My Favorite Highway

Dreamer :
The clothes on the floor
Don't know the mess in this world surrounds you
Where everything is broken.
But if you could just find a way to believe,
Would you believe?

Cause everything is falling,
Everything is falling,
When you gonna pick up these things around you?
And you don't even notice
You haven't gone unnoticed.
Could you believe?
Would you believe?

Whenever you're lost you'll find me
Cause everyone needs somebody
Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer
If ever your heart is blinded
Whatever was lost, you'll find it
Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I can see light shine through
As time heals the wounds around you
When everything was broken.
But somehow you just found a way to believe,
A way to believe

Sometimes you gotta fall down,
Babe, you gotta fall down,
Before you can get up and walk around it
And then you're gonna notice
What you never noticed
'Til you believe.
Do you believe?

Whenever you're lost you'll find me
Cause everyone needs somebody
Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer
If ever your heart is blinded
Whatever was lost, you'll find it
Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer

I stand in the middle of it
Just looking at you
Yeah, yeah
I stand in the middle of it all
Just looking at you
Here's looking at you, kid.

Whenever you're lost you'll find me
Cause everyone needs somebody
Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer
If ever your heart is blinded
Whatever was lost, you'll find it
Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Baby, I know you're afraid I'm a leaver
But I'm in the fight here,
Stay, I'm a dreamer

I stand in the middle of it all
Just looking at you
Here's looking at you, kid.

Go :
When I look to the other side,
I just can't go, just can't go,
Two lanes in a checkout line,
I just don't know, just don't know

If I choose when I can't decide
On my own, on my own
It's all designed to keep me here
And if I go, then I can't point it out.

I can't leave what I left behind
And just let go, just let go.
Cause I believe in what I cannot find
I just don't know, just don't know

I can't say cause I haven't tried
On my own, on my own
You promised to not to leave me here
Leave me on my own

And it feels like
A voice that is within me
And it feels like
These eyes are filled with envy
And it feels like
It's wrong but you know
A song for tomorrow
Get gone and you're on your own

My room but I will not hide
I just can't go, just can't go
And if i seem a little preoccupied
I just don't know, just don't know

We lost track, but I didn't mind
On my own, on my own
It's all designed to keep me here
But if I go, then I can't point it out

Jumped out at the corner where I had to stop
I took up and I might've made the people block
And now I ran 'til I couldn't see
Everything you tried to put in front of me

Chasing everything that wasn't left to miss,
And keeping my heart inside my chest
I'm not really kneeling, I'm not really healing,
I'm just in between

And it feels like
A voice that is within me
And it feels like
These eyes are filled with envy
And it feels like
It's wrong but you know
A song for tomorrow
Get gone and you go

And it feels like
A voice that is within me
And it feels like
These eyes are filled with envy
And it feels like
It's wrong but you know
A song for tomorrow
Get gone and you're on your own

Cause I lie to myself
That I need what I don't
When I wish that you'd call
And I'd run back home

But I hate when I heal
Then I leave when I won't
Cause I think that I'll find something else

And it feels like
A voice that is within me
And it feels like
These eyes are filled with envy
And it feels like
It's wrong but you know
A song for tomorrow
Get gone!

And it feels like
A voice that is within me
And it feels like
These eyes are filled with envy
And it feels like
It's wrong but you know
A song for tomorrow
Get gone and you're on your own

Oh!

You're on your own
On your own
On your own

Steel City :
She phones home composed, a bit panicked
Hesitates to confess she misses the Atlantic
The gulf streams, the palm trees, the car keys that took you away
She tries to explain
Oh boy

I wanna be fixed
I wanna be broken
I wanna be closed
I wanna be open
The love I thought had died is still alive and I hope that you don't mind

Oh I
She says December will help me remember
The place that my heart calls home
When the pale city lights are aglow
And my heart's feeling empty and cold (oh yeah)
Well there's one place I know that I'm dying to be
Steel City you'll always be a part of me

No it's not what you said
And it's not how you said it
But it all came undone the moment you meant it
I honestly can't believe coincidence and possibility could sway
But I'll try and explain baby

