1. KILL THE LIGHTS

This story's missing a wishing well.
No mirror to show and tell.
No kiss that can break the spell.
I'm falling asleep.

Every prince is a fantasy.
The witch is inside of me.
Her poison will wash away the memory.

We kill the lights and put on a show.
It's all a lie.
But you never know.
The start will shine,
And then it will fall
And you will forget it all.

And after midnight we're all the same.
No glass shoe to bring us fame.
Nobody to take the blame.
We're falling apart

Every story's a waiting game.
A flower for every name.
Their colors are paling in the falling rain.

We kill the lights and put on a show.
It's all a lie.
But you never know.
The start will shine,
And then it will fall
And you will forget it all.

Now you know.

It's so much better to pretend theres something waiting for you here.
Every letter that you wrote has found its way to me, my dear.
You can make believe that what you say is what I want to hear.
I'll keep dancing through this beautiful delusional career.
Faking every tear.
Looking like a compromise suicide.
Keeping my dreams alive.


2. GOODNIGHT

First place on a classroom wall.
Every turn of the face can help to break the fall from a domestic disgrace.
Every rumor displaced is lost and found.

A lack of discipline.
One hand to cut the other.
So unprofessional,
You're not a friend,
You're just a lover.

Nothing exceptional.
This is correctional.

Mirror on the wall.
Frame the picture.
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight.

First day in a victim's chair.
Every surface replaced can help to keep you fair for a corrected gaze.
Every feature displayed will match your crowd.

A loss of innocence.
One hand to wash the other.
Be a perfectionist.
You're nothing if
You're just another.

Something material.
This isn't personal.

Mirror on the wall.
Frame the picture.
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight.

We're all dancing to the same sad song.
And we're not sleeping, but it won't take long.

Illicit conviction.
Confessions incomplete.
Correction.
Submissive restriction.
Instructions will repeat.
Direction.

Mirror on the wall.
Frame the picture.
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight.


3. FALLING DOWN

Farewell,
This blackened eye.
Your learned your lessons falling down.
Far behind, and tracing footsteps home.

Despite your lack of pride.
You wore your imperfections well.
Dignified.
Spend your time alone.
Trace your footsteps home.

Your hands are always reaching out of favor.
Your kind are only good for bad behavior.
Your mouth was never one to trust.
You're always speaking out,
Falling far behind,
Falling out of line.

Farewell,
This bitter tongue.
You spoke your lessons falling down, talking out,
And breaking silence.

Despite the harm you've done,
You swallowed your rejection well.
Amplified.
Sing your song alone.
Trace your footsteps home.

Your hands are always reaching out of favor.
Your kind are only good for bad behavior.
Your mouth was never one to trust.
You're always speaking out,
Falling far behind,
Falling...

Your hands are always reaching out of favor.
Your kind are only good for bad behavior.
Your mouth was never one to trust.
You're always speaking out,
Falling far behind,
Falling out of line.


4. UNFAMILIAR

Lately, nothing passes lightly
A heavy hand is holding me down.
A breeze is just an unfamiliar sound to me.

Just close the door.
(It's all coming back to me)
Be still, my heart.
(Cause it's all coming back)
Just close the door.
(It's all coming back to me)
Be still, my heart.
(Cause it's all coming back)

Lately, nothing passes by me.
And every hand is holding me down,
And praise is just an unfamiliar sound to me.

Just close the door.
(It's all coming back to me)
Be still, my heart.
(Cause it's all coming back)
Just close the door.
(It's all coming back to me)
Be still, my heart.
(Cause it's all coming back)

(Oooh...just close the door
It's all coming back
Oooh...just close the door
It's all coming back)

All this meaningless direction
Feels like it pulls me away.
It's hard to just forget
What they say to me.

Just close the door.
(It's all coming back to me)
Be still, my heart.
(Cause it's all coming back)
Just close the door.
(It's all coming back to me)
Be still, my heart.
(Cause it's all coming back)


5. RED STARS

Best off cruel intentions
Finding what they fail to mention
No truth.
All pretention raise your hand to give attention

You'd give it
We'd take it
You'd build it
We'd break it
You silently erase it
You'd feel it
We'd fake it

It's my red star (steal it)
It's my red star (can't let go)
It's my red star (conceal it)
It's my red star
Oh no...

Wasted education
Celebrating imitation
Misplaced admiration
Speaking for a generation.

You'd give it
We'd take it
You'd build it
We'd break it
You silently erase it
You'd feel it
We fake it

It's my red star (steal it)
It's my red star (can't let go)
It's my red star (conceal it)
It's my red star
Oh no...


6. LOOKING GLASS

Waiting as I'm wanting to.
Speaking as I'm spoken to.
Changing to your point of view.
Fading as I follow you.

A boyish notion of false emotion.
These words are spoken despite my love.
A fool's devotion was set in motion.
My eyes are open now.

