THE ONGOING CONCEPT LYRICS

1. Let's Deal The Cards Again

[Intro: voice of Matthew Butsick]

2. Saloon

Let's deal the cards again!
It's trickery, it's trickery at its worst
Your bluff is called, I see your eyes
You lied to me, and now I'm all in
Hey bartender, grab me a chair
I've got some business to settle

Hey, how y'all doing?
I don't know where I'm going, but I know where I've been
I've spent so many days trying to find my way back home
I get so lost so many times before
But I think I've finally found my place

I'm done with it, I'm done with it
And there's nothing you can say to bring me back to it
I'm done with it, I'm done with it
And there's nothing you can say to bring me back to it
Nothing you can say

Don't mess up one single time
You may never get the chance again
Don't mess up one single time
You may never get the chance again

Don't mess up one single time
You may never be the same again (same again)
Don't mess up, even for a second
You may never get the chance again

I see you by that table
It's time to show you these cards
You've failed to figure out that I can see right through your lies
Now I've got the upper hand, oh baby
You've mistaken me for someone I used to be
But your trickery, it has failed

Trickery will never defeat me
Trickery will never defeat me
Trickery will never defeat me
Don't mess up one single time (single time)

Don't mess up one single time
You may never be the same again (same again)
Don't mess up, even for a second
You may never get the chance again

I don't know where I'm going, but I know where I'm at
Oh, I've spent so many days trying to find my way back home
I was tricked once, but I won't be tricked again
There's a cheater in the house, and I won't stand for it anymore

You'll never get a chance
To take my money again
Hey y'all, we've got a cheater in the house
Haha, you're not getting away with your trickery

Oh Sheriff, it's time you got him brought out here
And I'm taking back all that is mine
Hey Sheriff, why not show this guy to the door?

(You are the one
I can't find, can't find another)

3. You Are The One

You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another
You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another
You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another
You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another

This road I travel on my own, year after year
I was an outcast to everyone that would never understand

I grew up with a guitar in my hands
But what's it mean to you
When all you saw in me was another jersey

I've never been a fan of your competition
I don't want to be on your field
Put me on stage in front of a thousand people
And I will show you how I feel

You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another
You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another like you

This road I live on my own
All the coaches thought that I was the crazy one
But when you're old and frail, six concussions past
I'll still be playing my guitar
On my guitar all the while

You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another
You are the one
I can't find, I can't find another like you

To all of those who can relate to me
Listen to what I'm about to say
You were all given a gift
Don't ever let that go to waste

I say, "Don't ever tell me what I'm supposed to be"
You say, "Don't ever tell us what we're supposed to be"
I've never been a fan of your competition
I've never been a fan of your competition

Everyone, listen up
You might not understand where my passion lies
But I know deep down, I can't find another one
I might travel the world and never make it big
But at the end of the day, I'll know that you are the one

Oh, you are the one
You are the one

You are the one
You are the one
Oh, you are the one
You are the one
You are the one
Oh, you are the one
You are the one
You are the one
Oh, you are the one
You are the one
You are the one
Oh, you are the one

4. Cover Girl

Hey kids! Gather around, I wanna tell you something
Come on, clap your hands, here we go
Clap, clap, 1, 2, 3, 4

Stop being the print and start being the painting
I'll never look at this as if it's a game again
Copies of copies, when did distinction become a sin?
With conformity let's see how far we can walk in someone else's shoes
Because their success is our success
To what, to what ending?
With them you rise, and with them you fall
Without them you are lost

How does it feel to be responsible for being pollution?
(What's that?) How does it feel to be responsible for being pollution?
Let's make noise pollution
But you still claim to be original
I've seen your kind before
You justify your fakeness by making false claims about your sound and
who you are
Who you are

To what, to what ending?
I've seen so many like you before
That's all you'll be unless you...
Stop being the print of someone else's painting
Stop being the print, stop being the print, stop being the print

Stop being the print of someone else's painting
It's time that you forgot about copycats and chasing tails
Stop being the print of someone else's painting
Because in the end you'll amount to be a, a kid without a brush
No one in this generation has any originality
No one is trying and we're all becoming (with conformity all you will
amount to be is)

Lazy!
We're all lazy!
Don't copy instead of create

To what ending, to what ending now?
You've abused the system and made this a mess
And I can't help but be bitter

Stop being the print of someone else's painting
It's time that you forgot about copycats and chasing tails
Stop being the print of someone else's painting
Because in the end you'll amount to be a, a kid without a brush

Stop being the print of someone else's painting
There's no room for copycats and chasing tails
Oh, no one is being anything in this generation
Don't be that kid
Don't be that kid without the brush

When I was a young boy, my mamma said to me,
"Son, don't be like the other boys. Just follow your own feet"
I said, "Mamma, don't you be afraid. Don't worry about a thing
Because when I grow up I'm gonna be an artist and not a cover girl"
I said, don't be the print of someone else's painting
Don't be the print of someone else's painting
Don't be the print of someone else's painting
Stop being the print, stop being the print, start being the painting

