Armor For Sleep Album

What if you find out
Everyone that's in your life
Is only being paid off
By a T.V. studio
And every conversation
Everyone's had with you
Was scripted by the writers
Living in Los Angeles

Smile for the camera

Put on a show for the viewers back home
Hide the truth so they'll never know
You hate what you got
Can't you love what you got?
So smile for the cameras that keep rolling

What if you find out
Everything that's in your life
Was only put in front of you
By people waiting for you to fall
And every time you trip up
Is all just a game
Nothing's really mattered
Nothing was as bad as you thought it was

Smile for the camera

Put on a show for the viewers back home
Hide the truth so they'll never know
You hate what you got
Can't you love what you got?
So smile for the cameras that keep rolling

The banquet the reception, it was all for you
Affectionate obsession from the masses grew
But little do they all know
You're just scared
You're just scared of when they'll write you off your own show

Put on a show for the viewers back home
Hide the truth so they'll never know
You hate what you got
Can't you love what you got?
So smile for the cameras that keep rolling

Love what you got, can't you love what you got?

Hold your own jacket please
I'm not in the mood
Millions of trains under the ground
This city was the blueprint for hell

Passed out, sleeping at your party
Dream of leaving in the morning
You will all die in Williamsburg
Too hip to even clean your nose out
Your grave is pulling at your pants now
You will all die in Williamsburg

Bored again
Watching the rats
Eat all your food
At least you'll be used to
The place you'll be soon
This city was the blueprint for hell

Passed out, sleeping at your party
Dream of leaving in the morning
You will all die in Williamsburg
Too hip to even clean your nose out
Your grave is pulling at your pants now
You will all die in Williamsburg

Do you know how obvious you are?
You were born in New Hampshire but you say you're from the O.C.
Brooklyn's a death bed
For clones of the same kid
Stuck in the party
That was lame to begin with

At least you'll be used to
The place you'll be soon
This city was the blueprint for hell

Passed out, sleeping at your party
Dream of leaving in the morning
You will all die in Williamsburg
Too hip to even clean your nose out
Your grave is pulling at your pants now
You will all die in Williamsburg

You will all die

Saw you laughing aloud to your friends when I was across the room,
I was across the room.
I sick of standing alone when you’re here.
Who’s good enough for you?
Who’s good enough for you?

Well it’s only love it’s not real anyways.
You’re gonna die in somebody else’s arms
And I have to live with that.
You’re gonna die in somebody else’s arms
And I have to live with that.
Well I hope you have a good life, hope you have a good life.
Well I hope you have a good life, hope you have a good life.

And I’ll say "Send me a card when you can, to where you think you should be."
Are where you think you should be?
Too bad, you’re missing the boat and I’m gone.
Call me when you come around.
Will you call me when you come around?

Well it’s only love it’s not real anyways.
It’s only love, it’s not real.
You’re gonna die in somebody else’s arms,
And I have to live with that.
You’re gonna die in somebody else’s arms,
And I have to live with that.
Well I hope you have a good life, hope you have a good life.
Well I hope you have a good life, hope you have a good life.

I’ll be happy to see you happy, if it’s with me or without me around.
I’ll be happy to see you happy, if it’s with me or without me around.

There’s too much, too much I know I’ll never say.
Please take me back, please take me back.

But you’re gonna die in somebody else’s arms,
And I have to live with that.
You’re gonna die in somebody else’s arms,
And I have to live with that. (I have to live)
Well I hope you have a good life, hope you have a good life. [x4]

There's plenty of space for me
In the back of your car
I can move all your things around..
We're standing alone
On a side of the road
Till asire headlights catch me..

I keep to myself on the right
Trying hard to hide
All the dirt that covers me,
You only can hide who you are
If you don't care
Where you're going anyway

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again..)
I don't wanna see through the Eyes of a lion (hold the door for me..)

I set them on fire back then
They didn't know what hit them
It's always the ones
You never suspect
The ones who accept
What I've become.

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again..)
I don't wanna see through the Eyes of a lion (hold the door for me..)

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again)
I don't wanna see through the Eyes of a lion (hold the door for me)
(hold the door for me..)

Don't wanna take the wheels for you, just keep on driving, keep on driving...
Just tell me what you want me to do, just keep on driving, keep on driving...

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again)

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again)

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again)
I don't wanna see through the Eyes of a lion (hold the door for me)

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again)
I don't wanna see through the Eyes of a lion (hold the door for me)

I don't wanna be
Who I was back then (I almost lost you again)
I don't wanna see through the Eyes of a lion (hold the door for me)

Hold the door for me...
For me..

