you know it's killing me
can we fill the space between
the emptiness in everything
without a simple song to sing
i know you would give anything
to make it all feel good

again we find ourselves in the same place
we can't fake it if this is the end
i see myself in the distance
is anything different

or is it pretend
can we pretend
the dance isn't done and the feeling's the same
this is the last one i say
the dance isn't done and the feeling's the same
this is the last one i say
but that's a promise i'll break

all i need's a little hope
to make it like it was before
it's pouring down rain
all over my face
​
again we find ourselves in the same place
like a broken record stuck when it spins
take us back to the old days
if anything frozen could ever bend
​
we would pretend
can we pretend
the dance isn't done and the feeling's the same
this is the last one i say
the dance isn't done and the feeling's the same
this is the last one i say
but that's a promise i'll break

funny how the thoughts disappear
after a few beers
a glass of wine
we're having a good time
having a good time
having a good time
still waiting for you here
and after all these years
remind you what it's like
to be having a good time
having a good time

don't need no lipstick on
for you to sing this song

talking 'bout the real thing
baby are you listening
looking at the real thing
darling yeah
party at the real place
you can wear your real face
you don't have to see straight
it's okay
at the real place
having a good time
at the real place
having a good time

climbing up the ladder
been drinking for hours and hours
release the chatter in our heads
a round of drinks for all our friends/
(originally: we won't stop drinking till we're dead)
yeah yeah
woo-hoo
having a good time
woo-hoo having a good time
woo-hoo having a good time
woo-hoo ooh yeah

talking 'bout the real thing 
baby are you listening 
looking at the real thing 
darling yeah 
party at the real place 
you can wear your real face 
you don't have to see straight 
it's okay 
at the real place 
having a good time 
at the real place 
having a good time

it's nice to not be alone
or staring at you through the phone
maybe i could hold your hand
cause i'm thinking that you'll understand

if we're in the real place
you and i can celebrate
we got no more time to waste
darling yeah

talking 'bout the real thing 
baby are you listening 
looking at the real thing 
darling yeah 
party at the real place 
you can wear your real face 
you don't have to see straight 
it's okay 
at the real place 
having a good time 
at the real place 
having a good time
at the real place
​having a good time

looking for an invitation
cause my mind wants a vacation
from the state that it's been in
living in a fiction baby

fairytale of a past life
wanted us to last but i
was in a different state
now it's too late to go back
you and i know that

it's too late
too late
too late to go back
and i
and i 
and i know that
it's too late
too late
too late to go back
and i
i- i know that

living in a fiction baby
i'm in a different state
it's not the same but
it's all okay yeah
don't want it to be true
i was crazy for you

don't wanna be 
looking for an invitation
my mind wants a vacation
from the state that it's been in
living in a fiction baby
addicted to the daydream

fairytale of a past life
wanted us to last but i
was in a different state
now it's too late to go back
you and i know that

it's too late
too late
too late to go back
and i
and i 
(you) and i know that
it's too late
too late
too late to go back
and i
i- i know that

(living) in a fiction baby

I've been living off of memories
I've been trying to feel your energy
even though you're not with me
physically
you're making your way into my dreams
we've got all these unresolved things
call 'em feelings
well I've been feeling like
my world is getting quiet
living without you
don't know why I had to try it
why did I doubt you
if only I had listened
we wouldn't have this distance
we could be burning incense
instead of burning bridges
yeah ah
yeah ah ah ah ah
yeah ah
yeah ah ah ah ah
​Los Angeles is on fire again
​and I said goodbye to all my friends
​but I kept you hanging by a thread
​said that I'd come back but
​I don't know when yet
and my world is getting quiet
living without you
don't know why I had to try it
why did I doubt you
if only I had listened
we wouldn't have this distance
we could be burning incense
instead of burning bridges
yeah ah
yeah ah ah ah ah
yeah ah
yeah ah ah ah ah
maybe it's too late
​maybe I am wrong
maybe we'll be safe
maybe it's not gone
​maybe I can build myself
back up and be
someone you want to love
​cause I don't wanna keep
burning bridges
yeah ah
yeah ah ah ah ah
yeah ah
yeah ah ah ah ah

you still have my heart

i'm a shell
of a woman
just a chest
with no heart
just a head
with no mind
i am hollow inside

