1. BRICK WALL

Some call it karma, some call it fate
Laws of attraction take on new weight
I sit in silence and hope for change
Reckless abandon of what we take for granted
(Of what we take for granted)

No escape, no future
No luck lost on a loser
No escape, no future
Saddle up, boys, we're headed for the brick wall

This is a cycle, this is a curse
Divine intervention can't get much worse
Gain some momentum and cut the brakes
What doesn't kill us will find another way
(Will find another way)

No escape, no future
No luck lost on a loser
No escape, no future
Saddle up, boys, we're headed for the brick wall

No escape, no future
No luck lost on a loser
No escape, no future
Saddle up, boys, we're headed for the brick wall

If you're up, I'm down
If it's wet, I'll drown
You can fill your cup
And I'm always gonna pour it out

If you wanna take a ride
That's gonna kill your night
There's room for two
And we're headed for the brick wall

Snake eyes till the day I die, motherfuckers
Ha!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Pessimism is a killer
Pessimism is a killer
Let it all burn


2. MINDREADER

Some call it powers of the mind
Bending thoughts through space and time
Reading everyone like that old book you've read a thousand times
Heard 'bout it when I was young
Finishing sentences on tips of tongues
Sixth senses got you seeing all these things I haven't done
We're not the only ones

You're laughing like I'm supposed to know
What you're thinking but I don't
I know that this never comes easy
Not much that matters that won't
You're laughing like I'm supposed to know
What you're thinking but I don't
I know that this never comes easy
But I'll never be your mindreader

I could head to old Japan
On a mountain with some ancient man
Searching for some wisdom that I still won't understand
Tell me what'll it take
Never even knew ya felt that way
Sitting here farther apart than Orlando to L.A.
Delayed at the gate

You're laughing like I'm supposed to know
What you're thinking but I don't
I know that this never comes easy
Not much that matters that won't
You're laughing like I'm supposed to know
What you're thinking but I don't
I know that this never comes easy
But I'll never be your mindreader

Mind, mind, mindreader
Mind, mind, mindreader
(I can't tell ya what I don't know)
Mind, mind, mindreader
Mind, mind, mindreader
(I can't tell ya what I don't know)
Mind, mind, mindreader

You're laughing like I'm supposed to know
What you're thinking but I don't
I know that this never comes easy
Not much that matters that won't
You're laughing like I'm supposed to know
What you're thinking but I don't
I know that this never comes easy
But I'll never be your mindreader

I'll never be your mind reader
I'll never be your mind reader
I'll never be your mind reader
I'll never be your mind reader


3. BLOODSUCKER

When I wake up, the cross above my bed
Hangs like a question mark above my head
My good intentions led me to dead ends
Yet again
Yet again

I tried to help you see what you can't see
But your reflection blind to reality
Like a shadow running from the sun rising
Finally it dawned on me

Bloodsucker
Ya always kill my vibe
Gone from bad to worse and, no, it's not alright
Bloodsucker
Try to bleed me dry
Go and leech off someone else for the rest your life
Bloodsucker
Bloodsucker
Go and leech off someone else for the rest your life

Ya leave a black cloud everywhere you've been
Wreck a good day and disappear again
Just like clockwork, I know I can depend on you
Being you

Bloodsucker
Ya always kill my vibe
Gone from bad to worse and, no, it's not alright
Bloodsucker
Try to bleed me dry
Go and leech off someone else for the rest your life
Bloodsucker
Bloodsucker
Go and leech off someone else for the rest your life

I've only got a lifetime
So I'll give no more to you
I've only got a lifetime
So I'll give no more to you
I've only got a lifetime
So I'll give no more to you
You, you, you

Bloodsucker
Ya always kill my vibe
Gone from bad to worse and, no, it's not alright
Bloodsucker
Try to bleed me dry
Go and leech off someone else for the rest your life
Bloodsucker
Bloodsucker
Go and leech off someone else for the rest your life


4. LAST CHANCE TO DANCE (BAD FRIEND)

I see you

You're not dead
Just dead to me
Loyalty
Is a chain that's binding

It's sad
Sad but true
You're like a match to the fuel
Destroying everything around you

Twist the blade
Leavin' a wound that never heals inside me
Twist the blade
Let it die
Vengeance is hereby mine

Don't you feel better when, better when
Ya see right through me, ya
So don't pretend, don't pretend
You ever knew me
Who I really am, really am
Guess you're just another bad friend
Just a bad friend, fuck it

