FORTY FATHOMS LYRICS

1. Desperate For Attention

welcome my friends its so nice to see you
grab a seat, grab a number I'll be right in

You see I've been dying to tell you, if you haven't noticed by now
I've been turning my back on you just to keep your interest
I'm desperate for attention
you know it all too well the notes just don't hit the same as they used to

where are my manners? I was taught better than this
I had a responsibility to all of you
I'm as shallow as you always believed yeah yeah
it never comes to a point (there is not end)
I'm out of touch (can you comprehend)

give me vision, no just give me one
so sick and tired of being the forgotten son

am I making sense or is this just another senseless ramble?
I just cant give two shits about anyone other than me
a little bit delusional i'm gritting my teeth not to let you know
am i delusional? I need to know
I always felt so wide awake but then again don't believe a word I say

2. Unsung

we looked back at the sky
its been a long time since the first night
and the flames rose high but it was us this time
and we started to find that
the sinners will sin and the angels will not sing
but a mans a man and a facts a fact
we're not the wicked ones and we hold onto that

thinking back I was young, I was naive
manipulated by my country to believe
that this was the right thing but my
my family was dependent on me
they said I'd make history

when did we sell our lives away?
to steal the freedom of this state
they'll never know our names,
our minds wont be the same
but this time our lives are on the line

my family name will not carry on
if they don't put an end to this
will I ever get out?
can someone please put an end to this madness
oh yeah, what were taught wasn't true
these people had feelings just like me and you
we still burnt their homes, sixteen months and I still don't know

what am I fighting for?
what are we fighting for?

kiss my locket, yeah we're onto the front line
we're completely surrounded, we're completely
fucked.

napalm rains down from the sky, the executioner is on our side

3. Poor Coward

23 with nothing worthy to say
I spit it out in the worst of ways
23 with nothing worthy to say
I spit it out
I spit it out
I'm the worst fucking thing

You see I'm just sick of getting older
As time goes on my insides grow colder
There's no cure in sight
So try as you might
I don't see myself coming out of this one

[2x]
Don't sing along
You don't want to feel how I fell

Not a single one of you
Should put this in your head
'Cause it'll make you feel
Better off dead
You're better off dead
Can't you feel the hands of father time
Reaching for your neck
Reaching for your neck

All my life is now is just a pool of regret
Who am I?

Am I myself when you're around me?
When you speak I just turn away
It's so much further than I can see
And now I live in envy

23 with nothing worthy to say, to say
I spit it out in the worst of ways
I'm the worst fucking thing

Like clockwork the tortured days
The hours, the minutes, they all stay the same
Try to move forward but my mind is a mess
I'm a coward.
How much will I pay to remove this mask from my goddamn face?

It's hard to find the motivation when there's no inspiration
There's no fucking inspiration
Give me a reason
Give me a sign
Give me a reason, a reason why

[2x]
Am I myself when you're around me?
When you speak I just turn away
It's so much further than I can see
And now I live in envy

(live in envy)

The only thing lying underneath is a man who's afraid to live
Is a man who's afraid to live?

[2x]
I've been sinking but I thought
We had already sunk

I just can't go any deeper, any deeper
I can't go sinking
I am a sunken ship
Take, take what you want from me

4. Lead Mouth

[feat. Justin Miller and David Jones]

let's set this place on fire

did I choose this life or did it choose me?
but after sleepless nights
I can't come up with much of
anything worth speaking of again
even though you try and pretend
I know whats going on inside your head

I just need for this to come out right
I feel so irresponsible, selfish and unpredictable
I'll let you fire the blanks while I bite the bullet

we've been here before
it seems like everyday's the same old story
another song , another morning
amongst low light I hear no warning
just one more line to go
the past few weeks have left us bitter and cold

our hearts are forever black

I can see a break in the light at the end
there's no turning your back on tonight
and no ones going to love this more than us no one
all these little thing's I got I fought and fought
i fought and fought so hard to get what I want
I'll belt about it I'll bleed it all out

i was gonna stop, I was going to give up
but the bigger picture says there's still more left
hoarse throat from the nights of pouring out my should
and the hours adding up to an unreadable goal
I can't sleep all i can do is think but it pains me so much
to hear my worn voice speak

5. 667

6. What's Left?

They all want a piece of my heart

I didn't ask for this
No way, no how
I'm sick, I'm sick and I can't deal with it
Did I pull my chest open for you to grab?
Or did you rip it out my back for all your friends to have?

Can you tell me how it got so out of hand?
It feels like I'm going off the deep end again
Can you tell me how it got so out of hand?
It feels like I'm going off the deep end again

I've fell and I've felt
But god damn I feel like hell

I'll pay my debts and I won't come back to see you
Yeah, then I'll live in regret
So I gave everything up for what?
Because from what I can see
Are the people that call me a friend
Well they mean nothing to me

They all want a piece of my heart
Fuck

Should I keep lying to myself?
I keep on doing it to everybody else
Its a new kind of misery
My life went down as theirs rose up
I fill this emptiness with booze and sluts.

