The Chronicles of Life and Death
The Chronicles of Life and Death
You come in cold
You're covered in blood
They're all so happy you've arrived
The doctor cuts your chord
He hands you to your mom
She sets you free into this life
And where do you go
With no destination, no maps to guide you
Wouldn't you know
That it doesn't matter
We all end up the same
These are the chronicles of
Life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives
As fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of your life
And money talks
In this world
Thats what idiots will say
But you'll find out
That this world
Is just an idiots parade
Before you go
You've got some questions
And you want answers
But now you're old, cold, covered in blood
Right back to where you started from
These are the chronicles of
Life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives
As fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the worst day of your life
But these are the chronicles of
Life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives
As fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of
Today could be the worst day of
Today could be the last day of your life
It's your life
Your life
Walk Away (Maybe)
I made this bed
I choose to lie in it
And live with my regrets
And sleep with what I said
Could this be the end
Am I standing on the edge
Of everything I wanted now
I was afraid
I was afraid
And maybe I'm just scared
To face the things I feel
It's easier to
Walk away from everything
Separate my soul
With all the things we shared
I'm falling to pieces now
Say a prayer for me
When you go to bed
I'm in
Need of your faith now
I was afraid
And maybe I'm just scared
To face the things I feel
It's easier to
Walk away from everything
If we could just reset
And live in happiness
Instead of our regrets
We salvage everything
We don't have to walk away
Pray for me now
I'm in need
Of faith
Pray for me now
I'm in need
And maybe I'm just scared
To face the things I feel
It's easier to
Walk away from everything
If we could just reset
And live in happiness
Instead of our regrets
We'd salvage everything
And maybe I'm just scared
To face the things I failed
It's easier to walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
Walk away from everything
S.O.S.
Is anybody listening?
Can they hear me when I call?
I'm shooting signals in the air
'Cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own
So I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening?
Listening
I've been stranded here and I'm miles
Away
Making signals hoping they'd save me
I lock myself inside these walls
'Cause out there I'm always wrong
I don't think I'm gonna
Make it
So while I'm sitting here
On the eve of my defeat
I'll write this letter and hope it saves me
Is anybody listening?
Can they hear me when I call?
Shooting signals in the air
'Cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own
So I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening?
Listening
I'm stuck in my own head and I'm oceans away
Would anybody notice
If I chose to stay?
I'll send and SOS tonight
I wonder if I will survive
How in the hell did I get so far away this time
So now I'm sitting here
The time of my departure's near
I say a prayer
Please someone
Save me
Is anybody listening?
Can they hear me when I call?
Shooting signals in the air
'Cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own
So I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening?
Listening
I'm lost here
I can't make it on my own
I don't wanna die alone
I'm so scared
Drowning now
Reaching out
Holding on to everything
I love
Crying out
Dying now
Need some help
Is anybody listening?
Can you hear me when I call?
Shooting signals in the air
I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own
So I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening?
I Just Wanna Live
I need an a-
Larm system in my house
So I know when people are
Creeping about
These people are
Freaking me out
(these days)
It's getting hectic everywhere that I go
They won't leave me alone
There's things they all wanna know
I'm paranoid of all the people I meet
Why are they talking to me?
And why can't anyone see
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
I rock a
Lawsuit
When I'm going to court
A white suit
When I'm gettin' divorced
A black suit
At the funeral home
And my birthday suit when I'm home alone
Talkin' on the phone
Got an interview
With the rolling stone
They're saying
"Now you're rich and
Now you're famous
And fake ass girls all know your names and
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Your first hit, aren't you a-
Shamed?"
