Hit The Lights Album

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So we can't help we're easily forgettable
So formulate and way too simple
To be at all original, yea so we heard
It's time to keep your mouth shut
While we show you how to rock-n-roll

So we can't we so unrecognizable
We still ain't got on your best of best CD
And whoa, we know this is the hook
So bring on mixed reviews

This one's out played again
There's a lot more that they're not letting on
And whoa, we know you'll have no scene let when it's done

We won't back down
You know that we can do this
With or without you
With or without you

To all your friends who make rules
We wrote them
To those who prey on hearts of fools
We broke them

This one's out played again
There's a lot more that they're not letting on
And whoa, we know you'll have no scene let when it's done

We won't back down
You know that we can do this
With or without you
With or without you
We won't back down
You know that we can do this
With or without you
With or without you

Taking what we get
We're modern day cut-throats
We're breaking all your plans
Staking out every road
Taking what we get (We won't back down)
We're modern day cut-throats (You know that we can do this)
We're breaking all your plans (With or without you)
Staking out every road (With or without you)

We won't back down
You know that we can do this
With or without you
With or without you
We won't back down
You know that we can do this
With or without you
With or without you

You play this game so well
So well in fact that they can tell
But we're on to you (lets go)
Cause your act is nothing new
And we can see right through it now
Your method is old, worn and used

So if you (swallow your pride)
Should decide to (spill your insides)
Take your time, find your spine
I swear you'll be just fine
If your backbone should find its way home
Through the whole above your neck (is where the trap is set)

You look so obvious... predictable...
And some day your games will catch up to you
So obvious...
And we all know
That some day your games will catch up to
(right now)

You thought I'd cut off all ties
Anymore gutless and you'd be dead

You show me yours, I'll show you mine
You know sincerity grows in time
Sing it with me if you can

So if you (swallow your pride)
Should decide to (spill your insides)
Take your time, find your spine
I swear you'll be just fine
If your backbone should find its way home
Through the whole above your neck (is where the trap is set)

You look so obvious... predictable...
And some day your games will catch up to you
So obvious...
And we all know
That some day your games will catch up

So carve your apologies in your wrists
Let the guilt drip from your fingertips
I'm on to you, we're on to you
Now wear this excuse around your neck
I'll kick the chair out from your legs
I'm on to you, we're on to you

You look so obvious... predictable...
And some day your games will catch up to you
So obvious...
And we all know
That some day your games will catch up...
Right now

Don't take another step until you decide
What it is that you want and where you're sleeping tonight
It's no skin off my back or bones,
If you wanna go home then just say so...

Just say so long

Let go, of all that we've had
You know we've been down this road before
Pack your bags, dry your eyes
It's a long walk from my house to 309

Cry all you like kid,
It's no secret you faked it
And it's no skin off my back or bones,
If you wanna go home then just say so...

Just say so long

Let go, of all that we've had
You know we've been down this road before
It's a long walk from my house to 309

By the way that your eyes
Travel to the floor when you tell a lie
Like the way that your eyes
Travel to the floor when you tell a lie
By the way that your eyes
Travel to the floor when you tell a lie
Like the way that your eyes
Travel to the floor when you tell a lie...
Like right now

Let go, of all that we've had
You know we've been down this road before
Pack your bags, dry your eyes
It's a long walk from my house to 309

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You're gonna need a bodybag,
I'll break bones you didn't know you had.
When I'm done there will be nothing left of you
for your friends to hold on to
when they find you cold and blue tonight,
face down in a parking lot.

Next time around, think about what you say
before you run your mouth.
Cause you're all alone and you're nothing
without your friends now.
You can tell the pavement what you really said
but I already know.
You got another thing coming if you think you're walking home.

This time I'm waiting here for you, you got nowhere to hide

You're gonna need a bodybag,
I'll break bones you didn't know you had.
When I'm done there will be nothing left of you
for your friends to hold on to
face down in a parking lot.

Here's a question.
What do you do when you're all alone
and you have nowhere to run to, swear I'll find you.
And this is what I'll do; I'll take it slow (I'll take it slow)
just to let you know that we're not playing, you're not walking home.

This time I'm waiting here for you, you got nowhere to hide

You're gonna need a bodybag,
I'll break bones you didn't know you had.
When I'm done there will be nothing left of you
for your friends to hold on to
when they find you cold and blue tonight,
face down in a parking lot.

Did you think that you had something to prove,
well you do yea, you do yea.
Did you think that you had nothing to lose,
well you do so you think you're walking home.

This time I'm waiting here for you, you got nowhere to hide

You're gonna need a bodybag,
I'll break bones you didn't know you had.
When I'm done there will be nothing left of you
for your friends to hold on to
when they find you cold and blue tonight...

