Your Favorite Weapon
THE SHOWER SCENE
It's funny how your worst enemies always seem to
Turn out to be all of your
Best friend's best friends
But I folded and I told
These aren't things I saved to sink you
But I folded, I told
So draw or throw and I will explode
It's time for you to choose
The bullet or the chapstick
And you are far too cute or whatever he said
Every time I hear it I am wishing I was great
I wish her... past tense my best friend
But I folded and I told
These aren't things I say to save me
But I folded, I told
I hope she's caught in the explosion
It's time for you to choose
The bullet or the chapstick
And you are far too cute or whatever he said
It's time for you to choose
It's time for you to choose
The bullet or the chapstick
This is me in his room
This is me in his room
This is me in his room
Red, gold, I told
We don't play fair
Red, gold, I told
We never stand too close
So I update this almost every single day for you
I begin to hate you for your face and not just the things you do
Go tell him how my wrist is sore
From pulling at your insides all night
Nothing that you do is new to anything or anyone but you
JUDE LAW AND A SEMESTER ABROAD
Whatever poison's in this bottle
Will leave me broken sore and stiff
But it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at
He owes me one last wish
So here's a present to let you know I still exist
I hope the next boy that you kiss has
Something terribly contagious on his lips
But I got a plan (I got a plan)
I'll drink for forty days and forty nights
A sip for every second-hand tick
And every time you fed the line
“You mean so much to me...”
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say
And even if her plane crashes tonight
She'll find some way to disappoint me
By not burning in the wreckage
Or drowning at the bottom of the sea
Jess, I still taste you, and thus reserve my right to hate you
And all this empty space that you create
Does nothing for my flawless sense of style
It's 8:45 (it's 8:45)
The weather is getting better by the hour (rains all the time)
I hope it rains there all the time
And if you ever said you miss me then don't say you never lied
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say
Who would do anything you say
Never gonna get it right
You're never gonna get it
No more songs about you
After this one I am done
You are, you are, you're gone
Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say
SUDDEN DEATH IN CAROLINA
Last night I swallowed liquor and a lighter and this morning I threw up fire
But it's nothing new. I've been piecing it together and it's got something to do
With every look thrown like a knife across a crowded room
Every slow and quiet car ride I spent drinking in the backseat
Every stupid melody to every stupid song
And every stupid word that everybody's hanging on
What difference does this difference in age make?
I know how it ends... she'll kill me quick
So call 911
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
And held responsible for this bloody mess
Last night I fell asleep next to a liar and I woke up with a shiner
And it's all that I remember from a night spent lying on my back
With a view of a stone white ceiling and the back of your head
This quiet, dark bed felt like the middle of nowhere
We beat each other up just like we always do
When I'm talking to myself I'd always rather be talking to you
What difference does this difference in age make?
I know how it ends... she'll kill me quick
So call 911
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
And held responsible for this bloody mess
Call homicide. Take the case to court
Her lips taste like a loaded gun
And I'm her number one chalk outline on the floor
They hung her from the bridge on Monday
The gathering turned into a mob out on the lawn
They dropped her body in the river
And school and work returned to normal before long...
Call 911
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
And held responsible for this bloody mess
Call homicide. Take the case to court
Her lips taste like a loaded gun
And I'm her number one chalk outline on the floor
MIX TAPE
I got a twenty dollar bill
That says no one's ever seen you
Without makeup
You're always made up
And I'm sick of your tattoos
And the way you always criticize
The Smiths
And Morrissey
And I know that you're a sucker
For anything acoustic
But when I say let's keep in touch
I really mean I wish that you'd grow up
This is the first song for your mixtape
And it's short, just like your temper
But somewhat golden like the afternoons
We used to spend before you got too cool
I got a twenty-dollar bill
That says no one's ever seen you
Without makeup
You're always made up
And I'm sick of your tattoos
And the way you don't appreciate
Brand New
Or me
And I know that you're a sucker
For anything acoustic
But when I say let's keep in touch
I hope you know I mean I wish that you'd grow up
This is the first song for your mixtape
It's short just like your temper
But somewhat golden like the afternoons
We used to spend before you got too cool...
