The Illusion of Progress
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This Is It
03 : 43
2
The Way I Am
04 : 18
3
Believe
04 : 17
4
Save Me
04 : 52
5
All I Want
03 : 29
6
Pardon Me
05 : 02
7
Lost Along the Way
04 : 20
8
Break Away
04 : 10
9
Tangled Up in You
04 : 35
10
Raining Again
03 : 53
11
Rainy Day Parade
04 : 17
12
The Corner
05 : 17
13
Nothing Left to Say
04 : 42
14
It’s Been Awhile (acoustic live)
04 : 49
15
Devil (acoustic live)
05 : 18
16
Schizophrenic Conversations (acoustic live)
04 : 46
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Track Lyrics
This Is It Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Here we are
With nowhere else to go
And that's so far
From where we all could be, but
[Pre-Chorus 1]
If you feel like disappearing
You should take this for what it's worth
[Chorus]
This is it, and it fits
And it feels like this is good enough for me
Could it be
That the grass is always green?
[Verse 2]
There you are
You dream of something better
What's so wrong
With what you thought was true? And
[Pre-Chorus 2]
If all the colors are disappearing
Then you should take this for what it's worth
[Chorus]
This is it, and it fits
And it feels like this is good enough for me
Could it be
That the grass is always green?
[Bridge]
(This is it) This is it
(This is it) This is it
[Pre-Chorus 1]
If you feel like disappearing
You should take this for what it's worth
[Chorus]
This is it, and it fits
And it feels like this is good enough for me
Could it be
That the grass is always green?
[Outro]
This is it
This is it
The Way I Am Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm not very good
At just paying attention
I'm not very good
At remembering things that you say
I'm not very good
At pursuing redemption
I'm not very good
At concealing the hand that I play
[Chorus]
It's the way I am
You'll never change
The way I am
Or rearrange
The way I am
Just let me be
The way I am
It's the way I am
[Verse 2]
I'm not really sure
Of the coming attractions
I'm not really sure
Of illusions we read on the wall
I'm not really sure
Of the preaching we practice
I'm not really sure
If we notice it before we fall
[Chorus]
It's the way I am
You'll never change
The way I am
Or rearrange
The way I am
Just let me be
The way I am
It's the way I am
[Bridge]
I'm not very good
At just paying attention
I'm not very good
At remembering things
I'm not very good
At pursuing redemption
I'm not very good
At concealing the hand that I play
When I'm trying so hard just to beat you
I'm not really good
At controlling my fate
I'm not really good
At controlling my anger
I'm not really good
At subduing my hate
I'm not really good
I'm not really good
I'm not really good
[Chorus]
It's the way I am
You'll never change
The way I am
Or rearrange
The way I am
Just let me be
The way I am
It's the way I am
Believe Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I sit alone and watch the clock
Trying to collect my thoughts
All I think about is you
And so, I cry myself to sleep
And hope the devil I don't meet
In the dreams that I live through
[Chorus]
Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes, the weak become the strong
Believe in me
This life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
'Cause I was made for chasing dreams
[Verse 2]
All the smiles you've had to fake
And all the shit you've had to take
Just to lead us here again
I never have the things to say
To make it all just go away
To make it all just disappear
[Chorus]
Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes, the weak become the strong
Believe in me
This life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
'Cause I was made for chasing dreams
[Bridge]
It's my life
It's my choice
Feel my words
Hear my voice
And just believe
[Refrain]
I sit alone and watch the clock
Trying to collect my thoughts
And all I think about is you
If you believe in me
Life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
'Cause I was made for chasing dreams
[Chorus]
Believe in me
I know you've waited for so long
Believe in me
Sometimes, the weak become the strong
Believe in me
This life's not always what it seems
Believe in me
'Cause I was made for chasing dreams
Save Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This dark room
Another cigarette
The carpet's strewn
I'm getting sick of it
The end is near
I'm in the thick of it
And I'll be there soon
If you can handle it
[Chorus]
Just save me
From all that I am
You save me
For the fuck of it
Save me
Just hold out your hand
You save me
From all of it
[Verse 2]
I try to speak myself
You can do it, too
Need no one's help
I'm needing only you
So, just pray for me
And deliver it
You never take from me
What I'm giving
[Chorus]
Just save me
From all that I am
You save me
For the fuck of it
Save me
Just hold out your hand
You save me
From all of it
[Bridge]
And all that I've become is you
The only good in me is you
And after all of this
The day will come to find out
Will you take me
Or forsake me?
