The Starting Line Album

[No lyrics]

This is the distance between point A and point B
The self-completion meeting the goal we've exceed
And it's the best thing to ever enter my life
After all this time, I'm still taken by surprise
Every time that a stranger calls my name
For a picture to take, it happens every day.

Will there be a picture left to snap,
or will my face just detach itself,
and get caught up in the public eye?
Let it take mine

It feels just like
It feels just like making love to the camera
It feels just like
It feels just like making love, making love

If what goes on here doesn't stay in this room
We're gonna spread the word to leaving room to grow
And if we blossom ... trees
I swear I'll still be the same as I was as a seed

And if these branches hold a leaf
They'll hold convictions
I believe
This is the beginning of something
Too strong to break now

It feels just like
It feels just like making love to the camera
It feels just like
It feels just like making love, making love

It felt just like
It felt just like making love to the camera
It felt just like

[Verse 1:]
closed window pane
I stare out all day
this room and the walls
we wait for the call
and slow like decay
this progress we made

[Pre Chorus:]
could You...

[Chorus:]
get to the point
get it across
to the poison
atop of the ladder
I'm climbing up
I,I
have my doubts

[Verse 2:]
This is a call
from my cage
through the bars
inspired by the dollar sign
that's dangling outside

[Pre Chorus:]
Someone....

[Chorus:]
get to the point
get it across
to the poison
atop of the ladder
I'm climbing up
I,I
have my doubts
my doubts
my doubts
my doubts!

[Bridge:]
go on and get it right
get it right
just stay
just stay the same way
do it like
you did it before
remain
remain the same

[Chorus:]
get to the point
get it across
to the poison
thats atop of the ladder
I'm climbing up
I,I
have my doubts

get to the point
get it across
to the poison
atop of the ladder
I'm climbing up
I,I

I got the talk when I was younger
And understood as I recall,
they hadn't mentioned this at all.
My heart was racing like a sprinter
That tripped and fell
In love with a girl just for tonight and that's all

I've got big, big plans
And they've got to mean something more
than just once
I just don't know what I want

I'm gonna tear your ass up like we just got married
And you're all mine now
Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives
Or maybe for just tonight

I got the call when I was older
Yeah and I understood
If it happens then it happens and that's all
My arms the hose and you're the fire
Out of control and I've got put you out
Before there's nothing left at all

I've got big, big plans
And they've got to mean something more than just once
I just don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know
I just don't know what I want

I'm gonna tear your ass up like we just got married
And you're all mine now
Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives
Or maybe for just mine
So get your ass up cause you're in no hurry
like I am now
I'm getting older and older all of the time
or maybe for just tonight

And the next part is the hardest
To admit and explain but I've got to get it right
She said
"I'll chew you up and spit you out like all them.
I'm gonna put you right back in my mouth
You're gonna stay like that for now"
I will always love you

I said I tore your ass up like we just got married
And you're all mine now
Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives
Or maybe its just:
You've gotta get your ass up cause
you're in no hurry
Like I am now
I'm getting older and older all of the time

Let's go one more time

I'm gonna tear your ass up like we just got married
And you're all mine now
Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all our lives
Or maybe it's just mine
Over tonight

"Hey there love, let's get to catching up.
'Cause I been thinking those thoughts
that must have slipped my mind
that time that I left you there that night."
I replied, "Let me remind you of the guy
you failed to mention all along.
'Cause your actions have consequences and these are them."

[Chorus:]
I'll be your friend in hell, until then I despise you.
And I probably always will.
I can't afford to make another mistake like this,
'Cause this is more than I can take.
I don't mean to leave angry, this is by your own devise.
I'm sure this comes as no surprise.

Hey there babe, don't mean to cut you off,
but I've heard enough lies and you're dying to get caught.
I'll let you go call all your friends.
"Oh my god! Let me describe to you this guy,
his name is Ken, he's in this band that writes such,
awful songs about me all the time."
You're goddamn right!

[Chorus]

Fine, just let me lie here for a while,
'Cause I'll be staying up, yeah hanging up all night.
Oh, I'm spent with all intentions (of your bit?).
To a hopeless case, to a sharp headache, to a choice you make
To the reason why I, to the reason why I say.

