1.Conflict Resolution
Others, they may live for glory,
But I just want, to myself to be true.
Others, they may live for glory,
But I just want, to myself to be true.
Anxiety now grips my mind and I wonder what to do.
I compare myself to the person that I see in you.
I will not fail. I will not fall.
Others, they may live for glory,
But I just want, to myself to be true.
Others, they may live for glory,
But I just want, to myself to be true.
Doubt - leave me now. I'm only so strong. Only so much can I do,
Before I crack and think it's time that that I gave into you.
I will not fail. I will not fall.
Others, they may live for glory,
But I just want, to myself to be true.
Others, they may live for glory,
But I just want, to myself to be true.
2.Desperation
You never thought you'd be the one that they find on the ground.
When they scrape the bottom of the barrel, you are what they
found.
His fear of death and starvation is what motivates this man,
When you're desperate you'll do almost anything you can.
Desperation is living here with me.
Desperation is smiling down on me.
Desperation, desperation, I have no freedom to be free.
Desperation please let me be.
Excuse me this time, but I've seen what you do.
You're shamed you're naked, humiliated too.
With no ego and no pride left, you wonder who you are.
You feel like you've been pushed into a corner
And it shouldn't go this far.
No, no, no, you know you know this man.
No, no, no, he'll do almost anything he can.
3.Silver Lining
These are my lines to memorize and make sure you believe them
'Cause things are bad and at the edge of every cloud's a black
lining.
But wait, she said, as she stood by my side.
And how her face glows, the black lining's gone.
It's silver.
She told me to...
Hold on to this thought, I had an illustration.
He would struggle, couldn't get along, but now he can.
And plus it's true that this band's got my back.
Now everyone knows the black lining's gone.
It's silver she told me to.
And then I guess it only goes to show.
Battered and bruised, life lands some hits.
So far, but she told me to...
4.Losing You
Better days have come my way and I'm not one that likes to say
That world is so gray, but things are pretty crappy.
I lost my money, lost my mom and everything I had is gone.
Go ahead and pile it on.
I knew that these days would come,
But I'd rather be here playing in the sun.
Right now I may feel down,
But the world's gonna spin and things will turn around.
Clouds are rolling back again now, I'm at my ropes end,
All I need is my true friend, but things are pretty crappy.
I don't care what you say.
5.451
Those who run this world, their power lies within my mind.
My own ignorance is what gives them charge of my life.
It's the religion, education, books filled with false
information.
I've grown up in this system. I've come to the decision
That I have been spoon-fed some lies.
And now it's my determination to find mental liberation
And the freedom of my soul depends heavily on what I know.
So I won't swallow these spoon-fed lies.
So I won't tell if you won't tell about the lies they teach.
The truth be known we understand they lie.
Learn all that you can. Cause if not you're a slave to the man,
And we censor ourselves when the books we leave on the shelf.
It's the religion, education, books filled with false
information.
I've grown up in this system. I've come to the decision
That I have been spoon-fed some lies.
And now it's my determination to find mental liberation
And the freedom of my soul depends heavily on what I know.
So I won't swallow these spoon-fed lies.
You're feeling me once, you're feeling twice,
You're feeling me three, you're feeling me thrice,
But now you will see that I will rise and be free.
6.Fatalist
I cannot ignore their eyes or the fatalist inside of me
That tells me that the future seems so bleak.
I know it's wrong, but every single time we play that song,
You would cry if you missed your chance to sing along.
And after all the choruses have ended incomplete,
Would someone please risk it all to come and rescue me？
I'll wait here, I'll be here,
I'll always understand
That things might deconstruct,
But piece by piece life is rebuilt.
7.Broken Path
The railroad tracks reflect the setting sun,
Blazing softly around the bend.
The railroad engineer has one last hope,
That those severed rails are just a bad dream.
Are we built to last？
Are we built to last？
Our lives lived too fast？
Are we built to last？
This teenager with his heavy mind
Contemplates just what he's done.
Dirty shoes beat down a dusty road.
Here his hopes and fears will never be told.
Walking through a field,
The weeds and thorns, they cling and tear my skin.
Taking this short cut over again with the same old consequence.
My mind wanders to a familiar thought
A broken path, a burning sky, an engineer
Is where this story is forever.
8.Echoes Of Joy
You're not here so this song is just an echo of feelings
That I've felt since the day that you left me.
Now this emptiness consumes me, but this moment brings you back
to me.
And talking politics and walks around the block.
I'll stay awake 'til the night turns into day writing songs
So I can understand this state of mind.
I'll run back to the place where everything had started.
I'll fast forward time so you'll be here.
Old letters that remind me that you love me.
And these memories on lonely nights, they warm me.
Your green eyes are burned into my memory,
But this moment brings you back to me.
And talking politics and walks around the block.
9.Moments And Memories
I wish you would sit down with me.
I miss our long talks.
The inside jokes and names we gave to the people we hate.
We've gotten so caught up now in the lives we lead.
We've forgotten the things that made life so easy.
So find me the road that takes me back to those days.
I wish I could find someone who knew that road and the way.
Cause these are the moments that I'll miss the most,
So take me back there please.
And these are the memories that I'll miss the most
And I keep them just for me.
I used to know just what I wanted, I lost my way.
My dreams got crushed cause I had even more bills to pay,
But even bills can't crush the good times we had.
Cause in the end these memories are all we had.
10.3 Page Letter
Everyone's convinced to blame it on the kids,
What a disappointment they've turned out wrong.
They are themselves, they harm themselves.
You won't find them,
They don't seek your smile in unity and chaos.
A smoke filled room.
A life support system you'll never know.
And all he knows is that he'll never fail,
Like his two brothers that are locked in jail.
The three-page letter that he read today
Reminds him he'll never let go.
These vacant cities these vacant stares littered with pilgrims
Who've been left alone far too often in their own homes.
11.Unlock Your Door
Walking alone in my town with headphones
On wishing that I was home alone with you.
A week of hard labor is done and all I want to do
Is sit at home and look at you.
But passing my friends on the street and wishing
That my slow old feet would bring me closer to your door.
I know you'll say everything is okay
I don't believe you anymore.
So please unlock your door.
Tell me you want me more than anyone you've known before.
So please unlock your door.
The distance between you and me may be small,
But big you'll see just give me a chance and I'll explain
That right now's the only time for me to be alone.
Don't cry, I'm coming home to you right now.
12.Acoustic Session
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