Emery Album

This is a waking up
This is your final go
And I would never want to see you
Get torn apart
And I can't believe
I can't believe your apart of this world
You were a sick sad man from the start
And your not even worth my time
I can't be stopped
I'll just keep going all the way
You will try
But you will fail
Just say
It's over and it's done with
I drove around Chicago
Heading to Champaign
I passed right through a country
With a gorge as high as any
God has ever made
I saw a man beside the road
He said "Excuse me sir I think I've lost my way"
Then I told him as I pulled back
On the road and headed south
I've got no time to waste
I said I guess you don't have faith
I guess you don't have faith
I guess you don't have faith
It doesn't matter anyway
It's the way
It's the way you want it
Everything
Everything in this place
It's the way
It's the way you want it
Everything
Everything in this place
I guess you don't have faith
I guess you don't have faith
I guess you don't have faith
This is a waking up
This is your final go
So don't you expect me to be there
When you fall
When you fall

Well I know you like the party, but the party never stops
I know you like the party, but the party never stops
well I know you
I know you
I know you

I know you want to be here so you just let go
and no one’s ever gonna tell you no
but I want to, cause I know you I know you

But you party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on

[Chorus:]
This is my last advice leave with me cause you could die tonight
(I got this, I got this, I got this so go ahead home)
the drugs you used as a place to hide, it’s really bad if you don’t get this right
(I got this, I got this, I got this I don’t need you)

You got kicked out of your mothers house
You stole money from her purse she finally found you out
You should be ashamed, (don't sit there judging me)
what a waste (you'd be the same if you could see, so lets have another drink)

And we'll party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on

[Chorus]

February is still as scary, the month your father died
a little girl in a shrieking world, looking for her place
to run and hide

Well I know you like the party, but the party never stops
I know you like the party, but the party never stops
well I know you
I know you
I know you

But you party on, party on
get your party on
get your party on
give it one last time cause this is all you’ve got!

[Chorus]

You want to see me disappear
Well, it starts here
Trying my best
Not to say what you don't want to hear
But it's all right -
You can cover your, cover your ears.

Face my fears
Just once a year
The feeling I get
When I want to return everything
That's in my life
I'll be busting at the seams.

It's a gamble either way
If you play your cards
It's another tidal wave
I'll be waiting with my eyes closed.

No, I don't want to be
The one who lives a lie
But never knew it.
We're just a world away from where
I can feel like I've never felt before
So lock the door.

You want to see me disappear
Well, it starts here
Trying my best
Just to say what you don't want to hear
But it's all right -
You can cover your, cover your ears.

It's a gamble either way
If you play your cards
It's another tidal wave
I'll be waiting with my eyes closed.

No, I don't want to be
The one who lives a lie
But never knew it.
We're just a world away from where
I can feel like I've never felt before
So lock the door.

You're the one who told me
To pack up all my things
And leave in the morning
It's just a world away from here
And I will never bother you no more
And that's for sure.

No, I don't want to be
The one who lives a lie
But never knew it.
We're just a world away from where
I can feel like I've never felt before
So lock the door.

You're the one who told me
To pack up all my things
And leave in the morning
It's just a world away from here
And I will never bother you no more
And that's for sure.

You wanna swim in the river
I wanna dance in the summer
You've always been the believer
I'm always left to wonder
The water is rushing so fast
I think it will take us under

Oh, what thought did you recall
That would make you say my name?

The water is so deep
A friend says "Don't go"
But my mouth betrays me
And says "Hold on"

And now I know

This is the pain of believing
(The danger is real)
And there's no easy way out
(How did I get here?)
You trust too much in my bravery
It's my safety you're taking

We're gonna drown in the river
I cannot swim any farther
My blood is pumping so fast
My heart and limbs underwater

And I reach and find your hand in mine
And they say you will be saved, but no
I pull and I pull and I pull
But your foot, it's anchored deep
Your face tells me you won't be free

This is the pain of believing
(The danger is real)
And there's no easy way out
(How did I get here?)
You trust too much in my bravery
It's my safety you're taking

I decided long ago
Never let your loved ones know
Who you really are, who you really are
People want the truth but never want the scars

And now I'm here
My brethren done
And I'm the one that's still lying
And you say it's gonna be okay
Over and over and over and over and over and over again...

You'll raise the daughter and she'll raise the son.
You'll live like two people that wish they were one.
She may not be perfect,
but oh my friend neither are you.
You feel like you're waiting for somebody
to remind you of all the things
that you're supposed to do.
Careful what you reach for, one more step and you're falling through.

