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1. The Takedown

I feel things changing when I move
(Its a distance, Its a difference)
I'll cross this planet without you
(and you might call this a downfall)
Its one long night that I'm passing through
(Its a dark one what have I done)
Its one long night...

Don't turn your back on me now
You can't do this
Don't say you can live without
You can't do this alone
How did I end up like this, the lonely one,
Your greatest take down?

You take me down

Left last night with a long goodbye
(With some red wine through a phone line)
I told you thoughts that multiply
(That I don't know how to let go)
We've been here many times before
(I am empty, when you leave me)
What's one more?

Don't turn your back on me now
You can't do this
Don't say you can live without
You can do this alone
How did I end up like this, the broken one,
Your greatest take down?

You take me down
You take me down

I won't get by
I won't heal in time
I won't get by

Don't turn your back on me now
You can't do this
Don't say you can't live without
You can do this alone
How did I end up like this, the chosen one,
Your greatest take down?

You take me down

* Missing The War

Originally by Ben Folds Five
All his crying, his tired eyes
See figures, jot it down
And clothes all strone around
The bedroom floor
Now nothing's adding up
And nothing's making sense
She's sleeping like a baby
She doesn't know he wasn't meant for this

I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war
All night I am missing the war
I'm missing the war

How, how
He drove home
Again, pissed at leaving
It's really no big deal
It happens all the time
It's no big deal

I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war
All night I am missing the war
I'm missing the war

'Til beams of sunlight hit me in the morning
So much time, so little to say
Time may fly
And dreams may die
The shaking voice that tells him go
Still thinks he might, he knows he won't

I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war
All night I am missing the war
I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war

* Hey Mike

Hey Mike, if you’re listenin’
I’m callin’ home to tell you how it is
It’s real bad, it’s cold out here
It’s been a long and lonely year
(It’s been a long and lonely year)
It’s been so long

Don’t give up
Don’t give in
Don’t give up
Be my friend

Hey Mike, when the check arrives
I hope you’re gonna buy your girlfriend something nice
A fat ring, a slick new ride
Just let her know it should have been mine
(Just let her know it should have been mine)
Just let her know

Don’t give up
Don’t give in
Don’t give up
Be my friend
Don’t give up
Don’t give in

I’m ending up better for this in the end
You’ll get a letter addressed to a friend
A friend who’s like no friend that I’ve ever known
When this is over…
I’m ending up better for this in the end
You’ll get a letter addressed to a friend
A friend who’s like no friend that I’ve ever known
When this is over I wanted to know
His dark side shows, his dark side grows
Dark side grows

Don’t give up
Don’t give in
Don’t give up
Be my friend
Don’t give up
(Hey Mike, if you’re listening
Be my friend)
Don’t give in
(Hey Mike, if you’re listening
Be my friend)
Don’t give up
Don’t give in
(Hey Mike, will you please return my call?)
Don’t give up
Don’t give in
(Hey Mike, will you please become my friend?)
Don’t give in
Hey Mike, is your shinny car fast enough to catch a shooting star?
The one that we all wished on

* Gifts And Curses

Mary belongs to the words of a song.
I try to be strong for her, try not to be wrong for her.
But she will not wait for me, anymore, anymore.
Why did I say all those things before? I was sure.

(She is the one), but I have a purpose,
(she is the one), and I have to fight this,
(she is the one), a villain I can't knock down.

I see your face with every punch I take,
and every bone I break, it's all for you.
And my worst pains are words I cannot say,
still I will always fight on for you.

Mary's alive in the bright New York sky,
the city lights shine for her, above them I cry for her.
Everything's small on the ground below, down below.
What if I fall, then where would I go, would she know?

(She is the one), all that I wanted,
(she is the one), and I will be haunted,
(she is the one), this gift is my curse for now.

I see your face with every punch I take,
and every bone I break, it's all for you.
And my worst pains are words I cannot say,
Still I will always fight on for you.

