1.Almost Here
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
So listen up
(So listen up)
I worked in daylight feeding fashion to housewives
For just this once
(For just this once)
I'll take my chances at truck stops and state lines
Go ahead and tell them again
Well, I think that I know that they won't remember
Go out and tell them twice
Yeah, twice is nice but three times is just right
Hey, hey, now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death but it's all for the best I know
Hey, hey, we're not far from home
And I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight
So listen up
(So listen up)
My old friends have been dropping like houseflies
The smoking gun still sits in my pocket
And I know how to use it
Go ahead and tell them again
Well, I think that I know that I won't forgive them
For turning their backs when we started to get busy
Well yeah twice is fine but three times is just right
Hey, hey, now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death but to reach his own
Hey, hey, we're not far from home
I've got my pride, and I'll let you sleep tonight
Hey, hey, now we're almost home
I'm missing you to death, missing you to death
hey, hey we're not far from home
I'll swallow my pride and push back my seat tonight
I'm on my feet, I'm on my feet, I'm on my feet
I'm on my feet, I'm on my feet
(This isn't like us anyway, this isn't like us anyway)
I'm on my feet
(This isn't like us anyway)
I'm running
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
Our time is almost, our time is almost here
(This isn't like us anyway)
2.The Phrase That Pays
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
My eyes can't believe what they have seen
In the corner of your room
You've stockpiled millions of my memories
Oh doctor, doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow
I'm going to ask you a series of questions
And I want them answered on the spot, right now
Is it serious？ I'm afraid it is, am I gonna die？
Well, son, death is gonna catch up to all one day
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours
Some things I may have taken for granted
Again and again, well, here's what was said then
Hold your head high heavy heart
So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it, when will we make it？
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big, planning
I've never tried to make the best of my time
When I thought that I had plenty of it
Is this serious？ I don't know what to think, is it all a lie？
Well, one thing is for sure, I'm taken back to the glory days
when
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say
Now my life is one big, make it, or break it
Hold your head high heavy heart
And save your strength for the morning after
So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it, when will we make it？
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big
So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it, when will we make it？
I make plans to break plans,
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big, planning
Hold your head high heavy heart
And save your strength for the morning after
So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it, when will we make it？
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big
So take a chance and make it big
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get
If we don't take it, when will we make it？
I make plans to break plans
And I've been planning something big
Planning something big, planning
3.Down And Out
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
Out of the box, out of the kitchen
Out of the world she's grown so fearful of
So fearful of
I don't ever want to see you again
I don't ever want to see you again
I don't ever want to see you again
I don't ever want to see you again my friend
This is the end
Out of the house, she grabs the keys
Runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter
That way the impact will be much better
Away from the man that she's grown so fearful of
So fearful of
I don't ever want to see you again
I don't ever want to see you again
I don't ever want to see you again
I don't ever want to see you again
Why do I wear sunglasses in the home
When the sun went down about an hour ago？
Why do why I wear sunglasses in the home
When the sun went down about an hour ago？
Life should not be that way
Always up or down, never down and out
You dream of demons while you sleep
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces
Now that I'm grown
I've seen marriages fall to pieces
Now that I'm grown
I've seen friendships fall to pieces
Weekend warriors and our best friends
The writers weren't kidding
About how all good things must end
Then again some things
Then again some things are far too good
Some things are far too good to go ahead and let go
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Speak now or forever hold your peace
We won't forget Tony or Johnny oh oh
No matter how they miss us
They still wish us the best on the road
Garrett took a plane to Paris, France
Now he's cookin' up entrees for the pretty, pretty French girls
Bookends, Blue and Clarity to The Wall and Grace
Dark side, Wish and a toast to late figure eights
Weekend warriors and our best friends
The writers weren't kidding
But the good things will live in our hearts
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
(Never down and out)
That make you stutter when you speak
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
(Never down and out)
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Always up or down, never down and out
Dream of demons while you sleep
They'll make you stutter when you speak
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces
4.Black Mamba
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
We've got one chance to break out
And we need it now
'Cause I'm sick and tired of waiting
Sick of this fucking apartment
Love me or leave me or rip me apart
This is the voice that I was given and if you don't like it
Take a long walk off of the shortest pier
