1.The Gratest Betrayal
I've never been that strong,
never been the one to charge head on
I'm afraid to let this in,
I have to try before the light goes dim
We pledge ourselves to all of this？
A broken promise？
Just a lie？
A target I can't hit？
And is being strong
depending on our blind faith
Or is being gullible making us weak？
Now I'm scared, and I'm using you,
hoping you will somehow pull me through
It's only when all is lost I need your help
and I'll pay any cost
Will I take all this back？
We pledge ourselves to all of this？
A broken promise？ Just a lie？
A target I can't hit？
And is being strong
depending on our blind faith
Or is being gullible making us weak？
Don't place on me this crown of thorns
I'm happy now, no need to be reformed
Please don't trust a single word I say
Because you know I will surely betray
You know I will betray
We pledge ourselves to all of this？
A broken promise？ Just a lie？
A target I can't hit？
And is being strong
depending on our blind faith
Or is being gullible making us weak？
2.American Idle
As the tears welled up in my eyes,
something hit me that tore me up inside
Misled, deceived,
we all turned out backs on those
we should respect and send back home
This is not a game
that anyone should play
Blood spills on the ground
and all our hands are dripping now
I can't wipe them clean,
I somehow feel responsible
In a time of disarray
I wrote it off and said this feeling will fade away
But to my dismay,
I still feel responsible
I didn't take my duty seriously
and now this feeling won't go away
It won't go away
'In time everything will be alright,
he's no better than the other guy'
Shame on me!
The apathetic American they want me to be
I'm a bad cliche that too many of us portray
Blood spills on the gounr
and all our hands are dripping now
I can't wipe them clean,
I somehow feel responsible
In a time of disarray
I wrote it off and said this feeling will fade away
But to my dismay,
I still feel responsible
I didn't take my duty seriously
and now this feeling won't go away
It won't go away
I won't make the same mistake again
I'll learn to speak my mind
I'm never going down without a fight
I can't wipe them clean,
I somehow feel responsible
In a time of disarray
I wrote it off and said this feeling will fade away
But to my dismay,
I still feel responsible
I didn't take my duty seriously
and now this feeling won't go away
It won't go away
3.Gut Shot
These photographs that hang on my wall meant everything
Looking back they all seem like a fading dream
But waking now I know that it's just a fallacy
I rub my eyes and face reality
How could I just sit and ignore all the signs
Was it easier to say it was fine？
Now the words are out in the open air
I try to make it right but you don't care
Content to be blind, not to see
Happy to follow, not to lead
But now that I've regained my sight
I won't be losing sleep tonight
Put up a wall I can't tear down
There's no reason,
you don't have to shut me out
Suddenly it seems that you're too good for me
Remember when we were like family？
Now you've ruined everything
With everything passing day
the space between us only grew
Whatever happened to the person I once knew？
And there were time
I called you almost every single day
I know you'd see my name
and put your phone away
Funny how expendable some things can be
Like our friendship and your negativity
You look down your nose at me with such disdain
You're so much better, 'friend,' how is the cocaine？
You're the last that I thought could do this
If you needed blood I would have slit my wrist
Now you'd cut me open just for spite
So I won't be losing sleep tonight
Put up a wall I can't tear down
There's no reason,
you don't have to shut me out
Suddenly it seems that you're too good for me
Remember when we were like family？
Now you've ruined everything
It seems that I have been betrayed again
By enemies disguised as friends
Feels like a gut shot that stripped away my breath
And now there's nothing left
Put up a wall I can't tear down
There's no reason,
you don't have to shut me out
Suddenly it seems that you're too good for me
Remember when we were like family？
Now you've ruined everything
4.What I Know
You say you're not in love
because you think it feels differently
But if you've never felt it
how can you be sure？
I don't claim to have the answers
and our future's hard to see
But don't let those worries
push you out the door
'Cause I hate the thought of living
life without you
Even though I'm not afraid of being alone
But still every dream will be about you
And that's one thing that I know
I know
Anxiety's our enemy,
this fear might not be real
How can I move on if I never know？
Even though it's pretty likely
that it's really how you feel
Forgive me if I can't just let you go
'Cause I hate the thought of living
life without you
Even though I could get by just fine alone
But I want all my new love songs to be about you
And that's one thing that I know
I know
I know that the odds have been against
me from the start
But meeting you awoke something in me
I thought that all my bad decisions
had somehow stopped my heart
And you proved that's not
the way it has to be,
the way it has to be
And I hate the thought of who I am without you
And someday I'll learn to get by on my own
I became a better man around you
And that's one thing you should know
'Cause I know
5.Take What's Yours
I've come to far to let you take this from me,
and I know it's for the best,
it wasn't meant to be
You can talk behind my back
if that's what gets you by.
