1. STORY OF THE YEAR

Wide open, empty coffin
Giving up is jumping in
Straight forward, sun on the dashboard
This dead-end town I'll leave behind

Wide open, miles of pavement
Away from useless lives and failure
I've seen these lights
For the last time
How does it feel when I laugh in your face?

When I give you the finger
You're already dead to me
And you really think you matter
That's the story of the year

2000 miles away from
These stormy skies
To salty air
Knee deep in midwest quicksand
There's no reason to say good bye

When I give you the finger
You're already dead to me
And you really think you matter
That's the story of the year

Now or never
It's the story of the year
There's no way I'll believe in second chances

Don't look back
Don't hesitate
Your futures' the chances you take
Don't live your life
Afraid of growing old with regret in the end


2. LIGHT YEARS AWAY

The skyline tonight is burning my skin
But she loves the view and feeling
The blinding blue lights are pulling us in
Light years away her touch stays the same

Before we choke on the rain
With angels calling her name
Before we die
Before this night is over
We turn to flames

Licking her flesh
The cold metal floor
Their motionless eyes are watching
Consider these scars
A new souvenir
Close my eyes as the sun disappears

Before we choke on the rain
With angels calling her name
Before we die
Before this night is over
We turn to flames

Choking on the rain
We turn to flames
It's killling you
They're killing you
They're breaking you
They're already breaking you
That's what you get

Before we choke on the rain
With angels calling her name
Before we die
Before this night is over
We turn to flames
We turn to flames


3. RAZORBLADES AND CUPCAKES

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Walking example of you
Wait for the silence
Talking backwards to you
Was never exciting
Watching everything fall down
With your eyes closed
This motivation that felt so real
It meant nothing to me

When the sun goes down i'll remember this
And every word you said
We've got to find our way back home

Perfect timing for you
Run 'til your legs break
Here's my reminder of you
These scratch marks on your face
If I could open up my eyes
When the wind blows
Then I could see what this means to you
'Cause it meant nothing to me

When the sun goes down i'll remember this
And every word you said
We've got to find our way back home
When the rain stops falling i'll start again
Forget the words you said
Then i'll be holding on forever

Yeah, wipe your eyes 'cause it can't rain every day
It can't rain every day, go!

Go!

And i'll drive until there's nowhere for me to go
No stop signs hold me back
I'll find what this is worth to you
'Cause i'll be holding on forever, forever

When the sun goes down i'll remember this
And every word you said
We've got to find our way back home
When the rain stops falling i'll start again
Forget the words you said
I'll be holding on forever, yeah forever, go!


4. SO FAR SO GOOD

Never for one single second thought that I would
Find myself at the beginning but at the end
Am I wasting time
Pictures fading while I sing this song a million times
A million times

All that I promised to myself
Another word misplaced tonight
All that I'm holding in
Why am I holding in

So far so good
A picture's worth a thousand words
So far so good
A picture's worth a thousand words

Forever thriving on a feeling no tomorrow
Without a day of growing older I can defend
The bridge I burn this time
At constant odds with the hope that keeps me alive
Keeps me alive

All that I promised to myself
Another word misplaced tonight
All that I'm holding in
Why am I holding in


5. IN HER BEDROOM

We both want the world
But we both know that this gets old
If I could open up my chest then maybe
I could find a way to give you
Just a little piece of my heart

Sometimes I would rather cut your lips
Right off your face than kiss them goodnight

But then, sometimes
You can make a room feel perfect when you try
Because a mouth full of lies will leave a sour taste
That cuts just like a knife as it slides down your throat

Yeah you would give up the world and fall to your knees to show me that you care

We could believe in windows but behind the broken glass are fairy tales

In her bedroom I am throwing pieces of what I wish I could be
Knowing that someday in her bedroom she will know
Yeah, here we go

If I could find your eyes from across the room we have to try
Not to throw away this happiness
If the air explodes between us then this is more than just a feeling

Today I woke up missing you another day goes by alone

We could believe in windows but behind the broken glass are fairy tales

In her bedroom I am throwing pieces of what I wish I could be
Knowing that someday in her bedroom she will know
Yeah, here we go

Not every movie has a happy ending
But frame by frame I learn to love you
When I see flowers bloom in your footsteps

I learn to love you
I learn to love you
Frame by frame
Here we go

In her bedroom I am throwing pieces of what I wish I could be, yeah
Knowing that someday in her bedroom she will
In her bedroom I am throwing pieces of what I wish I could be
Yeah, here we go