these are written exactly as they're sung on the album, mistakes and all
flaming eyes and diamond hearts
these are the spoils of a wasted time
all these things i thought i knew
now they're just ashes that go blowing by
i walk away
no looking back
kick the sand up over all my tracks
when i thought it was surely gone
turn around and it's back again
with nothing left to do and with nothing left to lose
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
should have told you long ago
well i guess you oughta know
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
and when you're seeking help
you better ask someone else
cause we're looking in different places
for the same thing
thought i would forget
memories of regret
but the pain keeps coming and it keeps going on
and on
and on
sickened at the sight of me
it's picking at the light in me again
well thats okay
i won't let you in
made up enemies
forging plastic victims again
i will not let you in
with nothing left to do and with nothing left to lose
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
should have told you long ago
well i guess you oughta know
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
and i can't believe that i have to tell you again
just get out
hey
with nothing left to do and with nothing left to lose
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
should have told you long ago
well i guess you oughta know
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
hey
with nothing left to do and with nothing left to lose
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
should have told you long ago
well i guess you oughta know
i will fix myself but it won't get better
it won't get better with you
i saw myself in the mirror yesterday
and he's the same as always
well i know that some things never change
so do you
are you tired of the broken world you've made
can i tell you something
are you trying to run, run away?
well i am too
let's go
we can't turn back again
not now
it just keeps happening
somehow
the pieces start to fall away
and still i say to you
let's go
we can't turn back again
this time
we'll find our way back in
somehow
the pieces start to fall away
but still i say
can you see
how we're lost and found and sinking down
impossible
you've got to know when you're out of air to breathe
would you believe
it's the craziest thing, yeah
you never would think that
all we were is laid to waste
and i'm so sick of the same old rusty cage
let's go
we can't turn back again
not now
it just keeps happening
somehow
the pieces start to fall away
and still i say to you
let's go
we can't turn back again
this time
we'll find our way back in
somehow
the pieces start to fall away
and still i say to you
don't you leave me alone here right now
cause i can't make it on my own
and so to you i'm giving you a part of me
so don't let go until you're free
now go
let's go
we can't turn back again
not now
it just keeps happening
somehow
the pieces start to fall away
and still i say to you
let's go
we can't turn back again
this time
we'll find our way back in
somehow
the pieces start to fall away
but still i say
everything is clearer now
hear my name
you won't be the same
a fallen creation
nevermore
i can do anything that i believe
i can run around in circles until i can hardly breathe
i can jump into a river and just till i hit shore
i can paint myself against the wall and fall down to the floor
i can crank the stereo and i can fold a crane
i can stay up all night long and wish away the pain
i can crash my car at a million miles an hour
and i can scream and shake my fist at all the men in power
i think i've got to go
cause i'm about to blow
and i don't wanna know
whatever is on your mind
cause this is my time to fly
i know it's worth a try
i'm never gonna die
if this is not worth living for, then
i can juggle knives around and rip myself to shreds
i can lay down in the ground and pretend that i'm dead
i can hurt somebody else like i've been hurt before
and if i burn this country down it's just because i'm bored
i can shatter all my windows so i can feel the breeze
i can wallow in my emptiness to justify the means
i can ruin someone's life just for getting in my way
and i'll write a song about it all to make it feel okay
i've got to go
cause i'm about to blow
and i don't wanna know
whatever is on your mind
cause this is my time to fly
i know it's worth a try
i'm never gonna die
if this is not worth living for, then
one, two, three, four
???
go
cause i'm about to blow
and i don't wanna know
whatever is on your mind
cause this is my time to fly
i know it's worth a try
i'm never gonna die
if this is not worth living for
fate can feel impossible
when all that we have done is thrown away
before your eyes, unbreakable
we always thought we'd won
but not today
no, not today
i can remember where i was
when i heard them call my name
am i not the only one?
will it ever feel the same?
