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Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers

Shut my eyes and count to tenIt goes in one ear out the other, one ear out the

otherBurning bright right till the end

Now you’ll be missing from the photographs, missing from the photographs

Watching through my fingers, watching through my fingers

In my thoughts you’re far awayAnd you are whistling the melody, whistling the

melodyCrystallizing clear as day

Oh, I can picture you so easily, picture you so easilyWhat’s gonna be left of the world if you’re not in it?

What’s gonna be left of the world, ohEvery minute and every hour

I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreEvery stumble and each misfire

I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreWatching through my fingers, watching through my

fingersCaught off guard by your favourite song

I’ll be dancing at a funeral, dancing at a funeralSleeping in the clothes you love

It’s such a shame we had to see them burn, shame we had to see them burn

What’s gonna be left of the world if you’re not in it?What’s gonna be left of the world, oh

Every minute and every hourI miss you, I miss you, I miss you more

Every stumble and each misfireI miss you, I miss you, I miss you more

"If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle

Now stop worrying and go get dressed"You might have to excuse me

I’ve lost control of all my sensesAnd you might have to excuse me

I’ve lost control of all my wordsSo get drunk, call me a fool

Put me in my place, put me in my placePick me up, up off the floor

Put me in my place, put me in my placeEvery minute and every hour

I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreEvery stumble and each misfire

I miss you, I miss you, I miss you moreWatching through my fingers, watching through my

Roll up another cigaretteUsing the minute that it takes

To think about the power of your wordsWe're living in the currents you create

We're sinking in the pool of your mistakesSo stub it out, your podium awaits

Oh my God, my GodI can't quite believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface

I'm coming up for air'Cause you're making me feel nervous

I need to clear my headI can't believe my ears

I don't wanna believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface

I'm coming up for airHow can you think you're serious?Do you even know what year it is?

I can't believe the scary points you makeStill living in the currents you create

Still sinking in the pool of your mistakesWon't you stop firing up the crazies?

Oh my God, my GodI can't quite believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface


I need to clear my headI can't believe my ears

I don't wanna believe my earsI'm swimming to the surface

I'm coming up for air"When anybody preaches disunity, tries to pit one of us against the

otherYou know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy

our very lives"Oh, I need a breath

I need a breathFill my lungs

Let me fill my lungs?Oh, I need a breath


Let me fill my lungsOh, I need a breath


Let me fill my lungsOh, I need a breath


Let me fill my lungsI'm swimming to the surface


An act of kindness

Is what you show to meNot more than I can takeNot more than I can take

Kindness is what you show to meIt holds me 'till I ache

Overflow and start to breakOh I, got a feeling this will shake me downOh I, kind of hoping this will turn me round

And now it follows me every dayAnd now it follows me every day, every day, every day


An act of kindnessIs what you show to me

It caught me by surprise in this town of glass and eyesKindness, so many people pass me by

But you warm me to my core and you left me wanting moreOh I, got a feeling this will shake me downOh I, kind of hoping it will turn me round

Oh I, got a feeling that however slowOh I, kind of hoping this will reach my soul



Oh my back's up against the wallI feel guilty, I feel guiltyWant nothing in returnI feel guilty, I feel guilty

Oh my back's up against the wallI feel guilty, I feel guiltyWant nothing in returnI feel guilty, I feel guilty



Back's up against the wallI feel guilty, I feel guilty

And you want nothing in returnI feel guilty, I feel guilty

Aim, throw your best shot right at meCause pain, I can take it easily

Did you really think I'd fall to my kneesJust to pray for some sweet simplicity?

Cause woah, you're squeezing my heart,Too hard in your bare hands, they hold too

tightAnd woah the air is on fire,

This room feels electric, caught here in your sights

Power, powerI will never understand the power you were

holding over mePower, power

Oh you had it too long, yes you had it too long

Pain, just synapses firing in our brainSo when you cut me, cut me deep

Hurt the ones you love the most easilyCause in time we show our Achilles's heels

And woah, you're squeezing my heart,Too hard in your cold bare hands, they hold

too tightAnd woah the air is on fire,

This room feels electric, caught here in your sights

Power, powerI will never understand the power you were

holding over mePower, power

Oh you had it too long, yes you had it too long

If you're gonna hit me, hit me harder(Hit me, hit me harder)

Cause you better knock me out the first timeAnd if you're gonna do this rip the plaster

(Do this rip the plaster)If you're gonna hit me, hit me harder than

thisPower, power

Blows my mind to think I ever let you hold it

I’m the lesser of two evilsOr am I, am I tricking myself nice?