[Chorus:]
I'll be your friend in hell, until then I despise you.
And I probably always will.
I can't afford to make another mistake like you.
I'm sure this comes as no surprise.
I'm sure this comes as no surprise.

I've never been so happy to see a photograph of me
then when graced with your company.
You're making a small change to the way
that you wear your heart.
I like it better...I like it... I like it better now

[Chorus:]
I'll swing from a streetlight
and sing oh, oh, oh
I'm stuck in the meantime
but we're so, oh close

The sunlight is overwhelming the scene that is
composed of you and me in our finest moment.
An amazing illusion was made with trick photography
it seems like you're really...you're really...
it feels like you're really here.

[Chorus]

As I'm grilled by a spotlight
I'll sing oh, oh, oh
and the thrill of a good fight

The kids were shouting "Let us out!"
And their parents did
Then 2 years, then 3 years
Then show's on and now, to make it rock 'n' roll
Those kids are making progress now
They're saying "Hear us out!" in every town
They do it 1 mile by 1 mile at a time

Though it seems like every time I get a little bit closer
To what I want I land further away from where and when I was a little bit
younger
Well, this year don't know how cadence goes
We say:

This parade still marches on
Louder than it ever was
Right, left, right, c'mon
C'mon get up and just follow that sound bow
When streets filled with people
Sing on and on and on through the town
The beat goes on

The kids are yelling "Play the song
That I heard that once!
I don't know what it's called or how it goes
But it's all the same to me."
The girls are screaming "Let us in
Because were what you want to solve all your problems for tonight
Because you're just so rock 'n' roll."

Though it seems like every time I get a little bit closer
To what I want I land further away from where and when I was a little bit
younger
If you still don't know the way we roll
We go:

This parade still marches on
Louder than it ever was
Right, left, right, c'mon
C'mon get up and just follow that sound bow
Where streets filled with people
They sing on and on and on through the town
The beat goes on

(Whoo)
Let's get back to sharing this place and the floor
Left, right, left, c'mon
C'mon get up and just follow that sound bow
Streets filled with people
They sing on, on, they sing and on and on and on

I have the sweetest of sights, you've got to know it
It's turned me sideways
I had some fire in my eyes once you got me going
It's seaping south and out my mouth

Rest easy tonight cuz I'm starting to write it down
Somehow saying the things that your ears won't believe
Is all for the principle

I had the flattest of sights, that's all I'm showing
I took those walls off
I am from left to the right, ripped, round, and roaring
From safe and sound to proud and loud

Rest easy tonight cuz I'm starting to write it down
Somehow saying the things that your ears won't believe
Is all for the principle

Rest easy tonight, yeah, cuz I'm starting to, I'm starting to
Rest easy tonight cuz I'm starting to write it down
Somehow saying the things that your ears won't believe
I'll try not to scream if you're trying to sleep
It's all based on the principle

For months you've been away
You're here a couple days
I've got all of the time in the world
To do with what we please
If it were up to me
We'd have all of the time in the world

Just stay right where I can see you
When you go away I get so low
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest
When you go away I get so lonely
And I'm stranded by the side of the bed

I can name all 50 states
48 get in the way
From me being next to you (From me being next to you)
If it were up to me
We'd have everything we need
You'd have me, and I'd have you

Just stay right where I could be-
Anyone you want
I'm glad I got the job
We've got something in mind
And I've got all this time

When you go away I get so low
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest
When you go away I get so lonely
And I'm stranded by the side of the bed

Just stay right where I can see you
Just stay right where I can..where I can see you
When you go away I get so low
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest
When you go away I get so lonely
And I'm stranded by the 1! 2!

