Woke up sometime near midnight And the moon nearly blinded my sight I asked the moon "Why do you shine so?" And it replied "I need you awake tonight I have to work so hard giving you this light And every day I control the tides But no one ever thanks me for my plight Could you just please talk to me tonight?" And I said "Don't you worry I'm no fool I'll be your ear that listens In this world that's so cruel You can lean on me If you need a friend I'll be here for you until the world ends And maybe together, we can start something new I'll make this deaf world listen Like I did with you." Walked out into the sunlight When I noticed it was fading away I asked the sun "Why do you not shine bright?" And it replied "It hurts to see this planet die I try so very hard To shine with all my pride But everyone is destroying this gift They devastate and do not realise That all of this will lead to their demise

You said you sleep in on Sunday's Cause Saturday's always the same The drinking games make you wake up with a headache You say you go out on Monday's Drive far away from the misery You know this world has a lot of problems and we can't solve them Cause we are all we are Composed of scars But we dance through the seasons And with our broken hearts We fall apart But we still love without reason I said I stay home on Friday's The world's awake, I feel ashamed I sleep all day, I don't have a reason We both say we're done with this The same old shit, the crying fits We wound up finding each other And ever since then We wake up in each other's arms A kiss is our alarm We finally have a purpose

A whole lot of heart And a whole lot of courage You said you're always failing Because you're trying too hard A little bit of time And a whole lot of loving You know I'll hold you closer Till the pain's all gone You're running from your problems, But that'll never solve them You've got to turn around and take a stand I'll be here to love you when the fighting is done You'll come back a better person when the battle is won And I see A little bit of me, who I used to be In you And I'll be There for you like no one was When I fell down Open up your eyes, let in a little sunshine All wounds will heal with enough time Take my hand, please don't cry I'll keep you close to me all night You're only calm with our makeup on You know you're beautiful all on your own My music, my vanity, and any of my fame I'd give it all up for your last name and more Open up your eyes, let in a little sunshine All wounds will heal with enough time Take my hand, please don't cry I'll keep you close to me all night

Unmade beds stay in my head No matter how hard I try The sheets will get torn from my hands And it makes you cold Shivering alone Not even a pillow At least not one you own And the alarm that makes me wake up When it makes the sound I hate Not because it wakes me up But reminds me that I'm awake And maybe if I were to sleep forever Everything would be okay It's better than waking up in an unmade bed Each and every day And it's a hard life staying up all night I'm not saying what I do is right Don't worry about me, I'll be just fine All these wounds will heal with time Just enough to pay the rent Counting every dime Looks like I won't eat tonight But that's okay, at least I'm alive And I'll try to sleep soundly tonight But I hear my phone ring And I'll try my hardest and continue to sing! Every thing that I did Every song stuck in my head Every scribbled check that I read On the inside, feeling so dead Oh, waking up in unmade beds This lonely feeling... I chose this path when I was young Living moment to moment, I was so dumb Now these strangers are my only friends But that doesn't mean that it's the end This lonely feeling... If only I had thought this through to the end

You said she'd wait for you but it's been a long time You're so naive, but your eyes are kind And between staring at the clock and waiting for a sign I start to see that you are blind But there's something here that I don't see Despite all the worry, you seem happy I guess never knowing beats certainty If you never get hurt you can never bleed I've seen death, I've seen grown men cry If you love something it's gonna die Some people get drunk and question why Others waste time talking to the sky It's been a hard day, it was a long drive Three states away just to save your life You swallowed it all, such a painful sight I tried my hardest, but you didn't survive I've been hurt, yeah I know pain Locked inside a closet to escape the shame Screaming in the hallway, I heard my name Well you know someone's gotta take the blame There's too many problems to give a fuck What's the point of trying when it's based on luck? Work all of your life just to reach a goal Give up, get tired, and then you grow old And I've been beaten and I've been used In a basement full of bloodstains I wrecked my youth The sheets always torn off the bed I still remember every goddamn word he said And everyone's distant and everyone dies It's too late but they pray for time And if the whole fucking world is one big joke Then leave me right here in this field to choke

