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This isn't what I want to do
The end of this comes down to you
But I suppose I'd only break your heart
so you can't be blamed for taking a head start
This is something that you need to hear
Though I suppose you never will my dear
Maybe there was something that I missed
Something to prepare me for this
What went right and what went wrong?
Were you pretending all along?
I know ignorance is bliss
But the truth can't hurt more than this
I can't blame you for what you have to do
This hurts me more than it hurts you
You could have made it easy though
Now I'll always wonder and you'll always know
All the things I wished for us, I'll leave them for you here
With everything I need to say, falling on deaf ears
Maybe they'll just disappear
The light will never reach us
Until the moment's gone
Lying in the afterglow
While the dying star moves on
I wonder if it hits you
Or if it puts you at ease
Now I'm the one who's feeling trapped
And you're the one who's free
All the things we could have shared
Suddenly it's just dead air
and all the things that could be ours
are cast aside under dead stars
All the things I wished for us, I'll leave them for you here
With all the things I need to say, falling on deaf ears
Maybe I'll just disappear
Someday I might forget it all
Everything's okay
Someday I might look back and laugh
But not today
In any case I'm moving on
Everything's destroyed
I still don't have a reason why
there is no signal, only noise
There is no signal, only noise
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This is the part where you break
and I'm sorry
but if we're placing blame, you should have known
How good did you think that this could go?
We have to stop before we go too far
I know what you're not, so I don't care what you are
It's easy if we say goodbye and it will hurt you less if you don't ask why
All those things we could have shared, just empty words, there's nothing there
It's better if I stay here and you find a way to disappear
This is the part where you learn
There's no goddamn plan for us
Do you see this going somewhere?
Cause I don't, cause I don't
I couldn't love you if I tried
So I won't, so I won't
And while this wasn't what I planned
Somehow I understand
And I'm letting go of what could have been
But still I wonder when
I'm digging through these memories
For all the times I think of you
Do you ever think of me?
Cut your loss because there's nothing left
Burn it down because it's for the best
End it now so it won't leave a mark
Pull the plug 'cause I don't feel a spark
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It went a little far today
You know how these things can get away from you
There's nothing I can say
There's nothing you can do
Maybe you'll find another place to hide
Though this one looks like a fine place to die
Just not for me
Right after the fallout came
We thought that things would never be the same
But you know, some things never change
So tell me one more time how fucked we are
That seems to really help
Throw out the line about how lucky we are
And then remind yourself
Stop asking questions if you don't want to know
You can stay, but I'm gonna go
This turned into a cell
There's no way that this ends well
Is there anything left?
At this point, I don't care
Because I know that what's in here
Can't be better than what's out there
So kiss me once and say goodbye
I'm not coming out of this alive
But in here
Part of me has already died
So tell me one more time how fucked we are
That seems to really help
Throw out the line about how lucky we are
And then remind yourself
Stop asking questions if you don't want to know
You can stay, but I'm gonna go
This turned into a cell
There's no way that this ends well
I'd tell you how sorry I am
But I don't want to bring it up again
You won't leave, but I might just kill myself and you if I must
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Goddamn it, I've got nothing to prove to you
and after this I want nothing to do with you
I think you're wrong 'cause you've never been right
Why start now when you're willing to fight?
So you can tell your story and we'll let it pass
take your good intentions, blow 'em out your ass
We know your secrets and we've passed them around
When the veil comes up, the rest falls down
You rearrange it, but the story's the same
Moving pieces around just to prolong the game
'Cause you're still in it if you're hands are clean
Do as I say shouldn't seem so obscene
I would've told you, but you never asked
I thought you knew that it wouldn't last
You weren't prepared when the tragedy hit
You only get so far slinging the same shit
In all the space that the silence allows
What's shown it's face is your problem now
It's your problem now
Goddamn it, I don't need an excuse
Because we all know this was yours to lose
I let it happen, but don't get confused
You fucking up doesn't count as news
You bought some time 'cause you covered your tracks
but there are still some things that you can't take back
Penitence is less than I expect
In light of recent events, I forgot you're perfect
and I may never remember again
Nothing touches you, don't tell us again
Like a goddamn hurricane, no one can contend
'Cause what I've got on you just flies away
It's not a crime once it starts to pay
Once it starts to pay
We all know that you get away
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Jesus Christ has a plan for you
Jesus Christ wants you dead
Jesus Christ has a plan for you
So just, so just do what he says
Motherfucker's got a way with words
He sure knows how to speak
Jesus Christ wants to love your neighbor
and turn the other cheek
So you say you want eternal life?
That would be insane!
But Jesus Christ can make it happen for you
Just don't use his name in vain
Goddamnit, Jesus is love
Watching every move from above
Goddamnit, Jesus cares
So say your fucking prayers!
Jesus Christ has a plan for you
You wanna know what it is?