I wanna be fixed
I wanna be broken
I wanna be closed
I wanna be open
When stars and hearts align I'm sure you'll come to find the love we had was blind

Oh I
She says December will help me remember
The place that my heart calls home
When the pale city lights are aglow
And my heart's feeling empty and cold (oh yeah)
Well there's one place I know that I'm dying to be
Steel City you'll always be a part of me

Searching for something you need
And as you fall to the floor you crawl to your knees
Reach out for something you see
It's like she was never there
You breathe in and hold the air
Like an unanswered prayer

She says December will help me remember
The place that my heart calls it's home
When the pale city lights are aglow
And my heart's feeling empty and cold
Well there's one place I know that I'm dying to be
Steel City you'll always..
Steel City you'll always..
Steel City you'll always be a part of me

The Chase :
Even though it’s hard to hear the truth
It’s every little thing that makes you move
And there is a reflection in the mirror
You don’t believe
And darling it’s so hard to understand
I wish that I could fix what you feel instead
Baby, why’d you do that, I can see through that
Give it a chance

And you can’t just disappear
I’m begging you come on out, come on out
Promise that the coast is clear

(chorus)
I don’t mind the chase
Baby, you’re lost out there in a different place
And I can’t get to you
I don’t mind the chase
Baby, you’re lost out there in a different place
And I can’t get to you
But I’ll do what I have to

Every little piece you pick apart
You’ve hidden in a corner of your heart
And there is a reflection in the mirror
That you don’t see
And darling, it’s an awful lot to give
A memory you chase but you can’t relive
Baby, it’s supposed to, baby you’re close to
Letting me in

And you can’t just disappear
I’m begging you come on out, come on out
Promise that the coast is clear

Chorus

Oh, you never could quiet honestly explain
How much he means to you
You’re doing everything they ask you to
There’s a part of you, you wish you knew
And every escape you thought you could make
No, you did not think it would show
Darling it was way too much
Way to slow

Chorus

Walking On A Wire :
I’m still here, I’m still around
You put my picture face down
I count the hours, count aloud, you count me out
You send your signals whoa
I send flowers to the door that I can’t walk through anymore

Never meant to break your back
Never meant to start a fire
Never meant to hold your head under the water my love
When you get this call me back I'll be walking on a wire
Hoping you would take me back in spite of everything I’ve done

Put on your favorite dress
I’m such a mess I drag like a cigarette
You didn’t have to look so nice
To get me thinking twice
Never seen you walk so proudly
I’ve never seen you sleep so soundly
I’m trying and crying to just quit
Because you just won't deal with it

Never meant to break your back
Never meant to start a fire
Never meant to hold your head under the water my love
When you get this call me back I will be walking on a wire
Hoping you would take me back in spite of everything I’ve done

We can’t go back, we can’t go back to where we started
And I won’t let that I can't let that
Leave us lonely hearted
I would rather fight than sleep tonight
Please don’t roll your eyes love
I’m not about to let you go

Never meant to break your back
Never meant to start a fire
Never meant to hold your head under the water my love
When you get this call me back I will be walking on a wire
Hoping you would take me back in spite of everything I’ve done

Getaway Car :
Take me somewhere I've never been before
Open my eyes just a little, leave me wanting more
When they tell you it's all for the money, all for the money
Raise your voice so you can tell somebody, tell somebody

When all you hold in your heart slips away, you have to choose
Fall behind, make a change, or change your mind

Go on, get up, get out
Don't even think about it
You don't need to leave it behind
But you can live without it
Jump in your car like you're ready to ride
You got a buck forty-five left to keep you alive
And now, everybody's messing it up
No, we don't talk about how
Everything is falling apart
Well then you go around
It's everything that you couldn't find with an open mind
It's all you've ever known

Sing me something I've never heard before
Open my heart just a little, leave me wanting more
When they tell you it's all for the money, all for the money
Raise your voice and you can tell somebody, tell somebody

Looks like we didn't get far in a getaway car
You can't break free no matter where you are
It feels like home is just a time and a place
You find yourself in an empty space

Bittersweet Life :
Lonely,
Stubborn and complacent,
You have insisted
On leaving me here,
Writing the same song
I started last year.

