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Burning Up The Records
03:02
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Life is only the part of the game that we play
We're reaching for something we'd rather not see
Before the ice can break
There has to be a thaw in the
Cracks of this space, we'll just wish this away
Like we tend to forget that we fucked up this game
The dice are weighted, we're hiding the cards in our sleeves
Pretend we don't care, it's the fall of this dream
Well I know this sadness is only temporary
You're temporary on the edge
You're only the man I build you up
In my mind we're crossing bridges
Burning up the ropes that hold our
Safe way back to home
We lost our home
Lights and sirens are filling the air
You're trying to breathe but the smoke is surrounding your lungs
The ceiling's falling down
There has to be a way out of
Taking this hurt, all these fights, all this pain
And throw it away (We'll just throw this away)
Like it never was part of our lives
Today is the first day of the rest of your sunken life
This is something better for you
Breathe the air that fills your lungs
Well I know this sadness is only temporary
You're temporary on the edge
You're only the man I build you up
In my mind we're burning up the ropes
You're only the man I build you up
In my mind we're burning up the ropes
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Cast this ship off into the sunset, wave on
Your blinding questions meet the mark of somethingn we did all wrong
The mast is falling down, the maps are burning out
We lasted way too long before the clock was running down
Picture currents washing over
Phrases spoken, words we never meant
It's only the least I can do
To say the least, I'm over you
We're digging in, and pulling back
We'll rip this white space, paint it black
I can't ignore your diamond eyes
When your words cut like a knife
This treasure map, is leading us to no end
Our pride is clouding every choice we ever made way back when
We steered too far to the right, forget the start of the fight
This compass tells me we've approached the edge, we can't go back now
Picture currents washing over
Phrases spoken, words we never meant
It's only the least I can do
To say the least, I'm over you
We're digging in, and pulling back
We'll rip this white space, paint it black
I can't ignore your diamond eyes
When your words cut like a knife
I'm sorry, I wanted out
I'm sorry, I wanted out
Picture currents washing over
Phrases spoken, words we never meant
It's only the least I can do
To say the least, I'm over you
We're digging in, and pulling back
We'll rip this white space, paint it black
I can't ignore your diamond eyes
When your words cut like a knife
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3. |
Man The Getaway Car
05:26
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Try and run away, keep your dignity
Take your things and find a way to get right out of this place
It's stealing all your soul, and you've lost control
Now there's nothing keeping you away from all the things you love
(Take me away from this dark place)
Such a shame, you lost your chance
(Sold profit found me underneath the ground)
To take your very last shot
It's never been about the stars
You ink across your blackend heart
You sold me out, you judas
You fire breather, burn me to the ground
I'm taking out my trash tonight
Somehow I'll forget all the fights
You figured out a way to
Cash in your chips before the final round
This is not your time
Take your sympathy
Throw it out the door
We don't serve your kind here
Let's jump the turnstile, and skip the guards
We'll run right past them, I swear that you'll
Beat this rap against the wall
Before I'll ever take a dive again for you
It's not your turn, It's mine
And we're sticking to the plan we drew up
20 years before this fuse could
Spark and sputter out, this time you'll burn
It's never been about the stars
You ink across your blackend heart
You sold me out, you judas
You fire breather, burn me to the ground
I'm taking out my trash tonight
Somehow I'll forget all the fights
You figured out a way to
Cash in your chips before the final round
It's not your turn (It's mine)
I'm taking this so (Personal and)
Following your (Every move
Just left me wishing I could take them back
Let's take the cash and run
Before they figure out who ran this show
Then skip the town, to find
Another in its place, it never ends
Take me away from this dark place
Sold profit found me underneath the ground
It's never been about the stars
You ink across your blackend heart
You sold me out, you judas
You fire breather, burn me to the ground
I'm taking out my trash tonight
Somehow I'll forget all the fights
You figured out a way to
Cash in your chips before the final round
It's never been about the stars
