Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal lyrics
- Never Take Friendship Personal
- Paperthin Hymn
- Stationary Stationery
- Amsterdam
- A Day Late
- The Runaways
- Time & Confusion
- The Feel Good Drag
- Audrey, Start The Revolution
- A Heavy Hearted Work Of Stagge
- Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen
Never Take Friendship Personal
There's a hatchet, got a knife
When I awoke there was nothing real in this life
But dreams are so intoxicating
when you're doing this alone
Gun, rope, brick on the way
But words have no meaning
when it's you that says, "I really do care"
No baby I, I really do care
CHORUS:
Innocence Gone
Never take friendship personal
If you can't hold yourself together
why should I hold you now?
Innosence Gone
Never take friendship personal
If you can't hold yourself together
why should I hold you now?
Once a skeptic, now the critic
And you figured you finally
found a place of your own
Amongst the cold and timid souls
Where only failure knows your name
Look around for the closest to blame
But look no further than the
hands beneath your arms
And now you're six feet down
buried with, with your passing fame
(Chorus)
oh, oh, oh, you lie
Tell me something more than what you tried to hide
If you can't find yourself
Then how can i expect to find you
oh, oh, oh, you cry
Tell me something more than what you try
The greatest tragedy is not your death
but a life without reason
life has no purpose
a life has no reason
life has no purpose
Innocence gone
Never take friendship personal
If you can't hold yourself together
why should I hold you now?
Tnnocence gone
Never take friendship personal
If you can't hold yourself together
why should I hold you now?
Innocence gone
Never take friendship personal
If you can't hold yourself together
why should I hold you now?
Paperthin Hymn
When your only friends are hotel rooms
Hands are distant lullabies
If I could turn around I would tonight
These roads never seemed so long
Since your paper heart stopped beating leaving me suddenly alone
Will daybreak ever come?
Who's gonna call on Sunday morning?
Who's gonna drive you home?
I just want one more chance
To put my arms in fragile hands
I thought you said forever
Over and over
A sleepless night becomes bitter oblivion
These thoughts run through my head
Over and over
Complaints of violence become my only friends
August evenings
Bring solemn warnings
To remember
To kiss the ones you love goodnight
You never know what temporal days may bring
Laugh, love, live free, and sing
When life is in discord
Praise ye the Lord
Who's gonna call on Sunday morning?
Who's gonna drive you home?
I just want one more chance
To put my arms in fragile hands
I thought you said forever
Over and over
A sleepless night becomes bitter oblivion
These thoughts run through my head
Over and over
Complaints of violence become my only friends
Friends
I thought you said forever
Over and over
A sleepless night becomes bitter oblivion
These thoughts run through my head
Over and over
Complaints of violence become my only friends
I thought you said forever
Over and over
(And over and over)
These thoughts run through my head
Stationary Stationery
Do they not have pen or paper where you are?
Because I haven't heard from you in ages
I relive each memory from time to time
Read notes exchanged
With all those scented pages
It's coming back, it's all coming back to me now
Tell me everything turned out alright
Because I'm where we said
That we'd meet tonight
Does he treat you like you want?
Does he ask to take your hand?
Does he believe in dreams we talked about?
When with no music we danced
I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you sang that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you to somehow
Dance by yourself and think of me when you do
I'm not sure you understand
What this means to me, what you do to me
But I'm willing to prove
That you're the one
I regret to slip away
Now I know it was only you
That I've been searching for
Been missing all this time
I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you sang that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you to somehow
I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you sang that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you to somehow
Let the past be past
Let's start today
Letters won't do
I need to see your face
Tell me where to meet
And I'll tell you why we should be
And I'll tell you why we should be
I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you sang that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you to somehow
I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you sang that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you to somehow
Amsterdam
Are there no shadows where you are
I can see everything as day
Problems that you try to hide away
Pushing me aside
(You're pushing me aside)
Could the winter calm come twice
'Cause your heart seems so cold tonight
Thirst for substance somehow isn't right
It's killing me inside
(It's killing you inside)
You're killing me inside
I don't wanna be where you are
I don't wanna be here even now
I don't wanna be by your side
If something isn't right
If something isn't right
This is our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
Words have no meaning
When I've seen where you've been
This is our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
This is our last goodbye
This is where love ends
Are you so naive to right and wrong
How could you watch innocence forgone
Does what we've done ever really belong
It wasted me away
I feel so wasted away
God if you can hear me out all right
Please take these feelings for her inside
My chest hurts when I breathe tonight
It's wasting me away
(You're wasting me away)
They're wasting me away
I don't wanna be where you are
I don't wanna be here even now
I don't wanna be by your side
Something isn't right
Something isn't right
This is our last
(This is my last)
This is our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
Words have no meaning
When I've seen where you've been
This our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
This is our last goodbye
This is where love ends
(This is my last)
This is our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
Words have no meaning
When I've seen where you've been
(This is our last)
This is our last goodnight
Say what you will
Say all that you can
This is our last goodbye
This is where love ends
A Day Late
So let me get this straight
Say now you loved me all along?
