Good Charlotte

1979

Oh oh oh,
Oh oh oh

Life was simple,
Roger was working round the clock to make a living
No computers, none of that
He used his two hands
Ignore the cold war
His wife would keep him warm

On the weekends,
He'd load the car up with the kids and they'd go fishing
No need to work an extra job, there's no recession
Damn right he smiled a lot
They lay awake at night so in love

It was a good good year (oh oh oh)
The kids were alright
"Highway to Hell", beat up, "Staying Alive" (oh oh oh)
The Clash was on the radio
And Mom and Dad were still in love in 1979
It was a good good year

In the morning,
Robyn always woke up early in the kitchen
She'd make the coffee, pack his lunch, and then she'd kiss him
And he would hold her tight,
When they were newlyweds

He'd say maybe,
And she would laugh they knew they'd have another baby
She'd slave away all day until dinner was ready
And they would dance so slow,
To "Just the Way You Are"

It was a good good year (oh oh oh)
The kids were alright
"Highway to Hell", beat up, "Staying Alive" (oh oh oh)
The Clash was on the radio
And Mom and Dad were still in love in 1979
It was a good good year

All the decades and the years have passed
Not every family is built to last
No time can take away these memories
Remember when you said to me that we'd be alright

It was a good good year (oh oh oh)
The kids were alright
"Highway to Hell", beat up, "Staying Alive" (oh oh oh)
The Clash was on the radio
And Mom and Dad were still in love in 1979
It was a good good year

Oh oh oh
Disco couldn't survive
With the dream police,
And Rock 'N Roll high (oh oh oh)
Blondie brought "A Heart of Glass"
And Mom and Dad bought their first house in 1979
It was a good good year
It was a good good year

A Beautiful Place

Mother can we start over?
I wanna be the boy i was back then
Before the world came
And made me colder
I wanna feel the way I did back then
With love in my heart.

We live in a beautiful place
Let love take away all this pain
We live in a beautiful place
We wasted so many days
Our hearts are as dark as the rain
We live in a beautiful place

Father, can we start over?
Take me to the places that we lived
Before the days came and made us older
I wanna feel the way I did back then
Before my heart grew cold

[Chorus]

Our hearts are as dark as the rain
Our hearts are as dark as the rain
Its a beautiful place if we make it
It's a beautiful place to be wasted, don’t you know.

We live in a beautiful place,
Let love take away all this pain,
We live in a beautiful place [repeat]

We wasted so many days
Our hearts are as dark as the rain
We live in a beautiful place

Acquiesce

[Originally by Oasis]

I don't know what it is
That makes me feel alive
I don't know how to wake
The things that sleep inside


I hope that I can say
The things I wish I'd said
To sing my soul to sleep
And take me back to bed
You want to be alone
When we could be alive instead

(CHORUS) cause we need each other
We believe in one another
I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul

(repeated chorus)
whats sleepin' in our soul
whats sleepin' in our soul

There are many things
That I would like to know
And there are many places
That I wish you would go
But everything's depending
On the way the wind may blow

I don't know what it is
That makes me feel alive
I don't know how to wake
The things that sleep inside
I only wanna see the light
That shines behind your eyes

'cause we need each other
We believe in one another
I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul

Because we need each other
We believe in one another
I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul
What's sleepin' in our soul
What's sleepin' in our soul
Because we need each other
We believe in one another
I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul


we need
we believe (3x)
what we need (4x)
whats sleeping in our soul?

All Black

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like the night that we met, all black
Like the colour of your dress, all black
Like the seats in my Cadillac,
I used to see red, now it's just all black

As long as I could remember I dreamed in black and white
As I grew up and the sun went down I never felt more alright
My mother she use to tell me...Son you better get to church
And its a dark dark world and there's evil out there and you know its only getting worse
Yeah I've never been much for weddings or anniversaries but
I'll go to a funeral if I'm invited any day of the week
Some people say that I sound strange some say that I'm not right
But I find beauty in this world every single night

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like the night that we met, all black
Like the colour of your dress, all black
Like the seats in my Cadillac,
I used to see red, but now it's just all black

