Long Way Down; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
oh here you are
there's nothing left to say
you're not supposed to be that way
did they push you out
did they throw you away
touch me now
and i don't care
when you take me
i'm not there
almost human
but i'll never be the same
long way down
i don't think i'll make it on my own
long way down
i don't wanna live in here alone
long way down
i don't think i'll make it on my own
i never put you down
i never pushed you away
you're not supposed to be that way
and anything you want
there's nothin i could say
is there anything to feel
is it pain that makes you real
cut me off before it kills me
long way down
i don't think i'll make it on my own
long way down
i don't wanna live in here alone
long way down
i don't think i'll make it on my own
i never put you down
i never pushed you away
take another piece of me
give my mind a new disease
and the black and white world never fades to gray
long way down
i don't think i'll make it on my own
long way down
i don't wanna live in here alone
long way down
i don't think i'll make it on my own
on my own, on my own
Burnin Up; Sung By Robby Takac
said you're burnin up inside
and no one seems to tell
you're living from a personlized
manuel from hell
life seems pretty easy
when it's from my easy chair
and you're burnin up inside
and no one cares
said you've had enough this time
cuz time don't treat you well
you always cried coincidence
while i drew parallels
life it seems so easy
when it's from my easy chair
and you're burnin up inside
burnin up inside
burnin up inside and you hurt me
well you hurt me
god you hurt me
you really hurt me
aaaahhhh
come and take my hand tonight
i'll show you where to start
cuz every word that left your lips
like a needle through my heart
and life it seems so easy
when it's from my easy chair
and you're burnin up inside
burnin up inside
burnin up inside
and you hurt my eyes
(cuz you're burnin up inside)
hurt my eyes
(cuz you're burnin up inside)
hurt my eyes
(cuz you're burnin up inside)
hurt my eyes
Naked; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
yeah i'm fading
and i call out
no one hears me
never been never felt
never thought i'd say a word
weighed down
safe now
you're naked inside your fear
you can't take back all those years
and shots in the dark from empty guns
never heard by anyone, never heard by anyone
yeah i'm hiding
in the fallout
now i'm wasted
they don't need me don't want me
don't hear a word i say
weighed down
safe now
you're naked inside your fear
you can't take back all those years
and shots in the dark from empty guns
never heard by anyone, never heard by anyone
inside your head, no one's there
and i don't think i'll ever be
and i don't care
you're naked inside your fear
you can't take back all those years
and shots in the dark from empty guns
never heard by anyone, they're never heard by anyone
by anyone, by anyone
Flat Top; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
flat top intervention
bringing home a new invention
see it there in pieces on the ground
a television war between the cynics and the saints
flip the dial and that's whose side your on
sleeping on the white house lawn
ain't never changed a thing
cuz look at all the washed out hippie dreams
and it's fallin' all around us
is this some kinda joke
they're trying to pull on us
fallin' all around us
i'll turn my head off for a while
tabloid generation's lost
choking on it's fear
used to be that's all we had to fear
conscience keeps us quiet
while the crooked love to speak
there's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street
a visionary coward says that anger can be power
as long as there's a victim on tv
and it's fallin' all around us
is this some kinda joke
they're trying to pull on us
fallin' all around us
i'll turn my head off for a while
and my dirty dreams all come alive
on my tv screen
an assasination plots
show me what i haven't got
show me what i love or who i'm supposed to be
show me everything i need
show it all to me, show it all to me
and it's fallin' all around us
is this some kinda joke
they're trying to pull on us
fallin' all around us
i'll turn my head off for a while
Impersonality; Sung By Robby Takac
when i was three feet tall
i love 'em all
and lived life for myself
falling down for laughs
your photographs
some puppets made of felt
watching life in oz thanksgiving eve
on grandma's old tv
dancing round about i'd twist and shout
for everyone to see
impersonality
it's leaning hard on me
momma's in a shop
watching little sister by myself
robbed a wishing pond in a fleeting bond
vowed to share the wealth
scooping up the coins
a warning shot from some authority
doesn't matter now
but i'll shout out loud for everyone to see
never got to know ya
did you ever wonder why
now it's nice to know ya
and i'm glad you're doin' fine
think of all the time lost
was it really lost at all
now i'm so proud of ya
i'd love to tell you all i see
listen hard to your reality
impersonality
it's leaning hard on me
impersonality
it's leaning hard on me
Name; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
and even though the moment passed me by
i still can't turn away
cuz all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
got tossed along the way
and letters that you never meant to send
get lost or thrown away
and now we're grown up orphans that never knew their names
we don't belong to no one that's a shame
you could hide beside me maybe for a while
and i won't tell no one your name
and i won't tell 'em your name
scars are souvenirs you never lose
the past is never far
and did you lose yourself somewhere out there
did you get to be a star
and don't make you sad to know that life
is more than who we are
we grew up way too fast and now there's nothing to believe
and reruns all become our history
a tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
and i won't tell no one your name
and i won't tell 'em your name
i won't tell 'em your name
mmmm m-mmmm
i won't tell 'em your name
ow
i think about you all the time
well i don't need the same
if it's lonely where you are
come back down
and i won't tell 'em your name
Only One; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
i'll open up my head a while
it's been dead for years
must've been a victim of my peers
one is for my happiness the other for my health
the last is something bigger than myself
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one to say
i'm talkin' to myself again
i just gotta fight
nobody can prove me wrong i'm right
anti-hero i don't want the suicide excuse
a thousand other suckers are dying to feel your shoes
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one to say
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one to say
little pictures in my head
turnin' inside out again
cuz fuckin' up takes practice
i feel i'm well rehearsed
because the past is a bully
and the future's even worse
you tell me what you fear
cuz i can feel it like a curse
well you used to be a folk singer