5. Little Situation

This is not my plan
I just saw you
You were headed down that road
That long and lonely road
I saw them before you saw them yourself
You couldn't stop them
I only thought that I was helping
I guess I wasn't

I saw you in a little situation
You were stuck in your ways
I saw you in a little situation
I had to rescue you
I saw you in a little situation
You were stuck in your ways
I saw you, I saw you in a little situation

I don't know who you even are
Yet you're the one who's running
I don't know why I am the one here
I won't stand here, I won't stand still
Not when I've got the chance
To prove that I'm still the one
That will save you from that ride

Hold on, don't worry, I'm on my way
I don't know why I'm here but I know it was meant to be, to be

(I saw you)
I saw you in a little situation
You were stuck in your ways
I saw you in a little situation
I had to rescue you
I won't let the stranger be left astray
When I have the chance to make things better
I saw you in a little situation
I had to rescue you

Oh baby, a situation
I saw you in a little situation

Hold on, don't worry, I'm on my way
I'll rescue you no matter what you say
Your faith in me is fading fast
Don't worry, don't worry
I won't stand here, standing still
As long as I got the means to make things right
I won't let you go astray

There's no time
I'm gonna get you out alive
There's no freedom unless I get you out of this situation
There's no time
I'm gonna get you out alive
There's no freedom unless I get you out of this situation

I will get you out alive (I'll get you out alive)
I will get you out alive (of this little situation)
I will get you out alive (I'll get you out alive)
I will get you out alive
Out of this little situation (alive)

I saw you in a little situation
You were stuck in your ways
I saw you in a little situation
I had to rescue you
I won't let the stranger be left astray
When I have the chance to make things better
I saw you in a little situation
I had to rescue you

Had to rescue you, rescue you
I had to rescue you
Hold on, don't worry, I'm on my way

6. Sunday's Revival

She walks with a sway I hope I never replicate
She thinks she's on top of the world
Living two lives at the same time

Sunday's revival brought you to your senses
Repent, repent for all your sins
But the second you walked out those double doors
You became the same that you were when you walked in
She hits the ground so hard she can't get back up
But how would I know? I wasn't even there
I'm hearing it from somebody else

Living in a world of lies
Won't get you anywhere in this life
Even though I'll always love you
I'm still stuck with a liar for a friend

His father was a preacher
And he knew that book like the back of his hand
To him it's just a novel, oh just a novel
Raise those hands, make them think that you're in the congregation
Fake it, fake it
But when you walk back through those double doors
The mask comes off and you keep on living for yourself

You make it out to be a game
You make it out to be a game
You make it out to be a game
Pretending to be something you are not
Nobody knows, nobody knows that your actions speak differently when
you're not alone

The public eye has no idea what you're like in the middle of the night
But the public eye is not the only eye that's watching you

Living in a world of lies
Won't get you anywhere in this life
Even though I'll always love you
I'm still stuck with a liar for a friend
A liar, a liar, a liar for a friend
A friend, a friend, a liar for a friend

Sunday's revival
Let's see how much you've changed
You made it out to be a game
Sunday's revival
Let's see how much you've changed
Let's see how much you've changed

7. Sidelines

Sidelines, you are the worst
I've hated you all of these years
I never got a chance to be on your team
Day after day, year after year
I saw them come, I saw them go
Through it all we stayed the same
Through it all we stayed the same
You say, "We're too close to be anything more"
And I say, "How would you know?"

You think you know me, you think you know me
You think you know me way too well
You think you know me, you think you know me
You think you know me way too well for love

Dreams, you are the worst
I've hated you all of these nights
I tell everyone that I know
"I don't remember a single one"
But the truth is, I've had the same dream all of these nights
And it won't ever go away, it won't ever go away
Please, go away

You think you know me, you think you know me
You think you know me way too well
You think you know me, you think you know me
You think you know me way too well for love

You think you know me when you know my favorite bands, and who my favorite singer is
You think you know me when you know what time I go to bed, because work starts early
You think you know me when you call me in the middle of the night
And know I'll answer because I always do

You think you know me, but you don't
'Cause if you did then you'd know
You haven't seen nothin' yet
You haven't seen nothin' yet
You haven't seen nothin' yet

I don't wanna, I don't wanna be left on the sidelines
I don't wanna, I don't wanna be left on the sidelines
You say, "We're too close to be anything more"
But how would you know, how would you know
When you've only seen me on the sidelines?