[Refrain]
So, pray for me
Am I forgiven
For what you take from me?
[Chorus]
Just save me
From all that I am
You save me
For the fuck of it
Save me
Just hold out your hand
You save me
From all of it
[Post-Chorus]
Come save me
[Outro]
Pray for me
Am I forgiven?
All I Want Lyrics
[Verse 1]
What I leave and when you go
What I see and what you show
And what I guess and when I don't
It's something you already, already know
[Chorus]
I can't live without
All I think about
All I want is you
You're all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you
[Verse 2]
The things I do, what I go through
And all I say when I'm away
And what I make, the shit that I take
Is something you already, already know
[Chorus]
I can't live without
All I think about
All I want is you
You're all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you
[Bridge]
Is you...
Is you...
Is you...
[Refrain]
You're all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you
[Chorus]
I can't live without
All I think about
All I want is you
You're all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you
[Outro]
You're all I dream about
(I can't live without
All I think about
All I want is you)
I just can't live without
(You're all I dream about
I can't live without
All I want is you)
And all I think about is you
And all I want is you
Pardon Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm one step from a breakdown
Two steps from being saved
Just try to see this through
I'm three steps from this nightmare
And four steps from the door
The rest is up to you
[Chorus]
Pardon me while I just
Turn my back and walk away
Pardon me if I can't listen
To the things you say
Pardon me if I can't fake it
While you still believe
Pardon me
[Verse 2]
I'm one step from forgiveness
And two steps from my grave
We're all just passing through
Three steps from redemption
Four from the devil's door
On a path that leads to you
[Chorus]
Pardon me while I just
Turn my back and walk away
Pardon me if I can't listen
To the things you say
Pardon me if I can't fake it
While you still believe
Pardon me
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Pardon me while I just
Turn my back and walk away
Pardon me if I can't listen
To the things you say
Pardon me if I can't fake it
While you still believe
Pardon me
[Outro]
I'm two steps from salvation
But I'm only taking one
Pardon me
Lost Along the Way Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We change the rhyme, forget the reason
Waiting for the change of seasons
Drawing near, it's almost here
So, save tonight; forget tomorrow
Say goodbye to time we borrow
It's always there; it's in the air
[Chorus]
Like voices in the rain
Like a song without a name
Like angel's wings and whisperings
Of love we've lost and found along the way
[Verse 2]
Do you take the time to really wallow
In the footsteps that you follow?
