Killing the Dream

"Blame The Architects"
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We're here to destroy the world.
You tried, we failed.
It's just too easy now to do the right thing,
And we need a challenge.
We won't stop till we take everything.
We won't stop till we kill everything.

Please don't listen when I say that I care-
I stopped when you stopped watching.
We quit and no one cared.
You screamed and we just stared.

We want the world, and we're not asking for it.
And when you give it, we'll just hate you for it.
We never tried to get out. No one tried to find us.

We are your children-
So far from what you thought you made.
We are your children-
Never learned to build... we just break.
We are your children-
Three steps back from a giant leap.
We are all that's left.
We'll take all that's left.

And we will rob you while you look away.
We'll kill you as you kneel to pray.
And we'll hate you for letting us.
We'll hate you for making us.
So just step back watch us destroy the world.

"Black"
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It's a slow crash
So just close your eyes
And pray we make it out alive

I never said I had any answers
I've only ever been a passenger
In this life
Where time just keeps passing by
I'm afraid this time
Time has left me behind

Fading slowly, everything's turning grey
I'd run towards color
Instead, I run away
It's not the time to react
Here, we just keep moving on
"Swim with the tide or let it roll over you"

The life you had has gone away
The one you'll have... so far

If I could turn back
Just for an instant
I'd find that kid who looks just like me
And tell him
"Go find some dreams before they're all you can see"
This old man
Who doesn't know the man
That he came to be

And all I've learned from dreaming
Is what you dream can be
What destroys you in the end

Then he asked me
"Where do you go when the life you live
Is not the life you love?"

And in that instant, as he starts to fade
I'll make my peace with time
And let it all turn grey
I'll remember everything
I wanted to say
And Turn to mouth the words
As he slips away

"The lives we live are not the lives we love
So learn to love what you have before it's gone"

"Hell Can Wait"
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Still, they ask me where I've been.
Pretend to care, nod their head.
Never thought they'd have to ask.
Never thought it would end like this.

But there's so much more.
That I should say...I hate you.
As you walk away
Could you not feel my anger?
Can you not see why I'm this way?
And all the things I should have said
I'm Screaming
No one will ever know
but these walls

I'm Dying
with nothing left to spill
Broken, with nothing left
To spill onto.

I wonder
Why did it end so early?
Why did it end at all?
When they tell you you're a legend
And you're just a myth
So what's the point
Of Covering your eyes anymore?

If only someone had said to her
"There's nothing I wouldn't do for you"
But there was only the dark
Gaping at her, Silent
But it would always be too late
And it would always be too much to ask
Those things she culled
From that savage day
And Braced for a night
That won't grant her tomorrow

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO END LIKE THIS
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO END THIS WAY

"Past Of A Saint (We Were Thieves)"
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"We were just kids"
...at least that's what we knew we'd say.
Old enough to know better
Smart enough to know that we didn't have to
Stupid enough to think it didn't matter
And vain enough to think
It never would

We were living stolen lives
But it was only time
Someone found us out-
Someone had to pay,
And you were dead either way
I keep living a stolen life.

I live
Because I let you die.

I thought I'd hear you
Call me in the darkness
I always thought I'd see you at my worst-
My most desperate.
But I never dreamed I'd see you
In the summer,
In the bluest skies I'd ever seen.
In perfect places with strange names
A moon so bright
I didn't need a flame.
In beautiful words I didn't understand

I still see you
Reaching out your hand
In the quietest times,
When I realize just how lucky
I have been.
When I let myself be happy, if only for a moment
(Pray for me)

And I know
Didn't deserve it.

"Testimony"
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She was born in December
A day that was cold
That's all they would recall

Little girl lost her mother
Stare in the mirror
And searches for a woman she'll never know
Inside the child staring back
Left to fill the spaces of holes
Feeble answers to questions she'll never know

So she makes up a story
About the woman in the photograph that she stole
And imagines a life
Where they share more than just their smiles
And blonde hair

Some trees are planted
Others have to grow on their own

She thinks about it less now
She's older
"It's just easier to left yourself forget"
Memories are bestowed on the fortunate
The forsaken have to learn to just throw them away

Now her son ventures out
Unsure of what he'll find
Or what he's even looking for
He can't find his way despite his maps
He throws them down
(He understands)

Lost, the son bows his pathetic head
And falls to his unscarred knees
To thank God
For giving such a little girl such strength

