The Dangerous Summer

Tell them all that I'm a work in progress
Pour it out and I will stay out of the way
Fill it up, for what it's worth I'm harmless
Cut me down and I will live with what I take
I'm not saving you for myself
I wanna see you and I wanna say
You're what's keeping me warm
You're what's keeping me safe
Take my hands and keep them busy again
I think I'm losing my whole belief system
I get a lot of problems in my head sometimes
And I keep on forgetting
So take my hands and keep them busy again
Save me a place inside the quiet
I know hate, cause I see it in everyone around
And lately I've been losing truth
Faith, I have been losing too
Save me a place inside the quiet
I know hate, cause I see it in everyone around
And lately I've been losing truth
Faith, I have been losing too
Take it out on all your constant losses
Know it's only just a miracle to face
Even death can bring a man to life
When he sits right up and still nothing tastes the same
Save me a place inside the quiet
I know hate, cause I see it in everyone around
And lately I've been losing truth
Faith, I have been losing too
Save me a place inside the quiet
I know hate, cause I see it in everyone around
And lately I've been losing truth
Faith, I have been losing too
Take my hands and keep them busy again
I think I'm losing my whole belief system
I get a lot of problems in my head sometimes
And I keep on forgetting
So take my hands and keep them busy again
Take
Take my hands
Busy again
Busy again
Keep on forgetting

I'll take my time and move on from all of this
It’s all about the rolling waves
You leave me cold
I’m wandering and positive
So what if I don’t want to wait
They’re not tying me off right now
And though it doesn’t make sense
I lost all feeling inside my mouth
And I can’t handle my hands
You cover the ground
To everyone else it seems like nothing is sound
But tell you just how far you’ll run
So, keep on looking up
You’ll find the courage to paint a world that burns like Hell
Not for allure, but mostly for yourself
Cause you needed escape in a dark kind of way
It’s a sentiment you’ll never get used to
And I don’t want to hear it
I’ve seen soul in the nerves of every feeling you fought
And maybe it’s enough to move us on
From where we started off
You cough up blood, but stand up to anyone
But never do it out of rage
Just build your home and surround it with everyone
Who always seem to feel your pain
If I’m finally at my doubts
I take a look at my friends
Don’t make a ceiling inside your clouds
Just let them grow with your plans
And that’s the way it ought to stay
You’ll find the courage to paint a world that burns like Hell
Not for allure, but mostly for yourself
Cause you needed escape in a dark kind of way
It’s a sentiment you’ll never get used to
And I don’t want to hear it
I’ve seen soul in the nerves of every feeling you fought
And maybe it’s enough to move us on
From where we started off
I see the side of things that won't show up
I’m not involved in that
I see that art is making something loud
When it's silent out I yell
And this is in my head
I don’t need a writer to tell me how I breathe
This is the war to end all wars
Cause some say...
You’ll find the courage to paint a world that burns like Hell
Not for allure, but mostly for yourself
Cause you needed escape in a dark kind of way
It’s a sentiment you’ll never get used to
And I don’t want to hear it
I’ve seen soul in the nerves of every feeling you fought
And maybe it’s enough to move us on
From where we started off

