Less Than Jake Album

Welcome home outcasts because I know how you have 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.

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 lonliest.

Welcome back outcasts because I 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...

And to be on the edge of your bed,
With your head buried in your hands.
Wishing that everything would end,
I know how it feels to be the lonliest.

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 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 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.
Outcasts welcome home.
Outcasts welcome home.
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
I 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 hoping, hope you know that
that I can clearly see

The ghosts of you and me
'cause 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 hoping, hope you know that
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]

Yeah

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.

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...

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.

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.

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,
What lead to somewhere, I don't know,
It might be the time, that we, leave this all behind.

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.

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.

And there's been a few times,
That we thought it felt right,
To take 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 on 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.

And I swear it's my last try...
And we'll talk about leaving town,
And we'll talk about leaving town.

've come to my senses,
That I've become senseless,
I could give you lessons on how to ruin your friendships,
Every last conviction, I smoked them all away,
I drank my frustrations down the drain, out of the way,
So I sit and wait and wonder,
Does anyone else feel like me?
Someone so tired of their routines and disappearing self-esteems,

I'll sing along,
Yeah with every emergency,
Just sing along,
I'm the king of catastrophies,
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 co-dependency,
I could write the best book on underage tragedy,
I've been spending my time at the local liquor store,
I've been sleeping nightly on my best friends kitchen floor,
So I sit and wait and wonder,
Does anyone else feel like me?
I'm so over-dosed on apathy and burnt out on sympathy.


I'll sing along,
Yeah with every emergency,
Just sing along,
I'm the king of catastrophies,
I'm so far gone,
That deep down inside I think it's fine by me,
I'm my own worst enemy

Let the meaning slip away
Lost my faith in another day,
Self deprication seems okay,
I never thought I'd make it anyway

I'll sing along,
Yeah with every emergency,
Just sing along,
I'm the king of catastrophies,
I'm so far gone,
That deep down inside I think it's fine by me,
That I'm my own worst enemy

That I'm my own worst enemy
Cause Im my own worst enemy
And im my own worst Enemy
Cause im my own worst enemy
And Im my Own worst enemy.

These are all the reasons why,
I'll be exploding tonight.

And why this chip on my shoulder,
Feels like a mile wide.
It's from the overwork,
Overtime compromise.

So I'm looking tonight,
For some piece of mind.

Maybe then I'll find
Some strength inside.

'Cause I lost any hope of ever changing,
I'm a short fuse burning.

A short fuse burning...

And I remember who I,
Who I used to be.

Because this one trick pony's so strung on routine,
Stuck on repeat.
Like you wouldn't even believe.

So I'm looking tonight,
For some piece of mind.

Maybe then I'll find,
Some strength inside.

'Cause I lost any hope of ever changing,
I'm a short fuse burning.

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,
So close to exploding.

Hey everybody don't forget me,
I forgot who I used to be.

So I'm looking tonight,
For some piece of mind.

Maybe then I'll find
Some strength inside.

'Cause I lost any hope of ever changing,
I'm a short fuse burning.

Hey everybody don't forget me,
I forgot who I used to be.

And I'm a short fuse burning,
So close to exploding.

Hey everybody don't forget me,
I forgot who I used to be.

[Roger:]
So you say, all your white flags are up
and that you've had enough and that youre
tired of collecting dust, you say
everything always looks the same and
you made your brand new face to match
your brand new place, you say all your distress
calls have gone out and your ship is going down

[Pre-chorus]
[Chris:]
Well I say it to myself all the time,
Stop living half and a life and stop
feeling like I'm half alive.

[Chorus]
[Roger:]
I can't get enough, I'm not satisfied,
I've wasted my time with this daily grind,
n single file lines, is this real life,
I've been telling myself sometimes,
what matters is on the inside.

[Roger:]
Do you remember when we had all the answers,
and can you really remember when we
wished for anything better,
just to feel like it's been forever,
does it feel like a broken record,
a head full of yesterdays,
you keep wishing your life away,
you cant keep looking over you own shoulder,
things'll never look up unless you start to move forward.

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2]
[Roger:]
I can't get enough, I'm not satisfied,
I've wasted my time with this daily grind,
I can't get enough, I'm just getting by,
I can't stand this design for our bitter lives,
I keep feeling lost and I'm not satisfied
with traffic and turnpikes and these tired eyes

[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 that 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

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 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 call in
Calling in with bitter grins
Laughing at the state they’re in
What a mess, I’m just like them

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

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

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

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 could see inside my head,
Maybe you'd understand.
That I'm better off,
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...
'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...
'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...)

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 out on the streets of Chicago.
walking all the way home,
From commuter trains.

By this time tomorrow,
You'll be back at home in Chicago.
At the bars until they close,
Back at places that you've known,
And, It's gonna be skylines and rooftops.
And it's gonna be crowded tourist stops.

