Front Cover
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Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers
Shut my eyes and count to tenIt goes in one ear out the other, one ear out the
otherBurning bright right till the end
Now you’ll be missing from the photographs, missing from the photographs
Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers
In my thoughts you’re far awayAnd you are whistling the melody, whistling the
melodyCrystallizing clear as day
Oh, I can picture you so easily, picture you so easilyWhat’s gonna be left of the world if you’re not in it?
What’s gonna be left of the world, ohEvery minute and every hour
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreEvery stumble and each misfire
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreWatching through my fingers, watching through my
fingersCaught off guard by your favourite song
I’ll be dancing at a funeral, dancing at a funeralSleeping in the clothes you love
It’s such a shame we had to see them burn, shame we had to see them burn
What’s gonna be left of the world if you’re not in it?What’s gonna be left of the world, oh
Every minute and every hourI miss you, I miss you, I miss you more
Every stumble and each misfireI miss you, I miss you, I miss you more
"If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle
Now stop worrying and go get dressed"You might have to excuse me
I’ve lost control of all my sensesAnd you might have to excuse me
I’ve lost control of all my wordsSo get drunk, call me a fool
Put me in my place, put me in my placePick me up, up off the floor
Put me in my place, put me in my placeEvery minute and every hour
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreEvery stumble and each misfire
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreWatching through my fingers, watching through my
Roll up another cigaretteUsing the minute that it takes
To think about the power of your wordsWe're living in the currents you create
We're sinking in the pool of your mistakesSo stub it out, your podium awaits
Oh my God, my GodI can't quite believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface
I'm coming up for air'Cause you're making me feel nervous
I need to clear my headI can't believe my ears
I don't wanna believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface
I'm coming up for airHow can you think you're serious?Do you even know what year it is?
I can't believe the scary points you makeStill living in the currents you create
Still sinking in the pool of your mistakesWon't you stop firing up the crazies?
Oh my God, my GodI can't quite believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface
I'm coming up for air'Cause you're making me feel nervous
I need to clear my headI can't believe my ears
I don't wanna believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface
I'm coming up for air"When anybody preaches disunity, tries to pit one of us against the
otherYou know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy
our very lives"Oh, I need a breath
I need a breathFill my lungs
Let me fill my lungs?Oh, I need a breath
I need a breathFill my lungs
Let me fill my lungsOh, I need a breath
I need a breathFill my lungs
Let me fill my lungsOh, I need a breath
I need a breathFill my lungs
Let me fill my lungsI'm swimming to the surface
I'm coming up for air'Cause you're making me feel nervous
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Page 3An act of kindness
Is what you show to meNot more than I can takeNot more than I can take
Kindness is what you show to meIt holds me 'till I ache
Overflow and start to breakOh I, got a feeling this will shake me downOh I, kind of hoping this will turn me round
And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day
And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day
An act of kindnessIs what you show to me
It caught me by surprise in this town of glass and eyesKindness, so many people pass me by
But you warm me to my core and you left me wanting moreOh I, got a feeling this will shake me downOh I, kind of hoping it will turn me round
Oh I, got a feeling that however slowOh I, kind of hoping this will reach my soul
And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day
And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day
Oh my back's up against the wallI feel guilty, I feel guiltyWant nothing in returnI feel guilty, I feel guilty
Oh my back's up against the wallI feel guilty, I feel guiltyWant nothing in returnI feel guilty, I feel guilty
And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day
And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day
Back's up against the wallI feel guilty, I feel guilty
And you want nothing in returnI feel guilty, I feel guilty
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Aim, throw your best shot right at meCause pain, I can take it easily
Did you really think I'd fall to my kneesJust to pray for some sweet simplicity?
Cause woah, you're squeezing my heart,Too hard in your bare hands, they hold too
tightAnd woah the air is on fire,
This room feels electric, caught here in your sights
Power, powerI will never understand the power you were
holding over mePower, power
Oh you had it too long, yes you had it too long
Pain, just synapses firing in our brainSo when you cut me, cut me deep
Hurt the ones you love the most easilyCause in time we show our Achilles's heels
And woah, you're squeezing my heart,Too hard in your cold bare hands, they hold
too tightAnd woah the air is on fire,
This room feels electric, caught here in your sights
Power, powerI will never understand the power you were
holding over mePower, power
Oh you had it too long, yes you had it too long
If you're gonna hit me, hit me harder(Hit me, hit me harder)
Cause you better knock me out the first timeAnd if you're gonna do this rip the plaster
(Do this rip the plaster)If you're gonna hit me, hit me harder than
thisPower, power
Blows my mind to think I ever let you hold it
I’m the lesser of two evilsOr am I, am I tricking myself nice?