You think you know me, you think you know me
You think you know me way too well
You think you know me, you think you know me
You think you know me way too well for love

You haven't seen nothin' yet
You haven't seen nothin' yet
You haven't seen nothin' yet
You haven't seen nothin' yet

8. Failures & Fakes

Failures and fakes and those who don't get their way
All seem to have excuses for how they think
Justified, dignified, they all pledge their innocence
And I would know because, because I'm one of them

It's through expression that we make our understanding
Are we who we are if it's who we appear to be?
Let me tell you friends, I've found out the hard way
Imitations don't produce originality

Don't, don't, don't, don't think I've escaped
I'm just as guilty
Because we're all failures and fakes
And if you won't believe it
Well then I've seen your future
It's not that impressive

Excuses, excuses we got 'em all, they're weighing us down
We all got faults, we all got faults
But no one seems to be blaming themselves

Friends, I've found out the hard way
Hypocrisy runs free when you talk as if you're blameless

Don't, don't, don't, don't think I've escaped
I'm just as guilty
We're all failures and fakes
And if you won't believe it
Well then I've seen your future
It's not that impressive

But if you're not willing to be reasonable then I'll be leaving
Because there's no use in trying to change the proud or heal the ungrateful
Heal, heal the ungrateful
But you know better than I do
That your walls are falling down, and there's no way for you to stop it
This is no one's fault but your own (hey, hey, hey, hey)
So stop running (hey, hey, hey, hey) from your problems
Because they won't fix themselves

We're all broken
We're all so broken
It takes a man to acknowledge his weakness
We're broken
We're all so broken
It takes a man to acknowledge his weakness

There may only be a speck in your eye
But denial's gonna keep it there, keep it there
Yes I know there's a plank in my eye, but I'm willing
Willing to admit it
You got no trouble finding sin in my eyes
But all that changes when it seems like it's your neck on the line

9. Like Autumn

Where is your foundation?
We took all you had out from under your feet
And you can't stand alone
Pretending to our face that you're someone innocent (innocent)
When the news hit and you weren't coming around no more
You started to fall
And it didn't take long
Before you hit rock bottom
Harder than a stone hits the ground (you hit rock bottom)
You hit rock bottom harder than a stone hits the ground

But we couldn't continue to ignore that you only wanted the prize
But weren't willing to walk the walk, the walk
We've seen everything that you wanted to be, nothing else
We've seen everything that you wanted to be: fame, riches, glory

You weren't the wisest decision we've made
I can assure you that we won't make the same mistake
Your voice is in our past
And we'll always remember
Like autumn you changed (you changed)
Like autumn you changed
But you're not the same anymore
Like autumn you changed (you changed)
Like autumn you changed, but not for the better
Not for the better, better
Not for the better

I'm not here to point my fingers
Or kick you while you're down
No one stays angry forever
But I forgot to tell you...

And I forgot to tell you
And I said,
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you
You're on your own
Your own, your own, your own
And oh yeah, I forgot to tell you
You're on your...
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you
And I said, oh yeah, I forgot to tell you
You're on your own
I forgot to tell you
That you're on your own
You're on your own

10. Class Of Twenty-Ten

"Get away from me," I wanted to say
I've held myself back so many times from saying this to you
I'll take the picture, and I'll fake the smile
It's funny you showed up, where've you been the past four years?

But now that I've got your attention, let me tell you what's been on my mind
You forgot about the ones you grew up with
And continue living as if I don't exist
Those full-time jobs, they never paid enough
To make it out to a single show
Those full-time jobs, they never paid enough
To make it out to a single show
But these words fall on deaf ears

Because most of my friends will never hear these words
So I'll speak freely
To those of you I knew the most yet cared the least about me
You're the reason that I'll speak freely

But I do know if you do hear this song you're going to call me up and say,
"Michael, what's wrong? Is everything ok?"
And I'm gonna tell you this:
"No! It's not ok!
'Cause for the past four years you haven't said a single thing
Yes, something's wrong
One-sided frienships only last for so long"

No one is communicating
What's keeping things from fading away?
Oh yeah, don't forget the ones you grew up with
Because when your four years are up, my dear
I can guarantee that you'll end up back here
When those crazy years come to an end
I can assure you that you'll be the one without any friends

Hold it, hold it!
Hold that thought

Wake up Class of Twenty-Ten
I've got something to say, I've got something to say
When we're all done growing up
You're gonna wish we would have stayed in touch
Wake up Class of Twenty-Ten
I've got something to say, something to say
Four years now I haven't seen your face
I warned you two years ago, wake up

11. Goodbye, So Long My Love

[feat. Shelby Sperling]

I never believed there was another side
But now my time has come
I don't have the time to decide
As my eyes begin to close, I see you holding my hand
I know you won't let me go without a fight

Falling for a second there
But you caught me, but you caught me
Falling for a second there
But you caught me on the way down
Falling for a second there
But you caught me, but you caught me
Falling for a second there
But you caught me on the way down

You are the love of my life
Don't leave me now
You are the love of my life
We grew old together
Don't leave me knowing I'll never see you on the other side
You are the love of my life
We grew old together
Don't leave me knowing I'll never see you on the other side

Falling for a second there
But I caught you, I caught you
Falling for a second there
But I caught you on the way down
Falling for a second there
But I caught you (but you caught me), I caught you (you caught me)
Falling for a second there
But I caught you on the way down (but you caught me on the way down)

[Interlude]

Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin' now
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin' now
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin' now
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin'
Goodbye, so long, I'm leavin' now







THE ONGOING CONCEPT LYRICS