I see your face with every punch I take,
and every bone I break, its all for you
and my worst pains are words I cannot say
still I will always fight on for you.
Fight on for you. Fight on for you...

* Firewater

You sat me down beside myself
To show me all the reasons I was wrong for you
Was this for real? It's hard to tell
'Cause it was such a beautiful mess we had got into

I'm gonna overcome this, paper hearts can't win this time
And all along I should have known this wasn't your dream, it was mine
I know you wanted me to give up this life to be
Everything I was back when you had the hands my heart was in

I was never good at goodbye...

Can I swallow this bottle whole?
So this brain in my head can forget your face

When we were starting out, you believed in me without a doubt
You were the finest thing to happen to a boy like me
It's so much harder now, I wanna try and tell you how
There is so much love in me, even though it's hard to see

And I was never good at goodbye...

Can I swallow this bottle whole?
So this brain in my head can forget your face
Can I swallow this bottle whole?
'Cause I'd rather be dead than make more mistakes

Today I couldn't stay awake
Feels like I'm drowning in this firewater lake
I won't be sleeping much tonight
It's not the same without you lying by my side
(Right beside me)

Can I swallow this bottle whole?
So this brain in my head can forget your face
Can I swallow this bottle whole?
'Cause I'd rather be dead than make more mistakes

I know you wanted me to give up my life to be
(Can I swallow this bottle whole?)
Everything I am when you're the only thing that I can see
(Can I swallow this bottle whole?)
I'm sorry but you're not the, not the only one for me
(So this brain in my head can forget your face)

You left me here beside myself
Left me with all the reasons why I was wrong for you

* Everywhere

Originally by Michelle Branch
Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
'Cause when I look you're, you're never there
But when I sleep you're, you're everywhere
You're everywhere

Tell me how I got this far
Tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look
You're never there
And every time I sleep
You're always there

'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone

I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
You might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me

'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone

And when I touch your hand
It's then I understand
The beauty that's within
It's now that we begin
You always light my way
There never comes a day
No matter where I go
I always feel you so

'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
You're everywhere to me
And when I catch my breath
It's you I breathe
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone

You're in everyone I see
So tell me
Do you see me?

* Dumb

Originally by Nirvana
I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
Or maybe just happy

Think I'm just happy [x3]

My heart is broke
But I have some glue
Help me inhale
And mend it with you
We'll float around
And hang out on clouds
Then we'll come down
And have a hangover

Have a hangover [x3]

Skin the sun
Fall asleep
Wish away
The soul is cheap
Lesson learned
Wish me luck
Soothe the burn
Wake me up

I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
My day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
Maybe just happy

Think I'm just happy [x3]

I think I'm dumb [x12]

* Don't You Forget About Me

Originally by Simple Minds
Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancing you know

Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving me everything inside and out
Love's strange so real in the dark
Think about the tender things that we were working on

Slow change can pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart

Don't you forget about me
Don't don't don't don't
Don't you forget about me

Don't you forget about me
Don't don't don't don't
Don't you forget about me

As you walk on by
(Will you call my name?)
When you walk away

Will you walk on by?
Will you call my name?

La la la...

* Butterfly

Originally by Weezer
Yesterday I went outside
with my momma's mason jar
caught a lovely butterfly
when I woke up today
looked in on my fairy pet
she had withered all away
no more sighing in her breast

I'm sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
everytime I pin down what I think I want
it slips away
the ghost slips away

I smell you on my hand for days
I can't wash away your scent
if I'm a dog then you're a bitch

I guess you're as real as me
maybe I can live with that
maybe I need fantasies
a life of chasing butterfly

I'm sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
everytime I pin down what I think I want
it slips away
the ghost slips away

I told you I would return
when the robin makes his nest
but I ain't never coming back
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry

* Bombers

This is the deepest cut I,
Think I have ever felt,
These are the things I think but I will never tell.
I'm trying to walk these bridges,
Burning beneath my feet,
Well I am an echo I am heard but never seen.

