Lyrics

THE BICKER & BREATHE EP

20 BELOW

YOU GET STUCK / LIKE TIRES IN THE MUD / (WITH NO LOVE) / AND YER CLOSING DOORS / ITS LIKE NOTHING’S YOUR’S / (YER WASTED) / WONDER WHAT YOUR BOILED BLOOD IS WORTH / FORGET LUCK / WHEN EVERYTHING YOU LOVE HAS COME UNDONE / (AND YER FUCKED) / THERE’S AN EMPTY HOUSE WITH THE LIGHTS TURNED OUT / THERE’S A DOOR SOMEWHERE / (YOU KNOW!) / BUT NO ONE’S GONNA COME TO PICK YOU UP / I DON’T WANNA GO / I DON’T WANNA (WANNA) GO / IT’S 20 BELOW / YEAH?!??!? / NO!! / YA BLEED ALL OVER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YER NOT A GHOST / NO HOME / SO COLD / HOLD ON / SO LONG

GOODBYES

WE’RE GONNA MISS IT WHEN IT’S GONE / IF IT’S THE SUN WE’LL LEAVE A LIGHT ON / IF IT’S THE DARK / JUST CLOSE OUR EYES / WE DON’T WANNA GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / IT’S ENOUGH TO KEEP US HOME / CUZ WITH THE RADIO ON IT’S LIKE WE’RE NEVER ALONE / HOW TO KEEP ALL OUR INSIDES INSIDE? / WE DON’T WANNA GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / NO NO NO / SINCE WE’RE ALL “ADULTS” HERE WE CAN CHOOSE / WHAT WE STAND TO GAIN AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF WHAT IS DUE / SCATTERING OUR HEARTS ACROSS THE SKY / WE DON’T WANT TO GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / BUT THAT’S THE FUCKIN TRADE I GUESS / (FUCK! I DON’T KNOW!) / WE CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT

IN WAVES

THE SOUND

IT’S A CERTAIN THING / THAT I COULD ONLY ASK ABOUT / THAT I COULD ONLY THINK TO SING / THAT I COULD ONLY SING / IT’S NOT THE WORDS / IT’S THE SOUND / HOW WE SINK OUR LOVES DEEP IN THE GROUND AND DOWN / LIFE’S AN UNCERTAIN THING / WE COULD ONLY CAST ABOUT / I FELT THAT WEB TODAY / I COULD FEEL THAT ACHE / IT’S NOT THE WORDS IT’S THE SOUND / HOW WE PLANT OUR LOVE DEEP IN THE GROUND / AND DOWN AND ALL AROUND / AND WHEN IT’S THE KIND OF PAIN / THAT DISOBEYS DISTANCE / SEEMS DARKNESS MOVES FASTER THAN THE LIGHT / WHAT WILL YOU FIND FRIEND? / YOU’RE SUCH A FINE A FRIEND / I’VE SEEN HOW THE FLOWERS GROW IN YOUR LIGHT

BICKER / BREATHE

YOU’RE ONLY OWED YOUR DEATH / YOU GOTTA EARN THE REST / UNNAMED TRAGEDIES / FORGOTTEN HISTORIES / WE CAN BICKER LIKE WE BREATHE / COUNT INCONSISTENCIES LIKE HEARTBEATS / WHILE THE SYSTEM ROLLS ON AND ROLLS RIGHT OVER YOUR TRUE IDENTITY / SO WE SING OURSELVES TO SLEEP / WE CAN BICKER LIKE WE BREATHE / COUNT INCONSISTENCIES LIKE HEARTBEATS / WHILE THE BUILDINGS GROW TALL AS WE TURN OUR FRIENDS INTO OUR ENEMIES / WHILE THE ONES WHO WOULD SEE US ALL DEAD OR OUR SOULDS SOLD TO SLAVERY / THEY STILL LAUGH AND THEY SPIT AS THEY COUND UP THE MONEY AND BODIES / YOU’RE ONLY OWED YER DEATH / (ONLY OWED YOUR DEATH?!?!) / GOTTA EARN THE REST / (GOTTA EARN THE REST?!!?) / EVERY SINGLE BREATH / MEASURES OUT WHAT’S LEFT

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THE BEAUTY BETWEEN

THE SEAM

WHEN THE PAIN BEARS DOWN RIGHT TO THE SEAM
WHEN YOU SINK DEEP DOWN TO TRY TO BREATHE
WHEN THE PRESSURE ON EACH OTHER PULLS MORE THAN GRAVITY
WE DON’T NEED WORDS TO SING

