apple Heartbreak
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
This can't be home anymore
If you think i have not been missing the way she breathes
You are mistaken my friend I've falling down
So put your mouth on my bloody knees
One night with me and I've broken your trust
I hate to be the bond you know is gonna bust
Hurting lungs from breathing sighs of disgust
This can't be home anymore
Now cold concrete blank walls are
Staring into your lonely eyes
I duck behind them and hope that you won't cry
And ask for answers to why I made you cry
I never wanted us to fade out
Resting on a love that fell apart
Where are you, I need you
You still have my heart
I never wanted us to fade out fade out
Resting on a love that fell apart torn apart
Where are you, I need you
You still have my heart
Still have my heart
One night with me and I've broken your trust
I hate to be the bond you know is gonna bust
Hurting lungs from breathing sighs of disgust
This can't be home anymore
Open up my heart
Open up my heart
Open up my heart
Open up my heart
8.Cigarette
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke
Watching the days burning out like a cigarette
Just a few drags to go
You built me up and you broke me down
Somehow
Everything just seemed so clear to me
Nothing left to know
I'll love you right and I'll love you pure
Right now
How can you say
That it's too late
To save us now?
And I would wait for you, ooh
If you would wait for me, yeah
I will wait for you, ooh
If you will wait for me, yeah
Intoxicated the edge is serrated
So easily torn from the core
I blushed the first time
But you blushed the last time
My eyes hit your mind
Regenerated these feelings of hatred
I long for your love evermore
You built me up and you broke me down
This time
And I would wait for you, ooh
If you would wait for me, yeah
I will wait for you, ooh
If you will wait for me, yeah
How can you say
That it's too late
To save us now?
How can you say
9.October Nights
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke
Warm October nights
You came and cuddled next to me, baby, yeah, yeah, yeah
Our noses brushed so close
I wished it was our souls drifting off to sleep
I could hear the little snores you made, watching eyes shut
tight
Like doors to something sweeter where you rest
Tear me off a piece of blanket
Keep me warm and we can make it
Here's my heart, I'll let you break it
Touched your skin and I can't take it
Light will creep in soon
And I still haven't slept a wink, baby, yeah, yeah, yeah
I wish the sun would hide its head
So I could watch you dream some more
Wished the sun would hide its head
So I could watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you dream some more, girl
Wanna watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you
I wanna watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you dream some more, girl
I wanna watch you dream some more
I wanna watch you
Tear me off a piece of blanket
Keep me warm and we can make it
Here's my heart, I'll let you break it
Touched your skin
10.Rock Star Land
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Christmas break of ninety eight just flipped me upside down
One coast out to the other following the sound
Headed west to get the best of what we all knew then
One ocean to another waves come crashing down
Carrying just me, aunt Stephanie, she held my hand
Told me why I was blazing down that highway on my way to rock
star land
California, a place they say, 'Glistens gold'
I wanna go there and never come back home, yeah
Staring up at freeway signs in dreams that make me sad
One coast out to the other, one ocean to another
We cruised out to the other side
Loved us in Nebraska, how they cheered us in Mattane
Told me why I was
Blazing down that highway on my way to rock star land
California, a place they say, 'Glistens gold'
I wanna go there and never come back home, yeah
California, a place they say, 'Glistens gold'
I wanna go there and never come back home, yeah
11.For Pete's Sake
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
So I'm left wondering
There is so much left I wish that I could say to you
Silence I keep, for fear of breaking myself down
And maybe getting through, getting through to you
For Pete's sake, let's see straight, yeah
Clench your fists up in rage
Hurts to know, we could throw
All this time away
Let's try and work it out
Please don't be angry anymore I'm on your side
And I don't want to fight, put this hate aside
Get back to a place where you and I can still be friends
Whoa, ya want it
Whoa, ya need it
Whoa, ya want it
Whoa
For Pete's sake, let's see straight, yeah
Clench your fists up in rage
Hurts to know, we could throw
All this time away
And all the answers you're racing to find out
They might outrun you in the end
And all the answers you're racing to find out
They might outrun you in the end
12.A.W.O.L.
