Role Model

Who can I believe in when all my heroes are gone?
Does anybody out there know their right from wrong?
No I can't trust the president, I can't trust the cops
I can't believe my ears when the radio's on

I feel so lonely in your world
So disappointed in your world
I'm making my own way
Trying to learn from my mistakes
'Cause I've got no role model
No footsteps I can follow
I'm making my own way

And I can't expect a teachert to keep me safe from harm
I can't expect a criminal to say he's wrong
But at the lowest standards I need a stand up friend
Someone I can look up to put my faith back in

I feel so lonely in your world
So disappointed in your world
I'm making my own way
Trying to learn from my mistakes
'Cause I've got no role model
No footsteps I can follow
I'm making my own way
My own way

So I'm turning off the tv and I smashed my radio
'Cause I realize my heroes are the people I already know
And I'm burning up the papers and tearing up all the magazines
'Cause they make me feel so lonely
When there's no one who represends me

Am I all alone? Am I all alone?

I feel so lonely in your world
So disappointed in your world
I feel so lonely in your world
So disappointed in your world
I'm making my own way
Trying to learn from my mistakes
'Cause I've got no role model
No footsteps I can follow
I'm making my own way

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Self Reliable

What if you could live your life
Like you're the only one around
Would you do it just to see if you could
Or would it scare you too much
Not to see your friends hail, hail the gangs not here at all

Self reliable, that makes you responsible
For all the lies that you told
And you're telling them to yourself

What if you could live your life a minute at a time
Make the most of everything you do
Or would it scare you too much to enjoy the life you lead
Always complain about the things that you don't need

Self reliable, that makes you responsible
For all the lies that you told
And you're telling them to yourself
Self reliable, it may be a lot of work
But in the end it's the job that pays you well
Job that pays you well

Introspection, self doubt
Just trying to understand what you're all about
Will it end with contradiction
Would you feel the urge to scream
And wake up from this dream you don't know why

Self reliable, that makes you responsible
For all the lies that you told
And you're telling them to yourself
Self reliable, it may be a lot of work
But in the end it's the job that pays you well

Self reliable, that makes you responsible
For all the lies that you told
And you're telling them to yourself
Self reliable, it may be a lot of work
But in the end it's the job that pays you well

Self reliable the job that pays you well
Self reliable the job that pays you well
Self reliable

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Well Behaved

So listen up 'cause this one goes out to the way we hate
We wonder how we all got so
And yes it's true we have to
But I will never understand just how
You can pretend you are a fan when you don't question
The things that you were told
You said you told and you might as well
Only your heart will ever know

I don't want to be part of the way we hate
I miss that good old fassioned chaos
Don't want to be another boring story
stand for glory

So listen up 'cause this one's all about the game we played
You made the rules and we obeyed
And if we changed it you would only feel betrayed
And you will never understand just how
We can't progress if you invest in the unchanged
'Cause it's so safe to stay the same
But I refused and as long as i resist
I must resist it but I know I'm about to lose

I don't want to be part of the way we hate
I miss that good old fassioned chaos
Don't want to be another boring story
stand for glory

You
How could you know?
but are you where you wanna be?

I don't want to be part of the way we hate
Can't fight the system when you got no rage
And I know we'll win if you give it all away

I don't want to be part of the way we hate
I miss that good old fassioned chaos
Don't want to be another boring story
stand for glory
I don't want to be part of the way we hate
I miss that good old fassioned chaos
Don't want to be another boy in the story
stand for glory

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Out Of Debt

Giving all I got and I feel so drained
Preaching motivation, trying to fan that flame
Now it's time to turn around and do something for me
Something must have changed and you can blame reality

Something's changed but I don't feel the same
No reason why, I got no alibi and no regrets 
I must be out of debt
I must be out of debt

Lied awake at night just wondering if I did it right
Tried to be the optimist and help two worlds unite
But now I got to step it up so I don't get left behind
Something must have changed but it's ok and I'm alright

Something's changed but I don't feel the same
No reason why, I got no alibi and no regrets 
I must be out of debt
I must be out of debt
I don't owe anymore
I don't owe anymore

I'm still the same, something must have changdd
Now the world has turned and this is what I learned
I've done all I can now I'm changing up the plan
Because I need to find a way to do my own thing

