And I know
Standing again on my own two feet
This striking resemblance is hard to beat

On the cover of 17
Everything you ever wanted to be

And we are
Driving fast in our brand new cars
Cheating death with every turn

On the cover of 17
Everything you ever

Father hit his head on the kitchen door
Mother broke her ankle on the theatre floor
While I was waiting patiently in a warm, dark safe
With a smile on
Father waited nervously by the hospital door

Mother placed the table with her apron on and her hair tied up
Father pack

If there was anything at all
That could rid you of your conference calls
Then I know I'd come rolling by
To break the surface tension in your eyes

And if we could live a little longer
And break this mood that's cold and somber
Then I'd sing your songs forever
I'd si

From up high you look so lonely
And when I talk to you alone
You'll think "that guy, he's the cream of the crop"
And when you think about me
Your heart'll stop

So check the big times that got the heart of robot
Like the big guys n the body buildin' muscle men
And I

I saw a sign by a payphone
It said get in line so I did

The nice cars they drive by fast
Sucking up many gallons of gas

I wish I had a few
I wish I had a few

In the alley with a box for two
Flashbacks to my old room

Im sorry about the mess
Im

at 6 p.m.
we're sellin' everything that we can find
ohh, for another line
get ahold of yourself you say
we're bound to get caught
if anything i can get clean
one more day to suffer the scene
get ahold of yourself you say
oh i told i told
her about everything a

If we try hard enough I'm sure we could forget it
Cause this black-hearted wedding's enough to start a panic
We were clean for three days when you were running down the block
11 minutes sober now we're counting down the clock
And donnie says you're the reason we are here

As I exhale
I think of questions to ask myself
What's your plan?
Do you think you're a man?
Has your small amount of success gone to your head yet?

I wanna be an astronaut
And get high
Break the barrier of sound into the sky
Just want to be free
From the con

Tendency
Population
Dependency
Truth from vision

In the highest of rooms
In the tallest of buildings
I said I'm comfortably
On an uncomfortable seat
And the corner office is not my home
Because the city and the people
All make me feel alone

And the

My parachute didn't open
and when my back up failed
the pixie dust prevailed
and i woke up next to you
all i wanted was to hold you

i was born in a city
however small
it held a hospital
for location where i came into being
it was all down hill from

Whats the price we pay to feel
Up and down on the ferris wheel
Just like fluctuations
Of self mutilation

And whats the cycle we wish we'd pay
For some character one day
In the end we're going down

So go easy to the slaughter
We never thought we'd have to tread

Your name is on everything you do, well, so is mine
Your life made a turn for you and gave you time

And through your uneven footsteps you found tolerance and cleanliness
And I found you

Your name appears at such an alarming rate in this town I can't escape it
(I'm sure yo

17 and running up the stairs my baby bear
7 lonely hours that i've been without a shower
Until
You and i meet in the bathroom with the water on
Steaming up the room with little but a towel on

You are my high
You are my high just like

A joint or two just hangin out

2 am and you hold my hand
I sleep under my jacket and
i drive home
i drive home after the show
i keep my distance
i watch my speed
i use my blinker
i dim my bright lights
the police have different plans for me tonight
the law abiding citizen becomes t

Is there a hole in your heart
Or am i mistaken
I can see your capillary veins
You be the patient i'll be the surgeon
Just like 1st grade on the playground all day

Soon enough you'll hear the black top calling for you
After that there is not much else you can do

Ha

I dream a little bit about the chance of seeing you
And outside stays true
And outside through the window pane
And the hole in my brain
I'm getting hold of myself

And honey it's stunning at such a peculiar place
I see the wrinkles in your face start to deepen and form</

Sing songs won't you sing along into the back room
A thought alone in this world is just like me to disagree
Ever wonder why the animals so narrowly escape manic depression
Put it on my tab

If i paint the sky at the right time
And set it for your eyes to gaze upon
Honey

So put it in my backpack dear
We could pretend we're constellations
Living forever but always changing
We are just little blips

Thinking we're the brightest stars
And hoping we will never burn out
But baby everything has got
An expiration date, like you and I

Tomorrow as i wake up at 12 p.m.
At that moment i'll enable my brainstem
I'll look down at my phone to check if you have called
In my absence from this physical world

As i suspected you have done your part to make contact
But my exhaustion was too deep to wake me from my na

So many surfaces so colorless and bland
I've got so many colors in my new box in my hand
One day I'll think about getting
But today I'm just gonna color the sky

Start with the blue draw circular clouds
Then with the green I add the food for the cows
Next with the r