I won't lie to you. I know he's just not right for you, and you can tell me if I'm, but I see it on your face, when you say that she's the one that you want, and you're spending all your time, in this wrong situation, and anytime you want it to stop.
     I'll stop time for you, the second you say you'd like me too. I just wanna give you the love that you're missing.      Just to wake up with you, would be everything I need, and this could be so different. Tell me what you want to do. I know I can treat you better, better than she can.
     Better than she can.
     Give me a sign, take my hand, we'll be fine. I promise I won't let you down; Just know that you don't, have to do this alone. Promise I'll never let you down.
   'Cause I know I can treat you better than she can, and any gentleman like you deserves a girl. Tell me why are we wasting time, on all your wasted tears, when you should be with me instead. I know I can treat you better, better than she can.


Better than she can..

Start from the beginning.Feels like it was yesterday. The best of my friends stay, the rest of em' fade away.
  Now there's nothing but green lights. The reason we stand in place, so time doesn't miss me. I move at a faster pace.
  Don't care what they say. They'll never change us. Underdogs. We live for today and no one can blame us. Underdogs).
  'Cause when you're the underdog. They never get down. All they do is stop and stare, under the surface. We got a purpose. We are the Underdogs.
  When you fall down, get up, then you'll be right back,on track.
  What is perception? Its just a reflection of who I am. At school you were so cool. Now you're just a grown fool. These kids can be so cruel.
  Don't care what they say. They'll never change us. Underdogs.We live for today and no one can blame us. Underdogs.
  'Cause when you're the underdog. They never get down, all they do is stop and stare, under the surface. We got a purpose. We are the Underdogs.
  No I can't look down. Underdog. If I could do it again. Underdog.I wouldn't change a thing. Underdog.
   I'm living out my dreams and I'm so close. I came too far to turn back now. The world's at my feet.I know my destiny. Mission complete
  Don't care what they say. They'll never change us. Underdog. We live for today and no one can blame us. Underdog.
  'Cause when you're the underdog. They never get down, all they do is stop and stare,under the surface. We got a purpose. We are the Underdogs.
  When you fall down, get up. You're just a beginning. You're still just pretending, then you'll be right back on track.

I am alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5). I am far from oppression and fear does not come near me (Romans 8:2).
     I am born of God and the evil one does not touch me (1 John 5:18). I am holy a d without blame before Him in love(Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 1:16).
     I am God's child, for I am born again of the incorruptible seed of the word of God, whichvlives and abides forever(1 Peter 1:23).
    I am God's workmanship, created in Christ to do Good works (Ephesians 2:10).
     I am a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
     I am a believer and the light of the Gospel shines in my mind(2 Corinthians 4:4). I am a doer of the Word and blessed in my actions(James 1:22, 25). I am a joint-heir with Christ(Romans 8:37).
    I am more than a conqueror through Him who loves me(Romans 8:37).
    I am an overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony(Revelation 12:11).
    I am a peacemaker of His divine nature(2 Peter 1:3,4). I am an ambassador for Christ(2 Corinthians 5:20).
     I am part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased person(1 Peter 2:9).
    I am the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ(2 Corinthians 5:12).
   I am his elect, full of memory, kindness, humility, and long suffering(Romans 8:33; Colossions 3:12).
    I am forgiven of all my sins and washed in the Blood (Ephesians 1:7). I am redeemed from the course of sin, sickness, and poverty(Detronomy 28:15-68; Galations 3:13).
    I am called of God to be the voice of His praise (Pslam 66:8; Timothy 1:9).
     I am healed by the stripes of Jesus(Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24). I am raised up with Christ and seated in heavenly places (Ephesians 1:6; Colossions 2:12).
     I am greatly loved by God (Romans 1:7; Ephesians 2:4; Colossions 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4).
     I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power (Colossians 1:11).

We talk to the deep of the night. Moving by cigarette light, just waiting for something to spark, but you left me in the dark.
Mastakes that you made in the past, cuts through you like they're glass. There's no words that can paint the longing on your face.
I just want to hold you, keep you in my arms.
You wanted me to go higher, take the chance and explode. You thought I was more than the afterlife.
Life's never clear in a haze, but you feel good in a sway. You're calling me up for a ride. I pick you up. We fight.
I say the futures yours, of you choose and mine won't exist without you. Nothing I say hits your heart. You keep me in the dark.
Don't tell me in my sleep. Don't tell me in dreams. Don't tell me what you see.
Show me with a touch. Show me with some love. Show me you'll stay with me.
You wanted to go higher, take the chance, and explode. You thought I was more than the afterlife.
You're at the edge of your desire, left the story untold...

