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Welcome To The New South Ghosts of Me and You Look What Happened The Science of Selling Yourself Short Short Fuse Burning Motown Never Sounded So Good The Upwards War and Downturned Cycle Escape From The A-Bomb House Best Wishes To Your Black Lung She's Gonna Break Soon That's Why They Call It A Union Plastic Cup Politics The Brightest Bulb has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out
Welcome home outcasts because I know
just how you've felt over the years
the truth is that looking at me
is like looking in the mirror
and I know how it feels to be the best part
of a running joke to all of your friends
Chorus:
And to be on the edge of your bed
with your head buried in your hands
wishing that everything would end
yeah, I know how it feels to be the loneliest
Welcome back outcasts because I've told myself
that it would be alright
probably about a million times
over every minute of all of my life
I know how it feels to be so confused
that you're so far out of control
(Chorus)
So you sit and wait for a sign
that the coming days will be alright
and you drink so you can forget another night
bruised from the blackouts and your blood red eyes
try to start looking for the brighter side
yeah wait for a sign, wait for a sign, wait for a sign
welcome home, everything will be alright
Welcome home outcasts because I know
just how you've felt over the years
the truth is that looking at me is like looking in the mirror
and I know how it feels to be the best part
of a running joke all of your life
welcome home
outcasts welcome home (x3)
welcome home
I've been down
wandering past 2nd street
and looking at the ghosts
of you and me and thinking back on
all those memories of how we used to be
I've been hearing
hear those voices
over the noises of the breaking glass
and all those plans we had to get us through
they're never coming true
And I hope and hope
that you won't forget
and I'm hoping you, hope you know
that I can clearly see
Chorus:
The ghosts of you and me
and I'm just a moved on memory
and you're still alive
and I'm still getting by
on these dead end streets
the ghosts of you and me
I'm still talking
talk of what we'll do
to the ghosts of me and you
and I'm still looking back into the past
when we were all we had
And I hope and hope
that you won't forget
and I'm hoping, hope you know
that I can clearly see
(Chorus)
the ghosts of you and me (x2)
Hope you won't forget
hope you know that I'll always regret
those things I said
hope you know that I can clearly see
(Chorus)
the ghosts of you and me (x3)
And I swear it's the last time and I swear it's my last try
and we'll walk in circles around this whole block
walk on the cracks on the same old sidewalks
then we'll talk about leaving town
yeah we'll talk about leaving
I swear it's the last time, and I swear it's my last try
We rode across that bridge all night
we talked our way through city lights
traced all the lines, we're killing time
under those buzzing signs
from downtown to anywhere but here
tonight, yeah, I swear to these rooftops
and just hoped that car would never stop
Chorus:
And I swear it's the last time and I swear it's my last try
and we'll walk in circles around this whole block
walk on the cracks of the same old sidewalks
and we'll talk about leaving town
and we'll talk about leaving
I swear it's the last time and I swear it's my last try
We drove around this place all night
past closed signs and familiar sights
we're moving by, passing time
counting those center lines
with 20,000 lines left to go
that lead to somewhere I don't know
it might be the time that we leave this all behind
(Chorus)
And there's been a few times
that we, we thought it felt right
to take all the westbound signs
and just leave town tonight
And I swear it's the last time and I swear it's my last try
and we'll walk in circles around this whole block
walk on the cracks of the same old sidewalks
and we'll talk about leaving town
yeah we'll talk about leaving
I swear it's the last time and I swear it's my last try
and I swear it's my last try
and we'll talk about leaving town
and we'll talk about leaving town
I come to my senses
that I've become senseless
and I could give you lessons
how to ruin your friendships
and every last conviction
y'I smoked them all away
and I drank my frustrations
down the drain, out the way
so I sit and wait and wonder
does anyone else feel like me
someone so tired of their routines
and dissapearing self esteem
Chorus:
I'll sing along
yeah with every emergency
just sing along
"I'm the king of catastrophes"
I'm so far gone