Lovely
Conjunctions and phrases,
Plays on a few words,
That you never meant.

I must have misread
All of the signals that
You never sent.

It's a bittersweet life,
And it's leaving me a-ok.
It's a bittersweet life,
I have loved and lost
My heart along the way.

Maybe I could still hold you,
Or you could call if you feel so inclined.
Please take your time
Locating whatever you're trying to find.

Maybe it's time to let go,
But I'm too scared
And so unprepared.

How do I forget,
Every moment in time that we shared?

It's a bittersweet life,
And it's leaving me a-ok.
It's a bittersweet life,
I have loved and lost
My heart along this.
Bittersweet life,
And it's leaving me a-ok.
It's a bittersweet life,
I have loved and lost
My heart along the way

I'm calling your bluff,
I have toyed with the idea of burning your stuff.
This is so rough,
And it's as if deserting me wasn't enough.
Well I've had enough,
I'm calling your bluff.

It's a bittersweet life,
And it's leaving me a-ok.
It's a bittersweet life,
I have loved and lost
My heart along this.
Bittersweet life,
And it's leaving me a-ok.
It's a bittersweet life,
I have loved and lost
My heart along the way

Entertain The Pain :
Its been a long year without you
And I can't seem to go one day without thinking about you
It's not that I doubt you, if I found you
Would I put my arms around you
Wish I could let you know how much I miss you
Entertain the pain, if I could I would kiss you
I wanna be with you
I've tried letting go, I don't know how to quit you

No, baby, you can't change me
But maybe you'll find that you're

Better off, better off
That's what you get for, that's what you get for
Moving on, moving on
Try and forget you, try and forget like
Every tear you ever cried
Pack them up and say goodbye
Moving on, and that's what you get for

I spent a long time without you
I'm still doing everything I can just to not think about you
Not that I doubt you, if I found you
Would I let my thoughts surround you
I feel just a little bit stronger
I'll wait just a little bit longer
But I'm doing just fine without you, babe

Spend the night alone again
Waste the air you're breathing in
Close the curtains and lock the door
Hide from what you're waiting for
Could've wasted time on me, given up so easily
But I think you're better moving on

Say So :
It's like we're standing outside while they're looking out the window
Picking up pace, losing control
Of all the things we are, all the things we know, it's like...
It's like I just couldn't care less, but I'm wrapped around her finger
Started placing all my bets the day that we met
And staying up to late, the way you make me wait, it's like...

Don't you know if you go
You'll go without me
Don't you leave me as if you never cared at all
If you go, don't go, go without me
Don't you need me?

So say, you are my everything
Just say, I'm hanging onto every word that you said
A part of me will never be the same

It's like she takes me up to ten, but she leaves me at eleven
Now you're telling all your friends everything you intend
All the things you do, I love the way you move, it's like...
She wears that little black dress, always simple, but it's sexy
I need you in your best so I won't forget
All the way, say that you love me, gotta hear you say it

You are the light up ahead at the end of the road
When I look in your eyes, girl, it feels like I'm home
I need this night, yes it's late, but the morning will come
As you fall fast asleep with your head on my chest
I watch you breathe in and out as you're finding your rest
I need this night, yes it's late, but the morning will come

In My Heart :
This life is so crazy
so could you please remind me
It's simple
It's easy
with you right here beside me

Cause I don't even wanna try to get by without you
that's the rason why i'm writing this song
about the way you make me feel
it's never felt so real, no, no

i have you in my heart
no distance could keep me apart, love
you are the only thing
thats keeping my heart still beating
cause i just can't let you go
even if you wanted to
you know that you'll always have my heart
and i'm not letting you go
and i'm not letting you go

if you wake up and your bad day
feels more like a cliché
with each kiss i'll replace
the sad look on your face

