1. |
First World Problems
03:28
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Have you seen the writing on the walls
Of everything in life you like to call your home?
Does it make you rethink everything you believe?
Does it make you want to tear down and pack up and leave?
And all the flaws in the people that you see every day,
You try to ignore them but they drive you insane.
So are you ready for the day you're gonna lose your mind?
Or wait for the night, when you start crackin' up?
I'm buying a one way ticket, straight to the bottom of your list.
I've never felt so welcome. I can't resist it. I can't resist it.
I'm buying a one way ticket, straight to the bottom of your list.
I stand by my decision. I won't be missed, no. I won't be missed, no.
I'm sick of being that face in the back of the crowd.
I'm silent at the show 'cause something's always bringing me down.
I don't accept that my life always be this way.
I'm starting today.
So start acting. Stop complaining.
It's time. Gotta move on out.
So let's get out of this house and let's get out of this town.
And we'll escape from the real world.
Despite the time we spend complaining.
And ignoring what we're wasting.
We're all stuck in stagnant places.
We're all stuck in stagnant places because...
All our problems are first world problems.
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2. |
The Next 23 Years
04:19
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Friends I thought were so amazing
Don't seem so important anymore.
All the bottles and ashtrays
Are just a vague, vague memory.
The nights that I spent hoping
That I'd stay asleep.
Was that just somebody?
Someone who looked like me?
Lift your glasses with me.
Lift your voices with me.
Stay with me until the sun rises over the ocean.
Sing with me until your voices crack from the emotion.
Since we bled together,
I'm not so fucked up anymore.
I'm starting to remember
That there's so much worth fighting for.
Have I started too late?
Am I gonna make it through?
I wake up some nights shaking.
Saying "What the hell have I done this time?"
The longing I've been feeling
Forgetting all the pain from yesterday.
I'm struggling to remember
There are good, good things ahead for me.
Sixteen I was lying in bed / It's 2 AM
I was wishing all my friends were dead / No Mom, I'm not drunk
I was begging to just hold on / Thanks for listening all the time
But this could be enough / When I was broken
Sobbing drunk screaming for this to end / It's September
Attending funerals of brothers and friends / Dad let's go back to San Antonio
I thought I was going insane / I wanted to tell you
But this could be enough / I think I'm really better this time
Survived a tour in the burning heat / Little sister
Drinking 40's in the city's streets / Thank god we could be friends at last
Can we do it all again? / Through all the bullshit of the past
Cause this could be enough. / We're strong as ever
And I still make mistakes in my life / Tara darling
It's okay if we make them side by side / Thanks for keeping me from growing old too fast
Now I really believe that / I really believe that
This could be enough.
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3. |
80 on 80
03:05
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Here I am back home again
On the highway with my friends
Screaming to the songs that made our lives worth living out.
Long ago I'd wished I'd gone
Fuck that star I'd wished upon
I'm living my life between hope and doubt.
To be or not to be
Decisions plain to see
The choice is up to me
I choose humanity
The friendships that hold true
My courage lies in you
Together we'll pull through
We are the strong, the brave, the few
I'm writing pure redundancies
Like "the cold chill of Jersey"
What the fuck did I mean when I scribbled down those lines?
Denying the place you call home
Is easier when you're alone
If home is where the heart is, find my friends and you'll find mine.
And who ever said "You can never go home,
You can never go home."
Now I know, no matter where I go
No matter what I've done
I will never be alone.
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4. |
Remember When
03:15
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Well "take me back," I cried,
"To red sunsets and blue skies.
To the crushes and crushed hopes
To all the cigarettes I smoked."
I met the brothers I call friends.
The ones I'll stand by 'til the end.
The days were short, the nights were long
We found redemption in a song.
Memories we made
And all the mistakes that I would never trade
Won't fade away.
Getting stiffed at every show.
Playing to seven kids we know.
Breaking up after one gig.
I got cheap beer spilled on my rig.
Being told we're too damn loud.
Watching the music hit the crowd.
Writing the soundtrack to our lives.
We saw the world through bloodshot eyes.
Do you remember those days?
October chill and June haze.
Do you remember when?
'Cause I remember when we
Healed broken hearts with Souls songs.
Weren't afraid to sing along.
Do you remember when?
'Cause I remember those days.
Getting shitfaced every night.
Seems we never got it right.
The girls never gave me a glance.
I swore one day I'd have my chance.
The time it flew by much too fast.
It seems I'm living in the past.
But thick and thin our bonds held through.
I'd give my dying breath for you.
Yes I remember those days.
The friendships won't fade away.