Of the life
Of the life
Of the life we're livin'
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
Stop your messin' around, boy
Better think of your future
Better make some good plans, boy
Said everyone of my teachers
Lookout
You better play it safe
You never know what hard times will come your way
We say
Where we're coming from
We've already seen
The wealth that this life can bring
Now we expect it everywhere that we go
All the things that they say
Yeah we already know
I just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Don't really care about what happens to me
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
I just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
I just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Don't really care about the things that they say
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Just wanna live
Don't really care about what happens to me
I just wanna live
Ghost of You
I will wait until the end
When the pendulum will swing back to the
Darker side of our hearts bleeding
I will save this empty space
Next to me like its a grave
Where I lay a place for us to sleep eternally together
I have been
Searching for
Traces of
What we were
A ghost of you
Is all that I have left
Is all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
So here I am
Pacing around this house again
With pictures of us living on these walls
I see my breath in the cold of the air that I breathe and I'm wondering
I'm wondering if its you that I feel if its you that I feel here
Haunting me forever
I have been
Searching for
Traces of
What we were
A ghost of you
Is all that I have left
Is all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
And I'm not looking for
Anything but us
Anything but what we were
And I'm not asking for
Any memories
I only want to know you're here
A ghost of you
Is all that I have left
Is all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
A ghost of you
Is all that I have left
Is all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all
Predictable
Something isn't right
I can feel it again, feel it again
This isn't the first time
That you've left me waiting
Sad excuses
And false hopes high
I saw this coming, still I don't know why
I let you in
I knew it all along
You're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong
(something's always wrong)
So you don't have to call
Or say anything at all
You're so predictable
(So predictable)
So take your empty words
Your broken promises
And all the time you stole
Cause I am done with this
I could give it away, give it away
I'm doing everything I should've
And now I'm making a change, I'm living today
I'm giving back what you gave me
I don't need anything.
I knew it all along
You're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong
(something's always wrong)
So you don't have to call
Or say anything at all
You're so predictable
(So predictable)
Now everywhere I go, everyone I meet
Every time I try to fall in love
They all want to know why I'm so broken
Why am I so cold?
Why I'm so hard inside
Why am I scared?
What am I afraid of?
I don't even know
This story's never had an end
I've been waiting
I've been searching
I've been hoping
I've been dreaming you would come back
But I know the ending of this story
And you're never coming back
Never...
I knew it all along
You're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong
(something's always wrong)
So you don't have to call
Or say anything at all
You're so predictable
(So predictable)
Everywhere I go for the rest of my life
Everyone I love
(So predictable)
Everyone I care about
They're all gonna want to know what's wrong with me
And I know what it is
(So predictable)
What it is is right now
Secrets
In the dark
In the darkness you will find
Dirty little secrets we all hide
Cause we all have
A darker side
A place we keep where no one else will find
Cause everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
But I will
Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could
Dance with me through this rain
And we will fight
We'll fight again
Fight again
In the back
In the closets of your mind
That's where skeletons and dirty secrets hide
And I'll rip out
My insides
And leave them on display for you tonight
Cause everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
But I will
Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could
Dance with me through this rain
And we will fight
We'll fight again
Fight again
All this time I hide my secrets away
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
We all try to hide our secrets away
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could dance with me through this rain
And we will fight
We'll fight again
Fight again
Fight again
Cause everybody wants to hide their secrets away
And that's ok
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
Fight again
The Truth
So here we are
We are alone
There's weight on your mind
I wanna know
The truth
If this is how you feel
Say it to me
If this was ever real
I want the truth
From you
Give me the truth
Even if it hurts me
I want the truth
From you
Give me the truth
Even if it hurts me
I want the truth
So this is you
You're talking to me
You found a million ways to let me down
So I'm not hurt when you're not around
I was blind
But now I see
This is how you feel
Just say it to me
If this was ever real
I want the truth
From you
Give me the truth
Even if it hurts me
I want the truth
From you
Give me the truth
Even if it hurts me
I know that this will break me
I know that this might make me cry
You gotta say what's on your mind
On your mind
I know that this will hurt me
And break my heart and soul inside
But I don't wanna live this life
I want the truth
From you
Give me the truth
Even if it hurts me
I want the truth
From you
Give me the truth
Even if it hurts
I don't care no more, no
Just give me the truth
Give me the truth
Cause I don't care no more
Give me the truth
Cause I don't care no more, no
Just give me the truth
Give me the truth
Give me the truth
Give me the truth
Give me the truth
Cause I don't care no more, no
The World is Black
Turn on channel seven at a quarter to eight
You see the same damn thing, it's just a different day, and
No one really knows why this is happening
But it's happening
And everywhere you go, it's just a different place
You get the same dark feeling
See the same sad faces
No one really cares
That this is happening
We come into this world
And we all are the same
In that moment there's no one to blame
But the world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever changed
By the things we've seen
Seen
Living in this place, it's always been this way
There's no one doing nothing, so there's nothing changed
And I can't live when this world just keeps dying
It's dying
People always tell me this is part of the plan
That God's got everybody in his hands
But I can only pray that God is listening
Is he listening?