You ink across your blackend heart
You sold me out, you judas
You fire breather, burn me to the ground
I'm taking out my trash tonight
Somehow I'll forget all the fights
You figured out a way to
Cash in your chips before the final round
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4. |
Roadside Diner
03:21
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I sit here staring at the clock
And wonder how much time I've lost
Just hoping to get this call
It doesn't come, not surprised at all
You try and say you never cared
That this was all a big mistake
That I should have kept driving on
Well I don't care to apologize
For showing both my hands after the trick was done
And when it's over, the smokescreen will tell it all
It doesn't matter, I don't care, the wreckage everywhere
Will just remind me to stare straight ahead next time
I'll destroy this all tonight
I'll sit here owning all my sins
And start atoning for the lot
The cups running over again
I try to balance my life as it is
There's nothing anyone can say
To understand this hole I've dug
Myself into all of the ground
You pull me out, but was it worth it now
I'm showing both my hands after the trick was done
And when it's over, the smokescreen will tell it all
It doesn't matter, I don't care, the wreckage everywhere
Will just remind me to stare straight ahead next time
The cracks are spreading now, the ground is splitting up
Your hands are hazy, I don't think I can hold on
I'm rowing out to sea with only half my oars
To where the coast guard can only attempt to find
They'll never find my ship tonight
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Look outside it's raining like armageddon
And all I got is this lousy shirt
A still memento of days we passed
Before we had to fight like animals
Fight, Fight, Take On Your Life
Rip All The Walls, Steal Back The Night
Fight, Fight, Feed All The Fires
Make them believe that we wanted this all to ourselves
You pull all the stops
You're only fooling yourself
End It
Own your answers before you spit them out
This matters so much now that we're falling down
The town's on fire, and all we can find
Are road blocks and falling power lines
Face your demons before they spit you out
Don't shy away from this sceaming crowd
These modern sentiments aren't
worth their weight in what we can survive
Look outside, there's nothing left to find
All the building replaced by mountains of
Dirt, debris and garbage, a mounting disgrace
We can't go on, this is our resting
Place all your bets on the wheel, fade to black
But it's coming up red, and you never fought back
You're isolated, your heart isn't where it's
Supposed to be, if it were, you'd be gone by now
It's not too late to save the rest
This story's end isn't finished yet
We'll make it up as we trod together
We'll fill these holes with art and life
Somehow this has to work
We're sharing gifts with all the rest of the world
Some day we'll turn our heads to the sky
And thank ourselves for not quitting tonight
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6. |
Tommy D's Revenge
04:38
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Undersized (and not your type)
I'm running fire through this
Feel alive (so scream your pain)
Until there's not a breath left
In your lungs I'll hear you choke and
Gasp on every single word I
Shove into the desert night
This fuel is lighting fumes across the sky
Look at this road demolished all on my own I fought
Over the way to say I never cared anyway
Take all this in before you forget your friends tonight
Everything's in the open, stop before I cut this tie
You'll never see this to end I swear
I'm breaking into what I swore to keep inside
Look away (and wish you)
Stood behind me while the
word spread (like a forest)
Fire with no rangers left to
Dump their water put this out or
Send another effegy to
Sink and smolder screaming for your
Help to put it out of misery
Look at this road demolished all on my own I fought
Over the way to say I never cared anyway
Take all this in before you forget your friends tonight
Everything's in the open, stop before I cut this tie
Make your demands send me back to the place where I create
I can't begin to make all the amends I need to say
I need to say that your critical
Lashes were only the gas I poured on this house fire
Look at this road demolished all on my own I fought
Over the way to say I never cared anyway
Take all this in before you forget your friends tonight
Everything's in the open, stop before I cut this tie
Look at this road demolished all on my own I fought
Over the way to say I never cared anyway
Take all this in before you forget your friends tonight
Everything's in the open, stop before I cut this tie
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7. |
And The Oscar Goes To...