that deep down inside I think it's fine by me
I'm my own worst enemy
I could be an expert
on codependency
and I could write the best book
on underage tragedy
and I've been spending my time
at the local liquor store
and I've been sleeping nightly
on my best friend's kitchen floor
so I sit and wait and wonder
does anyone else feel like me
I'm so overdosed on apathy
and burnt out on sympathy
(Chorus)
Let the meaning slip away
lost my faith in another day
self-deprication seems okay
I never thought I'd make it anyway, woah
I'll sing along
yeah with every emergency
just sing along
"I'm the king of catastrophes"
I'm so far gone
that deep down inside I think it's fine by me
that I'm my own worst enemy (x2)
and I'm my own worst enemy (x2)
'cause I'm my own worst enemy
and I'm my own worst enemy
These are all the reasons why
I'll be exploding tonite
and why this chip on my shoulder
feels like a mile wide
it's from the overwork
overtime compromise
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So I'm looking tonight
for some peace of mind
maybe then I'll find some strength inside
'cause I've lost any hope of ever changing
I'm a short fuse burning
I'm a short fuse burning
And remember who I
who I used to be
because this one-trick pony's
so strung out on routine
yeah, stuck on repeat
like you wouldn't even believe
(Chorus)
Hey everybody don’t forget me
forget me
hey everybody don’t forget me
I forgot who I used to be
and I'm a short fuse burning
I'm so close to exploding
so everybody don’t forget me
I forgot who I used to be
(Chorus)
Hey everybody don’t forget me
forget me
hey everybody don’t forget me
I forgot who I used to be
and I'm a short fuse burning
I'm so close to exploding
hey everybody don’t forget me
I forgot who I used to be
So you say
all your white flags are up
and that you've had enough
and you're tired of collecting dust
you say everything always looks the same
and you need a brand new face to match a brand new place
you say all your distress calls have gone out
and your ship is going down
Well I say it to myself all the time
stop livin' half a life and stop feelin' like I'm half alive
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I can't get enough
I'm not satisfied
I've wasted my time with this daily grind
it's single file lines
is this real life
I keep tellin' myself sometimes
what matters is on the inside
Do you remember when we had all the answers
and can you really remember
how we wished for anything better
does it feel like it's been forever
does it feel like a broken record
head full o' yesterdays
you keep wishin' your life away
you can't keep lookin' over your own self
or things will never look up
unless you start to look forward
Well I say it to myself all the time
stop livin' half a life and stop feelin' like I'm half alive
(Chorus)
I can't get enough
I'm not satisfied
I've wasted my time with this daily grind
yeah, I can't get enough
I'm just getting by
I can't stand this design for our bitter lives
I keep feelin' lost
and I'm not satisfied
with traffic and turnpikes
and these tired eyes
(Chorus)
Chorus:
All my friends always talk about
the stories of moving on and getting out
then packing up and heading south
their heads full of hopes and dreams
they're just like me
My friends aren't going anywhere
my friends all act so unaware
now they have to face
their best plans have all gone up in flames
they're just looking for something to take
to break up the day to day and all its
loneliness, vacant space
the tragedy of minimum wage
(Chorus)
just like me
My friends are worried about last calls
and working jobs at shopping malls
because they're in between
a mixed up pride and apathy
so tonight they'll talk of calling in
calling in with bitter grins
laughing at the state they're in
what a mess, I'm just like them
(Chorus)
All my friends always talk about
the stories of moving on and getting out
then packing up and heading south
their heads full of hopes and dreams
So they're sleep walking their way through life
sitting there and getting by
like all the other friends of mine
wishing for something more
wishing for something more
(Chorus)
All my friends always talk about
the stories of moving on and getting out
then packing up and heading south
their heads full of hopes and dreams
they're just like
heads full of hopes and dreams
they're just like
heads full of hopes and dreams
they're just like me
just like me (x3)
(Chorus)
Dear mom and dad I've been making plans
to leave this house and yes I'm sure
so lock the door, and turn the front porch lights out
And after all the endless fights
the who's been wrong and who's been right
