3 Doors Down - The Better Life

 

Kryptonite

 
I took a walk around the world to
ease my troubled mind
I left my body laying somewhere
in the sands of time
I watched the world float to the dark
side of the moon
I feel there is nothing i can do, yeah
 

I watched the world float to the 
dark side of the moon
after all I knew it had to be something
to do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
as long as you'll my friend at the end
 

If I go crazy then will you still
call me Superman
if I'm alive and well, will you be 
there holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
my superhuman might
kryptonite
 

You call me strong, you call me weak,
but still your secrets i will keep
you took for granted all the times I
never let you down
you stumbled in and bumped your head, if
not for me then you would be dead
I picked you up and put you back
on solid ground
 

If I go crazy then will you still
call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be 
there holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
my superhuman might
kryptonite
 

If I go crazy then will you still
call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be 
there holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
my superhuman might
kryptonite
 

yeah!

 

Loser

 

Breathe in right away, nothing seems
To fill this place
I need this every time, take your
Lies get off my case
Some day I will find, a love that flows
Through me like this
This will fall away, this will fall away
 

You're getting closer, to pushing me
 Off of life's little edge
Cause I'm a loser and sooner or later
You know I'll be dead
You're getting closer, you're holding the 
Rope and I'm taking the fall
Cause I'm a loser, I'm a loser, yeah
 

This is getting cold, I can't break these
Chains that I hold
My body's growing cold, there's nothing
Left of this mind or my sould
Addiction needs a pacifier, the buzz of 
This poison is taking me higher
This will fall away, this will fall away
 

You're getting closer, to pushing me
 Off of life's little edge
Cause I'm a loser and sooner or later
You know I'll be dead
You're getting closer, you're holding the 
Rope and I'm taking the fall
Cause I'm a loser, I'm a loser!
 

You're getting closer, to pushing me
 Off of life's little edge
Cause I'm a loser and sooner or later
You know I'll be dead
You're getting closer, you're holding the 
Rope and I'm taking the fall
Cause I'm a loser
 

You're getting closer, to pushing me
 Off of life's little edge
Cause I'm a loser and sooner or later
You know I'll be dead
You're getting closer, you're holding the 
Rope and I'm taking the fall
Cause I'm a loser
 

 

Duck And Run

 

To this world im unimportant just because I have nothing to give,
so you call this a free country? tell me why it cost so much to live. 
tell me why..
 

this world can turn me down 
but I wont turn away
oh no  won't turn around.
 

all my work and endless measures never seem to get me very far.
walk a mile just to move an inch,now even though I'm trying so damn hard.
I'm trying so hard.
 

this world can turn me down but I won't turn away.
and I won't duck and run cause im not built that way.
when everything is gone ther is nothing left to fear
this world cant bring me down cause im already here.
 

I'm already here down on my knees I am already here
I'm already here I must have told you a thousand times
I'm not runnign away
 

I wont duck and run
I wont duck and run
I wont duck and run
No I will pass away
 

this world cant turn me down, but  won't turn away.
and i wont duck and run, cause im not built that way.
when everything is gone there is nothing there to fear.
this world cant bring mr down cause im already here.
(repeat till fade)

 

Not Enough

 

Seven days underpaid gotta
Give it up
Got no time for this life that
I’m livin’ up
Shackled down, kicked
Around, now slave to the grind
Need some time for myself
I’ll give you anything that you
Want me to
But I don’t have the time so
I’ll get up with you
If you don’t have the time so
I’ll get up with you
If you don’t understand man
You’ve got to believe
There is too much of you but
There is not enough of me
There is not enough of me
Same old song world moves
On while I’m still in bed
Meet tomorrow today just to
Get ahead
Jump the gun on the run,
I’m the only one
Who thinks that
I’m fallin’ behind?
I’ll give you anything that
You want me to
But I don’t have the time
So I’ll get up with you
If you don’t understand
Man you’ve got to believe
There is too much of you
But there is not enough of me
There is not enough of me
I’ll give you anything that you want me to
But I don’t have the time so I’ll
Get up with you
If you don’t understand man
You’ve got to believe
There is too much of you there
Is too much of me
I’ll give you anything that you want me to
But I don’t have the time so I’ll
Get up with you
If you don’t understand man
You’ve got to believe
There is too much of you but there
Is not enough of me
 

 

 

Be Like That

 


He spends his nights in California, watching
The stars on the big screen
Then he lies awake and he wonders, why
Can't that be me
Cause in his life he is filled with all these
Good intentions
He's left a lot of things he'd rather not
Mention right now
But just before he says goodnight, he looks
Up with a little smile at me and he says
 

If I could be like that, I would 
Give anything
Just to live one day, in those shoes
If I could be like that, what would I do
What would I do
 

Now and dreams we run
 

She spends her days up in the north park,
Watching the people as they pass
And all she wants is just a little piece of
This dream, is that too much to ask
With a safe home, and a warm bed, on a 
Quiet little street
All she wants is just that something to 
Hold onto, that's all she needs
 

Yeah!
 