(Yeah, but I wish you were my shadow)
FAILURE BY DESIGN
Watch you on the ones and twos
Through a window in a well lit room
Become a recluse
And I blame myself because I make things hard
And you're just trying to help
And when I wake up you're the first to call
This is one more late night basement song
And I'm so sore
My voice has gone to hell
And this is one more sleepless night because
We don't believe in filler, baby
If I could I'd sit this out
(This is over when I say it's over)
This is a lesson in procrastination
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated
And every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I gotta race the clock
(I ignore it and it ignores me too)
Let's say we go and crash your car
And every time I leave you go and lock the door
So I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder
I'm another day late and one year older
It's failure by design
And we just want sleep
But this night is hell
I'm sick and sunk and I blame myself
Because I make things hard and you're just trying to help
I got no gas (no gas)
I'm winding out my gears
This is one more day on the verge of tears
And now my head hurts (head hurts)
And my health is a joke
Now I gotta stop because the headphones broke
We don't believe in filler, baby
If I could I'd sit this out
(This is over when I say it's over)
This is a lesson in procrastination
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated
And every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I gotta race the clock
(I ignore it and it ignores me too)
Let's say we go and crash your car
And every time I leave you go and lock the door
And I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder
I'm another day late and one year older
It's failure by design
I'm out of everything
No one sleeps till we get this shit out on the shelves
It's late, I'm faltering
But this time I got nothing to say besides
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo (Baby, I'm better than this)
Nothing to say besides
(This is over when I say it's over)
This is a lesson in procrastination
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated
And every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I gotta race the clock
(I ignore it and it ignores me too)
What say we go and crash your car?
And every time I leave you go and lock the door
So I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder
I'm another day late and one year older
I'm a failure by design
LAST CHANCE TO LOSE YOUR KEYS
Cashed in all my chips tonight
And combed my hair till it was just right
Cause I've been thinking 'bout you and me girl
And we've got something going on
Tell me you can't wait to see me
Then you didn't bother to even show up
This whole situation's incredibly typical
I should've seen it all along
I should've seen it all along
I should've seen it all along
It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off
Home on a Saturday night
With all my doors locked up tight
I won't be thinking about you, baby
Call me on the phone
And you don't even wanna talk
Staring at you from across the room
But turn your back when I walk up
We got inches away
And I never even got close
Leave your lipstick at home
Don't pick up the phone
Don't bother to look in my direction
I should've seen it all along
I should've seen it all along
It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off
Home on a Saturday night
With all my doors locked up tight
I won't be thinking about you, baby
Forget everything you think you know about me
Forget everything you think you know about me
This isn't high school
Home on a Saturday night
With all my doors locked up tight
I won't be thinking about you, baby
LOGAN TO GOVERNMENT CENTER
(Check, check)
Consider this a letter that I never sent
However inconsiderate it seems
Do you still consider me
Consider me the boy you laughed with
Or you learned to live without?
I suck
I know I'm late
I know you waited
You wouldn't get me on the phone
And you couldn't make me not alone
The phone bill's stacked up by my bedside
With your picture, looking surprised
You're what makes
New England so great
My Island nights are all spent dying
Wait for summer
To become wrought with lips
(My wishful thinking)
You wouldn't get me on the phone
And you couldn't make me not alone
Yeah, you wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me on the phone
Yeah, you're a blue-eyed lightning bolt
I'm a national phenomenon
Nothing's absolutely definite
Till it's absolutely, definitely gone
I never thought this day would end
(Never thought this day would end)
I never thought tonight could ever be this close to me
So let my hands stray
Past the boundaries of your back
And get you breathing
And get this started
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me on the phone
Yeah you wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me on the phone
Yeah, you're a blue-eyed lightning bolt
I'm a natural phenomenon
Nothing's absolutely definite till it's gone
THE NO SEATBELT SONG
So, it's sad this doesn't suit you now
And me fresh out of rope...
Please ignore the lisp, I never meant to sound like this
So take me and break me and make me strong like you
I'll be forever grateful to this and you
It's only you, beautiful
Or I don't want anyone
If I can choose it's only you
Fix me to a chain around your neck and wear me like a nickel
Even new wine served in old skins cheapens the taste
I shot the pilot, now I'm begging you to fly this for me
I'm here for you to use, broken and bruised
Do you understand?