dress me up
just enough
make me thin
tilt my chin
i'll be your doll if you want
i'll be tall or be small
if you want
if you want

i'm still standing here
feeling kind of weird
just watching crowds
moving busily
staring at me
enviously
i don't understand

i'm a mannequin
man i can't
i can't live
live like this
all i know is emptiness
empty this display
and throw me away

i'm a mess
i'm dirty
i've been tested and scuffed up
can't protest cause i can't talk
oh please
you just like to mock me
​i'm still standing here
feeling kind of weird
just watching crowds
moving busily
staring at me
enviously
i don't understand

i'm a mannequin
man i can't
i can't live
live like this
all i know is emptiness
empty this display
and throw me away
all i know is emptiness
empty this display
throw me away
​mannequin

remember how we used to play outside
till the sun would hide
behind the trees
we'd write jokes
as we spoke
make everything rhyme
laugh until we were weak

those are the memories 
we'll hold onto
while we search for somewhere else 
to belong to

we dream of a day
when we could get away
go back to the place
where life was play

we know in our souls
we'll never grow old
don't want to let this go
but we didn't know

our paths are parting
our lives are slowly starting to take shape
but we liked our lines curved
before we heard
we had to change and make them straight

just do what we're told
take the mold of those who lead
but they don't seem to understand
what we really need

we dream of a day
when we could get away
go back to the place
where life was play

we know in our souls
we'll never grow old
don't want to let this go
but we didn't know

didn't know
we didn't know
didn't know

we'd dream of a day
when we could get away
go back to the place
where life was play

we know in our souls
we'll never grow old
don't want to let this go
but we didn't know​

i'm tired of
spending everyday
wondering which way
to go
i've been looking up
i've been looking out
i don't know about
this road
i'm on it
and it's too late
i'm worrying
worrying

i can't do anything to change this
i can't do anything to change this

there's gotta be purpose
purpose for me
there's gotta be purpose
purpose for you
we will find
if we open up our minds
then we'll see
there is clear purpose
purpose for we

aren't you tired of
getting hung up
feeling unloved
being stuck
being stuck
can't live in the past
gotta make it last
this is life we have
we have

we can do anything and change is
the only thing that never changes

​there's gotta be purpose
purpose for me
there's gotta be purpose
purpose for you
we will find
if we open up our minds
then we'll see
there is clear purpose
purpose for we

i got a fire in me now
light me up
and watch me
burn it down
ooh
you
been saying the same things
for so long
and i've been waiting for my moment
to prove you wrong

so
here we go
i let go let go
ooh
don't want to fight you
no point in trying to
move
so i let go
i let go
all i have's the echo of you
all i have's the echo of

in your mind
i'm so behind
where i should be
you act like i am
blind to seeing truth
but in my mind
there's still time to find myself in me
somewhere hiding inside of my youth

so
here we go 
i let go let go
ooh
don't want to fight you 
no point in trying to
move
so i let go
i let go
all i have's the echo of you
all i have's the echo of

i wanna lay here
let the
sun beat down on me
forget the world i see
forget it all

just wanna lay here
underneath this lonely tree
give it some company
forgive it all

we all make mistakes i know
just open up your gates and go
let yourself be free
let love in and just be

while the world around us
might be falling apart
we gotta start
to love more
love life
love you
love me
love everybody
then we will see
how to be happy

i wanna stay here till the
sun decides to leave
forget the memories
forget it all

just wanna stay here
right beside the rolling sea
give it some company
forgive it all
we all make mistakes i know
just open up your gates and go
let yourself be free
let love in and just be

while the world around us
might be falling apart
we gotta start
to love more
love life
love you
love me
love everybody
then we will see
how to be happy

now i finally feel
like i am myself
and i'm starting to see
that it's okay
to be like no one else

accepting is
the first step to truth
rejecting was
the only thing i knew before you

it's hard sometimes
when we think about the past
but you keep me present
wanna make this moment last
i know this will last

with you i'm me
with you i'm free
with you i'll be
with you oh, oh
with you oh, oh

you know what i mean
you hear my soul sing
when i'm looking at you
my mind forgets
every other little thing

you take me as i am
and hold me with your hands
we can't wait to make our plans

​it's hard sometimes
when we think about the past
but you keep me present
wanna make this moment last
i know this will last

with you i'm me
with you i'm free
with you i'll be
with you oh, oh
with you oh, oh