(Next time around, think about what you say
before you run your mouth.
Cause you're all alone and you're nothing
without your friends now)

You're gonna need a bodybag,
I'll break bones you didn't know you had.
When I'm done there will be nothing left of you
for your friends to hold on to
when they find you cold and blue tonight,
face down in a parking lot

So let's find the tallest building and scream at the streets below
as you turn to me and say they're not worth us babe anyway
Talk us down, talk us down from this ledge
As we inch even closer to our death we're showing off our talents
We're good at losing balance

As we make the pavement our home (Pavement our home)
Letting go of all, all that we've known (all that we've known)

The cities never sleep when we're gone
The streets call out our name, the lights are hit the same for so long
and it's wrong to keep them waiting

So let's find the darkest alley, avoiding all contact with roads
Keeping time with our heartbeats, we rely on makeshift metronomes
Talk us down, talk us down from this ledge
as we inch even closer to our death we're showing off our talents
We're good at losing balance

As we make the pavement our home (Pavement our home)
Letting go of all, all that we know (all that we know)
The cities never sleep when we're gone
The streets call out our name, the lights are hit the same for so long
and it's wrong to keep them waiting
All year long (let's just go)
We'll say our goodbyes
Travel through the night, grab the closest wheel and drive.

As we make the pavement our home (Pavement our home)
Letting go of all, all that we've known (all that we've known)

The cities never sleep when we're gone
The streets call out our name, the lights are hit the same for so long
and it's wrong to keep them waiting
All year long (so let's just go)
We'll say our goodbyes (we'll say our goodbyes)
We'll say our goodbyes
Travel through the night, grab the closest wheel and drive.

Save your breath this time around
You're too beautiful and it's late
There's nothing left to say
I've wasted all this time on you
On you

It's all the same, we all make mistakes
And if you didn't notice, I'm taking this for all its worth
If it's a game, and these are the stakes
I know I got the best shot, for taking you out of the race

And every time I think of him it makes me sick
And I don't wanna know just what happened then
In the van right in front of my house
That's where you sold me out, girl
You didn't have a clue

You sold me out
What'd you think about when you were telling all your friends
about how your lips were pressed against his tightly
And I hope you (had your eyes closed)
And every time I think of him it makes me sick
And I don't wanna know just what happened then
In the van right in front of my house
That's where you sold me out, girl
You didn't have a clue

What'd you think about when you sold me out?

Every time you go to sleep at night
I wonder what you hide behind closed eyes
What else could you be keeping from me?
What else could you be keeping from me?

And every time you go to sleep at night
I wonder what you hide behind closed eyes
What else could you be keeping from me?
What else could you be keeping from me?

And every time I think of him it makes me sick
And I don't wanna know just what happened then
In the van right in front of my house
That's where you sold me out, girl
You didn't have a clue

And every time I think of him it makes me sick
And I don't wanna know just what happened then
In the van right in front of my house
That's where you sold me out, girl
You didn't have a clue

So wake up, and let go
Of these feelings that I've had for you
It's easier said than done
So give up, and let go
Of these feelings that I've had for you
Why couldn't you be one?

But it's a guilty pleasure
Deciding whether you were ever mine or not
But it's just apparent
That you weren't ever mine to start

What will it take to make you
Understand that I...
I'm not lying when I say I need you
What will it take to make you
Understand that I...
I'm not lying when I say I need you

So don't close your eyes

I never once heard you say stop
But right I wish I had
I wish I had the nerve to tell you that I'm a wreck
But what really did you expect
You never listened to what I said to you

But it's a guilty pleasure
Deciding whether you were ever mine or not
But it's just apparent
That you weren't ever mine to start

What will it take to make you
Understand that I...
I'm not lying when I say I need you
What will it take to make you
Understand that I...
I'm not lying when I say I need you

But now this broken soul of a boy
Falls in pieces with no choice
At the sound of her voice
He falls apart
But now this broken soul of a boy
Falls in pieces with no choice
At the sound of her voice
He falls apart, he falls apart, he falls apart

What will it take to make you
Understand that I...
I'm not lying when I say I need you
What will it take to make you
Understand that I...
I'm not lying when I say I need you

I know you can't stand my wandering hands,
But how can I apologize, comply with my demons?
They're written on these pages, it's written on our faces.
I know you don't want this, but know that I need this more than I did before.
It's easy to see that it's hard to ignore your subtle hands,
I'm catching wind how insincere are your are your finger prints.

So make me promises, girl, the kind I know you can't keep
And while I'm losing my mind, I hope you're home finding sleep.
Cause you and I both know that that's not the case
Because the look on your face gives all your secrets away.

Can we talk this over, at least just for tonight?
I asked myself one hundred times why...
Did we even bother? Why did we even try?
But I miss you more than I did before,
I showed you my heart and you showed me the door.
Your subtle hands, I'm catching wind how insincere are your finger prints.

So make me promises, girl, the kind I know you can't keep
And while I'm losing my mind, I hope you're home finding sleep.
Because the look on your face gives all your secrets away.

I've been waiting for a good time to decide whether I was wrong or right.
Are you getting sick of the ride because I'm driving you out of your mind?

I've been waiting for a good time to decide whether I was wrong or right.
Are you getting sick of the ride because I'm driving you out of your mind?
Remember your mind, girl.