Your family's a joke and your job is your life.
The time spent without them
is time spent most every night.
Get your house in order
'cause it's gonna be a bump ride.

(You can't stop the killer.)

I work my hands right down to the bone
still you don't give me what I want.
You are so ungrateful,
we're more like a house than a home.
Please dear understand,
I'm sorry again for all that I said.
How could you leave?
I swear that I'll be a better man.
Well, go ahead and run, run, run
from the man with the gun in his hand.
Darling I would shoot you before I would ever
let you leave.
Oh, dear God.

In a certain place I've kept my outs,
one for us both, two for my doubts,
I'm shaking.
I'm hollow because I know how to get this done
so I will be the only to follow,
to follow through with this.

You kneel beside her at the foot of the grave.
Your daughter is crying
and you say she's in a better place.
She was never perfect,
oh, my friend, neither were you.

Watch your makeup,
there is just a smudge beneath the eye.
You look great in that dress,
it hits every curve just right.
We're got dinner at eight, and then drinks by nine.
I love you so, it's out anniversary tonight.

Suddenly everything shakes as if it's starting to break.
And now I'm on my knees,
my wife screams, "What's Wrong!?"
As the stereo plays our song, Only In Dreams.

Just last Friday is when my heart failed again.
I was thinking that I should find a friend.
I bought her several drinks,
and slipped the ring into my hand.
We drove to her place
and let the good times roll again.

Suddenly everything shakes as my protection breaks.
And now I'm on my knees,
and I scream, "This was wrong!"
As I live, the stereo plays the song, The Finishing.

Is this it? Is this how I have spent my life?
Lying there with a broken heart on bedroom floors.
And finally, finally, I realize,
I realize that I'm only a man.

One thing I have to know, where did the miracles go?
And if a simple man believes,
will it start again with me?

If I were the maker I would fashion out a blade.
To cut out every inch of dead heart I've made.

He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away

So we sit and we wait
For the curtains to fall
And there are words we could use
But should never say at all
But you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do
We met in the courtyard
Where no one would notice
Two kids contemplating
All high school had shown us
And I told you I loved you
And I knew you believed it
As I quited my conscience
Hoping you wouldn't see it
But I do, I do, I do
I do, I do, I do

I just want to be with you tonight
All us sat here by candlelight
I paid my dues so don't be rude
Stop putting up a fight
I just want to get with you tonight

But "No" they say
What doesn't kill you
Makes you stronger
But the questions remain
Until you can't take it any longer
But I am still so young
And I didn't know I could be so dumb
And you your still so young
But now I know that your so dumb

He's never gonna go away
I'm never gonna go away

I just want to be with you tonight
All us sat here by candlelight
I paid my dues so don't be rude
Stop putting up a fight
I just want to, I just want to, I, I, I,
I do, I do, I do,
I do, I do, I do,

So what about you
Never satisfied
I'm never satisfied
Never satisfied
So let them all fall
Side by side

Side by side
One more will fall tonight

Take a look and see for yourself what makes a man
a man, and I will step back to the life I left.
Maybe you won't forget who I am.

Wake up in the middle of the night,
just don't believe everything's all right when these
thoughts are running around your head.
And it's late, so you don't really want to say goodbye,
so you just head down the stairs that lead you out.
The sound of silence is as loud as a gunshot.
"Forgive me" were the only words they read on the note you left.

Singing,oh... can't find any way out.

I wish I could live where the sea meets the land.
The ocean and I would be the best of friends.
I'd make her my own. I would float in her waves.
She would sing me to sleep as she carries me away.
Won't you carry me away?
Oh,please, carry me away.
Ocean, carry me away. You're my better half.

Singing, oh... can't find any way out.

(I don't really want to sing anymore. There's got to
be something I could live for,so just show me now.
Everyday is just another regret. It's time for me to
give it a rest and it's over now.)

