intro
(incredibly moving instrumental)
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where to begin
when we were younger, we saw god’s face in our father’s
now that all our heroes died, we’re all alone
where to begin, the lights are fading
songs are played out, legs are shaking
tired hands, they reach for something more than they can see
but waking up is hard to do when you’ve got nothing left to lose
when you’ve got nothing left to choose
except for cigarettes and booze
they tell you ‘don’t rely on other people’s eyes to see your life’
but we’re still trying to break mirrors inside this fun house of denial
and wondering where do we go next, do we go next?
la da da da da…
where to begin, the stakes are raising
crowd drawing close, my body is shaking
tired hands, they reach for something
i’ve never been so sure that i can’t do this any more
i forget, what do we do it for?
i guess i get a little bored
with trying to spill my heart out on four chords
i don’t rely on other people’s eyes to see my life
but i’m still trying to break mirrors in this fucking fun house of denial
and wondering where do we go next, do we go next?
it’s not that i’m not happy with where i’m at
i just don’t know how to be more than this
all these things on my bucket list
thought i’d be a linguist
but if i die right now, what’ll be left of me?
so now i’m stuck here writing my own eulogy
and if it was you and me
i could find some peace
in the fact that overreaction
(is just amusing to me?)
la da da da da…
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back to life
you see yourself inside a normal life,
cigarettes, just trying to get by
what’s all this talk about you dying young,
gas station parking lots and plastic guns?
you tell me ‘youth’s fucked up, the kids are too
people only grow up when they’ve got nothing better to do’
nobody can keep up, you won’t slow down
and the circle gets square ‘cause the world just ain’t coming around
i’ve got a twenty dollar bill that says you couldn’t scare me if you wanted to
we could die in this moment and live for the thrill,
we’ll be the outsiders,
we’ll bring it back to life
we’ll bring it back to life
(you see yourself inside a normal life,
cigarettes, just trying to get by)
you tell me, ‘youth’s fucked up, these kids are too,
people only grow up when they’ve got nothing better to do’
and so we’ll all get old, the flames get higher
and he only thing that matters is how well you can walk through the fire
yeah, you can walk through the fire
i’ve got a twenty dollar bill that says
you couldn’t scare me if you wanted to
we could die in this moment and live for the thrill
we’ll be the outsiders
we’ll bring it back to life
we’ll bring it back to life
(we’ll bring it back to life)
i’ve got a twenty dollar bill that says
you couldn’t scare me if you wanted to
we could die in this moment and live for the thrill,
we’ll bring it back to life
stay golden, stay broken, miserably happy in the lives we’ve chosen (x4)
(x2)
i’ve got a twenty dollar bill that says
you couldn’t scare me if you wanted to
we could die in this moment and live for the thrill
we’ll be the outsiders
we’ll bring it back to life
stay golden, stay broken, miserably happy in the lives we’ve chosen (x3)
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who we were with
we started out on our own
we learned to love who we were with
we tried to love who we were with
yeah we set out trying to find a spark
two broken homes, and a little dark,
searching through the dark
but we still loved who we were with
we still loved who we were with
sometimes we feel so scared and sick
that we just love who we are with
we started drifting
for some common ground
and as the earth was spinning,
we could feel that someday we’d be found
and we couldn’t love who we were with,
no longer loved who we were with
sometimes we feel so scared and sick
that we just love who we are with
and my young eyes could see it,
my young heart could feel it
my parking lot princess, i found mona lisa
feels like we’re stumbling on something that’s lasting
yeah, i thought it was love but i guess it was passion
and now that you’re right there, been so far for so long
but he’s gone so i lit a match
we felt that fire out of control
and when you’re living, living, living
through somebody else’s soul
you learn to love who you are with
you learn to love who you are with
we learn to love who we are with
we learn to love who we are with
so we never looked for anybody else
we figured once is good enough
you know, you’ll only hurt yourself,
just learn to love who you are with
learn to love who you are with
sometimes we feel so scared and sick
that we just love who we are with
as the years and years went by,
we fell less and less in love
we slowly stopped complaining
about what our parents did to us
cause they couldn’t love who they were with,
no longer loved who they were with
sometimes we feel so scared and sick
that we just love who we are with