I ought to sink into places I find that I don’t know
Remember my old shoes
Some spaces were made to be outgrown
And if I fill up that table in my head
I think I’ll find all of the countless ways I could make up for lost time
Made to be a better thing picking up the parts
It’s a long long ways away
But I used to be a little bit hard to carry on
I had to be out of the way
But I still believe in everything
Even in my flaws
They’re a problem I can take
But I tried to be a better thing
But it’s taking me a lot
Recovering all my strength
In my room there’s a storm that will calm when I’m through
Find my ways between lines that I drew
These are my thoughts in a long form
And I have the mindset to deconstruct you
Filled with the clouds in my eyes that I knew
I take the worst I can find and consume
This is the dark, but it feels warm
And I try my best to see right through you
I remember none of it
Taking to my thoughts
It’s a solid I’ll escape
Stable for a little bit only to belong
But belonging gets so fake
I'll slip into another place laying on the lawn
Though this time feeling gray
I tried to live a better way
Tell me where I’m from
Settled in my daze
In my room there’s a storm that will calm when I’m through
Find my ways between lines that I drew
These are my thoughts in a long form
And I have the mindset to deconstruct you
Filled with the clouds in my eyes that I knew
I take the worst I can find and consume
This is the dark, but it feels warm
And I try my best to see right through you
In my room there’s a storm that will calm when I’m through
Find my ways between lines that I drew
These are my thoughts in a long form
And I have the mindset to deconstruct you
Filled with the clouds in my eyes that I knew
I take the worst I can find and consume
This is the dark, but it feels warm
And I try my best to see right through you
In my room there’s a storm that will calm when I’m through
Find my ways between lines that I drew
These are my thoughts in a long form
And I have the mindset to deconstruct you
Filled with the clouds in my eyes that I knew
I take the worst I can find and consume
This is the dark, but it feels warm
And I try my best to see right through you

Take the reigns again
It was a pleasure to finally fall asleep without a stir
Out there with tons of burns
I get a lost sensation
Sent through my brain and hands
I know I better escape that part of me
Before I learn I can’t stand the counter turn
It’s still a nerve I can't figure out
I will wake up fine in a place I love by myself
Yeah, it took some time, but at least I’m clear out of hell
I feel it coming on
I parachute alone
I’m a life that’s not worth saving
It’s apparent I won’t slow down yet
I take control of that feeling you don’t care to believe in
I’m blind, but I’m still leading
I’m finding modern healing is sold in the dark for some of us
A strong sleep to sedatives
I fear I firmly hide from it all now to quell the burn
I won't take the sound I heard
I’m going to find my own way to drown
I will wake up fine in a place I love by myself
Yeah, it took some time, but at least I’m clear out of hell
I feel it coming on
I parachute alone
I’m a life that’s not worth saving
It’s apparent I won’t slow down yet
I take control of that feeling you don’t care to believe in
I’m blind, but I’m still leading
I’m finding modern healing is sold in the dark for some of us
Hold my hands out like I’m starting to break
I’m seeing now what I’m doing to the people around me
I’m not supposed to care this much
And I ask myself; yeah, who am I?
Well, to anything, have I lost my health?
I still harbor all my anger
I’ve been staring at the color in my veins
How they stay
How I still feel I’m tired, but awake
And somewhere out there there is someone thinking of what I haven’t gave them yet
And feeling that I can’t in my disarray
I parachute alone
I’m a life that’s not worth saving
It’s apparent I won’t slow down yet
I take control of that feeling you don’t care to believe in
I’m blind, but I’m still leading
I’m finding modern healing is sold in the dark for some of us

to moonn6pence from papayeverte





You should know by now
What I was doing all by myself
The time has worn us out
I have lost my wind, roll the windows down
Find me some comfort
Leave me alone
The one at the bottom
I see, there’s nothing I wonder
I see through the holes in us

And I am kneeling distraught
I will always feel there’s something gone
I’m belittled but I find it wrong
I saw breaking day and I,
Saw the current state of us

I should leave right now
No one is keeping me on this ground
Move out to somewhere south
Where the weather is warm
And I feel less doubt
Maybe I’m running
From what I know
Something is different
I need a new place to wander
I’m leaving to grow for now

And I am kneeling distraught
I will always feel there’s something gone
I’m belittled but I find it wrong
I saw breaking day and I,
Saw the current state of us

Well I was dying to leave this place I know
Traded it in for something I can relate to
I’ll find out who I really am
It takes some time but maybe that’s okay, yeah
Trying to make my way past hope
Do what I can with everything that I’ve been through
I’ll take my chances to live again

It’s all to move on
To the seas if they will take you home
It’s a journey just to find your own
It will take your hate
When you find that place