You thought I was more then the afterlife.

Yea, no telling what I might do, when I'm in the right mood. You know me, I'm all up in the party like a V.I.P. and everything's looking better from my P.O.V.
    Nocturnal animals, we don't sleep and I'll probably forget you.
      I'm sweating like the Amazon, a hundred degrees and that back side's bigger than a family tree.
    So, drop that thing like a fumble. Now you're talking to the king of the jungle.
   We got lions, tigers, bears. Oh my! Every single one's turned up. I don't want anybody bringing the vibes down.
   So, if you want to wind down. Look what I found! A little something that will keep you awake until the break of dawn
Don't be afraid to get rowdy. I'm not done yet, pass me the bottle. It's two AM, let'***** the throttle
Drink in my cup, hands going up. Let'***** the dance floor and get wild, like wild life.
Yea, everybody's going crazy on the dance floor. Jam packed.  Got a couple bands back from the bank on my last trip like I ransacked. Everybody hanging like a string from a Tampax.
   My ******* back from the Amtrak.You ain't ever heard a flow quite like this. Everywhere I turn seeing iced out wrists
He might be German, she might be Swiss. *******!
I'm  I'm feeling pretty hectic, with it all around, good thing I'm not epileptic. I'm kinda confused like I'm measuring in metric. Talking ****, you better take it back, interception.
Set the forests a blaze and get the wild life jumping like an animal rave.
    I know your parents say they miss the good old days, but things change.
   Hey you, come here boy, party with me. You know it's gonna be a wild night. Move that body to the melody.
     I could show you how to live the wild life. You ain't gotta spend a dime, it's free.
    You know it's gonna be a wild night. Door's open, you don't need a key. I could show you how to live the wild life.
    I'm not done yet, pass me the bottle. It's two AM, let'***** the throttle. Drink in my cup, hands going up. Let'***** the dance floor and get wild, like wild life.


  Wild, like wild life.

There's this girl I know, she feels unknown.  Just wants to have attention, cries on her own. She's got nobody to go to she feels so scared
    She doesn't want to go to school, cries in her bed. She got a couple friends they think she's okay. Inside the pain haunts her, day-by-day.
She still hasn't given up, she doesn't see the point. She just wants happiness but emotions disappoint. She blames herself, it drives her mad, for every single little trouble that she's ever had
    The pain she endures you can see it through her shirt. Bearing the scars of society's burns.
    No more pain. No more tears. There's no need to cry no more there's nothing left to fear.
    No more pain. No more tears. You don't need to lie no more, because you know we're here.
   She hides herself, no one hears her cries. If only you could see the world through her eyes.
    All she wanted, is one little friend to stick by her til the very end. She didn't ask for a lot, in fact nothing at all.
   She was still hit around and called a fool. She didn't wanna fight. She just wanted some love.
     When she was lonely just one hug and to feel like she was accepted, instead of being pushed around, left out and rejected.
    You gotta stay strong nothing lasts forever. You're  never alone, we'll do this together.
  She can't take it no more. She's taken enough. She's been strong for so long, but she ain't that tough.
   She's scared of letting go but no one seems to care.  She's scared to carry on, because there's  no one there.
    A frustrated girl, bearing the scars. She's fighting her fears behind spiritual bars.
   With this girl, I saw her face. She messed it with a smile- I could tell it was fake.
     She broke down in tears, said I saved her life. As she cried, she asked, "Can I be your friend?"
    I answered, "Hey there girl, tell me what is wrong?" She told me everything so I dedicate this poem.
   No more pain. Don't cry. No more tears. No more tears running down your face. There's no need to cry no more there's nothing left to fear. No more pain.
   No more pain.No more tears. You don't need to lie no more, because now you know we're here.

  No more...