Watched you fall
Fall from grace
Face to face with the shadow of your mistakes
So you cut
Cut and run
Look what you've done
Belief is the death of reason

Twist the blade
Leavin' a wound that never heals inside me
Twist the blade
Let it die
Vengeance is hereby mine

Don't you feel better when, better when
Ya see right through me, ya
So don't pretend, don't pretend
You ever knew me
Who I really am, really am
Guess you're just another bad friend
Just a bad friend

Bad friend
Bad friend
Bad friend

Drop the dead weight
I'm moving past this
When I'm gone who's gonna carry your casket
Who
Who's gonna carry your casket
Who
No one will carry your casket


5. F.Y.M.

I sit and wait
Countin' the minutes
Just like yesterday
Trackin' my miracle
It must be runnin' late
It read returned to sender
I can't catch a break
Doin' my same old same

Luck don't let me down
'Cause I've paid my dues in spades
Double or nothin' now

Ooooo
Wait'll I get some fuck you money
Ooooo
Wait'll I get some fuck you money

I'd leave today
I'd change my number
Wouldn't hesitate
And y'all can tell the boss, "Fuck you, I resignate"
Auto reply permanently on holiday
Take me off your chain

Luck don't let me down
'Cause I've paid my dues in spades
Double or nothin' now

Ooooo
Wait'll I get some fuck you money
Ooooo
Wait'll I get, wait'll I get some
Ooooo
Wait'll I get some fuck you money
Ooooo
Wait'll I get some fuck you money

Wait'll I get some fuck you money
Ooooo
Wait'll I get, wait'll I get
Get, get, get

Ooooo
Wait'll I get some fuck you money
Ooooo
Wait'll I get, wait'll I get some


6. HIGH DIVING

I need to know what your silence says
It's like I'm trapped on an island in my head
Waitin' on a hurricane
To pass me by
This natural pattern is
Like a rip current pullin' me back in
Somethin' I can't escape
A wave that never breaks

A million different voices
So many different sounds
The weight of expectation
Tries to kick me when I'm down
I wrote this to remind myself
The next time I'm freakin' out

If I'd just take a minute
To look around
I'd see I reached my limit
I'm on the edge and scared of heights
I get it
It's hard to practice what you preach
So when life is a beach
I'm high divin'

Tryna read your language is
Like a map where the X is in quicksand
It's written across your face
And I start to sink
There's a ringin' inside my head
Like a cannon firin' from both ends
The static I'm drownin' in
Seems like it never ends

A million different voices
So many different sounds
The weight of expectation
Tries to kick me when I'm down
I wrote this to remind myself
The next time I'm freakin' out

If I'd just take a minute
To look around
I'd see I reached my limit
I'm on the edge and scared of heights
I get it
It's hard to practice what you preach
When life is a beach
I'm high divin'

So put up
Or shut up
So put up
Or shut up
So put up
Or shut up
So put up

If I'd just take a minute
To look around
I'd see I reached my limit
I'm on the edge and scared of heights
I get it
It's hard to practice what you preach
When life is a beach
I'm high divin'
It's hard to practice what you preach
When life is a beach
I'm high divin'


7. RESENTMENT

Resentment

I need a short-term fix for a long-term problem
Can I learn to love these chains?
I know I had a point, but now I forgot it
While I'm circlin' the drain

No, I can't stop feelin' like every day's exactly the same
With a one-track mind, I don't think I can change
Trapped in memories stuck on replay, replay, replay

Starts with a spark, then it's a wildfire
Burnin' me up, burnin' me up
A dance with demons on a high wire
Lift me up, lifting me up

Resentment

Ya know I lost my voice when I let the rot in
Hard truth cuts both ways
Pourin' out my heart, all that's unforgiven
Washin' over me like rain

No, I can't stop feelin' like every day's exactly the same
With a one-track mind, I don't think I can change
Trapped in memories stuck on replay, replay, replay

Starts with a spark, then it's a wildfire
Burnin' me up, burnin' me up
A dance with demons on a high wire
Lift me up, lifting me up

Resentment

I've got this chip on my shoulder
So I press the issues on sight
For all who need introduction
Welcome to the eye of the tiger
Go

Starts with a spark, then it's a wildfire
Burnin' me up, burnin' me up
A dance with demons on a high wire
Lift me up, lifting me up

Starts with a spark, then it's a wildfire
Burnin' me up, burnin' me up
A dance with demons on a high wire
Lift me up, lifting me up

(It's a wildfire, it's a wildfire)
Resentment
(It's a wildfire, it's a wildfire)
Resentment