My eyes are tired but I don't want to sleep I have to stay up one more day If I wanna write a masterpiece So I can tell you through a song For words are not enough To portray these emotions Even if they're blurring with movement Like a car waiting for a green light When the drivers on vacation I'm as reckless as a teenager Who drinks on the weekends Cause every second I waste sleeping Is a moment I could be thinking of you Even if you don't exist You're the only person that's kept me alive Like an officer lies to get a promotion And a therapist tries to give motivation And no one ever listens, no no one listens That's just a title with paid recognition And I'm broke, but I'm broke Like an addict trying to stop his addiction I feel as though I need this To keep my feet on the ground Unless I black out... Even if you don't exist You're the only person who's kept me alive

Here we are just looking for answers But they'll never come And all these words are like cancer Stuck behind our tongues You said "Maybe someday in the future But we are right here now Give me your hand Do not be alarmed Because we are here We are here Close your eyes, here we are" And we laugh and we cry Just like anyone else would And we live and we die Just like they all do And I'll always be happy As long as I'm with you Lonely nights, they have left a scar But they've made us who we are Who we are Here we are And I hope you know You stole my heart And left me there in that parking lot With one last kiss The world collapsed I choked on words And I missed my chance There we were, there we were There we were, there we were Now it's all just a blur

You're afraid to take chances Scared your heart might be broken But some chances are worth taking You can trust me on that I know I might be frozen, Heartless in fact But I'll try my best to make you happy Despite what you may think I do actually care I'll try my best to ease your weary mind If you promise not to get trapped in mine Don't let me drag you down No one should be put through this I tried and tried and tried again But it's always a miss Why can't I be what you need? Show you how much you mean to me And you tried to decode it Left your heart wide open On those words you're still choking Feels like you're running in place And I'm out here still screaming As I strum these useless chords Turning my past into words on a page Wishing I could write A song about myself I said there's nothing quite like slow dancing To shit music You said you don't dance Perhaps you've just never had a reason to And I'll pretend to believe it But you know I can't breath when You're next to me, your eyes they weep Because you've never known how it feels To be "in love" Said you're scared to take chances Scared your heart might be broken On those words you're still choking

We all got a lot of problems we can't figure out Feel like we're all in cages that we can't get out And no matter how loud that we scream No one will hear us through all this rain And no matter how hard that we cry We will be ignored and then we die We will be ignored

All my life you have put up with me through Every little mistake and catastrophe I never really said thank you, you see I'm Still figuring out this concept called time All day I stay in my room And by the way, I never meant to hurt you I'm trying my best to get better So I can make you proud One day, I will pay you back for taking care of me and I will buy you that house by the sea Right now I'm following my dreams and I'm turning them into reality You were unsure at first, but you showed me you cared And playing you my songs was a great time we shared Friday, I'm gone for the weekend Someday, I'll wave at you on the TV

And I saw rain pouring from the clouds As lightning cracked so loud Deafening me To emotional apologies That I heard as eulogies For my death My grave was dug long ago Before you left, you should've known I would die My heart was giving in You left me with this pad and pen Where I wrote Sorry for the wasted years And so many pointless tears You cried I'm leaving now, I love you so My apology is suicide

Every Sympathetic face is a waste of time I don't see why they even try Some people crying about the past While they're making up their bullshit lies It's funny how when someone's gone Enemies become their closest friends They stand up to give a speech Well it's a little too late to make amends My sheets are covered in greeting cards, One is right next to my face I've read them all a hundred times They still say "he's in a better place" It's comforting to have those thoughts But I find it hard to fool my brain I'd like to think you can hear me somehow I guess we all will find out one day There is a way but I don't know how To overcome what's been bringing us down I pray in time we'll all come around We've got each other to smile about We have to deal with so many frustrations Push through our hearts endless vacation There will be a time for consultation Trying hard to make desperate conversations By the end of the year I'd had enough Been breaking down just to fill back up These empty glasses I've choked down It won't be long before I drown We all found a way to numb the pain Some of us got sick, others stayed the same But by the end we all had changed Get a new face, erase your name Winter came and took us by surprise The air became as cold as our eyes We felt the earth shake beneath our bones And stayed inside because there was no snow Only freezing rain fell from the sky Covering the roads in deep black ice We stayed inside to hide from the misery It's too dangerous to drive on those streets There was no way we could've known! Couldn't prepare for this day!