04:38
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I'll take my time, finish up your and I'll finish mine
We'll be just fine, if you stick around half of the time
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
This hurts so bad, makes me want to give up all we made
It's not the time to be screaming and fighting
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
And I'll be the last thing you see
When you close your eyes and pray
That this ends before anyone else
Gets a chance to see behind
Don't be afraid to open up
And find your center of peace
It's not the worst thing if anyone
Gets a ticket to the screening of
Your life on display
All bright and raw for the shining screen
The curtain's falling down
This bloody mess that they never should see
What's left to say now the credits are falling away
Let's thank our past for their part in this travesty
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
Your job right now is to pretend that everything's fine
And make it right before anyone learns that it's not
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
Hearts are so broken, pieces are scattered
All on the pavement, as if it mattered
And I'll be the last thing you see
When you close your eyes and pray
That this ends before anyone else
Gets a chance to see behind
Don't be afraid to open up
And find your center of peace
It's not the worst thing if anyone
Gets a ticket to the screening of
Your life on display
All bright and raw for the shining screen
The curtain's falling down
This bloody mess that they never should see
Don't be afraid to open up
And find your center of peace
It's not the worst thing if anyone
Gets a ticket to the screening of
Your life on display
All bright and raw for the shining screen
The curtain's falling down
This bloody mess that they never should see
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This is your own wakeup call
Take the edge, and step out of the door
Be the rage that sticks inside your soul
Rip it out like your heart is an
Open wound that screaming for attention
Well sir, you've got it now that everyone is watching
Your every move and everything you say
We'll break you down and build you back up before this ends today
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
I think we've
Done all we can, this elective surgery
Can you only take so far, this step is for you
We've design something like your original shell
Now we'll throw you out into the world
This is your own chance to fall
Pick yourself right back and take on
The next morning, the pieces are
Already scattered around, and you can't find them all
This is your own chance to fall
Pick yourself right back and take on
The next morning, the pieces are
Already scattered around, and you can't find them all
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
You'll never be
Anything close to half of the man that you were supposed to be
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
Leave your own sympathy behind you
Painted red, and shining behind the sun
I'll throw you away like a piece of
Trash, you'll never be as good as this
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I pain to say that such a beautiful spark went to waste
Dumped on the side of the road, you never even had a
Chance to throw your hat in the ring
You fell to 10 screaming counts, and now you're left this shame
You fought so hard, we shuddered with every blow you stood back
Eyes shut, sqeeze tight, dream that you made it out of
This fallen place, but when you woke up with the mat in your eyes
You found these four walls blocking in your sight
So let's go kill some time, we'll pretend everything's fine
Let's make a scene and show the world we've got some fight left tonight
It's not about your self esteem is running on out
We need a line of something, hook it straight and blow the doors out
I can't remember anything that you said
Before the night turned to dawn, and we showed up with this evidence
Of something terribly wrong, oh it went terribly wrong
Before we ever had a chance to do something right
These blurry thoughts are running faster than I can think
I feel like something fell apart before it stuck to the seams
What made us think that we could act like we're seventeen
Again and running out at 3am with nowhere to be
So let's go kill some time, we'll pretend everything's fine
Let's make a scene and show the world we've got some fight left tonight
It's not about your self esteem is running on out
We need a line of something, hook it straight and blow the doors out
They say your life doesn't start until you're at where we are
And we have so much left to see and feel and touch before the
Time that we gave, the sand is falling thought the cracks
And all I want to do is capture some and throw it right back
I want to feel like I can take on the world with one hand
Tied behind my back, just bring it on and make me
Champion of this backyard tournament once again
To feel alive would a pleasure I would kill to relive
We're taking on this oath like we will never go
And be the voice of reason that just kept on saying no
Some day we'll understand I've heard a thousdand times
The day I walk in those shoes, please knock me back and make it right
I know this sounds sincere, it's making so much sense
I want to keep this locked up tight, it's been my only defense
Against the growing up that I just can't undo
The day I stop believing this is real will be my tomb
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10. |
Next Stop, Ghost Town
05:04
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Jumping out the window isn't much of a response to prison bars
Even if they keep you in (before the sun goes down)
Find yourself a liar, and I promise you he'll head for the hills
