Everybody needs a place to call their home,
Everybody needs someone to call their own.
Even when you’re lonely, know you’re not alone,
You’re one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us.
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I don’t got much, but I got heart and soul,
I found myself through all the highs and lows.
Oh, will you drown in the pain, or go dance in the rain?
What are you living for, living for, living?
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Bring the sunshine in, the happy days
The hardship too, we’ll find a way.
So raise your flag one last time.
Before the day is through, I promise you that
We will laugh about it all and we’ll celebrate
The things we’ve done, the years to come,
Cause that’s what friends, that’s what friends are for. read more

There’s a hole in my head,
Where there used to be an old friend.
And my temper’s rising,
I can’t remember what you once said.

Won’t break a sweat because I’m losing my emotion,
I won’t break a sweat because I’m losing my emotion.

There’s a fear in my head,
It’ll all be forgotten.
And what’s the point of a memory,
Now if I’m only gonna lose it?

I’ve been waiting on the other side,
for your friends to leave
so I don’t have to hide.
I prefer they didn’t know,
so I’ve been waiting on the other side,
for your friends to go.

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You never need to worry about me,
I’ll be fine on my own.
Someone else can worry about me,
I’ve spent a lot of time on my own.
I’ve spent a lot of time on my own.

I’ve been waiting till the danger passed.
I don’t know how long the storm is going to last,
if we’re gonna carry on.
I’ll been waiting on the other side,
till your friends are gone. read more

I’ve tried,
I’ve failed.
I thought I gave my all,
Now it’s hard to tell.
Is this the end
Of this dream I lost?
Or just an introduction
To how much it may cost?
I’m just waiting on the seasons to change,
Waiting for the curtain to fall.
I could lose my cool
Like a restless fool,
But I’m waiting for my time to come.

Snakes are biting in my heels,
The worries that refuse to let us go.
I’ve been kicking them away
When hoping not to let them take control.

Oh, I’m not ready,
Drink to escape their bites.
Show me distraction
Even for just one night.

But it’s easier to bury
My head in the sand sometimes.
Yes, it’s easier to bury
My head in the sand sometimes.

And I know, I know, I know
It’s not the right way to go,
But I pray for the ground to swallow me whole.

Oh, can you hear me?
Do the words I scream mean anything?
But no,
I can’t hear a thing.
Well maybe it’s best I give up.

I don’t wanna be
all alone and defeated.
Who can I be, besides me?
‘Cause I hate it.
I don’t wanna be
left alone, uncompleted.
No I don’t wanna be
all alone and defeated.

This must be it,
Welcome to the new year.
The drinks were consumed,
The plants were destroyed and the hor’deurves dismantled.

I’m not smiling behind this fake veneer.
I am often interrupted or completely ignored,
But most of all I’m bored.
I’m trying to find out if my words have any meaning.

Here it goes,
Chemical is on its way.
And my box is packed,
Or should I stay?
We can analyze, philosophize,
But who’s to say?
All we know is
We’re here today.

Look in my eyes.
This is just the reason why I stay,
I know there are things we shouldn’t say.
Blame it on the reason why I came,
Maybe cause I couldn’t feel the
Pain.

When she asks me why they call me Brian instead of Steven,
I tell her it’s got as much to do with personal as it does professional reasons

All my dealings are behind me.
Everything was black and white inside,
But I’m seeing color.
We grow as we learn to let go,
Pushing through the black and white,
See in color.

We’re all the time
confined to fit the mold.
But I won’t ever let them make
a loser of my soul.

They show you how to swim,
Then they throw you in the deep end.
I’ve been learning since,
But that doesn’t mean I’ll float.

Maybe I’m destined to be distraught,
Always a reason
Breaking me down to my knees in the dead of night.
I keep on praying to see the light.
Maybe I’m breaking up with myself,
Maybe I’m thinking I should just keep to the things that I’ve been told,
Wait for the colors to turn to gold.

I commit the crime of wasting time,
always trying to rhyme,
yes, I am guilty.
But don’t misunderstand me.
I admit defeat when I move my feet,
My history will never be repeated,
I won’t ever be repeated.

I am afraid I was made to be able to fall apart
And disconnect like so.
I keep my chest locked tight till the minute you come around.
How did you reach my soul?

I called to say
Can you live with my mistakes?

I made a deal
with the devil to feel
alive again.
I may lose my soul,
at least I did know
the consequence.

And I could never run
from the things that I have done,
I’m wrong to even try.
Yeah I could never run
from the things that I have done,
I’m wrong
to even try.

I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need.
Called up to listen to the voice of reason
and got his answering machine.

Yes,
Some things I dread.
I duck into allies,
I avoid the rallies,
It’s a choice of my own.

Focus is a virtue,
Know what you’re allured to,
Every day is progress,
But every day feels just the same.

This is your life, there’s no way to run from it,
The doubt in your brain or the pain in your stomach.
I only have but one complaint at the moment:
Don’t paint me black when I used to be golden.

Everybody else is busy doing better than me,
And I can see why it is.
They’ve got someone setting them free,
Someone breaking the chains,
Someone letting them be.

I ponder of something great.
My lungs will fill and then deflate.
They fill with fire,
Exhale desire,
I know it’s dire
My time today.

It’s not a picture perfect life,
Not what I had in mind.
Let me write my own line.

I’ve got this place
That I’ve filled with empty space,
Oh I’m trying not to face what I’ve done.
My hopeless opus.