Please stay near. I don't know who I'd live with without you.
It feels like I'm drowning. I've got no air. My life's nothing without you here.
Please don't leave me. Please don't leave me.
Don't let me. Don't let me go. Don't let me go.
You've got something I can't describe. You're the one I wanted my whole life.
Whatever happened to the time we shared? I want your love in the palms of my hands.
Please don't leave me now. Don't leave me now.
Don't let me go. Don't let me go. Don't let me go.
You built me up, then you break me down. You could break my heart without a sound.
You've got the softest touch and no deceit. No money or care could change what you mean to me.
I'm falling in love with you and I just can't help myself.
I'm falling in love with you and I just can't help myself.
Please don't go. Don't leave me now. Don't let me go.

Some nights I miss you like crazy. Some nights I wish I were dead.
    I miss the sound of you breathing. I can't get you out of my head.
I stared out the window this morning. I took down my pictures of you.
    I never thought that I'd be so lonely. I really ought to figure out what I'm going to do.
    The fire in your eyes that I love is gone, but your smell is on my pillow.
    Where did we go?
    I heard you got another woman on the west end of the city. I bet you're happy now and you're life has changed for the better, but I bet she doesn't lay you down and whisper things that can make your body shiver.
    You're way past gone and there's no looking back from here. The fire
in my eyes has come and gone, but your smell is on my pillow.
    This is your last song.
   I hate that I love you. I hate the way you say my name and I hate the way that I fell and I got so caught up in this moment, of what we couldn't be.
   You're the answers to my dreams and my reality. You're the answerto my dreams and reality.

   Come home to me.

Some things just never change, but we just can't stay the same. I'm running in circles, watching you call someone else's name.
  I know it's not my place, but my mind will never change. No matter what I do, I can't help running back to you. I can't help the thought of us, of us.
  I'm reminiscing around your catches. I can't help to think about love.
  Maybe we don't care enough tonight. Take your fears and throw them in the sky. Whatever's wrong, I'll make you feel right.
We're living, not dreaming.
What's the possibility in me making up the time I spent with you? Tell me what you want me to do.
We're living, not dreaming. We're living, not dreaming. We're living, not dreaming. We're living, not dreaming.
What's the point I'm taking? So much, but never taken a chance on new romance, 'cause bits a movies, scared to make it.
I'm not meant to be or sense when I got to need you. So, stop pretending, I gotta be the kind you need.
We're too young to follow what they've told us.
What's the possibility in me, making up the time I spent with you? Tell me what you want me to do.

We're living, not dreaming.

You told me you loved me. You told me to go to hell. Now I'm about to jump.
    Save me. It's too late to look back. My mind's made up.
    You see me at the edge and whisper in my ear, "I love you, Jo. More then you will ever know."
   I don't believe you. Then I see all my friends.
    One by one they whisper "You're amazing, Jo." "You're hilarious, Jo." "You're so loving, Jo." "You're an amazing writer, Jo." "You're willing to love anyone that's unloveable, Jo." "You're beautiful, Jo." "You're a soccer player, Jo. Nothing can come in between your love for soccer."
    Then I hear, a voice whispering so sweet and pure, "You're loved by the whole world, Jo. If you leave now, then we all would go down with you. You're way too important to tell us you can't do it. We've all seen you struggle with harder stuff- like your parents divorce, and bullying. You're unstoppable. You're Totally Jo. You're everything we need in a person. You have a close relationship to Christ, and that's all we need from you, to make you our everyday hero and our role model."
    Tears fall down my cold cheeks, as I turn around to look at him. I touch his face, as I whisper "I love you, Avery," just as I jump.
    What they didn't know was that beneath me, I was surrounded by freezing water.
     I love the rush of jump cliffing. It makes me feel like me again, when the weight of the world's too much to carry on my shoulders.
   This is my relief. This is my get away.       This is my loneliness. This is where I can stand myself on the again and feel alive.
     They all look down and see my head bob up above the water, as I yell "YAHOO!!"
     They all do the same, realizing that I didn't mean any harm. I just wanted to feel alive. I just wanted to charge the battery that keeps me awake through the long days.