He lifts himself back up
A little lighter now
To see flowers blooming underneath him
In the safety of these trees
We're staring over now

We live our lucky, privileged lives
Held together
Forever by that girl who knew
There must be something better

We grow together now
We're staring over now

"Walking, Diseased"
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He walk, diseased... This place, it suffocates you
And when it's dark, you're blinded by the light
I've never been a light, never did I was
But I won't stop you from telling me I shine
It wasn't us, it was them
They're the sick ones - Can't you see?
With sunken eyes they stare
and tell me I'm diseased

With empty hearts, in broken voice
They ask me why I am the way I am

And I don't have the strength
To muster up the truth
So I lie, and tell them "it was you"
And they just stare

I wonder how it ends for them
To just slip away in a dead town
If I believed in anything
I'd pray for them

Next town, brighter lights
Sadder stories
Darker eyes
This is where I'll call my home for now

Please, If you believe
Say a prayer for me who walk
Diseased

"Everything But Everything"
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Woke up from a nightmare and tried to go back to sleep. these days
it's not the nightmares that are killing me, it's what comes next.
at least in nightmares, i know what i'm running from. and i'm scared,
but fear seems better than the truth. these days, my dreams are all
that's real...it's my life that's all just make believe. and i know
how it ends, but i can't help but watch. so caught up, i'm breaking
down. it's getting harder to pretend i care where i land. i want to
feel, i'm just scared of what that means. i remember when i could
smile without feeling like such a liar, i just wish i would have
wrote it down. you ask if there's an end in sight...i wish i had
an answer. you should have asked me back when i was young. because
i've had everything, and all i want is more. when you're sick of
standing, you just fall.

"Consequence (What Comes Next)"
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Days change, they're getting longer. passing so much faster.
reminding me of what i've done. i'm hearing whispers. seeing
pictures of what could have, should have, never been. places we
should never go, we swore we'd never go again. 'this is where
we kill for love,' it's what we have to say. this is where i
killed for love just to get away. i lie to anyone who'll listen,
but i know i'm only killing for myself. and i'll try to convince
myself, but maybe i should just learn to wear it well. i try to
remember that i don't want to forget. these aren't memories...just
long, bad, dreams. the worst kind of nightmare, and i made it for
myself. just a stupid kid desperate to love...and he becomes a
killer. but i am not a killer. and so this time, there won't be
a next time. so good at taking everything, i've got to give it back.
this time, i am ready. i am waiting.

"Thirty Four Seconds"
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i should have fucking known, you are who you fuck. and they called me
a thief. they called me a thief. nothing more than a thief, open
hands stretched out, begging you to take. but all you did was steal.
all you did was steal. see, we're all thieves. we all stole.
but only one gave it back. and this is how it ends, this epic tale.
this sad story. this tragedy. such a fucking waste of time that's
never coming back. but thieves don't take, they only steal.
he never wrote a song for you. every word i wrote for you...now,
this is all you get. the music's getting louder, the feeling more
familiar. and you can look a thousand times, but it will never
change. i never thought this would be your song. fuck, i never
thought this would be my song. but thieves don't write songs,
their victims write for them. i've never fucking said it before.
i've never fucking meant it more. fuck you. fuck all of you.

"Fractures"
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We should have quit back when we learned this wasn't everything,
that it all fades. but we never learned how not to care. somehow,
it still fades. these are the days that should have killed me...getting
to comfortable with pain. going nowhere in the name of hope, growing
into broken bones. the fractures have all healed, and i forget that
they were there. 'sometimes' becomes every time. just wait, it will
be any time. and you'll forget where you come from, if you can say
it to yourself for long enough. but you're not going anywhere. long
enough' becomes your life...forgot how you got there. we aren't
letting go. we aren't letting go. this is letting go. And i'll forget
where i come from. said it to myself for long enough. I can't go
anywhere from here. been living 'long enough' to know that it's been
long enough. i'm letting go.

