Exile On Mainstream

Matchbox Twenty Exile On Mainstream Lyrics
1.How Far We've Come

(Hello, hello, hello)

I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world
But it's feeling just like every other morning before
Now I wonder what my life is going to mean if it's gone

The cars are moving like a half a mile an hour and I
Started staring at the passengers who're waving goodbye
Can you tell me what was ever really special
about me all this time?

But I believe the world is burning to the ground
Oh well, I guess we're gonna find out
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Well I believe it all is coming to an end
Oh well, I guess we're gonna pretend
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come

I think it turned ten o'clock but I don't really know
And I can't remember caring for an hour or so
Started crying and I couldn't stop myself
I started running but there's no where to run to

I sat down on the street, took a look at myself
Said where you going man,
you know the world is headed for hell?
Say your goodbyes if you've got someone
you can say goodbye to
I believe the world is burning to the ground
Oh well, I guess we're gonna find out
Let's see how far we've come (right now)
Let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe it all is coming to an end
Oh well, I guess we're gonna pretend
Let's see how far we've come (oh yeah)
Let's see how far we've come

It's gone, gone, baby it's all gone
There's no one on the corner and there's no one at home
Well it was cool, cool, it was just all cool
Now it's over for me, and it's over for you
It's gone, gone, baby its all gone
There's no one on the corner and there's no one at home
Well it was cool, cool, it was just all cool
Now it's over for me and it's over for you

I believe the world is burning to the ground
Oh well I guess we're gonna find out
Let's see how far we've come (oh yeah)
Let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe it all is coming to an end
Oh well, I guess we're gonna pretend
Let's see how far we've come (oh yeah)
Let's see how far we've come

Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come
Let's see how far we've come


2.I'll Believe You When

I've tried so many times
To tell you how I feel
But you're far too disbelieving
Are you tryin to get even with me
Maybe once or twice
I wasn't fair I wasn't nice
But now I've got myself together
When I promise to be better
You say
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) When everything you say don't turn out wrong
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) When everything you say don't turn out wrong

I could call you everyday
Give presents by the score
And I could send you pretty flowers
Have them waiting at your door
I could write up in the sky
Forgive me I apologize
Still if I went through every measure
With my promise To Be Better
You'd say
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) When everything you say don't turn out wrong
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) When everything you say don't turn out wrong

There's nothing you can say
That I haven't tried
Nothing I can do will ever change your mind
Yeah, Maybe I'd do better
If I told somebody else

(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) When everything you say don't turn out wrong
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) When everything you say don't turn out wrong
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
everything you tell me isn't wrong
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
(Whoa) I'll believe you when
everything you say don't turn out wrong


3.All Your Reasons

(Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Bah Duh Bah)
(Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Buh Dah)
(Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Bah Duh Bah)
(Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Buh Dah)
Why don't you just go away
I can't seem to get my head straight
There's so much I need to say
It could take All Day

Yeah but what you got, I don't need it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Wake up, I don't feel it
I can't listen to all your reasons
You're bad mood just ties my hands
Turns my cartwheels into head stands
I've done everything I can
You get old, I have

Ever what you got, I don't need it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Wake up, I don't feel it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Why I
You don't help me none
So warn down, so torn up
Still in Love
Yeah but what you got, I don't need it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Wake up, I don't feel it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Woman, I don't need it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Wake up, I don't feel it
I can't listen to all your reasons
Why (Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Bah Duh Bah)
Tell me why (Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Buh Dah)
Tell me why (Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Bah Duh Bah)
Tell me why (Bah Dah Dah Dah Bah Bah Bah Buh Dah)
Tell me why


4.These Hard Times

Morning falls like rain into the city life
There goes another night
Losing my breath in waves
Knowing that ever crash is bleading the hourglass
and taking the strife from all our lives

Everyone keeps talking
They promise you everything
But they don't mean anything

We may loose our focus
There's just too many words
We're never meant to learn
And we don't feel so alive

Say goodbye, these days are gone
and we can't keep holding on
When all we need is some relief
Through these hard times
Through these hard times