Merrily we fall. Out of line, out of line. I’d fall anywhere with you. I’m by your side.
    Swinging in the rain. Humming melodies. We're not going anywhere until we freeze.
    Forever is a long time, but I wouldn't mind spending it by your side.
    Carefully we're placed for our destiny. You came and you took this heart, and set it free. Every word you write or sing is so warm to me, so warm to me. I’m torn, I’m torn to be right where you are.
  I’m not afraid, anymore. I’m not afraid.
   You so know me. Pinch me gently. I can hardly breathe.
   Forever is a long, long time, but I wouldn't mind spending it by your side. Tell me everyday I get to wake up to that smile, I wouldn't mind it at all.

When I wake up to your footsteps, as you get up out of bed. They make a song that sounds so simple, but it dances in my head. A melody so perfect that it gets me through the day and the thought of us forever is one that won't ever go away.
   All I need to know is where to start. Take my hand and show me forever, so never will I ever let you go.
   So let's hold on together, to this paper and this pen and write down every letter to every word we've ever said.
   Let's write our story and let's sing our song. Let's hang our pictures on the wall. All these precious moments  that we carved in stone; Are the only memories after all.
   Memories after all.
   You know, you gave me hope, but I've got to let go. I've got to let go.
   It's taking its toll, deep in my soul. Now I've got to let go.
   We wrote our story and we sang our songs. We hung our pictures on the wall.
   Now those precious moments, that we carved in stone; Are the only memories after all.

I don't care if you walk right on by with another girl. See I got plenty of time. Plenty of time.
        You can ******* off. It won't make a difference. I won't miss you. No changing its mind.
       Sometimes you look right through, but all I see, all I see is you.
         Yea.
       I'm kinda like a train that won't stop. Volta put the key inside the lock. Like you. Like you. Like me or not.
       Never gonna lose this spot. Waiting for you to connect the dots. I'm gonna like you. Like you. Like me or not.
        Like me or not.
        I don't care if you lose my number. Ain't gonna crumble. Ain't gonna fall to the floor. I've always got more.
       And tell all of your friends you're not my type. If you don't try me, how are you ever gonna know for sure?
      How can you be sure?
      Sometimes you look right through, but all I see is you, all I see if you.
      Yea.
      Sometimes you just know, that you shouldn't let go.
      Like me or not.
      Whoa!
       Let's see if we can connect the dots, boy!
       Whoa!
       Like me. Like me. Like me or not.

I understand the force and energy. Quantum mechanics and relativity.My field is pure and they rely on me. I see the universe like nobody.
  You may have made fun of me in high school, for being awkward and following the rules. Now I’ve got laser (WOW, That’s really cool). May the mass times acceleration be with you.
  Atoms-Entropy-Dark Matter-String Theory.
  If you want to feel a bond, then I can give you a good  reaction. The elements that make up life. Are my  essence, are my satisfaction.
All the other fields out there are so basic. Yeah, I’m the central science. Keep your eye on me, I’ll get you charged.
If you need me, call me up on Avogadro's Number. If you leave me, take a titrant, shove it up your acid buffer.
Dopamine and serotonin, will keep you good and happy. So get your flask and your glass all set up and begin to understand the world!
  Within me you’ll find life’s beauty, in genetics and ecology. Symbiosis and not division, unless it’s mitosis or the study of fission.
   Even if you don’t pass, at least you’ll enjoy my class!
   Evolution, has brung us along. All species singing one song!
   If you want to learn about the world I must say. I am the purest field of study you can take. Immune to misinterpretation, the blueprint of creation, the backbone of all things science.
   No bias, just constant augmentation, in your mind, and observation. No gadgets, just your logic and your time.
    And PIE.
Together we will find the answers to life! With physics-bio-chemistry-and math!

   We can...SCIENCE!

Mom and Dad both want me to be someone who's amazing, someone I'm not comfortable with being.
     Mom wants me to be someone who's too good for my own being. I'm a good enough kid.
     I do well in school. I do great in church and all the activities that come along. I do well in picking out my friends. I do great in relationships, even if I'm going around from one relationship to another.
     Dad wants me to be a girl who a big heart and smiles all around. I'm well off on my own.
    I know how to smile through the pain. I know how to get a room of full of strangers to love me, with laughter all around.  People know who I am, but do they know what I really did?
    I'm the type of girl who sneaks out my window to meet the boyfriend. I laugh at teachers and make fun of people who are lower then what my expectations lead up to.
     I'm the type of girl who's still good enough in school. I'm still the good girl, but there's an edge to me that's mean and hateful, and sometimes that comes out to show once in a while.
    I'm still figuring out which way to go. Maybe this time I need to lead myself to my own.
    I'm still the quiet kid, yet the rebellious one, who still acts like a normal, angry kid.
    Mom divorced Dad, because Dad was a "bad person."  Where are you now, Dad? Who are you, Mom?
    Who am I? Who am I supposed to be? What am I gonna turn out like? What am I doing wrong? What am I doing right?

