1. THE END

Call me a liar,
Call me your friend.
I will let you down again,
'Cause I'm a disaster of epic proportions.
I will let you down again.

I am not worthy to be called your savior,
I am not going to catch all your blame,
But to warn you some may fall on my name.

"How could you do this to all your believers?
How could you do this to all of your friends?"
You know this is the end!"

I know this is the end.
I know this is the end.


2. JUST A MAN

Dripping wet with practiced sincerity,
Cute slogans for intangible mysteries.
You reduce your god (pruned to profit your ego)
To a tv commercial,
"Buy what I sell! (advertise, advertise!)" you scream,
"Purchase my lifestyle!"

I once held the key, but now I have nothing.
You are so naïve.
I'm sorry for leading you along.
I'm just a man, I'm just a man.
I'm just a man!

Wake me up and wipe the cliché from my eyes.
It's killing me when all I see is hypocrisy and lies.
I know that my faults bring me down, it's a constant battle.
That's why I have to be honest with you now.
I'm not your saint, I'm not your savior

I once held the key, but now I have nothing.
You are so naive.
I'm sorry for leading you along.
I'm just a man, I'm just a man.
I'm just a man!

I once held the key to everything you ever dreamed of.
Now I have nothing.
I'm sorry for leading you along.
I'm just a man, I'm just a man
I'm just a man!

Just a man, Just a man!


3. GRAVEDIGGING

Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey

I've been sitting in the suicide lane on Highway 99
Looking for a sign in the headlights

Well I've been to war with my mind
But things will be different this time
I won't be putting up a fight

Hey Hey (Hey Hey Hey)
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
No longer living

Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey

I've been sitting by the train tracks near the backdoor of
My mind
Waiting for the planets to align

Well I've got ever good reason
To make this open season
Hang my head above the mantle piece tonight

Hey Hey (Hey Hey Hey)
Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
No longer living

Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer lving,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey

Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!
We're digging our own graves!

Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
No longer living

Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey

Give me your poison pills 'cause I'm digging my star-crossed Grave tonight
No longer living a lie,
No longer living,
No longer living a lie,
Hey Hey Hey

Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!
Gravedigging!


4. THE WAY THAT YOU ARE

He gets his information from overhearing conversations.
He doesn't ask questions,
Doesn't learn many lessons.
And he keeps his mouth shut,
Till he boils over, and he blows up
And then he can't form his words right,
They don't fit together so tight

And I hope to God that he will find his name
And not listen to his so called friends
When they so boldly say:

"This is the way, that you are,"
Don't let them say
"This is the way, that you are"

She doesn't have much to say about yesterday
Or what happened to her, when she was eight
So she drinks a lot, and it her makes feel okay
For the moment, but it's gone when she wakes

And I hope you know that someone out there loves you
So don't give yourself away,
And don't listen to them when they say:

"This is the way, that you are,"
Don't let them say
"This is the way, that you are"
No!

This is the way, that you are.
Don't let them say
This is the way, that you are.
Don't let them say

This is the way,
This is the way,
This is the way that you are.
Don't let them say,

This is the way,
This is the way that you are.


5. 5805

Friends,
I will keep you like trophies in my heart,
To remember how loneliness
Was a faded dream, on 219th street.
We were more than just young, we were full of it.
And no one could touch us, or take us in.
Watching the sunset from the roof,
We'd plan our next adventure.

I was nineteen and young,
Thought I had it all figured out.
The world was our oyster,
And we dove in to get the pearl out.

Now we are swimming in memories
How we wish we could go back

I've got a sneaking suspicion,
That hindsight only favors good vision,
But I'm not one to complain,
When it's all I dream of.
We were more than just useless and stupid kids,
The music it moved us, we shook our fists
As we sang along, at the top of our lungs.

Now we are swimming in memories,
How we wish we could go back
We hold the hopes that someday we'll see the world again.
Like that, like that
Like that, like that

Now we are swimming in memories,
How we wish we could go back
We hold the hopes that someday we'll see the world again.
Like that, like that,
Oh, like that, like that.
Yeah!


6. SALT IN THE SNOW

Give me wings, give me peace
These are the things that I need
I'm tormented, broken, and chained
Are you listening?
(Are you listening?)

Give me shelter from the storm,
I know it's a lot to ask for,
Considering how recent
I've piled the dirt on your name.
Are you listening?
(Are you listening?)
Are you listening?