I sat down at her table at the end of the night
She was having black coffee and a cigarette, she wasn't wearing white
She said, people tell me that I'm strange they say that I'm not right
She said, the only time I feel alive is in the dead of night
I think I found the one for me

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like the night that we met, all black
Like the colour of your dress, all black
Like the seats in my Cadillac,
I used to see red, but now it's just all black

I remember feeling so alive
The night I looked into her eyes,

Take a look at my life, all black
Take a look at my clothes, all black
Like Johnny Cash, all black
Like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black

Like the night that we met, all black
Like the colour of your dress, all black
Like the seats in my Cadillac,
I used to see it red, I used to see it red

Take a look at my life, all Black
Take a look at my life, all Black
Take a look at my life, all Black
All Black, all Black
Take a look at my life, all Black
Take a look at my life, all Black
Take a look at my life, all Black
All Black, all Black, all Black, all Black, all Black

Always And Forever

Al...Always always and forever(x2)
Sitting here I'm thinkin' back
To the time when I was young
My memory's clear as day
I'd listen to the dishes clink
You were downstairs you would sing songs of praise
And all the times we laughed with you
And all the times that you stay true to us
Now we'll say

(Chorus)
Said I thank you
Will always thank you
More than you would know and more than I could ever show
And I love you will always love you
There's nothing I won't do to say these words to you

That you're beautiful forever

Al...Always always and forever
You were my mom you were my dad
The only thing I ever had was you
It's true
Even when the times got hard you were there to let us know
We'll make it through
You've shown me how to be a man
You taught me how to understand the things people do
You've shown me how to love my God
You told me that not everyone knows the truth

And I thank you
Will always thank you
More than you would know and more than I could ever show
And I love you
Will always love you
There's nothing I won't do to say these words to you
That you will live forever
Forever and ever(x2)

(Chorus)

That I thank you will always thank you
More than you would know and more than I could ever show
And I love you will always love you
There's nothing I won't do to say these words to you
That you will live forever

Anthem

It's a new day, but it all feels old
It's a good life, that's what I'm told
But every day, it all just feels the same

At my high school, it felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
My time spent there it only made me see
That I don't ever wanna be like you
I don't wanna do the things you do
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
And I don't ever wanna, I don't ever wanna be

You...don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem
throw all your hands up, you, don't wanna be you

"Go to college, a university, get a real job,"
That's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want
I'm gonna get by and just do my time, out of step while they all get in line
I'm just a minor threat so pay no mind

Do you really wanna be like them, do you really wanna be another trend?
Do you wanna be part of their crowd?
'Cause I don't ever wanna, No I don't ever wanna be

You...don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem
throw all your hands up, you, don't wanna be you

Shake it once, that's fine
Shake it twice, that's okay
Shake it three times, you're PLAYING WITH YOURSELF AGAIN

You...don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem
throw all your hands up,
Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me,
you, don't wanna be just like you (be just like you)
This is the anthem throw all your hands up,
y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me
another loser at home (Whoa-oh)
another loser at home (Whoa-oh)
another loser at home (Whoa-oh)
another loser at home

Anxiety

Waiting down at the end of the corridor
Don't know this place but I swear I've been here before
The shadows dance with the pictures that hang up on the walls
I hear them laughing as I wander the halls
I can feel my palms sweating now
Pacing back and forth with nothing to say
I can see my mind racing now
The feeling won't go away


It's like a clock ticking slow in the waiting room
It's like a doctor calling but he's got no news
My heart keeps racing, I don't know what to do
You're giving me anxiety

Like a message in a bottle that nobody read
The famous last words that nobody said
Tell me what is wrong tonight
You're giving me anxiety

Anxiety, anxiety


I'm the patient, with no patience
This operation has already failed
It's too late for resuscitation
Can't take away the pressure you make me feel
I can feel my chest heavy now
Weighing down on me, it's harder to breathe
Look in the mirror, got no color now
Another fatality


It's like a clock ticking slow in the waiting room
It's like a doctor calling but he's got no news
My heart keeps racing, I don't know what to do
You're giving me anxiety

