Nickelback

[Verse 1] All your life scramble and scurry, take your time rather than hurry. Never too late to write the rest of your story, remember to breathe or else you're gonna be sorry. Life's no race, it's a companion, always face with reckless abandon. A tick...

I, I’m driving black on black Just got my license back I got this feeling in my veins this train is coming off the track I’ll ask polite if the devil needs a ride Because the angel on my right ain’t hanging out with me tonight I’m driving past your h...

I'm through thinking of things to say to you It's true, I've said enough and so have you Just drive, you slam the door and so do I Tongue tied from all the little things And they're the reason that I scream I needed you Probably as bad as I need a...

Hands on the mirror Can't get much clearer Can't make this all go away Now that you're bleeding You stare at the ceiling Watch as it all fades away: From what you do Because of you You know I can be there It's time that you call I swore not to come But I'm...

Believe it or not everyone have things that they hide Believe it or not everyone keep most things inside Believe it or not everyone believe in something above Believe it or not everyone need to feel loved, feel loved But we don't and we won't Until we fig...

Hey! Who's comin' with me to kick a hole in the sky I love the whiskey, let's drink that shit till it's dry so grab a Jim Beam, J.D. whatever you need have a shot from the bottle, doesn't matter to me 'Nother round, fill 'er up, hammer down,...

Two men They started walking Started talking about better days One says to the other We do it all again Seems I knew I would And now I found it Found I got it I didn't want this Somebody help me see Now I feel it Feel like I've been there I didn't...

Well it's midnight, damn right We're wound up to tight I've got a fist full of whiskey The bottle just bit me That shit makes me bat shit crazy We've got no fear, no doubt all in, balls out We're going off tonight To kick out every light Take anythi...

[Verse 1] Flying down the highway like a bat out of hell My buddy Bradley's in the middle Darcy's lookin' out the window We just got high and hopin' no one can tell But with the icky of the sticky It don't matter where the wind blows Lighter in my hand...

Yes he wore a cowboy hat Each bone broken in his back All the money and all the gold Couldn't buy my love at 8 years old Now I'm in love with a girl thats wrong for me Ask her, she will disagree Her father was a small time man With small time dre...

Have I gone all too far? Have I been here before? If I have let me know How it goes Take her place And I will See her face No reason Let it slide And I will Watch her die... To run through fields To find, and I will Hold, then lead, t...

Bribing me, We come, We watched how We're last to throw our pennies A passive tramps lifts her skirt And asks us then we throw them down to her And I know why I will always follow you Anywhere my brother leads me to We don't want to live in the sun Ju...

And you see much better than I see And you know all that I'm thinking To define or redefine too slow And it seems all that I'm sinking Running through the deep Gonna find the backwoods I found out All day long who will be the big men giving some And yo...

I asked you to stay But you said there's no way I begged-- you call And you leave me after all I know I'm not to blame I know you don't feel the same Didn't even tell me why You just left me here to die I stand, I fall, I bounce off these 4 wal...

You say you don't want it Just watch and you'll flaunt it You stare at the ceiling And ignore what I'm feeling Well that's fine, hey I don't mind I can find nothing wrong with it And you say in your polite way Oh by the way can you get on with it? No...

[Verse 1] I make my living off the evening news Just give me something, something I can use People love it when you lose They love dirty laundry Well, I could've been an actor, but I wound up here I just have to look good; I don't have to be clear Come...

Left on an eastbound train Gone first thing this morning Why's what's best for you Always the worst thing for me? When am I gonna learn? Why? 'Cause I'm tired of hating When will it be your turn? Why? 'Cause I'm tired of waiting No, I don't, no...

Don’t let it end Don’t let it end Don’t ever let it end Well I've got two tickets to the game It’d be great if I can take you to it this Sunday And I’ll walk you home When the whole things done If you’re there I don’t even care which team won We can...

Head high, protest line "Freedom" scribbled on your sign Headline, New York Times Standing on the edge of a revolution Hey, hey, just obey Your secrets safe with the NSA In God we trust or the CIA Standing on the edge of a revolution Yeah, we're stan...

