 | I'm holdin' on your rope, Got me ten feet off the ground. And I'm hearin' what you say, But I just can't make a sound. You tell me that you need me, Then you go and cut me down... But wait... You tell me that you're sorry, Didn't think I'd turn around... And say... That it's too late to apologize. It's too late... I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late. Yeah! I'd take another chance, Take a fall, take a shot for you. I need you like a heart needs a beat, But it's nothin' new, yeah! I loved you with a fire red, Now it's turnin' blue... And you say... Sorry, like an angel Heaven let me think was you... But I'm afraid... It's too late to apologize. It's too late. I said it's too late to apologize. It's too late. |
 | This is a story full of restless nights Of do or do not 'cause there is no try Across a decade we flew high and we fell low And getting up when we're dragged down is all we've known We were born to be the ones To show the faithless what we've done And there's a fire inside We were born to be the ones To show the faithless what we've done And there's a fire inside It burns like the surface of the sun Here in this Angel City lights will shine Lights will shine And for a while we let ourselves go blind But now we know who loves and loves us not And they're worth every good thing we have lost We were born to be the ones To show the faithless what we've done And there's a fire inside Born to be We were born to be the ones To show the faithless what we've done And there's a fire inside It burns like the surface of the sun We were born to be the ones And burn like the surface of the sun To show the faithless what we've done And burn like the surface of the sun And all the million miles to go Not over yet, not even close |
 | And I got the call soon as the day hit night. As soon as the headlights lit up the Westside. I stopped the car and came outside Cause I know that tone. I remember the first time We wished upon parallel lines. Waiting for a friend to call And say they're still alive. I've given everyone I know A good reason to go. I was surprised you stuck around Long enough to figure out That it's all alright. I guess it's all alright. I got nothing left inside of my chest, But it's all alright. Yeah, it's all alright. I guess it's all alright. I got nothing left inside of my chest, But it's all alright. And now all my loves that come back to haunt me. My regrets and texts sent to taunt me. I never claimed to be more than a one-night stand I've given everyone I know A good reason to go. But I came back with the belief That everyone I love is gonna leave me. And it's all alright. I guess it's all alright. I got nothing left inside of my chest, But it's all alright. And it's all alright. I guess it's all alright. I got nothing left inside of my chest, But it's all all And I know, ohh nooo, You've fallen from the sun. Crashing through the clouds. I see you burning out. And I know, ohh nooo, That I put up a front But maybe, just this once, Let me keep this one. |
 | Never made it as a wise man I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing Tired of living like a blind man I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling And this is how you remind me This is how you remind me Of what I really am This is how you remind me Of what I really am It's not like you to say sorry I was waiting on a different story This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking and I've been wrong, i've been down, been to the bottom of every bottle these five words in my head scream "are we having fun yet?" yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no it's not like you didn't know that I said I love you and I swear I still do And it must have been so bad Cause living with me must have damn near killed you And this is how, you remind me Of what I really am This is how, you remind me Of what I really am |
 | When our time is up When our lives are done Will we say we've had our fun? Will we make a mark this time? Will we always say we tried? Standing on the rooftops Everybody scream your heart out. Standing on the rooftops Everybody scream your heart out. Standing on the rooftops Everybody scream your heart out. This is all we got now Everybody scream your heart out. All the love I've met I have no regrets If it all ends now, I'm set Will we make a mark this time? Will we always say we tried? |
 | Deep in the ocean, dead and cast away Where innocence is burned in flames A million mile from home, I'm walking ahead I'm frozen to the bones, I am... A soldier on my own, I don't know the way I'm riding up the heights of shame I'm waiting for the call, the hand on the chest I'm ready for the fight, and fate The sound of iron shocks is stuck in my head, The thunder of the drums dictates The rhythm of the falls, the number of dead's The rising of the horns, ahead From the dawn of time to the end of days I will have to run, away I want to feel the pain and the bitter taste Of the blood on my lips, again This deadly burst of snow is burning my hands, I'm frozen to the bones, I am A million mile from home, I'm walking away I can't remind your eyes, your face |
