Close your eyes
And I will be swimming
Lullabies fill your room
And I will be singing
Singing to only you
Don't forget I'll hold your head
Watch the night sky fading red
But as you sleep
And no one is listening
I will lift you off your feet
And keep you from sinking
Don't you wake up yet
Cause soon I'll be leaving you
But you won't be leaving me
In the car
The radio leaves me searching for your star
A constellation of frustration
Driving Hard
Singing my thoughts back to me
Like watching heartache on TV
But as you sleep
And no one is listening
I will lift you off your feet
And keep you from sinking
Don't you wake up yet
Cause soon I'll be leaving you
But you won't be leaving me
Singing my thoughts back to me
Like watching heartache on TV
But as you sleep
And no one is listening
I will lift you off your feet
And keep you from sinking
Don't you wake up yet
Cause soon I'll be leaving you
Soon I'll be leaving you
But you won't be leaving me
piece by piece, and bit by bit
i'll break this down for you, real slow
but i can't whisper all of this
and i can't seem to let this go
so i'll watch the matches, turn to ashes
i'll watch the matches, turn to ashes
i can tell its your turn, i smell the sulfur so clear
and fire's a beautiful sound
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground
yeah we're only ashes
part by part and inch by inch
you'll have your mile when its through
incinerate whats left of this
and torch the part of me that's you
so i'll watch the matches, turn to ashes
i can tell it's your turn, i smell the sulfur so clear
and fire's a beautiful sound
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground
yeah we're only ashes
i can tell it's your turn, i smell the sulfur so clear
and fire's a beautiful sound
and the wings that you burn turn to ashes my dear
and ashes just fall to the ground
yeah we're only ashes
It's a good year for a murder
she's begging to jesus, she's pulling the trigger
there's no tears, cause he's not here
she washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner
but soon they'll be coming to rush her away
no one's so sure if her crime had a reason
reasons like seasons
they constantly change
and the seasons of last year
like reasons have floated away
away with this spilt milk
away with this dirty dish water, away
seventeen years, and all that he gave was a daughter
"it's me and the moon," she says
i got no trouble with that
but i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"it's me and the moon," she says
and it's over, but it just started
the blood stained the carpet
her heart like a crystal
she's lucid and departed
a life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away
away with these nightmares
away with suburbia
shake down away
you marry a role and
you give up your soul til you break down
"it's me and the moon," she says
"i got no trouble with that, but i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die"
"it's me and the moon," she says
but what do you say we go for a ride?
what do you say we get high?
but i'm so tired of days that feel like the night
"it's me and the moon," she says
and i got no trouble with that, but i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
i am a butterfly, i am a butterfly, i am a butterfly
if you ran to the end of the earth
i would catch you and you would be safe
if you fell down a well
i would bring you a rope and take all of your pain
all the pain, all the pain
that you hide from me everyday
if youre missing i will run away
i will build a path to you
if you're missing i will run away
cause i find myself in you
if i woke up alone i won't stop till i'll find you and you are with me
cause by now, i know you better than you know yourself
and i know what you really need
what you need, or i need
but either way this is where you should be
here with me, or ill bleed so much that you wont believe
if you're missing i will run away
i will build a path to you
if you're missing i will run away
cause i find myself in you
you better not, you better not run
you better not, you better not run
if you're missing i will run away
i will build a path to you
if you're missing i will run away
i will find you
i will find you
i will find you
This is the only lonely picture
Waiting on my floor littering my shore
This is the last true burning letter
Given to a girl
Written by a boy
Living in a world
Created to destroy
But if I built you a city
Would you let me?
Would you tear it down?
But there you go for the last time
I finally know now what I should have known then
But I could still be ruthless if you let me
But there you go when I'm not done
Waving goodbye well at least you're having fun
The rising tide will not let you forget me
This is your ghost that kneels before me
Razors on her tongue, a body full of oxygen
It wont be the last time she'll ignore me
Thinning in my skin
Without the strength, to go
Winter setting in
To cover you in snow
But if I built you a city, would you let me in?
Would you tear it down?
But there you go for the last time
I finally know what I should have known then
But I could still be ruthless if you let me
But there you go when I'm not done
Waving goodbye well at least you're having fun
the rising tide will not let you forget me
I'll raise towers and climb them
Rivers and walk them
Oceans to drown in
you won't make a sound in
But there you go for the last time
I finally know what I should have known then
But i could still be ruthless if you let me
But there you go when I'm not done
You're waving goodbye well at least you're having fun
The rising tide will not let you forget me
......Forget me
Tonight I watch the lights go out in your house
Wondering how I could get so deep
And you can still get to sleep
In vain I blame my trembling on the cold air
And I can't hide that I relied on you
Like yellow does on blue
And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue
Atlanta started raining on me
And teenage love was underground
Tonight I break the surface
Atlanta started raining on me
And no young girl was claiming me
And naming me
And destiny gets nervous and
And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue, again
And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue, again
Atlanta started raining on me
on me
Atlanta started raining on me
on me
I'm on fire
And the day is feeling hopeless
You'd see me burning but the burning's turning smokeless
Soon I won't feel at all
No
It's electric the neon heard inside your phone call
The letter's sadness and her madness it revolves
Bringing down the walls where you found her
No
Well, I'm willing to break myself
To shake this hell from everything I touch
I'm willing to bleed for days more reds and grays
So you don't hurt so much
And now I'm static
As your sky is turning purple and gray
I'm learning that the further that I crawl
The farther that I fall, is that ok?
