I will wait until the end
When the pendulum will swing back
to the darker side of our hearts bleeding
I will save this empty space
next to me like its 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
is 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
So 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 its you that i feel if its you that i feel here haunting me forever
I have been
Searching for
Traces of
What we were
A ghost of you
is all that I have left
is 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
is all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find theres no one there but me
and nothing left of what we were at all
A ghost of you
is all that I have left
is all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find theres no one there but me
and nothing left of what we were at all.
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
And tonight we burn down everything
We worked so hard to build
The ashes will reign down on me
Memories set aflame, sail away
What we said if we can make this
Then we can break this into two memories
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
[x2]
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
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
[x4]
If we can make this
then we can break it
if we can build it
then we can burn it down
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
[x3]
And now you're farther away
now you're farther away
now you're farther away from me again
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
Another right, another 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 it's 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
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 all right?
But we're all right
We're all right
[Chorus:]
It's 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
It's not ok,
But we're all right
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 tattooed body
There's things I'll take, to my grave
But I'm okay
I'm okay
[Chorus:]
It's 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
It's not ok,
But we're all right
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 I'm still alive
Yeah, I'm still alive
Sometimes
I forgive
Yeah and this time
I'll admit
That I miss you, said I miss you
[Chorus:]
It's 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
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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
Working hard to buy 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 trippin’ 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'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!
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It feels so strange
To be back at your place
You look away
A smile creeps across your face
Remember the sounds, the laughs, the screams, the crashing plates
How we’d lay awake all night and listen to the rain
What if I just crash here tonight?
I can tell you’re lonely
You’ve seen this look a thousand times
Don’t you know what it means?
I just came by to get my things
But now we’re both here wondering
What if I just crash here tonight?
Would you let me?
Would you let me?
Would you let me?
I knock on the door
And feel the nervousness inside
You open it up and say hello
And it subsides
So I can admit I’ve said some things that just aren’t true
And we both agree we’ve done some things we shouldn’t do
What if I just crash here tonight?
I can tell you’re lonely
You’ve seen this look a thousand times
Don’t you know what it means?
I just came by to get my things
But now we’re both here wondering
What if I just crash here tonight?
Would you let me?
Would you let me?
Would you let me?
I know you’ve been trying so hard to forget me
Ignoring all my calls and I know you've been lonely
And all your girlfriends they won’t even look at me
I heard about the guy that you started to date
I heard about the drama
Yeah I heard that you laid him
I did the math and we both know what that means
What if I just crash here tonight?
I can tell you’re lonely
You’ve seen this look a thousand times
Don’t you know what it means?
I just came by to get my things
But now we’re both here wondering
What if I just crash here tonight?
Would you let me?
Wake up, go to work, come home, it's not working
We've been living our whole lives
on a system that is broken
Your words, I hear them
They're sharp, can't get near them
We got one last chance,
one more time to make this happen
We got one time, time to get this right
Two times and you know it's not my style
three's company, just you and me,
we need to figure this one out
four letter words are all you said
five minutes later we're in bed
Can't count on you to love me,
but I can count the days since you've been gone
Break up, I come home, I realized that its not working
you're gone and it echoes
I miss the noise of all our fighting
and you know that I don't mean a word I say
and I know that you don't wanna stay away
how long am I gonna be counting the days you're gone
We got one time, time to get this right
two times and you know it's not my style
three's company, just you and me,
we need to figure this one out
four letter words are all you said
five minutes later we're in bed
Can't count on you to love me,
but I can count the days since you've been gone
Ever since I saw you,
there was no-one else, just you and me
(you're all that I could see)
but I got this problem
I don't know how to say what I mean, what I mean
We got one time, time to get this right
two times and you know it's not my style
three's company, just you and me,
we need to figure this one out
We got one time, time to get this right
two times and you know it's not my style
three's company, just you and me,
we need to figure this one out
four letter words are all you said
five minutes later we're in bed
Can't count on you to love
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Uh, alright, here we go (get down)
One time for your mind, your body and your soul
Every time that I rhyme you know I'm in control
Alright, here we go, here we go, here we go
And we've been here for so many years,
But still it seems as if you're not there (are you there?)
Well, every time I talk, you turn away (do you care?)
Isn't Dad an obligation to care?
And we said...
[Chorus:]
And we've been here for so many years,
So many years still it seems... so why
You're so complicated (yeah)
You're overrated (well alright)
You're complicated,
Well this feeling is love.
Well I came in the door, yeah I said it before,
I never let the stress get me down no more
Giving thanks to the Lord, you know I pray every day,
Giving shouts to my peeps and this is what we say,
And we said...
[Chorus]
You left us one little room with a black and white TV,
One eviction notice and a bill for therapy
You're living all alone, you're like a dog without a bone, I said
You're living all alone because you left us all at home,
Well you had a second chance but you threw it all away,
A fourth and fifth and sixth now that was yesterday,
Now you're sitting at a bar you're just drowning in your tears,
You're lonely in the corner while everybody cheers,
And we said...
And we've been here for so many years (so many)
So many years still it seems (too long, too long, too)
And we've been here for so many years
So many years still it seams (yeah, yeah, yeah)... so why
You're so complicated (yeah)
You're overrated (well alright)
You're complicated,
Well this feeling is love.
on...on and on and on and on and on
on and on and on and on and on
on and on and on and on and on
I am lost in the see-thru
I think you lost yourself 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 on to
The things you'd never say to me
[Chorus:]
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 would hold onto that)
So I'm gonna hold on
On and on and on and on
On and on and on and on and on and on and on
And now you've got me watching your eyes
(Watching just to see, watching just to see)
You've got me waiting just to see
(If you'll ever look at me)
If it goes away it never will
(Will it ever go? Will it ever go my way?)
Your eyes are watching me
Oh
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 wanna tell you
If only I could reach you
And make you feel this way
[Chorus]
Ohhh
On and on and on
Ohhh
On and on and on and on
