She wakes up to a tune that used to be her song
Reaches toward the radio and sees that it’s not on
Stares up at the ceiling but can’t get out of bed
Another way of healing
      ...(from) the bad days
          ... ah, the bad days

Reaches for her coffee with catatonic grace
Going through the motions of putting on her face
Warming up the car, the thought intrudes again
She never gets very far
      ...(from) the bad days
           ... ah, the bad days

           Ah, but she still believes
           Ah, she still sees the way that it could be
           Oh God, she knows it must pass
                      Cause even the good days can’t last
                                This will pass

She gets home alone and pours a glass of wine
Knows she shouldn’t drink, but maybe just this time
Says a silent prayer and prays it will be heard
Take away this fear
      ...(of) the bad days
           ... ah, the bad days

She wakes up to a tune
                      that used to be her song...

Fifty dollars and a ride to Vegas
Open collar on an open road
Twenty-one and too young to notice
           too young to notice where he’d run

Just a song will pay for the groceries
Lose the thong and the tips are good
Never could imagine she’d do it
           ah, but the money’s just too good

          And it’s just a means to an end
          A temporary place where we can pretend
          The compromise we make becomes permanent
                    If it’s just a means to an end...

Running errands for an unseen man
Never daring a look inside the sedan
All his pay is under the table
           but how will he ever get away?

Dancin’ laps into the bedroom
Takin’ naps in-between
Jimmy Beam covers the feelings
           of all the things that she’s seen

          But it’s just a means to an end
          A temporary place where we can pretend
          The compromise we make becomes permanent
                    If it’s just a means to an end...

So many means that never seem to end
Cause around every corner’s just another bend
Don’t become a thread all caught up in the seems
Because the only thing we’ve got
Yeah the only thing we’ve got
is the means

Let it catch him in a logical seduction
She’s still guessing how to justify today
Borrow tomorrow and it won’t look familiar
           you only reap what you sow

          If it’s just a means to an end
          A temporary place where we can pretend
          It’s just a moment of bad judgement
                     and the compromise we make
                               becomes permanent
                                         If it’s just a means to an end...

Now I got a case of sumthin’ see-vere
You see I can’t think unless my WO-mun’s near
I’m so in luv I only wanna cry
If she don’t hold me every day I feel like I’ll die

          Oh, may sound funny or it may sound sweet
          But I’m in total agony
                    every time you say that we can’t meet
          Devils below, or angels above
          Somebody got to save me from this De-Pen-Dent Luv
                              I wanna save you
                    Yeah, it’s Dependent Luv
                              I’m gonna save you

Now I got friends and they suffer like I do
They don’t remember one unless it’s inside of two
They think it’s romance, but it’s more like jail
You don’t stand a chance until you unlock your cell

               -Chorus-

                    You know that you’ve got it
                    When you can’t shake it loose
                    It’s got you like a convict at the end of a noose
                    You know it ain’t healthy
                    When you lose your soul
                    Lose your independence and you gotta pay the toll

               -Chorus-

Luv can be strong and luv can be good
But don’t you believe in too much Holly-Wood
Best kinda luv gonna give you sum space
Hang onto your identity, don’t make my mistake

               -Chorus-

                              I wanna save you
                    Sombody gotta save me
                              I’m gonna save you
                    From this Dependent Luv

I keep forgetting to breathe
Neglecting the air
Frozen in action, no reaction
                     so unaware...

I keep forgetting to breathe
I fail to exhale
Unwilling to surrender, but already in jail
                     Yeah, I keep forgetting to breathe

          Holding my breath
          Afraid to let go
          It’s just a pattern in the fear of the flow
          Oh, the need to control so many things
                         ... it’s like so many things

I keep forgetting to breathe
My intake is ...... late
Outside of me, a late check-in guaranteed
                    Yeah, I keep forgetting to breathe

          Holding my breath
          Afraid to let go
          It’s just a pattern in the fear of the flow
          Oh, the need to control so many things
                         ... it’s like so many things

                     Standing in motion
                     Moving while still
                     With atoms smashing up against my will
                     Shallow breaths like shallow thoughts
                     No deeper than they seem
                     I just can’t remember
                          why I keep forgetting...to BREATHE...

