A
Break your neck for some substance
This is temporary sanity, an exercise in vanity
So long to the ordinary day
Wrought with fictitious tales of how there’s any other way
Hold on to anything at all
It’s a long way down between the summer and the fall
If I told you that you’re everything
Would you sing along?
Would you sing along?
It’s a daily anthem
Would you sing my song at the top of your lungs
And we’ll all sing along, we’ll all sing along
It’s a half-faith blessing
For the lessons I’ve learned and never deserved
And we’ll all sing along, we’ll all sing along
Now the verses take hold
A gentle undercurrent of more years to grow old
Say goodbye to the cold
And try to forgive
Everything this night, as we sing your
Daily Anthem
Would you sing my song at the top of your lungs
And we’ll all sing along, we’ll all sing along
It’s a half-faith blessing
For the lessons I’ve learned and never deserved
And we’ll all sing along, we’ll all sing along
Oh, oh, oh, oh (repeat)
—
Written by: David Cook
She calls out to the man on the street
“Sir, can you help me?
It’s cold and I’ve nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?”
He walks on, doesn’t look back
He pretends he can’t hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, it’s another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, just think about it
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she’s been crying
She’s got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can’t walk but she’s trying
Oh think twice, it’s another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, just think about it
Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh Lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that she’s been there
Probably been moved on from every place
Cause she didn’t fit in there
Oh think twice, it’s another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice, it’s just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, just think about it
It’s just another day for you and me in paradise (paradise)
It’s just another day for you and me in paradise (paradise)
It’s just another day for you and me in paradise
—
Written by: Phil Collins
I feel alive beside you
And all at once, I am whole again
We fall into each other
Your atmosphere is all I’m breathing in
And in this rush, we are crushed
Carry me down
Rolling in your arms
Cause I can’t remember ever falling this hard
Tell me tonight
All that we had planned
Was it nothing more than noise inside my head
Crashing down, crashing down
In your avalanche
These scars we wear remind us
The more we change, the more we’re all the same
Swept up in this emotion
We fumble through and make the same mistakes
As we are led to the edge
I feel alive beside you
And all at once, I am whole again
—
Written by: David Cook / Kevin Griffin
B
When I woke up I could see
the daylight had already passed me
It was such a fight to fade away to sleep
It’s a fugue, I’m on
Fallin’ to chase down the dawn
Well I fell every night as it turns into light
With my eyes just shut tight
Sailing all alone
I thought I made it home
But I threw it all away
Oh where I’ve been sold and spun again
All before me like a dream
Falling in between
I feel sick, I feel nervous
I know just what I did to deserve this
Oh I know it’s not a dream
Keeping quiet, laying low
Holding on to what I don’t want to know
Til the daylight turns to ash and blows away
Missing keys, bloody nose
Consequences of what I chose
Keep running into me
Don’t want my memory
It all comes so deftly
Sailing all alone
I thought I made it home
But I threw it all away
Oh where I’ve been sold and spun again
All before me like a dream
Falling in between
I feel sick, I feel nervous
I know just what I did to deserve this
Oh I know it’s not a dream
Oh, where I’ve been sold and spun a—
Oh, where I’ve been sold and spun again
All before me like a dream
Falling in between
I feel sick, I feel nervous
I know just what I did to deserve this
Now I know its not a dream
Oh where I’ve been sold and spun again
All before me like a dream
Falling in between
I feel sick, I feel nervous
I know just what I did to deserve this
Now I know it’s not a dream
—
Written by: David Cook / Danny Grady / Steve Slovisky / Chris Wojtal / Jade Lemons
You ain’t even scared
‘Cause you know I know you’ll conquer it
Yeah you’re finally getting there
I wish I had it all, ’cause I’d offer it
And it feels like a last stop
And it feels like an open wound
Whatever it is that you did to me
It didn’t have to be so soon, so soon
But
Go on, go on, go be better than me
Go on, go on, go be better than me
Go on, go on
Look beneath your feet
The road rolls out in front of you
And your soul to keep
In the arms of Madison Avenue
And it hits like a running train
And it hurts like being alive
If you really gave up then why’d you tell me
I’ve become the shadow, you the light
Hey, all the hot lights and the famous streets
It’s just the first step in forgetting me
—
Written by: Chase Forrester Foster
You
You broke when I just bent
You cried
I never meant to break you down
This time
Did I steal the best
Of you
Can you
Breathe tonight?
As the air is leavin you
Scream tonight
Like the words are new to you
Can we go back to the last
Time my arms could carry you
Breathe tonight?
You’re alive
Lost
Don’t leave me in the dark alone
Shine a light
Cause you’re the road that got me home
Cause I
I never knew that love was true
Did you?
Can you
Breathe tonight?
As the air is leavin you
Scream tonight
Like the words are new to you
Can we go back to the last
Time my arms could carry you
Breathe tonight?
