LYRICS:

March 13th, 1881
The people’s will was made known
By three young heroes
We will not stand for tyranny
We will have no compromise
Your empty promises have been rejected

Propaganda by the deed
To awaken the sleeping giant of revolution
The people will rise
And they’ll take back what is theirs
From the arms of the despot
And they will spare no enemy

There is no freedom in an autocratic state
There can be no liberty alongside empire
The “liberator” wasn’t able to escape death
His hollow gesture was understood

“It’s too soon to thank God,” said the hero to the tyrant
And these were the last words ringing in his ears
As the bomb fell at his feet did the tyrant miss his family
Or was his last thought for himself? 

Take Communion, get your last rites
Because God waits with open arms
To welcome another murderer into paradise
While the heroes killed an icon
You killed so much more
You killed a people; you murdered the peasants with your promises

The tyrant’s shattered body would not survive another day
But tyranny would live on
Let’s not forget the sacrifices and the dream of the Russian people
Let the memory live on

“It’s too soon to thank God,” said the hero to the tyrant
And these were the last words ringing in his ears
As the bomb fell at his feet did the tyrant miss his family
Or was his last thought for himself? 

Death of a Tyrant

Lyrics

When I left you on that morning
I didn’t have that much to say
When I looked into your eyes I felt nothing
Then I turned my back to you and walked away
Oh I walked away

Would it help if I said sorry?
Would it help if I was wrong?
I would tell any stupid lie you’d have me say
If it meant that someday we’d both get along
Someday we’ll both get along

So let me say
I’m sorry for every time I told you that I love you
I’m sorry that I strung you along
I’m sorry for not making time to pretend that I care 
And I’m sorry for not recording your song

I’m sorry that I never told your mom to shut the fuck up
And I’m sorry that I’ll never get my chance
I’m sorry that you wasted your time with a parasite like me
But I’m hoping that this will be the last time

I hope you realize it’s not too late
To find someone that won’t let you down
I know that things look bad and I’m the one to blame
But you’re the one who has to be strong now

I should have made things clear a long time ago
I shouldn’t have kept you waiting in the dark 
I should have been honest with you from the beginning
And told you we were doomed from the start

So let me say
I’m sorry for every time I told you that I love you
And I’m sorry that I strung you along
I’m sorry for not being there all the times you needed me
And I’m sorry that I never will be

I’m sorry that this is the way it has to end
And I’m sorry that I let things get so bad
I’m sorry to know that you’ll never forgive me
But I’m not sorry for the memories I have

I'm Not Sorry

LYRICS

I walked right into this one, eyes open
Like a lamb to the slaughter, with my head bowed down
Happily unaware of the butcher’s knife
Stupid smile fixed upon my face

I should have known it would end like this
But you can’t fault a man for having hopes
Suffer is such an ugly word, such a gross hyperbole
But I really should suffer, I owe it to you to drag this out
And I deserve everything you would put me through

But I’m no Christ
I will not kill myself so you can live
I will not die for any sins but my own
And there will be no resurrection
I’m no Christ
I will not make the cripple walk
I’m only a coward
I will never be your martyr
I’m no Christ

I wish this could be easy
The way I pictured it when I played it in my head
But instead I’ve gone and fucked things up beyond repair
Left you in a storm while here the birds are singing
And to break out of this cage I’ve got to break you too and I’m sorry

But you can’t expect me to surrender my dreams
Chained in a white room with no windows is no way to live a life
So I have to be the bastard who ruined everything

But I hope someday we can laugh and talk about this
We were young and stupid and we didn’t know what we were doing 
And you will smile and tell me I was right when I said that everything will be okay
You will laugh and smile – everything will be okay

But you’re no Christ
You’ll never turn the other cheek
And there will be no forgiveness
For the sins that I’ve committed with the best of intentions
I’m no Christ
But still you nail me to the cross
Strip away my freedom
And call me a savior
I’m no Christ
Nail me to the cross
Call me a savior
I’ll be your savior
Call me Christ

Christ

LYRICS

Hey dad, I wanna go camping again
Like the times when Kevin and I were just kids
And we were all happy
Hey dad, let’s go up to Door County in a tent
I know you sold the camper
But we’ll have more fun roughing it anyway

I won’t even be afraid of ticks
We can wander through the deep woods and tall grass
We’ll eat bread in a can beside the fire
And we’ll have a few beers

And for just one weekend I can stop taking life so seriously
For just one weekend I don’t have to pretend to be above anything
For just one weekend dad and I can get along without arguing
After just one weekend I can understand

That everything will always be okay
As we shiver in our sleeping bags
I know everything will always be okay
As we burn our marshmallows and eat them anyway
Everything will always be okay
As he teaches me to start a fire, because I never learned
Everything will always be okay
And it always will be

Sitting in Venice but I’m thinking of home
Wishing life could go back to being simple
I want to sing songs around a fire
And not worry about how society is going to work when there’s no rulers
Who will clean the dishes? Who will make the fuel?
How will we prevent rapes and murders?
All dad and I will have to worry about 
Is who will pitch the tent and who will bring the beer