You look just like my best friend The one I could never be with It's like the walls came crashing down For new emotions to surface And I don't know how to feel Is it excited or depressed? Whatever it is, it still stings my heart Leaving that same hole in my chest You talk just like my lover Brush the hair from your face A second chance seems unreal But I'm already over it You seem oh so lovely I love the way your lips taste But you know the past still haunts me Is it all these demons that keep me awake? Don't fall for an image Don't fight for a ghost We're here and we're still breathing We're better off than most Don't cry for a regret Don't give up all hope These never-ending tears are Just how we cope This time I can do it right This time I can turn away I'm better than this, I know Despite what I might say You hurt just like a bullet Tearing through my skin I think that I've been poisoned Because I don't know who I am All this guilt consumes me I lie awake at night Why does this happen to me? Is it all these emotions that cloud my sight?

These sleepless nights they Just never seem to end And if there's no one who will listen Maybe it's time to get new friends Sometimes we all get a bottle And drink all of what's inside Then we start to fill it back up With our ego and our pride And it's this same bottle That starts to overflow With our sadness and our anger That had nowhere else to go And if we hold on a bit longer I'm sure that it would show! That despite all this darkness There is still room left to glow Because we all fall down You're not alone And we all have nights We don't answer the phone And if you need me here I'll hold your hand Because we all just need someone Who understands Time alone won't heal everything There are some wounds that need attention And some songs we need to sing Don't let this bring you down Not out, but out of sight Because you've shouted to the skies That you've found a new light And you smashed your bottle And let out all of what's inside And it spilled over the anguish And continued to pour seaside Just know that we all love you And we're here until the end I'm sure you know by now Who are your real friends And we all fall down Chilled to the bone And we'll never know Just what we've been shown

I woke up this morning Sunlights rays were showing And your face was shining Please don't let this feeling go away Take a step back a minute Think about life without you in it If you ever left my side I'd just break down All the kisses you blow me And the sweet sounds you make I'll promise to try to bend If you don't make me break And your love is my saviour My souls yours to take! And I'll tell the world I've found the cure for heartache The cure for heartache We lie on the ground outside We kissed and both just sighed This love will never fade away Will you marry me some day? We walk on curved stone paths Stars crossed and loves that last Sitting in your room I found a reason to live

There's always someone And always something wrong There's always something on my mind There's something I have to say There's nothing at the end of the day And when I wake up There's something in my bed And a few hours earlier There was something in my head And I stumble to the shower And something was there And I find something on my mind When I wash my hair And I go to my closet And I grab something out Took it off the hanger And something fell down I went to the kitchen And poured something into a cup That something is just enough to wake me up I don't want to be awake... It's time to start the day With something in my hands Opened up the door, something was said That something, Say something, waiting to say Something That something ruined my day! Eight more hours! Of this something until I go home! To do nothing! When I got home No one was there Something was missing... Without my someone, I am nothing

And this December, yeah, I will remember Every little thing you said And how it made me feel And all the little sounds you made When we kissed and laid on the ground Last fall Deep cuts and black bruises All something one chooses But it's the wrong choice Vodka and needles Are now your lifestyle And all of the while It's making me cry tonight... Sweet Amberline, caught up in the scene Never saw it coming, died at 18 She crumbled to pieces, just like I am now I still haven't lost it, only God knows how And I sing for you sweetly, my hearts on the stage I tried to write another line, but there's a tear on the page And I've had enough, I'm giving up... Black clothes and sad faces Your arms crossed with laces I'm losing myself, in the back of the room They hold me and hug me But it doesn't help me The only embrace I wanted Was yours... Everything started melting! I felt nothing but numbness! Inside my head, I couldn't hear what anyone said I fell to the floor screaming, this horrible feeling! I want to be alone! I want to be alone! Sweet Amberline, caught up in the scene Left me suicidal at only 18 I crumbled to pieces, it's more than I can stand I can't take it anymore, a gun in my hand And I sing for you sweetly, my heart's filled with rage! I tried to write a last line, but I tore up and burned the page! And I've had enough! I'm giving up! Right now... Right now! I

You were always one Of the few real people I knew But now you're gone They offered you wings, so you flew They said "Hey Kate You don't need to suffer anymore. We've got a place where we can leave our bodies behind." Just get inside our... Little red car We'll drive so far You'll forget who you are How's your new life? In your mind you've painted in the clouds But your eyes are vacant When your feet hit the ground I saw you today... I looked you in the soul But you didn't recognize me Memories are now dead and gone You left in their car You forgot who you are And now you're so far You've become the blackness around the stars!

