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- RAIN DOWN RAIN DOWN SOME CHANGE ON ME/FLOW THROUGH ME LIKE A STREAM/LIGHT FIRE ‘NEATH MY FEET/BALANCE ME IN BETWEEN EDGE OF LIVING DO YOU NEED A CHANGE? LIKE A NEW PAIR OF RUNNING SHOES TO MAKE A QUICK ESCAPE BEFORE THIS PLACE FUCKING KILLS YOU/WE’RE ALL HYPOCRITES AND HALF-ASSED LIARS/LONELY FREAKS WITH HEARTS ON FIRE/THEY BURN SO BRIGHT WE HAVE TO HIDE BEHIND OUR DAILY LIES/CUZ YOU TOSS AND TURN EVERY NIGHT, YOU MADE IT THRU THE DAY BUT SOMETHING JUST AIN’T RIGHT/AS YOU TRY TO BALANCE ON THE EDGE OF LIVING/RIGHT AND WRONG BLUR TO GREY/YOU START THE DAY WITH NOTHING GOOD TO SAY/NEVER THOUGHT YOU BE THIS WAY/SO SCARED OF GROWING OLD/FRIEND HOLD ON DO YOU NEED A BREAK? (SLOW DOWN THIS MANIC PACE/SMASH A FUCKING PLATE IT’LL MAKE YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER)/FROM THESE SHITTY JOBS AND MOLD HOUSES/BROKEN BONES AND OVERDOSES/THE FACT THAT WE SURVIVE AT ALL IS KIND OF A SURPRISE/OLD FRIEND HOLD/IF NOTHING THAN TO THIS SONG/OLD FRIEND STAY STRONG/TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND MOVE ON BREATHE OUT I CAN’T BREATHE/CHAINS TIGHT ON ME/I’M ALMOST FREE/ YEAH, I ALMOST BELIEVE IT/CAN’T LEARN TO FLY/OR EVEN GO OUTSIDE/BUT THE BEST I CAN DO IS TRY/WE WAIT FOR RAIN/OR FOR THE TIDES TO CHANGE/LIKE WE’RE STUCK (STUCK) SLEEPING STANDING UP/CAKED WITH RUST/THEY’LL STEAL WHAT’S YOURS/SELL IT BACK TO YOU/THEY’RE ALWAYS TELLING YOU/WHAT YOU CAN’T DO/PULL IT UP FROM YER GUTS/UP FROM THE MUD/DAWN TO DUSK/WE MUST LEARN TO LET GO OF WHAT HURTS/OR INSIDE IT BURNS AND BURNS I ALWAYS CAN FEEL IT REAL MEAN I READ BACK OVER THINGS THAT I WROTE THREE YEARS AGO/AND I’M TEN YEARS OLDER TIME/ MOVES FAST AND TIME MOVES SLOW/BEFORE YOU TOLD ME THAT I’D FUCKED UP WORSE THAN NONE BEFORE/YOU WHISPERED THAT I WAS A BETTER PERSON THAT YOU/I DISAGREED THEN/ DON’T ANYMORE/AND WHAT’S THE USE? I KNOW THAT YOU’RE JUST SORE TO LOSE/CUZ I WAS NEVER HALF AS BAD AS YOU WERE BAD TO ME/BEING REAL NOT BEING MEAN/YOU TRIED TO TWIST IT/I TRIED TO FIX IT MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW/TO DO THINGS RIGHT TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND MAKE IT RIGHT/TO FIND A THREAD THAT I COULD START TO SEW/YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING REAL AND BEING MEAN CUT THE CORD EMPTY BUILDINGS/BUT THEY KEEP BUILDING/CONCRETE COLD FEET/WE FORGOT SO MUCH WE USED TO KNOW/CUZ IT THERE’S NO ROOM TO GROW WE’LL ALL EXPLODE/EVERYBODY’S TALKING SHIT/YOU GET USED TO IT/WE FLOAT ON AND ON AND ON/AND EVERYBODY’S FEELING BORED JUST CUT THE CORD/THAT’S DRAGGING YOU ON AND ON/STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF PEOPLE/THERE AIN’T NO WAY AROUND IT/LIKE IF YOU HOLE UP INSIDE YOU’LL STAY WARM AND DRY/NO NO NO NO GRANDMA TREES DROP THEIR LEAVES THEY FALL BY SO FAST/YOU DON’T EVEN NOTICE THE WEATHER/LOOKED UP AND YOU’D PASSED AND I’D THOUGHT THAT YOU’D LIVE FOREVER/BUT YOU’RE GONE FOREVER/THERE WERE NEW STORIES JUST LAST TIME I SAW HER FROM THE LIFE OF MY MAMA’S MOTHER/WE’LL HAVE TO DREAM UP THE ONES THAT WE MISSED BECAUSE NOTHING ABOUT LIFE IS FOREVER/I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER/FOREVER SPREADS AND BLOCKS THE WAY/THE FUTURE FOLDS INTO TODAY/FIGHTING THE WISH TO MAKE YOU STAY/YOU HAVE TO GO AND THAT’S OK |