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Maybe it's not over yet
Somewhere inside him there must be some new dream
Awaiting to topple the rest when he finds himself feeling alive
yet alone
Maybe the best he can get is still out of his reach
Ran from the life that he hates
Hoping to find some new beginning
Abandoned the future they gave and took away
Knowing what they would say
Destined to rise above all
Of the simplified answers they gave him
Back there when surrounded
By love he could not make sense
Of feeling alive yet alone
Maybe the best he can get
Is simply burned by fate
Yet he knows, he's the champion of the planet
But he's told he was wrong, to somehow deciding to
Ran from the life that he hates
Hoping to find some new beginning
Abandoned the future they gave and took away
Knowing what they would say
13.Father
Yellowcard
Ocean Avenue
Father
What's a dad for dad
Tell me why I'm here dad
Whisper in my ear that I'm growing up to be a better man dad
Everything is fine dad
Now that you are mine dad
Cause I know I'm growing up to be a better man
Father I will always be
That same boy that stood by the sea
And watched you tower over me
Now I'm older I wanna be the same as you
What's a dad for dad
Tell me how to stand dad
Took me by the hand and you showed me how to be a bigger man dad
Listen when you talk dad
Follow where you walk dad
And you know that I will always do the best I can (I can)
Father I will always be
That same boy that stood by the sea
And watched you tower over me
Now I'm older I wanna be the same as you
(The same as you)
Father I will always be
That same boy that stood by the sea
And watched you tower over me
Now I'm older I wanna be the same as you
14.Twenty-Three
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Pete Mosely, Longineu
Parsons
I got to tell you that he waited all his life
For someone like you to come make the wrong things right
I know he didn't have the answers all the time
But you can't tell me that you've never told a lie, oh oh
We're almost twenty-three and you're still mad at me
So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now
Twenty-three and it's so sad to me
You tell the world I'm dead to you but I know you want me back
now
Was it fun for you to watch him fall apart?
(Watch me fall)
And suffocate him while you held him in your arms
(In your arms)
I swear to God I wish he never let you in
(Let you in)
And I just hope we never hear from you again, oh oh
We're almost twenty-three and you're still mad at me
So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now
Twenty-three and it's so sad to me
You tell the world I'm dead to you but I know you want me back
Wasted on you
(Wasted on you)
Wasted on you
(So much time I've)
Wasted on you
(Wasted on you)
Wasted on you
On you, on you
Twenty-three and you're still mad at me
So much that I said to you and I want to take it back now
Twenty-three and it's so sad to me
You tell the world I'm dead to you but I know you want me back
now
15.i wish
i wish you wouldnt
i wish you would
i wish you couldnt
but then again i wish you could
please please please
dont leave because i told you no
but then i said yes
dont be mad
dont, dont be sad
16.Marteen Sheen or JFK
Here it is
One more grasp for these broken hands
Goes down for you
I'm falling in
I sink then swallow
I never meant
To see this through
Chorus
I'm taking a road
I'm taking a road back for good
To a place where I know that I'm safe
Then I can fall
Then I can fall where I should
In this puddle with all my mistakes
All the days
Since I've landed
I've lost the way
To find my place
Float away
And leave me stranded
What's left to say
I've hurt for you
Chorus
I could sleep
But when I wake here
You'll still be gone
And you're my air
I could breathe
If you would've stay here
Another song
So I could stay
I could sleep
But when I wake here
You'll still be gone
And you're my air
I could breathe
If you would've stay here
Another song
So I could stay
Chorus X2
17.Violins
I am just another fool
And I have to keep telling myself that
I am just a hypocrite
And I have to keep calling you one
And I forgot to bite my tounge
And my assumption was the mother of all mistakes
So I assume the role, open my mouth, and clumsy words escape
So why you wanna be there when you could be here
you are slipping away
I awake with your replacement
A bottle in my grasp, in an unfamiliar place
Because you put me out
The butt of a sick joke
Into this ashtray life
As you come and go
And I forgot to service you and we broke down
And you can't live with my mistakes
So I assume false grace open my arms
And grasp at something true
How are you
How have you been
Girl I miss you, wanna see you again
So why you wanna be there
When you could be here
You are slipping away
I bring the worst in you and you try and let me know
You bring out the worst in me
Anxiety, anxiety
I'm trying to let you go
You say I'm giving you the creeps
So I assume the role
Open my claws and grasp for your heart
How are you
How have you been
Girl I miss you
Wanna see you again
In to you like a mortal stake
So vindictive your love's slipping away
Violins (the but of your sick joke)
Violins (into this ashtray life)
Violins (I'm tryin' hard to let you know)