Well I was dying to leave this place I know
Traded it in for something I can relate to
I’ll find out who I really am
It takes some time but maybe that’s okay, yeah
Trying to make my way past hope
Do what I can with everything that I’ve been through
I’ll take my chances to live again

“Are you serious?” She said
“I never should have let you in my head
Who the hell do you think that you are?
I see you climbing over innocent hearts.
I’ll say exactly what I feel; “I’m not impressed at all”
You really want to know just what I think?
You’re lost.
I’m tired of always being second best.
Get out, and find that pseudo comfort
Somewhere else.”
We fall to miscommunication
And in that moment I might die
I’ll let you go; if you really mean it
All this time, but you didn’t know
I felt misleaded in my mind
We’ll take it slow
Leave all the people to their lives and find our home
I was tearing at the threads that you are
And it never seemed to get me too far ‘til now
“I’m not impressed at all”
You really want to know just what I think?
You’re lost.
I’m tired of always being second best.
Get out, and find that pseudo comfort
Somewhere else.”
We fall to miscommunication
And in that moment I might die
I’ll let you go; if you really mean it
All this time, but you didn’t know
I felt misleaded in my mind
We’ll take it slow
Leave all the people to their lives and find our home
She said, “I’m tired of always being second best,
Since everything this year has been a mess
Half my family’s gone for good so here I sit
I need a comfort in a boy that takes my hits
Do you remember when we met? We were alone
It was middle of the night outside my home.
We stayed up late just for the start of something new
I can’t believe your distance left us.”
We fall to miscommunication
And in that moment I might die
I’ll let you go; if you really mean it
All this time, but you didn’t know
I felt misleaded in my mind
We’ll take it slow
Leave all the people to their lives and find our home
We fall to miscommunication
And in that moment I might die
I’ll let you go; if you really mean it
All this time, but you didn’t know
I felt misleaded in my mind
We’ll take it slow
Leave all the people to their lives and find our home

I’ve seen my words carved
In the arms of a stranger as they let me know
They watched their love die
But picked it up later when they found that rope
Some say you need to bleed to believe in hurt
Some say you have to scar to belong to her
I’ll live alone and find my peace
I will slip into a coma
Found somewhere north of Florida
But just south of Tennessee
‘Cause the sun I finally reached it
Give me reason to move on now
But there’s something in this heart I lost
Somehow
I’ll set it down for you
I wouldn’t lie to you, now would I
I built that road from the beginning with my hands
When you decided to take it
What did you take from it?
Was it worth the heart involved
The obstacles, the chemicals
I need to know what you’re trying to see
I’ll live alone and find my peace
I will slip into a coma
Found somewhere north of Florida
But just south of Tennessee
‘Cause the sun I finally reached it
Give me reason to move on now
But there’s something in this heart I lost
Somehow
Are they slipping through
All those messages I sent
I will cart across to every single city and their states
When you hardly have a heart
But you need it just to break
When I haven’t let my guard down
Just give my time to think
Well does it start to murmur?
It just needs some time to breathe
And in the light of murder
What if it carried me
Just to find that water
(I found the patterns release in me)
Just to find that water
(I found the patterns release in me)
Can I find that water?
(I found the patterns release in me)
Can I find that water?
(I found the patterns release in me)
I’ll live alone and find my peace
I will slip into a coma
Found somewhere north of Florida
But just south of Tennessee
‘Cause the sun I finally reached it
Give me reason to move on now
But there’s something in this heart I lost
Somehow
I’ll live alone and find my peace
I will slip into a coma
Found somewhere north of Florida
But just south of Tennessee
‘Cause the sun I finally reached it
Give me reason to move on now
But there’s something in this heart I lost
Somehow