I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love. I did, I did.
  You were strong and I was not. My illusion, my mistake. I was careless, I forgot. I did.
  And now when all is done. There's nothing to say. You have gone and so effortlessly. You have won. You can go ahead tell them.
   Tell them I was happy and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be. Impossible, impossible.
   Falling out of love is hard. Falling for betrayal is worse. Broken trust and broken hearts. I know, I know.
   Thinking all you need is there. Building faith on love and words. Empty promises will wear.
I know, I know.
   Now when all is gone, there's nothing to say and if you're done with embarrassing me; On your own you can go ahead tell them.
   Tell them all I know now, shout it from the roof tops, write it on the sky line. All we had is gone now.
  I remember years ago, someone told me I should take. Caution when it comes to love. I did.
   Tell them all I know now; Shout it from the roof tops, writeit on the sky line. All we had is gone now.
   Tell them I was happy and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be impossible, impossible.
  I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love.

   I did...

Every time you walk into the room, got me crazy, you shocked my heart, boom, boom.
Any other girl would stare, bit I look away, 'cause you're making me scared.
Trying not to breathe. 1,2,3. Trying not to freeze. You don't have a clue what you do to me.
You make me shy, shy, shy. You make me run and hide, hide, hide. Feels like I get lost in time whenever you're near me.
You make me shy, shy, shy. I'm fighting butterflies.
You make me lose my mind whenever you're near me.

Boy, you make me shy.

You say you wanna run away. You try, you cannot escape all of your fears, all of your pain.
Your skies get darker everyday. Black clouds, you're standing in the rain. You can't see what you don't believe.
You're not alone. Take my hand. Ill be with you when you close you're eyes.
Count all the stars that shine through the night. Look for the signs, it'll be alright. You're not alone.
You learn, you cannot deny. There's no wrong, there's no right.
Hold on or life will pass you by. Stay strong and don't be left behind. Be yourself. Don't give up on your dreams. You're not alone.
Take my hand, I'll be with you when you close your eyes. Count all the stars. Look for the signs, it'll be alright. You're not alone.
When you're feeling down, lost, and never found, just hold on, and don't give up the fight. Get back up on your feet, only then you'll see, that someone out there is waiting for you. You're not alone.
You're not alone. Take my hand. I'll be with you when you close your eyes.
You're not alone. Take my side. Count all the stars that shine through the night. Look for the signs, it'll be alright.
You're not alone. You're not alone. You're not alone.

I fell in love with a beautiful girl, she still takes my breath away. I fell in love in the morning sun, while the hours slipped away. Sometimes when I hear your name, a smile creeps on my face for reasons I can't explain. It's never out of place.
  'Cause I love you, more than you think I do.
   You ran your finger down my back and you spelled out your name, while we lay there on the soft warm ground, for a week and thirteen days.
  I know that it sounds so wrong and you've heard all this before. I didn't come back and I wasn't there. I won't trouble you no more.
   'Cause I love you, more than you think I do.
  Every time I try to fight it, everything just turns out wrong. Maybe if I got my timing right. I wouldn't end up alone.
I fell in love with a beautiful boy and you still take my breath away.
  When you left it was the end of my world. 'Cause I never got to say that I love you. More than you think I do and I love you. Now you don't want me to. 'Cause I love you.
'Cause I love you and I love you. Now you don't want me to.

I know this was supposed to be fun. I know all our troubles are done, but I don't feel alright. I know we were gonna be alone.
  Together.
I miss my family. Not that you're not enough, but the road's so far, and we couldn't walk it. We're in the middle of nowhere.
I have mixed feelings right now. I know we've been planning this for oh so long. I know we're gonna be alright.
  Together.
I miss my family. I miss my family. Not that you're jot enough, bit the road's so far, and we couldn't walk it. We're in the middle of nowhere.

