The Young and the Hopeless
Good Charlotte
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1
A New Beginning
01 : 49
2
The Anthem
02 : 55
3
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
03 : 10
4
Wondering
03 : 32
5
The Story of My Old Man
02 : 41
6
Girls & Boys
03 : 03
7
My Bloody Valentine
03 : 54
8
Hold On
04 : 05
9
Riot Girl
02 : 17
10
Say Anything
04 : 21
11
The Day That I Die
02 : 58
12
The Young & the Hopeless
03 : 32
13
Emotionless
04 : 02
14
Movin’ On
03 : 27
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Track Lyrics
The Anthem Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah
Here we go
[Verse 1]
It's a new day, but it all feels old
"It's a good life!" That's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same
At my high school, it felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
My time spent there, it only made me see
[Pre-Chorus]
That I don't ever wanna be like you
I don't wanna do the things you do
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
And I don't ever wanna
[Chorus]
I don't ever wanna be you
Don't wanna be just like you
Uh, what I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem, throw all your hands up
You, don't wanna be you
[Verse 2]
"Go to college or university
Get a real job," that's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want
I'm gonna get by and just do my time
Out of step while they all get in line
I'm just a minor threat, so pay no mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Do you really wanna be like them?
Do you really wanna be another trend?
Do you wanna be part of that crowd?
'Cause I don't ever wanna
[Chorus]
I don't ever wanna be you
Don't wanna be just like you
Uh, what I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem, throw all your hands up
You, don't wanna be you
[Bridge]
You shake it once, that's fine
You shake it twice, that's okay
You shake it three times
You're playing with yourself again
[Guitar Solo]
[Breakdown]
You, don't wanna be just like you!
What I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem, throw all your hands up
Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me
You, don't wanna be just like you (Be just like you)
This is the anthem, throw all your hands up
Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me
[Outro]
Another loser anthem (Woah-oh)
Another loser anthem (Woah-oh)
Another loser anthem (Woah-oh)
Another loser anthem
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Always see it on T.V.​
Or read in the magazines
Celebrities who want sympathy
All they do is piss and moan
Inside the Rolling Stone
Talking about how hard life can be
[Pre-Chorus]
I'd like to see them spend a week living life out on the street
I don't think they would survive
If they could spend a day or two walking in someone else's shoes
I think they'd stumble and they'd fall, they would fall, fall...
[Chorus]
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complaining, always complaining
If money is such a problem
Well, they got mansions, think we should rob them
[Verse 2]
Well, did you know if you were famous you could
Kill your wife? And there's no such thing as 25 to life
As long as you've got the cash to pay for Cochran
And did you know if you were caught and you were
Smoking crack, McDonald's wouldn't even want to take you back
You could always just run for mayor of D.C.​
[Pre-Chorus]
I'd like to see them spend a week living life out on the street
I don't think they would survive
If they could spend a day or two walking in someone else's shoes
I think they'd stumble and they'd fall, they would fall...
[Chorus]
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complaining, always complaining
If money is such a problem
Well, they got mansions, think we should rob them
[Post-Chorus]
Rob them, rob them...
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Bridge]
They would fall, fall...
[Chorus]
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complaining, always complaining
If money is such a problem
You got so many problems, I think I can solve them
[Outro]
Lifestyles of the rich and famous, we'll take your
Clothes, cash, cars, and homes, just stop complaining
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Wondering Lyrics
[Chorus]
If you want me to wait, I will wait for you
If you tell me to stay, I would stay right through
If you don't want to say anything at all
I'm happy wondering
[Post-Chorus]
Go! Yeah, yeah!