[Verse 1] Back in my hometown The main street's dying now It's like there's nothing left of it No more high school grounds They tore that building down And everything we built Well, I miss I call up my own friends So long since I've seen them Feels l...

She's got a dirty mouth, tastes so clean with every taste of me You know that every single thing she does Does for me, because it's what I'm dreaming of And she likes to take her time More then fortunate, form of torture And she likes to touch and tease...

No, I don't guess I don't sacrifice And I know And I know I don't realize Just how much I can idolize ... and I know And then I find it falls back on On to me, to see, believe And down onto you, We do, it's true And I won't beg to stay, to leave, or to...

This time, This place Misused, Mistakes Too long, Too late Who was I to make you wait Just one chance Just one breath Just in case there’s just one left ‘Cause you know, you know, you know I love you I have loved you all along And I miss...

1. Addressing those beneath from high above. Convincing his belief for what you love. Baiting every hook with filthy lies. Another charlatan to idolize. Is this suppression just in my mind? (just in my mind) No more questions get back in line! (just get...

I missed you so much that I begged you to fly in and see me You must've broke down 'cause you finally said that you would But now that you're here I just feel like I'm constantly dreaming 'Cause something's gotta go wrong 'cause I'm feelin' way too damn...

Well I wanted you I wanted no one else I thought it through I got you to myself You got off Every time you got on to me I got caught up In favorable slavery Was it wrong? Was it wrong? I guess it wasn’t really right I guess it wasn’t meant to be I...

I like your pants around your feet And I like the dirt that's on your knees And I like the way you still say please While you're looking up at me You're like my favourite damn disease And I love the places that we go And I love the people that you...

Not like I need to depend upon anyone Since I can see the lack of need for me to be here at all "One more" anthem for the know-it-all I won't be standing here for long, I better learn how to crawl Learn how to crawl In ten minutes I'll be laying out flat...

Father, tell me somethin' Where do bad men go when they die? And mother says you'll go there but Wings for her and I and I don't mind Cause I have always wanted to learn to... Fly... learn to Fly... learn to Fly... learn to Fly... Brother, tell me somethin'...

Well you can dig me up a grave And try and stick me in the ground Well you can tie me to the bed And try and beat me half to death But you can never keep me down Well you can stick me in a hole And you can pray all day for rain You can shoot me in the l...

[Verse 1] Stuck in a cage Luck of the draw Hours to wait Gotta get out Lord, I gotta fight one Get me a key Pick me a lock Gotta be free, ready or not Gotta run, gotta run Gotta run, gotta run Gotta run, gotta run [Pre-Chorus] Nowhere to hide cau...

1. His drivers licence said James, he went by Jim A gangster wanna be and baby that was him He stole his uncles 44 last friday night. Said if I wanted in we’d have to plan this thing just right We’ll need the gloves We’ll need the bags, a couple masks W...

Lost it on the chesterfield Or maybe on a gamblin wheel Lost it in a diamond mine It's dark as hell and hard to find You can climb to the top of the highest tree You can look around, but you still won't see What I'm lookin for Where the good tim...

Wake up, my baby still looks amazing with no make-up Damn it I knew the second that you came up From underneath the covers say, I wanna meet your mother, your daddy, your sister and your brother One week, the time it took you to tell me that you love me P...

This time, I wonder what it feels like To find the one in this life, the one we all dream of But dreams just aren’t enough So I’ll be waiting for the real thing, I’ll know it by the feeling The moment when we’re meeting, will play out like a scene Straigh...

I went out on the town with a friend last weekend His ex-girlfriend's friend was there alone She bought a couple rounds and I got the feelin' She could really handle alcohol Another one down and headed off the deep end The more we drank, the less that we had...

My hopes just fell, and I can't see The reason why, why there is blood on my sleeve And all this time, I thought it mine But it's not, it's yours and It's not worth it for me, gets harder every time I call you This life you lead, like swimming in a shiny...

