Stupid

Night lift up the shades
Let in the brilliant light of morning
But steady me now
For I am weak
And starving for mercy
Sleep has left me alone
To carry the weight of unraveling where we went wrong
It's all I can do to hang on,
To keep me from falling into old familiar shoes

How stupid could I be
A simpleton could see
That you're no good for me
But you're the only one I see

Love has made me a fool
Set me on fire and watched as I floundered
Unable to speak
Except to cry out and wait for your answer
But you come around in your time
Speaking of fabulous places
Create an oasis
That dries up as soon as you're gone
You leave me here burning in this desert without you

Everything changes everything falls apart
I can't stand to feel myself losing control
But deep in my senses I know

How stupid could I be
A simpleton could see
That you're no good for me
But you're the only one I see

-Sarah McLachlan

Here's To the Night

So denied so I lied
Are you the now or never kind?
In a day and a day love
I'm going to be gone for good again

Are you willing to be had? Are you cool with just tonight?

Here's a toast to all those who hear me all to well.
Here's to the night we felt alive.
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry.
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's going to come too soon.

Put your name on the line
along with place and time
want to stay, not to go, I want to ditch the logical.

Here's a toast to all those who hear me all to well.
Here's to the night we felt alive.
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry.
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's going to come too soon.

All my time is froze in motion
can't I stay an hour or two or more
don't let me let you go
don't let me let you go

Here's a toast to all those who hear me all to well.
Here's to the night we felt alive.
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry.
Here's to goodbye, tomorrow's going to come too soon.

Too soon
Here's to the night we felt alive
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's going to come to soon

Broken Wings

Fight the fight alone
When the world is full of victims
Dims a fading light
In our souls

Leave the peace alone
Now we all are slowly changing
Dims a fading light
In our souls

In my opinion seeing is to know
The things we hold
Are always first to go
And who's to say
We won't end up alone

On broken wings I'm falling
And it won't be long
The skin on me is burning
By the fires of the sun
On skinned knees
I'm bleeding
And it won't be long
I've got to find that meaning
I'll search for so long

Cry ourselves to sleep
We will sleep alone forever
Will you lay me down
In the same place with all I love

Mend the broken homes
Care for them they are our brothers
Save the fading light in our souls

In my opinion seeing is to know
What you give
Will always carry you
And who's to say
We won't survive it too

Set a-free all
Relying on their will
To make me all that I am
And all that I'll be

Set a-free all
Will fall between the cracks
With memories of all that I am
And I'll that I'll be

-Alter Bridge

California

Can't change how

The feelings will be shown

Don't blame you

You're nervous on your own

Propose the worst and I'm the first in line

Despite the rest it's not a bad sign

That you mean the world to me

And the city and my soul disagree

Last time 'round fast

I'll see you on the way down

Life's a funny thing and you can't bring yourself to face it if

you want to

Now I shake here

For your sake dear

I was raised and I was born here

I couldn't leave California if I tried to

Can't say now

Where I'm gonna go

When I figure it out

You'll be the first to know

Do you understand that it's out of these hands of mine

Despite our plans I've got to draw the line

-Stroke 9

Prevent This Tragedy

Here we are again with handguns for hearts

They had a master plan, wanted to tear us apart

Nothing to hold, all hope deleted

Our demise has been completed now

Nowhere left to go but down

The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown

In oceans of this tragic part of town

Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound

Of children wishing they were safely underground

We are the walking dead, we hold this ghost in our arms

We take our daily breath and thank our unlucky stars

Tried to get by on bread and water

Craving blood poured from the alter now

Not much left to do but drown

In flames of miscommunication, down

Then out and off in search of someone proud

To translate what we truly dream about

As we lay in this bed thinking out loud

I'm screaming uncle, mercy me

And my broken telepathy

For I'm left with nothing but this bloodless riverbank

West Memphis, please

I'm begging you to stop praying for me

-Alkaline Trio

Love Song for a Savior

In open fields of wild flowers,
she breathes the air and flies away
She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses
in no simple language
Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all
He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
Someday she'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call her and she will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"

Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
The sermon echoes through the walls
A great salvation through it calls to the people
who stare into nowhere, and can't feel the chains on their souls
He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
Someday we'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call us and we will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"

It seems too easy to call you "Savior",
Not close enough to call you "God"
So as I sit and think of words I can mention
to show my devotion

"I want to fall in love with You"

"my heart beats for You"

-Jars of Clay

Mixtape

You say hello, I'm screaming I love you
You say goodnight, in my mind I'm sleeping next to you
You drive away from my car crash of a heart and I don't know

But you gave me the best mixtape I have
and even all the bad songs ain't so bad
I just wish theere was so much more than that
About me and you

You talk to him, and it burns me like the sun
You talk to her, and you say that you feel like he's the one
I talk to me, but you can't hear the pain I feel
You don't know

Cause you gave me the best mixtape I have
And even all the bad songs ain't so bad
I only wish there was more than that
About me and you

Oh, don't turn around and say bye again
Yeah it crushes my head when you call me your friend
And I'm not the same person from back in the day
In the back of the class that you thought was gay
No I can't find the words cause I lost them the minute the fell out of my mouth
And it's love and I'm in it, so give me your lips and just le me kiss 'em
And let's get messed up and listen to possibly...

The best mixtape I have
And even all the bad sons ain't so bad
I just wish there was more than that
About me and you.

-Butch Walker

I dedicate this song to Matt...

Photograph

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head

And this is where I grew up
I think the prison outa fix it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time I had better things to do
Criminal records said I've broken twice
I must have done it half a dozen times

I wonder if its too late
Should i go back and try to graduate
Last man and now that it was back then
If I was them I woulndnt let me in

Oh oh oh
Oh god I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo that was printed on my bedroom door
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how if feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when

Oh oh oh
Oh god I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo that was printed on my bedroom door
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

I miss that town
I cannot believe it
So hard to stay
So hard to leave it

If I could I relive those days
I know the one that would never change

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo that was printed on my bedroom door
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
Everytime I do it makes me

-Nickelback

Better Is One Day

How lovely is
Your dwelling place
Oh Lord Almighty,
For my soul longs
And even faints
For You

Oh, here my heart
Is satisfied
Within Your presence
I see beneath
The shadow of
Your wings

Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere

One thing I ask,
And I would seek,
To see Your beauty
To find You in
The place Your glory dwells
One thing I ask
And I would seek,
To see Your beauty
To find You in
The place
Your glory dwells

Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere

My heart and flesh cry out
For You, the Living God
Your Spirit's water to my soul
I've tasted, and I've seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to You
I will draw near to You
To You

Better is one day
Better is one day
Better is one day
Than thousands elsewhere
Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thousands elsewhere