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For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic

03 : 48

That’s What You Get

03 : 40

Hallelujah

03 : 23

Misery Business

03 : 31

When It Rains

03 : 35

Let the Flames Begin

03 : 18

Miracle

03 : 29

crushcrushcrush

03 : 09

We Are Broken

03 : 38

Fences

03 : 18

Born for This

03 : 58

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Track Lyrics

For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Just talk yourself up and tear yourself down

You've hit your one wall, now find a way around

Well, what's the problem? You got a lot of nerve

[Pre-Chorus]

So what did you think I would say?

No, you can't run away

So what did you think I would say?

No, you can't run away

You wouldn't

[Chorus]

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay

I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

You threw it away

[Verse 2]

I'm not so naive, my sorry eyes can see

The way you fight shy of almost everything

Well, if you give up, you'll get what you deserve

[Pre-Chorus]

So what did you think I would say?

No, you can't run away

So what did you think I would say?

No, you can't run away

You wouldn't

[Chorus]

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay

I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

You threw it away

[Bridge]

You were finished long before

We had even seen the start

Why don't you stand up? Be a man about it

Fight with your bare hands about it now

[Chorus]

I never wanted to say this (Say this)

You never wanted to stay, well, did you?

I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay

And I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

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That’s What You Get Lyrics

[Verse 1]

No, sir

Well, I don't wanna be the blame, not anymore

It's your turn

So take a seat, we're settling the final score

And why do we like to hurt so much?

I can't decide

You have made it harder just to go on

And why?

All the possibilities, well, I was wrong

[Chorus]

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

I drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating

And that's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2]

I wonder

How am I supposed to feel when you're not here?

'Cause I burned

Every bridge I ever built when you were here

I still try

Holding onto silly things, I never learn

Oh, why?

All the possibilities, I'm sure you've heard

[Chorus]

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

I drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating (Beating)

And that's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge]

Pain, make your way to me, to me

And I'll always be just so (So) inviting

If I ever start to think straight

This heart will start a riot in me

Let's start, start, hey

[Refrain: Hayley Williams, Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, Zac Farro, Jeremy Davis & Steve Smith]

Why do we like to hurt so much?

Oh, why do we like to hurt so much?

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh

[Chorus]

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

That's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

Now I can't trust myself with anything but this

And that's what you get when you let your heart win

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Hallelujah Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Somehow everything's gonna fall right into place

If we only had a way to make it all fall faster every day

If only time flew like a dove

Well, God, make it fly faster than I'm falling in love

[Chorus]

This time, we're not giving up

Let's make it last forever

Screaming, "Hallelujah"

We'll make it last forever

[Verse 2]

Holding on to patience wearing thin

I can't force these eyes to see the end

If only time flew like a dove

Well, we could watch it fly and just keep looking up

[Chorus]

This time, we're not giving up

Let's make it last forever

Screaming, "Hallelujah"

We'll make it last forever

[Bridge]

And we've got time on our hands

(We've got time) Got nothing but time on our hands

Got nothing but, got nothing but

(We've got time) Got nothing but time on our hands

[Chorus]

This time, we're not giving up

Ooh, let's make it last forever

Screaming, "Hallelujah" (Hallelujah)

"Hallelujah"

Misery Business Lyrics

[Intro]

Hit that, hit that snare

[Verse 1]

I'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top

She's got a body like an hourglass, it's ticking like a clock

It's a matter of time before we all run out

When I thought he was mine, she caught him by the mouth

I waited eight long months, she finally set him free

I told him I couldn't lie, he was the only one for me

Two weeks and we caught on fire

She's got it out for me, but I wear the biggest smile

[Chorus]

Woah, I never meant to brag

But I got him where I want him now

Woah, it was never my intention to brag

To steal it all away from you now

But God, does it feel so good

'Cause I got him where I want him now

And if you could, then you know you would

'Cause God, it just feels so

It just feels so good

[Verse 2]

Second chances, they don't ever matter, people never change

Once a whore, you're nothing more, I'm sorry, that'll never change

And about forgiveness, we're both supposed to have exchanged

I'm sorry, honey, but I passed it up, now look this way

Well, there's a million other girls who do it just like you

Looking as innocent as possible to get to who

They want and what they like, it's easy if you do it right

Well, I refuse, I refuse, I refuse

[Chorus]

Woah, I never meant to brag

But I got him where I want him now

Woah, it was never my intention to brag

To steal it all away from you now

But God, does it feel so good

'Cause I got him where I want him right now

And if you could, then you know you would

'Cause God, it just feels so

It just feels so good

[Bridge]

I watched his wildest dreams come true

And not one of them involving you

Just watch my wildest dreams come true

Not one of them involving

[Guitar Solo]

[Refrain]

Woah, I never meant to brag

But I got him where I want him now

[Chorus]

Woah, I never meant to brag

But I got him where I want him now

Woah, it was never my intention to brag

To steal it all away from you now

But God, does it feel so good

'Cause I got him where I want him now

And if you could, then you know you would

'Cause God, it just feels so

It just feels so good

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When It Rains Lyrics

[Verse 1]

And when it rains

On this side of town it touches

Everything

Just say it again and mean it

We don't miss a thing

[Pre-Chorus 1]

You made yourself a bed at the bottom of the blackest hole (Blackest hole)

And convinced yourself that it's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore

[Chorus]

And oh, oh, how could you do it?

