Generation Rx
Good Charlotte
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Generation Rx
02 : 07
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Self Help
03 : 23
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Shadowboxer
03 : 05
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Actual Pain
03 : 43
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Prayers
03 : 50
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Cold Song
03 : 42
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Leech
03 : 20
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Better Demons
03 : 58
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California (The Way I Say I Love You)
04 : 18
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Track Lyrics
Generation Rx Lyrics
[Verse]
Where does all this pain come from?
Where does it hide? Where does it go?
Looking in the dark, I couldn't see it
Are we divine? Are we alone?
Where does all this pain come from?
Where does it hide? Where does it go?
Looking in the dark, how could I see it?
Am I divine? Am I alone?
Self Help Lyrics
[Intro]
All I have right now is right here
And right now
All I have right now is right here
[Verse 1]
I want what I want, I always have
When no one cared about me, dreams were all I had
But nightmares grow when no one's listening
And idle thoughts will do their thing
I still feel so much pain here from the past
[Pre-Chorus]
And it cuts like a knife
It feels like a fight to take back your life
[Chorus]
Searching for the meaning, I'm living in these feelings
I'm ready for a reason to believe
Now I'm working on my insides 'cause outside there's no reasoning
With anyone's here, it's never what it seems
[Bridge]
All I have right now is right here
[Verse 2]
I felt too bad about myself
I never thought I was good enough for anybody else
I couldn't look love in the eye, I was too broken to try
Life was a cold song that taught me not to cry
[Pre-Chorus]
And it cuts like a knife
It feels like a fight to take back your life
[Chorus]
Searching for the meaning, I'm living in these feelings
I'm ready for a reason to believe
Now I'm working on my insides 'cause outside there's no reasoning
With anyone's here it's never what it seems
[Verse 3]
How long I waited
Feeling lost, frustrated
Locked out and I'm on my own
Cornered and ain't got no place to go
How long should I stay here all alone?
[Chorus]
Searching for the meaning, I'm living in these feelings
I'm ready for a reason to believe
Now I'm working on my insides 'cause outside there's no reasoning
With anyone's here it's never what it seems
[Outro]
All I have right now is right here
Shadowboxer Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I remember suffering with every single word they said
I could always feel them, I could always feel them
And even when I ran away, the voices in my head, they stayed
I could always hear them, I could always hear them
[Pre-Chorus]
Alone inside
I wish that I could die
[Chorus]
All this hate will burn your life down
All the pain, you cause your own suffering
Tell me when you look in the mirror and talk to yourself, do you even see at all?
All this hate, you chose to throw your life away, do you even see at all?
[Verse 2]
All your little shameful looks were buried in my heart like hooks
I didn't wanna be here, you told me I was evil
And when I finally ran away, just trying to escape that pain
I wanted to believe I belonged somewhere on my own
[Chorus]
All this hate will burn your life down
All the pain, you cause your own suffering
Tell me when you look in the mirror and talk to yourself, do you even see at all?
All this hate, you chose to throw your life away, do you even see at all?
[Bridge]
Alone inside
I wish that I could die
Alone inside
I wish that I could die
Alone inside
Alone inside
[Chorus]
All this hate will burn your life down
All the pain, you cause your own suffering
Tell me when you look in the mirror and talk to yourself, do you even see at all?
All this hate, you chose to throw your life away, do you even see at all?
Actual Pain Lyrics
[Intro]
It's tearing me apart
Deep inside my heart
[Verse 1]
Tell me, why I hurt this way?
Should I even love you anymore?
I don't wanna find out why
I'm too scared to look behind that door
I put my trust in all my faith
In every word between us spoken
Why do I believe the things you say
When my heart's already broken?
[Chorus]
All this pain I feel
That's tearing me apart
Is what makes you real
Deep inside my heart
[Verse 2]
I can only count the ways
I earned these scars, but they're all tokens
Every time I see your face
I know my hopes no longer showing
I don't need a reason to believe
If my faith's already broken
How could I let love lead the way
When I don't know where I'm going?
[Chorus]
All this pain I feel
That's tearing me apart
Is what makes you real
Deep inside my heart
[Bridge]
I fought so hard
Still, I feel like I'm in chains
When I gave my heart
The darkness still remained
[Chorus]
All this pain I feel
That's tearing me apart
Is what makes you real
Deep inside my heart
[Outro]
Tell me, why I hurt this way?
Should I even love you anymore?
I don't wanna find out why
I'm too scared to look behind that door
Prayers Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Born on a lonely planet full of broken dreams
Where no one understands me
When I finally met an angel, I didn't know what to say
She just held my hand
And we would lay awake at night, looking at the stars
Thinking of the ones we've lost, and wonder where they are
When we lit another candle, she asked me who's to blame
Then she put her arms around me and held me to the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
So why do we hurt each other?
We don't need the words for one another's
[Chorus]
Prayers, they don't mean a thing at all
Do they answer when you call?
These prayers, when you don't mean what you say
Would you die for me today? Now I just can't relate
[Verse 2]
None of this makes sense in this reality
God just leaves the room when I turn on my TV
I see a little girl who's crying 'cause she lost her family
All these strangers sending thoughts and prayers, she's buried underneath
[Pre-Chorus]
Why do we kill each other?
We can't feel the pain in one another's
[Chorus]
Prayers, they don't mean a thing at all
Do they answer when you call?
These prayers, when you don't mean what you say
Would you die for me today? Now I just can't relate
[Bridge]
We're so far away from one another
We keep building walls between each other's
[Chorus]
Prayers, they don't mean a thing at all
Do they answer when you call?
