1.Half Truism
One is for envy and one just for spite
The cuts in my heart, they show in your eyes
It dont make it better
Twisting knife turns the blades off onto someone else
Stop the operation, we'll leave this behind
Beyond slings and arrows bearing on your mind
It don't make it better
Shake it off, it never mattered anyway
If we don't make it alive
It's a hell of a good day to die.
Our light that shines strong
Only lasts for so long.
And it's ashes to ashes again
Should we even try to pretend?
Our light that shines strong
Only lasts for so long.
The banner you're waving is burning red
It's blocking sunlight that shines overhead
You against the world
Diamonds and pearls will see society turn
Watch the city burn
Your own admiration will leave them behind
On the slings and arrows bearing on your mind
It don't make it better
Break it cause it never mattered anyway
If we don't make it alive
It's a hell of a good day to die.
Our light that shines strong
Only lasts for so long.
And it's ashes to ashes again
Should we even try to pretend?
Our light that shines strong
Only lasts for so long.
I won't come down
The banner you're waving is burning red
You against the world
Diamonds and pearls
It never mattered anyway
If we don't make it alive
It's a hell of a good day to die.
Our light that shines strong
Only lasts for so long.
And it's ashes to ashes again
Should we even try to pretend?
Our light that shines strong
Only lasts for so long.
2.Trust In You
I am the one, your help I've refused
Your offering hand just set off the fuse
I am the rock that pushes away
I gave up tomorrow to spite today
Too proud to beg
Too stubborn to try
I'd look in your face
And spit in your eye
But I'm willing to find what's really inside
And show I am strong enough to
Trust in you.
Trust in you.
Trust in you.
Pull me up
Quo modo shadow to light
Quo modo shadow to light
Quo modo pull me up
Pull me up
Cause I am ready
(waiting) I am the one who blames only you
The flame in my eyes now blackens my view
I am the one who wanders alone
Darkness inside blocks how you've shone
Who tied the other
End of my rope?
I want to move on
I want to have hope
So I'm willing to change
I'm going to try
To show I am strong enough to
Trust in you.
Trust in you.
Trust in you.
Pull me up
Quo modo shadow to light
Quo modo shadow to light
Quo modo pull me up
Pull me up
Cause I am ready
Trust in you.
Trust in you.
Trust in you.
Pull me up
Quo modo shadow to light
Quo modo shadow to light
Quo modo pull me up
Pull me up
Cause I am ready
3.You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
Show me how to lie
You're getting better all the time
And turning all against one
Is an art that's hard to teach
Another clever word
Sets off an unsuspecting herd
And as you step back into line
A mob jumps to their feet
Now dance fucker dance
Man, he never had a chance
They never really knew
It was really only you
And now you steal away
Take him out today
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far kid
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See them running, for their lives
Slowly out of line
And drifting closer in your sights
So play it out I'm wide awake
It's a scene about me
There's something in your way
And now someone is gonna pay
And if you can't get what you want
Well it's all because of me
Now dance fucker dance
Man, I never had a chance
And no one even knew
It was really only you
And now you'll lead the way
Show the light of day
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far kid
Trust, deceived!
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See them running, for their lives
Now Dance fucker dance
Man, he never had a chance
And no one even knew
It was really only you
So Dance fucker dance
Man, I never had a chance
It was really only you
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See them running, for their lives
Clever alibis, lord of the flies
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See them running, for their lives
4.Hammerhead
I am the one
Camouflage and guns
Risk my life
To keep my people from harm
Authority
Vested in me
I sacrifice
With my brothers in arms
Through this doorway
What's on the other side?
Never knowing
Exactly what I'll find
Locked and loaded
Voices screaming
Let's go!
Come on do it!
Here we go..
I'll take a life that others may live
Oh that's just the way it goes
I shut my eyes, it hammers in my head
Where it'll end
Nobody knows
I'll take a life that ten others may live
Oh that's just the way it goes
It's playing over and over in my head
Where it'll end
Nobody knows
Stay the course
Reasonable force
I believe I serve a greater good
Smoke and dust
Enemies are crushed
Nothing left
Where a man once stood
Through this doorway
What's on the other side?
Never knowing
Exactly what I'll find
Locked and loaded
Voices screaming
Let's go!
But I'm just doing what I'm told..
I'll take a life that others may live
Oh that's just the way it goes
I shut my eyes, it hammers in my head
Where it'll end
Nobody knows
I'll take this life that ten others may live
Oh that's just the way it goes
It's playing over and over in my head
Where it begins and where it'll end
Nobody knows
Bang bang, it hammers in my head
though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me
Locked and loaded, gonna find my truth
Now I'm busting through
All hell breaks loose
And you can all hide behind your desks now
And you can cry, 'teacher come help me!'