If I could be like that, I would 
Give anything
Just to live a day, in those shoes
If I could be like that, what would I do,
What would I do
 

I'm falling into this, in dreams
We run away
 

If I could be like that, I would
Give anything just to live a day, in those shoes
If I could be like that, what would I do, 
What would I do
 

If I could be like that, I would
Give anything just to live a day, in those shoes
If I could be like that, what would I do, 
What would I do
 

If I could be like that, I would
Give anything just to live a day, in those shoes
If I could be like that, what would I do, 
What would I do
 

falling in 
I fee I am falling in, to this again
 

 

Life On My Own  

Living risky, never scared, wander
Closer to the edge
Nothing valued think no fear, always
Wondering why you’re here
All your purposes are gone, nothing’s
Right and nothing’s wrong
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Feel no sorrow, feel no pain
Kiss me while I’m still alive
Kill me while I kiss the sky
Let me die on my own terms, let me
Live and let me learn
Now I’ll follow my own way, and I’ll
Live on to another damn day
Freedom carries sacrifice, remember when this was my life
Looking forward, not behind
Everybody’s got to cross that line
Free me now to give me a place,
Keep me caged and free the beast
Falling faster, time goes by, fear is
Not seen through these eyes
What there was will never be, now
I’m blind and cannot see
Kiss me while I’m still alive
Kill me while I kiss the sky
Let me die on my own terms, let me
Live and let me learn
Now I’ll follow my own way, and I’ll
Live on to another damn day
Freedom carries sacrifice, remember when this was my life
Kiss me while I’m still alive
Kill me while I kiss the sky
Let me die on my own terms, let me
Live and let me learn
Now I’ll follow my own way, and I’ll
Live on to another damn day
Freedom carries sacrifice, remember when this was my life

 

Better Life

 

I’m about to be on the floor
Again, surely you’re gonna
Find me here
I’m about to sleep until the end
Of time, drug I take gonna wake
My fear right now
I’m passing away on to the
Better life
I’m passing away on
To the better
I’m about to see just how far I
can fly, surely your gonna
break my fall
I’m about to run as fast as I
Can, head long into that wall
This time
I’m passing away on to the
Better life
I’m passing away on
To the better
On to the better life
On to the better
I’m about to be on the floor
Again, surely you’re gonna
Find me here
I’m about to sleep until the
End of time, drug I take
gonna wake my
fear right now
I’m passing away on to the
Better life
I’m passing away on
To the better
I’m passing away on to the
Better life
I’m passing away on
To the better

 

Down Poison

 
I’ve dreamed about this,
Sixteen days away
Now you’re here, and my
Head lays
Besides your body, pillowed
Under mine
You were poison, spinning
Round my mind
Welcome to my world she
Said, do you feel
Alive she said
It’s all a bad dream spin-
ning in your lonely head
Welcome to my world
Said, separated world,
Down poison
Down down
Body withered, body
Died, time to take
Away this life
Bad enough to die from
One, out to mention
Four or five
Welcome to my world
She said, do you feel alive she said
It’s all a bad dream spinning in your lonely head
Welcome to my world she said,
Separated world, she stayed separated
Down poison, down poison
Down poison, down
You weren’t there for me, I was there for you
You weren’t there for me, I was there for you
You weren’t there for me, I was there for you
You weren’t there for me, I was there for you
You wouldn’t die for me, I’ve already died for you
You wouldn’t die for me, I’ve already died for you
You wouldn’t die for me, I’ve already died for you
Welcome to my world she said, do
you feel alive she said
It’s all a bad dream spinning in your lonely head
Welcome to my world she said,
Separated world, she stayed separated
Down poison, down poison
Down poison, down
 

 

By My side

 

They blazed a trail I dared to run
They built this world and I have come
I need another, like a brother
For a cryin’ shoulder
This could be the last time, you will
Stand by my side
I can feel my soul it’s bleeding, will you fly
With me this evening
Sober mind time now is gone, they carved my
Body not of stone
A pretty maze emptiness, I’ve said the hell
With all the rest
This could be the last time, you will
Stand by my side
I can feel my soul it’s bleeding, will you fly
With me tonight
This could be the last time, you will
Stand by my side
I can feel my soul it’s bleeding, will you fly
With me this evening
 

 

Smack

 
Rubber headed motor junky, run me down
And try to stomp me
Throw my life away, and I’ll be worthless
Just like you
Somewhere now a baby’s crying, down the
Road his mother’s dying
Shot a line and blew her mind and now
She’s turning blue
Don’t you throw your life away, just wait
Until another day
Don’t you throw your life away, cause
Baby I can feel it
Don’t you ever compromise it, don’t you
Even realize it
Don’t throw your life away, cause baby I can feel it, now
Trip and fall,
I’m sure you all can tell me
What is on the wall
Behind the liquor store where you get
Smacked up all the time
Perfect little life you wasted, overdosed
And that death you tasted
Scared you back into yourself, and now
You walk the line
Don’t you throw your life away, just wait
Until another day
Don’t you throw your life away, cause
Baby I can feel it
Don’t you ever compromise it, don’t you
Even realize it
Don’t throw your life away, cause baby I can feel it, now
Life away
Life away
Life away

 

So I Need You

 
If you could step into my head, tell
Me would you still know me
If you woke up in my bed, tell me
Then would you hold me
Or would you simply let it lie,
Leaving me to wonder why
I can’t get you out of this head
I call mine
And I will say
Oh no I can’t let you go,
My little girl
Because you’re holding up my
World, so I need you
Your imitation of my walk and the
Perfect way you talk
It’s just a couple of the million
Things that I love about you
So I need you
So I need you
So I need you
So I need you
And if I jumped off the Brooklyn
Bridge, tell me would you
Still follow me
And if I made you mad today, tell
Me would you love me
Tomorrow? Please
Or would you say that you don’t
Care, and then leave me
Standing here
Like the fool who is drowning in
Despair and screamin’
Oh no I can’t let you go,
My little girl
Because you’re holding up my
World, so I need you
Your imitation of my walk and the
Perfect way you talk
It’s just a couple of the million
Things that I love about you
So I need you
So I need you
So I need you
So I need you
I’m on my own
I’m on my own
I’m on my own
Oh no I can’t let you go, my
little girl
Because you’re holding up my
World, so I need you
Your imitation of my walk
and the perfect way you talk
It’s just a couple of the million
Things that I love about you
So I need you
So I need you
So I need you
So I need you