It's only you, beautiful
Or I don't want anyone
If I can choose, it's only you
But how could I miscalculate... perfect eyes will have perfect aim
If I can choose, it's only you
“We're wrecking” and I'm dry like a drum...when you scream
So fine I'll leave... we're spent... we've got time and trials...
Measured in miles... we slave for days (and weeks)
It's only you, beautiful
Or I don't want anyone
If I can choose. It's only you
But how could I miscalculate... perfect lies from a perfect dame
If I can choose... it's only you
SEVENTY TIMES 7
Back in school they never taught us what we needed to know
Like how to deal with despair, or someone breaking your heart
For twelve years I've held it all together
But a night like this is begging to pull me apart
I played it quiet, left you deep in conversation
I felt uncool and hung out around the kitchen
I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would
And now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could
Everyone's caught on to everything you do
Everyone's caught on to
As if this happening wasn't enough I got to go
And write a song just to remind myself how bad it sucked
Ignore the sun, the cover's over my head
I wrote a message on my pillow that says, "Jesse, stay asleep in bed."
So don't apologize. I hope you choke and die
Search your cell for something with which to hang yourself
They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven
But they don't tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell
And everyone's caught on to everything you do (And I can't let you, let me down again)
Everyone's caught on to (And I can't let you, let me down again)
So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with
Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish
I've seen more guts in 11-year-old kids
Have another drink and drive yourself home
I hope there's ice on all the roads
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt
And again when your head goes through the windshield
And is that what you call tact?
You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back
So let's end this call, and end this conversation
And is that what you call a getaway?
Well tell me what you got away with
Cause you left the frays from the ties you severed
When you say best friends means friends forever
Everyone's caught on to everything you do
Everyone's caught on to
SECONDARY
And it comes down to you
Never and ever
Wrecked his day with looks and flirts
And midnight in your shortest skirts
Past the point of trying, I'm a dying breed
Thank her for reminding me of all the things I've done completely wrong
Stop these looks and letters
This isn't for the better
You put me down...
It's for the worse, you're not my girl
Stop the circulation to my legs and break my bones
Dateless and late, I'm better by myself at home
Past the point of trying, and I'm dying here
Secondary. She laughs at every word I know came out completely wrong
And it's my last semester...
And brothers always come first
It's my last semester (It's my last semester)
At least until next winter. (At least until next winter}
But I'm sure that I'll be over this by then
Past the point of trying, I'm a dying breed
Thank her for reminding me of all the things I've done completely wrong
Stop these looks and letters
This isn't for the better
You put me down...
It's for the worse, you're not my girl
Stop the circulation to my legs and break my bones
Dateless and late, I'm better by myself at home
Past the point of trying, and I'm dying here
Secondary. She laughs at every word I know came out completely wrong
Better scenes... I wish she'd seen me
Better off if I just let it be
Better pretend it don't matter
I'd be better off if I could have her
Better days since the day I met her
I better hope she got my letters
Better off in two year stretches...
MAGAZINES
Laetitia, you destroy me
So I can see why I feel so lonely
When you and me could be forever perfectly perfect together, I know
Broken down in my dead bedroom
Stuttering to pictures of you
I know that you can always see me
Saw you staring through my TV last night
So I'll leave my door open all night
In case you decide you want to stop on by
Cause you got to know who's been singing that song on the radio
The one that goes...
My friends all call me crazy 'cause I stay up late anticipating
And planning for the day I sweep you off your feet
I'd never leave you alone
Laetitia, you got my hands shaking
I'm begging you, oh, baby, please, stop breaking my heart
'Cause I got the feeling you and I will never really get it on
So I'll leave my door open all night
In case you decide you want to stop on by
Cause you got to know who's been singing that song on the radio
The one that goes...