We’ll pitch the tent together because we need somewhere to sleep
I’ll bring the beer and share it cuz I like to have good company
And even though I don’t know how to start a fire 
Dad will teach me cuz he loves me and we need it to stay warm
And we’ll invite our neighbors to sing songs and burn our marshmallows
And we’ll stay up past curfew but be quiet and respectful
And we’ll pack up our food so the bears can’t get at it but we’ll leave
Some bread out so we can take a few pictures of raccoons in the middle of the night

And I know everything will always be okay
As we play board games and make coffee on the fire
Everything will always be okay
As I listen to stories about when he was a kid
Everything will always be okay
As we douse the fire before we go to sleep
Everything will always be okay
And it always will be

Hey dad I wanna go camping again
Like the times when Kevin and I were just kids
And we were all happy
Hey dad, let’s forget about the arguments we’ve had
Let’s forget about the winters that I’ve been away
And think about summer

Hey dad I wanna go camping again
I wanna go camping again
I wanna go home 

Camping Song

I think I’m fucked. I think I’m crazy
I think I’m too far gone and I can’t wait to tell you how I went outside and went back in today
Or how I wasted all those chances because I never realized it when you were standing right before me
And I need to grow up and get out of my head
I’m set up for success but I just can’t wait to fail 
You said the first step is always the hardest and things will get better
Then you smiled and asked me what I thought
and I said first step? You want to talk about a first step?
I can’t really think straight and sometimes I get too caught up in dreaming
Like it was ever going to happen that the world would accept one more sign
And make me toe the party line and whisper
Into the phone to tell you
That I think I’m being watched and I’m not sure if barricades will win  

Why look to tomorrow when you can’t cope with today?
If you had died 3 months ago there wouldn’t be a chance for you to want to die now,
You’d be free and be remembered as a success and you wouldn’t have to deal with the difficulties of creating something you don’t want to make
You want to disappear into a bed and a bag and a bottle
and I said regret? You want to know what that feels like?
I’m not seeing double but it isn’t 3 o clock yet
And I wonder how long I can fake it
Before I get lost in the bathroom and stumble to the front desk and throw up
And leave a reminder that this night is going on and no pill’s going to stop me much less you

Teacher? You get me out of that deathtrap
Tell me about better things and keep away the bad thoughts ask me questions
Make me feel like I’m worthless but keep me going every day
And what’s the point in acting like I don’t care, or like I hate the attention? 
Because this is my everything, without it I’m a man without a dream


First Step

If you tell me a story I promise I’ll listen
I won’t condescend and I won’t interrupt or try to impress you
I’ll just let you talk, say what you need to say
I want to hear your voice and remember the days before the disaster
To say that we were young and free sounds so cliché
We were young, but we were never free and we never will be
Slaves to the bottle now, slaves to girls and teenage politics back then
Nothing changes, we stay the same
Here comes the disaster 

I’ll be a slave to you, I’ll be a slave to anyone if it means my life will have direction
Take away the choices and tell me what it is you want from me
Tell me how I can be of use because I haven’t a clue
And I don’t know why I always put this on you

And I never wanted to be a writer
I don’t understand how something like this happens
We stray away from the path that our fathers have made 
and we avoid meeting the expectations
Even those we set for ourselves
But my friend please don’t let me down
I know I’m not the one you wanted but I’m the one who’s here and I care
And I don’t worry about what people know anymore
Because I can’t fall much lower, I can’t dig a deeper hole than the one I’m in
I’m here to stay, I’m not going anywhere
So just know that I love you
And just know that I miss you
And just know that even though I can’t say things will get better
Because I know they won’t
I also know that this world will be unbearable without you
I’ve already lost myself
Don’t make me lose you too

If you tell me a story I promise I’ll listen
I won’t condescend and I won’t interrupt or try to impress you
I’ll just let you talk, say what you need to say
I want to hear your voice and remember the days before the disaster

Disaster

I wish I wasn’t smart enough to steal from you
Or at least I wish I couldn’t tell a lie when you ask me where your money went
I wish you could see right through me
And see what a horrible person I am, let’s get rid of these smoke and mirrors
That I’ve surrounded myself in since I was a kid

I wish that I had never met you
Because meeting someone as lovely as you
Is something that I wasn’t prepared to deal with
And I’ll never be able to tell you what you’ve meant
And I’ll never be able to ask you for forgiveness
I wish I could laugh, I wish I could cry without regret

And I wish I could read the way I used to
I wish I could spend the day inside and not feel ashamed of wasting time
I wanna get lost in stories and learn something
But my attention span is so far gone
My head is always aching
And I don’t want to disappear but I feel like I’m too late
The excitement’s gone