Like a message in a bottle that nobody read
The famous last words that nobody said
Tell me what is wrong tonight
You're giving me anxiety


And I'm underwater
And I hate you
What you're doing to me
To me, yeah
Your voice is cold, your eyes look through me
Like they don't know me
They're faking now when there was love
It's empty


A clock ticks slow in the waiting room
The doctor calls but he's got no news
My heart keeps racing, I don't know what to do
You're giving me anxiety

This is the message in a bottle that nobody read
The famous last words that nobody said
Tell me what is wrong tonight
You're giving me anxiety

(I'm underwater)
You're giving me anxiety
(I'm underwater)
You're giving me anxiety
(And I hate you)
You're giving me anxiety
(I'm underwater)
You're giving me anxiety.

Break Her Heart

When you call she doesn't answer, when you write she doesn't answer
You go out you see him with her, she told you she was sick at home
The ring you gave her thrown away with all the letters
And when you see him with her, he doesn't even care at all

As she follows him around like you follow her around
And he doesn't even care and your figuring out
The only way your gonna keep somebody around
Well I'm about to let you know

There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart

Can't you see the way she's crying
Well that's what keeps her trying, she knew that she could have you
And he don't give her what she wants
There's truth about this, you say you want to be noticed
Well if you want to be noticed you gotta learn to break some hearts
Don't try to understand

There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart

Can't you see what you've done?
What I've become, what I've become
Can't you see? Can't you see?

I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand but now I see

There's something I don't wanna understand
The only way a woman is gonna want a man
The only way you'll ever keep her in your hands
Is breaking apart her heart
Don't tell her she is the reason that you live
Don't give her everything that you got to give
If you want to keep the girl for as long as you live
Just break it apart her heart

I don't understand this cruelty
I don't understand... its just not me
I don't understand this cruelty
But now I see

Broken Hearts Parade

Oh-oh, Oh-oh, Oh oh
Oh-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh
Here we go-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh
Oh-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh
Oh-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh
Oh-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh

We got problems, we don't know how to solve them
Everywhere we go, we got some skeletons that follow
We got baggage, you know we're gonna drag it
Everywhere we go, for everyone to see

In the broken hearts parade
And I putting my heart out on display there's no
Masquerade, Just a funeral march for love today
The band strikes up and they're playing our song
Dressed in black and we're singing along, to the
Broken hearts parade
And I've never been better then I am today

Go-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh
Oh-oh, Oh-oh, Oh-oh

You got a question: How do we get it started?
I got an answer: Let go of your heart and
Love it, live it, leave it and get into it
If you wanna start it, this is how you do it

In the broken hearts parade
And I putting my heart out on display there's no,
Masquerade, just a funeral march for love today
The band strikes up and they're playing our song
Dressed in black and we're singing along, to the
Broken hearts parade
And I've never been better then I am today

I used to lie awake at night and wonder when she's coming home
It used to be so hard to wake up everyday

The broken hearts parade
And we're putting our hearts out on display there's no,
Masquerade, just a funeral march for love today
The band strikes up and they're playing our song
Dressed in black and we're singing along, to the
Broken hearts parade
And I've never been better then I am today

March on to the soul
The beating of a broken heart
Stop put the rhythm to fall
To the beating of a broken heart

Can't Go On

How can it be easy to forget you
When I think about you all the time
I never know how I miss you when I never had you
You were never mine

CHORUS
I move on,
But I can't go on without you
Said I try,
Don't know why,
What to do about you
Can't move on (x2)

It'd be cool if we never met,
If we never locked eyes
Then I'd feel so happy,
Not knowing you're so fine

CHORUS

I get so nervous when I'm around you
There's nothing I can say
I wish you'd get outta my head
I think about you every day

