1. JULY!AUGUST!RENO!

Wake up and welcome to the realization that it's over for everyone
We'll be bowling out...
Throwing it all away!
I'd say "without a doubt in mind,"
But I've never been so afraid...

Today's the day that you will see everything fade away
and down the drain.
It's closer than you think...
It's closer than you think.

You see a smile, you see it.
And it calls for your faith.
You hold it close to your heart.
And watch the sincerity excape.

We sing until we black out and rain on your parade
Our hunger pains have blinded our recognition beyond belief

We've made mistakes (Where were you?)
But not enough to tolerate your bureaucracy
Why feel shackled by our dreams?
When we could just it all away?

What do you do when doing what you love gets you nowhere?
It gets you nothing.
These loaded guns are nothing until they're fired
You love the liar in me, and you can never get enough
These eyes are finally opening
You're watching us come alive

We can sit and wait for nothing, as the time begins to fly
If this phone call is the end, can you really say goodbye?


2. EULOGY

The sun shows no mercy this morning
I'm staring thin-eyed as the rolling ground comes to a halt
A heart once close has stopped beating
But its memory lives forever
And your blurry eyes will make some sense of this

You will always be remembered
You will be celebrated
You will never be forgotten
These tears still haven't faded

I feel I'm awake today with this memory that was once misplaced
And I never thought I'd live to see this overpouring sadness
Our eyes wide, receptive
A family without a face learns that hands around them will help give direction
and our mourning hearts will skip a beat at every single mention
You will not be forgotten
And we will sing

You're not lost, you're not lost
You're watching over us
You're not lost, you're not lost
Oh just listen to these words we're screaming out
Oh god, it's gotten so loud now
You're not lost, you're not lost

You will never be forgotten
You will never be forgotten
You will always be remembered
You will be celebrated


3. ...AND THE WORLD FILES FOR CHAPTER 11

We Only!
We only take what we need
If Only!
If only they could just see these flames are burning green
And the world will end tonight!

Try to find hope in a world where trust means dollars
And you're always in the struggle if you've got a blue collar
The eyes go blind behind the suits and ties
It's Tme!
Tearing through your pickets, they're frail and weak already
So look over your shoulder and find something to sell
The money-grubbing liars with the confidence and speed
Are picking at your wallet when you're trying to break free

The taxes on the public, you sell a lung to cope
We're always cashing in and tapping out until we're broke
Your life becomes a number and they've got you by the throat
And the flames destroy your last bit of hope
And your wallet feels the dead weight of it all
Waste it, don't waste it, gotta hesitate
And I'll scream these words from my throat until we're all fucking broke
They've got you by the throat

We could watch all this ink melt away
And everything else will go up in flames
There's nothing left of today, of today
And we only take what we need


4. THIS RESPIRATOR

These four wheels feel like home to me
Enough with living broke at home and bank robberies
These faces I see and these fumes I breathe...
It's proof enough this is where I want to be
These photographs tell a story of their own
Two fists, white knuckles on a microphone
These highway lines, these miles and miles
They breathe

It's just begun and our broken backs are so cold
These four wheels feel like home to me

These doors close and we're chasing the sky
This chaos brews and keeps us alive
Why trade the world when the world is mine?
Why give up now when all we've got is time?

Looking through this broken glass, these dreams invade the ceiling
They could fall so fast but now we're knee-deep in this shit
Oh make it last

A lifetime of wanting and waiting and deadly persuading
The volume's too quiet now
These tires' tread mark a special occasion
And my ears haven't stopped ringing out
As these notes are bellowed they'll rip you apart
So let these flat chords just break your heart
And who the fuck said we were giving up?
Cause it's just begun

It's just begun and our broken backs are so cold
These four wheels feel like home to me
And I feel like I never want to go home
We could stop the world and we could tear it apart
These four wheels feel like home to me
They breathe


5. MEANWHILE, IN HELL

Listen close with your ear to the ground
As El Diablo stirs, this place comes crashing down
And through these evil ways, once renowned and straight outta hell...
Haven been replaced by human will
There is a way out

We see it! RIGHT!
You and I wasting time
Preaching to a choir that sees black and white
You and I treading water all the time
Your skin and bones are waiting
From skin and bones to waste

We see it! Right!
We see it rise and fall a thousand times!
We See it! Right!
We drive all night, just to see it.


6. MOTHER TERESA CHOKESLAMS THE WORLS

This one's coming way out of the dark
Life a flash of light to your ambitious thoughts
You break your neck for nothing
Reconstructive surgery's far off
(When will the day come?)
The day of flattery

When will the time come when we've grown out of this?
Just stop bullshitting me
This blood-stained flag of regret sits at half mast
And you have been boxed in
You're about to witness something: the choice of life or death or sin
(Remember those days?)
The days when your dreams were the only thing you had to keep you awake?
(When will these times change?)
When we're not living in this close-to-comatose state?

We're tired of waiting, tired of waiting
For these bones to completely break
We're tired of waiting, tired of waiting
And though these holes have grown
We'll wait while you keep making noise
And as it sounds we're drowning you out

You've locked every single door
You can't afford to make mistakes
What used to make you feel like more than the rest of the world is gnawing at your gates
You're no stranger to these accidents
And the difference between us is we will persist, persist
We will persist, persist

We're tired of waiting, tired of waiting
For these bones to completely break
We're tired of waiting, tired of wasting away
And though these holes have grown
We'll wait while you keep making noise
And as it sounds we're drowning you out
Drowning you out


7. THIS IS GIVING UP

What have we become?
It hits like a shotgun blast under the still-rising sun
These corners once preyed on by the powers-that-be
have fallen victim to a clean sweep
Get ready to hang your head in shame
when you're greeted by the new face
Of hope and fear

So lay your fingers down on the concrete and watch as they bleed
And listen to everyone scream out!

