.....has a gambling problem

walking on glass
pretending to remember
our last december
and everything it was
hoping to fix the broken
stood by the fireplace
the flames lit up my face
and everything i said
(walking on glass)
i practiced in my head
and all that i could do
(walking on glass)
was recite my lines to you
pretending to recall
the way it was last fall
for lack of better days
i think this time of year
you see everything too clear
and still can't understand a thing
and everything i said
(walking on glass)
i practiced in my head
and all that i could do
(walking on glass)
was recite my lines to you
i can't forget
a word you said
and everything it meant
instead of you
i fear myself
guess all that i can do
is take back everything
that i've given to you
pretending to remember
our last december
and everything it was
hoping to fix the broken
stood by the fireplace
the flames lit up my face
and everything i said
(walking on glass)
i practiced in my head
and all that i could do
(walking on glass)
was recite my lines to you
i can't forget
a word you said
and everything it meant
instead of you
i fear myself
it's all that i can do
cause you're uncomfortable with me
yeah you're uncomfortable with me
(just answer the question)
why can't i just understand
what's inside you
is it just guts
and black stuff
i'll find out soon
cause anything that you do or say
couldn't compare to the pain
that i felt the day that we said
that we'd go our separate ways

hand grenade
you don't talk to anyone
you won't look at anyone but her
and i don't think she's listening
i doubt she remembers your name
and you say
when will she notice me
and you feel
like you're gonna break
and you say
when will she notice me
and it feels
like a hand grenade
man i'll never understand
everyone's living in the past
instead of forgetting her
you're always kissing her ass
and you say
when will she notice me
and you feel
like you're gonna break
and you say
when will she notice me
and it feels
like a hand grenade
i know that there's not much to say
so i'll look stupid anyway
you don't talk to anyone
you won't look at anyone but her
and i don't think she's listening
but you still play the game
but i think the best way
of moving on is to attack
cause she's just a hand grenade
so pull out the pin and throw it back
and you say
when will she notice me
and you feel
like you're gonna break
and you say
when will she notice me
and it feels
like a hand grenade
like a hand grenade
i know that there's not much to say
so i'll look stupid anyway
like a hand grenade
like a hand grenade
a hand grenade

up to me
you did it before
and you'll do it again
wasting all the time i spent
you cut off your nose
to spite your face
and everything's such a daze
cause you're not focused
and i know
i know that my feelings will show
wish it went back to the way it was
but i know that it can't be
i'm running on empty
i'm running on empty
remember what it meant to me
it's up to me
i realize now
i guess it's up to me
and i'll win somehow
i guess it's up to
you're absent
and i know it
and it's time to let me show it
i just wish
you were the same
i guess it's up to me
and i know
(let's go)
changing faces and fading fast
the way that you always have
the piece of mind
that felt like home
is battered and broken and old
and sometimes things they pass you by
and that's why i'm wondering why
the easiest thing is to be weak
and you're lazy so you'll stay
that way
i'm running on empty
i'm running on empty
remember what it meant to me
it's up to me
i realize now
i guess it's up to me
and i'll win somehow
i guess it's up to
you're absent
and i know it
and it's time to let me show it
i just wish
you were the same
i guess it's up to me
stop

if only duct tape could fix everything
all blurry
no focus now
what's focus when
the lights are all out
i can't understand
why i keep you around
but i can't
i won't let you down
wondering
how long until we break
foundations that we built
are getting weak
it seems that
we're springing a leak
but i can't
i won't let us drown
no i can't
i won't let you down
i can't
and i won't let you down
cause you know
that i'll do anything for you
and you see
that it's aching inside me
and i watch
you go
and i don't run after you
and i guess i just let you down
all blurry
no focus now
what's focus when
the lights are all out
i can't understand
why i keep you around
but i can't
i won't let you down
no i can't
i won't let you down
i can't
and i won't let you down
cause you know
that i'll do anything for you
and you see
that it's aching inside me
and i watch
you go
and i don't run after you
and i guess i just let you down
when it's not me
who's forgetting all our dreams
when it's not me
who's forgetting all our dreams
when it's not me
who's forgetting all our
who's forgetting all our dreams
forgetting all our dreams
and i watch you go
and i don't run after you
and i guess i just let you down

operate
the way you operate
the way you operate
is straight to the bone
is straight to the bone
and everything you say
and everything you say
it leaves me alone
it leaves me alone
the way you compromise
is like pulling out my eyes
my eyes
and you say
that everything i do
it bounces off of you
with everything i say
the way you operate
the way you operate
is straight to the bone
is straight to the bone
and when i find my eyes
i'll cut you down to size
down to size
until then
i'll wander around blind
bumping into signs
and falling on my face
the way i think you'll take it
so i guess i'm breaking it
every time i open my mouth
and i can't live it down
and i think you know it
so i guess i'm blowing it
every time i open my mouth
no i can't live it down
the way you operate
the way you operate
is straight to the bone
is straight to the bone
and you say
that everything i do
it bounces off of you
with everything i say
the way i think you'll take it
so i guess i'm breaking it
every time i open my mouth
and i can't live it down
and i think you know it
so i guess i'm blowing it
every time i open my mouth
no i can't live it down
the stupid things i'll say
under the knife
sometimes the words i say
don't come out right
so all the things i wanted you to hear
went unsaid
unsaid
went unsaid
the way i think you'll take it
so i guess i'm breaking it
every time i open my mouth
no i can't live it down
and i think you know it
so i guess i'm blowing it
every time i open my mouth
no i can't live it down
i know that i can't live it down
i know that i can't live it down