LMD

YOU WAKE UP IN THE RAIN / SOAKED WITH A FEELING YOU CAN’T QUITE EXPLAIN / YOU WANNA TAKE PISS IN HOLY WATER / BECAUSE THE PIGS AND THE PRIESTS AND “THE RUDES AND THE CHEAPS” / THEY CAUGHT YOU IN THEIR WAR / NO! / YOU WAKE UP IN THE STORM / TIRED OF SCREAMING SINCE THE DAY YOU WERE BORN / BUT THE SKY AIN’T PISSING HOLY WATER / IT MAKES YOU WET AND IT MAKES YOU DEAD THERE’S NO ONE COMING FOR YA / NO! / (YA GOTTA LET IT GO CUZ YA CAN’T GO HOME)/ THEY GOT YER NAME BOI / LIFE MOTTLE DECOI / DON’T SOUND NOTHIN LIKE THE ONE INSIDE YOU / YOU GOT A FIERCE LIGHT / SO LET IT SHINE BRIGHT / LOOK EM IN THE EYE AND LET THOSE HIGH BEAMS GUIDE YOU / LET IT SHINE / LET IT SHINE / MAKE A SIGN IN THE NIGHT / LET IT SHINE

SPIDER SONG

TWISTING AND GRASPING AND I CANNOT FIND HER / FIRST IT WAS HER BODY LAST NIGHT WAS HER WEB / GLISTENING GOSSAMER STRETCHED FROM MY PILLOW WHERE I’D LAID MY HEAD / NOW I STRETCH MY MIND TRYING TO FIND WHAT SHE SAID / I WAKE AND IT’S ALL FADED AWAY / AND IN THE DAYTIME I’M LEFT / TO FIGURE IT OUT ON MY OWN / SOMEONE TRIED TO TEACH ME TO NEVER SAY NEVER / IT’S SO FUNNY I NEVER SAW THAT ONE AGAIN / I’M SURE THEY’RE STILL SOMEWHERE DEEP DOWN IN THE DIRT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD / THEY JUST NEVER CALL ME IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE DEAD / YOU CAN LOVE SOMEONE AND JUST NOT STAY FRIENDS / WAKE ONE DAY TO FIND THEY’VE FADED AWAY / AND IN THE DAYTIME I KNOW I’VE / FADED PLENTY ON MY OWN / AND YOU USED TO TELL ME THAT YOU’D LIVE FOREVER / IT’S OK THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU TELL ME ANYMORE / I USED TO IMAGINE THAT YOU’D DISAPPEAR WHILE I BECAME A CRONE / EITHER WAY I’D LOSE TRACK OF YOUR FLESH AND YOUR BONE / I’D TRY NOT TO BE SCARED AS I WALKED ON ALONE / WAKE ONE DAY TO FIND YOU’VE FADED AWAY / AND IN THE DAYTIME I KNOW I’VE LEARNED HOW TO WALK ON MY OWN / I WAKE AND IT’S ALL FADED AWAY / AND IN THE DAYTIME I KNOW I’VE WOVEN A WEB OF MY OWN

OLD DOGS

CLOUDY SKIES AND LITTLE LIES LIKE A BOOT UP ON MY CHEST / PUT MY BONES TO BED BUT I DON’T REST / SO I GO DOWNTOWN AND STAND AROUND AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING COOL / “I JUST WANNA HAVE SOMETHING TO DO” / AND IT GOES ON AND ON / OLD DOGS WILL BITE / RIP OUT YOUR INSIDES / NEVERMIND THE PAIN / IT’S A BLOOD EXCHANGE / WHEN THE FUTURE’S COMIN CRAZY AND IT SHOWS / GETTING TAMED AND FEELIN SHAMED / THEN YOU CARRY IT AROUND / PLAY THEIR GAME WHILE THEY WAIT TO TEAR YOU DOWN / SO I GO DOWNTOWN AND KEEP RUNNIN AROUND / YOU KNOW I CAN’T ABIDE A LIE / JUST WALK ON BY AVERT OUR EYES / AND WE ACT LIKE NOTHINGS WRONG / “LIVE LIKE THIS YOU’RE BOUND TO GET BIT…” / LIVE LIKE THIS!?! / NO NO YOU CAN’T QUIT / TERRIFIED YOU’RE GONNA LOSE IT / YOU JUST KEEP DANCING TO THE MUSIC / YEA / OLD DOGZ WILL DIE / NO GOOD GOODBYE / HOLD ONTO THE PAIN / ITS A BLOOD EXCHANGE / WHEN THE FUTURE’S COMING CRAZY AND IT KNOWS / SECRET SONGS AND LITTLE DOGS / THE ONES THAT I LET GO / THEIR NOT COMING BACK I KNOW I KNOW

