1.The Calming Collection
collect your head, collect yourself, collect your severance
what on earth will you tell the wife and kids？
you pace the hallway until your paranoia peels off your feet
we're only flesh and bone
in disbelief you'll see so clearly
you'll never feel it coming
i'll see you there on the hinge of your life decision
are we going nowhere til we're gone？
shaking in our great collapse
we are the calming collection
just breathe in and out with me
can we escape the effigies？
penniless isn't worthlessness
so just for now spare your tears of your empty pockets
2.Carry The Banner
this morning crawls
my motivation's been snowed in and I finally caught that glimpse
of the edge
I've been avoiding
so try your best to keep these bullets from my chest
as I was the blood from your sweat,
talking seems useless, doesn't it？
live through, live strong
carry on and on and on
no more false-start life at traffic lights
like trying to shake a dream you might not quite remember
completely
we're killing ourselves to live
inhale, exhale unlike everybody
we've just been bleeding
feel the cold swell in your throat
when this shit is getting old
don't disagree that what we've come to ain't so pretty
and all I can think is we're begging for change in our own way
cry knowing I'm the one who let you down when leaving town
a moment of clarity
don't let it tear out your throat chasing lines all fucking
night
and the wrongs you shouldn't write about
I speak from experience of all the fear in us
3.Bleed
four walls surround my bleeding hear by my own hand
you are an angel and i know you understand
but that don't keep the blood from rushing to my face
or keep the darkest days away
the feeling's numb and hallow and it calls my name
it moves my feet, it's in my blood, every last vein
my words will never...
you said it, you said it
our time's a waste but you can't bleed this out, forget it
drained dry and overrated
regret it, yeah, i regret it
letting those words escape but they're dying out now
come bleed this all out with me
we'll have an endless dying dream
we'll talk in circles in out sleep
sleep it off, the damage will repeat
i did it, i did it
i did it all knowing i was killing that feeling
are we numb and out of touch tonight？
and all the hours spent in a panic sweat
i hope they amount to something
or i've been burying myself
four walls surround my bleeding heart by own hand
you are no stranger and i hope you understand
but that don't keep the blood from rushing to my face
or end the darkest days
to all the times that we forget to take our time
swallow regret
'remember we're frequent the fire？' she said
let's burn it all again
what were you saying？
4.Here Comes Treble
i can't wait to show you what a jaded fuck i've become
i'm officially finished singing about some better way
cause we're all so young and there's time to change
just tell me aren't these the reddest eyes you've ever seen
sitting on the steps of where my family's grown
i fold from this game after the hundredth time this feeling's
passed over me
i'll try my best not to take my time in...
maybe the telephone ring
i'll waste my life and never make up the time
i wrote this for my brother
i didn't mean to become a stranger
and this is for my mother
how could i ever turn and leave this place？
now listen father,
i need to tell you all i've learned from you
it's written on my face as i drive 'round the world in disgrace
i'm not gonna take my time in...
making the telephone ring
i'll waste my life and never make up the time
are you still happy to see my pale face？
oh tell me why i rot on the inside
dry your eyes off in half-time
we'll only speak when it matters to me
how i despise this disguise
i'll never take my time in...
making the telephone ring
i'll waste my life and never make up the time
are you happy to see my pale face？
oh tell me why i sit and i rot on the inside
i can't find the words to dry your eyes
ain't life grand sometimes？
5.He Was A Jazzman
i see you gripping tight to the rails of your hospital bed
you move so slow
you say the pain you fell is too great to be inside your head
i know, i know
you move so slow
it don't mean anything to me
we start to die when we begin to breathe
but i'll keep scratching at your sympathy
i'll wander these white halls
scale all the walls for a thread of hope
wrap it around myself and cross my fingers i don't choke
i'd pray if it meant anything to me
one day i'll die and finally see what all the fuss us about
prepare yourself for the big sleep
it don't mean anything to me
we start to die when we begin to breathe
i'll keep scratching at your sympathy
until you're good and ready to leave
until you fell a lot like me
with curved eyes i smile as a bad excuse sites next to you
grinning crooked teeth,
they'll all be gone soon
as the door handle swings
i'm having trouble hearing you
you think i'm crazy don't you
count your bones and cleam 'em good
it's come to this just like we knew it would
the world's become a hospital
will someone medicate us please？
i'd pray if it meant anything to me
one day i'll die and finally see what all the fuss is about
prepare yourself for the big sleep
it don't mean anything to me
we start to die when begin to breathe
6.Shithawks
you're telling the world, they're going deaf
we all become reluctant participants
with no word of consequence
burning ears are everywhere
the looking smell of flesh
you're talking shit and cold-hearted abandonment
but i can handle it
oh feel that subsequence
i hear you rattling them bones holding you tight
you're not alone, go fucking figure
over-complicated is teenage blight
are you surprised they're giving you the finger？
now just remember they've got all the right
cut me up and cut me out
come on return the favour and sing it loud
oh louder now
i never meant quite what i said
get over it
my clumsy words were retrofitted
watch what you say 'til you're fucking dead
and think of all the time we wasted
i've never been much for the afterglow
and think of all the time we wasted
and every breath you took that left you choked and exasperated
i'll fix my eyes down to the floor as your abilities are
celebrated
just string those words along and end up red-faced, devastated
and if your mouth stays open i'll start pulling teeth
until your words catch up with you, just wait and see
wait for the things you do to follow you around
wait for the things you say to bring in skies of rolling black
clouds
i've never been afraid
7.Monumental
ever since i pulled over i've been looking for you in the
strangest places
with desperation painted on my face and i'm shaking
as i check every car window in the parking lot
swallowing these ashes whole and know that soon i'll be en route
to the hospital
you'd think i've got it all 'til tires start to crawl
i'm asleep at the wheel, this binge is monumental
getting high in a borrowed car
listening to the songs that got me this far
into my own head
just thinking of this, always thinking of this
put on a pair of sunglasses that turn february grey into
everything yellow
you'll always want to see as much of the sky as possible
you'd think i've got it all 'til tires start to crawl
i'm asleep and the wheel, this binge is monumental
and i feel no pain at all when these tires screech down to a
halt
asleep hitting the wall, this binge is monumental
greet the world with a po-po-po-poker face
through empty bottles in haze
they won't suspect a thing now will they？
itemize your life in a panicked state so you can sleep at night
and dream about never turning old and grey
catching my breath now seems so useless
as airplane conversations 'cause i enjoy toiling
in all of my frustration
you'd think i've got it all 'til tires start to crawl
i'm asleep at the wheel, this binge is monumental
and i feel no pain at all when these tires screech down to a
halt
asleep hitting the wall, this binge is monumental
our skin is peeling from the searing steel surrounding us
8.Filthy Habits
why won't everyone just forget about it
i left a trail of blood, well, i'm not flawless
and i don't deserve anything you're providing
i am cold, leave me alone
i tip-toe corners these days, always hiding
my madness swallows whole
every last distraction
and all that i'm left with are 1,000,000 questions
like 'have you grown cold？'
'are you fucking miserable？'
i just can't listen to sad songs anymore
i get get fuckin' bored
jealous of friendships that i can't abide by
(just like these sinking ships!)