If I’m a lesser of two evilsWho’s this man, who’s this act I hide

behind?There are two ways to skin tonight

Let’s see whose road gets there fasterThis is a game, no wrongs, no right

Only a winner and a loserYou and I, oh you and I

We’re not that different, you and IOh you and I, you and I

We’re not that different, you and IOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Oh I'm the lesser of two evilsSo keep looking

Just keep looking into my eyesAnd as the lesser of two evils, it pays to

Pays to be the nice guy sometimesThere are two ways to skin tonight

Let’s see whose road gets there fasterHere I am hiding in plain sight

If you're not careful you will lose herYou and I, you and I

We’re not that different, you and IOh you and I, you and I

We’re not that different, you and IYou and I, you and I

We're not that different, you and I

I've got demons running round in my headAnd they feed on insecurities I have

Won't you lay your healing hands on my chest?Let your ritual clean

Soak the ropes with your holy waterTie me down as you read out the words

Set me free from my jealousyWon't you exorcise my mind?Won't you exorcise my mind?I want to be free as I'll ever be

Exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mind

Desdemona, won't you liberate me?When I'm haunted by your ancient history

Close these green eyes and watch over as I sleepThrough my darkest of dreams

Be the power to compel meHold me closer than anyone before

Set me free from my jealousyWon't you exorcise my mind?Won't you exorcise my mind?I want to be free as I'll ever be

Exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mind

I should be thinking 'bout nothing else when I'm with you oohWith you ooh, oh oh oh

I should be thinking 'bout nothing else when I'm with you oohWith you ooh, oh oh oh

Your mind exists somewhere altogether differentIt lives in a world where feelings simply cannot be defined by

wordsOh set me free from my jealousy

Won't you exorcise my mind?Won't you exorcise my mind?I want to be free as I'll ever be

Exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mindHelp me exorcise my mind

Won't you exorcise my mind?

Lethargy got a hold of meAnd I don't know how to shake it

Got these itchy feet for a change of sceneDo anything to escape it

Get up, get up, pressure, pressureRun away as fast as you can goEveryday our friends and lovers

Give the answers everybody knowsYou told me not to be like anybody else

Headspin, happiness, deathBe like anybody else

Bowed down, nothing else leftYou checked out years ago

Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youYou checked out years ago

Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youThere's an English man up in space these days

Floating in awe and wonderAs he floats away from the atmospheres

All of us non believersGet up, get up, pressure, pressure

Run away as fast as you can goEveryday our friends and lovers

Give the answers everybody knowsYou told me not to be like anybody else

Headspin, happiness, deathBe like anybody else



Oh what I'd do to not to worry like youPaint the scene for me

Paint it bright and paint it clearI don't want to use my imagination hereDon't want to use my imagination here

Paint the scene for mePaint it bright and paint it clear

I don't want to use my imagination hereDon't want to use my imagination hereYou told me not to be like anybody else

Headspins, happiness, deathBe like anybody else



Oh what I'd do to not to worry like you

These four walls to keep youOne floor to sleep upon and only

These four walls to keep youThese four walls contain you

Supposed to save you from yourself andThese four walls in Holcomb

To keep you from the sunAnd now we're faced with two wrongs

Now we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't know

Now we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongs

I don't know, oh, I don't knowWe could be born to anything and now, and now

What you have done is terribleAnd now you, and now youNow you carry it with you

You carry it with youYou carry it with you

These four walls will keep youUntil you face the rope

You've only these four walls before they, In cold blood, hang you up

And now we're faced with two wrongsNow we're faced with two wrongs

I don't know, oh, I don't knowAnd now we're faced with two wrongs

Now we're faced with two wrongsI don't know, oh, I don't know

We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terrible

And now you, and now youNow you carry it with you


(Now you carry it with youCarry it with youCarry it with you)

There's no view from here, no view from here, no view from here

All you see's the skyClouds passing by, clouds passing by

We could be born to anything and now, and nowWhat you have done is terrible

And now, and nowNow you carry it with you


Now you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you

Now you carry it with youYou carry it with youYou carry it with you

You go sleep with the fishesThere’s no room for you hereThere’s no room for you here

Wrap your teeth around the pavement'Cause your body’s a message

Send my regards to hellFall upon your knees saying

"This is my body and soul here"Fall and begging, pleading

"You’ve got the power and control"Don’t pin it all on meDon’t pin it all on me

You’ve been granted three wishesSay goodbye to your mother, your father,

your sonI can hear your pulse racing from here

Sitting next to this gun beats your heart in your mouth

Fall upon your knees saying"This is my body and soul here"

