135 SYOSSET 

I've always wondered why my father never saw his friends
He said "Son, one day you'll understand
That it's not that I don't want to
It's not that I don't care
It's that one day all good things come to an end"

Looking back those we're the best days of my life
Two Thousand Eight and Nine
When did they go away?
Looking back I took for granted all those times
And now we'll say goodbye
When did we fade away?

We're growing up, but we're still the same kids at heart
(But hanging on by a thread)
So much has changed that we're forced to grow apart
(But will I see you again?)
We'll try to make it better
(But we know that we'll never)
Cause we'll put it off, it's so sad how we pretend

How can it feel so wrong
Cause everything's the same
How can I point the finger when I'm part of whose to blame
Cause we're all afraid of change
But refuse to stand in place
And unaware on how to fight the problems that we face
Where do we go from here?

ANTI HERO 

Collar my thoughts my mind keeps running away
A changing of foundation over night
To hold on for now in hope that change is on it's way
A cause that may have lost itself tonight

Maybe I'm just getting tired of these ups and downs
Maybe I need to find a different pair of eyes to view the life
So then I can realize, what goes on inside your mind

To chew you up, or swallow you whole
We're so misunderstood
And it hurts more than it ever should
(I am wrong)
Cause I am the anti hero
(I am flawed)
And I am flawed and I am wrong
But I will always find a way to save the day

ATLANTIC BEACH 

We're broken down, we're nowhere bound
I'm sorry Newport News we won't be seeing you around

We're twenty two and a half hours south from home
Now there's nowhere else, there's nowhere left to go

We're stranded in the sunshine state
But we'll find a way to get through the day
Just know that everythings okay
We've landed in this long heated debate
But we'll be just fine nothings on my mind
I'm just glad that we made it out alive

What the hell were we thinking
Lucks never been a good friend
So why do we depend on him
He always seems to screw us over in the end

We're twenty two and a half hours south from home
Now there's nowhere else, there's nowhere left to go

We're stranded in the sunshine state
But we'll find a way to get through the day
Just know that everythings okay
We've landed in this long heated debate
But we'll be just fine nothings on my mind
I'm just glad that we made it out alive

But we made it out alive
At least we made it out alive

BELIEVER 

I've got this sinking feeling
Despite how empty I feel inside
And although my world has ended
I'll somehow make it out alive
Oh I cant believe this is happening
But it was clear as day to see this coming
I watched it go on and on but never thought a thing
All the weight in the world couldn't keep me down

You can't stop a believer
Cause even when the worst of the worst has come for us
We won't go down tonight
Not without a fight

I've got this hopeful feeling
Despite how useless I feel inside
And although this has all ended
It's always on mind
So as you like to my face try your best not to stutter
I'm not burning a bridge I'm just building another
We're moving on, yeah we're moving on

Cause giving ups not moving on

DEVILS 

The devil looked me in the eyes
And called me by my name
Knowing of the consequence
Denied the deal he's made
What if's running through my head
Distorts my mental frame
He tipped his hat, and big farewell
And said I know that you will come around

So I'll dig deep into my soul
Find a stronger me I used to know
The one who said they'd never give up
The one who said they'd never let...

Clouded head with bad ideas
And dangerous demands
Boredom calls, my greatest fall
The devil finds work for idle hands
I'm just so tired, completely uninspired
I've lost my grip on everything, on everything

And my heart succeeds again
A civil war now with my mind
All the time
And I'm losing it again
Say what you want but
I'll be fine, I'll be fine

Strong confident man
Try not to break character
If no one knows it exists
Then it never happened

DOUBT 

Cue the sounds
This is the part I doubt myself
I'm so predictable
I'm no original
It scares me to death
Cause I'm running in place
Going no where
Lyrical
Are these words to literal?
Is this the perfect sound?
Can you express yourself?
It scares me to death
Cause I'm running in place
Going no where
It's times like these
We fall apart
We use our heads
And not our...
Fictional
Barely believable
So ring the bell
This is me tapping out
It scares me to death
Cause I'm running in place
Going no where
It's times like these
We fall apart
We use our heads
And not our...

GOODBYE LI 

So goodbye, goodbye LI
I'll see you another time it's just that
These six strings say that it's time to go
And this time well be gone for more than the weekend
The way that were moving there's no time for thinking
Dear mother I thought that you should know
That I'm never coming home

Cross your fingers well get there and back
No matter what they say well find our way across the map
Coast to coast
Hold on kid the best has yet to come
Were not wasting our time were doing what we love
It's what we love

MORNING BIRDS 

The morning birds never sing my name
They say maybe tomorrow will be your day
But I wait the day, and tomorrow never comes
And the sun, it shines on my neighbors street
As I clear the snow that covers my feet
And I wonder, hey what's up with the weather these days?