Your hands were shaking You'd been drinking As your friends all talked about you Behind your back With tongues of acid Each word blistered skin Like boiling water And I watched you lose it on the living room floor You're such a pretty little boy Why are you destroying yourself? You never talk anymore Never needed anyone's help And someday it will all crash down Beside your head and you'll see We are all alone, Independent Beings Your father hit you You still have bruises Ran away six times and still counting You've cried so much you've soaked your pillow Every night a weeping willow And at school they all torture you so They're filthy mouths that smile so proudly They deserve death but they aren't worth it Just wait it out, it's almost over Was just three weeks till graduation And it all ended soon, oh so tragic A gunshot rang out As loud as traffic And they found you bleeding On your bedroom floor You're such a lovely little girl Why did you destroy yourself? Tried to handle it on your own Never told anyone else And as you lie on the floor Behind eyes that cannot see You realized we are all alone Independent Beings... Live for no one Live independently

The night was young and so were we I love your eyes when they're focused on me You reached down slowly and grabbed my hand You pulled me close and our lips met So sweetly What do you see in me anyways? There are so many words I want to say Honestly, I've never felt this way You could've asked me any other night But it wouldn't have felt nearly as right Come on now, boy, let's take this slow You seem like someone I'd like to know My life hasn't been quite the same I don't even know your name My mind was fogged, my vision blurred But I still understood every sweet word I wish I had've seen the signs I just can't get you out of my mind You stole my heart, the perfect crime A tangle that I've yet to unwind

I was walking down the street After an all night show When an old lady started to tell me about a guy she used to know She said he was a Navy Man, He served his country from the sea And he showed her the world And they lived oh so happily But she said that he got drafted Sometime around the war And she would spend every night Hoping to hear the door When she finally heard a knock It wasn't who she thought The two men in colours turned her stomach into knots If love is lying on a cold bed Waiting for someone to warm your bones If love if waiting helplessly for all of life's unknowns If love is cutting every damn thread From the heart you've sewn! Then I think I'll leave love alone... Said she fell into drinking while she waited for his call "His ship was only lost at sea, it meant nothing at all." She had started sinking, skipping meals to light a torch So he would have a little lighthouse to guide him to the porch The all the months, they turned to years And she lost touch with friends Ignored every letter that the Navy didn't send She says she hasn't given up, even though she's old and grey She looked me right in the eyes said "love will find a way" If love is sitting on the front porch Waiting for someone who will never come home If love is getting boozed up and blacking out next to the phone If love is giving up everyone and everything you've ever known Then I think I'll leave love alone Then I think I'll leave love alone (Sometimes I think I'll die alone)

Today I felt like ending it all I looked for a place to swerve off the road But there was a guilt I felt for my friend If I were to go I’d leave him all alone So I, Try, to keep it all together But I, Really, want to paint the walls with my Brains, But, it’s pretty hard to do So I, Guess, I’ll live through one more regret This morning I wanted to jump out the second floor Window so I wouldn’t hurt anymore But I got a message from Brian it said: “Hey I’m outside, open the door.”

Fake everything, push those feelings down Take from my hands all that I’ve learned now! Fall on my knees, pray for a release! But my heart is focused on remaining empty… I guess that’s fine with me… Take your pen, write me off again You found out but I don’t know when! When I change colours you see every shade But your eyes lose focus with each word I say… I’m fading away! As time drags us forward, we cross out the days “We are all Empty Vessels” you just love to say And maybe someday you will meet someone who holds your hand And they’ll make you forget me like I did not exist! A scar on your wrist! And it’s true, some things go terribly awry But you always have a mask to support your alibi! We’re not that different, I have empathy But I stayed too long and I caught your disease! Endless anxiety!!!! You brought me back to 2008 And I remembered all I’d forgotten, that life I hate! I once called you my closest friend But closer was too close you got under my skin! I won’t make that mistake again! You say you’ll always be lonely Quit while you’re ahead and blow these Thoughts out of your head and paint the Walls with poetry

Bloodshot eyes You're taking up my time But you know I don't mind Next time, would you be more careful? Black sunshine, let me know you're fine I can't proceed without some mild indiscretion All these long nights, they take their toll And I just don't know How much more I can take And I know, It's something you swallow When you feel hollow Please don't And this is Something we go through Know that I can't do This without you Blinking lights Cut through that haze Lighting up your face Please don't throw it all away Pale white skin On a hotel bed again Just one more sedative To keep you numb from feeling Insecure! "A poison medicine" Can you say that again? I couldn't hear you over the bullshit! And I know It's something we swallow When we feel hollow... Please don't...

