Something Corporate Album

Home, is this a quiet place where you should be alone?
Is this where the tortured and the troubled find their own?
I don't know, but I can tell this isn't you, your cover's blown
But oh no, don't you dare hang up this phone

Hey! Give me space so I can breathe
Give me space so I can sleep
Give me space so you can drown in this with me

In this place
The lonely escapade in outer space
There's no anecdote for irony, You say
that you have,
when you know,
That you don't,
and you say,
that you can,
When you know,
that you won't

Hey! Give me space so I can breathe
Give me space so I can sleep
Give me space so you can drown in this with me

Hey! Give me space but I can't breathe
Give me space but I can't sleep
Give me just one inch I swear that's all I need, oh

These battered walls and TV screens
Sometimes they make me want to scream

Ahhh!

Hey! Give me space so I can breathe
Give me space so I can sleep
Give me space so you can drown in this with me

Hey! Give me Space but I can't breathe
Give me space but I can't sleep
Give me just one inch I swear that's all I need

I woke up in New York City
From my sleep behind the wheel
Caught a train to Poughkeepsie
And time stood still

She wrote me a letter from San Diego
To qualify her luck
These flights connect through Arizona
But I think I'll stay stuck

So here I am
Here I am
Well I woke up in a car
I traced away the fog
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car

I met a girl who kept tattoos for homes
That she had loved
If I were her I'd paint my body
Until all my skin was gone

She wrote me a letter as we passed through Rockford
She said she won't forget
Maybe I do maybe I don't
But I know I haven't yet

So here I am
Here I am
Well I woke up in a car
I traced a way to fall
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car

And maybe I could live forever
If that ever I had known
That you'd be waiting there whenever I'm alone

But here I am
Well I woke up in a car
I traced a way to fall
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys

Well I woke up in a car
I traced a way to fall
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car

Tonight I watch the lights go out in your house
Wondering how I could get so deep
And you can still get to sleep
In vain I blame my trembling on the cold air
And I can't hide that I relied on you
Like yellow does on blue

And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue

Atlanta started raining on me
And teenage love was underground
Tonight I break the surface
Atlanta started raining on me

A New York girl was claiming me
And naming me
And destiny get nervous and

And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue, again

And your my good feeling, I'm kneeling
Inside her room she paints me blue
And you are my reason for breathing
Inside her room she paints me blue, again

Atlanta started raining on me
on me
Atlanta started raining on me
on me

Shake down you make me break
For goodness sake
I think I'm on the edge
Of something new with you
Shout out don't drown the sound
I'll drown you out
You'll never scream so loud
As I want to scream with you

Standing there with your smile blinding
Your eyes from seeing
My face as I'm dying
To figure out a girl
But she drifts so far away
I'm on her coast
So maybe I should stay
And map around your world

[Chorus]
So Don't Say
"These currents are still killing me"
And you can't explain
But the wind went and pulled me
Into the hurricane

Stand up don't make a sound
Your ears might bleed
There are sweet flourescent enemies
That live inside of me
The world moves faster than I knew
Not fast enough to not creep up on you
And the space we put between
So pull me under your weather patterns
Your cold fronts and the rain don't matter
Becuase the sun burns what I needed

[Chorus]
So Don't Say
"These currents are still killing me"
And you can't explain
But the wind went and pulled you
Into the hurricane

You don't do it on purpose
But you make me shake
Now I count the hours 'til you wake
With your babies breath
Breathe symphonies
Come on sweet catastrophe

Well, maybe this time I can follow through
I can feel complete
Stop paying dues
Stop the rain from falling
Keep my ocean calm
This time I know nothings wrong

[Chorus]
So Don't Say, "These currents are still killing me"
and you can't explain
how the wind went and pulled me in and no,
You Don't Say, "These currents are still killing me"
and you can't explain
how the wind went and pulled me into your hurricane.