Through you all, my aim is true
5.A Lot Like Me
How does it feel?
When you have it all?
How can you live?
With nothing at all?
Where do you run?
Where do you go?
When the holes in your truth
Are starting to show?
And the rain comes
And the world is on my head
Crave the sun
But I can't get out of bed
How can you take?
Without giving back?
How does it work?
When it's really cracked?
How does it feel
Hearts and minds have been won
How does it feel
And I wonder
How it's all come undone And the rain comes
And the world is on my head
Crave the sun
But I can't get out of bed
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it You're sliding
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it Can't hide it
Tell me who do you see
Cause you look a lot like me
How can you take?
Without giving back?
Who do you see?
Cause you look a lot like me
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it You're sliding
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it Can't hide it
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it You're sliding
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it Can't hide it
And I wonder
How it's all come undone And the rain comes
Crave the sun
But I can't get out of bed
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it You're sliding
Want it You got it You're sorry You bought it Can't hide it
Tell me who do you see
Cause you look a lot like me
6.Take Me Nowhere
When the day begins
All the guilt sinks in
And I look on the wreckage of the night
Though I try to break free
The cycle breaks me
Am I ever gonna see the light?
All the friends I've lost
And the pain I've caused
Have never been enough just to make me stop
The lines I draw to look at myself
Are turning into somebody else
I know how this will end
But I'm starting up again
Turned around, inside out
Cause this way
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
It beats me up
When I go there I know I could start again
When I go there Oh no, here we go again
Takes me nowhere Oh no, here we go again
It beats me up
Open on this scene
A familiar dream
Of you telling me what I already know
Though the truth seems near
You can't get there from here
But you sure know where you're gonna go
As the rumor wind blows
My infamy grows
Seeing friends above
And I hit another low
The picture I paint to look at myself
Is turning into somebody else
I know how this will end
But I'm starting up again
Turned around, inside out
Cause this way
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
It beats me up
When I go there I know I could start again
When I go there Oh no, here we go again
Takes me nowhere Oh no, here we go again
It beats me up
But today, if I change
And stop digging my own grave
I will try, to set things right
Cause this way
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
Takes me nowhere I can't can't see a way out
It beats me up
When I go there I know I could start again
When I go there Oh no, here we go again
Takes me nowhere Oh no, here we go again
It beats me up
7.Kristy Are You Doing OK
There's a moment in time
And it's stuck in my mind
Way back when we were just kids
'Cuz your eyes told a tale
Of an act of betrayal
I knew that somebody did
Oh, waves of time
Seem to wash away the scenes of our crimes
For you this never ends
Can you stay strong
Can you go on
Kristy are you doing ok
A rose that won't bloom
Winter's kept you
Don't waste your whole life trying
To get back what was taken away
Though the marks on your dress
Have been neatly repressed
I knew that something was wrong
And I should have spoke out
And I'm so sorry now
I didn't know
'Cuz we were so young
Oh, clouds of time
Seem to rain on innocence left behind
It never goes away
Can you stay strong
Can you go on
Kristy are you doing ok
A rose that won't bloom
Winter's kept you
Don't waste your whole life trying
To get back what was taken away
Oh, clouds of time
Seem to rain on innocence left behind
It never goes away
Can you stay strong
Can you go on
Kristy are you doing ok
A rose that won't bloom
Winter's kept you
Don't waste your whole life trying
To get back what was taken away
Don't waste your whole life trying
To get back what was taken away
8.Nothingtown
Let's make this complicated
Thinking is overrated
We're busting out
Of this shitty little town
Green grass and colored lenses
Tear down these picket fences
Burn in our beds
While the city lies sleeping
Why oh why?
Are we starting up and going down?
My oh my
Just the two of us in Nothingtown
Our superhero play
We'll leave this town today
Hold on tighter
With my lighter
Shining through
These city streets are burning
Rose red your wheels are turning
Make me believe
Someday we could really leave
Blindfold a new direction
Stop asking better questions
Don't figure out
That we're never getting out
Why oh why?
Are we starting up and going down?
My oh my
Just the two of us in Nothingtown
Our superhero play
We'll leave this town today
And I'll row it if you steer it
I'll yell until you hear it
Hold on tighter
With my lighter
Shining through
Why oh why?
Are we starting up and going down?
