i could tell a thousand stories but they'd never be enough to get my point across to you quite the way i'd want but if everything i've said is just enough to get it right then i could, i could, i could, i could fall asleep tonight and it's lonely as i imagine i'm alone in a selfish metaphor that's become a lot like home and i'm only alive for the first time in a perfect sense it's all been new with every day gone by and i could reminisce about the best things that i've done but living in the past could never satisfy this hunger that's been plaguing me for days as i pretend that i'm alright just passing on the things that i've wanted all my life and it's lonely as i imagine i'm alone in a selfish metaphor that's become a lot like home and i'm only alive for the first time in a perfect sense it's all been new with every day gone by and the truth is that i'm only this because i make it so and if i never give myself the time, i won't ever grow this is the only thing that i have needed all this time but i'm so scared, i'm just so scared to see the world outside and it's lonely as i imagine i'm alone in a selfish metaphor that's become a lot like home and i'm only alive for the first time in a perfect sense it's all been new with every day gone by in a perfect sense it's all been new with every day gone by and i need to change or else i don't deserve to be alive

it's been a long time waiting since the last time that we met and the pictures have been fading like the memories in my head and yeah, i know it's hard to keep up with old friends but not a minute goes by that i don't think of back then and even if you're worried, all that matters is you tried it's the effort put forward that proves you're alive and don't concern yourself with all of life's complexities just take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves just tell me if i'll ever see you once again i don't know if i'm comfortable saying we're not friends 'cause even though moving on is all i've ever known, i wonder if you're ever coming home and even if you're worried, all that matters is you tried it's the effort put forward that proves you're alive and don't concern yourself with all of life's complexities just take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves and even if you're worried, all that matters is you tried it's the effort put forward that proves you're alive and don't concern yourself with all of life's complexities just take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves

there's no suspense or urgency and it seems that i've grown content with a to b this time i've spent here has all been wasted if i've done anything it's been lateral movement and i won't live this down because i never do a thing that i'll remember no i won't let me down because i don't expect enough to warrant failure and i'm not scared though i'm hiding some fears and the lights are all on but there's no one else here is this still where i am it seems like it's been years is this all i have left how'd it all disappear and i won't live this down because i never do a thing that i'll remember no i won't let me down because i don't expect enough to warrant failure and these minutes pass and hours fly this time don't last these days go by and nothing's done i'll still be here if i just sit and wait for it to happen and i won't live this down because i never do a thing that i'll remember no i won't let me down because i don't expect enough to warrant failure and i won't leave this town because stagnant is the state that i've been rendered and i won't let me down because i don't expect enough to warrant failure no i don't expect enough i don't expect enough to warrant failure

i'm walking down the same street and i'm still the same old me smiling like i've got an inside joke with everyone i see i've got everything at my fingertips but not close enough to touch and i'll wonder if i was wrong to leave it up to luck i couldn't tell you where i'll be tomorrow, or let alone next year and i'm torn between high and low, all excitement and fear because i never wanted to live forever i'm all about right now and everything i do runs counter to who i am and i wonder how i made it so far down this road with just so little time and all's well that ends well i just wish that it was mine i'm walking down the same street and i'm still the same old me admiring the misery in everything i see i've got sympathy on one hand and contempt is at a loss but there's a fine line between the two that i'm just about to cross i couldn't tell you where i'll be tomorrow, or let alone next year and i'm torn between high and low, tortured by my fears because i never wanted to live forever i'm all about right now and everything i do runs counter to who i am and i wonder how i made it so far down this road with just so little time and all's well that ends well i just wish that it was mine

