"Away with the days,"
He told all of his friends,
"Let's do whatever it takes,
to make it thru the weekend."

Tonight we crash in cars,
Cause we don't know who we are,
Tonight we crash in cars.
Tonight we're so bizarre.

She said,
"We're so young, but let's forget our problems."
"Let's escape through the bonfires and all of these empty houses."

For the smell that follows you home.
And a smile that won't leave you alone.

Tonight we crash in cars,
Cause we don't know who we are,
Tonight we crash in cars.
Tonight we're so bizarre.

There's no last call,
You can always have another.
Happy hour, every hour,
On the hour.

All I can do is sit back,
It's too late to stop this mess.
I'll put on some formal clothes,
Smile and watch the attorneys,
As they battle it out.
And speak on my behalf.
My father told me to behave,
I responded simply "always."
I didn't listen then...
I'm the same as I have always been.
I'm a little bit disturbed.
A darkened escape artist..
So now I fade in and out.
But I cover all my tracks.
Hide inside my hole.
And plan for the future ahead.
I try to live below the radar.
So I don't I'll sleep in a cell.
Go to meetings and recover.
Tell them all is well.
When people seldom change,
I haven't lost ties to my past.
I'm still the boy I was,
Now I need alternatives to incarceration.

Now I stand before a jury,
And past problems seem so petty.
Im just another poor soul who lost on the lottery.

Here is an anthem for the worst week of your life.
The week you fail at everything untried.
So shed the skin,
Of the snake you've been.
Today start fresh and new,
Marked by nothing but the present.

Enough with the apologies,
Let's take responsibility.

And set our priorities.

I arrived defensive.
Imagining shouting matches before they happened.
I'll shed the skin of the snake I've been.
Start fresh and new,
Marked by nothing but the present.

Enough with the apologies,
Let's take responsibility.

And set our priorities.

Thoughtless actions define personalities.
Morals silently beg for mercy.
Shed the skin of the snake you've been.
And I'll shed the skin of the snake I've been.

Let's numb ourselves,
And try to feel death,
I wonder how far we can go,
Before we don't come back.

They said "don't you have any other interests, besides that pencil in your hand?"
I looked at them,
I smiled and said,
and said "sometimes I use a pen."
Then they provide the needle,
You provide the yarn.
You stitch a blanket of self hatred,
And you fall asleep in doubt.

I hate every letter of every word,
of every ******* sentence I've ever wrote.

When there's no motivation to fix the snapped strings,
On the first guitar you bought,
When there's no reason,
To be who you are,
Instead of a face in a mob,
Or a corpse in a grave,
Or leaf on the lawn.
When you can't find a reason to sing one song,
Just give it some time,
Don't get down on yourself,
Indefinite hiatus is never forever.