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If I was a man on a desert where it never rains
I'd drink your water, and I wouldn't ask
But what I do, I fight and I blend
So today my heart's just an empty flask

Play a prank on Jesus, make love to your God
Say what you mean, and mean what you say, everyday
You know that you can't un-ring that year old bell
So be sure when you say a thing like that

But tonight you can do that, everything
Just this one night
What would you do, what would you change
If you had the chance

We don't want to leave yet, we still want to stay here
Listening to the radio, waiting for the blue skies
Watching people passing by, wondering what they might say
If only they knew as much as we do

CHORUS

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We'll walk a 1000 miles
I'll call you when I get there
If I ever get there

Need crowd control
This place falling apart
It's all like it's been for too long

In a panopticon
In these familiar surroundings
With these faces I miss
Five years and counting

In and out at the same time
Don't want to lose what we had
This is the place I like

If I leave now
I'll get there in the end
But I'll always be here as well

CHORUS

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Surrounded, cornered, and smothered
We all get our share
We're all infected with the same disease
The social birth defect

And in this place we call "home"
The problem's chronic
From the micro level of cities
To the macro level of the nation

Anxiety, aggression, or depression
With some of us
Introversion, ignorance, or wanting out
With some of us
We all fight the battle
In our own ways
Whether we know it or not
Our actions are just war tactics

Take this guitar and the
Unrestrained world of these chords
It's the way out for me
And it's the way for you baby

And in this place we call "home"
The problem's chronic
To get by is different 'round here
So tell me
How could we lead the life you live?
When every-thing's
So fucking restrained in here
From the micro level of cities
To the macro level of the nation

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I find it hard to believe
The misfortunes and stories that you tell
These are things that never really happened
I'm having a laugh about it all
I keep smiling inside of me
We listen but we never believe
We never believe that these things could be true

The rudeness of your ways it's hurting
What do you think of us
It's not normal to believe everything
I've had my fair share of lies
Now I'm ready to show you how I feel
Oh, and I want you to listen to me

We live, we breathe, we eat, and die like you, just like you
You lie, you trick, you cheat and die like us, just like us
We live, we breathe, we eat, and die like you, just like you
There's nothing different in the way we are

I wanna hear what it's like on that side
On the greener side of this fence
The side where gold never ends
Where the rain soaks you dry
Nothing seems to be wrong, and nothing seems to die
When nothing seems to go wrong

CHORUS

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This is all I have to say
Please leave a statement at my door
Say what you need
"I don't care, it just doesn't seem to be fair"

There are all these implications
With the people we don't want to know
This here is my final say
To all the deaf ears around me

This is not what you need from me
I can give you so much more than this
This is not what you need from me
I can give you so much more than this

Let's stay out and dream about the nights we never had
All the lost stories we can find again
Let's think about tomorrow when the sun starts to rise
Everything is more than we will ever need

Another busy day, please hold on
Waiting for something, everything
Wanting to change what I have felt
What I feel slips my mind

This is not what you need from me
I can give you so much more than this
This is not what you need from me
I can give you so much more than this

CHORUS

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From sunset to sunrise
Distorted chords with lots of laughs
Tonight everybody is here
And we sing
Anthems of being loved

Nights turn into days
There's still time to fight the evil ways
Keep on keeping on
If this moment lasts we'll make it before long

Empty hallways left behind
We'll take over the streets tonight
And now everybody is gone
I got your number
But I got nowhere to go

Nights turn into nights
History's not planned it's made under these city lights
Keep on keeping on
If this moment lasts we'll make it before long

Can I rest my head here?
Keep the fire going strong
We need the warmth until
A new day is dawning
This is the party upstairs
See you here a year from now
Next week is for sleeping
Summer's just around the corner