The Anthem


It's a new day
But it all feels old
It's a good life,
That's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same

At my high school

It felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
My time spent there, it only made me see

That I don't ever wanna be like you
I don't wanna do the things you do
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
And I don't ever wanna,
I don't ever wanna be

You
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You
Don't wanna be you

"Go to college,
A university
Get a real job"
That's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want
I'm gonna get by
And just do my time
Out of step while
They all get in line
I'm just a minor threat so pay no mind

Do you really wanna be like them?
Do you really wanna be another trend?
Do you wanna be part of their crowd?
Cause I don't ever wanna
I don't ever wanna be

You
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You
Don't wanna be you

Shake it once, that's fine
Shake it twice, that's okay
Shake it three times, you're playin with yourself again

You
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Ya'll got to feel me, sing if you're with me
You
Don't wanna be just like you (just like you)
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Ya'll got to feel me, sing if you're with me
Another loser anthem (Whoa-oh)
Another loser anthem (Whoa-oh)
Another loser anthem (Whoa-oh)
Another loser anthem

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Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous


Always see it on TV
Or read it in the magazines
Celebrities they want sympathy
All they do is piss and moan, inside the rolling stone
Talking about how hard life can be
Id like to see them spend a week
Living life out on the street
I dont think they would survive
If they could spend a day or two walking in someone else’s shoes
I think they'd stumble and they'd fall, they would fall
(Fall)

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They’re always complainin, always complainin
If money is such a problem, well they got mansions
Think we should rob them

Did you know when you were famous you could kill your wife
And theres no such thing as 25-to-life
As long as you’ve got the cash to pay for Cochren
And did you know if you were caught and you were smoking crack
McDonalds wouldn’t even want to take you back
You could always just run for mayor of D.C.
I’d like to see them spend a week
Living life out on the street
I don’t think they would survive
If they could spend a day or two
Walking in someone else’s shoes
I think they’d stumble and they’d fall
They would fall

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They’re always complainin
Always complainin
If money is such a problem
Well they got mansions
Think we should rob them
(Rob them)

(They would fall...fall)
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They’re always complainin
Always complainin
If money is such a problem
They've got so many problems
Think I could solve them
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
We’ll take your clothes, cash, cars, and homes just stop complainin
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous

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Wondering


If you want me to wait
I would wait for you
If you tell me to stay
I would stay right thru
If you don’t wanna say anything at all
I'm happy wondering
(Go) (yea, yea)

Since I was a young man
I never was a fun man
I never had a plan
And no security then
Ever since I met you
I never could forget you
I only wanna get you right here next to me
Cause everybody (woah)
Needs someone that they can trust and
You're somebody (woah)
That I found just in time

If you want me to wait, I would wait for you
If you tell me to stay
I would stay right through
If you don’t wanna say anything at all
I'm happy wondering

Now my life is changing
Its always rearranging
Its always getting stranger than I thought it ever could
Ever since I found you
I wanna be around you
I wanna to get down to the point that I need you
Cause everybody (woah)
Needs someone that they can trust and
You're somebody (woah)
That I found just in time

If you want me to wait
I would wait for you
If you tell me to stay
I would stay right thru
If you don’t wanna say anything at all
I'm happy wondering
(Go)(yea, yea)(yea, yea)

Don’t tell me
The bad news
Don’t tell me
Anything at all
Just tell me
That you need me
And stay right here with me

If you want me to wait
I would wait for you
If you tell me to stay
I would stay right thru
If you don’t wanna say anything at all
I'm happy wondering

If you want me to wait
I would wait for you
If you tell me to stay
I would stay right thru
If you don’t wanna say anything at all
I'm happy wondering

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My Old Man


I don’t know too much about
Too much of my old man
I know he walked right out the door
And we never saw him again
Last I heard he was at the bar
Doing himself in
I know I’ve got that same disease
I guess I got that from him

This is the story of my old man
Just like his father before him
I’m telling you do anything you can
So you don’t end up just like them
Like them

Monday he woke up and hated life
Drank until Wednesday and left his wife
Thursday through Saturday lost everything
Woke up on Sunday miserable again

I remember baseball games
And working on the car
Told me that he loved me
And that I would go far
Showed me how to work hard
And stick up for myself
I wish he wasn’t too hard
To listen to himself

This is the story of my old man
Just like his father before him
I’m telling you do anything you can
So you don’t end up just like them
Like them

Monday he woke up and hated life
Drank until Wednesday and left his wife
Thursday through Saturday lost everything
Woke up on Sunday miserable again
Again
Again

Someday he’ll wish that he made things right
Made things right
Long for his family and Miss his wife
Miss his wife
Remember the days he had everything
Everything
Now hes alone and Miserable again

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Boys And Girls


Educated
With money
He's well dressed
Not funny
And not much to say in most conversations
But he'll foot the bill in
All situations
Cause he pays for everything

Girls don’t like boys
Girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they’re not funny

Paper or plastic
Don’t matter she’ll have it
Vacations and shopping sprees
These are a few of her favorite things
She'll get what she wants if she’s willing to please
His type of girl always comes with a fee
Hey now, there’s nothing for free

Girls don’t like boys
Girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they’re not funny
And these girls like these boys
Like these boys like these girls
The girls with the bodies like boys with Ferraris
Girls don’t like boys
Girls like cars and money
(Lets go)

Girls don’t like boys
Girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they’re not funny
And these girls like these boys
Like these boys like these girls
The girls with the bodies like boys with Ferraris
Girls don’t like boys
Girls like cars and money

All of these boys and all of these girls, losing their souls in a material world...