I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no, like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone,
On the side of the road.

Is this where I am for your sake?
Stuck between sleep and awake?
My mind is dreaming of things,
Are you listening?
(Are you listening?)

I took you for granted again,
And threw you aside and pretended
For one minute that I had control
Of my life, and direction.
It seemed to be in.
I was wrong again.
(I was wrong again.)
Are you listening?

I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no, like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone,
On the side of the road.

And I will wait for you to come again,
And I can't pretend like I'm confident
And I can't pretend like it makes much sense
When it doesn't.

I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no, like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone,
On the side of the road.

On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.

I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no, like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone,
On the side of the road.

I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no, like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone,
On the side of the road.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!


7. ABRACRADAVERS

It's like I never had time to look away.
Bodies stuck between death and decay,
Are plastic and set up on display.
And their eyes are wide and they are looking my way.

Each ligament exposed, each muscle connected.
And every organ that I proudly neglected.
I've been arranged for the common collective.
Stomaching the sight of human flesh resurrected.

It seems we're fearfully made and designed.
But it's a shame we can be so blind.

We're all the same,
Made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
For spending way too much time on ourselves.

I have been blessed and now I'm blind.
A veil's been pulled over my eyes.
Now every bad season that kept me believing seems so
Contrived.

There's more glory to be seen
And savored through suffering
Than ever was through self-serving escape.

It seems we're fearfully made and designed.
But it's a shame we can be so blind.

We're all the same,
Made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
For spending way too much time on ourselves.

Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust!

'Cause we're all the same,
Made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
For spending way too much time on ourselves.


8. R&R

Sick with regret, you sputter out.
Your flame swallowed in doubt.
Light the cigarette and take a breath,
The smoke inflates your chest
And thins your blood so you bleed less inside

Left with the mess that came about,
When you chose to live without
On foreign shores you fight or die
Life's thrown before your eyes and leaves its toll
On your calloused, empty soul

How long, how long will we be desperately alone?
How long, how long?
How long, how long will we have to pay for what we've done?
How long, how long?

"What we would give to feel alive!"
Through the fog, a muffled cry,
"The anchor's lost and so am I"
We fall victims to the tide
I'm free to drift,
And free to die on my terms now

How long, how long will we be desperately alone?
How long, how long?
How long, how long will we have to pay for what we've done?
How long, how long?
Yeah!

Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa
Whoa...


9. GOD AND DRUGS

I've scraped the glass for crumbs,
And asked the mirror for some truth.
I've loaded my body with chemicals;
It was no use.
'Cause retribution's coming for the years of this abuse.
And I can't get away, and still I can't get close enough to You.

Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh.

Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh.

You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Something scares me in this place, I self-destruct for days.

It's a constant reminder of what I can and cannot have.
The smell, the taste, it's all just fake,
The truth is what I lack.
So I will keep on running and keep my head above the ground,
And I will look for you in places you cannot be found.

Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh, oh. Oh, oh.
Oh.

You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Something scares me in this place, I self-destruct for days.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Of the all things I need to face, but it's all so fake

"It's okay," a voice says.
"We all look elsewhere,"
It's true that I look elsewhere for you.

You won't go away, you won't go away.
You won't go away, you won't go away.
You won't go away, you won't go away.
You won't go away, you won't go away!

You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Something scares me in this place, I self-destruct for days.
You won't go away, but every hit is just a taste.
Of the all things I need to face, but it's all so fake

You won't go away, but every hit is a taste.
You won't go away, still I've been gone for days.


10. MEDISIN

What great risk to truly live
We could die alone.
Our self-proclaimed meaning of bliss
Is getting what we're owed.
It's always getting what we're owed.

I am like a machine,
All that I really need is medicine
And then I'll fall fast asleep
In my dreamlike state, I'll pretend I'm unscathed
But when I wake up, my resilience fades
When I wake up, my resilience fades.

How long, how long?
How long, long...

I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying
I know there's more to life than drinking this soul sick Medicine

Oh no, no I'll never listen or do what I'm told
At twenty-four, you'd think I'd hold my speech
Instead, I'll mix you a cocktail,
Some truth and some slander
And never practice what I preach
I never practice what I preach.

How long, how long?
How long, long...

