hope for living

 

somebody tell me/ what I am supposed to do/ about all this trouble/ I've gotten into/ I tried my best/ I did what I could/ but it seems my best/ isn't any damn good/ can you help me/ do you know what to say/ my hope for living/ has gone away

responsible

doesn't matter what I do

I always end up trying

I could cry the whole night through

and still there's no denying

I'm responsible

I'll do what needs to be done

if you need anything

call me and I will come

waiting for some good news

I am waiting for some good news

instead of the same old same old

i am staring at the sunshine

hoping it turns to gold

reflecting off the water

burning light into my eyes

is it any wonder?

does it come as a surprise?

I am waiting for some good news

instead all I get are lies

busy signal

everything is going wrong

like it always does

when I ask the reason why

the answer is "just because"

everything is more bad luck

everywhere I turn

isn't there some kind of lesson

that I don't have to learn

I'm so frustrated

I'm situated to go wrong

I could be elated

but I'm still in a bad mood

in this song

there's got to be a way

for me to get along with you

but what can I do?

life's a busy signal

and I can't get through

you are not in college anymore

 

pizza boxes on the floor/ beer bottles from the night before/ netflix, prime, and entertainment galore/ you are not in college anymore

papers on the kitchen table/ snort, sniff, and drink/ if you're able/ happiness you can't ignore/ but you are not in college anymore

time to do something with your life/ boredom cuts like a Swiss army knife/ you had so much potential inside of you/ now what are you supposed to do

your apartment is an awful mess/. nothing to do with happiness/ God only knows what's in store/ you are not in college anymore

those four years/ they just passed you by/ your old friends have said goodbye/ they walked right out the front door/ you are not in college anymore

another day, rise and shine/ today you leave your past behind/ you don't know what you're looking for/ you are not in college anymore/ you are not in college anymore

between the cracks

 

when you were a child/ you fell between the cracks/ out where nothing happens/ they never noticed you/ you were too scared/ to consider fighting back/ so you tried to give up/ what else you could you do?/ but you couldn't put out the flame/ no, you couldn't put out the flame/ you just sat back in silence/ and attempted to take the blame/ but you couldn't put out the flame

sitting in the classroom/ you fell between the cracks/ there was nothing you could give/ to help make them see/ exactly what they wanted/ was everything you lacked/ so you tried to surrender/ no alternative did you see?/ but you couldn't put out the flame/ you couldn't put out the flame/ you just sat by yourself/ nobody knew your name/ but you couldn't put out the flame

you know you belong/ whatever they do/ you know that there's/ a space open for you

suddenly a grownup/ you fall between the cracks/ you're looking at nothing/ happening in the days to come/ you've lived this way for so long/ now there's no turning back/ you're not satisfied/ you're just feeling numb/ but you can't put out the flame/ you can't put out the flame/ no matter how hard you try/ you can't put out the flame

hungry ghosts

 

I wake up every morning/ brush my teeth and then/ see the day stretch out before me/ and go back to bed again

Lord, please tell me/ what does it mean/ all I see are hungry ghosts/ interrupting my dreams

there is no reason/ I don't see a rhyme/ all I see is my hope/ working overtime

Lord, please tell me/ what can I do/ all I see are hungry ghosts/ telling me what to do