 | I feel my wings have broken in your hands I feel the words unspoken inside And, they pull you under And, I will give you anything you want, oh You are all I wanted All my dreams are fallen down Crawlin' around and around and around Somebody save me Let your warm hands break right through it Somebody save me I don't care how you do it, just stay, stay C'mon, I've been waiting for you I see the world has folded in your heart I feel the waves crash down inside And, they pull me under I would give you anything you want, oh You are all I wanted All my dreams have fallen down Crawlin' around and around and around... Somebody save me Let your warm hands break right through it Somebody save me I don't care how you do it, just stay, stay C'mon, I've been waiting for you All my dreams are on the ground Crawlin' around and around and around... Somebody save me Let your warm hands break right through Somebody save me I don't care how you do it just stay (stay with me) I made this whole world shine for you Just stay, stay C'mon, I'm still waiting for you |
 | I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don't know where it goes But it's home to me and I walk alone I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams When the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk a... My shadow's the only one that walks beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me 'til then I walk alone Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah, Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah I'm walking down the line That divides me somewhere in my mind On the border line Of the edge and where I walk alone Read between the lines What's fucked up when everything's alright Check my vital signs To know I'm still alive and I walk alone |
Edited 2012-10-20 21:08 (UTC)
 | All this time that I felt like this won't end Was for you And I taste what I could never have It's from you All those times that I tried, my intention, full of pride And I waste more time than anyone I'm on the outside I'm looking in I can see through you See your true colors 'Cause inside you're ugly You're ugly like me I can see through you See to the real you All the times that I've cried All this wasted, it's all inside And I feel, all this pain, stuffed it down It's back again And I lie here in bed, all alone, I can't mend And I feel tomorrow will be okay |
 | Darkness falls here comes the rain To wash away the past and the names Darkness fall here comes the rain To end it all the blood and the games Far, far away in a land that time can't change Long, long ago in a place of hearts and ghosts Far, far away in a land that time can't change Long, long ago in a place of hearts and ghosts This is a call to arms Gather soldiers Time to go to war Far, far away This is a battle song Brothers and sisters Time to go to war Long, long ago This is a call to arms Gather soldiers Time to go to war Far, far away This is a battle song Brothers and sisters Time to go to war This is a call to arms We own the night This is a battle song We own the night |
 | We'll have the days we break, And we'll have the scars to prove it, We'll have the bonds that we save, But we'll have the heart not to lose it. For all of the times we've stopped, For all of the things I'm not. We put one foot in front of the other, We move like we ain't got no other, We go when we go, We're marching on. There's so many wars we fought, There's so many things we're not, But with what we have, I promise you that, We're marching on, (We're marching on) (We're marching on). Right, right, right, right left right, Right, right, right, left, right, Right, right, We're marching on. Right, right, right, right left right, Right, right, right, left, right, Right, right, We're marching on. |
Edited 2012-10-20 21:28 (UTC)
 | And I am done with my graceless heart So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart 'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn It's always darkest before the dawn Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back So shake him off, oh whoa And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back And given half the chance would I take any of it back It's a fine romance but it's left me so undone It's always darkest before the dawn Oh whoa, oh whoa... And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat 'Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me Looking for heaven, found the devil in me Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back So shake him off, oh whoa |
Edited 2012-10-20 21:30 (UTC)
 | If I could write to the kid I was before I'd tell him you'll get everything you ever wanted But you will still want more. Someone's gonna tell you Who you should wanna be So you'll forget the vision that they didn't wanna see And when they give up cause they will give up say Here I am alive. They say you don't grow up You just grow old, It's safe to say I haven't done both, I made mistakes, I know I know But here I am alive. So many people close to me cut me down, This is supposed to be a bad luck town I jumped, I fell, I hit the ground. But here I am alive. If I could write to myself When I was on top of it all, I'd say you're going over board And when you're falling You're gonna feel so small, Someone's gonna tell you that you deserve the worst, They'll say you're never coming back And tell you that you're cursed. But when they give up, cause they always give up. Say, here I am alive. They say you don't grow up You just grow old, It's safe to say I haven't done both, I made mistakes, I know I know But here I am alive. So many people close to me cut me down, This is supposed to be a bad luck town I jumped, I fell, I hit the ground. But here I am alive. |
