A Thorn For Every Heart : Things Aren't So Beautiful Now

Emo / USA
(2004 - Kickball Records)
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1. 99 WITH AN ANCHOR

I can see the pressures on you
It's effecting everything you do
You want out, you want out

Did you know it tears me in two
To obsess on everything you lose?
You want out, you want out

I'll keep you waiting where
This life is so unfair
You want out, you want out

Wrap my fingers around your neck
Till the shadows are dancing around you now
Fingers only to drag you down
Wait for someone to pull you above the rest

Take this pain from me (I want you walking away right now, right now)
Take this pain from me (And take this pain, and take this pain from me)
Take this pain from me (Chasing after weakened and suffering)
Take this pain from me (Leave and free me now)

I'll be too far away from you
To honor anything, anything you want...

Every time I think of you
Eyes are open, eyes are open now
All the things we've had are through
Eyes are open, eyes are open

Take this pain from me (I want you walking away right now, right now)
Take this pain from me (And take this pain, and take this pain from me)
Take this pain from me (Chasing after weakened and suffering)
Take this pain from me (Leave and free me now)

We all have, we all have someone
You wanted, you wanted more

Leave me now

Every time you cried out my name (walk away)
You said to me that you can't leave now (from me now)
Everything that comes to mind (walk away, walk away)
Will help you find it the last time I see you (now)
Everything you want is over now (walk away, walk away now)


2. FEBRUARY

My home shrinking in the distance. (it's just my time to leave. it's not the time to cry.)
I'm leaving but I'll return (did you think before we got it)
Every time you breathe I hope you think of me.
Those are the words you told me, told me.

No question. Why I have to leave. (I think it's time to leave)
One Reason, only for a dream. (I think of what I'll see)
This moment feels like destiny. (I want to tell you why.)
Won't you tell me, tell me.

You want me to always remember.
I promise I always will.
You'll watch and you'll wait for my return.
I promise I'm coming home.

For all the lonely nights when you're not feeling alive.
Look towards a midnight sky and wait for sunrise.
This is the life we live the only one that we know.
It seems to never end, never end.

You want me to always remember.
I promise I always will.
You'll watch and you'll wait for my return.
I promise I'm coming home.

You know that I can't resist this. (It's not the time to grieve. It's not the last good bye.)
I'm destined for roads unknown. (did you think before we go it)
Every time you breathe I hope you think of me.
Those are the words you told me, told me.

So when will it end?
When will it end?
When will it end?
When will it end?

Sometimes I don't know where I am, where I'll be.
Feels like I'm so far, far away, far away from home.


3. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, A MORNING TO FORGET

I can't love your eyes (It's all your fault)
Pushing back for more (As time flies by you wait for it)
And they paralyze (For anything at all)
I can't let you in (Let's waste away tonight)
Because that means that you win (The sand's gone from the hourglass).
And it's forever (Our time has past)

You're not the one to blame for this at all
Must have burnt this down, ashes all around
What were the questions that you had for me?
I couldn't have solved it all, so just let it be

Seasons are constantly changing (Waking up, waking up to your eyes)
Time that we seem to be wasting (You cut me out; you cut me out completely out this time.)
Making up, breaking up for the last time (Leaving now)
The reflection of your life tells me you're sleeping (Don't forget)
Runaway, run from this
Can't be, can't be real.
[x2]

I can't love your eyes (And all you are)
Pushing back for more (Are the mistakes that you make always)
And they paralyze (When everything's gone wrong)
I can't let you in (Let's break away tonight)
Because that means that you win (The sand's gone from the hourglass)
And it's forever (Our time has passed)

Fingers that tap the windowpane
Are too numb. Numb for you to feel the real pain
The kind that lies in me
Wanting something more than what this life has brought to me
Now you're running, now you're running

Seasons are constantly changing (Waking up, waking up to your eyes)
Time that we seem to be wasting (You cut me out; you cut me out completely out this time.)
Making up, breaking up for the last time (Leaving now)
The reflection of your life tells me you're sleeping (Don't forget)
Runaway, run from this
Can't be, can't be real.


4. NEXT OF KIN

Forgive.
Remember the things I promised you.
Forgotten to love, you know its true.
I tumble then fall for you.
The truth now lies in angry eyes.
This time I'll pay the price.
Pay the price to rise.

