Less Than Jake Album

There's been borders and there'll be boundaries
and there's been times misdirection's found me
There's been clear heads and there's be clean slates
and times we'd find we'd pass the night away thinking

Everyone here hates everyone here
for doing the same thing that they do

There's been new starts and they'll be no sleep
and there's been times when inspiration's found me
and there's been walls built and there's been worse days
and times we'd find we spent the night awake thinking

all those people they keep watching me
all those people that hate me
all those people they watch me
all those people are just like me

Ideals are like opinions and beliefs just like tradition
Sometimes both are not enough
Faded stickers and crumpled flyers They've become the reminder
that there's an anthem in us that fits
the flag we've flown for years
I've always had this same old song
Stuck in my head for so damn long
A soundtrack to whether I'm right or wrong
Ideals are like opinions beliefs just like tradition
Sometimes both are not enough
faded pictures and yellowed flyers
and memories so far behind us
there's an anthem in us that fits
the flag we've flown for years
Ideals and its actions
Beliefs and convictions
Faith and tradition
The flags we've flown for years

So let’s hit the streets tonight
And I’ll show you where I lost my job
And where I got chased by the cops
So we’ll jump the fence at 13th and 10th
To see where we played our first show

I told you so
I told you everybody loses sight of x3
All the how it’s been and never was

So let’s hit the streets tonight
And I’ll show you where I drank on the job
And hung out in that parking lot
Left at the light there’s park 16th on the right
And that’s the place that we called home

That place you’ll never get a chance to know
And all the people through the years you could’ve known
It makes me wonder what your seeing is almost “home”

(japanese voice comes over P.A.)

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.

He got in his car and told himself to drive
gotta leave it all behind if he wants to feel alive
19 and lost and never thought he'd ever leave this place
vacant mind from endless grind so what's to lose anyways
Another fast food job?
Another 8 to 5 day?

Ten minutes and two miles is just a mile too many today
and you can see why it's easy to say
y'know that hell looks a lot like L.A.

six months ago was the last she felt alive
moved down from the north and told herself she'd try
18 and lost and never thought this place would change
ignored and bored the same feelings as yesterday
she said it's way too much more than she could take

it's one less car that's in the way
y'know that hell looks a lot like L.A.

Well I thought all my friends were sane
Then I met this kid, fourth grade
"Let's go throw rocks through the neighbour's windows"
I never wanted to go
He would always make me. he would always make me

I wanna know what you were thinking
I wanna know what you were drinking
Mark Cruce Have another drink Mark Cruce
He's the guy passing out and crashing on your couch
Mark Cruce Have another drink Mark Cruce
He's the guy pissing in the front yard of your house
Mark Cruce

Through the years not a whole lot's changed
How 'bout that party where you stole the beer tap off some burnout's keg?
I really hope that you know
I almost got my ass beat, almost got my ass beat

I wanna know what you were thinking
I wanna know what you were drinking
Mark Cruce Have another drink Mark Cruce
He's the guy with the bat that took your mailbox out
Mark Cruce Have another drink Mark Cruce
Setting fire to bags of shit outside your neighbour's house
Mark Cruce Have another drink Mark Cruce
Have another drink Mark Cruce
Yeah have another drink
Fuck you
Have another drink
Mark Cruce

This map hung up on the truck stop hallway door
is looking worn and I can hardly read it anymore
I feel like I'm a speck thrown on the map and
I can't help my urge to laugh, I never used to feel like that.

Well I'm half awake and half a world away
all my past mistakes and every mispent day
I wouldn't have it any other way.

I'll try through my haze and half-shut eyes to
count up all the reasons why
I should be back at home tonight

Well I'm half awake and half a world away
all my past mistakes and every mispent day
Proves that I'll never change, I'll always stay the same
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way

Gainesville rock city
Gainesville rock city
Gainesville rock city

Well I'm half awake, a world away
my past mistakes, endless wasted days
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way

And I've been so busy trying
that I've only wound up living
weekend to weekend
getting by just simply "trying"
And I should be out looking for a job
but only wind up heading for a stiff drink
left with nothing else but to think
"it's time to stumble home"
So I say Hello to wasted hours
and I say bottoms up to better days
I've been so busy denying
that I've always wound up living
paycheck to paycheck
scraping by but hardly trying
what will it take to get me out of bed
when half the check goes to rent
the other half goes to debt
I should be out looking for another job
Instead I stumble home, i stumble home
So I say Hello to wasted hours
and I say bottoms up to better days
As i stumble home
Another day not trying
As i stumble home
there's no one left to blame
it's just the routine and the repetition
I've spun out of control
So I say Hello to wasted hours
and I say bottoms up to better days

Well the scene here he wants her back
he's trying to use the phone
she's hanging up he's given up
he should've known
looking lost then he wanders off
and tries to sing along to some song he's never heard
but just keeps mouthing all the words

It gets worse before it's all over
I know I'll get through this somehow
It gets worse before it's all over
nothing's gonna change her mind for now

Well the scene here he's still alone
another band in a crowded basement
with too much small talk and lame inside jokes
feeling useless out of excuses
he should've known to let it go
she said "It's done"
second chances seem to never come