So make me promises, girl, the kind I know you can't keep
And while I'm losing my mind, I hope you're home finding sleep.
Cause you and I both know that that's not the case
Because the look on your face gives all your secrets away. [x2]

We are, we are, we are exactly what you want to be
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing

you said you wanted out but now you want to go
you said you had a doubt, but now you think you know
you are, you are, you are about getting low [x2]

you're dying for anything brand new,
hate feeling cheap but you love being used
you want out but you dig the abuse, cause it's all you know

We are, we are, we are exactly what you want to be
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing

Tear the nails from your fingertips
smear the blood across your lips
cause its all the rage with all the kids back home
while we wrap our blood around our wrists
decorate the walls with our fists
live life like its hit or miss whoah

you're dying for anything brand new,
hate feeling cheap but you love being used
you want out but you dig the abuse,
cause it's all you know [x2]

we are, we are, we are exactly what you want to be
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing

We are exactly what you want to be
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing

you said you wanted out but now you want to go
you said you had a doubt, but now you think you know
you are, you are, you are about getting low

you're dying for anything brand new,
hate feeling cheap but you love being used
you want out but you dig the abuse,
cause it's all you know

We are, we are, we are exactly what you want to be
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing

We are exactly what you want to be
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing
where you've been and what you've done mean nothing
to me

I can't hear you, you sound like static
I can't hear you my ears have had it bad
you sound like a...

Radio with the speakers blown
the treble high and the bass down low
down low

Tonight I'm drowning in my favorite records
trying to forget how every thread
reminds me of the nights I spent with you

They play the soundtrack to my falling tears
the soundtrack to this wasted year
and the sleeves hide scars better than I could ever do

So turn me up when you turn me on
when we hear hearts break we'll say they're playing our song

It sounds like a radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
woahoh woahoh
Radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
treble high and the bass down low
woahoh

The record plays to the beat of my heart
and my heart you know it plays like a metronome
if the record skips a beat my heart will too

It plays the soundtrack to my falling tears
the soundtrack to this wasted year
and the sleeves hide scars better than I could ever do

So turn me up when you turn me on
when we hear hearts break we'll say they're playing our song

It sounds like a radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
treble high and the bass down low
woahoh woahoh
Radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
treble high and the bass down low
woahoh

So I'll play these records you've always hated
I'm feeling so sick and medicated
aw come on why are you so nervous boy
my prescriptions read like ransom notes
and love letters you never wrote
help me feel like I'm not paranoid

I can't hear you, you sound like static
I can't hear you my ears have had it bad
it sounds like a...

Radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
treble high and the bass down low
down low

It sounds like ã radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
treble high and the bass down low
woahoh woahoh

Radio with the speakers blown
the kind of sound that you'll never know
treble high and the bass down low
woahoh
treble high and the bass down low

This is not the end
This is just the beginning
And don't you know that everything we want
Is within our reach at fingertips length
We fought nonstop to make these nights our own
Now no one can take them away

Hands in the air (hands in the air)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
While you're in despair, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these hearts tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive

We could have had it all
Our backs against the wall
Our eyes blindfolded tight
Living what they call life

(We could) We could have had it all
(Our backs) Our backs against the wall
(Our eyes) Our eyes blindfolded tight
Hands in the air (hands in the air)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
While you're in despair, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these hearts tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive

We won't make it out alive
When you burn down these bridges
And you build up these walls
And you tore out these pages
And there's nothing left at all
And when that day comes
And we're all still here
Will you be waiting?
Will you be waiting?

Hands in the air (hands in the air)
No one make a sound (no one make a sound)
While you're in despair, we'll have our ears to the ground
Listening for the pulse that just might drive these hearts tonight
And I know we won't make it out alive
And I know we won't make it out alive

Let's leave these lives tonight
you can find us by the trail of our insides
they were left at the scene of the crime
we've got perfect evidence
finger prints were left behind

so lets cut cut cut to the chase
we need to get get get our story straight
this is what were hoping
covers blown wide open
we can make a run for it
we can make a run for it
we've got this down to a science baby
don't be afraid, be very afraid
we've got this down to a science baby
we don't make mistakes, we don't intend to make

complex calculated overlooked and underrated
we've got this down
we've got this down

we need to get get get our story straight
this is what were hoping
covers blown wide open
we can make a run for it
we can make a run for it
we've got this down to a science baby
don't be afraid, be very afraid
we've got this down to a science baby
we don't make mistakes, we don't intend to make

we'll lure you in
set you up
to take our fall
and now its over

complex calculated overlooked and underrated
we'll lure you in
set you up
we've got this down
to take our fall
we've got this down
and now its over
now it's over

we've got this down to a science baby
don't be afraid, be very afraid
we've got this down to a science baby
we don't make mistakes, we don't intend to make

we've got this down to a science baby
don't be afraid, be very afraid
we've got this down to a science baby
we don't make mistakes, we don't intend to make

we've got this down to a science baby (don't be afraid)
don't be afraid, be very afraid
we've got this down to a science baby (we don't make mistakes)
we don't make mistakes, we don't intend to make
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