my body's on its own cause i'll hold my breath until my lungs explode until i get a real answer from you until i get some honesty from you and every song i hear somehow relates back to you tell me how that makes sense? i know a million songs and a million songs know you know what's on my mind so would you, would you choose me if i chose you? teach me to hold you i need to expose you i just need a moment to breathe you to breathe you in my body's on the ground 'cause i can't get up you're weighing me down so if you're going to lift me up lift me now if you want to be with me come here now so would you, would you choose me if i chose you? teach me to hold you i need to expose you i just need a moment to breathe you to breathe you in demons here and the holy ghost in this holy war that you evoke are at it again so where exactly i can't tell somewhere between heaven and hell and the tension here could blow my heart to bits so forgive me if it seems that i'm coming apart at the seams you may be the cure to my instability you may be the drug that i need you may be the drug that i need you may be the drug that i need you may be the drug that i need the funny thing about you and me you still drive me crazy after all this time okay it hasn't been that long but you know what i mean so would you, would you choose me if i chose you? teach me to hold you i need to expose you i just need a moment to breathe you to breathe you to breathe you to breathe you my body sways like there's a song in every word you say i'll try my best to move with you i'm not the greatest dancer but i will try i'll try to move with you i'll try to move with you i'll try to move with you where exactly i can't tell somewhere between heaven and hell and the tension here could blow my heart to bits so forgive me if it seems that i'm coming apart at the seams you may be the cure to my instability you may be the drug that i need

someone take these hands from me how can i do this without trying to miss? find the strength that's been placed in these knees in the ground that's been placed beneath me i see the speckles in those eyes they smile without a word how could i come this far? when will the worries disappear? my life's been one of change yet i'm standing in the clear despite all of our bitterness i've never felt so near i see the world through eyes anew i could never repay all these treasures i know i need to find my way through these fears because i'm always my biggest foe i see the speckles in those eyes they smile without a word how could i come this far? when will the worries disappear? my life's been one of change yet i'm standing in the clear despite all of our bitterness i've never felt so near the greatest gift in my life now that my head is clear is not the comfort in my home it's the ones that i hold so dear my heart's been blessed by love of two angels that i know i'll be there for them because they're here in my soul how did i fall into this luck that's brought me near you? i'm blessed to have you in my life to have you by my side though the years pass us by there's still nothing that could come between us come between you and i

9 times 365 i'd say i've done my share it's time for myself call me selfish i don't care turn the dial up loud (turn the dial up loud) i'm tired of fading out (turn the dial up loud) break the shackles somehow (break the shackles somehow) undo the knots that have held you down i swear i'm giving up on hesitating can't say with confidence it was worth the waiting it's over now i'm not going to regret this i will live my life with a vengeance there was once a fire in my anxious heart so fan the flames the embers deep inside me now's the time to find what's been hiding take your breaths as deeply as you dare to now there's nothing left here that scares you turn the dial up loud (turn the dial up loud) i'm tired of fading out (turn the dial up loud) break the shackles somehow (break the shackles somehow) undo the knots that have held you down everything you said I'd gain here was overplayed like you wanted to believe it well given where i am i'd say you were wrong again i was better where i started it's the brass that bites the brass that controls you never do a thing unless you're told to don't pretend that this is where you want to be i can tell you that you are just a coward you wish you could be as reckless as me how's it make you feel to know i'm free now, free now i've just got to scream it out loud turn the dial up loud (turn the dial up loud) i'm tired of fading out (turn the dial up loud) break the shackles somehow (break the shackles somehow) undo the knots that have held you down (break the shackles somehow) they told me i'd look back and i'd feel regret well i'm not you i won't live my life like that there's no ghosts on the wall there's no ghosts at all trying to fix the past me, i'm taking the future back (i've been waiting to find what's been hiding i've been waiting to find what's been hiding from me i've been waiting to find what's been hiding i'm still waiting to find and i'm taking the future back) look into my eyes there's nothing here i owe bruises form the scars the scars i call my own there's no ghosts on the wall there's no ghosts at all trying to fix the past me, i'm taking the future back

i feel this heavy breath it sinks right through the pounding in my chest slowly sinks through but when i catch your scent the fire burns through igniting all that's left burning me right through so i take what i've been given like there was nothing left to lose but then i realize it's you i feel this hole within my chest like i'm waiting for the cure but then i realize it's you beneath the silhouette of time and truth there's not much now that's left of the life we knew now all the empty threats i see right through count the broken pieces then i'd fix them all with you so i take what i've been given like there was nothing left to lose but then i realize it's you i feel this hole within my chest like i'm waiting for the cure but then i realize it's you just when our hearts our lowly (i'm telling you that i'm lonely) just when i need you there (swear to god that i need you there) your love crashes down upon me and it knocks me off my feet just like you've always been there then you say, you'll always be there so i take what i've been given like there was nothing left to lose but then i realize it's you i feel this hole within my chest like i'm waiting for the cure but then i realize it's you