We're living in this world
Growing colder everyday
Nothing can stay perfect now I see
But the world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever changed
By the things we've seen
Seen
Seen
We come into this world
And we are all the same
And in that moment there's no one to blame
But we're living in this world
Growing colder everyday
Nothing can stay perfect now I see
The world is black
And hearts are cold
There's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
(We can't go back)
It won't be the same
(It won't be the same)
Forever changed
(What will ever change)
By the things we've seen
Seen
Seen
Turn on channel seven at a quarter to eight
You see the same damn thing, it's just a different day, and
No one really knows why this is happening
Mountain
All these dreams and all these plans
I built them all with these two hands
Everything, I've realized my
Dreams
The city lights shine down and
They blind me sometimes but through it all
I was lost but I found my way
So tell me what you want
Cause I would give you anything
Tell me what you need and I'll go get it
I'd give up all these dreams
To have you in my arms right now
I'd give up everything and I'd forget it
Wasn't on
A mountain
When it came
To me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow
Dreams
So here we are
Let me lift you up and show you this world
Over me
And all these dreams
And what I've gained
And what I've seen
It can't compare
To the love
That you could give me
So tell me what you want
Cause I would give you anything
Tell me what you need and I'll go get it
I'd give up all these dreams
To have you in my arms right now
I'd give up everything and I'd forget it
Wasn't on
The mountain
When it came
To me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams
Years go by
And nothing's slowing down the time
Years go by and then they're wasted
All this time
I thought that I gave everything
But you're not mine and I'm so empty
Wasn't on
The mountain
When it came, when it came
To me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow
Dreams
(So please come back to me
I'm here waiting
So please come back to me
Now...)
We Believe
There's a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed
She asks God why
Her only son has died
And now her daughter cries
She can't sleep at night
Downtown
Another day for all the suits and ties
Another war to fight
There's no regard for life
How do they sleep at night?
How can we make things right?
Just wanna make this right
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
We are
All the same
Human in
All our ways and all our pain
(So let it be)
There's a love that could fall down like rain
(Let us see)
Let forgiveness wash away the pain
(What we need)
And no one really knows what they are searching for
(We believe)
This world is crying for so much more
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
So this world
Is too much
For you to take
Just lay it down and follow me
I'll be everything you need
In every way
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
(In this love)
We believe
(In this love)
We believe
(In this love)
We believe
(In this love)
It Wasn't Enough
It wasn't enough
It wasn't enough
It wasn't enough
I
Will try
To believe
In the things I cannot see
But my faith is shaking now
Like it's never been before
When I call
And you don't come
I don't know what I should do
Should I call?
Should I even count on you?
I'm giving all I can
It wasn't enough
To keep you in my hands
Should I give up?
I try to understand
Was it ever enough?
I don't understand
So here
I am
Once again
With my back against the wall
Afraid to show you
Afraid to tell you
I don't know you like I did
I've never been
So alone
I've never felt so insecure
And now I don't know
Where I'm going
In my life I'm not so sure
I'm giving all I can
It wasn't enough
To keep you in my hands
Should I give up?
I try to understand
Was it ever enough?
I don't understand
Giving up tonight
I won't let go, won't let go of you
Giving up tonight
I wanna show you, wanna show you
Giving up tonight
I won't let go, won't let go of you
Giving up tonight
Am I giving up?