WRONG WAY / ONE WAY

DON’T WANNA END UP LIKE A MARTYR / STUCK THINKING THAT I GOT IT HARDER / RIP OUT THE RUSTY NAILS / WE COULD USE A HAND / BUT SOMEONE’S ALWAYS TRYING TO TELL ME WHO I AM / WHO TO LOVE AND HOW TO FUCK AND THAT IT’S TIME TO PAY THE RENT / KICK DOWN THE DOOR AND COME OUTSIDE / I TOUCH THE GROUND / SEND MY ROOTS DEEP DOWN / TRY TO STICK AROUND / BRAINS ON THE GROUND NOW I’M BURNING RUBBER / SIREN SOUNDS I’M IN TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE / LEARNED MY NAME NOW I’M A CRIMINAL / I’M TRYING TO STAND IN MY POWER / I’M TRYING TO STAND IN MY POWER! / OUR VOICES GETTING LOUDER / OKAY / I TOUCH THE GROUND / SEND MY ROOTS DEEP DOWN / WHEN IT GETS TOO LOUD / IT’S LIKE A WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY STREET / PROMISE TO MYSELF THAT I JUST DON’T KEEP / YOU CAN HATE ME NOW / BUT I’LL STICK AROUND / DON’T FIT (FULL OF SHIT) STRUGGLE WITH IDENTITY / TRY TO FIND ME! / WHEN IT FEELS LIKE YOU’VE BEEN TAMED / AND YOUR DRAGGING AROUND YOUR CHAINS / START SCREAMING YOUR TRUE NAME / <YOUR NAME HERE> / IT’S LIKE A WRONG WAY ON A ONE WAY STREET / PROMISE TO MYSELF THAT I JUST DON’T KEEP / YOU CAN HATE ME NOW / BUT I’LL STICK AROUND / DON’T FIT (FULL OF SHIT) STRUGGLE WITH IDENTITY / DON’T FIT FULL OF SHIT I’M JUST TRYING TO BE

BIG LIE

RUNNING THROUGH TREES / AND I’M TRYING TO BREATHE BACK INTO MY DREAM / RIPPED UP MY ROOTS LIKE THERE’S SOMEPLACE THAT I GOTTA BE / IF SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME HOW THIS WOULD UNFOLD / HOW WE’D BUILD UP THIS THING JUST TO POINT OUT THE HOLES / GASPING AS THE SKY FALLS / ITS A GREAT BIG LIE I BELIEVE SOMETIMES / ITS GOT ME ITS GOT ME ITS GOT ME / AHH! / PULLS ME DOWN / TIL THE LIGHTNING STRIKES LIKE A LITTLE FLASH OF DAY IN THE NIGHT / THE BAND KEEPS ON PLAYING / NO IDEA WHAT THEY’RE SAYING / I TRY NOT TO CARE BUT IS ANYONE THERE?! / SO WHAT IF I’M DREAMING IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS AND I FLY BY NIGHT? / I COME FROM THE STARS AND I’M NOT AFRAID TO DIE!! / WHAT’S THE MISTAKE IN IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS?! / WE CAN FLY BY NIGHT! / EVERYTHING’S CHANGING / THERE’S BEAUTY BETWEEN THE LIES

PAPER THIN

RIP OUT YOUR HEART / SHOW YOU THE SKIN / PERFECT PULSING PAPER THIN / PULL OUT YOUR EYES / HOW THE LIGHT DOES SHINE / INSIDE THOSE GAPING HOLES: YOUR BRILLIANT MIND / “THERE’S NO TIME / WE’LL NEVER BE FINE / THIS WORLD’S JUST A DISASTER IN DISGUISE…” / YOU DON’T KNOW / AND WE’RE SCARED OF THE UNKNOWN / WELL I KNOW YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU KNOW / CUZ YOU’RE HOLLOW BONES / CAN’T LEAVE THE SKY ALONE / YOUR FEATHERS FALLING FOR THE GROUND BELOW / I’LL SEE YOU SOMETIMES / WE’LL FALL IN SIDE BY SIDE / ITS DAYTIME AND THE SUN SHINES IN YOUR EYES / WE’VE GOT TIME / THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME / WE’LL EAT THE WHOLE WORLD WITH OUR EYES / YOU DON’T KNOW / I KNOW YOU KNOW / YOU DON’T THINK SO / WELL I THINK SO / YEA WE’LL ALL DIE / EVERYTHING GOOD DIES / JUST NOW FEEL THAT BLOODY WARMTH / MAKES YOU ALIVE

