Agony & Irony lyrics

Here it is again yet it stings like the first time
Seems it never ends, double nickels on your dime
I thought we were friends, I guess it just depends who you ask
These feelings tend to leave me with a hole in my chest

Now the time has come I just wish I could erase
All the damage done to your name and your keepsake
Only just begun, it's been fun, we were blind, deaf and dumb

So hello where are we today
Still fighting, still running in place
And now the outline of this lake
Seems to be pointing me away
Honestly, I've never lied more
To myself all over the floor
Right through my teeth I've showed you
Just how weak my knees can get

Don't let go...my spine is slipping like a fault line
If I go, I'll bury us all

Here you'll find me in between heaven and hell my dear
Where nothing's what it seems, it's just as well I fear
I'm giving you the creeps and a farewell kiss to go into the unknown

Saw you standing there outside the music hall
You'd come out for some air, uncertain curtain call
And everyone just stared when you took the stage that night
Something's not right

Stumbling through the dark with a broken heart, all alone at it once again
Seeping in like a feeling you haven't felt since way back when
In the dead of that night, like the summer of Sam
I caught word of the commotion you cause via telegram
And got all worked up, we got all worked up

I found away
Over the fear and through the flames, I'm diving in

My point of reference makes me
Afraid to begin convincing
But you might as well just change your name
Because I only recognize this shadow
Kind of like a superhero
With nobody's best interest in mind

Now there's blood in the water
That I squeezed from this stone here
And we turned into our cheap wine
I swallowed every drop
I could feel my stomach rotting

We'll never know which way this road is gonna turn
Can't be sure how quick your wick is gonna burn
So sing to me your darkest secrets
Time to leave behind your regrets
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye

This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead in the sun rotting
The answer lies here in this tragedy
That ends with you and me
When we're dragged from the light
Into the night

It's no big surprise we turned out this way
It's in our eyes like shallow graves
But we are one with the larvae and dirt
We don't discriminate at all for what it's worth

The uneasy life, an untimely death
This doesn't work at all for me so save your breath
You took your time, stashed it away
Deep down inside of a cardboard box marked "rainy day"

So live young, die fast
No one will last

Found out the hard way that you were lost and rendered
All alone in the dark forest of your thoughts
Forever following a trail of fear that seems to lead
To more dead ends and mysteries I'm losing hope of ever solving

Can anybody hear me? Is anyone out there?
I've fallen and I'm broken down, I'm dying over here
If anybody's listening, I hope you hear my cries

Take a look, you see I painted you a picture
It's black and white, except the blood's a little richer
Down in the corner where I gave it my signature
Then I titled it, "This one's for the winter"
Check it out you see it's just a big disaster

I'll dedicate it to the fact that it's so hard for you to dream
A million heartbeats all around you make it hard to sleep

"Over and out," she said, from a hospital bed
"For what its worth it doesn't hurt, don't cry"
"Over and out," he said, with a .45 to his head
"The war has taken everything from me, it's all i see so..."

Run for cover as fast as you can
Where fighters are lovers, enemies are friends
And pens and knives apologize for leaving you tonight

"Over and out," he sighed, "it seems I've run out of time.

I've waited a long time for this life
Just to ruin it, so please don't ruin this for me
Yes I understand this lie
Hell, I crossed those T's and scratched out all these eyes myself last night
When I promised not to fight

So this is what I'm looking like these days
I'm all grown up and so full of hate
But I don't want to let go of my rage
'Cause it's the salt that brings the taste...