1. RACING A FADING IMAGE

You fell apart again
Dedication is something that comes with desire
Dedication and commitment are things that cannot be Manufactured for posterity
I see through you
You are an open book
It isn't about your words and it's not about how good it is
It's all about what you're willing to give up to keep it
I saw it before you said a word
I can't blame you
People grow regress
But I'm willing to accept finality
Racing a fading image wastes my time and wears me down
But I will leave you with something more concrete than your copouts and indecision
You will never be part of this again
You used up your last chance
Maybe someday you'll learn that victory is not as sweet when you don't know what it's like to be down
I'm still pushing and I'll be the first to call and remind you when things still aren't going your way


2. TOKEN

I'm proud to say that I'm part of something based in Values but something right has turned cold long ago
Now you purchase symbols of these values that used to mean Something
Put it on display screaming, "Do as I say, Don't do as I Do."
Hollywood latches on, sucks it dry and sells this back to You
You bought it but you don't fucking own it
You never cared to question motives
Well I'm here to take it back
You never believed in the foundations of this week's new Hot topic
Your values are fashion on sale for the new low price of Your dignity
Is this what it takes to feel like you belong? Take a look around, you're not fooling anyone
Fashion in disguise is still fashion, and hypocrites are still a dime a dozen
You're just here to send the message
You're just here to cheapen


3. ROTTING

Contingencies
You have no choice in this
We're brought into a world where judgement's made on face value
Desperation turned inward and another face frozen in time with disregard for substance
Billboard girls your smile looks so fake, the rain, your only tears, your eyes are dripping black
A false appearance
A brainwashing
Perfection unattainable
Image destroys the female youth
Is this inocence lost? Pass along your self-loathing with Images in magazines to someone new who can bear your burden
You're whole world is falling down
Plastic dolls
Lifeless and parallel to our new way of being
Plastic dolls I beg you ask this question
What you have left if your skin was taken away? Who would You be? No one
Nothing
It stops here and now so someday a new face can offer a Different answer


4. CLIO

I've always begged for you to tell me bedtime stories
I wake up smiling in the morning but I know I lied myself To sleep to make it better anyway
How many more times will I bite me toungue before I wise Up? I give up
I guess I'm too caught up in your ways to call it a draw
But my anger's been boiling for too long
So this time I won't let it go
I'm not too fond of apologies
Just empty words
I've screamed for so long about fighting and holding on But my fingers are about to break so I guess I'll take my chances with the fall
It's been so long but I still can't believe how much I Have pushed and tried to watch you spit right in my face
A cliche I'm sure but the truth only comes in so many words
Anyway, my inspiration's lost


5. PASSING THE TORCH

You're design was flawed from the fucking start
And this whole time spent convincing
You said you believed in me
Your only son so hurt to realize your true motives
Cheated out of my own triumphs
Never again
This is my own path
Now I'm moving faster forward making up for all the time Spent bowing down to you
I could never have my happiness with your approval
So I'm giving up on you
And I'm taking back what's mine
That sense of pride lost knowing that the only thing you Have ever seen in my eyes was your own reflection
My life will never be a bandage for your broken dreams
I'm not the lifeboat to your sinking ship
Life my life for me
I'm moving forward and never looking back
As you watch my back leave you can save your apologies
They mean nothing to me
And as for you - you've never been wrong? Well you're Fucking wrong


6. SURFACING

It's 2 AM and I don't give a fuck if I ever see the sun Again
How long has it been since I could find the words to say Exactly what I meant
What do I even mean anymore? I can't rememeber the last Time I've been able to look myself in the face and explain My thoughts or my actions
Air escapes now lacking passion
Speak for days without saying a word
But my blood still bouls beneath my skin to be put down by Apathy
In time I will count my failures in terms of closets Boarded shut
These sealed up boxes are piling up
This poetry buries itself inside of me for fear of being understood
These pictures cut once
Sting until they are done
Never again


7. 17 MINUTES

To pass the time
At sunrise we begin running nonstop until we find what We're looking for
In this world time is the enemy for those who are alive And living
The rest dig deeper with each new second counted
Wasting life, wasting time
Take a new road and run so to say in that last moment we Had lived, not wasted
So watch the clock and count away your hours
Don't expect to hear from me
I'll be leaving in the morning to race the sun to the Ocean to pass the time away


8. TRUTH IN THE TELEVISION

Red Room confession, laughter into ruin, cornstarch blood Washes easily away
Bullet holes disappear in time but it's not real
It's all a lie
Red Room confession, laughter into ruin, cornstarch blood Washes easily away
But Hollywood towns only show what lies within the camera Frame
Tissues stained in motor oil lay outside in the fringes With the things that we will never see
Why don't we ask for something more than these lives Largely based on sitcoms and made-for-TV movies? Something has gone terribly wrong and we have no one but ourselves to blame
We joined the crowd to do what's been down thousands
Of times by fools before us who have laid down at the Crossroads
No we're no more than our heroes' best qualities
Conformity is spending your life trying to fit into the Same bullshit standard as people who have already given Into social pressures
Trading yours for something thinner than a line of paper Dolls
How long until you crumble? This is your last chance