Cause I don't even wanna try to get by without you
that's the rason why i'm writing this song
about the way you make me feel
it's never felt so real, no, no

i have you in my heart
no distance could keep me apart, love
you are the only thing
thats keeping my heart still beating
cause i just can't let you go
even if you wanted to
you know that you'll always have my heart
and i'm not letting you go

whoa, oh, oh, no
whoa, oh, oh
whoa, oh, oh, no
whoa, oh, oh
whoa, oh, oh, no
i can't escape your love [x2]

i have you in my heart
no distance could keep me apart, love
you are the only thing
thats keeping my heart still beating
cause i just can't let you go
even if you wanted to
you know that you'll always have my heart

i have you in my heart
no distance could keep me apart, love
you are the only thing
thats keeping my heart still beating
cause i just can't let you go
even if you wanted to
you know that you'll always have my heart
and i'm not lettin you go

Bigger Than Love :
We've all got scars as big as ours
A token for the pain we hide inside of us
Everyone's scared that somebody knows
You push it aside, yeah that's how it goes
If you've ever heard a beating heart
A rhythm for the songs we're too afraid to sing
Nobody here is perfectly fine
A delicate frame, a fragile design

If there's a hole in your heart
You gotta pull it together
It takes the courage to start
But now is better than never
It takes a push and a shove
Somehow it's never enough
And its alarming how quickly we forget that

Nothing's bigger than love
Nothing's bigger than love
Nothing's bigger than love
All you need, all you need, all you need is love

Some people change and some just won't
You can't take back the words you wish you'd never said
Promises break and lovers will lie
You hold up your hands and let out a sigh
So smile right before you fall
And lay beside this mess and call it consequence
Somebody said that life isn't fair
When somebody else was saying a prayer

'Cause no-one's taking me out
And nothing's pulling me down
I turn my head to the crowd
This love is big and it's loud
This is a car in the crash
This is the light in the flash
This is the answers you know
But you're just too scared to ask
If there's a hole in your heart
You gotta pull it together
It takes the courage to start
But now is better than never
It takes a push and a shove
Somehow it's never enough
Somehow it's never enough

Simple Life :
Somewhere inside me
Something is hiding
Something I never knew
If I'm open and honest
Keeping my promise
Someday I'll see this through

I can't hear anything
Listening, I'm listening
I need the space to move
Breaking through to something new
I need the chance to feel something real, something real
Everything I know is spinning out of control

So, so, so tell me where do we go
There is a burning that's inside of my soul, and it shows
We all want something more than just a simple life
Hey, hey, so give me something to say
I had the words but then I through 'em away, and you know
We all want something more than just a simple life

If I walk in a straight line
Wait for the right time
How can I know for sure
They'll tell you how to get by
Just put your life on standby
And in the end you hope that you were right

So believe what you want
No, you're not who you thought
The more you fake the harder you fall

So, so, so tell me where do we go
There is a burning inside of my soul, and it shows
We all want something more than just a simple life
Hey, hey, so give me something to say
I wanted nothing and I gave it all, gave it all away
We all want something more than just a simple life

What Are You Waiting For? :
It's never that, it's never quite that innocent
So take it back, all the words you thought you said, but never had
You never had, to say a word, don't say a word
Just hold me close, hold me close and let me go
And then you'll know, you need to know exactly what you're letting go
You're letting go, so walk away and take it slow

Is there anyone out there who is listening to anything
Is there anyone out there who can take my hand, so

Come on, come on
What are you waiting for?
Waiting for your life to end to begin again
No, you get back up and you try again

You never had, you never had a fighting chance, so watch your back
Somehow we always manage to remember that
Under attack, if you lose a friend, you pick up the slack
Whoever said that distance brings you closer, they must not have known
That when you're out of sight you're out of mind and all alone
And when you're on your own, you hate to think that you should've known

They Tried To Kill Chivalry, But We Brought It Back :
Let me know if you want to be alone
Can't find your heart, whoa
Improve what you aren't
And fake what you can, whoa