These feelings got to go, this pain just takes its toll.
If you need me let me know, I'm here for you.

All my life I learned from you,
The lessons I learned are never through.
I'm sorry my father.
With your heart in my hand,
Not breaking it again.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry…
(This will be the end)

Do you ever think of me? (You follow it underneath your skin)
Where do we go to find what's within?
Just let it go, always within (What lies).
Send it away
Always in you.
It falls apart and caves inward.
And I'm the only one who floats below the rest
Of the angels, of the angels, of the angels…

These feelings got to go, this pain just takes its toll.
If you need me let me know, I'm here for you.


5. THE PREDICTION

Watch these roads as the wind us up (Wind us up for good)
Pulled out from under the crash and I'm covered up (We've been lost in the cold)
It's the end of it all we know it's only our fault
Pulled out from under the crash and I'm covered up (We've been lost in the cold)
(Pass so fast just can't catch us now....)

Trapped in the wreckage.
Surrounded by blood of the friends I lost.
I'm watching you all.
I'm trying to call out but I just can't
Provide the words that you longing for.

My soul leaving my body behind.
I'm dying just to talk to you.
Why, why this is the end of my life.
I didn't get to talk to you.

You'll cry at the funeral. I'm crying above you.
The wind on your face and the rain on your back,
I'll be there
I'll be where you want.

Watch these roads as the wind us up (Wind us up for good)
Pulled out from under the crash and I'm covered up (We've been lost in the cold)
It's the end of it all we know it's only our fault
Pulled out from under the crash and I'm covered up (We've been lost in the cold)
(Pass so fast just can't catch us now....)

Now we're floating away
Now we're floating away
And we're floating away

The fears I've had are lain to rest (You'll wonder while your all alone)
the dreams I've had have come to pass (breaking apart and you're calling out)

The fears I've had are lain to rest (And we're floating away)
the dreams I've had have come to pass...


6. STREETCAR

Pieces are raining down on me.
Won't wait, we can't believe in this or anything at all.

After all you did, why would I care? Why should I care?
After, the pain you caused, why would I care? Why should I care?
I've waited for this so long, why would I care? Why should I care?

Loneliness, sadness, and solitude
These are a few of the things I've been through
Waiting for anything, everyday
Strange that you don't seem to feel the same way
Write me off, bury me and leave me for dead
Open wide, eat your words and choke on regrets

After all you did, why would I care? Why should I care?
After, the pain you caused, why would I care? Why should I care?
I've waited for this so long, why would I care? Why should I care?

Look through me (Tragedy's not so bad)
Remember what was lost (Taking me down and more)
Take all I give to you
After what I've been through
Go ahead take it all (I honestly don't care at all)
Set up and ready to fall (Let it fall)


7. SUMMER TO BLEAK

We're not, not like you
The summer is coming now
We're not, not like you
Your heart is untrue
The answers are ringing out
The pain you create can make a scar
You'll fall apart, you went too far
Now that the summers gone
We're not, not like you
Your heart is untrue
The endings are raining down
Why do you run away from fears
You'll fall apart, you'll fall for years

Good bye sky, hello destiny
(Now that the summers gone)
The clock is ticking but you cease to recognize
(Well where are you now?)
What this house meant to me
(The endings are raining down)
What does all this mean
(What's next now?)

The trust is gone, lessons learned
It will always be and I'm all done

Crash and crawl away
Crash and crawl away
Now I'm not afraid
Now I'm not afraid

Swallow and forget
Swallow this regret
Crash

A swell of anger in the sea that is
The sea that is my moods
Its hard to move you, its hard to prove to you
(Slow down, slow down)
All that I can do
A heart of stone to match the concrete wings
(Slow down, slow down)
You gave to me that day
And now we've gone our separate ways
(Slow down, slow down)

Good bye sky, hello destiny
(Now that the summers gone)
The clock is ticking but you cease to recognize
(Well where are you now?)
What this house meant to me
(The endings are raining down)
What does all this mean
(What's next now?)


8. PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY

And all of the things we need
(I just can't sit here and wait for long)
They always seem to be so far out of reach for you and me.
(To get there, together, call it out.)
And all of the lives we've lived.
(My eyes are closed cause what I've seen is gone)
They only seem to take before they give to you and I.
(Crush me; suffer, for others…)

Watch and wonder. What you are and where you'll be.
I'll be waiting; I'll be waiting…
Sleep in splendour while your dreams are whispering.
Come on and catch me. Try and catch me.
I noticed at times like these I feel about a million miles away.
I never believed in me, I think its time to start.
(Time to start)

And all of the things we need
(I just can't sit here and wait for long)
They always seem to be so far out of reach for you and me.
(To get there, together, call it out.)
And all of the lives we've lived.
(My eyes are closed cause what I've seen is gone)
They only seem to take before they give to you and I.
(Crush me; suffer, for others…)

Start defending all the things that you believe.
Now you're ready, now you're ready.
Don't surrender all the hope that you should keep.
It's now or never, now or never.
Never an end to please, I always seem to end up on my knees.
I've always believed in this I think its time to stop,
(Stop right now)

And all of the things we need
(I just can't sit here and wait for long)
They always seem to be so far out of reach for you and me.
(To get there, together, call it out.)
And all of the lives we've lived.
(My eyes are closed cause what I've seen is gone)
They only seem to take before they give to you and I.
(Crush me; suffer, for others…)

Emptiness that seems to fill you
The kind of pain that shall consume you
The walls move and close in on you
Think fast what would you do?
Right now we can't find answers
To the pain that I am causing
And wait for this world to die
So we can finally rise

And all of the things we need
(I just can't sit here and wait for long)
They always seem to be so far out of reach for you and me.
(To get there, together, call it out.)
And all of the lives we've lived.
(My eyes are closed cause what I've seen is gone)
They only seem to take before they give to you and I.
(Crush me; suffer, for others…)

Seasons will go, be grateful.
So I say goodnight, for you. Cause you want it that way
I can see what you mean to me now.
So I'm waiting now, I'm waiting now.


9. THINGS AREN'T SO BEAUTIFUL NOW (PART 1)

Hospital, the only thing she knows.
Waiting around can feel like forever.
She knows he's not there at all.
Everything I see repeats over and over
I can't breathe

Eyes towards the silver screen
We watch it fade to black
One last climactic scene
We watch the roles play back
(It's not right, he leads a double life)

A star will fall tonight
She's been advised to not think twice
All the things he's done have come to destroy there lives
And in her mind she's terrified of all the things she's yet to find
The moon is full and she's had her fill of life

Pushed away into the side lights
Where she's waited most of her life
She's blinded to his ways, she can't be saved
It's been that way for a long time

Hospital, the only thing she knows
Waiting around can feel like forever
She knows he's not there at all
Everything I see repeats over and over
I can't breathe

Look at you now...
All you are is regret
Won't forgive, Won't forget
Why she still comes to stay with me I'll forget

(Is he okay?..)

(I'm sorry, there's no visitors..)


10. THINGS AREN'T SO BEAUTIFUL NOW (PART 2)

Scene begins as a telephone rings.
Chokes a gasp at the awful news it brings.
A phone call she's been avoiding.
She knows he's reached the end.

Hooked up to the respirator.
It breaths life into my callused lungs.
My heart beats getting fainter.
I know my time has come.

It's getting colder been trying to show her that I'm not the one
to be there beside her now I'm crossing over
can no one console her? alone she'll remain
with no way to end this pain.

Now I realize the things that I, (All of the things that I wanted in this world)
the things that I've done to you (What have I done to you)
Why you gave your love with all your heart. (Hands went way to fast)
With all that a heart could give.

Intentions that you'll never know
the reason why I have to lead astray
I gave you a life time of pain and remorse
(Mistakes that were never yours)

The wrong in my life can never be right.
(It flashes before my eyes)

[Spoken:]
(How did he come to this,
His mind is working harder then ever before,
Thousands of thoughts in seconds,
His last thoughts were of her...
And how he and he alone had destroyed the once
vibrant spirit he had inherited so deeply.
The last pain he had ever caused is to the only
woman that had ever loved him..)

Bright light is calling me upward. (All alone)
I follow and leave you below (A ghost for now)
Now you're all alone. (All alone)
And I leave you with nobody by your side. (A ghost for now)
Not to hurt you ever again (All alone)
Never break your spirit for me. (A ghost for now)
Now I'm all alone. (All alone)
Still cherish the things that you have given to me. (A ghost for now)
Bright light is calling me upward (All alone)
I follow and leave you below (A ghost for now)



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