Oh, I, I never saw it coming

Oh, oh, I need an ending

So why can't you stay just long enough to explain?

[Verse 2]

And when it rains

Well, you always find an escape

Just running away

From all of the ones who love you

From everything

[Pre-Chorus 2]

You made yourself a bed at the bottom of the blackest hole (Blackest hole)

And you'll sleep 'til May and you'll say that you don't wanna see the sun anymore

[Chorus]

And oh, oh, how could you do it?

Oh, I, I never saw it coming

Oh, oh, I need an ending

So why can't you stay just long enough to explain?

[Bridge]

Take your time

Take my time

Take these chances to turn it around (Take your time)

Just take these chances, we'll make it somehow

And take these chances to turn it around (Take my)

Just turn it around

[Refrain]

Oh, how could you do it?

Oh, I, I never saw it coming

[Chorus]

Oh, oh, how could you do it?

Oh, I, I never saw it coming

Oh, oh, how could you do it?

Oh, I, I never saw it coming

Oh, oh, I need an ending

So why can't you stay just long enough to explain?

[Outro]

You can take your time

Take my time

Let the Flames Begin Lyrics

[Verse 1]

What a shame we all became

Such fragile, broken things

A memory remains

Just a tiny spark

I give it all my oxygen

To let the flames begin

So let the flames begin

Oh, glory

[Chorus]

This is how we’ll dance when

When they try to take us down

This is what we’ll be, oh, glory

[Verse 2]

Somewhere weakness is our strength

And I'll die searching for it

I can't let myself regret

Such selfishness

My pain and oh, the trouble caused

No matter how long

I believe that there's hope

Buried beneath it all and

Hiding beneath it all and

Growing beneath it all and

[Chorus]

This is how we'll dance when

When they try to take us down

This is how we'll sing, oh

This is how we'll stand when

When they burn our houses down

This is what we'll be, oh, glory

[Bridge]

Reaching as I sink down into light (Into light)

[Chorus]

This is how we'll dance when

When they try to take us down

This is how we'll sing, oh

This is how we'll stand when

When they burn our houses down

This is what we'll be, oh, glory

Miracle Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I've gone for too long

Living like I'm not alive

So I'm gonna start over tonight

Beginning with you and I

When this memory fades

I'm gonna make sure it's replaced

With chances taken, hope embraced

And have I told you?

[Chorus]

I'm not going

'Cause I've been waiting for a miracle

And I'm not leaving

I won't let you

Let you give up on a miracle

When it might save you

[Verse 2]

We've learned to run from

Anything uncomfortable

We've tied our pain below

And no one ever has to know

That inside we're broken

I try to patch things up again

To count my tears and kill these fears

But have I told you, have I?

[Chorus]

I'm not going

'Cause I've been waiting for a miracle

And I'm not leaving

I won't let you

Let you give up on a miracle

When it might save you

[Bridge: Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Josh Farro]

It's not faith if, if you use your eyes, oh, I

Will get it right this time (This time)

Let's leave this all behind, oh, I

Will get it right this time

It's not faith if you're using your eyes, oh, I

[Verse 3]

I've gone for too long

Living like I'm not alive

So I'm gonna start over tonight

Beginning with you and

I don't want to run from

Anything uncomfortable

I just want, no

I just need this pain to end right here

[Chorus]

I'm not going

'Cause I've been waiting for a miracle

And I'm not leaving

I won't let you

Let you give up on a miracle

'Cause it might save you

[Outro]

Yeah, it might save you

Oh, it might save you

It's not faith if, if you use your eyes

If you use your eyes

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crushcrushcrush Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I got a lot to say to you

Yeah, I got a lot to say

I noticed your eyes are always glued to me

Keeping them here and it makes no sense at all

[Pre-Chorus 1]

They taped over your mouth

Scribbled out the truth with their lies

Your little spies

They taped over your mouth

Scribbled out the truth with their lies

Your little spies

[Pre-Chorus 2: Hayley Williams & Josh Farro]

Crush, crush, crush, crush, crush

(Two, three, four)

[Chorus]

Nothing compares to

A quiet evening alone

Just the one two of us who's counting on

That never happens

I guess I'm dreaming again

Let's be more than

This

[Verse 2]

If you wanna play it like a game

Well, come on, come on, let's play

'Cause I'd rather waste my life pretending

Than have to forget you for one whole minute

[Pre-Chorus 1]

They taped over your mouth

Scribbled out the truth with their lies

Your little spies

They taped over your mouth

Scribbled out the truth with their lies

Your little spies

[Pre-Chorus 2: Hayley Williams & Josh Farro]

Crush, crush, crush, crush, crush

(Two, three, four)

[Chorus]

Nothing compares to

A quiet evening alone

Just the one two of us who's counting on

That never happens

I guess I'm dreaming again

Let's be more than

This now

[Bridge: Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, Zac Farro, Jeremy Davis & Bekah Sheets]

Rock and roll, baby

Don't you know that we're all alone now?

