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01 So Long (intro)

i’m either too fucked up
or too sad to care
either way i’m out
either way i’m gone
so so long
hang up the phone now
‘cause i’m not
coming home
tonight

02 Turned Around

turned around again
gone for so long
forgot how to pretend

that every time you walked away
i was right there next to you
denial’s an amazing drug baby
i’ll do a line if you will do one too

for all the times we knew
that we should’ve looked away
now who are we to blame?

the whole world’s now all on demand
right there in front of you
a voyeuristic paradise
they knew if we did nothing l'event tu

and it’s never real
‘cause you gotta live it all again
sometimes when it’s over it’s not done

and ‘ya gotta leave
‘cause it’ll never be the same again
sometimes it’s just easier to
jump off the ledge
and call it the end

i’m turned around again
so turn around again

for all the times we knew
that we should’ve looked away
now who are we to blame?

the whole world’s now all on demand
right there in front of you
denial’s an amazing drug baby
i’ll do a line if you will do one too

and it’s never real
‘cause you gotta live it all again
sometimes when it’s over it’s not done

and ‘ya gotta leave
‘cause it’ll never be the same again
sometimes it’s just easier to
jump off the ledge
and call it the end

i’m turned around again
so turn around again

maybe they’re just too tired to think
or maybe we’re simply all
over-thinking things
once again

maybe i need another drink
or maybe you’re simply not
understanding me
once again

reality’s gone in just a blink
remember it all started on mtv
once again

03 Trigger Finger

run away shadow
don’t follow me today
don’t need anymore witnesses
to this crime spree

don’t need evidence
or an alibi
you catch wind of this trigger
you’re about to die

so go on believing
that you all stand a chance, yeah
panning for gold in a river that’s lost
its own class, yeah

so go on believing
sometimes the moral’s deceiving
you can stay but i’m leaving

trigger finger, trigger finger

so go on believing
that you all stand a chance, yeah
and i’ll go on living
like i know it won’t last, yeah

you better stop your thieving
i tried to warn you about dreaming
look down now you’re bleeding

trigger finger, trigger finger

so go on believing
that you all stand a chance, yeah
panning for gold in a river that’s lost
its own class, yeah

so go on believing
it’s not your soul that they’re stealing
just know that i’m leaving

trigger finger, trigger finger
trigger finger, trigger finger

04 Stateside

forgive the forgotten
that was his plan
‘cause ignorance is easier
than facing where you began

so he marched a million miles
in his head
but he gave up
in the end
he gave up his battle cry
but it’s fading out again
in his head again

the unsettling virtue
to serve and protect
rewarded with nightmares
of war and regret
but what happens
when he comes home
half a man?

‘cause he’s battered and torn
and he won’t ever heal
from the scars and the turmoil
now nothing is even real
fall back again

so he walks through the pasture
to talk with the priest
to beg his forgiveness
for the death that he’s seen
he did the best that he could
tonight

now the backstory breaks out
as he storms through the gate
and he walks up the path quiet
but knocks in his haste

‘cause he doesn’t forgive them
in fact he’s pretty upset
and he doesn’t remember
but he refuses to forget

and now just turn around
go home it’s been a long night
just sleep it off go home

‘cause they’re not gonna
change for you
no they’re not gonna
so you’ve got to change you
tonight

05 Leave Today

your daddy’ll be gone tomorrow
so you might as well leave today

i’ve exercised my demons
and this is what they had to say
patience is a virtue
and some scars
will never go away

06 Almost Here

we’re always standing on the outside
while you’re looking in
never seem to know where we’re going
just know where to begin

do you see what this really is?

da da da da da da da da da da
we’re coming around again
da da da da da da da da da da
so quit wasting all our time

you better start thinking for yourself
or be left behind
‘cause here you are
can you even remember
what the world looks like not high?

so quit wasting all our time
da da da da da da da da da da
we’re coming around again
da da da da da da da da da da

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