1. EVERYTHING WENT NUMB

And the story goes like this:
Everything went numb for the money and the guns and
Everytime he'd think it out: there's nothing to worry about.
Get in the van, don't deviate from the plan,
If everything goes smooth then you'll walk away a rich man.
So it begins, everybody walks in,
Could this be the way or the day that the underdog wins?
I think not, so I bet on the feds
Because the black hat men never win in the end, so...

[Chorus]
Ski mask! (check.)
Sawed off! (check.)
Guilty conscience, fear of death. (check, check, check.)
Everything went numb when he stumbled upon
What he thought was going to be another means to the end.
Silence! Sirens!
It all went down like his nightmare the night before,
I don't want to hear,
I don't want to be near,
I do what I got to do just to keep my nose clean.

The story doesn't end here,
Don't fear for our hero ain't near the end, my friend.
Let's take it back to how it all began:
With a proposition,
And proposition starts with a capital P.
Or at least for me is what he said to himself
But himself ain't a lot when he's got nothing left
Of what was once a man, loved and loving,
He took that trip that turns something to nothing.
Right and wrong,
There's not a lot a difference when you're singing that poor man's song,
And that song it goes just a little like this.

[Chorus]


2. THAT'LL BE THE DAY

And it's too late to leave this life behind
Everybody's speaking using words they can't define
And it's not my choice but I embrace it nonetheless
You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest

You brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest

And I don't care who you are or what you've done
Everybody equals out when all the songs are sung
We'll sing them loud and we will sing them until we pass
You're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass

You're shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass

[Chorus]
So hey, I don't care if you go now or if you stay
Oh, your back is bleeding, you're bleeding on me
That'll be the day when the sun falls down
The angels may weep but I'll hear no sounds but hey

I take that back I won't stop singing when I'm dead
I'll sing from the great beyond, I will echo in your head
And if you think taking your life will set you free
You've got something to learn, it's called humility

You've got something to learn, it's called humility

[Chorus]

Gone, everybody's crying now you're gone
And everybody's missing you
From apathy to sympathy, this new found love is new to me
And I can hear you laughing in your

Grave, everyone's forgiven now we're
Saved, everybody's sins absolved
What's the point denying when we all know we are lying to ourselves?
And you can't keep that smile off your face

[Chorus] (x2)


3. POINT / COUNTERPOINT

[Chorus]

I've got a gun in my hand but that gun won't cock
My finger's on the trigger but that trigger seems locked
I can't stop staring at the tick-tock clock
And even if I could I would never give up
With a vest on my chest, a bullet in my lung
I can't believe I'm dying with my song unsung
If and when I die won't you bury me alone?
'Cause I'll never get to heaven if I'm singing this song

If there was something wrong would you be oh so strong?
Would you do what it takes to move this hollow life along?
I'd like to think I would
You know I'd like to think I would

But I guarantee that what you see is not reality
And every time she makes a point, I make a counterpoint
She said it's easy but in the end you'll have no choice
And you know that's only just the way it goes

You said it right man, that is just the way it goes

And the days, and the days they seem like forever
And the days, and the days they seem like forever
But forever isn't ever enough

I'd like to sing a song
Please swear you won't be long
I'll try not to be long but I don't want to get this story wrong
There was a kid who never cared about the little things

Don't even bother because I'm tired and I'm sick of it
And every time she makes a point I'll make a counterpoint
She said It's easy but in the end you'll have no choice
And you know that's only just the way it goes

You said it right man, that is just the way it goes

[Chorus]

Oh, you don't know where I've been
Oh, you don't know what I've seen

If I did something right, would you give up this fight?
Would you say you were wrong and maybe someone else was kind of right
I'd like to think you would
You know I'd like to think you would

But I can't guarantee that what you get is an apology
Jump back to the day we met, I never thought that it would end this way
If ever I let you down I want to ask of you
To take it down a notch and we can talk it on through

And the days, and the days they seem like forever
And the days, and the days they seem like forever
But forever isn't ever enough

I'd like to sing a song
Please swear you won't be long
I'll try not to be long but I don't want to get this story wrong
There was a kid who never cared about the little things

Don't even bother because I still don't give a shit
And every time she makes a point I'll make a counterpoint
She said it's easy but in the end you'll have no choice
And you know that's only just the way it goes

You said it right man, that is just the way it goes

[Chorus]

Oh, you don't know where I've been
Oh, you don't know what I've seen

So tell me friend, how's it going to end?
When the shit goes down and there's no one left around to get your back
You'll crack, you'll smile and agree with everything they say
They'll try to tell you that it's all okay

But it's not and you're shot and you're bleeding pretty bad
And you can't stop thinking about the things you never had
Like a wife and a kid and the things you never did
You're running around living a life that's empty in the end, my friend