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 | I'm tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface Don't know what you're expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow Every step that I take is another mistake to you Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow I've become so numb, I can't feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you Can't you see that you're smothering me, Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control? 'Cause everything that you thought I would be Has fallen apart right in front of you. Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow Every step that I take is another mistake to you. Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow And every second I waste is more than I can take. I've become so numb, I can't feel you there, Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you. And I know I may end up failing too. But I know You were just like me with someone disappointed in you. |
 | Some people talk about you Like they know all about you When you get down they doubt you And when you tipping on the scene Yeah they talkin' about it 'Cause they can't tip all on the scene with you What you talk about it Talkin' about it When you get elevated, They love it or they hate it You dance up on them haters Keep getting funky on the scene While they jumpin' round you They trying to take all your dreams But you can't allow it 'Cause baby whether you're high or low Whether you're high or low You gotta tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it) Tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it) Baby, baby, baby Whether you're high or low (High or low) Baby whether you're high or low (High or low) You got to tip on the tightrope (Tip, tip on it) Now let me see you do the tightrope (Tip, tip on it) And I'm still tippin' on it See I'm not walkin' on it Or trying to run around it This ain't no acrobatics You either follow or you lead, yeah I'm talkin' about you, I'll keep on blaming the machine, yeah I'm talkin' about it, Talkin' about it I can't complain about it I gotta keep my balance |
 | I can still remember The words and what they meant As we etched them with our fingers In years of wet cement The days blurred into each other Though everything seemed clear We cruised along at half speed But then we shifted gears We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns But even then we should have stayed But we ran away Now all my friends are gone Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone? Identities assume us As nine and five add up Synchronizing watches To the seconds that we lost I looked up and saw you I know that you saw me We froze but for a moment In empathy I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug You gave my emptiness a name But you ran away Now all my friends are gone Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved Runaway But what are we running from? A show of hands from those in this audience of one Where have they gone? We're all ok, until the day we're not The surface shines, while the inside rots We raced the sunset and we almost won We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on |
 | Well I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up 'Cause I've had enough You were there by my side, always down for the ride But your joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out in shame After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you But uh uh, oh no, you're wrong 'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, I wouldn't know Just how capable I am to pull through So I wanna say thank you 'Cause it Makes me that much stronger Makes me work a little bit harder It makes me that much wiser So thanks for making me a fighter Made me learn a little bit faster Made my skin a little bit thicker Makes me that much smarter So thanks for making me a fighter Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game I heard you're going round playing the victim now But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame 'Cause you dug your own grave After all of the fights and the lies 'cause you're wanting to haunt me But that won't work anymore, no more, It's over 'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down So I wanna say thank you 'Cause it Makes me that much stronger Makes me work a little bit harder It makes me that much wiser So thanks for making me a fighter Made me learn a little bit faster Made my skin a little bit thicker Makes me that much smarter So thanks for making me a fighter How could this man I thought I knew Turn out to be unjust so cruel Could only see the good in you Pretend not to see the truth You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself Through living in denial But in the end you'll see YOU-WON'T-STOP-ME I am a fighter and I I ain't gonna stop There is no turning back I've had enough |
Edited 2012-12-31 08:56 (UTC)
 | There's another world inside of me That you may never see There're secrets in this life That I can't hide Somewhere in this darkness There's a light that I can't find Maybe it's too far away... Or maybe I'm just blind... Or maybe I'm just blind... So hold me when I'm here Right me when I'm wrong Hold me when I'm scared And love me when I'm gone Everything I am And everything in me Wants to be the one You wanted me to be I'll never let you down Even if I could I'd give up everything If only for your good So hold me when I'm here Right me when I'm wrong You can hold me when I'm scared You won't always be there So love me when I'm gone Love me when I'm gone... When your education X-Ray Cannot see under my skin I won't tell you a damn thing That I could not tell my friends Roaming through this darkness I'm alive but I'm alone Part of me is fighting this But part of me is gone |
