ALL ELSE FAILED LYRICS

1. The Revisionist

The fat lady's finishing. The returns are diminishing
The triumph, the tragedy : a breathing dichotomy
It all looks the same to me. Revisionist history
This hindsight is a cataract. This valentine's heart attack
The triumph, the tears. We're showing our years in history
Remember. Recall. Revise. Rewrite all my mistakes, and hope everyone else forgets
My memory selective ... and overprotective
It all looks the same now.

2. Kinetic

There are no signs of conscience. There are no week-long waiting rooms
Another one for your collection that serves a single use
A line your grandfather wrote, a story that's been passed down
What was necessity then, is not essential now
The word control is vague at best. There is no direct path
There are no signs of remorse. Tell your riends you are the victim here
Tell us all how you just followed orders, but wasn't this all your idea ?
The word control is vague at best. Is this ink smeared or my vision blurred ?
There is no direct path, but the one we're on won't work
Just string them up
Prepare for the final stand
Who will fall tomorrow ? Millions more will follow
Prepare for the final stand. Will we have to pry them from your cold dead hands
Just string them up.

3. Wishful Thinking

Broken glass and broken promise
Wipe that slate clean. Why not kill that too
Kill it
I've suffered your silence. I've hit a brick wall
I've taken my chances. I've taken the fall
Will you answer ? Wishful thinking
And when the answer comes I wish you would
Bite your tongue ...
Until you choke on blood
It's over, all but the crying
I promised you roses
I choked you with vines
We traveled the galaxies
We tripped all the mines
We let the days wither
We let every day pass
We fit like a puzzle
We shattered like glass. Silence.

4. To Whom It May Concern

I apologize, I think I have confused you
With my fure of fake tears, and my self-thrown pity parties
That hard road, does that story sound familiar ?
Such drama, such torture, so sad it must be true
I'm sorry, we have nothing in common
A thief and a liar spitting stolen words
Mock feelings of loss
Mimic feelings of emptiness
Can you relate ? Do the words hit home ?
Your life is miserable. I'm just fine
I'm sorry, we have nothing in common
Feel for the martyr façade hook line and sinker
I fooled you again
And now it's over, your shoes don't fit me anymore.

5. Waterlogged

It slips away, buoyant for now
It's drifting past, just out of your reach
Though you swim fast, something still holds you back
The current's strong, but I'm your anchor
You turn to me to cut you loose
But I just smile and hold you closer
I fit you like a pair of concrete shoes
And the water is rising
So snug it's suffocating and the dead weight drags us both under
Sinking in a sea of promise, I whisper everything's ok
Embrace me and we'll both go under
As your dreams drift away. As your dreams drift out.

6. Step One: Give Up

We try. We fail. We fall in line. We try again. We never learn
Just like our fathers and theirs before
We try. We fail. I'll follow through. I'll follow suit
Pay to sleep. Work to eat. We love a cycle. Wash rinse repeat
And follow through. We are proud of our fathers, so proud of them.

7. Centralia

Is it all a question of timing ? It sounded right in my head
Is it all a matter of content ? Or something else I said ?
These lips part waves to blank stares I forgot to think again
These words are the cause of cold shoulders and an empty room
This place is a ghost town. This silence is frightening
I'm talking to a wall again. I never know when to say when
It's not like there's no intent. It's not like I can't see
Every time I open up ... "Is something the matter ?"
This place is a ghost town. THis silence is frightening
I'm talking to a wall again I never know when to say when
You won't be back. December night, my third strike
You won't be coming back for more. "Is something the matter ?"
You won't be back.

8. All Good Things

Leaving so soon ? You just got here
Our lives on hold. YOu just got here
We're only getting older
Are you hiding from something ? Are you running from someone ?
Is it me ?

9. At Twenty-Seven

Don't worry, things will only move up from here
ROck bottom, it can only get better
A broken man with broken heart
And broken dreams of being back on top ...
Official crowned prince of potential
When it rains it pours. Right now it's torrential
A broken man with broken heart
And broken dreams of being back on top ...
Down, but not out. Down, but it's not over
Please reconsider
Please rearrange your busy schedule of wasted time
And try to fix the mess you've made
It's not too late to turn this around
Another closing door has locked you in
A midlife crisis at twenty-seven
Don't worry, things will only move up from here
Rock bottom, it can only get better
It's not too late.

10. Simple Solution

A simple addition to the list of ingredients
Will be hand-delivered to the 25%
Casualties of war they're already dead to us
This is not murder just a change in the catalyst
Taint the supply to end the demand
It can be added to pesticide distribute with a crop duster
Let it rain on the fields ... fatal upon inhalation
Life is sinking down. If this is a war ... We're losing
This is running out.

11. In Our Defense

For most of us, sedation is wearing off
This hole we dig is just an open grave
So self-absorbed in our own lives that it eclipses the world around us
Daily priorities ...
Work. Sleep. Eat. Breathe
We just don't know any better than to expect the worst
We just ignore
This is a learned defense
What will effect us later, right now won't make a difference
Don't try to explain, I admit it's over my head
Maybe uneducated, maybe just disinterested
We just don't know any better than to accept the worst
I'd walk this line, but I find it is far too thin
I'd share these thoughts, but it's safer to keep them in
History is being made ... We look the other way
We just don't know any better.

12. Character Actor

You have sold my confidence
Now my soul is broken
You just told the perfect lie. I will not recover
The perfect demon. The perfect fit
The perfect reason to deal with it
The perfect demon, a friend of mine
A stolen moment, the perfect crime
One small lie, and the world falls
Three short words, and I cannot recover.

13. Departing Flights

I'm getting on that plane, I'm leaving you behind
No, there's nothing you can say to drag me back
Not this time. Tomorrow has arrived
I may have outstayed my welcome
You're the only reason I stayed this long
You're the only reason I came in the first place
And now you're the reason I have to leave this town
You've already written me off, you won't even notice I'm gone
Why sacrifice happiness and stay here to wonder why two people can't get along ?
Some vicious words, well those words are not retractable
This ticket is my response, and it's just as irreversible
This is my final decision
I've served my time inside this prison
And this may be my only chance to run
So I will pack my things, tuck tail and run
Tomorrow my new life begins, and everything will change
And I won't look back, not for one moment
I'm getting on that plane.

14. After All

Let this be my last sight
And let this be my last night
Two seasons in the second hand
Let time divide
This never happened after all
This never should have been
Time has come to bury me
Let time divide.





ALL ELSE FAILED LYRICS