i'm heaven sent
don't you dare forget
i am all you've ever wanted
what all the other boys all promised
sorry i told
i just needed you to know
i think in decimals and dollers
i am the cause to all your problems
shelter from cold
we are never alone
coordinate brain and mouth
then ask me what its like to have myself so figured out
i wish i knew
i hope this song starts a craze
the kind of song that ignites the airwaves
the kind of song that makes people glad to be where they are
with whoever they're there with
this is war
every line is about who i don't wanna write about anymore
hope you come down with something they can't diagnose
don't have the cure for
holding on to your grudge
oh it's so hard to have someone to love
and keeping quiet is hard
cause you can't keep a secret if it never was a secret to start
at least pretend you didn't wanna get caught
we're concentrated on falling apart
we were contenders now throwing the fight
i just wanna believe i just wanna believe in us
oh, we're so controversial
we are entirely smooth
we admit to the truth
we are the best at what we do
and these are the words you wish you wrote down
this is the way you wish you voice sounds
handsome and smart
oh, my tongue's the only muscle on my body that works harder than my heart
and it's all from watching t.v.
and from speeding up my breathing
wouldn't stop if i could
oh, it hurts to be this good
you're holding on to your grudge
oh, it hurts to always have to be
honest with the one that you love
oh, so let it go
we're concentrated on falling apart
we were contenders, no throwing the fights
i just wanna believe i just wanna believe in us
this is intolerable
this is the grace only we can bestow
this is the price you pay for loss of control
this is the break in the bend
this is the closest of calls
this is the reason you're alone
this is the rise and the fall
we're concentrated on falling apart
we were contenders, now throwing the fight
i just wanna believe i just wanna believe in us

keep the noise low
she doesn't wanna blow it
shaking head to toe
while your left hand does the "show me around"
quickens your heartbeat
it beats me straight into the ground
you don't recover from a night like this
a victim still lying in bed completely motionless
a hand moves in the dark to a zipper
hear a boy bracing tight against sheets
barely whisper, "this is so messed up"
upon arrival the guests had all stared
dripping wet and clearly depressed
he'd headed straight for the stairs
no longer cool, but a boy in a stitch
unprepared for a life full of lies and failing relationships
up the staris: the station where the act becomes the art of growing up
he keeps his hands low
he doesn't wanna blow it
he's wet from head to toe
and his eyes give her the up and the down
his stomach turns and he thinks of throwing up
but the body on the bed beckons forward
and he starts growing up
the fever, the focus
the reasons that i had to believe you weren't too hard to sell
die young and save yourself
the tickle, the taste of
it used to be the reason i breathe, but now its choking me up
die young and save yourself
she hits the lights
this doesn't seem quite fair
despite everything he learned from his friends
he doesn't feel so prepared
she's breathing quite and smooth
he is gasping for air
"this is the first time and last time" he says
she fakes a smile and presses her hips into his
he keeps his hands pinned down at his sides
he's holding back from telling her
exactly what it really feels like
he is the lamb, she is the slaughter
she's moving way too fast and all he wanted was to hold her
nothing that he tells her's really having an effect
he whispers that he loves her
but she's probably only looking for...
up the stairs: the station where the act becomes the art of growing up
so much more than he could ever give
a life free of lies and a meaningful relationship
he keeps his hands pinned down at his sides
he waits for it to end
and for the aching in his guts to subside

to be born is to be wrecked on an island

if you believe in magic just close those big eyes
and think all the wonderful thoughts that arise
and maybe if you dream it just right
your toes will be over the treetops tonight
and you'll be flying and from there you can see
how the magic's in you, that the magic's in me