Move your hands in circles
Keeping me hypnotized
The power behind your eyes
Move around your bedroom cursing the naked sky
You should be here tonight
But you stay alone and cry

Say goodbye, these days are gone
and we can't keep holding on
When all we need is some relief
Through these hard times
(whoa) There's something missing
(Oh whoa) You'll never feel it but you
(Oh whoa) You're gonna feel it when it's gone
When it's gone

Say goodbye, these days are gone
and we can't keep holding on
When all we need is some relief
Through these hard times
(hey) these Hard times
(oh no now) Hard times
Hard times

Say goodbye, these days are gone
Say goodbye, these days are gone
These days are gone


5.If I Fall

When I get close to something beautiful
Then I feel love
because I know I'll never have it for too long
I've been every where
I'm like an institution
I fell down upon myself
Just to pray for sweet solution
If I fall
Fall

When I get home I swear
I'm going to change my ways
and I'll stop dancing
and never let it living up these days
I say all the words but lack a real solution
I tell all of my friends
to stick around and see who's right
and If I fall
Fall
Help me if I fall

Help me if I fall
Don't let me go
you got to give me the strength that got me
To get me by, to get me high
To help me take over this city
Well let it go
Darling let it go
Don't let it go
Oh no don't let it

and if I fall
Fall
and if I fall
Help me if I fall
Help me if I fall
Yeah Help me if I fall
Help me if I fall


6.I I Can't Let You Go

Matchbox Twenty - I Can't Let You Go

I'll stick around
See how bad it gets
I'll settle down and deal with old regrets
You know I, I adore you

I Can't let you go
Can't let you go
You're part of my soul
You're all that I know
I Can't let you go

Is it better now
Do you feel like all is fair
Can we work it out
So that it's easier for me to bed
Because life, it can blind you

I Can't let you go
Can't let you go
You're part of my soul
You're all that I know
I Can't let you go

Down from the edge I can see you where we end
and i'd give up all of my days to go back
There was all this wonder
and all this magic
Has all this wonder, over and done

If love were a whisper
What could I give you to speak
Maybe you're out of my reach

I Can't let you go
Can't let you go
You're part of my soul
You're all that I know
I Can't let you go
I Can't let you go
You're part of my soul
You're all that I know


7.Long Day

It's sitting by the overcoat,
The second shelf, the note she wrote
That I can't bring myself to throw away
And also
Reach she said for no one else but you,
'cause you won't turn away
When someone else is gone

I'm sorry 'bout the attitude
I need to give when I'm with you
But no one else would take this shit from me
And I'm so
Terrified of no one else but me
I'm here all the time
I won't go away

It's me, yeah I can't get myself to go away
It's me, and I can't get myself to go away
Oh God I shouldn't feel this way now
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Pull out some hope for me
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
And no lord your hand won't stop it
Just keep you trembling
It's been a long day, always ain't that right

Well I'm surprised that you'd believe
In anything that comes from me
I didn't hear from you or from someone else
And your so
Set in life man, a pisser they're waiting
Too damn bad you get so far so fast
So what, so long
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Pull out some hope for me
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
And no lord your hand won't stop it
Just keep you trembling
It's been a long day, always ain't that right

It's me, yeah and I can't get myself to go away
It's me, yeah and I can't get myself to go away
Oh God I shouldn'tfeel this way now
Reach down your hand in your pocket
Pull out some hope for me
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
And no lord your hand won't stop it
Just keep you trembling
It's been a long day, always ain't that right

Reach down your hand in your pocket well
Reach down your hand right now
It's been a long day, always ain't that right
Reach down your hand in your pocket well
Reach down your hand right now
It's been a long day, always ain't that right


8.Push

She said I don't know if I've ever been good enough
I'm a little bit rusty,
and I think my head is caving in

And I don't know if I've ever been really loved
By a hand that's touched me,
and I feel like something gonna give
And I'm a little bit angry, well

This ain't over, no not here,
not while I still need you around
You don't owe me, we might change
Yeah we just might feel good
I wanna push you around,
well I will, well I will
I wanna push you down,
well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted
I wanna take you for granted
Yeah I will, I will

