I wake up screaming for my kingdom’s crown. The thorns bring my life into focus I watch till the last name rolls up to the sky In the theater of my mind Is this all a dream? Did your grandmother scream As she saw your body breaking A friend of a friend broke my heart in the end Of a story that I swear just can’t be The one who smashed you wore the face of my friend And I just can’t let it go It’s over we’re through Throw salt on the wound As I make my escape Unfolded grey and black and white reads blue and white and red all over A single shot around the world and watch my head get drawn and quartered Read the right side and you’re cold and apathetic On the left you’ll find my bleeding heart and me So am I wasting all my time I didn’t do the crime after all Can’t you make this water any hotter? I don’t think you understand This won’t quite penetrate my skin I need to bleach away the pain It’s not my fault but anyway I just don’t think you understand This won’t quite penetrate my skin I need to bleach away the pain A friend of a friend broke my heart in the end Of a story that I swear just can’t be

Here I am talking about all of the things I should have said when it mattered most Would you care to talk about it now That things have changed and I just can’t give up This time is mine and I won’t surrender My grip on fate Now that we finally have seen eye to eye I need you right here by my side To help me through By my side With all that we’ve been through Cause I can’t live with this demise

I get snuffed out And still I’m breathing Each day it gets much worse But I’ll fight to keep my head above it Won’t let you get me down New day another reason For you to flaunt your deeds To show the whole wide world You’re useless and conceited Enough to believe your highness indeed Consternation’s incomplete How grateful are we for all of the days you shoved it in our face You shot me down For that I’m seething Each thought provoking worse As I fight to keep my head above it Won’t let you bring me down. Perfections hardly attained For all things that bear your name This time take the easy way And just let it all fall apart You still won’t believe Your highness indeed Nothing you have can compete To all of the ways My life is these days With the world right at my feet And now…As I try To ignore your wayward cries For regret and remorse Watching nature take its course And the price that remains Bought and sold with nothing gained But a pawn in the game With a head to swollen to save This time it’s me leaving Your lies no more deceiving This time it’s so easy To let things go And I’m fighting to suppress it down Fighting to suppress it down You snuffed me out And I’m still breathing My head is finally cleared Everyday I’ll fight to keep above it Won’t let you get me down.

Why oh why is mom still hatin’ on me She doesn’t like how music Has changed my personality But I wont take her words to heart Because her hormones have hijacked her brain And filled her body with rage She’s going insane! She’s gone insane! Menopause Think about what you’re saying Menopause I can’t tell if you’re playin’ Modern science has come so far Electric scissors a Viagra car I’ve got a plan that’ll go off without a hitch For a pill to make my mom less of a bitch My mom is going insane

So you can tell them what you want I know you’ll do it anyways Belt out empty lies and they’ll empathize with all you’ll have to say About why you crossed the line And keep on living out this lie And I’m afraid you can’t just pick things up and leave this mess behind Gassed up that bridge with match in hand But the joke’s on you time is passing and you must decide Do you fear the things that I have to hide? Listen up and fall in line and be happy with the rank and file You’ll think back and crack a smile cause life’s too short to live it in denial We all know that You don’t have that long to abstain You can’t turn back Before you’re a part of this game I know I promised I would be there for you but you’re on your own These times we’ve seen only lend themselves to Leave you standing on your own while you’re contemplating Ending what has just begun A tiny spot on a burning son You give it up and take it back But the stabs go deep when on constant attack These bonds must not be broken On this tie that binds So you’re still standing here looking at the hand that you’ve been dealt Is it what you wanted? Well step right up and I’ll get you your reprieve fulfilled through Hollowed eyes stripped clean from over-gazing A constant eye on the prize Overshadows everything you’ve ever thought you’d care to know Gassed up this bridge with match in hand with match in hand But the joke’s on you time is passing and you must decide Do you fear everything that I have to hide? Listen up and fall in line and be happy with the rank and file You’ll think back and crack a smile cause life’s too short to live it in denial Now I can trust you As far as I can throw You’ve weighed me down and now there’s nothing left to say And since we’re done down here And since we’re through Are you waiting for your parting gift? Turn around and accept your weakness This is not your call to arms This is just a false alarm and it’s time to abort and it’s time to abort You can only strive to be perfect The disillusions keep you sane It’s a hard fact to choke on when your not even in the game I know I promised I would be there for you A promise I would keep if I knew how If I could only find a way to wipe that grin right off your face Maybe things would change and I could stay.