What made you hesitate
To tell me with words what you really feel?
I can see it in your eyes
You mean all of what you say
I remember so long ago
See, I felt the same way
Now we both have separate lives and lovers
Insignificantly enough we both have significant others
Only time will tell
Time will turn and tell
We are who we were when
Could've been lovers but at least you're still my day late friend
We are who
We are who we were when
Who knew what we know now
Could've been more but at least you're still my day late friend
We are who
We are who we were when
But thoughts they change and times they rearrange
I don't know who you are anymore
Loves come and go and this I know
I'm not who you recall anymore
But I must confess you're so much more than i remember
Can't help but entertain these thoughts
Thoughts of us together
We are who we were when
Could've been lovers but at least you're still my day late friend
We are who
We are who we were when
Who knew what we know now
Could've been more but at least you're still my day late friend
We are who
We are who we were when
My day late friend
So let me get this straight
All these years and you were no where to be found
And now you want me for your own
But you're a day late and my love she's still renowned
We are who we were when
Could've been lovers but at least you're still my day late friend
We are who
We are who we were when
Who knew what we know now
Could've been more but at least you're still my day late friend
We are who
We are who we were when
The Runaways
Come closer now
I know your desire is to be desired
Steal a kiss and, and call us friends
Distance is a thief in which you conspire
Turn and time and time will tell
Time will tell or tear us apart
You're miles and miles and miles away
Silence reveals where we really are
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you run away,
Runaway girl
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you run away,
Runaway girl
Runaway, runaway girl
It's clearer now
You're nowhere into giving
Giving into, giving into me
It's your fault
You're like a rare disease
I know you're in love
With love I believe
Turn and time and time will tell
Time will tell or tear us apart
You're miles and miles and miles away
Silence reveals where we really are
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you run away,
Runaway girl
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you run away,
Runaway girl
Runaway, runaway girl
Do you expect me to wait here?
(All alone in my thoughts and fears)
My whole life could flash before your eyes
(Hope one day that you realize)
This isn't the way it's supposed to be
(This is who I crown, now without me)
Your regrets from us built up inside
(Great space for you, love buried alive)
Buried alive
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you run away,
Runaway girl
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you run away,
Runaway girl
Runaway, runaway girl
I only stayed to break your heart
You can tell it by the way I walk away,
Runaway girl
I only stayed to break your heart
You can tell it by the way I run away,
Runaway girl
Time & Confusion
Woah oh, yeah-ah
Woah oh, yeah-ah
Woah oh
Live for today
We'll dream tomorrow
We've got big plans in sight
We'll take this city and by nightfall...
The bright lights are calling
Everything is going our way
Everything is just as we've planned
This is our future (from what we've heard)
And I've still got your hand
And it feels like we could last forever
And I'm not doing this alone
When memories fade
We've got each other
When time and confusion collide
Singin' I hold it all when I hold you
When friends walk other ways
We've got each other
I hold it all when I hold
I hold it all when I hold you
Woah oh, yeah-ah
Woah oh, yeah-ah
Woah oh
We fell on hard times
This isn't the ideal
We're miles from home
Doing the best that we can (best that we can)
I won't do this without you
I won't do this without you
So take heart...