She said I don't know why you ever would lie to me
Like I'm a little untrusting
when I think that the truth is
Gonna hurt ya
And I don't why you couldn't just stay with me
You couldn't stand to be near me
When my face don't seem to want to shine
'cause it's a little bit dirty well

Don't just stand there, say nice things to me
I've been cheated I've been wronged, and you
You don't know me, I can't change
well I won't do anything at all
I wanna push you around,
well I will, well I will
I wanna push you down,
well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted
I wanna take you for granted
Yeah I will, I will
Oh but don't bowl me over
Just wait a minute well it kinda fell apart,
things get so crazy, crazy
Don't rush this baby
Don't rush this baby, baby
I wanna push you around,
well I will, well I will
I wanna push you down,
well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted
I wanna take you, take you
Yeah I will, I will
Well I will
Yeah I will, I will
push you around, drag you down
I wanna push you around,
Well I will


9.Real World

Well I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker
I wonder what it's like to know that I made the rain
I'd store it in boxes
with little yellow tags on everyone
And you can come and see them
when I'm done, when I'm done

I wonder what it's like to be a super hero
I wonder where I'd go
if I could fly around downtown
From some other planet,
I get this funky high on yellow sun
Boy I bet my friends will al be stunned,
they're stunned

Straight up,
what did you hope to learn about here
If I where someone else,
would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you,
when we started this gig
I wish the real world,
would just stop hassling me

Well I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho
I wonder what I'd do
if they all did just what I'd said
Well I'd shout out an order,
I think we're out of this man get me some
Boy don't make me wanna change my tone, my tone

Straight up,
what did you hope to learn about here
If I where someone else,
would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you,
when we started this gig
I wish the real world,
would just stop hastling me
Please don't change, please don't break
The only thing that seems to work at all is you
Please don't change, at all from me
To you, and you to me

Straight up,
what did you hope to learn about here
If I where someone else,
would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you,
when we started this gig
I wish the real world,
would just stop hassling me
I wish the real world,
would just stop hassling me
I wish the real world,
would just stop hassling me


10.3 A.M.

She says it's cold outside
and she hands me my raincoat
She's always worried about things like that

She says it's gonna end
and it might as well be my fault
And she only sleeps when it's raining
And she screams and her voice is straining
She says baby
It's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help
but be scared of it all sometimes
And the rain's gonna wash away I believe it

She's got a little bit of something,
God it's better than nothing
And in her color portrait world
she believes that she's got it all

She swears the moon
don't hang quite as high as it used to
And she only sleeps when it's raining
And she screams and her voice is straining
She says baby
It's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help
but be scared of it all sometimes
And the rain's gonna wash away I believe it

She believes that life is made up of
all that you're used to
And the clock on the wall has been stuck
at three for days, and days
She thinks that happiness is a mat
that sits on her doorway
But outside it's stopped raining
She says baby
It's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help
but be scared of it all sometimes
And the rain's gonna wash away I believe it
It's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help
but be scared of it all sometimes


11.Back 2 Good

It's nothing, it's so normal
You just stand there I could say so much
But I don't go there 'cause I don't want to
I was thinking if you were lonely
Maybe we could leave here and no one would know
At least not to the point that we would think so

Everyone here,
knows everyone here is thinking about
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn't tell,
if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But I'm lonely now,
and I don't know how
To get it back to good

This don't mean that, you own me
This ain't no good, in fact it's phony as hell
But things worked out just like you wanted too
If you see me out you don't know me
Try to turn your head,
try to give me some room
To figure out just what I'm going to do

'Cuz everyone here, hates everyone here for
Doing just like they do
It's best if we all keep this quite instead
And I couldn't tell,
why everyone here was doing me like they do
But I'm sorry now,
and I don't know how
To get it back to good

Everyone here,
is wondering what it's like to be
with somebody else
Everyone here's to blame, everyone here
Gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain,
Everyone hides,
Shades of shame,
but looking inside we're the same,
we're the same
And we're all grown now,
but we don't know how
To get it back to good