I must be seventeen again - have I wasted all this time? Led to believe that the madness in me would all be gone by now It all comes back to my mind as I look you in the eye Locked down for so long it builds to a sendoff that I’ll push out someday And I never thought of my life as certain But you read yours from a page You’ll never know, you’ve never been So I’ve got something to say... FUCK OFF! Seventeen again... I’m filled with war ‘cuz I’m choked by the collar to do things all your way But I’ll fight back and I’ll win and I’ll die a happy man Locked down for so long it builds to a sendoff that I’ll push out someday

I’m not mister right But I’ll settle for mister right now So here I am tonight Pulling all the stops just like the night before Emptier the words I speak I swear the game gets easier by the day I’m so concerned Cosmo’s never been so true While you watch for all the signs Of all the things that I will do. Last call is right around the corner and I Think there’s something you should know About me Lets stop wasting all our time Cause tonight you’re gonna be mine I’m not mister right But I’ll settle for mister right now And I know I could do better But my prospects are wearing too thin They’re wearing too thin It’s time to react. And by now my confidence is rolling at will You can’t resist this so I’ll try to take advantage Of every single weakness you have I’m not mister right. But I’ll settle for mister right now And I know I could do better But my prospects are wearing too thin They’re wearing too thin Last call is right around the corner And I think there’s something you should know About me Lets stop wasting all our time Cause tonight your gunna be mine I’m not mister right But I’ll settle for mister right now.

I woke up this morning seeing red, and now I’m blue Neanderthals are at the polls and I’ll be the first rat off this ship You look in the mirror like what you see? And you say why can’t all the leaders look like me? I look at the tangled masses led to slaughter And we’re fucked There are silver backs in the white house pounding their chests And throwing shit Their sticks and stones are breaking bones And seeds they’ve sown are germinating You look in the mirror like what you see? And you say why can’t all the leaders look like me? I look at the tangled masses led to slaughter The system isn’t broken We’ll shut the world right out My spirits stay unbroken Cause I know I’m not a fucking hick I’m not a fucking good ol’ boy with a little dick Throwing missiles to prove I’m not daddy’s little boy I look in the mirror like what I see?

That first day a Friday walking in from the cold An angel came to me and she didn’t have to speak Her name the only one I’ve waited to hear for so long I’ve waited so long for you here February seems so far away But I’ll make it in between anyways To be the one who flips the switch That ignites the spark that’s in your eyes Audrey you’re everything I ever wanted anyone to be Now I see completely you’re all I need Just know I’m searching for that star That shines as bright As the light that’s in your eyes cause So hard to put into a word my sense of hope My sense of hope that I’m the one ‘cuz So here I am another day has passed us by While I’m still here still wondering why Can’t seem to believe When I see what lies beneath Can’t seem to breathe So I won’t even try to speak

So long, goodbye Tears welled in your eye and It's all over If I just shake this torture Now you're immortal Found yourself the portal to my mind And I'll be here around Behind this wall you found and I'll be picking at the cracks till they come loose I'll be braiding my own noose And you'll sigh and watch the sky as it turns blue Sweep the clouds and start anew And I'll turn the clock back My heart won't know the difference I'm painted green But I know it was the best thing You saved us both From a life of subtle agony I'm painted green But I know it was the best thing Cuts heal, and scars ache The heart's most of all You braced for this blow But I got ripped wide open I thought I'd be leaving this behind me Opened my hand to make room for yours Feels funny writing without you to hear my songs But as I recall you never listened Maybe someday we can find what we have lost But by then will we know better?

It’s a great day for addiction, so you can save yourself again From drowning in all the false hope of everything we’ve come to trust All this time blending in, denying what we have within A false sense of identity masquerading as security So batten down the hatches boys it’s time to take control With fists raised high our voices cry Who the fuck’s willing to help salvage our lives We won’t be held responsible, responsible for this Nation state, along for the ride in this hell-bound state of grace It’s just below the surface and you can scratch it if you try So start peeling away the tattered layers and stop living this lie Take your life back from them biting at the hand that keeps you Comfortably numb to it all while it’s tearing apart and the seems So batten down the hatches boys it’s time to take control With fists raised high our voices cry Who the fuck’s willing to help salvage our lives We won’t be held responsible, responsible for this This fat cat can’t fit his crown So stand right up Who is it that you believe? Why don’t you tell me Just what you want me to hear They built this up so we can tear it all back down Each brick by brick Will take its turn and fall Scream aloud as I’m still deafened by the silence of all this sound We won’t be held responsible, responsible for this