What We Are

The Material What We Are Lyrics
1.This Is Goodbye

Hold back the tears, I've been here too long,
I'm just wasting time so it's time to move on.
And you can't deny I've put off my dreams,
Throw that calendar out, there's more out there for me.

So, I'm gone, out the door,
Needed you, but not any more.
Sure, it's true, I might fail,
But not the same way as if I stayed here.
This is goodbye.

Please, bite your tongue, 'cause there's nothing to say,
I've been cursing the clock, so I'm leaving today.
I've never been scared of taking the chance that you never did,
And you never will, so how could you ever understand?

This is my chance to make it,
This is my life, I won't waste it here.


2.Interlude


3.What We Are

You don't know our names
So call us what you want
But we won't leave this place
Until we've left our mark

Like a cigarette
Try to stomp us out
The walls that you've built up
We're gonna burn them down

Take or leave it, we're not gonna change

CHORUS
This is what, this is what we are
Forget what you've been told
Little do they know
We're just getting started
This is what, this is what we are
Not fooling anyone
Take a look at what we've done
We're just getting started

I can feel their eyes
Trying to dim our light
The harder that they try
The brighter we will shine

We are the wayward sounds
You can't hold us down
Cause we have learned to fly
With our feet on the ground

Take or leave it, we're not gonna change

This is what, this is what we are
Forget what you've been told
Little do they know
We're just getting started
This is what, this is what we are
Not fooling anyone
Take a look at what we've done
We're just getting started

Times up we've been hidden for too long
Gotta scream, gotta scream it from our lungs
Times up we've been hidden for too long
This is what we are this is what we are

This is what, this is what we are
Forget what you've been told
Little do they know
We're just getting started
This is what, this is what we are
Not fooling anyone
Take a look at what we've done
We're just getting started


4.I'd Be Lying

Each day I see it, the memory of me leaving
I still don't even know the reason why
Early one morning I left a note with no warning
Too scared to even really say goodbye

Oh, I wish you could hear the truth,
That I'd be lying if I said that I don't need you
And I'd be lying if I said I'm better off alone
And I've been trying to forget the day I let you go
Yeah, I'd be lying, but I guess you'll never know.

You were what I needed but I was too blind to see it
And I know that you never would've let me fall
And now it's too late, you've gone away without a trace.
It's like you were never even here at all.

'Cause I'm a wreck when you are gone,
And I know now that I was wrong.
And I need you, I need to find you,
Come back to me.


5.A World Outside

I can see you're losing hope,
Your smile's not the same,
Don't try to deny it.
I can hear it when you speak,
Your voice gives you away,
So why try to hide it?

And I made you feel broken,
But I will never leave you alone.

Keep believing, just keep on breathing.

Don't give up, there's so much that you should be seeing, you
wouldn't believe it.
I know you've had enough, but there's a world outside that's
been waiting,
Life's what you make it so don't throw it away.

I know it's hard to get back up when the world has turned on
you, you can't find a reason,
Just reach out and take my hand, I swear we'll make it through.


6.The Only One

I was alone when you came running
I was a stranger in the dark
You found the light in me
And you lit up my heart

There was a time when I was broken
There was a piece of me with you
You put me back together
And now I'm brand new

Well I've been trying to find the words to say
That I'll be lost without you
Yeah I'll be lost without you

Coz you're the only one that gets me
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
You're the only one that holds me

When I'm out there chasing my dreams
And I've got you by my side
I can put this world behind me
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight

If I forget to say I love you
If I get lost along the way
You'll be the one guiding me back everyday

I know the road hasn't been easy
I know our faith will pull us through
The promise we made through thick and thin still holds through

It doesn't matter how far away we go
In your arms is a place that I call home
The place I call home


7.I'm Alive

Tell me what you really wanna say,
Take that mask off, let me see your face.
Now, it's time to end this charade, it's not real.

Well, I can see right through your lifeless eyes,
When every word was just another lie.
So comfortable in your new disguise, you're not real.

I'm alive, look inside, there's a heart that is beating,
Tell me what that means to you.
I am real, and I can feel every word that cuts through me,
Must I bleed to prove to you that I'm alive?

Feels like I've been living with a ghost,
And you weren't there when you were needed most.
All your promises were hollow, just like you.


8.What Happens Next

This is our tine now
take a look around
everything is about to change.
We've said our goodbyes
Its time to realize
that nothing gold ever stay.