Everyone here,
knows everyone here is thinking 'bout
Somebody else
It's best if we all keep this under our heads
I couldn't tell,
if anyone here was feeling the way I do
But it's over now,
and I don't know how,
guess it's over now
There's no getting back to good


12.Bent

If I fall along the way
pick me up and dust me off
if I get too tired to make it
be my breath so I can walk
If I need some other love thing
give me more than I can stand
When my smile gets old and faded
wait around I'll smile again
Shouldn't be so complicated
just hold me and then
Oh just hold me again
Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
get put back together
Keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent

If I couldn't sleep could you sleep
could you paint me better off
could you sympathize with my needs
I know you think I need a lot
I started out clean but I'm jaded
just phoning it in
Oh just breaking the skin
Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
get put back together
Keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent

Start bending me
It's never enough
I feel all your pieces
Start bending me
Keep bending me until I'm completely broken in

Shouldn't be so complicated
just touch me and then
Oh just touch me again
Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
get put back together
Keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me living without understanding
Hell I'll go there again
Can you help me I'm bent
I'm so scared that I'll never
get put back together
Yeah your breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent


13.If You're Gone

I think I've already lost you
I think you're already gone
I think I'm finally scared now
You think I'm weak
I think you're wrong
I think you're already leaving
Feels like your hand is on the door
I thought this place was an empire
Now I'm relaxed
I can't be sure
And I think you're so mean
I think we should try
I think I could need this in my life and
I think I'm scared
I think too much
I know it's wrong it's a problem I'm dealing
If you're gone
Maybe it's time to come home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone
Baby you need to come home (come home)
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I bet you're hard to get over
I bet the room just won't shine
I bet my hands I can stay here
I bet you need more than you mind
And I think you're so mean
I think we should try
I think I could need this in my life and
I think I'm just scared
That I know too much
I can't relate and that's a problem I'm feeling
If you're gone
Maybe it's time to come home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone
Baby you need to come home
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I think you're so mean
I think we should try
I think I could need this in my life and
I think I'm scared
Do I talk too much
I know it's wrong it's a problem I'm dealing
If you're gone
Maybe it's time to come home
There's an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you're gone
Baby you need to come home (come home)
Cuz there's a little bit of something me
In everything in you

Something in you, everything in
Something in you, in you


14.Mad Season

I feel stupid
but I know it won't last for long
I've been guessing
I coulda been guessin' wrong
You don't know me now
I kinda thought that you should somehow
Does that whole mad season got ya down

I feel stupid
but it's something that comes and goes
I've been changin'
think it's funny how now one knows
We don't talk about
the little things that we do without
When that whole mad season comes around

So why ya gotta stand there
Looking like the answer now
It seems to me - you'd come around
I need you now
Do you think you can cope
You figured me out
I'm lost and I'm hopeless
I'm bleeding and broken
though I've never spoken
I come undone - in this mad season

I feel stupid
but I think I been catchin' on
I feel ugly
but I know I still turn you on
You grown colder now,
torn apart, angry, turned around
Will that whole mad season knock you down

So are you gonna stand there
Are you gonna help me out
You need to be together now
I need you now
Do you think you can cope
You figured me out
I'm lost and I'm hopeless
I'm bleeding and broken
though I've never spoken
I come undone - in this mad season

Now I'm cryin'
isn't that what you want
I'm tryin' to live my life on my own
But I won't
At times - I do believe I am strong
So someone tell me why, why, why
Do I, I, I feel stupid
And I come undone
And I come undone

I need you now
Do you think you can cope
You figured me out
I'm lost and I'm hopeless
I'm bleeding and broken
though I've never spoken
Well I need you now
Do you think you can cope
You figured me out
I'm a child and I'm hopeless
I'm bleeding and broken
though I've never spoken
I come undone - in this mad season

In this mad season
There's been a mad season
Been a mad season


15.Disease

Feels like you made a mistake
You made somebody's heart break
But now I have to let you go
I have to let you go

You left a stain
On every one of my good days
But I am stronger than you know
I have to let you go

