1.RESUSCITATION OF THE YEAR

Tell me, are you just pretending to care?
I bet your fingertips have never felt so bare
Answer the question; I've only been fighting fair

And I know that you're listening now
I felt the earth shift like your eyes to the ground
Best of luck with digging up with those funny new hands you found

'Cause the skies of mine are clear
And for that I'm forever in your debt, my dear friends
I'm coming back to life again
Resuscitation of the year

Oh, you will never see me again (You will never see me again)
No, you will never see the me that you knew again
But if your gaze does catch a glimpse, there's something to understand

You'll be faced with the flesh you knew
But the blood and the mind of a betrayed soul
I know this feeling is cold, so desperate and hollow
Get used to it

'Cause the skies of mine are clear
And for that I'm forever in your debt, my dear friends
I'm coming back to life again
Resuscitation of the year

Excuse me
I'm new to misery
If I could only catch my breath and shake off this sudden death

'Cause the skies of mine are clear
And for that I'm forever in your debt, my dear friends
I'm coming back to life again
Resuscitation of the year


2.BURY ME

Honestly, I can't fight the feeling
I'm wondering, is your heart still beating?
'Cause everything seems so temporary

Lucky me; I'm stuck here singing songs
With broken wings and they're all about you
The skies have never looked so damn inviting

What would breathe will only wheeze
Will only stumble on in agony
I'm on my knees
Screaming, "honey won't you bury me?"

Those words I could not whisper
The ones I wanted to scream
Those habits that killed me
They're all I've got; this deadly affinity

What would breathe will only wheeze
Will only stumble on in agony
I'm on my knees
Screaming, "honey won't you bury me?"

December can bury itself with snow
For taking from me what I loved most
This summer only stands to burn a hole
I'll cut off my wings and become a ghost

Under a headstone, I'll make my home
And laugh loud knowing I'm no longer alone
With dead bodies I'll dance the night on through
'Cause I'll dig right through them graves to you

Yeah, I'll dig right through them graves to you


3.BIRDS OF ENGLAND

After dark and only then
Does life resemble the face of an old friend
Much can be said for a glass half full
Held by a coward's grip, I'll forever ramble

Singing syllables inside my head
All the awful words that you deserve to hear
But never will again

Birds of England, take me high
Atop this burning tree line
Sending signals up with smoke
I'm never coming home

Never coming home

After dark and only then
Can our broken, battered spirits come to mend

Birds of England, take me high
Atop this burning tree line
Sending signals up with smoke
I'm never coming home

Never coming home

Singing syllables inside my head
All the awful words that you deserve to hear
But never will again

Birds of England, take me high
Atop this burning tree line
Sending signals up with smoke
I'm never coming home

Never coming home


4.DROWN IN BLOOD

It all got away from me this morning
Disappeared under my skin; a ghost, a sober warning
I know I'm growing cold
But I've long since lost the warmth that I'm longing for

I'll dig up every last one of my roots
Just to find they've rotted out, turning us all to half-truths
My heart is sinking quick
Without strength or skill, I'll dive right in after it

I'll drown in blood; I'll watch it cleanse my skin
Expend my body; weak, tired, frail and start again
I'll drown in blood; I'll watch it cleanse my skin
Hold my breath no more; my lungs are wide open

Broke it all to pieces, bright and boring
Finally feel your sharpened teeth sink deep down into my skin
Left low in shambles, moan
Between hollow breathing in my own undertow

I'll drown in blood; I'll watch it cleanse my skin
Expend my body; weak, tired, frail and start again
I'll drown in blood; I'll watch it cleanse my skin
Hold my breath no more; my lungs are wide open

If I'd have known you'd call my bluff
If I'd have known you'd call my bluff

(And maybe we'd die happy men)
These broken words are not enough
(And maybe we'd die happy men)
To kill the pain of my bad luck

(And maybe we'd die happy men)
If I'd have known you'd call my bluff
(And maybe we'd die happy)

I'll drown in blood; I'll watch it cleanse my skin
Expend my body; weak, tired, frail and start again
I'll drown in blood; I'll watch it cleanse my skin
Hold my breath no more; my lungs are wide open

If I'd have known you'd call my bluff
If I'd have known you'd call my bluff


5.SEW MY MOUTH SHUT

You say you've had enough of this
I don't believe you, you idiot
This is a letter to myself
'Cause everyone knows I can't be helped

I can't be helped

Sew my mouth shut so I can't say a word
It just gets me in trouble, trouble I'm not worth
Sew my mouth shut so I can't even breathe
What would life be like without me?