It's not hard to see the truth
if you read between the lines.
My patience has been slipping
as our friendship fades away
And you will hear me say,
'Take what's yours, but keep it far from me'
I've learned from my mistakes
I've come to far to let you take this from me,
While you manipulate your friends
and think no one can see
Heart will win over pride,
how can you be so blind？
It's not hard to see the truth：
it was such a waste of time
My patience has been slipping
as our friendship fades away
And you will hear me say,
'Take what's yours, but keep it far from me'
I've learned from my mistakes：
People never change,
people never change
You ran from all your problems,
and you can't deny
you've ruined everything with all your lies
You almost broke me down,
but I'm smarter now than I ever was before
You can play your game,
but you don't fool me anymore,
you don't fool me anymore
Wanted to see how far my dream would take me,
and I know it's for the best,
it wasn't meant to be
You can talk behind my back
if that's what gets you by.
It's not hard to see the truth
if you read between the lines.
My patience has been slipping
as our friendship fades away
And you will hear me say,
'Take what's yours, but keep it far from me'
I've learned from my mistakes
People never change,
people never change
6.Skeltons
Get on your knees,
beg for forgiveness,
you broke everything and you can't fix it
But you will not admit that you're no saint,
a drunk, you steal, you lie
And with a loss of grace you realize
you're setting yourself up to take a fall
Looking back on life,
does your past still keep you up at night？
Can't ever be that way again
Choose to live it wise,
make a change to have a better life
and never be the same again
No one is an innocent
and no one can be called perfect
You've got your skeletons
and you're scared to the bone
But I know what's in your head
and I understand the old you is dead
You just wonder when this misery will end
Looking back on life,
does your past still keep you up at night？
Can't ever be that way again
Choose to live it wise,
make a change to have a better life
and never be the same again
Self righteous and hiding who you really are,
trying to cover your scars
But they're there,
don't deny who you really are
You play the fool when you drown your sorrows at the bar,
that life wont get you very far
Can't stand to go on another day,
can't stand to look at your own face
Just know that with the actions that you take,
you'll never be the same
Looking back on life,
does your past still keep you up at night？
Can't ever be that way again
Choose to live it wise,
make a change to have a better life
and never be the same again
7.For Those Left Behind
Is it so hard to understand？
You got left behind
'cause you wanted to do something with your life
You wanted something
where mediocrity would not suffice
And i know the scene is bleeding,
but I can't shake this feeling that's inside
I know this life's not for everyone
but I'm still gonna try
We could give up now,
let ourselves just drown tonight
Never voice my point of view
and no more songs to sing for you,
but this time, not out without a fight
Time keeps running out.
I wake up each day
and my pen and stare though my hazy eyes
At the blank sheet that's in front of me,
but no one wants to hear me sing about
How the scene is bleeding,
but I can't take this feeling that's inside
I know this life's not for everyone,
but I'm still gonna try
We could give up now,
let ourselves just drown tonight
Never voice my point of view
and no more songs to sing for you,
but this time, not out without a fight
For years it's been built up
and I won't let them tear it down
We've bled for this scene
and with our blood we'll wipe the stains clean
For all those that were left behind,
don't think we'll ever say goodbye
You're always with us in our hearts and on our minds
We'll try to cure this disease
that mocks everything
That you wanted it to be,
it's everything to me
We could give up now,
let ourselves just drown tonight
Never voice my point of view
and no more songs to sing for you,
but this time, not out without a fight
8.Living a Lie
It's a shame that you think you have to live this way
It's a shame that you never have known
You'd travel so far and you'd have so much power
If only you would let the real you show
It's a shame you think you have to live a lie
It's a shame that you think you have to try
To please everyone else when you don't even please yourself
Now isn't that the worst kind of life？
When you look into the mirror,
do you see someone you hate？
Why do you listen to what all those empty people say？
You don't need them around,
they just wanna keep you down
But there's a better way
It's a shame you think this is how it has to be
It's a shame you make everything so hard
I wish you could see that you're beautiful to me
And I think you're perfect just the way you are
9.Stitches
A violent scream is better
than the whisper of sweet nothings.