I move on,
But I can't go on without you
Said I try,
Don't know why,
What to do about you
Can't move on (x2) without

rock

CHORUS

Change

Ohhhhh
On and on and on
I am lost in the see-through
I think you've lost your self too
Throughout all of this confusion
I hope i somehow get to you
I practiced all the things i'd say
To tell you how i feel
And when i finally get my chance
It all seems so surreal
Cause from the first time i saw you
I only thought about you
I didn't know you
I wanted to hold onto
The things you'd never say to me
Cause you said
You can't change the way you feel
I could never do that
I could never do that
But you can't tell me this ain't real
Cause this is real
And you would see right through that
In the end it's all i've got
So i'm gonna hold onto that
So i'm gonna hold on and on and on and on
Now you've got me watching your eyes
Got me waiting just to see
(if you'll ever look at me)
and If it goes the way it never will
(oh,will it ever go ,will it ever go my way)
Your eyes are watching me
And now you've got me thinking bout
The first time that i met you
Standing in a crowded room
But i could only see you
And i hope my words will get through
Cause now i can't forget you
I want to tell you
If only i could reach you
And make you feel this way
But you said

Christmas By The Phone

Another year, Another tree
But this year you won't be with me
but it don't, feel much like Christmas
We used to watch the same old shows
Sing Social D on the radio
But it don't, feel much like Christmas
This used to be, my favorite holiday
My Christmas Eve was filled with dreams
But you chased them all away

[Chorus]
Why did you leave me for Christmas?
You left me lonely its true,
Could you have waited til New Years?
At least the year would be through...
And now the misletoe's hanging
For no reason at all
And all the presents are still wrapped
But you don't even call

I took a walk to where we go
There were lights and there was snow
But it don't, feel much like Christmas

WHEN people ask me how you've been
I fake a smile and say ok,
But i don't, feel much like Christmas

You used to be, my favorite holiday
But now you're gone, I'm all alone
And all that I can say

[Chorus]
Why did you leave me for Christmas?
You left me lonely its true,
Could you have waited til New Years?
At least the year would be through...
And now the misletoe's hanging
For no reason at all
And all the presents are still wrapped
But you don't even call

Waiting here alone
Christmas by the phone
Said I'm waiting here alone
Spending Christmas by the phone.

Chronicles Of Life And Death

You come in cold
You're covered in blood
They're all so happy you've arrived
The doctor cuts your cord
He hands you to your mom
She sets you free into this life
And where do you go?
With no destination, no map to guide you
Wouldn’t you know
That it doesn’t matter, we all end up the same

These are the chronicles of life and death
And everything between
These are the stories of our lives as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of your life

And money talks, in this world, that's what idiots will say
But you'll find out, that this world
Is just an idiot's parade
Before you go
You've got some questions, and you want answers
But now you're old, cold, covered in blood
Right back to where you started from

These are the chronicles of life and death
And everything between
These are the stories of our lives as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the worst day of your life

But these are the chronicles of life and death
And everything between
These are the stories of our lives as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of
Today could be the worst day of
Today could be the last day of
Your life
It’s your life
Your life

Dance Floor Anthem

She’s going out to forget they were together
All that time he was taking her for granted
She wants to see if there’s more
than he gave she’s looking for

He calls her up
He’s trippin on the phone now
He doesn’t want her out there
And alone now
He knows she’s movin it
Knows she’s using it
Now he’s losing it
She don’t care

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If you’ve got nothing left
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Back it up now
You’ve got a reason to live
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don’t be afraid to get down
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love

He was always giving her attention
Looking hard to find the things she mentioned
He was dedicated
By most suckers hated
That girl was fine
But she didn’t appreciate him

She calls him up
She’s tripping on the phone now
He had to get up
And he ain’t comin home now
He’s tryin to forget her
That’s how we come with him
When he first met her
When they first got together

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feel the beat now

If you got nothing left
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Back it up now
You got a reason to live
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don’t be afraid to get down
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love

To the beat (x3)
You got nothing to lose
Don’t be afraid to get down

We break up
It’s something that we do now
Everyone has got to do it sometime
It’s okay, let it go
Get out there and find someone

It’s too late to be trippin' on the phone here
Get off the wire
You know everything is good here
Stop what you’re doin'
You don’t wanna ruin
The chance that you got to
find a new one

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If you got nothing left
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Back it up now
You got a reason to live
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don’t be afraid to get down
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love

Nooo...Noooo

Now you know what to do, so come on feelin' good

Day That I Die

One day I woke up
I woke up knowing
Today is the day I will die
Cashdogg was barking
Went to the park and
Enjoyed it one last time
I called my mother
Told her I loved her
And I begged her not to cry
I wrote a letter
That said I'd miss her
And I signed that goodbye...