No, you'll take back all you've said
Oh, when the regrets fill your head

Trust me I've been there before
I would not wish it upon my greatest enemy
What irony, once friends, but I find
You'll have to learn this lesson on your own

So I waited by the phone but that phone never rang
And I sang so loud so I wouldn't hear the bang
When the bang never came and I never got the call
Fuck it, thank you, I love you all

Some are going to say that we're doomed to repeat
All our past mistakes, great, but that's not me
And even if it was I would always disagree
Because in the end I always get the better of me

[Chorus]

Oh, I'll take you where I've been
Oh, I'll show you what I've seen


4. IF AND WHEN WE RISE AGAIN

Don't you come to me with all your color-coded quotes
Everybody's laughing but they never ever get my jokes
Fool, you're a tool, a sheep
And it's obvious to everyone but company you keep

And don't you squint at me because your childhood was the pits
Every single one of us have trodden through our shit
Oh, and I know you're shrewd
'Cause I smell it in your clothes and it's in everything you do

Falling, fallen, we all fall down
It only really matters how we stand our ground
If and when we rise to our feet again
We'll be on our own

Everything we built is gone and everyone around is stunned
We just sit here staring blankly and everything goes numb
Lord, if I felt a thing
I could wrap my mind around this and prevent our getting singed

And please excuse my enemies, I think they do not know
I will gladly self-destruct if they leave me alone
Friend, that's the end of us
Because you're behind in empathy and overdue on trust

Calmly, calmly and patiently
We've seen all the evidence but still cannot believe
If and when we rise to our feet again
We'll be on our own

Somehow, some way we persevere
The questions on our lips fall on deafened ears
And if and when we rise to our feet again
We'll be on our own


5. A BETTER PLACE, A BETTER TIME

So she wakes up in time to break down
She left a note up on the dresser
And she's right on time
You don't know anything, right or wrong

I said I know-ow-ow-ow
And she said so-o-o-o
I want to panic but I've had it so I go-o-o-o
You don't owe anything to anyone

But don't take your life
'Cause it's all that you've got
You'd be better off just up and leaving
If you don't think they will stop

[Chorus]
And when you wake up, everything is gonna be fine
I guarantee that you wake in a better place, in a better time
So you're tired of living, you feel like you might give in, well don't
It's not your time

Flipping through the paper today, looking for a specific page
Don't want to find her full name followed by dates
'Cause when I left her alone she made a sound like a moan
You're known by everyone for everything you've done

Fuck buying flowers for grave
I'd rather buy you a one way non-stop to anywhere
Find anyone, do anything, forget and start again, love
She said she won't go

It hurts too much, to stand by, you've got to stop and draw a line
Everyone here has to choose a side tonight
The moment of truth is haunting you
Don't forget your family regardless of what you choose to do

You can't decide, and they're all screaming, why won't you?
I'll start the engine, but I can't take this ride for you
I'll draw your bath and I'll load your gun
But I hope so bad that you'll bathe and hunt

Annie's tired of forgetting about today and always planning for tomorrow
Tomorrow and she says
The saddest day I came across was when I learned that life goes on without me
Without me and I said

If everyone has someone else, then I ain't got nobody's love to save me
To save me and she says
I think I'll pass away tonight, 'cause it seems I'll never get it right
It's just me, it's just reality

[Chorus]

Annie says she wouldn't mind if they never find a cure to all her problems
Problems and she says
As long as she has someone near to make it clear she doesn't need to solve them
Solve them and she says

Oh, this loneliness is killing me, it's filling me with anger and resentment
Resentment and she says
I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again

[Chorus]

Annie's tired of forgetting about today and always planning for tomorrow
Tomorrow and she says
The saddest day I came across was when I learned that life goes on without me
Without me and I said

If everyone has someone else, then I ain't got nobody's love to save me
To save me and she says
I think I'll pass away tonight, 'cause it seems I'll never get it right
It's just me, it's just reality

[Chorus]

And even if it was, oh, I wouldn't let you go
You could run run run run, but I will follow close
Someday you will say that's it, that's all
But I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fall

I know that you think that you're on your own
But just know that I am here and I'll lead you home
If you let me
She said forget me but I can't


6. WE ARE THE FEW

Dear Mr. Geppetto,
I hope this finds you well.
I wrote you this letter,
'Cause we miss you here in hell.

Wel, l know I know it's hard when you don't know what to think
And every single smile us a foil and you're waking up,
You might try but you won't get by
Until you're crucified for all the things you try to do.
Well, I don't care if you sink or swim,
And I don't care how you hold it in
As long as you don't bother me with all the things I don't bother you with.
And nine times out of ten you might be right,
But what about that time you know you're wrong?
You sing that same song
And everybody smiles, but they'll never get along.