You’re alive
You
You broke when I just bent
Goodbye
But only if you’re over it
—
Written by: David Cook / Samuel Hollander / Dave Katz
These two hearts are like a house along the fault line
Cut our feet on nails and glass, walking the slow grind
We locked up our love and we threw away the keys
It’s hard to see you through these
Broken Windows
Looking so close
Shattered pieces
I can’t see through these
Broken Windows
We could let go
But I won’t give up
If you won’t give up, oh
Crumbling walls and empty halls inside of your eyes
These picture frames a tear away from saying goodbye
But still there’s glimpses of the way we used to be
I’m trying to see you through these
Built this place out of blood and bricks
So we could still stand up when the world is shaking
Tell me there’s a way we can somehow fix these
Broken Windows
—
Written by: David Cook / Zac Maloy / Jerry Flowers
It’s cold outside
Just like the year before
But I can’t help but feel like this is something new
But it’s nothing more
I remember goodbye
It’s been tattooed on my eyes
From the note you left beside the bed, the promises you made
That you wrote inside
You could find your way home
You could find your way home
Baby you could find your way home
But (‘Cause) you won’t
But (‘Cause) you won’t
So here I stand
Just like the year before
And I can’t help but understand you’re never coming back
So there’s nothing more
That I could say
To make you never leave
So please understand I can’t believe a single word you say
When you’re telling me
—bridge solo—
Now here we are
Face to face again
You’re telling me you still can see us making this thing work
That you still believe
We could find our way home
We could find our way home
Baby we could find our way home
But we won’t
But we won’t
—
Written by: David Cook / Andy Skib
C
This lightning’s gonna strike
Right through this heart of mine again, again
‘Cause this rain ain’t gonna stop
And we’re feeling every drop
As they keep on dancing on our heads
But you gotta hold on
You gotta be strong
Right here with me if it all goes wrong
To keep you from harm
Away in my arms
Steer you away from the storm
When the sun won’t come around
And your world keeps washing out
I won’t let this love fall down
I’ll carry you
I’ll carry you
So let’s run toward waiting lights
‘Cause I know there’s better skies ahead, ahead
Sand through an hourglass
This flood is gonna pass
And we’ll still be standing, hand in hand
—
Written by: David Cook / Blair Daly
Mud is running down my face
But all I’m feeling is the seconds race
So turn it up, let the earth quake
‘Cause I’m never gonna give up
Staring down the finish line
I can see the lights breathe fire
I’m gonna make it to the other side
‘Cause I’m always gonna
I’m always gonna shout it out ‘til you hear it
You’re never gonna hold me down off the ceiling
I’m up off the ground
‘Cause my time is now, can you feel it
I’m always gonna shout it out ‘til you hear it
Yeah, I’m the champion
Put my boots into the ground
Strong against the fury and the sound
Standing tall, there ain’t no falling now
‘Cause I’m always gonna
—
Written by: David Cook
Who’s to say you’re never wrong
Who’s to say that I’m not already gone
Who’s to say the time inside your head keeps running on and on and on and on…
Who’s to say we’ll make it through
I’m starting to believe that what we think is never true
Who’s to say the rhymes beside your bed
Will keep you warm when everything is getting colder
And I’m just holding on until it’s over
Mayday somebody save me now
I’m closing my eyes ’cause once the sun rises
it’s out of my hands
Who’s to say this history
Isn’t only just some winner’s distant memory
You can’t escape this drying ink
The fall of who we are is getting closer
And I’m just holding on until it’s over
Mayday somebody save me now
I’m cutting all ties from the world outside
Cause it’s over my head
It’s all coming undone and falling apart somehow
I’m closing my eyes, cause once the sun rises
It’s out of my hands
The light pulls me under
And I keep on cavin’ in
—
Written by: David Cook / David Hodges / Neal Tiemann
Hope is just a joke
We grab and choke it in the palm of our hand
We fake it till we make it
Just to break it like it’s part of the plan
We’re running in circles
Yeah, we’re running in circles
It’s in under the skin
We scratch and itch and tear each other apart
Then pull each other up
Brush off the dust and stagger back to the start
Because we’re running in circles
Yeah we’re running in circles
We could make our way through hell
But we keep tripping on ourselves
Yeah we’re running in circles
We’re running in circles
—
Written by: David Cook
You say you got to go and find yourself
You say that you’re becoming someone else
Don’t recognize the face in the mirror looking back at you
You say you’re leaving as you look away
I know there’s really nothing left to say
Just know I’m here whenever you need me, I’ll wait for you
So I’ll let you go I’ll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you
Come back to me
Take your time I won’t go anywhere
Picture you with the wind in your hair
I keep your things right where you left them I’ll be here for you
And I’ll let you go I’ll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you
Come back to me
And I hope you find everything that you need
I’ll be right here waiting to see
When you find you
Come back to me
I can’t get close if you’re not there
I can’t get inside if there’s no soul to bare
I can’t fix you, I can’t save you
It’s something you’ll have to do
So I’ll let you go I’ll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you
Come back to me
And I hope you find everything that you need
I’ll be right here waiting to see
When you find you
Come back to me
—
Written by: Amund Bjoerklund / Espen Lind / Zac Maloy
This is a state of emergency
Held down for an eternity, victims
Tell me, are you listening
Let’s break out of this prison cell
Create stories the world will tell their children
In time, we’ll be forgiven
But tonight, you and I
We can make our escape
From the choices we made
So let’s run, for our lives
Just like we’re animals
‘Cause, baby, we’re criminals
Spotlights, tracing our every move
Hearts race, breathless and bulletproof, I’ll hold you
Won’t let anybody hurt you
This fight, fell at our footsteps
And I swear the further that we get the closer we are
To finding love in these scars
Yeah, we’re all against the wall
Looking for a way around
On the run like criminals
Breaking out
—
Written by: David Cook / Blair Daly
D
Cut through
You put me on the floor with the
1,2
And I just keep on spinning at the thought of you
At the thought of you, oh
Number One
With a bullet like you’re coming from a
Shotgun
You’re lying when you tell me I’m the only one
Tell me I’m the only one, oh
You got me now, down and out, it’s a battle
Bury me down underground
Your love’s become my enemy
You’re gonna be the death of me
Wind me up, fill your cup like a river
Drunk on watching me drown
Your love’s become my enemy
You’re gonna be the death of me
Breakdown
We’re dancing to the music that don’t
Make a sound
We keep mixing like the mud and a wedding gown
The mud and a wedding gown, oh
Nothing new
I fall apart at the very thought of
Me and you
We’re running through each other ‘til we’re black and blue
‘Til we’re black and blue, oh
Number One
With a bullet like you’re coming from a
Shotgun
You’re lying when you tell me I’m the only one
So, tell me I’m the only one
—
Written by: David Cook
I’ll take you just the way you are
Imperfect words inside the perfect song
I feel you closer than you are but
I’ve been waiting far too long
Too long
It’s my declaration
To anyone whose listening
You’re my inspiration
As I stand alone against the world
Cause you love
And you bleed
And you stole my soul
To set me free
It’s my declaration
Do you care what I believe (cause I’m still breathing)
Or that i wear your heart upon my sleeve
Sometimes I think you never knew
The only truth I see is you
It’s you
It’s my declaration
To anyone whose listening
You’re my inspiration
As I stand alone against the world
Cause you love
And you bleed
And you stole my soul
To set me free