You know the happiest day of my life
I swear the happiest day of my life
Is the day that I die...

Can you feel the cold tonight? (the day that I die)
It sets in, but it's alright (the day that I die)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (the day that I die)
All alone, but I feel fine...

We took a drive and
We drove through DC
To see the places we lived
Long conversations
We talked of old friends
And all the things that we did
The summer nights,
Drunken fights
Mistakes we made
Did we live it right?...

You know the happiest day of my life
I swear the happiest day of my life
Is the day that I die...

Can you feel the cold tonight? (the day that I die)
It sets in, but it's alright (the day that I die)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (the day that I die)
All alone but I feel just fine...

(music)...

You know the happiest day of my life,
I know the happiest day of my life
I swear the happiest day of my life


Is the day that I die...

Can you feel the cold tonight? (the day that I die)
It sets in, but it's alright (the day that I die)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (the day that I die)
All alone, but I feel fine...

Did I live it right?
(the day that i die)
I hope I lived it right.
Did I live it right?
(the day that i die)...
Did I lived right
I hope I live it right?
(the day that i die)
I know I lived it right

Don't Wanna Stop

All these games you play
your messin' with my head,(messin with my head)
I don't know why I stay
I should leave instead (I should leave instead),
When I speak from my heart
you laugh like it's a game (this ain't no game)
Yeah we'd make great friends, but it just isn't the same...

[Chorus]
And I know this is not the way it should be,
And I know you treat him like me,
But I don't wanna stop,
I don't wanna stop,
I don't wanna stop,
I don't wanna stop [x3]

Now I don't need you to buy me pretty things (you don't pay for me),
Pay for my tattoos or buy me diamond rings (we don't want those things),
All I know is that I'm happy to see you smile (i want to see you smile),
And it'd make my day if you'd just stay for awhile (stay with me),

[Chorus]

This has gone on for way too long...
And I'm tired of movin' on [x3]

[Chorus]

East Coast Anthem

Walkin' on the streets of DC
on the East Coast - where I live
you say "what's the problem?"
"what's with this angry kid?"
You dont like the way I walk
or the way I talk,
or the way I swing my hands,
you dont like the words I speak,
or the thoughts I think
and I know you'll never understand.

You know,
on the East Coast we ride until we die
you know
well there's a place inside my mind, yeah
a place you'll never find
there's a place inside my mind
walk this way you know.


And wouldn't it be perfect
if I could sit with you?
and we would change a thing or two?
we'd change a thing or two?
we would change the way you think
we would change the way I think
we cant change the way they think
so we're not changin' anything
you know

on the East Coast we ride until we die
you know
well there's a place inside my mind, yeah
a place you'll never find
there's a place inside my mind
leave today you know

(music)

'cause on the east coast, we ride
until the day we die

well there's a place inside my mind yeah
a place you'll never find
there's a place inside my mind
walk this way
there's a place inside my mind yeah
a place you'll never find
theres a place inside my mind
we leave today
you know

Emotionless

Hey Dad,
I'm writing to you,
not to tell you that I still hate you.
Just to ask you how you feel
and how we fell apart,
how this fell apart.

Are you happy out there in this great wide world?
Do you think about your sons?
Do you miss your little girl?
When you lay your head down,
How do you sleep at night?
Do you even wonder if we're alright?

but we're alright,
We're alright...

Its been a long hard road without you by my side.
Why weren't you there all the nights that we cried?
You broke my mother's heart,
You broke your children for life.
Its not okay,
but we're alright.
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes,
but Those are just a long lost memory of mine.
I spent so many years learning how to survive,
now I'm writing just to let you know I'm still alive.

The days I spent so
cold, so hungry,
Were full of hate,
I was so angry
The scars run deep inside this tatooed body,
Theres things I'll take to my grave,
But I'm Okay, I'm Okay.

