- Attention
(We’re all just weird kids in the end)
Attention
I’ll walk you though this slowly if you’re still listening
Here's your penny back for stealing our thoughts
All for the sake of wanting more
Play it safe while you keep score
And one day we might find that piece of mind that we lost in the first place
- both sides of the story
If this is what you think is honest
Honestly, I think I'm gonna freak out
This isn't where I wanna be, wanna be
I think I'll let myself out
Show me the door, oh
'Cause I'm leaving the way I came in
With the mess I made
Tonight will be the one to set it off
- Calendar Pages
I've had it up to here with this
You're always calling
Girl, you're just tripping
No, I'm just falling
Over and over again
This change of heart is just
Is just a means to an end
- Carry Me Home
Carry me home tonight,
Carry me home tonight,
I'm doing all I can,
Hoping that you'll ,
Stay wrapped up in innocence,
And dressed in all my plans
- Easy
Baby we don't have to say goodnight
I just stop the tape and press rewind
Not anyone or anything about you
Could ever change these feelings
Let's be all of the things
They said we couldn't be
Let's take a chance, let's make it right
- Exits And Entrances
he's like a rock and I keep chipping off a piece to hold on to.
And she's got a lot of nerve not seeing you the way that I do.
We are, oh, we're about to be.
So much closer than you thought that we could ever be.
Well, I'm sorry to say that I gave it away.
We'll I'm empty.
You're empty.
- For The Win
I've got a way with words
and it's the cause of all my problems
I've got my mind set
and that's the way it is
I never thought it could get this bad
when I had you in my pocket everything was just fine and...
You've got a big mouth
- Kiss Me Again
I gotta say something I've been thinking about.
I can't wait to lay around with you.
And tell you all the secrets I've been keeping to myself.
It's been awhile since I've felt butterflies.
Do you feel the same way too?
If every single second could last that much longer.
Would you hold me?
- Never Be What You Want
I remember the nights we spent under city lights
This feelings got the best of me
We were floating along to the sounds of a dead end town
But now that's just a memory
I can't figure you out, you've got more fight in you
Than anybody else
And here's the part where I start to make my own damn decisions
- Reflections
I think I’ve seen you before
Another time, another face.
Whoever opened the door
Never had the time to waste.
To paint pictures over windows
That don’t satisfy our taste,
It’s so convenient to lose the truth
- Rumor Mill
Here we go again,
It’s like you’re calling all the shots before I shoot them
and I hate that.
Every time I turn my back I wonder what you’ll
say to make me sound like someone different
It’s not worth it anymore!
- See You Around
I got with a girl and started a war.
How could I know she was trouble? Oh.
I thought that I could ignore her.
Now I'm closer, but at least I'm not sleeping alone.
I gave him the world.
Showed him the door.
Now he should know how it feels to go.
- Sic Transit Glori
Keep the noise low, she doesn't wanna blow it. She stripped from head to toe and then left him with his shoulder out. Go get your heartbeat. It beats me straight into the ground. You don't recover from a night like this. Our victim, still lying in bed, completely motionless. A hand moves in the dark to her zipper. And a boy best in tourniquet sheets barely whispers, "This is so messed up." Upon arrival the guests had all stared. Dripping wet and clearly depressed, he'd headed straight for the stairs. No longer cool, but a boy in a stitch, unprepared for a life filled with lies and failing relationships. (Up the stairs, the station where the act becomes the art of growing up.) He keeps his hands low, he doesn't wanna blow it. He's wet from head to toe and his eyes give her the up and the down. His stomach turns and he thinks of throwing up. Get the body on the bed like it's flowered and he starts going down. The people, the focus. The reasons that I had to believe you weren't too hard to settle. Die young and
save yourself. They take all the taste out. It used to be the reason that we're even, now it's choking me up. Die young and save yourself. She hits the lights. This doesn't seem quite fair. Despite everything he learned from his friends, he doesn't feel so prepared. She's breathing quiet and smooth, he's gasping for air. "This is the first and last time", he said. She fakes a smile and presses her hips into his. He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides. He's holding back from telling her exactly what it really feels like. He is the lamb, she is the slaughter. She's moving way too fast and all he wanted was to hold her. Nothing that he touches is really having an effect. He whispers that he loves her, but she's probably only looking for... (Up the stairs, the station where the act becomes the art of growing old.) So much more than he could ever give. A life full of lies and failing relationships. He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides. He waits for it to end and for the aching in his guts to subside.
[!+!]I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light
The time has come for colds and overcoats. We're quiet on the ride, we're all just waiting to get home. Another week away, my greatest fear. I need the smell of summer, I need its noises in my ears. If looks could really kill, then my profession would staring. Please know we do this cause we care and not for the thrill. Collect calls to home to tell them that I realize that everyone who lives will someday die and die alone. And we won't let you in. Though we're down and out. We won't let you in. I wrote more postcards than hooks. I read more maps than books. Feel like every chance to leave is another chance I should have took. Every minute is a mile. I've never felt so hallow. I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews and empty aisles. My secrets for a buck. Watch me as I cut myself wide open on this stage. Yes, I am paid to spill my guts. I won't see home till spring. Oh, I would kill for the Atlantic, but I am paid to make girls panic while I sing. And we won't let you in. Though we're down and out.
[!+!]The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
We saw the western coast. I saw the hospital. Nurse the shoreline like a wound. We paint a lover's tryst. We're neither clear nor descript. We kept it safe and slow. The quiet things that no one ever knows. Keep the blood in your head and keep your feet on the ground. Today's the day it gets tired. Today's the day we drop down. Give up my body in bed. All for an empty hotel. Wasting words on lowercases and capitals. I contemplate the day we wed. Your friends are boring me to death. Your veil is ruined in the rain. By then you like to do without. There's nothing new to talk about. And though our kids are blessed, the parents let them shoulder all the blame. Keep the blood in your head and keep your feet on the ground. Today's the day it get
- Windows In Heaven
Seems like a dream
Awaken before it was done
How could this be?
I walk alone
But sometimes I picture your hands held in my own
My brave face it's too late now
[Chorus]
- Минус Long Live the Kids
I’ve seen the rise and the fall
The bitterness in all the empty hearts
that stopped before they left their mark
In this town, worst friends, can be your best enemies
Share the same last wish, last names.
It’s all lies to keep you in line
So hang on, be strong