Fall and begging, pleading"You’ve got the power and control"

Don’t pin it all on meDon’t pin it all on me

Don't blame, blame, blame (I got you, I got you)

Oh blame, blame, blame (I got you, I got you)



Fall upon your knees saying"This is my body and soul here"

Fall and begging, pleading"You’ve got the power and control here"

This is my body, this is my soulFall upon your knees saying

Drive around, night time, nowhere to goMelt me down, I'm like wax to your jokes

Lost and found, knocking heads, laying lowAnd there's no point reliving crimes to lose this

Still wanna waste all of my timeI wanna waste all of my time

Still wanna waste all of my timeI wanna waste all of my time

With youOh my lover, my lover, my love

We can never go backWe can only do our best to recreateDon't turn over, turn over the page

We should rip it straight outThen let's try our very best to fake itShow me joy, flower through disarray

Let's destroy, each mistake that we madeThen restore the color back to the grey

There's no pride in sharing scars to prove itStill wanna waste all of my time

I wanna waste all of my timeStill wanna waste all of my time

I wanna waste all of my timeWith you

Oh my lover, my lover, my loveWe can never go back

We can only do our best to recreateDon't turn over, turn over the page

We should rip it straight outThen let's try our very best to fake it

Help me turn a blind eyeDays and nights we lost to weakness

Help me turn a blind eyeDays and nights we lost to weakness


We can only do our best to recreateSo don't turn over, turn over the page

We should rip it straight outThen let's do our very best to fake it


We can only do our best to recreateDon't turn over, turn over the page

We should rip it straight outThen let's do our very best to fake it

Ooh, I'm not ready [4x]Snakes are biting in my heels

The worries that refuse to let us goI've been kicking them away

When hoping not to let them take controlOoh, I'm not ready

Drink to escape our minds[Another version:] Drink to escape their bites

Show me distractionEven for just one nightBut it's easier to bury

Cause it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes

Yes, it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes

And I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go

But I pray for the ground to swallow me wholeOoh, I'm not ready [2x]

Now these days are feeling darkWe're struggling to figure out last year

When the woman on the newsKeeps saying things that no one wants to hear

Ooh, I'm not readyDrink to escape our minds

Show me distractionEven for just one nigh

'Cause it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes


And I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go

But I pray for the ground to swallow me wholeYes, I pray for the ground to swallow me whole

Ooh, I'm not ready [2x]"Come on, boys. Let's go tear this mother down!"

[Another version:] "Come on, boys. Let's go tear this place apart!"'Cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know

Life is simple when I can just ignore it all'Cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know

Life is simple when I can just ignore it all'Cause I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I know...

If I'm not readySnakes will consume me whole

If I'm not steadyBaby, they'll take control

But it's easier to buryMy head in the sand sometimes


I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go

But I pray for the ground to swallow me wholeYes, I know, I know, I knowIt's not the right way to go

But I pray for the ground to swallow me whole

This is the winter of our youthOh but I'm not there yet

I've got nostalgia running through meAnd I don't like it

Oh my, my, my, myNow I can almost taste it, taste it

But I, just hope we didn't waste it awayI know the winter's getting colder

But why, just 'cause we're a little older doI relive it, I relive it

Oh, I'm peddling backwardsEven if I'm peddling alone

Can't help itI relive it, I relive it, oh

It's 4 AM here comes the fearI'm not prepared yet

And when we pick over the past we glorify itOh my, my, my, my

I hope I wasn't wasted, wastedAnd I, I hope I didn't drink it awayI know the winter's getting colder




I let myself bathe in the past for way, way, way too longAnd now it seems that I've drunk too much to give you what you

wantI know the winter's getting colder




Can't help itRelive it, I relive it, oh

Can't help itI relive it, I relive it, ohI'm peddling backwards

Even if I'm peddling aloneCan't help it

I relive it, I relive it, oh

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The animals break out their cages nowChaos is raining down around us

But here we stand with our arms foldedDo you wanna be free of this?