No
And you're in pieces
As your world becomes a rainstorm
You've got no shelter I'm a thousand miles away
You'll survive the day
You say your leaving
You say your leaving
Well, I'm willing to break myself
To shake this hell from everything I touch
I'm willing to bleed for days more reds and grays
So you don't hurt so much
So you don't hurt so much
Never again will we fire this gun
No never again your the only one
No never again but you're already gone.
I'm willing to break myself
I'm not afraid
I'm willing to break myself
I'm not afraid
I'm willing to break myself
I'm not afraid
Well, I'm willing to break myself
To shake this hell from everything I touch
I'm willing to bleed for days more reds and grays
So you don't hurt so much
So much
So much
So much
So much
I'm under attack again my dear, I'm in the way
Got no resolutions, no clever anecdotes to say
And still if I yell at the top of my lungs will it be the same?
I'd fly you a flag, I'd bury this pen into my veins
I wanna feel through you tonite
But I won't make you
I won't make you
The telephone number I got for you says nobody's home
The best thing I can think to do right now is leave it alone
And you had an apology in your mailbox since last July
It's funny when you find the words to say you find no reply
I wanna feel through you tonite
But I won't make you
I won't make you
Scream my name just one more time
But I won't make you
I won't make you
And it's been hours now
To be here like this
And just to lay you down
And just to taste your lips
And just to keep me up
God I'm tired of sleeping
And just to lay inside you
And just to know this feeling
I wanna feel through you tonite
But I won't make you
I won't make you
Scream my name just one more time
But I won't make you
I won't make you
some days go by, i wish i was famous
or maybe religious, so i could go to heaven
just like you
i can have a big house, complain about taxes
payoff my ex'es, ain't that living
no one makes fun of me, cause i can't stand up for myself
woah, 21 and invincible
woah, can't wait to screw this up
and woah, 21 and invincible
i'm in power for the hour
guess today's gonna blow us away
i've got a girlfriend
she tells me she needs me
and she loves me
we'll probably get married
oh no, and everyone will bite their tongues so hard they'll bleed
when mom hears this song
she'll tell me im crazy
and she'll say to me
"son you're much too young, go have some fun don't waste your youth like i did"
and woah, 21 and invincible
woah, can't wait to screw this up
and woah, 21 and invincible
i'm in power for the hour
i guess today's gonna blow us away
and it's been autumn since the day that i met you
if i had bottomed, i'd crawl out alone
and i dont wish you know the secrets of summer at all
and woah, 21 and invincible
woah, can't wait to fuck this up
and woah, 21 and invincible
i'm in power for the hour
i guess today's gonna blow us away
Another lonely night in Amersterdam
And stars are coming out in waves
I miss my Miss America in Park Hotel
And I'm too stoned to call it a day
When everything you wanted
Seems to hide behind your eyes
And I'm locked in my hotel room
Thinking over our goodbyes
I will write this down for you
So you can read this
I will hold my breath for you
Till you can feel it
Another lonely night in Amsterdam
And water's moving through the sound
The blood is boiling in my veins
and the food I can't keep down
And I don't care if you don't love me
And I don't care if you don't change
And I could live inside the shadow that I cast for you
If it meant that you would stay
And I'll be home before the morning comes,
You won't have to be alone
I will write this down for you
So you can read it
I will hold my breath for you
Till I can't feel it
You don't have to see me this way,
Cause this way I'm okay
I will write this down, I will write this down
Oh love, I'm tangled up again
Oh love, when does this twisting end?
When does this twisting end?
I will write this down for you
So you can read it
I will hold my breath for you
Till I can't feel it
You won't have to see me this way
Cause this way I'm okay
I will write this down for you,
So you can read it...
you woke up, in pieces
from making these changes
and holding the ransom,wont write you an anthem
on the outside, im trying, cuz inside, im dying
this broken heart was stronger than
now i cant stand to part with this
this broken heart
you took me for granted
now im changed, you havent
it wont be so easy to sell me this feeling
this broken heart, was stronger than, the words i wish you never meant
this broken heart
cant make this right, you see on my face,
that im not gunna be alright, not tonight,
you can read all my letters, but that wont mean things are fine,
not this time, cuz you gave away all the secrets of you and i
this broken heart, was stronger than
now i cant stand to part with this
this broken heart, was stronger than,
the words i wish you never meant
this broken heart
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