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This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear
This is my December
This is my snow covered home
This is my December
This is me alone
And I
Just wish that I didnt feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that I didnt feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things that I said to
you
And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to
This is my December
These are my snow covered dreams
This is me pretending
This is all I need

And I
Just wish that I didnt feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that I didnt feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things that I said to
you
And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to
This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear
Give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to
Give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to







Oa
Im tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless
Lost under the surface
I dont know what youre expecting of me
Put under the pressure
Of walking in your shoes
[Caught in the undertow / Just caught in the undertow]
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Ive
Become so numb
I cant feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware
Im becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you
Cant you see that youre smothering me
Holding too tightly
Afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
[Caught in the undertow / Just caught in the undertow]
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
[Caught in the undertow / Just caught in the undertow]
And every second I waste is more than I can take
But I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me
With someone disappointed in you

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Memories consume
Like opening the wound
Im picking me apart again
You all assume
Im safe here in my room
[Unless I try to start again]
I dont want to be the one
The battles always choose
Cause inside I realize
That Im the one confused
I dont know whats worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I dont know why I instigate
And say what I dont mean
I dont know how I got this way
I know its not alright
So Im
Breaking the habit
Tonight
Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again
Ill paint it on the walls
Cause Im the one at fault
Ill never fight again
And this is how it ends
I dont know whats worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I dont know how I got this way
Ill never be alright
So Im
Breaking the habit
Breaking the habit
Tonight
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In this farewell
Theres no blood
Theres no alibi
Cause Ive drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies
So let mercy come
And wash away
What Ive done
Ill face myself
To cross out what Ive become
Erase myself
And let go of what Ive done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What Ive done
Ill face myself
To cross out what Ive become
Erase myself
And let go of what Ive done
For What Ive done
Ill start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
Im forgiving what Ive done
Ill face myself
To cross out what Ive become
Erase myself
And let go of what Ive done
What Ive done
Forgiving what Ive done


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My insides all turn to ash
So slow
And blew away as I collapsed
So Cold
A black wind took them away
From sight
Another darkness over day
That night
And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
But the heartless wind kept blowing,
blowing
I used to be my own protection
But not now
Because my path has lost direction
Somehow
A black wind took you away
From sight
Another darkness over day
That night
And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
And the ground below grew colder
As they put you down inside
But the heartless wind kept blowing,
blowing
So now youre gone
And I was wrong
I never knew what it was like
To be alone
On a valentines day
On a valentines day
On a valentines day
On a valentines day
I used to be my own protection
But not now
Because my mind has lost direction
Somehow
I used to be my own protection
But not now
Because my mind has lost direction
Somehow
lC OOC
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what Im about to
say
But trying to be genuine was harder
than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in
between
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what Im about to
say
But trying to be someone else was
harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in
between
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets
in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost
before they come
The only thing thats worse than one is
none
Let me apologize to begin with
Let me apologize for what Im about to
say
But trying to regain your trust was
harder than it seemed
And somehow I got caught up in
between
Between my pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets
in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost
before they come
The only thing thats worse than one is
none
The only thing thats worse than one is
none
And I cannot explain to you
In anything I say or do or plan
Fear is not afraid of you
But guilts a language you can
understand
I cannot explain to you
In anything I say or do
But hope the actions speak the words
they can
For my pride and my promise
For my lies and how the truth gets in the
way
The things I want to say to you get lost
before they come
The only thing thats worse than one is
Pride and my promise
Between my lies and how the truth gets
in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost
before they come
The only thing thats worse than one is
none
The only thing thats worse than one is
none
The only thing thats worse than one is
none
lC -s1
Telling me to go
But hands beg me to stay
Your lips say that you love
Your eyes say that you hate
Theres truth in your lies
Doubt in your faith
What you build you lay to waste
Theres truth in your lies
Doubt in your faith
All Ive gots what you didnt take
So I, I wont be the one
Be the one to leave this
In pieces
And you, you will be alone
Alone with all your secrets
And regrets
Dont lie
You promised me the sky
Then tossed me like a stone
You wrap me in your arms
And chill me to the bone
Theres truth in your lies
Doubt in your faith
All Ive gots what you didnt take
So I, I wont be the one
Be the one to leave this
In pieces
And you, you will be alone
Alone with all your secrets
And regrets
Dont lie
So I, I wont be the one
Be the one to leave this
In pieces
And you, you will be alone
Alone with all your secrets
And regrets
Dont lie


