...And I never wanna hear you say
That you're gonna find someone else today.
makes me wonder why I even try
To surprise and impress with these lies I profess.

Run your mouth in front of me.
Tell me just how hard life is for you
Like I just don't understand,
Like the life I lived is pointless to you.

Do you like my used car?
Have I said too much have I gone too far?
Do I impress thee?
I can tell you right now, it ain't like TV.

My heart's an earthquake foundary.

...And I never wanna hear you lie.
I'd rather leave first than be denied.
The kinda guy that comes on strong.
I'm going all in.
Open heart - say ahhh.
Open heart - say ahhh.
I'm going all in, say ahhh.
Coming on strong, say ahhh.

Tell me what you want me to say,
Tell me what you want me to do.

Speak tongues like it's over now.
Get loud when you throw the towel.
Get down when I disavow.
And disarm myself.
Be nice when my guard is down.
Play fair when I come around.
I'm a tourist in a ghost town.
I'm a tourist in a ghost town.
Ahhh.

Smile when life puts a gun to your head.
Smile when you're labeled as "crazy" instead.
Smile when you walk through the dead-bolt doors of a
Prison cell in that mind of your's.

Smile when your family starts breaking away
If it doesn't happen now, wait for the day.
Smile when you've got more secrets than God
Smile when you really know it's a facade.

Smile when you bite more than you can chew,
When the drugs you take get a fix on you.
Smile then you fall apart, we see the real you.

Take your pills so the pain don't hurt.
Take your pills so it don't get worse.
Take your pills like a good boy should,
Like a good girl should,
so you're understood.

Why can't you just be you for once?
What's the use in driving a different car?
We know who you really are.
We know who you really are.
We know who you really are.
We know who you really are.

Spit face like a bull in a china shop.
Cop see crime and they don't stop
Cop kill time don't make you stop
They don't bring the noise.

Steadfast, gonna make them pay.
Fuck the man - not enough pay.
Rollin' rich, he got nothin' to say
They don't bring the noise.

They don't bring it,
No they don't bring it,
They don't bring the noise.

Paid to not listen, got money in your ears.
"La La La, I don't hear a damn thing."
Cover your eyes when things go South,
"Ha Ha Ha, I don't see a damn thing."
"Eat the fruit" so says the snake,
"If that's not enough, take what remains."
Shit for brains, nobody dares to complain.

Contradict and the America hates you.
Better not talk about anything taboo,
They'll come bring the noise.

(Instrumental)

I can see with the eyes that my mother gave me
that the world's not big enough.
If you want to survive through the valley of death,
you bet your ass that you better shape up.
'Cause no ones gonna help you when you need it the most.
Learn to live with what you are.
You could apologize profusely for the life that you lead,
But let me tell you - you won't get very far.

Big Love
Tough Love
True Love
"We care
About you."

When the road stars curving in a infinite circle,
When the vultures fly overhead,
Don't you agree that life is a gem?
You're better off livin' than dead.

6. (She's Done) Beautiful Things

(Instrumental)

7. Your Son Raised A Sinner

Did you have to
Ask the question?
Now, everybody knows.
A guilty conscience super-
cedes the laugh track of a
TV show called "That's How Life Goes".
Everything's been said and
What's done is done and
Now there's no going back.
Yes, I'm an Atheist
And a proud one at that.

I'll have you know that your
Son raised a sinner and
I'll have you know, he wouldn't have it any other way.
I could of kept my mouth shut and
disagreed completely,
'knew you'd find out anyways.

How do you feel now?
How do you feel?
How do feel now that you know I'm not with God?

You leave the room,
Grab the keys and
Walk out of the situation.
I still love you,
Nothing's changed.
It's not my fault, it's your generation.
What's mine is mine,
To each his own.
Acceptance starts when you leave it alone.
No one cries because
No one cares.
You're both the last to know.

I don't need to deal with this
Life-long bullshit of discrepancy.
We're all the same
How long will that take you to see?
Yeah, the truth hurts, don't it?
Lying hurts even worse.
If you've got a tantrum, throw it
There's already been a first.

All my hurtful secrets are submersed

Yeah, the truth hurts, don't it?
Lying hurts even worse.

How do you feel now?
How do you feel?
How do you feel now that you know I'm not with God?

Star 69 me.
Calling from a dead sea.
Living where the dead be.
Picking on the live ones.

You don't wanna fuck with me.
I've got aces up my sleeve.
I know people who know me
Who will fuck right back.

So before you lose yourself,
Check before you wreck yourself.
You better forgive yourself
Before I wreck on thee.

The way that I see it,
You've got nothing.
The way that I deal with things is
Turn nothing into something

Star 69 me.
Calling from a dead sea.
Living where the dead be.
Picking on the live ones.

You don't wanna fuck with me.
I've got aces up my sleeve.
I know people who know me
Who will fuck right back.

The way that I see it,
You've got nothing.
The way that I deal with things is
Turn nothing into something

Yeah, I've got anger issues, but I like it that way.
Gives me something to rely on
when your kinda shit comes my way.

You've been black listed
As restricted.
I see past your glamorous ways
And laugh at your humility
Lack of ability to do anything
Now.

9. The Sound Of Velvet Crushing

The lights come on again, and she's ready once again
To put thoughts in my head. New coat of paint where it starts to fade.

She smiles so awkwardly, but she's beautiful in every way.
She moves slowly to the beat of her life, to the sound of velvet crushing.

Velvet's crushing.

She said
"Take me home. Take - take me home. I think we should go now."
"Take me home. I wanna be with you."
The story of a day-dream.

I tell Velvet to stop crushing, now she won't even speak.
No matter what, I keep blushing. Let's go back to where we both meet
And I love it when we're crushing.
I love it when we're crushing.

Crushing.

11. Delia

I don't mind the silence
or the loneliness I found.
Matter of fact, I kinda like it
'cause it covers up the blatant
mound of tears.

I sit beside my window
with a chilling cup of tea.
It gets colder as the days go by,
they pass so unexpectedly.

So tell me, where are you Dee?
Delia, Delia, please.
Bring me back some normalcy
when you come back to me.
Come back to me.

You sit down on our family couch
with a man I hardly know.
Who do you really belong to? red
mark on the neck, now I know.

I'm doing fine without you. I lie
just like you lie to me.
Life goes on without you.
Disregard my plea.

So tell me, where are you Dee?
Delia, Delia, please.
Bring me back some normalcy
when you come back to me.

Come back to me.

12. The Anatomy Of Truth

You'll never know
Which direction to go.
It's only speed that you know...
Fast and Faster.

This silence is loud.
Covered by shroud
Of our infinite doubts.
It will last even longer.

Why do you try to change when you don't want to?
Why do you take apart the truth so that it suits you
Better?

You'll never see
What they want you to see.
It's okay to be wrong,
It's okay to be wrong.

Misunderstandings
Of an infinite nature.
It's only you that you're hurting
With emotional torture.