Practice makes certain,
scratches make perfect.
A voice like a needle etching into your brain in your head.
Waking you from bed like a mother would, or a lover instead.

Clouds make curtains
on the end of a stage for a man-made person.
Bringing out who someone wants them to be in time to show who's better.
Someone listening behind the scenes like a fly on the wall, because they know you can't take the pressure.

Only I know you're a jumper in this world, winking, flinching.
Hurting yourself more every second you don't tear down this wall.

Rainy days aren't the same when you're lonely.

It used to be used as a pretty good excuse

for how to put off all your need to do's...

Now I need to get me back to you.


The lightning blinks and it stings when you're lonely.

It used to be our silhouette against the sheets,

somehow it's enough to be frightening.

And now I need to get you back to me.


And, well, I was wrong if I said

I couldn't forget what to do,

because I don't have a clue.


And, well, I was wrong if I said

that I really wish I was dead,

so that I wouldn't love you.


All in all, it's really nothing we haven't seen.

Me and you, alone with my rainy day queen.

I feel the day break here before my own boulder.

Now I kneel, push it along, and all alone, it's just getting harder.

You come console me with your chin on my shoulder.

Now I feel somewhat at home, just like where I started.

I feel the wind crash against my weary eyelids.

Now I see you battle strong, you carry on, we push the stone.

I can't believe the beautiful soul in this woman.

Now I feel like a whole new song, so I carry a different tone.


Now's the time I think that I never did try,

and how we'd end up on opposite sides.

I couldn't believe you might be gone,

I couldn't find the words to settle on.

But I've finally come to these ones: "I love you and I know that I'm right."

So I hope and think you won't argue when I say just what I'm feeling inside.

This cold bitter breeze, right now, just brings me down to my knees,

I hope one day it might take us away, to find a better place to be...


Now that great rock sits atop a faraway hill,

waiting to topple the next time we come near.

That's not a problem for our care, we'll be waiting,

all the way over here, in fresh air, not suffocating.

Lindsey's a diary entry for everyday she's yet to live.

Full of science fiction, but that's just a guess I'd give.


Hannah'd bet against the world, smoke goes right to her mind.

Have problems when she's sixty, having a blast at the time.


Ryan, he must be fine, he's got a brain and a lot to show.

Loaned him a couple bills, but who says to him I do not owe...


And as for me, I think I'm alright,

or at least I'll get by.

I wonder if they think about me,

but Hell, I love you guys.


Steve it seems lost touch with everyone so I don't feel so dumb.

Once at each other's throats, but at least that's finally done.


Aaron's staring at a new direction, best of wishes are for him.

I can't see me ever being married, I wish the best again.


Kristen couldn't learn from her problems, committed the same mistake.

Over and over, time, well time just starts to come too late.


And as for me, I think I'm alright,

or at least I'll get by.

I wonder if they think about me,

but Hell, I love you guys.

Why do we lie?

What do you think?

Who do you look to in the sky?

How do you sit and wait?

Hope it's with a world of patience,

'cause that's what you'll need.

That's what you'll need.


If you make a plan, I'm right behind you.

If you take a stand, I'm right beside you.

Call on me, and I'll be there.

If you need a friend, just hold my hand.

Count on me, I'll be there.


What do you say

when they take away?

Or did you even see?

Who do you relate to

when you scream?

I hope it's me.

I hope it's me.


If you take a breath, you take mine too.

If you feel alone, well, I'm lonely too.

So if you call on me, I'll be right there.

Until the end, I'm always yours to spend.

Just count on me, I'll be there.


If you think at all, I'm right behind you.

If you take a fall, I'm right beside you.

Call on me, and I'll be there.

If you need a friend, just hold my hand.

Count on me, I'll be there.

Something to split- a tear,

so we can both share a cry.

That gaze with those eyes...

you know you took me over.


I must have pulled that girl

into the pills and alcohol

that washed it down...

one bottle after another.


I must have pushed the brick in the ground

that drove her down to drown

that swept away her sweet sound.


I should have split the brick over my head,

taken half the pills, or all instead.

I should have spiked my drink, blood salty blue,

to numb my feel, put me next to you.


Somehow I'd seen this many years before,

I knew we'd be us since a long time ago.