It's a good year for a murder
She's begging to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger
There's no tears, cause he's not here
She washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner
Two men come to rush her away
No ones so sure if her crime had a reason

Reasons like seasons
They constantly change
And the seasons of last year
Like reasons have floated away
Away with this spilt milk
Away with this dirty dish water, away
Seventeen years, and all that he gave was a daughter

"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says

And it's over, but it just started
The blood stained the carpet
Her heart like a crystal
She's lucid and departed
A life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away

Away with these nightmares
Away with suburbia
Shake them away
You marry a rule and
You give up your soul til you break down

"It's me and the moon," she says
"I got no trouble with that, but I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die"
"It's me and the moon," she says

But what do you say we go for a ride?
What do you say we get high?
But I'm so tired of days that feel like the night

"It's me and the moon," she says
And I got no trouble with that, but I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
I am a butterfly, I am a butterfly, I am a butterfly

I close my eyes
Thought I was lost but I was stranded
I go outside
to my surprise the sky had landed
I thought it made more sense
If I could only keep you guessing
I was a fool to think that I should stop you from undressing
Now I'm believing all the words you say
That I can't say back to you
But so you can

So I fall
I don't wanna feel this small
You know I just can't handle this
Handle this at all
And I'll just fall
I'll let my heartbeat drop
I falter as the music stops
And you watch me as stall
And wonder when I fall

I kiss your neck
I feel you breathing on my shoulder
Still I'm perfect
It must be you cause now it's over
I was so close
That was the most that I have ever been through
Now old cassettes and cigarettes
Will be the ones to save you
How can you ask for me to stay
When all you ever do is go?
Just go

And so I fall
I don't wanna feel this small
You know I just can't handle this
Handle this at all
And so I fall
I let my heartbeat drop
I falter as the music stops
And you watch me as I stall
And wonder when I..

Go on
You can't be waiting
Go on
And watch me as I fall

I don't wanna feel this small
You know I just can't handle this
Handle this at all
And so I'll fall
I'll let my heartbeat drop
I falter as the music stops
And you watch me as stall
And wonder when I..

This is the only lonely picture
Waiting on my floor
Littering my shore
This is the last true burning letter
Given to a girl
Written by a boy
Living in a world created to destroy

But if I built you a city, would you let me
Would you tear it down?

But there you go for the last time
I finally know now what I should have known then
That I could still be ruthless if you'll let me
But there you go and I'm not done
You're waving goodbye, but at least you're having fun
The rising tide will not let you forget me
Forget me

This is the ghost that kneels before me
Raises on her tongue, a body full of oxygen
It won't be the last time she'll ignore me
The thinning of my skin, without the strength to go
The winter's setting in, to cover you in snow

But if I built you a city, would you let me
Would you tear it down?

But there you go for the last time
I finally know now what I should have known then
That I could still be ruthless if you'll let me
But there you go and I'm not done
You're waving goodbye, but at least you're having fun
The rising tide will not let you forget me
Forget me
Forget me
Forget me, yeah

I'll raise towers and cloud them
Rivers and walk them
Oceans to drown in
You won't make a sound

But there you go for the last time
I finally know now what I should have known then
That I could still be ruthless if you'll let me
But there you go and I'm not done
You're waving goodbye, but at least you're having fun
The rising tide will not let you forget me
Forget me

Standing on the edge of morning
Scent of sex and new found glory
Playing as she's pulling back her hair
She drives away
She's feeling worthless
Used again but nothing's different
She stayed the night
But knows he doesn't care

Home by three
Deafening quiet
The porch light's off
Yes they forgot it
She'd cry herself to sleep
But she don't dare
Then she wants to be a model
She wants to hear she's beautiful
She's beautiful

I want to save you
I want to save you
I need you
Save me too
I want to save you

Dressed by dawn and out the door
No light
She memorized the floor
So she could leave without being detected
She works till three
It's uniform
She dreams that he'll come by the store
She prays for days
The boys mean she's protected
And she wants someone to see her
She needs to hear she's beautiful
She's beautiful