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Water gray, through the windows, up
the stairs
Chilling rain, like an ocean everywhere
Dont want to reach for me, do you?
I mean nothing to you, the little things
give you away
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking
All youve ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water, I do
Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away,
As a nation simply stares
Dont want to reach for me, do you?
I mean nothing to you, the little things
give you away
But now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking
All youve ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water, I do
All youve ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet underground,
Now I do
Oh, oh
The little things give you away, the little
things give you away
(All youve ever wanted was someone
to truly look up to you)

O Oc
I remembered black skies, the lightning
all around me
I remembered each flash as time began
to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally
found me
And your voice was all I heard that I get
what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong,
to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your
eyes
ive me reason to fill this hole, connect
the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that
lies across this new divide
There was nothing in sight but
memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide, the ashes
fell like snow
And the ground caved in between where
we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get
what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong,
to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your
eyes across this new divide
In every loss, in every lie, in every truth
that youd deny
And each regret and each goodbye was
a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard that I get
what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong,
to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your
eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect
the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that
lies across this new divide
Across this new divide, across this new
divide
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I break down / fear is sinking in
The cold comes / racing through my
skin
Searching for / a way to get to you
through the storm
you
go / giving up your home
go / leaving all youve known
You are not alone
With arms up / stretched into the sky
With eyes like / echoes in the night
Hiding from / the hell that youve been
through
Silent one
you
go / giving up your home
go / leaving all youve known
you
go / giving up your home
go / leaving all youve known
You are not alone
you
go / giving up your home
go / leaving all youve known
you
go / giving up your home
go / you are not unknown
You are not alone
You are not unknown
You are not alone

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I used the deadwood to make the fire
rise
The blood of innocence burning in the
skies
I filled my cup with the rising of the sea
And poured it out in an ocean of debris
Oh
Im swimming in the smoke / of bridges
I have burned
So dont apologize / Im losing what I
dont deserve
What I dont deserve
We held our breath when the clouds
began to form
But you were lost in the beating of the
storm
And in the end we were made to be
apart
Like separate chambers of the human
heart
No
Im swimming in the smoke / of bridges
I have burned
So dont apologize / Im losing what I
dont deserve
Its in the blackened bones / of bridges I
have burned
So dont apologize / Im losing what I
dont deserve
What I dont deserve
Im swimming in the smoke / of bridges
I have burned
So dont apologize / Im losing what I
dont deserve
The blame is mine alone / for bridges I
have burned
So dont apologize / Im losing what I
dont deserve
What I dont deserve
I used the deadwood to make the fire
rise
The blood of innocence burning in the
skies


LCaCO CO
You say / youre not gonna fight / cause no one will fight for you
And you think / theres not enough love / and no one to give it to
And youre sure / youve hurt for so long / youve got nothing left to lose
So you say / youre not gonna fight / cause no one will fight for you
You say / the weight of the world / has kept you from letting go
And you think / compassions a flaw / and youll never let it show
And youre sure / youve hurt in a way / that no one will ever know
But someday / the weight of the world / will give you the strength to go
Hold on / the weight of the world / will give you the strength to go
So hold on / the weight of the world / will give you the strength to go
So hold on / the weight of the world / will give you the strength to go
Just hold on / the weight of your world / will give you the strength to go



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This is not the end, this is not the
beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every
revision
But you listen through the tone and the
violent rhythm and
Though the words sound steady,
something emptys within em
We say yeah / with fists flying up in the
air
Like were holding onto something
thats invisible there
Cause were living at the mercy of the
pain and fear
Until we dead it / forget it / let it all
disappear
Waiting for the end to come / wishing I
had strength to stand
This was not what I had planned
Its out of my control