I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying to let go,
But everybody's going down tonight.

[Chorus]
We are the few that won't say nothing right,
We are the footsteps fading into the night.
Nobody cares and nobody stares with such conviction and I say:
I never wanted this, no one ever wanted this,
But they gave it to you so you might as well be proud of it.
I don't know where we went wrong,
All I know is I got to do something right.

So come clean,
No one should have to live with the things you've seen
But you're living anyway.
Well, stop the car and put her in park,
And I step outside, God, I hate this part,
When I see what I saw, what I thought was a life that was more
Than a chore and just doing what I need to get by.
I don't care if you leave or stay,
But you might as well split
Because it's not the same as it was
When you said our last goodbye.
And if you want the truth: I was hoping one of us would pass away,
Because it'd be much easier then,
We would all get together and think about when
We were young, we were dumb, we were numb but in love,
And I'm done, so I'm sending out this letter today.

I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying to let go,
But everybody's going down tonight.

[Chorus]

This has been the best night of my life.
This has been the best night of my life.
I could have lost my life,
And I would have lost my mind
But now I'm fine.
And I find
That this has been the best night of my life.

This has been the best night of my life,
I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize.
This has been the best night of my life,
I still can't believe they had the heart to apologize.
I could have lost my life,
And I would have lost my mind
But now I'm fine.
And I find
That this has been the best night of my life.

And as the day fades
No one investigates,
Nobody answers when she calls his name.
Another victim, somewhere in a shallow grave.
I want to hold her and tell her: "it's not your fault".

And as the day fades
No one investigates
Nobody answers as she calls his name.
Another victim, somewhere in a shallow grave,
I want to hold her and tell her: "it's not your fault".
It's not your fault.

[Chorus] (x2)


7. FAILING FLAILING

You say you've got the cure,
But I don't have a disease.
And you say you've got the answers,
But I've made no inquiries.
And you're failing, bailing,
Good God, motherfucker, now I hear you flailing.
I see you flailing,
That's right, I think I do,
I see you flailing away, away.

[Pre-Chorus]
I know it's hard but so are you
And so am I and we'll pull through together, together.
And I said that it's been years but still I fear
That someone dear will leave me here forever, forever
And I said: "Hey!"

[Chorus]
Hey, you've got to keep trying,
You've got to keep holding onto what you've got
Because what you've got it sure ain't a lot.
And hey!
Everyone's falling down,
Everyone's holding out for what you've got,
But what you've got, it sure ain't a lot.
And you act like it is but you know that it's not,
And even if it was, would you ever give it up
If I told you what you had was really nothing?
Nothing? Nothing!
Yes, it's nothing, nothing at all.

Well, you say your life's a bore
And I can't quite disagree,
If you judge your life by the pieces of shit that inhabit your TV.
Because they stand so proud, and they talk too loud
And every other word is a lie.
I've found that everyone who is anyone is a waste of time,
A waste of time.

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

Nothing,
You won't say nothing,
You won't say nothing,
And that's just fine.
Nothing,
You won't say nothing,
You won't say nothing,
And that's just fine.

[Chorus2]
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But names will never hurt me,
And it's been years but still I fear that someday they'll desert me.
Oh, it's hard, I know,
When it's time to stand alone
And no one understands you.

[Chorus2] (x2)


8. HERE'S TO LIFE

How did Camus really die that night?
Were they right, when he died was it really his time?
Or was it suicide?
And Holden Caufield is a friend of mine,
We go drinking from time to time,
And I find it gets harder every time.

[Chorus]
Back off!
But you're out on the street again.
Don't you stop!
Did you know you couldn't swim?
Back off!
Until you're on the street again.
I'm not gonna play if there ain't no way I'll win.

Well, Hemingway never seemed to mind the banalities of a normal life,
And I find it gets harder every time.
So he aimed a shotgun into the blue,
Placed his face between the two and sighed: "Here's to life!"

[Chorus]

Hey there Salinger, what did you do
Just when the world was looking to you?
To write anything that meant anything,
You told us you were through.
And it's been years since you passed away
But I see no plaque and I see no grave,
And I can't help believing that you wanted it that way.

And Vincent Van Gogh, why do you weep?
You were on your way to heaven but the road was steep,
And who was there to break your fall?
We're guilty, one and all.
And I don't know much, but I do know this,
With a golden heart comes a rebel fist,
But I can't help agreeing with those that would not quit.

And it makes me sick when I think of it,
All my heroes could not live with this,
And I hope you rest in peace because with us you never did.
And KDC, you were much too young
And you changed my life,
But I draw the line at suicide, here's to life!


9. A MOMENT OF SILENCE

A moment of silence, please, for those who never get the chance,
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance.
The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves,
The cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing.