"Part II (Motel Art)"
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This isn't what i hoped i'd have to say. it's nothing that you
want to hear. to say that nothing's changed would be understating
understatement. things change, times change- i remain the same,
but (only) distantly familiar. is this the way it is or just the
way i've let it be? i lie, i cheat, i steal, i kill. if i could
sleep, i dream of having reasons to wake up. they lie, they cheat,
they steal, they kill. and every night they fall asleep content.
it's not depression for depression's sake, or desperation for a
song. this is every day. this is all i know. so sick of days
dreading the nights. so tired of fighting to keep off the lights.
so sick of searching for what's going to make it right. and now
you're sick of the same song? i'm sick of writing it. falling apart
when nothings wrong. I wish i could could write a line, a sentence,
or a word that could pretend for long enough to give you what you
want. i wish i could write a line, a sentence, or a word that could
pretend for long enough to tell me what i want. but there's no
resolution here, i've learned better than to wish. there's no
resolution here. there is only this.

"Resolution"
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We walk in circles. We love in circles. We talk in circles. We live in circles.
i can't live like this. i can't live like this. i can't keep living
this. i can't keep living this again. we're always moving on, always
moving back. back to the same place. so familiar, but it isn't home...
just where we come to forget. how many times can you write the same
song in a different way? how many times can you live the same life
on a different day? nobody lives in circles, they just forget. they
just survive. we live in circles, the same people with different
faces. we sing the same songs in different keys. we love in circles,
a little less with every turn. i've never loved like that before,
and i don't think i will again. and it's coming back again, it's
ending where it started. and i'd give everything to do it all again.
you never love like that again (the first time), and the longer that
you live, the less you feel alive. and we don't die for anything
anymore. i'd kill to feel like that again, but i'm never going to
feel like that again. so move on, hold on, or fucking fake it. either
way, we're losing. either way i'm losing. remember when this was
everything? in a way, it still is. i want to feel that way again.
but you don't feel in circles, you just live. you just fall. i'll
find it again, in a different place. in a different time, with a
different face. i'll keep moving, because i've got to keep moving.
just take whatever's left. my heart is dry. this is my last breath.
this used to be everything. i gave everything.

"Holding The Claws"
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Don't know what i would have had to write about if there wasn't you,
or if i ever would have wrote at all. they said it wouldn't last...
nothing ever does. but you and me, we're different, always were.
stuck together forever, whatever that will mean. everything is still
all wrong, and we're still all that's real (the only thing that's ever been).
the only words i've ever meant was when i said i'd do anything for
you. see, our claws stretch deep inside, and that's where they'll
stay. you say you're lucky you have me, but i had nothing before you
had me...nothing to care about and no songs to sing. i've seen the
world singing songs about you (the only story i could ever tell right).
we said we'd see the world, you gave it to me. so we're stuck together
forever, you and me. stuck together forever, no matter what that means.

"Thirteen Steps"
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So much wasted time, i've got to catch up now. but i was never really
lost because you were always found. anything i'll ever be, i'm just
trying to be you. the only reason i believe in anything is you.
sometimes you can't see angels because you see them every day.
you are angels.
you are my angels.

"You're All Welcome"
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One eye open, and you're calling out the blind for all that they
can't see. i hate to disappoint you, but this is how it's always
been. a life spent in the dark. it's just now you see. i never
said i'd fucking stay forever, but when it's time i'll pull the
trigger myself. and if we're going straight to hell, fuck...
we'll see you there. i'm no fucking martyr, i'm just living the
time before my turn to die. because a life lived pressed under
your finger, i'd rather be fucking dead. i know who i am...no one
can take that from me, especially not some self-centered fuck.
what if you're just like them?

"We Were"
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We were like that once...when you could die of a broken heart, and
just one smile could fix it all. we'd get back up when we'd fall.
and we believed the songs we sang. we knew everything...except
that it would end, at least the way we knew. i've never known it
more than i do now. and we would never be like this. we believed
in forever, because we still had it. somehow it got lost along the
way. we had things that we lived for, and we'd die for even more.
we're not colder now...just a little older. and we can't go back,
i just i would have known.

"Hang The Jury"
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the dead are fucking dead, and that's how they should stay.
why dig them up when you killed them, buried, spit and walked away?
and then you gave the requiem of a lying, cheating, thief.
we're better off now that he's dead.' and everyone is safe again.
the dead are fucking dead, and that's how they should stay. for all
the years i've spent down here, nothing's really changed. we can
act like nothing happened, and it's so easy to forget. i was never
sorry, but don't think i didn't bleed. i can smile now but it
doesn't change a thing. and if you wonder why you've never heard
this before, i shouldn't have to tell you in a song. just don't say
this isn't way you wanted.