When you go away I get so low
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest
Once you go away I get so lonely
When you go away I get so lonely

Take another hundred names and put 'em on a list
And curse yourself forever watching it
I'm looking to have to see it to the end
Cuz the fastest rat is always gonna win

You've gotta know to hustle to make it in this town
Cuz competition stiffens every night
Take another hundred and put 'em in your hand
Present the prize and not the ambulance

You've got a certain spar
You've got to show it off
What are you waiting for?
They've been expecting you
I've got the brightest spar
So nothing blow it out
What are you waiting for?
They've been expecting your call

She walks on red carpet all the time
In my eyes
Others will stop at her clothes
Coming up they will talk, let 'em talk
Because you've given them just what they want

Harder than a drama
Softer than a porn
Oh come and fill the purse a little more
You've got something special
Put it on the air
Humilation pays well by the chair

You've got a certain spar
You've got to show it off
What are you waiting for?
They've been expecting you
What are you waiting for?
They've been expecting your call

She walks on red carpet all the time
In my eyes
Others will stop at her clothes
Coming up they will talk, let 'em talk
Because she's given them just what they want
Given them just what they want
Yeah, you've given them just what they want

He'll do most anything
You'll do most anything for the camera
A meal for a wedding ring
A bow for embarrassing yourself
Keep that camera rolling, baby
What are you waiting for?
Cuz we've been waiting for you
Oh, what are you waiting for?
They've been expecting your call

She walks on red carpet all the time
In my eyes, in my eyes
Others will stop at her clothes
Coming up they will talk, let 'em talk

You've gotta hold, hold open my eyelids
If you're gonna shake, shake, shake 'til the morning
I'm gonna put, put things in perspective
And it's gonna take, take, take my precious time
All we need is a reason
For us to dance, dance, dance 'til the break of dawn
All I need is a hook now
For us to shout, shout, shout these words out

Cuz we're all, all, all
We're all...
You know we're all a part of the world, of course
If you know it sing out
Yeah, sing it out

I'm gonna snap back into formation
And get to work, work, work 'til the job gets done
Everyone's getting ready
Cuz they've been wait, wait, waiting for Friday night
All we need is a chance now
For, for us to get, get down in the after hours
All you need is a voice now
For us to shout, shout, shout these words out

Cuz we're all, all, all
We're all...
You know we're all a part of the world, of course
If you know it sing out
Yeah, sing it out
Cuz we're all a part
You know we're all a part of the world, of course
If you know it sing out
Yeah, sing it out

Work, work, work
Should, should, should
Good, good, good
I'm gonna keep it up, keep it up
Gonna keep it up, keep it up
Work, work, work if you
Should, should, should and you're
Good, good, good, all right now
Keep it up, keep it up, keep it

Cuz we're all, we're part
You know we're all a part of the world, of course
If you know it sing it out
Yeah, sing it cuz we're all, all, all
We're all
You know we're all a part of the world, of course
And if you're feeling me sing it out
Yeah, sing it cuz we're all
We're part
You know we're all a part of the world, of course
If you know it sing it out

I've been waiting for good news
We're to continue singing these ones
To the same demographic
Be it not perfect
Let it be heard by those taking an interest
Not for the critics holding their ears

Gonna get ready
Gonna get ready

I've been waiting for answers
Dancing in circles, making me sick
I've been chained like a tiger
To hundreds of liars all holding hands

Gonna get ready
Gonna get ready

Now I'm calling all the time
All I wanted was a little bit
Of time for me to try, try to get up
I'm gonna get up
All they wanted was a little bit of time for me
To clear my head, to clear my head
[x3]

Gotta clear it up
I'm calling all the time
All I wanted was a little bit
Of time for me to try, try to get up
I'm gonna get up
All they wanted was a little bit of time for me

So I flew across the country just to find your broken word
Like the dry wall in the bathroom of the hotel room she left me in alone
Excuse me while I let your secrets out
Does it comfort you to think about how wonderful this was up until now?

Cuz this is closure once and for all
Oh, this has to stop right now
Cuz I've been running for my life
And you could never catch me now

So I guess I'll just get going, I've got better topics now
And I'm off to find some blank pages to write all of them down
Because these ones have been dirtied with the mentioning of you
And you know I wouldn't say I hate you if it wasn't true
Because you're the talk of the town
And everybody's found it out

Cuz this is closure once and for all
Oh, this has to stop right now
Cuz I've been running for my life
And you could never catch me now

So I guess I'll cut my losses cuz I lost a lot
I guess I'll quit complaining and I'll starting walking it off
Because there is no point in living in a past without unhappiness
Consider it a promise we both broke
Consider it mistakes on both our parts

Cuz this is closure once and for all
Oh, this has to stop right now
Cuz I've been running for my life
And you could never catch me now
Yeah, this closure once and for all
Yeah, this closure once and for all