RAINSPELL

DON’T FUCKING SAY TO BE PATIENT / THIS HEART IS HURT AND IT’S PROFOUND / LETTING THESE PALMS / BLISTER AND BURN / TIMES A ROPE / AS WE LOWER THIS HOUSE INTO THE GROUND / WE’LL STILL BURY GRAE BY MAMA KITTY / WE’LL JUST USE THE DIRT INSIDE OUR HEADS / HOW CAN WE LEARN / TO COUNT ON ANYTHING / WHEN EVERYTHING WE WANT IN LIFE IS BOUND TO END?! / LET OUR HEARTS HOLD TO THE GOOD PARTS / AND OUR WOUNDS SCAR IN GOOD LOOKING WAYS / WE WANNA LOVE / WHAT WE HAD WHILE WE HAD IT / AND NOT CARRY A SCORCHED MEMORY / FOR THE REST OF OUR DAYS / I CAN SMELL HER CARCASS ROTTING / FROM ONE THOUSAND MILES AWAY / BUT WE ALL KNOW / HOW A SOUL GETS ENTANGLED / LIKE IN THE BONES AND IN THE BODIES OF ALL THE PUNX AT VVK

OCEAN SONG

EXPLODE OUT OF THE OCEAN / TO GET SOME FUCKING AIR / CAN’T SEE IT BUT I NEED IT AND I KNOW ITS THERE / FOLDED INTO THE FIRE / FOR JUST TRYING TO BE / AND NOW I DON’T THINK THAT THERE’S ANYTHING LEFT INSIDE OF ME / LIKE I LOST MY NAME IT GOT BURNED AWAY / LEFT ME EMPTY / EXPLODE OUT OF THE LIGHT BULB / FLOAT AROUND AN EMPTY HOUSE / OH! / HOT SHEETS WET CHEEKS / BABY, LIFE’S BAD DREAM! / FEELS LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING DEAD INSIDE OF ME / ITS A CONSTANT FIGHT TO KEEP EVERY LIGHT BURNING / AND NOW I DON’T FEEL LIKE THERE’S ANYTHING LEFT

THE HUNGER SUITE I. GO AWAY

I’VE GOT A DISEASE / THE KIND THAT YOU CAN’T SEE / BUT I’M JUST THE SAME AS ANYBODY / AFRAID THEY’LL COME IN THE NIGHT / SO LOCK EVERY DOOR / DON’T CARE WHAT THEY TAKE / BUT I CAN’T TAKE NO MORE / HUNGER FOR ANYONE / WE WANT TO BE WELL / I’M NOT GONNA GIVE TODAY THE DAY / CUZ THE PAIN IS NEVER GONNA GO AWAY / IT’S JUST SOMETHING THAT I CAN’T EXPLAIN / THE PAIN IS NEVER GONNA GO AWAY / I GET WOUND UP TIGHT / LIKE THE SNAP ON A SNARE / CUZ I CAN SEE THE HATE AND FEEL EVERY STARE / I GET SO LOW / SOLO / I CAN’T LEAVE THESE BONES / WHOA OH I DON’T THINK SO! / ANGER IN EVERYONE / WE WANT TO BE WELL / THE PAIN IS NEVER GONNA GO AWAY / MY NAME IS NEVER GONNA GO AWAY / THE PAIN IS NEVER GONNA GO AWAY

THE HUNGER SUITE II. BLEED OUT

BLOOD ALL OVER ME / ANGRY HISTORY / FURIOUS MOMENT IN TIME / WELL I’D PICK HYSTERIA EVERY DAY / OVER KNEELING AND CLOSING MY EYES / SO NAIL YOURSELF TO YOUR OWN SINS / AND STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MINE / WE’VE ALL GOT SOME BLOOD ON OUR HANDS AND AN ANGER INSIDE / GUILT ALL OVER ME / GOT SHAME ALL OVER YOU / PUSH IT AROUND LIKE IT’S TRUTH / DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY WHEN IT GE TS IN YOUR WAY? / TALK BIG LIKE WE KNOW WHAT TO DO / SO NAIL YOURSELF TO YOUR OWN SINS / AND IF YOU BLEED OUT THAT’S JUST FINE / WE’VE ALL GOT SOME BLOOD ON OUR HANDS AND A HUNGER INSIDE / MAGIC’S NOT GONE FROM THE WORLD IT’S JUST HARDER TO FIND

THE HUNGER SUITE III. HUNGER

HUNGER FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING
WE WANT TO BE WELL
WE WANT TO BE WELL
ANGER IN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING
WE WANT TO BE BAD
HOLD DEATH BY THE HAND
POISON IN EVERYONE IN EVERYTHING
WE WANT TO BE WELL
WE WANT TO BE WELL

