1. CROSSES

Ready to fall
Ready to break my vows
So low
Why should I even try?
I feel the storm, turning me into the thing that I despise most
The rain pours down and drowns me out
Sorrow

These thoughts, closing in
Taking every piece of me that they can
These walls, they shut me in
This skin is now a prison
Forsaken, unforgiven
But I won't believe the lies of something that only exists in my mind
And when the darkness subsides I'll find light
You can never take me down
I won't ever be bound again

We'll make it out if we just climb a little higher
Try just a little more
Try just a little more
And we can save a life
No I won't let you in
I won't let you in again
These voices in my head won't stop screaming
Till I take control and rise
Rise

Forget about yesterday
The rain will go away

And I pray that we find the strength
To walk down this road a little bit longer
We all have our demons to face
But if we follow straight
We'll make it through another day
Cause there's no sense in giving it up over nothing
When you've got the world at your fingertips

We'll make it out if we just climb a little higher
Try just a little more
Try just a little more
And we can save a life
No I won't let you in
I won't let you get the best of me
I'm not afraid to take control and rise above all those below
I need a miracle

I won't let you in
I won't let you win again

Cross my heart
Roses fall
Close my eyes
Teardrops run dry


2. LESS THAN SLASH THREE

Bury me inside your heart
Let the blood run through your veins
Make me your work of art
Let the canvas overflow as you paint

I've always been the mistake
The second thought
Leftover on the plate
How could I be so naive?
I'm just an oversight
I try with all my might
To get over it
But the feeling never leaves

I just want you to love me
Cause I can't love myself
No matter how much I fill the void with sound
I've never felt so unclean
Collecting dust up on the shelf
You're across the universe and I'm in hell

Let your hair down so I can make my way into the clouds
When the dreams start coming undone
Bleed into the daylight
I've been fighting the addiction
Itching for the fix
I swore I'd never let myself get caught up in somebody else
But you broke me
And I'm helpless in the clinch
As life delivers another kick
I can't stop feeling so sick

I just want you to love me
Cause I can't love myself
No matter how much I fill the void with sound
I've never felt so unclean
Collecting dust up on the shelf
You're across the universe and I'm in hell

It's all so typical
When did I become this cynical?
You made me this way

Stuck here with the guilt
The useless remorse of
What could have been
What should have been
Before you chose him
Before you cut me open

I just want you to love me cause I can't love myself no matter how much I try

I've never felt so ugly
The mirror breaks itself
You're across the universe
And I'm in the middle of nowhere
I'm far away from home
Where I should be

I'm so ugly
I'm so unclean


3. MEMENTO

Remember not too long ago
I was breaking the mold
Always breaking the mold
I was at an all time low
But I let the drive in me take its hold
Days keep slipping by so fast
And each moment could be the last time I see the bright side
I'm still holding on

I'm not looking back
I'm never looking back
To what I think I've done wrong
Cause every regret will be the death of me
And I will always march on

Remember all those years ago
I was careless and cold
All the excuses bought and sold
Tides have shifted
I have grown
But you'd never know
You've abandoned all hope
Days keep slipping by us way too fast
Any given moment could be the very last time
That I look into your eyes
I'm still holding on

I'm not looking back
I'm never looking back
To what I think I said wrong
Cause every regret will be the death of me
And I will always march on

The soldier in me
Will never lay down in defeat
So I won't ever have to suffer again
All the battle scars
And the times in the dark
Will be worth it
If you just open up your eyes
The hurt will never compare to the happiness
Just open your eyes
And you'll see it, say it
You'll see it, see it
Don't ever turn back
Cause all that's waiting is regret
I won't ever let them take me to the grave
I will never bow down
In the throes of war
They can take all they want from me
But that won't make me question my identity anymore
Never forget what you've been fighting for

I'm not looking back
I'm never looking back
To every single little thing in my life
That's gone so very wrong
Every regret will kill me
But I have and will always march on

Said and done it's out of my hands

I'm never looking back
To every moment I can't bring back
They speed by so fast


4. ILLUMINATE

Restless waking nightmares
Bleed into the daylight
Picture perfect storybook endings
Out of sight
I know you know that I know I'm a mess without you here
I know you know that I know they only exist in fairy tales

I'd sell my soul for just another night
Where the same dream comes alive
And we're brought back together
We'll stay here forever for the rest of time

Pins and needles fill my lungs with holes and I am left breathless
Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say
But I don't buy in
I know you know that I know I'm a mess without you here
I know you know that I know that nothing else compares

I'd sell my soul for just another night
Where the same dream comes alive
And we're brought back together
We'll stay here forever for the rest of time

What I'd give to break these walls and let you in
This money's fed to the wishing well
And I'm broke beyond repair
I'm broke beyond repair
No one else will ever live up to
The beautiful perfection I see in you
Maybe I'm just out of my mind
Or maybe lost in my mind
I think I'm losing my mind
Oh baby I can't imagine a life without you

Nothing else will ever compare to
The feeling that I get when I'm dreaming of you
So close but so far away
There's nothing that I can change
Here's to all the emptiness that I've known
A song for all the lonely to sing along
Maybe I was meant to be alone
Maybe we're better off... alone

We may be alone but we're never on our own
Love works in mysterious ways
Fate is destined to change
There's always someone who feels the same

I know you know that I know that you know
That I'm a mess but I just smile and put on a show
I just smile and put on a show


5. THE WRECK

Right now
I'm on the outs
I can't breathe
I cannot cleanse my soul

It's not a matter of fate
It's just a question of time
You give me space and I take miles
All the crossroads I've denied
Why do I keep doing this to myself?

I keep on setting fires

You think I'd learn by now
But the chaos helps me sort things out
At a point of contention between faith and doubt
Mental drought

I keep on setting fires
And everything around me burns
Choking on the ashes of my past

I know
You know
That I know
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I'm a wreck
I am a wreck
And I can't breathe
I can't breathe

Maybe someday I'll change and grow out of this phase
And use the tears to extinguish the flames

But I'm on the outside
Looking in
Someday
Maybe someday
I'll change

I keep on setting fires
I keep on setting fires
I can't stop
No I can't stop myself from losing grip
I keep on setting fires
I keep on setting fires
I can't stop
No I can't find my own way out of this hole

The wreckage of my broken soul
Litters the streets of the town that I love
And oh
Winter brings pain you'll never know
Grieving it after the snow begins to fall

I can't stop setting those fires

The wreckage of my broken soul
Litters the streets of the town that I love
Moving too fast but I think too slow
I need the heat
I don't need the cold

I can't stop setting those fires