Marry Your Mother

So you say we should be breaking

A pause in all the loving

Was I looking the other way for a minute, baby

So you say we should be breaking

A pause in all the loving

DId you catch me catching my breath, oh

 

If you leave me now

You’ll marry your mother

You’ll never find another like me

If you leave me now

You’ll end up marrying your mother

Wondering how you gave up the good with me

 

You think that I’m the chain

And you’re dragging me around

The clips to your wings, I’m whats keeping you down

But I’m really like the wind

Bringing you your life

You wanna walk away, show me how high you can fly

 

If you leave me now

You’ll marry your mother

You’ll never find another like me

If you leave me now

You’ll end up marrying your mother

Wondering how you gave up the good with me

 

So my love is like a cage

And you want to be set free

I should save the space for someone

Who wants to keep me

 

If you leave me now

You’ll marry your mother

You’ll never find another like me

If you leave me now

You’ll end up marrying your mother

Wondering how you gave up the good with me

It’s Hard To Believe

Everybody’s got war in their hearts,

And blood on their hands

Why we’re still fighting, oh

I still don’t understand, hey

 

Doesn’t she deserve somebody to love

Doesn’t he deserve his truth

Why you gotta hide in a city of light

When there’s a ton more people like you

 

It’s hard, to believe

That these things will ever change

But I promise it’ll happen one day

It’s hard, to believe

The these things will ever change

But I promise it’ll happen one day

 

Tongue’s cut out to silence the outcry

But you can’t change will

Revolutions happen every day if you let them

Why we gotta make it uphill

 

It’s hard, to believe

That these things will ever change

But I promise it’ll happen one day

It’s hard, to believe

The these things will ever change

But I promise it’ll happen one day

Like You

Yeah, I know what I look like

Yeah, I know what you see

Go on, beg for permission

To throw your words at me

Oh, I’m an easy target

Yeah, right in your face

Go on, tell me all about it

The things I make you say

 

I asked for it

When I turned my head

Turned my back on you

I asked for it

When I dared to say

I hope I never end up like you

 

Yeah, I know its too much

For you hold your tongue

Oh, the feelings I don’t have

Well I’m going numb

Go on, tell me about it

The things I make you say

 

I asked for it

When I turned my head

Turned my back on you

I asked for it

When I dared to say

I hope I never end up like you

 

Eyes so wide

For wrong things

I hope I never end up like you

Mouth so big

For big words

I hope I never end up like you

Eyes so wide

For wrong things

Fingers so willing to fix

Mouth so big

For big words

Tongue so fucking quick

 

I asked for it

When I turned my head

Turned my back on you

I asked for it

When I dared to say

I hope I never end up like you

Goodbyes

I talked to a woman with three eyes

She said in two out of three she was blind,

But it’s okay cause the last one sees better than most

I talked to a woman with three eyes,

She said in two out of three she was blind,

And then whispered in my ear real close,

She said, you better watch out for the teeth marks of original sin

Without the bittersweet scent of sincerity, honey

 

Woah, yeah, we’ve said goodbye

Too many times

Never really said hello, again

It just kinda happened, baby

Woah, yeah, we’ve said goodbye

Too many times

Never really said hello, again

It just keeps happening, baby, woah, yeah

 

I ran into the middle of a sandstorm

It opened my skin like only you had done

But at least these wounds will heal

I ran into the middle of a sandstorm

It opened my skin like only you had done

But at least now I know it’s real

Watching out for the teeth marks of original sin

Without the bittersweet scent of sincerity, honey

 

Woah, yeah, we’ve said goodbye

Too many times

Never really said hello, again

It just kinda happened, baby

Woah, yeah, we’ve said goodbye

Too many times

Never really said hello, again

It just keeps happening, baby, woah, yeah

Writhe And Go

Cough syrup, mixed into your coffee

Sugar never helped anything

Dreams forgotten in the face of the morning

What were those things anyway

No good news in the paper

But you might as well read

If everybody’s working

Nobody’s working to be free

 

Why you gonna drive

Where they won’t know your face

Where you gonna live

If you ain’t got no place

How you gonna stay alive

If you’re not working to die

What kind of life

Isn’t writhe and go

These days

 

Fell off the step ladder

Gotta climb with these broken limbs, now

Would you feel better

If they pushed you again

Older and grayer

Every single day

What really matters

When there’s only good to say

 

Why you gonna drive

Where they won’t know your face

Where you gonna live

If you ain’t got no place

How you gonna stay alive

If you’re not working to die

What kind of life

Isn’t writhe and go

These days

 

Punch in, punch out

Your life’s a ticking clock

But that ticking’s not so unlike

That heart, more like a box.