I’ve got soul working for me half the time, only when I’m half alive.
Thinking of someone else.
I saw you praying just to pray for me.
I felt something happening.
I was just falling asleep.

But thanks for your help, thanks for your help.
Pulling me from the flames, (and stop the fire)
I’ll just wait ‘til you leave, then run right back in.
I’ll run right back in,
I’ll run right back in,
I’ll run right back in.

I’ve got plans mostly just to hang around, hoping for a hand me down.
Staring at my bright future.
I drive around waving like a sad parade, at the kids all out to play.
I’m good; go have fun on your own.

But thanks for your help, thanks for your help.
Pulling me from the flames, (and stop the fire)
I’ll just wait ‘til you leave, then run right back in.
I’ll run right back in,
I’ll run right back in,
I’ll run right back in.

Can you see my room from there, burning, burning? [x4]

Pulling me from the flames, (can try to pull me out).
Pulling me from the flames, (can try to pull me out)
I’ll run right back in, I’ll run right back in, I’ll run right back in.

Pulling me from the flames…
Pulling me from the flames…
Pulling me from the flames…

I’ll run right back in. [x5]

I used to believe that no one else was alive.
And all of the world was just a show inside my own mind.
The dog’s on a leash, tied to a pole, shaking above the snow
I try to pretend, I try to pretend, everything’s just in my head.

The choir’s in line, belting its soul, over the dying crowd.
Singing for love, their voices will soar, and disappear through the floor.

I used to believe that no one else was alive.
And all of the world was just a show inside my own mind.

Tidal waves are gonna swallow your town alive,
Terrorists are gonna poison all our skies.
Bodies are gonna wash up on the beach,
Hell is gonna bring your parents to their knees.

You escape, I'll stay,
I'm so tired of running away.

I wanna stay at home for the end of the world,
Falling asleep when they're dropping the bomb.
This is all a dream,
Thats what I'll be singing.

I wanna stay at home for the end of the world,
Falling asleep when they're dropping the bomb.
This is all a dream,
Thats what I'll be singing.

Pack all your bags and lock all your doors behind,
Clear out the cities and pray for your little lives.
You've all escaped, I've stayed.
I'm so tired of running away.

I wanna stay at home for the end of the world,
Falling asleep when they're dropping the bomb.
This is all a dream,
Thats what I'll be singing.

I wanna stay at home for the end of the world,
Falling asleep when they're dropping the bomb.
This is all a dream,
Thats what I'll be singing.

Everything around you, is gonna turn into,
The biggest pile of ashes,
That you could ever imagine.

Everything around you is gonna turn into,
The biggest pile of nothingness.
So keep on running, keep on running.

I wanna stay at home for the end of the world,
Falling asleep when they're dropping the bomb
This is all a dream,
Thats what I'll be singing.

I wanna stay at home,
I wanna stay at home,
I wanna stay at home,
I wanna stay at home.

This is all a dream,
That's what 'll be singing.
This is all a dream,
That's what 'll be singing

Na, na na na, na na na,
Na, na na na, na na na.
I was swimming slowly through the pools in my head,
When I felt a cold hand wrap around my throat
and pull me out of my little day dream.
I was sailing backwards through the wind in my head
when I saw the lights turn on and you were dragging me out
again in my little day dream.

The stars in your eyes they are burning you alive.
I was better off all alone in my own world.
I’m not gonna fall for something I made up.
I was better off all alone in my own world.

Na, na na na, na na na,
Na, na na na, na na na.

I was chasing comets with a butterfly net,
Thinking I could pull one down again
but I was just slipping into my little day dream.
California plastic melted your heart away,
And I’m never gonna go back again
cause I was just perfect here in my little day dream.

The stars in your eyes they are burning you alive.
I was better off all alone in my own world.
I’m not gonna fall for something I made up.
I was better off all alone in my own world.

I was better off left alone.
I was better off left alone.
Stars in your eyes…they drag me away this time.

I get so bored, everything is working out just fine,
that I have to get tangled in something.
I get so bored, everything is working out just fine,
I have to get tangled in something, tangled in something.
I can’t help myself.

The stars in you eyes they are… burning you alive.
I was better off all alone in my own world.
I’m not gonna fall for something I made up.
I was better off all alone in my own world.

Na, na na na, na na na. (I was better off left alone) [x4]

Didn’t they teach you, everything okay if you settle enough?
Forget your dreams, let’s pretend I’m everything you want me to be.

