One more set, baby, you'll survive
Just play guitar, don't look them in the eye
They're all here to see you tonight
Such expectations, impress the writers
All boy band, all boy attitude
Break your bass, we'll get them in the mood
If you want I will sing for you
Anything girl, anything girl
(4x)
When every mouth that sings complains
And honesty can be replaced
There are sadder things to say
I guess it's true, I looked for it
A tragedy that's gonna fit
The chorus that I need
More than anything
Is it happiness is so impossible
That you can't touch it
Even when it's close to you?
Or is it emptiness is still so probable
That you're too scared to even reach for it?
Is it happiness is so impossible
That you can't touch it
Even when it's close to you?
Or is it emptiness is still so probable
That you're scared to even reach for it?
You can't pretend
Is that what this is about?
The feeling's gone but the album just came out
And even though there is no meaning now
I can't stop singing, can't stop singing
Well, here's the book I stole it from
All repeated and tired-tounged
There's still nothing to say
And I can say with confidence
There are a hundred bands that sound like us
But that's not important
And it never was
It's the feeling that creeps in when it is late
And you pull the van to the side of the interstate
you lay on the roof, the stars hang above
And you wonder what they'd look like if you were in love
Well tonight I am ecstatic with the sound of the amplifiers
Filling up the emptiness with distortion
I can see the kid has been crying, he puts his mouth on a pacifier
A microphone, a memory, an emotion
Are those people at the bar, they look more like statues
Expressionless, they listen to the first band
I'm looking for a payphone, a familiar voice
I need someone who understands
I need someone who understands
I need someone who understands
That this isn't how I wanted it to be.