The reasons change but the fact remains
After boom comes bust
It's not so strange how our pain
Can kill a little trust

There are lovers in this city
Losin' all their passion
Poisoned by a desperate time

You think I'm dreamin' but I'm believin’
That baby the worst is over
I've got no reason just a feelin’
That baby the worst is over
'Cause we're both in retail
And we need to sell ourselves

Like a Tibetan monk I'll keep the junk
That's spewing from my mouth
'Cause I will find piece of mind
Everyone is talking about

There are lovers in this city
Losin' all their passion
Poisoned by a desperate time

You think I'm dreamin' but I'm believin’
That baby the worst is over
I've got no reason just a feelin’
That baby the worst is over
Cause we're both in retail
And we need to sell ourselves

Ohhh, this greed of fortune infects my soul
So let the healing happen now
This spin of romance destroys my hope
So let the healing happen now

Angus is a salesman
Living with his parents
He says he saves a fortune
We think he's still a virgin

So one day on a weekend
His parents went to Graceland
After twenty caesars
He works it up to call her at home... at home... at home...

He says oh, my Lord
You look like the girl next door
Why do you call here for
Maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, let's talk

His bedroom's in the basement
And that's where he'll be waiting
His bedroom's in the basement
And that's where he'll be waiting alone… alone.... alone...

He says oh, my Lord
You look like the girl next door
Why do you call here for
Maybe to talk, maybe to talk

He says oh, my Lord
You look like the girl next door
Why do you call here for
Maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, maybe to talk, let's talk... uh, maybe not... maybe not... maybe not

Fave, you were my favorite friend
The girl with the most common sense
And I was a sensitive man
To hear you talk of other men

But all the glory in your world
Will not prove me what your worth
'Cause I know no one likes to be alone

(just say you'll stop)
Before you explode
(just say you'll stop)
Going out of control
(rollin')
Rollin', risin', and fallin'

'Fraid, you were never afraid of success
Something you could always taste
And now that you've tasted the best
There really is no coming back

All the fortune in your world
Will not prove me what you're worth
'Cause I know no one likes to be alone

(just say you'll stop)
Before you explode
(just say you'll stop)
Going out of control
(rollin')
Rollin', risin', fallin'... oooo-oooo-oooo... oo-oo-oooo-oooo-oooo... yeah... oh... yeah

(just say you'll stop)
Before you explode
(just say you'll stop)
Going out of control
(rollin')
Rollin', risin', risin', fallin', and fallin'

Fame, you were my famous friend
That's why the story ends

Buy my clothes at a second hand shop
Acting poor when I know I'm not
Major label cover-ups have gotta stop… or else

Feelin' shame 'cause I'm doin' well
Show my pain 'cause I know it sells
Francis Bean will live to tell this whole... world

But your price today
It's just like yesterday… It's too high... it's too high... it's too high

Maybe it’s dead… maybe it’s done
Maybe it’s over but this ain't no revolution

All those years in suburban shell
First day out, purely hell
Like a train my mind derails my body-oh-oh

But your price today
It's just like yesterday… it's too high... it's too high... it's too high

Maybe it’s dead… maybe it’s done
Maybe it’s over but I don't believe we've won
Maybe it’s a game… some kind of fun
Maybe there's a purpose but this ain't no revolution... ohhhh... ohhhh. ohhhh...

All been fooled again, 'gain
We've all been fooled again, 'gain
We've all been fooled again, 'gain
We've all been fooled again...

Maybe it’s dead… maybe it’s done
Maybe it’s over but I don't believe we've won
Maybe it’s a game… some kind of fun
Maybe there's a purpose but this ain't no revolution...

All right...
We've all been fooled again, 'gain
We've all been fooled again, 'gain
We've all been fooled again, 'gain
We've all been fooled again, 'gain...
I know... I know...

