It used to make me so addicted,
I shopped around for all I found
I gate-crashed everywhere I found
some, and even traded in my soul
I used to be predictable, I knew what
came and in which order
I cheated, stole and killed for some, and
even traded in my heart

Last chance for a serenade, last chance
for a welcome home
You know it's never gonna get any
better

A 1000 years of reckless living, a
serenade that came too late
I guess I must have tripped all over, the
very thing that I held dear

Well it's not the end just yet, I'll take
my chances that I'll be fine
No it's not the end just yet
				

A tender moment, a sudden case of
fear, arms against the ceiling, now
rip the walls apart
We sleep with daggers, and 911 on
hold, grinning at each other, we
tread the water where, ships are
sinking and sharks smell blood,
somebody's about to get more than
their share

This is our last offering, we still kill
the old school way, broken hearts
and dirty lies, this is love
Last one to the bridge is out, lick
your wounds and count your dead,
arm up for this civil war, this is
love

Like broken records, rewind and
start again, heads against the brick
wall, I cried so hard for you
Release the drama, and all the
hounds of hell, fuck this institution,
we tread the water
				

This neighborhood has crashed and
burned, I brought death to them all
through a home-made hurricane
Armed with scissors, fire and booze,
I wiped this goth town clean, and left
a pool of mascara and blood
Little miss evil, didn't someone tell
you life is more than just bats and
graveyards, you dream of Marilyn,
but just like Cave In said,
"the reality check is in the mail"

Last call, first wave, they should have
told you, they should have called you,
everything is up for sale now

Reality is a bitter pill you swallow to
grow up, I guess by now
you should have known
you've all been fucked
These so-called freaks are signing
multi-million dollar deals, bats and
graveyards are obviously up for sale
So never mind the fact that you are
haunted 'cause all of your ghosts have
sneaker brands and cribs in the hill
I guess your checks have bounced,
still you sing along,
well misery loves company
				

Calm like a bomb, well it all took an ugly
turn when you walked in
Armed to the teeth, I'll be damned if I go
down without a fight
Armed with mistakes, I was chanceless and
went down before our second round
You walked in on me, so don't be so
surprised I ain't on top

Bring on your cheap tricks and all of your
knives, these bloodshot eyes have seen more
than one fight
Somebody told you they left me for dead,
well call off the search-team, 'cause I am still
here

Black-eyed and bruised, it's been years since
I was caught red-handed in this game
All in a day, I spent all my mistakes on you
my dear
Razorblade sharp it only took a minute to
walk over me
Brought to my knees I'll be damned if I go
down without a fight

You brought me to the end of my rope, you
pulled up a chair and you left me a note
Well I tangled along, but I thought you
should know, somebody left me for dead
				

It doesn't matter where you want to be,
this open road will take you anywhere,
that's how you find a place called home
An empty space, a parking lot, I've
traveled round just to get to where I am,
that's why I will always roam
And that's why I roam

When all the shit comes down, I'm all alone
to love you like I do
When the world is closing in and
everyone around you seems gone,
I'll be home

Your car's in park, mine's in overdrive,
I'll stick around long enough to make
you see just how safe it feels at home
I'll trade it all in for rolling wheels, and
set my mind on a place so far away, that's
why I will always roam
				

Never mind the state I'm in,
I'm popping pills to get by
Overrating, calculating every
single word you say
I'll be alright as time goes by,
'cause it heals all wounds they say
Never mind the afterglow, it still
burns when I'm gone

Save it for the afterglow, gone,
yeah save it for the afterglow

So never mind the afterworld, it is
only temporary and I'll be gone
before you're done
questioning my actions
I'll be miles away... you'll be here
when I'm gone

You'll be gone
when I'm back again
You'll be gone when I return
All is not lost, just 'cause I fall
down, all is not lost just
'cause I'm gone
				

Waking up with my head underwater
Gasping for air as my blood begins to boil
Found that I love being stuck in these
surroundings, I found that I love this liquid
world of mine

When you sing, all I need is the time to come
up and find air, when you sing, that the end is
the part where you start all over again, and this
hole shall be filled with the promise of things
that will come

Falling out with the ones I once depended on,
drifting away, I was found, but now I'm lost
I painted myself in attention seeking colors,
but somehow I know they won't stick, and I
won't shine

Ten years I've been stuck, never seen the light
of day, out of sight,
out of mind, ten years of pure decay, I've
been stuck in this rotten hole where I lay

When you go out by yourself, when you sing
				

I am reluctant to pronounce your
name, here stuck in these waters
I still fight your wave
I have been buried by your selfish
game, I won't forget the way
pinned me down

With or without you I am still
right here, under your wave
Without you I am nothing, I'm all
pouring rain I set my mind at ease

A pretty girl will always leave a
grave, so now tell me what's a
boy supposed to do

When all is said and all is done,
you can't go back again
And every time you try to leave,
you end up here again
				

Soaked in fluids and drained
in the stench of kerosene
I will leave a light on, drop a
matchstick to tell you where I'm going
I'll burn this town down to light up your
way, just follow these bright lights
I will burn these bridges, leave a dead
stare, oh honey you deserve these flames
I'll tear this town down and leave a road
sign, just follow this dead trail

Broken, everything is broken, we've
buried the black box recorder, they'll
never get the evidence
Suffocating, oh hell we are the bittersweet
taste, the perfect lie
Nothing ever changes here. Burn it down,
and we'll watch it all go down in flames
Let's set the record straight, and end it all
in flames

I'll burn this town down to
light up your way
				

Drop a line dear, leave a light on, let
me know when you go to sleep
I've been drifting outside your
bedroom window, I'm cold and numb
out here
I've been shaking, you stir up all my
fears and rattle these fragile bones
No one is safe here, the rats have left
the ship and we're all adrift at sea

Armed with your bare fists you started
raising hell, and they all looked at me
and wondered who could tell that you
turned out to be a monster, a curse and
a burden
But your distorted screams are making
me feel ok

I need a savior, someone with an
engine to get me out of here
You crossed the oceans, sank a ship or
two, none left alive I heard
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
hell hath no fury like you do
				

I wish you hell, I'm always looking in,
stuck on the outside, I'm always halfway there,
25 ways to lose a sure made win, I'm on the
outside, permanently damaged by them
I'm here to raise hell again,
the mother of every hurricane
You are sucking on the thumb of life,
make sure that nothing ever changes
Yeah you promised hell, so disappointed,
well you promised hell, so disappointed

I'm on the outside looking in,
I'm a witness to my high school reunion
I might be troubled but I wish them hell,
I'm a witness to my high school reunion

All the girls that I used to know are
turning tricks, while their boyfriends
are drinking getting wasted on gin
And their mothers are busy getting perfect skin

You broke this heart, you broke
this poor boy's heart, left a promise that love
will slowly tear us apart
The boys would cheer as girls were flying by, it
took a one-night stand to bury all
their dreams of a life
				

You seem to remember my name
now, you seem to remember my face
We have been fighting for years now,
we wasted our years and our blood

So long, euphoria, you've been a
treasure in our lives
We let the vultures in, to pick the
bones of this affair
A thousand years from now, we'll
lick our wounds and say goodbye
So long, euphoria, we set the table
with sharp knives

We seem to be wasting away now,
dust covers the traces we left
Still I feel safer around you, when we
feed on each others fear