Verse 1: 
 All the while, you’re left as someone you revile 
 You didn’t seem to 
 Come to pass, you broke down and found someone to ask 
 You why you’re not the same 

 Verse 2: 
 Head in hands, left out and left alone again 
 What’s the plan, save face and fight off all you can 
 We’re horrible and plain 

 Chorus: 
 I’m so ashamed of what I had to say 
 And I can’t wait for better pastures 
 I’m so ashamed of what they had to say 
 And I can’t wait for better days 

 Verse 3: 
 Hitch a ride, holed up and hindered all your pride 
 You always seem to 
 Come to pass, you broke down and found someone to ask 
 You why you’re not the same 

 Chorus: 
 I’m so ashamed of what I had to say 
 And I can’t wait for better pastures 
 I’m so ashamed of what I had to say 
 And I can’t wait for better days 

 Bridge 
 It’s always there, in the back of minds, hidden in plain view 
 And it’s so aware, waiting for its time, to shake your world up 
 It’s always there, in the back of minds, hidden in plain view 
 And it’s so aware, waiting for its time, to fuck your world up

Better Days

Verse 1: 
 I wish that I was brave 
 The terrible times that I could never change 
 Well maybe I’m a fraud/Favorite but flawed 
 Too horrible and wrong to you 

 Chorus: 
 I’m going/I’m going/I’m going out of my broken mind 
 I’m losing/I’m always looming/I’m losing all… 
Verse 2: 
 I wish that I could make 
 The terrible choice to rise or run from pain 
 Well maybe I’m just lost/Alone, afraid, and flawed 
 Too horrible and loud for you 

 Chorus: 
 I’m going/I’m going/I’m going out of my broken mind 
 I’m losing/I’m always looming/I’m losing all… 

Bridge: 
 Take Cover 
 I’m turning 
 And I don’t feel fine 
 You notice 
 I own this 
 I don’t feel fine

Take Cover

Verse 1: 
 You once said you were better off dead 
 So off came your head, but you still couldn’t bleed 
 Forge away all your troubles and pain 
 Leave nothing in vain you could horribly see 

 Verse 2: 
 Knew a man who had fashioned a plan 
 To share his demands with a new family 
 And once a bride who had lost all her pride 
 She opened her eyes but she still couldn’t see 

 Chorus: 
 Forced away from what we pine 
 Taken to the back of our broken minds 
 Cuz I want it all 
 Yes I want it all 

 Verse 3: 
 I saw your face getting caught by the waves 
 An honest mistake – swimming down on your knees 
 She was fine until her health had declined 
 Her problems weren’t mind, I was selfish you see 

 Chorus: 
 Forced away from what we pine 
 Taken to the back of our broken minds 
 Cuz I want it all 
 Yes I want it all

Selfish

Verse 1: 
 I don’t think I’ve ever seen your head so low 
 Where’d you get your darkness from 
 It’s not from me 
 I don’t think I’ve ever seen your prayers all gone 
 I don’t understand this son 
 Where’d you get your darkness from 

 Verse 2: 
 I don’t think I’ve ever seen your face like that 
 Where’d you get your sadness from 
 And where’s your dad 
 I don’t think I’ve ever seen your faith so lost 
 Weren’t you one of Rita’s sons 
 Where’d you get your darkness from 

 Bridge 1: 
 A straight jacket surprise 
 With an itch you just can’t scratch 
 I can see it in your eyes 
 I can find it on a map 
 Do you think you got a plan 
 Why can’t you just adapt 
 I don’t think I understand 
 Are you sure it’s not an act 

 Chorus: 
 All of your rage, it comes down in waves all around this place 
 (I’m so sad/ I wanna leave this place forever / I just wanna die) 

 Bridge 2: 
 The time is here 
 We all forgot 
 We spent our lives trying to wake you up 
 The end is near 
 It’s all for naught 
 You’re out of bed but it’s not enough 

 Chorus: 
 All of your rage, it comes down in waves all around this place 
 (I’m so sad/ I wanna leave this place forever / I just wanna die)

Down in Waves

I’m not saying I’m killing myself; I just wanted you to know that I stare at my veins while I contemplate just how red my poor blood will glow. And I hate seeing doctors. I’m ashamed that I’m on pills. And I’m tired of hiding, and always confiding in friends who have run for the hills. God I wanna be better. Lord just please make me good. Oh I wanna be better. Don’t you think that I could? God I wanna be better. Oh just please make me good. Lord I wanna be better. Don’t you think that you should make me good?