PARTY QUEEN

ALL THE THOUGHTS YOU SEND INTO THE WORLD THEY DON’T GO UNHEARD / THEY GET CAUGHT IN THE WEBS / AND STUCK UP IN THE EARTH / YOU CAN’T CHANGE EVERYTHING / SO YOU RESIGN TO SING / AND YOU SING / ALL THE THOUGHTS YOU SEND INTO THE ROOM DON’T ALWAYS GO UNHEARD / WE ARE POWERFUL THINGS / WITH ONLY UGLY WORDS / THE OLD GODS SING TO ME / “WITH POWER COMES RESPONSIBILITY” / AND I STILL CRY EASILY OVER THOSE LITTLE THINGS / AND THE PAIN BEARS DOWN TO THE CENTER OF ME / AND THE PAIN BEARS DOWN RIGHT TO MY SEAM / ALL THE THOUGHTS YOU SEND INTO THE SKY / YEA / THEY SPIN YOUR HEAD / YOU’RE RIDING THE EDGE OF LIVING AND THE DEAD / HANGING IN THE IN BETWEEN / WE’RE LIVING DANGEROUSLY / LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEVER SEEN / OH! A FUCKING BEAUTY QUEEN! / THE PAIN BEARS DOWN TO THE CENTER OF ME / THE PAIN BEARS DOWN RIGHT TO MY SEAM / THE RAIN KEEPS POURING DOWN OVER ALL OUR DREAMS / THE BEAUTY IN BETWEEN / THE BEAUTY IN BETWEEN

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Dirty Water

SEETHIN

I GOT A FEELIN/AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT I JUST CAN’T NAME/I’M ALWAYS LOOKIN FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO BLAME/I’M ALWAYS SEETHIN/ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I CAN’T CONTROL/LIKE A CAST IRON LEFT ON A HOT STOVE/IT’S BURNING!!!/STUCK IN MY HEAD/LIKE A NAIL SPLIT MY SKULL OPEN/LIKE THE OIL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN/IT JUST WON’T GO AWAY/CRY IF IT HURTS/SALT TEARS LIKE THE TIDE THAT FLOWS IN/LOOK AROUND I’M DROWNIN IN THE OCEAN/WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS?/WHOA-OH!/”THE SKIES NOT FALLING YER JUST GROWING”/NEVER SLOWING AND IT’S A LONG WAY DOWN/SO COME ON COME ON NO ONE LIKES A WHINY BABE/SCREAMING SO LOUD YOU CAN’T HEAR THE SOUND WHEN IT GOES AWAY/LIE IN THE DIRT/MUD, BLOOD AND BONES JUST BLEND IN/A ROTTEN BAG OF DREAMS DECOMPOSING/NOTHING TO DEFEND!/WHOA-OH!/I GOT A FEELIN/AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT I JUST CAN’T NAME

TALLEST TREE

(SIGNS CHANGE BUT THE BUILDINGS STAY THE SAME)
SIGNS CHANGE BUT THE FEELINGS STAY THE SAME/HOPE, DISCONTENT, FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO BLAME/WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS TOWN WILL STAY THE SAME/SPEND SUMMERS WAITING FOR THE RAIN/CUT DOWN THE TALLEST TREE IN TOWN/BUILD A WALL AND TEAR IT OUT/GET DOWN CLOSER TO THE GROUND/IT’S UPHILL ALL THE WAY HOME/DON’T GO/SPEND SUMMERS WAITING BY THE PHONE/(NO!)/STAND OUT IN THE RAIN/TO GET THE FLOW BACK IN/LAST NIGHT I DREAMED ABOUT YOUR FACE AGAIN/OLD FRIEND/CUT DOWN THE TALLEST TREE IN TOWN/BUILD A BRIDGE AND THEN YOU TEAR IT OUT/GET DOWN CLOSER TO THE GROUND/IT’S UPHILL ALL THE WAY HOME

TINY MURDERS

THE WORLD STARTED OVER/WHEN I SAW THAT YOU SAW ME THAT WAY/ALL THIS RIPPING AND PULLING/LIKE MY PIECES WOULD JUST BLOW AWAY/AND I’M FUCKING HUGE NOW/I’M TALLER EVERY DAY/YOU’RE INTIMIDATED!/WHY CAN’T I JUST STAY IN MY PLACE?/THERE’S ROOM FOR MORE STARS IN THE SKY/THE DARK STAR WILL STILL SHINE/I DON’T WANT TO FIGHT/(BUT I’LL FUCKING FIGHT!)/YOU WONT GET WHAT’S IN MY WITH THE EDGE OF A KNIFE!/WE’RE KILLING EACH OTHER (WITH) TINY MURDERS!!/THERE’S PLENTY OF LIGHT IN MY EYES/BUT THE BRIGHTEST STARS STILL DIE/MY WATER IS BREAKING/LIVE MY WHOLE LIFE WITH BLOOD STAINS/AND MY BONES ARE ACHING/ FOR ALL THAT WE WISH WE COULD CHANGE

HAD ENOUGH (OF THIS HELL)

