I never conquered, rarely came; 16 just held such better days...

"Better"

It's a half empty cup
held by a man with a
half empty heart
he built his home on rock bottom
he spends so much time there anyways
and you know he doesn't listen to what all his friends say

"it'll get better"
if you just give it the time
he smirks and says he doesn't have the time
"it'll get better"
if you let it
he just thinks to himself
"it never let me so why should I?"

Wasted all that time
wasted all that money
wasted everything he had
and what's to show for it
nothing
oh nothing can save the man's heart
for he broke it himself
after he was disillusioned

"it'll get better"
if you just give it the time
he smirks and says he doesn't have the time
"it'll get better"
if you let it
he just thinks to himself
"it never let me so why should I?"

Cut me some slack
he whispers when he is alone
in public he is so confident
it's all just an act
cut me some slack
he's feeling it worse when he's alone
he surrounds himself with them
but sooner or later he's gonna be left alone

"it'll get better with time"
time is no,
time is no friend of mine
praying to God
every night
his momma said it'd help him get by
but he's still in a dead end life

which left first
his dying faith
or his life
oh, what's this poor man's fate
which left first
the man's faith
or his life

yeah it'll get better
if you give it the time
well I've got no time to give
I'm too busy trying not to live
too busy trying not to live
I just can't let it
it never cut me any slack
so why should I give it time?

It's likely they're, just jealous and jaded.

"Ultimately"

You know I'd kill for the chance to talk with you
that's kinda funny cause I think that I'd have first dibs by now
and you're out, sitting in the dark, holding his hand once again

You can tell me
nothing ever happened
I'll believe it
until I have a reason
but something is missing
and I'm not sure if it's with you
but I'm not sure if it's not you

So, give me a night
just me and my friends
lemme talk to the one I
always have confided in
maybe she'll give me the female view
maybe she'll tell me to leave you
maybe she'll tell me leaving's a mistake
but ultimately
the choice is mine to make

There's a funny feeling
been inside me for way too long
I try to tell you bout it
but you always say it's been too long
since we've, just fooled around
just messed around
and we end up in the backseat
and everytime I try to speak

you just press your lips right up against mine
whisper you'll love me till you die
and those are words I've believed and I'll continue to
but I don't think you understand
there's something more missing
and I can't find happiness with you
and maybe my best friend will
agree with me
or maybe he'll tell me that I'm
just bein a pussy
or maybe he'll say that he
doesn't have a clue
but ultimately
I decide what to do with you

Yeah just give me a night
just me and my friends
shouldn't be too hard
seeing how you're always with him
traveling away and far
and if I tried to talk to you
if I got a single word through
you'd break down and cry
and tell me
you'd never lie
but I don't think you're understanding
it's not the fact you're on dates with him
and I don't care if y'all keep texting
'cause ultimately
the choice is mine to make

I want what's yours and I want what's mine.

"Good Luck and Good Night"

I've got a knot in the back of my throat
in the front right pocket there is a note
the two are connected baby
the two are connected baby

I'd say it to your face if I
if I only could
but something is stopping me
something is preventing me and I've
been meaning to get this note to you for one month
but my arms never work quite right

Good luck, good luck, good luck and good
night, good night
that was your favorite movie and you took it as
your way of saying goodbye
well honey this time I think I
really deeply truly mean it
good luck and good night
this is a whole hearted goodbye

Where I went wrong before was I
stole one last good night kiss
if I hadn't done that then I'd be
living in bliss
I wouldn't trapped beneath your
stronghold
I wouldn't be suffocating
I wouldn't be fighting to let you go

I'm climbing up the tree
to take shelter with my best friend
I see you below throwing rocks and now
you're armed with a cannon
loose lips sink ships and you're
working on being an iceberg
spitting words and lies at me
I make it in the window with her
she helps me, slam it down
she helps me, slam the window down

Good luck, good luck, good luck
and good night, it's a good night
that was your favorite movie
and now I'm using it to say goodbye
it's the final sign off, it's the final sing along
so come on baby take your loose lips and
belt it out with me now

Good luck, good luck, good luck and good night
always a fan of George
and believe me he had it right
good luck, good luck, good luck and good night
I'm not throwing in the towel
because I've won this final fight

I think we've met before, and in that instant it started to pour.