If I’m a lesser of two evilsWho’s this man, who’s this act I hide
behind?There are two ways to skin tonight
Let’s see whose road gets there fasterThis is a game, no wrongs, no right
Only a winner and a loserYou and I, oh you and I
We’re not that different, you and IOh you and I, you and I
We’re not that different, you and IOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh I'm the lesser of two evilsSo keep looking
Just keep looking into my eyesAnd as the lesser of two evils, it pays to
Pays to be the nice guy sometimesThere are two ways to skin tonight
Let’s see whose road gets there fasterHere I am hiding in plain sight
If you're not careful you will lose herYou and I, you and I
We’re not that different, you and IOh you and I, you and I
We’re not that different, you and IYou and I, you and I
We're not that different, you and I
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I've got demons running round in my headAnd they feed on insecurities I have
Won't you lay your healing hands on my chest?Let your ritual clean
Soak the ropes with your holy waterTie me down as you read out the words
Set me free from my jealousyWon't you exorcise my mind?Won't you exorcise my mind?I want to be free as I'll ever be
Exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mind
Desdemona, won't you liberate me?When I'm haunted by your ancient history
Close these green eyes and watch over as I sleepThrough my darkest of dreams
Be the power to compel meHold me closer than anyone before
Set me free from my jealousyWon't you exorcise my mind?Won't you exorcise my mind?I want to be free as I'll ever be
Exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mind
I should be thinking 'bout nothing else when I'm with you oohWith you ooh, oh oh oh
I should be thinking 'bout nothing else when I'm with you oohWith you ooh, oh oh oh
Your mind exists somewhere altogether differentIt lives in a world where feelings simply cannot be defined by
wordsOh set me free from my jealousy
Won't you exorcise my mind?Won't you exorcise my mind?I want to be free as I'll ever be
Exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mind
Won't you exorcise my mind?
Lethargy got a hold of meAnd I don't know how to shake it
Got these itchy feet for a change of sceneDo anything to escape it
Get up, get up, pressure, pressureRun away as fast as you can goEveryday our friends and lovers
Give the answers everybody knowsYou told me not to be like anybody else
Headspin, happiness, deathBe like anybody else
Bowed down, nothing else leftYou checked out years ago
Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youYou checked out years ago
Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youThere's an English man up in space these days
Floating in awe and wonderAs he floats away from the atmospheres
All of us non believersGet up, get up, pressure, pressure
Run away as fast as you can goEveryday our friends and lovers
Give the answers everybody knowsYou told me not to be like anybody else
Headspin, happiness, deathBe like anybody else
Bowed down, nothing else leftYou checked out years ago
Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youYou checked out years ago
Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youPaint the scene for me
Paint it bright and paint it clearI don't want to use my imagination hereDon't want to use my imagination here
Paint the scene for mePaint it bright and paint it clear
I don't want to use my imagination hereDon't want to use my imagination hereYou told me not to be like anybody else
Headspins, happiness, deathBe like anybody else
Bowed down, nothing else leftYou checked out years ago
Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youYou checked out years ago
Oh what I'd do to not to worry like you
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These four walls to keep youOne floor to sleep upon and only
These four walls to keep youThese four walls contain you
Supposed to save you from yourself andThese four walls in Holcomb
To keep you from the sunAnd now we're faced with two wrongs
Now we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't know
Now we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongs
I don't know, oh, I don't knowWe could be born to anything and now, and now
What you have done is terribleAnd now you, and now youNow you carry it with you
You carry it with youYou carry it with you
These four walls will keep youUntil you face the rope
You've only these four walls before they, In cold blood, hang you up
And now we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongs
I don't know, oh, I don't knowAnd now we're faced with two wrongs
Now we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't know
We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terrible
And now you, and now youNow you carry it with you
You carry it with youYou carry it with you
(Now you carry it with youCarry it with youCarry it with you)
There's no view from here, no view from here, no view from here
All you see's the skyClouds passing by, clouds passing by
We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terrible
And now, and nowNow you carry it with you
You carry it with youYou carry it with you
Now you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you
Now you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you
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You go sleep with the fishesThere’s no room for you hereThere’s no room for you here
Wrap your teeth around the pavement'Cause your body’s a message
Send my regards to hellFall upon your knees saying
"This is my body and soul here"Fall and begging, pleading