When panic rises like the ocean weJust keep on flicking through the stations 'cause

If we don't post it does it happenOh I wanna be free of this

Have you and I been sleepwalking way too longWon't someone pour ice water on me

It only matters if we care nowIf you're way beyond that

And I'm gonna dust you off of my shouldersAnd I remember when we cared now

If you're way beyond thatThen I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders

Movies and news on televisionSometimes it's hard to tell the differences ohWhen real life's more fucked up than fiction

Do you wanna be free of this?Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long

Won't someone pour ice water on meIt only matters if we care now

If you're way beyond thatAnd I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders

And I remember when we cared nowIf you're way beyond that

Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shouldersI don't wanna play dumb anymore

I just wanna feel something like beforeI don't wanna feel numb anymoreI just wanna something like before

It only matters if we care nowIf you're way beyond that

Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shouldersAnd I remember when we cared now

If you're way beyond thatThen I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders

"Television shoulders have the choice of watching the tragedyPlay out from the seating and comfort of their living rooms

But victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock"If you're way beyond that

I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders

So her fingers ran away with themselves

'Till everything was documentedOur mind it was reaching out

To put into words what their bodies had done

They lie together, ohOil on water

And they lie upon her, ohSomeone's daughter

It's a catalogue of modern mistakesHer words and legs wrapped around

each manLeaving stories like digital crumbs

As she turns these nights into literatureThey lie together, oh

Oil on waterAnd they lie upon her, oh

Someone's daughterWhen they leave she sets about writing

downAwkward body games all over townWarm affection runs through every

wordWe're screens away but we're laughing

with herThey lie together, oh

Oil on water

Just another brain on the campusJust another man in the field

Just another tall pile of papersMaking it crowded in here

Someone else's workin' your thesisSomeone else's words in your mouth

Someone else's hard work and researchTaking you up in the world

Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by the sidelines

Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by

I'll watch it all from afarHeaven, help me

I'll watch it all fall apartHeaven, help me

Help me, help me, help me, help meI'll watch it all from afar

Heaven, help meJust another brain on the campus

Just another set of ideasJust another theory in motionWaiting on for your to steer

He must be so lonely, knowing what you knowMan, it must be lonely, keeping it on the low

Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by the sidelines

Oh, never leave me outI'm standing by

I'll watch it all from afarHeaven, help me

I'll watch it all fall apartHeaven help me

Help me, help me, help me, help meI'll watch it all from afar

Heaven, help meI'll watch it all from afar

Heaven, help meI'll watch it all fall apart

Heaven, help meHelp me, help me, help me, help me

I'll watch it all fall apartHeaven, help me

There is no love lost here between usWhere are those friends who pulled no punches

Shock from my hip with one anotherWe got so far from them

We're miles from way back whenI'm so nervous saying this out loud

As the words roll off my tongue and out my mouthI can see a change

I can see a change in youI see it coursing through your veins

And it is a shameIt is a shame on you

I barely recognize your faceAnd I don't like what I'm seeing latelyOh I don't like who I'm seeing lately oh

So many seasons fell beneath usToo many voices on our shoulders

I miss us dancing through the same noiseBut here we are my friend

We're miles from way back whenI never knew that I could be slowed down, oh oh

I never knew that I could be slowed down until I told youI can see a change

I can see a change in youI see it coursing through your veins

And it is a shameOh it is a shame oh you

I barely recognize your faceAnd I don't like what I'm seeing lately oh

I don't like who I'm seeing lately ohLately I'm living in the past

Who am I to judgeI'm the worst of all

Some things are better left unsaidBut I miss the person I knew before

And I can see a changeI can see a change in you

I see it coursing through your veinsAnd it is a shame

Oh it is a shame oh youI barely recognize your face

And I don't like what I'm seeing lately ohI don't like who I'm seeing lately oh X3

Let those fools be loudLet alarms ring out

'Cause you cut through all the noiseLet the days be darkLet me hate my work

'Cause you cut through all the noiseBring me some hope

By wandering into my mindSomething to hold onto

Morning, or day, or nightYou were the light that is blinding me

You're the anchor that I tie to my brain'Cause when it feels when I'm lost at sea

You're the song that I sing again and againAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the time

Let the parties end when we lose our friends'Cause you cut through all the noise

Let the years roll on 'till the static comes'Cause you cut through all the noise

Bring me some hopeBy wandering into my mind

Something to hold ontoMorning, or day, or night

You were the light that is blinding meYou're the anchor that I tie to my brain'Cause when it feels like I'm lost at sea

You're the song that I sing again and againAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the timeAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the time

Bring me some hopeBy wandering into my mind

Something to hold ontoMorning, or day, or night

You were the light that is blinding meYou're the anchor that I tie to my brain

'Cause when it feels when I'm lost at seaYou're the song that I sing again and again

All the time, all the timeI think of you all the timeAll the time, all the timeI think of you all the time

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