I'm the guy that dies in the beginning of the movie
I'm the one who never makes it out of the cave
its because just when i have got everything going for me
baby you come around and take it all away

its true, I'd do anything for you (woah woah woah woah)
she asks if this is cool, (what did I say?)
I played it like a fool (oh no)
its like I said before I could die tonight with just one kiss more

at the brink, about to sink, I'm droning baby
and I can't think of a way to pull myself back to shore
its your face I can't take and my knees are about to buckle
the same way as they did the night you walked through my door

its true, I'd do anything for you (woah woah woah woah)
she asks if this is cool (what did I say?)
I played it like a fool (oh no)
its like I said before I could die tonight with just one kiss more

every time my eyes are closing, well its just one word
once its spoken my eyes open and I'm yours so soon
when the world tries to blow itself up from the inside
I will dig a fox hole for two
so you know that I will always be there for you
and maybe you can find a love for me too

its true, I'd do anything for you (woah woah woah woah)
she asks if this is cool (what did I say?)
I played it like a fool (oh no)
its like I said before I could die tonight with just one kiss more, one kiss more
oh my darling, my love, just one, just one, just one

I'd take it back to have the chance to see her laugh,
no see her dance
You never told me it would be so hard.
And now I wait for everyday to go away, just go away

Goodnight, goodnight.
I would tuck you in so tight, but I'm just
a tired man with those tired hands of mine.
Wake up, baby. It's time for us to leave.
You're just a little girl in your lonely world with me

So let's go all the way. Let's go all the way.
This dark road will lead right where you want to be.
You're driving, so take the wheel.

Your conscience is pleading as you start believing
that what you're doing is not for you.
But there's no mistaking the life that you're taking,
so kill the inconvenient truth.

So let's go all the way. Let's go all the way.
This dark road will lead right where you want to be.
You're driving, so take the wheel.

I used to be a better man.
But the regret came, and here I am.
I used to walk outside my door.
But I don't go outside anymore

When will they carry me to my grave?
So I can pay for the things my hands have done.
Two sons will take my body
and place it in the ground.
And I hope they know to be nothing like me.

My Blood is tainted with bitterness.
I want it out, I want it out of me.
Oh, the taste of my inheritance.
How I have fallen, the hills will cover me.
You too will become weak.

The trees are green what happens when they turn dry.
The trees are green what happens when they turn dry.
We chose our words and threw them towards the sky.
The trees were green, now they have all turned dry.

There was a bird
whose wings were crushed by a windshield.
So fast to the ground,
the roadside it found as it's eyes closed.
I heard the driver say as she pulled away,
"What could I have done? The worst is over."
I thought to myself with risk to our health.
No one ever offers me help.

When we were boys
we chased through neighbors' fields.
We could run forever, and I swore to my friends,
their lives I would defend, as a superhero.
But age finds the lust and gives it your trust.
And begs your devotion in trade for discretion.
The years play out as days as those friends pass away.
But you are taken care of, there is always television.

He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away
He's never gonna go away

So we sit and we wait
For the curtains to fall
And there are words we could use
But should never say at all
But you do, you do, you do
You do, you do, you do
We met in the courtyard
Where no one would notice
Two kids contemplating
All high school had shown us
And I told you I loved you
And I knew you believed it
As I quited my conscience
Hoping you wouldn't see it
But I do, I do, I do
I do, I do, I do

I just want to be with you tonight
All us sat here by candlelight
I paid my dues so don't be rude
Stop putting up a fight
I just want to get with you tonight

But "No" they say
What doesn't kill you
Makes you stronger
But the questions remain
Until you can't take it any longer
But I am still so young
And I didn't know I could be so dumb
And you your still so young
But now I know that your so dumb

He's never gonna go away
I'm never gonna go away

I just want to be with you tonight
All us sat here by candlelight
I paid my dues so don't be rude
Stop putting up a fight
I just want to, I just want to, I, I, I,
I do, I do, I do,
I do, I do, I do,

So what about you
Never satisfied
I'm never satisfied
Never satisfied
So let them all fall
Side by side

Side by side
One more will fall tonight

Every once in a while I think I'm lying.
Take it to the bank. I believe every word I say.
(This just isn't how, this just isn't how)
Then again this is when you start your prying.
(This just isn't how, this just isn't how)
But there's a thought it could be true.
But this just isn't how I imagined it would be.
With these random people just asking the most personal things.
And to think that somehow I could always come clean.
And you shake your head just like you know what I mean.

You're a Christian tell the sinner find repentance it's your last chance.
You believer, where's your patience?
Answer questions, put on faces.
What about God? For you and for me.

All have fallen short (To see if it's right or wrong to listen to this song.
I don't want you too. To see if you're okay with all the words I say.
It can't be this way)

Somehow, someone is more equal than others.
Depending on the words we choose to say.
A glance at her too long tonight.
But everything I am saying is right in your ears.