So it's goodbye,
To your brand new life.
So it's good luck,
Best wishes to your black lung.

So it's goodbye,
To your brand new life.
So it's good luck,
Best wishes to your black lung.

By this time tomorrow,
You'll be walking home through Chicago.
Past the nine to five crowds and underneath
Those unused fire escapes.

By this time tomorrow,
You'll be at the bars in Chicago,
Back with people that you know,
Going to places you used to go.

And, It's gonna be skylines and rooftops.
And it's gonna be crowded tourist stops.

So it's goodbye,
To your brand new life.
So it's good luck,
Best wishes to your black lung.

So it's goodbye,
To your brand new life.
So it's good luck,
Best wishes to your black lung.

So when you're leaving a party just to beat the crowd,
Just make sure that you're 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...
Your black lung...
Your black lung...

And, It's gonna be skylines and rooftops.
And it's gonna be crowded tourist stops.

So it's goodbye,
To your brand new life.
So it's good luck,
Best wishes to your black lung.

So it's goodbye,
To your brand new life.
So it's good luck,
Best wishes to your black lung.

So when you're leaving a party just to beat the crowd,
Just make sure that you're 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...
Your black lung...
Your black lung...

[Chorus:]
She’s gonna break soon
Gonna break soon
Gonna break soon
She’s gonna break soon
Gonna break soon
Gonna break soon
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

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
With fake I.D.s and fake passions of her best friends

[Chorus]

She’s been thinkin’ wishin’ 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]

Promises you made back home
Are crumpled like the goodbye notes
And last night’s dirty clothes
Were 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 and now
It’s got the best of got the best of got the best of you

[Chorus]

There's a black cloud over this house
That's been around for 3 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
That's why they call it a union
That's why they call it a union

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,
Yea, I knew you'd be walking out,
You can't be the person that you want me to be.
Want me to be.

3 years of all the arguments
3 years of all this silence
Has been enough to last me a lifetime
3 years of all the arguments
3 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.

3 years of all the arguments
3 years of all this silence
Has been enough to last me a lifetime
3 years of all the arguments
3 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 can't look at the pictures anymore
Because i know how its 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 3 years now
There's a thunderstorm inside,
And another fight tonight

There's a black cloud over this house
That's been around for 3 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
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
So please forgive me tonight
So please forgive me Good night

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 youve already met
ms 12 ounces of loneliness
And mr. plasic cup politics
I see youre under the influence
Of warm beer in the comfort of all your friends
and i see that mr loudmouth has had his 40 ounce
and will pass out
i have no doubt
So drop your plastic cups and clear your clouded heads

I keep askin myself if they realize
that their fears are really just the same as mine
Do they know that all their 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 emptyness
like all the rest
so drop your plastic cups and clear your clouded heads

Here we are, another wasted night and i am right along the side
of 40 sets of bloodshot eyes
and plastic smiles miles wide match plastic cups we'll leave behind

Its just another night
of plastic cup politics
plastic cup politics
plastic cup politics
plastic cup politics
plastic cup politics

So drop your empty cups
and clear your clouded heads!!!

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you told me that your 20 years
has 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 lonelist of nights
with the strongest drinks and longest lines
its not that big a surprise

that you're feeling more dead than alive x2

(chorus)
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 whole in your head has gotten bigger than the hole thats in your chest
and you're stuck between the past and present tense
said you've been waging a war against so many years of lies
with stronger drinks and longer lines
its not that big a surprise

that you're feeling more dead than alive x2

chorus

i'll let you know i will x3

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 tot he future I never met
It's gone and never coming back, it's not coming back
So don't hold on to your past, you gotta let it go.

'Cause friends leave as time fades away
The people and the places along the way
Without a doubt
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

Friends leave as time fades away
The people and the places along the way
So don't hold on to your past
No, it's never coming back, you gotta let it go!

Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you.
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch."
Just the other day I heard a soldier's falling off.
Some Indonesian junk that's going round.

CHORUS
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things."
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines."
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war.
But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.

CHORUS
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
Then I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch.
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my KISS records out.

CHORUS
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird.
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

This song is for everyone that said I was
Programed, hardwired, that I'd self-destruct
They'd say I was destined to always be desperate
They'd say I was destined to always fuck up
And I was voted the first one to crumble and break
I'd never have a chance, the biggest waste

But now I'm the one who's laughing last
Because you're the one that keeps looking back
You're the one that's fading away

So I say
This song is for everyone that said I was
Programed, hardwired, that I'd self-destruct
They'd say I was destined to always be desperate
They'd say I was destined to always fuck up
And I was voted the first one to crumble and break
I'd never have a chance, the biggest waste

But now I'm the one who's laughing last
Because you're the one that keeps looking back
You're the one that's fading away, fading away