           Holding my breath
           Afraid to let go
           It’s just a pattern in the fear of the flow
           Holding my breath
           Afraid to let go
           It’s just a pattern in the fear of the flow
           Oh, the need to control so many things
                          ... it’s like so many things

I keep forgetting to breathe
Neglecting the air
Frozen in action, so many distractions

so unaware...

Man’s got a suitcase of surprises
  detonation in disguise
Boy got a cap gun in the school yard
  cappin’ kids just for fun

          In Our Brand New,
                     Brave New World
          In Our Brand New,
                     Brave New World

Ted puts a message in the mail
  surrounds it with blades & nails
‘Lena mutilates her man
  while we all just cheer from the stands

          In Our Brand New,
                     Brave New World
           In Our Brand New,
                     Brave New World

                              Colder, harder
                              Don’t get started
                                  cause cowards won’t survive
                              Bare your teeth when you smile
                              and growl into their eyes in our
                                  Brave New World

~~~~~

                              Colder, harder
                              Don’t go farther
                                  cause cowards won’t survive
                              Bare your teeth when you smile
                              and growl into their eyes
                                  in our Brave New World

Girl ain’t safe before or after
  dark and sex can kill again
Will you come at me on this odyssey,
   or will you be my friend?...

          In Our Brand New,
                    Brave New World
          In Our Brand New,
                    Brave New World

You let me know every time I fail
You show me the flaws, fully detailed

          Why should I ever admit any of this shit
          When you don’t look at your own?

                              CAST THE FIRST STONE
             (Go on)     CAST THE FIRST STONE

Now I don’t mind sometimes being wrong
Just don’t say it like you wrote the Psalms

          Cause you never admit any of your shit
          You never look at your own

                              CAST THE FIRST STONE
             (Go on)     CAST THE FIRST STONE

          You’re finding fault
               within my vault
                    while missing all the mirrors
          If you’ll spin
               and see your sins
                    then everything gets clearer,...
                         queerer,...   Oh~~~

You see yourself from the outside in
Polish the surface so you can pretend

          But you never admit any of your shit
          You never need to atone

                              CAST THE FIRST STONE
             (Go on)     CAST THE FIRST STONE

So don’t criticize me like you’re so holy
Have a look at your shit before you spit,....... on me....

                    “Everybody’s gettin’ stoned
               Cause everybody’s throwin’ stones”

look at all the people
laughing at the fool
so naive to believe
in things outside the rules

                    watch him fight the urges
                    to give up and give in
                    no support for loonies
                                        Outside The Loony Bin.....

difficult to follow
impossible to lead
no easy way of knowing
what he should believe

                    he doesn’t know the how
                    doesn’t know the when
                    cause he’s just another loony
                                        Outside The Loony Bin.....

          AH, BUT HE SEES......YES, HE SEES......

insanity in solitude
who’s to really say
if we have a measure
for the norm in any way

                    don’t really know the why
                    don’t really know the when
                    cause we’re just a bunch of loonies
                                        Outside The Loony Bin.....

but there’s something that I think
they might have overlooked
which side of the door they’re on
as they close the book?...

                    cause he is on the outside
                    and they are on the in
                    but he’s just another loony
                                        Outside The Loony Bin....

AH, BUT HE SEES.......YES, HE SEES......
AH, BUT HE SEES.......YES, HE SEES......

Outside The Loony Bin....
Outside The Loony Bin....

I’m so tired of this shit
Don’t care who loses or wins
Tired of being taken for a fool again
   I’m so tired of a day
   That will never end
   Tired of fighting all the time with my best friend

          I need some peace and tenderness
          Baby, won’t you rock me upon your breast
          I need some peace and tenderness
          If I can get a little I can deal with the rest
                              Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah

I’m so tired of this hate
So sick of this war
And all those people killin’ cause they want a little more
   I’m so tired of these walls
   And the locks on the doors
   Tired of tryin’ to remember how it was before

          I need some peace and tenderness