It's a glass cage so I can't pretend.
You hide beneath the physical.
I see it coming.
But I can't defend.
You cut so deep,
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is...

Tell me what I want to say.
Save me for another day.
Break me, it's the game you play.
Hate me as I turn away.

A boyish notion of false emotion.
These words are spoken despite my love.
A fool's devotion was set in motion.
My eyes are open now.

It's a glass cage so I can't pretend.
You hide beneath the physical.
I see it coming.
But I can't defend.
You cut so deep,
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is...

It's a glass cage so I can't pretend.
You hide beneath the physical.
I see it coming.
But I can't defend.
You cut so deep,
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is gone.
My belief is...


7. SCIENCE

Make you up.
Take you out.
Play it up to bring you down.
Take the time to make this last.

Spin the wheel.
Watch it crash.
Turn the dress to broken glass.
Strike a pose and the hold the flash.

I'm not the only one who's bleeding
Before the past is done repeating.
Gets underneath my skin.
It wont die.

This time, if I can't win,
Then I won't try to carry on.
I'll play it satirical.
Tonight won't be so long.
I'll pray for a miracle.

Wake you up.
Pull you out.
Talk you up to calm you down.
Turn it up to scream and shout.

Make you tired.
Wear you out.
Shut you up and turn you off.
Clean you up and take you home.

I'm not the only one who's bleeding
Before the past is done repeating.
Gets underneath my skin.
It wont die.

This time, if I can't win,
Then I won't try to carry on.
I'll play it satirical.
Tonight won't be so long.
I'll pray for a miracle.


8. REMEBER ME

It's safe to say I'm lonely now
A place called home

Is just a memory away
I know I've done this all before
A thousand silent voices

Begging me to stay
Apologies all left unsaid
Secrets better left unspoken
Dreams are slowly put to bed
Rumors stirred and reawoken

If I try to get away
How long until I'm free
And if I don't come back here
Will you remember me?

It's safe to say I'm nothing now
It's all so quiet but I

Can't forget the sound
A thousand voices call my name
A thousand hands that

Pull me back down to the ground
I turn away from what you are
Denying all that you have given
I find a place that's safe and far
In time all will be forgiven

If I try to get away
How long until I'm free
And if I don't come back here
Will you remember me?


10. TO DIE FOR

Tighten your tie boy
You're something to die for
But don't hold your breath now
You're just killing time
Tonight you can dream boy
Imagine a whisper
If you can keep secrets
Then I'll tell you mine

Remember a promise you couldn't hold on to
Though it brings me to tears now I need you to know
Look in my eyes boy
Nothing like yours now
It seems that a lifetime
Is passing us by

So open your eyes...

This is forever but it won't last long
This is a memory that fades away in neverending
In the death of all that's long been said and done before
We'll wish that we were something more

Stop wasting time boy
You're late all your life boy
They won't have the patience
For someone like you
Your memory's fading
I'll love you forever
I'll try to remember
I'll try to hold on

You're standing alone boy
Waiting for dreams boy
Waiting for something
To make them come true
Don't ever leave boy
I'd miss you too much boy
I'll never forget you
As long as I'm here


11. WALKING WITH STRANGERS

Look around for a means to dissuade her attention.
Can't remember the places and names that she mentions.

My words are falling apart in spite of me.
I'm stepping out of the light so she can't see.
Don't think I'll miss her,
But I want to take her picture
When I found a place
Where she can't find me.

And she's falling asleep as she's walking with strangers.
Talking cheap as the flies on the wall entertain her.

Her world is falling apart in front of me.
She's stepping into the light, but she can't see.
It's hard to miss her when she's posing for a picture,
But I found a place where she can't find me.

My words are falling apart in spite of me.
I'm stepping out of the light so she can't see.
Don't think I'll miss her,
But I want to take her picture
When I found a place
Where she can't find me.


12. WEEKEND

ights out
Boys sleepwalking on the weekend.
Black out
Two nights killing off a best friend

Fall out like soldiers walking off to the deep end
Hands out
Don't stop marching til the hearts rend

The time goes by
And sets the stage
They play their parts
And act their age
They never forget the lines that they say

Speaking slowly

I promise you one day
I promise you always
We'll make it out one day
I promise you always

Nights out
Girls keep on walking on the east end
White out
Two lights shining on a dead end

Drawn out
Like circles trailing off the pavement
Stand out
Don't stop marching til the hearts mend


13. MOVIE

Face them
The time will erase them
Stop trying to chase them.
I've taken my place.
And it's not worth the tears.

I waited so long for this love as another was slipping away
I waited so long for this moment
As the others were wasted
Cast a shade to save your eyes
Take this time to turn and say goodbye

Frozen
The words go unspoken
New victims are chosen
My heart may be broken
But so will my fear

I waited so long for this love as another was slipping away
I waited so long for this moment
As the others were wasted
Cast a shade to save your eyes
Take this time to turn and say goodbye