Good Charlotte
The Chronicles Of Life And Death

01   Once Upon a Time the Battle for Life and Death (02:25)

02   The Chronicles of Life and Death (03:04)

You come in cold
You're covered in blood
They're all so happy you've arrived
The doctor cuts your cord
He hands you to your mom
She sets you free into this life
And where do you go with no destination, no map to guide you
Wouldn't you know that it doesn't matter, we all end up the same

These are the chronicles of life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives, as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of your life

And money talks in this world, that's what idiots will say
But you'll find out that this world is just an idiot's parade
Before you go
You've got some questions
And you want answers
But now you're old, cold, covered in blood
Right back to where you started from

These are the chronicles of life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives, as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the worst day of your life

But these are the chronicles of life and death and everything between
These are the stories of our lives, as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world, and you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of
Today could be the worst day of
Today could be the last day of your life
It's your life
Your life

03   Walk Away (Maybe) (03:21)

04   S.O.S. (03:42)

Is anybody listening?
Can you hear me when I call?
I'm shooting signals in the air,
'Cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own,
So I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening, listening?

I've been stranded here and I'm miles away
Making signals and hoping they save me
I lock myself inside these walls
'Cause out there I'm always wrong
I don't think I'm gonna make it
So while I'm sitting here on the eve of my defeat
I write this letter and hope it saves me

[chorus:]
Is anybody listening?
Can you hear me when I call?
I'm shooting signals in the air
'Cause I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own
So I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening, listening?

I'm stuck in my own head and I'm oceans away
Would anybody notice if I chose to stay?
I'll send an S.O.S. tonight
And wonder if I will survive
How in the hell did I get so far away this time?
So now I'm sitting here
The time of my departure's near
I say a prayer please, someone save me

[chorus]

I'm lost here
I can't make it on my own
I don't wanna die alone
I'm so scared
Drowning now
Reaching out
Holding on to everything I know
Crying out
Dying now
Need some help

Is anybody listening?
Can you hear me when I call?
Shooting signals in the air
I need somebody's help
I can't make it on my own
I'm giving up myself
Is anybody listening?

05   I Just Wanna Live (02:46)

06   Ghost of You (04:51)

And I will wait until the end
When the pendulum will swing back to the darker side of our hearts bleeding
I will save this empty space next to me like it's a grave
Where I lay a place for us to sleep eternally together
I have been searching for traces of what we were

A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all

So here I am pacing around this house again
With pictures of us living on these walls
I see my breath in the cold of the air that I breathe and I'm wondering
I'm wondering if it's you that I feel
If it's you that I feel here haunting me forever
I have been searching for traces of what we were
A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all

And I'm not looking for anything but us
Anything but what we were
And I'm not asking for painted memories
I only want to know you're here
A ghost of you is all that I have left
It's all that I have left of you to hold
I wake in the night to find there's no one there but me
And nothing left of what we were at all x2

07   Predictable (03:11)

Something isn't right
I can feel it again, feel it again
This isn't the first time
That you left me waiting
Sad excuses and false hope highs
I saw this coming still I don't know why
I let you in

I knew it all along
your so predictable
I knew something would go wrong (something's always wrong)
So you don't have to call
Or say anything at all
you're so predictable (so predictable)

So take your empty words, your broken promises
And all the time you stole cause I am done with this
I can give it away, give it away
I'm doing everything I should've
And now I'm making a change
I'm living the day
I'm giving back what you gave me
I don't need anything

I knew it all along
your so predictable
I knew something would go wrong (something's always wrong)
So you don't have to call
Or say anything at all
you're So predictable (so predictable)

everywhere I go
Everyone I meet
Every time I try to fall in love
They all want to know why I'm so broken
Why am I so cold
Why I'm so hard inside
Why am I scared
What am I afraid of
I don't even know
This story's never had an end
I've been waiting
I've been searching
I've been hoping
I've been dreaming you would come back
But I know the ending of this story...
You're never coming back
Never..never..never..never.....[echo].....

I knew it all along
you're so predictable
I knew something would go wrong (something's always wrong)
So you don't have to call
Or say anything at all
you're so predictable (so predictable)

Everywhere I go for the rest of my life (so predictable)
Everyone I love
Everyone I care about
They're all gonna wanna know what's wrong with me (so predictable)
And I know what it is
I'm ending this right now... [echo]

08   Secrets (03:54)

In the dark
In the darkness you will find
Dirty little secrets we all hide
Cause we all have a darker side
A place we keep where no one else will find

Cause everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
But I will...

Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could
Dance with me through this rain
We will fight
We'll fight again
Fight again

In the back
In the closets of your mind
That's where skeletons and dirty secrets hide
And I'll rip out my insides
And leave them on display for you tonight

Cause everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
But I will...

Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could
Dance with me through this rain
We will fight
We'll fight again
Fight again
(Fight again)

All my life I hide my secrets away
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark

We all try to hide our secrets away
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark

Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could
Dance with me through this rain
We will fight
We'll fight again
Fight again
Fight again

Cause everybody wants to hide their secrets away
And that's okay
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain
And fight again

09   The Truth (03:56)

So here we are
We are alone
There’s weight on your mind
I wanna know
The truth, if this is how you feel
Say it to me
If this was ever real

I want the truth from you
Give me the truth, even if it hurts me
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth, even if it hurts me
I want the truth

So this is you
You're talking to me
You found a million ways to let me down
So I'm not hurt when you're not around
I was blind
But now I see
This is how you feel
Just say it to me
If this was ever real

I want the truth from you
Give me the truth, even if it hurts me
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth, even if it hurts me

I know that this will break me
I know that this might make me cry
You gotta say what’s on your mind, on your mind
I know that this will hurt me
and break my heart and soul inside
But I don’t wanna live this lie

I want the truth from you
Give me the truth, even if it hurts me
I want the truth from you
Give me the truth, even if it hurts
I don’t care no more, no
Just give me the truth, give me the truth
Cause I don’t care no more
Give me the truth
Cause I don’t care no more, no
Just give me the truth
Give me the truth[4x]
Cause I don’t care no more, no

10   The World Is Black (03:06)

Turn on channel seven at a quarter to eight
You see the same damn thing
It's just a different day
And no one really knows why this is happening
But it's happening

And everywhere you go it's just a different place
You get the same dark feeling
See the same sad faces
No one really cares that this is happening

We come into this world
We are all the same
And in that moment there's no one to blame

But the world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever changed
By the things we've say , say

Living in this place
It's always been this way
There's no one doing nothing
So there's nothing changed
And I can't live when this world
Just keeps dying
It's dying
People always tell me, this is part of the plan
That God's got everybody in his hands
But I can only pray that God is listening
Is he listening?

But living in this world
Growing colder everyday
Nothing can stay perfect
Now I say

but The world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever change
By the things we've say (say,say)

We come into this world
And we are all the same
And in that moment there's no one to blame

But we're living in this world
Growing colder everyday
Nothing can stay perfect
Now I say
The world is black
And hearts are cold
And there's no hope
That's what we're told
And we can't go back
It won't be the same
Forever change
By the things we've say (say, say)

Turn on channel seven at a quarter to eight
You see the same damn thing it's just a different day
And no one really knows why this is happening.....

11   Mountain (04:34)

Whoa

All these dreams and all these plans
I built them all with these two hands
Everything, I’ve realized my dreams
The city lights shine down and they blind me sometimes
But through it all
I was lost but I found my way

So tell me what you want
Cause I would give you anything
Tell me what you need and I’ll go get it
I’d give up all these dreams
To have you in my arms right now
I’d give up everything and I’d forget it

I wasn't on a mountain
When it came to me
All my life’s been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams

So here we are
Let me lift you up and show you this world over me
And all these things
What I've gained
And what I've seen
It can’t compare
To the love that you could give to me

So tell me what you want
Cause I would give you anything
Tell me what you need and I’ll go get it
I’d give up all these dreams
To have you in my arms right now
I’d give up everything and I’d forget it

I wasn't on a mountain
When it came to me
All my life’s been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams

Years go by and nothing’s slowing down the time
Years go by and then they’re wasted
All this time
I thought that I gained everything
If you’re not mine, I’m so empty

I wasn't on a mountain
When it came, when it came to me
That all my life’s been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams

So please come back to me
I'm right here waiting
So please come back to me now

12   We Believe (03:52)

There’s a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed
She asks God why
Her only son has died
And now her daughter cries
She can’t sleep at night

Downtown another day for all the suits and ties
Another war to fight
There’s no regard for life
How do they sleep at night
How can we make things right
Just wanna make this right

We believe(x6)
In this love

We are all the same
Human in all our ways and all our pain
(So let it be)
There’s a love that could fall down like rain
(Let us see)
Let forgiveness wash away the pain
(What we need)
And no one really knows what they are searching for
(We believe)
This world is crying for so much more

We believe(x6)
In this love

We believe(x5)
In this love

So this world is too much for you to take
Just let him down and follow me
I’ll be everything you need
In every way

We believe(x6)
In this love

In this love
We believe
In this love
We believe
In this love
We believe
In this love

13   It Wasn't Enough (03:24)

It wasn’t enough
It wasn’t enough
It wasn’t enough

I would try to believe
In the things I cannot see
But my faith is shaken now
Like it’s never been before
When I call and you don’t come
I don’t know what I should do
Should I call?
Should I even count on you?

I’ve given all I can
It wasn’t enough
To keep you in my hands
Should I give up?
I try to understand
Was it ever enough?
I don’t understand

So here I am once again
With my back against the wall
Afraid to show you
Afraid to tell you
That I don’t know you like I did
I’ve never been so alone
I’ve never felt so insecure
And now I don’t know where I’m going
In my life I’m not so sure

I’ve given all I can
It wasn’t enough
To keep you in my hands
Should I give up?
I try to understand
Was it ever enough?
I don’t understand

Giving up tonight
I won't let go, won’t let go of you
Giving up tonight
I wanna show you, wanna show you
Giving up tonight
I won't let go, won’t let go of you
Giving up tonight
Am I giving up, giving up?
I don’t wanna give this up, I won't

I’ve given all I can
It wasn’t enough
To keep you in my hands
Should I give up?
I try to understand
Was it ever enough?
I don’t understand

Everything you want from me
I've fought so hard for everything
Everything you want from me
I've tried so hard, could never be
Anything you want from me
Anything you want from me
Anything you want from me
I gave it all

14   In This World (Murder) (05:27)

15   Meet My Maker (08:39)

16   Falling Away (03:05)

17   Predictable (alternate version) (03:07)

18   The Chronicles of Life & Death (special acoustic version) (03:05)