Friday, November 20, 2009

I Need More

You're a ghost of a memory
I know you're going to haunt me again
No longer can I see what we could be
but only what could have been
I hear your voice inside my head
so clear, as if you're standing next to me
God help me as I plunge into the waves
hoping you'll be there to save me

I need more than your rushed apologies
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more that your quick flatteries
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more than your puppy dog eyes
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more than your little white lies
I need more than you, I need more than you

Give me one good reason
Give me some kind of explanation
Did I not give you enough attention
Give me something to make sense of
What goes through your mind
when you see my name on the caller ID
Do you feel sorry for pushing me aside?
Do you have any idea how this feels?


I need more than your rushed apologies
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more that your quick flatteries
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more than your puppy dog eyes
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more than your little white lies
I need more than you, I need more than you

When did it suddenly become okay
to treat me like dirt stuck on your shoe
Do me a favor and just go away
Don't ask me why I never talk to you
Sorry doesn't fix the mess you made
Sorry won't dry the tears I've shed
You took advantage of everything I gave
until I was in over my head


I need more than your rushed apologies
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more that your quick flatteries
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more than your puppy dog eyes
I need more than you, I need more than you
I need more than your little white lies
I need more than you, I need more than you

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Walk All Over Me

I could spend all day out on 65
to get the hell out of this town
There's nothing here but bad news and heartbreak
I've got nothing left to hold me down
I know you don't give a damn
about what happens to me
Open up those pretty brown eyes
to see everything you're doing to me

There must be a big sign on my forehead
that says walk all over me
There must be a big sign on my forehead
that says walk all over me

Take a small step back
Come down off that pedestal you stand on
If you'd stop fighting me on this
I'd stop dying at your hand
I'm going to turn around
and wait so patiently
for you to pull the double edged sword out
Let me know when I do something right

There must be a big sign on my forehead
that says walk all over me
There must be a big sign on my forehead
that says walk all over me

You've been sketchy for two weeks now
changing all the plans we made
You don't even blink twice
and I'm positive you didn't hesitate

Can you hear the disappointment in my voice
I said I understand, that it's alright
But you've got no problem doing things
you know I'd never try

There must be a big sign
walk all over me
There must be a big sign
walk all over me

There must be a big sign on my forehead
that says walk all over me
There must be a big sign on my forehead
that says walk all over me

Monday, October 26, 2009

Rag Doll

I'm trying to figure out
if I'm ever on your mind
I'm trying to figure out
if I'm ever worth your time
I realize how self conscious I sound
but I can't help feeling inferior
and you know I'll never say it out loud
but you know you like being superior

Throw me around like a rag doll
Throw me around like a rag doll

Don't treat me like a child
or think you're better than me
Being walked on has never been my style
and I don't intend for it to be
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
and pushing me to see how hard I fall
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
and pushing me to see how hard I fall

You've been ignorant for so long
without knowing what you're doing to me
You don't, you don't get it at all
You only believe what your eyes can see
There's more to us than what your hand can touch
so much more than you bother to look at
Saying you're sorry will never be enough
when I know you'll never take it back

Throw me around like a rag doll
Throw me around like a rag doll

Don't treat me like a child
or think you're better than me
Being walked on has never been my style
and I don't intend for it to be
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
pushing me to see how hard I fall
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
pushing me to see how hard I fall

Where do you get off
treating me the way you do
Who do you think you are
killing me the way you do
The nights I spent trying
to find a way to escape
I gave up on fighting
Goodbye is my only escape

Throw me around like a rag doll
Throw me around like a rag doll

Don't treat me like a child
or think you're better than me
Being walked on has never been my style
and I don't intend for it to be

Where do you get off
treating me the way you do
Who do you think you are
killing me the way you do

Don't treat me like a child
or think you're better than me
Being walked on has never been my style
and I don't intend for it to be
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
pushing me to see how hard I fall
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
pushing me to see how hard I fall

Don't treat me like a child
or think you're better than me
Being walked on has never been my style
and I don't intend for it to be
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
pushing me to see how hard I fall
I'm sick of you trying to change who I am
pushing me to see how hard I fall

Throw me around like a rag doll
Throw me around like a rag doll

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Winner Take All

In this picture of quiet innocence
I cry to make it hurt less
Do you want the truth
unadorned from me to you?
Every heart knows defeat
and when it can't take the heat

Sometimes it all feels like a lose-lose situation
so hard to find a deep appreciation
for this shit you pull over my head
hoping, praying I never find it
That little box of lines you call you heart
You can't tell the truth and lies apart