"We're All Dead Ends"
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Sing. You've heard this all before. These words are yours. Scream. You've felt this way before, and you're feeling it again. Sometimes it just seems we're the ones who hope forgot, but sometimes, it seems we're the ones who forgot to hope and you're feeling it again. These words are yours, so scream, everyone. Because we're feeling it again. Scream everyone. So fuck it all, let's burn everything. It was never ours to lose. Our sight is gone, what we see is what we hear, and what we feel we'll believe. We're all fucked, so fuck it all. There's nothing we can do. We're all going down on this ship we'll never make it home...Nothing ever changes because everything was meant to fail. And we're feeling it again. Scream.

"Where The Heart Is"
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It's been so long since it rained this hard, so I'll drive with the windows down to remember how iot felt to feel alive. The sky starts to clear as I'm passing by your house for the second time again, you're still away...and I'm still here. How long has it been since you've been at home with me? I'm trying to hold on, but I'm just keeping you away. You said "I'm still standing. I'm just looking for a reason" I'm standing right here but I'm holding on too tight. You're looking right through me...or do you feel me at all? And this will never be enough, but if you're going down, this is all I have, just fucking take it. This is all I am, it's always been for you. Choke and break and steal. Take it all again. Just to say you'll n ever leave. Just never leave.

"If It Rains"
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Tonight, one night can last forever, tonight one night can last for years. And damn, maybe they're all right but damn i know they're wrong. Every night reminds me of everything I never had. I still dream in color, it's just the days are black and white. I know where I want to be, I just don't know where I am. And I know your face so well, I just don't know where you are. Hope, I just don't wait, just don't stay. It's all a mess. So I'll take another breath, I'll take another stop again so now I've searched, so now I know all we do is decay.

"Post Script"
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(This town is fucked) There's only one way out, and it's down. Down...fucking down. They're all waiting for the end to watch you fall waiting, just to fill the space, there's only one way out, and it's never the right way. We're always right because they're always wrong. We're always right because they're always gone. Everyone foregets in time, and there's always time to kill right now. And while you hear, just try to see, maybe nothing is sincere...Fuck...they're always wrong, they're always wrong, they're always wrong. Fuck this town, fucking walk away. Just walk away to die. Fuck this town, fuck everything, our youth is spent fucking blind. Fuck this song, fucking stop the tape...there's nothing left to say. Fuck this song, just stop the tape. Maybe you'll see in time.

"Critical Thought"
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Your heart is breaking, your head keeps pounding out...Spelling out what you know best, that everything is just a mess. Some things are netter left unsaid. And they'll run, but there's nothing you can do. The cuts and blood and fading and love and empty words are real and it's nothing, but it's something to be said. There's nothing to be said. The more we talk of yesterday and all the things they used to say, the less we really hear ourselves. We are not the past because we are here today and it's worth so much than just two words...There's so much more to say let's let it go. They gave it up or is there nothing else to say?

"Rough Draft (An Explanation)"
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Where do you go when everything you know is wrong, if you know anything at all? Tomorrow always starts so bright before it fades and all the empty faces, they all turn again. When the lights are off, we're all just dead again. Kill the lights, kill the pain, kill the lights, kill the pain.

"Four Years Too Late"
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Just pick up a place, and I'll be there. Pick anything that's what I'll be. Give me anything to say, even if it's nothing. That's all you'll hear. Everything was never enough for you. Do you ever say my name? Or do you ever write down broken thoughts and turn them into songss to throw away? Do you ever close your eyes and wish they'll never open again? I do, it's always worse in silence...No lies to tell no one to hear. When air turns cold. We sleep alone. Everytime I try to say your name it's always worse on nights like this. And every night is just like this. How many times have you closed your eyes and wished to just be happy? Every night ends just like this, for me because we'll never be. We'll never be.

"39th And Glisan"
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We've lost it all, but in the ashes we've found what's been gone for so long. From the deepest pain comes the greatest joy. Remember that if nothing else. And those days we spent our nights running from are never far behind We owe them nothing, but we'll never get away. So we'll pay our debt with blood and sweat from these moments. Just words and the hearts where they were born. Our pockets are as empty as our heads, and that's just how it should be. We're sick and we're tired but we're finally happy. Sometimes all it takes to find a home is to leave. And a thousand miles is all it took this time. We've lost it all but what matters is tonight tomorrow the same. Tonight, we're home, and no matter where we are we'll never be alone.