Well I remember when.
Yes I remember when we.
Were always playing the fools.
Content with breaking the rules.
Do you remember when?
'Cause I remember those days.
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I should have known when you told me I wasn't
A victim like all of the rest.
And I should have known when I gave you that necklace
How the crucifix branded your flesh.
You shred, I bleed.
You crave and feed.
One bite acts quick.
I'm feeling sick.
.38 on each hip.
Come to take what is owed.
Tonight I'll empty this clip.
Though her body is cold.
I'm coming for you.
You fooled me once and won't fool me again.
Gave me nightmares when I just gave you my best.
The legends were true.
You used me like you used a thousand men.
You won't be smiling while this stake punctures your chest.
The holy water sears the skin on my fingers.
I am damned before I seal my fate.
It ends when our final blood red sun has risen.
It begins when the hour is late.
Serrated blade. The scars you made.
Embrace in death. Take one last breath.
Don't say that you never lied to me
Don't say that you never lied
All those nights that you promised you'd die for me
Keep that promise as light ends our lives.
Let me know if you need somebody.
Let me know if you need someone.
Everybody needs somebody.
You're not the only one.
Look through lifeless eyes.
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6. |
Sneaking Suspicion
04:46
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I know there's something wrong in this house
But I can't point it out, no I can't put my finger on it.
Shadows stirring, lines are blurring and I'm slurring
from the two quarts of bourbon just to keep me afloat.
Been talking circles and walking circles
between empty liquor bottles and faded rusty blood stains.
Your door's wide open and I'm praying that you're choking
on every fucking word you ever made me believe again.
Please don't tell me that it's all right.
I've been through worse than this and I was just fine.
With your sneaking glances,
Keep me guessing. Tell me that it's all right.
When we're not fine.
NO.
I hide it well but I'm living in this hell
and I'm counting up the scars that are never gonna fade.
With just one wish I'd erase that poison kiss
Yeah, you cut so deep like a candy-coated razor blade.
I'm breaking up, I'm breaking up. Broken.
Every word you've spoken, sweetly, softly was so plainly a lie.
I'm cracking up, you've gotta be joking.
But desperation's setting in and I just want to hold you tonight.
This house is not a home.
Do you sleep alone?
What will I see you do
In my bed, in my room?
How can I sleep tonight?
I'll wait for morning light
'Cause darling it's not right.
We're not fine.
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7. |
A New Era
02:59
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I am a mass consumer
So easily led astray.
Forget all of your compassion.
I need my fix and I need it today.
All hail to the captains.
We're setting sail on the seas of industry.
Fueling hatred with boredom.
Buying into your chronic apathy.
A new era. The blood soaked century.
It's coming through the airwaves.
Cable wires and the screens of your TV.
Not some conspiracy cover-up.
It's the product they're selling to you and me.
Give in to your bloodlust.
Beware every person that you see on the street.
Channel out hidden meanings.
Just dance to the beat, beat, beat, hey.
Let's abandon all our feelings.
Sell yourself short.
Can you make it through the next week?
Who could ask for more?
Fight. For your youthful ideals.
Fight. Until your blood is running.
Fight. All the too-hip culture.
Fight. It's been a long time coming.
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8. |
Saint of Killers
04:41
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I'm coming at you from the fires of hell.
Don't look for retribution.
There won't be warning bells.
Either side, unaligned, fueled by memory.
A constant vague reminder
Of redemption and family.
My sixguns are getting rusty.
Feel so heavy in my hands.
The people are all hiding while I'm roaming through the land.
Shadows all have eyes now, and corpses start to stir.
Their hungry mouths are waiting, while I only think of her.
Riding on the winds of dusty desert plain.
The ground beneath, swells with Texas rain.
The fires of hell, behind these eyes so cold.
The blessed and the damned, there's darkness in me.
My tattered duster torn and frayed.
Come Armageddon. These are the final days.
Atomic fire scars the land.
My guns are ready. They're drawn by steady hands.
The sand begins to scatter as the frightened turn and run.
The dead all fall like ashes in this war beneath the sun.
Hell has frozen over. God's wrath is just a joke.
The wings of angels are black as night through thick clouds of gunsmoke.
If you're really so divine
Go on, take what's mine.
Take it all away.
If your love is true
Heal these bullet wounds.
Let me face another day.
The lord is stacked against me and the devil's in his grave.
The band's hanging their instruments as the final few notes are played.
Blood falls down from heaven as the angels all start to moan.
The seraphim are screaming as God falls from his throne.
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9. |
Lost Direction
02:51
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Don't know what I'm doing here.