          Baby, won’t you rock me upon your breast
          I need some peace and tenderness
          If I can get a little I can deal with the rest
                               Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah

          Just need some quiet to sort it all out
          Need a little love to cool me down
          It might be a bad day, or it might be these times
          But a man’s gotta have something to ease his mind

          I need some peace and tenderness
          Baby, won’t you rock me upon your breast

I’m so tired of the pace
So beaten by stress
So tired of people living in their ignorance
   I’m so tired of the booze
   So tired of the weight
   Wasting so much time in tryin’ to escape

          I need some peace and tenderness
          Baby, won’t you rock me upon your breast
          I need some peace and tenderness
          If I can get a little I can deal with the rest
                               Yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah

As she stands at the doorway
She pauses to ponder
          the past that awaits her inside

As she fumbles for the key
So tangled in her nervous purse
          she wonders about being here

                    In the House of Good Intentions
                    Where they said they tried their very best
                    In the House of Good Intentions
                    Where she intends to let it rest

Lost in the living room
With tidy layers of age
          That chair over there was where he’d sit
                    with beer, Swanson’s,® and the old Zenith®
As the floor creaks in the kitchen
It echoes back to a time
          Watching her sacred preparations
                    for all of the family relations

                    In the House of Good Intentions
                    Where they said they tried their very best
                    In the House of Good Intentions
                    Where she intends to let it rest

                              All the shadows she searched in
                              All the blame she’d hoped to find
                              All the years of the fears
                                   that she thought lay here
                                        now seem old, and small, and sad
                                        they’re really all in the past

As she rebolts the door
Puts the sign on the lawn
          She turns one last time
                    to the rooms that she leaves behind
Then the key’s in the ignition
As gentle tears run into her smile
          She pulls away with the peace
                    the peace that the present provides

                    From the House of Good Intentions
                    Where they said they tried their very best
                    In the House of Good Intentions
                    Where she intends to let it rest
                    Where she intends to let it rest
                    Where she intends to lay it

Well I wish I could change all the pain in your face, Liz
Somehow explain why I had to escape is...
I just needed some time
Before I could know my mind

Cause when I look at you now I don’t even remember
How I had doubts late in December
But I know now
I love you more than then

          I love your love, I love your love
          You give so much, something to trust
          I love your love, I love your love

Yes, I know we had plans that we had to change
But they’re only postponed from what we arranged
I will still be yours
And you will still be mine

Cause what you give to me I’ve never seen
The way I feel special just for being
You make me believe
In all my broken dreams

          I love your love, I love your love
          You give so much, something to trust
          I love your love, I love your love

You don’t have to worry
this time it’s okay
Too many sad songs
can make you feel that way
But this one’s the one
that’s all about you
It’s got a happy ending
and it’s all true

When they talk of us two I hope they’ll include
The incredible love I have for you
You were always there
My best friend

          I love your love, I love your love
          You give so much, something to trust
          I love your love, I love your love

We were silently standing alone
In a strange land far away from home
          All the glory and the might
          Had brought us to this fight
          But there was no enemy in sight

As we walked through the swamps and the fields
Was a feeling that none of this was real
          Not a sound could be heard
          And no one found the words
          To somehow explain this strange ordeal

~

In the blackness we trod upon the grey
In mourning for the ones we must slay
          Trained for every contingency
          Ordained for every emergency
          But we were not ready for this day

We were following orders from above
When we all started feeling this strange kind of love
          Suddenly there was a sound
          And we laid our weapons down
          Some kind of greater power...
                              ...so we bowed to the flood

We were silently standing alone
In a strange land far away from home
          All the glory and the might
          Had brought us to this site
          But there was no enemy to fight...