LYRICS / TABS // The Lighter Side of Darkness
ALL OF YOU
Breathing, just breathing
Gets harder when you’re next to me
I’ve been dreaming, and dreaming
That I might see you this way
Feelings are just feelings
Yeah, I know that’s what we say
But there’s a meaning, there’s a meaning
There’s a meaning, I still believe
Let me inside your broken heart
Everything, both the light, the dark
I want all of you, all of you
All of this time spent worlds apart
I’d trade the world for what you are
I want all of you, all of you
And I’ll give you all that I am too
I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving
No, you won’t scare me away
Cause I’m even, I’m even
I’m even more depraved
So take the demons, take the demons
That you’ve always locked away
And just free them, just free them
Just pour them all over me
I want all of you
Just pour it all over me
BREAK DOWN
Tell me everything you fear
And tell me what you really want
I’m not here to disappear
For somebody I know you’re not
I’m not afraid, baby no way
I’m not afraid to see your face
And I’d rather stay, I’d rather wait
To wipe your tears away
When you break down
I want to break down with you
And look inside
Your best side is not the you
That gets me high
When I’m alone at night
Let me let you in my world
And show you what I’m really like
No more time for playing games
And nowhere else to hide
I’m not afraid, baby no way
I’m not afraid to show my face
And if you run away, I’m not gonna chase
But I hope I can be there for you
When you break down
And I start pacing ‘round the room
Nothing else to do
Turned 13 and had a dream
‘Bout a girl looked just like you
HOLLOW EXISTENCE
They said high school
Would ready you for college
They said college
Would ready you for life
They said that was
All you could really hope for
But I don’t buy it anymore
I’m so sick of this hollow existence
We just stay the same
I can’t tell you how much I wish that
We could run away
I’m so sick of this hollow existence
We just stay afraid
I know something better is out there
Not too far away
It’s not too far away
We go deeper
Into our own lives
And further
From everything outside
Pressure
Tells us who were are and what to do
And puts this distance
Between me and you
There’s more to this
I know there is
I may not know that much
But I know this
You can do anything you want
WAKE UP
Wake Up!
Conversations
That we used to have at night
Complications would subside
Alright
Ramifications
Of a love left open wide
Seeing everything inside
Her eyes
And I wake up
And I realize
The feeling isn't right
The feeling isn't right
So I wake up
And I decide
To move on with my life
To move on with my life
And wake up
She left a marking
She tore into my thoughts
As she ripped all my clothes off
I felt it burning
I used to love her
Or at least I used to try
Hoping to fill my empty life
With a little meaning
WE GO BACK
Oh yeah, we go way back
All the memories that we both have
When you and I were more than history
I wanted you back
So I put it on playback
But you were never really listening
And I don’t know why
Why all of the time
You only care about yourself
Oh, I don’t know why
When I look in your eyes
I don’t want anybody else
We go back, we go back
To where we began
To show that we know that
This can’t be the end
We go back, we go back
We both try to stay
But no
We go back to being alone
Oh, cause we go way back
I’m pretending like I don’t miss that
I really wanted you next to me
Needed you so bad
I gave all that I had
But now there’s nothing else you need from me
And I don’t know why, oh why
Did we fall apart as easy as we fell?
Oh, I don’t know why, oh why
I couldn’t have even tried to help it
BIG BLUE SKY
In life, there are lessons
And in time, we all question
When am I gonna realize
The reason why I am alive?
In life, we all suffer
And in time, we all wonder
What’s waiting on the other side
Sometimes we just wait to die
Sometimes we wait to be alive
When every door is closing
And everything is broken
And you don’t even know why
You better stay wide open
Cause this could be the moment
You finally see the light
Over the clouds there’s a big blue sky
In life, we all wrestle with ourselves
Unhappy with
Something we can’t identify
Disappointed and can’t remember why
And I don’t know why I’m alive
Why am I alive now?
I know it’s a little higher
These feelings are little liars
It’s a little higher
FIRE
Lights off in a quiet room
Melt away with you
The you I never knew
Now you know me too
Your eyes are fire
Burning away
All I desire
In one place
Hands on in a quiet room
You wanted to
Just like you always knew
How much I’ve wanted you
Just melt away with you
I’m melting into you
SO ALIVE
After the things that you’ve had to drink
Can numb what you really think
Do you still believe you’re able to see
Beyond just above your sink?
Tell me your passion, tell me your dreams
You wonder if anyone sees
Cause while we are here
I want to see clear
The connection that we still fear
Hello, is anybody there?
I will be waiting for you where
Life still feels so alive, still feels so alive
When you open your eyes
I want my soul to thrive, not just to survive
Till the day I die
So give me your everything
I want to be so alive
Behind all the smoke, you laugh at the jokes
Distorting the world you know
I know it’s so cold, you left long ago
But I’m left here alone
Yeah, no, I get it, it isn’t that different
It’s just what we do for fun
But is it enough? Is this what you love
Or what you believe in?
Hello, is anybody there?
I am waiting for you where
Hello, is anybody there?
Things are so empty here
Hello, is anybody there?
I’m still waiting for you where
This is just a hiding place
Where the fearful grow numb and wait
It feels like home, it feels so close
But you’re only getting farther away
I’m not scared of the darkness in your heart
I just want your everything
WE'RE ALL TO BLAME
I don’t have to pledge allegiance to your
Your big pretty rag
What are all your patriotic words for
If it’s not how you act?
I don’t have to close my eyes and support
The land and life that we have
Yeah, I know it’s everything the flag stands for
But it’s always half-mast
This is deeper than the words we’ve spoken
The wounds are deeper than our beliefs
While every single day wastes away
In every single way, life here is gonna change
To something we are not
Something we all thought was history
And we’re all to blame
I don’t have to keep my mouth shut just cause
You don’t like what’s inside
Shutting down the ugly external insights
Is how your freedom really dies
It’s so easy to forget what life was like
For most of the time
The only reason that we ever grew was
When someone crossed the line
ZOË'S SONG
People wonder why she acts so shy
With all the light that’s always shining from her eyes
And people ask her if she feels alright
But it’s easier if she lies
People wonder why she looks so sad
Not everybody gets to live the kind of life she has
And to them it doesn’t seem so bad
But they don’t really understand
She got broken long ago
Left forgotten on the side of the road
Why take the highway when you don’t know where to go?
She’d rather sit here alone
And she was open long ago
But things have happened, things have kept her eyes closed
So now she’s perfect and she doesn’t even know
She’d rather sit here alone
People always try to make it right
But no one ever really seems to break through the ice
And I know exactly what that’s like
So I promise you here tonight
That if you just hold on, then there will come a time
When the pain is gone and you have survived
And when you reach the dawn after the darkest night
You’ll be unbreakable for life