Has your blood run cold overnight?
Twelve months of breathing beneath your lies
There's one you haven't told me yet
But I know about it and how this ends

There's blood in the wake of you and me

Sew my mouth shut so I can't say a word
It just gets me in trouble, trouble I'm not worth
Sew my mouth shut so I can't even breathe
What would life be like without me?

what would life be like without me?

Poison my lungs so I'm just left to wheeze
You just get me in trouble, trouble I can't believe
Just pull me up and make sure you don't drop me
I never could believe

Sew my mouth shut so I can't say a word
It just gets me in trouble, trouble I'm not worth
Sew my mouth shut so I can't even breathe
What would life be like without me?

Sew my mouth shut so I can't say a word
It just gets me in trouble, trouble I'm not worth
Sew my mouth shut so I can't even breathe
What would life be like without me?

What would life be like without me?


6.CASKETS FULL

Turn all your pockets inside out
Confess your love to the concrete now
All the bitter hearts set to explode
Our ringing ears never hear a sound

I'll draw a map completely composed
Of basement bars and bottles of booze
Oh, life will surely sing me into remission

Tired eyes, bought and sold
Cut them down in cold calculation
All the rotten cries and caskets full
Of dead friendships you know

Let your head rattle right off the coast
Scattered at sea till the day you drown
Let it all spill out onto the floor
Swept away when the waves crash down

Someday I'll make it back to the shore
Laugh at the awkward looks and what's more
We've got these stories inked in our skin forevermore

Tired eyes, bought and sold
Cut them down in cold calculation
All the rotten cries and caskets full
Of dead friendships you know

Tired eyes, bought and sold
Cut them down in cold calculation
All the rotten cries and caskets full

All the rotten cries and caskets full
Of dead friendships you know


7.ASHES AWAY

Wait! Won't you stop running? I've been smoking all too much
Taste the blood pool in my mouth as I try to catch up
Fade; my head floats wildly as everything starts to rust
Take a breath and choke upon this wandering wanderlust

The can collectors seem to know us better when we're
Singing about those days
And I can't remember where I found your letters but they're
Drifting as ashes away

Grace, push every ounce of your air into my dead lungs
Tear me from the hell to which I could never succumb
Wail with all your might on my bones to sober me up
Stare directly in to that burning Ossington sun

Pull out my heart just for

The can collectors seem to know us better when we're
Singing about those days
And I can't remember where I found your letters but they're
Drifting as ashes away, away

The can collectors seem to know us better when we're
Singing about those days
And I can't remember (can't remember) where I found your letters but they're
Drifting as ashes away


8.HOUNDS

I sit and I wait
Like a loyal dog, I'd be here anyway
My words excavate
Age-old feelings, boring, fleeting, all the same

Shadowed whispers shake the ground beneath
And fall on ears who've grown numb to everything
(Like me!)

Don't always wanna be
Drawing lines in the street

It's getting embarrassing
Being the one to piss and moan
Over your dial tone

Like a loyal dog, I sit
Sit and wait for this
To break, to break, to break, to break

I admit, I'm full of shit
'Cause I can't wait for this
To fall so I can sing out its mistakes

So inadequate
That our story stopped and stalled; start it again
I'll extend my hand
Once these tears have shed

And when I fully understand
The value of an ear that is open
Drowning my inhibitions
In a broken bottle rather than my friends

Like a loyal dog, I sit
Sit and wait for this
To break, to break, to break, to break

I admit, I'm full of shit
'Cause I can't wait for this
To fall so I can sing out its mistakes

I just can't escape
All these weathered words; they tend to complicate
Violent winds shape my vocabulary to celebrate a bastard's embrace

Like a loyal dog, I sit
Sit and wait for this
To break, to break, to break, to break

I admit, I'm full of shit
'Cause I can't wait for this
To fall so I can sing out its mistakes


9.DEAD HANDS

We'll stretch the skin out till it hurts
a smile from ear to ear
Your side of the story,
the worst
attempt at preventing tears
Here I am, the archetype of words
give me a moment!
and I'll make it worse!