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Bloody Valentine


Oh, my love
Please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and
We'll start a new life

I ripped out
His throat
And called you on the telephone
To take off
My disguise
Just in time to hear you cry when you...

You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
The night he died
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
One last time

Singin'...

Oh, my love
Please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and
We'll start a new life
I don't know much at all
I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight

There was
Police and
Flashing lights
The rain came down so hard that night and the
Headlines read
A lover died
No tell-tale heart was left to find when you...

You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
The night he died
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
One last time

Singin'...

Oh, my love
Please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and
We'll start a new life
I don't know much at all
I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight

Tonight

He dropped you off, I followed him home
Then I stood outside his bedroom window
Standing over him, he begged me not to do
Butt I knew I had to do cause I'm so in love with you

Oh, my love
Please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and
We'll start a new life
I don't know much at all
I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight
Tonight

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Hold On


This world
This world is cold
But you don’t
You don’t have to go
Your feeling sad your feeling lonely
And no one seems to care
Your mothers gone and your father hits you
This pain you cannot bear
But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through

Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know

The days, you say they're way too long
And your nights, you cant sleep at all
And you're not sure what you're waiting for but you don't want to no more
And you're not sure what you're looking for but you don’t want to no more

But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through

Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know
Don’t stop looking your one step closer
Don’t stop searching its not over
Hold on

What are you looking for
What are you waiting for
Do you know what your doing to me
Go ahead
What are you waiting for

Hold on if you feel like letting go
Hold on it gets better than you know
Don’t stop looking your one step closer
Don’t stop searching its not over...hold on

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Riot Girl


She's got
Tattoos
And piercings
She likes Minor Threat, she likes Social Distortion
My girl's
A hot girl
A Hood Rider who needs an attitude adjustment

Christina, wouldn't wanna meet her
She hates you Britney, so you better run for cover
My girl's
A hot girl
A riot girl and she's angry at the world

Emergency, call 911
She's pissed off at everyone
Police, rescue, FBI
She wants a riot, she wants a riot

And everywhere we go she gets us thrown out constantly
But that's okay
Cause I know, I know, I know my baby would do anything for me
Yeah!

Christina, wouldn't wanna meet her
She hates you Britney, so you better run for cover
My girl's
A hot girl
A riot girl and she's takin' on the world, I said...

Emergency, call 911
She's pissed off at everyone
Police, rescue, FBI
She wants a riot, she wants a riot
She wants a riot, she wants a riot

Don't you know that all I really want is you?
Gotta know that all I really want is you.

Emergency, call 911
She's pissed off at everyone
Police, rescue, FBI
She wants riot, she wants a riot

Emergency, call 911
She wants a riot, she wants a riot
Police, rescue, FBI
She wants a riot, she wants a riot

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Say Anything


Here I am on
The phone again, and
Awkward silence is
On the other end
I used to know the sound
Of a smile in your voice
But right now (right now)
All I feel (All I feel)
Is the pain of the fighting
Starting up again

All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind
On my mind
And all the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time
After time after time

Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you wanna stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything

Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers
But I don't want that
No, not for you
If you just stay with me, we can make it through
Here we are again
The same old argument
And now I'm wonderin'
If things'll ever change, yeah
When will you laugh again?
Laugh like you did back when?
We'd make noise till 3 AM and the neighbors would complain

All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind
On my mind
And all the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time
After time after time

Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you wanna stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything

I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin' down
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin' down
Down
Down
Down

Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you wanna stay
If you'll just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything

Don't say a word (Please don't leave)
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away (Please don't leave)
I know you wanna stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything

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Day That I Die


One day I woke up
I woke up knowing
Today is the day I will die
Cashdogg was barking
Went to the park
And enjoyed it one last time
I called my mother
Told her I loved her
And I begged her not to cry
I wrote a letter
That said I'd miss her
And I signed that goodbye

You know the happiest day of my life
I swear the happiest day of my life
Is the day that I die

Can you feel the cold tonight? (the day that I die)
It sets in, but it's alright (the day that I die)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (the day that I die)
All alone, but I feel fine

We took a drive and
We drove through DC
To see the places we lived
Long conversations
We talked of old friends
And all the things that we did
The summer nights
Drunken fights
Mistakes we made
Did we live it right?