I never met a loser that I didn't see eye to eye with, I declare,
I stare into your eyes but you look right past me into the air,
What's it like to stand in your shoes?
To have never felt the belt of somebody's abuse?

I take the bottle and I tip it to all my heroes that have passed,
Alas, you have left us but your stories they will last.
Uninspired by the recruiting call,
Independent we stand, indepentent we fall.

[Chorus]
So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all?
Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like to think I had control,
At some point but I let it go and lost my soul.
Sit tight but the revolution's years away,
I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say.
So I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite.

[Chorus2]
Oh! To have died that night, I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass,
The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed.
Oh! To the west, you don't know what it is you're running from,
And everybody's laughing loud,
Your last chance to make your mother and your father proud.

A moment of silence, please, for those who never get the chance,
They show up to the party but they're never asked to dance.
The losers, the liars, the bastards, the thieves,
The cynicists, the pessimists and those that don't believe in nothing.

They said: "A pox upon your house, upon your family
And everyone you ever knew and everyone you'll ever meet."
I bet they think we wish we joined when we could,
But we do what we want, we don't do what we should.

Now everybody's laughing because they're thinking they're in on something I don't get,
Don't forget, I connect and I read every word you said,
Like a child who believes he was wronged,
If you hate me so much then stop singing my songs.

[Chorus]

[Chorus2]


10. A MOMENT OF VIOLENCE

I never did lose a battle
But I'm feeling further from the end of war.
Deplored, ignored and rarely ever self assured.
Why does it seem like the ones who have everything have nothing inside?
They have nothing inside.

I don't sleep anymore, I gave it up.
Because what we do is enough
And now they're calling out our bluffs.
Have you done a single thing for someone else
Or do you take, take, take until your belly is stuffed?

How long do you think you can go before you lose it all?
Before they call you bluff and watch you fall?
I don't know but I'd like to think I had control,
At some point but I let it go and lost my soul.
Sit tight but the revolution's years away,
I'm losing faith and I'm running low on things to say.
So I guess I have no choice but to regurgitate
The tired anthem of a loser and a hypocrite.

Oh! To have died that night, I realized it wouldn't last!
Our days were numbered and the reaper tipped the hourglass,
The final mayday of our sinking ship had come and passed.
Oh! To the west, you don't know what it is you're running from,
And everybody's laughing loud,
Your last chance to make your mother and your father proud.


11. THE SADDEST SONG

Well, it doesn't really matter if you lead or follow,
Everybody's laughing like there's no tomorrow and even if there was,
Would you still go following your friends?
I don't care where we went wrong, we're still singing those same sad tunes,
"It's my life, not your life, I'll end it when I want."

[Pre-Chorus]
And now I'm off to save the world once again,
But I don't know how I'll pull it off this time,
I think I'm going to drown.
Now he's off to save the world once again,
But he don't know how he'll pull it off this time,
I just know I'm going to drown.

[Chorus]
And it's the saddest song you'll ever hear,
The most pain you will ever feel.
But you grit your teeth because it don't get better that this, know this.
And you'll try to explain as the blood leave all your veins,
And you can't think of anything that you would change.

Stop!
"Look and you will see" is what i think she said to me
I'm not too sure because it could have easily been a million things
But I don't know what she said,
I still don't know what she said.
Years passed since I've seen her face, 14 years were just erased.
If my life was your life, would you ever take it back?

[Pre-Chorus]

Yeah, you will try to explain as the blood leaves all your veins,
And you can't think of anything that you would change.

[Chorus]


12. THE BIG SLEEP

Why do we cry when you know how the story ends?
How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends?
We've all been there once but you never left,
This is me coming back to get you out,
To say goodbye, to make amends.
I'm not leaving this place
Unless I'm leaving with you.
You're the only person with a half decent heart here,
And I know you will put it to use.
Until it's gone, gone, gone.
Gone, gone, gone.
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah.

[Pre-Chorus]
And as you close your eyes for the big sleep
I hope you think of me.

[Chorus]
And if you go, I'll be gone,
And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please,
But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you,
You were always meant for me and you will see: that you're impossible.
You're impossible.
You're impossible.
You're impossible.

Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home,
We had a heart to heart about life.
But neither him or me could decide for ourselves
If we wanted to outlive that night.
Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls,
Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes.
If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole,
What a wonderful world this could be!

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

So how many more examples until we break?
How many sacrifices must we make?
Because we've all been there once before,
And it looks like we've returned once more.
Is this the beginning or the end?

The last two soldiers on the battlefield,
Survivors of the war.
They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord.
"If you're listening, I'm missing him,
So somehow bring him home.
How did it come to this?"
So the soldiers lift their rifles,
And they're aiming at the head,
They think of their first love before they take their final breaths.
And somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said:
"How did it come to this?"

[Pre-Chorus] (x2)