It’s my declaration
And are there any words to say
That would ever mean enough
When the light runs from the day
Will the darkness be too much
Will I ever be enough
It’s my declaration
To anyone whose listening
You’re my inspiration
As I stand alone against the world
Cause you love
And you bleed
And you stole my soul
To set me free
It’s my declaration
So tell me you can hear these words tonight
It’s my declaration
—
Written by: David Cook / Johnny Rzeznik / Gregg Wattenberg
E
I know where you’re going underneath it all
I know where you’ve been
So take a minute, take a little time, to find a better line
To cover up your sins
Written in the cracks around your smile, another white lie
Now I’m zooming in
You keep running but you know you can’t hide
I’m watching every little thing you do
And all the lies that I can see right through
There ain’t no way for you to change the truth
‘Cause now I got my eyes on, I got my eyes on you
Looking all around, that familiar sound
Footsteps in your shadow
Try to figure out what’s in your head or underneath your bed
Or looking through your window
If you think you’re getting paranoid with all the white noise
You don’t even know
You keep running but you’re never gonna hide
When you thinking its crystal clear, you can’t ignore the voice inside your ear
It keeps filling your mind with doubt and there’s no way that you can drown it out
—
Written by: David Cook / Crix Reardon / Andy Waldeck
F
All I feel now is the weight of the day
I need you with me to push it away
When we disappear into each other
Our colors appear and bleed into one
Fade into me, fade into you
The two of us melting together
Until we become something new
And we can escape
And watch the world chasing to find us
Both of us hidden from view
If you fade into me
When I’m broken you’re the one thing I need
Like an ocean I feel you crash over me
When we disappear into each other
Our colors appear and bleed into one
Let go, fall in
Drown in the moment with me
Sinking ’til we start to breathe
—
Written by: David Cook / Kevin Griffin / J.Houston
Temperatures are rising
Pulses raging like a lion
While everything around us lights the sky
A bright match, a heat wave
Burning brighter than a new day
And I am not about to question why
The only way that I wanna survive is breathing in the smoke living in your eyes
You set my heart on fire
Yeah you set my heart on fire
Don’t matter what the darkness brings
We got all the light that we’ll ever need
You set my heart on fire
Yeah you set my heart on fire
The embers receding
Floating up against the ceiling
Fireworks against the sky
The moment is reeling
Standing up against this feeling
And I am not about to question why
F – I – R – E
Light all the matches, dance on the ashes
F – I – R – E
Watch as she rises, flickers and flashes
—
Written by: David Cook
This is our manifesto
We’ve given all the best to you
Like it was the least that we could ever do
We’re soaked in gasoline while
You watched as everything just burned
Letting your lighter do the dirty work
You better hold your ground
The end is starting now
So load your gun
A war is coming
We are all
Against the wall
Won’t be the ones that time forgot
If it’s our fate
We’re not afraid
Oh we can face your firing squad
This is our revolution
Too late for absolution now
Nothing could ever put this fire out
The calm before crescendo
The quiet night before the storm
Do you remember what you’re fighting for?
You’ve covered our eyes in blindfolds
But light always finds its way back in
So go on and raise your rifles
And fire… fire… fire…
(Do you remember what you’re fighting for?)
We are all
Against the wall
Won’t be the ones that time forgot
We’ll wear the stars
Like battle scars
So give us everything you got
If it’s our fate
We’re not afraid
Oh we can face your firing squad
—
Written by: David Cook / David Hodges / Steven Miller
Hold your tongue, hold it tight
Or we’ll be destined to fall like the sun did tonight
Leave it out, cause it might
Take the both of us down before we get it right
Oh I know just what you’re thinkin’
But if we ever let it go
I see us slipping away
Starting to fade
Crumbling down ’til we both hit the ground
You know if we never say, we’ll never crash and burn
Cause love is a 4 letter word
Looking back, now I see
Saying just how we feel causes such misery
All I want is to keep
This moment alive between you and me
And i know just what you’re thinking
But if we ever let it go
I’m afraid of losing all that we have now
It could all get ruined if it’s ever said out loud
—
Written by: David Cook / Claude Kelly / Matt Squire
Here we are at the starting line
Of a race that goes to the end of time
You and I
Take a long deep breath and I’ll take one too
As the seconds fade and the minutes move
I’m by your side
If life’s a countdown that never ends
And the world we know keeps on caving in
We can hold on
I will hold on
‘Til the clocks run out
‘Til the sun breaks down
I’ll be all the love you need
‘Til the stars turn cold
I’ll never let you go
From here to zero
A love we saved for a second look
Like a flower pressed in your favorite book
By the window sill
We got lost in a passing glance
As the winter frost melted in our hands
And time stood still
If life’s a countdown that never stops
If it all falls down as we count the costs
We can hold on
I will hold on
And every point in between
From curtain up to closing scene
This spotlight we’ve been living in
Look in your heart and please believe
I’ll never go, I’ll never leave
From here until the end
—
Written by: David Cook / Zac Maloy
G
Losing light, and closer than I’ve ever been
To paralyzed and covered in your fingerprints
Pulses beating right in time
Motion for a silent night
Holding tight, closer than I’ve ever been
I can’t escape
I’m living with the ghost magnetic
Yeah all that I can hear them say
Is I’m the whisper of a dead aesthetic
Yeah all I need to take me home
Is somebody that could save my soul
But I never seem to find my way
From living with the ghost magnetic
I’m baptized every time you say to me
To close my eyes; Your touch becomes my everything
Dancin’ ’til we disappear
To voices in the chandeliers
Holding tight to the monster right in front of me
We bring our souls in close
For a toast to the afterlife
We hold our breath, no regret,
Dead set on the dead inside
I’m baptized every time you say to me
—
Written by: David Cook / Ryan Star
I’m high on the neon
Chasing the greens, the blues, the reds
I keep touching the ceiling
But my feelings, they fall for you, instead
You’re death in a black dress
I’m the puppet that’s hanging from your thread
You’re the name of my madness
I don’t want to get you out of my head
Gimme the heartbreak
Gimme the heartbreak
Bring on the hurt, Put in the work
Baby don’t try to fight it
Tell me you want me
While you push and you shove me
You’re pulling me close it’s getting out of control
And you know that I like it
It’s an instant reaction
You’re like the drug inside my vein
Another welcome distraction
One more shot of Novocaine
You’re death in a black dress
I’m the puppet that’s hanging from your string
You’re my favorite madness
No, I don’t want to change a thing
Baby don’t try to fight it
‘Cause you know that I like it
—
Written by: David Cook / Steve Rusch
The scars are right there
Breaking the surface, coming up for air
How did we get here, How did we get here
I saw the images
Blood in the streets, pulses fading fast
Permanent damages for broken messages
Hold on to the memories
The specks of dust floating in the atmosphere
Trying to find a way to attack
It’s all just a masquerade
Dancing to the drums, the battles of our yesteryear
But we ain’t ever going back
No we ain’t going back
It wasn’t long ago
When we were great and everything was right
No I don’t wanna go, just ’cause you say so
Stuck in the undertow
Can’t find a way to turn it all around
And find the afterglow
Feels like I’ll never know
—
Written by: David Cook
Paint another picture black and blue
Take another moment, one or two just to get over you
When did all the gold around us rust
Turning all the love we had to dust, it took the best of you
Oh, I’ve got nowhere to hide.