'Cause you know that you have mine
And it feels like we could last forever
And I'm not doing to do this alone
Its not about the money we make
Its about the passions that we ache for
What makes your heart beat faster
Tell me now what does your body long after
I don't care now where we live
It's not where, or what, or who we were with
I just need you in my life
So promise me again
When memories fade
We've got each other
When time and confusion collide
Singin' I hold it all when I hold you
When friends walk other ways
We've got each other
I hold it all when I hold
I hold it all when I hold you
Woah oh, yeah-ah
Woah oh, yeah-ah
Woah oh
The Feel Good Drag
I'm here for you she said
and we can stay for awhile,
my boyfriends gone,
we can just pretend.
Lips that need no introduction,
Now who's the greater sin,
Your drab eyes seem to invite
(tell me darling) Where do we begin.
was this over before?
before it ever began?
Your Kiss
Your Calls
Your Clutch
Like the devils got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your Lips
Your Lies
Your Lust
Like the devils in your hands
Everyone in this town
is seeing somebody else
Everybody tired of someone
our eyes wander for help
Prayers that need no answer now
I'm tired of who I am
You were my greatest mistake
I fell in love with your sin
Your littlest sin
was this over before?
before it ever began?
Your Kiss
Your Calls
Your Clutch
Like the devils got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your Lips
Your Lies
Your Lust
Like the devils in your hands
Failure is our disease
You broke my heart, my joy
You brought my greatest failure
Discourse wont save myself
was this over before?
before it ever began?
Your Kiss
Your Calls
Your Clutch
Like the devils got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your Lips
Your Lies
Your Lust
Like the devils in your hands
was this over before?
before it ever began?
Your Kiss
Your Calls
Your Clutch
Like the devils got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your Lips
Your Lies
Your Lust
Like the devils in your hands
Audrey, Start The Revolution
Maybe tonight we'll get back together
sound the alarms and break all the levers
These streets are ours, our anthem rings
You'd know the truth if these walls could sing
Amateur youth sling down those signs
Gather the masses, friends of mine
I've got your back if you've got my hand
This isn't over it just began
[Chorus x2:]
If this isn't love (This isn't love)
this is the closest I've ever been
Do you think we have a chance tonight?
as streetlights sing on Audrey's song
Remind your parents we're tomorrow
Lead with morals and we'll follow
When they wake up they'll see
that youth fades and glory days deceive
What are you waiting for? let's move on this
time is of essence, like your kiss
So say you're in with cards down
and guns drawn, this is it
[Chorus x2:]
If this isn't love (This isn't love)
this is the closest I've ever been
Do you think we have a chance tonight
as streetlights sing on Audrey's song
But now it stops at this
We could take it all if only we would risk
You can be what you can conceive
Red letters kill your disbelief
We all make mistakes sometimes
We all fail but we stand tonight
Look past, learn, and move on
We're all here, you're not the only one
[Chorus x4:]
If this isn't love (This isn't love)
this is the closest I've ever been
Do you think we have a chance tonight?
as streetlights sing on Audrey's song
A Heavy Hearted Work Of Stagge
(Instrumental)
Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen
She's got the time
Says she got time on her side
Running the room
Commanding the late boys' eyes
She runs around,
Knows all the streets by name
So mysterious,
Shadows meet James Dean
She's intoxicating,
Soon your favorite drink
Your black dress in disarray
Only dance floor prayers can save
Temperatures rise and I start to move
But it's you that's coursing through my veins
Say she's got hope
Took shelter to the Hollywood list,
Taking control
Wanted my heart but I gave her my soul
She's like a Paige Davis with a Monroe kiss
Disappeared today,
Left no trace
But someday I'll know your name
Your black dress in disarray
Only dance floor prayers can save
But it's you that's coursing through my veins
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, swear I'm clinical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, no not cynical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
She's no saint, She's no saint, Shes no saint
But she'll take you to your knees
Try her boy, but she'll still do what she please
Do you believe in science? She's perfect chemistry
She wanted my love but I gave her the rest of me
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, swear I'm clinical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, no not cynical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
You'll adore me before the night is over
You'll adore me before the night is over
(Instrumental)
If London's calling don't you dare pick up the phone
Only you entwined
Could make this orphan feel at home
Lips that need no introduction, but now waiting for your call
If a picture's worth a thousand words
Then your touch is worth them all
Worth them all
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, swear I'm clinical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, no not cynical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
you're my chemical
swear I'm clinical
you're my chemical
no not cynical