we just never saw eye to eye
so there's no need to apologize
don't wait up, I'll be fine
if you couId see inside my head
maybe you'd understand
that I'm better and I'm better off gone
I'm better off gone
Dear mom and dad, I've been making plans
to leave your house and yes I'm sure
that nothing's wrong, so just be strong on my way out
And after all the endless nights
the who's been wrong and who's been right
we just never saw eye to eye
so there's no need to apologize
don't wait up, I'll be fine
if you could see inside my head
maybe you'd understand
that I'm better off
I'm better off gone
I'm better off gone
'cause we don't see eye to eye
I'm better off gone
'cause we don't see eye to eye
so there's no need to apologize
don't wait up, I'll be fine
if you could see inside my head
maybe you'd understand
that I'm better off
I'm better off gone
I'm better off gone
'cause we don't see eye to eye
I'm better off gone
'cause we don't see eye to eye
I'm better off gone
'cause we don't see eye to eye
I'm better off gone
'cause we don't see eye to eye
'cause we don't see eye to eye
By this time tomorrow
you'll be on the streets of Chicago
walking all the way from commuter trains
oh yeah yeah yeah, by this time tomorrow
you'll be back home in Chicago
at the bars until they close
back at places that you've known and
it's gonna be skylines and rooftops, yeah yeah
and it's gonna be crowded tourist stops
Chorus:
So it's goodbye
to your brand new life
so it's good luck
best wishes to your black lung
(x2)
This time tomorrow
you'll be walking home through Chicago
past the nine to five crowds and underneath
those unused fire escapes
This time tomorrow
you'll be at the bars in Chicago
back with people that you know
and going places you used to go, yeah
it's gonna be skylines and rooftops, oh yeah
and it's gonna be crowded tourist stops
(Chorus)
So when you're leaving the party
just to beat the crowd
just make sure that you're the first one out (the first one out)
So it's goodbye
to your brand new life
so it's good luck
best wishes to your black lung
your black lung (x3)
It's gonna be skylines and rooftops, yeah yeah
and it's gonna be crowded tourist stops
(Chorus)
So when you're leaving the party
just to beat the crowd
just make sure that you're the first one out (the first one out)
So it's goodbye
to your brand new life
so it's good luck
best wishes to your black lung
your black lung (x3)
She's gonna break soon
gonna break soon (x2)
she's gonna break soon
gonna break soon (x2)
With so many problems in her life
it really comes as no surprise
that she's gonna break soon
gonna break soon (x2)
she's gonna break
Welcome to her busy, dizzy life
of going out and getting high
and following all the latest trends
while shedding all her oldest friends
it's been weeks worth of weekends
when fake ID's and fake passions
are her best friends
Chorus:
She's gonna break soon
gonna break soon (x2)
she's gonna break soon
gonna break soon (x2)
with so many problems in her life
it just comes as no surprise
she's gonna break soon
gonna break soon
she's gonna break
She's been thinking
wishing she could hide
from the girls with the comments passing by
it's the boys in bars on friday night
that replace the emptiness inside
she'll be spending her whole weekend
faking laughs and faking smiles
with her fake friends
(Chorus)
yeah, she's gonna break, yeah
Promises you made back home
are crumbled like the goodbye notes
and last nights dirty clothes
are on the floor next to the phone
and it's been disconnected months ago
no calls from your friends back home
you lost your point of view
now it's got the best of
got the best of
got the best of you
(Chorus)
yeah, yeah, yeah
break soon
gonna break soon
she's gonna break
yeah, yeah, oh
break soon
gonna break soon
she's gonna break, yeah (x3)
with so many problems in her life
it just comes as no surprise
she's gonna break
There's a black cloud over this house
that's been around for three years now
there's a thunderstorm inside
and it won't go away
no it won't go away
that's why they call it a union (x3)
I remember him turning around
he said, "Son, I'll be leaving now,
I can't be the person that you want me to be"
and then she said
"So things are finally ending now,
yeah, I knew you'd be walking out,
you can't be the person that you want me to be,
want me to be"
Chorus:
Three years of all the arguments
three years of all this silence
has been enough, to last me a lifetime
three years of all the arguments
three years of all this pain
that's why they call it a union
that's why they call it a union
so both of you please forgive me tonight