WAKE UP EVERY AFTERNOON/AND THE SUN LOOKS LIKE IT’S COMING DOWN ON THE WALL PRETTY SOON/YEAH THAT WINTER SKY/STILL GOT IT’S EYE ON YOU/CAN’T SLEEP/DON’T EAT/HEARTBEAT ASKING YOU/DON’T YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH?/DON’T YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS HELL?/THEY MAKE YOU FAKE IT LIKE YOU’RE TOUGH/WELL I KNOW THAT’S HOW IT GOES/AND THE OIL JUST KEEPS ON SPILLING/WHILE THE MEN BEHIND LOCKED DOORS MAKE THEIR DECISIONS/WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION/AND MY OLD FRIEND’S STILL DEAD/GODDAMN I MISS HIM/HE STILL SINGS ME SONGS AND I SING ALONG/LIKE I’M ASKING/DON’T YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH/DON’T YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS HELL?/PRETENDING LIKE YOUR GROWN UP/WELL I KNOW THAT’S HOW IT GOES/I KNOW YOU KNOW?/DON’T YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH/DON’T YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS HELL/FALLING DOWN AND GETTING UP/YEAH I KNOW THAT’S HOW IT GOES/YOU KNOW THAT’S HOW IT GOES!/I DON’T QUITE KNOW JUST HOW IT GOES!?/DON’T KNOW!/JUST HOW IT GOES

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RVIVR LP – LYRICS

RAIN DOWN

RAIN DOWN SOME CHANGE ON ME/FLOW THROUGH ME LIKE A STREAM/LIGHT FIRE ‘NEATH MY FEET/BALANCE ME IN BETWEEN

EDGE OF LIVING

DO YOU NEED A CHANGE? LIKE A NEW PAIR OF RUNNING SHOES TO MAKE A QUICK ESCAPE BEFORE THIS PLACE FUCKING KILLS YOU/WE’RE ALL HYPOCRITES AND HALF-ASSED LIARS/LONELY FREAKS WITH HEARTS ON FIRE/THEY BURN SO BRIGHT WE HAVE TO HIDE BEHIND OUR DAILY LIES/CUZ YOU TOSS AND TURN EVERY NIGHT, YOU MADE IT THRU THE DAY BUT SOMETHING JUST AIN’T RIGHT/AS YOU TRY TO BALANCE ON THE EDGE OF LIVING/RIGHT AND WRONG BLUR TO GREY/YOU START THE DAY WITH NOTHING GOOD TO SAY/NEVER THOUGHT YOU BE THIS WAY/SO SCARED OF GROWING OLD/FRIEND HOLD ON DO YOU NEED A BREAK? (SLOW DOWN THIS MANIC PACE/SMASH A FUCKING PLATE IT’LL MAKE YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER)/FROM THESE SHITTY JOBS AND MOLD HOUSES/BROKEN BONES AND OVERDOSES/THE FACT THAT WE SURVIVE AT ALL IS KIND OF A SURPRISE/OLD FRIEND HOLD/IF NOTHING THAN TO THIS SONG/OLD FRIEND STAY STRONG/TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND MOVE ON

BREATHE OUT

I CAN’T BREATHE/CHAINS TIGHT ON ME/I’M ALMOST FREE/ YEAH, I ALMOST BELIEVE IT/CAN’T LEARN TO FLY/OR EVEN GO OUTSIDE/BUT THE BEST I CAN DO IS TRY/WE WAIT FOR RAIN/OR FOR THE TIDES TO CHANGE/LIKE WE’RE STUCK (STUCK) SLEEPING STANDING UP/CAKED WITH RUST/THEY’LL STEAL WHAT’S YOURS/SELL IT BACK TO YOU/THEY’RE ALWAYS TELLING YOU/WHAT YOU CAN’T DO/PULL IT UP FROM YER GUTS/UP FROM THE MUD/DAWN TO DUSK/WE MUST LEARN TO LET GO OF WHAT HURTS/OR INSIDE IT BURNS AND BURNS I ALWAYS CAN FEEL IT

REAL MEAN

I READ BACK OVER THINGS THAT I WROTE THREE YEARS AGO/AND I’M TEN YEARS OLDER TIME/ MOVES FAST AND TIME MOVES SLOW/BEFORE YOU TOLD ME THAT I’D FUCKED UP WORSE THAN NONE BEFORE/YOU WHISPERED THAT I WAS A BETTER PERSON THAT YOU/I DISAGREED THEN/ DON’T ANYMORE/AND WHAT’S THE USE? I KNOW THAT YOU’RE JUST SORE TO LOSE/CUZ I WAS NEVER HALF AS BAD AS YOU WERE BAD TO ME/BEING REAL NOT BEING MEAN/YOU TRIED TO TWIST IT/I TRIED TO FIX IT MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW/TO DO THINGS RIGHT TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND MAKE IT RIGHT/TO FIND A THREAD THAT I COULD START TO SEW/YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING REAL AND BEING MEAN