Violins (into this ashtray life)
(woo yeah)
18.Dumb
I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
Or maybe just happy
My heart is broke
But I have some glue
Help me inhale
And mend it with you
We'll float around
And hang out on clouds
Then we'll come down
And have a hangover
Skin the sun
Fall asleep
Wish away
The soul is cheap
Lesson learned
Wish me luck
Soothe the burn
Wake me up
I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
My day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
Maybe just happy
19.Butterfly
Yesterday I went outside
With my momma's mason jar
Caught a lovely butterfly
When I woke up today
Looked in on my fairy pet
She had withered all away
No more sighing in her breast
I'm sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
Everytime I pin down what I think I want
It slips away
The ghost slips away
I smell you on my hand for days
I can't wash away your scent
If I'm a dog then you're a bitch
I guess you're as real as me
Maybe I can live with that
Maybe I need fantasies
A life of chasing butterfly
I'm sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
Everytime I pin down what I think I want
It slips away
The ghost slips away
I told you I would return
When the robin makes his nest
But I ain't never coming back
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry
20.Only One
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Pete Mosely, Longineu
Parsons
Broken this fragile thing now
And I can't, I can't pick up the pieces
And I thrown my words all around
But I can't, I can't give you a reason
I feel so broken up
(So broken up)
And I give up
(I give up)
I just want to tell you so you know
Here I go
Scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go but there just no one that get me like you do
You are my only, my only one
Made my mistakes lead you down
And I can't, I can't hold on for to long
Ran my whole life in the ground
And I can't, I can't get up when you're gone
And something's breakin' up
(Breakin' out)
I feel like givin' up
(Like givin' up)
I won't walk out till you know
Here I go
Scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go but there just no one that get me like you do
You are my only, my only one
Here I go so dishonestly
Leave a note for you my only one
And I know, you can see right though me
So let me go and you will find someone
Here I go
Scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go but there's just no one, no one like you
You are my only, my only one
My only one, my only one, my only one
You are my only, my only one
21.Yellowcard - Way Away
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Pete Mosely, Longineu
Parsons
I think I'm breaking out
I'm gonna leave you now
Theres nothing for me here, it's all the same
And even though I know
That everything might go
Go downhill from here, I'm not afraid
Way away, away from here I'll be
Way away, away so you can see
How it feels to be alone and not believe
(Feels to be alone and not believe)
Feels to be alone and not believe anything
You can't stop me now
You can't hold me down
You can't keep me here, I'm on my way
I've made it this far now
And I'm not burnin' out
No matter what you say, I'm not afraid
Way away, away from here I'll be
Way away, away so you can see
How it feels to be alone and not believe
(Feels to be alone and not believe)
Feels to be alone and not believe anything
Letting out the noise inside of me
(Letting out the noise inside of me)
Every window pane is shattering
(Every window pane is shattering)
Cutting up my words before I speak
(Cutting up my words)
This is how it feels to not believe
Letting out the noise inside of me
(Letting out the noise inside of me)
Every window pane is shattering
(Every window pane is shattering)
Cutting up my words before I speak
(Cutting up my words)
This is how it feels to not believe
Way away, away from here I'll be
Way away, away so you can see
How it feels to be alone and not believe
(Feels to be alone and not believe)
Feels to be alone and not believe anything
22.Oh, My Love
Lyricist:John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Oh, my love, for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh, my lover, for the first time in my life
My eyes can see
I see the wind, oh, I see the trees
Everything is clear in my heart
I see the clouds, oh, I see the sky
Everything is clear in our world
Oh, my love, for the first time in my life
My mind is wide open
Oh, my lover, for the first time in my life
My mind can feel
I feel the sorrow, oh, I feel the dreams
Everything is clear in my heart
I feel life, oh, I feel love
Everything is clear in our world
23.Empty Apartaments
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Pete Mosley, Longineu
Parsons
Call me out you stayed inside
One you love is where you hide
Shot me down as I flew by
Crash and burn I think sometimes
You forget where the heart is
Answer no to these questions
Let her go, learn a lesson
It's not me, you're not listening
Now, can't you see something's missing
You forget where the heart is
Take you away from that empty apartment
You stay, and forget where the heart is
Someday if ever you loved me you'd say, 'It's okay'
Waking up from this nightmare
How's your life? What's it like there?