You know the happiest day of my life
I swear the happiest day of my life
Is the day that I die

Can you feel the cold tonight? (the day that I die)
It sets in, but it's alright (the day that I die)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (the day that I die)
All alone but I feel just fine

You know the happiest day of my life,
I know the happiest day of my life,
I swear the happiest day of my life,
Is the day that I die

Can you feel the cold tonight? (the day that I die)
It sets in, but it's alright (the day that I die)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (the day that I die)
All alone, but I feel fine

Did I live it right?
I hope I lived it right
Did I live it right?
Did I live it right?
I hope I lived it right
I know I lived it right

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The Young And The Hopeless


Hard days made me hard nights shaped me
I don't know they somehow saved me
And I know I'm making something
Out of this life they call nothing
I take what I want, take what i need
You say its wrong but its right for me
I won't look down won't say I'm sorry
I know that only god can judge me

And if I make it through today
Will tomorrow be the same
Am I just running in place
And if I stumble and I fall
Should I get up and carry on
Will it all just be the same?

Cause I'm young and i'm hopeless
I'm lost and i know this
I'm going nowhere fast thats what they say
I'm troublesome i've fallen
I'm angry at my father
Its me against this world and i don't care
I don't care

No one in this industry
Understands the life I lead
When I sing about my past
It's not a gimmick not an act
These critics and these trust fund kids
Try to tell me what punk is
But when I see them on the street
They got nothin to say

And if I make it through today
Will tomorrow be the same
Am I just running in place
And if I stumble and I fall
Should I get up and carry on
Will it all just be the same?

Cause I'm young and i'm hopeless
I'm lost and i know this
I'm going nowhere fast thats what they say
I'm troublesome i've fallen
I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world and i don't care
I don't care, i don't care, now, i don't care

Cause I'm young and i'm hopeless
Im lost and i know this
I'm going nowhere fast thats what they say
I'm troublesome i've fallen
I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world and i don't care
I don't care

Cause I'm young and i'm hopeless
Im lost and i know this
I'm going nowhere fast thats what they say
I'm troublesome i've fallen
I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world and i don't care
I don't care

Cause I'm young and i'm hopeless
Im lost and i know this
I'm going nowhere fast thats what they say
I'm troublesome i've fallen
I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world and i don't care
I don't care

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Emotionless


Hey dad
I’m writing to you
Not to tell you, that I still hate you
Just to ask you
How you feel
And how we fell apart
How this fell apart

Are you happy out there in this great wide world?
Do you think about your sons?
Do you miss your little girl?
When you lay your head down
How do you sleep at night?
Do you even wonder if we’re all right?

Well we’re all right
We’re all right

It’s been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren’t you there all the nights that we cried
You broke my mother’s heart
You broke your children for life
It’s not ok,
But we’re all right
I remember the days, you were a hero in my eyes
But those were just a long lost memory of mine
I spent so many years learning how to survive
Now, I’m writing just to let you know I’m still alive yeah I'm still alive.

The days i spent so
Cold so hungry
Full of hate
I was so angry
The scars run deep
Inside this tatooed body
Theres things i'll take
To my grave
But im okay
Yeah im okay

Its been a long hard road without you by my side
Why werent you there all the nights that we cried
You broke my mothers heart
You broke your children for life
Its not ok
But were all right
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a long lost memory of mine
Now Im writing just to let you know that Im still alive
Yeah I'm still Alive

Sometimes...
I forgive
Yeah and this time
I’ll admit
That I miss you, said I miss you

It’s been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren’t you there all the nights that we cried
You broke my mother’s heart
You broke your children for life
It’s not ok,
But we’re all right
I remember the days, you were a hero in my eyes
But those were just a long lost memory of mine
Now, I’m writing just to let you know that Im still alive

And sometimes
I forgive
And this time
I’ll admit, that I miss you, I miss you
Hey dad

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Moving On


When I think about my life
I wonder if I will survive
To live to see 25 or will I just fall?
Like all my friends, they just keep dying.
People round me, always crying.
In this place that I like to call my home.

But Not everybody knows, that everybody goes to a better place.
And not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days
But the hard times will come, and we'll keep moving on.
We're moving on.
Keep moving up.

Life.
Hope.
Truth.
Trust.
Faith.
Pride.
Love.
Lust.
On without the things we've lost, the things we've gained we'll take with us.

And all I've got are these two hands
To make myself a better man
I wonder if I'll ever see the end of this.
With all this rain it just keeps fallin'
On my head and now I'm callin'
Out to someone else to help me
Make it through.

Not everybody knows, that everybody goes to a better place.
Not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days
But the hard times will come, and we'll keep moving on.
We're moving on.
Keep moving up.

Life.
Hope.
Truth.
Trust.
Faith.
Pride.
Love.
Lust.
Pain.
Hate.
Lies.
Guilt.
Laugh.
Cry.
Live.
Die.
Some friends become enemies some friends become your family.
Make the best with what you're given
This ain't dyin, this is livin.

I Said we're movin on
And we got nothing to prove
To anyone
Cause we'll get through.
We're movin on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
(Keep movin on)

Life.
Hope.
Truth.
Trust.
Faith.
Pride.
Love.
Lust.
Pain.
Hate.
Lies.
Guilt.
Laugh.
Cry.
Live.
Die.
Some friends become enemies some friends become your family.
Make the best with what you're given
This ain't dyin, this is livin.

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