Straylight Run - Straylight Run

Straylight Run - Straylight Run lyrics

The Perfect Ending
The Tension And The Terror
Existentialism On Prom Night
Another Word For Desperate
Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
Dignity And Money
Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)
Tool Sheds And Hot Tubs
It's For The Best
Now It's Done
Sympathy For The Martyr

The Perfect Ending

Taken in context
it's not a bad thing
but when you start to pick it apart
it gets so depressing

it's that sorta thing that makes you think too much
it's that sorta thing that makes you lose your objectivity

so if you made it
just be glad that you did and stay there
if you ever feel loved or needed
remember that you're one of the lucky ones

and if it's over
just remember what i told ya
it was bound to happen so just
keep movin on
there's no perfect endings

you peel back the layers
get down to the inside
but some times you lose sight
of what it was you were trying to find

it's that sorta thing that makes you think too much
it's that sorta thing that makes you lose your objectivity

so if you made it
just be glad that you did and stay there
if you ever feel loved or needed
remember that you're one of the lucky ones

and if it's over
just remember what i told ya
it was bound to happen so just
keep movin on
there's no perfect endings
no perfect endings

all the boys voices cracking
oh, the moaning half tones
come summertime, we're all the same age here
all the tension and the terror
thin limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
and i'm going straight to hell
all the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heavily
and i try but i'm not convincing
your lips, they pout and twist
and i die trying just to keep myself from kissing you.
you take in everything with a certainty i envy
it's somehow all i need
just keep me guessing please
darling, all of these awkwardjumpstartstalling conversations
mean much more to me than anything
it comes down to me and you
and whether we're supposed to or not, we still will
we're so much better off than them
all the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heavily...
a look
a laugh
a smile
a second passes by and i regret it
words just aren't right
sometimes i just can't explain
all the ways you devastate me
always on my mind

Existentialism On Prom Night

When the sun came up,
We were sleeping in,
Sunk inside our blankets,
Sprawled across the bed,
And we were dreaming,

There are moments when,
When I know it and
The world revolves around us,
And we're keeping it,
Keep it all going,
This delicate balance,
Vulnerable all knowing,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would...

Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything,
we're glad for what we've got,
Done with what we've lost
Our whole lives laid out right in front of us,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would,

Sing like you think no one's listening,
You would kill for this,
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit,
You would, you would....

Sing me something soft,
Sad and delicate,
Or loud and out of key,
Sing me anything.

Another Word For Desperate

and oh the awkward ways
the you recoil when i get close
and oh the awful grin
that greets me
when i know i'm wrong

so down on hand and knees
choking gasping dripping spit
i just can't make good
on any of these promises

then he asked me
what does that mean
what's another word for desperate
repitition
makes an impression
what's another word for desperate

i won't be around here for too very long

so tip the bottle back
bubble foam
and watch it break
we can all be sure
something awful's comin this way

so take this medicine
in measured doses
take you time
cause they'll tear into you
they will they will
they will they will

then he asked me
what does that mean
what's another word for desperate
repitition
makes an impression
what's another word for desperate

i won't be around here for too very long
i won't be around here for too very long

and they'll tear into you
they will they will
they will they will

take it apart
let it all go
holding it back
it's all just so
why did i care
how did it go
wait for awhile
and i guess that

i won't be around here for too very long
i won't be around here for too very long

Mistakes We Knew We Were Making

And all our sins,
Come back to haunt us in the end,
To hang around and tap us on the shoulder,
And smile silent,
It's all implied,
You'll die trying to live this down,
You might as well forget it,
Still I'm convinced,
Wondering what if is the worst thing there is,

So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be,

And all these lines fall short of what I had in mind,
A failed attempt to capsulize a feeling,
So I just try,
Fail and try and try again,
Someday I swear I'm going to get it,
Because I'm convinced that giving in is the worst thing there is,

So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be,

We'll get over it,
Sad, strong, safe, and sober,
We'll move forward,
And know where we went wrong,
But you can't go home again,
You can't go home again,
You can't go home again,
You can't go home again,
You can't go home again!
You can't go home again!
You can't go home again!!!

So we bottled and shelved all our regrets,
Let them ferment and came back to our senses,
Drove back home and slept a few days,
Woke up and laughed at how stupid we used to be.

Dignity And Money

Damage control.
They're so thoroughly modern.
We'll tell you how it goes
It's not a serious problem.
So we can be convinced
and we can get convinced,
but either the truth, it's bound to get twisted.
You can take a break when the fate of the world is
waiting on your next decision.

So I focused on what I've been promised
and they tore us open,
bled us dry of our dignity and money.