Girl, come to me
The only broken-hearted loser you'll ever need
Or I'll be left alone forever with my magazines
Girl, come to me
The only broken-hearted loser you'll ever need
Or I'll be left alone forever…
Laetitia, you destroy me
So I can see why I feel so lonely
When you and me could be forever
Perfectly perfect together, I know
SOCO AMARETTO LIME
Passed out on the overpass
Sunday best and broken glass
Broken down from the bikes
And bars Suspended like spirits
Over speeding cars
You and me were kings over the
Parkway tonight
And tonight will go on forever
While we walk around this town
Like we own the streets
And stay awake through summer
Like we own the heat
Singing "everybody wake up(wake
Up)it's time to get down"
(everybody, everybody wake up
It's time to get down)
And when I pass the bottle back
To Pete on the overpass tonight
I bet we laugh
I'm gonna stay eighteen forever
(cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever
(sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party
(this offer stands forever)
Cause we keep them going constantly
And we'll never have to listen
(new haircut)
To anyone about anything
(new bracelet)
Cause it's all been done and
It's all been said
(eyeliner)
We're the coolest kids and we
Take what we can get
(wait forever)
The hell out of this town
Find some conversation
The low-fuel lights been on for days
It doesn't mean anyhting
I've got another 500 nother 500 miles
Before we shut this engine down
We shut it down
I'm gonna stay eighteen forever
(cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever
(sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party
(this offer stands forever)
Cause we keep them going constantly
And we'll never have to listen
(new haircut)
To anyone about anything
(new bracelet)
Cause it's all been done
And it's all been said
(eyeliner)
We're the coolest kids and
We take what we can get
(wait forever)
(you're just jealous cause
I'm young and in love)
Eighteen forever
(your stomachs filled up but
You're starved for conversation)
So we can stay like this forever
(you're spending all your nights
Growing old in your bed)
And we'll never miss a party
(and your tearin up your photos
Cause you want to forget... it's over)
Cause we keep them going constantly
(you're just jealous cause
I'm young and in love)
And we'll never have to listen
(your stomachs filled up but
You're starved for conversation)
To anyone about anything cause
It's all been done
(you're spending all your nights
Growing old in your bed)
And it's all been said
(and your tearin' up your photos
Cause you want to forget... it's over)
We're the coolest kids and we take
What we can get
Just jealous cause we're
Young and in love
You're just jealous cause
We're young and in love
It's funny how your worst enemies always seem to
Turn out to be all of your
Best friend's best friends
But I folded and I told
These aren't things I saved to sink you
But I folded, I told
So draw or throw and I will explode
It's time for you to choose
The bullet or the chapstick
And you are far too cute or whatever he said
Every time I hear it I am wishing I was great
I wish her... past tense my best friend
But I folded and I told
These aren't things I say to save me
But I folded, I told
I hope she's caught in the explosion
It's time for you to choose
The bullet or the chapstick
And you are far too cute or whatever he said
It's time for you to choose
It's time for you to choose
The bullet or the chapstick
This is me in his room
This is me in his room
This is me in his room
Red, gold, I told
We don't play fair
Red, gold, I told
We never stand too close
So I update this almost every single day for you
I begin to hate you for your face and not just the things you do
Go tell him how my wrist is sore
From pulling at your insides all night
Nothing that you do is new to anything or anyone but you
JUDE LAW AND A SEMESTER ABROAD
Whatever poison's in this bottle
Will leave me broken sore and stiff
But it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at
He owes me one last wish
So here's a present to let you know I still exist
I hope the next boy that you kiss has
Something terribly contagious on his lips
But I got a plan (I got a plan)
I'll drink for forty days and forty nights
A sip for every second-hand tick
And every time you fed the line
“You mean so much to me...”
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say
And even if her plane crashes tonight
She'll find some way to disappoint me
By not burning in the wreckage
Or drowning at the bottom of the sea
Jess, I still taste you, and thus reserve my right to hate you
And all this empty space that you create
Does nothing for my flawless sense of style
It's 8:45 (it's 8:45)
The weather is getting better by the hour (rains all the time)
I hope it rains there all the time
And if you ever said you miss me then don't say you never lied
I'm without you
Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say
Who would do anything you say
Never gonna get it right
You're never gonna get it
No more songs about you
After this one I am done
You are, you are, you're gone
Tell all the English boys you meet
About the American boy back in the states
The American boy you used to date
Who would do anything you say
SUDDEN DEATH IN CAROLINA
Last night I swallowed liquor and a lighter and this morning I threw up fire
But it's nothing new. I've been piecing it together and it's got something to do
With every look thrown like a knife across a crowded room
Every slow and quiet car ride I spent drinking in the backseat
Every stupid melody to every stupid song
And every stupid word that everybody's hanging on
What difference does this difference in age make?