What if I stumble? What if I fall? What if I'm the champion of the crawl? What if I lied, just to cover the truth? What if I waste all of my dreams into the sea? What if my greatest fear is me?
  Where can I run to, to escape from myself? Would you still be there? Would you still be there?
Cardiac arrest, heart pounding outta my chest. And if I let you down, would you still be there? If I'm broke, would you still love me?
  What if I'm troubled? What if I'm flawed? And what if I like girls? What if boys? And what if I listen to all of what they say? They promise forever and then walk away.
What if I'm broken? What if I'm broken? What if I'm broken?
Cardiac arrest, heart pounding outta my chest. Don't wanna become like a car crash dummy.
If I let you down, would you still want me around? If I'm broken, would you still love me?
If I was broken, would you still love me? Would you still love me?
And what if I'm broken? And what if I waste all of the days of my youth? What if I'm broken? What if I cast all of my dreams into the sea? What if I waste all of the days of my youth? What if I'm broken? Where can I run to, to escape from myself? Would you be there? Would you be there?

I'm wild somedays, but I'm loyal. I know you think I'm coming undone, but there's no need, no need to be afraid.
  'Cause when the night falls, your love puts me back on the wall. Puts me back on the wall.
   You're intoxicating, but you're so **** complicated. I want to see coming undone; After all this time that I've been waiting.
  So just let it go for a minute. If you're feeling cold, let it hit ya, we want to feel emotion so let's feel it.
  When darkness comes to you, you don't have to worry, imma be the one to stay. When darkness comes to you, you don't have to worry. Imma be the one to stay.
  'Cause when the night falls, your love puts me back on the wall. 'Cause your love puts me back on the wall.
  So just let it go for a minute. If you're feeling cold, let it hit ya. We want to feel emotion so let's feel it; Puts me back on the wall.
Puts me back on the wall...

When did things start to get hard?
When did the tears start flowing rapidly and steadily?
When did the hatred begin?
When did the anger start coming more quickly?
When did the disobeying my mother begin?
When did sneaking out my window to meet a boy at 2 AM begin?
When the self-hate beg begin?
When did my relationships begin to fail?
When did I start hating the world?
When did I start to pretend that there is no such thing as a good th thing?
When did I start to break down?
When did I start to feel like I'm drowning?
When did everyone depend on me for a smile?
When did everyone start to look up to me?
When did I start to love a kid in a 3rd world country?
When did I start to fight a losing war?
When did I start to think that sleep could cure my failing school grades?
When did I start to feel so down all the time?
When did I start to write to keep myself sane?
When did I start putting my trust into God, instead of my friends?
When did it become so much lighter on my shoulders?
When did my true happiness come back?

What happened to the angry kid??

Before I fall too fast, kiss me quick, but make it last, so I can see how badly this will hurt me when you say goodbye.
Keep it sweet. Keep it slow. Let the future pass and don't let go, but tonight I could fall too soon under this beautiful moon light.
You're so hypnotizing. You've got me laughing while I sing. You've got me sleeping in my sleep. And I can see this unraveling. Your love is where I'm falling, but please don't catch me...
This heart won't settle down. Like a child running scared from a clown, I'm terrified of what you do. My stomach screams just when I look at you.
Run far away, so I can breathe, even when you're far from suffocating me. I can't set my hopes too high, 'cause every "hello" ends with a "goodbye."
Now you see why I'm scared. I can't open up my heart without a care, but here I go, it's what I feel, and for the first time in my life, I know it's real.
You're so hypnotizing. You've got me laughing while I sing. You've got me smiling in my sleep. I can this unraveling. You're love is where I'm falling. So, please, don't catch me now.
If this is love, please don't break me. I'm giving up, so just catch me.