you know we wanted the real thing so bad we could taste it
we wanted the real thing so bad we could fake it
the story unwinding, thunder, the lightning
yeah, i thought it was love, but i guess it was timing
and i guess if the time is right then somewhere and somehow
then we’ll know before now
we always live, we never learn
it’s love and comfort, sex, and wondering if this could be our turn
we learn to love who are with (x4)
ooh, i just wanted it so badly
ooh, i just wanted it so badly
we wanted the real thing so bad we could taste it
ooh, i just wanted it so badly
we learn to love who we are with
we learn to love who we are with
ooh, i just wanted it so badly
we learn to love who we are with
we learn to love who we are with
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talk about it
there are things in yourself that you don’t understand
like why the weight’s on your shoulders
and the phone’s in your hand
you tell me,
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
there are things in yourself that you don’t understand,
like why you still wanna tell me every time you’re with him
and it’s been a while since i wrote a song i liked
and it’s been a few months since you stayed the night
i guess you fooled me once, i guess i fooled myself
i guess we only use each other just to use ourselves
but i think the bruise is healed, i think the bruise is healed
if you’d only come over, we could lose it still
and when the sun comes up we’ll be looking at each other, saying
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
i don’t really wanna talk about it
(right now, right now)
i could see you underneath your regret
(right now, right now)
so let’s just get a little high and forget
(right now, right now)
i don’t really want to live without it
(right now, right now)
but it’s been a while since i saw inside your head
with all the perfect little paintings and the blues and reds
i guess you fooled me once and i guess you fooled yourself
and you’re scared of what’ll happen if you lose yourself
but i think that the bruise is healed, i think the bruise is healed
i could kiss your every scar until the wound is sealed
and when the sun comes up we’ll be looking at each other, saying
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
i don’t know you like i used to
when i can’t see you see me through
i don’t know you like i used to
when i can’t see you see me through
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
i don’t really wanna talk about it (x3)
right now, right now
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you to believe in
something like a crisis, a quarter life gone by
and i’m still obsessed with purpose
just getting wasted, wasting time
there’s something like a message in this october sky
you held my hand through all the darkness,
picked me up when times were hardest
so i may be stuck in neutral, wondering where to hedge my bets
but when that same sky is falling and nothing else is making sense,
i’ve got you to believe in
yeah, i’ve got you to believe in
i’ve got you to believe in
i’ve got you to believe in
some people have their faith, i don’t know what to think
‘cause if there’s something guiding us, then why am i still drawing blanks?
yeah i still dream of running but i can’t fill up my tank,
you grabbed my hand and pulled me up
you put my soul into a cup, ‘til it runneth over
until it runneth over
i’ve got you to believe in
i’ve got you to believe in
when it feels like i’m nothing,
you’re there and god, well at least that’s something
i’ve got you to believe in
i’ve got you to believe in
now i don’t believe in politics
i don’t pray to celebrities,
stand with generations finding faith in tv screens
and screaming ‘all that’s good is gone, all we used to love is dead’
now our only heroes are the voices in our heads, they’re screaming
all that’s good is gone, all we used to love is dead
now our only heroes are the voices in our heads, they’re screaming
all that’s good is gone, all we used to love is dead
now our only heroes are the voices in our heads, they’re screaming
4, 3, 2, i don’t know who i am but i know i’ve got you to believe in
i’ve got you to believe in
when it feels like i’m nothing,
you’re there and god well at least that’s something
i’ve got you to believe in
i’ve got you to believe in
yeah, i’ve got you to believe in
(i’ve got you to believe in)
i’ve got you to believe in
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guard (interlude)
sprinting, twisting, twirling, running through your perfect little world
i feel the spaces in between
feel you in between, feel you in between
sinking, twisting, swirling, sliding through your atmosphere of words
i feel you taking over me
taking over me, taking over me
(x3)
we don’t need to rush
time will stop for us
let your guard down tonight
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sentiment
since i met you, all these questions keep me guessing here
like what was love before, then what happens when you disappear?