 | No, nothing makes sense Nothing seems to fit I know you'd hit out If you only knew who to hit And I'd join the movement If there was one I could believe in Yeah I'd break bread and wine If there was a church I could receive in 'Cause I need it now To take the cup To fill it up To drink it slow I can't let you go I must be an acrobat To talk like this And act like that And you can dream So dream out loud And don't let the bastards grind you down Oh, it hurts baby What are we going to do? Now it's all been said No new ideas in the house and every book has been read And I must be an acrobat To talk like this And act like that And you can dream So dream out loud And you can find Your own way out And you can build And I can will And you can call I can't wait until You can stash And you can seize Responsibilities And I can love And I can love And I know that the tide is turning 'round So don't let the bastards grind you down |
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 | The sewers belch me up The heavens spit me out From ethers tragic I am born again And now I'm with you now Inside your world of wow To move in desires made of deadly pretends Till the end times begin Is it bright where you are Have the people changed Does it make you happy you're so strange And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame You can watch the world devoured in it's pain Strange Climb my ribcage to The replays run for you Unhook my lights to peek behind the flash For I am crystal chrome I am shatter dome I am kremlin king of angels avenged To destroy the end Is it bright where you are Have the people changed Does it make you happy you're so strange And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame You can watch the world devoured in it's pain The zeppelins rain upon us The guns of love disastrous A shadow lies amongst you To defy the future cast Is it bright where you are Have the people changed Does it make you happy you're so strange And in your darkest hour, I hold secrets flame You can watch the world devoured in it's pain Strange Strange |
 | Faded pictures on the wall It's like they talkin' to me Disconnectin' your call Your phone don't even ring I gotta get out Or figure this shit out It's too close for comfort It's a thief in the night To come and grab you It can creep up inside you And consume you A disease of the mind It can control you I feel like a monster Put on your break lights We're in the city of wonder (City of lights) Ain't gonna play nice (oh) Watch out, you might just go under Better think twice (think twice) Your train of thought will be altered So if you must falter be wise Your mind is in disturbia It's like the darkness is the light Disturbia Am I scaring you tonight? Disturbia Ain't used to what you like (what you like) Disturbia Disturbia Release me from this curse I'm in Trying to maintain But I'm struggling If you can't go, go, go I think I'm gonna oh, oh, oh |
 | When the day has come That I’ve lost my way around And the seasons stop and hide beneath the ground When the sky turns gray And everything is screaming I will reach inside Just to find my heart is beating You tell me to hold on Oh you tell me to hold on But innocence is gone And what was right is wrong ‘Cause I’m bleeding out So if the last thing that I do Is to bring you down I’ll bleed out for you So I bare my skin And I count my sins And I close my eyes And I take it in And I’m bleeding out I’m bleeding out for you (for you) When the hour is nigh And hopelessness is sinking in And the wolves all cry To fill the night with hollering When your eyes are red And emptiness is all you know With the darkness fed I will be your scarecrow You tell me to hold on Oh you tell me to hold on But innocence is gone And what was right is wrong |
 | Wait, wait a minute take a step back you gotta think twice before you react so stay, stay a little while Because a promise not kept is the road to exile Hey! what's the circumstance you'll never be great without taking a chance so wait, you waited too long had your hands in your pocket when you shoulda been gone Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM! One push is all you'll need Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM! A fist first philosophy Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM! We watch with wounded eyes Boom-Lay Boom-Lay BOOM! So I hope you recognize I'm on the front line Don't worry I'll be fine the story is just beginning I say goodbye to my weakness so long to the regret and now I see the world through diamond eyes Damn! damn it all down took one to the chest without even a sound so What! What are you worth? the things you love or the people you hurt Hey! it's like deja vu a suicidal maniac with nothing to lose so wait, it's the exception to the rule everyone of us is expendable |
 | Is my imagination running away or is all this really happening to me? Am I a prince in a far-away land filled with fantasy? Where is reality and what are the actions that will define who I am? I am holding on to the visions I've seen of what I could be It's what I should be More than it seems these dreams inside blur reality's line If I could believe the dreams aside, I am capable more than it seems More than it seems Passing through darkness into my own world Will I be more than when I left, be more than when I left? Never letting go of the lessons I've learned, this will make a change A change within me More than it seems these dreams inside blur reality's line If I could believe the dreams aside, I am capable more than it seems More than it seems This time I won't run away I found the strength to face life's long days This time I won't run away |
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