I can understand you now, seeing what it's all about
Another lover, easy to discover
He's quite a different apparition, not a convoluted shell
A warm embrace that knocked you down before you fell
And I never understood myself, implying anybody does
Delusion only, I want you when I'm lonely
I can't illuminate what makes you so intangible to me
When our spirit's burning out for anyone to see

And it was never about love
Even if I was worthy of
Sharing out myself again
A different taste of things to come
I can't imagine anyone
Who'd make me do more than pretend

Time after everybody's gone, I'll have more hours to prolong
Relaying feelings as if no one's going to read them
Journey's end it might well be, but it takes a coroner to see
The next adventure here is calling out to me
And I don't want an instant soul, a conscious and a source of hell
Who doesn't see me, while she claims to see right through me
While it appears my motive's gone, my strong intent under the sun
An empty trophy case of races never won

And it was never about her
Though I appreciate the slur
And I can kind of understand
I've heard just every single line
About this enemy of mine
My role to play's got out of hand

Everybody's Gone

She was always going to look better next to you
And it's all anyone's talking about, all they ever do
So prepare up to the moment when she finally says you're through
And get rid of her before she's sick of you

You've got down that swagger like you're James Dean for the day
You expostulate and intimidate every man that comes her way
But the friends and foes are waiting and they know this isn't true
So get rid of before she's sick of you

Fresh from Barcelona with gold lilies in her hair
She sucks and lips her English just to taint a maiden fair
And even if you kept her you just wouldn't have a clue
So get rid of her before she's sick of you

Take a look around, put your feet back on the ground
She's not really all that good for you

Her heart will have healed itself in 20 seconds flat
I know you're in denial but your friends are sure of that
And though she's the culmination of the best that you can do
Get rid of her before she's sick of you
Get rid of her before she's sick of you

Get Rid Of Her (Before She's Sick Of You)

I am out looking for trouble again
When there's not a single rule left for me to bend
In the champagne gutters of opposite lives
I'm offensive to everyone
And I can't tell my right from wrong anymore

Close encounters are driving me mad
In the harmony commercials and tolerance ads
Who is gonna tell me that I've been bad
When I build my castle alone
And now I just want to go home

But tonight, we can transcend in the light
We can love and we can fight
Dig your heels in like a missionary knight

I follow my urges like I'm 17
And everybody who follows their heart it would seem
Is asking for trouble from society
But cold hard choice is squeezing me
To know exactly what I'm supposed to be

But tonight, we can let our hearts hang out
We can push our borders south
I'll tell you things that leave a good taste in my mouth
There's no one left to offend
We've dismissed all of our friends
I have nothing now so why should I pretend?

I can't deny
I don't know why
It's just a lie
If we don't try

Close Encounters

Man had tradition even thought he was brave
Took at tumble full-frontal yeah before he would cave
But you know, it's just so thoughtless
Heart rip, told you I told you so

Man of the people, regular slick
Flying straight to oblivion
Clever one, it's been done
So long, no wrong will come to you
If you keep on heading this way
But a dead dog don't have it's day

He said, when I was young I was a smoking gun
I knew what everything was about
But these days it's like a whole other phase
Feels like somebody is holding me down
Yeah somebody is holding me down
Yeah somebody's holding me down

Hey girl, you were so smart
You took the world and you ripped it apart, yeah yeah
It's not right that you stumble in the dark
You were a light show, first place
But you let that all go to waste
Now pride is all you can taste

She said, when I was young I didn't have no one
And every step cost me the sky
But now it's like I'm on perpetual strike
And I sit here waiting to die
Yeah I sit here waiting to die
Yeah I sit here waiting to die

Ain't it a shame if we all play the same?
If we sit here and navigate our way through the game
What a lie is to try, oh no
Oh no, going I'm going

They said, it's alright there's no need to fight
They'll just beat you every step of the way
They'll just wait till you're all out of hate
Then you're gonna do whatever they say
Yeah you're gonna do whatever they say
Yeah you're gonna do whatever they say

Heart Rip

Are you coming back to school with me?
We could have done it all so easily
If we'd watched where we were going
But we had no way of knowing this

That's all anyone will ever say
Did you want it to work out this way?
Have you wasted all your time here?
I think you should take the year again

But hey, don't you know? You've got nowhere to go
They'll have to follow me,
I'm leaving now, home's no place to be

If you can find someone to share the pain with you
It blew my mind and there was nothing I could do
To ease the guiltiness, cause you can find no happiness
Until you see that home's no place to be

Time ticks, no originality
You'll learn, don't believe in what you see
Last time they will try to stop me
But I know that nobody can stop me now

Don't you remember me? I feel so special now
I'd like some honesty, and I'm a little proud
I'd like a word from you, just ask me how I am
I tried so hard to do you proud

Love songs are not enough, your demon's not so tough
Somebody calls for you
They'll be alright, and you'll be OK too


Home's No Place To Be

Wasting hours in the sun
Give me three kisses when you're done
Like an innovator, so delightful in your way
I was gonna call you anyway
When all of this is over we can laugh about it then
If I ever feel like this again

You are clearly no surprise
We are a useless exercise
A compliment to everyone who thought that we were great
They've stopped caring now at any rate
Stand me on a chair and put a rope around my neck
At least if it was me I would try to make it quick

When I'm done I will post this all to you
Burn it out so I can see it through
Put it in a bottle and I'll throw it out to sea
Either way it won't come back to me
And when I've finished hating you I'll find somebody new
I'll do exactly what I wanna do

Three Kisses

Something's gone wrong and it don't feel right
When I stamp it out quick and I hold it to the light
Dirt track running it's a night for hunting
Every man, woman child started running for their life
I cut the chain and they start to run
I say don't leave now, you never believe in me
Don't you listen when I tell you somewhere's better than nowhere?

The dark's coming down over my eyes
So I drop down looking for a better disguise
The wind is fear and the cold is blame
The trees throw down their leaves in shame
And the church don't hold a place for me
I'm a liar and a thief, they'll never believe in me
The stained glass laughs screaming out what did I tell you?

The idiots are shaking off their gathered dust, they've had enough
They're making parties in the street with tired dreams beneath their feet

And here, there was a foreign hotel
The owner was a friend of mine back in hell
Now the walls are cracked with dirt and paint
And the sign says closed due to lack of complaint
I got a gun and I broke inside
And the waitress cried god bless you for saving me
I said you must have mistook me for somebody other

And my father was a murderer my mother a saint
But it all turned out to be more of the same
When they asked me boy what side are you on?
I said I don't know about that, I'm just singing the song
At sunrise I opened up, but the sight of the city just didn't agree with me
I just shut up and was happy that I wasn't a stranger

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