‘cause every word that you say is pulling me closer
and now you’re finding your way,
your way from my bed to my bones to my head
and no, i know, i know
can’t let go, no i must confess
trying to rush towards what’s permanent
please don’t try me love
whispered under breath
i’m a slave to the sentiment
since i met you, i still write you into every song
but i can’t tell if i love you or the story that i based it on
but every word that you say is pulling me closer
and now you’re finding your way,
your way from my bed to my bones to my head and my chest
and now i know
can’t let go, no i must confess
trying to rush towards what’s permanent
please don’t try me love
whispered under breath
i’m a slave to the sentiment
‘cause every word that you say is pulling me closer
(i know you sometimes and i don’t know sometimes)
and now you’re finding your way, your way so much closer
(i know you sometimes and i don’t know sometimes)
it’s only love when it works
we only know when it hurts
and i know you sometimes
and i don’t know sometimes
it’s only love when it works
we only know when it hurts
and i know you sometimes
and i know, i know
can’t let go, no i must confess
trying to rush towards what’s permanent
please don’t try me love
whispered under breath
i’m a slave to the sentiment (x3)
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next to me
oh, we stumbled home
after closing time you told me
that your soul was from the 90’s
that’s when i knew
so i followed on
and in the dark i only hear you,
do what i can to be near you, next to you
oh, collective souls
when you crawl to me i whispered
when you call to me i listened
to your bones, these little homes
they wrote symphonies just for us,
wrote the lyrics to this chorus,
they said, ‘slow your world down and come into me,
stay next to me, right next to me,
all you’ve got is everything i need,
stay next to me, right next to me, right next to me’
oh, collective souls
but these months they pass like minutes
when you’re far away and drifting on your own
i know you feel alone
i know you’re scared that fate won’t find you,
let the winds of change just guide you
they’ll say, ‘slow your world down and come into me,
stay next to me, right next to me,
all you’ve got is everything i need,
stay next to me, right next to me, right next to me’
la da da’s
slow your world down and come into me
stay next to me, right next to me
all you’ve got is everything i need
stay next to me, right next to me, right next to me
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sleep
seven months on her own, a new life on the way
her mom gone too early, advice come too late
the churches were full, so i guess he ain’t saving nobody
and he cried every night, just like babies’ll do
to say ‘hey mom, please wake up, i’m counting on you’
‘what a shame’ friends would say, ‘we thought she’d end up being a doctor’
ooh and i wonder if this life should be lived for greater purpose
than being someone else’s dream
ooh and i wonder what this life should be
lately all i need’s just a little more sleep
you dance back and forth, between rhythm and blues
it was brave or just stupid, but to tell you the truth,
if there was a difference, i guess i never knew what it was
it was reds in the morning and three blues at night
they said feeling sedated meant feeling all right
and if something’s been wrong, i guess this is the light in the tunnel
ooh and i wonder if this life should be lived for greater purpose
than feeling nothing constantly
ooh and i wonder what this life should be
lately all i need’s just a little more sleep
(jordan’s amazing guitar solo)
sometimes it’s to wake up and some to forget
the chemical answers all the questions i have
i know i don’t need it, i just don’t know where i’d be without it
ooh and i wonder if this life should be lived for greater purpose
than being someone else’s dream
ooh and i wonder what this life should be
lately all i need’s just a little more sleep,
just a little more
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say my name
the outer limit shaking hands with the sky,
stars streak like bolts of lightning, write our names on the night
around high possibility
you’re more than i can ever need
twist into the rhythm of the wind in the trees
you and i could dance forever til the bend in the breeze
the grounds start to move, the tides start to turn
my body, it burns
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
the outer limit shaking hands with the sky,
stars streak like bolts of lightning, write our names on the night
‘cause you’re one step ahead, feels like two steps behind
you’re waiting right there to hold me in line
you could be author of my life,
so write your hand inside of mine
you’ve got the spark that makes my soul ignite
no matter where i go, you gotta know that i’m here to stay
if you ever feel alone, all you gotta do is say my name
(oh oh, oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
(oh oh, oh oh, oh oh)
(oh oh, oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
when you say my name (oh oh, oh oh)
(oh oh, oh oh, oh oh)
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reunion
it’s so damn good to see you, how’ve you been?
what kind of car do drive, how do you feel about the government shutting down?
i guess it’s fine, i mean i guess i’m fine
and we all look so damn happy
even though we’re all so lonely
we’re standing close together ‘cause we think it’s the only way to feel
like we’re not alone, like we’re not alone
so we raise our glass, pretend we’re fine
apologize a million times
we drink ‘til we can’t feel ourselves at all
and maybe then once we’re ten drinks deep,
we’ll finally say some things we mean,
like ‘oh god, i’m so lonely, but at least i’m not alone’
alyssa’s getting married, and alexa got engaged
i think tyler’s got a ring inside his pocket just in case
well i guess some people grow up fast,
i guess some people never change
i guess some people just become themselves a little more with every day
and we all look so damn happy
even though we’re all so lonely
we’re standing close together ‘cause we think it’s the only way to feel
like we’re not alone, ‘cause we’re not alone
so we raise our glass, pretend we’re fine
apologize a million times
we drink ‘til we can’t feel ourselves at all
and maybe then once we’re ten drinks deep,
we’ll finally say some things we mean
like ‘oh god, i’m so lonely, but at least i’m not alone’
at least i’m not alone
i guess some people grow up fast,
i guess some people never change,
and i wonder if in ten years, will i still here be the same
i don’t want to be lonely (x3)
so we raise our glass, pretend we’re fine
apologize a million times
we drink ‘til we can’t feel ourselves at all
and maybe then once we’re ten drinks deep,
you and me, we can say some things that we mean
like ‘oh god, i’m so lonely’
i don’t want to be lonely (x5)
(so don’t let me be)
i’m so, so, ooh
(dramatic build and epic instrumental ending)
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