And say my goodbye to the girl
I’m leaning on the edge, of jumping off the ledge
And watching the night do what the light never could
So tell me I’m crazy, it’s not gonna save me
From holding my breath ’til the lines blur
Cause I’ve got nowhere to hide
And say my goodbye to the girl
Take another picture off the wall
Just another moment, watch it fall into the ocean blue
Take a look at where we used to be
Now I’m just a vessel lost at sea I can’t get over you
I don’t know what to do
And goodbye to the world
—
Written by: David Cook / Andy Skib / Neal Tiemann
H
Stay, tell me the story again
How it all fell apart in the end
And just when you thought you were too far gone
You’re too far gone
Wait, maybe the reasons don’t fit
But when did you lose innocence
And when did you find that you can’t hold on?
You can’t hold on
When the whole world brings you down
When stars fall and ground breaks
You’re sinking ’cause it’s too late
Don’t tell me that it’s over
Even though you’re finding it hard to believe
Even though you’re finding it hard to believe
Faith, it’s easier said then done
When it’s so hard to trust anyone
And maybe it’s just a place inside that you can hide
Wait, I can see you slipping away
Just stay with me
When the whole world brings you down
When stars fall and ground breaks
You’re sinking and it’s too late
I’m right here, I’m right here
Just stay with me
When stars fall and ground breaks
You’re sinking and it’s too late (just stay with me)
Don’t tell me that it’s over
Even though you’re finding it hard to believe
(in the darkest of nights I will be there)
Even though you’re finding it hard to believe
(when you’re lost, I will guide you home)
—
Written by: David Cook / Jess Cates / David Hodges / Lindy Robbins
I’ve seen the sun disappear before my eyes
Just above the highest tide, but falling to the ocean line
And all I see is smoke, enough to make me choke
The world feels broken down
Counting the lines, the years are screaming louder now
And all the trees start falling down, the brightest lights are burning out
So I will run through fire to reach the other side
And turn this life around
And when the moment’s dead and gone
With every star I’m wishing on
With every right and every wrong
The lonely nights that take us all
For all the stones I’ve ever thrown
Another break against the bone
Close my eyes I’m not alone
And let the heartbeat take me home
If there is love raining down on everyone
We can break away and run like we did when we were young
And we could make believe this is all we need
To live for only here and now
So if the moment’s dead and gone
With every star we’re wishing on
With every right and every wrong
The endless nights we sang along
For all the stones we’ve never thrown
We can save these broken bones
Close our eyes, we’re not alone
And let the heartbeat take us home
—
Written by: David Cook / Andy Waldeck / Crix Reardon
As the sun goes down in front of me
It reminds me where I wanna be
With you and you alone
Pull me in like you were made for me
I’m losing faith in gravity
And I just need to let you know
And I just need to let you know
I’m not gonna come down
Down off of these clouds
All these heroes come and go
You’re still standing
You teach me to rise up,
To open my eyes up
All these heroes come and go,
You’re still standing
You’re still standing
When the world’s confusing I don’t care
I’ll crawl into your atmosphere
I know you’ll make it right
You’re all I need tonight
I believe that you can save me
And you’ll never let me fall
I believe in what you’ve shown me
Maybe there’s a hero in us all
—
Written by: David Cook / Cathy Dennis / Raine Maida
Chasing ghosts in a hotel parking lot
‘Round and ’round ’til the stars go out
Never knowing that the best we’d ever get
Was in the here and now
Just another old home movie
With no sound but it’s deafening
Chasing ghosts in a hotel parking lot
Until the frame burns out
Looking over your shoulder
You never get any older
Every memory come and gone
I can’t believe it’s been so long
If I could cover the distance
Would it make any difference
With all the sorrow and the joy
Frozen in the celluloid
Looking over your shoulder
Thoughts blur every time I look away
Is it you or the alcohol
I’m hanging on like a death row innocent
Waiting for the call
I don’t know what I’m looking for
A light shining through an open door
But it’s enough just to have you here again
Living on the wall
—
Written by: David Cook / Kevin Griffin
I
Today’s not the same as every day
It’s far from ordinary
The pain I endure you’re my cure
But my mistakes have led me far away from you
You turn away
From all those things that I’ve been trying to say
And all those promises I shouldn’t have made
I did it for you
Mile by mile feelings I just can’t reconcile
My heart’s on a string these broken wings
Who knew I’d be so fragile
Far away from you
You turn away
From all those things that I’ve been trying to say
And all those promises I shouldn’t have made
I did it for you
I’ve searched my soul
And all these feelings that I can’t control
And you’re the one thing that can make me whole
I did it for you
Try to let you know try to let you know
Try to let you know
Today’s not the same as every day
It’s far from ordinary
You turn away
From all those things that I’ve been trying to say
And all those promises I shouldn’t have made
I did it for you
Oh I searched my soul
And all these feelings that I can’t control
And you’re the one thing that can make me whole
I did it for you I did it for you I did it for you
You’re the one thing that can make me whole
I did it for you
—
Written by: David Cook / Raine Maida
Something still comes over me
Just a chill in the winter breeze
Standing in the cold debris
We left behind a memory
Every word that left your lips
Left behind your fingerprints
Now every crime that love commits
Brings us right back here to this
I only want to be remembered
For being the one who’d always say
That I’m gonna love you, I’m gonna love you endlessly
I’ve never been one to yell surrender
As long as you’re standing next to me
‘Cause I’m gonna love you, I’m gonna love you endlessly
No escaping this embrace
Every time I see your face
Around the love I can’t erase
And wouldn’t want to anyway
—
Written by: David Cook / Andy Waldeck / Andy Skib
K
I, I’m never really awake
You take it all away until my will begins to break
You, you’ve got me in your sights
You’re doing something right ’cause all I see is blue tonight
Yeah, we’re lost in the dark and we’re praying for light
Reaching out for a heart where the beat never dies
Yeah we’re crossing the line between heaven and hell
I’ll never kiss and tell
Now we’re facing the flood and it’s rising fast
We keep holding our breath ’til we both collapse