These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.

This is a mirror image,
Of everything I'm not,
Always reflecting what I've learned but was not taught.
If I could make things different,
If I could press restart,
Then I would hold back every breath that went too far.

These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.

Sometimes I feel like I am working in the dark,
Collecting names collecting all abandoned hearts.
And if your one that I have missed along the way,
Then I'm rehearsing all the things I'd like to say.
This isn't easy for me,
This isn't easy.

These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.

These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down ,
They're falling on me now.
And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.

* All Apologies

Originally by Nirvana
What else should I be
All apologies
What else should I say
Everyone is gay
What else should I write
I don't have the right
What else should I be
All apologies

In the sun
In the sun I feel as one
In the sun
In the sun
Married
Buried

I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn with freezeburn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy

In the sun
In the sun I feel as one
In the sun
In the sun

[x2]
Married
Buried

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah

[x13]
All in all is all we are (All alone is all we all are?)

The Sound Of You And Me

Are you there putting all the words together?
Painting your new master piece
Ocean air carrying reminders of that perfect pair we used to be

Someday everything ends
Can't we begin finding a way back before we're too late
And lost in between the truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on

Changing keys, giving up on me to find familiar things and try blending in
Know this please
I will not forget the sound of you and me when we were friends

Someday everything ends
Can't we begin finding a way back before we're too late
And lost in between the truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on

Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again

Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again

Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again

With You Around

Do you remember when I said you were my only one?
We were running underneath the California sun
Well now I look at you, and you're still more than I can take
You're like a slow song, starting to accelerate

And all my life, I looked for you
For arms that I could fall into

All I can think about is
You and me driving with a Saves the Day record on
We were singing till our voices were gone
And I was falling hard, you were barely hanging on
And now I wanna chase forever down, with you around

You're making movies in your head when you fall asleep
Having nightmares, dreaming that I'm gonna leave
I know you've always been afraid of ending up alone
Somebody hurt you, now you're waiting on a dial tone

But I'm right here, so don't get blue
It's not just you, I need this too

All I can think about is
You and me driving with a Saves the Day record on
We were singing till our voices were gone.
And I was falling hard, you were barely hanging on.
And now I wanna chase forever down, with you around

We were running underneath the California sun
Underneath the California sun

All I can think about is
You and me driving with a Saves the Day record on
We were singing till our voices were gone
And I was falling hard, you were barely hanging on

We put a record on
Kept singing till our voices were gone
And I was falling hard, you were barely hanging on
And now I wanna chase forever down
(We were running underneath the California sun)
I just wanna chase forever down, with you around

For You, And Your Denial

4 am you called to spit some fire out
Did you think that I would listen to you now
It's nothing new so get in line with all the rest
I will wait 'til you realize you're out of breath

Can you hear the crowd they all go wild
For you, and your denial
Watching you break down
Hate me all you want I'll be okay
I'm half the world away
And I'm letting you go now

You've got sadness twisted up with jealousy
You show your fists to make them look like loyalty
And I have seen what holding on can take away
If it's the past you love then that's where you can stay

Can you hear the crowd they all go wild
For you and your denial
Watching you break down
Hate me all you want I'll be okay
I'm half the world away
And I'm letting you go now

Desperation kills
But when its on your sleeve you wear it well
And underneath it all
You'll always have this war inside yourself

I'm letting you go now

Can you hear the crowd they all go wild
For you and your denial
Watching you break down
Hate me all you want I'll be okay
I'm half the world away
And I'm letting you go now

Soundtrack

We seem to have the world
Here in our hands
Its smaller than we thought it was
But now I understand
Some of us survive
Some will get torn
If I lose my confidence I'll borrow yours

See me now
Hear me out

Look for me tonight
And swear that nothings gonna break our hearts this time
Save me from myself
And be the soundtrack to these stories that I tell