I need something to sing about

Rock and roll, hey (Hey)

Don't you know, baby, we're all alone now?

I need something to sing about

Rock and roll, hey (Hey)

Don't you know, baby, we're all alone now?

Give me something to sing about

[Chorus]

Nothing compares to

A quiet evening alone

Just the one two of us who's counting on

That never happens

I guess I'm dreaming again

Let's be more than, no-ooh-oh

Nothing compares to

A quiet evening alone

Just the one two of us who's counting on

That never happens

I guess I'm dreaming again

Let's be more than

[Outro]

More than this

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Ooh, ooh

We Are Broken Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I am outside and I've been waiting for the sun

With my wide eyes, I've seen worlds that don't belong

My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize

Tell me why we live like this

[Pre-Chorus]

Keep me safe inside

Your arms like towers

Tower over me, yeah

[Chorus]

'Cause we are broken

What must we do to restore our innocence

And all the promise we adored?

Give us life again

'Cause we just wanna be whole

[Verse 2]

Lock the doors 'cause I'd like to capture this voice

It came to me tonight

So everyone will have a choice

And under red lights, I'll show myself it wasn't forged

We're at war, we live like this

[Pre-Chorus]

Keep me safe inside

Your arms like towers

Tower over me

[Chorus]

'Cause we are broken

What must we do to restore our innocence

And all the promise we adored?

Give us life again

'Cause we just wanna be whole

[Bridge]

Tower over me

And I'll take the truth at any cost

[Chorus]

'Cause we are broken

What must we do to restore our innocence

And all the promise we adored?

Give us life again

'Cause we just wanna be whole

Fences Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm sitting in a room

Made up of only big white walls

And in the hall

There are people looking through

The window in the door

They know exactly what we're here for

Don't look up, just let them think

There's no place else you'd rather be

You're always on display

For everyone to watch and learn from

Don't you know by now?

[Pre-Chorus]

You can't turn back

Because this road is all you'll ever have

[Chorus]

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying

Just living proof that the camera's lying

And oh, oh, open wide

'Cause this is your night so smile

'Cause you'll go out in style

You'll go out in style

[Verse 2]

If you let me, I could

I'd show you how to build your fences, set restrictions

Separate from the world

The constant battle that you hate to fight

Just blame the limelight

Don't look up, just let them think

There's no place else you'd rather be

[Pre-Chorus]

And now you can't turn back

Because this road is all you'll ever have

[Chorus]

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying

Just living proof that the camera's lying

And oh, oh, open wide

'Cause this is your night so smile

[Bridge]

Yeah, yeah, you're asking for it

With every breath that you breathe in

Just breathe it in

Yeah, yeah, well, you're just a mess

You do all this big talking

So now let's see you walk it

I said let's see you walk it

Yeah, yeah, well, you're just a mess

You do all this big talking

So now let's see you walk it

I said let's see you walk it

[Chorus]

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying

Just living proof that the camera's lying

And oh, oh, open wide

Yeah, oh, oh, open wide

'Cause you'll go out in style

You'll go out in style

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Born for This Lyrics

[Verse 1: Hayley Williams & Backing Vocalists]

Oh no, I just keep on falling

Back to the same old

And where's hope when misery comes crawling?

Oh, my way-ay

With your faith, you'll trigger a landslide

(Victory)

And kill off this common sense of mine

[Pre-Chorus]

And it takes acquired minds

To taste, to taste, to taste this wine

You can't down it with your eyes

So we don't need the headlines

We don't need the headlines, we just want

(We want the airwaves back)

[Chorus]

Everybody sing

Like it's the last song you will ever sing

Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

Everybody live

Like it's the last day you will ever see

Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

[Verse 2: Hayley Williams & Backing Vocalists]

Right now, you're the only reason

I'm not letting go, oh

And I'm out if everyone's worth pleasing

Ha, ha

You'll trigger a landslide

(Victory)

To kill off their finite state of mind

[Pre-Chorus]

And it takes acquired minds

To taste, to taste, to taste this wine

You can't down it with your eyes

So we don't need the headlines

No, we don't want your headlines, we just want

(We want the airwaves back)

[Chorus]

Everybody sing

Like it's the last song you will ever sing

Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

Everybody live

Like it's the last day you will ever see

Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

Everybody sing

Like it's the last song you will ever sing

Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure?

[Bridge: Hayley Williams & Backing Vocalists]

Alright, so you think you're ready?

Okay, then you say this with me, go

We were born for this

Alright, so you think you're ready?

Okay, then you say this with me, go

We were born for this

We were born for, we were born for

[Chorus]

Everybody sing

Like it's the last song you will ever sing

Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?

Everybody live

Like it's the last day you will ever see

Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure now?

Everybody sing

Like it's the last song you will ever sing

Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?

[Outro: Hayley Williams, Hayley Williams & Backing Vocalists]

We were born for this