I know I'm part of something greater than myself
Don't know the meaning of it but I hope that matters less
I don't know anything when I'm factored out of scale
I know I'm part of something greater than myself

We're all engaging in a game of attrition
Maybe god is just a chemical fiction

I'm a monkey with a madding affliction
With fact checking for a mental condition

I know I'm part of something greater than myself
Don't know the meaning of it but I hope that matters less
I don't know anything when I'm factored out of scale
I know I'm part of something greater than myself

I can't believe it
the way you look sometimes
like a trampled flag on a city street, oh yeah
and I don't want it
the things your offering me
symbolised barcode quick ID, oh yeah

Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to live but I got a lot of toys
my daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual

my mommy's on valium, so ineffectual
ain't life a mystery yeah?

I can't explain it
the things your saying to me
its going yayayayayayaya oh yeah

Cause I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to read but I got alot of toys
my daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
my mommy's on valium, so ineffectual
ain't life a mystery yeah?

Tried to tell you about no control
but now I really don't know
and then you told me how bad you had to suffer
is that really all you had to offer?

Cause I'm a 21 century digital boy
I don't know how to live but I got alot of toys
my daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
my mommy's on valium, so ineffectual

Cat's Foot, Iron Claw (21st century digital boy)
neuro-surgeons scream for more (21st century digital boy)
innocents raped with napalm fire (21st century digital boy)
everything I want I really need (21st century digital boy)

21st century schiziod boy
21st century video boy
21st century digital boy
21st century sofa boy

you were the one,
you were my everything
never apart,
no one in-between
then one day,
when you went your own way
you felt justified,
and I was mortified
but today...
you are just a picture
and a thousand memories
is all I take with me
cause your smile
is just too much to see
you're just a thousand memories
fantasies, broken dreams
reveries, sordid histories
following my heart,
laden with reaction,
without calibration or design
committed to a trial,
a life of understanding
can't somebody show a sign to you?
for me, to see if you only knew
that you were the one...
cause a picture is worth
one thousand memories

(Mr. Brett)
I heard them say that the meek shall reign on earth,
Phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth.
I've seen the rapture in a starving baby's eyes,
Inchoate beatitude, the Lord of the Flies.
So what does it mean when your mind starts to stray?
Kaleidoscoping images of love on the way.
Brother you'd better get down on your knees and pay.
1,000 more fools are being born every fucking day.
They try to tell me that the lamb is on the way,
With microwave transmissions they bombard us every day.
The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep.
The vortex of their minds ensconsed within the murky deep.

[AJ:]
I can see in your eyes
Broken windows, fallen skies
Baby, baby what you hidin' from
The light that followed you around
Lately nowhere to be found
Don't you know that I'm your place to run

[Brian:]
You been holding on so long
Tryin' to make believe that nothing's wrong
Not letting it show
And there ain't nothing you can do
To make me turn away from you
I need you to know

[Howie:]
That you can let go

[AJ:]
Sifting through shattered dreams
Livin' in the in between
Baby, babe it's gonna be alright
(You can let go)
When you're lost, let down, disappointed
And jerked around in this cold, cold world
I will always be by your side

[Nick:]
You been holding on so long
Tryin' to make believe that nothing's wrong
Not letting it show
There ain't nothin' you can do
To make me turn away from you
I need you to know

[Howie:]
That you can let go

[AJ:]
Don't be afraid when you're falling apart
Don't hesitate I'll be right where you are
Open your eyes there's a crack in the dark

[Brian:]
You never let me see you cry
You locked it somewhere deep inside
Baby, baby let me hold you tight

[Howie:]
Make it alright

[All:]
Baby, baby gonna be alright
Cause I'm by your side
When the whole world turns against you (I won't turn against you)
Not letting it show
Baby, babe gonna be alright
Cause I'm by your side
When the whole world turns against you
You can let go

[Nick/All:]
You been holding on so long
Tryin' to make believe that nothing's wrong
Not letting it show
You can let go
There ain't nothing you can do
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You don't run with a crowd 
You go your own way 
You don't play after dark 
You light up my day 
Got your own kind of style 
That sets you apart

Baby, that's why you captured my heart
I know sometimes you feel like you don't fit in
And this world doesn't know what you have within 
When I look at you, 
I see something rare 
A rose that can go anywhere (go anywhere) 
And there's no one 
I know that can compare 

CHORUS
What makes you different, makes you beautiful 
What's there inside you, shines through to me 
In your eyes I see, all the love
I'll ever need
You're all I need, oh girl 
What makes you different, makes you beautiful to me

Hey, yeah 
You got something so real
You touched me so deep (touched me so deep) 
Say material things 
Don't matter to me 
So come as you are 
You've got nothing to prove
You won me with all that you do 
And I want to take this chance to say to you 

CHORUS Repeat 

You don't know how you touched my life 
Oh in so many ways I just can't describe 
You taught me what love is supposed to be 
You saw the little things that make you beautiful to me (so beautiful) 
What makes you... 