Why try, whole hearted attempts placed off aside
Why lie, it gets the best of me sometimes

I hit every light on the way to your house
And got stopped by the man cause my brake lights out
And I said I'm sorry sir I'll get it fixed right away
And maybe I'm just bitter and I need to forget
All the problems circulating at the top of my head
But I just can't let em, yeah I just can't let em out

Why try, whole hearted attempts placed off aside
Why lie, it gets the best of me sometimes
Why lie, it truly gets inside my mind

PROVE ME WRONG 

I've got these plans can't seem to follow through with
them
I've got these hands where everything falls out I'll
pretend
That I've got all this figured out and I found the cure
for feeling down
Remind me not to look away when I say
That things are alright, but you know that I'm such a bad
liar
You think I haven't figured you out, cause I know what
you're all about

Should this be it would it be for the better
To call it off now before it gets any deeper
I've got this terrible feeling that it won't be long
Please prove me wrong

It's been too long
I'm just another face in the crowd
Another person you never cared about
It's been too long
You think I haven't figured you out
Cause I know what you're all about

I guess this is it and it'll be for the better
We'll call it off now before it gets any deeper

SLEEP SOUND 

I'm sorry that I'm leaving
Was never good with goodbyes
Never meant to hurt you
Never meant to make you cry
When the truth came out I was left defenseless
With a promise I couldn't keep
So just close your eyes
And try to forget about me

Sleep sound tonight
So when the morning comes
I hope you'll feel alright
All in all I wrote this song I could
Tell you that I'm sorry
To tell you that I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry

I'm staring at the pictures you sent
For hours at a time
I wasn't sure how much I cared
Till I had to say goodbye
I know the nights get lonelier
The longer that I'm gone
I never got to thank you
While you patiently hold
Onto the thought that this whole thing could last
It's a promise I know I can keep
So just close your eyes
And please don't forget about me

SONG FOR YOUR MIXTAPE 

These restless eyes refuse to wake
They're sick of the choices that I make
The ones that end with fingers crossed
Results in missing what I've lost
Forbidden word I refuse to say
I admit I feel you everyday
This stupid game you insist to play
Why do I put up with you anyway

Well here's to change

Cause I don't wanna write sad songs anymore

Your disappointment won't bring me down
And some might say it killed me but I kind of think it
saved me
You destroyed all I created and left me for dead
So I build myself up and now I'm something and you just
mean nothing

Because I don't want to write about you anymore

STAY THE NIGHT 

I'm the Monday morning blues
With this tired rotten attitude
And it's all because of you
We're trying to hold on
But it's slowly getting harder now
We'll hang on somehow

Stay the night we'll be alright
I know we'll come around
I know we'll come around
And we can't stop now

I'm tired what's the use
This week is no good news
And it's all because of you
Am I thinking way to much?
Or not thinking at all?
It's so delusional, it's so delusional

Why do you build yourself up on killing me?
I just got to get away
Get away, come on get away
Why do you get yourself off on killing me?
I just got to get away
Get away, come on get away

THE BEST HAS YET TO COME 

So I'm staring at the bed where I kissed her goodnight
Back four days ago when the whole world felt right
It's got me feeling so low
Now she's headed back down to the sunshine state
The very same place that destroyed what I created
It's got me feeling so low
It's got me feeling all alone tonight

Can't fight this feeling, no

Now they say it must go wrong before it goes right
But it seems the right just never caught his flight
Yeah it's got me feeling so low
Now I'm praying to a god I don't know even exists
Hoping he can somehow just get me through this
It's got me feeling so low
It's got me feeling all alone tonight

Hold on kid the best has yet to come

TIMEBOMB 

Timebomb tickin' almost ready to blow
And know at any given moment
That it's set to explode
I don't want this to be
But there's nothing I can do

Your heartbeat skips at an irregular pace
But know the problems nothing vital
Easily replaced
Like we always said
Don't bite off more than you can chew

Well get through this

VILLAIN 

If I'm the villain, you're the antagonist
And we'll blame this all on selfishness
But I don't we're right or wrong
No I don't think that's it at all

A distanced heart meets an endless fight
Just for searching what we think is right
How can we go on this way?
And how can we get through the day?

Cause we've all got our problems
And we're all just trying to solve them