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Running through my head
And then right out again
You used to be my friend
But then you turned your back and
We used to dance on the floor with the homies
But now I could swear that you don’t know me
And I coulda swore that you were
Really there (didn’t I touch you)
But now I think I’m just going crazy (now I think I’m just going crazy)
Leave me be I’m wondering
chorus:
Take the time
To write these down
I’m learning how
To cope with my problems
Find myself
Somehow I must
Start to live
In reality
AND I’LL STAND UP
Every day I’ll still stand up
Even through all the lies and the bullshit
And even though it got real bad
I never thought it would come to this
Didn’t I tell you that we are playing tomorrow
(You must be crazy)
No idea of where I’m going
Look me in the eye
And hide me from myself
I’ve lost again
[chorus]
[chorus]
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Well I hate when you come around
I just can’t stand the sound of your voice
And everything that you do and say
Doppelgänger—want to dismember ???
So I’ll fight fight fight to open up your eyes
Maybe you’ll see that no one’s trying to
Bring you down, it’s in your head
I can’t tell you what I want
I apologized
But that only made me realize
That you’re no good
chorus:
Brick walls with roses
Behind painted windows
Blocking my view
Sparking obscured discourse
Nothing’s ahead yet I
Manage to fall behind
Nothing’s for sure and
I just can’t secure what’s mine
What does it matter what you see in me
You’re that little boy in the corner
Buying sympathy
I can’t tell you what I want
But I know that this is not it, no
[chorus]
chorus 2:
I just fall further from what I believe in
Forgiving my dreams and ignoring what I have seen and
My only hope is that everyone is as blind as me
Because I just can’t secure what’s mine
[chorus]/[chorus 2]
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Well I’m tired of trying
For things that always come easy
To everyone except for me
When I work real hard
To work towards nothing
I get nowhere I’ve got to cheat
And if there’s a spot by a smart kid then I’ll fill the seat
And if cheaters never win
Well it’s time for me to give up
And time for me to start giving in
chorus:
Did I hear someone say purpose
And did I hear direction
Because if I did I’ll have one little correction
The word would be nervous
And it would be infection
I’ve got no more walls for protection
But you say that everything will work out great
And I feel the pulse from every explosion
From every requirement that I’ve come to hate
So where is the easy way out
Someone forgot to install the self-destruct button
And they’d better be losing their job
Because all I ever wanted was a little break
And I’ll decide to waste away my life
I’ll never make money
And the roof on my house will be sky
And I’ll bum food off all of my friends
Who would rather that I had some other friends
[chorus]
[chorus]
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We’ll Always Have Paris
04:21
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What happened to the folks
How we used to laugh and joke
Outside life was the breeze
No direction no worries
But we’ve been falling like the rain
Swamped by tears of pain
Stop and contemplate
Or is it too late
chorus:
Hey I say
Why can’t we find anything positive to talk about these days
I’m so sick of seeing friends in pain
It’s about time for a change
I can’t stand anymore tears
They’re tearing at my insides
I know that my friends should cry
I just don’t know why
I’m jealous of the naive
Who haven’t been hit by suffering
I know it sounds cold
But how it makes one grow
[chorus]
[chorus]
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You try to make things different
But everything is the same
We can’t just sit here discontent
We’ve got to make a change
Got to make a change
And it’s gotta start right now
So step back and take a side
’Cause right now you’re avoiding conflict
Indecision’s your right hand man
Everyone’s got their own revelation for revolution
But there’s just one problem: there’s no plan of action
chorus:
You try to make things different (you try to make things different)
But everything is the same
Everything is the same
We can’t just sit here discontent (can’t just sit here)
We’ve got to make a change
Got to make a change
And it’s gotta start right now
[chorus]
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You think you finally won
You think you finally made it back
Made it back to where it’s all good and fun
You say you wanna be free
You say you wanna just be yourself
Well I’m glad I’m not in your shoes now
Because I finally found
The secret that I need
To get up, to go on
Maybe you’ll actually see
You haven’t got what it takes
And you just can’t see that
Any time, you fall down
You don’t have the strength to go
Right back where we all went wrong
chorus:
And this is goodbye ’cause no one likes you
All the love was a lie, your breakup is way overdue
We’re all driving this into the ground now
It’s best for us to just move on
And now, this doesn’t make any sense
I don’t really get how
Anyone, in their right mind
Could possibly blame me now
Alright let’s say that you're right, we can hypothesize
But in the end we both know that it will never work out
Maybe it’s time to move on, maybe it’s like we said
You and me
Have got to do some readjusting
I think it’s time we don’t think
I think it’s time we take a second to breathe
And in the end we all find ourselves
Right back where we don’t belong
[chorus]
And we thought that we could
Make a killing
Off the ideas that we were selling
And all my girlfriends hate our ska band
’Cause it’s only cool to be in hardcore bands
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