8. LOOKS LIKE HELL

Ya ask why I can't tell you things
What's been weighin' on me lately
Somethin' about this changed
Was it me, was it you?
Ya know I can't say
We're headin' two different ways
The silence it tells me things
Like the truth

We rode a wave up 'n' down
Throwin' me all around
Thinkin' we'd hit the ground
Well you will

On our way to nowhere fast
Off the overpass
Looks like hell
Makin' big mistakes
Led us to a place
Looks like hell
If I'm bein' honest
You're safe in the moment
But lost in the open
I know you too well
The only way out is through ourselves
And it looks like hell

How did it get this way?
On the surface it seems okay
But there's energy underneath
That I feel
Remember when we last spoke
Your eyes said what you don't
That whatever in this broke
We can't fix

Either under or over it
Somethin' I'll never get
Where was the disconnect
We couldn't weld

On our way to nowhere fast
Off the overpass
Looks like hell
Makin' big mistakes
Led us to a place
Looks like hell
If I'm bein' honest
You're safe in the moment
But lost in the open
I know you too well
The only way out is through ourselves
And it looks like hell

The destination I saw clearly
Was farther than you planned
Just a means to an end

On our way to nowhere fast
Off the overpass
Looks like hell
Makin' big mistakes
Led us to a place
Looks like hell
If I'm bein' honest
You're safe in the moment
But lost in the open
I know you too well
The only way out is through ourselves
And it looks like hell
It looks like hell


9. VIVA LA MEXICO

Man, I'm wasted
South of the borderline
Brought the life to the party
I'm gonna be sorry
Tomorrow at first sign of light

Medicatin'
With a dosage that's self prescribed
Happiness that I borrowed
On loan from tomorrow
Has got me rethinkin' my life

Ya we climb so high
Then we get real low
Just to do it all again
'Cause everybody knows
How good it feels
To lose some self control

Viva La Mexico
I won't be the same
When I get back home
Arriba Viva La Mexico
It was more than I wanted
Now I can't let go

Ya-ya-ya

Ooo-eee-ooo

Planned to sleep in
But my head is in overdrive
Pissed drunk in an alley
Ran from Federales
And hid for the rest of the night

Ya we climb so high
Then we get real low
Just to do it all again
'Cause everybody knows
How good it feels
To lose some self control

Viva La Mexico
I won't be the same
When I get back home
Arriba Viva La Mexico
It was more than I wanted
Now I can't let go

Ya-ya-ya

Ooo-eee-ooo

Ooo-eee-ooo

Here in the moment I feel at home
What it is to be young
Here in the moment I feel at home
What it is to be young

Viva La Mexico
I won't be the same
When I get back home
Arriba Viva La Mexico
I won't be the same
When I get back home
Arriba Viva La Mexico
It was more than I wanted
Now I can't let go

Ya-ya-ya

Ooo-eee-ooo


10. ONLY MONEY

My momma called me
And said "son it's Nonne
I'm sorry to tell you your grandmama passed"
Took me back to the moment
Watchin' The Sound of Music
In your living room
Before you read me to bed

I know now but I didn't then
These were moments building a man
None of us had much and you showed me what that means

It was only money
Cost me some family
Cost me some friends
It was only money
Doesn't define me
I can't pretend
Taught me 'bout resentment
About forgiveness
No matter what path lies ahead
Taught me 'bout judgement
About what love is
That family's family till the end
It was only money

A few days before that
I got a message from my aunt that said you weren't doin' too well
We scrambled to call you to show off the baby
My wife and I had just brought into the world

I got chills as we said goodbye
Somehow I knew it was the last time
I'm usually gone for work
But nothing's worth missin' memories

It was only money
Cost me some family
Cost me some friends
It was only money
Doesn't define me
I can't pretend
Taught me 'bout resentment
About forgiveness
No matter what path lies ahead
Taught me 'bout judgement
About what love is
That family's family till the end
It was only money
It was only money

If you can hear me
I'll always picture you at the piano
Singin' your songs
Just know there's so many lessons you left me I'll always carry along

It was only money
Cost me some family
Cost me some friends
It was only money
Doesn't define me
I can't pretend
Taught me 'bout resentment
About forgiveness
No matter what path lies ahead
Taught me 'bout judgement
About what love is
That family's family till the end
It was only money
It was only money
It was only money
It was only money
It was only money


11. DEGENERATES

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

Why do we tend to hurt one another?
Dividing up all the books by the covers
Like it ain't hard enough simply being me
(Like it ain't hard enough simply being me)
Or could I sum you up just by what I see?