It gets worse before it's all over
I know I'll get through this somehow
It gets worse before it's all over
nothing's gonna change her mind for now
change her mind
for now
change her mind
It gets worse before it's all over
It gets worse before it's all over
It gets worse before it's all over
nothings gonna change her mind for now

After all the bad endings and misunderstandings
all of the late nights, last hopes and lost time
all that she left me was only a memory
and all I can say is she don't understand me
she dont undestand me
she dont undestand me
she dont undestand me
she dont undestand me
she dont undestand me
she dont undestand me
should of known all along that she dont understand me
and nothings gonna chnge her mind for now
she dont undestand me
and i heard it scream over the crowd
she dont undestand me

When all the things that you've been thinking
Has you so confused and so unglued
Your head is spinning
Well we've all felt the same inside
I've been on that ledge countless times
And I know what that feels like

You're on your own you can't make it through this world all alone
Is this thing on at all?

When all your friends don't have the answers
And you're so convinced that inch by inch
They've turned to strangers
We've all seen the different sides
No one hears even though you've talked all night
And I know what you feel like

Can we really measure if we're any better
Than that skyline that goes on and on forever on and on

I can see it all right now
his mom and dad, so proud of their son and his new found wife
and I wonder if after all these years
will his dad still give him a pep talk
before his wedding night.

I can smell his cousin's polo,
mixed with his grandpas old spice
the swedish meatballs look so tempting,
that his two fat aunts might even fight.

Yeah, his uncle's have all gone drinking,
Highballs and Hamms light, in the parking lot.
And the rest of his relatives are busy just,
tearing up the Manville Elks Lodge.

I can smell his cousin's polo,
mixed with his grandpas old spice.
The mashed potatos look so tasty,
that his two fat aunts might even....

NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH,
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH,
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH.

And on that day,
What else could i say?
I'd say heres to you staying drunk,
here's to all your good luck, your gonna need it.

Let me give you some insight into my insides
I haven't been this confused in such a long time
can't believe I've spent years just losing my mind
I can't believe that 10 years have really gone by
it's been a long time

(chorus)
Had a plan for every year I've been alive
a million more I've built up inside of me
there's a million more that I have bottled up
and that I've fucked up

do you feel like the hard times are mountains you've climbed lying awake
it still feels like it's '89 it's been a long time

(chorus)
those mindless days the plans that I've made
the countless mistakes all the times I've changed
through the years I faced all that's kept me sane
every single day

(chorus)

[Verse 1]
I can't help but think back to the
The advice that I got from my dad
He said "Time goes by so fast,
in the blink of an eye, so never close your eyes.
And I always wanted something,
something more than 50 hours,
every week and a paid vacation,
on the Jersey shoreline."
And he said...

[Chorus] (x2)
"So when ambition turns into competition,
I'll never be the better man."

[Verse 2]
I can't help but think back to the
To the time he said "Life goes right by,"
And told me never think twice
"you can't second guess how to live your life."
All these years have been way too short
To be spent on some factory floor like me
I never went back again
I never looked back again
And he said...

[Chorus] (x2)
"So when ambition turns into competition,
I'll never be the better man."

[Ending]
"It's the last hour, of the last day,
don't fall so far behind now,
you'll be another nameless face."
He said...

[Chorus] (x4)
"So when ambition turns into competition,
I'll never be the better man."

Breaking down from every insult that you've taken
From one sided conversations
Burning out from all the minor misconceptions
That just plays on your frustrations
Your self-doubt has your head so turned around
There’s not a catch phrase that can save you
It’s not that hard to figure out
Disappointment doesn't have to cut to a commercial now

I'm breaking down I'm burning out
And it's not funny like on television
When your self-doubt turns you inside out
And it’s not funny like on television

Breaking down from every insult that you've taken
You’re burn out from all the minor misconceptions
It’s not that hard to figure out
Disappointment doesn't have to cut to a commercial
Your self-doubt has your head so turned around
There’s not a catch phrase that can save us now

I’m passing time since I’ve been right
and it's not funny like on television
Those times I cracked with no laugh track
And it’s not funny like on television
GO!

I'm breaking down I'm burning out
And it's not funny like on television
I’m passing time since I’ve been right
and it's not funny like on television
Those times I cracked with no laugh track
It’s wasn’t funny like on television
When your self-doubt turns you inside out
And it's not funny like on television

WHOOOOOAAAA,
OOOO OOO
OOOO OOO
And it's not funny like on television

And I
I wonder if you'd understand
If I said I'll never go
Never go along again
And if I told you all that I believe in
And gave all you all my reasons
And always had an answer
An honest answer for all of them

Sometimes you just want to belong
At any loss or any cost

Yeah I've
I've made mistakes before
But I just can't seem to remember them anymore
And I've followed everyone's lead before
And I've made my own decisions
And I've never felt so strong before
I've never felt so strong before

Sometimes you just want to belong
At any loss or any cost
Sometimes your best defence is a good reminder
Of your common sense

Strike a match and hope it lasts
Here's to following your own lead

It's the path that I have taken
After all the contemplation
It's the promise I have made
I hope it lasts