I want to save you
I want to save you
I need you
Save me too
I want to save you

And she won't sleep
She won't sleep
And she won't sleep
At all

I want to save you
I want to save you
I need you
Save me too
I want to save you
(Let me save you)
I want to save you
(Let me save you)
I want to save you
(Let me save you)
I want to save you

At Cavanaugh Park
Where I used to sit
All alone in the dark
And dream about things
That I cannot say
'Cause grandma said destiny
Would blow me away
And nothings gonna blow me away

At Cavanaugh Park
Where you used to take me
To play in the sand
And said to me son
One day you'll be a man
And men can do terrible things
Yes they can

There was never any place
For someone like me
To be totally happy
I'm running out of clock
And that ain't a shock
Some things never do change

At Cavanaugh Park
We used to get high
And watch teams as they fought
They loved my friend Adam
But he always got caught
Man that kid made fucking up look cool
aren't we all so cool now, No.

There was never any place
For someone like me
To be totally happy
I'm running out of clock
And that ain't a shock
Some things never do change
never do change
never do change
never do change
never do change

At Cavanaugh Park
Where I used to think
That my life would be good
And I would do things
That I thought that I should
And no ones going to tear me down

There was never any place
For someone like me
To be totally happy
I'm running out of clock
And that ain't a shock
Some things never do change

There was never any place
For someone like me
To be totally happy
I'm running out of clock
And that ain't a shock
Some things never do change
never do change
never do change
never do change
never do change

I Have a story of bitter anthem,
for everyone to hear
about this kid who just don't like me,
and that's a solid fact
They Say he's Hunting me
and as you see
I'm all swelled up with fear
cuz I can't get him off my back
If you see Jordan
if You see Jordan
He makes me sick
He Makes me sick
High school's over
High school's over
And you still won't Quit

You tried to fight me down
at Tyler's beach and man I thinks that's great
nearly cried and said to yell at you like you do at all the girls
and you drove home real quick
did you make it home in time to masturbate?
there's too many of you in this world

If you see Jordan
if You see Jordan
He makes me sick
He Makes me sick
High school's over
High school's over
And you still won't Quit

you say its chivalry but its jealousy
that lead us to this song
won't play it often
just at least until you're gone
you'll stop at nothing but the real thing
and everything up to that's pretend
you tried to brainwash all my friends

If you see Jordan
if You see Jordan
He makes me sick
He Makes me sick
High school's over
High school's over
And you still won't Quit

fuck you Jordan
fuck you Jordan
you make me sick
you make me sick
high school's over
high schools over
i don't care if you dye your hair
you'll always be a little red head bitch

Let's get drunk
You can drive us to the harbor
Wish upon a star but
Do you know what stars are?
Balls of fire, burning up the black space
Falling from the landscape
Exploding in the face of God

Let's get crazy,
Talk about our big plans
Places that you're going
Places that I haven't been
Build my walls up
Concrete castle
Keep this kingdom free of hassle, yeah

Yeah
Yeah

But I need some echo in the emptiness
All I want, but you can't change this loneliness
Look at what you've found, I'm falling down

Taste the saline rolling down your cheekbone
Tell me that you're alone, tell me on the telephone
Feel your heart it breaks within your chest now
Try to get some rest now, sleeps not coming easy for a while, child

Child, yeah

But I need some echo in the emptiness
All I want, but you can't change this loneliness
Look at what you've found, I'm falling down
Down, down
Down, down

But I need some echo in the emptiness
All I want, but you can't change this loneliness
Look at what you've found, I'm falling down
Look at what you've found, I'm falling down

Maybe when the room is empty
Maybe when this bottle's full
Maybe when the door gets broke down love can break in
Maybe when I'm done with thinking
Maybe you can think me whole
Maybe when I'm done with endings this can begin
This can begin, this can begin
You could be my punk rock princess
I could be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be somethin'

