by Streetlight Manifesto on album Keasbey Nights

You, you try, you try to get by, You're never going to pull it off, You shouldn't even try. You're a wet cigarette, You're always second best, They're never going to give a shit about anybody but them

by Catch 22 on album Miscellaneous

Catch 22 Miscellaneous 1234 1234 you. you try. you try to get by. "you're never going to pull it off" "you shouldn't even try" "you're a wet cigarette" "you're always second best" but they're neve

by Streetlight Manifesto on album Miscellaneous

Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb Point Counterpoint i've got a gun in my hand but that gun won't cock my finger's on the trigger but that trigger seems locked i can't stop staring at th

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

I felt no guilt 'til I was caught and I was told that I was guilty. And even then, I wasn't really sure. (Yeah, yeah) The thing I felt was guilt itself, though maybe it was something else. Frustrat

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

The first time that it came to me, I was a young boy, little did I not believe. I had a hole in my heart and I was looking for a piece that fit. The next time I was privvy to, the dirty secrets,

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

Some day you will grow up and learn to lie. Just like your daddy did when he told you no one ever really dies. I hope I'm not there when you realize, those with their nose in the air will never loo

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

Did I mention we were dreaming When the devil came to town? I was awoken by the screaming, But nobody heard a sound. And the lies we told at breakfast Won't match the lies we had for lunch And t

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

Inside my mind there is a man He's always bragging about his plans He says he's never gonna leave (I'm never gonna leave you alone) Despite your efforts to be free Your mind and always you will

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

You don't know where the sun goes every night, every night. Or where the moon goes, when it's bright, when it's bright. I won't mind, as long as it's there in time. Oh, as long as they're there in

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

When you were born, you were not alone. Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet, but don't forget, you heard someone say it won't get better than this. That was the sound of your father, as he

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

Woe is me, I swear that we had it, but everyone wouldn't agree that we never had a thing. (we never did) Our dying words will be exaggerations, of what we said and what we did. The ticking of

by Streetlight Manifesto on album The Hands That Thieve

A young lady leaves her mother, with no one to love her, to protect from the world. And I have seen the monsters, that will haunt her, that'll tear her all apart. And on her gravestone, we will

by Streetlight Manifesto on album 99 Songs of Revolution: Vol. 1

I left my country when I was nineteen Nineteen Twenty Five And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast And met a woman who became my life And oh, when I saw her The darkness fled from me It flew like a

by Streetlight Manifesto on album Miscellaneous

It was the summer of '95 (So what?) In the backyard Shaving the old plies Feeling so strong (Strong) Something went wrong (Wrong) Straight into my finger What a stinger it was so long I still rememb

by Streetlight Manifesto on album Miscellaneous

If I were you I would take this as a sign Believe it's true, we were never meant to fly And I owe you, I know you more than anyone alive And I will not let go They will not remember this song No matt

by Streetlight Manifesto on album Miscellaneous

Yeah, Mama Pajama rolled out of bed And she ran to the police station When the papa found out, he began to shout And he started the investigation It's against the law, it was against the law What the

by Streetlight Manifesto on album 99 Songs of Revolution: Vol. 1

[** Originally by Louis Jordan:] This is a morbid story 'bout a fellow that had to die* He had a beautiful wife but he also had a rovin' eye. She planted him by the roadside She planted h

by Streetlight Manifesto on album 99 Songs of Revolution: Vol. 1

[** Originally by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution:] There is a man with no face* And a name I don't remember Who lives in a house in the middle of the woods And he said once "Son, don&#

by Streetlight Manifesto on album Miscellaneous

When I look back That's when I see everything was wrong And you looked sad That's when I said I'd write you a song Everybody's got their reasons Everybody's got their ghosts to fear When I look back

by Streetlight Manifesto on album Everything Goes Numb

Don't you come to me with all your color-coded quotes Everybody's laughing but they never ever get my jokes Fool, you're a tool, a sheep And it's obvious to everyone but company you keep And don