Lyrics

Track 01 - Never Learned to Lie
Track 02 - The Red Death Ball
Track 03 - Need
Track 04 - Rain
Track 05 - This Way
Track 06 - Not Worth Today
Track 07 - Shadows
Track 08 - Let Me Be
Track 09 - Starting To Like This
Track 10 - Lilly of the Lake
Track 11 - Make You Hurt
Track 12 - What Makes Things


Track 01 - Never Learned to Lie

all the world lay before her feet
and sky above her
after him all that she believes
no one could love her now
just a place that no one wants to go

all in time
you change your mind
for wrong or right
the day brings night
look through eyes that hide and you will find

no one ever sings like the caged bird
no one ever screams like the boy thats never heard
no one ever clings like love's first last goodbye
and no one ever dreams like the girl who never learned to lie

just a boy with too much love to give
but love will break him
the biggest hearts are the easiest to break
but he would show them all
nothing left but a name upon the wall

all in time
you change your mind
for wrong or right
the day brings night
look through eyes that hide and you will find

CHORUS

the day will come when
all your dreams have gone to bed
we will carry on...

all in time
you change your mind
for wrong or right
the day brings night
look through eyes that hide and you will find

CHORUS X 2
who never learned to lie
who never learned to lie



Track 02 - The Red Death Ball

nothing much to see,
but a sad, sad, girl
in purple polka dots
and her long black curls
she sorts the sad remains
of her broken baby dolls
such delicate delight
in the red death ball

but they don't see...

if only for a friend,
maybe one she'd spare
after mommy by her hand,
even daddy didn't care
she locked away the dark
and waited for the day...

she could play

there's nowhere to run
and no one can hide
come one, come all
to the red death ball
like pawns in play,
we all fall down
so come one come all
to the red death ball

the taste of 23,
the time had come
the invitation read:
Drink, Dance, and Fun!
the guests they filled the hall
as she succumbs to lust for gore

our hostess locked the door...

the screams were heard for miles
a sight no one believed
she dreamed that they would bleed
but dreams can much deceive
a scarlet river flowed
now our villain is free

not one survived...

CHORUS and as she danced
they took her down
among what was left of them

but they don't see....

CHORUS

nothing much to see,
but a sad, sad girl
in purple polka dots
and her long black curls



Track 03 - Need

i'm not quite sure how to breathe
without you here
i'm not quite sure if I'm ready to say goodbye
to all we were

be with me
stay with me
just for now
let the time decide when i won't need you

my hand searches for your hand
in a dark room
i can't find you
help me
are you looking for me

can i feel any more
lie to me, i'm fading
i can't drop you
tell me i don't need you

CHORUS

etch this into my brain for me
tell me how its supposed to be
where everything will go
and how i'll be without you by my side

CHORUS X 2



Track 04 - Rain

There was something in the wind that day
There was some kind of sound in the silence
There was some kind of violence in the dust that day

The tap on the roof had a haunting sound
The barn doors opened and shut
While the birds flew
And the paces quickened

The lightning danced on its toes
While the thunder sung low

CHORUS

And then the palms parted
And the drops they came tumbling down

CHORUS



Track 05 - This Way

I'm not drowning
I don't need your hand to save me
I'm not sorry
I don't need your touch to change me

And I, I don't need to know just where I am
And you don't need to know

It's never enough
It's too much
It shouldn't be this way
The more that you give
The more I give away
I know I shouldn't be this way

So forgive me
If my words don't fit your meaning
I'm not guilty
But your crime is mine for keeping

And I don't need to know just where I am
And you don't need to know

It's never enough
It's too much
It shouldn't be this way
The closer you get
The more I feel the pain
I know it shouldn't be this way

And I know I'm on my own
And I know I'm all alone

And I don't need to know just where I am
And you don't need to know

It's never enough
It's too much
It shouldn't be this way
You tighten your grip
And my hand slips away
It shouldn't be this way

It's never enough
It's too much
It shouldn't be this way



Track 06 - Not Worth Today

You're not to blame
for the bleeding
It's just the pain and I'm grieving
I can't deny you this evening
So this is goodbye my friends

I don't want to leave
I'm too weak to stay
And I'm sorry to say
Tomorrow's just not worth today

There's more to me to remember
Than just the cold of November
Though I'm alone, know that I am not afraid

CHORUS

Fading away, suddenly I don't hurt anymore
My heart is free
I wish you could see my smile

CHORUS X 2



Track 07 - Shadows
you move slowly towards me
like a cold wind
you creep like nightfall

turning tomorrow into
shadows in the dark
'til nothing good remains

it's too much to forget now
it's too late to forgive
for the life you stole from me...

i've lost so much
in the vacuum of your hate
i'm left with only fear
and the memory of a life i'll never have...

CHORUS

(guitar solo)

CHORUS



Track 08 - Let Me Be

Tonight I feel so angry
Tonight I feel so lonely
Tonight I know you’re angry with me
And I‘m sorry

Don’t cry, baby
Hush, don’t cry, baby
Hush, don’t cry, baby
Hush, don’t cry…
Just let me be

You know that this one’s gonna,
it’s gonna leave a scar now baby
Maybe it’s something in your past…
Cause your presence has no mystery…

CHORUS

Oh… Oh…
Oh… Oh…

Everything's gonna be alright
Yeah, yeah…

CHORUS
Just let me be
Just let…
Just let…
Just let me be
Oh…
Just let me be



Track 09 - Starting To Like This

this morning's no more disorienting
than any morning before...
but the walls imposing
now are laughing hysterically

so I argued with the mirror
over the validity of this dream

you know that nothing you see is real
surely this can't be real...

i gotta get up, get out of here
i think i'm starting to like this
it's really quite fun to fight the fear
i think i'm starting to like this

i ran through the floor's hands
they clawed at me
like the sand beneath the ocean
and the monsters of the deep...

you know that nothing you see is real
surely this can't be real...

CHORUS

(bridge)

CHORUS X 2



Track 10 - Lilly of the Lake

Lilly lived by the lake
where we swam that summer
Lilly sang me a song
as she pulled me under

I knew she was there
when my hand touched her hair

Lilly, oh Lilly
Who made you cry?
Lilly, oh Lilly
Why did you die?

Lilly never had a friend
to play with (no one cared)
so Lilly said goodbye
and drowned

I knew she was there
when my hand touched her hair

CHORUS

I'll come and play with you,
but i just can't stay with you...

CHORUS



Track 11 - Make You Hurt

Be careful of me
I'll burn you
I'll twist you and I'll wring you
And you'd better beware
Because I can't stop it
And neither can you
I think that the best would be
To stay away from me

'Cause I'll make you hurt
Without even trying
And I'll make you cry
And I'm sorry

I'm in the freshman couple
Standing on a hill
I make you wonder and
Hate at the same time
I make boys punch lockers
and I take your school books away
So you can't even hide behind them
You silly stupid girl

'Cause I'll make you hurt
And I'll make you cry
And I'm sorry

I wish i could change, I'm not really sorry
But we're not the same
and it feels so good to see you in pain...

'Cause I'll make you hurt
And I'll make you cry
And I'm sorry



Track 12 - What Makes Things

We're killing each other we have rationalizations
We all wanna get even
Yet we all wanna believe that we're innocent
We kindly obey the rules
Yet they leave and we really see
You know we're not really what we seem

What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do

Just because they live across the ocean
doesn't mean they're a different kind of animal
Sure we love a lot of ourselves
But can't you see, can't you see
That's what we're scared of

What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do

We make things break
And we do hate
And we do not forgive
But it's in all of us, all of us, all of us

so...
What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do
What makes things break up like they do