Dear someone I used to know,

Before you curled and dided,

I never thought they could ever beat

The fire from the rug of your eyes.

 

Why you gonna drive

Where they won’t know your face

Where you gonna live

If you ain’t got no place

How you gonna stay alive

If you’re not working to die

What kind of life

Isn’t writhe and go

These days

If You’re Wondering

I could feel you looking at me

I was too scared to look back

And let everything

Come spilling out of me

We sat on the bed

And I let you wait for the words

I knew you wanted to hear

That I just never said

 

If you’re wondering if I want you

Don’t wonder anymore

If you’re wondering if I need you

You don’t haveta wonder anymore

 

I knew you’d find somebody else

Somebody braver

But she left you lonely and you always figured

She had too much to say about everything anyway

 

If you’re wondering if I want you

Don’t wonder anymore

If you’re wondering if I need you

You don’t haveta wonder anymore

 

I’ve kept this

So buried

It seems a little strange

To be, out in the open,

Suddenly hoping, to be what you need

 

If you’re wondering if I want you

Don’t wonder anymore

If you’re wondering if I need you

You don’t haveta wonder anymore

 

I won’t wonder anymore…

Heavy

I can feel my skin is breaking

You’re getting underneath

Everything I am is shaking

You refuse to steady me

 

My eyes are all black just to cover the blue

It’s hard walking out when you know theyll follow you

 

Heavy hands, heavy hearts

And it’s all on the line

Why do I still need you, by my side

Heavy hands, heavy hearts

And it’s all on the line

But you say you still need me, by your side

 

I can taste the blood spilling from my lips

I know it’ll only be a minute til it stops

These quiet tremors while I wait for your kiss

I gotta wonder if I’d waited enough

 

My eyes are all black just to cover the blue

It’s hard walking out when you know theyll follow you

 

Heavy hands, heavy hearts

And it’s all on the line

Why do I still need you, by my side

Heavy hands, heavy hearts

And it’s all on the line

But you say you still need me, by your side

 

It’s hard walking out, it’s hard walking out

It ain’t that bad, it ain’t that bad

Your heavy hands they hit me hard

But I know it’s only you got that heavy heart

Your heavy hands, I feel them hit me hard

I gotta wonder if I should be running far

 

My eyes are all black just to cover the blue

It’s hard walking out not knowing if theyll follow you

 

Heavy hands, heavy hearts

And it’s all on the line

Why do I still need you, by my side

Heavy hands, heavy hearts

And it’s all on the line

But you say you still need me, by your side

Stay

My teeth are ground down

I can’t swallow the day to day

It seems it’s drowning me out

Taking me out to sea

Cause all I wanna do is run until I die

Away from everything that I know

Cause all I wanna do is run so far and hide

Away from everything that I can become

 

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

 

I’m getting shorter by the minute

My soul is thirsty for relief

There’s only one way out of this

Only one I can see

Cause all I wanna do is run until I die

Away from everything that I know

Cause all I wanna do is run so far and hide

Away from everything that I can become

 

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

 

I guess as long as it takes

I’ll try to be okay

where I am, Where you are

If you asked me, since you asked me

 

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

 

Cause all I wanna do is run until I die

Away from everything that I know

Cause all I wanna do is run so far and hide

Away from everything that I can become

It seems the hardest thing to do

 

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

It seems the hardest thing to do

But if you asked me to do it for you

I’d stay, I’d stay

Different And Strange

Your eyes, they pierce me when I’m alone

But I say nothing in reply

Cause what would it do to start another fight with you

When my existence is an insult to yours

 

I know I’m different and I’m strange

But did you ever hear me complain

About how you are all the same

So if it’s all the same to you I’ll flush your voice right down the drain

Right down the drain

 

Your thoughts, they’re louder than you’d think

But I know you think them for a reason

Cause if you pretend not to like me you can pretend you dont wanna be me

After all, even the air in your lungs is stiff

 

I know I’m different and I’m strange

But did you ever hear me complain

About how you are all the same

So if it’s all the same to you I’ll flush your voice right down the drain

Right down the drain

 

And right here in the center

I find my place again

Throw your words like fruit now

Cause I’m sweeter than you’ll ever be

 

I know I’m different and I’m strange

But did you ever hear me complain

About how you are all the same

So if it’s all the same to you I’ll flush your voice right down the drain

Right down the drain

Blonde Angel

She saw your wings and held your ankles like weights

She saw your eyes and let herself go blind

So now you’re flown away and she needs somebody to look up to

So now you’re flown away and she needs somebody to say she’s worth saving

 

Hey. blonde angel

Could you sing me a song?