Its been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you there all the nights that we cried
You broke my mother's heart
You broke your children for life
Its not okay,
but we're alright
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a long lost memory of mine,
Now I'm writing just to let you know im still alive,
And I'm still alive.

and Sometimes I forget
Yeah, and this time,
I'll admit,
That I miss you,
Said I miss you

Its been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you there all the nights that we cried
You broke my mother's heart
You broke your children for life
Its not okay,
but we're alright
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But Those are just a long lost memory of mine,
now I'm writing to just let you know I'm still alive


And sometimes I forget,
and this time,
I'll admit,
That I miss you,I miss you,
Hey Dad...

Face The Strange

Save me

Lately I've been feeling low
I've been feeling alone the things I used to be
I miss the things I used to see
I need something again
My oldest friends these cigarettes can't cure
It just ain't what I'm looking for

We all need a little change
I guess it's time to face the strange
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't get my mind right
I need, I need, I need, I need something to get me right

Where is my future it used to be in front of me
Misery's my company
Living in what used to be
And now that I'm right, and now that I'm clean, now that I've surrendered
It seems that all I wants to be back where I started from

We all need a little change
I guess it's time to face the strange
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't get my mind right
I need, I need, I need, I need something to get me right
Something to get me right

I think i'ts time to use this company I keep
The company I keep don't keep me company
And all my dreams are right out there in front of me
It's sounding like the deepest darkest part of me

And all I really wanted was to make a change
I never thought they'd keep me locked up in these chains
I never thought my life would end up this strange

We all need a little change
I guess it's time to face the strange
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't get my mind right
I need, I need, I need, I need something to get me right
Something to get me right

Falling Away

And tonight we burn down everything
We worked so hard to build
The ashes will rain down on me
Memories set aflame,
Sail away
What we said if we can make this
Then we can break this into two
Memories

[Chorus:]
I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again
I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again

And tonight I will be a vessel
With these sails set aflame
Let this ocean of our memories
Carry me out to sea, I will be
Fall beneath the crashing waves into my grave
I will sleep

[Chorus]

If we can make this
Then we can break it
If we can build it
Then we can burn it down

[Chorus]

I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away
I feel you falling away from me again

And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away from me again

And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away from me again

And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away from me again

And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away
And now you're farther away from me again

Lost and broken
Hopeless and lonely
Smiling on the outside
But hurt beneath my skin
My eyes are fading
My soul is bleeding
I'll try to make it seem okay
But my faith is wearing thin

So help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open and I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me sew them up

I only wanted a magazine
I only wanted a movie screen
I only wanted the life I'd read about and dreamed
And now my mind is an open book
And now my heart is an open wound
And now my life is an open
Soul for all to see

But help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this not your fault
That I'm open and I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me

So you come along
I'll push you away
Then kick and scream for you to stay
Cause I need someone to help me
Oh, I need someone to help me

To help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way to long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open and I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me sew them
I need someone to help me fill them
I need someone to help me close them up

Festival Son

I don't care about a thing today
I used to but I'm fed up
And I can hear the words you say
I wish that you would shut up
I've got responsibility
that is my liability, a menace to society
At least that's what they say to me

[Chorus]
But tonight, tonight, it's on tonight
I don't want your boring life,
And I don't want your 9 to 5,
Or anyone to tell me how to live my life

People always tell me not to waste my time,
To get a real job and get back in line,
You can say I'll never be a millionaire,
Tell me this guitar won't get me anywhere,

I've got responsibility, that is my liability,
I'm questioning authority
They say there's not a chance for me

[Chorus]

Your future's no future,
Your future's no future,
Your future's no future,
I control my future

[2x]
Tonight, tonight, it's on tonight
I don't want your boring life,
And I don't want your 9 to 5,
Or anyone to tell me how to live my life

I'm leavin
I'm leavin
I'm leavin
I'm leavin
TONIGHT

Friday Night

Just because I walk like Obie Won Kenobie
You people talk but you don't even know me
And all these guys they think they wanna fight me
And all these girls I know that they dont like me
I made them laugh-they do it just to spite me
And in a crowd none of them are like me
But I don't care what you say
I don't need you anyway
I'll just go about my day

But anyway
You go out on Friday night
I'll stay in but that's all right
'Cause I have found a clique to call my own
In crowd, out crowd
I dont care
Your crowd, my crowd
We can share
'Cause I have found a clique to call my own

Lets go!