I know how it ends... she'll kill me quick
So call 911
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
And held responsible for this bloody mess
Last night I fell asleep next to a liar and I woke up with a shiner
And it's all that I remember from a night spent lying on my back
With a view of a stone white ceiling and the back of your head
This quiet, dark bed felt like the middle of nowhere
We beat each other up just like we always do
When I'm talking to myself I'd always rather be talking to you
What difference does this difference in age make?
I know how it ends... she'll kill me quick
So call 911
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
And held responsible for this bloody mess
Call homicide. Take the case to court
Her lips taste like a loaded gun
And I'm her number one chalk outline on the floor
They hung her from the bridge on Monday
The gathering turned into a mob out on the lawn
They dropped her body in the river
And school and work returned to normal before long...
Call 911
I'm already dead but someone should be caught
And held responsible for this bloody mess
Call homicide. Take the case to court
Her lips taste like a loaded gun
And I'm her number one chalk outline on the floor
MIX TAPE
I got a twenty dollar bill
That says no one's ever seen you
Without makeup
You're always made up
And I'm sick of your tattoos
And the way you always criticize
The Smiths
And Morrissey
And I know that you're a sucker
For anything acoustic
But when I say let's keep in touch
I really mean I wish that you'd grow up
This is the first song for your mixtape
And it's short, just like your temper
But somewhat golden like the afternoons
We used to spend before you got too cool
I got a twenty-dollar bill
That says no one's ever seen you
Without makeup
You're always made up
And I'm sick of your tattoos
And the way you don't appreciate
Brand New
Or me
And I know that you're a sucker
For anything acoustic
But when I say let's keep in touch
I hope you know I mean I wish that you'd grow up
This is the first song for your mixtape
It's short just like your temper
But somewhat golden like the afternoons
We used to spend before you got too cool...
(Yeah, but I wish you were my shadow)
FAILURE BY DESIGN
Watch you on the ones and twos
Through a window in a well lit room
Become a recluse
And I blame myself because I make things hard
And you're just trying to help
And when I wake up you're the first to call
This is one more late night basement song
And I'm so sore
My voice has gone to hell
And this is one more sleepless night because
We don't believe in filler, baby
If I could I'd sit this out
(This is over when I say it's over)
This is a lesson in procrastination
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated
And every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I gotta race the clock
(I ignore it and it ignores me too)
Let's say we go and crash your car
And every time I leave you go and lock the door
So I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder
I'm another day late and one year older
It's failure by design
And we just want sleep
But this night is hell
I'm sick and sunk and I blame myself
Because I make things hard and you're just trying to help
I got no gas (no gas)
I'm winding out my gears
This is one more day on the verge of tears
And now my head hurts (head hurts)
And my health is a joke
Now I gotta stop because the headphones broke
We don't believe in filler, baby
If I could I'd sit this out
(This is over when I say it's over)
This is a lesson in procrastination
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated
And every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I gotta race the clock
(I ignore it and it ignores me too)
Let's say we go and crash your car
And every time I leave you go and lock the door
And I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder
I'm another day late and one year older
It's failure by design
I'm out of everything
No one sleeps till we get this shit out on the shelves
It's late, I'm faltering
But this time I got nothing to say besides
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo (Baby, I'm better than this)
Nothing to say besides
(This is over when I say it's over)
This is a lesson in procrastination
I kill myself because I'm so frustrated
And every single second that I put it off
Means another lonely night I gotta race the clock
(I ignore it and it ignores me too)
What say we go and crash your car?