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- LIFE & DEATH AS THE HOUSES GET EMPTY/THE STREETS BEGIN TO FILL/I CAN’T SEE INSIDE THE MIND OF THE PERSON WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHO DESERVES TO LIVE INSIDE/IT’S LIFE AND DEATH/THE PROBLEM IS COSMETIC/WE MUST NOT GET IT/AS THE HEART GETS EMPTY/IT’S EASIER TO KILL/IF WE CAN’T SEE TRASH ON THE STREET/AND WE DON’T SEE FOLKS ON THE STREET/WE LIVE A LIE THAT’S SAFE AND CLEAN/IT’S LIFE AND DEATH/YOUR PROBLEM IS COSMETIC/IT’S LIFE AND DEATH ANIMAL HANDS WHAT DO YOU GIVE? HOW MUCH DO YOU TAKE? CAN YOU ADMIT YOU MADE A MISTAKE/WHEN CONSEQUENCE COMES CALLING? JUST LIKE ME YOU SHIT AND SLEEP/A COWARD AND A KING/A HUMAN BEING/YER NOT EVEN A VILLAIN/YOU’RE JUST A MAN/AN ANIMAL WITH HANDS/I’LL TAKE CONTROL/I’LL LET YOU GO/NO MATTER WHERE YOU WERE BORN/NO MATTER WHAT YOU EARN/JUST LIKE EVERYONE YOU’RE DYING COLD IN YOUR BONES LOOKING FOR LIGHT ON THE DARKEST OF DAYS/WHEN LIFE DISAPPOINTS YOU IN TOO MANY WAYS/BUT YOU FORGOT THE PART/THERE’S LIGHT IN THE DARK/THERE’S GOTTA BE ONE MORE THAN ZERO REAL HEARTS/THE NOTES ARE ALL WRONG BUT YOU STILL SING ALONG/WONDERING WHERE THE DAY HAS GONE/CLUTTER COMES CONFUSES AND INVADES/THE JUNK IN YOUR YARD AND THE BRAIN YOU CAN’T CHANGE/YOU’RE OUT OF CONTROL/YOU DON’T WANT TO GO/IT’S HARD TO STAY WARM WHEN THE COLD’S IN YOUR BONES/RADIO RADIO SING ME SOMETHING I KNOW/LET’S GO LET’S GO WHOA BREATHE IN OPEN MY MOUTH/EYES LOOK OUT/BREATHING IN THE SKIN OF EVERY ONE OF YOU/IT HURTS TO SAY/BUT WE’RE ALL THE SAME/EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT STORY/WE’RE ALL TELLING STORIES/BUT WE’RE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME/IT’S TIME TO GO OUTSIDE AND TRY/TO SPIT FROM YOUR MOUTH TO MINE/WE’RE BURNING FROM BOTH SIDES CHANGE ON ME NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO LIFE SURROUND YOU/NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO DEATH SURROUNDS/AS TIME IT SPEEDS AND SLOWS/YOUR GUTS THEY ACHE FROM THE CHANGE/YOU FEAR YOU’VE LOST CONTROL/CUZ NOTHING EVER STAYS THE SAME/AND THEN AN OLD FRIEND SANG TO ME/”WE GOTTA FIND SOME ENERGY”/TO BALANCE IN BETWEEN/BEING REAL AND BEING FREE/RAIN DOWN SOME CHANGE ON ME/FLOW THRU ME LIKE A STREAM/LIGHT FIRE ‘NEATH MY FEET/BALANCE ME IN BETWEEN/WHEN YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT/WHEN YOU FORGET HOW TO BREATHE/HANDS NUMB YOU GRIND YOUR TEETH/GIRL THAT AIN’T WHAT YOU NEED!/AS TIME IT SPEEDS AND SLOWS/LIFE SURROUNDS YOU/YOU FEAR YOU’VE LOST CONTROL AS DEATH SURROUNDS YOU/HOW DOES IT END?/I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW/WE GOTTA GROW/WE GOTTA GO |