We have become!
What we were always running from
These bloodshot eyes open to a room on fire
And I'm the only one...

Holding a match
This doesn't feel much like a dream
I know that life changes
Does it change this quickly?

And your expectations could be met with tragedy
I know it doesn't seem this way
Just try not to believe

You and I
You and I
We couldn't change the world if we tried
We might as well watch it all fall
You and I
You and I
we couldn't save the world if we tried
We might as well watchi it all fall in front of our eyes
This is giving up!


8. MASTERING THE WORLD'S SMALLEST VIOLIN

I've always said after we tear it down, burn it to the ground
That we'll dance of the ashes of this town
Our patience is wearing thin as we all drown
Home's only home 'til you're sick of the sound of the peeling ground
And we're waiting around, pushing our lives down and down

Hold on for dear life
My hands are blue and I...
I've never been so cold
I've never felt this way before
You've got that look again in your eyes...
Where everything that I say could just kill it all
Unless this kills us all

Well you know that the world doesn't end at the end of your block
But is your life the one that feels like a ticking clock?
I think its time to cut out those envious eyes
And I wouldn't be surprised if you were utterly shocked
When this plane crashes down there goes all our luck
When you watch the smile fade from their face...

Everything that I say could kill it all
It'll kill us all


9. YOU GUYS WANT ONE OF THESE?

This bridge will burn all night
And no one's got a clue why
You pit your truths and lies
It's these things I truly despise
We can't afford to lose our minds
No more living life down at the end
Just smile and wave goodbye my friend
It's the last glance before I turn my head
Wave goodbye my friend

Fall into it
I've naive to say that you have found yourself in better days
The bitter end, it ends today
I've tried to run before, but I never quite escaped
Let's torch the place some more
This while thing's an outrage
We can't afford to lose our minds
No more living life down at the end
Just smile and wave goodbye my friend
It's the last laugh before I turn my head

Wave goodbye my friend
Dive into it


10. THESE WORDS ARE BULLETS

Cover your blackened eyes, and forget about this mess
If I haven't destroyed every little thing...
We could leave in the middle of the night
With the worst behind us
WE'll smoke these days away until the day we die

You better stop before you hurt yourself
These words are bullets, have you caught one yet?

Don't give me those sunken eyes
This train is racing my heartbeat
The lights all slowly fade and stop, stop at a glow
Just give me what I need, I'll swallow anything you know

I don't wanna die empty
I don't wanna live along the lines of ruining everybody's lives

We are the dead generation on a heart attack mission
We're the black-eyed population making heart attack decisions

We better stop before we hurt ourselves
These words are bullets, have you caught one yet?

And life is lying in shambles on the floor
And if you haven't been motherfucked yet, you'll get yours

We better stop before you hurt yourself
These words are bullets, have you caught one yet?
These words are bullets from the gun you've been hiding from me

We are the dead generation, staring down the barrel of your gun
You're gone


11. HAJ JOHNSON SMOKES CIGARETTES

We've gone to all this trouble of tearing our hair out
Those shadows once oh so legendary have disappeared and fucking faded out
At the foot of these graves of our fallen heroes the feeling is fraudulent
As humiliation sets in

When all you've idolized is dead and gone, you'll realize you've won
When all you've built yourself up on has crashed and burned...
We're digging graves for old memories
And it's safe to say that I'll be home late
And as those dreams of yours, they fizzle out
Just remember we've already gone down in history

If your feet never touch the ground, and you keep your head in those clouds
You know it'll rain someday
Surprise, surprise, this is the end
There's nowhere to go from here

Did you ever think the dead you'd bury wouldn't be your friends?
Had it crossed your mind that your heroes are failures in the end?
Surprise, surprise, this is the end.

12. KHTDR

We scratch these walls that we have built
This disbelief is useless
We pull these stakes we've driven in
And I'm pumped dry, can you see it?
WE fade to black and I'm giving in
My blood, it spills on the city
I'm ripped apart, back at the beginning
Can I say?
This confession of the heart will bleed until its end
If we ever see the beginning
My throat is dried out, much like my patience
And your nails are digging in
As my ribcage cracks and I exhale this dying breath
I see your face
I see your face
And I see that perfect smile fade
These bones I keep in my closet keep me from the skin that is clinging to me
Not sure of what were the best days, and everything in between seems obsolete
I feel I'm grounded with this weight that is breathing down my neck
I'm paralyzed with no confirmation of hope yet
But the world will tease until all eyes are on me
With this bitter taste dripping off of my teeth
My bloody hands struggling to come clean
I've bled out all my reasoning
And I've watched your syllables subside
But for good measure this time I'll smile
Until my teeth are rotting gums
Until I lose my fucking mind
I heard you're doing great, I'm doing just fine
The blood these knuckles have spared hasn't helped me wrap my head around this
And from the water's edge, I'm losing mine in the shallow end
I'm the one in the back with fingernails in my eyes
It took me years to see the situation fit
Don't look now as I fake a smile, a thought, memory when I don't give a shit
I've said this all before
I've said it loud enough
And I've said it a thousand times
My veins are hollowed out and I drop like a bomb you never even saw coming
These last days and this blackened heart has ceased to beat
Won't even start pumping
I always feel like I'm waiting around for tomorrow
These eyes can't see what's lying right there in front of me
What's lying right there in front of me
And these walls all crumble to the ground
The sky is red and its coming down
I will never come down
I will never come down
We scratch these walls that we have built
But this time I am letting go
This time I am letting go
We pull these stakes we've driven in
But this time I am letting go
Fade to black our tomorrows...