Maybe when your hair gets darker
Maybe when your eyes get wide
Maybe when the walls are smaller there will be more space
Maybe when I'm not so tired
Maybe you can step inside
Maybe when I look for things that I can't replace
I can't replace, I can't replace

You could be my punk rock princess
I could be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be somethin'

If I could be your first real heart ache
I would do it over again
You could be my punk rock princess
I could be like heroin

It was this time Last Year
You're so much different now
You watch the traffic clear
You hear the cars spin out
I never thought you'd last
I never dreamed you would
You watch your life go Past
You wonder if you should

If you should be my punk rock princess
So I could be your garage band king
You could tell me why you just don't fit in
And how you're gonna be somethin'
If I could be your first real heart ache
I would do it over again
If You could be my punk rock princess
I could be like heroin

Whoa Oh You know, you only burn my bridges
Whoa Oh You know, you just can't let it sink in
Whoa Oh You know, you only burn my bridges
Who Oh You know, you just can let it sink in

You could be my heroine

You grand dad left home for the circus
He was young just like me
With hope to explore
He married a girl in Virginia
She could swing the trapeze
They could sleep on the floor
Mother was born in December
One sunny day
That winter gave up
The warm summer eyes
That flicker like fireflies
She stared at the world
So why do you leave these stories unfinished?
My Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in your eyes
And why do you look when you’ve already found it
And what did you find that would leave you walkin by?

She was raised in a New England village
And she moved to LA
With a Firefly stare
And you loved sunset strip when it sparkled
You grew up and you sparkled but why don’t you care?

And why do you leave these stories unfinished?
My Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in your eyes
And why do you look when you’ve already found me
And what did you find that would leave you walkin by?

And these nights I get high just from breathin
And I lie here with you
I’m sure that I’m real like that
Like that firework over the freeway
I could stay here all day
But that’s not how you feel

So why do you leave these questions unanswered?
The circus awaits but you’re already gone
My Cheshire cat doorstop, with fear in your smile
What makes it so easy for you to be walkin by?

What did I do that you can’t seem to want me
And why do we lie here an whisper good-byes
And where can I go that your pictures won’t haunt me
What makes it so easy for you to be walkin by?
Walkin by
Walkin by

I've been sleeping with ghosts
I've been watching stars
Crawling out of the sky
And I've been hoping
I'm close to the space man movies
I call my life

And I've been climbing ladders through time
I've got tunnel vision
But I'm doing fine
And I've been
Watching stars coming off of the wall
And maybe if I'm lucky I can catch them
Before you fall
And you are not alone

Calling out to the astronaut
I need some of what you've got
I need to be high
Crawling out of the world she brought
Calling out to the astronaut
I need to be high

And I've been holding
This microphone
And I've been shouting out
But I think we're alone
And I've got platinum vision
Innocent for the touch
I've got you to propel me
But I still need so much
Not to be alone

Calling out to the astronaut
I need some of what you've got
I need to be high
Crawling out of the world she brought
Calling out to the astronaut
I need to be high

And you are not alone
You are not alone
You are not alone

Calling out to the astronaut
I need some of what you've got
I need to be high
Crawling out of the world she brought
Calling out to the astronaut
I need to be high
Calling out to the astronaut
I need some of what you've got
I need to be high
Disappear in the world she brought
Calling out to the astronaut
I need to be high

And I've got you to propel me
But I still need so much

I can't imagine all the people that you know
And the places that you go
When the lights are turned down low
And I don't understand
All the things you've seen
But I'm slipping in between
You and your big... dreams
it's always you and my big dreams

And you tell me
That it's over
But I can't stand here in a patch of four leaf clover
And your restless
And I'm naked
You've got to get out
You can't stand to see me shaking
no, cuz you let me go

and you don't want to be here in the future
So you say
**the presents just a pleasant
Interruption to the past**
And you don't want to look much closer
'Cause you're afraid to find out all the hope
That you had sent into the sky by now had... crashed
and it did because of me

And then you bring me home
Afraid to find out that you're alone, no
And I'm sleeping in your living room
But we don't have much room
To live