Wastin my time looking for things that I'll never find A problem of mine I have visions sometimes when I close my eyes A thousand flashing dots A hundred moving lines Too many dark nights And only four little lights They really didn't help me But at least they tried Time kills thinkin Like a thousand ships sinkin On waves that freeze while the captain's singin "Please help me, please! I'm begging on my knees!" But no one can hear me cause I'm already dead! Here I am! Rotting in the sun It may sound unpleasant, but it's really fun It's really quite free, not having to breath Or have frustrations or a single need No more worries, no more time No more losing things you can't find Trust me friends, It's really quite neat Never havin to find anything to eat

You’ve got your tranquilizers you inject to paralyze your Emotions you keep locked inside your head... With a plastic heart and a fabricated smile You beg me please to stay with you a while as you black out on your bed… Said you need this to feel alive, it fills the emptiness inside Your skin cold as ice as you’re curled up crying on your living room floor… Why am I the one you call crying When you’re alone, you say you’re trying to get Better You fall apart and I pick up the pieces And who you are slowly starts to fade away There’s always someone else to blame You’ve got your denial packed tightly in a vial So you can feel dead, if only for a while You sleep… As blood runs down your nose into your mouth I try my best to help, but I don’t know what to do… I said “be calm now, it’s gonna be okay.” And for the first time, I heard you pray, you said “Please God, let me live…” “Don’t you say I walked away…”

Don't let this night end, please In the back of your car I can barely breathe Through all of the smoke I can't see Your lips have been replaced with Nicotine And the fire burned slowly Igniting memories Of when my heart used to beat But it's since then stopped These wounds they bleed a lot You really cut me deep Your voice is in my head and it's getting hard to sleep I hear your shouts, can't tune them out Every night, thoughts of suicide All this alcohol is making me feel sick But just to make you happy I'll drown in it Yeah, i'll never be alright Is this my last night Away from this life You left behind And are you sleeping? I know you are Over these tears I can't hear the cars Cause the last time I saw you When you were alive You slammed the door Left me dying inside And the lights from the sirens Blinded my eyes I knew I couldn't help But dammit, I tried! And I held your hand As you began to cry You said you always loved me You wanted more time Please don't give up It's gonna be alright Then all you said was "I'm sorry" And then you closed your eyes... These wounds they let bleed a lot You really cut me deep Every time I try to sleep, it's you that I see Oh, I miss your face, how your lips taste I love you to death, how you stole my breath I still sing to you every single night I know you can't hear me But I pray you might I'd give anything to Apologize These wounds will never heal But soon I'll be at peace You know it's not that hard Squeeze the trigger, grit my teeth

I never smile much But you made that change I'm actually happy I know that sounds quite strange... You filled my world with colour These clouds no longer grey In your arms forever is where I want to stay And if I'm lucky I could hold you every night Replace my dreams with good things Till my nightmare's out of sight Wake up with a smile No more thoughts of suicide In your eyes, so lovely, is where I found my light Hazel Eyes You make me feel so alive I don't know how I survived Before you came Love of mine You're always on my mind Send shivers down my spine When I hear your name Different languages we like to rearrange You're an artist, I'm a poet Yeah, we both dance in the rain The world lacks encouragement For those kind of lives But we don't give a damn! I want to be the answer to every question that you have Try my best to make you smile, try harder to make you laugh Well I hope my best is good enough, I want you to be mine As long as I'm with you everything will be alright! Yeah! Hazel Eyes, would you be mine? I would love to have your last name

We spend our weekends writing music in an abandoned building We play our music loud, it’s midnight now, CAUSE WE DON’T LIKE OUR NEIGHBOURS! Lyrics can be hard to write, but we sing all night, there’s no real reason! It’s almost spring time now, I don’t know how, LAST WEEK IT WAS WINTER! We’re starting to sweat now, I need a towel, but I’ll just use my sweater If the cops get called somehow, we’ll draw a crowd before we get arrested! I’ll count down, make some sound! Leave us to our music and we’ll come around When we leave town, people will frown, But do us a favour and turn it upside down Now we’re almost done, yeah we got to run so far we get lost! Yeah, now it is the end but let’s pretend it’s not AND SING ANOTHER CHORUS!