Is it all what you want it to be?
Does it hurt when you think about me?
And how broken my heart is
Take you away from that empty apartment
You stay, and forget where the heart is
Someday if ever you loved me you'd say, 'It's okay'
It's okay to be angry and never let go
It only gets harder the more that you know
When you get lonely if no one's around
You know that I'll catch you when you're falling down
We came together but you left alone
And I know how it feels to walk out on your own
Maybe someday I will see you again
And you'll look me in my eyes and call me your friend
Take you away from that empty apartment
You stay, and forget where the heart is
Someday if ever you loved me you'd say, 'It's okay, it's okay,
it's okay'
24.Everywhere (Michelle Branch Cover)
Lyricist:Tiffany Arbuckle, Michelle Branch, Matthew Bronleewe, John
Shanks
Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
'Cause when I look you're, you're never there
But when I sleep you're, you're everywhere
You're everywhere
Tell me how I got this far
Tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look you're never there
And every time I sleep you're always there
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes, it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe I'm not alone
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that you might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me away from me
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes, it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe, I'm not alone, I'm not alone
And when I touch your hand it's then I understand
The beauty that's within it's now that we begin
You always light my way there never comes a day
No matter where I go I always feel you so
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe I'm not alone
You're everywhere to me
And when I catch my breath
It's you I breathe, you're everything I know
That makes me believe I'm not alone
You're in everyone I see
So tell me do you see me?
25.Star Struck
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Where is your inspiration?
You lost it, oh so long ago
So much for innovation
I saw this coming long before
You had no motivation
Your hopes are high but trapped below
This constant competition
We've won but you're still keeping score
But I grew up, wishing on a star
You think I won't ever get too far
So high on dedication
It feels so good to get away
From all this repetition
This angry town, this battleground
So now we'll break tradition
We'll leave you swimming in our wake
Without your inspiration
You won't survive, you'll surely drown
But I grew up, wishing on a star
You think I won't ever get too far
So now I am wishing on a star
You think I won't ever get too far
But I grew up, wishing on a star
You think I won't ever get too far
So now I am wishing on a star
You think I won't ever get too far
Where is your inspiration?
You lost it, oh, so long ago
26.My Only One
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Pete Mosely, Longineu
Parsons
Broken this fragile thing now
And I can't, I can't pick up the pieces
And I've thrown my words all around
But I can't, I can't give you a reason
I feel so broken up and I give up
I just want to tell you so you know
Here I go, scream my lungs out
And try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go but there's just no one
That gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one
I've made my mistakes, lead you down
And I can't, I can't hold on for too long
Ran my whole life in the ground
And I can't, I can't get up when you're gone
And something's breaking up
I feel like giving up
I won't walk out untill you know
Here I go, scream my lungs out
And try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go but there's just no one
That gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one
Here I go, so dishonestly
Leave a note for you, my only one
And I know you can see right though me
So let me go and you will find someone
Here I go, scream my lungs out
And try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go but there's just no one
No one like you
You are my only, my only one
My only one, my only one
My only one
You are my only, my only one
27.Sure Shot
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Get up face this day
Find some way to make the mean kids pay
Playing it safe, it's your morals at stake
You're a young man who's willing to wage war
Break from the mold, never do what you're told
After all what are feelings of rage for
So I say, I got a sure shot way to work things out
All of this arguing has worn you down
I got a sure shot way to kill your doubts
Find what you're following and chase it down
Get up, face this year
Days will fade with all your childhood fears
All of the nights, all of the friends and the fights
You're a young man, who's burning to break free
Here are your rights and your name's up in lights
Don't abuse, be the best that you can be
Bye Mom and Dad, you're all I had
I'm finding out, I'm on my own
I am all alone, I'm all alone
Break from the mold, break from the mold
I got a sure shot way to work things out
All of this growing up has worn you down
I got a sure shot way to kill your doubts
Find what you're following and chase it down
28.Struck
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Longineu Warren Parsons Iii, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Where is your inspiration
You lost it, oh, so long ago
So much for innovation
I saw this coming long before
You had no motivation
Your hopes are high but trapped below
This constant competition
We've won but you're still keeping score
But I grew up wishing on a star
(Wishing on a star)
You think I won't ever get too far
(I get too far)
So high on dedication
It feels so good to get away
From all this repetition
This angry town, this battleground
So now we'll break tradition
We'll leave you swimming in our wake
Without your inspiration
You won't survive, you'll surely drown
But I grew up wishing on a star
(Wishing on a star)
You think I won't ever get too far
(I get too far)
So now I am wishing on a star
(Wishing on a star)
You think I won't ever get too far
(I get too far)
But I grew up wishing on a star
(Wishing on a star)
You think I won't ever get too far
(I get too far)
So now I am wishing on a star
(Wishing on a star)
You think I won't ever get too far
(I get too far)
Where is your inspiration
You lost it, oh, so long ago
29.Up Hill Both Ways
Lyricist:Warren Myers Cooke, Benjamin Eric Harper, William Ryan Key,
Sean Mackin, Longineu Warren Parsons Iii
And every time I try to read between the lines
I'm left wondering why I did so wrong?