I had dreams that I would learn to play guitar
Maybe cross the country
Become a rockstar
And there was hope in me
That I could take you there
Dammit you're so young
But I don't think I care
and if I hurt you then i'm sorry
its just this guilt has got the best of me

And then you bring me home
'Cause we both know what its like to be alone, no
And I'm dreaming in your living room
But we don't have much room
To live

Konstantine is coming down the stairs
Doesn't she look good
Standing in her underwear?
And I've been thinking
What I've been thinking, you know
But she's been drinking
And it doesn't get me anywhere.

Konstantine came walking down the stairs
And all that I could do
Was touch her long blond hair
And I was thinking
What I was thinking
But we've been drinking
And it doesn't get me anywhere.

This is because I can spell konfusion with a K
It's hard to like it
It's to dying in anothers arms
and why i had to try it
It's to jimmy eat world
and those nights in my car
but this time I'm alone
and I don't see those stars
I'm not your star
Isn't that what you said
what you thought this song meant
you thought this song meant

If this is what it takes
to lie in my mistakes
and live with what I did to you
and all the things i've put you through
I always catch the clock it's 11:11
And now you want to talk
it's not hard to dream
You'll always be my Konstantine

They'll never hurt you like I do
No, They'll never hurt you like I do
No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No

This is to a girl who got into my head
with all these pretty things she did
Hey Baby, You know that you keep me up in bed
It's to a girl who got into my head
with all the fucked up things I did
Hey Maybe Baby, You could keep me up in bed
My Konstantine

Spin Around me like a Dream
We played out on this movie screen
And I said, did you know I missed you
Did you know I missed you
Did you know I missed you
Did you know I missed you
Did you know I missed you
Did you know I missed you
Did you know I missed you

Oh God I Miss You

And then you bring me home
And we'll go to sleep but this time not alone, no No,
And you'll kiss me in your living room, oh
And you see no,
what I've been missing in my living room
Cause it's all you
yeah this is what i've missed
what i've missed
We don't have much room
I said, Does anybody really need that room
'cause we all need a little but of room
To Live

...My Konstantine

I'm lost at sea,
The radio is jamming but they wont find me,
I swear its for the best
And then your frequency is pulling me in closer
Til I'm home.

And I've been up for days
I finally lost my mind
And then I lost my way.
I'm blistered but I'm better and I'm home.

And I will crawl, theres things that aren't worth giving up I know.
But I won't let this get me I will fight.
You live the life you're given with the storms outside somedays all I do is watch the sky.

This room's too small, it's only getting smaller
I'm against the wall, I'm slowly getting taller here in Wonderland.
This guilt feels so familiar and I'm home.

And I will crawl, theres things that aren't worth giving up I know.
But I won't let this get me I will fight.
You live the life you're given with the storms outside somedays all I do is watch the sky,
Somedays all I do is watch the sky.

I think I, I could use a little break, today was a good day.
I think I, I could use a little break, today was a good day.
It's a deep sea on which I'm floating. Still I sink to think that i must...

Crawl, theres things that aren't worth giving up I know.
When you can't bear to carry me I'll fight.
You live the life you're given with the storms outside somedays all I do is watch the sky,
Today was a good day, today was a good day.

On Christmas morning
Outside it was pouring
All was hopeless in this home
And no one speaking
No one creeping
To see if she was on the phone
And u were quiet
This routine riot is all but practical to me
And if we see it why can't we be it?
Can we let each other be?

Forget December
It won't be better than I remember it before
And this month only
Would be so lonely
And not so homely anymore

New years eve came
But nothing had changed
All the problems just got worse
We sat in silence
The routine science could heal the sickness we rehearse
And if I'm talking
My words are mocking
The deaf ears they have fallen on
These words are tainted
With years of jaded
In a sense that's all but gone

Forget December
It won't be better than I remember it before
And this month only
Would be so lonely
And not so homely anymore..
Anymore...anymore...anymore...