I used to wish the night would never end
I used to love playing outside
The secrets I never planned on sharing always seem to slip sometimes
And I can’t ignore all the reasons why I can’t help being such a dick
The questions that you asked me I’ll get back to someday,
Give me a week
But that week turns into four and now I don’t know what is worse
Getting back to you a month late or crossing another friend off my list
But my list keeps getting shorter and the time keeps slipping away
And I can’t scrape up the courage to say what I need to say
So you start to ignore me too

And I wish I could read the way I used to
I wish I could spend the day inside and not feel ashamed of wasting time
I wanna get lost in stories and learn something
But my attention span is so far gone
My head is always aching
And I don’t want to disappear but I feel like I’m too late
The excitement’s gone

You just sit there being perfect
Stabs me in the heart to think that
Someone like you could exist and
I still can’t appreciate this
Standing on a busy sidewalk
Watching all the people pass me by
And realizing not a single one would notice if I 

And I wish I could read the way I used to
I wish I could spend the day inside and not feel ashamed of wasting time
I wanna get lost in stories and learn something
But my attention span is so far gone
My head is always aching
And I don’t want to disappear but I feel like I’m too late
The excitement’s gone

The Excitement's Gone

I got a little lost at the end of the road
I keep my head down ‘cause I don’t want to know
If I can’t feel nothing but the wind and the rain
I won’t have to ever think about you again
And I don’t like questions about good intentions
I like to keep you guessing and you won’t understand
But I gotta get out of this mess that I’m in
And I don’t have time to wait for you to step in 

So I’ll keep running

I got a bad case of the ambien blues
Excuse me while I go to make another excuse
For my bad behavior and my lying smile
And you all should know that I’ll be away for a while
But I’ll hope you’ll be waiting for me to come back
Because I’m not confident enough to lead an attack 
And I want you to know at the end of the day
That I don’t believe a single word that you say

I’ll keep running

You gotta take a look in the mirror
To see a little bit clearer
And know that you’re nothing
You try to shine a light in the darkness
But you know you can’t stop this
And why would you want to

I know you won’t miss all the times that we shared
But I can’t stop laughing when I think of how scared
I am to be just a person who keeps you down 
And your life is so much better without me around
So if I don’t end up finding a home
If I never trick you and I end up alone
Just do this one thing I ask of you please 
Promise that you’ll completely forget about me

And I keep running

The Ambien Blues

We’re the real casualties of rock n roll
You and I, the ones who never fit in
Hendrix, Nowell, Cobain, Winehouse, Joplin
I don’t give a fuck. You were never one of us
You were something we could never touch
Now tell me why you killed my friends

We’re the real tragedy, now step down from your soapbox
Stop kissing ass and admit that no one cares about a junkie millionaire
Who partied too hard on one night out of thousands
While my hero is getting high in his basement
Playing guitar to no one 

I remember on the school bus when Robbie called me a liar
He was right, he’s been right ever since
I remember my reaction, denial
It’s been my gut reaction ever since
Who the fuck are you to question me?
Who the fuck do you think you are?
Take a step back, let me breathe

Sing another chorus, get those fuckers dancing
They won’t detect the bitterness if you sing it with enough conviction
Who am I to tell you how to live your life? I’m no god
You are free, you are young, the night is yours so keep on dancing
And don’t forget to act surprised when you get the news next Thursday
That we’ve lost another one, he went too soon, what a tragedy
Write a tribute song, release a compilation, perform a benefit
Then black out on the weekend in his memory

Do you remember days of youthful aspirations
And the sober creativity that never existed?
Who the fuck am I kidding?
I never wrote a song worth singing until I hit rock bottom so who am I 
To be a fucking critic?
But don’t think for a second that I don’t get my hypocrisy
And don’t think for a second that it doesn’t fucking kill me
And don’t think that I’m any better than the things I claim to hate
I’m no one, fucking no one
And this song goes out to people just like me
There's a million just like me

I Miss My Friends

When the well runs dry and I've got nothing left to say
What's going to happen next?
Will I keep repeating my tired anthems
year after year after year after year
Or will I shift my focus, learn something new
and move on with my life
and write this song again in a few years when that dies too?

Hey! Hey! Hey! I don't wanna die
I don't wanna be left behind
It's not about holding your interest 
you have a right to get bored and I don't wanna stop you
But hey! Hey! Hey! It's not easy to laugh
It's not easy to walk away
For my own sake I've gotta get this right.

When I think about all the work I need to do
and the projects that I've never finished
Will my ideas just be thrown away
again and again and again and again?
Or will I finally go back someday someday
and finish all those songs?
Will I finally find my niche and start a revolution? Let it burn!

Hey! Hey! Hey! I don't wanna die
I don't wanna be left behind
It's not about holding your interest 
you have a right to get bored and I don't wanna stop you
But hey! Hey! Hey! It's not easy to laugh
It's not easy to walk away
For my own sake I've gotta get this right
and find out what I'll do tomorrow
Find out what I'll do tomorrow

A moment of silence please
I've waited so impatiently
I've had such high expectancy for the life that never started
You can't tell me what went wrong so I won't ask you
Understand I have to do this on my own
and I don't want you help

The Jesus of Craigslist

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