"You’ve got the power and control"Don’t pin it all on meDon’t pin it all on me
You’ve been granted three wishesSay goodbye to your mother, your father,
your sonI can hear your pulse racing from here
Sitting next to this gun beats your heart in your mouth
Fall upon your knees saying"This is my body and soul here"
Fall and begging, pleading"You’ve got the power and control"
Don’t pin it all on meDon’t pin it all on me
Don't blame, blame, blame (I got you, I got you)
Oh blame, blame, blame (I got you, I got you)
Oh blame, blame, blame (I got you, I got you)
Oh blame, blame, blame (I got you, I got you)
Fall upon your knees saying"This is my body and soul here"
Fall and begging, pleading"You’ve got the power and control here"
This is my body, this is my soulFall upon your knees saying
Drive around, night time, nowhere to goMelt me down, I'm like wax to your jokes
Lost and found, knocking heads, laying lowAnd there's no point reliving crimes to lose this
Still wanna waste all of my timeI wanna waste all of my time
Still wanna waste all of my timeI wanna waste all of my time
With youOh my lover, my lover, my love
We can never go backWe can only do our best to recreateDon't turn over, turn over the page
We should rip it straight outThen let's try our very best to fake itShow me joy, flower through disarray
Let's destroy, each mistake that we madeThen restore the color back to the grey
There's no pride in sharing scars to prove itStill wanna waste all of my time
I wanna waste all of my timeStill wanna waste all of my time
I wanna waste all of my timeWith you
Oh my lover, my lover, my loveWe can never go back
We can only do our best to recreateDon't turn over, turn over the page
We should rip it straight outThen let's try our very best to fake it
Help me turn a blind eyeDays and nights we lost to weakness
Help me turn a blind eyeDays and nights we lost to weakness
Oh my lover, my lover, my loveWe can never go back
We can only do our best to recreateSo don't turn over, turn over the page
We should rip it straight outThen let's do our very best to fake it
Oh my lover, my lover, my loveWe can never go back
We can only do our best to recreateDon't turn over, turn over the page
We should rip it straight outThen let's do our very best to fake it
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Ooh, I'm not ready [4x]Snakes are biting in my heels
The worries that refuse to let us goI've been kicking them away
When hoping not to let them take controlOoh, I'm not ready
Drink to escape our minds[Another version:] Drink to escape their bites
Show me distractionEven for just one nightBut it's easier to bury
Cause it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes
Yes, it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes
And I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go
But I pray for the ground to swallow me wholeOoh, I'm not ready [2x]
Now these days are feeling darkWe're struggling to figure out last year
When the woman on the newsKeeps saying things that no one wants to hear
Ooh, I'm not readyDrink to escape our minds
Show me distractionEven for just one nigh
'Cause it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes
Yes, it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes
And I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go
But I pray for the ground to swallow me wholeYes, I pray for the ground to swallow me whole
Ooh, I'm not ready [2x]"Come on, boys. Let's go tear this mother down!"
[Another version:] "Come on, boys. Let's go tear this place apart!"'Cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know
Life is simple when I can just ignore it all'Cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know
Life is simple when I can just ignore it all'Cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know...
If I'm not readySnakes will consume me whole
If I'm not steadyBaby, they'll take control
But it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes
Yes, it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes
I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go
But I pray for the ground to swallow me wholeYes, I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go
But I pray for the ground to swallow me whole
This is the winter of our youthOh but I'm not there yet
I've got nostalgia running through meAnd I don't like it
Oh my, my, my, myNow I can almost taste it, taste it
But I, just hope we didn't waste it awayI know the winter's getting colder
But why, just 'cause we're a little older doI relive it, I relive it
Oh, I'm peddling backwardsEven if I'm peddling alone
Can't help itI relive it, I relive it, oh
It's 4 AM here comes the fearI'm not prepared yet
And when we pick over the past we glorify itOh my, my, my, my
I hope I wasn't wasted, wastedAnd I, I hope I didn't drink it awayI know the winter's getting colder
But why, just 'cause we're a little older doI relive it, I relive it
Oh, I'm peddling backwardsEven if I'm peddling alone
Can't help itI relive it, I relive it, oh
I let myself bathe in the past for way, way, way too longAnd now it seems that I've drunk too much to give you what you
wantI know the winter's getting colder
But why, just 'cause we're a little older doI relive it, I relive it
Oh, I'm peddling backwardsEven if I'm peddling alone
Can't help itI relive it, I relive it, oh
Can't help itRelive it, I relive it, oh
Can't help itI relive it, I relive it, ohI'm peddling backwards
Even if I'm peddling aloneCan't help it
I relive it, I relive it, oh
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The animals break out their cages nowChaos is raining down around us
But here we stand with our arms foldedDo you wanna be free of this?