Ideations

Verse 1: 
 There’s a thought that lies inside your head 
 You would make the past come back again 
 Eyes closed, you know exactly what you’d do 
 All that’s old will never feel like new 

 Verse 2: 
 Feel your ghost place hands on top of my eyes 
 Saved a soul, instead lost both of our lives 
 Arms raised, there is a sickness shouting my name 
 All that’s lost will never feel the same 

 Chorus: 
 You’ll never make it on your own (4x) 

 Verse 3: 
 Waste a life and hold your feelings close 
 Take a bow; you lost your will to boast 
 Fast forward, you know exactly how this all ends 
 All the breaks begin from all the bends 
 Chorus: 
 You’ll never make it on your own (4x) 

 Bridge: 
 When you’re feeling so sad or feel nothing at all 
 Don’t hold it all inside (2x) 
 When you’re feeling so mad, Oh God I feel nothing at all 
 Don’t hold it all inside (2x) 
 You feel nothing at all 

 Chorus: 
 You’ll never make it on your own (4x)

Doubt

Verse 1: 
 Broken, battered, I’m left shattered 
 Don’t remember who I am 
 I’ll open wide for what’s inside 
 I’ll eat your pills for every meal 

 Verse 2: 
 Tortured eyes and blood stained thighs 
 I grind my teeth to lose my will 
 I’m chained to bed; I think of death 
 I’m so wound up, I tell the time 

 Chorus 
 And it’s more than you’ll know 

 Verse 3: 
 Break a heart to see your demons 
 Haunted by my past despair 
 Close my eyes and wish for clear mind 
 Blanket state of all my fear 

 Chorus: 
 And it’s more than you’ll know

More Than You'll Know

Verse 1: 
 I think about my father 
 And all the things he’s done 
 I think of how I’d love to lay him six feet underground 
 I think about the lashes 
 From his silver tongue and belt 
 I think of how he’d make me hug him covered in my welts 

 Chorus: 
 But I know it’s not in vain 
 There must be some refrain 
 To the fucked up bullshit crowding up my brain 

 Verse 2: 
 I think about my sisters 
 And the women they’ve become 
 I think of all the horros that my child brain had done 

 Chorus: 
 I know it’s not the same 
 Then why am I so insane 
 My wandering heart has binded with my pain 

 Bridge: 
 No there is no hope for me 

 Chorus: 
 I can settle on a choice 
 Escape my empty voice 
 To leave the earth or sit atop my throne 
 And I’ll sing for the depressed 
 The issues not addressed 
 Cuz at my worst, I’ll take you for your best

No Hope for Me

Verse 1: 
 We made a fire but we never thought we’d ever get burned 
 We’re all invincible, on second thought, we always get worse 
 Don’t curse the air at home, don’t burn the lake, you’ll only wash out 
 We all self-medicate to motivate, but only come down 

 Chorus: 
 I’m not going down that broken road 
 No I’m not gonna go down that empty broken road again 

 Verse 2: 
 We’re all a shipwreck once the captain goes and makes a wrong turn 
 It’s not irreversible, let’s storm the bow, and run a new course 
 Don’t blame the man in charge, let’s make a life and not sink our own ship 
 My moral compass goes from north to south a little too quick 

 Chorus: 
 I’m not going down that broken road 
 No I’m not gonna go down that empty broken road again 

 Verse 3: 
 I had a dream I had a baby, but she had to go away 
 I kinda wish I was a baby, cuz I’d get a new brain

Broken Road

Verse 1: 
 Believing in something new 
 Less horrid and from the truth 
 I confide and I can fly for now 
 Shooting for better days 
 You’re sober but much too late 
 I can try or I can sigh tonight 

 Chorus: 
 But I don’t have to die 
 No I don’t have to die 

 Verse 2: 
 I grasp for a place to start 
 I stand up with feet apart 
 My back is straight now I’m okay for now 
 Feeling is what I’ll do 
 Speak loudly but have a clue 
 I can try or I can fight over night 

 Chorus: 
 But I don’t have to die 
 No I don’t have to die 

 Bridge: 
 When the stars in the sky have come alive 
 I won’t be watching from the grave 
 In your eyes, in your eyes I’ve come alive 
 My soul, my heart, it’s okay 

 Verse 3: 
 Arranging my heart and head 
 I came close to a bitter end 
 But I awoke, now I can cope, for now 

 Chorus: 
 But I don’t have to die 
 No I don’t have to die

Don't Have to Die

Lyrics:
I don't remember the last I love you
While I'm wasting away in this parking lot
And I'll make  a noise that will always haunt you 
Am I running around with my head cut off

I hid in my room til my hands stopped shaking
With an elephant sat on my chest
Leave me alone when my heart starts breaking
Or I'm spiraling out from the meds

What's the plan
Can you tell me what's in store
How are we gonna get out alive

Take my hand 
Take me through that fucking door
How are we gonna get out alive

What's the Plan?

Hi, we're The Flips. We're loud.

Nick Sintos -  Vocals, guitar
Mike Carlson - Drums, percussion
Annette Nowacki -  Keys, vocals
Maccabee Kelem - Bass, vocals
Dustin Martin - Guitar

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