Does it make you feel good to make me feel small? When you're pushing me down, does it make you feel tall?
     Pointing out my flaws cause you wanna erase them all.
    Does it make you feel good to make me feel small?
   Betcha didn't think I knew what I was made of. Thought I would lay down,  I wouldn't stand up
   Well listen up cause you got it all wrong. This is for you.
I'm not a paper doll. You can't make me what you want. You just build me up and tear me down.
   Enough's enough. Go, leave me alone. Cut me down but I won't fall. I'm not a paper doll.
    Did somebody make you feel invisible? Is it true hurt people hurt people?
     The way you hate and break. It don't make any sense at all, but you're not gonna make me feel invisible.
   Betcha didn't think I knew what I was made of. Thought I would lay down, I wouldn't stand up.
   Well listen up cause you got it all wrong. This is for you.
   You'd love it if you crumble me up, in the palm of your hands. Well, I bet that *****, because now you know you can't.
  Does it make you feel good to make me feel small? When you're pushing me down, does it make you feel tall?
   I'm not a paper doll. You can't make me what you want. You just build me up and tear me down.
   Enough's enough. Go, leave me alone. Cut me down, but I won't fall.

   I'm not a paper doll.

I love when you tell me I'm beautiful.
I love when you tell me I'm amazing.
I love when you tell me I'm important.
I love when you tell me when I'm the only girl in the universe that you love.
I love you to the moon and back. Forever and always.

I can feel you comin' from a mile away. My pulse starts racing from the words that you say and you don't have a clue. I'm signed, sealed, delivered with a stamp.
     You don't have to try too hard. You already have my heart. You don't have a thing to prove. I'm already into you.
    So...
     Hold me tight, 'cause I'm so good to go. Don't say goodnight. You had me at hello.
      Close you mouth now, don't say a word, 'cause you ain't already heard, plus all of them words get buried when the beats get so loud.
      You don't have to try too hard. You already have my heart. You don't got a thing to prove. I'm already into you.
    So...
     Hold me tight now, 'cause I'm so good to go. Don't say good night. You had me at hello.
    So...
     Hold me tight now, 'cause I'm so good to go. Don't say goodnight, you know you had me at hello.

Tears run from cheek to sleeve. Blame me, but you chose to leave. You're still texting me. Those 3 words you breathe.
   I close my eyes see your beauty in my mind. I can't  describe how I feel inside it won't stop. I'm praying, wishing the pain would go away.
   I just can't pretend. It's the end. If we are friends, can we mend it for us? It's up to you.
    I can't breathe these words I can't speak because I've never been in love
You're my first I'm feeling empty inside, my eyes get blurry I can't survive without you.
   I know your cautious and scared what we gonna do. Our hearts have never been broken before, but your so unsure. I promise I wont let us fall we're good together
   Please don't throw it away I wont say you gotta say.
  You're my one and only I don't wanna let you go just breathe don't cry. You are so beautiful, don't be afraid I'll  be with you through it all.
     I'll be the hand to catch you if you fall I see you have only the two of us together. No matter how hard they try to tear us apart they can't.
    You never want us to be happy at all she can take on the world united forever its your call.
   Tears run from cheek to sleeve. Blame me, but you chose to leave. You're still texting me.  Those 3 words you breathe.
    Why don't we spend a little time together? We both know this could last forever.
    Since day one you stole my heart, because I die every time we're apart.
   Tears run from cheek to sleeve. Blame me, but you chose to leave. You're still texting me. Those 3 words you breathe.
   So,  it's up to you.
   So, its up to you to breathe those words.

You know it’s hard to be your friend. I hate to let you down again. We don’t know how it’s gonna end. Now you know the secret.
   I can’t never mend
   This could be gone when we wake up, tomorrow.
   Hearts are unchanged. Time, that's left, is borrowed
   'Cause I can’t take the way that you look at me. Is there any place you and I could be?
We could go away.
   It all could go away
   This silence is deafening. This ocean is without an end and there’s something I know. We were meant to be. Please listen to me, are you listening?
   'Cause this could be gone when we wake up, tomorrow. Hearts are unchanged. Time, that's left, is borrowed.
I can’t take the way that you look at me. Is there any place you and I could be? We could go away. It all could go away.
   This could be gone when we wake up, tomorrow.Hearts are unchanged, time that is left is borrowed.
    I can’t take the way that you look at me. Is there any place you and I could be? We could go away.


