Brand New Eyes / September 09, 2009

 

Careful

I settled down

A twisted up frown
Disguised as a smile, well
You would have never known


I had it all
But not what i wanted
cause hope for me
Was a place uncharted
And overgrown


You'd make your way in
i'd resist you just like this


You can't tell me to feel
The truth never set me free
So, I did it myself


You can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out a little more
More
More
More, more


Open your eyes like i opened mine
It's only the real world,
A life you will never know


Shifting your weight
To throw off the pain
well You can ignore it
But, only for so long


You look like I did
You resist me just like this


You can't tell me to heal
And, it hurts remembering
How it felt to shut down


You can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out a little more
More
More
More, more


The truth never set me free
The truth never set me free
The truth never set me free
So, I'll do it myself


You can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out...


Can't be too careful anymore
When all that is waiting for you
Won't come any closer
You've got to reach out
More
More
More
More, more

Ignorance

If I'm a bad person,

you don't like me
Well, I guess I'll make my own way
It's a circle
I mean cycle
I can't excite you anymore


Where's your gavel? Your jury?
What's my offense this time?
You're not a judge
but if you're gonna judge me
Well sentence me to another life


Don't wanna hear your sad songs
I don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's all my fault
Cause you know we're not the same,
yeah we're not the same
Oh we're not the same


yeah the friends who stuck together
We wrote our names in blood
But I guess you can't accept
that the change is good
It's good
It's good


You treat me just like
another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out


You treat me just like
another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out


Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend


This is the best thing
that could've happened
Any longer and I wouldn't have made it
It's not a war no, it's not a rapture
I'm just a person but you can't take it
The same tricks that,
that once fooled me
They won't get you anywhere
I'm not the same kid from your memory
well now I can fend for myself


Don't wanna hear your sad songs
I don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's all my fault
Cause you know we're not the same,
yeah we're not the same
Oh we're not the same


yeah we used to stick together
We wrote our names in blood
But I guess you can't accept
that the change is good
It's good
It's good


You treat me just like
another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out


You treat me just like
another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out


Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend
Ignorance is your new best friend


You treat me just like
another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out


You treat me just like
another stranger
Well it's nice to meet you sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out
    

Playing God 

Can't make my own decisions

or make any with precision
Well maybe you should tie me up
so I don't go where you don't want me


You say that I been changing,
that I'm not just simply aging
Yeah how could that be logical?
Just keep on cramming ideas down my throat


Oh oh oh ohhhh


You don't have to believe me
But the way I, way I see it
Next time you point a finger
I might have to bend it back
Or break it, break it off
Next time you point a finger
I'll point you to the mirror


If God's the game that you're playing
Well we must get more acquainted
Because it has to be so lonely
To be the only one who's holy


It's just my humble opinion
But it's one that I believe in
You don't deserve a point of view
If the only thing you see is you


Oh oh oh ohhhh


You don't have to believe me
But the way I, way I see it
Next time you point a finger
I might have to bend it back
Or break it, break it off
Next time you point a finger
I'll point you to the mirror


This is the last second chance
(I'll point you to the mirror)
I'm half as good as it gets
(I'll point you to the mirror)
I'm on both sides of the fence
(I'll point you to the mirror)
Without a hint of regret
I'll hold you to it


I know you don't believe me
But the way I, way I see it
Next time you point a finger
I might have to bend it back
Or break it, break it off
Next time you point a finger
I'll point you to the mirror


I know you won't believe me
But the way I, way I see it
Next time you point a finger
I might have to bend it back
Or break it, break it off
Next time you point a finger
I'll point you to the mirror

Brick By Boring Brick

She lives in a fairy tale

Somewhere too far for us to find
Forgotten the taste and smell
Of the world that she's left behind
It's all about the exposure the lens I told her
The angles were all wrong now
She's ripping wings off of butterflies


Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds


Well go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle (x2)


Ba da ba da ba


So one day he found her crying
Coiled up on the dirty ground
Her prince finally came to save her
And the rest you can figure out
But it was a trick
And the clock struck 12
Well make sure to build your house brick by boring brick
or the wolves gonna blow it down


Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds


Well go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle (x2)


Well you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic
Yeah you built up a world of magic


Well, if it's not real
You can't hold it in your hands
You can't feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true
You can see it with your eyes
Even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah


Go get your shovel
We'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle (x2)


Ba da ba da ba...

Turn It Off

I scraped my knees while i was praying

and found a demon in my safest haven
seems like its getting harder to believe in anything
and just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts


I wanna know what it’d be like
to find perfection in my pride
to see nothing in the light
but turn it off in all my spite,
in all my spite i’ll turn it off


and the worst part is before it gets any better we’re headed for a cliff
and in the freefall i will realize i'm better off when I hit the bottom


tragedy it seems unending
i'm watching everyone i looked up to break and bending
we’re taking short cuts and false illusions
just to cut out the hero


well i can see behind the curtain
the wheels are creaking, turning
it's all wrong the way we’re working
towards a goal that's nonexistent, it’s nonexistent but we just keep believing


and the worst part is before it gets any better we’re headed for a cliff
and in the freefall i will realize i'm better off when I hit the bottom


I wanna know what it’d be like
to find perfection in my pride
to see nothing in the light
but turn it off in all my spite,
in all my spite i’ll turn it off
just turn it off again
again, again, again.


and the worst part is before it gets any better we’re headed for a cliff
and in the freefall i will realize i'm better off when I hit the bottom


and the worst part is before it gets any better we’re headed for a cliff
and in the freefall i will realize i'm better off when I hit the bottom

The Only Exception

When I was younger

I saw my daddy cry
And cursed at the wind
He broke his own heart
And i watched
As he tried to re-assemble it


And my momma swore
that she would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love
If it does not exist


But darlin',
You, are, the only exception
But, you, are, the only exception
But, you, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception


Maybe i know, somewhere
Deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways
To make it alone
Or keep a straight face


And i've always lived like this
Keeping it comfortable,
distance, and up until now
I'd sworn to myself that I'm content
With loneliness
Because none of it
was ever worth the risk, but...