The flesh it opens in cold blood,
it's put to paper with a
constant upper hand I could
claim to be at peace with it
or I could set fire to your dying wit!
Welcome to heartbreak!
you're gonna drown in it!
and I'll be on the ocean floor!

black hearts dead hands!
the ink has finally run dry from this lonely pen!
the cardiac arrest is worse
when honest spines are still
the blade it ruptures no remorse
but a hell of a way to feel
your insides flatten out and flee the course
and a tangled conscience creates a new Cold War
I won't be your open door!

black hearts dead hands!
the ink has finally run dry from this tragic pen!
black hearts dead hands!
we'll sink down to the bottom while you're busy sifting sands!
Your cold dead hands! Those cold dead hands!

I'd like to thank the sands of time for burying us both just right!


10.QUITTERS

A dying breath
Your life to words
on display for those with Presidents on paper
and it turns
blue skies to grey
while we say
all the wrong things anyway

I'm running low
was once misfortunes foe
today we drive as the earth it turns
in hopes of finding happiness in a room
behind a stage in a city you could burn
to the ground
because this aint your home is it?
I'd normally try to smile but fuck it!

I'm running low
was once misfortunes foe
dont cut the tension
let it flow
burn all your bridges as the crow
clutches the night
and your insides

reserve the morning (woah oh!)
for saying only what you don't mean
too much to drink not enough sleep
living far beyond (woah oh!)
your means with a transient mans reach
incredulous you stop and think
you stop to think!

I'm running low was once misfortunes foe


11.TAIL FEATHERS

Suburban slums to numb the pain
These cities rust like everything
Your blackened heart now on display
All because you had to run away
run away, run away

Making eyes for all to see
your disguise is growing weak
We're not perfect, we'll never be
I want to have something again
that I can feel
that I can feel

Come warm your cold bones
aside these flames
they've grown
woah
hold your damage done close
I'll take you as far as my

Come quietly, cross your fingers
Shuffle your feet
let it linger
fall to your knees shrink to whispers
Yeah, swing at me, share your wisdom
pull out your teeth
drown your liver
take everything
burn your bridges
just promise me you will answer

Come warm your cold bones
aside these flames
they've grown
woah
hold your damage done close
I'll take you as far as my tail feathers go


12.YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

After you've outlived us all
will your ugly pride keep you warm?
For the sun has long expired
because you shone too bring and tall
Would the child you once were
be inspired by you now?
Or has the bullshit spread so thick,
you've already let him down?

Ambition,
cut it razor thin
[x2]

Would it sit and rot your stomach
just to see what happened now?
Or are your politics too perfect
Too perfect to burn them down?
Lay there in the wake,
because with your own words
you'll swim to your own grave

Ambition
cut it razor thin
[x2]

Yeah!

Try and concentrate
on why your arrogance has befallen to a crushing fate

Ambition [x2]


13.BRILLIANT RESILIENCE

I never meant to bring this up
But how could I be unbothered by
The wait outside?

Wake up, my love, wake up
You're falling asleep
Holding tight to names and numbers

You dial in but you can't remember
From treading water to drowning in zeros

I never guessed our time would be for letting go

So spare me the pain and war stories
I've spent days on end staring at the ceiling
And old bones will break; I smell the beginning of the end
So dig that knife on in, knife on in

Do you remember secrets that we told each other?
We swore to never grow old; oh, watch me shake now
Remember the accident?
Remember what you said to make my head explode?

So spare me the pain and war stories
I've spent days on end staring at the ceiling
And old bones will break; I smell the beginning of the end
So dig that knife on in, knife on in

So dig that knife on in, yeah!

Oh, freeze when life stops distracting you
And breathe when moments are no excuse
No excuse

Leave when time only salts your wounds
Grieve the death of your vibrant youth
Stomp out your truth