We set oue sails for so much more
Wont let our dreams get washed ashore
This is what we've waited for.

So tell me what happens next
I've been dying to see
Will we finally move?
Oh we're so bittersweet.
And all the days that we shared
i will never forget.
But its times to find out now
what happens next,

Waves of memories crashing at my feet,
i wouldnt trade them for anything
But the road ahead is a page unread
and theres no place i'd rather be.

So tell me what happens next
I've been dying to see.
Will we finally move on?
Oh we're so bittersweet.
And all the days that we shared
i will never forget
But its time to find out now
what happens next.

This our time now
take a look around
everything is about to change.
We said our goodbyes
Its time to realize
things will never be the same.

So tell me what happens next
I've been dying to see
Will we finally move on?
Oh we're so bittersweet
And all the days that we shared
i will never forget
But its time to find out now
what happens next.


9.Stay Here Forever

There we were, dancing in the dark with your hand wrapped around
my heart,
We were kids, shamelessly in love, back in the days when love
was still enough.
Take me back to when you said 'goodbye', I swear that I could
change your mind.

Darling, don't go, don't leave me alone,
Come on and say we're together,
It's a mistake, don't leave me this way,
Come on and stay here forever.

Sneaking out to meet you in the street,
Running fast against the summer heat.
I never thought those days would ever end,
But hear we are and you wanna be just friends.


10.Bird Without Wings

Lately I've been feeling like a bird without it's wings,
Tell me, how can one still fly without the other?
My heart's missing a big part that only you can see,
We tried so hard to patch the hole with friends and lovers.

And I know you can save me, if I could learn to let go.
I've just gotta let go.

I could ask you my questions but I know the answers,
I know what's missing from this life.
I could search for the meaning, but I know what's waiting,
I know I need you in this life.

There was a time when I could hear you calling out to me,
Was there so much noise it's gotten in the way?
I know that I could be the girl you want me to be,
I just pray that you still recognize my face.

You are the one beside my fate, you are the wind upon my cheek,
I'm letting go of everything, 'cause now I believe.
You are the one beside my fate, you are the wind upon my cheek,
Each breath is a gift you've given me, and now I believe.


11.Let You Down

So here we are again,
And you've thinkin that you've won
And I stil can't recognize the person that you've become

Will you look and see what you've done to me?
I've been crying on my floor
Can you hear me now as I'm walking out?
I won't take this, take this anymore

I didn't mean to let you down,
I didn't mean to call you out,
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
I didn't mean to walk away when you were lying to my face,
I didn't mean to turn right back and put you in your place
Or, maybe I did.

Oh, so you're an actor now?
Like guess our story was just pretend
And I, bet your arrogance,
It gets you in the end.

Did you think that I wouldn't realize?
You played me for a fool
How do you feel now?
Everyone found out and we all know the truth,
About you.

I didn't mean to let you down
I didn't mean to call you out
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around
I didn't mean to walk away when you were lying to my face
I didn't mean to turn right back and put you in your place
Or, maybe I did.

You should've seen your face when I walked out,
I let the words fall out of my mouth,
It would've felt so good to pull the curtain down,
No one believes you now.

I didn't mean to let you down, no. . .
I didn't mean to let you down,
I didn't mean to call you out,
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
I didn't mean to walk away when you were lying to my face,
I didn't mean to turn right back and put you in your place
Or, maybe I did.
Maybe I did, yeah
Oh, maybe I did.


12.Appearances

This isn't hide and seek
I left, you followed me
I need some time to think
And you know it

I'm feeling trapped inside
But too afraid to cry
I'm living my own lie
And you know it

Well I've been keeping up appearances,
But this smile's wearing thin

Let me out, let me out
I think I might drown
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
Let me out, let me out
I can't make a sound
I hate to say it but I think it's over

I struggle to hold on
But I'm trying to be strong
Hiding more then I let on
And you know it

I'm searching for a dream
A reason to believe
But I'm sinking underneath
And you know it

Well I've been keeping up appearances
But this smile's wearing thin

Let me out, let me out
I think I might drown
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
Let me out, let me out
I can't make a sound
I hate to say it but I think it's over

Let me out, let me out
I think I might drown
Let me out, let me out, let me out,
Let me out, let me out, this smile's wearing thin

Let me out, let me out
I think I might drown
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
Let me out, let me out
I can't make a sound
I hate to say it but I think it's over