LITTLE BIT OF HEART
don't know what you want from me / don't know what you think you see / tried to be the man for you / and now you say you think we're through / (little bit of heart says don't do it / little bit of love says don't go) / don't think i can take much more / never had to crawl before / never thought you'd let me drop / thought that i was on the top / (little bit of heart says don't do it / little bit of love says don't go) / try to keep my hold on you / try to shave a point or two / hold you close like no one can / rip that suitcase from your hand / (little bit of heart says don't do it / little bit of love says don't go)

BREAKING DOWN
you know it's coming and it won't be pretty / it's gonna hit you from the upside down / gonna be a little freak of nature / page one in a two-bit town yeah / won't you tell us all about your secret / are you really gonna make us guess / make-believing that you're so together / skin and bone wrapped around the mess / you're not fooling anybody / the word is out it's getting round / you're falling into heavy mental / cracking up and breaking down / your will is shaky and you can't contain it / so wired that you cannot feel / drifting south on a lonesome highway / not a soul behind the wheel / you're not fooling anybody / the word is out it's getting round / you're falling into heavy mental / cracking up and breaking down / an inch away from the lost horizon / a mile back from the big hello / two doors down from the soul asylum / such a pity that you have to go / you're not fooling anybody / you're lucky just to be around / you're falling into heavy mental / cracking up and breaking down / you're not fooling anybody / there's not a savior to be found / you're falling into heavy mental / cracking up and breaking down

YES AND NO
you poured extra wine and i stopped on a dime / waiting for clouds to explode / took a long breath and you scared me to death / thought this was the end of our road / but the shine in your eye says it's not quite goodbye / another chance at cracking this code / may i stay now / you say so / do you love me / yes and no / now the sun's up again and you're missing my friend / since you set your heart to the dawn / and the covers are messed and the pillow is pressed / but who knows how long you've been gone / does this mean you rise up to shine up our world / or just to retreat in your own / is it late now / must i go / do you love me / yes and no / did we fall too fast / did we fall too far / did i lose your heart / now i stand on my sin and i beg to come in / knowing just how this could start / and it's too late for sad and i know i've gone bad / but you're still the one in my heart / and if all of these memories are all that i have / at least we will not be apart / must i stand here / watch you go / do you love me / yes and no / can we come back / must i guess / do i love you / yes and yes

KEEPING SECRETS
wish i'd never come here / wish i'd never known the things i know / and now i gotta go / and i wish i hadn't swallowed / every blood-red lie you ever told / all i got was old / and i won't look back once i hit the door / and i won't be keeping secrets any more / it's not like i was tryin' / to throw myself right under your black train / but it's just the same / and i swore to god i'd never / make the same mistakes the same old way / but that was yesterday / so i'm gone so fast my feet won't meet your floor / and i won't be keeping secrets any more / i'm so tired i can barely breathe / from living in your make-believe / should have known the deck was stacked / hello highway look who's back / well i don't think you can tell me / anything i haven't told myself / i don't need your help / and it really doesn't matter / but all those seeds you planted in my head / well they came up dead / and you would've thought i would've seen before / and i won't be keeping secrets any more / the dream has just imploded on its core / and i won't be keeping secrets any more

BETHESDA
got a postcard from bethesda / just when i thought i'd never know / where you'd landed when you left me / and if you'd really let us go / picked it up and read the backside / tucked it underneath my skin / with all the room that you take up there / there's barely space to slide it in / and if i make it to bethesda / i know exactly what i'll do / sell my soul and buy some roses / and bring them all right back to you / and if i make it to bethesda / you'll know just what i've come here for / to pour my heart out on your doorstep / and lay it at your feet once more / in the months that you've been missing / i've picked up stories here and there / they say you've changed your way of thinking / and the color of your hair / they say you're looking wise and lovely / and you're adored by many men / but i know you'd come down from your high high horse / just to use me once again / and if i make it to bethesda / i know exactly what i'll do / sell my soul and buy some roses / and bring them all right back to you / and if i make it to bethesda / you'll know just what i've come here for / to pour my heart out on your doorstep / and lay it at your feet once more /and if i make it to bethesda / maybe you would be so kind / to make believe that you still love me / at least until you change your mind