Well I lost the title, I’m gonna float away
Sad to think I’ll always understand
Why you make friends with enemies
You swore you’ll win the lottery
I really hope it pays
Everything you wanted with your mother
By that place you always said you would
Through the rain
In the morning I see may
The seasons starting over
I don’t mind waking up alone
As long as you’re okay
As you’re okay
I really lost a lot of things
I can barely speak and I’m hardly sober
Taking memories and wiping that slate clean
I was trying to get it out and somehow,
Right now I’m still standing here
Through the rain
In the morning I see may
The seasons starting over
I don’t mind waking up alone
As long as you still feed that dream
Of moving out to angel city
No, no one’s stopping you
Nothing’s holding you back honestly
‘Cause I still care
Are you lying on your back, are you lying?
Are you settling again
Well, I’m not silent
It’s not about the way we cut clean
We both said a lot
And even though we both may not speak
You’re the song I wrote that I’ll always love
And I will always know
And I will never take our time for granted, honestly so
And even when we’re grown, take everything we own
And try to put all the pictures back inside your memory so
I lost you
Through the rain
In the morning I see may
The seasons starting over
I don’t mind waking up alone
As long as you still feed that dream
Of moving out to angel city
No, no one’s stopping you
Nothing’s holding you back honestly
Oh, ‘Cause I still care
Not while I still care

to moonnn6pence from papayeverte



I’m safe, and who ever thought that I was difficult
My nerves start to feel so frayed
I’ll try to turn things around, but instead
I’ll say “Why do I feel so invisible
Good things will come my way.”
I’ll try to turn things around, and I wait

‘Till the day when I stop making big mistakes
And the clouds, they roll out of this whole damn state
I believe in a place that I want to go
Honesty will leave me feeling livable
Once I change

Now that I’ve found some time, all the pain won’t bother me
I’ve wanted to find why my head keeps filtering

Irate, caught in the worst storm inside of me
Words start to feel misplaced
You can change what you want with your pen.
I pray, as things start to feel much more possible
This time, I’ll know what to say
You can live how you want in these days

When the way that you talk makes up history
It’s important to know why you clench your teeth
I’ll flee to a place that I wanna go
With a shift in a sound that is physical
Know I’ll change

Now that I’ve found some time, all the pain won’t bother me
I’ve wanted to find why my head keeps filtering
That hole in my life and how it stayed inside my limbs
Must have been caught up in my skin
Now I’ve relied on that I’ve changed

Now that I’ve found some time, all the pain won’t bother me
I’ve wanted to find why my head keeps filtering
That hole in my life, I just want it to die
It must have stayed inside of my limbs
Must have been caught up in my skin

If you could only keep me alive
I swear that somehow we could find this
Way to change my life
And help me sing this
Because the rain, it hit this town
And washed away half of my faith, but now I'm ready to feel
What i've been feeling

And then the sun, it hit my face
And made me think of all the things that made me pray
Like when I stood up all this cocaine hit my heart
Then all the sudden I'm in love
Oh God, it's almost summer

I hope addiction took my heart because I'm
Looking for a hook that could just
Hold me back from tearing out these speakers
It's not the sound that drowns me out
But all this doubt that broke me down
You were my friend, but now I'm taking you to hell

If you could hold my hand
You could feel what I've been feeling

I wrote this song for you
It's not the reasons that I left
It's just the ones that kept me hanging onto you

So hold me down to
Writing letters
Like the song said
I'm so much better
When I'm gone
You could take your time
Because i'm living off this antidote

If you could hold my hand
You could feel what I was feeling
When I wrote this song

I wrote this song for you
(If you could only keep me from letting this go
If you could only keep me from singing this sound)

But my pride, it killed this town
And remember what you said, but i'm still proud
And you could feel what I've been feeling