You can find and I'll be singing it out, I'll be singing
Oh, Mr. Magazine
I never wrote one single thing for you
Or your so-called music scene
You don't mean a thing to me
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Well, pick it up, pick it up, you need it too
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up
When they review the debut
What if the critics hate you
Don't worry 'cause they might just
Catch somebody off their feet
Well, they can love it or leave it or rip it apart
We're living what we're singing
So I guess that's a step in the right direction
Clever composition and the honesty, honesty
Oh, Mr. Magazine
I never wrote one single thing for you
Or your so-called music scene
You both mean shit to me
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Well, pick it up, pick it up, you need it too
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up
So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail, spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
Anything at all
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
Too afraid of anything, you may not have seen before
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
Too afraid of anything that may not
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Well, pick it up, pick it up, you need it too
Pick it up, pick it up, what you wanted
Pick it up, pick it up
So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail, spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
Anything at all
So save your breath and the money you spent
Go work in retail, spare the suspense
Just don't take chances on anything at all
Anything at all
5.Checkmarks
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
So there you are and here I stand
As far as I remember you weren't half bad
Your bedroom behavior was never more
Then checkmarks on bedposts
For I remember we never had
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that no one
So suck your so called pity down
Hey, that's not so bad, is it？
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
And don't forget to take deep breaths
So suck your so called pity down
Hey, that's not so bad, is it？
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
And don't forget to take deep breaths
So don't explain 'cause I know exactly what you're going to say
Big words, recycled phrases and the bittersweet taste
Of other boys on your lips
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all
So now just sit here and talk about how you wanted it all
You get me out of the rain, you get me out of my clothes
You hope I don't make a sound, you hope that nobody knows
So suck your so called pity down
Hey, that's not so bad, is it？
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
And don't forget to take deep breaths
So suck your so called pity down
Hey, that's not so bad, is it？
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
And don't forget to take deep breaths
Do you miss looking up from the floor at my face
On a stage in a crowded room？
Well, it's not the same
I bet you're still a sucker for those famous faces
Downtown, looking down, down, looking over the crowd
I hope you're out there, look at me now
Well, it's not the same
Just look at how we've changed
So suck your so called pity down
Hey, that's not so bad, is it？
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
And don't forget to take deep breaths
So suck your so called pity down
Hey, that's not so bad, is it？
So take your cold, cold heart and drown
And don't forget to take deep breaths
6.Classifieds
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
My life reads like the classifieds
Pages of what's for sale, what's on the auction block
Attention bidders, it's line 45
He's got a decent voice, he's got that crooked smile
Hold on, you haven't heard the best yet
He writes good story lines, he's got those honest eyes
So take him home for just 9.95
He'll sing the songs you like, he'll keep you warm at night, at
night
Back, back, back, back
Back, back, back, back
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you
Break down, back out and get what's coming to you
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart
I'm not the type to forget about nights like this
Where every single move that I make
Is documented and scored for style points
The once ambitious one now holds the smoking gun
And if I die in my sleep are you still willing
To be everything you promised you would be？
(Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back )
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you
Break down, back out and get what's coming to you
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart
Will you be the first one to tell
The neighborhood paper and all my family
And friends that still care？ Did you buy what I sold？
And did you feel what I told you？ I hope you still do
Will you promise yourself that this isn't all we've got？
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you
Break down, back out and get what's coming to you
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you
Break down, back out and get what's coming to you
When you said you were falling apart
I thought you meant that you were falling apart
7.Attention
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
Attention, attention, may I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room if only, if only for one second
This table has taken a turn for the worst
Rock bottom and over the edge
Well, it's not like it hurts that much anyway
Upside-down and inside-out
When I leave here I'm going alone
Well, it's not like, not like it hurts much anyway
Attention, attention, may I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room if only, if only for one second
Did you hear what I have to？
Oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell？
To the fact that we could have something that'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to？
This balance has weighed out our heart's desire
I'm trying to make it alone
Well, it's not like it hurts that much anyway