now you're just a joke singer
ain't no smokin dope singer
swinging from a rope singer
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one
i ain't the only one to say
Somethin Bad; Sung By Robby Takac
well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
and they're holding out for cheaper chinese food
if i'm older now and have a tainted attitude
why'd those neon lights all move to common blue
and it's not like me to feel so important
and it's not like me to go and wreck your day
and i never thought i'd see it so exploited
oh but i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
well i see you working round the clock till six am
the thermometer's at minus five degrees
and i'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
to a head above the shred of dignity
and it's not like me to feel so important
and it's not like me to go and wreck your day
and i never thought i'd see it so exploited
oh but i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
come on
and it's not like me to feel so important
and it's not like me to go and wreck your day
and i never thought i'd see it so exploited
oh but i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
oh yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
yes i know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Ain't That Unusual; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
could you talk to me
honestly
cuz i never heard a word you said now
and i ain't just being mean
cuz all we are is what we're told
and most of that's been lies
it's like i'm made for tv movie
and i just blew my line
someday
you never made it
maybe you never will
hey
you never made it
now ain't that unusual
now i feel unknown
and it's safe that way
are you too bored to care
or too dumb to be scared now
what's that supposed to mean
i burn out on some empty reasons
another waste of time
something that i wish i'd said
but i don't think it rhymed
someday
you never made it
maybe you never will
hey
you never made it
now ain't that unusual
see i'd love to be you
at least then i'd see you
i'm sorry i put them words in your mouth but
you wouldn't talk to me
hey
and anything i want i haven't got
i'm sick of everything now i'm not
i put my heavy coat on for a while
it's freezing in the corner of my mind
someday
you never made it
maybe you never will
hey you never made it
now ain't that unusual
someday
you never made it
now ain't that unusual
now ain't that unusual
So Long; Sung By Robby Takac
don't take much looking back
to know i took my coffee black then
nothing's different now but
nothing seems the same and it's alright
your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes
and carpal tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it
i'd love to stick around but
i gotta tell you oh so long
oh so long, oh so long
but i didn't wanna tell you oh so long
don't take much looking back
to know i faked that heart attack then
nothing's different now but
nothing seems the same and it's alright
you always spoke the truth from center disco aisle boots
all that showbiz talk oh we all had a laugh about it
i'd love to stick around but
i gotta tell you oh so long
oh so long, oh so long
but i didn't wanna tell you oh so long
oh so long, oh so long
but i didn't wanna tell you oh so long
i gotta get back to where i belong
long, oh so long
oh so long
but i didn't wanna tell you oh so long
oh so long, oh so long
but i didn't wanna tell you oh so long
Eyes Wide Open; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
i'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
living large on the wrong side of town
too many friends and the fun never ends
drinkin and hangin around
i wanna own the world
wanna swallow it whole
at least i can kick it all down
i wanna kick it all down
eyes wide open
i can't see
eyes wide open
what you mean
eyes wide open
i can't seem to be
eyes wide open
i can't see
eyes wide open
what you mean
eyes wide open
i can't seem to be
i don't take the bus and i never walk too far
the furthest i got was my own backyard
a fistfull of cash that somebody else earned
they sent me some more when it all got burned
i wanna own the world
wanna swallow it whole
at least i can kick it all down
i wanna kick it all down
eyes wide open
i can't see
eyes wide open
what you mean
eyes wide open
i can't seem to be
eyes wide open
i can't see
eyes wide open
what you mean
eyes wide open
i can't seem to be
never ever ever
never ever know
never ever ever
never ever know
i get what i want if i make up my mind
i'm turning you inside out
i wanna own the world
wanna swallow it whole
i think i'll just kick it all down
i wanna kick it all down
eyes wide open
i can't see
eyes wide open
what you mean
eyes wide open
i can't seem to be
eyes wide open
i can't see
eyes wide open
what you mean
eyes wide open
i can't seem to be
eyes wide open
eyes wide open
eyes wide open
eyes wide open
eyes wide open
eyes wide open
fades..........
Disconnected; Sung By Johnny Rzeznik
the number you have reached
six--ya-ya-seven
has been disconnected
i don't remember
doesn't ring a bell
and when you call me
everything is swell
i tend to forget
about the times we had
now it doesn't matter
cuz i feel so sad
cuz i've been disconnected
someone pulled that plug
oh you're so distant
nothing's come along yeah
we pay the price
and now we're both alone
and if you call me
you'll find me home
i found another
someone to take your place
now if you don't mind
please get outta my face
cuz i've been disconnected
someone pulled that plug
oh you're so distant
nothing's come along yeah
cuz i've been disconnected
someone pulled that plug
oh you're so distant
nothing's come along
i've been disconnected
someone pulled that plug
oh you're so distant
nothing's come along
i've been disconnected
Slave Girl; Sung By Robby Takac
let me tell you 'bout a girl i know
i drag her around wherever i go
this little woman drives me insane
she's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
for sixteen years she's been hangin around
trying to bury me in a hole in the ground
well i think it's time that i even the score
there's only room for one in this cage of yours
don't save me
when i'm starting to drown
don't use me
when you don't want me around
just be my slave girl
cuz that's all i need
so take a little step back to the stone age with me
come on
well i hear a strange noise as i lie in my bed
i feel a lot of water dripping on my head
i look around try to see through my hair
you left me alone but do you think i care
cuz you move me
when i was taking my time
you abuse me
when i'm out of line
you try to warn me
of the danger sign
so watch out
come on
well you got me in the bandage of another rage
you drive me to destruction in a primitive
i can't control my instincts when i hear her say
just come around and see me if you lose your way
so join my chain gang, play along with me
i'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
i'm not insane man, i'm just out of my tree
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