Take every single year
From then until now
Fables start to change and my head reaches through the clouds
And when I'm standing trial
I will need you
Cause every wish we made is finally coming true

See me now
Hear me out

Look for me tonight
And swear that nothings gonna break our hearts this time
Save me from myself
And be the soundtrack to these stories that I tell

Mirrors show me upside down
Clocks are counting backwards
Here without you I could drown
You pull me to the surface
Ticking time is running out
But we've got symphony still left inside us

Look for me tonight
And swear that nothings gonna break our hearts this time
Save me from myself
And be the soundtrack to these stories that I tell

Save me from myself
And be the soundtrack to these stories that I tell

Hide

Haven't heard from you in days
I'm spreading thin what I got saved
And I've come down from your highest highs
Now what the hell am I supposed to say?

Whoa, I know it feels like I let you down
(I let you down)
But I'm still around
(But I'm still around)

If you can't find a way to reach me, take your time
I could be underneath you
And looking up to see you
From where we used to hide
From where we used to hide

Busy writing thoughts tonight
A message sent with no reply
You used to hang on my every word
(My every word)
Now they never come out right

Whoa, I know it feels like I let you down
(I let you down)
But I'm still around
(But I'm still around)

If you can't find a way to reach me, take your time
I could be underneath you
And looking up to see you
From where we used to hide
From where we used to hide

You are invisible in this
(So invisible in this)
You're too caught up in what you missed
(Caught in what you missed)
So spend what I gave
I'll give you more
You are invisible in this

If you can't find a way to reach me, take your time
I could be underneath you
And looking up to see you
From where we used to hide
From where we used to hide

If you can't find a way to reach me, take your time
'Cause I am underneath you
And looking up to see you
From where we used to hide
From where we used to hide

Life Of Leaving Home

I can see all the footsteps left behind
Every second I gave
Every song was a snapshot of my life
I needed something to say

It started out in the last slow motion scene
Watching everyone change
Made a map of the one way road from here
Had no reason to stay

I am awake and alive
There is something calling me
More than a moment in time
It's a dream I'm following, on my own (On my own)
On my own

More than a moment in time
It's a life of leaving home

Think of me when the stars come out tonight
Take a look at the sky
Never said that I could burn out that bright, but I needed to try

I am awake and alive
There is something calling me
More than a moment in time
It's a dream I'm following, on my own (On my own)
On my own

More than a moment in time
It's a life of leaving home

The day that I found my voice
I knew that I had no choice
The only way I learned to love is if I found it on my own
On my own

I am awake and alive
There is something calling me
More than a moment in time
It's a dream I'm following on my own (On my own)
On my own (On my own)
On my own
On my own

More than a moment in time
It's a life of leaving home

Hang You Up

Originally by Big If
I cannot hold this anymore
My hands are tired of only waiting to let go
And I am waiting still
I used to know which way to turn
You were the light inside a tunnel in my head
I try to follow still
I try to follow still

It's hard to see you
We are older now
And when I find you, you just turn around
This is a black and white of you I found
I hang you up and then I pull you down
I hang you up and then I pull you down

No more apologies from me
My arms are tired of picking up what I put down
You're all I think of still
I'm gonna miss you every day
I turn my back on anyone who won't believe
And it gets lonely still
It gets lonely still

It's hard to see you
We are older now
And when I find you, you just turn around
This is a black and white of you I found
I hang you up and then I pull you down
I hang you up and then I pull you down

I get lost sometimes
Another year flies by
But I know if I try
Memories of the light in your eyes
Can take me back in time

It's hard to see you
We are older now
And when I find you, you just turn around
This is a black and white of you I found
I hang you up and then I pull you down
I hang you up and then I pull you down

It's hard to see you
We are older now
(We are older now)
And when I find you, you just turn around
(Turn around)
This is a black and white of you I found
(You I found)
I hang you up and then I pull you down
(Pull you down)
I hang you up and then I pull you down
(Pull you down)
I hang you up and then I pull you down