5. What If I Forget (4:48)

You say you want an honest answer
Givin' me the simple question
Will I ever fuck another
Is anything I say forever
Does it really make a difference
You say it makes all the difference
But I'm not one to talk the future
Especially when I'm gone today

Remember who's your friend
And who's you're favorite fan
And who will understand

But what if I forget... and what if I forget...
Does it mean I failed your test... oh no

Taking in all my reasons
And making up all my excuses
Like I need time to focus
Now's a good time to be selfish

Remember who's your friend
And who's you're favorite fan
And who will understand

'Cause what if I forget... and what if I forget...
Does it mean I failed your test... oh no

(don't tell me 'cause I'll forget it)

Tired of racing around the issue
Hope to reach the heart of matter
I don't need more clues to figure
There's no reason to continue
Although it may seem pathetic
How these tests I'm always failing
So if you want to settle the issue
Don't tell me 'cause I'll probably... forget it

When I was young there was a girl
Who promised everything to me
How could it be, she was a dream
And I was just sixteen... yeah

When I was young my broken heart
Would bleed forever more, more and more, and some more
I liked her

When I was young she was always on my mind
My mind felt like this because

She was the one who ruined my world
And killed me from the start

When I was young she was always on my mind
My mind felt like this because

When I was young there was a girl
Who promised everything to me
How could it be, she was a dream
And I am still sixteen

When I was young I thought we'd be together forever
Until the end of time

I was kinda thinking if you were kinda thinking it too... but I don't know
We're so busy doing the things we said we never would do... just to show

Work it in… when my love is comin' in
Work it in… give me time to
Work it in… compromise to
Work it in… selling lies to
Work it in… now, now, now, now, work it out

Why I find people who worry if other people have changed
Beats the hell out of me
I'd be fine thinkin' that after years you're not the same
At least I hope so

Work it in… when the cash is comin' in
Work it in… change your mind to
Work it in… compromise to
Work it in… selling lies to
Work it in… now, now, now, now, work it out

Ohhh, you always complain about them pulling your strings
If you want to escape… oh, just go, go, go, go... go

Work it in… when the cash is comin' in
Work it in… change your mind to
Work it in… compromise to
Work it in… selling lies to
Work it in… now, now, now, now, work it out, oh, work it out, oh, work it out, oh, work it out, oh, work it out, oh, work it out, oh, work it out, oh, work it out, out

I don't care what anyone says
Elvis was bigger than the Beatles
Public tries to prove that there's a root to all this evil
Anytime we're gonna sign just working on a deal
The bottom line, it's gotta rhyme and you people gotta feel

She understands the chorus is the pearl
The verses are for girls
The bridges rock my world

Listen up, why the fuck'd the Low break up
They were supposed to make it
Being Canuck kinda sucks, this land's overrated
Promo chicks turn their tricks to please the ones who paid
Politics make me sick to see we're all related

She understands the chorus is the pearl
The verses are for girls
The bridges rock my world

What comes first when you write it
Is it music or your lyrics
Oh, you must have got some special talent
Oh-hoah, it's something you’ll never know... oh-ah-oh-ah-oh-ah-oh-ah-oh-ah-oh... yeah, you'll never know

Why the Hip's not huge in the States, the question's by the people
Public tries to correlate the blues in all the evil
But how many young rock stars done and damaged by the needle
I don't care what anyone says
Elvis was bigger than the Beatles

She understands that the chorus is the pearl
And the verses are for girls
But the bridges... oh, the bridges... oh, the bridges... ohhh... ohhh... the bridges rock my world...

They rock my world... ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah, they rock your world... world... world, no, no, no, no

Won't you close your eyes for just one minute
I'm gonna give you something you just can't see
When you feel you're getting really into it
Then tell me all your fantasies

I wanna take some time today
I'm gonna take your mind away

So now I've used a half a minute
Is there anything you can see
Now don't be looking too much into it
Things are better worse than it seem

I wanna take some time today
I'm gonna take your mind away
So now you can open your... you can open your... you can open your... you can open your eyes

Been so long since I've enjoyed myself
Think I'll take time to restore my health
Too late, you came and destroyed my plans for fun

What's with the rush
She says what's with the speed
The more that you give
Is the more I need

'Cause I don't like waiting
'Cause I don't like waiting
It takes too long
It takes too long
It takes too long
Plus I got no time

Please preserve, I mean reserve the first open shelf
You came and you left my mind for someone else

