album  by:  everything  goes  numb

artist  by:  streetlight  manifesto

and  so  she  wakes  up  /  in  time  to  break  down  /  she  left  a  note  up  on  the  dresser  /  and  she’s  right  on  time  /  you  don’t  know  anything  /  right  or  wrong  /  i  say  i  know  /  and  she  says  so  /  i  want  to  panic  /  but  i’ve  had  it  /  so  i  go  /  (you  don’t  owe  anything  to  anyone)  ///  so  don’t  take  your  life  /    because  it’s  all  that  you’ve  got  /  you’d  be  better  off  just  up  and  leaving  /  if  you  don’t  think  they  will  stop  ///  and  when  you  wake  up  /  everything  is  going  to  be  fine  /    i  guarantee  that  you  wake  in  a  better  place  /  and  in  a  better  time  /  so  you’re  tired  of  living  /  and  you  feel  like  you  might  give  in  /  well  don’t  /  it’s  not  your  time  /  flipping  through  the  paper  today  /  looking  for  a  specific  page  /  don’t  want  to  find  her  full  name  followed  by  dates  /  because  when  i  left  her  alone  /  she  made  a  sound,  like  a  moan  /  "you’re  known  by  everyone  for  everything  you’ve  done"  /  fuck  buying  flowers  for  graves  /  i’

d  rather  buy  you  a  one  way  non-stop  /  to  anywhere  /  find  anyone  /  do  anything  /forget  and  start  again,  love  /  she  said  she  won’t  go  /  and  that’s  that  /  it  hurts  too  much  to  stand  by  /  you’ve  got  to  stop  and  draw  a  line  /  and  everyone  here  has  to  choose  a  side  tonight  /  the  moment  of  truth  is  haunting  you  /  don’t  forget  your  family  /  regardless  of  what  you  choose  to  do  /  you  can’t  decide  /  and  theyre  all  screaming  "why  won’t  you?"  /  i’ll  start  the  engine  but  i  can’t  take  this  ride  for  you  /  i’ll  draw  the  bath  and  i’ll  load  your  gun  /  but  i  hope  so  hard  that  you  bathe  and  hunt  ///  annie’s  tired  of  forgetting  about  today  and  always  planning  for  tomorrow  /  annie  says  "the  saddest  day  i  came  across  was  when  i  learned  that  life  goes  on  without  me"  /  annie  says  "if  everyone  has  someone  else,  then  i  ain’t  got  nobody’s  love  to  save  me"  /  annie  says  "i  think  i’ll  pass  away  tonight,  because  it  seems  i’ll  never

get  it  right  if  it’s  just  me"  ///  annie  says  she  wouldn’t  mind  if  they  never  find  a  cure  for  all  her  problems  /  annie  says  as  long  as  she  has  someone  near  to  make  it  clear  she  does  not  need  to  solve  them  /  "oh,  this  loneliness  is  killing  me  /  it’s  filling  me  with  anger  and  resentment  /  i’m  turning  into  someone  that  i  never  thought  i’d  have  to  be  again"  ///  and  even  if  it  was  /  i  wouldn’t  let  you  go  /  you  could  run  run  run  run  but  i  will  follow  close  /  someday  you  will  say  "that’s  it,  that’s  all"  /  but  i’ll  be  waiting  there  with  open  arms  to  break  your  fall  /  i  know  that  you  think  that  you’re  on  your  own  /  but  just  know  that  i’m  here  /  and  i’ll  lead  you  home  /  if  you  let  me  /  she  said  "forget  me"  /  but  i  can’t