I don't hear music anymore
My ears are tired of all the pictures in the words
'Cause you are in them still

Promises

Joking every year
It's an anniversary
You spoke and made it clear
You're the only one you'll ever need
But now you're starting to notice
Without me, it comes into focus

Nothing you'll be
Will stop you missing me
So fill your life with promises
That we'll never have to keep
And I know someday you'll be wishing you kept one for me

Take your medicine
If it helps to let me go
Dissolve the guilt and then
Tell yourself you're better off alone
Searching for something
(Searching for something)
Tell me, how is that working out?

Nothing you'll be
Will stop you missing me
So fill your life with promises
That you'll never have to keep
And I know someday you'll be wishing you kept one for me

Nothing you'll be
Will stop you missing me
So fill your life with promises
That you'll never have to keep

Nothing you'll be
Will stop you missing me
So fill your life with promises
That you'll never have to keep
And I know someday you'll be wishing you kept one for me

Be The Young

I made these wishes with you
Went coast to coast
And we both felt so alive (so alive)
We traded safe for something we just had to be
And we almost lost our minds (lost our minds)
But we're still here searching

This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
But theres a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young

Summer came and flew by twice as fast
It was close enough to feel
And after all this waiting for skies to fall
I need this to be real
Oh, please let it be real

This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
(Growing up has just begun)
But theres a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
(Forever be the young)

Where I was broken I am healed
I learned to fight
I learned to feel
And I cant believe my eyes
You are still here next to me
All I need you're all I see
In this life we hope to find

This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
(Growing up has just begun)
But theres a place
We could find
Where this pain is useless
And we'll forever be the young
(Forever be the young)

This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
(We'll forever be the young)
This is loud
This is cold
This is endless and I know
(We'll forever be the young)
It's endless and I know

See Me Smiling

The sun comes up and you are all over my mind
You're in my brain before I can open my eyes
As I go on without you
My heartbeat wont slow down
I need you back like I need air to breath this out

All I can do is keep you closer now
'Cause I know your somewhere out there looking down
Wherever you are (Wherever you are)
I hope you can see me smiling

The sky gets dark, I watch the water here at home
It's 10 years now and I'm still learning to let go
I'ts not the same without you
Theres no one keeping time
You were the rhythm that was bringing us to life

All I can do is keep you closer now
'Cause I know you're somewhere out there looking down
Wherever you are (Wherever you are)
I hope you can see me smiling now (I hope you can see me smiling)

Sometimes I can't help think that I have you right behind me all this time
If only you could have a chance to see
All the happiness you gave to me

All I can do is keep you closer now
'Cause I know you're somewhere out there looking down
Wherever you are
I hope you can see me smiling now (I hope you can see me smiling)
I hope you can see me smiling

Sing For Me

Look at me
And listen close
So I can tell you how I feel before I go
Just a year
It's not much time
For me to show you I am proud that you are mine

I wish I had known the future in my heart
Was just about to start

Save tomorrow
I can't follow you there
Just close your eyes and sing for me
I will hear you
Always near you
And I'll give you the words just sing for me

Every lock
On every door
I put them there to try and hide you from the world
And you kicked
Yeah, you screamed
You never understood, you're everything to me

I just hope you know, the future in your heart
Is just about to start

Save tomorrow
I can't follow you there
Just close your eyes and sing for me
I will hear you
Always near you
And I'll give you the words just sing for me

No looking back when I am gone (sing for me)
Follow your heart it's never wrong (sing for me)
No looking back when I am gone (sing for me)
Don't second guess the note you're on

Out of time
All out of fight
You are the only thing in life that I got right

Save tomorrow
I cant follow you there
Just close your eyes and sing for me
I will hear you
Always near you
And I'll give you the words just sing for me

Woah-oh-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh-oh
Just close your eyes and sing for me
Woah-oh-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh-oh
Just close your eyes and sing for me