We are all the sisters and the brothers.
Until we find we don't believe the same, like...

Gary is getting drunk to forget Sarah.
Sarah is stealing money from her parents.
Aaron is lying straight to Jon.
About Megan and the things that went on.
Jessica is a gossip, Laura is a slut.
Derrick hits Bridget and Ben deals drugs.
Seth spends all his money gambling.
Joey stopped praying.

It is all the same thing.
We are all the same people.
With sinning hearts that make us equal.

Here is my hand, not words said desperately.
It is not our job to make anyone believe

Three sleepless nights,
this isn't how its supposed to be.
But you are so good at
taking your time to get back to me.

I will wait for you forever,
if you would just ask me.
I thought that I could change you
but you changed me.

But it doesn't feel right,
holding someone else's hand.
Together on phone line,
and living at two opposite ends.

It scares me to think,
that you could find takers other than me
and better than me.

But you're head is elsewhere,
and I’m talking enough for both of us.
When will you see it's not (it’s not) so easy for me
you’re careless, and whispered, insulting, and bruising.

And I thought that you said
things were improving.
These laces are untied,
but my feet are still walking away.

(I fall from you eyes, your eyes I trusted, you said forever)
I never thought that you could say these words.
Is this really happening?
I never thought that you could say these words.
(Don't say...)
Is this really happening?
I never thought that you could say these words.
(Don't say that we can...)
Is this really happening?
I never thought that you could say these words.
(Don't say that we can still be...)
Is this really happening?
I never thought that you could say these words.
Is this really happening?
(Don't say that we can still be friends)

Erase my name from this page.

How can you take all these days
(What is inside of me what have I done?)
and throw them away
(Is this the only way that you will notice me?)
as I sit here waiting for you (for you)
(Dead words for closed ears all this is sung for you)

I stay up nights
(If you are still pretending this is what's right)
until stars leave the sky
(Why cant you look at me can you only see?)
knowing what my dreams can take away
(Sides, your side, can take away)
Walk away from me.
This night is done

Somebody please tell me
what am i suppose to do?
you died and i'm here
thinking that i hear your voice,
but it's somebody else
it's always somebody else
why did you die?
don't leave me please
i beg you God tonight bring me peace
i'll never sleep without
the dreams of you alive here with me
the brightness left your eyes
as i held your face
don't tell me it's the right time
and your last words will sustain me
until my end...until i see you again
white words (your life) evade me (but a moment)
i'll wait to (i'll cling to) remember you (forever)
and what you had (your words) meant to me (on my blood)
could never be forgotten
the chains (why) of death (don't take)
are falling (away), but my heart still bleeds
it longs for (why) the day (did you die)
when we will be as one

Take a look and see for yourself what makes a man
a man, and I will step back to the life I left.
Maybe you won't forget who I am.

Wake up in the middle of the night,
just don't believe everything's all right when these
thoughts are running around your head.
And it's late, so you don't really want to say goodbye,
so you just head down the stairs that lead you out.
The sound of silence is as loud as a gunshot.
"Forgive me" were the only words they read on the note you left.

Singing,oh... can't find any way out.

I wish I could live where the sea meets the land.
The ocean and I would be the best of friends.
I'd make her my own. I would float in her waves.
She would sing me to sleep as she carries me away.
Won't you carry me away?
Oh,please, carry me away.
Ocean, carry me away. You're my better half.

Singing, oh... can't find any way out.

(I don't really want to sing anymore. There's got to
be something I could live for,so just show me now.
Everyday is just another regret. It's time for me to
give it a rest and it's over now.)

Take, a lonely heart before it breaks.
and put it in your little box of unwashed hands and mistakes.
Words, So necessary but absurd.
Too tell you I want to be with you tonight so bad it hurts.

Whoa, Whoa!
Whoa, Whoa!
Whoa, Whoa!

Wake, wake up while it's still yours to take.
Before I get a better offer from someone who will stay.
I, I don't believe in wasting time.
Just before it's gone its gone for good, so don't cry.

And it feels like today.
Is like every other day.
But I,
Will forget about myself.
To put this brick back on the shelf,
Tonight.

Whoa, Whoa!
Whoa, Whoa!
Whoa, Whoa!

Whoa, Whoa!
Whoa, Whoa!
Whoa, Whoa!

And you say that you changed.
But your basically the same.
But I,
I can say that I tried.
And move on with my life.

So you can calm your worried mind.
'Cause when I leave I wont be coming back this time.
No, not this time.