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SURROUND

I need a better way, to get my head straight
It's not like anybody would know
I've got a silver cloud, high above me
Running circles around and around me

Turn it up again, we're going nowhere
And let the sound surround everyone
I’ll play the static with the noise in my head
And let the sound surround everyone

Go off the deep end, I've got nothing to prove
And I've got nothing better to do
I'm so happy, so fucking happy now
That I'm far from the glare of the city

A better way, I need a better way

I heard the white noise, the waves and radiation
They're falling from the sky

FLAVOR OF THE WEAK

She paints her nails, and she don't know
He's got her best friend on the phone
She'll wash her hair, his dirty clothes
Are all he gives to her

And he's got posters on the wall
Of all the girls he wished she was
And he means everything to her

Her boyfriend, he don't know
Anything, about her
He's too stoned, Nintendo
I wish that I could make her see
She's just the flavor of the weak

It's friday night, and she's all alone
He's a million miles away
She's dressed to kill but the tv's on
He's connected to the sound

And he's got pictures on the wall
Of all the girls he's loved before
And she knows all his favorite songs

A BIGGER MOOD

I need a bigger mood
To block out the sun
I don't wanna see what I've become
And you could fight your way
Get back what you really want
It's nothing special anyway

Yea you’re always in my way
I'm falling faster everyday
I gotta spit you out
You bring me down
Everything, just crashes to the ground
Cause you were always in my way

I can feel it break
A bruise from another day
It's hard to say just what I feel
It all seems broken now
When I'm stuck on the in between
Staring at something out of reach

SAFER ON THE OUTSIDE

I'm no good
I feel too small
Somethings gotta burn
Sick on you
Drunken highways
Someone take the wheel

Fading in the blackout, you left me in
It's safer on the outside
I'm swimming in kerosene it's hard to breathe
The satics got me down

I can't sleep
I'm disconnected
Everything went wrong
And certain stars
Are sad and bruised like some ones cheatin' heart

I'M A FOOL

Got nothing to lose this time
And I’m bored with the same old lines
I never no what to do or what to say to you
One look and you’ll knock me out
You put me on the floor with a ten count
I don’t want to make a scene
I got to make you see

That I’ve been waiting for a girl like you
And I know that there is nothing I can do
Don’t it make you hurt
Don’t it make you feel
Like the world ain’t on your side
Like you’re never gonna get it right
No I can’t fight I can’t sleep at night
Just thinking about you girl
I’m a fool for you
Yes I am

You’ve been on my mind since I saw you walking by
I knew I had to know you better, you were everything
But I didn’t know what to say, and you just walked away
I couldn’t believe what a fool I was to let you go

Cause I’ve been waiting for a girl like you

Then I saw you on the beach talking with friends
I couldn’t believe my eyes it was my lucky day
So I just ask you out, to the Forum to see No Doubt
When you said you would go I thought I might explode

HI-FI KILLER

I wanna turn you on again
Turn you around and maybe then
I'll tune you out
I don't know how to make it real
Whatever you want it's no big deal
I'll change my tone

I gotta disappear
Don't wanna hear that sound, on the radio
Yea we can all hum along
Cause it's the same old song

I don't know how to make it stop
Go left of the dial to really rock
But I'm not sure
I'll kick it over anyway
It's cool but you're starting to decay
Your signal fades

You can watch me come undone

BLUE DAY

I wanna get out, when everything’s alright
Can't you see I'm a wreck, gonna crash and burn
I wanna get you, I've done my time
If you fuck with me, I might blow your mind

I'm not qualified, to answer anyone
If the world can wait, then why can't I
You’re not justified, in what you do or say
Empty heads in a line, yea you’re on your way

I'm not asking for much, just get out of my way
I'm in the eye of the storm
Beautiful blue day

MY ONLY ENEMY

I don't ever try, to keep the love alive
You found the frequency, you sucked it outta me
I'm not the only one, to hold a smoking gun
You felt the gravity, you think your finally free

I don't even know, which way it oughtta go
Get out before you drown, before they bring us down
It's all inside of me, my only enemy
You sucked it outta me, you fucked it outta me

I’ll watch the world turn on
My only enemy

I want it all before you go

DON'T WAIT FOR THE SUN

I don't need to know why
Cause tomorrow I'll be fine
I should learn to be still
If I close my eyes, I realize what you meant

Don't wait for the sun, it could turn black any day
I lost my head in the clouds, when will this haze go away
I never wanted this

Now it's all I've got
Someone else is keeping time
I think I'm falling apart
If you were me, would you do it like I do

ANOTHER PERFECT DAY

I'm holding on, waiting for your call
It's simple but I can't explain this
I'm sinking down, I feel like I could die
I'm falling off I don't know why

I still believe it when you say
It's another perfect day

So I might try, to leave it all behind
I know tomorrow's not so bright now
I'll say goodbye, cause nothing good can last
You wear and fade you’re nowhere fast

And today, I don't know how
To keep it all inside
But I guess I'll let it slide

And today, I don't know why
I thought that it was real
But I guess it's no big deal

SCAR

I could hang around
And you could let me down, again
But it's killing me
I can't waste a sound, here

And you'll break me if you can

Drag me down again, it's hard to be your scar
A frozen satellite, you never got that far
It's hard to be your scar, and cool like you

Every sorry lie, I can't live that down now
So you'll wait and see
I'm caught between the seam and me

WHAT ABOUT TODAY

It’s getting hard, but you don't even know
Maybe you can't see
I'm getting tired, I'm wasted
I'll panic on

Hearts are sick and blind
Yea well you don't even know
All you gotta do, is stop and ask me
Silver chrome and steam
Set the tone and send me out
It's everything you want
Complete the failure

No more to say
What about today, what's really going on
And between the blinds, of bloodshot eyes
I thought I'd see my way

Yea you're getting awfully close

WALL OF SOUND

It don't mean nothing
When you say it's gonna be alright
Cause you'll tell me anything, I wanna hear
And it don't mean nothing
When you laugh at my jokes
Cause it's all or nothing, when I fall apart

Fade into you

You're under my skin now
I could shut out the world that we know
I'll try to be everything, you want me to be
And I've got a head start, but I'm making the same mistakes
And it's all or nothing, when we fall apart

Caught in the rush of the crowd
Lost in a wall of sound
You were ringing in my ear