Chorus Repeat 

Everything you do is beautiful (so beautiful) 
Love you give shines right through me (shines right through me)
Everything you do is beautiful (oh) 
You're beautiful to me (to me)

[Brian:]
How come I was the last to know
Took the stage then you stole the show
Another unsuspecting sunday afternoon
I was captured by that stare
Now I'm shattered, but I don't care
And the people walking by don't have a clue

[Brian/AJ:]
That I kissed your face
Till the sun was in our eyes
Till the afternoon arrived
And I can't explain
Last night I saw the fireworks
The kind of pain that never hurts
The one you hate to love is made for you
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon

[Nick:]
Monday is a funny thing
Still waiting for the phone to ring
Will my imagination take it slow
After Saturday, my life is changed
In a moment it was rearranged
Strange how easy it is letting go
And I miss your face
Like the sun was in my eyes
And now I'm running blind

[Nick/AJ/Brian:]
And I can't explain
Last night I saw the fireworks
The kind of pain that never hurts
The one you hate to love is made for you
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon

[All:]
This sweet relief
Unexpected things
Is this the end or only the beginning

I miss your face
Like the sun was in my eyes
Like the afternoon
Now I'm running blind (running blind)
I can't explain (can't explain)

[AJ:]
Last night I saw the fireworks
the kind of pain that never hurts
The one you hate to love that's made for you
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon

Uh, uh I know that you're hurting now
Seems like there's just no way how
Feels like it's all gone wrong
You keep on sipping till you can't go on!

Don't worry, I'm not by your side
My shoulder is yours if you need to cry
Feel the times when life is just too much
I know you want to, but don't give up!

[Chorus:]
Try, baby try
Give me a moment of your time
Oh no, don't, don't close your eyes
I know you're hurt now
We can work it out
If we just try, if you just try!

It's always been just me and you
You know I've been down there, too!
Always when I needed you
You were strong!
Let me hold you, baby
When hope is gone!

[Chorus:]
Try, baby try
Give me a moment of your time
Oh no, don't, don't close your eyes
I know you're hurt now
We can work it out
If we just try, if you just try!

Holding on, holding on
We used to know how to!
Oh, oh, oh if the nights are so long
It's my favorite time if we just

[Chorus:]
Try, baby try
Give me a moment of your time
Oh no, don't, don't close your eyes
I know you're hurt now
We can work it out
If we just try, if you just try!

[Howie:]
How come you never know
What you got until it's gone
Too bad
Because I never felt so good with anyone
How fooled was I into thinking
I was gonna be alright
Okay
Fine

[Nick/Howie:]
So every day I try a little harder
To forget her
Lie here convince myself
Tomorrow will be better

[Chorus:]
The trouble is I can't get her out of my mind
When I close my eyes at night
Who's gonna save me
Now she's gone
The trouble is there's a part of me
That still can't let go of her memory
And now I know what it is
Love is what the trouble is

[AJ:]
Love is what the trouble is

[AJ:]
How come she said
You never wear your heart
Where I can see
Too bad
Cause now I'm the one
Who's sorry
How stupid was I into thinking
I was gonna be alright
Okay
Fine
So everyday I find a little something
To remind me
No matter how I try
I can't put the past behind me

[Repeat Chorus]

[AJ:]
Love has let me go
I'm alright, I'm okay
I'll be fine, give it time

[All:]
But the only trouble is I can't get her out of my mind
When I close my eyes at night
Who's gonna save me
Now she's gone (she's gone)
The trouble is there's a part of me
That still can't let go of her memory (I just can't)
And now I know what it is (now I know)
And now I know what it is
Cause love is what the trouble is
The trouble
Love... Love is what the trouble is

I know that I, I can't believe
Just what the past has brought me
To the man I wanna be
I know that we have had some times
That we can't forget the struggle
Cause we have so far to go

Bridge:
I know we've changed but
Change can be so good
So let's not forget why
It's understood that

Chorus:
Time, look where we are and what we've been through
Time, sharing our dreams
Time, goes on and on everyday, baby
Time is what it is
Come what may (come what may)

I remember when, mom used to say
That things are getting better
And you'll soon be on your way
Remember those days
When we would sing at the drop of a dime (Oooh)
Way back when nothing mattered (Mmm, mm, mm)

BRIDGE

CHORUS:

So here we are(here we are)
And we'll always stay together
And through it all you know we owe it all to you, you, you , you
Time goes on and on

CHORUS (x2)

Time, goes on and on everyday, Time is what it is
Come what may
Come what may