stare at me now tiny eyes as i set my gaze fast upon you count the wrinkles and the lines in this face that smiles because of you place your heart at my side i swear you already have mine when time steals all the pieces i'll be with you to gather them all when dark clouds fill those spaces i'll be the one to carry you home i swear i'll always carry you home i won't forget the day we met your eyes opened and they stared me straight through my heart marveled at your novelty yet felt i'd known you for my whole life, it's true with my heart at your side i give you everything that's mine when time steals all the pieces i'll be with you to gather them all when darkness fill those spaces i'll be the one to carry you home i swear i'll always carry you home when you cross that borderline i will find you when there's no one there to hold you i will too my heart is yours for always i'll be true because there's nothing in this world we cannot do when time steals all the pieces i'll be with you to gather them all when dark clouds fill the spaces i'll be the one to carry you home i swear i'll always carry you

so i think i've messed this up again now i'm back where i began back to the places i had been ready to mess this up again when did you become so unkind? once the hero now the master of disguise secret truth now lies in your eyes i could heal you i could fix this if you take the time to listen if you're willing to be moved with every atom left in you by the pass of each caress your heart screaming from it's chest if you take in every breath like the last drag of your cigarette when did you become so unkind? once the hero now the master of disguise secret truth now lies in your eyes i'm waiting for sanity to take me home in waning my ecstasy can't hold its own in truth i've never really known if what i have is worth holding onto i was so convinced the day i found you i never guessed my heart would be on such a volatile trajectory don't you worry i know just what i need please don't worry please don't give up on me i could heal you i could fix this if you take the time to listen if you're willing to be moved with every atom left in you i could heal you i could fix this if you take the time to listen if you're willing to be moved with every atom left in you by the pass of each caress your heart screaming from your chest if you take in every breath like the last drag of your cigarette

standing on the shoreline watch the pace of sand and time to clear my clouded mind there's two words that could change the doom and fate of all mankind i'm still a victim of my mind and every road leads exactly where i've started beyond control every beginning brings a story yet untold yet still i find a way to lose faith on my own i lose on my own why could i always find the words to say to you when you weren't there? they say you're everywhere why does my ego and my pride step in the way when you're not there? i've missed you everywhere my mess is everywhere watching as the snow falls and the space of time between the blooming evergreens i try to be a better man but i am weak i fall straight into the sea and every ounce you give i take to pull the deadweight of my soul sinking my feet into the bottom of this hole where i'll wait for days to feel the ebb and flow as you bring me home why could i always find the words to say to you when you weren't there? they say you're everywhere why are my ego and my pride the boss of me when you're not there? i've missed you everywhere my mess is everywhere be on my way gonna take it out like there's no tomorrow be on my way gonna shake it out like there's no tomorrow be on my way tell me do you want to like there's no tomorrow be on my way gonna shake it out like there's no tomorrow why could i always find the words to say to you when you weren't there? they say you're everywhere why do my ego and my pride step in the way when you're not there? i've missed you everywhere my mess is everywhere

how could i just walk away? save my face for another day how could i just walk away? what is it you said that's got my stomach all in knots? you always throw these daggers when we talk i want to tell you exactly where i stand i want to know exactly what you meant my head is spinning as i'm racing down the hall my heart is racing because we're spinning out of control trying hard to understand the way you feel it's like an art i haven't mastered yet but still i'm trying to so forgive me if i'm not quite with you how could i just walk away? save my face for another day how could i just walk away? i won't pretend that i know just what to say because i'm a mess when i try to talk this way i'll try hard not to think my thoughts out loud you won't believe all the things that leave my mouth give me one more chance to get this right i'll probably break your heart again tonight we'll be better when we're both not so worked up give me a minute so i can get this figured out how could i just walk away? save my face for another day how could i just walk away? i want to tell you that i really do care take you in my arms and hold you here finally slowing down my head is spinning as i'm racing down the hall my heart is racing because we're spinning out of control trying hard to understand the way you feel it's like an art i haven't mastered yet but still i won't pretend that i know just what to say because i'm a mess when i try to talk this way i'll try hard not to think my thoughts out loud you won't believe all the things that leave my mouth how could i just walk away? save my face for another day how could i just walk away?