Something's changed but I don't feel the same
No reason why, I got no alibi and no regrets 
I must be out of debt
I'm finally out of debt
I must be out of debt
I'm finally out of debt
I don't owe anymore
I don't owe anymore

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Memory Lane

Am I wasting all my time
Chasing innocence to find
A time in my life when I should have known better
Have I wasted all these years
Hiding back the tears behind a smiling face
Am I a liar?
Because I want to do what's right
But I need to understand
Do I burn the bridge
As these thoughts come floating in
Will the memories race to a higher price to pay

Gonna take a trip down memory lane
For the millionth time today
I'm still waiting
Gonna take a trip down memory lane
And I don't have much to say

As I fumble through my lines
Tripping wires in my mind
There's a script to find 
From another place in time
Where the memories race to a higher price to pay

Gonna take a trip down memory lane
For the millionth time today
I'm still waiting
Gonna take a trip down memory lane
And I don't have much to say

Looking foward for tomorrow
Still yesterday
Can't you see that I tried 
Can't you see that I
Can't you see I'm 

Am I wasting all my time
Chasing innocense to find
A time in my life when I should have known better
Have I wasted all these years
Hiding back the tears behind a smiling face

Gonna take a trip down memory lane
For the billionth time today
I'm still waiting
Gonna take a to trip down memory lane
And I don't have much say

Gonna take a trip down memory lane
And I don't have much to say
I'm still waiting
Gonna take a trip down memory lane
Looking for another place to play
I'm still waiting
Gonna take a trip down memory lane
And I don't have much to say

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Ripe Or Rotting?

The clock is ticking but I'm rotting

Tell me are you rotting?
If you're going to change just do it now
Are you ripe or rotting?
Only you can keep you down
Are you ripe or rotting?
If you're going to change just do it now
Are you ripe or rotting?
Don't want to deal with life's and it makes you afraid
all the plans that you made
So much potential but you never see
Rotting away but you used to be ripe

I want my pictures back
My innocence I can't I can't retrieve
If it's so hard just to believe
Time to take it back
Don't let them kill your dreams
It's not as hard as it may seem
Don't be afraid to take a chance
Must be a way to make your circumstances right

Tell me are you rotting?
If you're going to change just do it now
Are you ripe or rotting?
Only you can keep you down
Are you ripe or rotting?
Don't want to face your fears
is built in your heart
don't know where to start
How many doors will they slam in your face?
you to keep your fate

I want my pictures back
My innocence I can't I can't retrieve
It's so hard just to believe
Time to take it back now
Don't let them kill your dreams
It's not as hard as it may seem
Don't be afraid to take a chance
Must be a way to make your circumstances right

Tell me are you rotting?
If you're going to change just do it now
Are you ripe or rotting?
Only you can keep you down

The clock is ticking but I'm rotting
Tell me are you rotting?
If you're going to change just do it now
Are you ripe or rotting?
Only you can keep you down
Are you ripe or rotting?
If you're going to change just do it now
Are you ripe or rotting?
'Cause only you can keep you down

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I Want I Want

I want what the other kids have, I want it all

I want I want what the other kids have
I want brand name shoes 
I want perfect teeth and something to smile about
I want an invitation
And my own cell phone and something to talk about
I want imagination

But there's no money for me to pay
I want I want what I want and I want it now
There's enough food on the table so I guess it's ok
I want I want and I want it now
I want I want
I want I want what the other kids have
I want I want, I want it all

I want I want that video game
Don't want to have to use my brain
I want to go where the cool kids go
I'm sneaking in but they don't know

There's no money for me to pay
I want I want what I want and I want it now
But there's enough food on the table so I guess it's ok
I want I want and I want it now
I want I want, I want it all
I want I want
I want I want what the other kids have
I want I want
I want it all

If I don't get these things I ask for maybe I should run away
But there's enough food on the table so I guess I'll stay
I want I want

I want I want what the other kids have
I want brand name shoes 
I want perfect teeth and something to smile about
I want an imagination

There's no money for me to pay
I want I want what I want and I want it now
But there's enough food on the table so I guess it's ok
I want I want and I want it now
I want I want what the other kids have
I want I want I want what the other kids have
I want I want I want it all

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Songs Remain

well those 5 years are gone now,
so i've got a plan that's new.
I'm seeing the future.
but I can't forget my roots cause it's still not a concept,
someone made up on tv.
it's still something real,
way down deep inside of you and me.

