Living Well is the Best Revenge


Become What You Hate


I thought I found someone
I thought I had something I could trust
I still can't believe what happened
It's not that you lied to us
It's not that your friendship was a front
It's just that I can't see the real in you


Yeah for years I was afraid
Now I can finally say


That I'm afraid that you've become
Everything that you had hated
I'm waiting
For this to blow away


How could I have been so blind
How could I've ignored so many signs
Especially when my friends warned me
About your deceptive side
And that your friendship was a lie
But still I cannot see the real in you


Yeah for years I was betrayed
Now I can finally say:


I've been working for
Something oh-so fake
But it's never too late


To correct the faults 
So many others made
I know you don't care
About what's right or fair


I heard you say your future is looking 
so great


Still Trying


Everyone's just looking for 
a reason to go on
But every time I turn around 
I feel that you are gone


And I know from my mistake before
I should have seen the truth
Do it one more time 
And it'll be my fault for trusting you
Could I ever trust the words you say?


Still trying to say
That I can't forget what you did-no way
You're wasting my time, trying my patience
Still I can't forget what you did-no way


Everyone's just looking for
A person whom to trust
But every time I turn around
I feel that you are lost 


Ignored what felt so wrong
To just play the fool once again
Gave up on feelings strong
And buried them
It seems so pointless


I've been working for
Something oh-so fake
But I'm not working for you no more


Get It Together


Take off that make up honey
I know what you've been missing
And I've got a card to send you home
It says: Try to forget those good times
Maybe you never were mine
How has this pain helped you grow?
Because you've done so much with your life
To have to settle for
A need to feel 
A need to try
A need to feel whole
Do you feel whole?


Maybe we'll see this through
If we get it together
Maybe I'll get to you
If you get it together


Take off that make up honey
Why don't you ever listen
I've got something I need to know
Cause I tried
Tried to forget your past crimes
But were you ever just mine
Was there something that I didn't show?
Because


Go. Try.
Try to make yourself right
Go. Try.
To make this right
And move on with your life


Like a Movie


Try to forget about
Living the good life
Free of positions
That make her feel vulnerable
She's loved and she's lost
She's bearing the cost
She seeks to find the answer for


Woke up today around
Six in the morning
Violently shaking
Remembering what she once saw
She bared it alone 
Still she carried on
She seeks to find the answers for


The reason her life did not turn out
More like a movie
She's trying to forget it all


She tries to erase
She tries to replace 
How it feels but I 
Know she can never go home


I don't believe in anything 
But I believe in you
I never trusted anyone
But somehow I trust you


And if I fall away
Someday you might find me
If I fall away
Someday . . . 


There's No Going Back


I tried my best to let you know
That I'm not trying to test you
It's just so hard to let you go
When I have nothing against you


Save your breath this time
You'll need your strength to set this right


Look how far we've come 
Oh yeah there's no going back
Look at what we've done
There's no sense in saying 
That accusing you of using me ain't right
But I will not give up without a fight
Do or die
Yeah take it back


Fear not cause here's the answer
To your most pressing question
Fear not cause here's the answer
To your most pressing question come on


Perfect


This time I think it could be perfect
But you'd push it away
I came here today with a purpose
Should I try or just let it go
Cause these things I'd like to ask you
Are things I can't explain
Or should I keep your glance outside the porch last
Saturday


Should I have succumbed to your courtesy
I could see you were trying to get my attention 
but I pushed it away


This time I think it could be perfect
But you'd push it away


Tonight it seemed suddenly perfect
Still no promises made
The balance of power was shifted
Were you trying to let me in
Or was I trying so hard 
that all my confidence was lost tonight
Confused and regretful I cracked 
swallowed it back
And left with no spine intact


Maybe we were meant to see what's right
See how this ought to be
Just a taste of life to see what's right
You made sense out of me
What a shame that we're slipping away now
I'm going away now 
Off to see what's out there
Cause you're all that's here for me


You Should Know


You should know
That I would never let you go
I'm here 
To bear the weight of years
You turn away
What else is left for me to say
You'll think what you want
It's like we're once again at the (first part)


It's safe to fall if you just trust the ground that you stand on 
I swear I will never let you down
You should know
Sometimes it's hard for me to show
My fears
But I'm never insincere
Don't turn away
From what you trusted yesterday
I'm still that person
That you can always depend on 


You live and learn
But when I'm gone I won't return
You don't have to feel that burn
And I'll know the time has come 
When you wake up alone and fine
Truth is not just in the now


One Last Time


All the times I've tried
I know they don't erase
The things that brought me down
Caused you to hurt caused you to hate
But now we've figured out
All that we won't do
So I can see that there's no doubt
When you say I know


(when) You're not looking
I'm still watching you
Can we forget those times
Can we move on


Please say that you 
Can feel the same way that I do
Please say that I 
Can be forgiven one last time


I'm lost without your sight
I can't think without your mind
There's comfort in the night
When I wake up by your side
I'm up here on my own
With nothing left to lose
I won't deny you anything
There's nothing I'll refuse


A Faulty Foundation


This plan is only surface
And I do not deserve this
I'm wondering if I'll withstand
To stand alone and stand to scream
To the world "I'm through
And now I've come to mend
These wounds were gored by you 
Through all of them"


it's too sad that I've got to mediate
these faulty sides of you
and I'm wondering whatever did I do
the only reason that I still remain to you
is that I go on repeating the excuse


What if this had not happened
What if she hadn't gone
What if this had not happened
She never would have gone


Never want you to say
I exploit this in any way
Still I don't deserve this
I stood alone too long to say


In the Songs


Remember just two years ago
When our bands were playing house shows


Remember how we struggled-oh
Remember nights we spent on hard wood floors


We're fighting for
To make a change 
To live our lives the way we dreamed 
Despite what they might say


You're there when I fall
You helped me be strong
Even when I lost my faith
Now we're standing so tall
We've made it through it all 
And we'll keep it going strong
'cause I feel it in the songs


To all my friends from around the way
Much respect
We owe you dues
We got your back 
You've got ours too
I'll be there should you fall 
And I just wanted you to know
You can always count on me


Find Confort in Yourself


How come everything
Always has its way of turning
Right back around again
Like that night when she was leaving
And not believing that this time
Her fears were all just doubts


I'm never going back
I'm over feeling sorry so just deal with that
There's nothing wrong with that 
Find comfort in yourself
And know that what you have is not what you are


I know this once felt right
But every time I walk away 
I feel shut down inside
Today is no exception
And tomorrow breaks again
But I can see that this will soon be over


Understand this is nothing
Find comfort in yourself so you can deal with that