I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying.
I know there's more to life than drinking this soul sick Medicine

I know there's more to life than slavery
I'm tired of dying.
I know there's more to life than drinking this soul sick Medicine

I know there's more to life
I know there's more to life
I know there's more,
I know there's more to life than drinking
This soul sick medicine!


11. THE ASCENT

(Instrumental)


12. SING

We sing the same song you and I
With lead feet in deep water we cry out to live or die
Instead we tread in waves to stay alive
Our heads above the grave but
There's no one to save us this time

So I will sing
And you will hear me,
And join the chorus so we can start again.
Our voices raised
Are flawed but freeing
Our souls so we can change and start again.

My life's a painting I've done blind
With each brushstroke you'll watch me blur every solid line
Over this canvas I have stood with no one left beside me,
No one to decide if it's good.

So I will sing
And you will hear me,
And join the chorus so we can start again.
Our voices raised
Are flawed but freeing
Our souls so we can change and start again,
Again, again, again, again! again! Yeah!

I will sing
And you will hear me,
And join the chorus so we can start again.
Our voices raised
Are flawed but freeing
Our souls so we can change and start again,
Again, again, again, again! again! again!


13. EVERYTHING

Warm skin, smooth lips
Our hearts are strong and toned,
Our tongues will speak of the unknown
I know that when I'm out here on the road,
Your ear's pressed to your phone as you wait for me
You're waiting there so patiently until...

I throw caution to the wind and suck your sweet poison,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.
As I trip on my desire I dive into your fire,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.

Fast asleep, my chest your cheek
You softly hum a tune to me from deep within your dreams
Your eyes tell the story of my life
And your smile...
The reason I am still alive

I throw caution to the wind and suck your sweet poison,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.
As I trip on my desire I dive into your fire,
Your body is everything, your body is everything to me.

You never let me down.
No, no, no, no, no!
You never let me down.
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh!

I throw caution to the wind,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.
As I trip on my desire I dive into your fire,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.

I throw caution to the wind and suck your sweet poison,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.
As I trip on my desire I dive into your fire,
Your body is everything, your body is everything.


14. CLOSER THAN WE THINK

What’s it gonna take for me?
I’m on my hands and knees
While all the poets fill pages of loose leaf
I feel cheap and I feel empty
We will bathe in the sea of disbelief
But we will not go quickly
No we will not die so easily

And I knew that this would happen, it always does
And I couldn’t stop my reaction so I let it come
I let it come

I still hold the belief that we are free
That we don’t need the rules to see
That despite what we’ve done we’re not alone
We’re closer than we think to home

It didn’t take me long to believe that I could do anything
We turn the songs up loud so we can sing
I am true and I am living
We will walk through the valley of the shadow of the boring
And burn it all
No we will not go quietly

And I knew that this would happen, it always does
And I couldn’t stop my reaction so I let it come
I let it come

I still hold the belief that we are free
That we don’t need the rules to see
That despite what we’ve done we’re not alone
We’re closer than we think to home,
To home, to home, to home, to home, to home, to home, to Home.

Across the water you call me, but I’m not listening as I Sink down
Water fills my lungs as I begin to drown
I knew that this would happen.


15. THE BEGINNING (A SIMPLE SPEED)

I left my heart in a plastic box
On the bedside table.
It will be locked 'til I get home.
I've grown feeble and tired of the world,
Tired of constantly missing my girl.
And I long to smell the sea.
And I long to smell the sea.

The sea, the sea,
The sea, the sea,
The sea, yeah!

I miss the Pacific Ocean
And the northwestern air,
And to run each of my fingers
Through the strands of her hair.
I've been all over this country lately,
But I've been nowhere it seems, nowhere.
Well, I've found the cure
For my landlocked blues;

It's coming home to you,
It's coming home to you.

You, oh oh oh
You, oh oh oh
You, oh oh oh
You, oh!

If a simple seed gets just what it needs,
Then a redwood tree can grow
Up to a hundred feet for the world to see,
And endure the sleet and the snow.
But if my whole life was wrapped and priced,
I wonder what the tag would show.
'Cause every time I'm close to the holy ghost,
I always seem to let her go.

I let her go, I let her go.
I let her go, I let her go.
I let her go, I let her go.
I let her go, I let her go, go.

I let her go, I let her go.
I let her go, I let her go, go.

I left my heart in a plastic box
On the bedside table.
It will be locked 'til I get home.