It holds us together,
and I'll never understand
Why we don't let the flame burn the fan
No I'll never understand,
why we don't let the flames burn the fan
Kindness is where we fail
Don't understand why we're happy to be
(content to be!)
in discontent
This life is not well spent
Is it better to suffer than to be alone？
So hide your heart and close your mind
And put the key in a dark place
that I can't find and don't forget to lie
'Cause we would rather leave the truth behind
No don't forget to lie
'Cause we would rather leave the truth behind
Kindness is where we fail
Don't understand why we're happy to be
(content to be!)
in discontent
This life is not well spent
Is it better to suffer than to be alone？
Kindness is where we fail
Don't understand why we're happy to be
in discontent
This life is not well spent
Is it better to suffer...
If I treated you like dirt
would you stick to me like mud？
Why is this your idea of love？
And I cant be clean we're coming apart at the seams
Stitches can't fix everything
Is it better to suffer...
10.Wrecking Ball
To be alone is all you've ever known;
this emptiness neat doesn't affect you now
On those steps I saw you,
your face pressed in your hands
Were thinking this life would be
different if you'd taken that one chance？
So many words to say
but you just can't find the time
Or the strength that you possess
within yourself to finally draw that line
I see your weakness and they overtake you,
a wrecking ball that splits right through your mind
You've got to take control,
reach within yourself,
stop your world from dying on the inside
You've got so much potential in your,
it's waiting for it's chance to shine
This is a fight against yourself
and you've got to make it out alive
I'm here for you
and there's no excuse for you to lose this time
So rescure yourself from your flaws;
a simple solution to aowrthy cause
Just know that it's up to you!
You say you can't.
that's why you won't;
this is your life,
it ain't no no joke
Drop the excuses and start to take a stand
You fail with your self-fulfilling prophecy
Look in your heart that is the key
to see the potential that we all see
Why can't you see？
11.Picking Up the Shattered Pieces
The last few years I thought that things would never change
All in the same moment I know it cannot stay the same
As this chapter ends and a new one begins again,
I hope you find your way
Much The Same-Picking Up The Shattered Pieces
This is not where I wanted to go
Thought we'd see this together
Though you'll travel a different road
You'll always be my friend
We lost our way but we'll find it again
Good times may end,
But we'll have memories
and I'll always keep them with me
So what can we do now？
Will all our hard work end？
I wouldn't want to do this with anyone
who wasn't already my friend
But I'll press on.
We've come to far
We have to make this work somehow
We lost our way but we'll find it again
Good times may end,
But we'll have memories
and I'll always keep them with me
Try to pick up the shattered pieces
Wish duct tape could fix all of your reasons
Are you waking up to a better life？
Will it be a lie？
Try to pick up the shattered pieces
Wish duct tape could fix all of your reasons
Are you waking up to a better life？
Will it be a lie？
Much The Same-Picking Up The Shattered Pieces
12.Seasons Change (bonus track)
It's happening again
My heart has lost control
And impulse has subdued all reasoning in me
But in a picture perfect world
I wouldn't be stuck in the passenger's seat
While riding with defeat
I can't sit back and watch it fall apart
I won't sit back and watch my life fall apart
I'll wash away the drought,
the stale feeling that's inside
This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
What are you waiting for？
Got a feeling that my life has got to change
This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
What are you waiting for？
Got a feeling that my life has got to change
At half a world away
You're closer to me now
Than some collating song
that illustrates all of my pain
I need you to defeat
The feeling that's inside of every waking night
Now I need you by my side
So I can finally shut my eyes
And kiss my fears goodnight
This is what you're waiting for
What are you waiting for？
This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
This is what you're waiting for
Got a feeling that my life has got to change
This is what you're waiting for (to die)
This is what you're waiting for (to fail)
What are you waiting for？
Got a feeling that my life has got to change
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