I am so high. I can hear heaven. I am so high. I can hear heaven. Oh but heaven, no heaven don't hear me. And they say that a hero can save us. I'm not gonna stand here and wait. I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles. Watch as we all fly away. Someon...

All men with stars upon the chest Save yourselves, your family, don't worry 'bout the rest Small child receives light through the crack The human mile, they're never coming back Hold out your hand and ask for some Now and again she sits beneath the tree...

And if forever never comes then I And if forever never comes then I And if forever never comes then I I’ll hold on and hold on... I keep listening to my chest For a beat but there’s nothing left It’s been a week since I’ve seen ya And I still can’t believe it...

Please don't be too long while you're gone There ain't enough to keep me here too long Not like the last time I stood in line Just enough to keep me bouncing off the wall, yeah The new day, the new tray that comes around Pills and all, enough to kil...

[Verse 1] Lying awake, did it again for Christ sake Should've told her to go and I know it But she tasted like home Yeah, she tasted like home Idid what I did, can't say 'Hey man I'm just a kid' Saw the lie in my eyes, couldn't hide it Cause you tasted...

Never made it as a wise man I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealin' Tired of livin' like a blind man I'm sick of sight without a sense of feelin' And this is how you remind me This is how you remind me Of what I really am This is how you remind m...

I don't live anymore I don't love me this way I don't have wings to fly I don't have, ooo... Gone away! I don't have anything I don't need a space to breathe I don't hide in sanctity I don't need what you need I don't have, have a space to... I don't...

Just one more moment, that's all that's needed. Like wounded soldiers in need of healing. Time to be honest, this time I'm pleading Please don't dwell on it, cause I didn't mean it I can't believe I said I'd lay our love on the ground But it doesn't matter 'c...

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky Confusing stars for satellites I never dreamed that you'd be mine But here we are, we're here tonight Singing, "Amen I, I'm alive" (I'm alive) Singing, "Amen I, I'm alive" If everyone cared and nobody cried If ever...

My best friend gave me the best advice He said each day's a gift and not a given right Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind And try to take the path less travelled by That first step you take is the longest stride If today was your last day and to...

It's hard to breathe, from underneath Smothering in all your heat It's hard to take, It's tough to break So I don't make the same mistakes The same mistakes (4x) Out in the yard is where I play, Don't come in cause I'm afraid You saw my face, I...

[1st Verse] Like a gift from the heavens, it was easy to tell, It was love from above, that could save me from hell, She had fire in her soul it was easy to see, How the devil himself could be pulled out of me, There were drums in the air as she started t...

I feel it, this tention inside of me Pressure is presently pushing down on me The First time, it starts with just you and I'm Repeating myself, but you don't hear me I can see what you see but is it worth it to me? its the same old conversation Over and over...

I want to take his eyes out Just for looking at you Yes I do I want to take his hands off Just for touching you Yes I do And I want to rip his heart out Just for hurting you And I want to break his mind down Yes I do And I want to make hi...

He was my best friend, I tried to help him, But he traded everything for suffering, And found himself alone. I watched the lying turn into hiding, With scars on both his lips, his fingertips... Were melted to the bone. But I can still remember what his face l...

Kiss it goodbye Kiss it goodbye Hollywood is plastic but easy on the eyes big Apple is fantastic but cuts you down to size they'll treat you like a door mat expecting you to fail says right across your forehead integrity for sale you’ll be on TV when it start...

Tell your friends not to think out loud until they swallow. Whisper things into my brain, your voice sounds so hollow. I am not a leader of men since I prefer to follow. Do you think I could have a drink since it's so hard to swallow. Yeah, so hard to swal...

Hey there little darling, where'd the old man go? Why don't we get out of town and do it all night long? We can lie out in the field til the morning light Then me and your old man are gonna have to fight Start the loving in the truck and wind up in the dit...

I saw the river, just pulled him down I knew the man who hunted him down We watched the river, take him away Before he died, I could have sworn he said I am the only one I am the only one left Tired and afraid lies a saddened man Knelt beside him with...