Lying still in the place right where our bodies fell
But I’ll never kiss and tell
I, I feel my pulse increase
Do anything you please as long as I can hear you breathe
We, we’re losing all control
I thought we had it all but now your lips are turning cold
—
Written by: David Cook / Andy Skib / Andy Waldeck
Put on a scent with some attitude
Put on a dress with some bite
Make up your skin like your favorite star
You’re going out tonight
When everyone’s under the gun
Just smile and hum along
So over it just a well-trained pack
The same old song
I can say
You were lost when you walked into the room
Such an old cliché
Hollywood’s full of girls like you
With your backbone stuck inside your purse
Your fairy tale couldn’t get much worse
You’re a broken bride and we all know
We can win you over,
With just a kiss on the neck
You’re blowing up like a hand grenade
Can’t keep your foot on the brake
You’re grinning because you got it made
Such a colossal fake
When everyone’s a smoking gun
Just smile and hum along
You’ll never win with a back to a grave
You got it all wrong
I can say
You were lost when you walked into the room
Such an old cliché
Hollywood’s full of girls like you
With your backbone stuck inside your purse
Your fairy tale couldn’t get much worse
You’re a broken bride and we all know
We can win you over,
With just a kiss on the neck
You’re the sweetest thing I’ve seen
To think that you were meant for me
And I got just one thing to say,
With just a kiss on the neck
You can say
I was lost when I walked into the room
Such an old cliché
I can never get a girl like you
With my backbone stuck inside your purse
This fairy tale couldn’t get much worse
I’m a broken man and you all know
You can win me over,
With just a kiss on the neck
K-K-K-Kiss on the neck
—
Written by: David Cook / Neal Tiemann
L
I remember when you lit my flame
A bit of passion with a pinch of pain
You left me praying for a single drop of rain, whoa
But now the fire’s burning out of control
Because I’m never gonna let you go
So bring the gasoline and we can start the show
You got under my skin
And I can’t begin
To think of all the trouble you keep getting me in
So I’ll just hold on
And try to be strong
I fall apart when I’m with you
I cry when I kiss you
I know you’re really no good
You got my heart in your hand
Oh I’ll never understand
And it shows
You get me high but you’re laying me low
I remember every broken line
I’m just a victim of the perfect crime
You keep running while I keep on doing time, whoa
So give me something just to keep me sane
I only wanna hear you say my name
And now I know I’m never gonna win this game
But I’ll play anyway
—
Written by: David Cook / Crix Reardon / Andy Waldeck
I was wrong, I was wrong
Thinking my heart could be my own
I was strong, I was strong
When I had a reason to hold on
Let me fall, let me fall for you
Let me fall for you
Don’t look down, don’t look down
By now it’s too late to take it slow
Turn around, turn around
And give me a reason to let go
It’s almost over
I’m hanging by a thread
With all the words you never said
I’m going under
So tell me what to do
I’ve got nothing to hold on to
Let me fall for you
All the time, all the time
You are the one that got me through
Like a sign, like a sign
You were the voice that knew the truth
Let me fall like a stone in the water
Let me fall like a plane out of the sky
Let me crash, let me burn my heart out
Let me learn to fly
—
Written by: David Cook / Rune Westburg
You whispered that you were getting tired
Got a look in your eye, looks a lot like goodbye
Hold on to your secrets tonight
Don’t want to know I’m ok with this silence
It’s truth that I don’t want to hear
You’re hiding regret in your smile
There’s a storm in your eyes
I’ve seen coming for a while
Hang on to the past tense tonight
Don’t say a word, I’m ok with the quiet
The truth is going to change everything
So Lie to me and tell me that it’s gonna be alright
So Lie to me and tell me that we’ll make it through the night
I don’t mind if you wait before you tear me apart
Look me in the eye and lie, lie, lie
I know that there’s no turning back
If we put too much light on this we’ll see through all the cracks
Let’s stay in the dark one more night
Don’t want to know
I’m ok with the silence
It’s truth that I don’t want to hear
Don’t want to believe in this ending
Let the camera’s roll on
Keep pretending
Tomorrow’s all wrong if you walk away
Just stay
—
Written by: David Cook / Zac Maloy / Espen Lind / Amund Bjorklund
Here in this crowd I’m feeling all alone
Turn me around and point me back to home
I’m getting lost more every day and I can’t tear myself away
From the stars in my eyes with no light
Here are my terms, have some faith in me
And I’ll let you be who you need to be
Life on the moon
Couldn’t be any stranger
Life on the moon
Wouldn’t feel as far away
The life that I knew, it’s through
And I’m gonna need you more than ever
I’m alone in this crowded room,
It’s like life on the moon
Float off the ground; my head’s up in the air
Self-conscious to a fault, with all the people everywhere
It’s getting harder every night, to take the punches left and right
Just to know that you’re here by my side
Getting lost in my own atmosphere
Stars in the sky are the stars in my eyes
It’s the cost of getting out of here alive
—
Written by: David Cook / Zac Maloy / Espen Lind / Amund Bjorklund
Never really said too much
Afraid it wouldn’t be enough
Just try to keep my spirits up
When there’s no point grieving
Doesn’t matter anyway
Words can never make me stay
Words will never take my place
When you know I’m leaving
Try to leave a light on
When I’m gone
Its something I rely on
To get home
One I can Feel at night
A naked light
A fire to keep me warm
Try to leave a light on
When I’m gone
Even in the daylight
Shine on
And when its late at night
You can look inside
You won’t
Feel so alone
You know we’ve
Been down that road
What seems
A thousand times before
My back to a closing door
And my eyes
To the seasons
That roll out
Underneath my heels
And you don’t know
How bad it feels
To leave the only one
That I have ever
Believed in
Sometimes it feels
Like we’ve run
Out of luck
When the signal
Keeps on breaking up
When the wires
Cross my brain
You’ll start my heart again
When I come along
—
Written by: Chris Cornell / Brian Howes
M
When we were young and dumb and free
And the world was spinning at our feet
And anything was possible
Watch it run, break up the steam
In the back seat, salt and body heat
We had everything in hand
Punch drunk and all part of the plan
The sound the fury and her face
Invincible we had it made
Now watch it fade
Down and out
Trying to get out of this one light town
Chasing pavement to make your parents proud
What’s it gonna be for you?