So come and talk to me on my computer screen
The best years of our lives aren't as easy as they seem
And one day we'll look back, and then we'll have to laugh
They used to call us names, now they want our autograph

So I don't care what you say
I don't need you anyway
I'll just go about my day
But anyway
I don't care what you say
I don't need you anyway
I'll just go about my day

But anyway
You go out on Friday night
I'll stay in but that's all right
'Cause I have found a clique to call my own
In crowd, out crowd
I don't care
Your crowd, my crowd
We can share
'Cause I have found a clique to call my own

She said she'd call
But I know she won't
She won't
She won't

But anyway
You go out on friday night
I'll stay in but that's all right
'Cause I have found a clique to call my own
In crowd, out crowd
I don't care
Your crowd, my crowd
We can share
'Cause I have found a clique to call my own

Lets go!

But anyway
I don't need you anyway
I don't need you anyway
I don't need you anyway

Ghost Of You

And I will wait until the ends
When the pendulum will swing back to the darker side of our hearts bleeding
I will save this empty space next to me like it's a grave
Where I lay a place for us to sleep eternally together

I have been searching for traces of what we were

A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all

Here I am pacing around this house again
With pictures of us living on these walls
I see my breath in the cold of the air that I breathe and I'm wondering
I'm wondering if it's you that I feel
If it's you that I feel here haunting me foreverer

I have been searching for traces of what we were

A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all

And I'm not looking for anything but us
Anything but what we were
And I'm not asking for painted memories
I only want to know you're here

A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all(x2)

Gravity Girl

Ooooooooooo ooooooooooo
I could sit for hours in the conditions of the sun
And we could talk for hours 'cause you know you're the one
And everytime I open up my heart to you
You bring me down (You rip it out) Gravity Girl
You bring me down (You bring me down in your world)
You tell me that we're through
Cause you're my
Gravity Girl, Gravity Girl
iv got my own, your my whole world
You're my Gravity Girl
I'm so high in your world
I could sit for hours in the conditions of the sun(Gravity Girl)
and we could talk for hours
'cause you know you're the one (Gravity Girl)
And everytime I open up my heart to you
You bring me down (You rip it out) Gravity Girl
You bring me down (You bring me down in your world)
You tell me that we're through
Cause you're my
Gravity Girl, Gravity Girl
iv got my own, your my whole world
You're my Gravity Girl
(High in the sky with the sun and the moon but you always bring me down again)
I'm so high in your world
(High in the sky with the sun and the moon but you always bring me down again)
Gravity Girl Gravity Girl Gravity Girl Gravity Girl
Ooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo
(Gravity Girl Gravity Girl Gravity Girl)

Hey Dad

Hey Dad, where you been for so long?
Why won't you look at me?
Is there something wrong?

Do you remember me, the son that you conceived?
Why won't you look at me?
A son that you deceived.

Oh God, what did I do to deserve this?
A man I never knew.
A man I cannot miss.

I gave you many chances, many that you took.
And now I stand before you,
You won't even look.

How can we start all over when we never began?
How can you be a father,
When you're not even a man?

Why do you play these games?
That are in my head
You said you'd love me dearly,
but it looks like he's dead.

Oh God, what did I do to deserve this?
A man I never knew.
A man I cannot miss.

How can we start all over when we never began?
How can you be a father,
When you're not even a man?

Why do you play these games?
That are in my head
You said you'd love me dearly,
but it looks like he's dead. (hey dad, hey dad)

So then came kids of my own.
I was there for them.
I am the man you couldn't be. (I didn't learn from him.)

Where he is, I don't even know at all.
I don't even remember,
The last time he called.

How can we start all over when we never began?
How can you be a father,
When you're not even a man?

Why do you play these games?
That are in my head
You said you'd love me dearly,
but it looks like he's dead.

Oh God, what did I do to deserve this?
A man I never knew.
A man I cannot miss.

How can we start all over?
How can we start all over?
How can we start all over?
How can we start all over?
Hey Dad.