that's why they call it a union
so please forgive me tonight
I remember him turning around
he said, "Son, I'll be leaving now,
you can't be the person that I want you to be,
want you to be"
(Chorus)
I can't look at the pictures anymore
because I know how it's run its course
and I know how the story ends, I know it ends
There's a black cloud over this house
that's been around for three years now
there's a thunderstorm inside
and another fight tonight
There's a black cloud over this house
that's been around for three years now
there's a thunderstorm tonight
and it won't go away, no it won't go away
That's why they call it a union (x2)
so both of you please forgive me tonight
that's why they call it a union
so please forgive me tonight (x2)
so please forgive me goodnight
Hello six pack of confidence
been so many nights since we first met
glad to see you've brought all your friends
for another night of plastic cup politics
Hello Mr. Six Pack of confidence
I'm glad to see you’ve already met
Ms. Twelve ounces of loneliness
and Mr. Plastic cup politics
I see you're under the influence
of warm beer and the comfort of all your friends
and I see Mr. Loud Mouth
has had his forty ounce and will pass out
I have no doubt
so drop your plastic cups and clear your clouded heads
I keep asking myself if they realize
that their fears are really just the same as mine
do you know how your insecurities
are the same ones that are inside of me
as people come and go
do they know they're really not alone
and the life of the party just left
I guess I couldn't cure his emptiness
like all the rest
so drop your plastic cups and clear your clouded heads
clear your clouded heads
Here we are, another wasted night
and I am right along the side
forty sets of bloodshot eyes
and plastic smiles miles wide
match plastic cups we'll leave behind
Whoa, it's just another night
of plastic cup politics
plastic cup politics (x3)
so drop your empty cups
and clear your clouded heads
You told me that your 20 years
have gone by much too fast
and you've been hoping this year
will be better than the last
you said you've been waging a war
against the loneliest of nights
with the strongest drinks and longest lines
it's not that big a surprise
that you're feeling more dead than alive
you're feeling more dead than alive
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So I'll let you know if you need
somewhere to go
I'll be listening when you call
and I'll be there if you fall off
if you need
someone to believe in you
I'll let you know, I will
You said the hole in your head
has gotten bigger than the hole that's in your chest
and you're stuck between the past and present tense
you said you've been waging a war
against so many years of lies
it's not that big a surprise
that you're feeling more dead than alive
you're feeling more dead than alive
(Chorus)
I'll let you know, I will (x2)
But sometimes you gotta let it go
gotta let it go
So this pen is starting to become
a pipe bomb and these songs
have turned to anthems again
to everything that's changed
and to everything that's gone away
here are my condolences to the future I never met
it's gone and never coming back, it's not coming back
so don't hold onto your past, you gotta let it go
gotta let it go
'Cause friends leave as time fades away
the people and the places along the way
without a doubt
yeah, screws fall in and screws they fall out
Tomorrow's gone up in smoke
and I wonder when I'm alone
where'd my convictions go
so to everyone that's gone away
or fades away or stays the same
here are my apologies to the person that I used to be
before I burned down every bridge and every inch
of everything I used to know, I gotta let it go
gotta let it go
'Cause friends leave as times fades away
the people and the places along the way
without a doubt
yeah, screws fall in and screws they fall out
Friends leave as times fades away
the people and the places along the way
so don't hold onto your past
no it's never coming back, you gotta let it go
('cause friends leave as times fades away
the people and the places along the way
without a doubt
yeah, screws fall in and screws fall out)
gotta let it go
Friends leave as times fades away
the people and the places along the way
without a doubt
yeah, screws fall in and screws fall out
without a doubt
(you're feeling more dead than alive)
yeah, screws fall in and screws fall out
without a doubt
(you're feeling more dead than alive)
yeah, screws fall in and screws fall out
without a doubt
(you're feeling more dead than alive)
yeah, screws fall in and screws fall out
without a doubt
yeah, screws fall in and screws, they fall out