Manhunt to find your daughter Buried underneath the water Now they consult a psychic Find how much I like it And now I've found a little friend It's too fast This won't last And to touch Hurts too much And now I've found a little friend And now it's...

Love, love will keep us together; Think of me babe whenever Some sweet talking guy comes along singing a song -- Don't mess around, you got to be strong, So Stop, 'cause I really love you, Stop, I'll be thinking of you -- Look in my heart and let love k...

I know the feeling of finding yourself stuck out on the ledge And there ain't no healing from cutting yourself with a jagged edge I'm telling you that, it's never that bad And take it from someone who's been where you're at You're laid out on the floor and...

Before this hits the ground, Before this fades away, I wanna let it out And I don't wanna wait So don't you let me down And don't you hesitate Before I turn around, Before I walk away, I want you to make me Make me Make me Make me believe again In...

I'm in a bar full of bikers and a handful of junkies It's a 50-50 chance that they're planin' to jump me, Anybody drinking here is lucky just to leave here alive! Oh! Well my favorite little waitress has a hold on my eye, But there's a shotgun loaded hidden u...

Take one of those and 2 of these Then watch the walls begin to breath I can taste the color of the lights Wings are growing out of me The floor is floating underneath I can see the future burning bright Future burning bright The ceiling has us mesmeriz...

I miss you So, so, I do I miss you So, so, I do I miss you So, so, I do I miss you So, so, I do I just woke up from a dream today Time gone by but you still look the same Felt so real to have you back with me It's just too bad it's just another dream...

As I sift and drift through bullshit, That plagues from day to day, Would you ever really notice I've gone away? CHORUS I'm over the wall, Over the hill, Over at your place, I'm over the safetys, Over the phone calls, Over the rage, What a mistake....

Cherry stem in her mouth she could tie in a knot Favorite trick she does one of ten that she's got Makin' friends, setting trends, hardly having to try All her looks by the book, best that money can buy Look what your money bought It's all that she'...

One step, two step, electric slide Red fish, blue fish, blow your mind Engine, engine, number nine Mama’s gonna let you set the moon on fire Jack be nimble, jack be quick, jack wound up with a broken neck Humpty dumpty, do your thing Daddy’s gonna buy y...

He's drunk again, it's time to fight She must have done something wrong tonight The living room becomes a boxing ring It's time to run when you see him clenching his hands She's just a woman... never again I hear her scream from down the hall Amazing sh...

Time is going by So much faster than I And I’ve started to regret not spending a little with you Now I’m Wondering why I’ve kept this bottled inside So I’ve started to regret not telling all of it to you So if I haven’t yet I’ve gotta let you know You’re ne...

I judge by what she's wearing Just how many heads I'm tearing Off of assholes coming on to her Each night seems like it's getting worse And I wish she'd take the night off So I don't have to fight off Every asshole coming on to her It happens every night she...

I wanna do it till the sun comes up Till we're both so good and sweaty that we can't stand up I wanna do it till we're both about to drop As long as we got it together Then we're never gonna stop I wanna go until the neighbors all complain Because they heard...

Come lie next to me Jesus Christ Holes in hand where a cross used to fit just right The meeting called, the topic: a ladies fate You don't have to remind me I won't be late Please excuse me, I'm sorry I just can't wait And don't use grandfather as the b...

Shes old enough She knows enough Shes thrown up So throw her Out to me And I'll treat her like she was mine Let my belief You got your way and I'll get mine And I can't eat I can't sleep I want to thank you for coming And why do we always...

Best of friends where'd they all go Try and find but no one ever knows This small town makes you wanna stay Who the hell would want to anyway Well I'm leaving And I want it all Thought I got Better find this all And I found out where it's all at And...

Look at this photograph Everytime I do it makes me laugh How did our eyes get so red And what the hell is on Joey's head And this is where I grew up I think the present owner fixed it up I never knew we'd ever went without The second floor is hard for...

And some say Why you follow somethings so long So I asked him And he convinced me before long Now its over And I've seen him, don't come back anymore And he said... I need I don't ask much anymore I found I found something Throw a stone into the wa...