Giving up
I don't
Wanna give this up, I won't
I'm giving all I can
It wasn't enough
To keep you in my hands
Should I give up?
I try to understand
Was it ever enough?
I don't understand
Everything you want from me
I fought so hard for everything
Everything you want from me
I tried so hard, could never be
Anything you want from me
Anything you want from me
Anything you want from me
I gave it all
In This World (Murder)
In this world all our sins are simple
But you step over innocent lines
And in this world its not our money that's evil
It's the ones who choose it over life
And in my heart I can not beleive in this murder
And I will not be fed by the lies
Or the life that's created
Just to be murdered
It's murder
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How loud they cry
They can't
Buy their way into heaven
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How high they climb up the ladder
They won't reach up into heaven
And they can't see
The innocent lives
The poor and the suffering
And in my heart I wanna undo this murder
And give back the innocent lives
Open cages and stop their luxirous murder
It's murder
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How loud they cry
They can't
Buy their way into heaven
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How high they climb up the ladder
They won't reach up into heaven
Oh
Innocent life
Innocent murder
What have we done?
No mercy
For beautiful
Money for blood
It's murder
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How high they climb up the ladder
They won't reach up into heaven
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How loud they cry
They can't
Buy their way into heaven
No matter
How hard they try
And no matter
How high they climb up the ladder
They won't reach up into heaven
Heaven
Heaven
Falling Away
And tonight we burn down everything
We worked so hard to build
The ashes will rain
Down on me, memories
Set aflame
Sail away
What we said
If we can make this
Then we could break this into two
Memories
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
And tonight I will be
A vessel
With these sails
Set aflame
Let this ocean of our memories carry me
Out to sea
I will be
Fall beneath the crashing waves into my grave
I will sleep
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
If we can make this
Then we can break this
If we can build it
Then we can burn it down
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away
I feel you fallin' away from me again
And now you're farther away
Now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
And now you're farther away
Now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
And now you're farther away
Now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
And now you're farther away
Now you're farther away
Now you're farther away from me again
Meet My Maker
I'll meet my maker tonight
So this is it
This is my life
This is my time, it's ending tonight
I made my mistakes
I tried to live right
Stepped out of the darkness into the light
And when I'm gone
Will they remember
Will they mourn
Will they move on
When my sad songs
For lonely son
His time has come, his life is done
And tonight
We'll celebrate the end
Of this life
And we'll sing
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Whoa
It's alright
This is the night
Life leaves me again
With open arms
This is the way
The way I'll meet my maker tonight
And on my grave
What will it say?
"Here lies another soul that was saved"
So please don't cry
Just sleep at night
And I will wait on the other side
And tonight
We'll celebrate the end
Of this life
And we'll sing
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Whoa
It's alright
This is the night
Life leaves me again
With open arms
This is the way
The way I'll meet my maker tonight
And tonight
We'll celebrate the end
Of this life
And we'll sing
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Whoa
It's alright
This is the night life leaves me again
Open arms
This is the way
The way I'll meet my maker tonight
Whoa (whoa)
Whoa (whoa)
Whoa (whoa)
Whoa (whoa)
Whoa (whoa)
Whoa (whoa)
Wounded
Lost and broken
Hopeless and lonely
Smiling on the outside
Hurt beneath my skin
My eyes are fading
My soul
Is bleeding
I'll try to make it seem okay
But my faith is wearing thin
So help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open
And I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me sew them up
I only wanted a magazine
I only wanted a movie screen
I only wanted the life I'd read about and dreamed
And now my mind is an open book
And now my heart is an open wound
And now my life is an open soul for all to see
But help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open
And I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me
So you come along
I push you away
Then kick and scream for you to stay
Cause I need someone to help me
Oh I need someone to help me
To help me heal these wounds
They've been open for way too long
Help me fill this soul
Even though this is not your fault
That I'm open
And I'm bleeding
All over your brand new rug
And I need someone to help me sew them
I need someone to help me fill them
I need someone to help me close them up
