1.Pleading The Fifth
That night at the theater
An impersonator died
And Mr. Booth was tried
I just kept the truth inside
And in the courtroom the judge
Will not catch wind of this
Up there on stand I plead the fifth
2.Come Right Out ＆ Say It
I'd better rest my eyes
'cause I'm growing weary of
This point you've been trying to make
So rather than imply
Why don't you just verbalize
All the things that
you're trying to say
Thought things would
turn out so well
But I'm beginning to see
That instead it's trouble
Into a pattern we fell
Of prolonging the inevitable
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are
probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth
Than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
(come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking
Though I'm thinking
it's not what I wanna hear
I gotta check my pride
Because I was starting to think
I was starting something good
I couldn't start it this way
I was sinking in retrospect
And understanding that I misunderstood
I'd like to make up your mind
And then this decision locks up
So tight it couldn't be touched
Thought you were being so kind
But keeping your mouth sealed shut
Rather than just opening it up
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are
probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth
Than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
(come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking
Though I'm thinking
it's not what I wanna hear
And I tried
To guess what goes on in your head
'cause in your mind
I just might find
All those things you left unsaid
And I'll try to maybe not
regret anything
Later on after I'm gone
You'll wish that you
Had listened to me
(listened to me)
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are gonna hurt
We're better off this way
Why don't you
Come right out and
say come right out and say
What I know you're thinking anyway
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth
than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it
(come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking
And just what it is you're thinking
Why don't you
What it is you're thinking
3.I Need You
I've dug up miles
and miles of sand
Searching for something
I can't see
And I've just got bruised
and battered hands
And a brand new void inside of me
Complete with walls I did create
From all the earth that
I've displaced
A mess that I have made from what
I've just let pile and pile up
I have not been abandoned,
no I have not been
Deserted and I have not
been forgotten
I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you
Like you would not believe
You're the only thing I want
Cause you're everything I need
Explore the cave
that is my chest
A torch reveals
there's nothing left
Your whispers echo off the walls
And you can hear my distant calls
The voice of who I used to be
Screaming out
'someone, someone please
Please shine a light into the black
Wade through the depths
and bring me back
I have not been abandoned,
no I have not been
Deserted and I have not
been forgotten
I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you
Like you would not believe
You're the only thing I want
Cause you're everything I need
I need you
I need you now
When my hopes seem to dangle
Somewhere just beyond my reach
You say you've heard my prayers
And read my words
there on the beach
I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you
Like you would not believe
You're the only thing I want
Cause you're everything I need
I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you now
4.The Best Thing
It's been a year
Filled with problems
But now you're here
Almost as if to solve them
And I can't live in
a world without you now
All my life
I've been searching for you
How did I survive
In this world before you
'cause I don't wanna live
another day without you now
This is the best thing
The best thing that
could be happening
And I think you would agree
The best thing is that it's
Happening to you and me
All I'm gonna have
Is all that you can give me
And I'll give right back
Everything I have in me
'cause nothing ever felt as right
As this does right now
I'll go back to before we met
Can I erase the past
Try harder to forget 'cause
Nothing will ever be as
good as here and now
'cause when I looked into your eyes
And you dared to stare right back
You should've said
'Nice to meet you,
I'm your other half'
And this is the best thing
The best thing that could be happening
And I think you would agree
The best thing is that it's happening
This is the best thing
The best thing that could
be happening (the best thing)
And I think you would agree
(whoooaaa whooaa)
The best thing is that it's
Happening to you and me
The best thing is that it's
Happening to you and me
Always knew
I'd find someone
I never dreamt
It'd be like this
You've surpassed
All that I've hoped for
(and ever wished)
And I'm tryin'
So hard
WIth all my heart and mind
To make your life
As good as you've made mine
This is the best thing
The best thing that could be happening
And I think you would agree (whooaaa)
The best thing is that
it's happening to you and me
The best thing that could be happening
I think you would agree
The best thing is
that it's happening to you and me
5.Forgiven
Oh yes, I know this tension
that you speak of
We're in the palm of
a hand making a fist
It'd be best for one of us
to speak up
But we prefer to pretend it