And every time I try, try to rationalize
When everyone went wrong why didn't we die?
And every time I think about what it would be like
Without all the things you give to me
All these thoughts keep running through my head
Nothing to believe
Look back find the things I lost
There's nothing left there so it seems
Up hill both ways, nothing left to say
I don't know how I made it this far
I don't know how I made it last this long
I don't know why I try
All these things keeps going through my head
Don't know which way to turn
Each path goes up hill both ways
Nothing but dust, since I've learned
Up hill both ways, nothing left to say
I don't know how I made it this far
I don't know how I made it last this long
I don't know why I try
Up hill both ways
Nothing left to do now
I don't want nothing today
30.The Sound Of You & Me
Lyricist:William Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Ryan Michael Mendez, Sean
O'donnell, Longineu Warren Parsons Iii
Are you there? Putting all the words together
Painting your new masterpiece
Ocean air carrying reminders
Of that perfect pair we use to be
Someday everything ends, can we begin
Finding our way back before we're too late?
And lost in between the truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on
Changing keys, giving up on me
To find familiar things and try blending in
Know this please, I will not forget the sound
Of you and me when we were friends
Someday everything ends, can we begin
Finding our way back before we're too late?
And lost in between the truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on
Bring walls down, hear all my sound
Let me back in, love me again
Bring walls down, hear all my sound
Let me back in, love me again, yeah
Bring walls down, hear all my sound
Let me back in, love me again
31.For You & Your Denial
Lyricist:William Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Ryan Michael Mendez, (unk)
O'donnell, Longineu Warren Parsons Iii
4 a.m., you called to spit some fire out
Did you think that I would listen to you now?
It's nothing new so get in line with all the rest
And I will wait 'til you realize you're out of breath
Can you hear the crowd? They all go wild
For you and your denial watching you break down
Hate me all you want, I'll be okay
I'm half the world away, I'm letting you go now
You got sadness twisted-up with jealousy
Show your fists to make them look like loyalty
And I have seen what holding on can take away
If it's the past you love then that's where you can stay
Can you hear the crowd? They all go wild
For you and your denial watching you break down
Hate me all you want, I'll be okay
I'm half the world away, I'm letting you go now
Desperation kills
When it's on your sleeve you wear it well
Underneath it all
You'll always have this war inside yourself
I'm letting you go now
Can you hear the crowd? They all go wild
For you and your denial watching you break down
Hate me all you want, I'll be okay
I'm half the world away, I'm letting you go now
I'm letting you go now
32.Avondale
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Longineu Parsons
If you're gonna rip my heart out
Could you use a knife that's dull and rust in color
(Once I die)
There will be no way that you can cover that scar
It's hard, I know
And if I get a little blood on you
Finally the world will know you're guilty
(Know you're wrong)
Of taking everything
You've gotten from me
No heart, it's hard, I know
Mighty King of Avondale
I just can't let this go
Real life ain't no fairy tale
I just thought you should know
When you're finished with the surgery
I really hope that you will turn to me
And tell me all about the fun you had
When you were cutting up, you were cutting up
Mighty King of Avondale
I just can't let this go
Real life ain't no fairy tale
I just thought you should know
Living like a fairy tale the
Mighty King of Avondale
It all went to his head
This royalty
I stuck a knife into his back
Inventiveness is what I lack
He's always hanging up on loyalty
Mighty King of Avondale
I just can't let this go
Real life ain't no fairy tale
I just thought you should know
(You're wrong)
(You're wrong)
33.Bombers
This is the deepest cut I,
Think I have ever felt,
These are the things I think but I will never tell.