HOTEL BLUE
well the nights are hot and the lights are red / but you feel so cold when you're in your bed / but you like to dance and you love to coo / and you won't believe what i can do for you / well i have a car and i've had a few / and i have a room at the hotel blue / well the place is packed with the best of breed / and they're oh so young and they're all you need / you can hitch your line to the nearest star / and the man won't care who the hell you are / i can buy a drink i can make it two / if you'll take a ride to the hotel blue / you can come with me you can take my hand / or you can walk away with another man / but i have a heart and it's here in two / it beats for me but it cries for you / you can pick your game / you can play it through / you can strip your gear at the hotel blue / and it's you for me and it's me for you / and it's time to scream at the hotel blue

DEAD
don't cast your eyes at me and i won't cast back / and find myself in mourning for the things i seem to lack / just keep off my path and i'll try to do the same / god knows that two can play this wicked game / forget what you did forget what i said / let's just call it gone and leave it for dead /
tell me was this mercy or was it just a line / were we living off a stolen kiss on borrowed time / did something bright and shiny wrap around your heart / and squeeze and squeeze it 'til it came apart / what's in the past what's in your head / let's just call it gone and leave it for dead / never thought i'd be this lonely / never thought you'd be this crazy / never thought you'd throw it all away / and make me rue the day / i won't be letting all this get to me / you're just one less fish in a wide wide wide sea / why don't we make believe that it was one big lie / we can drown in regret or float on goodbye / i know this selfish fire is waiting to be fed / but let's just call it gone and leave it for dead

HELLO SAVIOR
hello savior / i hope i'm not disturbing / i know that it's your busy time of year / but i was wondering / why we've not seen you lately / in all these lights you seem to disappear / and i've heard talking / and i've heard singing / but i've not seen a miracle in years / and i'm starting to imagine you gone / and i'm wondering if i dreamed you all along / hello savior / i know i'm not your favorite / i know i've done some things that let you down / but something told me / you always kept an eye out / at least until these latest storms came round / did you lose interest / did you lose patience / or were your promises just empty sound / and i'm starting to imagine you gone / and i'm wondering if i dreamed you all along / you're everywhere and nowhere / like a storm that never shows / or a cloud that barely snows / when what we need is rain / and those who say they love you / they only seem to use you / to get ahead or get around / or hide some secret shame / that comes out later anyway / so hello savior / i need some kind of sign here / or is it i'm just talking to the wind / were you a phantom / that they made up to keep me / from ever seeing myself as a friend / and if you're out there / and if you love us / then why the hell won't you come back again / and i'm starting to imagine you gone / and i'm wondering if i dreamed you all along

HERE FOR GOODBYE
i had it all locked down / i had it all planned out / until the rest of the world / got in the way / they always say the winds of change / are right around the corner / but here comes tomorrow babe / and it looks like today / and i try and i try to make sense of myself /  staring my soul in the eye / and i wonder if i ever had half a chance / or if i'm just here for goodbye / a little light a lot of shadow / not that balanced i know / seems i'm living in the darkness / more than is wise / but i can't help the way i feel / and i can't change the things i've done / i've been burning the bridges / and cutting the ties / and i try and i try to make sense of myself / staring my soul in the eye / and i wonder if i ever had half a chance / or if i'm just here for goodbye / another name another number / another scar on my heart / can't keep my head together / and i can't keep can't keep my demons apart / now everything is so still / and everything is so cold / and everything is exactly / like i knew it would be / and if dawn's really out there / on life's far horizon / there must be a ray of light / that i've yet to see / and i try and i try to make sense of myself / staring my soul in the eye / and i wonder if i ever had half a chance / or if i'm just here for goodbye / and i'm carving my name so you know i was here / that all of this wasn't a lie / and i wonder if i ever had half a chance / or if i'm just here for goodbye

ANCA
i can see the sun in you / as it rises from the blue / not sure why you don't see it too / you are beautiful / you are beautiful / everybody feels your shine / talk about it all the time / but you're the one who's left behind / can't you feel it too / all this love in you / and a magnifying glass held up to your heart / cannot tell a lie / if it's said a million times / can you still deny / or are you gone / is it over now

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