In reality, everyone's a lot more complicated

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

So they say
So they say

I get that look, more than I remember
Turning your nose up while we're at dinner
Like how can he afford somethin' that I want?
(Like how can he afford somethin' that I want?)
Sold all your empathy, tell me what it cost

Character is who you are when no one's watching

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

So they say
So they say

Like a moment of truth that you try to omit
Consequences retained for the judgement you give
When you finally find you're the degenerate
It's gonna hit like a brick

Like it ain't hard enough simply bein' me
Or could I sum you up just by what I see?

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

So they say
So they say


12. PERMANENT

Wait, it's so permanent
Always rearranging I can't commit
Fear of a future I can't predict
Has got me layin' sleepless at night
The future freaks me out

This is a cycle
Often repeated
That's predictable
To a fault
It's overwhelming
This process of changing
It's always over
Before it starts

It's out of my control
I got nothin' to show
Now for it
See how long I can go
Before somebody knows
I'm runnin'

Wait, it's so permanent
Always rearranging I can't commit
Fear of a future I can't predict
Has got me layin' sleepless at night
The future freaks me out

Go 'round like a record
Constantly skippin'
Hung up on the cracks
That haven't formed at all
Waiting for somethin'
That's never coming
Another excuse
So I can put it off

It's out of my control
I got nothing to show
Now for it
See how long I can go
Before somebody knows
I'm runnin'

Wait, it's so permanent
Always rearranging I can't commit
Fear of a future I can't predict
Has got me layin' sleepless at night
The future freaks me out
It's so permanent
Always rearranging I can't commit
Fear of a future I can't predict
Has got me layin' sleepless at night
The future freaks me out

This is who I am
When no one is watchin'
Flaws in character
Frozen by my options
I won't touch a thing
Because failure's contagious
Safe from your judgement
By staying complacent

Wait, it's so permanent
Always rearranging I can't commit
Fear of a future I can't predict
Has got me layin' sleepless at night
The future freaks me out
It's so permanent
Always rearranging I can't commit
Fear of a future I can't predict
Has got me layin' sleepless at night
The future freaks me out
The future freaks me out
The future freaks me out
The future freaks me out


13. RE-ENTRY

These nights are long
Here in my cage
Everyone says to act my age
It's been so long
Since I've felt my bed
Replayin' mistakes over in my head

Sleeping in this coffin
I keep wakin' up
I don't drink too much
I just drink enough

I just wanna go
I just wanna go home
I just wanna go
I just wanna go home

A three piece suit's
Like a three piece cage
The cubicle of our modern age
That feels so foreign
Alien like me
Breakin' through this re-entry anxiety

Two week decompression
Then I get that itch
Gotta pack it up 'n start again

I just wanna go
I just wanna go home
I just wanna go
I just wanna go home

And I don't know when
I'll be back again
Caught a cabin fever that never ends
And I don't know when
I'll be back again
Caught a cabin fever that never ends
And I don't know when
I'll be back again
Caught a cabin fever that never ends
And I don't know when
I'll be back again
Caught a cabin fever that never ends
And I just wanna go home

I just wanna go
I just wanna go home
I just wanna go
I just wanna go home
I just wanna go home
I just wanna go home


14. EVERYTHING WE NEED

At a certain speed on the interstate
Everything looks the same
The blurry green helps me meditate
When everything's always changing

I'm doing buck 20 on I-75, 75, 75
Just to see if I'm dead or alive
Dead or alive, dead or alive

Cause I know I got you
You know you got me
We got everything we need
We got everything we need
I know I got you (I know I got you)
You know you got me
We got everything we need
We got everything we need

I took a right down the boulevard
To see where we used to hang
It's worn down like the rest of us
But that's a quick coat of paint

I'm doing buck 20 on I-75, 75, 75
Just to see if I'm dead or alive
Dead or alive, dead or alive

Cause I know I got you
You know you got me
We got everything we need
We got everything we need
I know I got you (I know I got you)
You know you got me
We got everything we need
We got everything we need

When my minds racin'
Yeah, I just need some four wheel isolation
Cause Lord knows, I can't afford that vacation
And you can't see the skyline from the basement
Yeah, you always remind me
Yeah, you always remind me

(Ah, ah, ah)

I know I got you
You know you got me
We got everything we need
We got everything we need (We got everything we need)
I know I got you (I know I got you)
You know you got me (You know you got me)
We got everything we need
We got everything we need (Yeah)

(Ah, ah, ah)