I was starting to shake
From the days I’ve been up
There’s a lot on my plate
And the ones I loved stopped answering
They left me to find my self
In my own hate
I work all alone with a cynical taste
And the day I get out
Is the day I’ll be made
I was cut out of stone
And carved with a blade
Head down with all of my hardships
There’s nothing too strong
That I cant face
Don’t stop ‘till you finally have it
It should be more like a habit
Come down,
All the fighting’s over
I let you breathe your own air
I will set my arms down in a corner
When I turn around
You will tell me how you’re up now
From your dream of clovers
Said, “not a thing will compare
To the sense you give me, and disorder
When you turn around
And I can’t breathe”
There wasn’t a trace
Of the war letting up
And the days went on late
I struggled
And I fell to solid ground
It led me to my escape
Now here I am outside of your gate
I was hoping you could
Come down,
All the fighting’s over
I let you breathe your own air
I will set my arms down in a corner
When I turn around
You will tell me how you’re up now
From your dream of clovers
Said, “not a thing will compare
To the sense you give me, and disorder
When you turn around
And I can’t breathe”
Well, I came to say sorry
I shouldn’t have left
But my bitterness got to me
Before you did
And now I’m laying in gardens
Where we start over again
I know that you got me
And this is it
Come down,
All the fighting’s over
I let you breathe your own air
I will set my arms down in a corner
When I turn around
You will tell me how you’re up now
From your dream of clovers
Said, “not a thing will compare
To the sense you give me, and disorder
When you turn around
And I can’t breathe”

I can't start wishing that I went for something more
but I can dream between my losing faith and now
I've got plans
of stay proud
with every single scream
I'll find my place in every city.
No, never lose my voice

I stood there counting all the days 'til I was free
I can't sleep, I'll drive the 30 miles home
but I can't breathe
but I'm still proud
of every single day
Is something killing me again?
I need to get away

from all the things that made me lose my mind before,
and I know
this time everything (this time everything)
is gonna be alright (is gonna be alright)
take it slow, so you know
that it's real more than just tonight (tonight, tonight)
and what if every word (and what if every word)
escaped my mouth tonight (escaped my mouth tonight)
and I watch as the world
took its toll on my lips and my lips told my voice
that to let my mouth make prize

So what if my house is just a van
and I'm in love
Would I drive without the miles out west
to disconnect
I know I've got this in my head
so what if music changed my life
will it ever changed my mind

this time everything (this time everything)
is gonna be alright (is gonna be alright)
take it slow, so you know
that it's real more than just tonight (tonight, tonight)
what if every word (what if every word)
escaped my mouth tonight (escaped my mouth tonight)
and i watch as the world
took its toll on my lips
and my lips told my voice
that to let my mouth make prize

With all it took apart in my head
I'll keep you singing
along for all that I can
when I'm afraid
of all the nightmares that were true
and I'm just giving
out my dreams again
I'll never wonder what I'll be

Why can't you
help me find it once again
you were never one
to give up on this town
to give up on this town

and this time everything
is gonna be alright
to give up every word
and change my life tonight
I'll change my life tonight

So why the sudden change
And what's this all about?
I know they speak your name,
But where's the sound right now?
I can't stop praying you'll hear me play.
I know that I'll be with you there someday.

So where the hell's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

Can I pull out all the stops,
And get out of this town?
I want to make you proud,
But I really don't know how.
I know it's not helping to hear me say,
"I wish it was me in the car that day."
Though something made me stop and think of what you said.
You know it meant a lot,
But I was just a kid,
One with all these dreams of growing up and playing music on the road.
I've been screaming all these years and thinking of you both.

So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

I wrote this note,
Because I never even told you.
You know I've got some things to sing about,
Like we were young and holding true
To all these songs that always made us pull through,
And now I've got some words that I'll write down.
I'm sending this shit out.

So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

So where the hell's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight. no, not tonight.

You've got your plans to do things right.
I've got my mind it's all made up.
We have our time,
But now it's running out of space.
You know my life is just a speck,
And your heart is all the same,
See I've been staring too long at the screen.
Oh God, my mind is such a mess,
But there's these things I got to do.
You were my friend,
But now you're taking off your clothes.
I tried to look, but close my eyes.
I took a breath and made you mine.
You had your arms all tangled up in the moon.

Whats say,
That night you took away a little more than just my breath.
I swear to God that I was thinking about the summer,
Or the words that I wrote on the walls that saved my life.
I don't care if I will ever be the same,
But everything just keeps reminding me of winter.
Like the drive that I took on the night I lost my mind.