watch the water swallow all of us all
this time i swear it's over
jump in with your lungs wide open
i wish it was, cynics never recover
they're always there, i can't even breathe
these are the words i've been dying to scream
still jealous of friendships i can't abide by
(now watch these sinking ships!)
watch the water swallow all of us all
this time i swear it's over
jump in with your lungs wide open
cynics never fucking recover
Spit on the stories you've been told
cause now you're so much older
it's clear you've forgotten all about this
i don't think that i'll ever recover
9.Liver Alone
i'll force these feet to move and i feel my liver alone
before the room explodes again
i smell your blood my friend
i'll stop at nothing to get some
fill this dirty glass for the wrong reasons
just stop and smell the stale stench wafting through the air
let it wheeze right out of you
case you are lost and you no longer care
about the things you used to
you're fluid, unaware
we overflow going nowhere
get up, get up, get up
you've gotta drown it out and then drain the memory
get up, get up, get up
get up in arms over the way it could've been
scratch your name through the surface again
i'll be with you cursing the morning
once excitable, your face contorts into a mess
get your back up off the wall
when six drinks just won't do the trick
now bottoms up and cheers alike to the memory of this wreck
have we become what our friends hate？
well fuck 'em in the end
get up, get up, get up
and start over again
drink up and over the edge my friend
poison diluted by the sea
but once the ocean rolls out
it leaves the shit behind in me
10.Sleep Your Life Away
i've been in a room with my regrets
strangled cold and queasy now
you and all your friends have got your heads screwed on right
it brings me down
i heard your voice and started to sweat
you saw my eyes dart to the corner of the restaurant
where we'd make excuses and horrible mistakes
we're killing time and saving face
everything could work out just fine
i might as well be a blind man
'cause i'm sick and tired of feeling around all my life
i could stare a whole year away
just to hear that there is some good news
my heart is open, bleeding
i'm suffering from the medicine bottle blues
i'm biting the head off small-town loyalty
cause i can't take it
don't hate yourself for your blackened veins
i'm the one that cause the hemorrhage
have you heard that love is dead？
now remember i'm the one who faded
and couldn't handle simple conversation
and ended up just singing about it
and we don't have to laugh about it
never tip our fucking hands about it
asleep, you're falling asleep
my thoughts weight heavy on the coldest shoulder
is everyone alive and doing well？
i can't wait till i'm older so you won't recognize
me running like hell
everything could work out just fine
i might as well be a blind man
'cause i'm sick and tired of feeling around all my life
sleep it all away and dream of something so incomplete
i'm drowning in disaster
next time i'll live life faster
sleep your life away with me
11.Count Your Bruises
from the echoed streets of the mission
where the night can save your life
to the rows of narrow corridors
where the world looks nothing like
anything your eyes have ever seen in your entire life
san francisco can be short and louder than the world at night
and the world exhales
and none of us can even stand still
let it rain all day on our asshole parade
cause we're smiling still
count your bruises one by one and laugh it off
and stick around down here with us
there's unity in detachment
we're not on trial
so let the time you spent on the back bench...
make the life you've lived worth while
in a city blanketed with revolution you can't live in denial
don't go living life inside those quotations
look to your friends for your inspiration
chicago rooftops will take me away from the ugly city
by the 405 where every palm tree dies and the world is burning
alive
12.New Years Resolutions
i hate to repeat myself but all i can do is ask the same old
questions
life changes so much in the blink of an eye sometimes you've got
to catch up with it
half a year spent in black
are we riding the tails of a heart attack？
we come and go, we're free to roam
i don't think i'm ever coming back
so go ahead retrace your steps yet again
to find a way to keep every heart beating loud
roses mark a box that's buried underground
you can't trash determination
breathe all the air back into your exhaustion
brandish uneven teeth to smile
just wear it out, wear it through
then all these words coming spilling out to you in this
disillusion
if this year continues how it's been
you're likely to never see my face again
to find a way to keep every heart beating loud
until then live it just for what it's worth
and know one day it will come crashing down
i'm told that's life somehow
no more funerals, no more fire and i'll miss all of you
until the day i die
have you found your way out of being afraid of sleeping sound
and getting stirred awake as the night gives up
like the dust that's settled to the ground
where we walk on burned names until we all fall down
have you found your way out
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