That old highway
Keeps screaming at you, honey, make or break
That neon heart of yours can light your way
So just make a move
Dancing close and moving slow
Getting high to keep it low
The night felt like it couldn’t end
The headlights lighting up the way
To that memory we stashed away
We had that city in our hand
Punch drunk and stuck without a plan
That sound still ringing in my ears
We held on to our better years
With nothing left to fear
We keep chasing the dream
But the dream keeps running faster, faster
It was all make believe
Happy ever after
—
Written by: David Cook
Day in and day out.
Watch him scream, watch him shout.
Through the silence.
Through the silence.
Give him ears, give him eyes.
Give some point to the cries.
And the violence
Oh the violence
Hear him scream your name
I would like to introduce Mr. Sensitive
The one who never let the worst get the best of him
Get the best of him
This city feels low
Against the gleam and the glow
Of his diligence to their elegance.
Just feel anger, feel pain.
Feel the sun and the rain
Just feel something.
Oh feel something.
Hear them scream your name.
I would like to introduce Mr. Sensitive
The one who never let the worst get the best of him
They throw the stones and bricks and bones.
“He didn’t stand a chance”, they said.
A little boy the world in tow.
But Ignorance is bliss.
I would like to introduce Mr. Sensitive.
The one who never let the worst get the best of him.
I would like to introduce Mr. Sensitive.
The one who never let the worst get the best of him.
Get the best of him.
—
Written by: David Cook / Raine Maida
When your smile becomes the reason I breathe
And your eyes become the motive to see
But if it’s better for your health
To say the love, it lives in someone else
And all that I can say
And all that I can say
Is she’s my last request
Everything else is suddenly taken over
And I’m my own regret
And all that I wanted is out of my hands
Your thoughts of war, religion and love
Are the things that I recall when you’re gone
And now I’m left without a clue
On where I stood in line when I lost you
And all that I can say
Yes all that I can say
Is she’s my last request
Everything else is suddenly taken over
And I’m my own regret
And all that I wanted is out of my hands
Out of my hands
When your smile becomes the reason I breathe
And your eyes become the motive to see
Then all that I can say
Is she’s my last request
Everything else is suddenly taken over
And I’m my own regret
And all that I wanted is out of my hands
Out of my hands
She’s my last request
And all that I wanted is out of my hands
—
Written by: David Cook / Jess Cates / David Hodges
P
I can feel in the evening air all the words I want to say
But I can tell as you turn to leave that they wouldn’t make you stay
Overhead the lights come on and suddenly I see
That glow is gonna guide you home, wherever that may be
What use is a paper heart
When you’re stuck in the rain, stuck in the rain
Cause all the love that I hold inside
Feel it washing away, washing away
Let it fall, take it all cause I’m so tired of feeling everything
So damn me and my paper heart
In this pouring rain
I could watch as you fade away
But I hold on to the pain
In these arms that just let you go
On these lips that said your name
Couldn’t know it would hurt this hard
To hear you close that door
So punch a hole in my paper heart
Cause I don’t need it anymore
—
Written by: David Cook / Julian Emery / James Lawrence Irvin
Is this the moment where I look you in the eye?
Forgive my broken promise that you’ll never see me cry
And everything it will surely change even if I
Tell you I won’t go away today
Will you think that you’re all alone,
When no one’s there to hold your hand?
When all you know seems so far away
And everything is temporary, rest your head
I’m permanent
I know he’s living in hell every single day
And so I ask, “Oh God, is there some way for me to take his place?”
And when they say, “It’s so touch and go”
I wish I could make it go away
But still you say
Will you think that you’re all alone,
When no one’s there to hold your hand?
When all you know seems so far away
And everything is temporary, rest your head
I’m permanent
I’m permanent
Is this the moment where I look you in the eye?