You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception


I've got a tight grip on reality
But I can't let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning, when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream


Oh


You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception


And I'm on my way to believing.
Oh, And I'm on my way to believing.

Feeling Sorry

We still live in the same town,

well, don't we?
But I don't see you around anymore.
I go to all the same places,
not even a trace of you...
Your days are numbered at 24.
And I'm getting bored
waiting round for you,
We're not getting any younger, and I
Won't look back 'cause there's no use
It's time to move forward!


I feel no sympathy,
You lived inside a cave!
You barely get by the rest of us,
You're trying, there's no need to apologize,
I've got no time for feeling sorry!


I tried not to think of what might happen,
When your reality, finally, cuts through.
Well, as for me, I got out and I'm on the road.
The worst part it that this (THIS! ),
this could be you.
You know it too, you can't run from your shame!
You're not getting any younger, time,
Is passing by, but you waited awake...
It's time to roll over!


I feel no sympathy,
You lived inside a cave!
You barely get by the rest of us,
You're trying, there's no need to apologize,
I've got no time for feeling sorry!


And all the best lies,
They are told with fingers tied!
So cross them tight,
Won't you promise me tonight
If it's the last thing you do, you'll get out...


I feel no sympathy,
You lived inside a cave.
You barely get by the rest of us,
You're trying, there's no need to apologize,
I've got no time, I've got no time!


I feel no sympathy,
You lived inside a cave!
You barely get by the rest of us,
You're trying, there's no need to apologize,
Got no time!


I've got no time for feeling sorry!
I've got no time for feeling sorry!

Looking Up

Things are looking up, oh finally!

I thought I'd never see the day when you smile at me.
We always pull through
oh when we try,
I'm always wrong but
you're never right.
You're never right!


Honestly, can you believe we crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, cuz I've always wanted this!
It's not a dream anymore! Ohhh..
It's not a dream anymore!
It’s worth fighting for.


Could have given up so easily
I was a few cheap shots away from the end of me
Taken for granted,
most everything
that I would have died for
Just yesterday,
Just yeterday.


Honestly, can you believe we crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, cuz I've always wanted this!
It's not a dream anymore! Ohhh..
It's not a dream anymore!
It’s worth fighting for.


God knows the world
doesn’t need another band,
(whoo-oa, whooo-oa!)
But what a waste it would’ve been!
(whoo-oa, whooo-oa!)
I can't believe we almost hung it up!
(whoo-oa, whooo-oa!)
We're just getting started (whoo-oa, whooo-oa!)


Honestly, can you believe we crossed the world while it's asleep?
I'd never trade it in, cuz I've always wanted this!
It's not a dream anymore! No, no
It's not a dream anymore! no, no
It’s worth fighting for.


I can't believe we almost hung it up
(woah-ohohoh)
We're just getting started!
(woah-ohohoh) x2


We're just getting started!
We're just getting started!

Where The Lines Overlap

Give me attention

I need it now
Too much distance
To measure it out (out loud)


Tracing patterns
Across our personal map
And Making pictures
Where the lines overlap
Where the lines overlap


No one is as lucky as us
We're not and the end but
Oh we already won
Oh no, no one
Is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us


Call me over
And tell me how
well, you got so far
Never making a single sound


I'm not used to it
But I can learn
There's nothing to it
I've never been happier
Never been happier


No one is as lucky as us
We're not at the end but
Oh we already won
Oh no, no one
Is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us


Now I've got a feeling
if I sang this loud enough, you
Would sing it back to me
I've got a feeling
if I sang this loud enough, you
Will sing it back to me


I've got a feeling
I've got a feeling
That you, will sing it back to me
You, will sing it back to me


No one is as lucky as us
We're not at the end
But Oh we already won
No no, No one
Is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us

Misguided Ghosts

I'm going away for a while.

But I'll be back, don't try to follow me,
'Cause I'll return as soon as possible.
See I'm trying to find my place,
But it might not be here where I feel safe.
We all learn to make mistakes.


And run.
From them, from them,
With no direction.
We'll run from them, from them,
With no conviction.


'Cause I'm just one of those ghosts,
Travelling endlessly.
Don't need no roads.
In fact they follow me.
And we just go in circles.
Now I'm told that this life,
And pain is just a simple comprimise,
So we can get what we want out of it.


Would someone care to classify,
Our broken hearts and twisted minds,
So I can find someone to rely on.


And run,
To them, to them
Full speed ahead.
Oh, you are not useless.
We are just...


Misguided ghosts,
Travelling endlessly.
The ones we trusted the most,
Pushed us far away.
And theres no one road,
We should not be the same.
But I'm just a ghost,
And still they echo me.
They echo me in circles.

All I Wanted

Think of me when you're out, when you're out there

I'll beg you nice from my knees
When the world treats you way too fairly
It's a shame i'm a dream


All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you


I think I'll pace my apartment a few times
And fall asleep on the couch
And wake up early to black and white re-runs?
That escaped from the mouth


Oh-Oh


All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you


I could follow you to the beginning
And just relive the start
And maybe then we'll remember to slow down
To all of our favorite parts


All I wanted was you


All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you