When panic rises like the ocean weJust keep on flicking through the stations 'cause
If we don't post it does it happenOh I wanna be free of this
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too longWon't someone pour ice water on me
It only matters if we care nowIf you're way beyond that
And I'm gonna dust you off of my shouldersAnd I remember when we cared now
If you're way beyond thatThen I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
Movies and news on televisionSometimes it's hard to tell the differences ohWhen real life's more fucked up than fiction
Do you wanna be free of this?Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long
Won't someone pour ice water on meIt only matters if we care now
If you're way beyond thatAnd I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember when we cared nowIf you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shouldersI don't wanna play dumb anymore
I just wanna feel something like beforeI don't wanna feel numb anymoreI just wanna something like before
It only matters if we care nowIf you're way beyond that
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shouldersAnd I remember when we cared now
If you're way beyond thatThen I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
"Television shoulders have the choice of watching the tragedyPlay out from the seating and comfort of their living rooms
But victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock"If you're way beyond that
I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
So her fingers ran away with themselves
'Till everything was documentedOur mind it was reaching out
To put into words what their bodies had done
They lie together, ohOil on water
And they lie upon her, ohSomeone's daughter
It's a catalogue of modern mistakesHer words and legs wrapped around
each manLeaving stories like digital crumbs
As she turns these nights into literatureThey lie together, oh
Oil on waterAnd they lie upon her, oh
Someone's daughterWhen they leave she sets about writing
downAwkward body games all over townWarm affection runs through every
wordWe're screens away but we're laughing
with herThey lie together, oh
Oil on water
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Just another brain on the campusJust another man in the field
Just another tall pile of papersMaking it crowded in here
Someone else's workin' your thesisSomeone else's words in your mouth
Someone else's hard work and researchTaking you up in the world
Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by the sidelines
Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by
I'll watch it all from afarHeaven, help me
I'll watch it all fall apartHeaven, help me
Help me, help me, help me, help meI'll watch it all from afar
Heaven, help meJust another brain on the campus
Just another set of ideasJust another theory in motionWaiting on for your to steer
He must be so lonely, knowing what you knowMan, it must be lonely, keeping it on the low
Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by the sidelines
Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by
I'll watch it all from afarHeaven, help me
I'll watch it all fall apartHeaven help me
Help me, help me, help me, help meI'll watch it all from afar
Heaven, help meI'll watch it all from afar
Heaven, help meI'll watch it all fall apart
Heaven, help meHelp me, help me, help me, help me
I'll watch it all fall apartHeaven, help me
There is no love lost here between usWhere are those friends who pulled no punches
Shock from my hip with one anotherWe got so far from them
We're miles from way back whenI'm so nervous saying this out loud
As the words roll off my tongue and out my mouthI can see a change
I can see a change in youI see it coursing through your veins
And it is a shameIt is a shame on you
I barely recognize your faceAnd I don't like what I'm seeing latelyOh I don't like who I'm seeing lately oh
So many seasons fell beneath usToo many voices on our shoulders
I miss us dancing through the same noiseBut here we are my friend
We're miles from way back whenI never knew that I could be slowed down, oh oh
I never knew that I could be slowed down until I told youI can see a change
I can see a change in youI see it coursing through your veins
And it is a shameOh it is a shame oh you
I barely recognize your faceAnd I don't like what I'm seeing lately oh
I don't like who I'm seeing lately ohLately I'm living in the past
Who am I to judgeI'm the worst of all
Some things are better left unsaidBut I miss the person I knew before
And I can see a changeI can see a change in you
I see it coursing through your veinsAnd it is a shame
Oh it is a shame oh youI barely recognize your face
And I don't like what I'm seeing lately ohI don't like who I'm seeing lately oh X3
Let those fools be loudLet alarms ring out
'Cause you cut through all the noiseLet the days be darkLet me hate my work
'Cause you cut through all the noiseBring me some hope
By wandering into my mindSomething to hold onto
Morning, or day, or nightYou were the light that is blinding me
You're the anchor that I tie to my brain'Cause when it feels when I'm lost at sea
You're the song that I sing again and againAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the time
Let the parties end when we lose our friends'Cause you cut through all the noise
Let the years roll on 'till the static comes'Cause you cut through all the noise
Bring me some hopeBy wandering into my mind
Something to hold ontoMorning, or day, or night
You were the light that is blinding meYou're the anchor that I tie to my brain'Cause when it feels like I'm lost at sea
You're the song that I sing again and againAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the timeAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the time
Bring me some hopeBy wandering into my mind
Something to hold ontoMorning, or day, or night
You were the light that is blinding meYou're the anchor that I tie to my brain
'Cause when it feels when I'm lost at seaYou're the song that I sing again and again
All the time, all the timeI think of you all the timeAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the time
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