And never think to look behind (at all the rubble he left)
This isn't fair, you have to agree
We're trying to ignore this mockery
You pull yourself out the mud and wipe your hands on bleeding hearts
Cry out for help, or just a hand to help you retake the night
We're left with nothing but a pile of leaves
This house of cards can't stand the air I breathe
So hold your breath and count down from 10 to numbers unknown
And cross your fingers, slam that button down and push this on through
Just keep running around and around and around this tree
Leaning on the ideals that you packed inside your carry-on bag
Won't bring this ghost town to life (The coals are still so warm)
Hold your punch card tight in your lap, and we'll pretend that your stop
Is coming up right now (before this train derails)
This isn't fair, you have to agree
We're trying to ignore this mockery
You pull yourself out the mud and wipe your hands on bleeding hearts
Cry out for help, or just a hand to help you retake the night
We're left with nothing but a pile of leaves
This house of cards can't stand the air I breathe
So hold your breath and count down from 10 to numbers unknown
And cross your fingers, slam that button down and push this on through
Just running around and around and around this tree
This is your time, we're shining through
This star will burn out like a candle for you
When all is said and done
The time we're stealing back can't make this right
Just running around and around and around this tree
Just running around and around and around this tree
Just running around and around and around this tree
Just running around and around and around this tree
This isn't fair, you have to agree
We're trying to ignore this mockery
You pull yourself out the mud and wipe your hands on bleeding hearts
Cry out for help, or just a hand to help you retake the night
We're left with nothing but a pile of leaves
This house of cards can't stand the air I breathe
So hold your breath and count down from 10 to numbers unknown
And cross your fingers, slam that button down and push this on through
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I've never been one to throw myself onto
Speeding train tracks and bracing for the crash
But I'll take a note from your paper napkin
And save my own skin before you lose your own
Let's go together, we'll follow until
The light that haunts your tunnel brings you home
I'll leave you waiting beneath the blinding
Streetlight masterpiece to bring you home
But you can't forget to bring
Your paper scraps to line
The path back to the road
I'll find space to lend you mine
I'll take a lesson from all this hassle
We claw our hands to faces, clenching eyes
It's never worth all the fighting battle
We wage this war against our better sides
There's no returning from all this knowledge
The way the world turns back upon itself
The only cure for this ailing heart are
These nights it spends unloading all this rage
But you can't forget to bring
Your paper scraps to line
The path back to the road
I'll find space to lend you mine
We'll hear footsteps on top of snow
As we hide in paradise
Spend hours pretending life
Never made us run and hide
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Watch for the first sign as you start to open your eyes
You need this slap in the face to start off anything right
Just smash your broken face against the mirror again
Pretend the shapes that stare back are nothing like you've ever seen
It's happening again, the ground is moving
The floorboards are set so far away
From where you left them last night
You can't become this monster after everything you said
Just let yourself right out the door
We don't support all your kind
You've had your chance to change your ways
There's nothing left for you to say
It's just so sad it had to end
We don't support all your kind
You've had your chance to change your ways
There's nothing left for you to say
It's just so sad it had to end
I think I see a way out, I'm wading through all this mess
There's things I can't just put aside, they have to all be addressed
I wish I could take it back, all of the stupid things I
Said when I was only thinking of the times I'd never have again
I never thought that this would last
I tried to steal from you like it was a test
But I can't keep this up, it's really no excuse
The face I see behind the cracks keeps tell me
I lose my temper flailing off the tracks, derailed
The body count is rising past where I can keep up
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Just open up your eyes
Suck the air from the window pane you tried to hide
The sheets are covering the scars you left behind last night
Just feel this out, your blind tonight
And crawl away from all the pain inside
Take this old drama beyond where it's gone before
There's nothing left to hide, the holes are knocking down the doors
So take me away, and give me something
Back to life, I need to find my way back home
Just pull me in, my life jackets
Slipped to the side, and I don't think I know how to swim
Pull me to safety
You know they say? Get the fuck up
Swallow all this ocean water
Feel it fill your lungs like oxygen
Is nothing you remember
We used to so much more than this
Just feel this out, your blind tonight
And crawl away from all the pain inside
We're floating on, until we're found
Just hope the dawn will come before we run out
So take me away, and give me something
Back to life, I need to find my way back home
Just pull me in, my life jackets
Slipped to the side, and I don't think I know how to swim
Just pour another one
Fuck
Swallow all this ocean water
Feel it fill your lungs like oxygen
Is nothing you remember
We used to so much more than this
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