Econoline Crush--The Devil You Know

SUREFIRE

She goes ballistic on me
Says I don't meet her needs
And she's had enough
I guess
Me, I wish I could be
Satisfied easily
But I'm not
Yeah

Never enough, now
Never enough, now
Come on take it all away
Never enough, take it all away

She feels the pain that can heal
Has her hands on the wheel
Takes it in and moves along
Me, I elect not to see
Swim the deep tragedy
Drowning in my own self interest


SPARKLE AND SHINE

Sometimes I feel I'm going under
You don't feel nothing at all
Give me hope
Give me something to believe in
This jaded heart was never through

You don't know me
You know you never will
Can't see inside me
Lost out on the thrill
Killed by ambition
Sacrificed for fame
One more time, one last time
Sparkle and shine

Your rejection's intoxicating
My high is incomplete
Kill the pain
Plug the hole, stop the music
You leave me hollow
Wanting more

Don't look back


DEEPER

Sold out the truth
Repackaged the lies
Polluted our souls
Took the dreams from our lives

Don't let them beat you
Don't let them win
Hold on
Hold on
My love is never ending

Coming over you
Make it all right
Carry you through
Then the pain will subside


HOLLOWMAN

Maybe I'm phony, baby
Just like you
Maybe I'm lonely and you're something to do
Something to do
Maybe I'm broken and I can't get fixed
Misunderstood, misguided, misfit
I'm it

Oh, is there no way out
I am, I am, I am
Hollowman
Down again

It's the end of the world
All that we had
Everything good has now turned bad
Turned bad
Maybe it's tragic
Maybe it's shit
Bitter and twisted you make me feel sick
You make me feel sick


HOME

You can't always pick the dog you find
Maybe I wasn't what you had in mind
But I could love you
I could love you
I could love you a lot
I'm here and I wonder if I'm lost
'cause I can't seem to understand
The way I feel
I'm not here to be a creep
I'm just feeling
Incomplete
Take me home

If I wasn't here I wouldn't mind
But it's you up there and I'm so far behind
I could love you
I could love you
I could love you a lot
She says I'm the one she really wants
But I'll never be the one that she needs
I'm not here to be a creep
I'm just feeling
Incomplete
Take me home


THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

Everything is a mess
I have to come to confess
Sold out all my beliefs
I'm a liar and a cheat
Searched my soul in despair
Callused heart is rubbed bare
How I wish to believe
In your innocent dreams

Delicate love, precious and pale
Tempted and torn
Broken and failed
Don't leave me here
Don't leave me alone
I am the one
The devil you know

I'm your man on the cross
I'm the soul you have lost
I'm the choice you regret
One you wish to forget
Lover broken and sad
Lost the dreams that you had

How I wish I could be everything that you need


ALL THAT YOU ARE 

If I said it, I meant it
I'm not really demented
I'm just saying it's been said again and again
Not that I'm all that grounded
I'm already dumbfounded
I'm a liar believe me, baby

Well that's all you are
You're just one shining star
Maybe everything's changed
And maybe I stayed the same
What does it matter to me now, anyway
If I ever regret it
If I'm ever repentant
Karma sings and we'll dance the dance, baby


BURNT

Slow burn decay
Nothing beats a fade
Not like I'd know
Not like I'd show
Not like I'd ever be the same
I don't care

I miss the secrets shared with you
I miss the innocence of youth
I always thought we'd have it all
Nobody can change a thing
Nobody can mend the pain of you

Cold blank stare
Empty and bare
Someone I knew
Someone like you
Someone I'll never see again
I don't care


HAVEN'T GONE AWAY

I was born of misintention
And my future isn't fate
I was born to struggle in vain
Girl you've seen the palace
Put your lips on the gate
Wished for more from the heavens above
Love me more

Sweet taste of cold revenge
Sweet taste of desire
Take me down to the water where it's
Warm and deep
Take me down so I can feel peace
I am you, you did invent me
Gave me promise and a name
Played us all like we were fools
Girl you've been indentured
Put your lips on his ring
Got a lot but never enough
Hate me more

I haven't gone away


ELEGANT

You took me in, you sold me out
Is that what this was all about?
If I'm not right, I guess I'm wrong
I maybe knew it all along

I'm not crazy, I'm not blind
I'm too elegant to lie

Wash off horror, blushing red
The price of scandal, sin and zen
I'm winning now and losing
The cost of you, the bank resents

I'm not faking our last good-bye
I'm too elegant to lie


RAZORBLADES AND BANDAIDES

You'd think that you'd notice
How I've simply chosen to fade
One fleeting moment
I would have hoped I could stay
If I kissed you would you push my face away?
If I told you how I feel would you have
Listened anyway?
I miss you, more than words could ever say
I miss you, every single empty day

Did you think this would be easy my friend?
Did you think it's come to this our bitter end?
Killed the magic, sucked the life out
Buried me under the blame
Follow me down to this our bitter end

I wish I'd noticed
All the postponements
You saved
I never told you
You were the one I believe
If I touched you would you push my hand away?
If I listened would I've heard the things
That made me run away?
I miss you more than words could ever say
I miss you every single empty day

Did you think this would be easy my friend?
Did you think it's come to this our bitter end?
Killed the magic, sucked the life out
Buried me under the blame
Follow me down to this our bitter end