I'm through with standing in line To clubs we'll never get in It's like the bottom of the ninth And I'm never gonna win This life hasn't turned out Quite the way I want it to be (Tell me what you want) I want a brand new house On an episode of Cribs And a ba...

No is a dirty word, Never gonna say it first, "No" is just a thought that never crosses my mind. Maybe in the parking lot, Better bring your friend along, Better off together than just at one at a time. S is for the simple need E is for the ecstasy. X is just...

I know it's late but something's on my mind It couldn't wait, there's never any time 'Cause life slips by without a warning And I'm tired of ignoring all the space that's between you and I Let's lock the door behind us, They won't find us Make the whole...

It's getting late I haven't seen my date So tell me when the boys get here It's seven o'clock and I wanna rock Want to get a belly full of beer My old man's drunker than a bar full of wino's And my old lady she don't care My sister looks cute in her bra...

Prison gates won’t open up for me On these hands and knees I’m crawlin’ Oh, I reach for you Well I’m terrified of these four walls These iron bars can’t hold my soul in All I need is you Come please I’m callin’ And oh I scream for you Hurry I'm fallin' (I'm fa...

Take away from me That what you just gave Nothing left to heal Nothing left to save Given half a chance Given what we've spent I will not repay I will not repent I don't wanna leave I don't wanna stay Get away from me Stay the hell away And I will...

Crowds that scream at superstars Where bouncers show their battle scars I've been the first to sign on every wall Down the road and round the bend We pray to God it never ends I've been, I've seen, we've screamed to everyone We'll see you at the show I...

Hey, hey She had her eyes on the prize as the girl next door You grow up quick when you grow up poor It's the only way to LA that she knows The Hollywood pose, teeth, tits, and drawers Didn't take her long to leave the boulevard So many five sta...

She's got me nervous Talkin' a hundred miles an hour She's more than worth it I swear she smells just like a flower I'd fall to pieces if I went anywhere without her I love when she says what's wrong with right here on the counter Funky little monkey sh...

There’s clothes all over the floor Don’t remember them being here before Smell of perfume isn’t here Why’s lipstick on the mirror And still I don’t understand No pictures left in the hall There's three new holes in my wall Where the hell’s my cr...

Uncle Sam taught him to shoot Maybe a little too well Finger on the trigger, loaded bullet He hit the stage so full of rage And let the whole world know it Six feet away, they heard him say "Oh God, don't let him pull it" Please God, don't let him pull...

[Verse 1] How could this effect my life? How could I effect the outcome? So why even try; for what, for what, for what? A cowards can save the day When the bravest of men just stand by So easy to say; so what, so what, so what? [Chorus] So what if we...

Yeah the lady and me both agree some days we just don't get along But the whiskey and me both agree maybe we both just better off Well the preacher believes that I'll meet all of these demons hanging on But we both know if they don't, I'll get lonely, need...

Well a star just broke I'm relying on your tasteless joke What's up with that hotshit story? Don't worry cause it's not broken It's just swollen Can't anticipate On how you're feeling from day to day Well how about you now that you're needing Don't wo...

How the hell did we wind up like this And why weren't we able To see the signs that we missed And try to turn the tables I wish you'd unclench your fists And unpack your suitcase Lately there's been too much of this But don't think it's too late...

I reside in 209, you’re in 208 You moved in last Friday night, and I just couldn’t wait So I tried to call across the hall, to ask you out someday But a lineup formed outside your door, and I was way too late Well I’d rather start off slow This...

Got to meet the hottie With the million dollar body They say its over budget But you'd pay her just to touch it, come on Needs to hit the big screen And shoot a little love scene If hollywood had called her She'd be gone before hollered, come on Dirty lit...

The first words that come out And I can see this song will be about you I can't believe that I can breathe without you But all I need to do is carry on The next line I write down And there's a tear that falls between the pages I know that pain's suppose...

Move aside, And let the man go through. Let the man go through. If I stole Somebody else's wave to fly up. If I rose Up with the avenue Behind me. Some kind of verb. Some kind of moving thing. Something unseen. Some hand is motioning To rise, to...