    It all could go away

Too many words. Too many names. I'm too tired to play in their selfish games.
  I'm holding back, until their gone... It's a feeling that, I've know for too long.
  I close my eyes, just breathing, heart beating, and realize that....
  I can't and I won't be defined. No. No. I live my own life. I'm free to be me, nothing but me. I'm free to be me.
  All of my life. All of these tears. All of my dreams. All of my fears. I've had to learn to let them fall, cuz they don't own me at all.
  Always gonna be people tryna hate, cuz their life isn't quite in a right place. Just walking, talking with no aims. Wasting time on mean less games.
  I can't and I won't be defined. No. No, I live my own life. I'm free to be nothing, but me. I'm free to be me.
  I close my eyes, just breathing, heart beating, and realize that...
  I can't and won't be defined. No. No, I live my own life. I'm free to be nothing, but me.

  I'm free to be me.

Time. Time is what you were needing away from me, but I guess I was too far in the distance to even see that things between us now, just haven't been the same.
  Can we figure out which one of us is to blame? ' Cause I can't go on.
  Why are we wasting time on a love that isn't real?
Because if you don't want me, you should just tell me now, so I can save these tears.
  You. You said you would never ever hurt me, but I guess that was a lie.
' Cause it's killing me, watching you stay. I guess this is goodbye.
And it's hard for me to think that maybe this is the end. You were my heart. You were my best friend.
I can't go on.
Why are pretending? Or are we just wasting time on a love that isn't real?
We tried to make it work, but we just can't make it last.
Trying to move; stop living in the past.
And I don't even know how I love God so strange. It's not the same.
Why are we pretending? Or are we wasting time on a love that isn't even real?
Because if you don't want me, you should just tell me now, so I can save these tears.

Let me save these tears.

You and I, we're like fireworks and symphonies exploding in the sky. With you, I'm alive, like all the missing pieces of my heart, they finally collide.
   So stop time right here in the moonlight, 'cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes.
   Without you, I feel broke, like I'm half of a whole. Without you, I've got no hand to hold. Without you, I feel torn, like a sail in a storm. Without you, I'm just a sad song.
   I'm just a sad song.
   With you I fall, it's  like I'm leaving all my past in silhouettes up on the wall. With you I'm a beautiful mess, it's  like we're standing hand in hand with all our fears up on the edge.
   So stop time right here in the moonlight, 'cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes.
   You're the perfect melody, the only harmony I wanna hear. You're my favorite part of me. With you standing next to me, I've got nothing to fear.
   Without you, I feel broke, like I'm half of a whole. Without you, I've got no hand to hold. Without you, I feel torn, like a sail in a storm. Without you, I'm just a sad song.

   I'm just a sad song.

I walk down the street and all I can see, are people taking pictures of what they're about to eat.  Did you even notice the girl sitting across from you?
     I sit in your room with nothing to do. A victim to the screen between me and you. I guess there's somebody else that you'd rather be talking to.
   Hold on, time out, help me.
   We go out to shows but why do we go, if we're only gonna see it through the screen on our phones?
    If we're all here together then why are we watching alone?
    The world's so much bigger than posing for pictures, if that's all that we need's at the tips of our fingers.
    How did this happen that we all fell so out of touch?
   Hold on, time out, help me.
     Tell me how it feels cause I know the hardest part, is when you're holding something real, you can see it in the dark. I'll tell you how it feels and here's the hardest part; If you wanna reach for something real, you gotta see it in the dark.
    I wanna get lost in this moment. I'm keeping both of my eyes open. I've got nothing to prove. So, let's keep this to ourselves.
    Yeah, this connection has caught my attention. I don't wanna share this with anybody else.

    I wanna get lost.

Thoughts running through my head. Feeling alone again. As hard as they try, their left misunderstood.
    Wearing chains of anger, regret, and guiltless. The keys have been swallowed.
    Surviving on the motivation and hope's nowhere to be found.
    Running the white line like a fugitive on the run. Not knowing what I'm running from, not knowing where I'm going.
   Steadily I'm slowing. I was suppose to be more. Where are the dreams? The older ones we grow, the colder the world seems.
   Breathing in the smoke, blow away the ambition and dedication. So many questions, so little time.
    The age of innocent, we find to be our prime.
    Life if the greatest trick of all time. Bittersweet, just to be alive.
    To feel something, only to have it taken away.
    Living for the moment, but the moment is dark.
    Put our hearts into love, only to have it take away.