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My grave was dug when I was young
and I jumped in it just for fun
or to pretend I had a choice
If I could only stick the landing now
and end up on my feet somehow
I'd climb my way back out and then
find some place to jump again
Your way doesn't work for me
I've never been much for complacency
There's a bridge to nowhere and I'm running for the edge
'Cause visibility's high and skies are clear
and it's a perfect place once you're sick of being here
Life is leaving you behind
And your answer doesn't have to be mine
If I could only stick the landing now
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When you get sick of being wrong
shut your mouth and I'll tell you what you got right
Absolutely nothing
can breathe in here with you
keeping your story so airtight
Satan sees you when you're sleeping
He knows that you're a fake
But even he starts taking notes
the second you awake
I like you better in disarray
The veneer of civility never really suited you
anyway
I see your mask is slipping
This charade won't hold
You can explain yourself
But I'd prefer it if you just go
Don't tell your story, 'cause it's starting to wear
I can save you the trouble
Because nobody cares
There's not a moment of truth
There's not a moment to lose
There's not a moment here that we can use
Would it kill you to leave?
There's nothing here that you need
This one seems like an acceptable loss to me
Because it's gotten old
as I think you should know
But that's your problem now
If there's no one watching, is it still a show?
But everyone's still looking
Though their reasons have changed
Now it's just morbid fascination
at the end of the day
We've gone much farther than we should have allowed
It stops right here, it stops right fucking now
There's not a moment of truth
There's not a moment to lose
There's not a moment here that we can use
Would it kill you to leave?
There's nothing here that you need
This one seems like an acceptable loss to me
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I don't believe in fate
But this is how it was supposed to go
Is this what they mean when they say
"when you know, you know"?
But you won't always be right
I won't always be wrong
I won't know what to say
but I won't stop going on
I know it's just killing time
I was hoping that you wouldn't mind
Knowing then what I know now
Taking back what I said somehow
cause I was wrong
But in my defense
Who would've thought it could make
this much sense
So come on!
I can promise that I'll let you down
but it's not something that I'm trying to do
and I can also tell you this right now
I'm not leaving here
I'm not leaving without you
I suppose it's strange
that what you're looking for is never clear
and you don't know what you need
until it's here
and I can't hand you the world
but I'll grab what I can
drop it off and start all over again
It's all that I can do
I hope that works for you
So come on!
I can promise that I'll let you down
but it's not something that I'm trying to do
and I can also tell you this right now
I'm not leaving here
I'm not leaving without you
So tell me everything you want me to hear
and everything you don't
tell me what you think will chase me away
so I can tell you it won't
So come on!
I can promise that I'll let you down
but it's not something that I'm trying to do
and I can also tell you this right now
I'm not leaving here
I'm not leaving without you
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Tell me what the fuck you mean
I never really know
I could try to guess again
We've seen how that tends to go
So tell me what you want me to say
and I'll do my best to repeat
Then tell me how I'm supposed to react
so I can best complete the show
Stepping out of line again
Thought it would fix itself with time, but then
disorder seems to reappear
and lead us right back here
So scrape it all away
I can feel it behind my eyes
Now it's moving inside my head
and it's starting to scrape away
leaving a void instead
The memories are passing now
along with all that we've been through
I may never say it again
but in theory, I'll still love you
I can never shut my mouth
don't want a battle lost
so what I have to do
is shut the battle off
Forget those wasted words
and all that wasted time
we'll see eye to eye
once there's nothing behind mine
It's so easy to say you're sorry
When you don't know if you are
Up into orbit now
in the pre-frontal lobe
I've got the leucotome
and everything must go
I can feel it behind my eyes
Now it's moving inside my head
and it's starting to scrape away
leaving a void instead
The memories are passing now
along with all that we've been through
I may never say it again
but in theory, I'll still love you
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I should've known this would hurt
It's the only way you can feel
But if you need someone to blame, here I am
just don't expect me to kneel to you
and beg forgiveness
I still know it's you who got us in this
and this is not where I wanted to be
We only play what we're dealt
You and I were just another mistake
Something I thought I could fix
Something I knew I could break
I never meant to hurt you
I always knew I would
I couldn't stop myself
But I knew I should
What the hell was I thinking?
And I don't have to be right anymore
It doesn't feel like it felt before
I want to sleep through the night once more
Without pretending everything's alright
I don't want you to be happy
I don't want you...
I am not what I thought I was
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Your silver linings are filled with clouds
and they're raining down on you now
The world is against you
but its the only game in town
You try to fool yourself as if there was another way
No one ever wins, but you know everybody plays
So take your place and hope that somehow you might fit the part
it isn't pretty, so does that mean that it must be art?
But these days, isn't everything?
So who can make the call?
Just let me know when you think something's out of place
and it's become all too clear
There's nothing left for us here
There's nothing left for us to hold on to
We didn't make our mark
'Cause all we did was play our parts
But that's how it's supposed to be
I swear I saw it somewhere on TV
Art imitating life imitating art
Now tell me where the circle starts
The lines have blurred and now black and white just fades away
No demarcation now
just fantastic shades of grey
Something's different
Nothing you can't live without
I took your box away
I gave you the gift of doubt
No need to hold it tight
as you'll never let it go
Once you see the light
it infects everything you know
That nothing's easy now
doesn't mean that it's a threat
all you're doing is living life without a net
So don't fall
You might leave an ugly corpse
You might die young
Burn your bridges on the way just for fun
There are no rules
except what you decide to take
but you're responsible for everything left in your wake
Everything will fall together
Everything will fall apart
but the world won't be waiting for you
to tell it when to start
Look Out!
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Contains further explorations of what we think it would sound like if pop music led a misfit youth and listened to a lot of metal. Angry, dejected and with this pretentious description thrown in at no extra charge.
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