Sticks and Stones
Album - 11 giugno 2002 - Debaser id 29978

I'm sick of smiling
And so is my jaw
Can't you see my front is crumbling down?
I'm sick of being someone I'm not
Please get me out of this slump
I'm sick of clapping
When I know I can do it better for myself
I'm sick of waiting
Sick of all these words that will never matter

I wire these nerves together
Hoping for a chance to think on time
And I'm tracing over your letter
To see if your intentions are as good as mine

But you're getting worse
I swear it
It's hard to prove you're an understatement
You're getting worse and I know
That you'll be calling, calling, calling me again

I'm done with everything
That had to do with you
Don't worry your pictures are already burned
I'm done with new friends
Don't sell yourself short
You'll lose it in the end

I'll wire these nerves together
Hoping for a chance to think on time
And I'm tracing over your letter
To see if your intentions are as good as mine

But you're getting worse
I swear it
It's hard to prove you're an understatement
But you're getting worse and I know
That you'll be calling, calling, calling me again

I can't help how I feel
No I can't help how I feel

But you're getting worse
I swear it
It's hard to prove you're an understatement
You're getting worse and I know
You'll be calling, calling, calling me again

Calling me again
Calling me again

But you're getting worse
I swear it
It's hard to prove you're an understatement
You're getting worse and I know
You'll be calling, calling, calling me again

I'm drunk off your kiss
For another night in a row
This is becoming too routine for me
But I didn't mean to lead you on
And it's all right to pretend
That we still talk
It's just for show, isn't it?
It's my fault that it fell apart

Just maybe
You need this
And I didn't
Mean to lead you on

You were everything I wanted
but I just can't
finish what I've started.
There's no room left here on my back
It was damaged long ago
Though you swear that you are true
I still pick my friends over you
My friends over you

Please tell me everything,
That you think that I should know
About all the plans you made
When I was no where to be found.
And it's all right to forget
That we still talk
It's just for fun, isn't it?
It's my fault that it fell apart

Just maybe
You need this
And I didn't
Mean to
Lead you on

You were everything I wanted
But I just can't finish what I've started
There's no room left here on my back
It was damaged long ago
Though you swear that you are true
I still pick my friends over you
My friends over you

Just maybe you need this
You need this
And I didn't
Mean to lead you on

You were everything I wanted
But I just can't
Finish what I've started
There's no room left here on my back
It was damaged long ago
Though you swear that you are true
I still pick my friends over

You were everything I wanted
But I just can't
Finish what I've started
There's no room left here on my back
It was damaged long ago
Though you swear that you are true
I still pick my friends over you
My friends over you

I've been waiting for a good day
I've been holding back long enough
I've been hurting to tell you some thing:
It's not the falling of the temperature
That's making all our bones run cold
It's the breeze you make
The presence felt when you're around me

And it feels like im at an all-time low

Slightly bruised and broken
From our head on collision
I've never seen this side of you
Another tragic case of feeling
Bruised and broken
From our head on collision
I've never seen this side of you
Another tragic case
And I'm still

Waiting for a good day
I think I've held this long enough
I think it's safe to tell you some things
It's not just what you say to people
And it's not the way you look at me
It's the way you present yourself
For all your worst critics to see

And it feels like I'm at an all-time low

Slightly bruised and broken
From our head on collision
I've never seen this side of you
Another tragic case of feeling
Bruised and broken
From our head on collision
I've never seen this side of you
Another tragic case

Then you were gone
You were gone...
All this time you just didn't know it yet
You were gone...
All this time you just didn't know it yet
You were gone...