(My world of apathy and fear.)
I couldn't even tell you who I am.
Give me a shot, a hit, a drink.
(Just cloud my head 'til I can't think.)
I don't even give a damn, give a damn, no.
What I am, where I'll go.
What I'll be I don't know.
What I am, where I'll go.
What I'll be I don't know.
Oh what a crime,
To be wasted all the time.
Caught between a rock and a hard place.
(Hope has been erased.)
Give me something to drown out all the pain.
Just numb the world, the hate, the rage.
(I wish it all would go away.)
I've made these same mistakes time and time again.
Blindfolded and spun around.
Left to search on the ground.
No answers, just regret.
So I ask, "Am I there yet?"
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10. |
Have a Drink, Baby!
01:59
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Waking up when the sun sets.
And riding rooftops in moonlight.
Smoking through piles of cigarettes.
Screaming like a creature of the night.
And if you can't take the heat, well you're in the wrong place.
Hey! Hey! Have a drink, baby!
The devil's sitting at the bar.
So let's grab another round.
Pick up your pistols and guitars.
Say your prayers and wash it down.
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11. |
One Hell of a Ride
04:08
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Well take a breath, step right up.
The barker's words will suck you in.
The damned can throw a damned good party.
Go on and glance behind the curtains.
The blood, the smoke, the flesh and lights.
The scent of sin is in the air.
Leave your morals at the door.
The dead are here, let down your hair and...
Whoa, step into our carnival.
Where hell is never distant.
And the blood it always flows.
Scream and save a dance for me.
If heaven's pure perfection.
The freak show's always where I'd rather be.
The tattooed lady sways her hips
As serpents weave around her chest.
The dancing girls are all for sale.
A payment in a pound of flesh.
The devil grinds his calliope.
I'm a zombie dancing on a string.
Join this fucking spectacle.
Cries for help don't mean anything.
The screams.
A sweet, dead symphony.
Damnation still beats apathy.
Your life, your soul, your beating heart.
The price is steep but once you start.
You won't look back.
Regrets are gone.
We may be dead, but we go on.
You can't resist the marquee's glow.
So sing with us.
Sing with us, as we go.
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12. |
S.O.S.
03:34
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Wake up early.
Keep your head down.
Shuffle to the market.
Breathe in every breath through a stainless steel vent.
Slouching forward toward perfection.
Regression. Aggression.
Clap if you're feeling spent.
Buy malignancy.
Buy complacency.
Buy mediocrity.
Buy, buy, buy, buy atrocity.
One million unheard voices.
And countless hungry minds.
It's getting harder all the time.
Where is there hope in despair,
Ignorance and greedy eyes?
This are my words.
This is my fight.
Apocalyptically prophetic.
Mimetic.
Join the cult of worshipping the beautifully pathetic.
Keep up the break-neck,
Break neck pace of life.
My autonomy.
My morality.
My reality.
My dreams are what I choose they'll be
Embrace it forever.
The strength of together.
Through light and eclipse and eternity.
The answer to questions.
The goal and the lesson.
Me and you, loving and free.
A spectrum of insight.
Unending and finite.
Immaculate ocean.
Wash my fears away.
Through infinite seasons.
Can you feel the reason?
Land and sky.
Night and day.
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13. |
A Bitter Goodbye Song
03:06
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Through the nights we spent talking 'til we saw the sunrise
I never thought I'd have to see you go.
All the plans and the promises, excuses and lies
I never thought I'd have to see you go.
Why did we lose touch?
The closest of friendships, when we swore that we'd never change.
Thought you'd remember
The nights fueled by coffee runs. The 3 AM drives in the rain.
Were you so much better? Was I just younger then?
Are your new friends successful and will you abandon them?
Will you cry and smoke cigarettes while you're singing clichéd songs?
Will you tell them you love them? Will you finally belong?
Spare me the heartbreak.
The half-baked apologies. This friendship meant nothing to you.
We may be older
But I gave you all of me. Was I a crutch to get you through?
Through the drama you told me, I was always listening.
So treat me like a bastard, when I don't owe you a thing.
I went through all my troubles, but treasured all my friends.
I believed you when you told me that you'd be there 'til the end.
Why you moved and never told me, I'll never understand.
I never thought I'd have to see you go.
We'll never call each other, and you'll start another band.
I never thought I'd have to see you go.
For making all the promises that you'd never see through.
I never thought I'd have to see you go.
For all the friends who broke my heart, this one goes out to you.
I wish I didn't hate to see you go.
I never thought I'd have to see you go.
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