Gets you there, gets you anywhere
So, here today and gone tomorrow
With the time you had to borrow
It's always there; it's in the air
[Chorus]
Like voices in the rain
Like a song without a name
Like angel's wings and whisperings
Of love we've lost and found along the way
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Like voices in the rain
Like a song without a name
Like angel's wings and whisperings
Of time we've lost and found out in the rain
Like a song without a name
(It washes it all away
Like the moments we could have saved)
Like angel's wings and whisperings
(The things we forgot to say)
Of time we've lost and found along the way
[Outro]
We've found along the way
Break Away Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Misery
The company it keeps
History
All these things we keep repeating
[Pre-Chorus]
Like a wheel
Oh, that keeps turning
[Chorus]
If I could break away
From this moment
Break away
What is real
So, break away
Never show it
Break away
How I feel
If I could break away
[Verse 2]
Apathy
The ignorance it breeds
The tragedy
Of all these things we keep repeating
[Pre-Chorus]
Like a wheel
That keeps turning
[Chorus]
If I could break away
From this moment
Break away
What is real
So, break away
Never show it
Break away
How I feel
If I could break away
[Bridge]
Break away
If I could break away
To break away
[Chorus]
If I could break away
From this moment
Break away
What is real
So, break away
Never show it
Break away
How I feel
If I could break away
[Outro]
If I could break away
If I could break away
Tangled Up in You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You're my world
The shelter from the rain
You're the pills
That take away my pain
You're the light
That helps me find my way
You're the words
When I have nothing to say
[Chorus 1]
And in this world
Where nothing else is true
Here I am
Still tangled up in you
I'm still tangled up in you
Still tangled up in you
[Verse 2]
You're the fire
That warms me when I'm cold
You're the hand
I have to hold as I grow old
You're the shore
When I am lost at sea
You're the only thing
That I like about me
[Chorus 2]
And in this world
Where nothing else is true
Here I am
Still tangled up in you
I'm still tangled up in you
[Bridge]
How long has it been
Since this storyline began?
And I hope it never ends
And goes like this forever
[Chorus 3]
In this world
Where nothing else is true
Here I am
Still tangled up in you
Tangled up in you
[Outro]
I'm still tangled up in you
Still tangled up in you
Raining Again Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A piece of glass
In the sand under your feet
It cuts you deep, makes you hate
The beauty that you see
And you wonder where you are
How you ever got so far
Now you question what went wrong
It's your heart
[Chorus]
It's raining again
There's a dark cloud
Over your head
It follows you round
It's bringing you down
It's raining
It's raining again
[Verse 2]
A wilted rose
In your bouquet is all you see
You buy the flaws and miss the beauty
That is yours for free
Realize you are so far
From the things that matter now
And you only wonder how
It's your heart
[Chorus]
It's raining again
There's a dark cloud
Over your head
It follows you round
It's bringing you down
It's raining
It's raining again
[Bridge]
Come on
Come on, get it right
Come on
Come on, make it right
Come on
Come on, it's all right
[Chorus]
It's raining again
There's a dark cloud
Over your head
It follows you round
It's bringing you down
It's raining
It's raining again
[Outro]
It's raining
Raining again
There's a dark cloud
Over your head
Rainy Day Parade Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You, the great pretenders
Blood to paint your pictures
While you're stepping over
Fallen people lying in the streets
You, the great offenders
Only your views matter
While your heart grows colder
I wish that you could open up and feel
[Chorus 1]
For a while
See if you can take it
Feel, you're alive
And this is all part of it
Feel, could it be
That we're all afraid?
'Cause it feels
Like a rainy-day parade
[Verse 2]
We, the great believers
Blood is legal tender
And I will not surrender
What it was our fathers died to bear
We the People stated
Not negotiated
Just to be forgotten
I wish that you could open up and see
[Chorus 2]
For a while
See if you can take it
See, you're alive
And this is all part of it
See, can't you see
That we're all afraid?
'Cause it seems
Like a rainy-day parade
[Bridge]
What I see is all too real
What I need is what you steal
And all I reap is what you take
Upon my back on which you break
And I just wish that we could
Rise above and feel
[Chorus]
For a while
See if you can take it
Feel, you're alive
And this is all part of it
Feel, could it be
That we're all afraid?