And every time I leave you go and lock the door
So I walk myself picking at a chip on my shoulder
I'm another day late and one year older
I'm a failure by design
LAST CHANCE TO LOSE YOUR KEYS
Cashed in all my chips tonight
And combed my hair till it was just right
Cause I've been thinking 'bout you and me girl
And we've got something going on
Tell me you can't wait to see me
Then you didn't bother to even show up
This whole situation's incredibly typical
I should've seen it all along
I should've seen it all along
I should've seen it all along
It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off
Home on a Saturday night
With all my doors locked up tight
I won't be thinking about you, baby
Call me on the phone
And you don't even wanna talk
Staring at you from across the room
But turn your back when I walk up
We got inches away
And I never even got close
Leave your lipstick at home
Don't pick up the phone
Don't bother to look in my direction
I should've seen it all along
I should've seen it all along
It's girls like you that make me think I'm better off
Home on a Saturday night
With all my doors locked up tight
I won't be thinking about you, baby
Forget everything you think you know about me
Forget everything you think you know about me
This isn't high school
Home on a Saturday night
With all my doors locked up tight
I won't be thinking about you, baby
LOGAN TO GOVERNMENT CENTER
(Check, check)
Consider this a letter that I never sent
However inconsiderate it seems
Do you still consider me
Consider me the boy you laughed with
Or you learned to live without?
I suck
I know I'm late
I know you waited
You wouldn't get me on the phone
And you couldn't make me not alone
The phone bill's stacked up by my bedside
With your picture, looking surprised
You're what makes
New England so great
My Island nights are all spent dying
Wait for summer
To become wrought with lips
(My wishful thinking)
You wouldn't get me on the phone
And you couldn't make me not alone
Yeah, you wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me on the phone
Yeah, you're a blue-eyed lightning bolt
I'm a national phenomenon
Nothing's absolutely definite
Till it's absolutely, definitely gone
I never thought this day would end
(Never thought this day would end)
I never thought tonight could ever be this close to me
So let my hands stray
Past the boundaries of your back
And get you breathing
And get this started
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me on the phone
Yeah you wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me
You wouldn't get me on the phone
Yeah, you're a blue-eyed lightning bolt
I'm a natural phenomenon
Nothing's absolutely definite till it's gone
THE NO SEATBELT SONG
So, it's sad this doesn't suit you now
And me fresh out of rope...
Please ignore the lisp, I never meant to sound like this
So take me and break me and make me strong like you
I'll be forever grateful to this and you
It's only you, beautiful
Or I don't want anyone
If I can choose it's only you
Fix me to a chain around your neck and wear me like a nickel
Even new wine served in old skins cheapens the taste
I shot the pilot, now I'm begging you to fly this for me
I'm here for you to use, broken and bruised
Do you understand?
It's only you, beautiful
Or I don't want anyone
If I can choose, it's only you
But how could I miscalculate... perfect eyes will have perfect aim
If I can choose, it's only you
“We're wrecking” and I'm dry like a drum...when you scream
So fine I'll leave... we're spent... we've got time and trials...
Measured in miles... we slave for days (and weeks)
It's only you, beautiful
Or I don't want anyone
If I can choose. It's only you
But how could I miscalculate... perfect lies from a perfect dame
If I can choose... it's only you
SEVENTY TIMES 7
Back in school they never taught us what we needed to know
Like how to deal with despair, or someone breaking your heart
For twelve years I've held it all together
But a night like this is begging to pull me apart
I played it quiet, left you deep in conversation
I felt uncool and hung out around the kitchen
I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would
And now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could
Everyone's caught on to everything you do
Everyone's caught on to
As if this happening wasn't enough I got to go
And write a song just to remind myself how bad it sucked
Ignore the sun, the cover's over my head
I wrote a message on my pillow that says, "Jesse, stay asleep in bed."
So don't apologize. I hope you choke and die
Search your cell for something with which to hang yourself
They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven
But they don't tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell
And everyone's caught on to everything you do (And I can't let you, let me down again)
Everyone's caught on to (And I can't let you, let me down again)
So, is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with
Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish
I've seen more guts in 11-year-old kids
Have another drink and drive yourself home
I hope there's ice on all the roads
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt
And again when your head goes through the windshield
And is that what you call tact?
You're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back
So let's end this call, and end this conversation
And is that what you call a getaway?
Well tell me what you got away with
Cause you left the frays from the ties you severed
When you say best friends means friends forever
Everyone's caught on to everything you do
Everyone's caught on to
SECONDARY
And it comes down to you
Never and ever
Wrecked his day with looks and flirts
And midnight in your shortest skirts
Past the point of trying, I'm a dying breed
Thank her for reminding me of all the things I've done completely wrong
Stop these looks and letters
This isn't for the better
You put me down...