Forgive my promise that you’ll never see me cry
—
Written by: David Cook / Chantal Kreviazuk / Raine Maida
R
Give me one more quiet night
‘fore this loud morning gets it right
And does me in
Does this story have an ending
Cause I’m needing to escape
And kill the blinding lights of day
To try again
Close my eyes and start descending
Cause I, I can’t seem to find
A way back inside every last thought of love we made
That still keeps me awake
Still keeps me from everything we had
That I’m trying to get back, trying to get back
We keep floating towards the floor
Stuck in this pattern ever more
Of sink or swim
But the oxygen is proving
More than words could ever say
To put these memories away
So this is it
These rapid eyes will keep on moving
Give me one more quiet night
‘fore this loud morning gets it right
And does me in
Is this story worth forgetting
—
Written by: David Cook / David Hodges
Flip switch
You got the killer itch
Written on your bedroom walls
Break back
It’s like a heart attack
You’re feeling that forever fall
Look at you now, look at you now, oh
Click shake
You’re spinning wide awake
The colors are a fever dream
Side step
Before you pay the debt
You’re staring at a static screen
Look at you now, look at you now, oh
No matter where you go
Oh, oh, oh
I will follow
When all your reds turn blue
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I’m right beside you
When all your reds turn blue
Let’s play
Let’s wash it all away
Steady, honey, as she goes
It doesn’t matter
What the mirror says
‘Cause we’re the only ones who know
Look at you now, look at you now, oh, oh, oh
—
Written by: David Cook
Everyone was watching you
As everything just slipped away
All they ever wanted was the light you gave them
You’ve always been the sweetest song
And even when the world went wrong
You never let the sun go down and fall to pieces
I could never walk away from you here
If the sun stops burning and the world stops turning
I’ll be right here with you
And if the sky keeps falling and the night keeps calling
I’ll be right here with you
I’m on your side
I could see the way you hide
All the things you keep inside
But all you ever wanted was the light to save you
We could run away somehow
Take the night and tear it down
Never let the sun burn out and fall to pieces
Nothing’s gonna stop us now cause we were born to live forever
The tides will always change
The waves will always break
I will be here waiting all through time
Forever by your side
Our love will never die
—
Written by: David Cook / Johnny Rzeznik / Ryan Star / Gregg Wattenberg
S
She’ll let you in her house
If you come knockin’ late at night
She’ll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right
If you pay the price
She’ll let you deep inside
But there’s a secret garden she hides
She’ll let you in her car
To go drivin’ round
She’ll let you into the parts of herself
That’ll bring you down
She’ll let you in her heart
If you got a hammer and a vise
But into her secret garden, don’t think twice
You’ve gone a million miles
How far’d you get
To that place where you can’t remember
And you can’t forget
She’ll lead you down a path
There’ll be tenderness in the air
She’ll let you come just far enough
So you know she’s really there
She’ll look at you and smile
And her eyes will say
She’s got a secret garden
Where everything you want
Where everything you need
Will always stay
A million miles away
—
Bruce Springsteen
All these colors and sounds, they got me out of my mind
It’s like we’re racing the clock and running out of time
Watch the outside burn like an effigy
We could live right here like a memory
Let the pulses run, our hearts are beating fine
Let’s forget about the strange world for a minute
We got upside down took the long way ‘round for the feeling
Yeah the city lights are in our heads
But we don’t have to leave this bed
Forget about the strange world for a minute
We could give it all up and leave it all behind
Staring at each other ‘til we’re colorblind
Let the sky come down like a falling star
Let the edges blur ‘til they fall apart
No need for looking around, there’s nothing else to find
Let’s forget about the strange world for a minute
We got upside down took the long way ‘round for the feeling
Yeah the city lights are in our heads
But we don’t have to leave this bed
Forget about the strange world for a minute
Let’s forget about the strange world for a minute
We got upside down took the long way ‘round for the feeling
Yeah the city lights are in our heads
But we don’t have to leave this bed
Forget about the strange world for a minute
—
Written by: David Cook
T
TABOS
Sending out an SOS
The sirens screaming loud
(And they’re screaming in your brain)
The skin we’re living in
Stretched out and wearing thin
Until it sells you out
(Now it’s calling out your name)
The light’s on fire but I can promise you
This’ll all be over soon (This’ll all be over soon)
No matter what the fight has put you through
This’ll all be over soon (This’ll all be over soon)
Feel the rattle in your bones
Shaking in your soul
(And it’s taking us alive)
Don’t let it disappear
This whisper in your ear
Cause it’s telling you
(We’re all lost and it’s alright)
—
Written by: David Cook
This is no escape, this is no surrender
My dear
This is my parade, my happy ever after
But only if you’re here
When I’m lost and broken
Take me as I am
Right here where I stand
Open up your arms and let me in
Out here on my own
I know I’m not alone.
Let me in your heart right where you stand
Take me as I am
We could take tonight, make it last forever
If you dare
We could run away, take the world together
But only if you care
About these words unspoken
Take me as I am, give a second chance
We can take tomorrow, make it better, you and me
Give me one more try, before we say goodbye
Right here in this moment, here forever, everyday
—
Written by: David Cook / Marti Frederiksen / Scott Stevens
If you hear this on the radio
Then we’ve already said our last goodbye
I won’t be there when you get home
By now there’s someone else that hears you cry
I wonder if he holds you like I did
I hope that he can love you better
Cause you were everything that’s right at the wrong time
I didn’t want to lose you
Leave you with a broken heart
But wherever we are, we’re miles apart
I know that we tried, but this is the last goodbye
Oh, I didn’t want to let you go
But wherever we are, we’re miles apart
I know that we tried, but this is the last goodbye
We were almost beautiful
A broken piece of art put on display
But we were never possible
Another perfect moment thrown away
I know somebody out there will love you
They’ll be the forever we never were
Cause we were everything that’s right at
The wrong time
—
Written by: David Cook / Ryan Tedder
I can tell that something’s not the same
Cause we’re both losing at the loving game
We’re hanging from wires
And your tongue is a fire
And I can’t keep putting out the flames
There was a time when you could tell the world
That you
You knew I would fight for you
You knew I would fight for you
But now I know that I can let you go
Cause I wrote
The last song I’ll write for you
The last song I’ll write for you
I’ve been waiting just to feel this way
Where my night’s not made by everyday
That you ever had
The good and the bad
Cause I’m through callin’ out your name
We just drifted apart
Two beats in two different hearts
Before I say goodbye
I want you to know
—
Written by: David Cook / Daniel James / Andy Skib
I feel your pulse steady like an 808
It keeps driving like a semi on the interstate
Swerving left and right, coloring outside the lines
We gotta get before the getting’s late
I see the moon living in the rear-view mirror
And every sign sayin’ baby there ain’t nothing here