[Verse 1]
Since I was a young man, I never was a fun man
I never had a plan and no security then
Ever since I met you, I never could forget you
I only want to get you right here next to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Because everybody (a-wha-oh-oh)
Needs someone that they can trust and
You're somebody (a-wha-oh-oh)
That I found just in time
[Chorus]
If you want me to wait, I will wait for you
If you tell me to stay, I would stay right through
If you don't want to say anything at all
I'm happy wondering
[Verse 2]
Now my life is changing, it's always rearranging
It's always getting stranger than I thought it ever could
Ever since I found you, I want to be around you
I want to get down to the point that I need you
[Pre-Chorus]
Because everybody (a-wha-oh-oh)
Needs someone that they can trust and
You're somebody (a-wha-oh-oh)
That I found just in time
[Chorus]
If you want me to wait, I will wait for you
If you tell me to stay, I would stay right through
If you don't want to say anything at all
I'm happy wondering
[Post-Chorus]
Go! Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
[Bridge]
Don't tell me the bad news
Don't tell me anything at all
Just tell me that you need me
And stay right here with me
[Chorus]
If you want me to wait, I will wait for you
If you tell me to stay, I would stay right through
If you don't want to say anything at all
I'm happy wondering
[Outro]
If you want me to wait, I will wait for you
If you tell me to stay, I would stay right through
If you don't want to say anything at all
I'm happy wondering...
The Story of My Old Man Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I don't know too much about, too much of my old man
I know he walked right out the door, we never saw him again
Last I heard, he was at the bar doing himself in
I know I've got that same disease, I guess I got that from him
[Pre-Chorus]
This is the story of my old man
Just like his father before him
I'm telling you, do anything you can
So you don't end up just like them, like them
[Chorus]
Monday, he woke up and hated life
Drank until Wednesday and left his wife
Thursday through Saturday, lost everything
Woke up on Sunday miserable again
[Verse 2]
I remember baseball games and working on the car
He told that he loved me and that I would go far
Showed me how to work hard and stick up for myself
I wish he wasn't too hard to listen to himself
[Pre-Chorus]
This is the story of my old man
Just like his father before him
I'm telling you, do anything you can
So you don't end up just like them, like them
[Chorus]
Monday, he woke up and hated life
Drank until Wednesday and left his wife
Thursday through Saturday, lost everything
Woke up on Sunday miserable again...
[Bridge]
Again...
Again...
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro]
Someday he'll wish that he made things right (Made things right)
Long for his family and miss his wife (Miss his wife)
Remember the days he had everything (Everything)
Now he's alone and miserable again
Girls & Boys Lyrics
[Intro]
Let the record play
Let the record play
Let the record play
[Verse 1]
The way that you dance, the way that you move
The way that you stare at me across the room
You carry Dior bags, and you got your Chanel
You wear Louis Vuitton, HG, and YSL
Now I got Bathing Ape, I got DCMA
I got brass knuckles hanging from my neck in my chain
I got a model 26, but she stays in her place
I got a Kershaw neatly, tucked inside in my waist
[Chorus]
And the record keeps playing the same old song
The hipster mean mugging on me all night long
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
Keep your hands off my girl, keep your hands off my girl
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
But the record keeps playing the same old song
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
Keep your hands off my girl, keep your hands off my girl
[Verse 2]
Now she sweating my friends and my hurricane shoes
She likes the records I spin, my Adam Barton tattoos
But she can't say "What's up?" So what does she do?
She just stays posted up the other side of the room, I got AMC
Tattooed on my hand, I got Black Wall Street on a black bandana
[Chorus]
And the record keeps playing the same old song
The hipster mean mugging on me all night long
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
Keep your hands off my girl, keep your hands off my girl
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
But the record keeps playing the same old song
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
Keep your hands off my girl, keep your hands off my girl
[Verse 3]
She, she, she don't want to talk about it
He, he, he wants to fight about
Me, me, I don't want to fight about it
I just want to be up out it, I'm just trying to stay up out it
Step out the wagon, you know the boy starts to hate, the girl that
Came with him, they like that's not the boy she dates, they get to
Fighting and swearing and now the boyfriend is staring
The disco ball on the ceiling looks like the chain that I'm wearing
[Bridge]
But the music keeps playing
I got brass knuckles hanging from my neck in my chain
I got brass knuckles hanging from my neck in my chain
[Chorus]
And the record keeps playing the same old song
The hipster mean mugging on me all night long
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
Keep your hands off my girl, keep your hands off my girl
And the record keeps playing the same old song
The hipster mean mugging on me all night long
They say "Ah ha, ah ha"
Keep your hands off my girl, keep your hands off my girl
[Outro]
You carry Dior bags, and you got your Chanel
You wear Louis Vuitton, HG, and YSL
Now I got Bathing Ape, I got DCMA
I got brass knuckles hanging from my neck in my chain
I got brass knuckles hanging from my neck in my chain
My Bloody Valentine Lyrics
[Intro]
Oh, my love, please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life
[Verse 1]
I ripped out his throat
And called you on the telephone
To take off my disguise
Just in time to hear you cry when you
[Pre-Chorus]
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
The night he died
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
One last time, singing
[Chorus]
Oh, my love, please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life
I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight
[Verse 2]
There was police and flashing lights
The rain came down so hard that night
And the headlines read, "A lover died..."
