a break in the fighting
under desert stars
"I'll wait for you"
she said
but she couldn't know
what could come home

I stay awake and
make no mistake I
I fight this war for you
hey
was it worth all this?
was it worth all this?
was it worth all this?
oh

all my problems
they're camouflaged
in these fatigues
I've begun
to doubt our breed
of violent peace
yeah

I stay awake and
make no mistake I
I fight this war for you
hey
was it worth all this?
was it worth all this?
was it worth all this?
oh no

hey
I stay awake and
I make no mistake I
I'll write your wrong for you
hey
was it worth all this?
was it worth all this?
was it worth all this?
all this?
oh no

night bird scatter last call
pleading needing a house call

oh 3 o'clock and Mary's still
working late up in the hills
Bloody Mary goes
heaven only knows

Mary saves the night again
plastic bags for plastic friends
Mary's got your medicine tonight

stop now your manic complaining
soon there's an end to the waiting

oh she's the queen of midnight runs
cell phones and the rolled up ones
desperate don't despair
call and Mary's there

Mary saves the night again
plastic bags for plastic friends
Mary's got your medicine tonight
Bloody Mary's always on the phone
never have to be alone
Mary's gonna bring you back to life

she drops the note into her bag
and laughs so you don't look so bad
she knows sometime soon
she'll be back for you

one by one they always call
high they stand and down they fall
all in all our Mary does them wrong
(she'll be back for you)
Bloody Mary saves the night again
plastic bags for plastic friends
Mary's got your medicine tonight
Bloody Mary saves the night again
plastic bags for plastic friends
Mary's got your medicine tonight
x2
Bloody Mary's got your medicine tonight

another lifetime ago two people made
one solemn vow to love honor and obey
now we got nothing but the shame
and lame excuses

hold me down but you won't hold me back
somehow this bruise will be the last
this bruise will be
the last
this bruise will be
the last

it's hard to talk
with your tongue between your teeth
it's hard to walk
with only the eggshells underneath
the stabbing of winter white will reap
fresh abuses

hold me down but you won't hold me back
somehow this bruise will be the last
this bruise will be
the last
this bruise will be
the last

hold me down but you won't hold me back...

hold me down but you won't hold me back
somehow this bruise will be the last
I'm gone, I'm never coming back
mark my words -
these black eyes
when they've healed
will have seen
the end

God of first and last things
father of our failing
the mirror knows us well
better than we know ourselves

now go
the world won't wait so long
go on

all your noble efforts
sacrificial fireworks
smell the sulfur when all goes wrong
wicked people have no songs

now go
the world won't wait so long
a crime to see it wasted
before all is said and done
go on

so we made a mountain
from the white lie landfill
how it used to protect us
let's build a fire and
burn it down

now go
the world won't wait so long
a crime to see it wasted
before all is said and done
go on
go on
go on
go on

close your naked eye
close your naked eye
it's a sin to keep it open
why you keep it open?
close your naked eye
close your naked eye
and see

what can I say
baby
what can I do
I tried and failed just to fit in
I greased the wheels
that only
drove away
always ends up the same

I don't have much left to lose
flow and crumble
breathe and burning through

send your bullets in
draw your blades
spit my words right back in my face
if I must die
just to be remade
so long
so long!

I don't have much left to lose
flow and crumble
breathe and burning through
for you...

just you wait
just you wait, I'm coming
just you wait
just you wait
can I get a witness?

(I will)
never tell another lie

no
I don't have much left to lose
flow and crumble
breathe and burning through

If I can't make you stay
I'll never find the way
can you feel
what I feel?
these hard times
will shine from far away

space
seems like it 's organized
against me
but I, victim of gravity
can fly
when you lie next to me

I feel so strong
I feel so safe
lost puzzle pieces
fall in place
when you lie next to me
when you lie next to me

I can't be superman
but I
I'll do the best I can
for
each other we seem to be
made
when you lie next to me

I feel so strong
I feel so safe
lost puzzle pieces
fall in place
when you lie next to me
when you lie next to me
when you lie next to me
when you lie next to me

and when we're tired
we drift
away to sleep
and you're the dream
that's worth remembering

I feel so strong
I feel so safe
when you lie next to me
when you lie next to me
(repeat)

wait
the rain will come and soon enough
to wash away all that we've loved
here it comes
listen

stop
the dialogs and the debates
good things will come along just wait
in time
listen

and you feel like crying
you want to scream out
but the tears won't fall
the words won't come
so just listen

don't lose your head yet stick around
beyond a shadow of a doubt
you're allowed
forgiven

because
system coats you like a shell
what you need nobody sells
hell is your
decision

and you feel like crying
you want to scream out
but the tears won't fall
the words won't come
so my friends your time is now
open up what you've closed down
and it hurts so bad to speak
oh

so just listen
so just listen
hurts so bad
so just listen
hurts so bad, to speak
(repeat)

turn today new revolution
slip away the noose
from around my neck
sailing in my confusion
the captain of my shipwreck