So tell me everything, I’ll be your amphetamine
I’ll be the whisper living in your ear
Life’s a little better living upside down
Hangin’ from the heavens trying to touch the ground
Yeah we’re the lucky ones
Yeah we’re the lucky ones
Our hearts keep beating to the city lights
Racing ever forward, never hit rewind
Now we’re the lucky ones
Yeah we’re the lucky ones
So be the blood rushing right into my brain
As your oxygen begins to take my breath away
It’s just me and you, everything is turning blue
Let’s find each other in the fadeaway
—
Written by: David Cook / Tim Bruns
I’ve been waiting for my dreams
To turn into somethin’ I could believe in
And looking for that magic rainbow
On the horizon, I couldn’t see it
Until I let go, gave in to love
Watched all the bitterness burn
Now I’m coming alive, body and soul
Feeling my world start to turn
And I’ll taste every moment and live it out loud
I know this is the time, this is the time to be
More than a name or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time, this is the time of my life
Holding on to things that vanished
Into the air, left me in pieces
But now I’m rising from the ashes
Finding my wings and all that I needed
Was there all along, within my reach
As close as the beat of my heart
And I’m out on the edge of forever
Ready to run
Keeping my feet on the ground, arms open wide
Face to the sun
—
Written by: Regie Hamm
I remember
When the world outside
Was just a picture
Where the colors come alive
Nothing broken
We were once so brave
Then the ocean
Came and took it all away
And all that I could say
This is not the last time
I will see the sun rise
Cause I’ve been dreamin’ far too long
To give up and leave this behind
This is not the only way
Tomorrow’s holding on to another day
I know that this moment’s real
Even though it might feel like goodbye
This is not the last time
Now we’re older
But we’re still the same
A little wiser
Oh but we are not afraid
Of open waters
Let them take away
Everything
This is not a goodbye
This is just a lullaby
And everything will be alright
—
Written by: David Cook / Chris DeStefano / David Hodges
I never thought I’d see myself down here
In the same damn place with a different year
Where the lines on my face never looked so clear
I swear
You were six feet in on a one way street
When you gave into love with my heart on your sleeve
In a world full of pearls in an endless sea
You were all that I needed, all I needed
Time marches on, right or wrong
Never waits for no one, no
Can’t turn it off, won’t make it through
Cause time marches on without you
If you knew then what you know right now
Would you’ve packed your bags and left this town
Cause I’m still here with my heart on the ground
This was the last thing I needed, all I needed
—
Written by: David Cook / Marti Frederiksen
W
I’m as drunk as the morning sun
A ball of fire and I’ve just begun
To drink you in, oh
Another picture in a broken frame
And I remember I’m the one to blame
Oh where do I begin
‘Cause I’ve been crying salt into an open wound
Since I don’t remember when
So as I slowly open up my eyes
Oh I can see you on the other side, the other side
No matter where you go, yeah, will you let me know
Will you wait for me, wait for me
More than I ever knew, yeah, all I need is you
Will you wait for me, wait for me
Falling faster by the afternoon
Connecting dots around the black and blue
It’s sinking in, oh
That I can smell you on my pillowcase
But I may never get to see your face
Here again oh
So I’ll keep crying salt into an open wound
Until I feel again
And if I ever open up my eyes
Will I see you on the other side
The other side
So I’ll keep dying slowly from this open wound
Until you come home again
—
Written by: David Cook / Chad Carlson
You know I’m stuck to you like static
You’re in my blood like automatic
Yeah the deeper down we go
We spin around like vertigo
You’re the drug and I’m the addict
Baby this is warfare
This is a battle
If I can’t have you
Nothing else matters
Fightin’ for your love, fightin’ for your love
Fightin’ for your love
Now the fire’s getting closer
It’s getting hard to keep composure
But no matter where it turns
We got that love forever burn
You’re the war and I’m your soldier
Another night to kick the habit
Of living life monochromatic
I need your touch like something tragic
‘Cause you’re the drug and I’m the addict
—
Written by: David Cook / Nathan Paul Chapman
In the night
We’re all looking for a guiding light
We’re all seeking something more than right
It must be there
Every day
We’re all trying to find a better way
Were all hoping for someone to say
We’re almost there
We believe
There’s a reason that we’re all here
That every doubt will disappear, we believe
We believe
That tomorrow carries something new
And after everything that we’ve been through
We believe
In our time
If we hit a wall that we can’t climb
And if we stumble at the finish line
We’ll start again
Everyone
Every single person under the sun
Has a moment where they know they’ve won
But until then
In the power of hope
In the strength of peace
There’s a way back home
Where the battles cease
A new world will grow
If we just believe
This is what we know
This is what we need
—
Written by: David Cook / Julian Emery / James Lawrence Irvin
I believe in movie scenes
That love can lead us back
From the seas that we bleed
These broken heart attacks
That can take us to the ground
Until the sun goes dim
Suddenly, in between
The moments we fall down
I can see, you and me
The fire to break this town
So give everything you’ve got
Before the night comes in
Will they remember us at all?
Long ago
When the light was everything we know
Before the moment where the darkness showed
Now I’m beggin’ you to
Come back home
We can be that old familiar glow
Where the hearts inside our hands can go
‘Cause we’re not in this alone
Take a chance, take my hand
Nothing can break us now
‘Cause I believe that you and me
We’re built on solid ground
So let’s make this last forever
And call it home
Let the world surrender
Let tonight remember
The daylight’s comin’ in
C’mon stay forever
Take it all on together
And help me breathe again
—
Written by: David Cook / Devin Bronson / Andy Skib
We’re counting circles, around and around
Until we’re down on the floor
What were we put here for?
We keep on burning a hole in the ground
We’re reaching out for more
Can’t see the fight in the war
If the light leaves our heart
Do we know where to start?
Whenever the sun goes down
Where Do We Go?
When all of the leaves turn brown
Where Do We Go?
With every step that we’re taking to the brink
We’re cutting ties like a puppet from a string
So whether we’re lost or found
Where Do We Go?
Before the sky falls, from heaven to ground
We’ve go to run for our lives
Inside of innocent eyes
But when the night calls, we’re tearing it down
Until the smoke can rise
We are the warning sign
When the light leaves our heart
Will we know where to start?
By the time the music start to fade away
We’ll be in the trenches making our escape
Chasing fireflies like bullets to the brain
—
Written by: David Cook / Andy Skib / Andrew Waldeck
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you
It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I’d meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you
No I don’t wanna fall in love
No I don’t wanna fall in love
With you
What a wicked game you played
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
And I wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No I wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you
No I
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
The world was on fire and no one could save me, but you
It’s strange what desire will make foolish people do
—
Written by: Chris Isaak