My life went down as theirs rose up
I fill this emptiness with booze and sluts.

I've fell and I've felt
But god damn I feel like hell

I'll pay my debts and I won't come back to see you
Yeah, then I'll live in regret
So I gave everything up for what?
Because from what I can see
Are the people that call me a friend
Well they mean nothing to me

I used to know what colors I bled
But all I know now is how to play dead
Play dead
But all I know now is how to play dead

I've fell and I've felt
But god damn I feel like hell

7. Today's Another Story

I should've known better
to think that you'd invite me in
with such positivity and passion
controlled by my hope but I'll admit
I gave into temptation

we both know that I am better than this
and I wont be content until i clean up this mess

Just cuz youre broken doesn't mean you can't be fixed
you started to let me in but I couldn't get a hold on it
shame on me

I stayed home to tie up loose ends but
I ended up with more enemies than friends

I won't forget what you said
" you make feel sick to my stomach so just hold your breath"
you're a real human being and should be treated as such

I'm no saint but I should've know better than this
her eyes pulled me in, along with those legs and lips

It's just so fitting to have you rip me apart like this
shame on me

what am I capable of? I swear I could have saved you
but the liquor worked so much quicker
yeah I'm a sucker for a good mistake
yeah, it seems so obvious
with the chances that I take

and now I'm just like you I'm a wreck
and nobody is going to confess
will I have to dig a hole in your chest?
wish you could have seen my face as you left

and you're worth more than what I have done
please let me make this as right as I can
and you're worth more than what they have done
please let me make this right again

I'll kick rocks if you want me to

8. Boyfriend In A Coma

I never want to let this go

I spent the last year lying to myself
I never paid much attention to the cards I was dealt
the perfect hand was always in my reach
you were the ace inside my self
and I hope you still believe

Well this is all we have and all we know
but we're too young I never want to let this go

I always thought that leaving was the key
to be independent and free
but you cut through the deadlines and dead ends
If I could turn the hands of the clock back (believe me I would)
I'd show you what I always needed to (what I never could)

they say time heals everything

so is the feeling of truly believing?
all I know is missing, missing is all I know
you were my only reason to stay
but these memories won't fade away

I've been holding on forever
I've been sleeping here for days
when you pulled me in all I did
was push away

9. So Far Gone

Let's think about the old days
when we came right out of the gate
we took the world on with no clue about
what we were getting ourselves into

going back to the old town
and they still don't know my name
traveling up and down the coast
searching for fortune and fame
but when you give so much of yourself away
it makes it so much harder to stay

we turned our backs
we turned our backs on so much
to make this work but I don't have
shit to show for it
but its the life that we picked
do I sound desperate?
this isn't the end but make it quick

and it hasn't happened yet
try to look past all the heart ache that I've met
how many more disappointments can we take?
we thought we had it all figured out
but its so hard to look past the constant feelings
of self doubt
believe me when I say yes this is me
but who are they?

I ask myself wasn't this your dream
your one
your only
your everything?

this dream is so far gone as I look back
on what we have done
I can't help but think that all we've done
is sit and sink

this dream is so far gone

10. She-Wolf

who the fuck is cursed?
yeah is it me or her?
cuz everything a blur, when did you give up?
I think you've give up on love
c'mon, c'mon (hey,hey) how does she pull me?
c'mon, c'mon (hey,hey) I run to her with no question

she's got trouble written on her lips
and ever more in-between her hips
you've never seen one like this before
beware beware
beware the she wolf

she'll rip you from the inside out
watch as the blood spills from her mouth
with teeth and claws as sharp as her wit
she'll steal your soul as she sees fit
and your heart will follow suit

how long did it take to figure out
after months and months of going down the same route?
here's another drug you don't have to swallow
put her into my veins to make myself feel hallow

I'll be the one to tame her I'll be the one
I want to know what's lying underneath
that tongue those teeth.

she can't stop herself
it's a natural instinct I need to get inside
or she'll be hiding in the back of the bar
waiting to die

11. Take Me Back

six long years of this shit
juggling life and dreams but we all know
this last year has been a joke
and lately it feels like
I'm just not cut out for this life
I'm finding the reasons why
I'm bending over backwards to survive

don't wake me up because I won't stop sleeping
stuck in this rut and I'm having a hard time
believing anything and everything that I've been told
don't wake me up because I won't stop dreaming

where are we going to be next spring
when I turn a quarter century?
gave it all away, just to have it thrown back at me
what will I find? I hate to say it but
I need some piece of mine

here I am back up here, it's in your hands
take me back to the real thing
here I am back again

Ill never stop dreaming





FORTY FATHOMS LYRICS