It's all under control
so keep holding it together.
Hell, things just fall apart,
but you know we can't wait forever.

So come and try to keep, keep this stupid grin short
so you can keep your job.
They'll never know the difference.
Keep it going one day,
a month, a year or more.
Ignore that sinking feeling.

And I focused on what I've been promised
and they tore us open,
bled us dry of our dignity and money.

We should've seen it coming.
We should've seen it coming.
We should've seen it coming.
We left ourselves wide open.

So I focused on what I've been promised
and they tore us open,
bled us dry of our dignity and money.

So I focused on what I've been promised
and they tore us open,
bled us dry of our dignity...

Hell, maybe we could all retain a bit our ourselves.
Remember who we were and keep on moving.
Put things in perspective.
Try and learn a lesson.
It's not life or death,
it's only business.

Your Name Here (Sunrise Highway)

Your name here, believe me its not what you think
Wish what you want, its over same to me
Well, not really, but anyway
Its just nothing so simple,
Nothing so silly
Nothing so mundane

Chorus
Go east on Sunrise Highway
Turn left at Carmen's Avenue
Go right at the first stoplight
And 'll be outside waiting for you

Ohh, I'll be waiting for you

Your name in lights, it was only a matter of time
Your name in parenthesis, you cant see
'cause after this mess, I guess you bet
That I'd collapse before you do
Well maybe that's true, or maybe its not at all

Chorus
Break
Chorus

Tool Sheds And Hot Tubs

replacing old dreams with flattery from new loves.
a hurricane self help into this evacuation from this.
you never meant to, you never meant to. call me. call me. i'll answer.

do you think that this could work out? do you think you could come around?
do you think that this could work out again? i don't.
i don't wanna be forgotten. while you're putting all your time in, into things that don't mean anything to me.

it's too bad, and it's even sadder, i'm losing everything, that i thought this was a lost cause, it was, and i never knew it. try them on and let them go. it might be best to just forget me. walk away and you know you're better off to call me. call me. i'll answer.

wasting faster than the hourglass, it's slow but i'm not ready, not okay, don't make this harder than it already had to be. call me. i'll answer.

do you think that this could work out? do you think you could come around?
do you think that this could work out again? i don't.

It's For The Best

it takes more time than i've ever had
drains the life from me
makes me want to forget
as young as i was, i felt older back then
more disciplined, stronger and certain
but i was scared to death of eternity
i was saved by grace
but destroyed by naivety
and i lied to myself
and said it was for the best
so now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
i've disregarded what i was
now that i'm older
and i know much more than i did back then
but the more i learn
the more i can't understand
and i've become content with this life that i lead
where i drink to much and don't believe in much of anything
and i lie to myself
and say "it's for the best."
we're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
and we're waiting on something that will never come

Now It's Done

moving in slow like the smoke
from your cigarette
every step closer's a step
that we both will regret
keeping a tally but who can keep track?
your overreacting is taking me back
to a time better left alone

holding on to the phone
holding on to this glass
holding on to the memory of what didn't last
waiting for betters words; they'll never come
so dry your eyes, it's better now it's done

keep a tight grip like a child
holding onto a swing set
waiting and hoping to find what i can't figure out yet
please don't, unless this is something you mean
another nightmare instead of a dream
better left alone

holding on to the phone
holding on to this glass
holding on to the memory of what didn't last
waiting for betters words; they'll never come
so dry your eyes
holding on to the phone
holding on to this glass
holding on to the memory of what didn't last
waiting for betters words; they'll never come
so dry your eyes, it's better now it's done

i never lost so much
i never lost so much
i never lost so much

holding on to the phone
holding on to this glass
holding on to the memory of what didn't last
waiting for better words; they'll never come
so dry your eyes
holding on to the phone
holding on to this glass
holding on to the memory of what didn't last
waiting for betters words; they'll never come
so dry your eyes, it's better now it's done

Sympathy For The Martyr

You just can't relax
and you can't rely on
anyone for anything
So you make your complaints
and oh everyone's let you down
You just can't
ever win

Convinced there's a war and it's always
everybody versus you
Convinced that you're critics are watchin'
and you've always got something,
you've always got something to prove

So tie the noose
and raise the cross
The martyr's arrived
A desperate plea
for sympathy
It's all you need

A laundry list of problems doesn't make you interesting
and never getting help doesn't make you brave
Not listening to reason doesn't mean that you have faith
You're just cutting off your nose to spite your face

So tie the noose
and raise the cross
The martyr's arrived
A desperate plea for sympathy
It's all you need

And you want it all
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all

You want it all
You want it, you want it all
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all

Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
Ba-ba-de-da-de-da-da
You want it, you want it all
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