does not exist
And you can't see past
the blood on my hands
To see that you've been
aptly damned
To fail and fail again
Cause we're all guilty of
the same things
We think the thoughts whether
or not we see them through
And I know that
I have been forgiven
And I just hope
you can forgive me too
So don't you dare blame me for
Prying open the door
That's unleashed the bitterness
That's here in the midst of this
Sometimes we live for no
one but ourselves
And what we've been striving for
Has turned into nothing more
Than bodies limp on the floor
Victims of falling short
We kiss goodbye the cheek
of our true love
And you can't see past
the blood on my hands
To see that you've been
aptly damned
To fail and fail again
Cause we're all guilty of
the same things
We think the thoughts whether
or not we see them through
And I know that
I have been forgiven
And I just hope
you can forgive me too
And you can't see past
the blood on my hands
To see that you've been
aptly damned
To fail and fail again
Cause we're all guilty of
the same things
We think the thoughts whether
or not we see them through
And I know that
I have been forgiven
And I just hope
you can forgive me too
6.Must Have Done Something Right
We should get jerseys
Cause we make a good team
But yours would look better than mine
Cause you're out of my league
And I know that it's so cliche
To tell you that everyday
I spend with you is the
new best day of my life
And everyone watching us
Just turns away with disgust
This jealously
They can see that
we've got it going on
I'm rackin' my brain
for a new improved way
To let you know you're more to me
than what I know how to say
You're ok with the way
this is going to be
Cause this is going to be
the best thing we've ever seen
If anyone could make me
a better person, you could
All I gotta say is
I must have done something good
You came along one day
and you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I must
have done something right
I must have done something right
Maybe I'm just lucky
Cause it's hard to believe
Believe, that somebody like
you'd end up with someone like me
And I know that it's so cliche
To talk about you this way
But I'll push all my inhibitions aside
It's so very obvious
To everyone watching us
That we have got something
real good going on
I'm rackin' my brain
for a new improved way
To let you know you're more
to me than I know how to say
You're ok with the way this is going to be
Cause this is going to be
the best thing that we've ever seen
If anyone could make me a
better person, you could
All I gotta say is I must
have done something good
You came along one day
and you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I must
have done something right
I must have done something right
If anyone could make me a better
person, you could
All I gotta say is I must have
done something good
You came along one day and you
rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I must
have done something right
If anyone could make me a better
person, you could
All I gotta say is I must have
done something good
You came along one day and you
rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I must
have done something right
I must have done something right
7.Give Until There's Nothing Left
No one told me
The right way
The right way to go about this
So I'll figure it out for myself
'cause how much
Is too much
To give you
Well I may never know
So I'll just give
until there's nothing else
Yeah I'll give give give
(until there's nothing else)
Give my life
(until it all runs out)
Give give
(and I'll have no regrets)
I'll give until there's nothing left
I'll give
No one told me
How bad I need you
(need you)
But I somehow arrived
To that conclusion all by myself
(all by myself)
And I want
All you have to offer
(to offer)
So I offer myself and I'll just
give until there's nothing else
And I'll give give give
(until there's nothing else)
Give my life
(until it all runs out)
Give give
(and I'll have no regrets)
I'll give until there's nothing left to
Give give give
(until there's nothing else)
Give my life
(until it all runs out)
Give give
(and I'll have no regrets)
I'll give until there's nothing left
Sometimes I think
Like all I ever do
Is ask for things
Until I ask too much of you
But that's not the way
(that's not the way)
I wanna live (I wanna live)
I need to change (I need to change)
But something's got to give
Yeah something's got to
Give give give
(until there's nothing left)
Give my life
(until it all runs out)
Give give
(and I'll have no regrets)
I'll give until there's
nothing left to give
Give give give
(until there's nothing left)
Give my life
(until it all runs out)
Give give
Give until there's nothing left
I'll give
8.Devastation ＆ Reform
Fear can drive stick
And it's taking me down this road
A road down which
I swore I'd never go
And here I sit
Thinking of God knows what
Afraid to admit
I might self-destruct
So lock the windows
And bolt the door
'cause I've got enough problems
Without creating more
I feel like I was born
For devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pour my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
A shell of what I had
when I first started
Usually I'll cause my own first hit
It seems to me
to be slightly masochistic
But there'd be no story
Without all this descension
So I inflict the conflict
With the utmost of intentions
So lock the windows
And bolt the door
'cause I've got enough problems