i'm thinking of the things that i should do to fix the holes within my soul so no one can see through i'll make believe that i am what you see and that no matter where i am, "here"'s where i should be for one more night i'm still around i won't worry about the why or how because there's nothing that can bring me down regardless of where i am right now so with fingers crossed and both thumbs up i know that i will be alright and that a happy thought and bit of luck will make the best out of this night i'll be alright i'm thinking of the things to say to you to summarize these endless thoughts about what i should do it's so much harder now that you are here and from my open mouth, nothing comes out, exposing all my fears but for one more night i'm still around i won't worry about the why or how because there's nothing that can bring me down regardless of where i am right now so with fingers crossed and both thumbs up i know that i will be alright and that a happy thought and bit of luck will make the best out of this night i'll be alright i'm thinking of the things that are the truth to give me something to hold onto when all else is cut loose and that's enough to keep me on my feet the simple thought of me and you means everything to me for one more night i'm still around i won't worry about the why or how because there's nothing that can bring me down regardless of where i am right now so with fingers crossed and both thumbs up i know that i will be alright and that a happy thought and bit of luck will make the best out of this night i'll be alright for one more night i'm still around i won't worry about the why or how because there's nothing that can bring me down regardless of where i am right now for one more night i'm still around i won't worry about the why or how because there's nothing that can bring me down regardless of where i am right now so with fingers crossed and both thumbs up i know that i will be alright and that a happy thought and bit of luck will make the best out of this night i'll be alright

don't look so down the lights are fading fast and the only thing we really ever know is the past don't be afraid it's only two more days until we find that nothing really matters anyway so smile away as though the night wasn't over the only difference between the two is the date live it up, give it all, show some color with no direction and no light to show the way with no direction and no light to show the way with no direction and no light to show the way you know they'll talk and they'll tell you what to do but you know that the only one who can decide is you so just let go you have no time to waste the only thing to do is let your heart lead the way and if other people bring you down you know you can always just turn around so smile away as though the night wasn't over the only difference between the two is the date live it up, give it all, show some color with no direction and no light to show the way our lives are fast; soon they're here then they're over all our time plays out between two dates so make the best of the time you have there's no direction and no light to show the way there's no direction and no light to show the way there's no direction and no light to show the way so smile away as though the night wasn't over the only difference between the two is the date live it up, give it all, show some color you know you'll always be the light that guides my way

this is the end of the world if ever i've seen it so this one's looking at you and with all of my mediocre feelings at least some of them were the truth and she says, "every day, every day a piece of me slips away" as i put too much weight on my words and everything, everything means so much less than i've been giving it worth "and all that i can say is that i'd give it all away to have the days i've wasted back to spend them all again" are you looking for answers in all the right places? am i the one looking for you? because of all that i try it's the lies and secrets that get me closer to the truth and she says, "every day, every day a piece of me slips away" as i put too much weight on my words and everything, everything means so much less than i've been giving it worth "and all that i can say is that i'd give it all away to have the days i've wasted back to spend them all again" the time i spend regretting my choices is surely the bigger waste of time the past is never coming back so spend your days without regrets and make the best of the time you have and don't say "every day, every day a piece of me slips away" as i put too much weight on my words and everything, everything means so much less than i've been giving it worth "and all that i can say is that i'd give it all away to have the days i've wasted back wishing to spend them all again"

i feel like i could fly but i'm scared of falling i feel invincible though i've got this feeling that i just might break confident and full of it i'm tentative and calm anxious and centered too old and young i feel odd and even half full and empty not sure i'm ready or was for far too long and i just might break confident and full of it i'm tentative and calm anxious and centered too old and young brave and burnt out i'm nervous and sure strong and weak inside too smart and dumb jaded, complacent together i'm a mess mixed-up, clear-headed i'm alive and dead

luck you've failed me so many times and this is turning into something i don't know and if you've found me that only proves that i'm still stumbling over things i have before here's something simple, put it down in words or notes or colors, the story doesn't care how it gets told i know it all sounds so absurd but it's the only thing i've heard and you don't want to know me no, you don't want to know me no, you don't want to know me at all luck you've failed me i'm letting go of things i vowed to never let out of my sight and if you know me you know it's something that i've struggled with for all of my life here's something simple, put it down in words or notes or colors, the story doesn't care how it gets told i know it all sounds so absurd but it's the only thing i've heard and you don't want to know me no, you don't want to know me no, you don't want to know me at all but sometimes i wish that all of this was something more than running in place and i know it will get old but thoughts run through my mind sometimes and they're the only thing that i can find and i just want to get away here's something simple, put it down in words or notes or colors, the story doesn't care, if it gets told i know it all sounds so absurd but it's the only thing i've heard and you don't want to know me and i still want to know me but you don't want to know me at all

