Happiness...

One Man Army

Take these plastic people
Read their lips and let it linger
Is there anything that makes them sound sincere?
Tightly hold your hand
Take a deep breath, give them the finger
Are you worried
That your thoughts are not quite clear?
Twitch
Overlooked, unfit apprearance
I remember falling
I remember marching
Like a one many army
Through the blaze
I remember coughing
I believe in something
I don't want to remember falling
For their lies
Unbutton your clothes
Undress your soul, show them your vigor
Are those inhibitions easiest to fear?
Take this gasoline tin
Head up high, walk like a winner
Let the bare feet be the last sound that they hear

Happiness & The Fish

I confess
Everyone is overweight and I'm obsessed
Talking is just masturbating
Without the mess
Addiction leaves you sad today
And unimpressed
I can't remember all the names because
Everyone you meet today
Is just so ******* vain
Bored again by happiness
All those friends I've lost in there
I'm upset
Happiness is not a fish that you can catch
Imagination can't resist this laziness
That pins you down, get on your knees
Everyone you meet today is feeling
Useless and ashamed

Potato Girl

We live, we die
I don't know the reasons we ask why
We hate, we push
Recent tests show we all are misunderstood
Something's seizing
You know you lost your mind
You know we all need saving
She found you late last night
You feel the madness gaining
You know you just can't win
You know this
But I'm just so tired of waking up on the ground
I never knew the girl
And I never knew the world hurt
We beg, we pray
But everything still happens anyway
Something's teasing
Your conscience can't decide
She stopped your will from caving
But left you paranoid
You feel the constant straining
She reappears divine
You noticed
But I'm just so tired of waking up all alone

Blister

Lately I can't breathe
Waiting, they're chasing me
No one listens but I'm okay with it
Only I wonder why
If only my hands weren't tied
The world's a blister
But I'm okay with it
What if I was there
What if I was scared
I'm waiting for...
They're at my door
But I'll be back again
Lonely, I'm wandering
Patrolling for enemies
No one listen but I'm okay with it

Is Anybody Home?

Goodbye, the future's sold out
There's no use screaming
Who thought we'd ever get this far
Tonight, your faith has come down
To money and a TV
Psychics who've never been to Mars
And nazis breast feeding
I know you must be upset
I can't find meaning
I'm sorry, we're sorry
We're all scared, all scared
Hey, is anybody home
Has anybody wasted tears on
The loneliness that everyone becomes
Goodnight, the truth has come out
Everyone's needy
White teeth, a ticket to meet God
Be all that you envy
The shotgun under your bed has
Started breathing
You shot it, you shot it
I'm bare, I'm bare
Hey, is anybody home
Has anybody painted fear
On the bedroom walls that save us from...

Waited

Hit the ground
Weighed down again
You walked out
But I'm sure you're my friend
It must have been good
This can't be for good
Everyone's...
Is everyone okay
I waited
But I must be too dumb to be proud
Because I waited, I waited
Woke to sounds
I prayed you were there
I fell back down
But I'm sure you still care

Thief

I don't want to understand this horror
There's a weight in your eyes that I can't admit
Everybody ends up here in bottles
But the name tag's the last thing that you wanted
As the world explodes we fall out of it
And we can't let go because this will not go away
There's a house built out in space...
I can't see that thief that lives inside of your head
But I can be some courage at the side of your bed
I don't know what's happening and I won't pretend
But I can be your...
Someone help us understand who ordered
This disgusting arrangement with time and the end
I don't want to hear who walked on water
Because hallways are empty and the clock ticks

Lying Awake

I'm here to wear you out
I'm here to watch you hide
Nothing to figure out
I'm here to watch you die
Running away from the breast of
Your busy giant healing machine
Nobody left in line
No one to make you shine
Hanging on to the backs of opinions
You've borrowed and betrayed
Lying awake
Don't ask why you should pay for this
A mother, another
A shameless abusing
But this time we're saving you
I'm here to break you down
I'm here to bury time
Nothing to talk about
Nothing to change my mind

Annie

You're a little bit shy
A little too quiet
You're the mixed up girl that everybody leaves behind
A little bit weird
A little too bright
But you just might be
The little bomb at their side
They'll pull your hair
They'll leave you wide-eyed
But did anybody wonder
What Annie might have in mind
Oh, no
There's something in the way she explains to me
"Please be careful, I exist in someone else's head"
Oh, no
There's something in the way that she makes believe
Please be careful
Annie dreams that everyone is dead
You're a little bit dry
A little up tight
You're the messed up girl that everybody tries to hide
You've had enough
They're too unkind
But did anyone consider what Annie might have in mind
Oh, no

Consequence of Laughing

Take all your pills and divide them by color and size
Take all your problems and advise them that everything's fine
Since you ran away you've been beating your habits to death
But if you were to stay would you feed them
This white happiness
Nobody wants to harm you when you're outside
But it's hard to believe when everyone's killing time
Somebody knows
That you're not laughing
Take all your pills and divide them by number and might
Take all your problems and advise them because everything's fine
Since you've ran away you've been beating those ladders instead
But if you were to stay would you feed them with violence and...

Stealing Babies

I'm teething on the answers you're saving
How are you going to make me understand
I'm dreaming while you're stealing babies
How are you going to help me sleep again
How should I say "I'm so sorry"
How should I pray to know that we're alive
Eve stands alone
By the knock on the door
By the thin in her bones
She's courageous and loving
Exhausted and cold
She's not ready to go
But the ghost on the phone
Helps her safely into her dream
You're leaving pieces of family
How are you going to help them understand
I'm screaming while you're stealing babies
Why do you want to knock us down again


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