And it feels like I'm at an all-time low

Slightly bruised and broken
From our head on collision
I've never seen this side of you
Another tragic case of feeling
Bruised and broken
From our head on collision
I've never seen this side of you
Another tragic case

Another tragic case of feeling
Bruised and broken
Another tragic case and I've been
Still waiting for a good day

I'm cracked from my head down to my spine
Ready to self-destruct at any time
And I'm trying to convince myself
That the way I feel is all I have
It could take a lifetime
To realize that you're all right

But she said
I'd know when you would come back
It's been a summer

It's burning up in here
Even though the bed is cold on your side
I'd rather die
Then spend this night here without you
Now it's burning up in here
Even though the bed is cold on your side
I'd rather die
Then spend this night here without you
Without you

I would try to fix these flaws of mine
If I could just see you for one more time
And I'm trying to convince myself
That the way I feel is all I have
I don't believe in sure things
There's pain in what the truth brings

But she said
I'd know when you would come back
It's been a summer

It's burning up in here
Even though the bed is cold on your side
I'd rather die
Then spend this night here without you
Now it's burning up in here
Even though the bed is cold on your side
I'd rather die
Then spend this night here without you
Without you

I'd be the first one to know
If it's smart for me to just let it go
I'll be the laughing stock of all time
Person most likely to find
Deciding if it's fate that made you aviod me to this day

I'd know when you would come back
It's been a summer

It's burning up in here
Even though the bed is cold on your side
I'd rather die
Then spend this night here without you

Now it's burning up in here
Even though the bed is cold on your side
I'd rather die
Then spend this night here without you
Without you

I've figured all the years we shared were proof enough
To extend my hand and help you
i know that gettng started can be rough
If you smile, you seem grateful
I felt good about myself
That's until the day you showed me
You don't need anybody else

Why'd you have to go
And make me say these things about you
Why'd you have to turn around
After all that we've been through

I've figured all the memories are proof enough
To maybe open you eyes
From the people you think hold your trust
Do you ever smile, and find it shameful
'cause you don't know who you are
I am glad you never told me
You needed anybody else

Why'd you have to go
And make me say these things about you
Why'd you have to turn around
After all that we've been through

What will you do when there's no-one to fall back on
I won't be there, i 've learned my lesson
What will you do when there's no friends to fall back on
Because they've all been stepped on

Why'd you have to go
And make me say these things about you
Why'd you have to turn around
After all that we've been through

Why'd you have to go
Why'd you have to turn around
After all that we've been through

What will you do when there's no-one to fall back on

I never felt so bad
In my entire life
But this time I did it to myself
What do you expect from me?
I did it
So what do you expect from me

Let go of my hand
Is it time to go?
I'm not ready to turn my back on you yet
I'm not going to let you down

Let you down

September came so quickly
I wasn't prepared
I didn't mean to miss your birthday
What do you expect from me?
I did it
So what do you expect from me

Why don't you

Let go of my hand
Is it time to go?
I'm not ready to turn my back on you yet
I'm not going to let you down

Bridges will fall from under us
But weak or strong
We'll (we'll) get through this
The end will open up (end will open up)
And try to pull us in
But we'll (we'll) get through this
Get through this

So why don't you

Let go of my hand
Is it time to go?
I'm not ready to turn my back on you yet
I'm not going to let you down

Let you down

I can't remember the time or place
Or what you were wearing
It's unclear about how we met
All I know, it was the best conversation that I've ever had
'Til this day I've never found someone
With eyes as wide as yours
I've been searching up and down this coast
Overlooking what I need the most

Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today burns this away
And it starts all over again

The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be

And everything else is irrelevant
To the story so far
A coincidence that you look like her from afar
Is it true that you like to sleep alone?
Or is it what you just tell everyone?

Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today burns this away
And it starts all over again

The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be

Until you show me how it could be
Until you show me how it could be

And when the world turns over
I'll keep my ears to the wall
And when the world turns over
I'll keep my feet straight on the ground

Did you notice I was afraid?
I thought I'd run out of things to say
Two more hours until today burns this away
And it starts all over again

The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be
The sky will never look the same again
'Til you show me how it could be

Until you show me how it could be
Until you show me how it could be