Without creating more
I feel like I was born
For devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pour my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
A shell of what I had
when I first started
Thank you God
For giving me the insight
So I might make
These wrongs right
If and when
There ever is a next time
'cause failure is a blessing in disguise
Pour my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
A shell of what I had
when I first started
A shell of what I had
when I first started
I feel like I was born
For devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pour my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
A shell of what I had
when I first started
When I first started
A shell of what I had
when I first started
9.I'm Taking You With Me
I made a habit
Of never making promises
That aren't easy to keep
And there you have it
From now I'll make you one that is
To keep you here with me
But as every second that goes by
I feel it's just a waste of time
If I'm not with you
If home is where the heart is
Then my home is where you are
(my home is where you are)
It's getting oh so hard
To spend these days
Without my heart
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I
Could ever wanna be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know that I
I'm taking you with me
And so I'm trying
To hold it all together and
Make it through the day
When I'm just dyin'
To drop it all and take your hand
So we can run away
And all the miles and the hours
That seem to endlessly devour
The time that I could be with you
If home is where the heart is
Then my home is where you are
(my home is where you are)
It's getting oh so hard
To spend these days
Without my heart
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I
Could ever wanna be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
Where I should have to leave
I hope you know that I
I'm taking you with me
Every second that goes by
Is one more second of my life
And it couldn't be more clear
That I would die without you here
And every second that goes by
Is one more second of my life
And it couldn't be more clear
I'm dying without you here
Yeah every second that goes by
(yeah every second that goes by)
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I
Could ever wanna be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
Where I should have to leave
I hope you know that I
I'm taking you with me
10.Faking My Own Suicide
So I've made up my mind
I will pretend
To leave this world behind
And in the end
You'll know I've lied
To get your attention
I'm faking my own suicide
I'm faking my own suicide
Because I know you love me
You just haven't realized
I'm faking my own suicide
They'll hold a double funeral
Because a part of you will die
Along with me
Wish you thought that I was dead
So rather than me
You'd be depressed instead
And before arriving at my grave
You'd come to the conclusion
You've loved me all your days
But it's too late
Too late for you to say
Because I'm faking my own suicide
Because I know you love me
You just haven't realized
I'm faking my own suicide
They'll hold a double funeral
Because a part of you will die
Along with me
I'll write you a letter that
You'll keep
Reminding you your love for me
Is more than six feet deep
You say aloud that you
Would've been my wife
Right about that time
Is when I come back to life
And let you know
I'd let you know (whooaa)
I was faking my own suicide
Because I know you loved me
You just never realized
I was faking my own suicide
I'll walk in that room and
See your eyes open so wide
I've been so lost
Because you know
Because you know
You will never leave my sight
(you will never leave my sight)
Until the day that I die
for the first time
(until I die for the first time)
And we'll laugh, yeah we'll laugh
And we will cry
So overjoyed with the love
That saved my life
Our love is so alive
11.Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I care
I
Just wasted
Ten seconds
Of your life
12.Bite My Tongue
I was gonna spell it out
In detail but
I dropped the call
Before I spilled my guts
The floor stayed clean
Like my conscience would be
'cause if you heard anything
You didn't hear it from me
I'm sweeping up the seconds
That tick off the clock
Save them all for later
When I'm too ticked to talk
And I need some time
To search my mind
To locate the words
That seem so hard to find
And sometimes I say things that
I wish that I could take back
The most crucial thing in life is
The thing called tact
And if your hour's so intently listening
Then the smartest thing to say
Is to tell myself not to say a thing
Yeah I gotta keep quiet quiet
Don't let it all come undone
'cause if I dare open my mouth
It'll just be to bite my tongue
To bit my tongue
I said I'm always close-minded
With an open mouth
And the worst of me
Seems to come right out
But I've never broken bones
With a stone or a stick
But I've conjured up a phrase
That can cut to the quick
And sometimes I say things that
I wish that I could take back
And the smartest thing to say
Is to tell myself to keep
Quiet quiet
Don't let it all come undone
'cause if I dare open my mouth
It'll just be to bite my tongue
Yeah I gotta keep quiet quiet
Listen to your voice
Because the power of your words
Can repair all that I destroyed
And when I finally do
Let it come from you
The peace of understanding
grips my soul
The reason I
Have meaning in this life
Is so I swallow all my pride