Flying at the speed of light / thoughts
were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
Its hard to let you go
I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I want to do is trade this life for
something new
Holding on to what I havent got
Sitting in an empty room / Trying to
forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasnt so
What was left when that fire was gone
I thought it felt right but that right was
wrong
All caught up in the eye of the storm
And trying to figure out what its like
moving on
And I dont even know what kind of
things I said
My mouth kept moving and my mind
went dead so
Picking up the pieces now where to
begin
The hardest part of ending is starting
again

lc1sCO
When you were standing in the wake of
devastation
When you were waiting on the edge of
the unknown
And with the cataclysm raining down
Insides crying, Save me now
You were there impossibly alone
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failures all
youve known
Remember all the sadness and
frustration
And let it go
Let it go
And in a burst of light that blinded
every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens
into stars
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failures all
youve known
Remember all the sadness and
frustration
And let it go
Let it go
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God bless us every one
Were a broken people living under
loaded gun
And it cant be outfought
It cant be outdone
It cant be outmatched
It cant be outrun
No
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
(God bless us every one / were a
broken people living under loaded gun)
Oh / like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
God save us every one
Will we burn inside the fires of a
thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young
No
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
(God save us every one / will we burn
inside the fires of a thousand suns)
Oh / like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
Lift me up
Let me go



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When you feel youre alone
Cut off from this cruel world
Your instincts telling you to run
Listen to your heart
Those angel voices
Theyll sing to you / theyll be your guide back home
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
It keeps us kind
When youve suffered enough
And your spirit is breaking
Youre growing desperate from the fight
Remember youre loved and you always will be
This melody will bring you right back home
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
It keeps us kind
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Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Come apart
Falling in the cracks of every broken
heart
Digging through the wreckage of your
disregard
Sinking down and waiting for a chance
to feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one

lCC .CC
Like shining oil this night is dripping
down
Stars are slipping down
Glistening
And Im trying not to think what Im
leaving now
No deceiving now
Its time you let me know
Let me know
When the lights go out and we open our
eyes
Out there in the silence Ill be gone
Ill be gone
Let the sun fade out and another one
rise
Climbing through tomorrow Ill be gone
Ill be gone
This air between us is getting thinner
now
Into winter now
Bittersweet
And cross that horizon this sun is
setting down
Youre forgetting now
Its time you let me go
Let me go
And tell them I couldnt help myself
And tell them I was alone
Oh tell me I am the only one
And theres nothing that can stop me
When the lights go out and we open our eyes
Out there in the silence Ill be gone
Ill be gone
Let the sun fade out and another one rise
Climbing through tomorrow Ill be gone
Ill be gone
Ill be gone
c1OC C .Cc11
Take me down to the river bend
Take me down to the fighting end
Wash the poison from off my skin
Show me how to be whole again
Fly me up on a silver wing
Past the black where the sirens sing
Warm me up in a novas glow
And drop me down to the dream below
Cause Im only a crack
In this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
For you to see
Bring me home in a blinding dream
Through the secrets that I have seen
Wash the sorrow from off my skin
And show me how to be whole again
Cause Im only a crack
In this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
For you to see
Cause Im only a crack
In this castle of glass
Hardly anything else I need to be
Cause Im only a crack
In this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
For you to see
For you to see
LCcc1 CCOcOCc
Weep not for roads untraveled
Weep not for paths left alone
Cause beyond every bend
Is a long blinding end
Its the worst kind of pain Ive known
Give up your heart left broken
And let that mistake pass on
Cause the love that you lost
Wasnt worth what it cost
And in time youll be glad its gone
Weep not for roads untraveled
Weep not for sights unseen
May your love never end
And if you need a friend
Theres a seat here alongside me

-COC11
You hid your skeletons when I had
shown you mine
You woke the devil that I thought youd
left behind
I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking
through
Ten thousand promises
Ten thousand ways to lose
And you held it all
But you were careless to let it fall
You held it all
And I was by your side
Powerless
I watched you fall apart and chased you
to the end
Im left with emptiness that words can
not defend
Youll never know what I became
because of you
Ten thousand promises
Ten thousand ways to lose
And you held it all
But you were careless to let it fall
You held it all
And I was by your side
Powerless