'Cause it feels
Like a rainy-day parade
The Corner Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It sheltered me
From nothing but the weather
But I called it home
For a moment of my life
This place I see
Just doesn't look familiar
I wonder if
It looks the same inside
[Chorus]
So, there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday
[Verse 2]
Days go by
And nothing's getting clearer
Can't change my mind
My troubles are the same
The faces change
But the names, they are familiar
And the streets I see
Withstand the test of time
[Chorus]
So, there's the corner that I sat on
The road I walked home in the rain
And there's the star I used to wish on
It all just seems like yesterday
[Bridge]
And the stars (And the stars)
Stars still shine (Stars still shine)
Shine down through the rain (I feel the rain)
[Chorus]
And there's the corner that I sat on (The corner that you sat on)
The road I walked home in the rain (Walked home in the rain)
And there's the star I used to wish on (Star I used to wish on)
It all just seems like yesterday (Yeah, seems like yesterday)
And I stare out this dirty window (Stare out this dirty window)
As this world goes slowly by (This world goes slowly by, slowly by)
And somewhere out there is the future (Out there is the future)
That I once thought had passed me by (Thought had passed me by)
[Outro]
It sheltered me
From nothing but the weather
Nothing Left to Say Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Talk to me
You never talk to me
Do we suffer from
Social atrophy?
[Chorus 1]
And when the conversation's over
When the conversation's over
We've taken what's been given
And we throw it all away
[Verse 2]
Walk with me
Come on and walk with me
Take a look around you
Do you like what you see?
[Chorus 2]
We've taken what's been given
And we throw it all away
It's hard to be forgiven
When there's nothing left to say
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
When the conversation's over
(When the conversation's over)
Silence just gets in the way
(When the conversation's over)
Talk to me
Don't ever talk for me
[Chorus 3]
We've taken what's been given
And you throw it all away
It's hard to be forgiven
When there's nothing left to say
[Outro]
There's nothing left to say
It’s Been Awhile (acoustic live) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you
[Chorus]
And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that are rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means
[Verse 2]
And it's been awhile
Since I could say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and fucked things up, just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you
[Chorus]
And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and fucked things up again, again
[Bridge]
Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day
[Verse 3]
And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste
[Chorus]
And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem to be, I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me
[Outro]
And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
Devil (acoustic live) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She sits alone again and tries her best not to pretend
That all she used to live for was a love that wasn't there
And every time she needs to do the things that she believes
Will fill the void inside of her, 'cause he was never there
[Chorus]
And she said
I swear I'm not the devil
Though you think I am
I swear I'm not the devil
And she said
I swear I'm not the devil
Though you think I am
I swear I'm not the devil
[Verse 2]
He tries to sleep again and wonders when the pain will end
The cuts they may run deeper than his cracking outer shell
He looks with tired eyes at all the people hypnotized
And wonders what can save him from his self-created hell
[Chorus]
And he said
I swear I'm not the devil
Though you think I am
I swear I'm not the devil
And she said
I swear I'm not the devil
Though you think I am
I swear I'm not the devil
[Verse 3]
I always fantasy, the little things in front of me
The things that mean so much to you, a way to let you know
That I appreciate the way you always tolerate
But sometimes when I medicate, frustration in you shows me how you feel
[Chorus]
But I swear I'm not the devil
Though you think I am
I swear I'm not the devil
And I scream
I swear I'm not the devil
Though you think I am
I swear I'm not the devil
Schizophrenic Conversations (acoustic live) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Are you afraid, afraid of the truth
In the mirror staring back at you
The image is cracked, but so is the view, yeah
And the strength of a tree begins in the roots
That I tend to bury into you
At least now the storm can't blow me away
[Chorus]
So crawl inside
My head with me
I'll show you how
It feels to be
To blame like me
[Verse 2]
Should I be afraid, of this face that I see
In the mirror staring back at me
So cold were the days, when I listened to you
And you say that I'm weak, so show me the proof
Because I still exist in spite of you
But I won't compete, with you every day
[Chorus]
So crawl inside
My head with me
I'll show you how
It feels to be
To blame like me
[Bridge]
Schizophrenic conversations
That I'm always having with myself
I hear these voices in my head repeating
Maybe I could use a little help
I still have schizophrenic conversations
When there's no one else around to hear
And I long for solitude and peace within me
Void of all the anger and the fear
[Outro]
So crawl inside
My head with me
And I'll show you how
It feels to be
Fucked up like me
I'll show how it feels to be
To blame like me
Ashamed like me