And give you control
I give it all to you
And I gotta keep quiet quiet
Don't let it all come undone
'cause if I dare open my mouth
It'll just be to bite my tongue
I gotta keep quiet quiet
Listen to your voice
Because the power of your words
Can repair all that I destroyed
And I gotta keep quiet quiet
Don't let it all come undone
'cause if I dare open my mouth
It'll just be to bite my tongue
Bite my tongue
13.Up And Up
Yesterday
Is not quite what it could've been
As were most of all the days before
But I swear today
With every breath I'm breathing in
I'll be trying to make it so much more
'cause the scene it gets so horrible
The history and what's gone wrong
And the hope of a new day
Is sometimes hard to see
And though I'm finally catching onto it
And now the past is just a conduit
And the life that I have
The end is where I'll be
'cause I'm on the up and up
These two lines are incorrect,
I'm on the up and up
And I haven't given up
Given up on what
What I'm capable of
And I'm on the up and up
Yeah there's nothing left to prove
'cause I'm just trying to be
A better version of me
For you
A better version of me
For you
To be prosperous
Would not require much of me
You see contentment is the one thing
It entails
To be content with where I am
And getting where I need to be
I'm moving past the past
Where I have failed
But I'm finally catching onto it
And now the past is just a conduit
Right there at the end
Is where I'll be
Ohh
'cause I'm on the up and up
I'm on the up and up
And I haven't given up
Given up on what
What I'm capable of
And I'm on the up and up
Yeah there's nothing left to prove
'cause I'm just trying to be
A better version of me
For you
A better version of me
For you
You never cease
To supply me with
What I need
For a good life
So when I'm down
I'll hold my head up high
'cause you're the reason why
I'm on the up and up
I'm on the up and up
And I haven't given up
Given up on what
What I'm capable of
And I'm on the up and up
Yeah there's nothing left to prove
'cause I'm just trying to be
A better version of me
For you
(Trying to be a better version
of me for you)
Ohh
14.Deathbed
I can smell the death on the sheets
Covering me
I can't believe this is the end
But this is my deathbed
I lie here alone
If I close my eyes tonight
I know I'll be home
The year was nineteen forty one
I was eight years old and
Far, far too young
To know that the stories
Of battles and glory
Was a tale a kind mother
Made up for her son
You see
Dad was a traveling preacher
Teaching the words of the Teacher
My mother had sworn he
Went off to the war
And died there with honor
Somewhere on a beach there
But he left once to never return
Which taught me that I should unlearn
Whatever I thought a father should be
I abandoned that thought
Like he abandoned me
By forty seven I was fourteen
I'd acquired a taste for liquor
and nicotine
I smoked until I threw up
Yet I still lit 'em up
For thirty more years
Like a machine
So right there you have it
That one filthy habit
Is what got me where I am today
I can smell the death on the sheets
Covering me
I can't believe this is the end
I can hear those sad memories
Still haunting me
So many things
I'd do again
But this is my deathbed
I lie here alone
If I close my eyes tonight
I know I'll be home
I got married on my twenty first
Eight months before my wife
would give birth
It's easier to be sure
you love someone
When her father inquires with
the barrel of a gun
The union was far from harmonious
No two people could have
been more alone than us
The years would go by
and she'd love someone else
And I realized I hadn't
been loved yet myself
From there it's your typical spiel
Yeah if life was a highway
I was drunk at the wheel
I was seeing the loose ends
All fall apart
Yeah I swear I was destined to fail
And fail from the start
I bowled about six times a week
The bottle of Beam
kept the memories from me
The marriage had taken a seven-ten split
And along with my pride
the ex-wife took the kids
I can smell the death on the sheets
Covering me
I can't believe this is the end
I can hear those sad memories
Still haunting me
So many things
I'd do again
But this is my deathbed
I lie here alone
If I close my eyes tonight
I know I'll be home
I was so scared of Jesus
But He sought me out
Like the cancer in my lungs
That's killing me now
And I've given up hope
On the days I have left
But I cling to the hope
Of my life in the next
Then Jesus showed up
Said, 'Before we go up
I thought that we might reminisce
See one night in your life
When you turned out the light
You asked for and prayed
for my forgiveness'
You cried wolf
The tears they soaked your fur
The blood dripped from your fangs
You said, 'What have I done？'
You loved that Lamb
With every sinful bone
And there you wept alone
Your heart was so contrite
You said, 'Jesus,
please forgive me of my crimes
Sanctify this withered heart of mine
Stay with me until my life is through
And on that day please
take me home with you'
I can smell the death on the sheets
Covering me
I can't believe this is the end
I can hear You whisper to me,
'It's time to leave
You'll never be lonely again'
But this was my deathbed
I died there alone
When I closed my eyes tonight
You carried me home
I am the Way
Follow Me
And take My hand
And I am the Truth
Embrace Me and you'll understand
And I am the Light
And for Me you'll live again
For I am Love
I am Love
I, I am Love
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