Forget December
It won't be better than I remember it before
And this month only
Would be so lonely
And not so homely anymore

Forget December
It won't be better than I remember it before
A silent night won't feel quite right
It's not so silent anymore..
Anymore...anymore...anymore...

On Christmas morning
Outside it was pouring
All was hopeless in this home

I woke up in New York City
From my sleep behind the wheel
Caught a train to Poughkeepsie
And time stood still

She wrote me a letter from San Diego
To qualify her luck
These flights connect through Arizona
But I think I'll stay stuck

So here I am
Here I am
Well I woke up in a car
I traced away the fog
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car

I met a girl who kept tattoos for homes
That she had loved
If I were her I'd paint my body
Until all my skin was gone

She wrote me a letter as we passed through Rockford
She said she won't forget
Maybe I do maybe I don't
But I know I haven't yet

So here I am
Here I am
Well I woke up in a car
I traced a way to fall
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car

And maybe I could live forever
If that ever I had known
That you'd be waiting there whenever I'm alone

But here I am
Well I woke up in a car
I traced a way to fall
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys

Well I woke up in a car
I traced a way to fall
So I could see the Mississippi on her knees
I've never been so lost
I've never felt so much at home
Please write my folks and throw away my keys
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car
I woke up in a car

Letters to Noelle
Marked up cardboard boxes fell
I fell with them
Crushed like them
I am

Letters to Noelle
Years of waiting, nothing fading
Emptied out my pen
Carved the rest into my hand

Letters to Noelle
Written from my darkest cell
Filling up my wishing well
Waiting on their return

But the driveway's clear
You pray for silence
Step into my quiet violence
Do you see pictures in my words?
Standing still, I'm moving faster
Searching out my next disaster
You're gonna get what you deserve

Letter to Noelle
I see them in a box inside a case
That she keeps locked up in a place
I'll never be

Letters to Noelle
I emptied out my veins onto a page
Set to a scream you just can't gauge
She cannot see what's inside of me

But the driveway's clear
You pray for silence
Step into my quiet violence
Do you see pictures in my words?
Standing still, I'm moving faster
Searching out my next disaster
You're gonna get what you deserve

Letters to Noelle
Tied on ribbons in my brain
Obsession don't give way to pain
I know that now

I know that now

I can hear ticking clocks,
Running rampant in Me,
chiming in apogee
Waiting for the cynergy
Of Her and Me waiting on the light
And I Never say goodnight
Never say that I'm always right

Now in you girl
I'm consent to drown
You're High and I'm so Down
This Night'll end sooner But much sooner now
I'm awake in you and You're Asleep in me
All the things I'll never be
Make me Wonder could you see
And I Said

Wait, till I hit the ground Harder
Wish I could Wait, To I could hear your heartbeat fast
Wish I could wait Till I missed her flavour
My days are numbered here
and I don't want to be the last one Home
don't want to be the last one home

Though I'm weak inside
I'm thriving just the same
Still Calling out your name
Wondering who it is that I should blame
Stabbing Hard and Buried
Consciousness and fear
Forgetting others I hold Dear
Won't cha maybe could you hear
And I said To

Wait, till I hit the ground Harder
Wish I could Wait, To hear your heartbeat fast
Wish I could wait Till I missed her flavour
My days are numbered here
and I don't want to be the last one Home
no no no
the last one home
(Oh here we go...)

There you are baby
just waiting on the sun
just Staring at the sky
said When will he be done
and I said there you are baby
waiting on the sun
staring at the sky
said when will he be done
when will he be done

and I wish I could wait, Till I see you shaking
wish I could wait to pull out of this one fast
wish I could wait till I taste your flavour
and maybe I can savour every last drop
and I said

Wait, till I hit the ground Harder
Wish I could Wait, to hear to hear your heartbeat fast
Wish I could wait to see you shaking
My days are numbered here
and I don't want to be the last one Home
the last one home
the last one home