Don't fool yourself, you're no Casanova
and it takes a bitch to know one
I bend until I start to crack
I keep my back bending until I snap
Wipe away your exaggerated tears
You'll find no sympathy here

Sometimes it all feels like a lose-lose situation
so hard to find a deep appreciation
for this shit you pull over my head
hoping, praying I never find it
That little box of lines you call your heart
You can't tell the truth and lies apart

Don't tell me it's all my fault
because you don't know me at all
You think I'm up when I'm down
Your twisted words keep me upside down
You think I'm up when I'm down
Your twisted words keep me upside down

Sometimes it all feels like a lose-lose situation
so hard to find a deep appreciation
for this shit you pull over my head
hoping, praying I never find it
That little box of lines you call your heart
You can't tell the truth and lies apart

Sometimes it all feels like a lose-lose situation
(You think I'm up when I'm down)
so hard to find a deep appreciation
(Your twisted words keep me upside down)
for this shit you pull over my head
(You think I'm up when I'm down)
hoping, praying I never find it
(Your twisted words keep me upside down)
That little box of lines you call your heart
(You think I'm up when I'm down)
You can't tell the truth and lies apart
(Your twisted words keep me upside down)

You think I'm up when I'm down
Your twisted words keep me upside down
You think I'm up when I'm down
Your twisted words keep me upside down
You think I'm up when I'm down
Your twisted words keep me upside down

Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Monster Within

Everybody gather 'round
Take a look at the beast, the hound
Get a glimpse of the monster within
at a wolf inside sheep's clothing
Or maybe it's just a scared little girl
trying to find her place in your world

Don't be misled by the triviality
of everything you see
I don't spend time with you
just to hear what I do wrong
I wear my heart outside my chest
It's my one and only weakness
I've spent my whole life
trying not to fall

Do you remember the day we met?
You became my safety net
but lately something's not right
and you've started picking fights
so I gave up relying on love
to get me through me when times got rough

Don't be misled by the triviality
of everything you see
I don't spend time with you
just to hear what I do wrong
I wear my heart outside my chest
It's my one and only weakness
I've spent my whole life
trying not to fall

Do you remember all the good times
back when things were better than fine
I find myself reminiscing
before you put so much distance between us
What do you want me to say?
What more can I say?
It won't make any difference
I've learned to look after myself

Don't be misled by the triviality
of everything you see
I don't spend time with you
just to hear what I do wrong
I wear my heart outside my chest
It's my one and only weakness
I've spend my whole life
learning how to fly

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Puppet

Pull my strings to make me speak
and while you're at it
why don't you tell me what to think
I've got my own words
Don't take them away from me
to complete your perfect world

I hate what I've become
what you turned me into
I hate what you've become
Was it not good enough
to give you everything I had?
It must not have been enough

I put up with so much crap
until I just couldn't deal
You fell and I took the rap
It's not my fault
you couldn't deal with anything
My leaving is all your fault

I hate what I've become
what you turned me into
I hate what you've become
Was it not good enough
to give you everything I had?
It must not have been enough

Where did you go?
Who are you now?
Is there nothing left to do
but say goodbye
Say we gave it a shot
but we just don't have the fight

I hate what I've become
what you turned me into
I hate what you've become

I hate what I've become
what you turned me into
I hate what you've become
Was it not good enough
to give you everything I had?
It must not have been enough

Pull my strings
Pull my strings
Pull my strings
to make me speak

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Empty Promises

I'm not waiting around on empty promises
but I find I'm just as hesitant
to ultimately end what we could have had
But if I could have my heart back
I don't know if I ever really would
have a whole heart like I should

Will you put me back together?
Will you put me back together?
Take the pieces of my soul
tape them up to make me whole
Will you put me back together?
Will you put me back together?
Take the pieces of my soul
tape them up to make me whole again

We never ended up being what you said
I would say that's what you intended
to string me along with plans of tomorrow
and you left to alone to drown in this sorrow
I can't figure out why I can't tell you goodbye
It's the only thing keeping me up at night

Will you put me back together?
Will you put me back together?
Take the pieces of my soul
tape them up to make me whole
Will you put me back together?
Will you put me back together?
Take the pieces of my soul
tape them up to make me whole again

I've got a chance for someone new
He gives me the truth, unlike you
He doesn't tell me what he thinks I want to hear
and he knows how to make me feel
I'm not waiting around on empty promises
I've met someone who knows how to keep them

Will he put me back together?
Will he put me back together?
Take the pieces of my soul
tape them up to make me whole
Will he put me back together?
Will he put me back together?
Well someday we will know
Someday we will know