These prayers, when you don't mean what you say
Would you die for me today? Now I just can't relate
[Outro]
Prayers, they don't mean a thing at all
Do they answer when you call?
These prayers, when you don't mean what you say
Would you die for me today?
Cold Song Lyrics
[Intro]
I want you to know, you're not alone
Everything you are and everything you're not
When happiness dies and the pain, it will come
Life's funny, it's a game we play, and you know we run
[Verse 1]
I wonder when I get that call, is there really any way of knowing?
If I did this right 'cause I'm just not sure if I'm ready for it
And should I even try at all if I don't know where I'm going?
So I close my eyes, and I say my prayers, maybe life will show me
[Chorus]
Are you looking out? Are you looking in?
Where does this start? And where does it end?
The night can get so dark in this dream we're living in
Where does this start? Tell me, where does it end?
[Bridge]
The universe is wild sometimes
She's like an angry mother
Baby, life can be so hard sometimes
We gotta hold on to each other
[Chorus]
Are you looking out? Are you looking in?
Where does this start? And where does it end?
The night can get so dark in this dream we're living in
Where does this start? Tell me, where does it end?
[Verse 2]
I wonder when I get that call, is there really any way of knowing?
If I did this right 'cause I'm just not sure if I'm ready for it
And should I even try at all if I don't know where I'm going?
So I close my eyes, and I say my prayers, maybe life will show me
[Outro]
I want you to know, you're not alone
Everything you are and everything you're not
When happiness dies and the pain, it will come
Life's funny, it's a game we play, you know we run
Leech Lyrics
[Verse 1: Joel Madden]
Born to the leeches, born on the ground
Left in a dark room to figure it out
In the mausoleums were written inscriptions
We'd run through the graveyard, seeking salvation
[Chorus: Joel Madden]
Father, locked out
You gave me your demons, you weren't around
Mother, you were too late somehow
You gave me your voices, and you said to make you proud
[Verse 2: Joel Madden]
Thrown to the vultures, fighting it out
Licking each other's wounds, but we'd never cry out loud
Don't follow the leader, the leader was headless
Maybe it's obvious we were born to be in hell
[Chorus: Joel Madden]
Father, locked out
You gave me your demons, you weren't around
Mother, you were too late somehow
You gave me your voices, and you said to make you proud
[Bridge: Sam Carter]
You could never treat these wounds, how long they've been open
You could never mend these bones, how long they've been broken
You're trying to save a soul, you never had hope in
Maybe it's all my fault, but all I know is
[Chorus: Choir & Joel Madden]
Father, locked out
You gave me your demons, you weren't around
Mother, you were too late somehow
You gave me your voices, and you said to make you proud
Father, locked out
Maybe it's obvious we were born to be in hell
Better Demons Lyrics
[Intro]
Children so traumatized in the first years of life that they do not bond with other people
They are children who cannot love or accept love
Who could hurt or even kill without remorse
Could a great deal of this be demons?
[Verse 1]
We both know that there's a season
A time and place to believe in
The strange is gonna come, and we both need it
To give this up right now
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And there's no easy way to say that we've both changed
The life we knew, well, it won't ever be the same
[Chorus]
I'm just holding on to my better demons
And I really need them not to fail me now
I speak in tongues, but I can never free them
And my spirit weakens, but I won't back down
[Verse 2]
No holy ghost, no holy spirit
I'm on my own right now
Do the angels sing if you can't hear them?
'Cause I don't hear a sound
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Yeah, there's no easy way to tell you that I'm gone
[Chorus]
I'm just holding on to my better demons
And I really need them not to fail me now
I speak in tongues, but I can never free them
And my spirit weakens, but I won't back down
[Bridge]
Lead me while I wait for clouds to break
On my own, I'll face down all my enemies
[Chorus]
I'm just holding on to my better demons
And I really need them not to fail me now
I speak in tongues, but I can never free them
And my spirit weakens, but I won't back down
[Outro]
In your nightmare what happens?
I get really scared
Where are you in the nightmare? What happens in the dream?
I'm in my house upstairs
And then what happens next?
And then he comes upstairs and, um, hurts
California (The Way I Say I Love You) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Does the sun shine on you every day wherever you are? Remember California
The things that we'd say, how special you are
And when you're sad, sad, sad, does anyone listen?
Do you feel like a diamond? I hope you feel like a million
[Pre-Chorus]
Just forget the ones who let you go
Forget the ones too scared to know you
[Chorus]
I'll be waiting here to show you how to come back home
Some things never change like the way I say I love you
And even when you still need time to grow if that's the only way you'll know
That some things never change like the way I say I love you
[Verse 2]
I hope it's summertime wherever you are, you're under the stars
Don't forget California, she's always there waiting for you
And when it gets bad, bad, bad, when life just gets so heavy
Remember that you're happy, don't forget to take it easy
[Pre-Chorus]
And forget the ones who let you go
Forget those ones, yeah, they don't know you
[Chorus]
I'll be waiting here to show you how to come back home
Some things never change like the way I say I love you
And even when you still need time to grow if that's the only way you'll know
That some things never change like the way I say I love you
[Bridge]
And I watch you come and go, yeah
These changing tides are all I've ever really known I've told you
And you run through life's unknown
The one thing you can always count on, I will always love you
I'll spend my lifetime trying to show you
[Chorus]
I'll be waiting here to show you how to come back home
Some things never change like the way I say I love you
And even when you still need time to grow if that's the only way you'll know
That some things never change like the way I say I love you
[Outro]
Right through these unknown moments
Life's tides come and go
Right through these unknown moments
Life's tides come and go