I'm trying to walk these bridges,
Burning beneath my feet,
Well I am an echo I am heard but never seen.
These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.
This is a mirror image,
Of everything I'm not,
Always reflecting what I've learned but was not taught.
If I could make things different,
If I could press restart,
Then I would hold back every breath that went too far.
These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.
Sometimes I feel like I am working in the dark,
Collecting names collecting all the mending hearts.
And if your one that I have missed along the way,
Then I'm rehearsing all the things I'd like to say.
This isn't easy for me,
This isn't easy.
These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.
These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down ,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.
34.Three Flights Down
Lyricist:Ryan Key
Lately I've found, you're bringing me down
And I can't stand to see me this way
I'll stick around but I won't make a sound
You already know what I'd say
I'd say you want to hit me
Where it hurts the most to get me lying down
And I'm on to you
And nothing ever works out like it should
Quiet on the front, the sky dropped the sun
It fell down on our faces again
I tried to run, you could see what I'd done
Now it's wearing off, wearing thin
And now we're out there
You be full of you enough to think I'm waiting up
And I'm onto you
And nothing ever works out like it should
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
I'm changing trains, the station remains
Footsteps in the stairwells echo
I lost track of days, I found thousands of ways
But how to quit you, nobody knows
So leave me, you're free
It's three flights down to happiness
Be sure you close the door and I'm onto you
Nothing ever works out like it should
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
Light in her eyes
35.Firewater
Lyricist:Ben Harper, Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Pete Mosely, Longineu
Parsons
You sat me down beside myself
To show me all the reasons, I was wrong for you
Was this for real, it's hard to tell
'Cause it was such a beautiful mess we had got into
I'm gonna overcome this
Paper hearts can't win this time
And all along I should have known
This wasn't your dream, it was mine
I know you wanted me
To give up this life to be
Everything I was back when you
Had the hands, my heart was in
I was never good at goodbye
Can I swallow this bottle whole
So this brain in my head can forget your face?
When we were starting out
You believed in me without a doubt
You were the finest thing
To happen to a boy like me
It's so much harder now
I wanna try and tell you how
There is so much love in me
Even though it's hard to see
And I was never good at goodbye
Can I swallow this bottle whole
So this brain in my head can forget your face?
Can I swallow this bottle whole
'Cause I'd rather be dead than make more mistakes?
Today I couldn't stay awake
Feels like I'm drowning in this firewater lake
I won't be sleeping much tonight
It's not the same without you lying by my side
Right beside me
Can I swallow this bottle whole
So this brain in my head can forget your face?
Can I swallow this bottle whole
'Cause I'd rather be dead than make more mistakes?
I know you wanted me to give up my life to be
(Can I swallow this bottle whole?)
Everything I am when you're the only thing that I can see
(Can I swallow this bottle whole?)
I'm sorry but you're not the, not the only one for me
(Can I swallow this bottle whole?)
So this brain in my head can forget your face
You left me here beside myself
Left me with all the reasons, I was wrong for you
36.Hey Mike
Hey Mike, if you're listening
I'm calling home to tell you how it is
It's real bad, it's cold out here
It's been a long and lonely year
It's been so long
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up
Be my friend
Hey Mike, when the check arrives
Hope you're gonna buy your girlfriend something nice
A fat ring, a slick new ride
Just let her know it should've been mine
Just let her know
I'm ending up better for this in the end
You'll get a letter addressed to a friend
A friend who's like no friend that I've ever known
When this is over
I want him to know
His dark side shows
His dark side grows
Hey Mike, if you're listening
Hey Mike, will you please return my calls?
Hey Mike, is your shiny car fast enough to catch a shooting
star,
The one that we all wished on?
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