1. I Won’t Sleep
You’re wasting precious time my friend
Focusing on the might-have-been
You’re gonna wake up falling
To juxtapose your life and dreams
Is not as easy as it seems
Your father can’t wait for you
Just let me focus; I will thrive
I need this heart to stay alive
I’ll take my chances, choose my sides
But I won’t sleep through this life
Your auto-pilot’s kicking in
Asleep at the wheel
You hemorrhage all that’s precious to you
Keep your pride or risk it all
Take control or hit the wall
You never saw it coming
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2. Brace Yourself
Tell me that you’re serious
Watching from your throne on high
Truth is you’re delirious
Believe me I can smell a lie
From miles away
Every time you press my face into the floor
You’d better brace yourself
If you think that I can take much more
You’re expecting genuflecting; you’ll get yours
You’d better brace yourself
I don’t think that I can take much more
Exciting new relationship
You’re falling in love with yourself
The situation’s dangerous
With no room left for anyone else
Get used to being alone
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3. Surgery
Falter
I’m folding under
From the pressure I impose on myself
Heartfelt, but unsure
Am I becoming the antithesis
Of everything I wanted to be
Ideally carefree to let love rule
And play fool to baseless status quo- I know
And yet I give in again and again
I bend to chase the dream that lives inside of me
I’ll do surgery on you
While you are sleeping
So you won’t feel it
To purge me from you
Your wound is bleeding
But time can’t heal it
Release
Wish I could cry
But every time that I try it’s hopeless
All that I wanted
Is more a dream now than reality
I used to see this and be this
Caring and daring, in hindsight preparing
To find my heart again- pretend
That I am just like everyone else
And I can be exactly who I want to be
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Gonna find you
Right behind you
I’m beside you
I’m inside you
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Time can be a ticket out and freedom chase dreams
But so often it becomes a ball and chain
Thank your lucky stars tonight you have the luxury
Because so many of us follow it in vein
4. Ghetto Blaster
Your life blows me away
Pretend it’s all okay
Tempting fate, you fake disaster
And all your fears come tumbling after
This is not the life I’m after
Truth hits like a ghetto blaster
In my head I hear your laughter
Dreams and lies are blurring faster
This is not the truth I’m after
Life hits like a ghetto blaster
Breathe in before you choke
Your soul goes up in smoke
Now you’re playing
While we’re praying
Are you listening?
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5. Shine On
Face the day
Believe in your body
And your soul won’t let you down
It’s okay
If you feel like the only one
Who’s cast out of the crowd
So take my words
Into your heart
Don’t let this moment bring you down
Cause in the end it falls away
And you’ll shine on
Running scared
You’re thinning your blood
By drinking from the poison well
It’s not fair
But believe me that everything will come back
In the round
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When everything is black and white
To change the tide is worth the fight
When all that’s left is all that’s right
You know we’ll all shine on
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6. The Strength to Be
Show me
That you understand and you give a damn
And you know me
Let me crawl inside your chest and fall asleep
Do you dream or keep it bottled up inside?
Your need is great, your hunger vast
But can you give it all up
And leave it all behind
Just reach inside
Lying awake I’m drowning in silence
If you look into my eyes you’ll find eventually
I don’t care what the meaning of life is
I just want to search my soul
And find the strength to be
Tell me
That you’ll be all right
That you’ll stay in sight
You won’t fail me
Can I count on you to keep me on my feet?
Give me strength
My expectations fall away and turn to ash
The slate is clean as I embrace this new world
And hold on for dear life
Ready to dive
7. We Don’t Know Ourselves
Let me out, let me out
You’re taking this too far
How can we be completely free
Enslaved by lifestyle?
Just because / Just because you can
Doesn’t mean / Doesn’t mean you should
Blur the line
Want and need
America, the land of greed
It gets bigger and bigger
‘Till we don’t know ourselves anymore
It gets bigger and bigger
‘Till we can’t find our souls
The ignorant, the innocent
Lay down to pave your way
Division lines, they bleach our minds
And drive us apart
Underneath, religion is self-taught
Are you happy as something as you’re not?
Your bloated house
Foundation cracks
You’re standing on our children’s backs
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When you think of happiness, what is it that comes to mind?
Is it some kind of unattainable material fantasy?
Who do you think put that crap in your head? It wasn’t you.
Think about it.
Maybe it’s not that hard- maybe happiness is right in front of you.
Maybe you just couldn’t see it.
But it’s not too late- open your eyes.
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8. Cruelty and the Pill
You hide behind your mask
Trying to evade your past
The sidewalk starts to call your name
You take to walking without out shame
All my fear freshman year
And I wasted my dreams on you
Stronger now
Funny how
Cruelty was beaten by the pill
Can you feel the undertow
Tugging at your soul
You broadcast what you want to be
Want this so much that you can’t see
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Now I’m free
And I don’t remember your name
Zero is for granted now
The good, the bad remain to be seen
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9. Watching Them Fall
Blue as blood
These waters run
While rust runs through our veins
Take a dive
My perfect swan
And I promise I won’t let you drown
Burning time
Watching them fall
One by one tonight
We’ll survive
Watching them fall
One by one
Wasted life
Lying in wait
Behind the smile
And they want us to believe
Calculate
Until they know
Just what number’s gonna shut us down
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Is this a wasted life?
It’s mine
10. When I Fall Apart
I run in circles now
My feet above the ground
This time I swore
It would not be the same
On the edge of breaking down
And lost within this thing I’ve found
I never wanted you know my name
And I want this off my back
Lift this weight off of my back
Wondering
Will you catch me if I fall
Catch the pieces when I fall apart
Take my hand, help me and
Catch me if I fall
Catch the pieces when I fall apart
Peel this off my chest
My cardiac arrest
On life support
I need you to need me
Feel the seasons changing now
And you becoming more somehow
Part of my life and who I have to be
And I want this off my back
Lift this weight off of my back
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I believe there’s something inside us all
To catch us when we fall
Follow me- I’m running to climb the wall
So catch me ‘cause I’m
Hoping the light behind your eyes
Can guide me through this
With blind faith so far my only guide
So catch me when I fall
Chorus
All lyrics written by Dallas Riffle ©2006 all rights reserved. |