dusk is almost here
and the stars will take control
once again i'm lost without a map
the whole way through i searched for you
but now the trail's gone cold
and all that's left has faded into black
so give me light to see
the dark is drawing near
come and set me free
so i can disappear
and tell me it's okay
there's nothing left to fear
help me get away
far away from here
welcome to the new machine
you've had a good run now you've got to settle down
just stick with the new routine
and you'll be just fine once you find your way around
it's been a while since you've seen a change
you've got nothing left of your better days
we'll bleed you out in a dozen ways
just to feel again
so please take some time to readjust
don't beat yourself up now
just let us control
and you'll make it to work somehow
you fit in right where we want
and you might live if you just start
cause no one got anywhere for having heart
this thing only moves if you just play the part
it's complicated
this mark has faded
too long we've waited
so come take me away
it's really nothing
we'll think of something
but you're still running
we'll try another another day
filling the hole inside you
stuck in your concrete ways
finding a way to see through
all the mistakes you have made
but you've spilled more than ink
you've got a paperweight on your conscience now
there's so much left to be done
if you wanna live with yourself somehow
so always remember
and don't you ever forget
you're not the only number
that must repay its debt
this time you say it's different
and we can end it here
but oh this getting hard
so you try to disappear
it's complicated
this mark has faded
too long we've waited
so come take me away
it's really nothing
we'll think of something
but you're still running
we'll try another day
it's complicated
this mark has faded
too long we've waited
so come take me away
it's really nothing
we'll think of something
but you're still running
we'll try another day
as you spin
as your world caves in to me
you will tremble at our feet
you will tremble at our feet
as you scream out
for the way things used to be
you will tremble at our feet
you will tremble at our feet
it's complicated
this mark has faded
too long we've waited
so come take me away
it's really nothing
we'll think of something
but you're still running
we'll try another day
i can't see a thing
and it's so cold tonight
we're crawling in the dark
and burning in the light
wish we had the time
and strength to run away
to leave this world behind
and start our own today
[instrumental]
rest your little head my friend
commit yourself to the warmth of my hands
waves of color pour in
flashing visions of another world
do you feel yourself here?
do you feel yourself here?
detuned scenes
a picture perfect place
fade away
drift through time and space
the world may lie still now
if only for tonight
only for tonight
something's come alive
and it's growing from within
the seeds of wrath and fury
shed from all that we have been
the world is cast afire
and there's thunder in the sky
the great resounding voices
of a thousand blinding eyes
inside your mind
what will you find?
for all we have done
and all we have tried
inside your mind
what will you find?
for all we have done
and all we have tried
strayed away
to find a perfect something
as we fade to gray
with dying aspiration
and in this state of darkness
i challenge the abyss
to open up its gaping mouth
as i begin my great descent
now
creeping through
reaching out
feeling the cold air all around
looking out from behind the trees
for a reflection that isn't me
twisted branches
they pierce the skin
there's something burning within
you might think you saw a
just a tiny little light
but the brighest paths aren't always right
i'm falling down again
looking for something i control
tired of life taking its toll
if there's one thing i have learned
just sit back and watch it burn
why should earth stop spinning just for you?
well you're barely even there
take a little bit of time
got a head full of leaves
and you cant find a sign
everybody's spilling out
everybody's on the move
and you try to find your place
well you've got nothing to lose
man i wish someone could tell me
but i won't let them help me
cause it's hard to keep your balance in the sand
but i think i've figured out
what this is all about
should i even get back up?
looking for something i control
tired of life taking its toll
if there's one thing i have learned
just sit back and watch it burn
why should earth stop spinning just for you?
spinning around without a place to go
trying to find a sheltered hole
raining bullets as i run out of the woods
i will not
i cannot
fall down anymore
i'm looking for something that i control
and i'm tired of life taking its toll
if there's one thing that i have learned
just sit back and watch it burn
earth will not stop spinning just for you
[instrumental]
something's come around
and i
i feel the change within
every step we take
nothing stays the same
and you
you couldn't understand
what you've never had to face
after all this time
the time has come today
for me to realize
the patterns on display
and now i know you'll be
the biggest change in me
that sickness in your eyes
was all i needed to see
you know who i am
you know who i am
you know who i am
you know who i am
fuzzy memories
blurring to a crawl
they're just slipping out
like magnets on a wall
and yet something stays
i can still see your face
but i tried to remember just how i got here
and i can't
i can't recall the way
but i know just what you are
and i've seen it all before
you take them all apart
and start to burn them to the floor
but now it's time to leave
and forget everything
you will never justify
all the things you've done to me
you know who i am
you know who i am
you know who i am
you know who i am
don't waste
my time
don't you
tell me who i am
don't you
dare lie
don't you
tell me who i am
just say
goodbye
don't you
tell me who i am
just go
don't try
at last
i know who i am
this is not the end
this is not the end
this is not the end
this is not the end
this is not the end
this is not the end