No tell-tale heart was left to find when you
[Pre-Chorus]
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
The night he died
You mourn the death of your bloody valentine
One last time, singing
[Chorus]
Oh, my love, please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life
I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight
[Post-Chorus]
Tonight...
[Bridge]
He dropped you off, I followed him home
Then I stood outside his bedroom window
Standing over him, he begged me not to do
What I knew I had to do, because I'm so in love with you
[Chorus]
Oh, my love, please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life
I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight...
[Post-Chorus]
Tonight!
[Instrumental Outro]
Hold On Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This world
This world is cold
But you don't
You don't have to go
You're feeling sad, you're feeling lonely
And no one seems to care
Your mother's gone and your father hits you
This pain you cannot bear
[Pre-Chorus]
But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through
[Chorus]
Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know
[Verse 2]
Your days
You say they're way too long
And your nights
You can't sleep at all, hold on
And you're not sure what you're waiting for
But you don't want to no more
And you're not sure what you're looking for
But you don't want to no more
[Pre-Chorus]
But we all bleed the same way as you do
And we all have the same things to go through
[Chorus]
Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know
[Post-Chorus]
Don't stop looking, you're one step closer
Don't stop searching, it's not over, hold on...
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
What are you looking for?
What are you waiting for?
Do you know what you're doing to me?
Go ahead, what are you waiting for?
[Chorus]
Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know
[Post-Chorus]
Don't stop looking, you're one step closer
Don't stop searching, it's not over
[Chorus]
Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know, hold on...
[Instrumental Outro]
Riot Girl Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She's got tattoos and piercings
She likes Minor Threat, she likes Social Distortion
My girl's a hot girl
A hood ride who needs an attitude adjustment
[Pre-Chorus]
Christina, wouldn't want to meet her
She hates you, Britney, so you better run for cover
My girl's a hot girl
A riot girl and she's angry at the world
[Chorus]
Emergency, call 911, she's pissed off at everyone
Police rescue, F.B.I., she wants a riot, she wants a riot
[Verse 2]
And everywhere we go, she gets us thrown out constantly
But that's okay, 'cause I know, I know, I know
My baby would do anything for me
Yeah!
[Pre-Chorus]
Christina, wouldn't want to meet her
She hates you, Britney, so you'd better run for cover
My girl's a hot girl
A riot girl, and she's taking on the world
[Chorus]
Emergency, call 911, she's pissed off at everyone
Police rescue, F.B.I., she wants a riot, she wants a riot
[Post-Chorus]
She wants a riot, she wants a riot
[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh...
Oh, oh, oh...
(Oh, oh, oh...) Don't you know that all I really want is you?