"LED
or
"Glow Again"

That little LED still
glows so brightly
that note you wrote
still sits on my shelf
but it's faded by now

Remember when your smile
combined with mine
lit up a whole room
now we're lucky if we
even crack a small smirk

I don't know what happened
with our age came something
I guess we changed, faded, grew apart
had a difference in, matters of the heart
But I take comfort in flipping that switch
and seeing that little LED blink

Remember when I could turn you on
just as easily
and I'm not talking bout sexually
Remember when I misspoke a word
and you'd laugh at me
and now you're just plain mean

Funny how, we aren't as simple as we used to think we were
love won't conquer all
Friendships fade, but our love, oh heck no
maybe that's our downfall

Let's flip the switch
give it a rest
maybe we'll glow again
Let's flip the switch
give it a rest
maybe we'll glow again

like that little LED friend
maybe we'll glow again
like that little LED
maybe we'll glow again

These feelings won't go away; they keep knocking me sideways.

"Believe"
or
"Tonight"
or
"Actions"

Agreeing to disagree didn't
ever solve a thing
I'm counting down the days till you're
so absorbed that you don't
pay attention to me
So I'm standing next to you with a
megaphone and the other members of the mob
but you're not listening to us anymore

I believe in true love and friendships
and long summer nights
I believe in shooting stars and that
wherever you go, there you are
but I'm having a hard time believing
your actions tonight

Actions speak louder than words
that's not such a good thing
'cause you're practically screaming right now
any louder and I'll have to run out
don't you wish you could get out
and get away from yourself

Away from the young and dumb one you are
the egotistical one you're becoming
I'll give you a tip, that attitude's not working
unless you're trying to drive everyone away

I believe in true love and friendships
and that if you let it be, it'll be alright
I believe in heartaches and romances
I believe in conversations that last all night
I believe that it's always worth it to fight
and that you will eventually do fine
but I'm not so sure it's right
I'm having difficulty believing your actions tonight
I'm having difficulty believing your actions tonight

Breaking up, getting ready for the breakdown.

"Good Idea"

Divide up the record collection
if you let me keep the Seger, I'll give you the Peter Gabriel
of course Springsteen, I've got dibs
and you can have all the Aerosmith

Seemed like a good idea at the time
3 years later, it's a, waste of my life

Now you're starting in on, all my cd's
yeah I said all
you never bought a damn thing
no, I won't help you pack
I'm too busy singing

Songs, of hate
that I wrote about you
forget the binder of love songs
those are old and these are new

I got that couch
from my good ol' mom back home
but I guess you can have it
you'll need something to lay on your back on
No, no I don't think that was
underhanded
No, no I don't think you
didn't deserve it

Have fun, I'd like to see you try it
because I get to keep the
entertainment center
and everything that goes along with it
here, take your
filthy dvd's
I'll be fine, with the 4 copies I have
of my favorite film
no, I won't give you just one
it's my favorite film
and you're my favorite woman
HA JOKE!

It seemed like a good idea at the time
you and me liked each other
figured we'd move in together
it seemed like a good idea at the time
too bad, we never really thought things through
too bad, we never really thought things through

Keep it up homegirl, don't you quit.

"Welcome to the End"

It wasn't a question of ifbut a matter of whenyou're harboring the secretbut it's been released unknowinglyit was told to me
Normally I don't pay much attention to hearsaybut when everybody here says it, it's gotta be factI don't take much of what anybody else says seriouslybut when you give me reason to, then I start to believe
Welcome to the endwelcome to the fallout where beautiful losers winWelcome to the endwelcome to the fallout where beautiful losers win
Doesn't matter what youractions when around me areI've been looking at your actions from afarthe silence was deafeningthe silence spoke volumesthe silence had no time to be awkwardit was too busy telling the truth
Welcome to the endwelcome to the fallout where beautiful losers winWelcome to the endof us, and my new beginning, oh
I don't take much of what people say seriouslybut seriously, did you, did you think you could fool meI don't take much of what people say seriouslybut seriously, did you, did you think you could fool me