"So Beautiful"

I heard that you were home again
But you don't look like you're back to me
With your focuses changing
You gaze is transfixed on a point
That I can't often see

You've got your new ties
I've got my old knots
You've got your inside line
But you're never happy with what you've got

Careful now, you're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
No one else is quite as beautiful

I heard that you were living well
But you don't look like you're living to me
Though the sparkle is gone
Your smile is in place so that
Everyone watching will see

You've got them all convinced
But I know so well
That you could list your friends
But you can't count on them

Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced
That you're all right
When no one else is quite as vulnerable

As soon as you've got it
You want something else
It's not the sale that you love
It's the sell

It's not the price
That's gonna cost you
It's just the weight
That's gonna bring you down

Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced
That you're all right
When no one else is quite as vulnerable

Careful now, you're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
No one else is quite as beautiful

(You're so beautiful)

As soon as you've got it
You want something else
It's not the sale that you love
It's the sell

It's not the price
That's gonna cost you
It's just the weight
That's gonna bring you down

"Hey Girl"

Hey girl, you've got a smart way about you
That makes me
Wish that I was smart enough for you

Hey girl, you've got a fine laugh
And I think that I
Could get used to that
And you're already used to laughing at
Me

So what if your friends think I'm crazy?
Well, I wasn't trying to impress those girls anyway
They're all theory, no action
And where I'm from
We live like it's the latest attraction

Hey girl, you've got a short fuse
And I've got designs on lighting you up
And setting you off
And watching you burn for me

The world lives for the weekend
Well, I'll watch as my weeks bleed right into them
Without a line
To divide
What is their's
And what is
Mine

So what if your friends think I'm crazy?
Well, I wasn't trying to impress those girls anyway
They're all theory, no action
And where I'm from
We live like it's the latest attraction

Go on, go on
Your cruel intentions won't
Solve your problems
Everyone's gotta hit
Bottom
Bottomed down in the long run
And those are the times you need love (x3)

"If You Can't Leave It Be, Might As Well Make It Bleed"

What you've found sure upsets you
Never saw it coming did you?
Its easy to be surprised with both your eyes sewn closed
Handled with great precision, another thoughtless execution
You're the subject of this exhibition
A willing cadaver, a willing cadaver.
Scalpel, sutured.
Made whole again.

These cuts are leaving creases
Trace the scars, fit the pieces
Tell your story, you don't need to say a word.
Call off the cavalry, can't save a wretch like me.
Clean this with kerosene.
If you can't leave it be might as well make it bleed.
Scalpel, sutured.
Made whole again.

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to stand and fight
There's something better wrong with you

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to fire right
There's something better wrong with you

Your pulse is anemic, you're tired of the fire
You're bruising too easy and falling behind
And no one is waiting for you.
And no one is waiting for you.
And no one is waiting for you.

Call off your quarantine, can't save the rest from me
Clean this with kerosene.
If you can't leave it be might as well make it bleed.
Scalpel, Sutured.
Made whole again.

Your wires are frayed, can't fire right
You look better when out of sight
You were not made to stand and fight
There's something better wrong with you
[x2]

"Several Ways To Die Trying"

Pacific sun, you should have warned us, it gets so cold here.
And the night can freeze before you set it on fire.
And our flares go unnoticed.
Diminished, faded just as soon as they are fired.

We are, we are, intrigued. We are, we are, invisible.

Oh, how we've shouted, how we've screamed,
Take notice, take interest, take me with you.
But all our fears fall on deaf ears tonight.

They're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light.
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies,
While closing our caskets cold and tight ... But I'm dying to live.

Pacific sun, you should have warned us, these heights are dizzying,
And the climb can kill you long before the fall.
And our trails go unmarked and unmapped and
Covered just as soon as they are crossed.

We are, we are, intriguing. We are, we are, desirable.

Oh how we've shouted, how we've screamed,
take notice, take interest, take me with you.
But all our fears fall on deaf ears tonight.

They're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light.
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies,
While closing our caskets cold and tight ... But I'm dying to live.

Oh how we've shouted, how we've screamed,
take notice, take interest, take me with you.
But all our fears fall on deaf ears tonight.

They're burning the roads they built to lead us to the light.
And blinding our hearts with their shining lies,
While closing our caskets cold and tight ... But I'm dying to live.

"I Need A Sure Thing" 

You are a razor blade
You are precision-cut
You are a stare, sharp as a tack in my eye
At rest on my veins
The pulse in my neck
A sharp edge that questions the time I have left
...so you are on my mind.

I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hard as an insult.
And I need to bleed
I need to burn
I need a sure thing
I need a sure thing

You are a paper bird
Folded and folded and creased
And bent and shaped from a five dollar bill
It's priceless to me
And never spent
It hangs from a ceiling fan over my bed
...so you are on my mind

I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hard as an insult.
And I need to bleed
I need to burn
I need a sure thing
And you are a mystery to me

I'll hang my hopes all at once on a rope
To the possibility that this is happening to someone who's not me
I'll hold my head
Keep it still and pretend
That these spins in the webs
Are actually desirable

I need a burning stake
I need a piercing dart
I need something as hard as an insult.
And I need to bleed
I need to burn
I need a sure thing
And you are a mystery to me

"Anyone, Anyone"

I'm not sure of
Anyone, Anyone
But I've got plans
I'm not asking
For everything
But sure I could
Use a hand

Get a little anxious
Sometimes you'll be gone
And I'll be left behind
Get a little nervous
Sometimes it'll be my cue
And I'll forget my lines
Get a little lost look
And some staring from
The corner of my eye
Never really mastered
Disinterest

I can't see how
The way that you leave me alone
Makes us close
I must be out of touch
I won't ask you
To give up on the things
That seem to keep you gone
But I can be gone too

Feel a little sorry
Sometimes you're not here
When I am writing
Feels a little awkward
Sometimes you won't talk
But we're not fighting
You hold onto your secrets
And I'm not privy
To what is on your mind
But I can't help but feel tired
So tired
So tired
So tired
So tired

"Drowning"

And we're drowning you out
in boasts of defection
if everything was up to me I would be gone by the first sign
the first sign of hope I'd be packed up and out of my way.

And time has been spread so thin
and it's just hours till the day begins.
And the things that are keeping you here are not keeping me here
and the things that are keeping you here will keep me away.

And you'll be sorry
isn't that what they'll say.
Don't follow your heart cause it just seems to get in your way.

And don't ever leave here
and mope at your leisure
and straighten out your crease here
and truth is in a tall beer.

Are you drowning your fears
in a glass of deception?
When everything is hazy than everything will be ok .
When everything is hazy than you won't be sad that you stayed.

And time has been spread so thin
and its just hours till the day begins.
And the things that are keeping you here are not keeping me here
and the things that are keeping you here will keep me away.

And you'll be sorry
isn't that what they'll say.
Don't follow your heart cause it just seems to get in your way.

And don't ever leave here
and mope at your leisure
and straighten out your crease here
and truth is in a tall beer.