(Oh, oh, oh...) Got it all and all I really want is you
[Chorus]
Emergency, call 911, she's pissed off at everyone
Police rescue, F.B.I., she wants a riot, she wants a riot
[Outro]
Emergency, call 911, she wants a riot, she wants a riot
Police rescue, F.B.I., she wants a riot, she wants a riot
Say Anything Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Here I am on the
Phone again and
Awkward silence is on
The other end
I used to know the sound of a smile
In your voice
But right now, but right now, all I feel, all I feel
Is the pain of the fighting starting up again
[Pre-Chorus]
All the things we talked about
You know they stay on my mind, on my mind
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time, after time, after time
[Chorus]
Don't say a word, I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away, I know you wanna stay
If you just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
[Verse 2]
Some say that time changes
Best friends can become strangers
But I don't want that, no, not for you
If you just stay with me, we could make it through
So here we are again, the same old argument
Now I'm wondering if things will ever change, yeah
When will you laugh again? Laugh like you did back when
We'd make noise until 3 A.M., and the neighbors would complain
[Pre-Chorus]
All the things we talked about
You know they stay on my mind, on my mind
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time, after time, after time
[Chorus]
Don't say a word, I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away, I know you wanna stay
If you just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
[Bridge]
I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling down
I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling down
Down, down, down...
[Chorus]
Don't say a word, I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away, I know you wanna stay
If you just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
[Outro]
(Please...) Don't say a word, I know you feel the same
(Don't go...) Just give me a sign, say anything, say anything
(Please...) Please don't walk away, I know you wanna stay
(Don't go...) If you just give me a sign, say anything, say anything...
The Day That I Die Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One day, I woke up, I woke up knowing
Today is the day I will die
Ca$hDogg was barking, went to the park
And enjoyed it one last time
I called my mother, told her I loved her
And I begged her not to cry
I wrote a letter, I said I'd miss her
And I signed that goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
You know, the happiest day of my life
I swear, the happiest day of my life is the day that I die
[Chorus]
Can you feel the cold tonight? (The day that I die...)
It sets in, but it's alright (The day that I die...)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (The day that I die...)
All alone, but I feel fine (The day that I die...)
[Verse 2]
We took a drive and we drove through DC
To see the places we lived
Long conversations, we talked of old friends
And all the things that we did
[Pre-Chorus]
The summer nights, drunken fights
Mistakes we made, did we live it right?
You know, the happiest day of my life
I swear, the happiest day of my life is the day that I die
[Chorus]
Can you feel the cold tonight? (The day that I die...)
It sets in, but it's alright (The day that I die...)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (The day that I die...)
All alone, but I feel just fine...
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
You know, the happiest day of my life
I know the happiest day of my life
I swear, the happiest day of my life
Is the day that I die
[Chorus]
Can you feel the cold tonight? (The day that I die...)
It sets in, but it's alright (The day that I die...)
Darkness falls, I'm letting go (The day that I die...)
All alone, but I feel fine...
[Outro]
Did I live it right? I hope I lived it right (The day that I die...)
Did I live it right? (The day that I die...)
Did I live it right? I hope I lived it right (The day that I die...)
I know I lived it right... (The day that I die...)
[Bark Outro]
Good boy...
The Young & the Hopeless Lyrics
[Intro]
Hard days made me, hard nights shaped me
I don't know, they somehow saved me
And I know I'm making something
Out of this life they called nothing
[Verse 1]
I take what I want, take what I need
They say it's wrong, but it's right for me
I won't look down, won't say I'm sorry
I know that only God can judge me
[Pre-Chorus]
And if I make it through the day, will tomorrow be the same?
Am I just running in place?
And if I stumble and I fall, should I get up and carry on?
Will it all just be the same?
[Chorus]
Because I'm young, and I'm hopeless, I'm lost, and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast, that's what they say
I'm troublesome, I'm fallen, I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world, and I don't care
[Post-Chorus]
I don't care...
[Verse 2]
And no one in this industry understands the life I lead
When I sing about my past, it's not a gimmick, not an act
These critics and these trust fund kids try to tell me what punk is
But when I see them on the streets, they got nothing to say
[Pre-Chorus]
And if I make it through the day, will tomorrow be the same?
Am I just running in place?
And if I stumble and I fall, should I get up and carry on?
Will it all just be the same?
[Chorus]
Because I'm young, and I'm hopeless, I'm lost, and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast, that's what they say
I'm troublesome, I'm fallen, I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world, and I don't care
[Bridge]
I don't care, I don't care, no, I don't care...
Ooh, ooh...