CUT THE CORD

EMPTY BUILDINGS/BUT THEY KEEP BUILDING/CONCRETE COLD FEET/WE FORGOT SO MUCH WE USED TO KNOW/CUZ IT THERE’S NO ROOM TO GROW WE’LL ALL EXPLODE/EVERYBODY’S TALKING SHIT/YOU GET USED TO IT/WE FLOAT ON AND ON AND ON/AND EVERYBODY’S FEELING BORED JUST CUT THE CORD/THAT’S DRAGGING YOU ON AND ON/STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF PEOPLE/THERE AIN’T NO WAY AROUND IT/LIKE IF YOU HOLE UP INSIDE YOU’LL STAY WARM AND DRY/NO NO NO NO

GRANDMA

TREES DROP THEIR LEAVES THEY FALL BY SO FAST/YOU DON’T EVEN NOTICE THE WEATHER/LOOKED UP AND YOU’D PASSED AND I’D THOUGHT THAT YOU’D LIVE FOREVER/BUT YOU’RE GONE FOREVER/THERE WERE NEW STORIES JUST LAST TIME I SAW HER FROM THE LIFE OF MY MAMA’S MOTHER/WE’LL HAVE TO DREAM UP THE ONES THAT WE MISSED BECAUSE NOTHING ABOUT LIFE IS FOREVER/I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER/FOREVER SPREADS AND BLOCKS THE WAY/THE FUTURE FOLDS INTO TODAY/FIGHTING THE WISH TO MAKE YOU STAY/YOU HAVE TO GO AND THAT’S OK

LIFE & DEATH

AS THE HOUSES GET EMPTY/THE STREETS BEGIN TO FILL/I CAN’T SEE INSIDE THE MIND OF THE PERSON WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHO DESERVES TO LIVE INSIDE/IT’S LIFE AND DEATH/THE PROBLEM IS COSMETIC/WE MUST NOT GET IT/AS THE HEART GETS EMPTY/IT’S EASIER TO KILL/IF WE CAN’T SEE TRASH ON THE STREET/AND WE DON’T SEE FOLKS ON THE STREET/WE LIVE A LIE THAT’S SAFE AND CLEAN/IT’S LIFE AND DEATH/YOUR PROBLEM IS COSMETIC/IT’S LIFE AND DEATH

ANIMAL HANDS

WHAT DO YOU GIVE? HOW MUCH DO YOU TAKE? CAN YOU ADMIT YOU MADE A MISTAKE/WHEN CONSEQUENCE COMES CALLING? JUST LIKE ME YOU SHIT AND SLEEP/A COWARD AND A KING/A HUMAN BEING/YER NOT EVEN A VILLAIN/YOU’RE JUST A MAN/AN ANIMAL WITH HANDS/I’LL TAKE CONTROL/I’LL LET YOU GO/NO MATTER WHERE YOU WERE BORN/NO MATTER WHAT YOU EARN/JUST LIKE EVERYONE YOU’RE DYING

COLD IN YOUR BONES

LOOKING FOR LIGHT ON THE DARKEST OF DAYS/WHEN LIFE DISAPPOINTS YOU IN TOO MANY WAYS/BUT YOU FORGOT THE PART/THERE’S LIGHT IN THE DARK/THERE’S GOTTA BE ONE MORE THAN ZERO REAL HEARTS/THE NOTES ARE ALL WRONG BUT YOU STILL SING ALONG/WONDERING WHERE THE DAY HAS GONE/CLUTTER COMES CONFUSES AND INVADES/THE JUNK IN YOUR YARD AND THE BRAIN YOU CAN’T CHANGE/YOU’RE OUT OF CONTROL/YOU DON’T WANT TO GO/IT’S HARD TO STAY WARM WHEN THE COLD’S IN YOUR BONES/RADIO RADIO SING ME SOMETHING I KNOW/LET’S GO LET’S GO WHOA

BREATHE IN

OPEN MY MOUTH/EYES LOOK OUT/BREATHING IN THE SKIN OF EVERY ONE OF YOU/IT HURTS TO SAY/BUT WE’RE ALL THE SAME/EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT STORY/WE’RE ALL TELLING STORIES/BUT WE’RE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME/IT’S TIME TO GO OUTSIDE AND TRY/TO SPIT FROM YOUR MOUTH TO MINE/WE’RE BURNING FROM BOTH SIDES