i don't want to be consistent enough to know just press repeat i'm so predictable rework, amend believe me, i'm sure i'll say it out loud but we've heard this before maybe it doesn't matter how hard i try because we all know how well the mirror lies and taking me for what you see just might be worse than seeing nothing at all i'm trying to place some meaning behind the words to make it seem as though they aren't just rehearsed but you and i know that i've done this before and it's laughable to think that i feel this anymore maybe it doesn't matter how hard i try because we all know how well the mirror lies and taking me for what you see just might be worse than seeing nothing at all i'm just the smoke inside of the mirror slowly fading away to show a mirage you can call me a fake, you can call me illusion and by the time i'm gone, there's nothing to show i ever was maybe it doesn't matter how hard i try because we all know how well the mirror lies

The sun is shining on a brand new day And I don't know why I feel this way It's times like these I start to wonder How I lost my direction Get up, get up, this is what we're after Come on, come on, and move a little faster Tune out the bad and just hear the laughter Open up your eyes It's the best day of your life Tomorrow's come and everything's okay It's no surprise that nothing's changing And every second living my life down Is a second that I'm wasting So get up, get up, this is what we're after Come on, come on, and move a little faster Tune out the bad and just hear the laughter Open up your eyes It's the best day of your life This is the one, the one we've been after It's time to see each day's a new chapter So give it up, and live a little lighter Open up your eyes It's the best day of your life I was waiting for a day That I thought would never come And all this time it was before my eyes I should have known it was the one So get up, get up, this is what we're after Come on, come on, and move a little faster Tune out the bad and just hear the laughter Open up your eyes Open up your eyes It's the best day of your life

so here i am again thinking of back to when you were on my side the last time's on my mind it's the perfect opportunity to prove that i can be the man who knows exactly how to let things go one foot down and the next one in front of it forget about it i pretend that i'm alright all the time and try to forget my flaws and i know you know that i'm all wrong if you can see right through me, tell me who i can be i need something i can trust oooh i'm not the person that i was can you take me back to home 'cause i don't think i know exactly quite the way back to where i live can you take me there again for a moment there i thought that i could turn the tides and wash away what's drawn in the sand but i don't think i can i fear it shows too much of who i am i pretend that i'm alright all the time and try to forget my flaws and i know you know that i'm all wrong if you can see right through me, tell me who i can be i need something i can trust oooh i'm not the person that i was i love you but not enough to say i do i love you but not enough to say i do

sometimes i wonder why i do these things i do because there's no one else who seems to understand there's people passing by and living tired lives and i don't know why i do these things i do but i try and i'm living off this feeling but that's just who am and i'm sick of waiting for the right way to come along while everybody else thinks i'm a little crazy but that's just who am and i'm sick of waiting for the right way to come along and i'm thinking maybe i'm not all alone i know that somewhere you're living like this too in a separate life that i can never find perhaps someday i'll find someone like you to fill this void in me and i'll try to just stay myself but that's just who am and i'm sick of waiting for the right way to come along but that's just who am and i'm sick of waiting

whisper something soft and slow to calm my every nerve the shrill sound of this empty room reverberates my soul and i swear i've never feared a thing the way i fear myself if you'd just give me one moment i'd tell you all about i know today is different than every day before but i can never change a thing if i can't walk out this door and i swear i've never feared a thing the way i fear myself if you'd just give me one moment i'd tell you all about how these are the same old failures and this is how short i've come i've romanticized every word but they all come straight from the heart and no it didn't kill me but it came pretty close these melodies of moving on are all i've ever heard all i've ever heard this room it has me wishing and wanting something more i need to find it out because i can't just ignore and i swear i've never feared a thing the way i fear myself if you'd just give me one moment i'd tell you all about how these are the same old failures and this is how short i've come i've romanticized every word but they all come straight from the heart and no it didn't kill me but it came pretty close these melodies of moving on are all i've ever heard all i've ever heard and i swear i've never feared a thing the way that i fear myself if you'd just give me one moment i'd tell you all about how these are the same old failures and this is how short i've come i've romanticized every word but they all come straight from the heart and no it didn't kill me but it came pretty close these melodies of moving on are all i've ever heard all i've ever heard all i've ever heard