[Verse 1] Table has been set Serving of the worst regret Waiting for the chance Serpents love the circumstance Speaking to the sky Slight of hand in cheap disguise Naming of your price Payment for the sacrifice [Pre-Chorus] Demon in your ear Evil o...

Man walks along the railroad track He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge The shelter line stretchin' around the corner Welcome to the New World Ord...

Where will you be when the sky comes down? What would you do if the strength was found Stay right beside me when the ground starts shaking The only sound you hear is the breath we're taking If there is one thing I can promise you We'll see the light again...

Lookin' like another Bob Marley day Hittin' from the bong like a diesel train And I'm down with hangin' out this afternoon We got weeds in the backyard 4 feet tall Cheech and chong probaly woulda' smoked 'em all So I'm out on the couch this afternoon B...

Climb into the ring for a battle that you can't win Swing as hard as you can swing it will still mean nothing Shoulda seen it comin' it had to happen sometime But you went and brought a knife to an all out gun fight And the only thing to save Is the bann...

Baby's born on the bathroom floor Her mother prays that it'll never cry But nothing's wrong, you've got your prom dress on When they ask you'll say "It isn't mine" You know they're gonna know you lied Why the hell don't you throw yourself away You know...

Father's hands are lined with dirt From long days in the field Mother's hands are serving meals In a cafe on Main Street With mouths to feed Just trying to keep clothing on our backs And all I hear about Is how it's so bad, it's so bad It's too...

Children all have saviours Children don't care who saves us Round the corner, round the bend Fingernails torn to the end Bring back, bring back Bring back, bring back on me On me I told them, we scold them Can't console them always Toy soldiers fall...

You call to me And I fall at your feet How could anyone ask for more And our time apart Like knives in my heart How could anyone ask for more But if there’s a pill To help me forget God knows I haven’t found it yet But I’m dying to God I’m trying to Cause try...

It’s all the same, only the names will change Everyday it seems we’re wasting away Another place where the faces are so cold I’d drive all night just to get back home I’m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride I’m wanted dead or alive, wanted dead or alive...

Buddy you're a boy make a big noise Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo' face You big disgrace Kickin' your can all over the place Singin' 'We will we will rock you We will we will rock you' Buddy you're a young man hard man S...

What are you waiting for? x2 Are you waiting on a lightning strike Are you waiting for the perfect night Are you waiting till the time is right What are you waiting for? Don't you want to learn to deal with fear Don't you want to take the wheel and steer Don't...

One more depending on a prayer And we all look away. People pretending everywhere It's just another day. There's bullets flying through the air And they still carry on. We watch it happen over there And then just turn it off... (Hey, yeah, yeah, hey...

I was wrong to think that I could ever trust in you, I was wrong to think that you might want to trust me, too Here I am, here I am, Here I’ll stand, Here I am, here I am, here I am, here I’ll stand. I was wrong to think that I could ever love in you, I was...

Got a criminal record, I can't cross state lines First on the bad list, and you're last on mine Lookin for a scapegoat, long past due Walking down the aisle, staring straight at you I still hear him screaming "where do I hide?" And he asks and I say "hur...

Oh forever's a lonely time And the dogs aren't always Aren't always on my mind 'Cause I didn't free them The scenery is burning me 'Cause I'm still in it So why don't you free me 'Cause it's not my business What he's done to me? Control is all you really nee...

I paid my last respects this morning on an early grave Already said goodbye... nothin' left to say A tiny church, a tiny town and not a tear was spent Not how I wanted it... I'm hating all of this Now I know why I hide my love from you somedays No I don'...

They usually come around about 10 o'clock You can hear them You can tell them by the way they knock Somebody said the other one had a badge Who told ya, Who told ya How bout if I stay and you run away Well come on back and try to get some today Well som...

Feeling fine. Let's rip out yours instead of mine. And all you need are several ways to watch me bleed. Well, thanks for stopping this beating in my chest. It's easier now, and I'm happy like this. Just like this. Even though I ain't coming back now,...