CHANGE ON ME

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO LIFE SURROUND YOU/NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO DEATH SURROUNDS/AS TIME IT SPEEDS AND SLOWS/YOUR GUTS THEY ACHE FROM THE CHANGE/YOU FEAR YOU’VE LOST CONTROL/CUZ NOTHING EVER STAYS THE SAME/AND THEN AN OLD FRIEND SANG TO ME/”WE GOTTA FIND SOME ENERGY”/TO BALANCE IN BETWEEN/BEING REAL AND BEING FREE/RAIN DOWN SOME CHANGE ON ME/FLOW THRU ME LIKE A STREAM/LIGHT FIRE ‘NEATH MY FEET/BALANCE ME IN BETWEEN/WHEN YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT/WHEN YOU FORGET HOW TO BREATHE/HANDS NUMB YOU GRIND YOUR TEETH/GIRL THAT AIN’T WHAT YOU NEED!/AS TIME IT SPEEDS AND SLOWS/LIFE SURROUNDS YOU/YOU FEAR YOU’VE LOST CONTROL AS DEATH SURROUNDS YOU/HOW DOES IT END?/I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW/WE GOTTA GROW/WE GOTTA GO

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LIFE MOVES EP – LYRICS

LIFE MOVES

SOMETIMES I MOVE TOO FAST/SOMETIMES I MOVE TOO SLOW/SOMETIMES I DON’T MOVE ANYWHERE AT ALL/LUNGS BLACK WITH SMOKE/SOMETIMES I WISH I SAID THE RIGHT THING BUT IT JUST KEEPS GETTING CAUGHT UP IN MY THROAT/WE’RE ALL LIVING THE SAME DAYS/ BUT THE RYTHYM KEEPS KEEPS ON CHANGING AND YOU CAN’T KEEP UP THE PACE/WITH THE END IN SIGHT WE’RE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE/TIRED AROUND THE EYES/I’VE BEEN CAUGHT SO MANY TIMES/I’M NOT SURE IF I’VE EVER BEEN FREE AT ALL/GUTS TIED IN KNOTS AROUND ALL THIS SHIT WE’VE LOST/WE’RE STILL TRYING TO DIGEST THESE OLD GHOSTS/LIFE MOVES WAY TO SLOW/LIKE YOU DON’T GOT ANYWHERE GOOD TO GO/LIFE MOVES WAY TO FAST/THE DAYS AND WEEKS PILE UP AND THEY WON’T LAST/LIFE MOVES NOT AT ALL

PLENTY OF TIME

WAKE STRETCH AND MOVE/HERE COMES ANOTHER GREY DAY/WONDER HOW LATE IT IS/SEEMS LIKE THERE’S NO TIME FOR ANYTHING/WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR/GET YOUR ASS OUT THE FRONT DOOR/SPEND TOO MUCH TIME/TRYING TO STAY BUSY/WORKING AND WORRYING PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT/MY FRIEND MARY SAYS/DON’T FREAK OUT ABOUT IT/THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME/THERE’S A COFFIN BEING BUILT IN THE BACKYARD/THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY/DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE’VE GOT LEFT/BUT LIFE SEEMS EMPTY SO WE FILL IT/WITH TO-DO LISTS/ DRUG AND ROAD TRIPS/SINGERS SINGING ABOUT THE SAME OLD SHIT/AND WHEN THAT’S JUST NOT ENOUGH/PRY OPEN THE LID/I’M CLIMBING IN/BUT WE KEEP ON SINGING/NAIL IF FUCKING SHUT/I’M NOT GETTING IN

CAN’T STAND IT

FILL OUR HEARTS WITH CONCRETE/FILL OUR MINDS WITH SMOKE/CAN’T SEE CAN’T FEEL/CAN’T HOPE/WE DON’T WANT IT/WE DON’T NEED IT NOW/WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT/THOUGH WE ROT INSIDE/WE CAN STILL SURVIVE/LOOK THEM IN THE EYE/AND SHOUT IT/WE DON’T WANT IT/WE DON’T NEED IT NOW/WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT/I CAN’T STAND IT/YOU DON’T DESERVE IT/AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU’RE STILL IMPERFECT/IT’S OK/IT’S/ITS OK/BROUGHT UP TO LOOK DOWN ON OUR LIVES/WE KNOW THEY’RE LIES BUT IT STICKS INSIDE/IT’S OK/IT’SOK/IT’S OK/I CAN’T STAND IT YOU DON’T DESERVE IT/I CAN’T STAND IT

SCROOGED

FUCK YOU I ASKED A QUESTION/PAY ATTENTION!/YOU’VE GOT CASH AND I AIN’T GOT NONE/YOU DON’T CARE/YOU DON’T CARE/AND DOWN AT CITY HALL/THEY’RE LAUGHING AT US THAT’S NOT ALL/WE PAY FOR IT/IT’S FREEZING PLEASE OPEN THE SHELTERS/WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?/PEOPLE ON THE STREET WILL DIE TONIGHT/YOU DON’T CARE/YOU DON’T CARE/THEY TAKE WHAT THEY WANT/THEY CHANGE WHAT THEY WANT/THEY’LL GET WHAT THEY WANT/THAT’S JUST WHAT THEY WANT