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
I'm young, and I'm hopeless, I'm lost, and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast, that's what they say
I'm troublesome, I'm fallen, I'm angry at my father
It's me against this world, and I don't care
[Outro]
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care...
Emotionless Lyrics
[Intro]
Hey, Dad, I'm writing to you
Not to tell you that I still hate you
Just to ask you how you feel
And how we fell apart, how this fell apart
[Verse 1]
Are you happy out there in this great wide world?
Do you think about your sons? Do you miss your little girl?
When you lay your head down, how do you sleep at night?
Do you even wonder if we're alright?
[Pre-Chorus]
If we're alright
We're alright
[Chorus]
It's been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you there all the nights that we cried?
You broke my mother's heart, you broke your children for life
It's not okay, but we're alright
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a long lost memory of mine
I spent so many years learning how to survive
Now I'm writing just to let you know I'm still alive
[Verse 2]
The days I spent so cold, so hungry
Were full of hate, I was so angry
The scars run deep inside this tattooed body
There's things I'll take to my grave
[Pre-Chorus]
But I'm okay
I'm okay
[Chorus]
It's been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you there all the nights that we cried?
You broke my mother's heart, you broke your children for life
It's not okay, but we're alright
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a long lost memory of mine
I spent so many years learning how to survive
Now I'm writing just to let you know I'm still alive
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, I'm still alive
[Bridge]
Sometimes I forgive, yeah, and this time, I'll admit
That I miss you, said, "I miss you"
[Chorus]
It's been a long hard road without you by my side
Why weren't you there all the nights that we cried?
You broke my mother's heart, you broke your children for life
It's not okay, but we're all right
I remember the days you were a hero in my eyes
But those are just a long lost memory of mine
I spent so many years learning how to survive
Now I'm writing just to let you know I'm still alive
[Outro]
And sometimes I forgive, yeah, and this time, I'll admit
That I miss you, said, "I miss you" Hey, Dad
Movin’ On Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When I think about my life, I
Wonder if I will survive to
Live to see 25, or will I just fall?
Like all my friends, they just keep dyin'
People 'round me always cryin'
In this place that I like to call my home
[Pre-Chorus]
But not everybody knows that
Everybody goes to a better place
And not everybody knows that
Everybody could be living their last days
But the hard times will come
And we'll keep moving on, we're moving on
[Chorus]
Keep moving on! Life! Hope! Truth! Trust!
And on and on! Faith! Pride! Love! Lust!
Keep moving on! On without the things we've lost!
And on and on! The things we've gained, we'll take with us!
[Verse 2]
And all's I've got are these two hands to
Make myself a better man, I
Wonder if I'll ever see the end of this
With all this rain, it just keeps falling
On my head, and now I'm calling
Out to someone else to help me make it through
[Pre-Chorus]
But not everybody knows that
Everybody goes to a better place
And not everybody knows that
Everybody could be living their last days
But the hard times will come
And we'll keep moving on, we're moving on
[Chorus]
Keep moving on! Life! Hope! Truth! Trust!
And on and on! Faith! Pride! Love! Lust!
Keep moving on! Pain! Hate! Lies! Guilt!
And on and on! Laugh! Cry! Live! Die!
[Post-Chorus]
Keep moving on and on and on and on!
Some friends become enemies
And on and on and on and on!
Some friends become your family
On and on and on and on!
Make the best with what you're given
And on and on and on and on!
This ain't dyin', this is livin'
[Bridge]
Said, "We're moving on
And we got nothing to prove
To anyone
'Cause we'll get through"
We're moving on and on and on and on and
On and on and on and on and
On and on and on and on and
On and on and on and on and
[Chorus]
Keep moving on! Life! Hope! Truth! Trust!
And on and on! Faith! Pride! Love! Lust!
Keep moving on! Pain! Hate! Lies! Guilt!
And on and on! Laugh! Cry! Live! Die!
[Post-Chorus]
Keep moving on and on and on and on!
Some friends become enemies
And on and on and on and on!
Some friends become your family
On and on and on and on!
Make the best with what you're given
And on and on and on and on!
This ain't dyin', this is livin'!