Take this, baby, embrace this
I need you like I hate this
Why can't you face this?
Who said that we were over?
You call it closure
But you don't even know her
Pulling me closer

All my friends are sinking slowly

Take me, bend me, no, break me
I need you like your love
I need your love, I need your love
And you should know by now
You need to take a deep breath before you let it out
Hey, there you are
You want to talk about devotion
Keep this in motion
It's easy when you just drown out the lights
And use what you ignore

You'd say anything to get inside my head

Debut the situation and beg me to wait for this
But you refuse me
'Cause see, I am not your family
It doesn't matter if we're closing all the doors
If you can stand for anymore

Counterfeit (The Art Of Deception) :
So insecure and uninspired
I never sleep so I'm always tired
I try to listen, but I'm too wired
Put up a front so I don't get fired
I try to hard to be smart and funny
Pretend like there's more to my life than money
I've given up on achieving perfection
But I have perfected the art of deception

All of my confidence is completely counterfeit
Life is a hazy daze, chaotic escapade
It's getting me high, but making low
I feel so shallow, I feel so shallow

So inconsistent and overrated
Rip out my heart while my ego's deflated
I get a kick out of being persistent
Push me away and increase the resistance
Keeping your secrets is to confidential
Spreading the lie that has too much potential
Call me fake, call me lost and conceited
I may be weak, but I won't be defeated

The Worst Way To Retaliate :
Don't hesitate to break my back
You're a heart attack, you are everything I lack
If you feel the need to take my pride
Cut me down to size, cough up the truth and run and hide

You refuse to let me stay
I was not meant to bend this way
I could you I love you, but it won't be the same
The way that it ended means there's no one to blame
You weren't made to make me sing

Wide awake, you keep me up in bed
I got a hundred different things runnin' through my head
It's hard to fall asleep when all your dreams are dead
And I know you think about me too
Or I'm assuming in the back of your mind if you do
Subconsciously your hoping I come back to you

I hate to be the one to pick a fight
But you see, I know when I'm wrong and I know when I'm right
It's a challenge to be strong when you're so weary and trite
Don't hesitate to say you need some space
Well it seems that you have found somebody else to replace
The melancholly feeling that I have to embrace

How To Call A Bluff :
Lonely, stubborn and complacent
You have insisted on leaving me here
Writing the same song I started last year
Lovely conjunctions and phrases
Plays on a few words, that you never meant
I must have misread all of the signals that you never sent

It's a bitter sweet life, and it's leaving me A-OK
It's a bitter sweet life, I have loved and lost my heart along the way

Maybe I could still hold you
Or you could call if you feel so inclined
Please take your time locating whatever you're trying to find
Maybe it's time to let go
But I'm too scared and so unprepared
How do I forget, every moment in time that we shared

I'm calling your bluff
I have toyed with the idea of burning your stuff
This is so rough
And it's as if deserting me wasn't enough
Well I've had enough
I'm calling your bluff

Murder On The Radio :
Dodging bullets, dodging glances
Nervous and you shake while he makes his advances
Sending tingles up your spine, there is no way to define
A regret that you cannot rewind
Feeling empty, feeling broken
There's a malice on his lips you can taste while your choking
He is sour, he is sharp, he is preying on your heart
Just relax while he tears you apart

Take the dreams you had, throw them all away

Whoa, singing you to sleep
While you dream
While we murder on the radio

Feed desire, feed the cancer
Swallowing the lust that will cripple the dancer
With his hands around your neck
You have lost all self-respect
You're a mirror to ashamed to reflect
Are you cautious, are you reckless
Guilty and exposed, but to stubborn to confess
He is careless, he is kind, he has one thing on his mind
He is determined to keep you confined

Calendar Marks :
I've fallen victim to my greatest fear
The calendar marks that I lost a whole year
Three-sixty-five, barely alive
Grace took her good natured time to arrive
Oh my God, this year has dealt me a horrible hand
I'll try and explain, but you won't understand
Well wait, what's today's date?
There's plenty of time left to procrastinate, or plan my escape