Hold On

This world, this world is cold
But you don't, you don't have to go
You're feeling sad, you're feeling lonely
And no one seems to care
Your mother's gone and your father hits you
This pain you cannot bear

But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through

Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know

Your days, you say they're way too long
And your nights, you can't sleep at all
Hold on
And you're not sure what you're waiting for
But you don't want to no more
You're not sure what you're looking for
But you don't want to no more

But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through

Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know
Don't stop looking you're one step closer
Don't stop searching it's not over
Hold on

What are you looking for?
What are you waiting for?
Do you know what you're doing to me?
Go ahead...what are you waiting for?

Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know
Don't stop looking you're one step closer
Don't stop searching it's not over

Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know
Hold on

I'm Down

ooohhhhh
ooohhhhh

I can't hear you anymore
I won't let you in, I'll ignore
The things you say, they really bring me down
I've found my happy place is on the ground

Misunderstood out in the cold
I am so young but I feel old
The things you say, they really bring me down
I've found my happy place is on the ground

I am down
I am down
I am down
I am down

No sound is found when you come around
No sound is found when you come around
No sound is found when you come around
No sound is found when you come around

I am down
I am down
I am down
I am down

No sound is found when you come around
No sound is found when you come around
No sound is found when you come around
No sound is found when you come around

I am down
I am down
I am down
I am down

I Don't Wanna Stop

Go)

(yeah, yeah)

(one, two)

All these games you play you're messin' with my head
(You're messin' with my head)
And I don't know why I stay I should leave instead
(Should leave instead)
When I speak from my heart you laugh like it's a game
(Well this ain't no game)
Yeah we'd make great friends but it just isn't the same,oh

And I know this is not the way it should be
And I know you treat him like me
(badoobie-doobie-doobie-do)
But I don't
Wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
I don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop

Now, I don't need you to buy me pretty things
(You don't pay for me)
Pay for my tattoos or buy me diamond rings
(We don't want those things)
well all I know is that I’m happy to see you smile
(I Wanna see you smile)
And it'd make my day if you'd just stay for awhile
(Won't you stay with me?)

And I know this is not the way it should be
And I know you treat him like me
(Badoobie-dobbie-dobbie-do)
But I dont
Wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
I don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop
Don't wanna stop

This has gone on for way too long
And I’m tired of moving on
This has gone on for way too long.
This has gone on for way too long
And I'm tired of movin on.
This has gone on for way too long

And I know this is not the way it should be
And I know you treat him like me
(Badoobie-doobie-doobie-do)
But I don't
Wanna stop

I Don't Want to Be In Love

She’s going out to forget they were together
All that time he was taking her for granted
She wants to see if there’s more
than he gave she’s looking for

He calls her up
He’s trippin on the phone now
He doesn’t want her out there
And alone now
He knows she’s movin it
Knows she’s using it
Now he’s losing it
She don’t care

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If you’ve got nothing left
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Back it up now
You’ve got a reason to live
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don’t be afraid to get down
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love

He was always giving her attention
Looking hard to find the things she mentioned
He was dedicated
By most suckers hated
That girl was fine
But she didn’t appreciate him

She calls him up
She’s tripping on the phone now
He had to get up
And he ain’t comin home now
He’s tryin' to forget her
That’s how he got with her
When he first met her
When they first got together

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feel the beat now
If you've got nothing left
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Back it up now
You got a reason to live
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don’t be afraid to get down
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love

to the beat
to the beat
to the beat

You got nothing to lose
Don’t be afraid to get down

We break up
It’s something that we do now
Everyone has got to do it sometime
It’s okay,let it go
Get out there and find someone

It’s too late to be trippin' on the phone here
Get off the wire
You knew everything was good here
Stop what you’re doin'
You don’t wanna ruin
The chance that you've got to
find a new one

Everybody put up your hands
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
feel the beat now
If you got nothing left
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Back it up now
You got a reason to live
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love
Feelin' good now
Don’t be afraid to get down
Say I don’t wanna be in love
I don’t wanna be in love

Nooo...Noooo

Now you know what to do, so come on feelin' good