No one's ever turned you over
No one's tried
To ever let you down,
Beautiful girl
Bless your heart
I got a disease
Deep inside me
Makes me feel uneasy baby
I can't live without you
Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
Keep your distance from it
Don't pay no attention to me
I got a disease

Feels like you're making a mess
You're hell on wheels in a black dress
You drove me to the fire
And left me there to burn

Every little thing you do is tragic
All my life, oh was magic
Beautiful girl
I can't breathe
I got a disease
Deep inside me
Makes me feel uneasy baby
I can't live without you
Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
Keep your distance from it
Don't pay no attention to me
I got a disease
I think that I'm sick
But leave me be while my world is coming down on me
You taste like honey, honey
Tell me can I be your honey
Be, be strong
Keep telling myself it that won't take long till
I'm free of my disease
Yeah well free of my disease
Free of my disease

I got a disease
Deep inside me
Makes me feel uneasy baby
I can't live without you
Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
Keep your distance from it
Don't pay no attention to me
I got a disease
I think that I'm sick
But leave me be while my world is coming down on me
You taste like honey, honey
Tell me can I be your honey
Be, be strong
Keep telling myself it that won't take long till
I'm free of my disease
Yeah well free of my disease
Free of my disease


16.Unwell

All day staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall
All night hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something

Hold on
Feeling like I'm headed for a breakdown
And I don't know why

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be...me

I'm talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
And I know, I know they've all been talking about me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong with me
Out of all the hours thinking
Somehow I've lost my mind
I've been talking in my sleep
But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be...me

I've been talking in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're taking me away
Yeah, how I used to be
But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be...me

Yeah, how I used to be
How I used to be
Well, I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
How I used to be
I'm just a little unwell


17.Bright Lights

She got out of town
On the railway, new york bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on broadway
Well, some things in this world you just can't change
Some things you can't see until it gets too late

Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I'm up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home

I got a hole in me now
I got a scar I can talk about
She keeps a picture of me
In her apartment in the city
But some things in this world
Man, they don't make sense
Some things you don't leave until they leave you
And then the things that you miss, you say
Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I'm up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come on home
Let that city take you in (come on home)
Let that city spit you out (come on home)
Let that city take you down, yeah
For god sakes turn around

Baby, baby, baby when all your love is gone
Who will save me from all I'm up against out in this world
Yeah well, maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
Well, turn yourself around and come on home

Yeah, come on home
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Come on home
Yeah, come on home
Yeah, come on home
Yeah, come on home
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Come on home


18.Remedy (Live)

Baby, baby why can't you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Tell me did I see you baby laugh about that?

If I come on like a dream?
Will you let me show you what I mean?
Will you let me come on inside?
Will you let it glide?

Can I have some remedy?
Remedy for me please.
Can I have some remedy?
I'd take enough to please me.

Baby, baby why you dye your hair?
Why you always keeping with your mother's dare?
Baby why's who's who, baby know you too?
Tell me did the other children scold on you?

If I come on like a dream?
Will you let me show you what I mean?
Will you let me come on inside?
Will you let it slide?

Can I have some remedy?
Remedy for me please.
Can I have some remedy?
I'd take enough to please me.


19.Modern Love (Live)

I catch a paper boy
But things don't really change
I'm standing in the wind
But I never wave bye-bye

But I try
I try

There's no sign of life
It's just the power to charm
I'm standing in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye

But I try
I try

Never gonna fall for
Modern Love walks beside me
Modern Love walks on by
Modern Love gets me to the Church on Time
Church on Time terrifies me
Church on Time makes me party
Church on Time puts my trust in God and Man
God and Man no confessions
God and Man no religion
God and Man don't believe in Modern Love

It's not really work
It's just the power to charm
I'm standing in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye

But I try
I try

Never gonna fall for
Modern Love walks beside me
Modern Love walks on by
Modern Love gets me to the Church on Time
Church on Time terrifies me
Church on Time makes me party
Church on Time puts my trust in God and Man
God and Man no confessions
God and Man no religion
God and Man don't believe in Modern Love