Let me go
Let me go

The Autumn leaves join in a bittersweet chorus
A hymn so inspired as if to inform us they're leaving soon
She sends a kiss that we just barely miss
Before Winter sets in and exposes our sins

Let me go
Let me go

I want to be where nobody knows me
I'll be behind the perfect disguise
I'll drive away, I'll dissapear
I want to be anywhere, but here

Spring-time, ever changing
My life's re-arranging
So it seems I'm going down now
Tears fall on the ash, my heart's fading fast

Let me go
Let me go

While I wait for the New Year
To introduce new fears
While I'm wishing that I could be
Anywhere, but here

Unaware :
Light breaks through a crack in the shades
Starting off another day, it all feels the same
She takes in the morning air
A faint smile while she does her hair, she's unaware
She remarks, but she never complains
Her big dreams that are never in vain, never change

Don't let it pull you down
Don't let it burn you out
You're so much stronger than you know

Down here time moves so slow
Life could pass you by and you wouldn't know, who wouldn't know
Things change, but they rarely do
You count the days as they barely move, well do what you have to

So please don't go away
Say you'll stay with me

You're Making It Come Alive :
I've finally come to realize that we are all the same
If there's nothing left to lose then there's every to gain
All the paragraphs and pages you could write could not contain
It is curious and careless and it's flowing through my veins

The fear of growing old, and doing what you're told

You can't disguise a heart while it's breaking
You hide behind the smile you're faking
It's all about the the chance you're taking
Oh, and you know that you're making it all come alive

If your life is so damn comfortable then why do you complain?
A reflection in the alcohol you're pouring down the drain
Just because you paint a picture doesn't mean it fits the frame
This is my West Coast intervention and I'm getting on that plane

When all of your mistakes are keeping you awake

The sun is setting and it's ending 'cause you're letting it go
Forgetting everything you already know
And it all goes to show that you're moving to slow
It will end up changing you, it will end up changing you

Life flies by so you have to embrace it
Forget the past 'cause you cannot erase it
So live the dream, and learn to chase it
And when you can almost taste it
It's all come alive

Bad Habits :
Is it wrong to assume that you missed me?
Because the look in your eyes says that you're dying to kiss me
The touch of your lips is tasteful and forgiving
A part of the past that I don't mind reliving
Just get in the car, well don't you think that we're taking this a little to far
Don't ask me questions, show me answers
The policy is honesty and nothing is censored

Nobody wants to, but everyone needs to come clean
While we break bad habits
Try and be good when you're misunderstood
Trade one heart for another
Stop, just hit the breaks, I've had all I can take
The need to compensate for all our mistakes
We fake the love we make
What you get is what you take

Well it's cruel to be kind, but you're to kind to be cruel
And you've never had a problem with me playing the fool
It's perfectly fair if you're fully aware
And I wouldn't dare it's a secret, I swear
You've never been the one to let down your guard
But this is my game face and I'm playing the right cards
You're so selfish you're already sweating
Staring down the barrel of a shotgun wedding

It's over now
All that you gave is fading out
Nothing is as it was

Closer :
Well I've been thinking about what I said
No baby, no need to talk about it
Well I've been playing it back in my head
No thanks, think I'll get by without it

Well I've been thinking about what I said
No baby, no need to talk about it
Well I've been rollin' around in your bed
No thanks, think I'll get by without it

You can't explain why you're feeling alone
Falling asleep to a dial tone
You dream about the trouble you're in
Then you pray that something fits

I wanna say that we're getting closer every day
You know you can't stop when you're racing the clock, c'mon
This heart's a bomb and we're setting it off, alright

They're handing me the numbers and figures, yeah
Try and calculate the ways I've been jaded
Nothing adds up so I end up frustrated
I'm giving up on love it's so overrated

You hear the knock, will you open the door?
You try and fight, but its hard to ignore
You fall apart; spill your heart on the floor
I think its time that we settled the score

Well the moment will come when you're all alone
Thats the moment I know when you'll say