Upside-down and inside out
When I leave here I'm going alone
But I'm dying, I'm dying to touch
And it's not like it, not like it hurts much anyway
Attention, attention, may I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room if only, if only for one second
Did you hear what I have to？
Oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell？
To the fact that we could have something, something
Attention, attention, may I have all your eyes and ears
To the front of the room if only, if only for one second
Did you hear what I have to？
Oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell？
To the fact that we could have something that'll never happen
Did you hear what I have to？
Attention, attention
Upside-down and inside-out
Attention, attention
Upside-down and inside-out
8.Skeptics And True Believers
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
Don't be so scared we will not lead
You on like you've been doing for weeks
You're selfish and I'm sorry
When I'm gone you'll be going nowhere fast
Nowhere fast, nowhere fast
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
'Cause I wouldn't believe you if you said the same to me
And near death, last breath and barely hanging on
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
Don't be so scared to take a second for reflection
To take a leave of absence, see what you're made of
So I'm selfish and you're sorry
When I'm gone, you'll be going nowhere fast
So who's selfish and who's sorry？
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
'Cause I wouldn't believe you if you said the same to me
And near death, last breath and barely hanging on
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
Someone somewhere said somethings
That may have sparked some sympathy
But don't believe
Don't believe a word you heard about me
Don't be so scared, it's harder for me
Don't be so scared
Don't be so scared, it's harder for me
Don't be so scared, it's harder for me
Don't be so scared
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
'Cause I wouldn't believe you if you said the same to me
And near death, last breath and barely hanging on
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
Someone somewhere said somethings
That may have sparked some sympathy
But don't believe
Don't believe a word you heard
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
'Cause I wouldn't believe you, wouldn't believe you now
Would you believe me if I said I didn't need you？
'Cause I wouldn't believe you, wouldn't believe you now
9.Slow Down
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
Close the door and take the stairs
Up or down, ups and downs
Don't pretend, you've never been there
You kiss me like an over dramatic actor
Who's starving for work
With one last shot to make it happen
You won the role, you've played your part
You've been cordially invited but I'm not impressed
And I'm definitely not excited
'Cause the film has a shallow budget
And the writer's subject script isn't any deeper
So dive right in
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Hey you, who are you kidding？
I'm not like them, I won't buy it
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Hey you, who are you kidding？ Don't quit 'til 47
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster
Take back everything you ever said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
She said, 'Alright, alright slow down'
Oh no, oh no we won't
'Cause I regret everything that I said
To ever make her feel like she was somethin' special
Or that she ever really mattered
Or did she ever really matter？
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills and you
Who are you kidding？
I'm not like them, I won't buy it
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Just don't count on the summer, don't quit 'til you're 47
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster
Take back everything you ever said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
I'm not sayin' that I'm not breakin'
Some hearts tonight, girl
Oh, I'm not sayin' that I'm not breakin'
Some hearts tonight, girl
Alright, alright, slow down
Take back everything you ever said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Take back everything you said girl
You never meant a word of it
You never did
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Hey you, who are you kidding？
I'm not like them, I won't buy it
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Hey you, who are you kidding？
I'm not like them, I won't buy it
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills
Hey you, who are you kidding？
I'm not like them, I won't buy it
10.Season
Lyricist：William Beckett, Michael Carden
Wake up think fast, three weeks have passed
We are changing
No sleep, no gas, no excuses will pass
These lips 'cause were shapin' up to be
All you wish you could have been
To write the hits and to turn their heads
And to open eyes to a brand new season
(Open your eyes)
A brand new season
So show me something we haven't heard yet
But I'm not convinced and your hopeless songs won't stick
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is not who I am
Wake up think fast three weeks have passed
These lips 'cause we're shapin' up to be
All you wish you could have been
To write the hits and to turn heads, to turn heads
To open eyes to a brand new season
(Open your eyes)
A brand new season
So show me something we haven't heard yet
But I'm not convinced and your hopeless songs won't stick
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is not who I am
You'll see what we mean, you'll notice when we're gone
So show me something we haven't heard yet
But I'm not convinced and your hopeless songs won't stick
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is not who I am
So show me something we haven't heard yet
But I'm not convinced and your hopeless songs won't stick
But I, I'll sing you something you won't forget
For the first time I know this is not who I am
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