My oh my
Just the two of us in Nothingtown
Our superhero play
Our dreams get in the way
And I'll row it if you steer it
I'll yell until you hear it
Hold on tighter
With my lighter
Shining through
Still stuck in Nothingtown
Still stuck in Nothingtown
Come on let's go
9.Stuff Is Messed UP
everywhere
making things right
now i don't know when it's hard to explain
but it seems like things are kind of insane
because the world is crying but nobody's listening
so please leave a message on my cellphone
i see bullets getting better
biblical weather
and the guy on tv is, like, a total asshole
what are you wearing tonight?
celebrity fundraiser type
making things right
i don't know much
i don't know too much
but i know this
shit is fucked up
i guess it's all about the dream
the end justifies the means
i'm telling you, shit is fucked up
i guess it's all about the dream
the end justifies the means
now thank god for the media for saving the day
putting it all into perspective in a responsible way
with more celebrity news
chemical bullshit views
i think we're losing this fight
we're sponsored by the night
now we're rocking the casbah
and taking the flack
the genie's out of the bottle
and we can't put it back
it's overwhelming my brain
yea, you see the storm coming
it's coming this way
i don't know much
i don't know too much
but i know this
shit is fucked up
i guess it's all about the dream
the end justifies the means
i'm telling you, shit is fucked up
i guess it's all about the dream
the end justifies the means
shopping
ecstacy
atrophy
genocide
pimp my ride
volatile
everywhere
apathy
i don't care
rehab
calamity
tv reality
boob jobs
i don't know much
i don't know too much
i don't know much
i don't know too much
i guess it's all about the dream
the end justifies the means
i'm telling you, shit is fucked up
i guess it's all about the dream
the end justifies the means
10.Fix You
she wakes up, rage and grace
pulling me closer, pushing at away at me
the sharpest thorn on the vine
twisting and turning, we're all intertwined
broken wing, empty glass
words that scream and bounce right back
she says 'oh no, we'd all like to re-arrange'
i wish i could fix you and make you how i want you
i wish i could fix you and i wish you could fix me
i wish i could heal you and mend when you are broken
i wish i could heal you and i wish you could heal me
a beaming sunrise buries the night
destroys the light
and she says 'baby i gotta get goin'
cutting each other without even knowin
she sees a million stars like holes in the sky
all god's tears for her, they cry
and i am in her way
i wish i could fix you and make you how i want you
i wish i could fix you and i wish you could fix me
i wish i could heal you and mend when you are broken
i wish i could heal you and i wish you could heal me
broken wing, empty glass
words that scream and bounce right back
she says 'you know, we'd all like to re-arrange'
destroys the light
11.Let's Hear If For Rock Bottom
In my perfect isolation
I can stay here for awhile
Antidotes and revelations
Just extend my own exile
Wasting away
The world's right in front of me
Funny you should say
That it's all in my head
Wasting away
We're hitting rock bottom
And going down in flames
Well it's not that bad
With my lack of observation
I can stay in here for days
Could you find my motivation
I can't see it through this haze
Wasting away
The world's right in front of me
Funny you should say
That it's all in my head
Wasting away
We're hitting rock bottom
And going down in flames
Well it's not that bad
Wishing away
The world's right in front of me
Call me anyway
Cause it's all in my head
Wasting away
We're hitting rock bottom
And going down in flames
Well it's not that bad
Wasting all my days
What would Ivan say
Wasting all my days
What would Ivan say
Wasting away
We're hitting rock bottom
Call me anyway
Cause I got two friends
Wasting away
We're going down together
And all in all it's not so bad
All in all it's not so bad
It's hard to know
Where to start and where to go
I will never say these words again
Wasting away
The world's right in front of me
Funny you should say
That it's all in my head
Wasting away
We're hitting rock bottom
And going down in flames
Well it's not that bad
Wishing away
The world's right in front of me
Call me anyway
Cause it's all in my head
Wasting away
We're hitting rock bottom
And going down in flames
Well it's not that bad
Wishing away
Call me anyway
Wasting away
12.Rise and Fall
This time you're really dead
Once followed, but always led
You thought you'd rise above it all
It's all inside your head
All ripping it up in shreds
I know someday you're gonna fall
And I don't wanna say I told you so
But I told you so
Now you've lost control
And I don't wanna be the rise and fall
So gimme more or nothing at all
You're in an awful way
Sucked in by what you crave
They just can't wait to see you crawl
And you can only laugh
Give in to the other half
They're only tearing down your walls
And I don't wanna say I told you so
But I told you so
Now you've lost control
And I don't wanna be the rise and fall
So gimme more or nothing at all
They've come to see you rise and fall
They're only tearing down your walls
They've come to see you rise and fall
And I don't wanna say you've lost control
And I don't wanna say I told you so
But I told you so
Now you've lost control
And I don't wanna be the rise and fall
So gimme more or nothing at all
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