Worse For The Wear

All my life Ive been waiting. It gets older, its over me. Id speak but it fails me. So the dike in the dam stops the leak. . Maybe its me and Im venting.

When We Two Parted

Baby, I see you've made yourself all sick again. Didn't I do a good job of pretend?. Baby, you're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end. Good, I get to dress up and play the assassin again.

When I Get To Eleven

Timmy is only ten years old,. made his mind up long ago,. i won't grow to be old,. eleven will suit me fine.. So he stopped eating peas,. stopped eating broccoli,.

Whatever You Say

i care if you're killing the same four chords. try 'em outta key in a minor key. and the socialist card doesn't open doors. reminding me that anarchy....

Wears So Thin

White lines come undone. Like a calm summer sea. But all these creatures. They've been watching me. . Midnight by candlelight. Just my heart in a spoon.

Watch The World Cave In

The world's caving in. I got tickets for two. They're not the best seats. And they're not the best view. . Take my hand, you can squeeze on my arm. Wake from your slumber, baby.

Vignette

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Cough. . I know. Ah shit. . I know. I'm not supposed to be. It isn't different. You're unimpressed. By industry. You just stopped listening. . Whoa.

Turn Out The Light

I know that it burns like poison in the pill. You sing in your sleep, it echoes in the hills. You cant hear a word. You cant hear my broken will. . The world through a windshield.

Too Many Of A Good Thing

I can take the covers one by one. It's just the planning stage. I'm rolling like the prodigal son. And reunion's all the rage. Really hoping time was on my side.

The Spoils Of The Spoiled

There was honor among the thieves. The only truth I could believe. But, when the lies applied to me and mine. The better left unsaid. . We could write the hit parade.

The Smoking Gun

An empty house will leave you fatherless. The cycle is coming 'round like my mother did. But it's in her blood, but oh, my brother. You've gotten over it, gotten older yet.

The Death Of Us

I don't think that you're one of us. A coated chrome doesn't rust from the inside out. It's a ways down to ghost town. . I don't think that you're serious.

The Ballad Of Mike And Beth

walk on the path of god's green earth. your hand in mind, better or worse. i won't leave here without you. frozen in time, we move so slow. lost in the place where hours go.

That Side Of Me

We don't forgive and I dare you not to speak. All bones with hands. Old wound open the key. The best of friends turn to enemies. . Honestly, do I wanna walk away?.

Suit Sacrifice

So the battle ground is a border-town. Do you want to come home?. Is the gutter full of the pitiful?. Do you want to atone?. I can make all the poison go down.

Strangled By The Thought

Weak from lack of oxygen. Strangled by the thought. Promise you'll remember. When I'm gone. . Sleep is mostly optional. Trace lines around my heart. Steal the only breath from my lungs.

Story Like A Scar

You tell me Ive got better things to do but Im all spent. Tally up the time that Ive been waiting here for you. Havent seen you in so long. I blink and then youre gone.

Stay On The Phone

One waitress outside of. Phone booth, South Carolina. Sit's, keeps killing time. Rolls her eyes, roll of dimes. . Speak of this sick surrounding sin. Tears me from limb to limb within.

Son Of A Prophet

All your hangers on. Watch with anxious eyes. Watch your mouth to speak. Words mystic and wise. . Can you explain away. Everything that I know to be true?.