So, where's my hope in all of this?
I guess it never did exist.
I wrote those songs,
And took them all to heart.
You know I'm proud of what we did.
I left you naked and apart,
With your thoughts all laid out in your room.
So what if there's something that I missed.
I know you found a way to start.
I see the men that had you tearing up you head.
That's my excuse to make a mark, when you're all tangled up in red.
I had you tricked, but then you grabbed me by the throat.

Whats say,
That night you took away a little more than just my breath.
I swear to God that I was thinking about the summer,
Or the words that I wrote on the walls that saved my life.
I don't care if I will ever be the same,
But everything just keeps reminding me of winter.
Like the drive that I took on the night I lost my mind.

I hope you break through all of this.
I hear you tearing up your fists
With all those walls that broke your heart.
I'm oh so sick of everything you wrote.
I'll hold you true to every breath that we spoke of in this room.
So where's your pride, and all of your friends?
I hear you making this a story that we hope will never end.

I hope you break through all of this.
I hear you tearing up your fists
With all those walls that broke your heart.
I'm oh so sick of everything you wrote.
I'll hold you true to every breath that we spoke of in this room.
So where's your pride, and all of your friends?
I hear you making this a story that we hope will never end.

Are these just the nights that we stayed for?
Are these all the lines that could keep us here? [4x]

I can't start wishing that I went for something more
but I can dream between my losing faith and now
I've got plans
of stay proud
with every single scream
I'll find my place in every city.
No, never lose my voice

I stood there counting all the days 'til I was free
I can't sleep, I'll drive the 30 miles home
but I can't breathe
but I'm still proud
of every single day
Is something killing me again?
I need to get away

from all the things that made me lose my mind before,
and I know
this time everything (this time everything)
is gonna be alright (is gonna be alright)
take it slow, so you know
that it's real more than just tonight (tonight, tonight)
and what if every word (and what if every word)
escaped my mouth tonight (escaped my mouth tonight)
and I watch as the world
took its toll on my lips and my lips told my voice
that to let my mouth make prize

So what if my house is just a van
and I'm in love
Would I drive without the miles out west
to disconnect
I know I've got this in my head
so what if music changed my life
will it ever changed my mind

this time everything (this time everything)
is gonna be alright (is gonna be alright)
take it slow, so you know
that it's real more than just tonight (tonight, tonight)
what if every word (what if every word)
escaped my mouth tonight (escaped my mouth tonight)
and i watch as the world
took its toll on my lips
and my lips told my voice
that to let my mouth make prize

With all it took apart in my head
I'll keep you singing
along for all that I can
when I'm afraid
of all the nightmares that were true
and I'm just giving
out my dreams again
I'll never wonder what I'll be

Why can't you
help me find it once again
you were never one
to give up on this town
to give up on this town

and this time everything
is gonna be alright
to give up every word
and change my life tonight
I'll change my life tonight

I can't tell you where I've been,
But I hope to God you know.
I want to run away from this.
Fuck California,
It's just the safest place I know;
Where everything is making sense.
So get me out of here
And I will take this to my grave,
Yeah, that's my dream.

You took me out to make a point.
I made damn sure you missed your flight.
I've got more lines
To write about you when you're gone.
Because see, this CD has got me lost
And songs won't ever save my life.
Just send those post cards to make it known

That you won't take to heart all the ways I've lost,
Because I'm gone now and I'm trying not to change.
When everything I want to sing is just wasting breath;
I'm a liar, but I'm working on my ways.

I swear some day when I've got a way to change my life,
I'll be a singer with a throat; and I won't fuck up all these lines.
But that's a hope, yeah that's all I'll ever be.
You used to have your faith in all my words,
But now you're killing all of me.

That you won't take to heart all the ways I've lost,
Because I'm gone now and I'm trying not to change.
When everything I want to sing is just wasting breath;
I'm a liar, but I'm working on my ways.