Rock me to sleep, if it takes all night long

Hey, blonde angel

Can you find me a prayer?

Cause way up there I heard you right all the wrongs

 

They saw your smile and got carried away

They preach your words but they don’t remember what you used to say, no

Cause now you’re flown away and they need somebody to look up to

So now you’re flown away and they need somebody to say they’re worth saving

 

Hey. blonde angel

Could you sing me a song?

Rock me to sleep, if it takes all night long

Hey, blonde angel

Can you find me a prayer?

Cause way up there I heard you right all the wrongs

 

You toed your own crooked line

I bet you got there just fine

And your blue eyes are shining on me

You toed your own crooked line

I bet you got there just fine

Do I just follow the signs

Do I just follow the signs

 

Hey. blonde angel

Could you sing me a song?

Rock me to sleep, if it takes all night long

Hey, blonde angel

Can you find me a prayer?

Cause way up there I heard you right all the wrongs

Hey. blonde angel

Could you sing me a song?

Rock me to sleep, if it takes all night long

Hey, blonde angel

Can you find me a prayer?

Cause way up there I heard you right all the wrongs

Happy

You proved ‘em wrong, I knew you could

I told you so, tripping out your mouth

What kind of smile leaks spite like that

You proved ‘em wrong, you left them gone

Now you’re going back to tell them you got out

What kind of smile leaks spite like that

 

Does it ever make you sad to see

Nobody’s ever happy to see you happy

Does it ever break your heart in time

You’re dying to let them know it all worked out in time

Nobody’s ever happy to see you happy

Come on bring your happiness with me

 

All your flowers bloomed so big

And all your fears they’re nothing now

But somehow when you look around

Your flowers just attracted bees

Their jealous of you, I can see

And nobody’s ever happy to see you happy

Nobody’s ever glad, just cause you’re glad

You’d think there’s a limited amount

And everybody’s just keeping their own count

 

Does it ever make you sad to see

Nobody’s ever happy to see you happy

Does it ever break your heart in time

You’re dying to let them know it all worked out in time

Nobody’s ever happy to see you happy

Come on bring your happiness with me

 

Don’t let it make you sad to see

I’ll be happy when you we’re happy

If you’ll be happy for me

Don’t let it ever break your heart

Don’t die to tell them how you got it right

I’ll be happy to see you happy

Come on bring your happiness to me

Bleed

Everybody wants to be in love

Everybody wants somebody to love

Everybody needs, everybody hurts,

Everybody bleeds.

 

That double edge tongue gonna getchya into trouble everytime

Cause wounds are all hidden but you bet they still sting

Try to keep the tears back, but your throat burns

And suddenly you’re speaking without thinking

What’s breath when you’re on the edge of a breakthrough

What’s consciousness in the middle of the best damn dream

Who’s to say that I’m twisted in the wrongest ways

Who’s to point their broken fingers at me

 

Everybody wants to be in love

Everybody wants somebody to love

Everybody needs, everybody hurts,

Everybody bleeds.

 

Her eyes are gonna find you in the crowd any second now

Cause you’ve been looking for eachother since the moment you got out the car

Try to keep your heart beat down

Pretend you didn’t see her name in the stars

What’s breath when you’re on the edge of a breakthrough

What’s consciousness in the middle of the best damn dream

Who’s to say that I’m twisted in the wrongest ways

Who’s to point their broken fingers at me

 

Everybody wants to be in love

Everybody wants somebody to love

Everybody needs, everybody hurts,

Everybody bleeds.

 

Your knees dropped out and you heard your name

But you can’t open your eyes to see

And you hear the question are you okay?

And you fight with yourself to answer or turn away

But you know they’ve felt the floor, too

And you know you were there to help them up

They’re not looking down at you from they are

Everybody’s been to the bottom like you

 

What’s breath when you’re on the edge of a breakthrough

What’s consciousness in the middle of the best damn dream

Who’s to say that I’m twisted in the wrongest ways

Who’s to point their broken fingers at me

 

Everybody wants to be in love

Everybody wants somebody to love

Everybody needs, everybody hurts,

Everybody bleeds.