Complicated breathing, you never had the guts just to throw me away.
Life moves slow when everything’s a worse version of what you need.

And I’m just the ground that you happened to fall on,
when you lost your balance, walking around in the rain.
And you got to your feet, scratched your head,
and started together the life that you trust all around me.

I can’t fight for a graveyard, anymore.

Some people have no money,
to keep their legs pumping away at the ground.
What moves me is fear,
that I’ll always be alone at the end of the day.
(At the end of the day)

And I’m just the ground that you happened to fall on,
when you lost your balance, walking around in the rain.
And you got to your feet, scratched your head,
and started together the life that you trust all around me.

I can’t fight for a graveyard,
I can’t fight for a graveyard, anymore.

I’m just the ground that you happened to fall on.
I’m just the ground. [x3]

And I’m just the ground that you happened to fall on,
when you lost your balance, walking around in the rain.
And you got to your feet, scratched your head,
and started together the life that you trust all around me.

I’m just the ground [x4]

I can’t fight for a graveyard, anymore…

The lights in your room keep on blinking off.
And I’m on my back, on your floor.
Tell me how you fooled the world again,
I like how you laugh when you tell it.

Play dead, cause I’ll be playing dead with you.
I’ll play you when you’re dead in a year or two.

Can you please point me to your chemicals?
I need to feel like I’ve got rocks in my eyelids.
The only superhero I’ve ever known was you, about 5 years ago.
It was you about 5 years ago.

The lights outside turn into knives on me and I forget how to get home.
It only feels like it’s the summer now,
cause everyone’s always wearing the wrong clothes.

Play dead, cause I’ll be playing dead with you.
I’ll play you when you’re dead in a year or two.

Can you please point me to your chemicals?
I need to feel like I’ve got rocks in my eyelids.
The only superhero I’ve ever known was you, about 5 years ago.
It was you about 5 years ago.

I can picture your coffin in the hallway;
And your family standing inside the doorway.
They’ll point all their fingers at me and say,

‘Where are your drugs? Today we need them.
Where are your drugs? We need an escape.’
[x2]

Can you please point me to your chemicals?
I need to feel like I’ve got rocks in my eyelids.
The only superhero I’ve ever known was you,
about 5 years ago, was you about 5 years ago.

Where are your drugs? Today we need them.
Where are your drugs? We need your escape.
Where are your drugs? Today we need them.
Where are your drugs? We need your escape.
Where are your drugs? Today we need them
Where are your drugs?

Am I a toy to you?
With strings around my fingers,
for you to pull and watch as I collapsed when you want.
The coldest night to me, is a switch that you control.
Tip-toe around your words just to calm you down again.

There’s too many people that we both love
and too many secrets I don’t wanna know.

You’re still chasing him.
My saving grace is saving face.
Lost on the back burner.
Good for, good for you.
My saving grace is saving face.
I just sit and wait.

There’s always just enough of you to pull me back.
But I can see your eyes drifting past what you have.
I’m flagging down a ship when it’s on its way to sea.
The horn is blaring out, but I just don’t want to hear.

I never left you in a sandstorm.
I never left for a second at all.

You’re still chasing him.
My saving grace is saving face.
Lost on the back burner.
Good for, good for you.
My saving grace is saving face.
I just sit and wait.

I thought you were and angel, I guess you were a vulture.
Either way, spread your wings and just fly away. [x2]

You’re still chasing him.
My saving grace is saving face.
Lost on the back burner.
Good for, good for you.
My saving grace is saving face.
I just sit and wait.

I just sit and wait. (Spread your wings and fly away) [x4]

They can’t see your heart.
They don’t care to see who you are.
They’re just a pack of wolves.
Don’t let them break you down, don’t let them break you down.

You are the starlight that sparks up the whole night.
Just let their voices fade out and stand in the spotlight.
Take a bow.

Everybody’s lost.
Most people think they’re not..
But I’m not losing you now.
I don’t think I can at all.
Don’t let them break you down.

You are the starlight that sparks up the whole night.
Just let their voices fade out and stand in the spotlight.
And take a bow.

Please don’t run away from me.
I don’t wanna find you lost in their lies.
Please don’t make a fool of me. (a fool of me now)
Cause I don’t wanna find you lost and alone.

One day they’ll see.
One day they’ll all see.
One day they’ll be shouting the truth.
One day they’ll all be cheering for you,
they’ll all be cheering for you,
they’ll all be cheering for you,
they’ll all be cheering for you.

You are the starlight that sparks up the whole night.
Just let their voices fade out and stand in the spotlight.
Take a bow.