I lost my voice, and then my mind.
I wrote a book of all my thoughts
That could take me from my life.
I had to fight to stay alive,
Because if I make it through the night
Then I just swear I could survive.
So where's your head,
And all your heart?
I've got a plan to make this work,
But I can't bring myself to try.
I'll take this slow. I'll make you move.
I know you can hear me screaming because it's all I ever do.

That you won't take to heart all the ways I've lost,
Because I'm gone now and I'm trying not to change.
When everything I want to sing is just wasting breath;
I'm a liar, but I'm working on my ways.

I came to your house to get you out of all this shit that held you down
And ive been using my whole world
To help you change that, around

I know
That i need you to help my mind pull through
With everything that happened and
I cant stop anything at all
But i can make it all go faster

So speed it up, speed it up
Dont drag it out
And in the night
You will find what im all about;
Its more than just a phone call asking how the weathers been

I hear its nice
I heard the news
But i really wish it'd rain.
To stop the day, to hold me back
God, i really hope you stay
Cause all my friends, i just hate
But i know things are gunna change
And everything will finally make sense
Yeah, things will finally make sense

So when i wake up ill be bringing things to peace with all my strength.
You know that way things change when music takes up my life,
And i just want to hear you,
Cause i know just how it feels

Ill sell you short, and stay away
But god knows some how this will work out
Because im not tired of writing songs
No im not tired
I need you so bad

I hear its nice
I head the news
But i really wish it'd rain.
To stop the day, to hold me back
God, i really hope you stay
Cause all my friends, i just hate
But i know things are gunna change
And everything will finally make sense
Yeah, things will finally make sense

So speed it up, speed it up
Dont drag it out
And in the night
You will find what im all about;
Its more than just a phone call asking how the weathers been
[x2]

I can't stop thinking about the words
that you once said, like I better stop my breathing before I stop believing.
I've been tearing out my throat with dangerous words.
Selling hooks with all this screaming,
you'd think I'd start to get it, but I don't...
They're God damn right. You've still got your voice, so don't just let this die.

This is for you, this is for me this is for everything that ever made me see,
and I'm planning my escape right now.
This is to truth, this is belief, this is for everything that ever made me sing, and I'm planning my escape right now.

I'll write you letter after letter when I'm gone, to tell you that I made it, or that I cannot take this.
Call this summer just a night that went too long, but everything went perfect;
I promised you I'd live this. So I'll go…
They're God damn right. You've still got your voice, so don't just let this die.

This is for you, this is for me this is for everything that ever made me see,
and I'm planning my escape right now.
This is to truth, this is belief, this is for everything that ever made me sing, and I'm planning my escape right now.

But what if I was wrong?
What if I should stay?
Would you let me hold my breath, tell me there's nothing more to say?
Or would you change? Become disgraced? Say, "Boy, there's nothing I hate more than seeing talent go to waste"?
I'll take my time with everything.
I'll take my time, and you can show me where to go.

I can't save this, but I really want to make you move, because I wrote too many songs about this and just giving up, and holding onto what I thought when you helped me to find my voice again

So why the sudden change
And what's this all about?
I know they speak your name,
But where's the sound right now?
I can't stop praying you'll hear me play.
I know that I'll be with you there someday.

So where the hell's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

Can I pull out all the stops,
And get out of this town?
I want to make you proud,
But I really don't know how.
I know it's not helping to hear me say,
"I wish it was me in the car that day."
Though something made me stop and think of what you said.
You know it meant a lot,
But I was just a kid,
One with all these dreams of growing up and playing music on the road.
I've been screaming all these years and thinking of you both.

So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

I wrote this note,
Because I never even told you.
You know I've got some things to sing about,
Like we were young and holding true
To all these songs that always made us pull through,
And now I've got some words that I'll write down.
I'm sending this shit out.

So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

So where's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight.

So where the hell's my hope,
And why can't I just try?
You know I've lost a lot,
But I won't let this die.
I know I've got a friend up in the atmosphere,
And another reason not to fear the sky;
No, not tonight. no, not tonight.