It's for the worse, you're not my girl
Stop the circulation to my legs and break my bones
Dateless and late, I'm better by myself at home
Past the point of trying, and I'm dying here
Secondary. She laughs at every word I know came out completely wrong
And it's my last semester...
And brothers always come first
It's my last semester (It's my last semester)
At least until next winter. (At least until next winter}
But I'm sure that I'll be over this by then
Past the point of trying, I'm a dying breed
Thank her for reminding me of all the things I've done completely wrong
Stop these looks and letters
This isn't for the better
You put me down...
It's for the worse, you're not my girl
Stop the circulation to my legs and break my bones
Dateless and late, I'm better by myself at home
Past the point of trying, and I'm dying here
Secondary. She laughs at every word I know came out completely wrong
Better scenes... I wish she'd seen me
Better off if I just let it be
Better pretend it don't matter
I'd be better off if I could have her
Better days since the day I met her
I better hope she got my letters
Better off in two year stretches...
MAGAZINES
Laetitia, you destroy me
So I can see why I feel so lonely
When you and me could be forever perfectly perfect together, I know
Broken down in my dead bedroom
Stuttering to pictures of you
I know that you can always see me
Saw you staring through my TV last night
So I'll leave my door open all night
In case you decide you want to stop on by
Cause you got to know who's been singing that song on the radio
The one that goes...
My friends all call me crazy 'cause I stay up late anticipating
And planning for the day I sweep you off your feet
I'd never leave you alone
Laetitia, you got my hands shaking
I'm begging you, oh, baby, please, stop breaking my heart
'Cause I got the feeling you and I will never really get it on
So I'll leave my door open all night
In case you decide you want to stop on by
Cause you got to know who's been singing that song on the radio
The one that goes...
Girl, come to me
The only broken-hearted loser you'll ever need
Or I'll be left alone forever with my magazines
Girl, come to me
The only broken-hearted loser you'll ever need
Or I'll be left alone forever…
Laetitia, you destroy me
So I can see why I feel so lonely
When you and me could be forever
Perfectly perfect together, I know
SOCO AMARETTO LIME
Passed out on the overpass
Sunday best and broken glass
Broken down from the bikes
And bars Suspended like spirits
Over speeding cars
You and me were kings over the
Parkway tonight
And tonight will go on forever
While we walk around this town
Like we own the streets
And stay awake through summer
Like we own the heat
Singing "everybody wake up(wake
Up)it's time to get down"
(everybody, everybody wake up
It's time to get down)
And when I pass the bottle back
To Pete on the overpass tonight
I bet we laugh
I'm gonna stay eighteen forever
(cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever
(sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party
(this offer stands forever)
Cause we keep them going constantly
And we'll never have to listen
(new haircut)
To anyone about anything
(new bracelet)
Cause it's all been done and
It's all been said
(eyeliner)
We're the coolest kids and we
Take what we can get
(wait forever)
The hell out of this town
Find some conversation
The low-fuel lights been on for days
It doesn't mean anyhting
I've got another 500 nother 500 miles
Before we shut this engine down
We shut it down
I'm gonna stay eighteen forever
(cut me open)
So we can stay like this forever
(sun poisoned)
And we'll never miss a party
(this offer stands forever)
Cause we keep them going constantly
And we'll never have to listen
(new haircut)
To anyone about anything
(new bracelet)
Cause it's all been done
And it's all been said
(eyeliner)
We're the coolest kids and
We take what we can get
(wait forever)
(you're just jealous cause
I'm young and in love)
Eighteen forever
(your stomachs filled up but
You're starved for conversation)
So we can stay like this forever
(you're spending all your nights
Growing old in your bed)
And we'll never miss a party
(and your tearin up your photos
Cause you want to forget... it's over)
Cause we keep them going constantly
(you're just jealous cause
I'm young and in love)
And we'll never have to listen
(your stomachs filled up but
You're starved for conversation)
To anyone about anything cause
It's all been done
(you're spending all your nights
Growing old in your bed)
And it's all been said
(and your tearin' up your photos
Cause you want to forget... it's over)
We're the coolest kids and we take
What we can get
Just jealous cause we're
Young and in love
You're just jealous cause
We're young and in love
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