here I am
deep inside the hole I've fallen
know I'm down inside myself again
I'm through the loophole
I'm through the loophole
the loophole
I'm through the loophole

the fountain's floor is blackened
with the wishes that I've thrown in
I found what I was searching for
has been what I was searching with

here I am
deep inside the hole I've fallen
know I'm down inside myself again
I'm through the loophole
I'm through the loophole
the loophole
I'm through the loophole

this is the last time, I say it's the last time I pray it's the last time I swear
this is the last time, I say it's the last time I pray it's the last time I swear
this is the last time, I say it's the last time I pray it's the last time I swear
this is the last time, I say it's the last time

deep inside the hole I've fallen
down inside myself again
I don't know my own reflection
left behind my only friend
I'm through
I'm through the loophole
the loophole
(repeat)

we want to reach you
Uncle Elijah
we wish to welcome you
back home
we of the open mind beseech you, appear
through this board make yourself known

pointer says
yes
ask me what u wil
Elijah has returnd
refusn 2 b still

(ask about the money, ask about the money)
...Charlie please be patient, first things first
(ask about the money, ask about the money)
what's patience worth?
Elijah please indulge our
curiosity
we want to know
why you chose
suicide

pointer says
lies
don't believe the lie
4tune bought the greed
the seeds of desire
grew in2 deceit
want obsessd the 1
that mrderd me
mrderd me

did you hide the money?
where'd you hide the money?
did you hide the money?
where'd you hide the money?

pointer says
the truth
I'm gonna tell u how to find it
I'll tell u where to look
I'll tell u in good time
we will speak again
come out2 my grave
2morrow night

wait
how do we know it's you?
give us a sign
give us a sign
before we go to the graveyard
give us a sign
please
pleassse

pointer says
go
out2 the oak tree
find Pandora's box
it's buryd underneath
this is not the end
oh
all will be reveald
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye

I'm silent
in the rolling wake
of lucky and adored
ugly
a blur on the side
so easily ignored

speechless
in my screaming way
they all laugh and smile
spotlights
give the loved a stage
but only burn the shy

I will always be the outsider
will I always walk the road alone?

disguised
so the crowd can't see
my strategies and plans
the last
of the shopworn secrets
no one understands

I will always be the outsider
will I always walk the road alone?
will I always find it hard to
make this world of lies
my own

I'd give it all
all to find my way
inside you
I can't fake myself round
to fit the hole
that hides in you
looking at me
I know just what you'd say
if you cared

I will always be the outsider
will I always walk the road alone?
will I always find it hard to
so hard to
make this
world of lies
my own

smile and pose
shaking hands and stealing votes
can we all agree
oh
not what you said you would be
not what you said you'd be
not what you said you'd be
yeah
not what we need

friendly foes
spreading lies they speak in codes
now we finally see
not what you said you would be
not what you said you'd be
not what you said you'd be
oh
you're not what we need

now!
say it!
again!
say it!
oh

not what you said you'd be
not what you said you'd be
you're not what we need

at this rate
you would make a perfect candidate
for excommunication
weigh it up and see
oh
not what you said you'd be
not what you said you'd be
not what you said you would be

she's waiting to fall apart
blind to how bad things are
and I know now
she won't last
she's got everything
but she won't last

fighting herself again
pushed aside her closest friends
and they know now

she won't last
she come to the end of the road
I know that's just the way these things go
now I know better

days melt like candle wax
she says that she'll be right back
it's all so sad
she won't last
see her falling down

she won't last
she come to the end of the road
I know that's just the way these things go
now I know better
just one of those things
another bleeding bird in love with her broken wings
I know that's just the way these things go
now I know better

she won't last
she come to the end of the road
I know that's just the way these things go
now I know better
just one of those things
another bleeding bird in love with her broken wings
I know
yes I know
I'm no better
I'm no better
yeah I'm no better
I know...

special guest will you come tonight
brief visit from the other side

I am patient, I am calling you
In the Teahouse of the Spirits
I can feel you
I can hear you
give it all up just to be near you
I am praying, I am calling you

why do you walk among the graves
between the droplets in the rain

I am humble, I am calling you
In the Teahouse of the Spirits
I can feel you
I can hear you
give it all up just to be near you
I am praying, I am calling you

from the silence comes the sound
the underdrone beneath the crowd

I am ready, I am calling you
I can feel you
I can hear you
give it all up just to be near you
I am praying, I am calling you
I am praying, I am calling you
I am calling you
I am calling you
I am calling you

I've been feeling lonesome
I'm down, don't know what to do
I let you lie to me
plant seeds inside
to see them grow
only to leave them to die

I learned my lesson
I won't be forgetting
I won't give my heart out
without suspecting
why cry
why cry
why cry
for you

I've been lost and finding
out that I've been such a fool
you thought you'd stick around
until the day you found
someone to make me obsolete

I learned my lesson
I won't be forgetting
I won't give my heart out
without suspecting
why cry
why cry
why cry
why cry
for you

I learned my lesson
I won't be forgetting
I won't give my heart out
without suspecting

chorus x2