All the bands we loved the most,
all the songs that give us hope reasons we're still here today,
people change but songs remain,
songs remain, songs remain in our hearts.
no matter what we do, i know you can feel it,
dispite our different views.
so if you make a connection,
we'll have both sides to see,
and noone can take that away from you,
and noone can take that away from me.
All the bands we loved the most,
all the songs that give us hope,
reasons we're still here today,
people change but songs remain.
and when you put that music on you can feel it,
you just know it, it's right for you.
and even though the times have changed that spirit,
i still feel it, it carries on,
and even though your life has changed that spirit,
you still feel it, it carries on, it carries on in every song.
All the bands we loved the most,
all the songs that give us hope,
reasons we're still here today,
people change but songs remain

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Forest King

Do what you want it really doesn't matter anyway
A lot of different people got a lot of different things to say
But what is a reason for hunting anything
What are you hiding, what are you running from
What went wrong and made you kill for fun
It just don't make sense

Clawed my way to the top of the food chain
God gave me the biggest brain
Used my smarts to build a weapin
Now I am the forest king

Do what you want I just don't see the reward
No matter how you slice it killing is a cowardly sport
Murderous ambition, your ammunition
You really slay the fuckin' competition
A little trigger to help turn a boy to a man
I don't understand

Clawed my way to the top of the food chain
God gave me the biggest brain
Used my smarts to build a weapin
Now I am the forest king
Clawed my way to the top of the food chain
God gave me the biggest brain
Used my smarts to build a weapin
Now I am the forest king

Is this common sense?
Clawed my way to the top of the food chain
God gave me the biggest brain
Used my smarts to build a weapin
Now I am the forest king

I am the forest king
Do what you want it really doesn't matter anyway
I am the forest king
Do what you want it really doesn't matter anyway
I am the forest king
Do what you want to, do what you want to
I am the forest king

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Shine The Light

At the cost of living I die
At the cost of dying I live
At the chance of sounding selfish
It's my life time
On the chance that I'll survive
And I'll keep my soul alive
Written on the wall and sign says
It's my life time

Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me
Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me

At the cost of losing I win
At the cost of winning I lose
I guess I only have to choose
'Cause it's my life time
On the chance the world slows down
And I'm finally losing my ground
In the end I hear the sound
And it's my life time

Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me
Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me

Somebody tell me what I'm doing here
I can't find the answers in the dark
You want to know about my biggest fear?
It's wasted time, time, time
Am I wasting time?

Standing here waiting for a sign
All I want to know is am I wasting time
Click click click time 
Click click click time
Click click click am I wasting time? 

Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me
Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me
Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me
Shine the light down
Shine the light down
Shine the light down on me
Am I wasting time?

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Repair

Sunshine!
It's so revealing in my head.
It's still unwinding from the road
Where I've been broken down.
But it's nothing that I can't fix.

I've been feeling, feeling broken.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.

I've been feeling, feeling broken.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.

In my mind I'm always seeing someone else's pain.
Then I remember when I felt the same.
It takes a little patience, but some time will heal the scars.

I've been feeling, feeling broken.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.
I've been feeling, feeling broken.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.

I'm alive, I never thought I'd wake up.
And now I know I still believe.
Inside the fog is lifting
Now I see what I've been missing.
And I know I only had to stop.
And pack my things it's time to go. Let's go.

I've been feeling, feeling broken.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.
Fix me up and take me home.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.
I've been feeling, feeling broken.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.
Fix me up and take me home.
I'm in need of repair. Feeling broken.

It's time to hold it down. Check your bags, and get up off the ground.

Dust yourself off and repair.

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Underneath The Flames

Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name, and it feels like...

When you call my name it's like a little prayer
Down on my knees I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there

I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing
I have no choice I hear your voice
Feels like fire

I close my eyes, oh god I think I'm falling
Out of the sky, I close my eyes
Heaven help me

When you call my name it's like a little prayer
Down on my knees I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there

Like a child, you whisper softly to me
You're in control just like a dream
Now I'm chasing

It's like a dream, no ending no beginning
You're here with me, it's like a dream

When you call my name it's like a little prayer
Down on my knees I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
When you call my name it's like a little prayer
Down on my knees I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there

Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like it used to be, you are a mystery
Just like a dream, you don't know what you see
Just like a prayer your voice can take me there

Just like a prayer, I'll take you there
It's like a dream to me
Just like a prayer, I'll take you there
It's like a dream to me

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