What's with the rush
She says what's with the speed
The more that you give
Is the more I need

'Cause I don't like waiting
'Cause I don't like waiting
It takes too long
It takes too long
'Cause I don't like waiting
'Cause I don't like waiting
It takes too long
It takes too long
It takes too long
Plus I got no time

Energy, how free my blood's flowing
After G, don't know where I'm going... no

Well I've talked about it
And I've read about it
And I've heard about it everyday, yeah

When I think, I think too much
When I feel, I feel too much
When I want, it's always too much, now now now now now now now

Honesty, don't leave yourself open
Infinity, you're as wide as an ocean

And I realized it
And I analyzed it
And I've publicized it everyday, yeah

When I think, I think too much
When I feel, I feel too much
When I want, it's always too much, now now now now now now now

Oh now, oh now, oh now
Oh now, oh now, oh now

Stephanie, I need your devotion
Chemistry, can't read your emotion, no

And I've thought about it
And I've talked about it
And I've laughed about it
And I've heard about it
And I'm wrong about it
But I'll write about
'Cause I'm good about it
And I'd die without it

When I think, I think too much
When I feel, I feel too much
When I want, it's always too much, now now now now now now now

Yeah, now now now now now
Yeah, now now now now now
Yeah, now now now now now
Yeah, now now now now now

Yeah, yeah

In this place, poet's got my dream
Perfect face, the hero of my scene
Sings those words, and promises everything, so promise me anything

Well I stayed in school
I played the fool
Obeyed the rules
And look what I've become
And I forged my youth
Ignored the truth
Wore the proof
To find that I was wrong, yeah

'Cause time is not on my side
I know I can't have it all, it all, if I'm due, ohhh

In this life, people climbing walls
Stuck inside, waiting for the call
That helps them find some meaning in it all, some meaning in it all
Meaning of it all

Well I stayed in school
I played the fool
Obeyed the rules
And look what I've become
And I forged my youth
Ignored the truth
Wore the proof
To find that I was wrong, yeah

'Cause time is not on my side
I know I can't have it all, it all, if I'm due

That's right
There's not enough of the time
To write the words when no one can relate
There's not enough of the time
To spread the love that everybody hates
There's not enough of the time
To wage a war with every cop and race
There's not enough of the time
To bite the hands that always feed my face

I don't wanna give in, I don't wanna give up
I don't wanna fit in, and I don't wanna shut up, no

Now you're quoting every word I ever said
How I promised I'd be fighting till I'm dead
Baby try to understand
I am just a businessman
Sure I travel across this land
Don't you know I got no friends

That's right
There's not enough of the time
To write the words when no one can relate
There's not enough of the time
To spread the love that everybody hates
There's not enough of the time
To wage a war with every cop and race
There's not enough of the time
To bite the hands that always feed my face

We don't wanna give in, we don't wanna give up
We don't wanna fit in, we don't wanna shut up, no

Now you're quoting every word we ever said
How we promised we'd be fighting till we're dead
Baby try to understand we are just an indie band
Sure we travel across this land
Don't you know we've got no fans

You know we've got no fans
You know we've got no fans
You know we've got just friends
You know we've got no fa-a-a-a-a-a...

That's right, that's right, that's right

So bow down to the unofficial rules
Not because you want to, because you have to
Bow down to the politician's shoes
Because he needs you, because he loves you

It's the dirty finger pushing goons
Who tap your wires, invade your rooms
They claim it's understood because it's for your own good

Bow down to the unofficial rules
Not because you want to, because you have to
Bow down to the politician's shoes
Because he needs you, because he loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah-oh-oh-oh

All right, now people calm right down
Pay no attention to those clowns
And we gotta keep it cool, gotta play their little game
Then we spark a little fire and we spread a lot of flame

Next thing you know roots are gonna grow
Then we see how fast we overthrow
There's nothing they can do, there's nothing they can do

Bow down to the new mob rules
Not because you want to, because you have to
Bow down to my new suede shoes
You know we need you, you know we love you
So bow down, ohhhhhh-hoah, bow down, ohhhhhh-hoah, all right...